17" of rain according to rick and the fox extreme weather center, 17" of rain has fallen in new bern,ina. on top of the rain from last week. my goodness, get a canoe on park avenue in new york if that happens. they were losing a pier, how is that going, jonathan, with the pier? >>reporter: we will zoom in and show you what is going on with the pier. a third of it is missing. it is being eaten by the ocean. the part that remains, when you go 50' out, it is buckling and we will lose more of it before the storm system is completely over. we have been remarking how amazing and unusual it is, just how powerful the back half of the storm is. you have covered many of the hurricanes and when the eye passes by you and goes over land, the back half starts to fizzle out. but not with this storm. there will be occasional periods of calm and interrupted with the heavy gusts that come through ripping building materials off of near by structures. i should point out it is all relatively minor damage, most of the structures in the island community appear to be sound, particularly those built to recent

and the wind gust reports we've been seeing out of new bern, anywhere between 50 and 66 miles per hour perspective, take a look at how bad that is. we've had reports of up to 115 miles per hour. so really just, even a weak tropical storm causes a lot of damage. and that's what you need to keep in mind as this thing heads up the coast today and into the northeast, even if we do see some of that weakening. it's a category 1. 85-mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds. it stayed that way even after landfall, and we're expecting it to do that, you know, this is a very marshy area, the pamlico sound here, so there's really nothing to make this weaken a whole heck of a lot other than some of this interaction with some of this land off to the west. the core of this storm remains very strong. we're continuing to get a lot of reports of flooding and damage. we just got a report from swan quarter, north carolina, which is up into this area, and apparently the water now coming up over the levee and major flooding is occurring. we're also getting reports of damage and flooding in new bern and beaufo

entire towns under water, we are told new bern, those towns have been hit hard. a lot of damage we won't be able to see until sunlight and we have several more hours of this storm surge, so it keeps pushing in with intense winds. >> and that's what you are getting most now, the wind, not so much the rain? >> reporter: you know what it is, ann? this storm tracked up the sound. so it blew all the water from the sound on to the mainland side and that's where they had those rescues this morning and then what it's doing now for the last several hours is blowing it all back towards the outer banks. so it continues to blow it across the island and this is what they warned folks of in the beginning. and now it is definitely coming to fruition. >> karen brown in north carolina, thank you very much. so let's get the latest on irene's path from jim bernard. how does it look? >> looking at the forecast track, it's following the course that was layed out earlier. as we see right now, it continues to parallel the eastern sea board. looks like it will be crossing new york city

here's beaufort, here's new bern.ora is right in here and aurora is reporting 4 feet of water up to fifth street now, downed power lines across that area and in new bern, big-time flooding there. reported businesses underwater right now, and in beaufort, t e trees are blocking the roadway and a lot of debris is being reported as well. let's take you city by city real quick and show you what's going to get what and when. just keep in mind, these windows is where you'll see the peak of the storm. 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., virginia beach, 10:00 a.m. to noonish, long island, and 3:00 p.m.ish into the boston area. monday morning, this storm is out here. we've got a lot more impacts to talk about. cnn is your hurricane headquarters and t.j. will be right back after this break. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so w

outcome has meant another positive step for democracy in the region according to do action monitor the new bern three sisters challenges and leading this country with a hostile leader in georgia and a legacy of difficult to dependents citizens sweet behold bring the children this president he helped herald in the new iraq for their country. so more international news for you in brief this hour under arrest in teen years in syria with opposition groups claiming at least five people have been killed by security forces opening fire on protesters arab league members have urged the regime and the bloodshed announcing they send an envoy to food for reforms in the country meanwhile president assad as adults to new media laws supposedly allowing freedom of expression and dropping penalties against journalists united nations says two thousand two hundred people have been killed as serious as demonstrations against the regime began in march. twenty nine people have been killed and thirty eight injured by a suicide bomber who blew himself up inside baghdad's largest sunni mosque during prayer is early in

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we've had reports of over 17 inches of rain near new bern.s on track for the rest of the northeast. >> bill read, director of the national sushg centhurricane ce. thanks so much. and now to the white house and this taped images and sound from the president of the united states. he actually was at fema headquarters. let's listen in. >> begin tomorrow morning at 7:00 and run 24 hours as long as we need to. our fema liaisons are here with us and they have been a super help for the last week. our electric utilities are bringing in extra crews from the west and out of canada to help them. our two largest utilities have actually doubled their number of crews using the private contractors from the u.s. and canada. the weather service is saying that every river in the state will probably flood over the next two days. so we're preparing for that, our swiftwater rescue teams will be in place by noon tomorrow and the national guard is also standing by ready to support us. >> any additional items that you need or any additional support from fema that is

over 15" of rainfall, new bern, north carolina, seeing 14.79. yet to crest. when they do crest it will take quite a long time for them to recede unlike the rivers in upstate new york and new jersey. maryland, over a foot. tuxedo park, outside the city, almost a foot and ellendale over 10 inches. couple of towns got hit really hard. hard to see those covered bridges wiped out. connecticut, 8.7. still major flooding under way. north carolina, the rivers will crest over the next couple of days and slowly recede. jersey, connecticut, upstate new york. and recede more quickly. and then places like vermont, where we've got that rough terrain, steeper mountains, steeper valleys. they will also recede fairly rapidly. most of the rivers across the green mountain state will crest this afternoon. tropical depression -- by the way, tropical storm jose, i forgot about that, north of bermuda now. tropical depression number 12 already just south of cape verde islands. if it becomes a tropical storm, its name will be katia. it is thousands of miles away. it has

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bern, juan williams and mary catherine ham. best debt coverage anywhere continues on the factor in just a moment. >> bill: continuing with lead story. newt gingrich, scott gingrich new book out. so, what's the headline this evening for you, mr. speaker? >> well, i think a couple things. first the tea party members should feel really good. the left is mad at him for the right reason. they were effective. they were successful. we just had an extraordinary moment where a very left wing president blinked and that would not have happened without the tea party. now they have a great opportunity to push to pass a balanced budget amendment by the end of the year. that could be a historic effort for the tea parties to focus on. second, washington has to shift and focus on the economy. we are in very grave danger of sliding into an even deeper depression. and i think there is no sign right now that washington understands that this is a temporary moment. okay. we have all focused the debt ceiling. we are about to launch a big five or six month fight and it's going to be a fight. this was not the end, it was the beginning of a fight over the whole nature of what happens next. t

bern, juan williams and mary catherine ham. best debt coverage anywhere continues on the factor in just a moment. >> bill: continuing with lead story. newt gingrich, scott gingrich new book out. so, what's the headline this evening for you, mr. speaker? >> well, i think a couple things. first the tea party members should feel really good. the left is mad at him for the right reason. they were effective. they were successful. we just had an extraordinary moment where a very left wing president blinked and that would not have happened without the tea party. now they have a great opportunity to push to pass a balanced budget amendment by the end of the year. that could be a historic effort for the tea parties to focus on. second, washington has to shift and focus on the economy. we are in very grave danger of sliding into an even deeper depression. and i think there is no sign right now that washington understands that this is a temporary moment. okay. we have all focused the debt ceiling. we are about to launch a big five or six month fight and it's going to be a fight. this was not the end, it was the beginning of a fight over the whole nature of what happens next. t

bern. i do not think anything important before coming. sooner or later we will see volatility cream back into the market. >> we will be right back as the kron 4 morning newsntinues. the dow was up to 53 points. >> we have no information as libya troubles are celebrating. they are saying that they control most of the capital city of tripoli. the united nations secretary general just spoke out and said that the u.n. stands ready to extend all possible assistance to the libyan people once the fighting ends. take a listen. >> i call on gadhafi's of forces to cease violence immediately and make way for a smooth transition. the international community will protect civilians from harm. >> he also announced that later this week he is going to hold a major meeting with several organizations including the arab league, african union and european union to discuss what to do next. in the meantime, muammar gaddafi is nowhere to be found. the pentagon believes he is still in the country. >> we are back in a couple of minutes. here is a live look from the roof on van ness >> the owner lost most of her possessions, ph.d. dissertation went up in smoke. the smoke detector w