arthel: the state of mississippi declaring a state of emergency. people there bracing for heavy rains and storm surge that could trigger massive flooding. joining me on the phone now is mississippi governor phil bryant. governor, thank you so much for taking time to talk with us this afternoon. busy, busy day for you, busy weekend i m sure. if you could first of all tell us what the weather is like now, from your perspective, your biggest concern at this time and come nightfall. as you know, the storm came ashore at about 10:00 a.m., mainland central louisiana, also here on the mississippi gulf coast. heavy rain is our concern. flooding. and this has been something that s been going on in mississippi since february, particularly in the mississippi delta, as we see this storm coming ashore, on the mississippi gulf coast, southwest mississippi, moving up the mississippi river to an already flooded mississippi delta, 540,000 acres under water