226
226
Aug 23, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 226
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> and i'm joined now by my colleague peter alexander who's here in downtown manhattan, or midtown manhattan. peter, what's the latest? >> reporter: you know, we want to give you information we're just now getting, martin, coming from one of my colleagues across the hudson river in new jersey, where there's a small airport people in this region may be familiar with. reports that we have confirmed that one of the buildings across from that airport has some structural damage. 2,000 people have been evacuated there. 2,000 many employees. that is the quest diagnostics building just across from the airport that's been damaged. the good news no injuries reported. the workers are telling us, they saw cracks in the walls and some damage and the stairwells and other items knocked over. specifics of this area in manhattan and throughout new york city, the good news is, no reports of substantial damage. a news conference is supposed to start anytime now with the mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, speaking about what happened here. for a short time immediately after this earthquake too
. >>> and i'm joined now by my colleague peter alexander who's here in downtown manhattan, or midtown manhattan. peter, what's the latest? >> reporter: you know, we want to give you information we're just now getting, martin, coming from one of my colleagues across the hudson river in new jersey, where there's a small airport people in this region may be familiar with. reports that we have confirmed that one of the buildings across from that airport has some structural damage....
283
283
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 283
favorite 0
quote 0
it's just peter alexander right now.t's about it. >> reporter: you know, this is -- this is what people worry about in hurricanes like this. they worry about those winds. even as we speak to you you can see the stauettes on the side of the buflding. >> flags are in tatters. it looks like they have been r shr shr shredded. >> reporter: we saw a lot of trees beginning to bounce around or get pulled out by their roots. i'm just anxious to go back out there and see what it looks like right now. >> that's of great concern in covering this hurricane. peter alexander, hunker down again. thank you so much. we'll check in. bertha coombs is in baltimore, maryland. there has been one death reported in that state. good morning to you, bertha. you're able to smile. you don't have an umbrella over you. i bet that will bring a smile to a lot of folks in that area. still looks windy. >> reporter: it is. the gusts are about 25, 30 miles per hour. or so. but the rain has pretty much passed us by. you know, tom is down on the shore in ocea
it's just peter alexander right now.t's about it. >> reporter: you know, this is -- this is what people worry about in hurricanes like this. they worry about those winds. even as we speak to you you can see the stauettes on the side of the buflding. >> flags are in tatters. it looks like they have been r shr shr shredded. >> reporter: we saw a lot of trees beginning to bounce around or get pulled out by their roots. i'm just anxious to go back out there and see what it looks...
296
296
Aug 27, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 296
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander spent some time with the air force's hurricane hunters. he has this storm from bill loxy, mississippi. >> this is an inside look at the storm that thois of americans fear. irene making its way up the east coast. at 10,000 feet the veteran crew is heading right into the eye of the storm. >> it looks like it's going to be pretty close -- >> the flight plan fly through the eye wall four times. their mission to collect data for those come computer models that predict a hurricane's path and its intensity. constantly sending their results to the national hurricane center in miami. john talbot the squadron's chief meteorologist has flown into more than 150 eye walls over 26 years. >> the most critical element in that plan is the geographic position of the center of the storm. >> if you don't know where it's starting you don't know where it's going to finish. during our flight researchers released sensitive probes with gps built in. they fall toward the ocean with a tiny pair ra chute relaying back vital information including humidity, pressure, w
peter alexander spent some time with the air force's hurricane hunters. he has this storm from bill loxy, mississippi. >> this is an inside look at the storm that thois of americans fear. irene making its way up the east coast. at 10,000 feet the veteran crew is heading right into the eye of the storm. >> it looks like it's going to be pretty close -- >> the flight plan fly through the eye wall four times. their mission to collect data for those come computer models that...
229
229
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 229
favorite 0
quote 0
we saw peter alexander, amy robach in lower manhattan and natalie morales in hoboken. the rain bands are going to continue to impact them with winds gusting on and off again. it's all about the interior northeast right now. getting pummeled with the rain. that is already totalled over seven to ten inches in some cases with the storm system for the northeast. let's move on to the winds, 20 to 45 miles per hour here in new york city. and down to atlantic city, 31-mile-per-hour wind gusts. still gusting to 41 miles per hour in baltimore, we've been focusing on the extreme northeast. but the mid-atlantic, still reeling from the storm system that's kind of getting the left side of the storm. >> yeah. okay. jeff ranieri, thank you for the update. i know you're not going far. let's go to nbc's kerry sanders, in atlantic beach, north carolina, you were there all day yesterday, you rode it out. though part of the pier behind you, that didn't make it. >> indeed, it did not make it. that was from the pounding surf. we had waves rolling in here consistently eight to ten feet. but
we saw peter alexander, amy robach in lower manhattan and natalie morales in hoboken. the rain bands are going to continue to impact them with winds gusting on and off again. it's all about the interior northeast right now. getting pummeled with the rain. that is already totalled over seven to ten inches in some cases with the storm system for the northeast. let's move on to the winds, 20 to 45 miles per hour here in new york city. and down to atlantic city, 31-mile-per-hour wind gusts. still...
358
358
Aug 29, 2011
08/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 358
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander in sand whipped long island, peter, thanks for your work all day. >>> when we come back, watching over some hallow ground right through a hurricane. -that's my . is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ my name is lacey calvert and i'm a yoga instructor. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish out strong. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. [ male announcer ] make the switch. do you often experience the feeling of a dry mouth? it can be the side effect of many medications. dry mouth can be frustrating... and ignoring it can lead to... sipping water can help, but dentists recommend biotene. biotene moistu
peter alexander in sand whipped long island, peter, thanks for your work all day. >>> when we come back, watching over some hallow ground right through a hurricane. -that's my . is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh....
167
167
Aug 4, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 167
favorite 0
quote 0
my colleague, peter alexander, was on the air live when this broke, roughly in the last hour. and peter, they did have a rough description of what they thought was some type of weapon under a cloth or a sweatshirt, correct? >> yeah, that's how it was described to us, is that this was covered by something. it was unclear exactly what was covering it. the police, as we heard in that news conference a moment ago, described it as a handgun. pete williams' contacts are saying that the reports they're getting is this may have been some form of long-barreled gun with a short handle. those two descriptions conflict a little bit. but what's interesting about the news conference that we saw beginning about five, ten minutes ago, which is taking place at burruss hall, and having spent several days, even more than a week, i guess it was there, following that awful attack in 2007, to give you a sense of where burruss hall is, it's right next to the april 16 memorial. this was that place, that iconic image we saw of so many people coming there to the memorial of these 32 victims, the 33rd be
my colleague, peter alexander, was on the air live when this broke, roughly in the last hour. and peter, they did have a rough description of what they thought was some type of weapon under a cloth or a sweatshirt, correct? >> yeah, that's how it was described to us, is that this was covered by something. it was unclear exactly what was covering it. the police, as we heard in that news conference a moment ago, described it as a handgun. pete williams' contacts are saying that the reports...
416
416
Aug 21, 2011
08/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 416
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander, nbc news, santa cruz, california. >>> seven months after she was shot in the head, weay that congresswoman gabi giffords now knows who was killed in that shooting rampage in tucson. her spokesperson says giffords was deeply saddened by it. her inner circle had been keeping the names from her until they felt she was strong enough to handle the news. >>> up next here tonight, behind the sound -- of movies. clinically proven to relieve tough pain twice as fast as before. what, did you invent this or something? well, my team did. i'm eric first, lead scientist at bayer. wow. look. it has microparticles. it enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief right to the site of pain. better? great! thanks. [ male announcer ] new bayer advanced aspirin. extra strength pain relief. twice as fast. test our fast relief. love it, or get your money back. test our fast relief. do you often experience the feeling of a dry mouth? it can be the side effect of many medications. dry mouth can be frustrating... and ignoring it can lead to... sipping water can help, but dentists recommend b
peter alexander, nbc news, santa cruz, california. >>> seven months after she was shot in the head, weay that congresswoman gabi giffords now knows who was killed in that shooting rampage in tucson. her spokesperson says giffords was deeply saddened by it. her inner circle had been keeping the names from her until they felt she was strong enough to handle the news. >>> up next here tonight, behind the sound -- of movies. clinically proven to relieve tough pain twice as fast as...
168
168
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander, many thanks. we'll see you again. >>> as we look at the death toll, we had the number of ten. new jersey had been spared. however, the associated presses now reporting that a woman has been found decided in her car on a flooded new jersey road. state police tell the associated press the woman had called for help early sunday morning, she was in salem county. that call was made about 1:40 a.m. eastern time. she was found decent less than two hours ago now. >>> also the bad news from new jersey, the holland tunnel, that is closed to traffic exiting new york city, that northbound -- the north tube, it is called, but bound for new jersey, that has been closed. mass transit is still not running in the state, but it wears repeating, there has been one person killed as a result of flooding in the state of new jersey, a woman found dead a couple hours ago. that's bad news to have to report there. >>> let's go to natalie morales, who is live in hoboken, new jersey, across from lower manhattan. with another
peter alexander, many thanks. we'll see you again. >>> as we look at the death toll, we had the number of ten. new jersey had been spared. however, the associated presses now reporting that a woman has been found decided in her car on a flooded new jersey road. state police tell the associated press the woman had called for help early sunday morning, she was in salem county. that call was made about 1:40 a.m. eastern time. she was found decent less than two hours ago now. >>>...
266
266
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 266
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander is driving through that area. he's on the phone with us. peter what are you seeing there? >>> we've been driving for most of the last hour. we spent our morning at coney island where the eye came over us, for the last hour or so we've been driving 18 miles to the east to scan out and give you a perspective of what the rest of this area looks like. long beach, you should know, is one of the outer islands, barrier islands for long island here in new york. to be honest with you, we have seen scattered trees down over the course of the day, but in the last hour or so we have not seen much damage, which is the good news. right now there's heavy cloud cover, it seems to us we are getting the back end of this storm. no rain. it's been dry for the last several hours, but there is some whipping winds, not enough to cause damage but to let you know something may have happened earlier today, that being irene passing through. many people are trying to get back to their organized routine. coney island specifically we saw quickly after the sun came out or
peter alexander is driving through that area. he's on the phone with us. peter what are you seeing there? >>> we've been driving for most of the last hour. we spent our morning at coney island where the eye came over us, for the last hour or so we've been driving 18 miles to the east to scan out and give you a perspective of what the rest of this area looks like. long beach, you should know, is one of the outer islands, barrier islands for long island here in new york. to be honest...
203
203
Aug 27, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 203
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> let's head now to peter alexander. let's hive for us in new york city in lower manhattan.ry park city. a much different picture than it is in duck. >> reporter: good morning to you. we fear that picture in north carolina is one we may see in this area really within the next 240 ours or so. we're right on new york's harbor. michael bookberg evacuate, mandatory evacuation orders 375,000 in and around new york city especially this lore manhattan yai. it's so low lying the fear is it could be swamped by a surge of water perhaps four to eight feet. come with me as we bring the camera up this way. one of the concerns is the skyscrapers that exist in this city, the fear is that people on the streets below haven't evacuated or in orparts of the area could be schorred with broken glass, tree limbs and other debris and to give you a sense of how seriously new york city is taking this, an unplus dented move. today the entire subway system will shut down at noon. that's five million people that take it on an achblg weekend day. twice the size of chicago. train service will shut down a
. >> let's head now to peter alexander. let's hive for us in new york city in lower manhattan.ry park city. a much different picture than it is in duck. >> reporter: good morning to you. we fear that picture in north carolina is one we may see in this area really within the next 240 ours or so. we're right on new york's harbor. michael bookberg evacuate, mandatory evacuation orders 375,000 in and around new york city especially this lore manhattan yai. it's so low lying the fear is...
206
206
Aug 27, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 206
favorite 0
quote 0
that's where peter alexander is watching things for us. peter, i don't know if you can see our colleague there from the weather channel, mike seidel, but what was most disturbing is he said these winds are heading straight for the jersey shore and the new york area. >> reporter: we know that we are in line. it's going to be here before the end. day. the truth is, alex, within the last 15 minutes or so we felt the first rain bands of irene. to give you a sense, that's 10:00 in the morning. we experience stuff a whole lot stronger than this into tomorrow as well. so we're just getting started here. you can see the water behind us. this is new york harbor, and the real reason this is such a big concern is because this whole area here is a low-lying area. that makes it a concern because the tidal surge is going to be taking place at the same time as the storm surge. according to the army corps of engineers in a cat 2, 500 million tons of water. it isn't just water but the massive sky scrapers. if we bring the camera around, we give you a sense
that's where peter alexander is watching things for us. peter, i don't know if you can see our colleague there from the weather channel, mike seidel, but what was most disturbing is he said these winds are heading straight for the jersey shore and the new york area. >> reporter: we know that we are in line. it's going to be here before the end. day. the truth is, alex, within the last 15 minutes or so we felt the first rain bands of irene. to give you a sense, that's 10:00 in the morning....
116
116
Aug 2, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
no, they said that it was not a capture or kill mission, but it was a kill mission. >> that is peter alexanderorting for us. >>> and coming up, casey anthony's attorneys are back in court challenging a judge who ordered anthony to return to florida immediately. and plus a man who threw a shaving cream pie at rupert murdoch inside of parliament learns the price he has to pay for his prank. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a
no, they said that it was not a capture or kill mission, but it was a kill mission. >> that is peter alexanderorting for us. >>> and coming up, casey anthony's attorneys are back in court challenging a judge who ordered anthony to return to florida immediately. and plus a man who threw a shaving cream pie at rupert murdoch inside of parliament learns the price he has to pay for his prank. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry !...
217
217
Aug 26, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 217
favorite 0
quote 0
nbc's peter alexander is in biloxi, mississippi., you got and up and close look at hurricane irene. >> yeah, chris, we did. we were on board one of these hurricane hunter flights for 11 hours. arriving back just after sunset late yesterday. another flight went out. it's just come back with new readings, as well. what they are, as you can behind me is roughly a sophisticated weather laboratory in the sky. they're helping produce forecasts that are now more precise than ever. this is an inside look at the ferocious storm tens of millions of americans now fear. irene, a massive hurricane, churning its way up the east coast. >> should be pretty close. >> reporter: at 10,000 feet, the veteran crew of the u.s. air force reserves 53rd weather reconnaissance squad rant is heading right into the eye of the storm. >> it looks like it's going to be pretty close to abico island. >> reporter: the flight plan, fly through the eye wall four times. >> are we there yet? >> reporter: their mission, to collect data for the computer models that predict
nbc's peter alexander is in biloxi, mississippi., you got and up and close look at hurricane irene. >> yeah, chris, we did. we were on board one of these hurricane hunter flights for 11 hours. arriving back just after sunset late yesterday. another flight went out. it's just come back with new readings, as well. what they are, as you can behind me is roughly a sophisticated weather laboratory in the sky. they're helping produce forecasts that are now more precise than ever. this is an...
230
230
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 230
favorite 0
quote 0
we just saw our colleague peter alexander there. overall more than 200,000 people in the new york city area are without power at this hour. most of it due to con ed shutdowns. bringing me more information on the phone is steve coleman from the port authority of new york. good morning. the point being can you give us an update on the holland tunnel which we understood recently was partially shut down? >> sure. we have the north tube of the holland tunnel currently shut down. that's the tube that goes from new york to new jersey. we still that have south tube which goes from new jersey to new york open. we're strongly advising anyone to go to the holland tunnel to die stroert the lincoln tunnel which is still fully opened. >> i was not aware it broke down that way. north tunnel is new york to new jersey which means that's all shut off. no way to incorporate two way traffic at all. i know sometimes you can do that. you can split up lanes with cones and the like but that's not plan right now with the port authority? >> that's not the pl
we just saw our colleague peter alexander there. overall more than 200,000 people in the new york city area are without power at this hour. most of it due to con ed shutdowns. bringing me more information on the phone is steve coleman from the port authority of new york. good morning. the point being can you give us an update on the holland tunnel which we understood recently was partially shut down? >> sure. we have the north tube of the holland tunnel currently shut down. that's the...
196
196
Aug 29, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 196
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander is here. >> he was so brave out in the storm. you went to coney island. >> i think your bigger challenge was your vacation in paris. i called it. >> i almost made what we learned a couple fridays ago -- tell his wife to be. >> we have the director of the earth institute at columbia university dr. jeffry sachs. pat buchanan, it is good to see you after a two-week break. >> it's great to see you. i was on the eastern shore. >> kind of rough down there. kind of rough down there, politically, kind of rough. dick cheney writing his book. were you surprised colin powell went after him the way he did? >> i was. john mccain handled it well saying i wish the vice president well and i wish him good health and ignored his comments. colin powell showed he was stung badly by the vice president. >> no doubt about it. jeffrey sachs, it has to steam you to see all these republicans fighting each other. >> yeah. what a scene, you know? >> i know. >> what are we looking at in news, mika? >> let's get back to the hurricane. we are talking about dic
peter alexander is here. >> he was so brave out in the storm. you went to coney island. >> i think your bigger challenge was your vacation in paris. i called it. >> i almost made what we learned a couple fridays ago -- tell his wife to be. >> we have the director of the earth institute at columbia university dr. jeffry sachs. pat buchanan, it is good to see you after a two-week break. >> it's great to see you. i was on the eastern shore. >> kind of rough down...
221
221
Aug 29, 2011
08/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 221
favorite 0
quote 0
joining me from coney island in new york is our correspondent peter alexander, who's been in the thick of it all morning long. peter, describe your situation and where things stand for new york city at this point. >> sara: davi . >> david, we're at the iconic boardwalk in coy island with the permission of the police, who we've been communicating with all morning long and they've been telling us what they've been seeing around the area as well,hich is heavy flooding right now. what's remarkable now compared to an hour ago is that you can just walk a straight line very easily. the wind has definitely subsided in the course othe last hour. about an hour ago here at coney island, we got hit with the hardest winds to this point, 60-mile-per-hour gusts here, 30 to 35-mile-per-hour winds sustained. but if you see on this boardwalk, a lot of husbands here with their wives on weekends like this in the middle of the summer to power-wash the deck? coney island's boardwalk got one heck of a free power wash courtesy of mother nature today. if you look in this direction, the real concern according t
joining me from coney island in new york is our correspondent peter alexander, who's been in the thick of it all morning long. peter, describe your situation and where things stand for new york city at this point. >> sara: davi . >> david, we're at the iconic boardwalk in coy island with the permission of the police, who we've been communicating with all morning long and they've been telling us what they've been seeing around the area as well,hich is heavy flooding right now. what's...
134
134
Aug 4, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
i'm peter alexander. our live, breaking news coverage following the report of a man with a gun on the campus of virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia. we're going to keep you up to date on the latest details right now. and if you're just tuning in, what we know is this report came in shortly after 9:00 this morning of a 6-foot, white man. apparently, according to three students on campus for one of the summer programs, carrying what they believed was a gun, a long-barreled gun, it was reported to have been, with a short handle, according to the first reports. there is an alert on the university's website. that was put out just over an hour ago at 9:37 a.m. it is telling students, and for the moment, this remains the message to students and employees on campus, to stay inside and to secure their doors. of course, this all happens against the backdrop of what happened four years ago at virginia tech, where a student killed 32 others and then himself. this alert said that the gunman today, or the suspected g
i'm peter alexander. our live, breaking news coverage following the report of a man with a gun on the campus of virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia. we're going to keep you up to date on the latest details right now. and if you're just tuning in, what we know is this report came in shortly after 9:00 this morning of a 6-foot, white man. apparently, according to three students on campus for one of the summer programs, carrying what they believed was a gun, a long-barreled gun, it was reported...
388
388
Aug 30, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 388
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander, this storm for the most part was a lot less than advertised. and this just tells you how deadly and how expensive a northeast storm can be. again, if -- a level 4, category 4 or 5 goes through northwest florida, my home region, it depends on where it hits. it can knock down a lot of pine trees. you have something that devalves into a tropical storm can be devastating. if this had been a cat 2 or cat 3, i hate to think of the number of deaths, and i hate to think of the amount of money it would have cost. >> i think this clearly ends the conversation on was this hurricane overhyped. we think of hurricanes in the hollywood-type version, blown-out windows. we aeched, frankly -- anticipated, frankly, that this was going to be a disaster zone, a mess. while the intensity numbers were off, they can't yet anticipate -- i was with the hurricane hunters. they can't yet record how intense the storm is going to be as well as they would like. they did anticipate all the water coming down. the fact of the matter is this is going to be one of the ten if not
peter alexander, this storm for the most part was a lot less than advertised. and this just tells you how deadly and how expensive a northeast storm can be. again, if -- a level 4, category 4 or 5 goes through northwest florida, my home region, it depends on where it hits. it can knock down a lot of pine trees. you have something that devalves into a tropical storm can be devastating. if this had been a cat 2 or cat 3, i hate to think of the number of deaths, and i hate to think of the amount...
572
572
Aug 21, 2011
08/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 572
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander, nbc news, south africa. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. latest on the situation in libya tonight on your late local news and, of course, tomorrow morning on "today." i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, goodnight.
peter alexander, nbc news, south africa. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. latest on the situation in libya tonight on your late local news and, of course, tomorrow morning on "today." i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, goodnight.
300
300
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 300
favorite 0
quote 0
the example of peter alexander's shot, where al roker is, you can see debris floating in the water. >> they have been watching the live shot in the control booth. they said it appeared as if the bridge or pier was moving. so -- you know, you wonder about the foundation and how solid it is. there's some kind of emergency vehicle at the end. if that thing is moving, nobody should be on it. >> no doubt the storm surge damage will, could go into the millions for sure here across a lot of the coastline. and you know, what we're seeing now, while it may be clear, where al roker is in terms of the rainfall, look at the picture right there, is the water just completely eroded what looked to be that protecting wall right where he is located. so it's just, it's another sign of how powerful the storm is. even though it is a category one, it's a relentless category one that just doesn't want to give up at this point. >> do you have any idea how much rain has already fallen in that area? and how much may be yet to come? because as we look at all the models you've brought us, jeff, it looks as if t
the example of peter alexander's shot, where al roker is, you can see debris floating in the water. >> they have been watching the live shot in the control booth. they said it appeared as if the bridge or pier was moving. so -- you know, you wonder about the foundation and how solid it is. there's some kind of emergency vehicle at the end. if that thing is moving, nobody should be on it. >> no doubt the storm surge damage will, could go into the millions for sure here across a lot...
271
271
Aug 27, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 271
favorite 0
quote 0
it's wise to stay inside. >> thank you very much, peter alexander from lower manhattan. we go right now to homeland security secretary janet napolitano with an update on behalf of the federal government. let's listen in. >> as expected hurricane irene made landfall early this morning along the north carolina coast. i have spoken with governor purdue this morning. she said they were now, quote, hunkered down, closed quote, but they are ready to do damage assessments as soon as possible, especially for assets like the bridges and the roads. irene remains a large and dangerous storm. people need to take it seriously. people need to be prepared. as we have suggested during the week, think of this in three phases. preparation, response, and recovery. some of our states are now moving into the response mode, but other states as you are further north along the atlantic seacoast are still in preparation mode. if you receive a warning to evacuate, please do so. even if you haven't received a warning during the storm, please stay inside, quote, hunker down until the storm passes.
it's wise to stay inside. >> thank you very much, peter alexander from lower manhattan. we go right now to homeland security secretary janet napolitano with an update on behalf of the federal government. let's listen in. >> as expected hurricane irene made landfall early this morning along the north carolina coast. i have spoken with governor purdue this morning. she said they were now, quote, hunkered down, closed quote, but they are ready to do damage assessments as soon as...
202
202
Aug 28, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 202
favorite 0
quote 0
peter alexander joins me on the phone. peter, what are things looking like?erstand you're driving through the area. >> reporter: we just pulled over because we saw one of the very few businesses open today. so many people evacuated or got out of town. now they're saying let's get back to life again now. to tell you the truth, we're not see the dramatic damage that a lot of people anticipated. i of course was parked on coney island's boardwalk for much of the early morning hours. we were getting hammered. when we left a short time ago, at its peak, it was about 60 miles an hour. what we have seen a lot of is trees that you were uprighted and all sorts of limits from trees, but frankly we have not seen any significant damages. we have spoken to many people here who say they understood, saw the forecast, looked like a big threat. and some skeptical, but the fact of the matter is it was something the city was concerned about, and now that it's passed, let's get back to real life. >> i've received imaging showing huge trees down in manhattan and midtown, for examp
peter alexander joins me on the phone. peter, what are things looking like?erstand you're driving through the area. >> reporter: we just pulled over because we saw one of the very few businesses open today. so many people evacuated or got out of town. now they're saying let's get back to life again now. to tell you the truth, we're not see the dramatic damage that a lot of people anticipated. i of course was parked on coney island's boardwalk for much of the early morning hours. we were...
142
142
Aug 23, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 142
favorite 0
quote 0
to "hardball," once again, big story of the day, the east coast earthquake, joining me, nbc's peter alexandermuch compared to what you felt out in california. but what's going on there in new york? because people, i think it's the whole 9/11 thing, pete williams, and jim were addressing this in washington, when it first starts to happen, you don't know what's going on, and it's a little scarey. >> yeah, there's a added sensitivity to this part of the country, certainly in new york city. every child in california learns when an earthquake hits you duck and cover. here, instead, unsure of what happened, they rush to the streets, some running 50, 60 flights of stairs to get there. we've changed the way we communicate, some learning about the quake by twitter before they felt it seconds or a minute later. others trying to reach loved ones at home, they tried on their cell phones, and those, chris, suffered serious congestion for a period of time. there were urgent moments after this took place as people weren't able to reach other other because of clogged cell phone lines. >> what did you see min
to "hardball," once again, big story of the day, the east coast earthquake, joining me, nbc's peter alexandermuch compared to what you felt out in california. but what's going on there in new york? because people, i think it's the whole 9/11 thing, pete williams, and jim were addressing this in washington, when it first starts to happen, you don't know what's going on, and it's a little scarey. >> yeah, there's a added sensitivity to this part of the country, certainly in new...
134
134
Aug 24, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> thank you, peter alexander, that's going to do it for "hardball." last word with melissa harris-perry starts now. >>> there are reports moammar gadhafi spoke on the radio moments ago. vowing victory or martyrdom. that's dealing tension back from that east coast quake. >> two big breaking stories. >> libya being, obviously, the international story. >> inside gadhafi's compound. >> back to this earthquake. >> breaking news interrupted by breaking news. >> we were on the air -- >> just felt on earthquake. >> i initially said can we finish the show. >> as far north as toronto and as far south as atlanta. >> the only nuclear power plant that's been affected is the north anna plant. >> the washington cathedral has experienced damage. >> three of the pi knackles at the top collapsed. >> sounded like a freight train was going through. >> not only a natural threat to the east coast, bracing for hurricane irene. >> the shaking in tripoli is libyan rebels celebrating inside gadhafi's compound. >> breaking news, we continue to watch extraordinary pictures in tr
. >> thank you, peter alexander, that's going to do it for "hardball." last word with melissa harris-perry starts now. >>> there are reports moammar gadhafi spoke on the radio moments ago. vowing victory or martyrdom. that's dealing tension back from that east coast quake. >> two big breaking stories. >> libya being, obviously, the international story. >> inside gadhafi's compound. >> back to this earthquake. >> breaking news interrupted by...
141
141
Aug 23, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> thanks, peter alexander. that will do it for "hardball." we'll have another live edition in an hour. now, al sharpton. >>> welcome to the show. i'm al sharpton. a lot to talk about tonight, a lot on my mind. the president seems right that he was able to bag nato in getting gadhafi's empire to fall. i was one that questioned him and was not -- but it seems like the gop on the right and some of us on the left may have underestimated the leading from behind and what it would cost in human life. we'll see and we'll talk about that tonight. we're getting ready for the weekend rain or shine, we're going to memorialize martin luther king in a monument. first non-president, first of color, now all of a sudden mitt romney says he's going to make a major jobs speech. we're going to give mitt romney and the rest of them something to say with our march for jobs this week. we'll talk about what that is with an outstanding union leader, gull first the big news in new york today that literally shook people up. it wasn't my announcement. it was the ground
. >> thanks, peter alexander. that will do it for "hardball." we'll have another live edition in an hour. now, al sharpton. >>> welcome to the show. i'm al sharpton. a lot to talk about tonight, a lot on my mind. the president seems right that he was able to bag nato in getting gadhafi's empire to fall. i was one that questioned him and was not -- but it seems like the gop on the right and some of us on the left may have underestimated the leading from behind and what...
242
242
Aug 23, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 242
favorite 0
quote 0
nbc's peter alexander, a 5.8, but what's going on there in new york?ause people, you know, i think it's the whole 9/11 thing. pete williams and miklaszewski were addressing this. when it first starts to happen, you don't know what's going on. >> there's definitively an added sensitivity. we could learn a duck-and-cover lesson every child in california learns. here indeed people returned to the streets, some running down 50, even 60 flights of stairs to get there. what if nothing else this reveal is it changed the way we communicate. some learns about the quake by twitter before they even felt it, and others trying to reach loved ones at home, but no longer using home phones. they tried on the cell phones, and those suffered serious congestion for a period of time. there was some urgent moments. few people were able to reach each other. >> give us a sense of what you saw in the minutes after it happened. it was kind of weird in new york, because it seemed like certain parts didn't feel it at all, other parts pretty good. >> reporter: you know how it goe
nbc's peter alexander, a 5.8, but what's going on there in new york?ause people, you know, i think it's the whole 9/11 thing. pete williams and miklaszewski were addressing this. when it first starts to happen, you don't know what's going on. >> there's definitively an added sensitivity. we could learn a duck-and-cover lesson every child in california learns. here indeed people returned to the streets, some running down 50, even 60 flights of stairs to get there. what if nothing else this...
218
218
Aug 4, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 218
favorite 0
quote 0
i'm peter alexander, in today for my friend, chris jansing.ughs, millions of dollars already lost, and a partial shutdown of the faa. this could have easily been prevented, but yet again, congress cannot agree. >> this is a lose-lose-lose situation that can be easily solved if congress gets back in to town and does its job. >> if congress really believes in the words that they're saying about jobs, creating jobs, putting people back to work, stop your vacation, come back to washington, pass the bill. >> feels like deeja vu all over again. waiting for congress to act, but this could take a long time
i'm peter alexander, in today for my friend, chris jansing.ughs, millions of dollars already lost, and a partial shutdown of the faa. this could have easily been prevented, but yet again, congress cannot agree. >> this is a lose-lose-lose situation that can be easily solved if congress gets back in to town and does its job. >> if congress really believes in the words that they're saying about jobs, creating jobs, putting people back to work, stop your vacation, come back to...
289
289
Aug 23, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 289
favorite 0
quote 0
i want to go to peter alexander in midtown manhattan, and what are you seeing there? >> we came outside of 30 rock, the building we are in and so many of the skyscrapers and what many people around america know as the concrete jungle, because they are not familiar with this and trying to get to safety. one thing we have noticed is that people are having trouble, including myself, with the cell service, and the lines appear to have been down as people have been trying to communicate to others to say, are you okay or did you feel that? and here, obviously, at this point, life is slowly trying to return to normal, but a lot of people are still outside of buildings having evacuated. when the initial rolling started to take place, now in the last half hour or so looking outside you saw many people staring outside of the windows trying to get a sense of what is going on and if people in nearby buildings felt it, and at that moment, a lot of people didn't know what to do and they evacuated. this is exposing itself one of the challenges in emergency situations in new york cit
i want to go to peter alexander in midtown manhattan, and what are you seeing there? >> we came outside of 30 rock, the building we are in and so many of the skyscrapers and what many people around america know as the concrete jungle, because they are not familiar with this and trying to get to safety. one thing we have noticed is that people are having trouble, including myself, with the cell service, and the lines appear to have been down as people have been trying to communicate to...
235
235
Aug 3, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 235
favorite 0
quote 0
our good friend peter alexander engaged to be married. >> whoo! >> did he it!er alexander, congratulations. >> what did you learn, mark halperin? >> barnicle looks good in linen. >> nice. >> and if you're sliding home and
our good friend peter alexander engaged to be married. >> whoo! >> did he it!er alexander, congratulations. >> what did you learn, mark halperin? >> barnicle looks good in linen. >> nice. >> and if you're sliding home and
236
236
Aug 2, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 236
favorite 0
quote 0
nbc's peter alexander has more from washington.: they target the world's top terrorist, osama bin laden. on may 1st, a pair of blackhawk helicopters including the one that crashed unloaded 23 s.e.a.l.s, a translator and a dog named cairo at the secret hideout. that translator turned away curious pakistanis. >> told them there is a security operation going on behind the walls, go back to your homes and turn your lights off. that was it. people did that. they had no reason to think they were talking to an american. >> reporter: according to military sources, the s.e.a.l c killed the courier near the gas taps and then entered the al qaeda leader's home. >> they began making their way from first floor to the second floor. there were metal gates, almost cages blocking the entrance going up the stairs. i think they thought at this point, if there are metal gates blocking the entrance i was of each stairs, we're on to something. >> they knew the bigger target was upstairs. >> first s.e.a.l. turned to the right. at the end of the short hal
nbc's peter alexander has more from washington.: they target the world's top terrorist, osama bin laden. on may 1st, a pair of blackhawk helicopters including the one that crashed unloaded 23 s.e.a.l.s, a translator and a dog named cairo at the secret hideout. that translator turned away curious pakistanis. >> told them there is a security operation going on behind the walls, go back to your homes and turn your lights off. that was it. people did that. they had no reason to think they...
198
198
Aug 25, 2011
08/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 198
favorite 0
quote 0
joe, mika, mike barnicle and peter alexander recently sat down with the deputy foreign editor at "thewith fire, pakistan, at war with itself." >> what is the war within pakistan that most people when we look at the sort of geopolitical landscape don't think about? >> well, i would say that the main war within pakistan is between what we call a moderate, humanistic version of islam and a more radical and violent and punitive view of islam. and pakistan has a long tradition of a more moderate, humane, kind of islam, but in recent years, for various reasons, particularly since 9/11, a more -- a more conservative, more harsher version of islam has been -- has been rising. and there's a huge clash between these two ideas. >> it's been more assertive, the radicalized version, but the numbers still bear out for the most part that the majority of pakistanis are, in fact, moderate muslims, right? >> that is true. the taliban, the draconian, you know, boogiemen are still very much in the minority, very much considered to be on the fringe. >> and loathed by the majority. >> i wouldn't say that e
joe, mika, mike barnicle and peter alexander recently sat down with the deputy foreign editor at "thewith fire, pakistan, at war with itself." >> what is the war within pakistan that most people when we look at the sort of geopolitical landscape don't think about? >> well, i would say that the main war within pakistan is between what we call a moderate, humanistic version of islam and a more radical and violent and punitive view of islam. and pakistan has a long tradition...
444
444
Aug 4, 2011
08/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 444
favorite 0
quote 0
thank you so much peter alexander. what a story.o coming up this morning, dramatic rescue of a 17-year-old trapped for 30 minutes in a sand tunnel he was digging suddenly caved in. we'll be talking to him this morning exclusively but first this is "today" on nbc. "today" . he>>just ahead, the judge ordered casey anthony back to florida suddenly stepped down. >> after your local news. >> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a spree of thefts is a real drain on a city. police say thieves are stealing storm grates in vallejo. in fact, the city says 20 metal grates have been missing including some that weigh more than 100 pounds. the grates keep people from falling or driving through the open holes which range from three feet to 15 feet deep. plus, the district has to spend thousands just to replace those covers which cost about $300 each. time to check the forecast with christina loren. >> hopefully you're saving money on your pg&e bill. we have beautiful weather, this august doesn't feel like august so far. this morning w
thank you so much peter alexander. what a story.o coming up this morning, dramatic rescue of a 17-year-old trapped for 30 minutes in a sand tunnel he was digging suddenly caved in. we'll be talking to him this morning exclusively but first this is "today" on nbc. "today" . he>>just ahead, the judge ordered casey anthony back to florida suddenly stepped down. >> after your local news. >> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a spree of thefts is...
29
29
tv
eye 29
favorite 0
quote 0
peter's. spartak not climbed off boston following a two know when a waitress sits on the visitors taking relief fifteen minutes from time alexander said finding the. tender for miss of the season with spiffy follow our sin who should call firing over will it look much easier to stewart but the striker would make amends right out the death hitting home on the fence that's again all it see the story in siberia. means pretty savvy also see it all alone in the. final clash between rust off. and off in favor of the visitors from across the tarmac when is the winner on sixty three minutes to think about the joint six the long sides for checking. in with football where was. any twenty eleven twelve premier league season getting underway with six games instead of seven. everton postponed because of the riots that occurred across the country this week newly promoted side queens park rangers had a rude awakening to the big leagues for mill of home food. fellow writers knowledge for better now being a point the way to wigan. the honor of scoring the first goal of the season is to be precise but sunderland points back to leave the final one
peter's. spartak not climbed off boston following a two know when a waitress sits on the visitors taking relief fifteen minutes from time alexander said finding the. tender for miss of the season with spiffy follow our sin who should call firing over will it look much easier to stewart but the striker would make amends right out the death hitting home on the fence that's again all it see the story in siberia. means pretty savvy also see it all alone in the. final clash between rust off. and off...
36
36
tv
eye 36
favorite 0
quote 0
peters. is part of now climbed off the bottom following a two know when a waitress six on the visitors taking relief fifteen minutes from time alexander should sit next to. tender for miss of the season with the follow arson call firing over will it look much easier to stewart but the striker would make amends right up the death hitting home side's defense that's again all it see the story inside syria. means pretty savvy also see it all a lot of the. final clash between rust off. and in favor of the visitors from across the dar mark owen is the winner on sixty three minutes about to join sixth alongside sports. stay with football where was graham kick off . the twenty eleven twelve premier league season getting underway with six games instead of seven. everton postponed because of the riots that occurred across the country this week newly promoted side queens park rangers had a rude awakening to the big league schoolyard formula homes of. fellow writers knowledge for better now being a points away to within the. i have the honor of scoring the first school of the season to be precise but sunderland points actually the final score one
peters. is part of now climbed off the bottom following a two know when a waitress six on the visitors taking relief fifteen minutes from time alexander should sit next to. tender for miss of the season with the follow arson call firing over will it look much easier to stewart but the striker would make amends right up the death hitting home side's defense that's again all it see the story inside syria. means pretty savvy also see it all a lot of the. final clash between rust off. and in favor...
26
26
tv
eye 26
favorite 0
quote 0
peter's. sport of knowledge meanwhile have climbed off boston following a to know when a waitress he saw on the visitors taking leave fifteen minutes from time alexander said finding that if you. contender for miss of the season would follow our sin. firing over when it looked much easier to score but the striker would make amends right up to death hitting home with the top sides of the fence it's again all at sea stories bierria. means chris sit all alone at the bottom while the day's final cost. ends up in favor of the visitors from across the dharma is winner on sixty three minutes to join sixth alongside struck such a. pain with. kick off any and the twenty eleven twelve premier league season getting underway with six games instead of seven tottenham is not everton postponed because of the riots that occurred across the country this week newly promoted side queens park rangers have a rude awakening to the big league school going for no home. fellow writers nor better now being a point away to wigan. the honor of scoring the first school of the season to be precise but sunderland points back to lead the final score one of the field full of the last
peter's. sport of knowledge meanwhile have climbed off boston following a to know when a waitress he saw on the visitors taking leave fifteen minutes from time alexander said finding that if you. contender for miss of the season would follow our sin. firing over when it looked much easier to score but the striker would make amends right up to death hitting home with the top sides of the fence it's again all at sea stories bierria. means chris sit all alone at the bottom while the day's final...