trouble ahead for new jersey atlantic city eager to get ready for business. the mandatory order has been ln the casinos will open at noon tomorrow. >> i guess they will be rune an the buses in new york ipfor. >> buses, trains, cars, anyway you can get here. >> trains, planes and automat wiles. thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> craig is in fairfield another eiart of new jersey in the northern part of the state. i would gs nssappfor from as antitatipfor north. what is your situation there and i understand you have som hine watio3 can meet and greehe wa >> yes. geraldo, hurricane irene tore up the eastehers sea board she dned omeacityy a foot of water. they had two major rivers the compton river and pose aiackriver. a lot of northern new jersey is draining down draining south and ends up piling up in fairea iel causing major flooding. i am with the mayor he will explain some of that why they are hfor.ing historic levels on the shore of the rivers going into the passaic. what's haheiening? >> whaneps happee ang is they a coming down and it comes close t

those areas that are most at risk are the metro areas tied to tourism, including ocean city, new jersey, atlantic city, new jersey. areas like that are most accessible because i think tourism is going to be slow to come back. >> all right. we're going to be watching all of those numbers very closeliover the next couple of weeks and we really thank you, ryan, for coming on the program tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> and we've been speaking with rye ran sweet, senior economist at moody's analytic. >> tom: president obama is hiring. he wants to bring on princeton economist alan krueger as the new head of the white house council of economic advisers. krueger is an expert in labor markets and, if approved by the senate, he will help president obama in the urgent task of finding ways to create more jobs. darren gersh on what that might mean. >> reporter: with alan krueger by his side, the president laid out some of the agenda items he wants his new chief economist to work on, ideas the president says that are bipartisan. >> next week, i will be laying out a series of steps that congress can take imm

for the first time new york subway system shut down, broadway shows and atlantic city casinos will grow dark. two mets games postponed, jets and giants in north carolina has new jersey been moved to monday. >>> hurricane warning from north carolina to rhode island. so we're looking at a category 1 at 85 miles an hour that will continue to be a category 1 as it lashes much of the eastern seaboard. north carolina getting hammered with wind gusts have over 70 miles an hour. we are looking at tornado watches all the way up through virginia and wall of water, that storm surge moving into washington, d.c. later on. we're talking in the next 24 hours of some very heavy rain, urban flooding and coastal flooding and not out 6 woods until later on sunday. in terms of how it looks right now, you can see the eye of the storm has been on shore for over three hours and is heading in to new jersey and new york. the rain there and that will last right on through tomorrow. look at our weather coming up. >>> mayor of washington, d.c. and the governors in ten states have declared states of emergencies. u.s. airlines says it will cancel 6,000 flights over the next three days. three maj

we know irene is less than 15 miles southeast of atlantic city, new jersey. that's where we find jason carroll and jason, we heard the mayor earlier and we also heard the governor saying, hey, stay away from atlantic city. are people listening here? what are you seeing? >> as we were driving through the city earlier, suzanne, it appears that a lot of people heeded that warning. it was itlerrally like a ghost town as we were driving through. it feels like hurricane irene is right on top of us. it's difficult to stand here as i talk to you while we're doing this report. this is exactly what emergency officials are warning about. the heavy winds that we're experiencing right now and driving rain is exactly what new york will be experiencing as irene starts to move -- starts to move closer to them. right now we're here on atlantic city's famed board walk. it is empty because all of the 11 casinos have been closed as part of that mandatory ev evacuati evacuation. so far here are some of the reports we're receiving. at least 160,000 people in southern new jersey wit

manhattan, major highways once winds reach 60 miles per hour, and outside of the city in new jersey, atlantic city is closing casinos, and the governor, chris christie, emphatically ordered everyone out of the pool, so to speak. >> get the hell off the beach in asbury park and get out. you've maximized your tan. you're done. >> reporter: yes, the rain and winds and flooding will be something to see but for those of us around new york city or used to living on the most crowded island in the world, what's going to be really interesting to see is when this place is empty. >> it's already quiet and that's unusual. but what it's going to look like based on the pictures of what we're seeing. you can see the wind, the tropical storm-force winds pushing everything around, the waters, the treetops, that's ocean city, maryland, so when you look at the official slosh model for new york city they have to make she is plans in case a storm like this ever moves in. in a category 1 hurricane where it is completely dry and the water is out there, the water would then be in here and probably standing someplace near

by about sunday morning, new york city, new jersey, atlantic city, continuing on over to massachusetts and areas to the north. monday morning it looks like this will become a tropical storm. this morning here at home we've got fog and clouds, coast and bay side as well as some of the inland areas. 70s to 80s around the bay. low 90s expected in the inland areas. by 9:00, 10:00, mostly sunny skies. for the coast mostly sunny, partly cloudy for the afternoon. our morning lows this morning been holding on to the 50s, low 60s. for the afternoon some of us will be a tad warmer. 83 novato. low 70s berkeley. 67 for the city of san francisco. 80 redwood city. our inland areas will be warm. 92 morgan hill, 73 degrees. if you're headed that way -- if you're headed to the sierra the moisture is creeping our way. it could bring clouds. so make sure you check that forecast. our temperatures for the week continuing to warm on sunday. the coast could be slightly cooler. monday and tuesday, a better cooling trend around the area. >>> in vallejo police investigating the armed robbery of a beauty shop th

the storm is later said to sweep the new jersey shore and past atlantic city where the casinos are closed and irene will make landfall very close to new york city. the belief is probably just to the east of the city, that is the hope, in preparation new york city ordered hundreds of thousands to evacuate. the train and bus services are shut down. millions of people who are here and do not have cars are stranded. this afternoon, the president visited the command center for the federal emergency management agency and told the workers they are doing a great job. here is a look at what they are doing. a listener on satellite sent this image. his truck is in line half mile long waiting to get loaded with emergency supplies at the air force base in new jersey. the defense secretary panetta is ordering 6,500 active duty drops to be ready if they have to help out. again, we have reporters spread across the storm's pact. and now, our cheat -- chief meteorologist. no change in intensity over land? rick: interacting with land and still with the sound but no change in intensity. what i am noticing on

trouble ahead for new jersey atlantic city eager to get ready for business.rder has been ln the casinos will open at noon tomorrow. >> i guess they will be rune an the buses in new york ipfor. >> buses, trains, cars, anyway you can get here. >> trains, planes and automat wiles. thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> craig is in fairfield another eiart of new jersey in the northern part of the state. i would gs nssappfor from as antitatipfor north. what is your situation there and i understand you have som hine watio3 can meet and greehe wa >> yes. geraldo, hurricane irene tore up the eastehers sea board she dned omeacityy a foot of water. they had two major rivers the compton river and pose aiackriver. a lot of northern new jersey is draining down draining south and ends up piling up in fairea iel causing major flooding. i am with the mayor he will explain some of that why they are hfor.ing historic levels on the shore of the rivers going into the passaic. what's haheiening? >> whaneps happee ang is they a coming down and it comes close to the pose back.

i have to show you, the wind gusts in atlantic city, new jersey, just went to 57 miles per hour. torm has been long gone from atlantic city, new jersey. it's incredible it is that windy down. there i'm sure folks are surprised how stiff that breeze is. >> that's one of the places that the governor of the state was concerned about because you had the senior citizens in this high rise who didn't want to leave atlantic city, wanted to ride out the storm there. but this is the problem that persists. a lot of people assume this is over, it's past the new york area, that's the densely populated area, but still we have lingering effects here. >> 57-mile-per-hour gusts is enough to bring down a tree limb and kill someone. so, word of advice from new jersey northwards, just wait until tomorrow morning. >> thank you. >>> ocean city, maryland is reopening to visitors now. the chesapeake city bay bridge is reopened. the biggest problem is downed trees, even power lines. tom costello is live in ocean city, maryland. what's the latest there? especially on the power outages. >> yeah. it seems to

want to let our viewers know that the national weather center issued a tornado warning for atlantic city, new jerseyent ago. tornado warning for southeastern atlantic county in new jersey. this is in place for the next 20 minutes. in just a few minutes ago. doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near longport and moving north and west at 45 miles per hour. it is near atlantic city in six minutes . make sure and take cover. we have just got the new 9:00 advisory from the national hurricane center and here it is. actually the top of flash -- it is the top of urgeent hurricane irene. maximum winds are 80 miles per hour and higher gusts, it is still moved up the midatlantic coast. and post tropical cyclone will not happen until tomorrow . it will not lose hurricane status until tomorrow night or early morning. this is a partial that is cut and pressure. i don't know the pressures right now. but maximum sustained wins are 80 miles per hour and the storm is continuing on the track we saw. and great interest of this us here is the dry air. that is comin in from the wes

. >> reporter: i'm kenneth murton in atlantic city, new jersey. and i ine is expected to hit here tomorrow night. this is the famous atlantic city boardwalk. and tonight it is just about empty. the governor has ordered the evacuation of four coastal counties, which could impact 750,000 people. casinos like trump plaza here have started to board up and close down one by one. >> reporter: i'm marcy gonzalez in q qens, new york. and we're expected to start feeling the effects of this storm tomorrow night into sunday. and for the first time in new york city history, mandatory evacuations are under way in several areas. tonight, the mayor opening more than 90 shelters like this for those with nowhere else to go. >> reporter: i'm david kerley in martha's vineyard, where for the past 36 hours visitors have been cutting short their vacations to get off the island before the hurricane hits. most flights have been canceled. the only way out? ferries. they've added a lot of boats to get everybody off the island in time. >> thanks to david and the abc reporter

new york city at any point. it hasn't happened since the 1800s, like 1821. here's the spaghetti models. we're going to show you the path and some others. let's get to new jersey. right along atlantic city. if you get down, most of the tracks are off to the side. reliable tracks go right over atlantic city. 5 to 10-foot storm surge. 20 to 25-foot waves. about 4 to 6 inches of rain. get up a little bit. back over through new york city. a lot of the paths are trending out toward the eastern end of long island. the reliable paths are m mtown. one is following the east river. back up and looking over toward boston, another city people are concerned about. here, a different situation entirely. boston is on the east side of most of the tracks. that means they'll get the worst part of what will be a tropical storm then, seeing about 60 to 70-mile-an-hour winds. >> in new york, right over the empire state building? >> practically right over it. >> stay with us online, on the radio and right here for all the latest on hurricane irene. >>> now to libya. where deadly fighting continued today. for several hours, the rebels hunting for moammar gadhafi thought they had him cornered. but he's not

city of new york. it has to be a rare rare occurrence. this category 1 will be very weak if that does occur. across atlantic city, new jersey, things could change. a very unusual hurricane taking an unusual path. tonight at 10:00 i'll come back and we'll certainly update the latest models. these models are updating constantly. tonight fog comes in warmer tomorrow, it was nice today. tomorrow warmer and warmer still on saturday and sunday. no heat wave but certainly into the mid-90s as we go into the bay area weekend. everybody out in the avenues of richmond, daly city, pacifica, fog low clouds as it has been for the last month or two will continue with the chance of drizzle. then it burns back rapidly and you're going to see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. and we are headed into a warm up, a warming trend. today was about the same. friday, saturday and sunday the temperatures go up. 92degrees out in fairfield. tomorrow temperatures ratcheting up today. we look at friday which is a nice looking friday. and i'll tell you what else you have this weekend, you have bar- b-que weather. something we haven't seen in a while. you folks

jason carroll, in atlantic city, new jersey. appreciate it.ecking in with you, obviously, throughout the morning. >> we'll take a break and be back with more after this. naturals from purina cat chow. delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. if something is simply the color of gold, is it really worth more? we don't think so. chase sapphire preferred is a card of a different color. unlike others, you get twice the points on travel, and twice the points on dining, and no foreign transaction fees. call now or apply at chasesapphire.com/preferred.

news weather alert. the east coast from north carolina up remains under threat from hurricane irene. one of the cities in the path of the hurricane is atlantic city, new jerseys closed their doors. residents and tourists are getting out of irene's path. we go to our own rick left van that on the boardwalk in atlantic city. -- >> reporter: this the first mandatory evacuation in the history of atlantic city. people heeded the warnings. all 11 casinos closed today. gaming floors shutdown. all hotel guests were told to get out and leave. as you can see, they have. this is a remarkable sight, the atlantic city boardwalk empty on the last friday night before labor day weekend. this evening i spoke with a top executive who told me they might have made three to five million dollars tonight len. combined with the other 10 casinos and the restaurants and bars and other businesses they may lose 50 to 60 million dollars this weekend because of this mandatory evacuation that was issued for all of the barrier islands. again, remarkable sight. normally a busy friday night. up and down the boardwalk there's not a sold out here. there are some residents who decided to stay.

new jersey and north carolina. further north of new jersey, traffic was at a near standstill as folks left the jersey shore and atlantic city headed for higher ground. new york city is under its first hurricane warning in 30 years. authorities are telling people in low lying areas of the city to move to higher ground by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. today crews were stacking sandbags at a bus depot on manhattan west side. transit will shut down tomorrow afternoon. >>> we have continuing coverage on our website ktvu.com. you will find a live satellite imagine of the hurricane and its path. >>> a major highway is cut off to to yosemite because of a growing fire. >> i can tell you that this fire is really moving fast. the forest service updated the number of acres burned late this afternoon. just before our 5:00 newscast. a 2,500 acres. let's take a look at some of that smoke from that fire. at 5:00 there was much more smoke. this afternoon there was a large cloud of smoke coming up from the hills you will see here behind me. this is right behind madera canyon. it has layed down a bit from our vantage point. the fire has already been du

new jersey transit trains will also stop running tomorrow because of hurricane irene. we are hearing jersey city -- jersey city, china, has begun evacuating. atlantics. it takes a lot to make that happen. we are any maryland, new jersey and massachusetts. atlantic city closing count casinos for the first time in a long time. plus on a different note but important one, 9/11 like you have never seen it before. through the eyes of the man who led america through one of its darkest days. >> we head down into the site itself. from the air it looked like a giant scar. but when you actually got to the site, it was like walking into hell. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ ma announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp.

new jersey highways became a bigger parkg lot than ever. governor christy said, you have maximized your tan. cash in your chips and go home. new jersey shut down the atlantic citywould people know who toe genome from them? this snows we are a bunch of music-loofg, baseball-watching, subway-hopping, casino hounds who want to live in a better union. for what hurricane irene is doing now, we join bill karins. >> a lot of people are wondering, what are your tax dollars doing to help you? one thing is hurricane hunter planes. men and women are aboard two different airplanes flying through the center of the storm. they relay information back into my weather computers. they report how strong the winds are. when we get the knew visionary at 11:00 east coast, a lot of that information comes from the hurricane hunters in noaa out there flying through the center of the storm. the big news out of this storm in the last 12 hours is that the center has weakened. it didn't strengthen as was expected. it weakened significantly. we are no longer calling for a category 3 landfall. a category 1 landfall late tonight into early tomorrow morning. a lot less wind damage from this st

flooding in portions of western connecticut and eastern new york, down in through new jersey, philadelphia and atlantic city and delaware as well in a flashflood warning. the storm system is a category 1 hurricane. it's still a hurricane. so it's held together very well. there is dry air to the south of the storms, but don't be fooled. if you get dryer weather, or it sounds quieter in your area and have you not been told that you can go outside, do not do so. i'm expectingly -- i'm expecting landfall in long island, 11:00 a.m. local time. tell continue over vermont and new hampshire, sustained winds still at 65 miles per hour. so the storm system is really holding together. that's the forecast. >> thank you, maria. >> let's check in on the federal government's response to the storm so far and what's ahead. kelly wright is in washington, d.c. with the latest on fema and the other federal agencies and how they are coordinating efforts today and the next couple of days. >> reporter: hey, rick. good morning to you. the and the fema want to be prepared for this one. so the word right now is preparation, getting

winds 85 miles per hour, moving through atlantic city, new york city, and the jersey shore as well as long island before it continues its northerly tech. now it begins to lose some steam and become as tropical storm by monday morning. again, the entire weekend up the -- and down the eastern seaboard is going to be pretty hectic and pretty dangerous at times. here at home, we have little to complain about. we even have mostly sunny skies. we have fog and clouds off the coast there. the northeastly breeze will continue to knock that off the coastline and we will continue to watch our temperatures warm. we're looking at the warming trend for the weekend. and our temperatures sitting in the 60s and even 70s already. 72 in san jose. upper 707s in fairfield. mid 60s in oakland. san francisco, still a little cool sitting at 60 degrees and our temperatures are very similar to yesterday. by the afternoon we are expecting a warm-up. also the possibility of a few clouds while high pressure buildings in from the west. it could bring in the monsoonal pressure from arizona. we're talking santa cruz

evacuations are also taking place in new jersey's casino hot spot of atlantic city. scene at a gas station in south jersey's cape may where cars are lining up before the storm hits. this was sent in by an msnbc viewer. thank you for that. we want to remind you if you have pictures of the storm, the lead up to it, your preparations, we want to see them. we don't want you to snap those photos at a danger to yourself. you can upload them at firstperson.msnbc.com. now to rhode island where hurricane watch is currently in effect for most of the state. we have the mayor of providence, rhode island. mayor, good to talk to you today. what's the job at hand for you right now. >> thank you contessa for having us. we're working on getting the information out to people similar in what you're doing in terms of the internet over the radio, on our website. we want to make sure that everyone takes the storm seriously. it's always better to be prepared. that's what we need to do here. putting gas in your car, having battery powered radio, making sure people understand some of the bas

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our national correspondent, jason carroll, is standing by live in atlantic city, new jersey. it looks a lot better there, but i'm sure it's not going to be that much better in the coming hours. jason? >> reporter: you know, wolf, it's been getting steadily worse with every passing hour. if you just look at what we see here. that was a landing that just a few hours ago was clear. there was no water there. now you see how the ocean has rushed in and has taken that landing. right now the only thing protecting the casinos that you see over here which are boarded up is the sand dune that i'm standing on right now. this is the reason why new jersey's governor, chris christie, has been repeatedly saying that if you're not heeding the mandatory evacuation, you should have gotten out. and if not now -- now is definitely the time to get out. but obviously there are still some people who are still here. in fact, there are a number of seniors who are still here, still holding out. we actually found an apartment building where 92 seniors, wolf, are still holding out saying they have no in

atlantic city, new jersey, certainly not gambling with hurricane irene. rse, atlantic city known for the casinos. mandatory evacuations are underway there and in surrounding areas as well. the city's 11 casinos are closing down today marking only the third time in this area that this has been done in about 30 years. rick leventhal is live from atlantic city with more for us today. rick? >> who, spanks? yes. jenna: i don't know if rick can hear us. i don't know if we can blame that on the weather, if rick folbaum's with me, maybe we can talk a little more about that. rick, can you hear me as well? is. rick: i hear you fine. look like they didn't tell rick he was going to have a live shot. jenna: that happens to the best of us. rick: listen, it happens sometimes. i can tell you from my own personal experience because i have family that's right near atlantic city, they have all been evacuated and are on their way out of that area. at first the evacuations were voluntary, but then they decided especially along the coast to make them mandatory, so i'm glad that

there's the current location of this storm and note the northern bands just getting into atlantic city new jerseylitan area, this thing is just getting started. it's like a dyson vacuum cleaner full of water. it's going to deliver that water and push it up into places like new york harbor. there's also an expression in the weather business, you never want to be where jim cantore of the weather channel is. and sadly for the folks in lower manhattan, that's where he is tonight. because of the expected storm surge. jim, what's the conservative estimate of the level over shoreline right now, and i know you're going to want 12 more hours before you guess this. what do you think -- >> in 12 hours we're going to know brian. no more anticipation. but let's use this pylon behind me as a good example. right now we're at high tide. all right. let's add the surge expected which is four to eight feet on top of that. so the water is about a foot below where you can see the edge of this boardwalk. so four to eight feet is going to put that mostly up to the top of that pylon and that's going to bring all that wa

new jersey in more than a century. it could cause severe flooding there, well into the week. shaban is in atlantic city with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: here in new jersey, 650,000 people are still without power and along the jersey shore more than a million have been evacuated. and the strong winds, they're still here. irene's eye may have passed new jersey, but the storm's outer band still have its sights set on the state. the governor says threats of flooding could continue for the next two days. >> some rivers haven't crested yet and it's still raining in various parts of the state. >> reporter: in atlantic city irene's storm surge overflowed the barrier island's back bay. sending water into some neighborhoods but not nearly as much as what many feared. >> we are a block from the ocean, a block from the bay. we thought it was going to meet, and as you see on the street, there's nothing. so we are very, very lucky. >> reporter: in northern new jersey, floodwaters nearly swallowed cars. cbs news early show anchor chris wragge spent nearly 24 hours driving along the jersey shore. >> you can

i believe you're in atlantic city, new jersey. >> absolutely. i can hear you. let me update you. things are feeling much better now in terms of weather conditions than the last time i spoke to you an hour ago. the winds have died down just a bit. the rain has died down just a bit. certainly good news for atlantic city. just about an hour from now we will be at high tide. that is what emergency officials will be worried about, how much the surf and the water from the ocean surge comes up to the board walk. we can seat sand dune that was there. there was concern that the water would reach over the sand dune. that has not happened. one emergency official seems to suggest that he says we're not out of the woods yet in atlantic city but perhaps atlantic city has weather the worst of this storm. the casinos are boarded up. they started doing that in anticipation for the storm, boarded up, closed casinos here, all 11 casinos have been closed due to the mandatory evacuation that the city is under. some 92,000 people without power in atlantic city. the next watch they'll be looking for is

back wind and we'll let you know. >> doug, thank you. >> in new jersey we are seeing something that practically never happened before. atlantic city casinos are all shut down. third time it happened in three decades and the winds are picking up prompting tornado warningings. rick leaventhal has more. you are inside of a casino. >> this is rare. new jersey gaming condition is strict about allowing the casino in the floor. there is no one here and we have permission to show you dark slot machines and empty casino. this is one of 11 in atlantic city that are completely dark tonight. there is no gaming going on and hasn't been for a full 24 hours now. we'll walk over this way before wehead outside. the poker room if you are a poker player, you will prec the scene here. every table empty and trays are empty of the chips and there is no staff to operate the tables it is all shut down. this is costing by estimates in the industry 30 to 50 million this weekend because it is the last weekend in august. and one of the busiest months and weeks of the year. it is a terrific blow to the casino industry. and to give you sense of how rare it is,

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new jersey, new york, connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island and new hampshire, these states now can get federal aid to help them recover from any hurricane damage. all right, let's head down to the mid-atlantic area, ocean city, where they are starting to see the storm right now. it's windy, it's rainy. >> reporter: it's not much of a beach day here in ocean city, this is one angry, hungry city, sometimes these waves are coming right up to where we're standing and threatening the dunes which were built to try to protect all this valuable real estate here. fortunately these buildings are pretty much empty right now. there were about 200,000 people in this town, hold on, we got to move up the shore a little bit, we got some waves coming right up to our feet. excuse us as we dance around this. there were about 200,000 people in the city, they were almost all evacuated, the mayor estimates that as of last night, there were about 300 residents here, today it may be down to about about 200, we spoke to him this morning and he had a message for the people who had decided to stay here. >> all right, the governor making a very clear message that people in those low-lying areas along the coast of maryland need to heed

new jersey. >> martha: they are right on the tip and very exposed at the bottom of new jersey there in atlantic cityeck back with rick in a little while. let's go back to eastern north carolina, flooding several towns, knocking power out to several hundreds of people. mr. oughten, welcome. how are you guys doing there? >> we're doing well. we're near the end of the beginning. we got a couple more hours of this and it will be out of here. we're looking forward to that. >> martha: i'm sure you'll be happy to hear that. what's it like -- how good a handle do you have or been able to get out to see exactly what you have to deal with? >> we haven't been able to get out and see. we've had our people on the ground, our first responders are out. our damage has been mostly minor in terms of structural damage. we've got lots of trees down, lots of power outages. we've got water over the roads, streets closed. but we haven't lost cottages or houses and that's good. >> martha: that's a very good thing. it seems to be very indicative of the nature and the character of this hurricane is that it's going to be one

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and atlantic city and new jersey. ere's a possibility that this actually could make landfall across southern new jersey. so that cone of uncertainty there -- >> reporter: atlantic city, cape may, beautiful areas down there. >> reporter: absolutely. and just because we're looking at the center of the storm, tropical storm force winds extend 250 miles away from the center of the storm, so you're going to feel at the very least tropical storm strength winds. >> reporter: real quickly, janice watson writes, will that affect the earthquake area? it looks like it will at least with the high winds and rains. >> reporter: absolutely. if that storm hugs the coastline, we're dealing with a really destructive problem for all of the big cities, cities that aren't used to this kind of thing. folks across the gulf coast states are probably laughing at us. i think there's a certain amount of complacency near the nice. near the northeast. i'll tell you, we have bottled water, formula for the baby. i'm thinking roads are going to be fl

he is in atlantic city, new jersey. good morning to you. are people there listening to the warnings and getting out of the way of this storm, jason? >> reporter: so far, i think they have been, t.j. as we drove through atlantic city, it was really like a ghost town. as you know, atlantic city under a mandatory evacuation. right now i'm standing on atlantic city's famed boardwalk. as you can see, ocean right out there is still not looking too bad at this point. we have a light rain that's coming down, but obviously, things expected to get much worse as the hours wear on. lots of concern about how the city will fare and how the boardwalk will fare. right over there is the famous steel pier. during 1934 when there was a major hurricane that came through here, it was badly damaged. the boardwalk was badly damaged, in fact, and there's of can concern about how it's going to fare during hurricane irene. i want to bring in vince jones with me right now, t.j. he is the emergency management coordinator. i want to talk to you about a number of things.

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new york. jason carroll is in atlantic city, jersey. let's get the latest on the path that irene is going to be taking away from north carolina. let's check in with jacqui jeras first in our hurricane headquarters. then we'll head up to new jersey. >> we'll go ahead and tell you where the storm is and where it's going to be going. it's in the pimlico sound right now. up through the cape area, towards new york city tomorrow, into boston by tomorrow afternoon. and then making its way all the way into canada. and it will be finally done with it here as we head into monday. there you can see some of those big waves which have been pushing into the area. we've also been seeing big rain amounts. in fact, flooding could ultimately end up being the biggest story for a lot of folks who live just a couple of miles inland. we're getting as much as 3 inches an hour in some of these areas and the threat of tornadoes. you can see the tornado watch which extends near philadelphia all the way down to virginia beach. this map will show you some of the r

atlantic water. state of emergency has been declared for new jersey with mandatory evacuations. this is the biggest evacuation in that state's history. all 11 casinos in atlantic city are bracing for a shut down. that will be the first that has happened since opening in 1978. >> people at the shore should leave the shore. there is no use in toughing it out. >> voluntary evacuations under way in maryland and new york city. in washington, d.c. sunday's dedication of the martin luther king memorial has been postponed indefinitely. stay with us throughout the morning. you can continue to watch hurricane irene. you can find information by going to our website ktvu.com and throughout the morning we will follow irene's progress we will go live to north carolina a little later. >>> we are also following developing news from nie jeer yeah this morning. a united initials official said there has been a bomb attack on the main office. one wing of the building was flattened. many people are dead but the u.n. has not confirmed any casualties at this point. we will update you as soon as new information becomes available. >>> here in the bay area it is sentencing day in the chaunc

new jersey alone are without power. the numbers are sure to go up. atlantic city, one of the hardest-hit areas. rick levan thol is outside. what's it like there in atlantic city? >> reporter: rain coming down again here pretty hard, rick in a.c., where 300,000 homes and businesses without power. the rain collecting here on the streets and this is a storm drain. but the rain is above the top of the storm drain. they are full. there is nowhere for the water to go, so it's pooling up here. the side streets are worse than this. the closer you get to the beach, the worse the rain gets. we had to move our truck off the boardwalk because we were surrounded by water. this is up and down pacific avenue. there is one vehicle coming, it's probably a police car, that's all we have seen. there is a curfew in atlantic city from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., that's been in effect last night and tonight, until apparently the storm passes. and... they have been pretty successful in getting people out of town. more than 90% of the residents heeded the warnings as did the residents of the hotels. more than 20,000 hotel

. >> in new jersey, mandatory evacuations affecting about one million residents. and all casinos in atlantic city closed. for the third time since they opened in 1978. >> this is going to be a enormous storm. and for new jersey something we haven't seen in over 60 years. do not waste any more time working on your tan. >> claudine, hundreds of thousands of north caper residents are already out of power. we know they're in the right smack in the middle of it. here tens of thousands are already out of power, and like i said it's another five or six hours before we really start to see the worst of hurricane irene. >> we heard reports that people are doing well with evacuations. you have seen anybody out there or has it looked like everyone is cleared out like they were supposed to? >> it does look like the majority every people have cleared out. however, there are rest are residents wholy wait out the storm, which is whyer why there are so many shelters open. the people who did decide to stay home need to stay home for the next five to six hours. they can't be on the roadways. we just got full report

in new jersey, many trains will stop running at noon tomorrow as irene moves in and in atlantic city all bets are off. the casinos will go dark for only the third time in three decades. michelle miller is in belmar, new jersey. >> reporter: scott, here in belmar and other resort towns along the jersey shore there is serious concern about the economic impact of this storm. this last weekend before labor day millions of dollars are at stake. for 32 years, frank sementa's club in belmar, new jersey, than place to gather after a hot day at the beach. he's hoping the party lasts one more night. >> the phone ringing off the hook all afternoon. "are you open?" "yes, we're open." "oh, thank you, thank you." >> reporter: it's the same all over the board walk, shop owners trying to squeeze in one more day before irene shuts them down. every weekend is precious. businesses here take in $3 million if three short months of summer when as many as 60,000 people visit in a day. sementa is afraid he could lose 15% of his profits to irene for the year. >> we'll lose two days and it hurts but can't cry

atlantic city. >> enrique adelante. >> buenas tardes el gobernador de new jersey ha sido enfÁtico al ordenar a la gente a lo largo de laajo llave y no vemos a nadie se ha convertido en un tienda fantasma. >> los negocios han puesto tablas para evitar daÑos dentro de sus tiendas y bueno los equipos de emergencia, los rescatistas estÁn en alerta tambiÉn la guardia nacional para enfrentar lo que en menos 24 horas serÍa la llegada de huracÁn irene, en new jersey, proyectada hasta este momento, regresamos con ustedes. >> enrique acevedo muchÍsimas gracias y telemundo mantiene su compromiso que lo estÉ informando todo a su paso del huracÁn, mantendremos una cobertura completa desplegados en zonas claves y el fin de semana tendremos especiales de levÁntate al rojo rojovivo y

atlantic city. we know new jersey is considered one of the areas that they are concerned about. ly go home and stay inside. we will watch the flight situation here. we don't expect any major problems to ripple through here until this afternoon and into the weekend. certainly this is something we will be watching and people headed to the east coast will also be watching closely. live here at sfo claudine wong. >> if you have to head off to work you can stay connected to us by going to our website ktvu.com. we'll have updates. also stay with us here throughout the morning and day as we follow irene's progress. in the next hour we will go back live top north carolina the outer bank there is to see how the situation looks. >>> 6:06. three u.s. marines facing charges of hazing in the death of a santa clara man that killed himself in afghanistan. on april 3rd, 12-year-old harry lew shot and killed himself while alone in a fox hole. charges were filed against three men for accused of beating and taunting lew hours before he committed suicide. court hearing is set for september 8th. >>>

new jersey the entire time. i'm talking between atlantic city and princeton of the and run on up the turnpike.t would lose a lot of energy. it would steal a lot of energy, because the eye is not over water. that's the potential there. there you go. this is the map. this is the map of inundays. there are the ships. there are the tall ships, all the way in here. if you come around here on the other side as well, you can actually see that part of the world trade tower complex, and i know you've been there, what did they do to the complex, they dug it out. that dig-out is right there, there are the cranes right there, water would fill in there. this is only from about an 85 or 100-mile-per-hour storm. the other side toward hoboken, meadowlands, very flat. across from new york city, you know there's no topography until you get up to the palisades a little farther to the west from there. but the potential energy coming in with a storm pushing all of that water up the east river, and up the hudson, could be tremendous. >> so i can't -- my eyes aren't that good. so how deep does it go across the islan

so the only thing that is suspended is all the new jersey transit rail service except for the atlantic city rail line. everything else will be operating but on a reduced schedule, fewer trips. >> i'm sorry, that confuses earlier information we got earlier. there would be service on the northeast corridor -- >> no, it's under water. nothing. the tranrail station is under four feet of water. no amtrak. so happy to be of assistance. beth? >> how will people actually get to work? the fact that they can't take the train. >> well listen. here's what -- i'm not closing the state tomorrow. now, if there are people who have particular problems in commuting to work, they need to communicate with their supervisors about those particular problems. i'm not going to make a blanket closing state government. we have things that we have to do and i can't just close the state government. people expect us to be at our desks operating, getting ourselves to recover from this. now, if there are particular problems that employees have in not getting to work, they need to communicate that with their supervisor tom

new jersey the entire time. i'm talking between atlantic city and princeton of the and run on up the turnpike. a lot of energy. it would steal a lot of energy, because the eye is not over water. that's the potential there. there you go. this is the map. this is the map of inundays. there are the ships. there are the tall ships, all the way in here. if you come around here on the other side as well, you can actually see that part of the world trade tower complex, and i know you've been there, what did they do to the complex, they dug it out. that dig-out is right there, there are the cranes right there, water would fill in there. this is only from about an 85 or 100-mile-per-hour storm. the other side toward hoboken, meadowlands, very flat. across from new york city, you know there's no topography until you get up to the palisades a little farther to the west from there. but the potential energy coming in with a storm pushing all of that water up the east river, and up the hudson, could be tremendous. >> so i can't -- my eyes aren't that good. so how deep does it go across the island of manhatt