we know when they say it s coming to vickburg, mississippi, we a took it serious and started building this levee. reporter: a lot of people are wondering this same thing, how much martin, my son said a whil ago an arm and a leg. i really don t know yet. i m just going to have to leave you with that because it is i don t know what it is going to cost. reporter: the bill actually hasn t come in. but i would say it is worth it so far. it is. reporter: thank you. thank you so much. right now they say that the floodwaters likely to be hanging around this neck of the woods for some time. maybe into the middle of june which means for the hart family there won t be a lot to do except enjoy their new lake house home. wolf? what a story. i wish all those folks the best of luck. china is developing a weapon that could do serious damage to u.s. navy carriers. how america s military is now fighting back. why a former supporter of
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila