lee change a winning formula and decide to go on the offensive and march into maryland? steve, let's start with you. >> well, he really didn't have much choice. after a second bull run, he could go four directions, literally, the four treks of the compass. -- directions of the compass. and if he went to washington, he had not the arms or the heavy artillery to besiege washington. and if he went back south, he was admitting that his plan, his offensive plan had failed. if he went west into the shenandoah valley, he could supply his men, but he would just be marking time, and he would lose the advantage, the initiative. so he ended up going north where there was a lot of food and a lot of -- they thought they would raise marylanders to join the confederate cause which didn't turn out to be true. but he really didn't -- he couldn't stay still, and this was his best option. >> jim? >> well, i think lee was always an avid reader of northern newspapers and a follower of northern politics. and he was well aware that congressional elections were scheduled for october and novembe

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, may i inquire as to how much time is left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland has two minutes remaining. the gentleman from wisconsin has four minutes remaining. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, as i said at the outset, we should never have reached this point in our country. we should never have reached the point when our troops wondered whether they were going to get paid or whether individuals on social security wondered whether they were going to see their earned benefits. that should never have happened and this is the first time in history, first time in history that we've seen members of this congress threaten to close down the american economy in less than -- unless they got their particular budget plan through, ones that en the medicare guarantee, slashes medicaid and would deeply cut our investments in education and innovation. we

. >>> let's go to maryland, chesapeake beach, maryland. chris lawrence is standing by. set the scene. chris, what's going on along the beaches of maryland? >> reporter: well, we're in chesapeake beach. we're starting to feel some of the outer bands of that hurricane. what we feel here is -- [ inaudible ] the waves start coming in a lot more strongly. things will die down for a while. i think that's some of the bands that are starting to hit this area, and then as it is right now, some of those, those bands start coming back through and we get heavier winds and heavier storm surge coming up the beach here. we're standing, a lot of this was beach. we got here this morning. quickly it's already risen several feet. i was talking to the mayor. he said one of the big worries in this area is when you go past here, there's homes that's built on a cliff. at this point their worries not so much the wind, this is not going to be the kind of storm here where the wind is going to do catastrophic damage, but what they are worried about is, it's moving so slowly, and it's going to hit

i think around 800,000 in the state of maryland. they are obviously hoping that power fwe eer gets turned on as as possible. road crews are saying try to stay off the roads as much as you can. they want to get the roads reopened and move some of those powerlines and trees blocking access to some areas. >> all right, great advice. thanks so much chris lawrence in chesapeake beach, maryland. >> and that evacuation order for what was it, zone a, parts of lower manhattan, that was lifted just about an hour ago. we'll give you a live look at the damage left by tropical storm irene and how the city of manhattan is now trying to recover. ♪ [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. >>> we're getting lots of stories and pictures about wind damage, about water damage. that is what has come from what was hurricane irene, now tropical storm irene. take a look at the latest ireport we've just received. this right here. this was the favorite reading sp

we also have three emergency shelters set up throughout the southern maryland area. specifically at area high schools. one of those lobbyings will also -- that's something else. they're right behind me in chesapeake bay, and we're we're expecting 6 to 8 feet in waves that may come up here along with a 3-feet storm surge along want chesapeake bay. this is going to be my right, and then to the left side of me is actually the patuxen. we're surrounded by a lot of water down here, and calvert county is the last county in the state of maryland that has only volunteer emts and firefighters. so anyone that comes out to help you in this area, all volunteer. we'll be here and responding to your calls. >> okay. michelle, thank you for giving us as the latest as a voluntary firefighter in princeton, maryland. look at noshgdz city right now, where you're looking at the harbor and lady liberty. they are feeling a bit of the rain there. it started in the area lightly. new york city is under a hurricane watch right now. we'll have more on that. we'll talk to christine quinn with an

, and whether or not they were taking water from maryland or not. so there are a number of things like that. yes, sir. >> either during or shortly after the civil war, supposedly there was a map done to redivide the confederate states to make them entirely new states, different borders. a friend of mine year ago said he saw that map. i've never been able to find it. have you heard this story? have you ever seen that map? >> never heard anything about it, but eu8 -- i'll google around. [laughter] i will tell you though where you can, i bet, get the answer. and i imagine there's some contact on e-mail or through the internet to do it, and that is the geography and map division of the library of congress. they're fantastic, the staff over there. and maybe you could contact a reference librarian through -- do you know where i mean? we have here a librarian from the newspaper and current periodical division who was fantastic help to me in this and who is also my wife. [laughter] yes, sir. >> what -- [inaudible] bethel, maine, and that was once known as q

the water temperatures off the ocean city, maryland are in the 70s.ew england, in some cases, temperatures in the 60s. the carolinas will get hit by most likely a category 3 or very strong 2. you can see the black center line. it is really weakening until it gets past ocean city, maryland, that's why we're expecting a devastating blow to the coast there. now, as far as the wave goes, the wave action is going to be incredible with this storm, such a big storm, so much mass and so much potential energy that will be tossed into the waves. we have 18-foot waves now off the coast of south carolina. 14 just off of wilmington. 10 foot waves off of cape hatteras as the storm nears, those big huge waves will be crashing on shore and that's where we'll get our beach erosion. at the time of high tide, we'll see that surge. we're starting to get our numbers in for accumulated rainfall. this is only out through sunday morning. but that purple area in eastern north carolina, norfolk, chris, we're talking the possibility of norfolk up to 10 inches of rain in a short

this is in annapolis, maryland, look at all these cars heading out of town.ertainly clogged, heard also from the governor of connecticut who's thinking about making a mandatory ban on highway travel tomorrow morning, so they'll wait to see what happens. those are just a few of the things in travel, a lot more ahead and we'll get to all that. >> alexandra steele, thanks so much. and we'll have much more of our coverage of hurricane irene after this. go-gurt? yep...doh. [ boy ] slurpably fun and a good source of calcium. dads who get it, get go-gurt. [ boy ] slurpably fun and a good source of calcium. wso to save money, i trained my dog and this cockatoo to play all the hits of the '80's woman: hit it, mr. butters. ♪ ♪ take on me... ♪ ....take on me ♪ take me on... anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours.

in ocean silty maryland today the waves were up. chris welch is in ocean city along the eastern shore of maryland. >> reporter: heather, the rain is picking up. the wind is picking up. we're just hours away from the blunt of irene. we're just waiting to see what kind of damage this storm will do here. from north carolina to virginia and onto maryland, hurricane irene is charging on ward with her sights set on the northeast. with sustained winds of 85 miles an hour, the damage reports are stacking up and thoses are spending the weekend in the dark. despite irene's destructive run the federal government says it's ready. >> what we heard the biggest concern i'm having right now has to do with flooding and power. it will be enormous on a lot of states. >> reporter: the government officials continue to urge residents to take pre-cause cause precautions and above all, take irene seriously. >> if you receive a warning to evacuate, please do so. even if you haven't received a warning during the storm, please stay inside quote hunker down un

queen ann's county, maryland, is where it took place. woman in her home, and a tree fell through the roof and apparently she died in her home. it is one of the unavoidable unfortunate things. this woman was obviously inside of her home sheltering and a tree fell over. i think that we will see more of that. >> how tratragic, and the probl is that everyone is saying that it is a slow-moving storm, and the rain is continuous for many more hours, and we are starting to see it move farther up the east coast. up next here, we will talk to man who commanded the military response to hurricane katrina, general russel honore and what the city should expect when the sun comes up. cnn's live coverage continues. it's salonpas. this is the relief i've been looking for. salonpas has 2 powerful pain fighting ingredients that work for up to 12 hours. and my pharmacist told me it's the only otc pain patch approved for sale using the same rigorous clinical testing that's required for prescription pain medications. proven. powerful. safe. salonpas. [ bedist

you know from maryland on up in that area, as you said. they had a crack four feet long in the washington monument and sealing it up thursday and friday. >> national cag cath to protect it during this. >> this is new york city which is usually, on a saturday night and sunday. even all night long it is bustling with people. times square is fill now a ghost town. >> i live on the other side of the river in jersey. i am always missing out on the city life. for a city that is never sleeping, it is eeriely sleepy quiet. the winds are stiff. the mayor said it is not the time to evacuate. >> it is only going to get worse. >> we'll take a quick break. we are tracking hurricane irene all night long and in the morning. we'll bring you all of the latest updates on the winds and rains and tornados and yes, the twisters as the storm continues to sourge and vice admiral parker will join us. atlantic admiral for the coast guard and we'll get more information from him when we come back. ural gas, whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobi

this is chesapeake beach, maryland., i'm guessing maybe sunny skies for now but what do you see around you? >> yeah, brook. this is a world of difference from what it was 12 hours ago. now i look around and see the water levels have dropped so far from where they were. i'm looking at beach where beach didn't even exist before and the waves were literally just lapping up against the shore. the big worry here wasn't so much the wind. it was the storm surge, especially with high tide coming in overnight. they were very much worried about how much water was going to get pushed onshore. the way the winds moved, it sucked more of the water out instead of pushing it in. a lot of people are breathing a sigh of relief. you mentioned the death in maryland in queen ann's county. the wind did collapse a chimney on to an elderdy woman's home and killed her. we've been talking to people all morning. it's amazing how many other people came very close to having a similar tragic story. we spoke with one man who said the power went out i

on labor day weekend, he traveled to maryland to speak at rallies against maryland's democratic senator, millard tidings. actually, roosevelt felt some affection for a conservative like walter george, but he had nothing but loathing for millard tidings. one day he muttered to interior secretary harold dickeys, take tidings' hide off and rub salt in it. tidings had opposed nearly every new deal measure. the nra, the tva, the agricultural adjustment act, the wagner act, works progress administration, housing bills, revenue act and court reform. even on social security he voted only present. and in a veiled attack on fdr, he even warned of home grown dick dictatorship. and yet tidings was completely aware of the president's extraordinary popularity and also insisted that he embraced the bones of the new deal. so fdr entered maryland on labor day weekend before the maryland primary and gave speeches for the challenger, liberal democrat davy lewis. as for tidings, fdr never pronounced his name. he told crowds only that any politician had the right to be liberal, conservative and even reactio

you're there in chesapeake beach, maryland. jeanne is over in ocean city, maryland. and it seems like she's getting hit a little harder than you are. can you just give us a sense for what it's like right now? >> reporter: yeah. she is on the ocean side. she's about 80 miles or so, about 81 miles from where we are. we're on the bay side, so -- the worry here on our side is that all that water from the ocean, all that power and that energy that is coming with it will push that water into the bay and you've got a tremendous number of communities that are set up right along the chesapeake bay, and what's going to happen when all that ocean water floods -- and then is pushed in at high tide towards the shore. so there's still a very real worry of that high tide -- just based on some of chad's -- hearing -- i think there's at least a sense that perhaps people feel like the worst that was expected to hit here will not come to pass. kyra. >> got it. okay, and we apologize, chris lawrence, we're kind of losing his signal there, as you can tell. chad, you know how the conditio

one person has died in maryland as a result of hurricane irene. a woman in queen anne's county was killed after a tree fell on her house, causing her chimney to collapse. state police say a tornado touched down in the lower eastern shore. maryland's emergency management agency says 780,000 homes and businesses are without power. let's go to nbc's tom costello in ocean city, maryland where things are brighter today. you certainly weathered something horrific yesterday. >> well just when you thought you could take off the rain gear, here comes another band of rain, i'm getting awfully wet here. but we're told that this is really just the last band or the last finger, if you will of rain from the back end of irene as it is way up that way. in your back yard. we are doing a quick assessment here in ocean city. and the delmarva peninsula, and police are saying so far they don't see any significant damage. we do have power out to certain areas along the peninsula. we are still without power. but we're hoping that that comes back up. they're bringing the

. >> right now irene is closing in on ocean city, maryland. like every other beach resort along the mid-atlantic, it is just about deserted. winds have decreased slightly to 80 miles an hour but it remains a hurricane as it it pushes north toward new york. >> irene is especially dangerous because it's moving slowly. we've talked about this all morning, all afternoon. it's almost certain to create a tripling storm surge. as you just heard mary mention, new york transit officials earlier today shut down the city's mass transportation system as a precaution. live pictures now from times square, similar moves have also been made or will be made, we're told, in philadelphia and baltimore. >> and joining us now on the telephone, jeanne meserve who is in ocean city, maryland. jeanne? >> reporter: martin and keira, still dark where we are in ocean city, the lights went out a bit ago in this part of the city. we saw a couple of explosions to the south and think there were probably some transformers that had some problems. but this appears to be localiz

the governors of 6 states, maryland, new jersey and connecticut already declared states of emergency up and down the east coast. officials are pleading with people to take this storm seriously. >> every citizen in the state who is in harm's way needs to prepare for the worst and pray for the best. >> let me assure you that we are not overreacting. we need to be ready >> if you live in one of these areas, spend time with precaution. >> battering the bahamas. in nasa, jim, what has the damage been there? >> reporter: candy, a little a little bit of palms here with high wind and strong rain. here in nassau, the main tourist areas, no damage or floods whatsoever. the power lines -- [inaudible] they are so confident that the tourist areas -- [inaudible] >> jim, i'm sorry. i'm going to have to interrupt you here. we have really bad -- i can't hear thaw well. from what i can tell, not that much damage where he is in nassau. we will get back to him we can e audio problem. the latest forecast from the national hurricane center says irene will approach the north carolina coast saturday. cnn me

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield a minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. lee: thank you very much. thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you for yielding and also for your very bold and effective leadership, mr. van hollen. i rise in strong opposition to this unbalanced debt ceiling bill. this is an unbalanced approach, we all know that, we've heard that. and furthermore this debt ceiling bill should have never been an option in terms of having to come to this floor to debate this and we should have, like democrats and republican presidents have done in the past, we should have lifted the debt ceiling. rightfully so, many of us are concerned about these discretionary cuts. what are these cuts going to do as it relates to our senior citizens, low income veds and the poor? -- individuals and the poor? this debt ceiling bill does nothing to address the real crisis in our country, the lack of jobs and economic growt

mcgovern: i yield to the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: the chance to pass a truly balanced agreement that relies on both spending cuts and revee. we're not there. but i have said many times duringhe course of this debate , to govern is to compromise. not to sell out, as some people think on this floor that voting for a compromise is somehow a sellout. we cannot run america on that theory and that is not what democracy is all about. i urge my colleagues to ensure that america in fact pays its bills. that america -- mr. dreier: i yield my friend additional time if he'd like. mr. hoyer: i'd be glad to yield. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. i don't know if he hearder. i closed the rule debate by talking about the connecticut compromise which established a bicameral legislature july 16, 1787, in high closing remarks here, it was called the great compromise and my friend is absolutely right. we're at that point today in dealing withn issue not of that magnitude but clearly a very important one and i'm happy to yield my friend

telling the maryland, d.c.ginia viewers there how those bands from hurricane irene are starting to pound that area, not like we have what seen in north carolina as well as virginia. and then you head north from there, and the potential damangs are great in new york city from new jersey. we heard that from the mayor of new york and earlier from the governor of new jersey. let's check in with one of our reporters there in that region now, our jason carol is there in -- along the new jersey coast where you're feeling the wind, not necessarily the rain in a big way, but describe for us what you're experiencing and if people have heeded those evacuation warnings in that area. >> absolutely. and just to set the scene for where we are now, we have seen conditions here in atlantic city deteriorate. we have been here since early this morning since 10:00. we have been watching the surf. the surf has gotten more intense. we have seen the wind pick up, we have seen many more of the bands of rain sweep through here, fredric

mayor of ocean city maryland. what do we need to know. you need to know that we are getting the beginning of the storm, that just entered our area and you can see behind me it kicked up the ocean a bit. we are receiving a lot of high winds. this is the begin this is a big storm to hit ocean city. >> how did you get ready, mayor? >> we had put into affect a mandatory evacuation midnight on thursday. asking everybody to leave by 5:00 p.m. friday. we want to thank the visitors who came to ocean city, they heeded the warnings and understood the storm and evacuated and there are very few people emergency personnel here. >> is there a sense that you are out of the woods or is it thinking when the storm is packing winds of 100 miles per hour and drops below 90 miles per hour. still a category 1. are they lulled and we might have missed this one, this time? >> i think everybody understands it is not the wind, but the 8 foot storm surge and 12-15 inches was rain and put it together with sustained hurricane-force winds and that will create a proble

a member of the 1983 world series team, flanagan was found dead at his maryland home.> and finally, to the kids who play for the love of the game and a chance to is in the first week of school, california and mont scoreless in extra innings and ben askelson ended it. walk off home run first pitch of the inning. montana advances, they'll play either pennsylvania or california on saturday. >>> that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another quick look amount the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning once again. >> good morning. for those just joining us, i want to give you an update on what the hurricane center -- able to zoom in exactly what the thinking is here as far as the big cities go between boston and d.c., including down towards rich monday amond and raleigh, . they don't want you to he can inform us on the center line, as we've seen in the last three days it can go as far to the right or left, it can shift. the yellow cone of uncertainty are the areas of risk. right now we're

ter maryland.g with two symbols, his own coat of arms and the coat of arms of his symbols, his own coat of arms and the coat of arms of his mother's family,eh2;éwh11 crossá the civil war divided maryland residents over which side to the coats of arms became symbols of division. >> the calvert part of the flag, the yellow and black thatwp an image used to represent those mary landers who were siding with with the north, the crossland side, with the rhett redd and white,79w6 those southerners who agreed with thexrights of the confederate. >> reporter: throughout the war, the symbols were displayed separately. >> and it wasn't until after cefb]j when maryland soldiers were matching for$ the spanish-american war that mary landers felt like there was @hey had healed the wounds s civilrib war and part, seeing the image of their flag, with thecolors all together again, that helped bring those people back together. >> reporter: reunified flag was officially adopted by maryland in 1904. it's remained uncha

there's emerge evacuations in north carolina, maryland and new jersey. president obama is about to address the nation on the threat. >> i urge americans to take it seriously and provide an overview of our ongoing federal preparation for what's likely to be an extremely dangerous and costly storm. i've just convened a conference call with senior members of my emergency response team and directed them to make sure that we are bringing all federal resources to bear and deploying them properly to cope with the storm and its aftermath. i've spoken this morning with governors and mayors of major metropolitan areas along the eastern seaboard to know that this administration is in full support of their efforts to prepare with this storm and stands fully ready to support their response efforts. we will continue to stay in close contact with them. i cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. all o

the 35-year-old dental assistant left her home in maryland on sunday, july 31st.he told her live-in boyfriend, richard forrester, she need aid vacation. >> she told me she was going to orlando with her family on a short vacation tuesday to thursday to go to their timeshare. >> reporter: it was the first of a tangle of lies she told forester. he was stunned to learn on monday morning that robyn wasn't in florida at all but in aruba. >> she e-mailed me on monday morning, saying family surprised me, we're in aruba. it just seemed too random, too spontataous. so i was questioning her about it through e-mail. at 2:05 in the morning on tuesday on my facebook wall she wrotot "this sucks." anani didn't know what it meant. >> reporter: as it turns out, robyn wasn't with her family at all but with this man, 50-year-old gary giordano. giordano apparently met gardner online. they'd been dating and exchanging texts for a few weeks. and secretly, the two arranged to travel to aruba together. giordano later told police the two went snorkeling off of aruba's baby beach tuesday ev

that's the one confirmed fatality we have in maryland right now. really, those things will urge people to be as safe as they can an be aware of the condition of the trees in their yards, things like that. that's a hidden thing to worry about. you may have heard and there were erroneous reports of imminent dam failure if the water level gets too high coming down the spillway, that could create minor flooding issues downstream. i'm told there are about 70 to 75 buildings, mostly residences but a handful of businesses in the flood plain there. the people in that area are aware of that ongoing issue, just because of the nature of the dam there. and they know to be ready to evacuate on short notice and heavy rain. they have not been asked to evacuate yet. the folks in st. mary's county are closely monitoring that situation and if need be they will ask. right now, the water is not at that height. we want to make clear it's not a dam failure issue, it's the volume of water behind the dam, you it might come over the spillways and start causing flooding dow

maryland. obviously a bad situation unfolding there. we're reporting live from washington, d.c., the storm is moving towards the nation's capital right now, we'll be reporting a special situation room for the next three hours live from the nation's capital. let's bring in our severe weather expert chad myers, chad, the hurricane, they have just released a new update, a new forecast, is that right? >> that is correct, wolf, they have reduced it from an 85-mile-per-hour hurricane to an 80-mile-per-hour hurricane and they have reduced it to a category 1. but just forget about the winds, do not fear the wind as much as fearing the water. sure the winds will blow down the trees, but the water will cause flooding, it will cause surge and fresh water flooding in rivers. and all of this saturated ground, from d.c. all the way to new england, tree also fall on houses, trees will fall on cars, trees will fall on streets with all of this wind, and saturated ground t root also not be able to hold those trees up. the hurricane right now is just abou

independent, maryland. caller: good morning. there has been a lot of talk about how people have held this holding hostage. 95 democrats are against it. this bill increases the debt. economists have predicted about $4 trillion added the next decade. the cuts are only in the current rate. next year, the budget will be even worse and larger. if we had a credit to hit right now, it would be better than 10 years down the road. thanks, c-span. host: here is the headline in the new york times. what this deal means for aids for states that are struggling right now. -- aid to states that are struggling right now. virginia tops the list, followed by maryland. new mexo, hawaii, wyoming, conn., and massachusetts makes up the top 10. good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. there are some of points that i believe should be made. it is something that was in a speech on the senate floor about budgeting. when either the harry reid or john boehner plan talks about making cuts in spending, they are not making cuts. they are spending less

. @@ >> the state of maryland suffered at least one fatality a woman killed when a tree fell on to her home. the city of baltimore struggling to get the transit system up and working for tomorrow morning. many of the roads are still closed there. hundreds of thousands still without power and having watched this all the beginning middle and end of the storm from the position on the beach in ocean city maryland elway is there. doug glad you are here. are they going to open for business? ocean city is a big resort like atlantic city without gambling. >> it is a big resort. they opened it as quickly as they could. you saw what it was like with the rain coming down and the winds howling. the eye of the hurricane passed virtually right over us about 2:00 a.m. we woke this morning to find the city virtually unscathed. the city fathers called essential personnel back at 9:00 a.m. and determined at that point there was virtually no damage. we can get this city open right away. they opened it to the public at 12 noon today. about the only people to return were the surfers. take a look at this gi

friends say the 35-year-old frfr maryland just wanted to get away after having recently lost her job. >> when she came to me and said, hey, i'm going to aruba, i was like cool, i'm so happy, get out of town, why wouldn't you. and then she said she was going with gary, and it just became a -- you know, a why. like why? you know, are you sure? >> reporter: christina jones said she was wary of who her friend was leaving with. >> well, i know that she met gary over a year ago online. it's been a real roller coaster friendship. it's pretty hot and cold. one day nice and the next day not so nice. >> reporter: authorities now know she landed here with giordano on july 31st, planned to stay a week, and that she was last seen on or near this rocky beach on august 2nd. and that there was a critical time gap between the time when giordano claimed he last saw her and when he reported her missing. prosecutors tell "nightline" their decision to detain giordano is based on his record, especially these documents -- restraining orders against him filed by two maryland women and obtained by abc news. i

but for the most part maryland has dodged the worst of it. it seems the worst has been in virginia and north carolina, and i know new jersey and new york and new england are starting to feel the effects, but as a hurricane itself, it seems the worst of it was to the south of us, and is it weakened by the time it got to us. back to you. >> tom, it is great to see the contrast from what you were experiencing last night, but i have to tell you, i think not since pippa middleton wore that dress at the wedding have i received so many tweets about the attire. so many people are talking about your shorts and legs on the internet. i they have you've created one phenomenon. one light thing in the middle of the storm -- your shorts. >> yesterday's attire or today? >> yesterday and today. you're the new pippa middleton. >> reporter: you've got to go with -- you've got to go with the flow. >> thanks, tom. i'll talk with you soon. >>> tack a look at this near miss. the viewer send this into us, edith santiago of queens, new york, very large tree snapped j

chris welch live right now in ocean city, maryland with the latest, chris? >> reporter: this time yesterday the very beach i am standing on was an entirely different place. there were tourists everywhere. you would never guess there was anything out of the ordinary. today, however, that is a different story. a ghost town. everyone listened to the officials and gotten out while they still can. the skies were grayer, the waves were rougher, and north carolina's coastal communities braced themselves on friday for the arrival of irene. >> we are prepared for the worst and we continue to pray for the best. i urge every citizen along the coastal plains to evacuate. >> reporter: after a north carolina landfall the storm will make its way up the east coast. president barack obama signed an emergency declaration for new york while residents in new england started preparing for the worst. >> the hardware store down the street. you can not even get in. they -- you have to ask someone to open the door for you the line is out of control in there. >> it sounds serious. ne

i toured target's emergency center in maryland. it is a sophisticated center., they are worried about keeping their businesses up and running, but they are also worried about providing supplies to the public in these emergencies. so i think the private sector certainly has the potential. certainly, in the mid-atlantic states we found it to be helpful. the second question with local governments and setting aside funding. yes, they set aside funding. however, all of the country, state governments are in distress. revenues are down. there is a hesitancy to tax people more. let us leave emergencies to the side. in many jurisdictions, police cannot work overtime, fire stations are being closed. there is not adequate hiring. , and emerged to technicians are not adequately staffed. when you come to an emergency, we are asking these people to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, are not properly compensated, and they are under- staffed and under-resources. you see all this of women that is being used for water rescue to get to people who are isolated, to fix bridges

the gentleman from maryland? >> thank you mr. speaker.oore. one ms. more.eaker pro mpore: >> recognized for one minute. >> thank you so much for yielding many of my colleagueso have said in the name of their grandchildren's i want to go on record talking about what i want for my grandchildren i want wic programs and early childhood education for my programs, i want my kids to go to a schooloy where they can participate in the science fairs and immunization for them i want research done for food safety to make sure that chicken nuggets are safe. i want clean air and water for them to reply want jobs where they invent things like new energy sources and i want them o to be contributing citizens and taxes and i want a safety net for them in case they are disabled and when they become elderly and if they get cold and a cold winter of wisconsin thate have energy assistance.n to i want my grandchildren to get the american dream and i yield back.ker pr the gentleman from wisconsin? the gentleman from maryland? >> thank you mr. speaker. i yield a

and doug is in ocean city, maryland. what is the situation? >> a friend of my registered 45 miles per hour and it has been increasing all day and it will continue until about 7:00 p.m. when we will get hurricane force winds running through the early morning hours of sunday. the good news, and i know the beaches quit well coming here since i was a kid i have never seen surf this high on the delmarva peninsula. the television ill imagine does not do justice. probably 10' or 15' waves. the beach here is very, very broad and probably like 100 yards wide and i have not soon the water come up beyond where i am, high tide is at 7:00 p.m., so we will see where that goes. the sand dunes, it is important, need to stem the flow of water and further down to the south of where i am stand 20 blocks, the boardwalk, and the water guard there holds that and after gloria in 1985 it destroyed the boardwalk and they erected a wall, there, which is 2.5' of credit. (inaudible) >>shepard: it is windy and knocked our signal off. so they build t

we have you chord from maryland and new jersey.ostello, and nbc's michelle franzen in asbury park for us. tom, we'll start with you. how does it look there. >> it's starting to rain here, and it has been doing so for a couple of hours. about an hour ago we had high tide, but the sea has been churning and churning, and we are expecting the whole force of this hurricane to come ashore here on the outer bank, if you will, on the barrier island of the delmarva peninsula. sometime in the overnight hours. probably 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. they're talking about ten to 12 inches of rain here, and especially here in ocean city where we have had a mass exodus. 200,000 people evacuated ocean city yesterday after a mandatory order for evacuation came to the police department. the police department also then went door to door to door and telling people if you refuse to leave we need to know who your next of kin is so we can notify them in the event that something terrible happens and we have to, you know -- we find your remains, and we have to te

. >> especially in the state of maryland.ould you comment on just how dire the situation was in that state prior to his rather moe mentous action? >> yeah, well, actually i live in maryland about half the time, so this is very close to home for me, and it's definitely one of those places where people are still fighting the civil war. i actually -- my office is just up the street from our town's civil war monument, and it's interesting because on the north facing side is a list of the names of men killed fighting for the union. on the south side, the men fighting for confederacy, and many many cases the last names are the same. i live in a house, an old house on the eastern shore of maryland. i wouldn't say i'm restoring it, just holding up pieces before they crumble off. [laughter] this house actually was the house of a maryland confederate sympathizer who was the judge who was literally dragged off the bench in his courtroom, beaten bloody and uncshes by lincoln's goons for expressing his pro-southern sentiments, thrown into

he was found dead at his maryland home. he was 59. >>> finally, the kids who play for the love of the game, california and montana in extra innings. walkoff home run, first pitch of the inning. montana advances. they will play either pennsylvania or california on saturday. that's your early look at sports. i'm fred rogan. >>> a report shows a one high rolling reality tv star gets the ax. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, is there anything that could possibly make you feel better sitting in this? it mayrl.d tobe re watg earlind to. >>> welcome back. here is a look at your thursday forecast. we're looking at nice conditions but hot. salt lake city, 95. possibly some record highs in a few spots today. vegas, 109. phoenix about 111. the northwest wearm but not hot. relief areas in san francisco today. l.a., looking about 87 today. >>> if you watch kge, see one artist. a full spectrum of vivid hues. bakersfield, california. >>> thanks so much. >>> here is an early look at this morning's entertainment. an

as befits the nasa mission, we are in the business of educating explorers here in maryland, not simply training to race. in maryland we have been very good so many years and nasa projects, ranging from comet hunting to climate monitoring. in today's nasa for them, we will act to fully discuss the role of technology, innovation, business, science and education in our future space exploration plans and in sustaining economic development and competitiveness. we have gathered together and nasa leadership, technologists, scientists and engineers along with leaders from local business comes time, technology and education to discuss that helps guide to future role of nafta fancy and innovation technology, science, engineering and education in a way that benefits our community and the nation. nasa today stands at a critical juncture. will it adapt to new requirements placed on it by its own successes over the past half-century? and also by the changing economy and will it continue to contribute to our nation's progress in new ways? will it continue to inspire budding scientists and engineers l

, seen enough of maryland and they're not going back.and they don't go that. and they are basically doing duty south of the river. when you look at numbers, we ought to have this fierce and yet we study desks, how many confederates going to the field on september the seventh 1862. the consensus is probably about 40,000. i've gone through some of the records and other fellows have to spirit everything confederate regiments, folks, before the battle, not after the battles. before the battle 15 min, 25 men. these are regiments that are thousands in the rank of 61. so when you look at 50 men -- i remember the battalion if i think that a full regiment, but a battalion of eight. i believe it was south carolina if you look at these numbers. what happens of course is lee is going to be criticized. why did you fight their? police explanation was it was better to fight a battle in maryland and to leave without a battle. but if you go to sharpsburg admitted that battlefield, it's a wonderful place in the sense that it is not -- i think gettysburg i

we need virginia and maryland to be creating jobs. month maryland had a great month of job creation. on the year we ranked 20th, and virginia ranks 44th in job creation. we both need to be stronger and create jobs. all the states need to create jobs to get our country out of the recession. >> i will ask you both to stand by. we will be right back. up next we wanted to talk 2012 politics, so stick with us. [ mrs. davis ] i need to reach peter, who's falling behind. and challenge janet who's 6 chapters ahead. [ male announcer ] with interactive learning solutions from dell, mrs. davis can make every student feel like her only student. dell. the power to do more. feel like her only student. any questions? no. you know... ♪ we're not magicians ♪ we can't read your mind ♪ ♪ read your mind ♪ we need your questions ♪ each and every kind ♪ every kind ♪ will this react with my other medicine? ♪ ♪ hey, what are all these tests even for? ♪ ♪ questions are the answer ♪ yeah ♪ oh >>> we're back with governors bob mcdonnell of virginia, and martin

some came to maryland and they left overnight. there is no guarantee that private insurance company would remain in our market. they have left before and they could lead again. i oppose what the house is trying to do. we thought it is the wrong thing. we do not want to set up on the mold change in the medicare system, with a guarantee -- a fundamental change in the medicare system, with a guarantee would no longer be available for seniors. we thought that was the wrong thing to do. but looking beyond that, the house-passed budget also block granted the medicaid program to this states. -- to the states. it provides the primary funding source for long-term nursing care. by block granting the program to the states, it is unlikely to be able to predict the future of medicaid. medicaid right now is a partnership between the federal government and the states. we know there's going to be guaranteed eligibility to participate at the national level. it was block granted, it would be totally up to the states. they would not have the same fl

but we need virginia and maryland to be creating jobs.th maryland had a great month of job creation. on the year we ranked 20th, and virginia ranks 44th in job creation. we both need to be stronger and we both need to create jobs. all the states need to create jobs to get our country out of the recession. >> i will ask you both to stand by. we will be right back. up next we wanted to talk 2012 politics, so stick with us. ee my while they're still awake. [ male announcer ] with dell global services, jim's i.t. needs are supported in over 100 countries. so his company sees results. and jim sees his family. dell. the power to do more. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our

ryan, and thend t gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. >> mr. speaker, may i ask much time as remaining? >> seven and a half minutes, thh gentleman from maryland has eight and a half minutes. islamic at this time i would like to yield three and a half minutes to mr. langford.speaker: >> recognized for three and a half minutes. >> thank you mr. s i would say i would love to the will to come to oklahoma city we have the opportunity to do that but to talk to the great folks in my district the one thingstrt that comes up again and again is they are really frustrated and they're looking for things to be able to change in washington.in. the see how broken the system is and the way we interact.. they are legitimately frustrated and i can tell you they have lost trust in what we are doing and how we are doing it. we quite frankly as a federal government we are trying to doaf too many things and we cannot afford all of the things we are doing. so in some very whole process has united the nation to be able to look simply at $14.3 trillion in debt and to s