month to go, harris. harris: steve, i m curious about the evacuations because they had been moving people out of the way. are people still in this area? they have been going door-to-door and it depends on the situation. there is very few houses in this area. and it s really remarkable how mississippi has performed over the past five or six days. a real contrast with katrina. katrina 230 lives were lost seven years ago. now in mississippi, just one life lost due to this hurricane. and, in part, it s due to the different tools they have. they are communicating in realtime. the governor, emergency workers really on top of things. getting out the word to people and people taking that word very seriously around this dam, harris. all that heartache seven years ago at least giving way to a lot of lessons people have learned. steve harrigan, thank you very much. police say a man walked into a supermarket where he worked and started shooting. by the time it was all over, people were dead
region, not just in louisiana, mississippi, parts of alabama as well tonight. harris: wow, just think about that you are moving from one location to try to get to the next to get away from what might happen and it happens in that area. i had not heard it in a that detail. thank you. they just can t get away. harris: mississippi reopening gulf coast casinos now that isaac is a memory there. the states department of environmental quality has closed all state beaches over concerns. debris from isaac may be contaminating the water. that would put a damper on badly needed tourism money and far from the only obstacle people there are facing as you might imagine. they are getting set for the daunting clean up after that storm. phil keating is live in biloxi, mississippi tonight, phil? the river s basin, harris, all along the gulf remains swollen and flooded. here in southern coastal mississippi all rivers are expected to crest at levels not seen in several years. which is the river, a
fury down the river. potentially endangering tens of thousands of people from kent wood, louisiana all the way down to the community of robert. you see it there on the martin. officials say rain from isaac caused the lake to swell and put too much pressure on that 2300-foot dam. with the amount of rain that we had for the extended length of time it did cause a problem. crews have reduced the threat by releasing some of the water but no one knows for sure if that will be enough or if disaster is unstoppable. steve harrigan live for us in mccomb, mississippi right now near that dam. steve, what s the latest. harris, they are working around the clock here. both the army corps of engineers as well as emergency management teams, off to my side they have several pumps going. they are trying to pump that water out night and day as well as build up the dirt there where some had slipped down. this is an earthenned dam. about 2,000 feet long. on the other side of this
to use force to defend the united states of america or our interests. at the same time, i will only send you into harms way when it is absolutely necessary. when we do, we will give you the equipment and the clear mission and the smart strategy and the support back home that you need to get the job done. harris: the white house saying the president will be back on the campaign trail tomorrow. of course, next week as we have said, democrats will hold their convention in charlotte, north carolina. tonight, we are getting our first look inside that convention hall. we will go live to charlotte a little bit later inside the fox report. and now to the most immediate danger for people in the southeast following isaac it is from a dam on the border between mississippi and louisiana. crews pumping water tonight to keep the whole thing from bursting. the dam sits at the southern end of a lake that s about 700 acres or one square mile. it holds back enough water to fill about 4,000 olympic
absolutely a total loss. for two straight days the strong winds and pelting rain and long south to north bands of the tropical storm, first a hurricane, have been moving across southern coastal mississippi and has caused damage to houses, closed businesses, sending debris across the area. also, flooding, now, that is the major concern across certain mississippi and now moving up into central and northern mississippi, major flooding issues are rising just like the waters across the street and many thoroughfares are closed off and driving can be treacherous, the national guard in humvees driving around, about 200 people were evacuated for their own safety from jackson county, mississippi, this morning. the biggest frustration for so many across the region has been isaac s stubborn refusal to move along.