so the first few blocks of long beach, long island, is seeing serious flooding and a flow rate of what looks to be rapids across the river that's flowing down national boulevard and into the streets of long beach. that's the situation behind me. the surf here is so intense, we will see this surge continue not only for the next half hour and high tide will be within the hour but because the winds will continue to be onshore, as the storm itself moves north of us, we're not going to see -- >> i think we lost rob marciano. he was talking about how the winds and rain will be with us for a long time, the rain will be with us for as long as 12 hours, that will have a lot of affect, not just high tide now but over the next 12 hours. let's listen to our affiliate, wabc, seeing what they're seeing in the city. >> it's not bad. it's passable. but on any of the streets off of the main road, they go down very quickly and a lot of water really covering those waterways. you can't tell, people are driving right up to that water thinking he h ining they can ma through. they may have made it through a

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but a long, long time ago. this one is going to be different. not like the long island express of 1938. that hurricane was moving very rapidly, and maintained the core of that hurricane. this is probably not going to do that. this is moving slower. so the maximum winds may weaken, in that inner core, but the large circulation is going to remain intact, and it will do a lot of damage. and i would expect a lot of power outages. let's hope we don't have loss of life. >> let's hope not. hurricane of '38, it was deadly, killed a couple of hundred people out on long island. new updates will come in. let us know what you think. i'll try to be tweeting some tonight. up next, the very latest on the hunt for moammar gadhafi. never-before-seen video, the battle to take gadhafi's compound. the manhunt going on now. we'll talk to john burns in a few moments. also tonight, exclusive interview with one of the journalists held captive by gadhafi's henchmen. she's been credited for persuading the captors to let everyone go. she's an arab speaker. she talked to t

i've put this off long enough. i'm definitely gonna call about the colonial penn program. >> welcome back, everybody, a live look at sixth avenue in midtown manhattan. that's the outside of our building here, 48th street and avenue of the americas. here's what the a.p. has in their latest write-thru on the storm and new york city. for once, it says, this was a city that slept. and as you can see, the city that never sleeps is awfully quiet tonight. folks staying home, very wisely, out of the rain and the heavy winds that are beginning to make their way to the new york city metropolitan area. we have heard about some storm surges in lower manhattan. we have the very latest for you coming up. we are live, right here on fox. >> notice, many people are asking, will hurricane irene remain a category 1 hurricane as it's barreling up the east coast? we will ask an expert, valerie smock with the accu-weather in state college, pennsylvania. hey, valerie? >> reporter: good morning. yeah, it looks like the storm will be a cat

usually long island, east long island.s will be a bit avenue experience for virtually everybody who is alive in the metropolitan new york city area. >> you stalked about the structural integrity of sky scrapers. for people who do live in high rise, above the 10th floor, is it okay for them to stay in their apartment? do you suggest they go to a lobby or a stairwell? >> it's okay to stay in your apartment. don't be near the glass. i think everybody needs to help out their neighbors because basically what you have if you have balcony furniture or anything that you have on a patio, that could be the projectile into your neighbor's building. be needs to help each other. i know people could be away on vacation in a hazard that they wouldn't be back to secure their furniture. stay inside. stay away from glass. don't let the projectile be an issue for you. >> thank you for your advice. coming up next we'll look at the rare times a hurricane hit the northeast. what happened back thenning might give you and indication what could ha

in long island, several -- i should say about 200,000 people right now are without power in long island, about half a million people are without power. and it is going to take at least until monday to start repairing the downed power lines. that is because the crews out in connecticut think it is too windy and just not safe to put those guys up on the cherry pickers report power lines until the wind dies down, shep. >> shepard: mike tobin live opt rockaways. 4.5 million without power on the east coast at one point or another. the man that represents some of the low lying area out there parts of brooklyn including cone in island, manhattan beach. dominik joins us on the line now. nice to talk to you, councilman. >> nice to talk to you, shep. >> a lot of flooding. >> the wave is are going to it continue to come in and what we are concerned about is that we can get all of this water out of cone in island. we have different parts flooded. one of our firehouses went underwater on neptune avenue. they are trying to pump them out and next we will be heading to ships at bay to make sure they ar

no major reports of flooding on long island.re is enough work here that has some people working even at this late hour. one of the interesting questions we have as you indicated is the subways will be back in business. the long island railroad that happens here will be carrying people or will they? this is a bedroom community for new york and a hub for tourists. you have to wonder how much money the city has lost because of the storm. what kind of economic impact will there be because of the preparations? i put the question to governor cuomo who came to visit this afternoon. >> don't under estimate the damage here. it was prudent that we did what we did and it would have been worse. >> reporter: power outages are a problem here. more than 400,000 customers are still in the dark. about a million customers throughout the state. so as you indicated, marty, everything isn't completely back to normal yet. back to you. >> susan candiotti, thanks for your hard work. good luck to everyone there. it could be days before major cities like

that goes a long way.e have a long way to go and they know it and they will be here working. >> okay. that is a look inside of the fema headquarter in washington d.c.. first radio play back we have seen and president obama saying you guys are doing a great job, it is going to be a long 72 hours and so much . federal response is determined by the action of the local level. local governor and mayors to make sure they get the help if they needed. president obama at fema headquarters. we expect the next big advisory 15-20 minutes from now. and mayor of new york. michael bloomburg will hold a briefing at 3:00 eastern time. and we'll get an update in manhattan. >> and a lot of folks shocked that they might shut off power in new york city. we'll get an update on that. word is they will not do that. and wait for word from mayor bloomburg. if you wonder what it is like to be one of those hurricane hunters in the sky, flying over this kind of a storm, we have an amazing look at what that is like. they do it all of t

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the long countdown is over. the house has passed the debt limit bill. now it's the senate's turn. >>> surprise vote. congresswoman gabrielle giffords steals the show in the house, casting her vote just seven months after being shot. >>> and giants of the deep. deep sea. >>> and giants of the deep. deep sea. and deep space. captioning funded by cbs >>> and good morning, everyone, appreciate you joining us. i'm terrell brown, in for betty nguyen. looks like the hard part is over for the bill that has kept washington tied in knots for months now. the house of representatives voted last night to raise the federal debt limit. it was a vote highlighted by the surprise appearance of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. today, it's the senate's turn. more on all this now from jay dow in washington. jay, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, terrell. a significant number of democrats and republicans voted against this bill, and have gone on record saying they are unhappy with the outcome. but party leaders were able to convince enough of th

usually out in long island, east of long island.oing to be a bit of a new experience for virtually everyone who's alive in the metro new york city area. >> chris, you talked about the structural integrity of high-rise buildings and sky skrarps. so for people who do live in high-rises above the 10th floor, is it okay for them to stay in their apartments? do you suggest they go to the lobby, go to a stairwell? what would you recommend? >> it's definitely okay to stay in your apartment. don't be near the glass. i think everybody needs to help out their neighbors. because basically what you have if you have balcony furniture or anything that you have on a patio, that can be the projectile into your neighbor's building. so everybody really needs to help out each other. i know people could be away on vacation, which is a little bit of a hazard in that they wouldn't be back to secure their furniture. but stay inside. stay away from glass. and don't let the projectile be an issue for you. >> yeah. steven flynn, appreciate you being on. chri

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is it... >> i've moan the president a long time. he was a professor at the university of chicago and then that's where we knew each otherment i've been doing this for probably four and a half years. once you get to washington, there's only so long you can go. there are a number of people there whose tray tables are not in the full upright and locked position. eventually, you know, you've got to get on with it. so look, i just feel bad. the president's got to say that. >> well, you know, he doesn't have. to if he wants to, you know, let's maybe try and deconstruct what it is about the place that may suck your soul out. i think it's interesting. you had said something very interesting which is you studied economics. you studied job creation, and then you go to washington and the frustration is that all those things that... it would be like being a doctor and then you go to a place to practice medicine and they go, actually new york, we just do a dance and drink cocoa, that's how we solve that. >> that's not the healthiest. look, what

rob marciano is with us now from long beach, new york. long beach was evacuated as of last night.oking from your vantage point? >> we have seen a slow increase in winds, but obviously, fredricka, the big show is not coming until later on tonight and in through tomorrow. if there is anything we have learned from what we have seen across north carolina and parts of virginia today is that this category 1 storm now is nothing to be trifled with, that's for sure. the size of this thing is going to be the big story and we have already seen rain bands come through here over 400 miles from where this center is as it marches in our direction. behind me is the atlantic ocean, give you an idea where 40, 50 miles tops, southeast of new york city. these waves have been breaking big and hard all morning long. right now it is low tide. that may be one of the reasons the suffer surfers, they have s gone home. but the storm watchers are still here. this area is under a mandatory evacuation order as of 5:00 tonight. we have seen some people taking care of their belongings, boarding up around town,

the room swayed from side to sides and back and forth in long waves. the maximum amplitude was 60 centimete centimeters. the movement called long period ground motion is characteristic of huge tremblers. each lasting two seconds or longer. >> translator: the march 11th quake was definitely the strongest ever for superhigh-rise buildings in and near tokyo. >> reporter: the long period ground motion made the skyscrapers top floors sway violently. but another type of motion added to the damage. takuma heads the resident association of a high-rise condominium in tokyo. the association conducted a survey and was surprised to find that the worst damage was concentrated midway up the 37 story building. around the 20th floor. >> translator: the damage was most serious one or two flights above and below the 20th floor. >> reporter: the long period motion alone would have made the top floors sway the hardest. why then was much of the damage on the middle floors? the university in tokyo has a 28 story skyscraper. the 14th floor, about halfway up the building was

>>> you are looking at long beach, long island. watch this, eye lifeguard tower comes unhinged. gets hit right there. come office its mooring and crashes right into the boardwalk. that's long beach, long island. go down to point pleasant, new jersey. the suffer is kicking up. we heard from governor chris christie, everyone is told to stay inside and hurricane irene heading right now for america's biggest city. breaking right now, the monster storm. wow! crushing its way up the east coast overnight. hurricane irene, howling wind, ferocious waves. several of america's bigigge cities hunkered down to face the furry. now the rapidly rising sea water with swamp the streets and subways. >> its path of destructionon fr north carolina to delaware. we have the dramatic rescue, terrifying tornado now will irene's epic rainfall rewrite the record books this morning? sam and our entire abc news team is in the eye of the storm. >>> ourontinuing life coverage of hurricane irene, you see montauk irene. look how huge the waves are. we have john berman out there. thankfully he come up a bit. he

it's been a long time.there is concern right now for the housing market and for the whole economy. >> consuelo: so how concerned are you about the economy right now? >> well, i think it's a big unknown where we're going. economists like to think of themselves as scientists, well, they are scientists social scientists. they do statistical analysis of historical periods the problem is the recent crisis is a rare event historically. to get a similar crisis we have to go all the way back to the great depression. >> consuelo: in terms of what? i talked to other people about that and they said if you look at the unemployment rate in the great depression far higher than it's now. >> it was higher but where else do you find something as high as it was now there was 1981 and 82 they called then the great recession and now we yo usurped that term and the unemployment number got higher but long term unemployment is much higher than it's been. it's looking more deep seeded also the '81-'82 recession was over with and t

usually long island, east long island. going to be a new experience for virtually everybody who's alive in the metro new york city area. >> chris, you talked about the structural integrity of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers. so for people who do live in high-rises, above the tenth floor, is it okay for them to stay in their apartments? do you suggest they go to the will be bi, go to a stairwell? what would you recommend? >> it's definitely okay to stay in your apartment. don't be near the glass. i think everybody needs to help out their neighbors. because basically what you have if you have balcony furniture or anything that you have on a patio, that can be the projectile into your neighbor's building. so everybody really needs to help out each other. i know people could be away on vacation, which is a little bit of a hazard in that they wouldn't be back to secure their furniture. but stay inside. stay away from glass. and don't let the projectile be an issue for you. >> yeah. steven flynn, appreciate you being on. chr

out in long island and east long island usually. so this will be a new experience for virtually everybody that's alive in the new york city area. >> chris, you talked about the structural integrity of sky scrapers and high rises. people who live above the 10th floor, is it okay for them to stay in their apartments or do they go to a lobby, the stairwell? >> it's definitely okay to stay in your apartment. don't be near the glass. i think everybody needs to help out their neighbors. because basically what you have, if you have balcony furniture or anything that you have on a patio, that could be the projectile into your neighbor's building. so everybody needs to help out each other. i know people could be away on vacation. it's a little bit of a hazard that they wouldn't be back to secure their furniture. stay inside. stay away from glass. don't let the projectile be an issue. >> stephen flynn, appreciate you being on. chris, you as well. thank you for your advice. >>> up next, a few rare times the hurricane has hit the northeast. wha

and among them were the residents of long beach, new york, on the south shore of long island. despite the danger, some chose to ride out the storm at home. byron pitts is among those who rode out the storm purpose tell us what's happening in the long beach this morning, byron. >> reporter: scott, we just got an update, thousands of homes and businesses have lost the electricity on long island. that appears to be the worst of it. on long beach there was a mandatory evacuation order but many people decided to stay behind. they waited until the 11th hour, but by early this morning, the lasitter family in long beach. seen enough. >> we're expecting this place to be pretty washed out when we get back. >> reporter: long beach got its first taste of irene at 6:00 this morning. this time yesterday, 100 yards of pristine beach separated the board walk from the ocean. not now. with the ground long saturated by a month of record rainful, trees fell easily, pov lines and street signs bearing the signs of high winds. in these conditions, ordinary objects can cause damage and create danger.

a long road for recovery. we'll work with our business community to ensure their prosperity in the future. >> reporter: we'll be live from here all night assessing the situation. david mattingly, what are you seeing? >> reporter: what we're seeing is still a lot of cleaning up to do after this hurricane went through the outer banks. some amazing pictures to show you from the air. highway 12 going into hatteras island broken into pieces by the waves that crashed through the dunes. and then out over the highway, cracking the highway up, apparently covering it with sand. it's going to be a long time, probably, before they're able to figure out exactly what they're going to have to do to repair that road. in the meantime, 2,500 people are on that island. they rode out the storm at their homes. and now they have no way to get off the island. so authorities here are in the process of putting together an emergency ferry that should be operating tonight, possibly tomorrow, to be able to ferry people in and out of that

so we are in long beach. and we are in the middle of the street here.catch the traffic light swaying in the breeze, as they say, and you have got the power lines starting to shake and rattle and roll just a little bit now. so, here in long beach, we are on a barrier island here, and this could be the impact point for hurricane irene, and that is still several hours away from now, but it is a barrier island to the south of long island and we are about 25 miles east of manhattan. it is really coming down now. now, we are only about two the three feet, three the four feet actually above sea level here, and some parts of long beach are below sea level. the boardwalk here is 15 feet above sea level, and that is just beyond us now. and now, look at, this all of the sudden, it calmed down, and that is how the squalls go. one of the big concerns here, drew and natalie, is that as the storm surge comes up, and the ocean is this way, that it will be wrapping around so it will cause not only flooding they suspect here in this low-lying obviously closest to the bea

she lived a long life. she -- she lit into her 80's. she lived a long life. she gave interviews. she learned to read. she had been influenced by the haitian revolution which have happened in the 79 days. people who were enslaved around the world knew about the haitian revolution and the american revolution. when you think about the individuals were the closest to those debates that happened at the constitutional convention, in private sectors, that happened all over were many individuals who were slaves who were serving tea, cleaning the rooms, were in and around. they, of course, heard these debates. they heard the arguments. they heard that people were willing to risk their lives for freedom. >> what were the rules of slavery? in your book, you talk about that they were not allowed to write and read. >> it. across the country. -- it varied across the country. but bottom line, they would be enslaved for rights. -- is laid for life. they had no human rights. -- enslaved for life. they had no human rights. the prohibited reading, learning to read or learning to write. other than w

we still have the tornado watch in effect for long island. also into central connecticut, rhode island and portions of massachusetts throughout the morning. we did have a tornado warning in brooklyn. that expired. no damage and no injuries that we have heard of that have been reported. some heavier rainfall still continuing across long island. we saw peter alexander, amy robach in lower manhattan and natalie morales in hoboken. the rain bands are going to continue to impact them with winds gusting on and off again. it's all about the interior northeast right now. getting pummeled with the rain. that is already totalled over seven to ten inches in some cases with the storm system for the northeast. let's move on to the winds, 20 to 45 miles per hour here in new york city. and down to atlantic city, 31-mile-per-hour wind gusts. still gusting to 41 miles per hour in baltimore, we've been focusing on the extreme northeast. but the mid-atlantic, still reeling from the storm system that's kind of getting the left side of the storm. >> yeah. okay. j

long long time you know i mean during nine years more than two elections go past you know and i think it's it's very unfortunate where some people are kind of. stuck to their position you know for nine years the delegates are appointed by the prime minister which is very unusual and the minimum would be that the parliament appoints them and there is some kind of proportionality within this authority and some delegates. of the opposition can also be there because we think that is that would bring. the kind of balanced overview supervision of this authority how much of a threat in those i think that's great and i don't think it is going to impact much on press freedom press freedom in this country has been it has a long history to say the least in this country we used to have for fifty years. media that was completely centralized and run by the party the communist party of hungary following this we have a very very liberal media law previous to pretty sort of this media that was extremely liberal. in hungary and journalism newspapers televisions radios the majority of people who used to

he's in long beach on long island in new york. and john, what are you facing there? what are you seeing so far? >> suzanne, you heard mayor bloomberg talking about the worries, the storm surge. we're in tropical storm winds, probably somewhere in the 30s. you're starting to feel the winds picking up, some of the gusts you mentioned, the storm down a little bit south of here near atlantic city. the big fear here in these low-lying communities, this community has been evacuated, a mandatory evacuation. you can see the sign behind me for the route out. there's water in the streets. you think not so bad. if you look out on to the water, the waters are very high, high tide about 2 1/2, 3 hours from now. the storm is making its way here, 2, 2 1/2 hours away, high tide, 2, 2 1/2 hours away. that is the big fear here. you head out of the town as you'd go to go into new york city, some of the streets are flooded. most of it is about ankle deep. in the middle of the street, it's still dry. the big fear is as the high tides come in here over the next couple of hours, the storm

you may need to be saving money for the long term. but it is your obligation to plan for the long term as well as the short term. the ada has a set of priorities that guide you on how you will be serving your property. the ada says a certain party of getting in the front door, but you are logical, you want your customers to access your services. be that steps, be that ramps, if the door is not wide enough, if the landing is not level enough. priority two is actually travel. once you get into your business and start speculating the wits of your files. access to all of your services. [inaudible] rearranging furniture. that is something we would call readily achievable, if you move your table out of the way to allow a person with a wheelchair access to your space. restroom facilities only come into play after you have already made the entrance accessible and you have trouble accessible. restaurants only have to be accessible if they are available to your customers and clients. and actually does not cover employee access to the restrooms.

we think that is a test that we will be able to meet by a long shot. the preliminary calculations put together by kathleen showed $300 million in benefits to the trust at pier 70 out of the master plan. so i am going to segue here. seawall lot 330. the city entered the host agreement with the america's cup, to host the 34th america's cup in 2013. there is a court agreement between the parties that if the event authority invests in the waterfront to make it race- ready, that we will provide a long-term development rights at a number of locations as a means of repaying that investment. the core of those development rights are piers 30, 32, and seawall lot 330. a host of a new agreement is pretty explicit about a requirement for the city to use best efforts to remove the trust from seawall lot 330. we are lucky that in 2007 we had gone and laid the groundwork for this with sb 815. it found seawall lot 330 and a number of other lots useless and lifted the restriction and allow the leases for non-trust uses. so we have been in discussions with state planned

how long do you think that will be the case? are we more benefiting bus the rest of the world just stinks more than we do? >> i think that the market is more powerful than the agencies who grade the bonds. economic laws are powerful. which means if you follow free market economics interest rates will go uproarless of bond ratings this might be the incentive to start the rates going up again. no way you can bail out everybody and spend endlessly and not expect the dollar to be devalued as it is. worldwide currency, under those conditions you could appreciate the currency, interest rates are destined to go up, it is just a matter of time. >> neil: when i was in your fine city this past week and you guys cobbled together this deal of which you were very critical as was your son senator rand paul. the issue came up if you were to cut too much it would be onerous for the economy. is there going to be an appetite for cutting more spendinging in this environment? >> no, there isn't. -- there's also a special interest that comes up. if

look at fox 5, long branch, new jersey, the skies are opening over long branch. let's get to the police in elmsford. i don't know who you are, sir, thanks for coming on. how are those folks and tell me about the rescue. tv is fun sometimes, isn't it 1234 they will not let me have it. maybe we broke the rules about checking people in. long branch, new jersey, fox 5 new york. listen: >> reporter:... how the water is coming up to the piers and even under the pier. it took out the railing. just to my left, camera left there. and it was really rocking the pier and the boardwalk as well. and, again that is why i was holding on along with the wind. and, the swell, you know, the storm surge, we have talked all about that, has been the biggest concern and we're hearing of flooding, just talking to a gentleman a while ago who mentioned the side streets over here and we haven't had a chance to head over there. but, some of the side streets are dealing with a little too terrible now. there was damage, i don't know if we have the video from earlier, though, of the apartment c

they've had hurricanes a long, long time ago. and this one is different. this is not going to be like the long island express in 1938. that hurricane was moving very, very rapidly and maintained the core of that hurricane. this is probably not going to do that. this is moving slower, so the maximum winds may weaken in that inner core, but the large circulation is going to remain intact. and it will do a lot of damage. and i would expect a lot of power outages. let's just hope we don't have loss of life. >> let's hope not that. hurricane of '38 was just deadly, killed a couple hundred people out in long island. max mayfield, appreciate you joining us. more with irene all night as new updates come in let us know what you think. we're on facebook. follow me on twitter @ anderson cooper >>> next the very latest on the hunt for muammar gadhafi plus never been seen video from the battle to take gadhafi's compound. nic robertson has the latest. also on the manhunt going on now. we'll talk to john burns of the "new york times" with us in just a few minutes >>> als

georgia does not that long -- died not that long afterwards. she is pretty much left alone. >> what is the legal status of her at that time. >> she is an escaped slave, a fugitive. >> could she have been arrested by government and brought back? >> absolutely. this was really fascinating. in the original constitution, there was the fugitive slave clause which basically said that, if a slave escapes from many state into another state -- any state into another state, that state is obligated to arrest the person or capture them and send them back to the other state. in 1792, the fugitive slave act, which was a specific law, which essentially said the same thing, was originally signed by george washington. probably while some of this slaves were standing around -- his slaves were standing around. so there were very clear federal laws against people who escaped from slavery. however, many of the states in the north simply refused to enforce the law. they would not allow law enforcement personnel to arrest people. they would not arrest people who had

>> long. >> 22-year-old cory blagg is walking into our undercover house in long beach, california. a house with 15 hidden cameras. they're recording every move he makes. blagg, an ex-marine, works for a computer company in san diego and just drove 100 miles to get here. why? he chatted online with someone he thinks is a 13-year-old and says he wants her to be his girlfriend. >> all i'm missing is a sweetheart to share my love with. >> but he is really chatting with a decoy working for perverted justice, an organization that exposes men who sexually target minors online. perverted justice works as a consultant for "dateline," setting up computer profiles and pretending to be underage teens interested in sex. remember, he is 22. and the decoy says she is a 13-year-old female. >> we can do anything you want. i don't know how shy you are, honey. >> the decoy asks -- >> you want to make love to me? >> yes. i'm really attracted to you. >> the decoy tells him she's a virgin and that she has a hot tub in her house. then blagg wants to know if she's willing to lose her virginity in that hot

this large wind field, we've talked about a long duration wind event. that's exactly what we mean by that. where we've had some of the strongest winds again on the backside on this storm. track errors have been reduced over the past couple of years. we've been very good at picking out track. intensity is still a tough call. there's one thing that always stood out. a lot of it coming up on hurricane center discussion. the simple point of, folks, this is kind of an unusual hurricane. if you just go up maybe 30 stories or even 80 stories, the intensity of the wind goes up 20%, 30%. now that we're on the backside of that storm and we've got just enough sunshine, that 20% to 30% has now transformed itself down to the surface. that's why some of these stronger winds. but we have not yet realized the scope and intensity of this storm. all we have to do is look to our neighbors in upstate new york. we're hearing of buildings washing out in troy, new york, right now. towns under water. as you showed in vermont, bridges washing out there. all the way over into lu

going to take a long time before consumers get back to normal and a long time before employment recoverslevels where it was before recession. we're going to be in this for some time still to come he fears the economy won't rebound to where it was five years ago until 2015 z says a realistic outlook takes recovery all the way out to 2018. stim, he says the bay area is a bright spot, especially in the silicon valley high-sek sector. >> checking healthy living news, food and drug administration is warning a massage machine could cause strangulation. and say shoulder flex massager caused one death and near strangulations saying clothing, jewelry and hair can get caught in rotating parts and the agency is urging people to dispose of the device in separate pieces so it cannot be reused. officials say the company plans to recall this device but as of this afternoon, it's still available online. pemplts now warning a current trends continue half of all adults in the united states will be obese by the year 2030. and this number expected to balloon from 99 million to 164 in 2030. researchers predi

these will not be on the ground very long.he type of tornadoes we saw this spring, but they can still be very devastating. that's why we're asking people that are outside the evacuation zones during the storm to stay inside, stay away from extier major walls and windows, interior areas, just like you would prepare for tornadoes, but you'll be there for a much longer period of time during the storm. so make sure you bring your supplies with you. the other key issue here is an immediate aftermath of the storm, as the secretary says, we're going to start the response phase in north carolina as irene moves north. the best thing people can do is stay home, stay inside. a lot of people like to get out and travel about. it's very hazardous with downed power lines, trees down, plus the responders and the utility crews don't need to get behind you when they're trying to go help. >> all right, we're at 15 minutes past the hour, listening to the update from the officials, federal officials, fema, as well as the homeland security secretar

long term has to be fixed. his proposal is essentially take leaches on the bleeding, suck it up in the form of higher taxes and more spending obviously it's not working in terms of the economy and also not working politically right now. >> what's the biggest threat here? >> short-term and long term. byron york did a piece "the weekly standard." "the washington examiner." talked about saying the real issue. can't worry about the long-term problem. we have got to focus on spending. is he right but you really have to do both. you have got to focus on right now the most immediate problem is debt spending. there is no question. washington doesn't have a revenue problem. it has a spending problem. that's the issue. >> i have to also say it's probably a good political judgment in there because, when you focus on long-term entitlement, when you make that your pill issue, you -- your principle issue, a long term problem with medicare and medicaid and social security. addressing it politically is challenging. deal with t

it's not been long since hungry handed. the presidency to poland and president minister all ban has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee at the pollen here in hungary thank you very much for joining us now press freedom is a fundamental principle of the do you think the hungry some even further away from the. stand with this maybe a little more there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you values and standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't think maybe you has an almighty right to determine where lie be boundaries of such principles we never really heard clear definition of what exactly these values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details where exactly are the boundaries of peace so it is always a contentious issue i mean every country every nation state which do you consists of has its own media law has its own institutions that saf

perhaps a long time. the minutes show the fed staff thinks the recession has lowered the long-term growth rate of the economy. >> unfortunately we suffered a lot of damage, a lot of dislocations, a lot of people out of job. many of them may be out of job for a long time. and this will reflect in somewhat disappointing growth going ahead. >> reporter: one example of that? housing. it's been at least four years since home prices topped out, and the market hasn't yet hit a convincing bottom. >> housing, which was clearly a drain on the economy in the first couple of years of this recovery, is now about neutral. the hope is that in another year, we can say that it's a net positive. but we don't know yet. >> reporter: nationwide home prices are now about where they were eight years ago, while prices in much of california, dallas, minneapolis and washington, d.c., are up from their lows of 2009, there is widespread weakness across the sunbelt. las vegas, phoenix, tampa and miami have all set new lows in recent

but it's not going to last long.oks like as we head past this next week, more fog and less clouds coming our way and that means it will get thick. temperatures maybe below average as we head towards wednesday. >> oh good. >> just the way you love it. have a great weekend, guys. >> i have to get my winter clothes out. >> it's football weather, and the raiders sign a favorite probowl quarterback. the giants score all their runs on one hit. was it enough to beat the astroings? find out next in sports. ,,,,,,, >>> you know, say what you want about the giants, but their farm system, especially when it comes to pitching is the envy of mlb right now. >> and a will the of people want to trade, they want to bat. but sometimes you have to be happy to hold on to what you have. giants will call in eric from aa to start tomorrow's game. he has the lowest e.r.a. in the eastern league. pablo out at tonight's lineup with a sore quad. scoreless in the 5th. j.a. leads the fastball up and makes the former astros teammate pay. it rolls

but a long, long time ago. this one is going to be different. not like the long island express of 1938. that hurricane was moving very rapidly, and maintained the core of that hurricane. this is probably not going to do that. this is moving slower. so the maximum winds may weaken, in that inner core, but the large circulation is going to remain intact, and it will do a lot of damage. and i would expect a lot of power outages. let's hope we don't have loss of life. >> let's hope not. hurricane of '38, it was deadly, killed a couple of hundred people out on long island. new updates will come in. let us know what you think. i'll try to be tweeting some tonight. up next, the very latest on the hunt for moammar gadhafi. never-before-seen video, the battle to take gadhafi's compound. the manhunt going on now. we'll talk to john burns in a few moments. also tonight, exclusive interview with one of the journalists held captive by gadhafi's henchmen. she's been credited for persuading the captors to let everyone go. she's an arab speaker. she talked to t

this is a very long awaited project. i would like to thank dan, the in, and all of the staff that work along with michael, karan, and all of the committee advisory groups that have been involved. we cannot wait until we have groundbreaking and construction. thank you all very much. let's all in favor? >> 1154 has been approved -- >> all in favor? >> 1154 has been approved. >> is there any public comment on new business? i would like to acknowledge the port delegates to the annual association of the annual meeting. >> ok. item #eight. public comment. >> is there any public comment? >> item #9, executive session. >> so moved. >> all in favor? executive session. >> conference with real council and real property negotiated. >> i can keep that? we are reconvening be open section. with that we not disclose any of the items discussed in closed session. >> second. >> can i have a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> we are adjourned at 11:22 p.m.? >> a.m. [laughter] >> i was nodding, as to why i

haul as we'll be following this story for a long time pleasure to be with you. now coming out on a number of wiki leaks decides to make a very memorable exit going to tell you what one man did that could set back the organization's next massive leak of information out of the horrible economy and whole numbers that many people are asking if barack obama is a president in progress as alex cites while joins me in just a moment to discuss. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you know here's some other part of it and realize that everything you saw you don't know i'm sorry this is the. say. oh. fuck fuck fuck fuck. let's not forget that we sat in a parked car right leg i think even funny well. whatever the government says they're going to keep him safe get ready because he's living their freedom. well a massive whistle blowing organization wiki leaks it quite possible when they learn that some of their most prized information had been tried it see one of the former insiders for songes organization the fact that and

. >>> a long night for bart passengers.orst computer shutdown in five years brings trains to a standstill. >>> he's in the race for mayor but not everyone is happy. the spirited response to ed lee's decision to run for mayor. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm dana king. after another nose-dive on wall street today, markets across asia are taking a big hit in tuesday trading. >> steep declines prompted trading to stop briefly in south korea, and the benchmark lost nearly 5%. hong kong saw a 6% drop. japan's is down 2.3% overnight,. >> the dow sank more than 600 points falling 5.5%. for the first time since november, it is below 11,000. sharon chin shows us what investors can do now after seeing their portfolios plummet. >> reporter: many investors tell us their worries soared as the stock markets sank. >> i don't know if it's a collection or a deep bare market. >> ultimately, it will come back. we just have to have patience and faith. >> my sister told me long-term investments, just wait. >> are you a little anxious,