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We re going to continue to see the river cresting in locations as we go through the remainder of this week and potentially into saturday and the water levels are going to remain potentially high for about a month you. mentioned how the u.s. is recovering and really dealing with the wheat industry. we re also going to talk about how the high level of the mississippi s also affecting the economy. we re talking about the transport. roughly 500 million tons of cargo actually moved along the mississippi river. as you mentioned, part of the mississippi river was closed yesterday, about a 25-kilometer, 15-mile stretch because the water level was so high it actually threatened the levee. so they actually had to clear things out because it was just too dangerous. as we take you through the future and we re going to talk about the river in several places. we talked about greenville still cresting. for vicksburg, may 19, that s thursday, roughly 6 meters of a ....
soldiers, she s visited the stadium where in 1920 british troops opened fire on a crowd watching a gaelic football match. 14 people were killed. the flood-swollen mississippi river is slowly pushing toward the gulf of mexico, threatening more towns along the gulf in the united states. local residents aren t taking any chances. so far nearly 9,000 people have evacuated from the flood zone. a television journalist who went missing in syria three weeks ago is safe and is returning home. that s according to her employer. dorothy orothy will be returnin soon. they said she had been deported to iran where she holds citizenship. a campaign launched to release her was held on facebook and twitter. those are the headlines today. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn lauchblt welcome to the show. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon. i he lan gishs in a new york jail cell. he defends the company for taking a week to tell gamers about a massive da ....