it's now a tropical storm. it's still the big issue, and i think chad myers may agree, the issue really is flooding. >> yes. without a doubt, flooding. that will be the key for the next few hours, except for maybe eastern massachusetts and maine, where trees are still falling down and winds are still gusting to 81 miles per hour just in the past half hour. but there is still water uphill from newark. there is still water uphill in binghamton, scranton, schenectady. all that water has to run eventually into the ocean. there's a high-water rescue in fleischman's new york, and they've had to call out the national guard thoerpt get people off the top of their house pause they are on the roof and the helicopter is going out to get them right now. serious situations in some spots and flooding going on all the way from burlington, vermont, back into pars of stall massachusetts, including western new jersey, scranton, binghamton, and all the way back up here. that entire area of flooding going on. even though the rain

. >>> tropical storm irene was lashing new england with powerful winds and rain. hello again, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. >> i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up on what we know at this hour on this storm. president obama an hour away from making the statement about the storm. he will be doing so 5:00 eastern from the rose garden. we'll bring it to you live as soon as we see the president. >> irene continues to lose power since making landfall this morning. floodwaters are receding on new york's long island and downtown manhatt manhattan. evacuation orders for low lying areas including the rockaways were lifted just last hour. residents are venturing out to examine the storm damage. >> the storm has proven to be fatal. at least 15 people across six separate states were killed during the storm. irene's powerful winds toppled trees, knocked down power lines, damaged homes. early wind damage estimates alone are expected to top more than $1 million. more than 4 million people without power. >> as homeland security secretary janet napolitano said earlier t

we are saying tropical storm. but it's still a very serious situation. >> there is a psychological flipping of a switch with hurricane and storm. but the differences are not that much. >> bill, thank you very much. >> let's get more from sam champion. it's not that much of a difference. how is it down there in lower manhattan? >> when you look at the storm professionally versus when you are standing it in you get a different perspective it in. there is not a much difference in the classification. but there is ever difference in the world when you stand underneath it and it's not as big of as a storm as it was. lower manhattan, the harbor we are dealing with water that i i flashing over the edge there. chris cuomo is telling me they are pumping some of the water out of the area. but we have seen water come over there. and that is a lift from yesterday, when the water was four feet, five feet below that way. this is exactly what we are talking about today. if you look at path of the storm, the radar path of the stor

that's the size of the tropical storm rainfall. almost 300 miles east to west, 400 miles north to south. that means when it gets close to you, when this storm is within 300 miles of you, you are going to feel the wind of a tropical storm. and you're going to feel that wind for the next 24 hours. so, if you are in a bay like the chesapeake bay, that water and that wave action is just going to push water in and the surge is going to be tremendous. some spots on the western side of chesapeake bay could see eight to ten-foot surge. ocean city, 2:00 a.m. sunday that's the lowest approach to your hurricane eye. it will be slightly offshore but that's pretty irrelevant. for long island 10:00 a.m. sunday morning, that's the eye landfall but for the 12 hours preceding that the wind will be from the east, with itting be pushing water right into the harbor where you are right now anderson and also on the north side of the sound, long island sound and also into the harbor are connected by a river called the east river. that's the river likely t

now with the tropical storm. back to you. >> we're going to go over across the river from where i am at 30 rock to my colleague, natalie morales who is in hoboken, new jersey. she's seen the rising waters of the hudson river. got to cause concern for many including you about the safety of your home. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you alex. that's right. you see right behind me the water levels. it's up about a foot already. it's got about another 18 inches or maybe two feet to go before it goes over the banks here and some pretty residential areas here, very populated residential areas. this is a town that has 40 or 50,000 residents. i am among them. a lot of people took precautions and put sand bags around their homes. the concern when this was a full blown hurricane they could perhaps be some sort of tidal wave into the streets that could move out towards some of the further inland areas. now rear not seeing that happen. that's the good news. the tropical storm downgraded also good news. but as you

it is a tropical storm. still a few showers but nothing to that. the flooding concerns will still be with us for a couple of days, at least for the people in the northeast and especially new england. claw for san francisco and oakland. by the action in, sunshine in most places with the exception of the coast. to mergers in the upper 80s and low 90s. we're starting out with '50s. by the afternoon, in the valley is will be in the upper 80s and low 90s. '60s and '70s bayside. after tomorrow things continue to remain cool. wednesday is looking electrical list day of the we. >> kevin houston was one of 30 servicemen killed on august 6th when the helicopter was shot down. the pentagon says that was one of the deadliest attacks of the past decade on american troops. price family members held a memorial this afternoon. >> >> get the mayor and i have been greeting people and speaking to people coming in. >> i was in san francisco last weekend. there was a lot more tension and not as many families. we have not had a real record of the incidents that have an

the leading edge of irene struck here early this morning with gale-force and tropical-storm winds. those are not unusual for new england, but the timing of irene's impact was unusual. this is the storm surge that struck southern new england. it was 6-9 feet from southwestern connecticut to the eastern tip of massachusetts. and it came ashore right at high tide. fear of that nine-foot surge led the u.s. navy on friday to send all four nuclear-powered submarines from their home port of groton, connecticut, out to the safety of deep water. all low-lying areas of connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts are under mandatory evacuation orders, but we notice many people riding it out, and most of the people we spoke to said they were used to gales and to the floods and are taking irene in stride. so far there, has been one fatality in connecticut, none in the rest of new england, but two dangers remain. while damages to boats and property on the front side of the storm will be significant, it's the backside of the storm that's,000 more worrisome. that backside could bring six to 10 inc

overnight last night we had another tropical storm form, tropical storm jose, winds 45-miles-an-hour, 100-miles to the northwest of bermuda, moving away from the main lean u.s. and we will not have to worry about tropical storm jose, which is good news. we'll take a look at the accuweather seven day forecast up next. >> president obama said that although the storm passed, the nation is not in the clear just yet. >> many americans are still at serious risk of power outamsages and flooding. so i want people to understand that this is not over. >> president obama also offer condolences to families impacted by irene and said the recovery effort will last for weeks or longer. >> as they so often do on most any emergency, crews from the bay area are helping out in the aftermath of hurricane irene. nick smith joins us with that part of the story. >> reporter: emergency workers, supplies, and volunteers from the bay area made their way east as soon as possible it was confirmed that irene had the mid-atlantic coast in itssites. irene was less forceful but still packed a punch. in new york, the

we just passed through the center of tropical storm or hurricane irene. e south side of the storm was kind of benign but the south of the storm is quite bumpy. we got knocked around quite good. this is about par for the course especially with the storm at this stage, category 1, category 2 hurricane. parts of it can be rough, and parts of it are smooth. but right now, like i said, we're on the north side just out of morehead city and we're getting bounced around pretty good. >> getting knocked around pretty good. some people chase hurricanes from 30,000 feet. others do it on the ground up close. sometimes they get video like this. we showed a portion it to you at the top of the broadcast. this is what hurricane irene looked like at a category 3 storm when it hit the bahamas. then take a look, this is some of the damage that the storm did in new jersey's governor chris christie and everybody else in a leadership position has said you don't want to thereabout when stuff like this happens. jim edge was. it's his job. he joins us now. jim, you were on the isla

we just passed through the center of tropical storm or excuse me hurricane irene. uth part of the storm is kind of benign but the north site of the storm here just south of morehood city is quite bumpy and quick hectic up here. we had to set the seat belt light for an extended period of time, we got knocked around pretty good. and i've been in a few other storms prior. this is about par for the course especially with a storm at this stage in a category 1, category 2 hurricane. hurricanes can be rough and parts of it are smooth. but right now we're on the north side just out of morehood city probably about 20 miles north or south of morehead city and getting knocked around pretty good. >> hurricane hunter ian sears. some people chase hurricanes from 30,000 feet. others do it on the ground up close. sometimes they get video like this. take a lock at this. we showed a portion of it to you at the top of the broadcast. this is what hurricane irene looked like as a category 3 storm when it hit the bahamas. storm chaser jim edge shot this video. then take a look. this is s

it's moving but once again it is no longer tropical storm irene. it has lost its tropical karkh tris tickets and will get out of the picture quickly. what's next is flooding. you just heard gary talking and really i think the calling card of what was irene will be flooding. there is flash flooding and river flooding. we have warnings for both. flash flooding is heavy rain, a short period of time. it's short-lived. you can see all the greens are river flooding. longer to develop and also a longer duration to recede. that's the scenario there so it seems river and flash flooding will be the calling card with this. we'll see sunshine. so great news for vermont and so many people here. again, all the travel getting back on track in the northeast. sunny skies from the ohio valley to the midatlantic to the southeast. again also what was tropical storm irene is dancing with the surface cold front. you can see it. losing its tropical characteristics. in the southeast, sunny and warm. west coast, sunny as well. finally a bright sunny day tomorrow as we say g

and tropical storm irene leaves over three million.

have seen so much rainfall that the ground is so saturated that the water coming down from this tropical storm has nowhere else to go. that's the problem? >> that is. in fact new york city before the storm had 13 inches of rain in august, philadelphia, same story. all the way up to albany, almost 16 inches. the ground is completely wet. it can't hold anything and can't hold the tree limbs and roots. the trees are falling over. it goes right into the creeks and streams and the water goes up rapidly and people get washed away if you're in the wrong place. >> thanks so much chad meyers, appreciate that. we're talking about the water particularly around the philadelphia area. it has been saturated and they got two rivers that run right around philadelphia causing yet a bigger problem. we're going to talk to the mayor of philadelphia and find out what the new normal looks like these days. >> also, more amazing images of irene's fury. mike shot this, heavy rains and wind from irene, at the time still at hurricane strength slammed into greenville, north carolina yesterday. keep sending us ireports or

for the east coast. >> they're feeling it and it will continue through the morning hours but a tropical storm indicating that it is weakening. the winds 65 miles per hour moving northeasterly 25 miles per hour. remember yesterday morning, it was more like 15 miles per hour. the storm is moving quicker. we like that idea and the center of the storm over new york. i want to show you a still picture. you can notice the areas of philadelphia, new york city, even long island seeing some blue skies as it continues to push its way inland. the big concern is the flooding. 10-15-inches of rain and it could be inland where we see the rain, inleft-hand new york, inland from connecticut to new hampshire and vermont. this was the track of irene moving through. it came ashore off of the jersey shore and now over new york. it will begin to lose the steam. it doesn't have the water source and it will continue off where it will drop off to a tropical depression. we will track irene from the beginning to the end here on ktvu. a nice forecast for us. >>> more bay area rescuers are heading to the east coast. nat

where is that relative to the tropical storm irene. is that getting hard? >> that's what's interesting about the storm, alex, it's actually pretty far away. the center of the storm is still near new york city, but far away, the winds in both evan right now sustained at 33. let me just change my graphic. in the gusts right now in boston are up to 40. so the strongest winds are well away from the center of this storm. that's what we're going to be continuing to track on the radar. you can see the bright yellows are where the strongest winds are. the highest winds are heading to the north. the danger from the winds is mostly concentrated over massachusetts, and right along that 495 loop, as we go around especially boston. let me go to my tracking computer. let el now what we're going to be dealing with. this band, as we go down in, see the bright yellow band down here? just outside of brock ton. that's what they're worried about. gusts are possible up to 60 miles per hour approaching lowell, boston, right along that 495 loop. that's going to be the concern ther

gave the famed "i have a dream" speech and while tropical storm irene did postpone the dedication of memorial for the civil rights leader, the storm did not stop people from honoring his memory. hundreds of people still visited the statue in washington, d.c. throughout the weekend. officials say the memorial was built to withstand flooding and was not damaged by the storm. >>> president obama warned tonight that the worst from what is now tropical storm irene is not over. with more than a dozen dead and millions without power the northeast is beginning to survey the damage. craig bosswell is in newport, rhode island to tell us about the conditions there. >> reporter: good evening, heather. half of the customers in rhode island remain without power, likely going to be that way for some time for many of them and that utility crews can't get out to begin on the lines until these winds are below 40 miles per hour. >> i want people to understand that this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation and i urge americans in affected areas to continue to listen for

down the eastern seaboard words that i went through route through north carolina downgrades were tropical storm by the time it hit manhattan we did see shades of of rain coming down our green became extremely happy i was downgraded to a tough storm as you mentioned it is point there's been sued we're watching our world on the hudson river in manhattan and in forward outer boroughs of new york city you know how out there how are shortages according to con edison more than three million people are along the eastern seaboard lost power as you mentioned at least. that's not resulted from hurricane. or tropical storm irene making its way down the east now on manhattan all the emergency workers and first responders are dealing with major flooding before the low lying areas of manhattan as we remember it was in new york city mayor michael bloomberg bloomberg to order a mandatory evacuation of certain parts of new york city those are lying areas approximately three hundred seventy thousand people who live in all those different areas a lot of people evacuated and a lot of new yorkers chose to stay and

we just passed through the center of tropical storm or excuse me hurricane irene. h part of the storm is kind of benign but the north site of the storm here just south of morehood city is quite bumpy and quick hectic up here. we had to set the seat belt light for an extended period of time, we got knocked around pretty good. and i've been in a few other storms prior. this is about par for the course especially with a storm at this stage in a category 1, category 2 hurricane. hurricanes can be rough and parts of it are smooth. but right now we're on the north side just out of morehood city probably about 20 miles north or south of morehead city and getting knocked around pretty good. >> hurricane hunter ian sears. some people chase hurricanes from 30,000 feet. others do it on the ground up close. sometimes they get video like this. take a lock at this. we showed a portion of it to you at the top of the broadcast. this is what hurricane irene looked like as a category 3 storm when it hit the bahamas. storm chaser jim edge shot this video. then take a look. this is som

updating irene's status now, it is a hurricane no more, weakening to a tropical storm when it made landfallland this morning. it is blowing across new england with 60-mile-per-hour winds. at least 10 deaths in five states are blamed on the storm and more than four million homes and businesses are without power. you're watching cbs news coverage of irene strikes. ,,,,,,,,

here we go at the world headquarters in atlanta cover s tropical storm irene. let's talk new york city after lashing manhattan irene is barreling through new england where it is dumping heavy rain. the storm made landfall twice overnight, both cases -- actually the first case is a hurricane in new jersey and then as a tropical storm at coney island in new york. >> on long island irene's storm surge flooded downtown long beach. some streets in manhattan also flooding but the water started to recede and new york's evacuation order is being lifted this hour. in its sweep up the coast irene has killed 15 people across six states. more than 4 million people overall without power and these amazing pictures show some of the damage when irene made landfall as a hurricane. for place like new york city, the storm wasn't as bad as many feared but as janet napolitano said earlier today, it's not over yet. >> no matter where you are from north carolina to maine, we encourage you to stay off the roads as much as possible so that we can keep them clear for first responders and

why >> we are going to leave you with some tropical storm i rain it has been quite the storm and luckyt to go have been a disaster 94 watching.

as we head into late tonight and also tomorrow we expect tropical storm irene to no longer be a tropical storm it will make a transition into something called a extra tropical cycle. it will be cut off from warm water for too long that's how it makes the transition. by monday 45 miles per hour. the flooding is a big impact across portions along the east coast. 14 inches of rain across parts of north carolina, new york, record breaking in central park ever recorded because of irene. >> it is now a fresh water problem not a sea water problem it is coming on top of all of the record rain you very articulately tell us about. thank you very much. see you later on the program. >> long island and massachusetts share irene's pain which is widespread let's go to the sailing mecca of new port which is still being impacted by the storm. molly, are you there? can you hear me? tell me what's going on. >> we are. we have been battered by the wind all day. this area rhode island massachusetts has been getting slammed. a result has been a ton of people without power. trees have come down snapped lines t

a tropical storm warning still in effect for parts of can that. the storm is packing winds of 50 miles per hour and now 105 miles south of quebec cit. >>> asian markets rising monday three days after ben bernanke predicted long-term economic growth. japan's nikkei rising 0.7% and south korea up 2.9%. on friday bernanke didn't announce any new stimulus plans but left open the possibility if another recession looks likely. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large." for all the latest headlines, go to fox news .com. >> the real issue we are going to have to deal with now is flooding. this storm is transitioning flooding event. some rivers haven't pressed it yet it is still remaining. we are prepared for what that means for shelter transportation infrastructure and positions with urban search and rescrescu michael grimm republican staten island on the spot. governor chris christie another star in the republican party had some moments when he was tough as nails some suggest he was over aggressive, other times more compassionate and one bufr

that tropical storm i believe leaves four million people without power along the u.s. eastern seaboard as it slams into new york bringing high winds and heavy rain. coming to you live from moscow this is our team with the day's news and the week's top stories and we start in libya where rebels have given a resolute no to war margaret coffey is reported suggestion to sit down for talks although bashful transitional council says all the colonel deserves is arrest not dialogue archy's media financial house spoken to the rebels and has more from tripoli. we have been able to speak to the rebels information minister here in tripoli and he's made his position quite clear the rabble will not negotiate with the criminals the rebels will not negotiate with the killers they want me and they're running after him street after street district after district and as soon as they catch him they will throw him to jail this statement comes after the new solution use it appears that. duff is information chief has apparently called a.p.'s headquarters and has said that darby is ready for

and tropical storm i release four million people without power along new westminster and seaboard as it slams into new york winds and heavy rain. just after midnight here in the russian capital this is r.t. with the day's news and the week's top stories well we started livio where rebels have given a resolute no to warn our gadhafi is reported suggestion to sit down for talks the national transitional council says that all the colonel deserves is a rest and not dialogue and often the house spoke of the rebels and has more from tripoli. we have been able to speak to the rebels' information minister here in tripoli and he's made his position quite clear the rebels will not negotiate with the criminals the rebels will not negotiate with the killer is they want to get up here and they're running after him street after street district after district and as soon as they catch him they will throw him to jail this statement comes after the new solution use of the police that. duff is information chief has apparently called a.p.s. headquarters and has said that duffy is ready for talks with t

as everyone said, this is such a broad, huge storm, that these tropical storm force winds are going to be with us for hours and hours building to the hurricane-force winds. then when we get past the front end of the storm on that back end of the storm we'll go through all those tropical storm force winds again. it's very possible tomorrow night at this time we'll still be experiencing conditions very similar to what we are seeing out here this evening. you see the road is pretty empty. not very many cars out here right now. that's the way the authorities want it. >> thanks, john zarrella on atlantic beach, north carolina, just the beginning, the outer edge of this hurricane. >>> now we want to head up the north carolina coast to nags head. so many people have said, have talked about the worst-case scenario. we are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. what is the worst that could happen where you are? >> reporter: the worst-case scenario has to could with flooding. as you heard john zarrella describing, these islands could get hit from the atlantic side and from the west as

you saw all the tropical storm warnings.ange is everywhere you could see tropical storms for gusts. boston at 55 miles per hour. bangor, 32. many areas of new hampshire are gusting to 30, 40 miles per hour. burlington to the north has gusts of 33. along with the heavy rain, that's where the power outages will be coming in. those huge waves will continue into the afternoon. i have to show you, the wind gusts in atlantic city, new jersey, just went to 57 miles per hour. that's -- this storm has been long gone from atlantic city, new jersey. it's incredible it is that windy down. there i'm sure folks are surprised how stiff that breeze is. >> that's one of the places that the governor of the state was concerned about because you had the senior citizens in this high rise who didn't want to leave atlantic city, wanted to ride out the storm there. but this is the problem that persists. a lot of people assume this is over, it's past the new york area, that's the densely populated area, but still we have lingering effects here. >> 5

and tropical storm irene leaves one million people without power in the u.s. eastern seaboard as it slams into new york green high winds and heavy rain. hello welcome to the program this is our cheese weekly review i mean you are and we start in libya where rebels have ruled out any possibility of talks with moammar gadhafi aside the national transitional council says all the colonel deserves is a rest now dialogue or he's maria has spoken to the rebels and reports from tripoli . we have been able to speak to rubbles information minister here in tripoli and he's made his position quite clear the rebels will not negotiate with the criminals the rebels will not negotiate with the killers they want to get our fee and they're running after him street after street district after district and as soon as they catch him they will throw him to jail this statement comes after the news solution use of the piece that. this information chief has apparently called a.p.'s headquarters and has to be is ready for talks with the rabble to form a transitional government and even

perhaps upper end of the tropical storm conditions. what's important about this particular storm is not so much the peak intensity but the duration. it's a very large hurricane. and in north carolina they experienced hurricane force winds as much as 10 hours. and the whole east coast near the center of the storm will experience tropical storm conditions for as much as 24 hours. so a long period. a battering of wind as well as higher levels of storm surge. and because it's so long we'll go through a full tidal cycle in the northeast as well. there will be relatively high tides coming this weekend. so the high tides, plus the storm surge, has us concerned for the shoreline. >> yeah. there's no doubt about it. a lot of damage probably in long island. i didn't realize it would be lingering, the storm winds, for 24 hours, with the tidal surge. that could be very unpleasant for a lot of people. ed rappaport, thank you. appreciate it. follow us on facebook and twitter @andersoncooper. up next, you'll hear from a hurricane hunter who got back f

tropical storm irene leaves a million people without power along the u.s. east and so.

goredforwomen.org. >>> we're back now and we're going to keep tabs on hurricane irene, now a tropical stormw minut we'll also talk to nbc's al roker, who is in new york on long island. he's going to give us the very latest on the storm. before we do that, though, i want to talk to my roundtable analso give you a programming note. we were supposed to have republican presidential candidate jon huntsman on this morning, scheduled to appear as part of our "meet the candidates" series, butue to his travel conditions and coverage of the hurricane, it will happen at a later date. we look forward to him being on the program. but for now, our roundtable is here. joining me, the bbc's washington correspondent katty kay, national correspondent for today," jamie gangel, columnist for "the new york times," david brooks, and author as well as georgetown university professor miael eric dyson. good to have all of you. glad we were able to get in. really, the d.c., the story was a lot of wind and rain, but nothing compared to what we're seeing along the eastern seaboard. interesting, david brooks, the polit

it could cause flash floods and mudslides pap tropical storm watch is in effect for the much the easternbean. florida, georgia and the carolinas could be in the storm's path by the weekend. >>> death toll rises in syria. a human rights group says at least two dozen were killed by security forces, many more injured. the international community is intensifying its pressure on syria's government to stop its brutal crackdown. >>> rang lawmakers are deciding whether to ask u.s. troops to stay beyond the year end deadline. a decision could come within a day or two. currently about 44,000 american forces remain active in iraq in a support role. >>> radiation coming from the fukushima nuclear plant is registering at the highest level since right after the earthquake and tsunami back in march. a 60 minute dose could kill someone within week. investigators are trying to determine the source and how to clean it up. >> you see a worker in a white suit there holding a very long pole that is three meters long. the level measured at the end of that pole was at 10,000 millie see berts per hour. where th

and 8:45, tropical storm irene hits coney island. as much as we would like to give you the all clear for a storm like this, we cannot because behind the moisture is a very strong wind. and we still have a lot of hours before this storm traveling out of northern new england. robin and george? >> we can just here a big difference since the last time you were with us. we can hear the wind and see e your coat, it's much stronger now. >> much, much stronger. this is the strong ers wind. we were out here all night. lower manhattan. i'm not going to sayayhe jersey shore. but lower manhattan, this is our strongest winds. we are hearing things go down, things fall over all rnd us. >> and john bermman in montauk, he is getting the strongest winds as well. >> george this is the strongest wind i have had too just like sam was saying. it's not the wind so much. i have been looking over my shoulder all morning at the ocean, the boiling motion. it looks more like an a mountain range than a sea. it was creeping up until about high tide. all morning,

well, it used to be a tropical storm, now a remnant low. but still bringing lots of flooding situations as you can see here in the dominican republic, tropical storm emily has broken up after moving through the mountains of haiti and the dominican republic. now, as i mentioned, well, the tropical storm has downgraded itself, but still this remnant low is bringing torrential rain, especially to the bahamas in the next 24 hours. heading back to the bigger picture in north america, along this front we'll be seeing scattered thundershowers. and here will be the severe weather. we may even see some tornadoes in much of the dakotas. and southwest monsoon will be picking up the moisture. so scattered showers all the way into the southwest. heat wave still prevails in oklahoma city, as we can see 43 degrees. very hot. atlanta at 34. and in europe we're looking at 28 degrees. vancouver at 22. now, here in europe, east side looks pretty dry and hot for you. lots of sunny spells for you. be but this is along where the front is where we're going to be

we could feel tropical storm-force winds later tonight and conditions continuing to deteriorate as the storm moves closer and getting worse going into saturday. there have already been mandatory evacuations for tourists. that's been expanded for residents here. that begins later on today. residents being encouraged to get out. as we go up the coast, we expect more evacuation orders, even in new jersey. >>> meanwhile, far north irene is causing a major change of plans in the nation's capital. earlier this week, it was the rare earthquake effecting things. brian mooar has the latest on that from washington. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. here in the nation's capital, we are worried about what will happen and disappointed in what won't. the national cathedral here in washington d.c. damaged by that quake a couple of days ago now has barriers around it to protect people as those high winds come in. there's a lot of worry that there could be more damage, more falling rocks and people are really being warned to stay away from it. now, what won't happen? a lot of disappointment. the martin

right here in the richmond areas, we had tropical storm force winds all over virginia, and many places west. this was a very brought impact, and well over i think two thirds of the population of the state was affected by this storm. tomorrow surge was slightly less than forecast, but still the fourth largest surge on record. it was just above the 7.2 feet from the ash wednesday storm in 1962. and only about six inches left than the 1933 record storm surge for the commonwealth. that will have significant impacts as we still get the damage assessments in about the flooding. as you mentioned, heaviest rains inland, though along the coast and all over hampton rhodes, 6 to 10 inches more. one redeeming benefit of the heavy rain, we anticipate le with see a dramatic reduction in smoke and the fires in the great dismal swamp. we'll have ceasement teams probing down into the layers of peat to give further indications of what has happened. this is a team effort. this is just preliminary assessments in damage reports that we've had from around the state. those are continuing. we've got state pol

almost that much time for tropical storm force winds. this was very much an endurance contest for everyone who stayed behind and every single structure that was built on these islands. >> david mattingly, thanks so much from hatteras island. appreciate that. >> 24-hour event. the images are now beginning to come in. we saw the image of highway 12 as he mentioned going to hatteras island. 2,500 people just stuck. hopefully they'll be able to get some supplies, emergency ferry out to them. we have more images from the skies, aerial images in the north carolina flyover. we'll share that with you when our special coverage, tropical storm irene, comes back. what is that? oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. great! did i mention no hands in the bundler? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> u.s. coast guard rear admiral william lee flew other north caro

and as you said, every -- conditions will be we'll have tropical storm warning continue down to the souththe center of the storm. it will past through, and then it will be the impact and is the follow-up after that. still continuing for eastern new york state and all of in accordance new england, should be exiting most of connecticut except for extremity western massachusetts this afternoon. sinus the forecast for the rainfall, continuing rainfall. very highly prone to flash flooding, mountainous and hilly terrain with that in mind, next slide, please. these are the impacts. already record reports in the weather systems in the area of philadelphia. our anticipation is with the rainfall going up into the river systems of new hampshire and vermont, that we could see report flooding, flood stages, it's best had through our -- and click on that area, you'll find out the details for each one of the river systems up there. that's what i have for now. >> thanks, bill. a lot of this is we've been with these governor's teams, as they begin their response operations. we're also looking at damage as

probably just a strong tropical storm. rob marciano is standing by in long beach where it is a different story. we're seeing high winds and a lot of effect on the water. what's it like right now? we're obviously having problems with rob. we'll try to check in with him coming up. elizabeth cohen is standing by farther east from where i am. i'm in washington square park, that area of the village. elizabeth cohen is nearer to the east river, zone "a," one of the low-lying areas by the water. she's at the new york langone medical center. a hospital which has largely been evacuated. she's learned there's still a number of patients who were too sick to be moved. elizabe elizabeth, how many patients are actually still in the hospital? >> nyu folks tell us about five or six patients are there and anderson, they say they are so critically ill, many of them on life support. the doctors got together and said you know what, if we move these people we could kill them. it is safer to have them weather the storm here at nyu. what is real

so, let's say irene arrives as a tropical storm.e winds at the base of this building would be about 60 miles per hour. but on the 25th floor, it would be 90 miles per hour. and on the 50th floor, it would be 110 american. that's the same as a category 2 hurricane. experts say most of the windows should withstand the direct assault from the wind. and there's another danger, manhattan's enormous concrete canyons can act as wind tunnels. picking up debris. and those flying objects can take out a lot of windows. the biggest concern is not the wind. it's the water. in 19393 a hurricane washed away bridges in the city. and in 1821, a hurricane following a similar path to irene, covered lower manhattan with 13 feet of water. >> the 1821 hurricane, an area that was almost undeveloped. we're talking now about the world's greatest city. >> reporter: back then, we didn't have the sprawling subway system, which tonight is in grave danger, as tim fleisher of wabc explains. >> salt water is especially corrosive. it causes many other problems, as

or on a storm watch in the city that never sleeps and brace tropical storm irene as it sweeps up the u.s. east coast moving through the border. but the russian government has ordered a major shakeup of the country's space agency after the loss of yet another on that mission a progress resupply craft builds reaching the international space station and burns up in the earth's atmosphere all six crew members aboard the i.s.o.'s will now have to rationale for food and water they have left jacob griefs now reports. the moment it's came crashing down. on wednesday from the baikonur cosmodrome three hundred twenty five seconds later a progress craft atop a soyuz rocket plummeted. i thought it was a plane at first but then i realized i never fly there close or quietly then it turned into some white object and then saw that it was dark plane i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and two quieter it was due to talk with the international space station on friday delivering essential supplies to the six crew members on board rocket malfunction has been blamed for the succes

and coming up on r t we're on a storm watch the city that never sleeps and brings tropical storm irene as it sweeps of the u.s. east coast are moving through the big apple. now the russian government has ordered a major shake up of the country's space agency after the loss of yet another unmanned mission a progress resupply craft failed to reach the international space station and burned up in the earth's atmosphere all six crew members aboard the i.s.o.'s will now have to ration out the food and water they have left artie's jacob grieves has more. the moment it's came crashing down. launched on wednesday from the baikonur cosmodrome three hundred twenty five seconds later the progress craft atop a soyuz rocket plummeted back to earth i thought it was a plane a first but then i realized cleans never fly and they're close or quietly then it turned into some white object and i saw that it was sparkling and i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and two quieter it was due to dock with the international space station on friday delivery of century supplies to six crew

irene is a tropical storm. meteorologist lisa argen is in tracking the progress. >> you talk about the expanse of the storm. 500 miles. take a look. this is early morning visible picture, you can see how huge this thing is. covering much of the northeast and continues to lash new england. it's moving to the north and east quickly at 26 miles an hour out of new york. we are looking at flooding problems through eastern new york and vermont and new hampshire. right here is highway 90. look at very heavy rain all the way up to through maine, it will be through the day, they see the rain in boston and really has spared the coast. cape cod it continues to push up through nova scotia. they winds will continue and back home, very quiet weather to talk about. after last weekend in august, that is coming up a little later. >>> that powerful storm has affected thousands of flights all over the country. that is creating a domino effect all the way to the bay area. 41 flights at san francisco international have been cancelle

it is now tropical storm irene. and it's blowing through new england. at this hour it is still a big storm but winds are down to 50 miles per hour. irene is blamed for at least 18 deaths in eight states, more than four million homes and businesses lost power, and with rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the already waterlogged northeast. at the white house late this afternoon president obama went to the rose garden to warn that irene still poses a threat and those in its path should be careful. >> many americans are still at serious risk of power outages and flooding which could get worse in the coming days as rivers swell past their banks. so i want people to understand that this is not over. >> mitchell: and as we told you earlier tropical storm irene is now making its way through new england. we have a team of corespondents deployed along its path now and earlier. we begin tonight with wyatt andrews in mystic, connecticut. good evening. >> russ, good evening. here in the northeast the threat all day very first, the first thre