it looks like new england, that's is where the heaviest rain is going to be for the rest of the day, and i am estimating there could be six inches-plus in parts of new hampshire, vermont, upstate new york, and going into maine as we go through afternoon and tonight, and rain amounts are going to drop off drastically as you head through the 95 corridor, through new york, philly, and it's about done around dover and also d.c. now, the wind is still an issue. we still could see throughout the afternoon some gusts close to hurricane force. most yourself will see tropical storm-force-winds indicated in yellow there, meaning winds between 40 and 60 miles per hour. i think the story going forward the rest of the afternoon and tonight is the biggest problem is going to be power outages and flooding due to heavy rain. >> pelley: everyone was concerned about the storm surge coming in from the sea, but we were talking to governor christie a short while ago, and he was saying his worry now is that rivers are going to flood. low-lying areaes of new jersey are going to flood because this rain is go

definitely eastern north carolina, and now it looks more and more likely that the midatlantic to new england will be threatened by this storm. just got new information from the national hurricane center, so i'm kind of digesting that as we go here, but the general -- right now the storm is trying to reorganize. this happens with these storms, the center of the eye will break apart, then it will reform. that's what's happening right now. still a category 3 storm. the hurricane center thinks it could still briefly become a category 4 storm, but then the water gets cooler and the storm will begin its weakening process. but at the same time that the storm weakens as it many comes up the east coast, it's not going to weaken in time to spare everyone. it looks like we'll get hit in southern new england and possibly a strong hurricane in eastern north carolina. by sunday at 2:00 a.m., it will already hit the outer banks as a category 2. notice the cone of uncertainty goes to washington, d.c., and still off the coast. but then it just rockets from all day sunday, this storm is going to fly right thr

of course, this storm when it raced through new england, when it raced through the northern suburbs of new york city, it took so many people by surprise. and so many of those suburbs are a wasteland today. all you can hear are chainsaws. there's no lights, no power. the state of connecticut fits that description. anne thompson is in east haven, connecticut, for us tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this stretch of coastline in east haven suffered some of the most severe damage. but across the state, the problem is power. tonight 700,000 residents don't have it, and it looks like they're not going to get it any time soon. irene spared no part of connecticut. there are power outages in every city and town. and despite more than 800 utility crews working around the clock, coming from as far away as florida and tornado ravaged joplin, missouri. >> we're working with utilities to see they get the assets in the state necessary to restore energy as quickly as possible. but it is just not going to be swift. >> reporter: the storm pelted connecticut with more than ei

and it's blowing through new england. at this hour it is still a big storm but winds are down to 50 miles per hour. irene is blamed for at least 18 deaths in eight states, more than four million homes and businesses lost power, and with rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the already waterlogged northeast. at the white house late this afternoon president obama went to the rose garden to warn that irene still poses a threat and those in its path should be careful. >> many americans are still at serious risk of power outages and flooding which could get worse in the coming days as rivers swell past their banks. so i want people to understand that this is not over. >> mitchell: and as we told you earlier tropical storm irene is now making its way through new england. we have a team of corespondents deployed along its path now and earlier. we begin tonight with wyatt andrews in mystic, connecticut. good evening. >> russ, good evening. here in the northeast the threat all day very first, the first thr

all sweet and innocent, you turn off the red light, evil. >>> bring the umbrella this morning in new england have rain coming down once again, three days in a row here for some spots. from burlington up through northern new hampshire, albany, new york, to syracuse, utica, rome, billington. even new york city seeing showers early. boston, providence, hart ford, not as bad as yesterday, but a chance for afternoon showers. here's a look at the radar for you a little further west. we're dry in buffalo and pittsburgh, so it's starting to slowly push out. tomorrow will be a much better day. today we'll deal with showers, temperatures very cool, only highs in the 70s. buffalo and pittsburgh you're having a nice day today. and tomorrow is probably the best day we're going to see of the entire week. wednesday looks very nice, philly, 88. new york city, 85 and we're hot in texas. what else is new. 100-degree heat widespread today. >>> the end of a long-running reality tv show, and billy crystal wants another crack at hosting tv's biggest awards night. plus, we're going to tell you who the highest-earn

and he became, he was under the influence of these new englanders. is until read and write. he became a teacher and a minister. but being a writer, just to say grumpy and full of misgivings, as he saw, as the years wore on and he saw more and more white people kind of drowning his homeland, and not just the missionaries, you know. malley where he lived was one of the stopping point for wailers and the golden age of one. so there would be, there are hundreds of waiting ships stopping in hawaiian parts country and ports. as he saw all these white people coming in, dropping by sailors on leave, they're probably not the ones to make the best impression. he wrote this really sad letter to the data friends were he said, something like, i'll try to get it right. when a big wave comes in, large and unfamiliar dishes come from the dark ocean, and they feed the small fishes of the shallows, and they would beat them up. and then he says, the big man from the important countries come here and see that our people are small, they will devour us. so it was kind of prophetic. but i also lik

now up pass through new england and working our way toward canada. ng from one of the areas, suburban new york city on long island. jonathan's picture appears to be frozen. he has a special guest with him. jonathan, take it away. >> reporter: i'm with i had the nassau county chief executive. we seem to be through the worst, how bad was the worst >> pretty bad 120,000 residents without electricity, 20 transmission lines down. downed trees, flooding, roads impassable. dangerous conditions many people should stay in until we get the all-clear. we weathered the storm without reported injuries, that's important. people followed the plan and we got through this, without injuries to the safety of our residents and that's primary concern. >> reporter: one thing we know, just looking out here on broadway, the main thorough fair that runs along the ocean, a lot of hopes -- badly flooded. >> flooding of homes and business significant. we are under an assessment, fema is deploying an assessment team as we spook. it is important we do that task. primary keep the p

as we go throughout the morning i'll be breaking down the other regions including up in new england and new york city. i think everyone gets the idea here. we're looking at a storm that's about 36 hours, chris, of damaging wind and rain and surge from the carolinas northward. >> huge storm. thanks, bill, thanks for the update. the coast of north carolina will be irene's first u.s. victim. nbc's mark potter is in nags head, north carolina, and joins us now. mark? >> well, hi, chris. this morning it's pretty calm here actually, we want a little bit of cloud cover. the waves are up slightly. a little bit of wind. we don't have very much right now. but we're expecting to startgating rain later this afternoon into tonight and then we'll start feeling the bigger effects of the storm overnight and tomorrow. the very worst of the storm, we are told, will be upon us probably late tomorrow afternoon. it will be an event all day tomorrow, and into tomorrow night here. one of the biggest concerns, beside the wind and the effects of that are the storm surges. i use that plural for a reason, both fro

it's been a very difficult afternoon for people all up and down the new york region now into new england as the storm continues to churn to the north. water coming up on the coast and would you look how far it stretches. i'm shepard smith in new york. continuing coverage on the aftermath of irene. ith more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's. check this out... boo-yah! shazam! h2...o! hydrolicious! magic bananas! it's our first one-click faucet filter that removes 99% of lead and microbial cysts. adios contaminos! pnc virtual wallet now comes with spending zone. it organizes all your spending, including your pnc debit card, credit card, and youbills. so you can view them by category... or by month. you can set a budget... d it'll even alert you when you're getting close to the amount you've set -- anhen you've gone over. spending zone is built to help you keep better track of your spending. experience everything virtual wallet has to o

we'll still see lingering showers across southern new england and upstate new york. newark, new jersey, had just under 9 inches of rain associated with irene, while doylestown, pennsylvania, had a little over 7 inches. just because this rain is gone does not mean we're in the clear. we're still having to deal with gusty winds early this morning. they will subside by monday afternoon. as an area of high pressure will continue to build on in, leaving much improved weather conditions for the clean-up as over 4 million are still without power. now back to you, rob and tanya. >> that's the ironic part, the rest of the week in the northeast looks beautiful. >> i know. and right here in manhattan, it's a beautiful day. >> yeah. it's crazy how things change just like that. alex, thanks for an update on the weather. here's a look at the rest of the weather around the country. a sunny, as we said, pleasant day here in the northeast. showers, though, in virginia, the carolinas and florida. good music, guys. still hazy, hot and humid across texas. light rain in northern minnesot

tomorrow, it is moving into northern new england. during that time, very strong winds. here is a future casts looking at wind speeds. the strongest winds are towards a new york city hall a storm surge of 4-8 beaded the coast. >> we will have the latest breaking updates on air and on line. >> in a news around the bay, a homeless man was killed in the south bay home. this is the suspect. san jose police say that he frequents the downtown areas. the body of the victim was discovered yesterday on the witness ave. investigators believe that the murder is domestic violence related. it has been 92 days since michelle lee went missing in hayward. this afternoon jeff pierce was with those still holding out hope of finding her alive. >> i will spend every day looking for her. >> this is the brother of michelle. they faced the family's oil supporters as they recognize this saturday marks in the third month from this appearance from a parking garage in hayward. >> change your profile picture for one day or if you can an entire week or until she comes home. >> the hayward police depa

new england is bracing for a storm like it has not seen in years. congressman joins us from new hampshire. good to have you, congressman. you represent a coastal district and in charge of several relief programs as mayor. good to have you. >>guest: thank you, martha, great to be here. martha: it looks to be fairly sunny in new england but quite a bit this store. talk to me about the preparation. >>guest: it is beautiful 78 degrees and everyone is enjoying the last of what will be great weather for 48 hours. preparations are as follows: the state of new hampshire is under a state of emergency. declared by our governor yesterday. our local emergency preparations are underway from the state and local organizations. we have the red cross involved and engaged to make sure people are preparing properly for their homes and businesses and elderly and seniors have the ability to go to shelters and be evacuated. we are on schedule to make sure people are going to get through this and "weather" the storm. we have local and state resources ready. martha: everyon

northern new england. big flooding concerns continue there and continue to point a little further south. take a look at how much rain across a wide swath of rain. the red is 4 to 8 inches of rain and a few areas where it was over 12. these are some of the storm totals. north carolina over 14 inches. ocean city maryland, over 12 inches. one of the areas hardest hit this month, shep, is philadelphia. 5.32 inches from the storm and over 18 inches in this month. wettest month they ever had. not the wettest august but the wettest month. the video coming out to us dangerous situations in the philadelphia area. the upper darby region. and streets turned inside rivers. we will be talking about a few of the rivers in the area of eastern pennsylvania and a lot of northern, new jersey, that are going to crest at record highs. we get a lot of flooding up a here and a lot of flooding that causes a lot of damage to areas in new jersey and area around the poconos and now some of the rivers will crest near or above their

the boston globe, weakened but dangerous irene thunders into new england. post," storm slams east core. the daily news has blown away, killer cane irene rakes east coast. this morning historic evacuations. the new jersey paper, the times of trenton read dread on arrival. the dire predictions were not as bad as we thought. people are still without power. we'll keep you up to date on all the developments. i'm tamron hall. nbc's brian williams will take over our special coverage of hurricane irene.

it is blowing across new england with 60-mile-per-hour winds. deaths in five states are blamed on the storm and more than four million homes and businesses are without power. you're watching cbs news coverage of irene strikes. ,,,,,,,,

and then potentially go to new england striking new jersey or far out to the cape or the atlantic. a lot of uncertainty at the tail end of the forecast with this, but nonetheless, it's been a very long time, in fact, decades, since we've had a land falling hurricane in the northeast and a lot of us not necessarily knowing what to do with this as the hurricane heads our way. as it approaches nasa, it will be a category 4 storm, weakening as it heads northbound, but still a hard storm as it approaches north carolina and then heading northbound, a cat 2 as it heads to the northeast and into new england again. what this means along the jersey shore, power outages could be prevalent for many of us. high threat here for flooding, p for power outages and storm surge. we need to be on the alert. >> people need to close out their summer vacations and pay attention, that's for sure. mike bettes accide, thanks. a lot of people are evacuating a small island as hurricane irene burroughs to the north coast. they're loading up on supplies and home improvement chores while some communities are unf

of millions of americans at risk from flooding, rains and dangerous winds from north carolina to new england. already tonight, evacuations are under way along north carolina outer banks. our teams are in place and we have two reports tonight beginning with nbc's kerry sanders on cedar island, north carolina. kerry? >> reporter: good evening, lester, this is the first hurricane to threaten the u.s. mainlands this year. if irene does make it to the land, the real concern is not just those powerful winds and the rain, but also the tidal surge, that storm surge that comes ashore that could inundate coastal areas like this. hurricane irene slammed the turks and caicos islands and portions of the southeastern bahamas with winds just under 100 miles an hour. tonight wide spread areas there are without power and phone lines. in nassau, long lines at the airport as tourists from toronto cut vacations short. >> we're very sad to be leaving early. >> we had to load up all of our luggage and put it in plastic bags in the bathtub. that sort of set in reality too. >> reporter: pictures from the u.s. space

landfall in new york early tomorrow morning as a category one hurricane and then it is into northern new england by 5:00 p.m.. between now and then incredible amounts of rain. the axis of heaviest rain goes to the west of new york into new england and in some places could pick up between 6- 12 in. of rain. that is a recipe for widespread flooding. in addition strong winds, 55 does signify miles per hour. at the close to a storm surge of 4-8 ft.. more details on the bay area forecast in a few minutes. >> thousands of red cross workers including several from the bay area have been deployed to help with hurricane irene disaster relief efforts. local red cross volunteers are prepared to go back east if they get the call. >> katrina is in the back of everyone's minds. >> with baker is one of thousands of red cross volunteers on standby of hurricane irene becomes a major disaster. this truck is similar to some 200 response vehicles are restaged near hurricane areas along the >> east coast> this is the eagle has a large generators to run cooking stations, coffee pots, things of that nature. we can cant

it's in the 60s in new england, it's very comfortable out there.day is going to be about as perfect as it gets with temperatures, the low to mid-80s just about everywhere. d.c. may get into the upper 80s but even there the humidity is going to be low, partly cloudy in the afternoon. nice little breeze. so this is a perfect summer wednesday. so if you can get away from work early or even school in some areas now, it's going to be gorgeous. as far as tomorrow goes, we add thunderstorms into the forecast. it's not going to be widespread, but we will see a chance late in the afternoon. temperatures will be similar to today, but tomorrow we'll add a little rain. now, the forecast in the middle of the country, it's still very hot in texas. even at this hour, we're at 90 degrees in dallas, and a lot of the country's cooled off. only 65 in chicago this morning. 70 in minneapolis. it's really oklahoma and texas that we just haven't caught a break. today is 104 in dallas. in houston, by the way, today will be the 16th day in a row of 100-degree heat. that's

severe storms expected from virginia to new england. scattered rain storms could come around to portions of the southeast and the southern plains will be hot and steamy. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. hurricane irene is turning into a monster storm that threatens to strike the east coast. irene has sustained winds of 115 miles per hour, and is expected to get stronger. residents from north carolina to new england are being warned to be prepared. >>> and steve jobs has resigned as ceo of apple. jobs founded the company, was the visionary behind the iphone and ipad. he's battled health issues including pancreatic cancer and says he can no longer do his job. he's asked to stay with the company as chairman of the board. >>> waiting for a table in a crowded restaurant can be a long and annoying experience. seems like people already eating, just will never leave. well, it may be time for a change. scott rappaport of our new york station wcbs tv has the story. >> reporter: hey you over there hogging the table for the la

are in other parts of the country, asking about maryland, washington, d.c., connecticut, up into new england, new jersey and philly as l. we have it all covered for you. we will try to answer as many questions as we can. we are live all night long and we will be back with the latest on irene's path and how the government is responding to this natural disaster, summer of 2011. it seems like one after another. we'll be right back. 80 miles per hour in the storm system, tracking along the coast of jersey. the worst of the rain is staying onshore, so that's bad news. we are seeing heavy rain bands as albabba new york, central pennsylvania. that's the shading in yellow and the orange that you see here on the radar. of course, that risk for tornadoes, there is a tornado watch still for new york city, long island and eastern jersey and in effect until 5:00 a.m. local time. but take a look at the rain. jersey looking at it, baltimore and d.c. it was hours ago that we were reporting flooding and that rain is stretching northward to new england, across connecticut and portions of massachusetts. right

and we've got rain heading through the great lakes and new england throughout this evening. still very hot in texas, that's not going to change any time soon. the humid conditions in the southeast are here to stay. the changeable weather is heading through the northern plains. finally, a nice cool fall air mass and the rain in the great lakes and get ready in new england, that rain will move your way later today and tonight. you do need the umbrella to walk out the door this morning in detroit we have rain. cleveland, that's going to spread to buffalo during the morning rush. pittsburgh has seen some showers on and off and that should continue throughout the morning. and for memphis, we have rain for you. little rock, you've had some on and off thunderstorms. fort smith, arkansas, same for you. so there's some areas of wet weather out there. the heat continues to be the story in texas. yesterday was day 38 now on friday we should tie the record, if we're going to break it, we need to be 100 each and every day until saturday and it looks like we're probably going to do that.

there are big population centers in the storm away, new york, new jersey on up into new england. places in particular that are not used to this sort of thing. so how worried are you about their ability to cope? >> well, you know, let's take new york city. this is a home community that has been through the terrorist attacks but we've also been doinging a lot of planning up there, with the mayor's team and the state team about hurricanes. and so a lot of people may not realize this but city of new york has been doing a lot of preparation and planning for hurricanes. and now they're implementing those plans. so while they have not had a lot of hurricanes they've been really working hard to get ready for one. >> let me ask you finally and briefly about another big concern is the power grid. the outages that are expected. how does that work. is that all left to the power companies or is there a coordination among them and state and federal agencies? >> we work together and our lead agency for that here at the federal level is the department of energy which leads our emergency energy gr

up north into northern new england, still raining.inds still coming in from the south in providence. a slight surge there. coming in from the east for the most part up north of boston and also into maine and into nova scotia itself. the rainfall is to the north. there's also a bit of rain right through here. and it's not significant when it comes to rainfall. but it's significant to show us where the backside of the eye is. where the backside of the circulation is. that is bringing the new wind into new york city. for a long time, you were in this basically a black hole of no wind across most of new york. now that black hole is gone and this surge or this backside wind is coming through at 45, 50 miles per hour. even a couple of fwuss not out of the question at 60 miles per hour with this. you have to understand this may not be over when it comes to falling trees. may not be over when it comes to significant flooding up here in new york from syracuse back to schenectady. i know there are evacuations going on in utica. evacuations goin

then that continued slow weakening will persist through the landfall in new england but it gets up to the new york area, southern new england probably looking at a lower end category 1 hurricane, perhaps upper end of a tropical storm conditions. what's important about this particular storm is not so much the peak intensity but the duration. it's a very large hurricane. in north carolina they are experiencing hurricane force within for as much as ten hours and the whole east coast near the center of the storm will experience tropical storm conditions for as much as 24 hours. it's a long period of having a battering of wind as well as higher levels of storm surge and because it's so long we'll go through a full tidal cycle in the northeast. there will relatively high tides coming this weekend. high tides plus the storm surge has us concern for the shore line. >> yeah. no doubt about it. a lot of damage. probably long island. i had no idea, i didn't realize it would linger around for those tropical storm winds for 24 hours. that's with the tidal surge that could be really very unpleasant

the storm moving on up through new england. wild conditions for a time on the cape. nbc's ron allen in new bedford, mass, tonight. ron, what's it like? >> reporter: well, brian, it's still a bit blustery up here. we're expecting wind gusts up to about 50 miles per hour into the evening. we've been monitoring this harbor all day. one of the safest on the east coast. those commercial fishing boats back there have been rock solid all day. but if you look over here, you can see a couple of sailboats tucked against that tug boat. they shouldn't be there. earlier today they were out in the harbor loose from their moorings, floating around, bobbing around. the coast guard, a number of other dockworkers had to go out there and rescue the boats, bring them in and tie them down. the last thing you want out in this harbor where these boats have come for safety are sailboats bouncing around like it's a pinball machine. some of the most interesting pictures, however, come from even farther north up in vermont. bratle borough, vermont. these scenes of a river running through the he

if you're in northern new england, you have showers this morning but from boston to hartford, providencee the umbrella. new york city southward, not a lot of humid weather. won't take much to get one of them to pop up. temperatures warm. when you walk outside you'll feel it. temperature right now, 79 to start your morning in philly, so that means we're going into the 90s in most locations. those are the showers and storms that will affect all of new england northward during the day. by syracuse and buffalo. in the southeast today, we are going to see wet weather once again from atlanta to orlando, everybody will be ducking in from the showers and storms. heat in the middle of the country probably won't end until september. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up in the year of "r" rated comedies how did the one that opened this weekend do? a apes found themselves at the top. first look on msnbc. [ male announcer ] if it's true that sharks can sense even a drop of blood from a quarter of a mile away, which razor would you use? ♪ ♪ ♪ handle more than 165 billion letters and packages a year. that'

the continued slow weakening will persist to new england. by the time it gets up to the new york area, southern new england, we're looking at the lower end category 1 hurricane. perhaps upper end of the tropical storm conditions. what's important about this particular storm is not so much the peak intensity but the duration. it's a very large hurricane. and in north carolina they experienced hurricane force winds as much as 10 hours. and the whole east coast near the center of the storm will experience tropical storm conditions for as much as 24 hours. so a long period. a battering of wind as well as higher levels of storm surge. and because it's so long we'll go through a full tidal cycle in the northeast as well. there will be relatively high tides coming this weekend. so the high tides, plus the storm surge, has us concerned for the shoreline. >> yeah. there's no doubt about it. a lot of damage probably in long island. i didn't realize it would be lingering, the storm winds, for 24 hours, with the tidal surge. that could be very unpleasant

irenes moving over new england and the storm has been downgraded as a tropical storm. the damage isn't as bad as many feared. there is still widespread flooding and downed trees and massive power outages. over 4 million people without power. 19 people were killed all the way to connecticut and public transportation in new york city is still non-existent as officials pump water from tunnels and roads. the storm is likely to produce more flooding as it moves north and airlines now busy after trying to catch up after canceling 9,000 flights. we go to nbc's steve handelsman in new york city. >> reporter: starting the cleanup. this was central park. new york is draining tonight. rhode island is taking stock. >> it's not as bad as we expected. it's much better. >> reporter: irene was a full fledged cat 1 hurricane. this was long island this morning. >> pandemonium pretty much. kind of crazy. >> reporter: at least 15 people were reported killed from florida to new england, many by falling trees last night and today. flooding extended far inland. this was near philadelphia and

as it leighs the new england regions they are leaving hine the saturated states. here is craig in fairfield new jersey. >> the streets of fairfield new jersey are already flooded this is just the beginning of the flood stage. all a result of hurricane irene. i am with deputy chief anthony mannah the fairfield police. have you ever seen anything like this? >> 1984 we had a very, very bad flood. but the levels are expected to be worse th worse now than they were in 84. >> we are in the back of a truck using these trucks to evacuate many of the residents. you have a job here. >> the resources normally allocated to fairfield are being deployed throughout the state. we are on our own for the first 24-48-hours of this event. >> normally this event we would see with the nor' easter but what's different here? >> basically the rapid rise of the water over the last 234 hour period a lot of wasserer was dropped as well as upstate new york. >> m how many residents do you have in this community? >> 9,000 residents. what happens during the day during the monday through friday wo

. >> from north carolina to new england, i read it left its mark. coastal areas of new jersey to a rowboat beading and there was flooding in winter. and the nation's capital, 200 trees were brought down including these at the national cathedral. along the chesapeake bay, these residents were among many dealing with damage. >> it is pretty catastrophic but things got everyone is ok. >> the president is a warning the public to remain vigilant. >> the impact of the storm will be felt for some time and the recovery effort will last for weeks or longer. >> the storm has left millions without power up and down the east coast. it could be days before the lights are back on. it will likely be even longer before people forget about the monster called irene. >> this is our greens course along the east coast. you can see it right here. cities like boston, new york, washington were all in its past. there were hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. >> a spokesperson at sfo told me that there was a total of 46 to purchase that were canceled. take a look at t

up the pieces after hurricane irene, assessing the trail of devastation from north carolina to new england with the worst flooding in vermont and upstate new york. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the death toll, the damage and the power outages and we talk to homeland security secretary janet napolitano about the federal response to the storm. >> it's been very costly. there have been questions raised about the amount of monies that we have available now that irene has hit. let me just assure your viewers that the survivors' needs will be met. they are our number one priority. >> ifill: then margaret warner gets an update the conflict in libya from simon denyer of the "washington post" as rebels advance toward moammar qaddafi's hometown. >> brown: we debate a proposed oil pipeline that would carry crude 1,700 miles from alberta, canada to the gulf coast in texas. >> ifill: betty anne bowser reports on prescription drugs in short supply forcing tough choices for patients and doctors. >> it really cripples our abi

the long island coastline, connecticut coastline, the rhode island coastline and parts of eastern new england coastline. hurricane conditions possible in the next 48 hours. but the hurricane warnings have been lifted northward to sandy hook, new jersey, meaning hurricane conditions likely in the next 36 hours. any preparations should be rushed to completion and in some cases there have been evacuation orders met. let's talk about the satellite picture where this thing is what kind of shape it's in. it has weakened a little bit, down to a category 2, minuscule compared to what we're talking about here. winds of 110 miles per hour. category 3 is 111. let's not talk about categories right now, but we will discuss the fact we've seen a little weakening, dry air coming into this. it will get into cooler waters but that's not until it gets closer to new york city. warm waters to go over before it gets to north carolina. a possibility of it strengthening back to category 3 status. it's a big storm with a large circulation. here's the forecast track from a number of our computer models. they're fairl

notice the northern edge is approaching northern new england. concord, new hampshire. portland, mainest, eventually around augusta, maine. even on the back side we have gusts. it is racing to the north now, 25 miles per hour. this area of yellow is the heaviest rain right now, and it's even north of that, it's moving so fast. the white and green mountains of maine, vermont, new hampshire, the adirondacks. so from massachusetts to connecticut to rhode island, it looks like your heavy rain is over with. we're mostly talking upstate new york, all through northern new england. wind gusts in boston, just shows you, this storm has weak end significantly. once you get into the 40s, that's when you lose trees and get the power outages. even on the north side of the storms, right now the storms are located here far to the north. like at burlington, vermont, wind gusts out of the north-northeast, that's pretty incredible for a storm this side. 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

enjoy one more perfect day in the ohio valley, two more great days in new england and the mid atlantic. let's show you who is dealing with the wet weather right now. st. joseph all the way down to kansas city is where the wet weather will be with thunderstorms early this morning. nebraska has thunderstorms to deal with. i was talking about the temperatures, it's very enjoyable. 62 this morning in chicago. new york city at 65. some of the suburbs have dropped into the 50s. the coolest morning in a while. the heat and humidity in the southern half. watch out for afternoon thunderstorms in georgia, south carolina, definitely florida where it will be hot. orlando at 96 is pretty hot. once again, we should be near 100 in texas. but not seeing the incredible heat of 110 like last week. a sneak peek at your weekend. on saturday, wet weather in minneapolis, chicago, into ohio valley. unfortunately it looks like the east coast will be very wet on sunday. >> say it isn't so. all right. more on wall street's wild ride. why you food costs may be heading higher and the car to buy with all that disp

and in fact will definitely hit the southern new england area. and since there are strong winds, high surge right near the center of the storm, we'll see some of that along the east coast as well. >> so for a city like new york, i mean, what strength do you think the storm will be when it comes into this region? is there any way to say definitively? >> at this point what we have is a category 2 hurricane that's very slowly weakening. we think it will still be category 2, perhaps category 1 as it crosses north carolina. then that continued slow weakening will persist through the landfall in new england. by the time it gets up to the new york area, southern new england we're probably looking at a lower end category 1 hurricane, upper end of the tropical storm conditions. what's important about this storm is not the peak intensity but the duration. it's a very large hurricane. in north carolina they're experiencing hurricane-force winds for as much as 10 hours. the whole east coast near the center of the storm will experience tropical storm condition

we are going to see a strong cold front coming through new england and the mid-atlantic with storms coming and d.c. before those storms arrive, it will be pretty warm. talk about heat, dallas up to 107. phoenix up to 114. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way? isn't it time you talked to your doctor about viagra?

[inaudible] new england.into the tidewater, going into tomorrow, and, then, further up the coast, all along the coast, paralleling the coast, a coastal issue as well as an inland issue. let's talk about the winds. next slide, please. if you have been following our wind probability, there are a lot of changes, and, the... [inaudible] factors led to a much higher probability of tropical storm-force winds. very lively, from the carolinas to southern new england and even this far out and then a good chance, well into the interior of new england and, one of the things i have seen over the years, is people well inland are surprised by the amount of wind they get, and this is one of the products we use to try to impress upon them, it is not just a coastal event. next slide, please... we're trying to highlight the threat of storm surge, especially for decisionmakers to give them, a way to ascertain when the winds become life-threatening, is the storm surge and the chance of receiving 4 feet, in... [inaudible] elevati

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hurricane watches extending into new england.ng means 36 hours into that particular spot you can expect hurricane force winds. we're talking a day, day and a half. it's a large system. it's lost a little steam as far as sustained winds. it's still a strong category two hurricane with wind speeds at 105 miles per hour. the problem with this system it's so large that those swells and that surge will be rolling in. we'll see a high tide saturday night and another high tide saturday morning and that would probably be the worst of it. >> adam, thank you for the update. i just received a note that president obama is going to leave martha's vineyard tonight. he's cutting short his vacation buzz of a hurricane. that's the only detail we're getting. we'll keep you updated on the president's plans. let's go back to long island now where mike is. mike, we just heard from jeff that it looks like long island will get a direct hit from hurricane irene. what are the preparations? >>> the preparations are considerable but not as though people he