few feet. you are in floodwaters. photojournalist john persons will pan loudoun and show you crops here are already flooded out. they have soy, cotton, corn here. all being wiped out. this in a we are when a lot of farmers around here thought they would catch a break. thought they would have good crops and maybe be able to recover from lean years and actually turn a profit for a lot of them, because of the floodwaters, that s not going to happen now. we have to talk about cresting because that s a key stage right now. near here in vicksburg, mississippi, it crested on thursday but that crest is expected to hold at least until saturday. top levels. now here in natchez, mississippi, water levels are rising and going to get to record levels probably tomorrow. but in vicksburg it is critical. key flood stage right now, record crest, going to hold until tomorrow. as you mentioned, wolf, what we are told now is that the mississippi river is going stay out its banks, won t recede to within it
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila