>> we're live from america's news headquarters i'm harris faulkner. a tough choice in louisiana just hours ago the army corps of engineers opening the morganza spillway. first time in nearly four decades all in an effort to save baton rouge and new orleans from catastrophic flooding. it's a story we are following tonight and means 3,000 surface-to-air miles of farms homes and fishing camps likely endings up over 25 feet of water. one town about to be hit in about an hour. some people in the path still counting their blessings. >> you can't look at it as being anger. it's just that i guess you can say a way of life that you have to deal with. >> my feeling is that we got better than some people does with tornadoes. >> yeah. it could be a lot worse. >> we have got something to come back to. >> while some people have been evacuated, some 11,000 homes and businesses still in the water's path. i'm harris faulkner coming up a special announcement from mike