our sarah hoye is live in philadelphia, where a lot of people. >> it is raining and it's been rainingnd sently here, aher -- coming toward the city of brotherly love, septa, which oversees the trains, busses, trollies, they have service shut down tonight at 12:30 for the first time ever, in the history of the city. so they really want people to get where they need to go, hunker down and ride this out. fred? >> and so, sarah, you know it would seem like a lot of folks would seem like philadelphia would be okay, it wouldn't have to worry about storm surges or significant hurricane force winds or rain, why is it people there are anticipating they might just get -- >> reporter: the worst is expected to hit philly between about 3:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and the thing about philadelphia is you're sitting between two major rivers which are expected to reach crest level and flood. so on one side of the city, you have the schuylkill, and on the other side you have the delaware river. so if water comes in and pushes in, it is going to crest and come on out and flood these low-lying areas

sarah hoye, thank you very much. it sounds like the curfew did what it was supposed to do last night. >>> let's turn to berlin. they are observing a somber anniversary there. it was 50 years ago today that construction started on the berlin wall. the wall split the city in two. the country in two, really. communis communists east and the free of the west. it was finally torn down back in 1989. >>> next month, president obama will present the medal of honor to a marine of afghanistan. sergeant meyer is speaking at his former high school in kentucky. he ran through enemy fire to recover the marines in september of 2009. meyer had wounds to his right arm. he is the third living medal recipient. >>> another recipient was on the mound at safeco field in seattle yesterday. that wasn't him throwing out the first pitch. that was his son. you see him. sergeant lero petry. his son threw the first pitch because the sergeant lost his hand during a firefight in afghanistan. >>> at 11 minutes past the hour now, let's say good morn

sarah hoye is there.ergency around noon what is the situation there now? >> reporter: that's right. that state of emergency was lifted. guys, what a difference a day makes. if you look around me, the sun is kind of popping out over my shoulder. when we were coming to you earlier this morning and last night we were getting pounded with rains and winds. the winds really have not died down. i'm standing here in center city, smack dab up the street from city hall, it's windy. you can see it come through gusts here and there. people are holding on to jackets, umbrellas that they have taken down from the rain. but in this area, if you just got here today, you would have been tardy for the party and you would not have thought irene had come. up the street a bit there's been good flooding. like you said, the water is up to street sign levels in some areas. the effects are still being felt in philadelphia, guys. >> what is the hardest-hit area? >> the hardest hit area downtown is near the schuylkill river, near ci

. >> sarah hoye in philadelphia, thanks very much.nt to point out the airport there, philadelphia international airport closed about ten minutes ago. won't reopen until 4:00 tomorrow. >> so who's going to need help, what type of response will there be, as we start to see they think unfold tomorrow morning. russel honore, having some communication with folks at north com. as we know, the governors have to say the word in order to get the military support, if needed. >> for major deployments. but let's not confuse it at the local level. if the mayor of d.c. says he needs search and rescue, that will go through the fire services and through the police. they'll call the military if they need them. all those liaisons are already set up throughout the eastern seaboard. so the federal troops, if they have the capability to help to do search and rescue or are authorized already by the secretary of defense to do that. >> let me ask you then. if i'm getting word here that troops and equipment are ready to support all along the coast, that's the