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good evening i'm ken pritchard in the massive storm made landslide this morning in north carolina and has moved north, bringing high winds and dropping a foot of rain in some places. at least six people have died so far. and irene is not done yet with more on the storm, we go live to ocean city, maryland. >> reporter: the rain continues, the sustained winds are stronger than they have been all night. we're bracing ourselves for the brunt of this storm. now really just miles away. more than 1 million people will spend saturday night in the dark. hurricane irene has carved a path up the eastern seaboard, claiming lives, knocking out power and leaving a mess behind. >> so is this this is a very dangerous situation. flooding is going to be significant. >> reporter: still a category 1 hurricane, irish has her eye set on the mid-atlantic region, where conditions have spawned at least one tornado and prompted the national weather service to issue several tornado watches. >> we're looking at anywhere from 6-12"f rain throughout the state, high winds throughout the state, and extraordinary dam

lane pritchard, game-ending groundout. and northern california, they play the winner, and in the west final tomorrow. sports can bring a community together. the joy of the kids, brings it all home. we watched the giants in a battle for maybe another world series. beginning of the nfl preseason they're just playing the kids' game. aren't they? >> yeah, shthey sure are, thank you, jim. >> for a full half-hour of bay area sports coverage, watch comcast sports central tonight at 10:30. >> we're back in a stay with us. >>> the bay area prides itself on leading the green revolution. two nonprofit is partnering with pg & e to harness the sun. habitat for humanity and volunteers working with grid alternatives to outfit affordable homes at a former dennis tr site. it provides solar panels and job training for installations. the idea to revitalize neighborhoods while reducing e utility bills for low income families and first time homeowners. >> times are tough. and just trying to be able to afford a home, in this area is -- is very

pritchard didn't have a pension issue.erial, fiscal mismanagement over an extended period of time. inability of public officials to set financial priorities going back many, many years. and one day the mayor and the council woke up and said, we're out of money. we're not going to pay retirement benefits this month. they could have just as well said, we're going to lay off firefighters, or we're going to turn off the streetlights. it's all a matter of setting priorities, living within your means in some fashion or another. to blame the pension plan which you acknowledge was not lucrative, a $39,000 benefit for a maximum, apparently. it seems like the media has decided public pensions are a really easy whipping boy. it was kind of the bell, california deal. you had fiscal mismanagement there, you had corruption. and yet it's a pension problem. no, you had some dishonest, corrupt, elected officials in bell, california that had their way with the city treasury. not a pension issue. it manifested itself in unbelievably high pen

the north koreans very proudly showed off to my friend jack pritchard last fall that there's no builda light water reactor at pyongyang. and then it is for peaceful purposes. now i'd also like to point out that the pyongyang facility where they have come with a develop that material that goes into weaponize plutonium bombs has never had any wires running out of it to anywhere. in other words, since its very beginning it is not powering anything. they are just developing fissile material there. very interesting stuff. spent a couple of questions about your for different threats. you talk about the ballistic missile threat to have the japanese indicated in the defensive and initiatives that they've taken to be able to defend against the north koreans ballistic missile? >> that's a great question. the japanese have absolutely done that. before the 2009 launched, i might add, one of my former students in the marine corps command and staff college who is an officer in the army, now a lieutenant colonel, he deployed with a battalion we sent over there, patriot missiles, advanced patriot mis

. >> mark pritchard spent can i congratulate on the leadership is shown and the initiatives that he has announced today? isn't not the case though that those local authorities that attempted to close down youth services should think again? and perhaps consider shutting off and closing down some of the more lavish firms enjoyed by some local authority workers? >> the point i would make to the honorable gentleman is every organization, whether it is a local authority, central government, a police force, at a time whatever is having to make budget reductions has got to focus on the front end on the things that matter most. we're doing that at central government. police forces are doing that and local authorities should do the same. >> i was on the streets at the height of the rioting on monday night. and i know how frightened people are, and remained at and i believe most important thing is to regain control of our street. but on the question of the army, let me say this. when we are attracted, to further militarization of the situation to some members of this house, even to some of my own

. >> mark pritchard spent can i congratulate on the leadership is shown and the initiatives that he has announced today? isn't not the case though that those local authorities that attempted to close down youth services should think again? and perhaps consider shutting off and closing down some of the more lavish firms enjoyed by some local authority workers? >> the point i would make to the honorable gentleman is every organization, whether it is a local authority, central government, a police force, at a time whatever is having to make budget reductions has got to focus on the front end on the things that matter most. we're doing that at central government. police forces are doing that and local authorities should do the same. >> i was on the streets at the height of the rioting on monday night. and i know how frightened people are, and remained at and i believe most important thing is to regain control of our street. but on the question of the army, let me say this. when we are attracted, to further militarization of the situation to some members of this house, even to some of my own

. >> mark pritchard spent can i congratulate on the leadership is shown and the initiatives that he has announced today? isn't not the case though that those local authorities that attempted to close down youth services should think again? and perhaps consider shutting off and closing down some of the more lavish firms enjoyed by some local authority workers? >> the point i would make to the honorable gentleman is every organization, whether it is a local authority, central government, a police force, at a time whatever is having to make budget reductions has got to focus on the front end on the things that matter most. we're doing that at central government. police forces are doing that and local authorities should do the same. >> i was on the streets at the height of the rioting on monday night. and i know how frightened people are, and remained at and i believe most important thing is to regain control of our street. but on the question of the army, let me say this. when we are attracted, to further militarization of the situation to some members of this house, even to some of my own