iraqi population, seeing that is it predominantly shia in those areas. but the population has no more tolerance left. not for their own politicians and not for interference from any country, not even from iran. and you have these very serious clashes that are breaking out in, yet, another southern shia city, as we ve received reports today, are still ongoing. what is happening here is significant. not just for the future of iraq, that this younger generation is demanding, but also, it s worth noting, that what happens in iraq is critical to the future of the region s stability, as well. very good point. thank you so much for that. arwa damon for us in baghdad this morning. an evacuation record remains in place after wednesday s huge explosion at a chemical plant. tens of thousands of residents in a four-mile radius of the tpc
the mississippi. the u.s. coast guard did rescue 11 people from their flooded homes this morning, in the lower portion of perebone parish, that is outside the hurricane protection system of pere diss bonboneand was under a voluntary evacuation record. i want to thank the coast guard for doing that. incredibly important that the services were available and they have the expertise and the equipment to be able to make those rescues even by air during the period of the storm, when most of the air assets are not able to fly. and so that s another federal resource that has been brought to bear here in the state of louisiana, to protect life and that s critically important. i do want to clear up a little misinformation that s been going around. the overtopping that has occurred in plaka disman s pari,