abc's ashleigh banfield in stanford, connecticut. >> we're at the peak of the wind velocity now as the storm is hitting coastal connecticut. and while it's not necessarily a rain story anymore, the wind story is making it a water story. huge volumes of water are just crashing i land. crashing inland. >> reporter: the winds came right up the gut of the harbor here in massachusetts, throwing a sailboat onshore, cutting power and leaving even an offduty police officer worried about the coming high tide. it's not the wind. you think the high tide later tonight -- >> it's the storm surge at the back end of this storm. 5 to 11 feet at high tide. going to be full moon high tide. that's my concern. >> reporter: and it's not just coastal water. up to eight inches of rain is straining dams in western massachusetts. swelling rivers to the edge of their banks. several communities have been ordered to evacuate. the last major hurricane here was bob, 20 years agag that storm surge was way above my head. they're hoping it's not that high tonight. diane? >> okay, david, thank you. and of course, the h

i want to go to dan harris -- i'm sorry, we have ashleigh banfield now in stanford, connecticut, which will get it in been b an hour or two. >> stan for, connecticut known for beautiful boats. these are boats that didn't get away from their dock, many have them have gone out further into the sound to try to moore. we've seen those pictures post hurrican hurricanes where they end on the shore line. already 2,000 people without power. mandatory evacuation as long here, in fact. the governor's own brother evacuated and sought refuge in the hotehotel. 6:00 curfew. i'm standing in the spot where we expect the eye of the hurricane to pass. eight foot storm surge. the worst of the worst scenario for this state, george. >> let's go to chris cuomo on the east side of manhattan. you showed, chris, the east river wallen now breaching the seawall. the water is coming up. >> that's the concern, people were worried about the hudson river on the west side but itt s the east river on the lower south side of manhattan that already breached the wall. high tide, we keep hearing about that. montauk will s

. >> laura: joining us now from stanford, connecticut with analysis the purveyor of dick morris.com. mr. morris. dick, i'm watching this whole thing unfold. i saw that little smile can you recall on the -- curl on the edges of governor perry's mouth. i teed this up. the president hit it, and i love this moment. to me, he seemed like he was having fun. >> his goal has to be to get a rise out of obama and obama certainly helped his candidacy by attacking him. as you watch obama you wonder if he isn't more afraid of romney than anybody else -- let me on the substance say i agree with governor perry. the idea that because most of his comment was the calling of bernanke treasonous for money supply if he does it gone. i don't think it's treasonous but it's horrific. $1 trillion sitting unused in banks. 800 trillion sitting unused in corporations. people have paid down the debts by 400 billion. nobody is spending any money. nobody is investing. nobody is lending. printing another trillion isn't going to do a single thing except gee base the currency. >> laura: people like john and the "new

we hear from friends of navy seal brian bill of stanford, connecticut, and from an early age he wantedo join the military and his family says he also talked about becoming an astronaut. >> the community will remember him as being a hero, being someone that is not just served his community but somebody that has served this country and served this world. >> he set high goals for himself and i spoke with his uncle. there is in question that he died doing what he loved. >>shepard: the pentagon officials believed a shoulder fired rocket hit the helicopter southwest the capital of kabul and there are brand new questions about the mission that ended their lives. and now from the pentagon, jennifer, you reported last night on that reason they were there in the first place and as you put it, it wasn't the kind of job seals often do. what is the latest on the investigation into the crash? >>guest: there are more questions than answers and a brigadier general has been appointed to lead the investigation. he is out of fort campbell, kentucky. and he is the deputy commander of the 101st airborne an

ashleigh banfield in stanford connecticut. >> good morning. we have a number of people without power here. almost 1 million. 450,000 and growing. and i want to show you the storm surge. take a look at the houses. this is a mandatory evacuation area. the people were told we can't hymn you. and it's going up to the sea walls. an eight-foot storm surge is coming in at 11:00. which is high tide. and it's a new moon which means it's a a higher tide than normal. take a look here, all the different boats, out there, they decided to ride out the storm, bobbing in the rough waters of long island sound. you can offense lose your mooring and end up on the shore. and tom pans over you can see the boats that decided not to go out in the water but to stay on their docks and just do extra lashing. we have been watching a lot of bobbing but it looks they are pretty safe. there is a statewide ban that we just learned on tractor-trailers. there was s curfew in place at 6:00 in the morning in connecticut. the merit parkway for people that commute in new york cit

>> america has got to learn how to take a joke. [ laughter ] >> juan: joining us now from stanford, connecticut with analysis, the purveyor of dick morris.com, mr. morris. dick, tell me something. who won this debate? >> well, i think the three candidates that helped themselves the most were romney, bachmann, and santorum. romney and bachmann, the concept is tinsel strength. they made a good superficial impression. the issue is how did they handle themselves? can they take shots? can they return fire? can they accept christmas -- criticisms and come back after it? how do they deal with obama? how do they deal with the race? both bachmann and romney showed that they can take enemy slack and rebut it and come back. and they were both very impressive to me in this debate. >> juan: i have got to say now it's interesting to me, i think that michele bachmann, in fact, did take fire, did fire back at tim pawlenty. the question is, dick, look, you are a skilled political hand. is there any way that tim pawlenty could have come across, effectively, as anything about a lookout in attacking michele bachma

>> america has got to learn how to take a joke. [ laughter ] >> juan: joining us now from stanford, connecticut with analysis, the purveyor of dick morris.com, mr. morris. dick, tell me something. who won this debate? >> well, i think the three candidates that helped themselves the most were romney, bachmann, and santorum. romney and bachmann, the concept is tinsel strength. they made a good superficial impression. the issue is how did they handle themselves? can they take shots? can they return fire? can they accept christmas -- criticisms and come back after it? how do they deal with obama? how do they deal with the race? both bachmann and romney showed that they can take enemy slack and rebut it and come back. and they were both very impressive to me in this debate. >> juan: i have got to say now it's interesting to me, i think that michele bachmann, in fact, did take fire, did fire back at tim pawlenty. the question is, dick, look, you are a skilled political hand. is there any way that tim pawlenty could have come across, effectively, as anything about a lookout in attacking michele bachma

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i just traveled an hour and a half to stanford connecticut for a technology job and after doing a great job was turned away because i was told i live too far away and i would leave them. i am the most loyal person and because of that loyalty, i am not employable. i am highly overeducated and a lot of different areas, and when they look at someone like me they go, what do we do with you? what is the direction of someone like myself who is committed to the community, who digs in and goes wherever i go and tries to make it better but gets turned away? what does someone like myself do do. >> technology. you are looking for the technology job? julian was talking about the engineer's. >> it is more about the creative side and the contest. >> when i get turned away from those creative conditions because of who we look like. so it is each one teach one. education jobs have been downsized. >> i was just at borders yesterday and at the everything must go sale and what i realized is a been though everything must go and everything was discounted the books were still more expensive than i could lie

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i just traveled an hour and a half to stanford connecticut for a technology job and after doing a greatjob was turned away because i was told i live too far away and i would leave them. i am the most loyal person and because of that loyalty, i am not employable. i am highly overeducated and a lot of different areas, and when they look at someone like me they go, what do we do with you? what is the direction of someone like myself who is committed to the community, who digs in and goes wherever i go and tries to make it better but gets turned away? what does someone like myself do do. >> technology. you are looking for the technology job? julian was talking about the engineer's. >> it is more about the creative side and the contest. >> when i get turned away from those creative conditions because of who we look like. so it is each one teach one. education jobs have been downsized. >> i was just at borders yesterday and at the everything must go sale and what i realized is a been though everything must go and everything was discounted the books were still more expensive than i could lie o

i just traveled an hour and a half to stanford connecticut for a technology job and after doing a greats turned away because i was told i live too far away and i would leave them. i am the most loyal person and because of that loyalty, i am not employable. i am highly overeducated and a lot of different areas, and when they look at someone like me they go, what do we do with you? what is the direction of someone like myself who is committed to the community, who digs in and goes wherever i go and tries to make it better but gets turned away? what does someone like myself do do. >> technology. you are looking for the technology job? julian was talking about the engineer's. >> it is more about the creative side and the contest. >> when i get turned away from those creative conditions because of who we look like. so it is each one teach one. education jobs have been downsized. >> i was just at borders yesterday and at the everything must go sale and what i realized is a been though everything must go and everything was discounted the books were still more expensive than i could lie on line

i just traveled an hour and a half to stanford connecticut for a technology job and after doing a greatjob was turned away because i was told i live too far away and i would leave them. i am the most loyal person and because of that loyalty, i am not employable. i am highly overeducated and a lot of different areas, and when they look at someone like me they go, what do we do with you? what is the direction of someone like myself who is committed to the community, who digs in and goes wherever i go and tries to make it better but gets turned away? what does someone like myself do do. >> technology. you are looking for the technology job? julian was talking about the engineer's. >> it is more about the creative side and the contest. >> when i get turned away from those creative conditions because of who we look like. so it is each one teach one. education jobs have been downsized. >> i was just at borders yesterday and at the everything must go sale and what i realized is a been though everything must go and everything was discounted the books were still more expensive than i could lie o

joining us from stanford, connecticut, we have former advisor to president bill clinton, the author ofyou. >> good to be here. >> we should point out you'll be live blogging tonight during the debate at dickmorris.com. >> gave you two eyes, one to watch the debate and the other to watch my comments. >> very good. let's start with what everybody needs to, we'll go down the list. first up, mitt romney who is ahead. >> well, first of all, let me say this this debate has more importance in the general election now than in the primary because it's not only an opportunity for the eight republican candidates to face each other. it's the first time the republicans have a national audience to comment on the horrific events of this past week. the 1800 point drop in the dow, the downgrading of u.s. credit and the tragic death of the navy seals. this is in a sense the republican response, not to obama's speech but to the obama performance. >> great point. >> i think the other point is that the man who isn't there who ran second in your poll, mitt romney, cast a large shadow across this debate and

i'm kyler ross and i'm from stanford connecticut. thank you for taking the time for speaking to us today. how do you believe civil discourse is either facilitated by or inhibited by the american system of checks and balances? >> i'm from bridgeport, connecticut, so it's nice to have someone from connecticut here. well, i think with all of its thoughts our system of government is the best in the world. i really believe that. there was articles that was in the political newspaper, you know, talking about america in decline. and i think one of the articles was written by a member of congress, and i thought about, you know, how that kind of language from anyone, and particularly from someone in government would really, i think, upset president reagan and i think it would anger, you know, him because if anything, he really believed in america. he believed in american. i think that's what was so likeable about him, too, and you wanted to believe in your country. you wanted to accept that we're not perfect and we do have, you know, this per

my name is skyler, and i'm from stanford, connecticut. taking the time to speak with us today. my question the is for all of you. how do you believe civil discourse is either facilitated or inhibited by the american system of checks and balances? >> i'm from bridgeport, connecticut, so it's nice to see someone from connecticut here. well, i think, you know, with all of its faults our system of government is still the finest in the world. i really do believe that. and i thought about this coming, you know, over here today, and there was articles that were in the politico newspaper, you know, talking about america in decline, and i think one of the articles was written by a member of congress. and i thought about how that kind of language from be anyone, particularly from someone in government would really, i think, upset president reagan, and i think it would anger him because if anything, he really believed in america, he believed in americans. i think that's what was, you know, just so, um, likable about him, too, and you wanted to belie