Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170829:17:56:00
Now he's in the field looking at the rising rivers here. what is the level and is it continuing to rise? >> the latest level we have is 41.1 feet, and it's slowly rising. we are hoping in the next hour or two, it will slowly deaddy off and crest. >> if it crests? the prediction is 42 feet. how are you predicting such a very difficult thing to predict? >> each river point we have the measurements for can differ by how wide the basin gets. the land gets flatter and the water can spread out. even just small differences of elevation can mean the difference between water getting in a house or out o...