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in south carolina, 14 dams have failed just since the weekend. now, david begnaud tells us they re calling in the cavalry. reporter: drastic measures are being taken to stop rushes floodwaters. this national guard chopper crew spent the entire day dropping these bags trying to shore up a canal in the state capital of columbia. the bags are 3,000 pounds. some are filled with sand and some are filled with rocks. they re being used to build a barrier because the colombia canal has breached, threatening the water supply to more than 350,000 people. you know, just being here on the scene lets you know how real that is. reporter: kim stenson is director of the state s emergency management division. how long do you think it will take to temporarily shore it up? i think the next day or so they should be able to do that. reporter: today, he toured the columbia canal with fema administrator craig fugate. both agency heads are monitoring floodwater that is flowing east a ....
bodies were founded in the carolinas, bringing the death toll from the worst flooding there on record to at least 19. in south carolina, 14 dams have failed just since the weekend. now, david begnaud tells us they re calling in the cavalry. reporter: drastic measures are being taken to stop rushes floodwaters. this national guard chopper crew spent the entire day dropping these bags trying to shore up a canal in the state capital of columbia. the bags are 3,000 pounds. some are filled with sand and some are filled with rocks. they re being used to build a barrier because the colombia canal has breached, threatening the water supply to more than 350,000 people. you know, just being here on that is. reporter: kim stenson is emergency management division. how long do you think it will take to temporarily shore it up? i think the next day or so they should be able to do that. the columbia canal with fema administrator craig fugate. both agency heads are monitoring f ....
bodies were founded in the carolinas, bringing the death toll from the worst flooding there on record to at least 19. in south carolina, 14 dams have failed just since the weekend. now, david begnaud tells us they re calling in the cavalry. reporter: drastic measures are being taken to stop rushes floodwaters. this national guard chopper crew spent the entire day dropping these bags trying to shore up a canal in the state capital of columbia. the bags are 3,000 pounds. some are filled with sand and some are filled with rocks. they re being used to build a barrier because the colombia canal has breached, threatening the water supply to more than 350,000 people. you know, just being here on the scene lets you know how real that is. reporter: kim stenson is director of the state s emergency management division. how long do you think it will take to temporarily shore it up? i think the next day or so they should be able to do that. reporter: today, he toured the c ....
there on record to at least 19. in south carolina, 14 dams have failed just since the weekend. now, david begnaud tells us they re calling in the cavalry. reporter: drastic measures are being taken to stop rushes floodwaters. this national guard chopper crew spent the entire day dropping these bags trying to shore up a canal in the state capital of columbia. the bags are 3,000 pounds. some are filled with sand and some are filled with rocks. they re being used to build a barrier because the colombia canal has breached, threatening the water supply to more than 350,000 people. you know, just being here on the scene lets you know how real that is. reporter: kim stenson is director of the state s emergency management division. how long do you think it will take to temporarily shore it up? i think the next day or so they should be able to do that. reporter: today, he toured the columbia canal with fema administrator craig fugate. both agency heads are monitoring f ....
shows huge price differences for the same today president obama personally apologized for the american air strike on saturday that killed 22 civilians at a hospital in afghanistan. he phoned the head of doctors without borders which ran the hospital and he also called the afghan president. the u.s. commander in afghanistan said the attack was directed by american troops after afghan forces called for help. he called it a mistake. doctors without borders says it still wants an independent investigation. today prosecutors in oregon said the gunman who killed nine people last week also shot at two detectives. they fired back, wounding him. then, he took his own life. president obama will meet friday with families of the victims. and julianna goldman tells us the shooting has now become a major issue in the presidential campaign. from the indications that i got they did not rush the shooter. reporter: on cbs this morning, ben carson doubled down repeating the suggest ....