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flood walls. those walls could fail. the city s mayor talked about his concerns with our ed lavandera. are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city right here. it is the heart of the city, primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall before this would be at risk. what we re really concerned about is that high river stage raising the water level back where the lake is, and if that got topped, because that level of protection is not nearly as high as that, if that got topped, the water is going to flow throughout the city. it won t be held within a particular compartment of the city. we re an island, the river on one side and both our eastern boundaries and south even boundaries is the river, the northern and western boundaries is the lake. this water threat surrounds you? absolutely. it s starting to lap up under the planks of the wharf. so the water is just now getting here. it will be water all the way ....
Say female faces and bodies are often censored because any photos of women can be considered sexually suggestive. the white house isn t commenting. it s just flabbergasting. flabbergasting indeed. tonight in building up america, a program in north carolina is working to bolster the local textile industry. and it s become a model of the think globally, act locally mantra. tom foreman reports. reporter: arnie burleson is laying in another crop of carolina cotton, just as his family has for years. but this is much more than a job these days. it s a thrill. reporter: because a portion of his crop is going to cotton of the carolinas. that s an innovative program to build up the hard-hit textile industry here by turning locally grown cotton into locally made clothing, creating locally needed jobs. at places like ts designs. our shirts go from dirt to shirt in 700 miles or less. ....