charlie floyd ran for the trees and the freedom that lay beyond. if he could just get across the field of corn stubble to the treeline, he would be safe. the weeds and the wild grapevines, the honey suckle and the brambles would grant him yet another reprieve. he would race into the woods and down the slopes, up the steep hills and across the crumbling masonry of abandoned canal locks filled with water from the recent autumn rain. he was known to some as the sage brush robin hood, to others as the phantom terror, but he was most commonly called "pretty boy" floyd, public enemy number one. he was invincible, and he always got away. the weather was warm on this october afternoon. charlie's white shirt and silk underwear were soiled and sweaty, and he needed to shave and bath. his dark blue suit was stained and covered with hundreds of tiny thus les, spanish needles which ran the length of his sleeves and trousers. he was a country boy dressed in city slicker's clothes. a farmer's wife had given him ginger cookies and apples that morning, and he stuff

floyd. that book is not brand new, but published years ago, and it's been out of print until now. inuntil now meaning the original editor probably in my opinion the best non-fiction editor in the country moverred from st. martins, my old house, to nor ton, a great house, by the way, and he brought pretty boy back. it's important to me because it's the second of my three pulitzer prize nominations. it's book that needs to be back in print and has been optioned for major motion picture as has my book on billy the kid, another norton title. i'd be remised if i wouldn't share with you at least a spoon full from this rascal son, from charlie floyd who hated to be called pretty boy. this is a social history. where this bookends, the grapes of wrath begin. you go from fixes to non-fiction. if you read the grapes of wrath which i'm assuming you have and plan to reread, you know that the joes talk about charlie floyd in the book because they came down in little dixie and oklahoma where floyd resided.

charlie floyd ran for the trees and the freedom that lay beyond. if he could just get across the field to the tree line he would be safe. the weeds and wild grapevines, the honeysuckle would grant him another reprieve. he would raise into the woods and down the slopes and across the crumbling masonry of abandoned canal locks filled with water from the recent autumn rain. he was known as the sagebrush robin hood and to others as the phantom terror but most commonly called pretty boy floyd, public enemy number one. he was in vincible and always got away. the weather was warm on this october after -- afternoon. his shirt and underwear were soiled and sweaty and he needed a shave. his dark blue suit was stained and covered with hundreds of tiny thistles which ran the length of his sleeves and trousers. he was a country boy dressed in a city slicker clothes. a farmer's wife had given him a ginger cookies and apples and stuffed them in his suit coat pockets. he grasped a 45 pistol in one hand while the other was tucked in the top of his trousers. moments

charlie floyd ran for the trees and the freedom that lay beyond. if he could just get across the field of corn stubble to the tree line, he would be safe. the weeds in the wild grape vines, the honeysuckle and the brambles would grant him yet another reprieve. he would race into the woods and down the slopes, a steep hills and across the crumbling masonry of abandoned canal locks filled with water from the recent autumn rain. he was known to some as a sagebrush robin hood and two others of the phantom terror, but he was most commonly called "pretty boy" floyd, public enemy number one. he was invincible and he always got away. the weather was warm on this october afternoon. charlie's white shirt and silk underwear with soiled and sweaty and he needed to shave and a bath. his dark blue suit was stained and covered with hundreds of tiny thistles, spanish needles which ran the length of his sleeves and trousers. he was a country boy, dressed in a city slicker's close. a farmer's wife had given him ginger cookies and apples that morning and he stuffed t

i'd be remised if i wouldn't share with you at least a spoon full from this rascal son, from charlie floyd who hated to be called pretty boy. this is a social history. where this bookends, the grapes of wrath begin. you go from fixes to non-fiction. if you read the grapes of wrath

for one thing, floyd was a category two when it made landfall. most circumstances it wasn't the witness stand and wasn't the storm surge from floyd, instead it was the heavy rains that fell across our stat. and that particular year we have had a tremendous amount of rain already before floyd hit. so all the ground was saturated. the rivers were at flood stage when we got another 18 inches of rain or so. it does produce an epic flood in our state. mostly inland away from the coast suffered damages and flooding that had not been seen in any previous generation. i'm not expecting that type of flooding from this storm which is making landfall much farther to the east. we've been in a drought condition. not really anticipating those kind of inland floods. i do know that as irene moves northward and heads into the northeast and it is a large storm. it will dump a tremendous amount of rain, the northeast has had a lot of rain. the month of august was a very, very wet month up in the northeast. there are a lot of reasons to be concerned about river flood

of pretty boy floyd was a fan of norris, and norris played intermediary between the floyd family and j. edgar hoover, trying to evict wait the surrender of pretty boy floyd. i thought that was an interesting post script about norris and always finding a way to get involved in public events. he had a series of health issues in the late '40s, couple of strokes, and a lot of the stuff he had built he sort of splintered off. he alienated a lot of peep around hem. by the time he died in 1952, several various splinter group. the group known as independent fundamental baptisted, called ifp, he is the first one of that particular group and they splintered into a lot of different ways. he died at a youth camp. he was speaking at a youth camp in florida in august of 1952,s' his body was flown back to fort worth, texas, and he is buried in greenwood cemetery, not far from where d. e. chips is buried as well. a little interesting closure to the story. anybody else with a question? >> how does carter figure in this? >> a famous name, what the publisher of the fort worth star telegram. was the pre

it's like floyd all over again. it's really a shame. you know, the mud was like two inches, three inches deep in here. i have to check out my ovens now and make sure they're running. i know the burners have to get drained out and stuff. you know, i've got to get back in business. >> reporter: take us into the kitchen. as we go there, guys, all the business owners that i talked to here tell me this is just like ten years ago. hurricane floyd, that was 1999. a little over ten year ago. that was actually worse. the only thing it wasn't as bad as hurricane floyd when it literally flooded to ceilings? >> floyd came in, flied was 16 feet of water in the store. all of my equipment was up against the doors. they broke the doors, the windows, everything. the station in the back, there was nothing left. >> reporter: obviously, your big bagel oven is gone right now. >> the bagel oven is right here. we have to make sure it's running. >> reporter: it's out of service. gone in that sense right now. when did you figure out that your store had really b

charlie floyd ran for the trees and the freedom that lay beyond.if he could just get across the field of corn stubble to the tree line, he would be safe. the weeds in the wild grape vines, the honeysuckle and the brambles would grant him yet another reprieve. he would race into the woods and down the slopes, a steep hills and across the crumbling masonry of abandoned canal locks filled with water from the recent autumn rain. he was known to some as a sagebrush robin hood and two others of the phantom terror, but he was most commonly called "pretty boy" floyd, public enemy number one. he was invincible and he always got away. the weather was warm on this october afternoon. charlie's white shirt and silk underwear with soiled and sweaty and he needed to shave and a bath. his dark blue suit was stained and covered with hundreds of tiny thistles, spanish needles which ran the length of his sleeves and trousers. he was a country boy, dressed in a city slicker's close. a farmer's wife had given him ginger cookies and apples that morning and he stuffed th

charlie floyd ran for the trees and the freedom that lay beyond. if he could just get across the field of corn stubble to the tree line, he would be safe. the weeds in the wild grape vines, the honeysuckle and the brambles would grant him yet another reprieve. he would race into the woods and down the slopes, a steep hills and across the crumbling masonry of abandoned canal locks filled with water from the recent autumn rain. he was known to some as a sagebrush robin hood and two others of the phantom terror, but he was most commonly called "pretty boy" floyd, public enemy number one. he was invincible and he always got away. the weather was warm on this october afternoon. charlie's white shirt and silk underwear with soiled and sweaty and he needed to shave and a bath. his dark blue suit was stained and covered with hundreds of tiny thistles, spanish needles which ran the length of his sleeves and trousers. he was a country boy, dressed in a city slicker's close. a farmer's wife had given him ginger cookies and apples that morning and he stuffed t

first amendment and always been floyd abrams. when the citizens united case was argued in 2009 i was relatively young lawyer along with a relatively couple young lawyers was writing amicus brief on fairly narrow issue in that case. arguing essentially that the government's construction of the press exception was a little too narrow in that case. we were pretty sure we were right. the government was overreaching. i think fair to say morale was low. politics of the case as everybody remembers were nasty. movie was terrible. and lawyers and judges who we liked and respected an awful lot were telling us the ftc was totally within its rights to regulate this documentary. so i can't tell you how it made us feel, how happy we were to get senator mcconnell's brief in the mail, written by floyd and susan buckley his fabulous partner at cahill. i still remember the last line the not the least because i rip it off every chance i get. the opening sentence of the conclusion, sometimes a case helps us see just how far off the constitutional co

edgar hoover, trying to get the surrender of pretty boy floyd. i thought that was a good interesting little postscript about norris, he was always find a way to get involved in public events. he had a series of health issues in the late '40s, a couple of strokes, and a lot of the stuff he had built, he sort of splintered off, he did a lot of people around him. by the time he died in 1952, several various splinter groups. he is the first one of that particular group and the splintered into a lot of different ways. he died at a youth can't. he was speaking at a youth camp in florida in august of 1952. and his body was flown back to fort worth, texas, and is buried in greed would cemetery not far from where d. e. chipps is buried as well. anybody else with the question? [inaudible] >> carter, a very famous name, people from dallas-fort worth was apologize for worth star-telegram was a present of the fort worth club. the fort worth club was a big place for the movers and shakers, what i would call -- he was the president of the club. he was one of th

have some problems if they're going to do this everybody because you saw you guys remember the pink floyd adoptive son they were tossed in pink floyd his adopted son got sixteen months for protesting at a student protest hanging for a flag i mean it isn't a good example to get attention if you're one of the same time it's pretty clear that what the government wants to do they don't know who's causing all of these riots they don't knows who's behind all the burnings so what you do is you make an extreme example of a few people who you do know have committed crimes but it's not and so this case i mean i got to wrap it up guys sorry but i think that the net makes for joining me tonight are that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in to make sure they come back on monday we can dissect the ames straw poll results on the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's show or any other night you can always catch all of you tube dot com slash the live show where you can find the interviews and the show in i

adoptive son there are some pink floyd his adopted son got sixteen months for protesting at a student protest. i mean it doesn't make much of a family i question attention if you were to the same time it's pretty clear that what the governor wants to do they don't know who's causing all of these riots they don't knows who is behind all the burnings so what you do is you make an extreme example of a few people who you do know have committed crimes it's not just this case i mean i got a record of guys sorry but i think that the net makes for joining me tonight are back there for tonight's show thanks for tuning in to make sure you can back on monday the ames straw poll results in the meantime to forget become a fan of a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter at the risks any of tonight's show or any other night you know it's catch all of you tube dot com slash a lot of show for you can find the interviews and the show in its entirety and coming up next is adam vs the man. see. wealthy british.

you can thank floyd. because i do not really need to introduce floyd, i will tell another story.le are familiar with something called the mayan set list. the class of 2014. tackles' about clea have never -- czechoslovakia has never been a country. i will tell you what it is like to be a young lawyer in a world where there has always been a first amendment. when the citizens united case was argued in 2009, i was a young lawyer. i was writing an amicus brief arguing that the government's construction of the press exception was too narrow in that case. we were sure we were right and that the government was overreaching. morale was low. the politics of the case were nasty. lawyers and judges who we liked and respected were telling us the ftc was totally within its rights to regulate this documentary. i cannot tell you how great it was a she get the brief in the mail. the opening sentence of the conclusion, sometimes the case helps us see how far off the constitutional court congress has taken the nation. this is one of those cases. those two lines crystallized in an efficient and har

his name is floyd a. stockton.who authorities say was living with bill rothstein on the day of the bank robbery. he goes by the nickname, jay. >> jay stockton is a convicted rapist, serial sexual battery of his wife. and he is out there. he is out there, people. >> he is the only one left alive and sane enough to tell the truth, she believes. yet the federal government has allowed him to go free. >> they know that my brother is innocent 100%. and they know that bill rothstein, jay stockton, are the co-conspirators of this crime that killed brian. >> according to this fbi affidavit, investigators learned of stockton's knowledge to the crime when stockton talk about it in a monitored phone call from jail. stockton was released, then given immunity to testify for the government in the pizza bomb case. investigators say they compared stockton's handwriting to this handwriting on those scavenger notes found in brian wells' car. it was a perfect catch. >> the authorities believe there were at least two people who wrote t

in 1999, hurricane floyd forced 2.6 million people in five states from their homes. triggering the third largest evacuation in u.s. history. but it was north carolina that bore the brunt of the storm. >> just water. nothing but water. >> i saw even the roofs were under the water in the last safe refuge was standing on the chimney. >> torrential rainfall hit north carolina, an area already saturated by hurricane dennis, just two weeks before, bricking what was called a 500-year flood. >> a lot of people still hurting. many people lost their life. i don't know that you will ever fully recover from something like floyd. >> now, it's good night irene. all the way up the shore, past d.c., up the jersey shore, all around the new york city metropolitan area, with its 28 million people -- long islands, look out. not one to mess with. >> all right. thanks very much for that report. >> wnyw, in manhattan beach, dick, good to see you. how are you doing? >> reporter: good to see you, maybe not under these circumstances, rick. i can tell you right now, in the last hour or so, it'

the last big hurricane to hit this area was in 1999, that was floyd, it caused some $45 million in damage and killed six people. new jersey's governor chris christie is not taking any chances, he is contemplating mandatory evacuations, opening shelters in all 21 counties and telling everyone to get ready. >> this is not just going to be a shore incident, this is going to be a state wide incident the way it's projected now. from a flooding perspective, this could be a 100-year event. so people should not take this lightly. >> reporter: and we could see more mandatory evacuations move up the coast in the next few days, there's some 120 miles of shore here in new jersey. asbury park has enjoyed somewhat of a come back on the map for businesses and tourists and now it looks like hurricane irene too. >> michelle, thanks. >>> here in new york city, the mayor has been on live television tonight talking to the residents. there are a lot of things to be worried about. one urgent concern, a skyscraper under construction at ground zero, lower manhattan, the new one world trade center building. there

this has been hit very hard, you know, several times, especially during hurricane floyd in 1999. it even demolished some house in this borough. we're southwest of philadelphia, by the way. yes. the water has come down a couple of feet at least. if you see over this building, you can see the water line as to where it was when we arrived this morning. just look at 5:00 a.m. so a pretty significant drop in the water levels here. and so far i'm told officials say they fared pretty well, better than expected, much better than during hurricane floyd. there was a mandatory evacuation order in place for flood prone zones in darby area. not all of the residents heeded those warnings. >> very good news. maybe not so much for those folks that have small businesses there but we'll keep abreast of things. thank you so much. >>> let's go to pennsylvania over to long island. that's where al roker being approached by fans but al we're going to ask you to talk with us also your fans, of course. i know the weather has been pounding there just relentless with the winds. how is it like right now? >>

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the last time this electrical substation flooded was during hurricane floyd in 1999. a flood wall was then built that was designed to stop a 100-year flood. that wall was breached sunday morning. >> the water just came right over. you couldn't see this wall when the substation flooded. >> reporter: up and down the east coast, power crews have been overwhelmed by the amount of damage to the electrical grid. hurricane irene knocked out power to almost 8 million homes in 13 states, and more than half are still waiting for it to come back on. 600,000 homes are still powerless here in new jersey alone. and they may be waiting as long as a week. >> we had a hurricane that hit new jersey, you know? it poses all kinds of problems. it really impacted so much of our infrastructure across the state. >> reporter: andrea is taking no chances. how long will you be without power? >> well, p.s.e. and g. were saying three to five days, my neighbor told me in an e-mail saying up to seven. so we're not really sure. >> reporter: will you stay connected? >> we will be connected, yes. >> r

hurricane floyd was a category two storm in 1999, costing almost $7 billion. jeanne salvatore of the insurance information institute says insurers have the money to pay claims and are preparing for the aftermath. >> we have nearly half a trillion dollars of claims paying capital so we are ready for the storm. and as we speak, insurance companies are looking at the storm and trying to think of the best place to get their adjusters in. >> reporter: even though the insurance industry, its customers and shareholders have gone a few years since a hurricane struck the mainland u.s., this year has been a record year for tornadoes, including the deadliest single tornado on record in may, cutting through joplin, missouri. >> this year we've had a lot of tornadoes. we've paid out billions of dollars, and while this is the first major hurricane we've had in a while, if we have another one later this season we do have the capital to pay claims. >> tom: this storm comes at the end of tourism season for the mid-atlantic and during the back-to-school shopping season. it also

to floyd because often to spring from the show and move on it's best for everyone to miss steal from you the thrill of a huge game the last cool course some themes are a must be game you know what i see on t.v. and i'm when i'm back call me you know you're the best thing in football for no for me but probably you know a sunny afternoon at parkhead so i'll be off in a pocket. not doesn't care much for not i just finally. on a lighter note is there anything you miss about scotland and home you know they're the deep fried mars bars are they i am very proud. of that roger out of if i was well yeah of course of those thoughts on conflict. i think the mainframe advice is good we just don't like going this year period shelf but still it's always a part of life we must you know we were so fresh and ships and stuff we're going to over here and the washing machine as a great for me thanks so much for your time pretty well sure all right you. are staying with football on the england squad held a training session this tuesday i want to later find out that their friendship with the netherlands wa

floyd oscar pistorius has made a successful debut at the top level the south africa nicknamed the bladedraw that progress ing into the four hundred metres semifinals with a time of forty five point nine seconds on sunday. night in. the center of it is. going into the. very strict exactly what you're doing you have to analyze the race continues to be put to good school too so if you're going to. do with it it's all yours. now as the boss of a delegate from start to finish to play means seven formula one race weight of the season and extend the overall lead in the process the german helping red bull to a one to finish with mark webber close behind in second mclaren's just involved in the group from thirteenth still said denying fernando alonso if the indian finish well lose hamilton crashed out early on despite starting from second russians without a bit off was ninth and batel now leads who have a bias ninety six points overall increasing his title chances. now football and sunday's premier league games here in russia the pick of the weekend's action is the most between spartak and so th

ploy to get all the cheering for tom bowman to say no or stay certain floyd i think it's time for the show move on it's best for everyone but do you miss the old firm you the thrill of the huge game in glasgow course sometimes i watch the game you know what i see on t.v. and when i'm part call me oh you're the best thing in football for no for me it was probably you know a sunny afternoon at parkhead so i'll be off in a pocket. not as in here much better or not but i just finally. on a lighter note is there anything you miss about separate scotland and home you know they're the deep fried mars bars are they i am the pride. of roger other big five miles well yeah of course of those those home comforts you musharraf. i think i mean for him even ice is going to be just i'm not going this year period show for. us though it's always a part of life. we must in order to freshen ships and stuff or go watch over here and russia grizzlie those are great for me thanks so much for your time preaching about racial origins staying with football as the england squad held a training session on tuesda

floyd the likes of barcelona real madrid manchester united and chelsea in the draw for the champions league group stage of. new york state of mind the yankees become the first team in m l b history to have three grand slams in a single game. support first for some of us so how said he's happy to be the cameroon striker holding his first press conference since his thirty million dollars move from intro to. this week that thirty year old signing off for three years with the darkest side to learn fifteen million dollars per season the four time african player of the year widely regarded as the best foreign for her to appear in the russian premier league he's also the third big name to be signed by on this season alone along with brazil legend lot of our car less than russia winger sure cough it was said to make his debut rust off on saturday a link to stadium certainly not the san siro but neither adults nor criticism over the forwards they seems to be doing the former on the radio. and you know money is not that important for me so i never talk about it money is just part of the game i

this may exceed what we saw in floyd '99 or the incredible snow storm we had in 1996.s as bad as it has ever been, possibly worse. people have been patient, they've looked out for each other. we are going to get this city back in shape. that's where good planning things that mayor bloomberg has done, mayor menino, stephanie rawlings blake in baltimore and corey booker. mayors are on top of these issues and we will carry our cities through. >> bill: you are about to see it as worse as it has ever been in philadelphia. i think a lot of people look at this storm and were scared, once it came and went, they thought, no big deal, we are okay. now is when the story develops, with the flood waters. >> right, it is a big deal. for us in the government, the storm is not over just because the rain tapers off or the clouds start to dissipate. because we got an 7 to 9 inches of rain. we've had wettest month in st so the ground table was already saturated, nowhere for that water to go. we have natural flood prone areas already. we set up shelters, i'm now at one of our shelters in

a very long time ago now just as a little floyd it's a little more difficult to guess what exactly would hope of but there are modes on and on the moon so it's one other matter that affects you and me and everybody else of course we're getting more and more space travel now and here's an example where for example the rocket actually landed back on earth is it possible to avoid. accidents where by populated areas cities could be affected. no it's not. explainable goes wrong there's really very little you can do. you can see from previous won't use the. response was stupid do is destroy. what you mean far far it with another rocket from from earth i mean. this was it was a. while gerry very interesting to hear i'm sorry we are out of time i've got to move on but thank you so much for your time gerry webb live there in london thank you. well of course we are keeping up to date on the situation and you can always find more on our website it is r t dot com. other news now after a meeting with the french president in paris the head of libya's national transitional council has recognized france

. >> up north more, this is probably the worst i've seen since floyd. >> the big concern on manhattan island this morning is storm surge. >> whoa! >> if the rest of the east coast comes out of this as well as these barrier islands did, they should consider themselves lucky. >> pelley: irene, a very unusual storm coming this far north. as the remnants of irene cross new england, more than four million homes and businesses are without power throughout the stormriation. the death toll is now at least 14. cbs news will be track the storm and its impact in the hours ahead. we will have updates throughout the kay and a full report, of course, on tonight's "cbs evening news with russ mitchell. for the very latest on online, go tocbsnews.com. for now, for all of us at cbs news, i'm scott pelley. good day. captioning sponsored by cbs ,,,,,,,,

off of gavin floyd. 17th of the year. yankees up 4-0. top of the third, yankees up 8-1.es loaded for derek sanderson jeter. he had a five-hit game. that scores two more. yankees bludgeon the white sox, 18-7 your final. >>> johnson to snap a five-game losing streak. bottom of the fifth, already leading it 4-0. cabrera down the line and sandoval scocos. having trouble digging it out of the left field corner. carlos beltran sliding home safely. giants win, 8-1 and move back into sole e ssession of first in the n.l. west. >>> ryan howard and the phillies faci colorado rockies. off of rex brothers. oh, brother, where art thou. his 24th homer of the season. phillies go on to win, 8-6. you are up to date for now. and don't forget, for all of your highlights join us on the highlight express on espn news. >>> and a playful beluga whale at a connecticut museaquarium ss he knows how to move with the music. ♪ >> that's quite a dancer. this mariachchband is performing at a wedding when they decided to serenade juneau. >> the whale responded and put on quite an underwater performance

it will hardly be safe to call for a little jog which is jumping light day actually floyd. landis' belly it is creative and it generates a lot of fun with the disciplines presenting their homemade going machines and putting them through their paces which have to be unsinkable and they're not allowed to have any kind of engine before the answers are judged by the full required to rear distance of the flight creativity and showmanship well it's worth mentioning that the last two books usually dominate the first one. read booth looked at he had the russian capital for the second time proving to be extremely attractive for muscovites with nearly one hundred thousand spectators watching the show one of them going to the belly it's the very first time we've taken porridge in the uk event and i'm just. and that there are so many spectators there is such a lot of confusing wouldn't expect it to be so exciting it's been an awesome experience. he's only part of the action here as some followers of looked out have plenty of motivation well for others it's a way of life but we do care

more than a decade ago, her home flooded after floyd. she raised her entire home five feet but it still wasn't enough. that's her mailbox right there, number 6. now barely visible. >> this is all within the last few hours. and the water is still rising. >> reporter: and in long beach, new york, they'll have to rebuild this building, carried away. while back in this new jersey neighborhood, where the water levels are rising, neighbors waited behind police tape to check on friends and family. >> i know people are here. >> reporter: we'e' tell them you're okay. >> thank you. >> reporter: diane, all the families rescued today are now staying with family and friends. the power out here and for millions in the northeast up and down the coast, in fact. and by some estimates, the power won't be back on for days in some places, perhaps even weeks, diane. >> all right, david, thank you, and as david just showed us, you don't have to be right on the coast to have been in danger from the flooding and from the flooding tonight. abc's dan harris is no

back in 1999, hurricane floyd hovered and flooded this coast. 50 people drowned. irene will barrel through, but ten inches of rain could fall as far inland as the central part of this state. >> you have to be safe and start thinking about getting off the beaches. >> reporter: that's why emergency officials want people long gone. clearing beaches of tourists today... >> traffic is building up on duck road. >> reporter: ...will clear roads for residents to leave tomorrow. >> we're getting out of here shortly. >> okay, great. be safe. have a good time. >> reporter: the beach is already a dangerous place here. in one community, wrightsville beach, lifeguards made more than a dozen water rescues today. scott, they were swimmers overwhelmed by rip currents. >> pelley: thanks, mark. well, the navy wasn't taking any chances with the water today, either. it ordered 27 ships of the second fleet, including the carrier "eisenhower," out to sea from their base at hampton roads, virginia. ships are safer riding out big storms at sea. we asked the pentagon today how it's prepari

the town's new flood control measures implemented following hurricane floyd are now being tested to the limit by hurricane irene. >> we're afraid because now the wall is here and the water is going to come closer to us. >> reporter: floodwaters are now the biggest threat to new jersey's inland areas. >> this storm is transitioning into a flooding event. we're going to experience major flooding. some rivers haven't crested yet, and it's still raining. >> reporter: the first hurricane to make landfall in the state in more than a century crawled along the shore overnight. heavy rain mixed with storm surge and wind. >> it was pretty intense in the middle of the night. you could hear it howling. >> reporter: rick spent the morning cleaning up minor flooding in his basement. down in bay head, the rising waters of the banaget bay flooded streets near the shore. most residents were ordered to leave their homes in the days prior. >> we have power. these people have no power. >> reporter: nancy walton decided to ride out the storm with her husband. both were awakened by the crash of a tree fallin

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because for arianna so this is this is precedent it is people make it out to be historically true floyd it's a double a plus and why couldn't that have been a punishment for me get in trouble in high school all right well really. given that these credit rating agencies are the same credit rating agencies that totally missed that financial meltdown and gave gold plated ratings to fannie mae freddie macin all these other subprime mortgage lenders who essentially caused the financial crisis to how credible is this really this downgrade in american debt not very how do we even i think you told us that they'd probably be downgrading us for growth we reached a debt limit deal or not simply because of the political longer going on in so much faith in the political system are you saying that people in charge of this country have no credibility left to lose the amazing things here at the dodd frank financial bill that was passed last year actually give the credit rating agencies last credibility than they even have now which isn't much it's the government doesn't have to abide by anything the cr

more than a decade ago her home flooded after floyd.e home five feet, but it still wasn't enough. that's her mailbox right there, number 6, now barely visible. >> this is all within the last few hours. and the water's still rising. >> reporter: and in long beach, new york, they'll have to rebuild this building carried away while back in this new jersey neighborhood where the water levels are rising, neighbors waited behind police tape to check on friends and family. david muirirabc news. >>> travelers may face frustration along the east coast. new york city buses and subways will run early this morning about 6:00 a.m., but the regional train service is still suspended and amtrak is now canceling trains from new york all the way down to florida. flights are resuming in boston and in all three of the major airports here in the new york city area. but thousands -- but since thousands of flights were canceled over the weekend, the wait time, as you can imagine, could be very lengthy. pack your patience this morning. >> that's right. pack a

in between the nicklaus win at augusta and the raymond floyd win.n dallas. he had two other top 10s in his rookie year. he has been pretty amazing to watch. he is young. he has tremendous length, and he has charisma. nick: he has. he has got everything right now. all he needs is one more solid golf shot. >> well, it will have to come from 193 yards off of a slight downhill lie into an increasing wind. nick: well, the minimum yardage will be to the flag. and as he did it in regulation, something 20-30 feet past. it does not look like jason dufner is feeling too good. >> hollow molly, he has a 6-iron. you know, it occurs to me that i may want to be 30 yards farther back where i had a better excuse to lay it up. >> yeah. nick: he certainly swung beautifully when he is swinging flat out. flat out. full of adreniline. jim: the wind was picking up there at the end and shifting into the golfer's face. that is a beauty. keegan bradley, 18 feet away. >> never mind the shot, what a club that was. jim: did not leave a lot of room to spare. nick: he played that

mid to upper 50s, half moon bay, floyd 70s around the bayshore. mid to upper 70s no south bay. warmest weather will be in the east bay valleys, low to mid-80s for you. accu width seven-day forecast, look how dramatic the temperatures turn around tomorrow. 8-10 degrees warmer even warmer on friday before a slow, slow cooling trend starts for the back half of the holiday weekend. here is sue with the details. >>> live shot of the maze. we've got an accident southbound 80, brake lights starting right here, slow traffic up around the corner. we watched the emergency crews, chp cars going through to try to get to this accident. it's the westbound connector to southbound 880, fed ex mixing it up with a dump truck. south bay, 101 at alum rock, two left lanes are blocked there. >> we'll keep our eyes on the problem developing. >>> they are calling it a medical miracle. the stunning pictures of an accident and incredible story of recovery that comes along with it. >> feegdz the frenzy, good news if you are looking to buy one of those discounted hp touch pads >>> as the nation prepares f

an interesting footnote to a local story is pretty boy floyd who was a gangster that was made into the movie, apparently they were a fan of j. frank norris on the radio and took her other son jackie to be baptized by norris and for a brief time played intermediary to effectuate the pretty boy i bet that what is the interest dain post script and finding our way but had a series of health issues and a lot of this stuff he have built an alienated people around him by the time he died, the group known as independent fundamental baptist called the isp is the first of that group splintered into different ways he was speaking at a youth camp in florida 1952 and the body was flown back to ft. worth and not buried not far from where d.e. chips is buried as well. interesting closure to this story. >> carter is a famous name was the publisher of the fort worth star telegram and the fort worth club was the big plays for the movers and shakers the oligarchs at that time. he was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of d.e. and manage not allowed to get bated but i deal with him a lot and is a fasci

many remember hurricane floyd in 1999.espite news of this latest hurricane, some people are refusing to leave. >>> here's the latest on irene. right now, it stands at category 3. as it moves up the east coast, by tomorrow about 5:00, it's going to go to about a category 4. that's the forecast. here's the timeframe, friday, it stays offshore. saturday, off the carolinas. then it moves up into the new england states. probably a tropical storm as it moves toward the new england states. here are all the possible tracks it could take. it shows all the forecast model solutions. you can see it keeps it offshore through saturday. then most of the solutions run through boston, most likely less than a category 1. the biggest impact on us will be the flight delays. i'm back here in ten minutes. a look at your forecast, and also a look at your bay area weekend. see you in about ten. >> you can get an idea of just how massive hurricane irene is from space. the crew of the international space station provided a view today, widening the