though there is a volcano erupting under iceland s biggest glacier. we re talking about the rapture in just a few minutes with steven baldwin. you don t want to miss that. in syria, the brutal crack down is far from over. a witness tells cnn that four people were killed today after a funeral march in the city of homs. the same city was torn apart by violence friday. today s assault came as people were leaving a cemetery after burying victims of that bloodshed. the syrian government has forbidden cnn from reporting in the country, so we are unable to confirm these reports independently. tens of thousands of spaniards defied their government and protested for a seventh straight day on the eve of the regional elections there. the demonstrators are upset over the country s 21% unemployment rate. the government made no move to clear them out, despite a court-approved ban on demonstrations the day before an election. sunday spanish voters will elect mayors along with several
on the flooded side it s at least 16 feet deep and the only thing preventing the flood from inundated thousands of homes on the other side is 28 miles of earth works completed in 1978, but never has this levee had to endure the stress it s under now. peter nimrod knows if the state of mississippi were to have a catastrophic levee failure, this is most likely the place or time. it s hard to predict actually what s going to happen. boats from the army corps of engineers regularly patrol for the first signs of weakness or failure. they are quickly prepared to fill any breach. they would take anything out there and deploy it out there and roll it in the place up against the levee, and this is thought to be the weakest point where the water is expected to come over the top. in just a week and a half work cruise covered four miles of this stretch with heavy plastic and trying to prevent the levee from washing away but there s no
mississippi river includes a lot of tributaries and all of that water is putting an enormous strain on local levees. one levee in particular is keeping everyone awake at night. martin? so far the story in mississippi at least has actually been a success story in the ability of the levees to prevent an all-out flooding disaster, but if there s going to be a failure of any levee, this is that levee, and this is the time. we re driving on top of a potential disaster. of the 700 miles of mississippi levees struggling to hold back the record flooding, none are in greater jeopardy than the yazou levee. the water here is less than a foot from pouring over the top. on the flooded side it s at least 16 feet deep and the only thing preventing the flood from inundated thousands of homes on the other side is 28 miles of earth works completed in 1978, but never has this levee had to endure the stress it s under now. peter nimrod knows if the state of mississippi were to have a
this is going to take everything we ve got. plus, a global business big wig charged with attempted rape, a posh new york city hotel the location, he was naked forcing himself on a raid. we re live at the courthouse where he s facing a judge right now. plus this. and to the people in arizona, in atlanta, georgia and atlanta, you should be ashamed of yourself. musician carlos santana blasting georgia s new immigration law, fanning the flames in the upcoming presidential election. i ll examine with cnn s errol lewis. i m don lemon and the news starts right now. tonight thousands of people in louisiana are packing up and leaving. there might be nothing left when they return. billions of gallons of water now pouring through the morganza spillway. today two more gates were opened double the amount of water diverted from the swollen mississippi river. over the coming weeks it will flood the area half the size of connecticut. incoming water extremely dangerous, alligators and s
it s worse than we thought. it s really worse than we thought. we thought maybe we might have water in our yard and this is going to come into our homes. this is going to take everything we ve got. plus, a global business big wig charged with attempted rape, a posh new york city hotel the location, he was naked forcing himself on a made maid. we re live at the courthouse where he s facing a judge right now. plus this. and to the people in arizona, in atlanta, georgia and atlanta, you should be ashamed of yourself. musician carlos santana blasting georgia s new immigration law, fanning the flames in the upcoming presidential election. i ll examine with cnn s errol lewis. i m don lemon and the news starts right now. tonight thousands of people in louisiana are packing up and leaving. there might be nothing left when they return. billions of gallons of water now pouring through the morganza spillway. today two more gates were opened doubling the amount of water diverted