almost on top of the equator at times that storms pop up. but they pop up every day, that s the thing. 48 1/2 hours the plane takes off, gets through some of this weather, bumpy, and then all of a sudden look at this weather that pops up about 47 1/2 hours ago, right there is where the plane got into this very heavy thunderstorm activity. that s where we lost it. 50,000 foot tops. can t fly over that. the plane is just not going to go that high. so even though they requested to go higher there s just no way. they re going to have to go around it so they saw something on the radar, that s why they likely requested that. but when the air collides at the equator, it can t go down the earth is in the way, it has to go up. when the air goes up strong updrafts, downdrafts are also created and that is what this story is all about. up and down big left right,
states have a favorable opinion of her. where s the opening? and your home city, detroit, michigan, net roots nation will be there. eight years ago net roots nation booed hillary clinton. it was clear there was a path for somebody to her left. joe biden is going to find out today, they ll be polite, but it ain t going to be. right. and you hear about the bernie sanders of the world who are trying to pull something together so they can have a voice to push issues. other than an issue-based campaign i think it s very tough to see somebody take a real run at her. but the speech stuff, i don t get it. i don t think no. it feels like she s making it doesn t feel like somebody is minding the 2016 store for her. she s been clumsy throughout her political career when it comes to the campaign. she seems to do well in office but poor on the campaign trail. but here s the thing that i look at the general election race this way, which is, you know, she s going to get a minimum of 4
it s so slow moving, memphis at 47 feet. you got to just 47 1/2 feet so you ve only come down a foot since tuesday so it doesn t go down quickly. toward greenville the crest is monday at 65 feet, shy of the 1927 record. down towards vicksburg, by tomorrow it will be hitting your all time record but it will continue to rise until next thursday getting to 57 1/2. you re at 55. so it s going to continue to go up. you see all the pictures you were showing. we re going to see water two feet higher. natches, one of the biggest crests, 58 feet is the previous record. may 21, 64 feet. the forecast, all these cities, thunderstorms and humid today but the front moves through and everybody cools down into the 70s. that will help as people pack up because it s been so hot and humid there. rick reichmuth.
crest two days ago at 48 feet. you re at 47 1/2 feet. only gone down a couple of inches. toward greenville, we ll be cresting on monday, 65 feet, right below the record. points south of that, blowing away the old records. vicksburg, 67 1/2 feet. prior record was from the 1927 flood was below that. this is 6 feet higher than the 1927 flood. not just on the mississippi. all the backwater, all the tributaries, all that water pushes back to there. those are the communities that are seeing the worst of this flooding. oh, wow. all right. we ll keep our eye on that. rick, thank you very much. switching gears now, the heads of the major oil companies up on the hill today for an energy hearing, telling lawmakers that high gas prices
ourselves just because of the volume. these are things that shouldn t be hard and if the pakinstani slow rolls us on this, unfortunately, we have to dr. pessimistic lessons. brian: we probably have a lot of stuff on the intel we took from bin laden s house that might reveal exactly who knew and who didn t know and we re not playing our cards yet. something else i know you care about, breaking news from tennessee. forecasters say the mighty mississippi river could crest much sooner than once thought. sometime today, our own chief meteorologist rick reichmuth was there riding in a boat. here he is from downtown memphis. they were thinking it would crest tuesday, wednesday. they re thinking tonight, it s at 47 1/2 now. you can get an idea of this river, absolutely expansive right now. this is a road normally. you can see the streetlights,