kimberly halkett, al jazeera, on the louisiana bayou. >> sports is coming up.anny pacquiao with its controversial title against timly bradley stay with pup ups. . >> hello, everyone, this is al jazeera america, i'm tony harris. it was a week ago that a gunman open fired killing three soldiers before turning his weapon on himself. the services being held at the base. president obama is there, and let's listen to the chief of the army now, general ray. >> show compassion for our soldiers and their families, distinguished members of congress, thank you for coming down here today. deputy secretary defense, secretary of the army, great leader of our army. lieutenant governor and other distinguished state leaders, thank you for your support, thank you for your contributions to fort hood. most importantly i want to thank the soldiers, the families, and civilians of fort hood in the surrounding community. i want to thank lieutenanful toh dedicated experienced leaders to guide us through these difficult days. our job as leaders is to prepare soldiers for the chaos of wa

kimberly halkett has the story. >> reporter: for more than two decades ross has been fishing the louisiana bayou. as a boy he remembers searching these wetlands along the gulf of mexico in search of crab, shrimp, fish, a way of life he's not sure will last. >> in the five years i've seen places where i used to fish completely gone. it's crazy. >> reporter: the city of new orleans along with the rest of the region is built upon a delta created over centuries by sentiment but it's vulnerable to hurricanes which more than devastated the area. in the 1930s engineers built a system of levies. ten years ago all of this water behind me was once marsh land. but now it's gone. and in its place the bamboo poles mark where the west lands used to be. from the air you can see the erosion made worse by the state's oil and gas industry. the marsh lands knocks and crannies have been carved into straight edge canals. this allows see water to flood the fresh water he i estuaries. >> it brings in a lot of saltwater intrusion into the fresh water marsh. that saltwater is poison for that marsh. >> reporter: pe

kimberly halkett has our story. >> reporter: for more than two decades ross has been fishing what is known as the louisiana bayou. as oh, boas a boy remembers sear crab, shrimp and fish, a way of life he's not sure will last. >> within five years i've seen places i used to fish completely gone. it's crazy. >> reporter: the city of new orleans along with the rest of the region is built on a delta created over centuries by sentiment deposits from the mouth of the mississippi river into the gulf. but it's vulnerable to hurricanes which has more than once devastated the area. in the 19 30's engineers built a system of levies triggering the demise of the state's wetlands. ten years ago all of this water behind me was once marsh land. but now it's gone. and in its place the bamboo poles mark where the wetlands used to be. from the air you can see the erosion made worse by the state's oil and gas industry. the marsh lands have been carved into straight edge canals. this allowed seawater to flood the delta's fragile estuaries. from the air they document the damage. >> the erosion brings in s

kimberly halkett, al jazeera al, mossville, louisiana. >> hard to believe but part of the country could see snow and severe weather this weekend. dave warren is tracking the threat, come on. >> meteorologist: not at the same time that air is coming up from the south. to the north is where we'll see that cold air going south. a sharp contrast looking at severe storms with wind and hail possibly on sunday in this area here. to the north of this front though that's where you have the cold air and the snow. winter storm watches and the snow could go all the way up to the great lakes. >> look at that. just a little bit. appreciate it. good weekend to you. >> coming up on al jazeera america. a new effort to give more help to people who take care of soldiers and veterans. we'll have details and a look at the difficulties these new caregivers are facing, and those who are board and creative using post its to do it. take a new look at news. >> michelle obama led a group of first ladies to announce there are now be more legal and financial help for people who take care of soldiers still abroad an