israel, front line area, where rockets are fired from and the israelis respond to. and i said, do you have a safe room, do you have a spot in this house where you can hide and he said, look, it s a small house. we re 15 people. i just tell my kids, go hide in the corner. that was ben wedeman. let s bring in ben wedeman live. we saw that family, we saw all the kids crawling up, looking out the window on camera. they seemed resigned to having rockets flying over their home, both incoming rockets and outgoing rockets. i also heard you mention a sense of defiance in gaza, particularly toward the israelis. tell me what the mood is there. reporter: well, you know, as the death toll rises and our number is now 83 since this flare-up began. as it rises, there is rising anger. last night, south of here, there was an outdoor cafe where
tempur-pedic the most highly recommended bed in america. the 20% of americans who make the least money in the country have not had a great 30 years. since the late 1970s, the poorest americans have seen their overall income go up just this much. which is not much progress in the richest country on earth. and that s sort of the big picture here. look, over the last 30 years, the more you need your income to rise, the less it rises. right? so that s the bottom 20%. the second 20%. the middle 20%. right? the smallest gains in income over the last three decades have been among those who most need a gain in income. the people who least need it are getting the biggest boost. year after year. this is new out today from the cbo, the congressional budget office, on what american money has been like in the last few decades. this is a problem. i mean, the people who nobody needs to worry about, because they are doing better than
the 20% of americans who make the least money in the country have not had a great 30 years. since the late 1970s, the poorest americans have seen their overall income go up just this much. which is not much progress in the richest country on earth. and that s sort of the big picture here. look, over the last 30 years, the more you need your income to rise, the less it rises. right? so that s the bottom 20%. the second 20%. the middle 20%. right? the smallest gains in income over the last three decades have been among those who most need a gain in income. the people who least need it are getting the biggest boost. year after year. this is new out today from the cbo, the congressional budget office, on what american money has been like in the last few decades. this is a problem. i mean, the people who nobody needs to worry about, because they are doing better than anybody else in the country,
the 20% of americans who make the least money in the country have not had a great 30 years. since the late 1970s, the poorest americans have seen their overall income go up just this much. which is not much progress in the richest country on earth. and that s sort of the big picture here. look, over the last 30 years, the more you need your income to rise, the less it rises. right? so that s the bottom 20%. the second 20%. the middle 20%. right? the smallest gains in income over the last three decades have been among those who most need a gain in income. the people who least need it are getting the biggest boost. year after year. this is new out today from the cbo, the congressional budget office, on what american money has been like in the last few decades. this is a problem. i mean, the people who nobody needs to worry about, because they are doing better than anybody else in the country,
they re not certain it will hold back the level, depending how high it rises. how fast and how long it stays up. where are the flood waters expected to move next? reporter: that s a good question. the interesting thing about this disaster is that you can plot it by your calendar. there s no sudden storm that comes in the middle of the night with this one. this is one that you can mark it by the calendar. for instance, on the 16th it s going to be in greenville, mississippi. on the 18th, it s going to be in vicksburg, and then probably in new orleans between the dates of the 24th and the 26th of this month. it takes a while for this huge swath of water to get to where it s going. once it s there, it lingers. then it s going to take a long time. so this is a disaster that s going to be with us for the rest of the month of may, anderson. so strange you can plot it so clearly like that. i guess it gives folks some time to prepare. but a lot of folks there s no way to prepare. you hav