to take him out. not to bring him back. it s pretty clear we weren t going to bring him back and mirandaize him and give him rights and put him up for trial in this country. they went in there to kill him and they did that and that s the important thing. gregg: congressman martin frost, brad, thank you, gentlemen. heather: parts of the south now bracing for the possibility of record breaking flooding in kentucky. crews are installing flood walls along a major highway for the first time in 46 years. and in memphis, tennessee, evacuations are going on right now as the mighty mississippi river rises. that s where we find elizabeth prann streaming for us live. hi there, heather. we re in one of those neighborhoods that continues to be evacuated. i m standing in about a foot of water in a neighborhood here in memphis. behind me is a home 3 1/2 feet submerged. it was formerly on the banks of
much water since the disaster trodisasterous floods when i am told that the water came all of the way here which is four blocks from the river banks. but since, there are big changes to keep the river back, and a system of flood walls and gates and levees developed since the 1950s should keep the city dry, but it is a system that has never been hit with this much water. they have never been tested, but all of the subject matter experts are telling us that we can have a high confidence level. reporter: the army corps of engineers blowing levees to divert flood water into missouri farmland slow slow the flood levels, and officials are using the time in memphis to use the time to prepare. a call out for sandbags for government buildings and hospitals, but the hope is that they won t be needed. david mattingly, thank you in memphis there. and the water is so high in
up into areas there. back in those areas they don t have flood walls or levees like they have here at this park to keep the water back. but this is supposed to be a near historic level of flood here in memphis. just a few inches away, they believe, from the peak of 1938 or 1937. what they re talking about is that flood back then was really bad because they didn t have the flood protection they do now. it went four blocks into the city. now they have levees. they have flood walls. they want to make sure everybody knows they have confidence in this equipment. they think it s going to hold the river back. and they re ready just in case it doesn t. they called in volunteers to start putting together hundreds and thousands of sandbags to be used just in case the levees don t work. they are preparing for every bad thing that could happen now and making sure everybody gets the message don t feel comfortable with this slow-moving water coming in your neighborhood. make plans to get out now. th
time around wednesday. that s going to be close to the 1937 level of that disastrous flood. there s a big difference now between what they have to work with here and what they had back in 37. now they ve got flood walls and levees all over the place. they re expected to keep most of the city dry. but they re still being very careful. there s a couple thousand properties they ve identified as being vulnerable here. they re looking at this water backing up into the tributaries into the rivers that flow into the mississippi here, close to memphis. those properties are the ones that are the most valor inble right now. what they re looking at is a couple thousand properties. the word is going out today to those property owners, to some of them, saying this is the time to start packing and making plans. don t wait until this river is in your front yard to decide to leave. they want to make sure everybody has enough time to get their belongings out and to get to safety. but again, this water
officials have identified the houses and businesses that will be vulnerable as this floodwater continues to rise. it may come up about another two feet and crest on wednesday. they are going to those properties, finding the people who live and work there and letting them know today now is the time to pack up and plan to move because by the time the water gets to your front yard, like it has here, then it s going to be too late. but the city has a vast system of flood walls, levees, and they have been calling in volunteers to develop sandbags to place around important buildings just in case one of those levees might fail be to, prepared for anything that the flood might throw its way. granted, back in 1937 they had a flood that went four blocks into the city. with all the protection they have now, they re hoping to hold this massive historic flood at bay and keep the city relatively dry, except for those few low-lying areas, a couple thousand parcels of property