now it s a mess. homeless camps on most every block so people still so while johnny was out in california vacationing he hit venice to see what the heck was going on. it s happened to california. it s too expensive. where everyone comes. great unless gavin newsom is locking them down. how was the governor doing? you re messing with people that much, you have to be living well off of it. he s just a candle. who s the governor? john mcgregor. desantis? oh, no, that s florida. are you kidding me? jerry brown, i believe he s the governor. who raise these guys? what kind of people are they?
a quarter of all betting machines have been fitted with a new anonymous player awareness system which tracks a customer s behavior towards shop staff uncontrollable betting $34000.00 of the machines fall in around one and a half 1000000000 euros a year. now italians simply call it out or high water but that seems like something of an understatement when you look at the flooding that hit venice in recent weeks the highest water levels for generations have devastated large parts of the unesco protected city among those heavily affected all the makers are in finally reach their gondola shipyard the front is once again dry land but just a few days ago the entrance was submerged in the worst flood in over 50 years if. the water kept rising and rising and never stopped it was all dark
crippling floods are expected to hit venice once again. in the coming hours, high tide is forecast to reach 1.6 meters or more than five feet. the italian city has seen historic flooding damaging centuries-old treasures. i m joined now from venice. scott, how s it looking? reporter: hey, nick, things are going to get worse before they are going to get better here. there will be one more round of flooding as you said, before venetians get a little bit of a break. around the corner from here is st. mark s square, that s the lowest part of the city, just 80 centimeters above sea level. today we re going to get 160
venice is built on marble and solid rock. the problem, though, is when you see these high tides, these especially high tides. today is considered extraordinary. saltwater gets into places where it s not really supposed to be. the worry is when it gets into some of the bricks. yes, the water comes up quickly and leaves quickly, but the salt doesn t. so what happens then is it gets in there and makes its way out and deteriorates the rock. so there are serious questions about how much more venice can withstand before it s going to have some serious repair bills on its hands. they re already seeing that at st. mark s basilica, the bases of stone columns and old marble bases they re already having to replace. they worry if something s not done about this, it s only going to get worse. nick? scott mcclain in venice. thank you very much. finally, people magazine says singer john legend is the sexiest man alive.