today saw a youth summit at century tenle yell park along with games on a temporary field. the beacon awards are tonight honoring heroes like hall-of-famer ernie banks and the freedom riders who rode buses in the south in the 60s to defy discrimination. as the home to martin luther king, jr., and the adopted home of homerun legend hank aaron, atlanta is a natural fit for the civil rights game. barry bonds, of course, surpassed hammering hank as the homerun king, but not everyone thinks bonds accomplishment is legit. t.j. holmes sat down with aaron to ask him about it. reporter: what would you say to fans who say hank aaron is the homerun king, he will always be my homerun king and they refuse to acknowledge anybody at this point that s above your name? would you say, let it go, folks,
biggest cities in louisiana. but it means tiny communities could soon be under many feet of water. this is what it looked like in 1973. the one and only time the morganza spillway had to be opened. there s no guarantee it will even work. the mississippi river is already dangerously high in new orleans. the army corps of engineers is hoping that by diverting water through two spillways will lower the river level and spare the city. so far, the corps says opening the morganza spillway appears to be having the desired effect. the biggest test is still days away, the highest water, hundreds of miles up river. this is greenville, mississippi, that you re looking at right now. a live report from there, and it is being inundated, straight ahead on cnn. let s get right to ed lavandera who was there when the morganza spillway was opened just about three hours ago. ed, tell us about it. ed lavandera is joining us on the phone. ed, can you hear us? reporter: just a while ago, this is