thanks, susan.l
>>> in vermont today, water,
food, medicine, diapers, formula
and other necessities are being
delivered by air and ground to
communities cut off by hurricane
irene's flooding.l
state emergency officials say
between four and eight more
aircraft will join the resupply
effort tonight and the national
guard will start helping with
road repairs.l
senator bernie sanders drove
through a pair of badly damaged
towns today after getting an
aerial tour of the flooding
yesterday.l
senator, let me just start and
have you tell me, you went to
the hardest-hit areas, what did
you see?
>> well, we saw a lot of
destruction and a lot of human
despair.l
yesterday i was in ludlow,
vermont, that's a small town,
central part of the state.l
five bridges in that one small
town are out.l
today i was in waitesfield,
vermont, and a lot of home were
severely damaged and town
offices were severely damaged.l
nearby there's a trailer park
where 80 trailers were severely
damaged.l
so, we're seeing a...