more equality. more of an equality. that was a very profound statement right there. jackie robinson is responsible for barack obama being in the white house. do you think people forget that sometimes and sometimes put it in the category because it was sports? it s a long string. but every now and then somebody comes along and connects both ends so that we can see it clearly again. i don t know if we actually forget it. you can see more of this interview tomorrow morning here on cnn. major league baseball civil rights game will be played right here in atlanta on sunday afternoon. new developments in just the past few hours along the rain swollen mississippi river. the morganza spillway is now open. next we ll talk with the tulane university professor and retired general russel honore about the decision to flood thousands of homes and businesses to save the state s two largest cities. sary!
more of an equality. that was a very profound statement right there. jackie robinson is responsible for barack obama being in the white house. do you think people forget that sometimes and sometimes put it in the category because it was sports? it s a long string. but every now and then somebody comes along and connects both ends so that we can see it clearly again. i don t know if we actually forget it. you can see more of this interview tomorrow morning here on cnn. major league baseball civil rights game will be played right here in atlanta on sunday afternoon. new developments in just the past few hours along the rain swollen mississippi river. the morganza spillway is now open. next we ll talk with the tulane university professor and retired general russel honore about the decision to flood thousands of homes and businesses to save the state s two largest cities.
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a hydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a high drydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you c
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