because a tornado is water flowing at a high velocity, such as niagara falls, but a lot faster. it sounds like that, and your ear also pop sometimes. but they popped big time and you can have ear damage if you're caught inside a tornado. our plan is not to do that. what we do is try to bring home the viewer, while they're watching where the tornado is, and you heard me talking. hey, we're streaming, take my stream, i'm talking about live streaming video. that's how we bring the pictures live to the viewer. when you're close to it, it's traumatic, it's chaos, there's drama. it's insane and your main objective is you're trying to tell people this is where it is. if you don't move, you got to get out of the way or go below ground or you're going to die. that's what we're trying to tell people today. this is going to be a horrible day, we knew it. we've been talking about it for a week. it's been a crazy day. i guess now i just talked to the news room. i guess the death toll unofficially now maybe ten here in oklahoma, and they're still trying to find people. there was a lot of torn

swollen mississippi is gushing through those gates with a greater force than the water going over niagaraalls. this is supposed to be the surest way to spare cities like new orleans from another tragic flood. so butte la rose, which sits on a flood plain, knows that all that water is, instead, barreling down on them. likely to swallow up their homes, their businesses, their memories. how high do you think it will be right where we are? >> you and i's heads will definitely be under the water. >> reporter: this is the parish president. kind of like the mayor. and says he's staying. >> it really is heart wrenching that we are going to be sacrificed for others. it's a numbers game i guess. >> reporter: what we found most remarkable is that there's no panic in this little haven. like the river flowing through town, high water is in their blood. >> my grandfather fought in the flood of '27. here we are in 2011, i'm fighting high waters. i got my son with me this morning. no telling but in years to come he'll be fighting high waters but we keep coming back. nothing's going to push us out of loui

imagine niagara falls sliced and diced and sprinkled over a vast and heavily forested canyon. it's a lush and unforgettable valley of 16 terraced lakes laced together by waterfalls and miles of pleasant plank walks. boats glide visitors into the heart of the park. countless cascades and water that's strangely clear yet full of vibrant colors make plitvice a misty natural wonderland. fish seem to know there's not a hook for miles. carefully maintained trails and boardwalks let you get intimate with the wonder of the place. observant nature lovers can choose from hundreds of flower types to assemble a photographic bouquet. the stony formations drip down like the foliage because the grass and moss both direct the flow of the water and provide a kind of scaffolding for the slow and steady calcification process. naturalists call plitvice a perfect storm of geological, climatic, and biological features. the magic ingredient -- calcium carbonate, a mineral deposit from the limestone that gets dissolved into the water, then re-deposited, continually breaking down natural travertine da

defense constructors prospering in america's wars of niagara's ations of corruption they say they are the only source of stability and jobs in the financial crisis. and in our talks to one of the opposition voices against global warming. you know today i'm talking to johnny ball he's most famous for being a children's television presenter in the seventy's and eighty's and he's also a climate change skeptic joy of all thank you so much for talking to r.t. now you are famous for boiling things down to their essence so i wonder if we could just start with you explaining the current accepted theory behind climate science and where you think climate scientists are going wrong well it all started in the very beginning and it alarmed me because it didn't seem to tie in with what i already on the story about. the way the world goes live from a wife and that is based on three. three items that's oxygen water and c it's on the three intermix when you burn anything you're producing you're burning hydrocarbons and you produce c o two and water but you can't burn anything without the oxygen and th

that's three times the rate of niagara falls at its peak. but they are taking it slow. opening just one gate today, two to three more tomorrow. trying to balance the need to relieve pressure on the levees while giving people enough time to get to higher ground. >> we want to make sure folks have the understanding that water's coming their way and they need to evacuate. >> reporter: the water will move gradually. at this rate, it will take an estimated 12 hours to reach the town of krotz springs. 30 hours to hit henderson. more than three days before it floods morgan city before making its way to the gulf. for the folks down river, can they expect any kind of federal compensation if they lose their property because of this? >> you know, i think the thing to remember is public safety is our number one priority and we are flood fighting this shoulder to shoulder with all the local officials and the state officials. >> reporter: in other words, no. that's because these residents chose to live here, despite the risk. the reality is tough to take. >> makes me sick. it actuall

that's three times the rate of niagara falls at its peak. but they are taking it slow trying to balance the need to relieve pressure on the levees while giving people enough time to get to higher ground. >> we want to make sure that folks have the understanding that water is coming their way. and they need to evacuate. >> the water will move gradually. at this rate, it will take an estimated 12 hours to reach the town. 30 hours to hit henderson. more than three days before it floods morgan city. before eventually making its way into the gulf. colonel, for the folks down river, can they expect any kind of federal compensation if they lose their property because of this? >> you know, i think the thing to remember is that public safety is our number one priority and we are flood fighting this shoulder to shoulder with all the local officials and the state officials. >> in other words, no. that's because these residents chose to live here despite the risks. but the reality is tough to take. >> makes me sick. it actually makes me sick. >> the wat

once it's fully open, this spillway can move water at three times the rate of niagara falls at its peak. and take a look at this map. an area almost the size of connecticut where 25,000 people live will be flooded with up to 15 feet of water. officials are doing this on purpose in order to save the larger cities downriver, and yunji de nies has the latest from butte larose, louisiana. good morning, yunji. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. we were standing on that spillway. and it was unbelievable to see the power of that water. it is all, as you said now, rushing downtime. it's flowing into smaller rivers and tributaries like this putting communities like here at butte larose at risk. this will be the first area to experience that flooding and there are thousands more at risk. the water came fast. a burst of energy. a liquid explosion from that single floodgate. in less than an hour, the farmland below transformed from a dry field to a lake, just a hint of what's to come. >> we want to make sure that folks have the understanding that water is coming their way, and they need to evacuate

millions of cubic feet of water per second, in some places 20 times the amount of watt that goes over niagaraalls. the river's expected to rise another five feet before it crests next week. levees are getting reinforced with black sheeting. >>> still ahead at 6:00, trying to lose some weight? aren't we all. a new consumer report out is out and it tells you which plan really helps you shed the pounds. >>> a simple change in diet that could be a key in fighting autism. but is it safe for children? >>> good evening, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. tracking fog at the coastline. cooler temperatures in san francisco. right now 55. and as we head throughout tonight fog will be creeping into the east bay. swipe your card please. excuse me...? this belongs to you... o...um...thank you. excuse me... this is yours... thank you! you're welcome. with chase freedom, you get cash back on what you buy everyday. this is yours! thank you! that's 5% cash back in bonus categories every three months. and an unlimited 1% everywhere else. activate your 5% cash back today at chase.com/freedom, or at your loca

that's three times the rate of niagara falls at its peak. but they are taking it slow trying to balance the need to relieve pressure on the levees while giving people enough time to get to higher ground. >> we want to make sure that folks have the understanding that water is coming their way. and they need to evacuate. >> the water will move gradu gradually. at this rate, it will take an estimated 12 hours to reach the town. 30 hours to hit henderson. more than three days before it floods morgan city. before eventually making its way into the gulf. colonel, for the folks down river, can they expect any kind of federal compensation if they lose their property because of this? >> you know, i think the thing to remember is that public safety is our number one priority and we are flood fighting this shoulder to shoulder with all the local officials and the state officials. >> in other words, no. that's because these residents chose to live here despite the risks. but the reality is tough to take. >> makes me sick. it actually makes me sick. >> t

stopping a guy carrying a bomb wearing an "i love osama" t-shirt as long as he comes through miami or niagara. if he happens to drive a 13 or 18-year-old pickup truck across mexico to houston, we don't have a prayer. so we're on our way. what did they say those cargo aircraft bombs cost $4500. i would bet we spent over a billion in beefing up our defenses but it all starts at recognizing the enemy. and we haven't. >> can you talk a little bit more about the -- what you just mentioned, the crossing in from mexico and from canada. you had said that hezbollah and iran have already established some sort of infrastructure? >> yes. >> what kind of evidence is there for that. >> i think there's a great deal of evidence. if you read what the fbi has written about it and has said publicly, there are strong al-qaeda organizations -- or hezbollah organizations in north carolina, in new york, montreal, toronto, vancouver. along with the iranian intelligence service to keep an eye on the young shah and his followers but it's clearly to have a dual use which is to strike back against us. it's not talked ab

to give you some context, that's three-times the flow rate of niagara falls at its peak. and it's a terrifying prospect for folks downstream. across this massive stretch of cajun country, the message is clear. get out now. >> now is the time, if you live in an impacted area, move your property, secure your documents. now is the time to make plans to get out of harm's way. >> reporter: 2,500 residents will be in the direct path of the floodwaters once released. 20,000 more are at risk from swollen backwaters. >> knowing what you worked for is going to be gone. that's all you can think about. >> reporter: the breaux family is one of many racing to get out. their house is one of many being sacrificed so that many more will stay dry. >> we don't even know if we're going to come back here. we may just move somewhere else. >> reporter: for the government, it's an impossible choice. if officials don't do anything, floodwaters heading downstream could breach the levees of baton rouge and new orleans, flooding those cities and threatening the homes of hundreds of thousands who liv

the water flowing out of that one gate is half of what's flowing over niagara falls right now.that spillway will generate the same flow in one hour that my rag rah falls does all day long. you get that? all of this headed down the flood plain in central louisiana towards evacuate the communities. >> right here the boat i've been using for the last four days in and out, people going to their camps getting everything they own because they probably won't have a camp yet. >> we love the river. it's always been a part of our lives and if the river destroys property, then that's what has to be. >> this is heartbreaking reynolds and the decision they have to make, the army corps of engineers. i understand as well folks who have lived in those areas where that water is headed get a heads up every near. they know it's a possibility. >> you're right, a difficult decision to make. cutting off your thumb to save your hand. there are no winners. some more fortunate than others. let's go to the map. it's a very frightening thing to see but despite all the water moving out of the morganza flo

we do have one end of the district -- in niagara falls, we've got the power facility, wind turbines, the great universities. i think we should try to make this corridor between buffalo and rochester, with all of our farms in between, an opportunity to be showcased, new innovative ideas for alternative energy research, and i want to go to washington and make sure that i partner with the right people to bring the resources back here. i think it's very exciting. this could be a replacement for our old reliance on the manufacturing base, which, unfortunately, due to trade agreements like nafta, which i don't support and my opponent does, that have left us a lot of vacant buildings. we need to give ourselves a chance to have new industries here. >> that ends our question round. we are now going to go into closing statements. we have about a minute and a half for each of your closing statements, the order of which, again, was determined by a coin toss. miss corwin, you will go first. >> thank you very much. i thank all of you for the opportunity to have this hour. this has been terrific. w

guest: absolutely, the flow of morganza ing out of morez could feed niagara falls. the system it's doing its job as designed by our engineers. host: we have one telephone line set aside for those of you who live anywhere from mississippi and louisiana up number 2 iowa or along the mississippi river which impact 31 states. 202-737-2579. let's look at some of the past floods this region of the country has seen over the years. you mentioned 1927, another one a decade letter in 1937, 1973 along the mississippi, and then two more recently and 1993, the upper mississippi river, and another one in 2008. how does what we see today compared to some of these past incidents that guest: after each one of these incidents, significant action and decisions were made to improve the levee system and put control measures that would allow the army corps to release water into the spillway is particularly down in louisiana. in 1927, the mississippi river was 80 miles wide in mississippi and louisiana. it was 60 miles wide in arkansas. progressively, as 1927 and in 1937, decisions were m

now open, water is being diverted over towns and farmlands at speeds faster than the flow rate of niagaras high as it can go. i'm sandbagging so i don't get water into the house. >> five to ten feet of water, sandbags is not going to help us. even up to the good lord, that's the only control of the water. the good lord going to decide where the water is going. >> we'll be here. when it's gone. >> the gentleman was saying you do the work sandbags and seeing the water rush over it. it's so discouraging. in 1973, after surviving devastating floods, a 22-foot seawall was built to protect the people of morgan city, louisiana. people who live there like to call it the gateway to the gulf of mexico. they're hoping they don't become part of the gulf of mexico. they hope that seawall holds. >> rob marciano is live there this morning in morgan city where some residents are hoping to stay above the incoming floodwaters. when you hear those personal stories, people are, you know, leaving it in the hands of god and people are saying, we'll be back. i mean you see a resilience that's really remarkable

we've got the niagara falls, the wind turbines, i think we should make the corridor between buffalo and rochester an opportunity to be showcase for new innovative ideas for alternative energy research. i want to go to washington and partner with the right people to bring resources back here. i think it's very exciting. this could be a replacement for our old reliance on the manufacturing base which unfortunately due to trade agreements like nafta which i don't support that have left us a a lot of vacant buildings. i think we need to start reengineering and have new industries here. >> that ends our question round. we are now going to go into closing statements. we have about a min and a half for each of your -- a minute and a half for each closing statements, the order was determined by a coin toss, ms. corwin you go first. >> i thank all of you for this opportunity to have this hour, this has been terrific. we have a clear choice among the candidates in this election. i am very much a believer in cutting wasteful spending and i have a track record for doing that. my opponent increased

guest: absolutely, the flow of morganza ing out of morez could feed niagara falls. the system it's doing its job as designed by our engineers. host: we have one telephone line set aside for those of you who live anywhere from mississippi and louisiana up number 2 iowa or along the mississippi river which impact 31 states. 202-737-2579. let's look at some of the past floods this region of the country has seen over the years. you mentioned 1927, another one a decade letter in 1937, 1973 along the mississippi, and then two more recently and 1993, the upper mississippi river, and another one in 2008. how does what we see today compared to some of these past incidents that guest: after each one of these incidents, significant action and decisions were made to improve the levee system and put control measures that would allow the army corps to release water into the spillway is particularly down in louisiana. in 1927, the mississippi river was 80 miles wide in mississippi and louisiana. it was 60 miles wide in arkansas. progressively, as 1927 and in 1937, decisions were m