out democratic women of color. also a republican politician won t let a female reporter cover his campaign unless she has a male sham roane. chaperone. we begin with louisiana s state of emergency and the millions of people threatened by tropical storm barry. storm surge, hurricane-force winds and up to 15 inches of rain are forecast across the state in this makes landfall. officials there are preparing for worst-case scenarios. some local parish presidents have already issued mandatory evacuation orders. let s get to natasha cohen who is live for us in new orleans. what is the greatest concern for this storm, natasha? reporter: well, brianna, right now it s that rain risk that we re talking about. 10 to 15 inches through sunday. and right now we re expecting the mississippi river to rise to about 19 feet. its currently at about 16 feet. we re on a levee right now so you can see the problem is that we have an unprecedented