Third hour. This is we made it through the stretch hour. The power hour. The power hour. The seventh thing inning str were so glad everybody is with us this morning. Im glad to be next to you too. It is going quick. It is already 8 00. Speak for yourself. I did two hours and now it is three. Im so glad to be here with you guys because you guys mean, i think we all help each other make each other better and we hope we make you better at home. There is a lot to get to this morning. Welcome to the program. Were going to give you some news now including these baseless Conspiracy Theories circulating about the attack on paul pelosi. Were going to debunk them one by one in a cnn fact check coming up shortly. Midterm elections, were one week exactly away, but a lot of votes already cast in early voting. Republican leaders gaining confidence that this is going to cut their way. Chris sununu of New Hampshire running for reelection, hell join us this hour to talk about his partys prospects. And
third hour. this is we made it through the stretch hour. the power hour. the power hour. the seventh thing inning str we re so glad everybody is with us this morning. i m glad to be next to you too. it is going quick. it is already 8:00. speak for yourself. i did two hours and now it is three. i m so glad to be here with you guys because you guys mean, i think we all help each other make each other better and we hope we make you better at home. there is a lot to get to this morning. welcome to the program. we re going to give you some news now including these baseless conspiracy theories circulating about the attack on paul pelosi. we re going to debunk them one by one in a cnn fact check coming up shortly. midterm elections, we re one week exactly away, but a lot of votes already cast in early voting. republican leaders gaining confidence that this is going to cut their way. chris sununu of new hampshire running for re-election, he ll join us this hour to t
yardsticks is here in baton rouge, the uss kid, on a good year the mississippi comes to that first rust stripe, about 25 feet above my head right now. and these water levels are so low, creating such a catastrophic shipping crisis that this is going to affect your grocery bill. it is a price of moving a bushel of soybeans went up 300% and there are thousands of barges full of food and all they can do is just wait and pray for rain. and if they can t get rain, they pray for help. we got a difficult stretch of river. reporter: from the army corps of engineers, with billions of dollars on the line they cut channels as fast as they can, with working antiques like the dredge potter, built in 1932, but still a work horse and endless fight with the river in every kind of weather. you re a professional weather bed redecorator.
you wish for rain, you have to specify not all at once. the midwest is still recovering from summer flash floods. and if the water cycle whiplashes again, hard rain on parched earth would be another blow to farmers. already struggling to move their har harvest. fewer and lighter barges on the river means more expensive trains and trucks, putting more planet cooking pollution into earth s system. which scientists continue to warn will only make droughts and floods and the related crises more extreme. and on a connected planet, where one in eight humans eat something that was moved down the mississippi, those hardy souls on the dredge potter are going to need a lot more help. normally they dredge until december. they re going to go until february this year. and, don, i don t know if you remember in your years here, locals tell me they can remember when they could stand under the uss kid but never remember it
being this extreme, this low, for this long. you can see on the banks, the big pier and dock here at baton rouge that takes folks from the paddle wheels and ferries to the convention center is completely worthless right now. you couldn t even use this. and so, again, the water will come back on the mississippi, it always does. the question is, when, when, and how much of this vital commerce will be choke points. i got to tell you, it is jarring, especially for me to watch this, bill, because i know exactly where you are. used to be the central plex and now the convention center and i remember when the uss kid , they put it in as a memorial there, what have you. i think back in the 80s, like 1982. i remember going there as a kid and watching it. and just behind you, on the other side of the river, that is my hometown. right across that river that you re looking at. i ve never, ever seen the river this low in my entire years.