diane estherbrook is live in chicago. how are residents coping? >> reporter: well, del, in many chicago neighborhoods on the south side violence a has become a way of life, and for many they say these shootings have to stop. for a second weekend in a row gun dry lens rattles the stree gun violence rattles chicago. a neighborhood scared by gunfi gunfire. [ protesting ] >> i come out every friday night so that the community sees there is a presence here. we're hopeful here but we want to make sure that things change. we do positive things for the young people here. >> the violence that we're facing in america, particularly in chicago, this is our katrina. this is our katrina. how we handle it as a community, as a city, as a state. how we handle this is going to be our legacy. >> reporter: powerful storms drop three inches of rain temporarily interrupting the bloodshed. there was not another shooting until early monday morning. [ protesting ] >> reporter: chicago has been on edge after nine people were killed and more than 50 others wounded in shooti

volunteers have been filling sandbags to keep the river at bay from the cities diane estherbrook is live in missouri, and you're up to your ankles there in water. how is the town holding up, diane? >> reporter: well, michael, the town is holding unfairly well. the sandbag is continuing, and as you mentioned i'm in over my ankles in downtown clarksville. the army corp of engineers think an inch of water has receded already, but it could be days or weeks before all of this water is gone. >> reporter: generators working non-stop. for this 100-year-old business flood something a recurring problem. a huge clean up, it takes a huge expense to get it out of the w way. >> clarksville has been preparing for the flooding all week. with volunteers and inmates from a nearby prison stacking sandbags. still the river pushed its way up street forcing businesses to close and causing anxiety for some residents at this apartment building. >> every night i'm just sitting there wide awake just waiting for water coming in or not. >> reporter: during last year's flood the town was able to put up a large concr