he said he felt compelled to give the speech, after the killing of bin laden and, the debate over the harsh interrogation techniques. and, many of our military men go through the same kind of thing in training. bill: five minutes past the hour, a fox news alert, the flooding fears are real and tension is rising fast along with the waters of the mighty mississippi. and the swollen river, inching up the levees around greenville, mississippi, and, one of the biggest cities along the river, in fact, now the governor is urging people there, to get out, while you can. because, the water is coming your way. steve harrigan is live near greenville, and, how are things this morning? reporter: bill, hour after hour we have seen people climb up the levee to see how bad things have gotten, and they are certainly very concerned, you can see, behind me, the area here, actually used to be a park in greenville and now is five feet deep in water and that casino is shut down and flooded, off to the
begin overtopping on monday and the corps of engineers has armor plated the levee and we expect no problems there and we will get water in little towns like valley park, and carrie and that is going to be happening and is expected. reporter: and main population centers, like greenville, according to the levee board, safe for now. back to you, in new york. bill: greenville, mississippi, steve harrigan, thanks. heather? we are getting an early picture of the economic impact of the floods, arkansas alone, 1 million acres under water and damages expected to top $500 million and arkansas grows a big portion of the rice we eat. 45 to 50% of the nation s rice, comes from arkansas. and, eastern arkansas is where it is grown, so, we have lost a big portion of the rice crop. i have abandoned trying to plant my rice, all the ground is flooded now. it will be too late and i have a neighbor that has $2.5 million