sequoia was subsequently purchased by dominion. it is the voting system that has been in use since the february 2008 election. even though the city made the decision, the board of supervisors did want additional strategic guidance about how the next generation voting system could better take into account the variety of issues we're servicing across the whole spectrum of issues. it moved to create the city task force that i and my colleagues today are part of, and that was the voting system task force. the establishment occurred in february 2008. we began work in mid-2009. our mission is to advise the city and county of san francisco on a development or the acquisition of a voting system. to ensure a system that is fair and accurate, that achieves voter intent and that provides for transparency and public our ability -- public auditability. several members of our volunteer team are here today sitting in the front row, all available for q&a, should you have specific questions for us. just to step back and talk a little bit about the

bge has 379 and dominion, virginia has 116,000. looking at new york, as well, that's sort of the next place right now. we've been looking at this picture of times square now since midnight. and it has stayed effectively the same. that's pretty remarkable if you've ever been in times square at midnight on a regular saturday night in the summertime, you would expect to see a great deal more traffic than we have seen and that's sort of the situation. there is some storm surge such as it is, about 3 1/2 feet reported in new york harbor right now. that could be the lasting or i shouldn't say the lasting -- it's sort of the first scene from this storm that could cause real problems in and around what they sometimes jokingly refer to as the tri-state area there in new york. taya garmon joins us on the newsline right now. good morning. virginia has had a particularly difficult time of it. it seems this storm we've been dealing with it, it's been, what, maybe 26, 27 hours, something like that. it almost seems like three days, taya. >> this

dominion's already planning on that. i've gotten personal calls from governor perry in texas and the governor in florida to say, we're here to help you. i have to say, for our residents, they need to know that despite the great efforts of these power companies who will be out even during the storm, that it may take days to restore all of the power or longer, depending on how many outages we have and people need to be patient. they need to help one another, be good neighbors. hopefully they've got ice or can buy ice after the storms and do everything they can to be self-sufficient. but if you have legitimate emergencies, 911. non-emergencies, call 211 and we can help. >> call 211. we want to continue to remind people of that call, 211 for non-emergencies right now. >> you're listening a conversation there with virginia governor robert mcdonald, talking about the precautions people need to be taking. at the same time, he says that that state is looking to be able to help about 100,000 people in terms of shelters if it come

john in tennessee, many things about bachman and perry worry me, but not dominionism.een applied christian principals and this nation's prosperity is increasingly undeniable. history suggest this is t might be the most effective cure for what ails us. mike writes i don't care what they think. they are both snake oil salesman at the very best. what is more bothersome to me is many believe this junk. kevin on facebook writes sounds like a westernized version of the taliban. doesn't sound christian at all. it bothers me plenty. this dominionism has nothing to do with my jesus and his gospel. it doesn't belong in washington. linda wrote i was worried that bachman and perry could be serious candidates and now i'm terrified. we asked both campaigns to respond to this and so far we haven't heard back from either. if you want to read more on the subject, go to cnn.com or through our post "the situation room's" facebook page. >> thanks very much. and you are in "the situation room." happening now, growing concern with the approaching anniversary of 9/11. will a single terrorist

a neat little factold dominion about that house is actually built out of three panels from old james bond movie. we wanted people to feel like i am not supposed to be in this room. this is the one that is supposed to be barred off and locked up. >> the ole andersonner -- oleander. this popular shrub is popular in warm climates. it has been implicated in a surprising number of murders and accidental deaths. children are at risk because it takes only a few leaves to kill them. a southern california woman tried to collect on her husband's life insurance by putting the leaves in his food. she is now one of 15 women on california's death rowan the only one who attempted to murder with a plant. >> people who may haven't been to their cons tore or been to -- do serve tore or their botanical garden, it gives them a reason to come back. you think let's go and look at the pretty flowers. these are pretty flowers, but they are flowers with weird and fascinating stories behind them. that is really fun and really not what people normally think of when they come to a horticultural institution. >>

paul koonce of dominion power. thank you very much for your time. best of luck. >> he is right. it's a big storm. we want to check in with poppy harlow, she is in milburn, new jersey where it's not the lights that's a concern but the flooding. how bad is it? >> it is bad. every single small business i can see here has been hurt a lot from significant flooding. the reason is there's a river over there, very close to these businesses. it crested, rose more than six feet. came over, poured over the street and flew into the businesses. tinga eatery got hit. guys, if you look down here. the floor was literally lifted up by the water. tell me how you would assess the damage here? >> i'm trying to look on the bright side. the bright side is all of the stuff that's hard to replace, the decorations, the murals, it's not destroyed. so it's basically the basement is completely flooded up to the ceiling. it's a lot of stuff. >> we'll see the basement. if we can look at floor here, it's full of mud. a lot of sewage, grass, leaves flew into the restaurants. this stuff with be cleaned up, but

a neat little factold dominion about that house is actually built out of three panels from old james bond movie. we wanted people to feel like i am not supposed to be in this room. this is the one that is supposed to be barred off and locked up. >> the ole andersonner -- oleander. this popular shrub is popular in warm climates. it has been implicated in a surprising number of murders and accidental deaths. children are at risk because it takes only a few leaves to kill them. a southern california woman tried to collect on her husband's life insurance by putting the leaves in his food. she is now one of 15 women on california's death rowan the only one who attempted to murder with a plant. >> people who may haven't been to their cons tore or been to --

i've asked people knowledgeable about the mainstream and dominionism is considered a heresy to mainstream evangelicals and rebutted time and time again. and do the evangelicals-- >> evangelical christian has been in mainstream regionty for two centuries and media creates an exotic invention that's crazy. >> you know, it's going to keep on continuing, the campaign is beginning. we'll be back in a second. first, keep up on the media stories every week and check out the site at the watch lis session at the top media stories and up next, the president escaped from washington. and of course, the media's tagging along. >> hello, iowa. >> in a week when his job approval hits a new low, the president hits the road in his new souped up bus. and talking about jobs, and dodging blame for the economic mayhem. was it all aboard for the mainstream media? answers next on news watch. saturday only, for more specials, visit basspro.com/classic. what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make