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By cutting out all those red lights. in gulf port, mississippi, douglas kennedy, fox news. jon: from the southeast to the southwest, where flash flood warnings are in effect right now, as hurricane rosa approaches mexico. we have meteorologist adam klotz on deck with a full forecast next. plus, beachgoers in california are on high alert after a shark attack that may have killed a teenager, if not for some off-duty life guards and a corrections officer. >> a significant part in helping this young man and possibly saving his life. today, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attent...

In december. a request to turn a heavily traveled road into a highway in mississippi growing louder, as more cargo shipments come into the port of gulf port. douglas kennedy explains how transportation officials hope to get the green light to get rid of red lights. >> if you look year over year, 2016 to 2017, we're up a dramatic 30% in overall cargo. it's astounding. it really is. >> as deputy director of the port in gulf port, mississippi, he has overseen astounding expansion and plans more expansion in the future, but it is not more containers coming in that has him worried. so your job is...

Change that. so you're basically looking to transform 49 with an entirely new highway system. >> absolutely. we want to build a new interstate standard highway that takes the freight off the old rural dangerous hazardous road and put it on a roadway that's built just for the freight. >> she says the new highway would create jobs and transform mississippi, from a rural state to an economic powerhouse. governor bryant is hoping the 4.6 billion dollars price tag fits right into the president's promise to help rural america. >> we're going to widen it, make it a great big beautiful highway so that...