annapolis has declared a state of emergency. the mayor recommended that folks in some of the low-lying areas evacuate. the rainfall is about 7 inches which we've experienced here, some of the highest we've experienced in our entire region. the real concern, though, is what will happen in less than an hour now, around 5:04 when high tide is experienced here at the water front in annapolis. the concern, of course, that water will begin to over flow and flood the streets not just from rain water but the bay water as well. sandbags currently line store fronts throughout this downtown area. we've heard reports of homes shaking in the wind as well and trees and power lines coming down. we've seen a number of transformers blow, lighting up the sky almost like fireworks. folks, we understand are also hunkered down at annapolis high school, which is being used as a local shelter here. as for us, we are wet. we are, of course, wind blown. don't think for a second that we're out of the fight, dave. back to you. >> spoken like a great repor

athena jones in annapolis, maryland.myers in the weather center. chad, give us an idea of what irene is doing right now. >> one of the first real warnings was just issued in parts of north carolina, south of myrtle beach. it's a flash flood woorng. there will be many flash flood warnings. if irene is known for anything 15 years from now, it will be about the flooding that irene caused. you have to understand in the northeast how much rainfall has already come down in august. it's completely saturated. then you get some wind and ten more inches of rainfall. you're going to knock down trees and significant flooding. charles to be ton, had a wind gust from wilmington into myrtle beach where the flooding is occurring right there near georgetown. keep watching that. something else i have been just watching is, i believe, no confirmation yet from the hurricane center, this is my eyeball looking at it from 27 years experience. this has picked up speed. you're going to wake up in north carolina and then get out, it's too late. i

and then how annapolis, maryland, is preparing for irene.o evacuate, what you have to have on hand inside your car. and then the high rises, the skyline and the impact of irene's winds could be different depending on how high up you live. chad meyers is here to explain the phenomenon. why is it more dangerous the higher you go? >> because there's less friction up above. the winds are higher than at the service because of the fraction of the ground, trees and low-lying buildings slow the winds down. in new york city, that's different because you get the funneling effect, and so the issue is here. what do you do if you live on the 50th floor? well the best thing is to have a party for somebody that you know on the third floor. get out of the way of the higher winds. it could be 100 miles per hour, so 20% higher up into the top of the building. so what is the best thing to do? which way is the wind going to come? it could switch. it could come from the east, and the wind could come from the other way if the storm is to your best. if you are in

athena jones is in annapolis maryland, and people are worried about flooding, aren't they?absolutely. was a beautiful day today. we saw a lot of people out. we know it's not going to look like this tomorrow. the mayor declared a state of emergency. they expect three-foot storm surge. this is a place that floods easily in a rain storm let alone a hurricane or tropical storm. people are taking things seriously. we've been here all day. you see these empty slips behind me. people have been coming in since early this morning and taking their boats out of this smaller dock area to a place of safer harbor to protect them from the storm. that's been the message from the city to the residents to take this storm seriously and take precautions. we saw a run on sandbags the city was providing all throughout the day with trucks arriving every 20 minutes at first and later every 40 minutes. they ran out of the 1,600 handbags they handed out. came back with 800 sandbags. we talked to one resident about why it's so important to get these sandbags to protect her home. you've got all these

we spoke not long ago with the mayor of annapolis. are expecting a storm surge of two-to-three feet. annapolis may not get a direct hit from the storm as other points along the coast, the impact in terms of flooding will be significant because we are in a low-lying flood prone area. we are talking 6 to 8 inches of rain. some businesses saw buildings under several feet of flood water in 2008. officials here want to make sure people take this seriously. the surge at hurricane isabelle was a big one. people are encouraging people in low-lying areas to clear out voluntarily. we are talking about 500 to 1,000 homes. they set up annapolis high school to shelter in place. there will be buses to get people out. there will be a reverse 911 call warning system to help inform residents. overall the message is to take this seriously and not to gamble. let's listen to what mayor josh cohen had to say earlier. >> i'm concerned that people are going to assume that it will just stay too far off the coast and not take it seriously enough. we are doing

boats in annapolis moved to safer waters and sandbags were issued out. mayors of the cities out lined emergency plans for their cities, philadelphia and new york are among those who will shutdown mass transit ahead of the storm. president barack obama, whose martha's vineyard vacation will be cut short by the storm, assured them that federal agencies are ready. >> we are bringing all federal resources to bear and deployment properly to cope not only with the storm but its aftermath. >> reporter: if the storm hits new york city with the force it is expected to it will be the first time it has happened since 1938. in ocean city, maryland, back to you. >> several agencies in the bay area are on stand by or on their way to help people on the east coast deal with hurricane irene. the coast guard is deploying two specialists from alameda to new york. a coast guard aircraft out of sacramento is ready to deploy up to 10 people to help with anything from search and rescue to transporting supplies. volunteers from the red cross chapter heading to the east coast be

and in people's homes, check out this annapolis, maryland's nanny cam.uake was centered northwest of richmond, virginia and felt from georgia to massachusetts. it was felt in a wide area because of a type of rock found on the eastern seaboard. >> you have a lot of rocks which are strong and they propagate the seismic energy very efficiency. so it's a whole new ball game on the east coast. in more ways than one. >> reporter: workers evacuated buildings in cities like new york and philadelphia. for many it was their first time feeling the earth move. >> it's like everything was just shaking, the whole building was shaking. >> reporter: seismologists say there will likely be after shocks, though the magnitude will be smaller. george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >>> from the streets to the board room, protesters who shut down b.a.r.t. stations in san francisco just yesterday are once again on the move. they're expected to voice their displeasure at a special b.a.r.t. board of director's meeting tomorrow. we bring in jean elle who joins us from san francisco.

that's about a foot in annapolis.t storm surge is significant and people want to be prepared. drew? >> athena, we'll continue to watch that. one of the many areas we'll be watching as hurricane irene moves north. new york hasn't seen a hurricane in more than 70 years. sunday that's going to change most likely. because forecasters say irene really could smack right into the big apple. if that happens, well, it could be catastrophic. some of the possible scenarios coming up next. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. >> it's hard to imagine a hurricane this size slam into new york city but even if irene turns and new york avoids a direct hit, the storm surge could cause a lot

. >> reporter: well, scott, we're here in annapolis, and of course everybody here remembers hurricane isabelle in 2003, the seven-foot storm surge and the flooding in the do you want area that came with it. this time, forecasters say the winds caused sort of a reverse tidal effect, so we did not get the flooding here, and instead, we had widespread power outages. in this area alone, 44% of the people who live here, were without power at one point. let's take a look at some of the total numbers from hurricane irene. in maryland, about 822,000 people remember without power. virginia, some 900,000. north carolina, 525,000. of course, these numbers are ticking up and down by the minute for a total of more than four million people without power as a result of hurricane irene. and, scott, the reason-- the main reason here is toppled trees. the dangerous combination of the torrential rain and the high wind gusts, as high as 80 miles per hour in some places, the rain saturating the soil, and the wind has come and toppled those trees. it's really been a dangerous combination. ing that the, we'

families filling sandbags in annapolis. friends mopping up each other's homes in north carolina. and through the night, we read the tweets from the 65 million-person hurricane community. one of them -- "braving the storm from the 19th floor." another -- "sandbags in front of the doors, boards on lower windows." and we watched your home videos. >> look at that rain! oh, my gosh. >> reporter: last night, we decided to track one of the tweets down. she tweeted us just a few minutes ago and said she h h big windows and they are afraid of the glass upstairs. hi, i'm diane. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: if the wind comes, it can come straight down the street, straight to the windows. >> we have backpacks ready to go. we're nervous about being so high up on the floor. >> reporter: nerves on edge. but as we walked the streets last night -- still out? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: most people are hiding in their closets right now. it seems new york is still a city that never sleeps, or stops eating, or caring for its own during a storm. >>> and when we come back, some last minute heroics an

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in annapolis, it moved large boats with ease. >> it's dragging its anchor. probably moved about 500 yards. >> reporter: these images, a warning for folks across the northeast starting to feel the effects of the massive storm. the usually-crowded streets of times square almost bare. the storm forcing the city that never sleeps to take shelter. >> new york is the greatest city in the world. we will hunker through the storm. we are all together in this. >> reporter: now some of the damages we're seeing, the pier behind me looks like it weathered the storm, but way out we can see some of the railings broke off. little thing like that, we see signs down, it's going to take time to repair, but we except people to get back to work tomorrow and try to get back to normal life. >> i can see people running, people on their bikes and the difference between yesterday and today is amazing. do we have an estimate on the clean up time? when things get back to normal? >> we spoke with local experts and they say power outages are the hardest thing to predict. people are start

families filling sandbags in annapolis. friends mopping up each other's homes in north carolina.he night, we read the tweets from the 65 million person hurricane community. one of them braving the storm from the 19th floor. another, sandbags in front of the doors. boards on lower windows. and we watched your home videos. >> look at that rain. oh, my gosh. >> reporter: but as we walked the streets -- you're still out? most people are hiding in their closets right now. it seems new york is still a city that never sleeps or stops eating or caring for its own during the storm. >> wow. that goes to show you, some people carry on as normal during storm and for others it's serious work. all the cops and firefighters and rescue workers. that's a slice of life here in new york. a weekend like no other. >> new yorkers, like to think they're so tough, they can withstand almost anything, but -- >> that's right. even a cat 1. >> yes. >>> more coming up in just a second. we'll be right back, everybody, with more of the storm. we'll be right back of course, a lot of events to be canceled. >> th

in annapolis the city is handing out sandbags to help residents protect their homes.andatory evacuations are in effect for low lying coastal areas. officials expect severe flooding and power outages across multiple states. >>> hurricane irene is bearing down on the carolinas. john fowler is here now with some surprising science that may add even more worry to all of this, john. >> reporter: as we watched the progress of irene, scientists say ocean dynamics indicate the weather is just ramping up. >> there are a lot of people near us that probably are going to have a lot of flooding. >> reporter: tuesday's earth earthquake now a hurricane. >> this is the weirdest thing because two natural disaster in new york in one week. >> reporter: they expect extra high tide. meteorologist john monteverde points to the warmest sea temperatures warmer than normal. in 1944 new jersey was slammed by a hurricane also spun north by an extra warm atlantic. it's not just the atlantic but curiously the temperatures of pacific are also a factor. and a la nina could create favorable hurrican

in annapolis folks did have damage to the homes so that is what is on your screen right now?lks displaced? what is the biggest concern right now? >> getting the community ready for the rest of the week and the upcoming weekend. we had very minimal damage in town. we were prepared for what irene may give us and she gave us nothing. the water that was consist went other storms and surge came in at low tide so we had the best of all words. >> martha: we are looking at the sea foam issue on video that was shot last night. ready to clean that up on time in hope for what will be a beautiful week going back on labor day. >> it is already cleaned up. we allowed everybody back in town at noon today and the commune sit waking up once again and the sun is shining today. >> martha: the good thing about weather. moves on through and there is a sunny day at the other end of it eventually. we hope you have a fantastic week and labor day weekend before all of the kids go back to school. >> one way to cleanse the environment when the storm moves through and unfortunately for so many when the

a death in queen anne county, the county that you come to when you take the chesapeake bay from annapolis to the eastern shore of maryland. a tree fell on a home there, one death there. in addition to that, we had a tornado in louis, delaware, about 20 miles to the north here, just beyond rehoboth beach, around the cape pendleton into delaware bay. apparently, a house was destroyed by a horr -- by a tornado. i am very encouraged. i don't know where all of this rain is going, back into the ocean, back into the day bay. but it is not ponding in downtown ocean city. that's the story from here. back to you in new york. >> doug, what's interesting, as you say, you have experienced the rain for five hours. the hurricane is still 15 miles away from where you are. so you are on the front end of the storm. so does that mean we have five hours of rain on the back end of the storm as well? i assume so. >> reporter: you know, i assume so, too. what that back end of the storm does to the bay, you know, whether we see the water driven back up into the bay and perhaps back on land, that may very well ha

this is in annapolis, maryland, look at all these cars heading out of town.ertainly clogged, heard also from the governor of connecticut who's thinking about making a mandatory ban on highway travel tomorrow morning, so they'll wait to see what happens. those are just a few of the things in travel, a lot more ahead and we'll get to all that. >> alexandra steele, thanks so much. and we'll have much more of our coverage of hurricane irene after this. go-gurt? yep...doh. [ boy ] slurpably fun and a good source of calcium. dads who get it, get go-gurt. [ boy ] slurpably fun and a good source of calcium. wso to save money, i trained my dog and this cockatoo to play all the hits of the '80's woman: hit it, mr. butters. ♪ ♪ take on me... ♪ ....take on me ♪ take me on... anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours.

and pushes water up the bay, a lot of low-lying areas, especially in somerset, dorchester, even in annapolis and potentially in the city of baltimore will be very vulnerable to the tidal surge that comes with the hurricane, along with the winds and the felled power lines and everything else, so this is a very serious and potentially deadly storm. >> governor martin o'malley of maryland, like all the governors along the coast, be prepared to fend for yourself for a while, take care of yourself and your family and anyone in your neighborhood who might need some help. thank you so much, governor. >> mach, candy. >>> more on irene on the program tonight, including one governor's warning that the hurricane is not a cry wolf syndrome. >>> and libyan rebels act on a tip on where gadhafi may be hiding out. ♪ with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. and the more i focus on everything else, the less time i have to take care of me. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can he

we're trying to get firsthand accounts of those who have felt it, another report, feeling it in annapolis, maryland. we're trying to get information on exactly how often this happens, folks. i can tell you this from personal experience, i lived in d.c. for three years, and never heard of an earthquake happening there at the time. but obviously, it's a different story today. magnitude 5.8, looking for details now on -- they're saying this has been reviewed by a seismologist, so they have this kind of thing instantaneously to find out how bad it was and where it hit, where the epicenter was. what i'm hearing now is that the last time it happened was back in july of 2010, but that was a 3.6 magnitude, centered in rockville, maryland, which is also in the suburban d.c. area. now, the washington area has had small infrequent earthquakes over the years, including one that was 2.5 magnitude, in '97, that was another one that was 2.3 magnitude in '96. again, these are small. five point eight is considerably bigger than what we're hearing has now happened. again, new york city, also feeling this.

you want to let you know we will be covering a large number of speeches to borrow in annapolis, includingeteran secretary, nancy pelosi, and the veterans of fair share mission -- chairman. coverage of those speeches tomorrow. you will see them later this week in our programming schedules here on the c-span networks. while the president was speaking, news out of washington today. there has been a change at the bureau of alcohol and tobacco. the justice department says that u.s. attorney in minnesota will replace the bureau's acting director, kenneth nilsson. we covered a number of those hearings. you will find them in our video library at c-span.org. coming up in 15 minutes, at 1:00 eastern, the national press club. labor secretary hill this the least talking about employment and job creation. this coming ahead of president obama's plan next week. -- labor secretary hilda solis. we will hear from the labor secretary at 1:00 eastern. a little later, the atlantic council as a discussion about the challenges facing u.s. military and training afghanistan security forces as the u.s. and nato fo

thank you for your doing to help us in annapolis during these tough times. the government is pushing more and more off on to the states and he has exercised great leadership. thank you, jim, for being here. we appreciate you very much. i want to talk a little bit about medicare and social security, about the budget in washington, the impact it could have on medicare and social security and programs that affect our seniors. and then we will open it up for your comments and your questions. so so security and medicare have been two of the most successful programs in the history of america. when social security was enacted in 1930, seniors were very likely to live in poverty. and social security was the way in which we were able to allow seniors to live in dignity in america. consistent with the value of our nation. that is what social security has met during the years, a lifetime guarantee inflation-proof annuity. you cannot live out -- you cannot outlive social security. it will be adjusted for you do not have to look at the stock market to see what your socia

>> on govern annapolis?n govern nansz if we're talking about reinvesting public media, we have to address who is handing out the money and who gets it for sure. that removing the robust public media system from the annual appropriations process and, you know, leaving, i think one of our big problems 1 the public media is at the mercy of the political whims of washington, and i think a better strategy would be proactive policy to create a public trust, something that would really fund public media for the long term, avoid the cyclical nature of funding, depending which party is in charge, how much are, you know, they being hammered or not hammered as the case may be. i don't think that's the way to do it in the long run. it's a govern nans problem and changes the way we appoint the people where maybe the president shouldn't pick the members of public broadcasting, look at reforms there, and how the money is spread out. there's a lot of turfness in the field and bringing money might help some of that, but look

from maryland, mike neeman has a scuba shop in annapolis and from north carolina, grant lane, he's gotinic down there. good morning to all of you guys. >> good morning. >> all right, juan, let me start with you. you know, over the last couple of weeks, people on the left have really tried to marginalize and demonize tea party members as well and when you heard that the vice president of the united states might have called members of the tea party and republicans as well, terrorists what did you feel? >> i felt insulted, number one, under the first amendment of the constitution, we have the right to grievance. that's an absolute. we have the right to demand that not only our representatives represent what we want, that's the reason we elected them but also that they protect the taxes that we pay from pilferage. we don't feel that the ability to tax is the only a blank permit to spend. therefore, they -- the grievances that we have, the anger that we have is because washington and that includes both republicans and democrats have lost touch with reality. we don't have all the money we wa

gary minute nety telecommunications systems out of annapolis.i was curious from communications technology perspective, what the problems, challenges you were faced with open mobile communications? did you use satellite communications for some of the communications as you were further offshore? >> yeah, i'll just talk briefly but i want to open that up to the whole panel. certainly we needed communications offshore. we did use satellite communications. there's, you know, satcom systems on the drilling platforms on the deep ships. for aviation we actually had customs and border protection, p-3s flying overhead as a means of managing the air traffic over there. they used normal aviation frequencies, aircraft to aircraft. we used high frequent, hf radios for the offshore. we used vhf frequencies for near-shore. we put vhf transponders on those vessels of opportunity so that we could track them electronically. and ultimately our biggest concern, as i mentioned, you know, i was really, had to be focused on the safety issue and we had, at one point i r

>> on govern annapolis?n govern nansz if we're talking about reinvesting public media, we have to address who is handing out the money and who gets it for sure. that removing the robust public media system from the annual appropriations process and, you know, leaving, i think one of our big problems 1 the public media is at the mercy of the political whims of washington, and i think a better strategy would be proactive policy to create a public trust, something that would really fund public media for the long term, avoid the cyclical nature of funding, depending which party is in charge, how much are, you know, they being hammered or not hammered as the case may be. i don't think that's the way to do it in the long run. it's a govern nans problem and changes the way we appoint the people where maybe the president shouldn't pick the members of public broadcasting, look at reforms there, and how the money is spread out. there's a lot of turfness in the field and bringing money might help some of that, but look

thank you for what you're doing to help us in annapolis during these tough times. the federal government pushes more and more off on the state's and the state has exercised great leadership and jimmy malone is one of those leaders. thank you for being here. i appreciated very much. [applause] i want to talk a little bit about medicare and social security, about the budget in washington, the impact it could have on medicare and social security and programs that affect our seniors. and we will open up for your comments and questions. social security and medicare have been to of the most successful programs in the history of america. when social security was enacted in 1930 -- in the 1930's, seniors were very likely to live in poverty. social security was the way in which we were able to allow seniors to live in dignity in america, consistent with the values of our nation. that is what social security has met over the year. is the only lifetime, guaranteed, inflation-proof annuity. you knew that you could not outlive social security. you know that it will be adjusted.

naval academy in annapolis, in the marine corp., and astronaut. in 2009, he was named nasa administer by president obama. please join me in welcoming charles bolden. [applause] >> thank you, all, very much, and especially thank you, dr. o'shea. i was trying to applaud for him, and nobody helped me. i liked everything he said. i am -- since i'm the nasa administrator, i'm going to try something here today. i brought my ipad, so if you see me stumble, several things may have happened. the battery may have died, i may have hit the wrong button, or i may be scrambling to get my paper back up, so bear with me. it's really special to be here today. i see a lot of friends and former colleagues, and that's great. what i don't see are a lot of faces -- except in the back -- i would really like to see a lot more faces of people like several of those in the back who look like they have not been around for the last 10 or 20 years, so i'm disappointed in that regard; however, i hope as the day goes by, i hope they look at the agenda and see they're going to ge

naval academy in annapolis and astronaut. in 2009, he was named nasa administer by president obama.lease join me in welcoming charles haldeman. charles bolden. [applause] [applause] >> thank you all very much, and especially thank you, and i was trying to applaud for him, and nobody helped me. i liked everything he said. what i don't see are a lot of faces except in the back. i would really like to see a lot more faces of people like several of those in the back who look like they have not been around for the last 10-20 years, so i'm disappointed in that regard. however, i hope as the day goes by, you know, i hope they're looking at the agenda and seeing that they're going to get all of this bureaucratic hoopla out of the way, and they are just waiting for the panels, and then they will show up. they will come streaming in. i see the first panel members over there going, yeah, we're not going to start on time, so come about nine, and you can catch the first panel. i am hoping to see more then, but this is an incredible opportunity for us, and congresswoman edwards is on her way and

johns college in annapolis maryland he held advanced degrees from the cabot university of america, 1978and a political science from harvard university 1979 and it each day in 1981. he received his law degree in 1985 from the university of chicago where he was executive editor at the university of chicago law review and chapter president of the federal society for law and public policy. professor lund served as a law clerk for patrick higginbotham of the united states court of appeals said that the circuit from 1985 to 1986 and the honorable's sandra day o'connor of the united states supreme court in 1987. in addition to experiencing the united states apartment justice as officer of solicitor general and the office of legal counsel he served in the white house as associate counsel to the president from 1989 to 1982. he has written more than two dozen articles about the second amendment and firearms. is written widely on a variety of subjects including competition in her petition federalism separation of power speech and debate clause and civil rights. he is also written extensively on th