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Leaking out, because the edge of the river should be a mile that way, but as you can see, it swelled up a few homes here, and most of st. francisville, you could drive it on a normal day and we had to take a boat ride with the police chief, scott ford, to look at the area is, buried under the mississippi river's floodwaters and we sue a bus, swallowed by water and a number of buildings, and, there were bulldozers, up on piles on sand trying to avoid floodwaters and a lot of power lines dangerously low and the power company closely monitoring the situation and there is a factory that has about ...

City hotel maid. we'll have the latest. >> kelly: and deadly border clashes in northeast, at least 13 demonstrators tried to cross into israeli-controlled territory, are shot dead, we'll get a live report. >> heather: fox news alert, mississippi river flooding, pushing deeper and deeper into louisiana. the army corps of engineers has now opened four good to gates at the morganza spill way this, openings are diverting the surging river, reducing the flooding threat to big cities downstream. but, it is also redirecting the flow into other, smaller communities. and, rick leventhal is live in st. ...

>> kelly: it's the largest masses grave ever uncovered and 17 more bodies. is there a civil war going on in mexico? >> heather: we begin with flooding crisis along the sppt river. the army corps of engineers opening two more floodgates on the louisiana spillway bringing the total to four. it's to help save major cities like new orleans and baton rouge from flooding. people in small towns and farms living in the path, they are bracesing for the worst. now scrambling for higher ground. rick levy an had that will -- levanthal has more? >> we're at the new edge of the mississippi river. the typica...

Being with us, the morganza spill way opened four floodgates, 39,000 cubic feet of water, every second, being diverted off of the swollen mississippi river. and is enough water to fill an owe olympic sides swimming pool every 20 seconds and, they are trying to keep the level of the river down so bigger cities, baton rouge and new orleans are not as badly affected that's smaller towns are, so that is an ongoing process and we still haven't seen it crest yet. >> heather: thank you very much, rick, we appreciate it. amazing pictures. if you are in any of the areas affected by the flooding we woul...

Parts north of spillway. we'll take you live vicksburg the next big city where the river is expected to crest and residents are preparing for the massive floods. >> heather: head of international monetary fund embroiled in a sex scandal. he is charged with a criminal sex act, attempted rape. accusations made at an upscale hotel in new york city. >> reporter: it went down in the times square hotel. the maid entered his suite believing it was unoccupied and emerged from a bathroom fully naked and attempted to sexually assault her. the maid was able to fight him off and reported the incident who ...