reporting live in north carolina, karen brown, back to you. >> yeah. karenic back here in san fransisco, just curious, the people that you had, who, who you talked to there, we have ignored the evacuation orders. we saw what happened in katrina. did you -- they give you a reason why they didn't want to go? >> you know, there is a couple of reasons. younger kids here sort of decided to stay, they thought they could handle it. there are people who have done this many, many times and business owners wanted to stay open to take care of the emergency crews and the fema folks and the insurance adjustors that will be coming in after the storm. they want this area to get back up and running as quickly as possible. many of them have stayed, but authorities are very, very concerned about them. one of the lifeguards here told me that he believes that 80% of the population did evacuate. that is a big deal here. most of the time they can handle it. >> all right. karen brown in kill devil hills. get out of the rain. thanks. well, hurricane irene is not due in new yor

karen brown, get out of that rain. thanks. >>> the hurricane is not due in new york until sunday, but the evacuation there is already underway. how the big apple is preparing for the big storm. >> some of the first new yorkers to be evacuated for elderly patients at this coney island nursing home. >> you don't want to get flooded out of here. nobody hurt, of course we have to evacuate. >> i pray to god that everything works out. >> long time administrator, howard small, says he hasn't seen a day like in this 39 years. >> this has never been enacted. this has never been used in practice. >> five major hospitals were evacuated. many patients headed to one of the 91 emergency facilities. evacuation centers and shelters open this afternoon. >> if you want to be safe, now is the time to start moving. gh mayor michael bloomberg ordered a first ever mandatory evacuation of low lying areas in all five burros. an estimated 250,000 people about to be displaced in places like coney island, brooklyn, and rockaway, queens. >> nobod

karen brown is in north carolina, which is now assessing the damage. karen. what's the latest? >> to give the northeast an idea of what is now baring down upon it, we have been experiencing these high winds and rain for more than 24 hours now. in fact, sometimes they are so strong, you feel like you are sandblasted and we have just lost power completely and there's also major flooding going on. we were in one neighborhood where at least 2,000 homes are being hit by the storm surge. hurricane irene tore holes in buildings as it slammed into north carolina with 100 mile per hour winds. it's huge gusts knocked down signs and power lines during the height of the storm, some people headed outside to check on the damage to their homes. >> as long as it doesn't do much more than what it has already done, then i think we'll be okay. >> north carolina's governor says the state's coast was hit hard. >> our people have sustained some significant damage, i don't know what the cost will be, but i think the cost is going to be significant. >> here in the outer banks, the damage is expected t

i'm karen brown. now back to you. >> thank you, karen. air travelers in the bay area feeling the effects of hurricane irene. at s.f.o. more than 40 flights to the northeast were canceled and at least two flights were canceled in sean jose. travelers were scrambling to book alternate flights. >> to l.a. and then from los angeles los l.a. we are going to nashville and then washington, d.c. then we had have to book some sort of transportation to go back home. our car is in j.f.k. >> it is just ridiculous. they have got nobody working here. and you're stuck and they don't tell you anything and the number to call, an hour and a half. no one answered the phone except we can you can fly american airlines when you want with advantage miles." >> if you plan to fly you should check the status of your flight no matter where you're headed. airport officials are saying passengers should not come to the airport unless their carrier has indicated that their flight will depart as scheduled. if you need to reschedule you're urged to to so online. but not

karen brown is there. and made in the u.s.a.-- could a pending trade deal push the last american maker of athletic shoes overseas? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> good evening. russ is off. i'm anthony mason. we begin tonight with the worst single blow to u.s. forces since the war in afghanistan began nearly 10 years ago. a helicopter crash has killed 30 americans, and early indications are that the taliban is to blame. elizabeth palmer in london has the latest. >> reporter: the chinook helicopter came down in wardak province just southwest of kabul. of the 30 americans aboard, 22 were members of the special operations navy seal team six, the same unit that killed osama bin laden. the other eight were army and air force personnel. a civilian translator, seven afghan commandos, and a specially trained dog also died. the crash site has now been cordoned off, about the taliban claim they shot down the chinook early this morning just as it was taking off after

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 calling it an organized storm that could get stronger. >> the waters right now are around 87 degrees off of miami, that he's why the storm is exploding. >> reporter: evacuations have begun on a barrier island popular with tourists. some didn't even get their kayaks in the water. >> sad. i got down here monday, my family got down here saturday and here i am leaving on wednesday. >> reporter: and this minnesota family's vacation was cut short. >> well, we're having fun today so that's good. >> reporter: hurricane fran was the last category 3 storm to slam into north carolina back in 1996. it killed 14 people and caused more than $2 billion in damages. this time around, official its are leaving nothing to chance. >> we are preparing for the worst. get that plan together today. >> reporter: families along hatteras i

karen brown is standing by live in kill devil hills, north carolina, where this place has a potential for catastrophe. >> things are really starting to pick up here in the outer banks. a little bit south of here, they had wind gusts up to 98 miles per hour. this rain coming in, it stings as it hits you and problems on the mainland. they are under tornado watches up and down the north carolina coast. at least one tornado has already touched down. this is going to be a very long night. >> irene's outer bands are whipping up the sea off north carolina. the storm may linger over the state for 12 to 14 hours. but governor perdue says irene is expected to weaken around sunrise. >> this could still be a large and powerful storm. winds approaching about 100 miles an hour. >> 180,000 people have fled their county alone and with good reason. some sections of the outer banks are only as wide as a couple football fields. irene could force a wall of water across low lying areas and split the outer banks in half. >> 82-year-old carol dillon's motel guests have fled. she's decided to stick it out. >

karen brown is in north carolina with how the state plans to move forward. >> reporter: irene washed out the only road in or out of hattaras island. damage to highway 12 cut off more than 2000 people from the mainland. they defied mandatory evacuation orders now emergency crews will use ferries to fete the stranded food and supplies. communities all along the outer banks are starting to clean up. in maneo they swept sunday sweeping water from their stores and checking out the damage. >> i lifted everything off the ground. >> reporter: irene pounded parts of north carolina with more than a foot of rain and caused a massive storm surge that caught many offguard as it quick hurricane turned streets into rivers. >> here we are 4 feet above the sidewalk. we got 2, 3 inches of water into our restaurant. >> reporter: this gift shop is just one of the many businesses washed out in the flooding and it all couldn't come at a worst time for the outer banks. right before the lucrative labor day weekend some they will be working around the clock in hopes the tourist will come back. governorr bev

karen brown, cbs news, manteo, north carolina. >>> and travelers at the airport are also feeling irene's impact. a total of 21 flights were canceled today leaving thousands of passengers stranded but, despite the long wait, some passengers at sfo aren't complaining. >> i'm not frustrated. i think it's better to lay here on the ground than sit on the bed here than be in new york, because there, i expected there is no electricity and wi-fi here, starbucks around the corner. >> sfo passengers may be in luck tomorrow. according to officials no flights have been canceled. airlines do plan to resume flights in and out of new york and boston airports tomorrow. >>> well, all packed up with nowhere to go, the 129th rescue wing of the california national guard packed autopsy c-17 at moffat field this morning trying to head to new jersey but the mission was scrapped before it began. 30 guards men training in life- saving rescue missions were on board with two helicopters when the call to deplane came in about 11:30 this morning, another 20 guardsmen were planning to board a second flight today. tha

karen brown, cbs news, houston. those who have followed governor perry for quite some time say he has an extremely strategic politician, so listen to this, one-quarter of the national electorate are white evangelical christians. >> karen brown, thank you. joining us from houston as well as wayne slater, from "the dallas morning news" good morning to you. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> this event is called "the response" and the speakers are a motley crew which has caused most of the controversy. do you think it's fair governor perry is getting a lot of flack for this? >> it's his event. he's conceived of it, convening it. the people associated with it in one way or other, many have exotic religious views so it's perfectly fair to attribute some of this to rick perry. on the other hand, he said rightly, he doesn't share the same religious views of everybody associated with this and that everybody can agree, he says, on the commitment of prayer, at least almost everybody. >> now i know that his office i

parents have responsibility. >> reporter: karen brown, cbs news, st.joining us now is attorney and cyber safety expert perry aftab, founder of wired safety, protecting international users from online crime and cyber bullying. >> good morning. >> if you look at what this law says, it sounds to me like it could potentially keep the liability away from the schools and away from the state but not necessarily keep the predators out. is that how you read in. >> i think it's well-meaning but misguided. this law shouldn't have been passed. there are lots of other ways to get at it. it's fear based, whereas we're seeing a lot of good that's coming from teachers being able to communicate with their students and students being able to confide if their teachers when things go wrong. they're often the trusted adult. >> what would then be a way to securely keep kids in the clear? >> well, i think what we need to do is set up some policies, not necessarily laws, make sure that teachers know what they can and cannot do. we need to make sure students know where to go,

cbs' karen brown has found one place that the job market has been nearly as hot as this summer. >> reporterflowing. >> anyone ready for another drink? >> reporter: but in dallas, brooke lindbalm likes her prospects. working her way through college, she's already secured her future at nylo hotels. when she graduates they've offered her a job. >> we want to book hotels where the jobs are. >> reporter: he's one of 12 ceos to move his company to dallas. >> the economic outcome for dallas is so strong the opportunity to grow here in the future would be great. >> reporter: lured by a friendly if not hot business climate, many corporations are relocating to texas and bringing jobs with them. >> we've got a great hand, we're going to play it for all it's wort. >> reporter: jim oberwetter recently sent letters to 50 ceos in illinois trying to lure them to dallas. >> it was a great side by side comparison of how business fared in texas and illinois. and i would say it was the difference between day and night. >> reporter: with no corporate or state income tax, texas is able to attract big companies a

joining me now with republican karen hanretty. and michael brown.k voters into demographics, right? talk about different groups. we talk about african-americans, asian americans, latino americans. irish-americans. break it apart. fill in the blank. what other group could be disparaged this way, meaning the tea party and people would get away with it without some fall-out of some kind? >> i don't know what you are talking about no fall-out. clearly there has been fall-out, you are talking about it on your show. >> maxine waters not in any trouble here. >> point she making is a good one. >> sean: they can go straight to hell? >> talking the substance of the tea party and how they didn't negotiate in good faith relating to dealing with the budget. >> sean: the tea party said when they elected candidates, they wanted a balanced budget, cuts across the board. they stayed true to their principles and they want any more compromise. >> i think their principles are based in politics. i didn't hear the tea party having some major uprising against president bu

karen. >> i'm telling the truth. >> let's get serious about this. >> seriously, tina brown joked, but i don't know that it's a joke,at rick perry wishes he could get this kind of attention and that it's true, michele bachmann is getting press over this, and there's the saying all presses good press. >> as long as they spell your name right. >> now he's going to stop on sunday in waterloo, michele bachmann's hometown after deciding he's going to announce on saturday in south carolina while the rest of the republican field, or most of it, is in ames, iowa. what do you think is going on with rick perry here, mark? >> i mean, it's been clear for at least a month that michele bachmann would probably suffer the most, and the most quickly, if perry did get into the race. that's exactly what's playing out here now. part of the problem, just to go back one second more, part of the problem with that approach, it object secures more serious problems with a candy like bachmann, who, for example, has, with romney, made public the least detail about what she would do if she were president about the economy right now. let's talk

brown people, the lack of representation, i have every confidence in nancy pelosi will, you know, do something to address that, but the lack of diversity is really distressing. >> what's also distressing, karen, has been the week that the president has had, no doubt about it, but take a look at some interesting poll numbers. in july the generic republican was beating president obama by a whopping 47% to 39% in the gallup poll, a month later the numbers are reversed with obama winning 45-35. why given the drum beat of criticism from the left and the right against the president, do you think? >> one thing i would say, remember, we've seen this time and time again, the one thing that's remained consistent is likability. people like the president. that is actually a very important number, and second, people don't blame him for the crisis that we're now in. they may not like what he's doing to get us out of it, but if you still like somebody and you -- and you feel like they are trying their hardest, you're generally going to go with him. let's be honest, people have not been inspired by what they have seen on the right. >> melissa, real fast, last question. do you think congress should come back