laden ten years ago. so what does the former president have to say now that terrorist is dead? he is breaking his silence. also, a rare interview to share with you this morning with that guy, hank aaron, talking to me about a number of things, the low lite of his career and he is also talking about president obama, barry bonds and who the real home run king should be. hello to you all center in atlanta, georgia. i m t.j. holmes. morgan city, louisiana, is a place that is on edge right now. we talk about the efforts to protect against historic flooding along the mississippi river. the flooding that hit the ohio river valley and upper mississippi now threatens cities on its path to the gulf of mexico. later today the army corps of engineers could open that huge spillway in louisiana. the last time i was opened was back in 1973. the governor is earning southeastern louisiana residents to get out of there. opening the spill way to divert flood watters from other areas in, par
live statement. other breaking news tonight as well, this time it s out of missouri. an appeal to the u.s. supreme court has failed to stop a proposal to blow up a major levee. that might save the town of cairo, illinois, but it would flood thousands of acres of missouri farmland. the decision to blast a two-mile hole in the levee now rests with the army corps of engineers. and our susan candiotti joins us now. susan, what does this mean? reporter: well, it means that if, in fact, they move forward with the plan to blow up this levee, then there s going to be a lot of land flooded, as was expected, in an area of missouri here. it s an area where the ohio and the mississippi river comes to a confluence. so at this hour tonight, i can tell you that the governor of missouri was not expecting that the supreme court would give him a favorable decision to hold off on plans to move forward blowing this levee up. because he says at this point we know that the u.s. army corps of e
the school is gone. our church is gone. there s nothing. it is a scene that will play out over and over in the coming days. the death toll from the storms now stands at 339. thousands more are injured, missing or homeless. alabama today declared a day of prayer for the victims. the state suffered the greatest loss of life with about 250 people dead. federal officials today got firsthand looks at the destruction in mississippi and alabama. listen for them to struggle for words to describe what they saw. i ve had an opportunity now to walk a few of these streets, you know, i don t think words can fairly express the level of devastation here. i m not articulate enough to really express what i saw. a lot of people looked to fema when we see tragedies like this. look at the people standing up there on that street. your fire department, the police department, the first responders, many of whom have lost their homes, many of whom in the middle of the storm were going out helpi
fema when we see tragedies like this. look at the people standing up there on that street. your fire department, the police department, the first responders, many of whom have lost their homes, many of whom in the middle of the storm were going out helping their neighbors. let s go right to smallville, mississippi, smithville, mississippi, i should say. a small town wiped out by a gigantic tornado. cnn s martin savage is there. a very different scene from easter services just one week ago. reporter: it is exactly. as we point out this smithville baptist church, services were held inside this sanctuary. then last wednesday came and the sanctuary was absolutely obliterated. today the services were held in the parking lot amidst the ruins of what was a horrible scene at a time of celebration for the parishione parishioners. they were celebrating that for the first time they could