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Mississippi. that is a regular street. i'm standing here on washington avenue, a double yellow lane road which is about 4 feet under water where i'm standing. behind me is biloxi bay. it's hard to tell the difference between land and water because those waves are coming over a coastal road and coming down this road. the road i'm standing on has waves coming and occasionally white caps. it's raining hard now. it's been raining all morning. the park to my left is completely wiped out. this yard is beginning to get wiped out. these folks have built up their homes since katrina. rescuers can't get...

People -- they say under the current pro grief policies, julia's mom is forced to work outside the homes and will spend two years in overcrowded rooms with minimal standards of learning and will enter kindergarten at a severe disadvantage than children whose parents had more options. mitt romney never said he'd cut head start 20% and the campaign is a bit misleading, isn't it? >> both sides of taken leeway and that is unfortunate when you have an election year and not just presidential elections, proof is in the pudding and historically and statistically over the past decade, mud slinging and ...

impact nationwide on an all fragile recovery. >> a default and the ripple effect i think would be impactful and representing our consumers, we think that that would be very, very difficult for the american economy to withstand at this point in time in our history. >> that's here at home. then there are global worries. concerns that a default or even a close call here could rattle international markets and international economies like that domino effect back after the big wall street meltdown a few years ago. >> the united states is the largest economy in the world, one that matters...

Partially under water and the people here know floods and built their houses to be safe from floods but never expected anything like this. real job losses, too, about 900 people out, between the casino job losses, as well as barge traffic, has been shut down and, the real concern, though, is this le t that are standing on, right now which looks to be 15 feet above the water level here, is it going to hold? and, hank is from the levee board and, you have a city of 45,000 people there and you are obviously worried. is the levee going to keep them safe. >> the levee is in great shape, drove the 1...

Can see the fear you still have on your face there, the rubble you're standing on, that's your house, right? >> yes, i mean, we had just come out of the room right there and that was our first time looking at what was left, which was nothing. >> and i'm watching you and your husband. i can't imagine how tightly you're holding your children there. >> yes, we were very grateful for that room. it saved our lives. i mean, if we weren't there, we would have been gone. >> so take us inside the safe room. describe your feelings, can you have any idea how bad it is outside? >> no, i mean, we go in our...