ahead on our rundown, an in-depth look of the flooding in louisiana. and inside a google workshop where tech minds meet in one of the world s most creative companies. and a hollywood mega power couple splitting after 25 years. cnn in depth now. troubled waters, casinos shut down in the town of tuneca. cnn s ted rowlands reports. that s the main entrance into the lobby area for the casino hotel. reporter: here is casino in tunica, mississippi, surrounds
at the parking lot and see why it is obviously closed. as you mentioned all of the casinos in this area have closed, which is delivering a major hit to the local economy. that s the main entrance into the lobby area for the casino hotel. rare ra s in stunica is surrounded by almost 8 feet of water. what used to be the valet dropoff, now looks like a street in venice. harrah s and the other eight casinos in tunica are expected to be closed for a month. tunica county is $84 million of gross gaming revenue lost for the month of may and what that equates to is about $10 million to the local taxes organizations here. it s a big hit. reporter: state law required that when the casinos here were built, they had to be offshore, that means that the casinos themselves are floating on large barges. they re dry.
they are gambling, but they buy things and they park their car, and the valet guy, everyone now is hurting with this. and someone who knows a lot about this is valerie moore who is the regional vp of caesars and valerie, i don t know where you are right now, but you are on the phone, and talk to me about the casinos in and around tunica and are they flooded and how it is looking? well, yes, i m in tunica today and we have three casinos the har ra harrah s and the hor and the tunica ka see no. you walk in and there is water six to seven feet high, and the tower next to the casino is the lobby area and the valet parking area, and it is completely under water, but there is no structural damage to the property at this point other than more cosmetic when the water recedes what will happen
head, no different than your ankle, there s going to be swelling. what they did was take off a plate of the bone. we know the bullet entered the left side of the brain in the temporal lobby area and exited the frontal lobe. they know it left a hole. that means the good, healthy part of the brain has to swell. if it swells against the hard, thick skull, it will push around to the fragile areas of the neck. that can be life threatening. they took off a piece of the skull, about the size of the hand. they have preserved it. that allows the brain to swell and takes pressure off all the damaged areas. that they are going to monitor very carefully for the next day. usually it s 48 to 72 hours. i suspect they will keep the tube in her, on a ventilator for the next 24 to 48 with the plan of getting her off the ventilator sometime this week. dr. nancy snyderman, thank
most of the day yesterday. the people taken hostage went back into that building to work today? reporter: they opens up discovery communications to let people back into the building briefly and to address the employees. people left behind a lot of their belongings and cars in the garage that ultimately became the exit route for them. the investigation is focused on that lobby area where james lee was yesterday with his three hostages. he has three weapons, two guns and explosives strapped to his chest. today we are learning what happened when they tried to evacuate the building. let s listen to shelly fletcher as she describes the heroism of her colleagues. he put me on his back and took me [inaudible]