we see going back to john bermen in montauk right now.ohn. >> the freak of nature is right now it's not raining at all. bone dry in the sky but the wind is gusting quite hard. the seas we've been talking about, boiling, rumbling, they've been going right past u-standing up on a wall of food. i think this is a safe place. high tide is coming in a little less than an hour right now. these seas expected to rise another 4 feet. they could come up here to the stairs here. the storm surge is what people are concerned d out on this part of long island. there are areas at sea level. there's concern the sea could come up and cut them off from the rest of the land. most everyone here lost power. 85,000 people without power on this part of long island this morning. that was hours ago. that's before we lost our power. inconveniences like that are everywhere. even in the lull right now you see how dangerous it is with the seas bubbling up. fences pouring over the edge of the seawall. that's what we're watching all morning, guys. >> thanks very much, n

tamron will finish up this here, and montauk is actually located right out here, montauk point, and we've got winds at 52 miles per hour at block island coming from the south. that's a lot of wave action, too. thankfully it's low tie. since the rain is with, there's probably a lot of people checking out the huge shores. they're telling people not to, but sometimes human cure outity is hard. >>> governor bob mcdonnell last hour said the biggest problems are power outages in his state. luke russered is in alexandria, virginia yesterday you were out on that boat, and things look much better now. >> absolutely. tamron, here in -- folks are out here having brunch, walking their dogs, with strollers, with the kids. it's like nothing ever happened yesterday. it's quite amazing. it's a beautiful blue sky, radiant sunshine, so irene has definitely passed through. all that being said, there are hundreds of thousands of people still without power. that's to be expected. that's what officials told us a few days ago they want there are some downed trees in the area, and as well as a bit of some water

i was amassed with the pictures from montauk. hurricanes make the ocean very, very angry.se waves will be up for a w450i8 like that. coin i'd, brooklyn, and then through the new york, connecticut border. and now it's entering massachusetts. luckily we're at low tide. the next high tide cycle will occur after dinnertime where we'll see a little more of beach erosion. so let's talk about who tales got issues. boston, wind gusts of 54 miles an hour. that was flu to knock down trees. i mentioned albany, new york, even as far away as syracuse. this storm, the legacy, it's huge, it's always been that huge, but it knocked down a lot of trees, which tamron said at the top of the show, 4 million people without power. that's incredible. still gust toss 39, still a gust to 22, 39, bridge per, connecticut, and block island, you're not done yet. even down around wildwood, new jersey, and ocean city, north carolina, still more or less an annoying wind, that's blowing all the water out of the chesapeake, hopefully that will help some of the floodings problems there. tamron, you mentioned

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dollar this process of destruction is one whereby when montauk cattle get out of the local grocery store to fill up their grocery cart when they go out and go to chelsea pay for it they realize that the dollar doesn't go quite this far they don't quite understand why but they know that the bureau statistics in the united states and their ridiculously low and under reported rates of inspiration are not really the reality of the situation on the ground so this iteration is far from real. thanks for being with us financial journalist as you are joining someone from barcelona today thank you. thank you. several nato states threatening action against syria says eye witnesses report that the country's security forces have renewed their attacks on the city of hama more than one hundred people are said to have been killed on sunday when government tanks forced their way into a position stronghold russia's condemned violence in syria calling on both sides the government and opposition to abstain from brutality and applied by the law he's called for the emergency u.n. security council meeting to d

. >> and john bermman in montauk, he is getting the strongest winds as well. >> george this is the strongest wind i have had too just like sam was saying. it's not the wind so much. i have been looking over my shoulder all morning at the ocean, the boiling motion. it looks more like an a mountain range than a sea. it was creeping up until about high tide. all morning, surging forward and it created problems for me. a while ago i was actually standing back there on the tip of that grass right there and i just got nailed bay wave. it kale up over my feet and knees and i had to move closer here up to the wall. and the storm surge is what people are worried about here. so much of the land here is at sea level. power has been out here since before dawn. 85,000 people here on long island lost power. would be more by now. because the winds are bad. the winds will take care of the power lines out here. some of them on the old wooden posts with the power lines. they look so flimsy. and it could be some time before the power is restored. >> john, thanks very much. >> saying earlier, 4.5 million withou

montauk, boats sweeping away and some homes were flooded. others experienced localized flooding.er outages? more than 400,000 customers remain in the dark on long island. one million customers throughout new york. at this hour, as you can see, the cleanup work is continuing at this hotel which is a few feet below sea level. consequently the lobby was flooded with sand and muck. tonight they have been sweeping out the mud from the first floor lobby, but they didn't lose power. late in the afternoon, governor cuomo showed up and congratulated new yorkers for being prepared. >> if we had to do it again we would. i'm sure there was an economic consequence to it. we couldn't afford that. we couldn't afford it more than a loss of life, significant property damage and i think because we acted the way we acted we sustained much less damage in the long term. >> reporter: certainly the damage isn't as bad as many worried it would be. everyone glad irene is over with. well, almost. there is still some cleanup that's continuing. back to you. >> we wish them good luck on that. appreciate it v

. >> and we find john berman out in montauk for us. john? >> reporter: good morning. it doesn't seem like a downgrade here. the seas that have been pounding the surf here. they have been coming up right next to me in a river up to the stairs here. we are at about high tide right now. hopefully this is the worst of it. if it gets worst than this, there could be reab problems. a storm surge could cause difficulties. the wind really blowing me around where i'm standing right now. if you look down the beach right there, there is a beach house. a sea hut right there. that yesterday was completely dry. i don't know if you can see it now, but the water has been going up way behind it and puddling. shows you how much further the sea is raging. we lost power here before dawn. 85,000 plus here lost power on long island. 2,000 people out in these parts, before the storm hit, to get the power back up. it will be some time before it's over. we are on the dirty side as they say. it mean ace will have of the wind and pounding pounding surf. i can't tell you how awe inspiring. it's l

what i find i have a beautiful house in montauk and come to every weekend and giggle and the ground of some type every weekend. i returned to that digital life on monday and i have such an increased ability to absorb content in a meaningful manner and i have a wide group of friends and you have them too and everyone's phones are out and we are all reading and blogging and whatever we are doing. we have to continue to find this balance of absorb information in an efficient way but we are human as well. >> i want to challenge one thing you are saying. i think you are right the touch points, you wake up and have a blackberry and dan iphone and are expected to read the e-mail before you sit in front of a computer all day or call through billions of e-mails but the thing and was going to get at is on the weekend the digital transformation of information versus the mass of information are two things and you say you don't want to be digital on the weekend. the reason the existence of the daily is to be the future of newspaper publishing, magazine publishing. no trees, no trucks to distribute

that's where we'll see some of the worst of it over here into long island, over towards the hamptons, montaukw york city itself, less than $100,000, but as much as a million dollars worth of damage as you head up to parts of massachusetts and into rhode island. this is a massive storm, total economic losses potentially $1.1 billion. that's a whole lot of damage for a whole lot of people. >> a ripple effect in so many different ways. we'll get back into that later on. thanks so much, jacqui jeras. appreciate that. live coverage of hurricane irene continues in two minutes. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase

the threat would be from montauk, for boston, and into rhode island. you imagine if you get all that water into newport, and funnel it into providence, we're talking about the same type of funneling effect in providence that you would have in new york city, from a landfall just about 60 or 80 miles farther to the east. >> and stephen, you think this would be a day or two of inconvenience. if it's a direct hit in new york, the folks in the city could feel the impacts for some time to come. >> it could be many days. the good news is, they have time to prepare. the basics are, people should have a kit, basically have the things they need to camp out in their home or apartment for three days. the second is to have a plan, to know where they would go, should they have to evacuate, and the kit-to-go bag. they need to stay informed. a little bit to the left, a little bit to the right, could make a big difference. but we have information now, minimum thing for new yorkers, they should go on the office emergency management's website and find out if they live in

abc's john berman joins us from montauk.s been decades since the region faced a storm like this. local officials don't seem to be mincing their words in the warnings to residents, are they? >> reporter: no, jake, not at all. they called for 400,000 mandatory evacuations from long island. most people did heed those warnings, but in some towns, police tried to scare them a little bit. police saying, okay, if you don't evacuate, do this. write your name and serial number on your arm, so we can identify you after you're stuck in your home when the flooding comes. >> name and social security number. >> john, you've been watching these waves rise and fall all morning. how bad have they gotten? >> reporter: bad. this sea behind me, someone commented it looks like a snow capped mountain range. the surf is pounding all-inspiring surf. earlier this morning, last night i was down by that fence, about 30 feet out. as the morning has come on, i've had to come in further and further. the storm surge pushed us further, higher than the norm

the threat would be for montauk and boston and even into rhode island.gine if you get all that water into like narangaset and newport and then you funnel it into providence, we're talking about the same type of funneling effect in providence that you would have in new york city from a landfall just about 60 or 80 miles farther to the east. >> steven, you think this may be a day or two of convenience. if it is a direct hit in new york, folks in the city could feel the impact for some time to come. >> it could be for many days. the good news is we do have time to prepare. the basics are people should have a kit. they should basically have the things they need that could camp out in their home or apartment for throw days. that's a good plan. the second is to have a plan, to know where they would go should they have to evacuate and that kit should be a go bag. then they need to stay informed. just these variables, a little bit to the left, a little bit to the right could make a big difference. but we have information now, minimum thing for new yorkers they s

augustine and cape canaveral all the way up toward cape hatteras, cape may, new york, montauk and on maine. the entire way that you're up there, you're going to see extra water along the coastline at high tide time. and then you've got a lot of rain coming from it. it doesn't matter if it's a tropical storm or hurricane as far as rain is concerned when it passes your way. 6 to 12 inches of rain through new york city. also in that coastal area of north carolina. and the wind is going to be tough and in that case it does matter what the storm strength is. but we're still talking about 50 to 70-mile-per-hour winds in the area shaded in red. and that is basically anywhe along the east coast. robin? >> okay. >>> and because of all that, sam, at least five states have all declared states of emergency including and leading the way really north carolina. ns of thousands of people there evacuating from the coast because that's where irene is expected to hifirst here in the u.s. and our matt gutman is back out there in the surf again. matt? >> reporter: hey, robin. well, the waves have gotten

but i figured it would be closer to montauk. thought a potential had hurricane would get this close to new york city. nonetheless, this is it the spot where surfers hang out any day of the summer. but when you get big waves like this, they're coming out in masses. i'm told there's some force behind those waves and some don't all like riding in it. there's a dozen or so out there right now. we do expect the surge to be great around this time tomorrow, talked to a few folks who live around the area and many of them have different opinions as to whether or not they're going to stay or go when the storm comes later tonight. >> the best that we can think about is a very strong nor'easter that we had in the early '90s, and we really couldn't get off long beach. we couldn't drive through the west end. it was totally flooded. there was no way to get over the long beach bridge. that was scary, but i have -- i think i live on one of the luckiest blocks in all of town because right where we are, we have never flooded. so i hate to say that

officials on montauk are worried about flooding and power outages should irene keep the current stormck. they are taking hurricane precautions in new hampshire. it could be that powerful for that long. the big worry is flooding. state officials are asking people to stock up on food and items in advance of hurricane irene. hurricane irene is hundreds of miles along the north carolina coast. the storm is over the bahamas right now where it is expected to stay most of today. then it will be heading north to the u.s. if irene stays on track, millions of people will be feeling the impact as we just spelled out. a lot of them would be losing power, water and phone service and you name it. it could be miserable if it does what it is promising to do. jacqui jeras is with us now with more on the track. >> the track, you know, as we think could be heading to the carolinas on saturday and move northeast. the thing to think about, this is not just a coastal storm. you don't need to be prepared on the coast, but 100 or 200 miles inland from this thing. we will help you do that. we have an emergenc

we have certain communities between montauk that are a great risk and certain scheck uns of that areare at great risk they are low-lying to begin with. as a result, we will be focused on those communities with patrols and literally hourly determinations to see if we have to make mandatory evacuations and guide some of these individual residents and occupants into shelters if we so open shelters. >> bill, thanks for joining us. bill wilkinson, the town supervisor in east hampton, new york. best of luck to you. >>> to libya, the rebels have taken the gadhafi compound. and now we are getting a look at some of the weird stuff they have found. yes, a scrapbook with pictures of a former u.s. politician. you won't believe who it is. a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real chicken, even accents of tomato and avocado. yeah! come on! [ barking ] gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman

montauk is preparing for power outages and flooding should irene keep its current storm track.rricane precautions in new hampshire. the people there being advised to stock up on food supplies in advance of the arrival later this weekend. we have jacqui jeras taking a look at hurricane irene. it has been pretty hard to forecast. there is historical significance to this. >> there is. we have been going back and forth of the impact. we were thinking florida and south carolina. then north carolina. the forecasts were good overall as it moves through the caribbean and bahamas. the main thing that has been controlling the storm is the area of high pressure which has been driving it toward the west. now it is starting to pull north. the things that are impacting the forecast and where it will go for the u.s., two things. two troughs or two cold fronts are coming through. the first one is slamming into the northeast. if you are at the airport right now, you hate it. there are a ton of delays. that front is not as strong as we thought. we are not starting to see that pull up to the nort

montauk preparing for a possible power outage and flooding should irene keep its current storm track.y are even taking hurricane precautions in new hampshire. the big worry is lowland flooding. people are being advised to stock up on food and supplies. irene, of course, could impact the area later this weekened. our i-reporters are giving us a look at irene's power. luis ortiz shot this video in puerto rico. he said there wasn't much damage but the winds were fierce. amtrak is cancelling train service tomorrow through sunday for areas south of washington, and right now service along the northeast corridor is still rubbing, but you better check in with them. meteorologist chad myers, of course, keeping an eye on everything, including flight cancellations and everything to come. >> flight cancellations for the northeast are a sure thing. there's so many tweets. people asking me, trying to get to atlanta today and try to fly back to new york city on sunday night. am i going to make it? i don't think so. the airlines will not put their planes in harm's way. the planes are worth 1 $1 milli

southhampton, east hamp top, and montauk and most of long island is fine and rick reichmuth, there was time when the real fear was, the storms -- well for the people out there, would go over the center of long island and instead it moved to the west. >> rick: and made bigger damage across long beach and pictures have been big and they'll have a lot of beach damage there. they'll have to get in and fix and, some structures that will be a little compromised, looks like cars and such and flooding and one man's poison is another man's pleasure, and that is certainly the case with this. the storm went towards the more populated area, not as populated towards the half tons and they were spared. >> shepard: and, populated in queens, new york where mike tobin is standing by now. howard beach, it is my understanding, how are they looking now the tide is going out? >> reporter: amazing, shepard, how much the swiss changed since the last time you came to us. so much wind and the barometer i have been watching has bumped up about 6 milibars and to make sense when the pressure goes up on the barome

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i have a beautiful house in montauk that i come back to every weekend and i did hold some however we can. i return back to that digital live on monday and i have such an increased ability to absorb content in a meaningful manner. i have a white bird but friends that i will sit down to dinner, and everyone's phones are out -- i have a wide it group of friends. >> i just want to challenge one thing you are saying. i think you are right, the touch points and working life, you wake up and you have a blackberry or iphone and you are expected to read the e-mail on the way to office before you sit in front of a computer all day. on the weekends, the digital transformation of information versus the masses of information are two different things. your saying you don't want to be digital on the weekend. i think the reason for existence of the daily is to be the future of newspaper publishing, magazine publishing for the future. the trees, s to drive and have to distribute what were the old forms of delivery mechanisms. i think there are delivery mechanisms that can transport to us and deliver

i have a beautiful house in month -- montauk, and i big -- dig a hole in the ground.i return to the digital life monday. i have a wide group of friends that will sit down at dinner. everyone's phone is out. we are all reading, tweeting, blogging, whatever it is that we are doing. we have to continue to find the balance of absorb information in an efficient way. we are humans as well. >> i wanted to challenge. >> good. >> i would only challenge. i think that you are right. the touch points in working lives now, you wake up, you have a blackberry, you have an iphone, you are expected to read the e-mail on the way to the office before you sit in front of the computer all day and are expected to call through billions of e-mails, et cetera, but the thing i was going to get at is on the weekend. the digital transformation of information, versus the masses of information are two different things. you are saying you don't want to be digital on the weekend. i think the reason for existence of the daily is to be the future of newspaper publishers, magazine publishing for the fu

i have a beautiful house in month -- montauk, and i big -- dig a hole in the ground. return to the digital life monday. i have a wide group of friends that will sit down at dinner. everyone's phone is out. we are all reading, tweeting, blogging, whatever it is that we are doing. we have to continue to find the balance of absorb information in an efficient way. we are humans as well. >> i wanted to challenge. >> good. >> i would only challenge. i think that you are right. the touch points in working lives now, you wake up, you have a blackberry, you have an iphone, you are expected to read the e-mail on the way to the office before you sit in front of the computer all day and are expected to call through billions of e-mails, et cetera, but the thing i was going to get at is on the weekend. the digital transformation of information, versus the masses of information are two different things. you are saying you don't want to be digital on the weekend. i think the reason for existence of the daily is to be the future of newspaper publishers, magazine publishing for the fut