9% since then. coming up in a few minutes, we re going to talk with steve forbes about what the white house needs to do to tackle the problem. we ll get great perspective from him. fox news alert, a developing weather situation. golf bobby jindal briefing reporters a short while ago about emergency preparations going on in his state of louisiana. a tropical depression there is expected to soak southern louisiana over the weekend bringing extensive flooding. forecasters say the storm could dump as much as 10-15 inches of rain on the state, possibly even 20 inches in some areas. in new orleans the city just marked six years since hurricane katrina. folks there now working to clear storm drains fearing clogged drains could flood homes. most of this is gravity drain, you know, this is an old section of town, and the water used to just run off. and when it runs off, it collects. and if they don t pump it, it ll