irene is packing 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds. irene is slowly moving and it is massive. consider this -- in a normal hurricane tropical storm, winds extend 150 miles from the center. well, irene's winds extend 290 miles. irene battered the bahamas, destroying hundreds of homes on the smaller islands. some small towns report 90% of their homes were damaged. florida will avoid getting hit but the storm's outer bands did make for some very choppy surf. >>> governors in knock knock, virginia, maryland, delaware, new jersey, new york as well as connecticut have declared states of new jersey. hurricane watches and warnings are posted this morning from north carolina to new jersey. if irene continues on track, it would be the strongest hurricane to hit the east coast in seven years. forecasters predict irene will hug the coast, heading straight up the i-95 corridor. it's expected to hit north carolina as a category 3 storm early tomorrow, then head north and slam into new york early sunday, before pushing up into new england. president obama has already declared a national stat

>> mitchell: tonight irene drenches the east coast. it's now blowing over new england as a tropical storm after hitting the nation's biggest city. in the storm wake, at least 18 dead and a path of destruction up the atlantic coast. and surging floodwaters and power outages add to the misery of millions. also tonight, firing back. former secretary of state colin powell slams former vice president dick cheney's new memoir. >> you just label them flatly, cheap shots. >> well, yeah, they are cheap shots. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. it is now tropical storm irene. and it's blowing through new england. at this hour it is still a big storm but winds are down to 50 miles per hour. irene is blamed for at least 18 deaths in eight states, more than four million homes and businesses lost power, and with rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the already waterlogged northeast. at the white house late this afternoon president obama went to the ro

>>> good night irene and good rid >>> good night irene and good riddance. it could have been worse, but don't tell that to the folks in vermont where a former hurricane caused heavy flooding as it moves north into canada, forcing residents up and down the east coast who felt the storm at its peek. >> and it just kept coming and it kept coming and it kept coming, and that wind -- >> irene may be gone, but she won't be forgotten. captioning funded by cbs >>> and good morning, everyone, on this monday morning. good to see you. i'm terrell brown, in for betty nguy nguyen. the remnants of what was hurricane irene moved into canada overnight, not without a parting shot, though, at new england, vermont in particular. torrential rain from the weakening system caused flash flooding throughout the state. at least one death is reported. a woman swept away in a flood. several towns are under water this morning, including the resort town of wilmington, and for now the town is cut off. all roads leading to it are always submerged. some of the state's historic covered bri

make sure you include hash tag irene. the bottom of the hour irene headlines after this on msnbc. . >>> i'm concerned about all of these wonderful folks from the guard to highway patrolmen who are out and willing to risk their lives during the storm itself. i'm concerned about the folks who think they're going to ride it out for the joy or the thrill, which is befudling for me. afb the storm passes we'll be concerned ar if immediacy of the recovery and the damage and devastation we're concerned will happen to north carolina. >> that was north carolina governor bev perdue speaking about her concerns regarding hurricane irene. i'm back with continuing coverage of hurricane irene on msnbc. the national hurricane center reports that sustained winds for the storm have decreased. but irene will remain a hurricane as she travels up the mid-atlantic coast even as the storm is expected to lose more strength as it hits land. strong winds are extending 100 miles from irene's center. at least 60 million people are in irene's path inc

. >>> irene roars up the east coast. the damage, the evacuations, and where this monther storm is headed next. changing the rules of the game: tough new rules at candlestick face their first test. will they be enough to keep fans safe? cleaning up a toxic legacy. the marathon effort to make a south bay park safe for kids. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. welcome to this special edition of eyewitness news. right now: hurricane irene >>> good evening. welcome to the this special edition of eyewitness news. right now, hurricane irene is pounding north carolina and virginia. she's turning northeast. the storm is blamed for at least five deaths. still a destructive category-1. nearly 900,000 homes and businesses have no power. irene has weakened, but she's still a destructive category 1. karen? >> reporter: you know, irene is such a huge storm, we are still getting pummeled with high winds here in the outer banks. it feels like you're getting sandblasted. it is blowing here so hard. as you can imagine, a lot of damage, roof

irene is enormous.is the size of europe and it is heading north as we speak into america's largest cities. good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. looks like bricks are there to hold matt's feet down. unbelievable the power of those winds. we are live up and down the coast as the monster storm comes ashore with wind gusts of 100 miles per hour. huge waves and more than 2 million people on the eastern seaboard are under orders to evacuate. and another 63 millionon are in the storm's path. many of these people have never experienced a hurricane and we'll tell you what you should do at home and what you should have at home to stay safe. >> we'll have tips for you coming up. straight to north carolina where irene's whipping winds and drenching rains are going right into the person of our matt gutman. our intrepid correspondent right out in the middle of it. matt, tell us how it's feeling out there. >> reporter: again, dan, it's pretty fierce out here. here's the extent of the hur

call it the irene effect. a day after the massive hurricane slammed the east coast, stocks on wall street were in rally mode. as millions of americans were cleaning up from the storm, investors went on a buying spree, relieved, tom, that hurricane irene wasn't as bad as expected. >> tom: susie, it certainly felt like a relief rally. also powering up stocks? some good news on u.s. consumer spending and a giant greek bank deal, giving hope to that country's financial problems. the dow surged 254 points, the nasdaq jumped 82 and the s&p 500 added 33-- closing above the 1,200 level for the first time in two weeks. still, trading volume was the weakest since mid-july. >> susie: despite the positive energy on wall street, the east coast is still grappling with the aftermath of irene. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: under sunny blue skies in new york's time square today, it was hard to comprehend the wrath of hurricane irene. for much of manhattan, it was a normal monday back at work. the new york stock exchange

but irene would provdeadly.eaths across eight states and power out for 4 million. we would all learn very quickly it was not the skyscrapers, not the subways. they survived it. at daybreak it was the cities and towns all around n new york deluged with water and wind. in queens power line crisscrossed the streets. cars under water, nearly vanishing. irene's rain came so quickly, it swept drivers off the road. in new jersey a 20-year-old woman desperately calling her boyfriend and 911 from her car. her body was found eight hours later, that car carried 150 feet off the road. >> this is not over. while the storm has weakened as it moves north, it remains a dangerous storm that continues to produce heavy rains. >> reporter: in elmsford, new york, we were taken to a place where the water is still rising. >> we've taken 12 people out of houses right here. >> reporter: it's deja v vu for teresa pfeiffer. more than a decade ago her home flooded after floyd. she razed her entire home five feet, but it still wasn't enough

and this is not because of irene's rains. this is irene's storm surge. the leading edge of irene struck here early this morning with gale-force and tropical-storm winds. those are not unusual for new england, but the timing of irene's impact was unusual. this is the storm surge that struck southern new england. it was 6-9 feet from southwestern connecticut to the eastern tip of massachusetts. and it came ashore right at high tide. fear of that nine-foot surge led the u.s. navy on friday to send all four nuclear-powered submarines from their home port of groton, connecticut, out to the safety of deep water. all low-lying areas of connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts are under mandatory evacuation orders, but we notice many people riding it out, and most of the people we spoke to said they were used to gales and to the floods and are taking irene in stride. so far there, has been one fatality in connecticut, none in the rest of new england, but two dangers remain. while damages to boats and property on the front side of the storm will be significan

irene ya perdiÓ intensidad. estados con mayores fatalidades son: >> se calcula en mÁs de cuatro millones y medio el nÚmero de personas que han perdido la electricidad por este fenÓmeno natural. este fenÓmeno atmosfÉrico comenzÓ a castigar a nueva york desde muy temprano en la madrugada donde Árbolres cubrÍan las calles de algunos residenciales. algunos parques estaban tambiÉn inundados. nueva york se convirtiÓ, como nos lo contÓ blanca rosa, en una ciudad fantasma con el transporte pÚblico suspendido, aeropuertos sin operar y tiendas cerradas. >> el distrito financiero parecÍa poco afectado al igual que la zona cero, donde en pocos dÍas serÁ observado el dÉcimo aniversario de los ataques terroristas de 2001. por su parte, el jefe de la autoridad metropolitana de nueva york dijo que era pronto para decir cuÁndo retornarÍa el servicio de metro en la ciudad. en la capital del paÍs los aeropuertos reabrieron hoy con demoras mÍnimas. sin embargo algunas aerolÍnes anunciaron que en nueva york y boston no lo harÁn hast

irene is finally moving on. much to the relief of folks here in north carolina although she left once it got dark so we have to wait until the sunrises to see the full extent of the damage. it's very dark here. more than a million people without power between virginia and north carolina tonight. >> jennifer, you mentioned the power outages. any update on the new number and when officials might get some power restored? >> reporter: we're easily at a million if not more and there is no telling when it will be restored. this isn't just a localized event where if it was big you could bring in help but there is a regional vent. i remember has just begun her trip off the east coast and electrical and power crews will be slammed from here to new england. so we were warned, everybody was told have enough supplies to last for several days. we lost power at 2:00 a.m. last night and there is no telling when it's coming back. >> jennifer, what type of damage are you seeing there? >> you know, we drove around earlier today.

irene is the culprit.rumbles through new england and into canada people are trying to clean up the mess left behind. chris lawrence reports from chesapeake beach, maryland. >> reporter: it's amazing what a difference a day makes. saturday night into sunday morning we were getting knocked around by fierce winds. we watched the water raise, watched the waves crash against the shore. it was a real worry about intense flooding here. a lot of the homes here are built up on a cliff. there was a worry if so much water rushed in it could really cause damage to homes. overall people here fared better than they initially thought. there was a death in maryland where the wind collapsed a chimney onto a woman's home and killed her. we spoke with several people who had close calls. one man was in his home and a tree fell on top. the power had gone out a couple hours before. he was so bored that he went down stairs to do a puzzle and that took him out of the line of the tree falling on his house. >> they say things come

irene. >> reporter: storm chaser reed timmer took us to ground zero for irene. it's almost impossible to comprehend the force of this wind right now. we're on top of a bridge about 90 feet up. 1 00-mile-per-hour gusts, and the vain intensifying as the eye wall approaches us. we're probably in the eye wall right now. and we're going to see a little bit more calm soon as we're inside the eye. so powerful, we had to seek shelter behind the door of his armored car. >> strongest winds i've ever experienced. >> reporter: so strong, falling trees and branches killed at least seven people. in newport news, virginia, a tree toppled into an apartment, killing a boy, just 11 years old. his mother survived. but it took an hour for rescuers to cut through power lines to recover him. downed trees also cut electricity. more than half a million people lost power in north carolina alone. and diane, we learned that the village of hatteras with its 2,500 inhabitants has been cut off from the main part of the outer banks. but of course, it's not just wind, but also water that becom

hurricane irene and its path. we know it's hovering along the north carolina coast. when it heads north, it's going to be heading toward washington, d.c., virginia, delaware and on to new york and into new england. let's check in with our affiliate coverage out of the washington, d.c. area, wjla servicing the maryland, d.c. and maryland viewing audience. let's listen in. >> top winds, 85 miles per hour. it will slowly weaken. it's no doubt about it. the center is over land or a bay area now in extreme eastern north carolina. and it is bound especially in part of the circumstance lace encountering cooler water with every mile or so it moves to the north, it will weaken a bit. but at this point, for our viewing area, really doesn't matter a whole lot what the central circulation winds are. look how widespread the precipitation bands are and how wide the wind bands have become. this storm will continue to make its move across the area. right now as you're watching on live radar, you can see the areas in yellow indica

let's touch base with irene.pical storm, that's good news but continuing still to threaten the east coast. looking at the winds now 65 miles per hour. moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. it's moving at a faster rate than yesterday. that's good news. location right along the new york, connecticut state line and that's where we see the center of the storm. a close up view, you can see the flooding going to occur inland as it continues the trek towards new england. we have rain falling over new york and vermont and new hampshire and into maine. now a tropical storm excepted to remain a tropical storm through today before it drops off to a depression. it will continue to threaten the east coast and bring the potential for major flooding, 10-15". it's not over yet. let's come home and stalk about the fog and what to except. we are looking at the partly cloudy, mostly sunny skies. we have it gray over the bay and the coastline. north bay reporting dense fog. by 11:00, mostly clear skies around the region. by noontim

new jersey has been hard hit by irene. the storm has moved on but intense flooding is a concern not just along the coast but inland. poppy harlow is standing by in millburn now. what do you see? >> reporter: it's died down in terms of the chaos on main street. what you still see bemind me is workers around the clock trying to clean up their businesses that have been decimated by the flooding. we had massive flooding. look at this mexican restaurant. take a close look inside here. it is full of mud and dirt. it was flooded with water. the basement has ten feet of water in it. you've got all these small businesses on main street trying to recover. they went through this ten years ago in hurricane floyd. they know what it's like. we haven't talked about the residents today. we have steve and fran here. what's upsetting you is it will be a long time before power goes back on. tell me your situation. >> the power went off last night. they're telling me it will be seven days before power is back on. next sunday afternoon we'll h

comenzamos con la tormenta extra tropical irene.jo que lo peor habÍa pasado y que ha que obrar con cautela. >> buenas noches, como si no hubiera pasado y tiene por la ciudad de nueva york, recobra su normalidad sobre todo en esta Área de times squere esta imagen contrasta con la que vive miles de recientes en nueva jersey. >> represas se desbordaron y dejaron bajo el agua a miles de hogares. el gobernador asegurÓ que el reto es hacerle frente a esta emergencia. >> tendremos severas inundaciones, algunos rÍos se han desbordado y tenemos todavÍa lluvias en parte del estado pero estamos preparados para esto. 15.000 personas permanecen en refugios alrededor de 400.000 se quedaron sin electricidad, entre ellos esta familia que lleva mÁs de 12 horas si luz. >> no tenemos nada, comida el agua estÁ caliente, nos podemos baÑar. >> reportaron Árboles caÍdos, clareando en el suelo y destrozos de esta casa mÓvil. familias latinas regresan a inspecciÓn sus hogares. >> no pasÓ mucho como pensÁbamos. estamos frente al mar, pero estÁ como si no pas

that's happening as irene heads north. new york city is getting ready for irene. very busy there. new video shows a truck delivering food and other supplies to a shelter this morning. parts of the city including lower manhattan could see major flooding and fleet to go a mandatory evacuation for 250,000 people. irene is also forcing the shutdown a large subway system. at 9 a.m. pacific time, new york will halt service on its subways and buses. six approximately people ride the subway every day. the tack of locking up east station will take eight hours to complete. there's also a mad rush for supplies. nothing left on the shelves. everything from mom and pop stores to chain department stores report selling outs of hurricane supplies such as batteries, flashlights and water. residents seem to be grabbing anything they can find preparing for the worst. >>> new york city's airports will close today leaving passengers across the country and here in the bay area stranded. ktvu's ali rasmus is live now at sfo, with when the passengers can finally get back into the air. co

the heart of the city largely was spared, but all around this area irene left her mark. >> irene was angry but not enraged when she visited new york. reduced to a tropical storm, she still had the strength to knock down trees, flood parts of the city and swamp suburbs. thrill seekers found themselves stranded. more than 2 million people lost power in dismurk the surrounding areas -- in new york and the surrounding areas about the city escaped the urban apocalypse. >> the mayor lifted the city's first ever mandatory evacuation, saying it's now okay for nearly 400,000 new yorkers in low-lying areas to go back home but getting back to work won't be easy. officials wouldn't say when subways and trains on the nation's largest mass transit system will start rolling again. >> the actions we took yesterday were right. the yards where we relocated trains out of are yards that are underwater right now. >> reporter: perhaps the worst hit city is philadelphia, where water rose 15 feet above normal in some areas and kept rising sunday inch new jersey, the governor predicted storm damage could cos

after irene today. if you have a ticket on a flight, monday or tuesday, you get to keep yours, right? >> right. those are canceled. the good news, is those who have tickets for yesterday, these ticket change fees are waved for most airlines. >> they still have to find an empty sese on a flight for the coming days. >> it could be days or weeks. >>> still ahead, as we continue on a special edition of "world news" this saturday, hurricanes in the city. a tropical storm on the first floor, how fierce will be wind be on the 50th. tonight, the science behind the urban hurricane. >>> and the side of the hurricane you don't want to be on. and one, major city bracing for that fate tonight. >>> and "world news" anchor, diane sawyer, prepared to lead our coverage as irene hits new york overnight. we'll check in with diane on key numbers and the items spinni through the air. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as co

irene is uninvited to irene's wedding. >> more brides worry about rain, not really hurricanes. at least they can have a few laughs about it. hopefully it works out for them. >>> well, it's time for your "first look" at entertainment news. a big storm we have been talking about all morning and a debut movie cancelling each other out should keep last weekend's box office winner on top once again this weekend. after debut says in second two weeks ago "the help" had the rare experience of moving up to take the top spot. the experts think this weekend's smaller audiences will focus on this film and the newer films will keep each other in check. $15 million should keep "the help" on top. >>> our idiot brother boasts a cast of paul rudd, elizabeth banks, zoe, and emily mortimer. this is the year of r-rated comedy, but the experts only see it fighting for second. >>> ditto with the new horror entry "don't be afraid of the dark." the experts don't see the combination of katie holmes and horror equalling number one. >>> finally, zoe did star in "avatar" the highest grossing movie of all

back behind irene. that's the good news. we should have a couple of days here, some dry weather for the east coast. as we look at those current numbers, yes, this is correct. 89 right now for your morning temperature in dallas. 85 in san antonio, and then as we look at our forecast today, sunny skies in atlanta, and we're looking at partly cloudy conditions in new york and washington, but watch out for thunderstorms down to orlando and miami. if you are traveling that way, yes, it does mean, lynn, some travel delays at the airports. it's already rough when you have to travel these days, but that might make it a little bit worse. >> unfortunately. all right. thank you so much, jeff. coming up, wall street seeks business as usual after irene. asia likes what it hears from big ben, and an amazing example of someone giving back to their community. your first look at this morning's bess headlines is straight ahead. >>> another milestone for derek jeter. a thrilling finish to the little league world series. you're watching "first

the very latest of irene's expected path. as you can see, the storm is still on course for a direct hit on the carolina coast, new york city, and boston. abc's matt gutman joins me live now from nags head, north carolina. matt, the storm is coming ashore there on the outer banks. what are you seeing and feeling? >> reporter: terry, with each passing hour the storm is intensifying here. just over the past couple of hours a tornado spawned within the hurricane out at sea. you can basically just see a a g patch of white. you can't even see the atlantic. that's how roiled up the ocece is. 30-foot waves out there. it's'setting worse and worse by the hour here. and we haven't even seen the worst of it yet. now, it's gotten so bad that dare county officials here in the outer banks are telling people no longer to evacuate. now is the time, they say, to seek shelter. irene's winds are howling out here, and most people are now listening to the alarm bells. from ocean city, maryland to the w jersey shore there was a steady stream of eva

irene made a bad first impression. sleeking to shore north carolina's outer banks, powerful and ominous. its surge collapsed part of this pier. flood waters pushed in but lori patrick couldn't help herself. mid storm she went back to check on her house in nags head, still standing. >> a lot of shingles are gone. at that point if water infiltrates then people can start to lose the interior of their homes. >> reporter: another issue, irene's size. so massive, even 50 miles inland the storm rocked. this mansion burned through belting rain and bob whitmore found that irene filled his basement. seven feet of flood water. >> i don't think we have any structural damage. so we can handle that. >> reporter: irene could drop nine inches of rain here. factor in the storm surge and flooding remains a constant threat. but damage here was scattered and mostly manageable. as irene's eye passed through, people like george thought the storm had blinked first. >> here we're ready for it. here we're used to it. a lot of the places haven'

how much damage could irene do? well, one estimate tonight says losses of insured property alone could hit $10 billion. $20 billion if you include uninsured losses. hurricane katrina was quite a bit worse, though, katrina's losses totaled $80 billion. how do we know so much about the hurricane? well, there are weather satellites, of course. but for the best measurements, they still fly planes right into the storm and we asked bigad shaban to ride into the teeth of irene to show us how it's done. >> reporter: a hurricane hunter flies into irene everyday. we intercepted the storm as it moved along florida's coast. carl newman is the commander. >> to get to the eye we basically cut a straight path, we stay low, we punch through low altitudes. >> reporter: the plane crisscrossed the eye of the storm five times as scientists took wind speed measurements all by dropping g.p.s. tracking systems into the clouds. >> we're really able to get a nice picture as to what the structure of the storm looks like and that's really imp

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>>> irene at impact downgrade by still dangerous. the category one hurricane expected to make landfall any time now. check that out, that is morehead city that's right along a pier. you can't see much of that pier in this fog and the rain and it is lashing those waves, the surf incoming there. you've got to wonder how stable this one is in morehead city. also bracing for the storm new york city still in the path of irene. thousands ordered to leave now fearing potential historic flooding in parts. the storm still moving on its expected path along the east coast. there are key developments to tell you about this morning. a good morning to all of you. welcome to msnbc live coverage of hurricane irene. i'm alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters. we're going to get the latest forecast for you on irene's path. it is now hitting north carolina head on. mark potter is live for us in nags head. a good morning to you, what's it like? >> reporter: hi, alex. we're getting some very strong east windows now. it's been blowing all night and it

, became tropical storm irene. first of all you're doing okay, which is great. >> doing great. >> reporter: what was the scariest moment? >> i would say probably about two hours ago with the gusts from the tail end of it. >> reporter: these were some of the strongest winds, it's gotten very windy. >> we lost power around 10:00, we switched over to generator. that -- having that helped. >> reporter: the heavy rains came 3 or 4 or 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning and the water -- bob you can show where the water was standing, up into the ground right there. that must have been scary as the water levels went out. the staff here did a great job. they relieved some chains off this dock in case the water rose too far. and that would have been a big problem here. they were here early in the morning for the 7:30 high tide. and it all worked out. >> i know you're an expert boater. if you did it over, would you stay in the boat again? this could have gotten worse rather than better? >> i really would have. i feel it's riding the

welcome back to msnbc's special coverage of hurricane irene.re are some of the latest updates on travel along the east coast. if you're planning a weekend get away make sure to call your carrier before heading to the airport. more than 6,000 flights are expected to be cancelled through monday. as a preoccasion against the approaching storm and the clock is ticking for new york city residents who still need to get those last minute items before irene's arrival. at noon today the city will shut down all subways and buses. it is unclear when service will be restored on the system which carries millions of people each day. the unprecedented closure. comes as some 300,000 people who live in flood prone regions in new york city have been ordered to evacuate. for the latest on irene's path let's bring in jeff. what is it looking like right now? >> this the still on track to bring some widespread effects to the entire atlantic seaboard. it has weakened over the past update as we take my maps here. just a little bit you're going to find the winds right

. >> se pronostica el impacto directo del huracÁn irene en prÓximas 24 horas. >> los expertos lo llamantruo, estamos con nuestras comunidades. >> las mÁs amenazadas los in mi granos cuya prioridad es salvar sus vidas. >> nueva york la capital del mundo podrÍa revelorse dÉbil ante los embates de la madre naturaleza. >> y desde atlantic city donde se juega la suerte y las apuestas estÁn f contra de la comunidad hispana que es el motor de esta economÍa. >> y la capital estadounidense no estarÁ en el ojo del huracan, pero sÍ sentirÁ su azote y por esquÍ poblaciÓn y gobierno se preparan. >> hoy noticias telemundo con josÉ dÍaz-balart desde la ciudad de mÉxico. >> tres dÍas de luto nacional en mÉxico un acto aborrecedor y terror y barbarie, cobrÓ por lo menos 52 vidas inocentes en monterrey las imÁgenes muestran a presuntos narcotraficantes atacando y prendiendo fuego al casino royal entre muertos jÓvenes empleados del local y ancianos que se trentretenÍa jugando bingo les tengo todos los detalles de preparativos para estados unidos ante el azoto del huracÁn irene pero nos vamos a monterrey m

irene dijo la congresista que era un seÑal de dios., despuÉs que la policÍa reportÓ que estuvo a punto de ocasionar un choque con una patrulla policial. >>> tiempo de una pausa a la vuelta, otro escÁndalo de fotos combrom repetid comprometidas enviadas por redes social, esta vez en puerto rico regresamos con los >> un caso similar al del representante por el estado de nueva york se repitiÓ en puerto rico. el protagonista del senador estatal republicano roberto arango del partido progresista, se dio un vuelco en un escÁndalo por subir fotos comprometedoras a una red social. >> buenos dÍas, y ayer aquí que me pueda atender. se encuentra el senador senador arango? >> lo cierto es que el senador roberto arango renunciÓ sin dar explicaciones. en el pasado arango exhibiÓ contra la comunidad homosexual. >> estÁn por un lado difamando y por otro lado son ello precisamente tanto el senador arango como otros, en el liderato del pnp. >> el secretario de su colectividad interpretÓ su renuncia como una ambiciÓn de su vinculaciÓn con la foto cuestio

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let's go outside, another live satellite list at irene. a check on your bay area weather also still ahead. when when we are back with a live look and carolina. with streets and it went. hurricane irene knocked out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. it also sent a surge of water in the eastern part of the state flooding homes. the already established an emergency. we're going to start a look at storm tracker 4 showing as hurricane erin and spinning off of the east coast into maryland and delaware. it is forecast to hit all day today take a look at bay area weather. certainly a different story. low clouds and fog producing patchy drizzle. and the afternoon mostly sunny and a little bit of a cool down as we start your work week. temperatures outside are still slow to warm. fifth we have some 60 degree readings out there. let's take a look at the afternoon highs serious flaw 81 expected in sunnyvale. inland we are seeing hot temperatures. 91 of vicksburg, 90 in antioch, 93 in pleasanton. it will be a nice day along the east bay s

at its peak, irene mustered only 5 feet. katrina packed 130 miles per hour sustained winds at landfall. irene brought top sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. >>> and we move on now to an unlikely ugly brawl. two giant political figures in a big fight tonight. nothing more brutal than a friendship turned sour. in his new memoir, former vice president dick cheney decided to take aim at former secretary of state colin powell. what did he write? and how is powell fighting back? abc's john karl on that tonight. >> reporter: they've been two titans of republican foreign policy for decades. working side by side through no less than three wars. >> first, we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it. >> reporter: but in his new book, dick cheney unloads on colin powell, accusing him of undermining president bush as secretary of state and being, quote, openly disdainful of the president's policies. cheney even claims credit for kicking powell out of the administration after the 2004 election. now it's powell's turn. >> the

one of the areas flooded by irene.c in new york everyone was out of that house as of yesterday. that's a good thing. that's because the front wall of the house collapsed which ruptured a gas main. the wall blew across the yard in the explosion but the owner reported the gas leak yesterday but no one could come to fix it. governor chris christie expressed particular concern about flooding in this town. that house will burn to the ground. >>> north carolina's outer banks were slammed so hard, some areas are only accessible by chopper right now. the main highway washed out stranding 2500 people who didn't leave. our david mattingly is live in kill devil hills, north carolina, where i'm told there was a 30 hours of rain in parts of north carolina just a nonstop rain. >> that's right. when we rode out the storm on the outer banks of north carolina we were hit by rain for over 30 straight hours. we experienced tropical storm and hurricane-force winds for almost that long as well. officials here are only beginning to get the

that is what has come from what was hurricane irene, now tropical storm irene.ake a look at the latest ireport we've just received. this right here. this was the favorite reading spot for kerry quinn in connecticut until a tree came crashing down on this atrium in her home. thankfully nobody was there at the moment. she and everybody else doing just fine. this is the kind of wind that came through and swept through connecticut causing lots of damage. we heard from the mayor of stamford earlier who talked about a lot of trees coming down and some puddles of water as well. some standing water. and about 600,000 people without power in the state of connecticut alone. quite severe in terms of -- and scattered kind of damage. >> they're look agent that. several areas of new york are of grave concern to the governor. andrew cuomo talked to me about the catskill area because of the flooding. let's go to long beach where susan candiotti is standing by. tell me what you're seeing. >> reporter: two predictions came true. there is flooding. and there are power outages. tha

irene is due in here tomorrow night and saturday.sest approach, and we mean maybe a direct hit saturday afternoon. we could have category 3 winds and if not strong category 2. they have not seen a hurricane this strong since isabel in '02, and that pier behind me was taken out bysbe isabel, and now nicely rebuilt and they have protected, and they believe it can withstand a category 3 hurricane, and let's hope we don't have to deal with it. the impact will determine how much flooding on the beach versus how much flooding across the pimlico and the sounds. and the buxton county is full of tourists and visitors and also visitors and residents down in obercoch have to get out of harm's way. expect highway 20 to be cut off to the main route to hatteras island and down there people are used to hurricanes and a lot of people stayed for isabelle and they could not get out for two weeks, so the best bet is to stock up for the essentials and also the flashlights and batteries and once it hits here, it will go towards the jersey shore and new y

and now more on irene's impact. >> irene's three-day run caused major damage all along the east coast. in many cities, streets turned into raging rivers. despite being bordered by land, fast moving floodwaters swarms towns around vermont. this nearby brook tripled its width. rising water forced some to leave their homes with little warning. >> they came pounding on our door about 10:30 and said we need to get out. the river was cresting going over the banks. as soon as we looked out it was mayhem down the street. >> some needed help to escape from bought logged homes. >> as you can see the storm beat us. >> the affects of irene are being blamed for more than 20 deaths in eight states. millions are without power. cost of the damage has yet to be calculated. >> i want people to understand that this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation, the impacts of this storm will be felt for some time. the recovery effort will last for weeks or longer. >> fema officials say they are ready to help those impacted by irene. >> let's check in with mike with accu-weather

heather and ken, irene it 200 miles south of new york city. >> thank you.ants try to gain ground in west as they face the astros. >> 49ers take on the texans for their third preseason test. sportswrap is next. . >>> good evening everybody and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sportsan. well, last week's violence in candlestick park overshadowed the 49ers

irene will hit the western bahamas later today. significant damages reported on smaller, less populated islands. the storm center is currently about 150 miles east-southeast of nassau. irene is a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour, and is expected to strengthen today. storm watches for the carolinas will likely be posted this morning. irene is moving north-northeast, heading up the atlantic coast. the storm could make landfall anywhere from north carolina to new england, but looks likely to affect much of the eastern seaboard. >>> as irene heads north the navy has ordered ships at virginia's norfolk naval base to prepare to move. in north carolina the national guard is on standby and evacuations are under way along the outer banks. karen brown has more. >> reporter: north carolina residents are preparing for the first major hurricane along the east coast in years. >> irene could be north carolina's katrina. there is a bad feeling of that. >> reporter: irene's path is not certain but emergency officials are

we'll have much more of our continuing coverage of hurricane irene after this. >>> hurricane irene istering both the north carolina coast and virginia coast right now. let's zero in on atlantic beach, north carolina, where we find our john zarrella. john, how's it looking right now? >> reporter: well, you know what, fredricka, the wind is not as bad. the rain is not as bad. it's still coming down and it's still blowing but not as bad as it was a couple of hours ago. and you recall where i was standing just an hour ago, hour and a half ago, the water was up above my knees. so it has receded dramatically. and where it came from was right out there. that's the bogue sound. and the wind, when it changed directions, instead of the water coming up, the storm surge from the atlantic ocean, which it did overnight, the water started to come up from the bogue sound. you walk this way a little bit, my farmman, all these houses, you can see this house back over here. that garage on that second house over there was about a third of the way under water just a couple of hours ago. take a look at thi

as strong as irene is now where is irene now. maria molina in the fox news weather center where and how strong? >> how are you doing? the center is about 20 miles south of saint johnson in vermont. so that is where the center of the storm system is. it is very disorganized the center of it heading to canada moving quickly at 26 miles an hour north northeast. a lot of it has fizzled here. most of it off portions of canada fizzled off portions of new england light showers lingering across portions of new york. the damage has been done bev reports of a foot of rain it is going across upstate new york to vermont. it is not just the low level areas dealing with flooding but inland areas as far inland as the catskills. 50 miles an hour at 26 miles an hour. as we head into late tonight and also tomorrow we expect tropical storm irene to no longer be a tropical storm it will make a transition into something called a extra tropical cycle. it will be cut off from warm water for too long that's how it makes the transition. by monday 45 mile

the big concern, flooding from irene's storm surge.nt barack obama at fema headquarters a short time ago said the government is ready to deal where whatever happens. he's already declared states of emergency in nine states. and among them, the state of rhode island and that's where we find our gary tuchman. he's in new port, rhode island, where, of course, it is calm now, but folks are bracing for in a matter of hours it may be very different there. >> that's right, the moment of truth is fast arriving for this beautiful city of new port, rhode island. people are boarding up, putting tape on their windows. new port population, 25,000 year round. on summer weekends like this one, more than 100,000 people are here. this is a big weekend in new port. i felt sorry for the poor bride, your poor day before a hurricane, she said, at least i'll remember the day i got married. you get an example of some of the businesses here. this is a sunglass store. they're still open. where is that sunglass woman? what happened to her? i think she -- she we

as irene ripped across the outer banks, the mass i haviive storm massive wind. but not what was feared. >> reports are standing strong. >> reporter: trees were snapped, power lines pulled down, sand pushed across the dunes. the storm is being blamed for at least five deaths and as it pushed to e the north, the fear of irene's draft was for millions. >> we anticipate heavy rain, potential flooding when and power outages throughout the area of the storm. which means all up and down the eastern seaboard. >> reporter: thousands of sandbags were being moved to place in the nation's capital. in maryland, crews pulled bode boats from the water. with the wind picking up, it's clear the storm is anything but fun and games. in fact, concern about irene has essentially shut down the nation's largest metropolitan area. >> this is a storm where if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, it can be fatal. >> reporter: president obama was briefed on conditions today by the director of fema. >> the biggest concern i'm having now has to do with flooding and power. it sounds

in fact, nearly 15" of rain as irene pushed onshore early scat morning. as far as our changing weather pattern, i will have more on that coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you, mark. we'll continue our coverage of tropical storm irene and its aftermath at 5:30 and go rhode island. >> here at hole, in fairfield, fire crews are putting out the lot hotspots of a fire that burned over a thousand acres over the past two days. ktvu's patti lee is in fairfield, where the incident commander says the fire is now 90% contains. >> reporter: really the house that was nearly consumed by that fire and can you see by the blackened grass, just how close it got. and take a look at this ground. it's covered in a red dust. this is actually a fire retardant that was air dropped to save this home that was once surrounded by flames. from the air, a calfire incident commander spots problem areas. >> well, this is where we see it here. >> reporter: the information relayed to more than 200 firefighters on the ground. >> we're running out of water right now and we're on our

none of them was named irene.lliot named her newborn georgia and anne. >> they had me in a room with no windows. the lights flickered a couple of times. wasn't really that different. >> reporter: the real worry was the storm surge on the west side of the island, the sound side of the island and yet that area did get flooding. the concern that perhaps it would maroon these barrier islands and cut off folks here from mainland north carolina, that did not happen. yes, the roads here can be impassable at times but the bridges, the bridges here are either open, scott, or about to reopen. >> announcer: mark strassman in north carolina. updating irene's status now, it is a hurricane no more, weakening to a tropical storm when it made landfall at coney island this morning. it is blowing across new england with 60-mile-per-hour winds. at least 10 deaths in five states are blamed on the storm and more than four million homes and businesses are without power. you're watching cbs news coverage of irene strikes. ,,,,,,,,