underneath it, 48.9. 30 homes and businesses were destroyed by the flooding but anytime you have day after day of high water the amount of pressure poses a problem. in cairo, this is interesting because 56.1 feet, there are going to be and already have seen breaches of levees. in that cairo area, even though they eat hit 56, they ll be around 55 sfr five days. it s a slow flow of massive water. then it gets interesting. from memphis just moderate flooding but notice on the arkansas river, little rock s okay, they ve bolstered defenses around the capital, but pine bluff, major flooding. when that water from the arkansas meets up with all of this flooding in the mississippi, this is where it s going to get a little hairy in the days to come, from greenville, vicksburg, natches. again, the pressure on the levees will be tremendous and all bets are off of which ones actually will hold and which
borger is in washington. i know we are waiting on returns as they come in. but this is something that a 36-year incumbent in the state of mississippi is in jeopardy of losing his seat it an upstart tea party-backed candidate. it certainly is. and it is neck and neck. they have good reason to be concerned. there s about 40% of the vote that s come in. and right now, thad cochran, has 48.9% and mcdaniel has 48.6%, only about 1100 votes apart. number one, as you said, thad cochran is in a fight for his life. but number two, if neither candidates gets to 50% flesh hold, the law here in mississippi, he requires a run-off. so this won t be over tonight. it s been incredibly nasty, incredibly intense between the two republicans. because of things that have gone on here in mississippi but also because of the national implications of this.
chief correspondent joins us from jackson mississippi and gloria borger is in washington. i know we are waiting on returns as they come in. but this is something that a 36-year incumbent in the state of mississippi is in jeopardy of losing his seat it an upstart tea party-backed candidate. it certainly is. and it is neck and neck. they have good reason to be concerned. there s about 40% of the vote that s come in. and right now, thad cochran, has 48.9% and mcdaniel has 48.6%, only about 1100 votes apart. number one, as you said, thad cochran is in a fight for his life. but number two, if neither candidates gets to 50% flesh hold, the law here in mississippi, he requires a run-off. so this won t be over tonight. it s been incredibly nasty, incredibly intense between the two republicans. because of things that have gone
government worked to push tenman square out of people s minds? good morning, it s wednesday, june 6 pt at this hour, chris mcdaniel has 49.6% of the vote. cochran shows with 48.9%. a third candidate, thomas carey, has less than 2%. that means no within has the majority of the vote needed to avoid that runoff in three weeks. campaign officials said it might take until thursday given absentee and contested ballots. but last night mcdaniel was
put that state in play for them for the first time in more than 30 years. with 99% of the precincts reporting mcdaniel is lead iing thad cochran, the second longest serving republican in the senate by less than one point. mcdaniel has 49% of the vote to 48.9% of cochran. only 2,000 of the more than 300,000 cast separate the two candidates. if it goes to the runoff as appears likely, the already expensive and the personal duel will extend for another three weeks. msnbc s kasie hunt is in jackson, mississippi, and kasie, the democrats have not won a race there since 1982, and obvious question is could a mcdaniel primary win change that if it plays out that way? democrats are hoping so and it is looking like a scenario of a mcdaniel win. and republicans say they will go all in for cochran to help him