i m reading as i see it. this is lee catalina. i will be trying to figure out why the end of the world will have to take place in u.s. standard time. and spending the day boogie boarding the morganza flood gates and then camping out in the swamp. well, i asked and you delivered in tweeterdom. happening right now in oklahoma, a manhunt is under way for two men wanted for shooting an off duty sheriff s deputy. he was working as a security guard in a restaurant and was walking to a bank when ehe was shot in the head. the shooting was caught on videotape. the dipty is listed in critical condition. and police in mexico have arrested the alleged leader of one of the most notorious drug
this is lee catalina. i will be trying to figure out why the end of the world will have to take place in u.s. standard time. and spending the day boogie boarding the morganza flood gates and then camping out in the swamp. well, i asked and you delivered in tweeterdom. happening right now in oklahoma, a manhunt is under way for two men wanted for shooting an off duty sheriff s deputy. he was working as a security guard in a restaurant and was walking to a bank when ehe was shot in the head. the shooting was caught on videotape. the dipty is listed in critical condition. and police in mexico have arrested the alleged leader of one of the most notorious drug rings. they say he operated a drug route between mexico and the u.s. i talked to a former dea agent who says this arrest is a big deal. this is major. you have to remember that this was this gang was responsible for a large shipment over a long period of time, over ten years that were coming from mexico to the united
thursday. notice may 22nd for red river levees here. new orleans says it is cresting now. the river levels are expected to stay flat where they are right now. it is at 17 feet now. it is staying at 17 feet for another seven to ten days. as long as they need to, they will continue to open up these gates. you know, all the little gates along the spillway, to keep the flow consistent and hopefully spare some of the bigger cities. they don t do it at once. it will be a human surge of water. right. the crest is still coming. so they need to open it up more in the days and coming weeks. what else can they deal with down there? we ll check back with you. we ll check out the situation up river from louisiana in a few minutes. redwood, mississippi, is one town along the mighty mississippi keeping a close eye on the water level. there s a levee there that has folks there very concerned. we ll take you there live.
their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators won t think twice about grabbing a human. let s go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriff s deputies are urging people to leave. and in this subdivision made up of 20 homes, almost everyone has heeded that warning. you can see the spot behind me here, just a patch of dirt, a few hours ago there was a trailer home on that spot. a young man by the name of bret ensley literally had the trailer picked up and driven out of the neighborhood taking it to higher ground. we have seen that in a number of places. other than that, people are bringing in trucks and trailers and loading up what they ca
at about four miles an hour. they stop every half hour, take a measurement, gather the data and transmit it so everyone else knows where the crest is. they will do that all the way down to mile marker zero and the gulf of mexico. they have a long way to go, probably will be doing that all the way to the end of the month, fredicka. martin savidge from greenville. let s check in with jennifer delgado in the weather center. more on this situation. it s very frightening for those who operate their homes and businesses. from some of the video we saw, serious evacuations and it looks successfully. a lot of homes very much damaged. absolutely. rightfully so. so many people evacuate. that s what you want to do. all the water rushing down is such a dangerous situation. let s talk more about the morganza flood gates. what you re looking at in red, this is actually the flood gate, here is the mississippi river, to help you visualize it a bit