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Hello again, folks. i'm t.j. holmes sitting in for ali velshi. we are at bottom of the hour now. getting you caught up on some of the stories you might have missed. you can't miss this, flooding in some parts of the south and midwest, memphis we're showing you here, people are being warned this stuff could get worse. one official says rainfall 1600% more than normal. the mississippi river won't likely crest until this weekend well above flood stage. the coast guard says it will close a five-mile stretch of the mississippi to commercial traffic due to the high water. in louisiana, governor bobb...

I know it's been a difficult morning there. you had that moment where all of the rescue workers behind you on the pile there, they stood with their fists up like quiet because they thought they heard somethi something. did anything come of that? >> reporter: they continued working franticly. then they raised their fists up one more time. it's the only two instances as of 5:00 a.m. this morning that we have seen that at this employment center. you see that behind me i was just talking to some of the folks on the ground, they've actually -- where that ladder is over my shoulder, that's where thi...