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The review of votes in Arizona is another example of how the 45th “president” has undermined our Democracy with lies, an insurrection, cultish followers, conspiracy theories and mindless opportunists who do nothing more than spew idiotic claims.
Anyone paying attention could foresee this outcome. Donald Trump surrounded himself with loyalists who followed the company line. Idolatry to their “dear leader” was mandatory and brains or logical thinking were not tolerated.
Now, the mindless, reckless minions are decapitating voting rights across the land to make the twice impeached, one term insurrectionist feel better!
The Republicans in Arizona who allowed this debacle to happen with a QAnon company at the helm are complicit in the downfall of our democracy.
this area inundated by the floodwaters. it could go up in excess of 20 feet and you have about 11,000 structures. the levees will be getting close to a place called morgan city, home to another 12,000 people. that is the scenario we have. you ve heard this thing called levees. what exactly is a levee? let s show you the river that would not have the benefit of a levee. the water escapes, the river banks flows out where at times it can be anywhere from miles inland inundating communities. but with an area protected by levees, you have also artificial fortification along the riverbanks. it protects structure, towns, fields, what have you, on the side of the levees. morgan city is protected by some levees. let s hope that it will be enough to protect it as these waters make their way through. it s not something that s going to happen instantaneously. it s going to be a long process
u.s. army corps of engineers is expected to open the floodgates on the morganza spillway. the plan is to slowly divert floodwaters away from baton rouge and new orleans. the spillway has not been opened in nearly 40 years. the move will flood other areas in south central louisiana. and this map right here you re about to see it, it says it all. areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water and green up to 15 feet. we ll have live coverage of a briefing by the u.s. army corps of engineers at 2:00 eastern time. in areas like morgan city, louisiana, could get disastrous flooding. morgan city is protected by flood walls. but those walls could fail. the city s mayor talked about his concerns with her ed lavandera. reporter: are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city. it is. and it s primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall, i think, before this would really be at risk. what we re really concerned about is tha