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at bayview, whether it was me on a blackberry talking to my officers, whether it was deputy chief cashman or captain beil coordinating this -- it worked, but it was not -- there was not a checklist of exactly how it was supposed to go. when we got to talking about it, i thought this was something we ought to organize and call something, because it works. with that, it was let's get this done. we know we can do this, and if we push it a little bit we can get that done within the first 24 hours. what was going from this, which will hopefully have an impact on the other end, is making greater use of the information we have before something happens. what we are trying to do now is take the department operations center and make it more like a command center, so the various units around the city, especially new officers at night, garner information, put it in before something happens. when something happens, invariably somebody says i kind of heard that so and so was going to maybe do so and so. now if we have that information on the front end, perhaps we can do some predictive policing and get

some much needed food aid but for russia it's a chance to do what everyone else has failed so far cashman as are about r t well one of them. and still ahead for you this hour a journey through russia all the way to the region. best of all held in the name of believing that green vegetable is entertaining adults and children alike. and millions of new yorkers decided to stay in their homes as hurricane irene swept through the city bringing partial flooding and power shortages while it's now been downgraded to a tropical storm all public transportation will remain shut throughout sunday all i remain is sweeping up the u.s. eastern seaboard and has claimed at least fifteen lives artie's medina portnoy reports from new york. the city was prepared a way in advance before i renewed begat it's way down the eastern seaboard but at this point things seem extremely calm relatively calm the sun actually looking out of my window in the sun is beginning to come out here in new york city but that does not mean that there are not been any damage from this tropical storm now irene was a hurricane but acc

some much needed food aid but for russia it's a chance to do what everyone else has failed so far cashman as are about r t. and still ahead this hour journey through russia all the way to the kia region where an unusual festival held in the name of believe in green vegetable isn't attaining adults and children of light. the big cleanup in the big apple is underway as new yorkers deal with the aftermath of hurricane irene which swept through the say she turning streets into rivers and bringing widespread destruction the storm has killed nineteen along the u.s. east coast and caused power cuts affecting millions also shutting new york's public transportation system and subway. from the city. once prepared a way in advance before i ring begat it's way down the eastern seaboard but at this point things seem extremely calm relatively calm the sun actually looking out of my window in the sun is beginning to come out here in new york city but that does not mean that there has not been any damage from this tropical storm now i remarked the hurricane but according to meteorologist when it was maki

some much needed food aid but for russia it's a chance to do what everyone else has failed so far cashman as are about r t. live from moscow you're with our team still have this hour breaking the bank an hour since football has washed the cash for a new super striker making them one of the world highest paid players. the first millions of new yorkers who decided to stay in their homes are bracing themselves for the full force of hurricane irene all public transport has been shut down and the weather is rapidly deteriorating with one hundred twenty kilometer an hour winds fast approaching the big apple irene is sweeping up the u.s. eastern seaboard and has claimed at least ten lives already parties where an important iowa is new york businesses are are either have boarded up their windows or put cheap along their windows and you could feel the wind increasing you feel the rain increasing the rain is coming down like sheets the border in new york city michael bloomberg did have a press conference stating and urging all new yorkers to stay away from their windows move away from their glass w