this morning on "world news now," flood fears. the state of emergency and disaster preparations as the mississippi river overflows. >> many property owners have been forced to leave and also prepare for the worst. it is friday, may 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm peggy bunker. along hundreds of miles of shoreline, volunteers and even prison inmates have been asked to join the sandbagging efforts. there are predictions that when the river overflows it's not going to recede anytime soon. >> obviously this story has been overshadowed over the week by the bin laden news, but it is