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That the levee system appears to be holding. there have been minor problems, sand boils keep cropping up but thus far able to control them, there have been no major problems. the second piece of good news is that although the water is still rising in some places, in other places it is dropping, not a great deal yet, but it is going down somewhat. the estimates, as you mentioned it won't go back to normal until mid-june because there is so much water in the mississippi and in its tributaries, it still has to drain out of this system. now, it means that thousands and thousands of people are stil...

also i want you to look at something playing out hundreds of miles out above us right now. this is remarkable we can get a live picture in space. this is happening right now, drew foystle and mike fink are doing a second space walk, two "endeavour" astronauts. it looks like a lot is going on up there. they have some maintenance work on the space station. we'll get more about that. that is a live picture. fascinating to watch them do this work and they were able to get the live pictures. from the cnn center -- hey -- it's me and reynolds. >> hey! >> good morning to you all. i'm t.j....

By the time they go back to their homes, they're wondering what they're going to have left to work with, if anything, because of the way the water is just sitting here and very slowly later this week, to start moving out of here. >> what kind of problems are they seeing on the levies right now? >> reporter: the levies have a mix of problems but nothing the army corps of engineers didn't anticipate. they're seeing seepage underneath. they say that's normal and are taking care of it as they see it. some of them have been impacted by this flood, they're seeing what is called sand boils, where wat...

Of them in shelters around the memphis area right now. by the time they go back to their homes, they're wondering what they're going to have left to work with, if anything, because of the way the water is just sitting here and very slowly later this week, to start moving out of here. >> what kind of problems are they seeing on the levies right now? >> reporter: the levies have a mix of problems but nothing the army corps of engineers didn't anticipate. they're seeing seepage underneath. they say that's normal and are taking care of it as they see it. some of them have been impacted by this flo...

>> what kind of problems are they seeing on the levies right now? >> reporter: nothing that the army corps of engineers didn't anticipate. they're seeing seepage underneath. they say that's normal and are taking care of it. some of them have been impacted by this flood, they're seeing what is called sand boils, where water goes through the earth underneath the levies and percolates up on the dry land and creates these areas where water is seeping up on the dry land. left unattended, that could erode away the base of the levy. but they say they're keeping it under control and will not be a thre...