it's a beautiful live look at the statue of liberty. will update the fire suppression system, liberty island will stay open to the public during construction. most people don't climb the stature, just want a picture of them at the statue of liberty. >>> 5:54. we have traffic and weather. let's check in with lawrence and find out how our thursday is shaping up. >> should be a great day. frank and grace going to see a lot of sunshine around the bay area starting with patchy fog. still 80s inland today. 70s a few 80s toward the santa clara valleys and 60s into san francisco. the next couple of days looking fantastic but changes coming toward the weekend. high pressure heading eastward and that means we are going to see an increase in low and that means cooler temperatures around the bay area. probably going to be running below average as we head in toward monday and tuesday. highest temperatures only in the mid-80s. speaking of the raiders, yup, they have the big game tonight. the preseason opener against the cardinals! game time 7:00, shou

that's the statue of liberty over my shoulder. this is tourist central. you have down here the mix of locals who live in lower manhattan who have come out to survey the damage and kids on scooters that have come out because parents need them out and also have the tourist who have come out as well. this is their vacation. people are feeling relief as the mayor said. we dodged a bullet and trying to get a sense of how much damage there's been in the city. when we did our drive from lower manhattan to the southern tip, not so bad. things you would expect to get knocked over and high winds knocked over. and the flooding we saw receded quickly. relieved would be thee was talk carlos at the meet district, it was a kirn. cat skills area because of the saturated ground and nassau and suffolk counties, this still isn't done. >> we heard from mayor bloomberg while people are expected to get back to work as best they can, he does expect that nothing will be back to normal especially since you heard mta may not resume until mid afternoon and that's pow people get from

calling the statue of liberty a demonic idol right in the middle of new york harbor. a report from our own richard angell in somalia, a devastating famine preying on the largest, weakest, the most defenseless. >>> let me finish with a new idea. time for good old action. let's begin tonight with wall street jim cramer, the host of c nbc's "mad money." unemployment dropped from 9.1 positive 9.2. the economy added 117,000 new jobs in july. what are your thoughts? >> okay. i thought this was plain unadulterated okay news. i didn't say good news. okay news. looking for something completely unokay, we were going to actually, a thought maybe there would be no jobs created at all. look, chris, there's a lot of bad news out there, this wasn't one of them. this was actually something that was a relief. >> what do you make the fact the dow wound up 61 ahead from where it started? not the second fear run. i thought a run on the bank today after yesterday. >> i want to make a point it was really not our fault this time around. the 500 yesterday, down 200 today after up 176. it's e

>>> hard to see the golden gate. >> take gianna's word for it. >>> new york visitors to the statue of libertyill need new plans. the statue is closing for renovation starting on october 29 for a year. elevators and bathrooms are on the list of upgrades. liberty island though will stay open to the public during construction because according to the "new york times" a majority of visitors don't climb inside the stature, they just want to take a picture with it. >>> and it was once filled with water, mold and tens of thousands of evacuees. but the makeover at the louisiana superdome is done. seats have been replaced, luxury suites added and the saints locker room twice as big. the $336 million project began after hurricane katrina wreaked havoc on the building in 2005. >> it will be filled with fans. some 49ers and saints tomorrow. that game right here on channel 5 beginning at 5:00. >>> should bert and ernie get married? well, there's a petition started by gay rights advocates asking that question. apparently over 900 people think they should get married. the petition echoes the message of the

. >>> the statue of liberty will be off limit to tourists for a whole year. this is a live picture of it. it will undergo a $27 million renovation and they want to upgrade the fire and mechanical systems on the statue of liberty. liberty island will stay open and views of the statue will remain unobstructed. >>> let's get another track for traffic. >>> bay area appearing in the south bay moving into the peninsular and pretty decent starts, bay bridge backed up for about an 8 to 10 minute delay and on the golden gate we have fog on the north end. >>> inland areas with the sun are cooler so low-to-mid 80s and those closer to the coast a lot of 60s and 70s. >> all right, thank you steve, time is now 6:57 police round up a cowboy at a store. >>> and also a raid, the big hall of dvds right here in northern california, stay right here with us. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies is a nicely designed package. now yo

statue of liberty, of course, you know, the famous applauses. >> now the family is looking at plan b, visiting chicago. >> it's not fair. my dream was to see new york and i didn't think the hurricane would strike. >> reporter: the three major airports around new york city are closed. washington, phil, and boston are still handle something flights but airports there expect cancellations tomorrow during the prudent -- brunt of the storm. a big effect appears to be international travelers who have to travel through hubz. this couple has to be in barcelona on monday so they can be back at work on tuesday. >> we came to the airport to change our flight, maybe to another airport. >> jeany ching of san jose and her daughters were going to spend a few days in new york after their european vacation bought they got a standby estate the bay area in the nick of time. >> called her name, almost like winning the lottery. >> reporter: grounded jets are parked around sfo. it will be at least another day until they're airborne. >> tomorrow we mail see some departures, though we have seen 30 cancellati

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. >>> beginning in late october the statue of liberty will be offlimits to tourist for the whole year. lady liberty will undergo a $27 million renovation. liberty island will remain opened during the project. views of the statue will remain largely unobstructed. >>> last night hundreds of san francisco giants facts spent the night on the team at at&t park for the team's annual slumber party. event was sold out. tickets went for $200 per person. fans were given the chance to have their picture take within the world series trophy. >>> tonight at 5:00, in an emergency you call 9-1-1. maybe not for long. how texting and sending photos and videos may be an emergency option for you. that story and more coming up in the next newscast. thank you for watching. have a great day!

it is new york harbor and the statu of liberty. f this area evacuated last night includes 400,000 people. shelters are set up to accommodate 70,000 people. but the mayor are urging people. to head to the shelters as soon as possible. we have experienced light rain on the harbor side. obviously the situation will get more serious which is why people need to head north to get out of the area. mta is closing down all subway and buses and public transportation and as a new yorker. many people don't owncars. after noon today, if you don't have an mta ticket and on the way out all you have is your two feet and car and taxis. i am sure taxi service will be slowed down as well. new jersey transit is shut down. this is the first time that subways have been shut down due to weather in new york city history. a category 1 70 miles per hour winds is not sounding serious for those in the south, it is for new york. we should mentio the five burroughs including coney island and battery park city and rockaways and the queens, they are under mandator

. >> it is crazy especially when you see the statue of liberty in the backdrop. we appreciate your reporting. thank you. >>> of course, this is a serious storm but that isn't stopping some people from making light of it. check out these pictures sent in by viewers. this is from megan in queens. she has her priorities in check. she boarded up her dollhouse. there she said, go away, irene. >> looks like she did a pretty serious job there. she knows how to work a power tool. this next picture could only be from the area where i grew up. my home region. they put up this sign in concord to explain why the town meeting has been canceled. "there's a stawm comin'." >> in concord, new hampshire. >> do i sound convincing. >> so convincing, dan. this just in, there have been 12 babies delivered already at one hospital in wilmington, north carolina, 30% higher than normal. >>> they're saying that nobody is considering the name irene as a first name for any child but two parents are considering irene as a middle name. we'll keep you posted on that as the day continues. importa

maybe statue of liberty. >> i wouldn't do it anywhere. >> chicago sears tower? >> no thank you. >>> time for a look at some of the stories we follow here on nbc. a senate committee holds a hearing on the drought in the horn of africa. people are at risk for starvation in ethiopia and kenya. >>> marvel will publish its first comic featuring a new spider-man named miles morales. the half black, half hispanic superhero takes over where peter parker left off before he was killed in the comic series last june. >>> martha stewart turns 70 years old today. >>> those stories break on msnbc. and be sure to watch brian williams with nbc nightly news. >>> finally a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. ordered by a judge to return to florida for probation, will casey anthony come out of hiding today? her attorney jose baez speaks to matt lauer. >>> jason bateman and ryan reynolds are in studio to talk about their new movie "the change-up." thank you so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have

tons of people out here taking the ferry over to see the statue of liberty. ferries are still running. once winds get to 40 or 50 miles an hour, that will cease. trips to staten island and to the statue of liberty will wait. whether we get the surge or not, there is potential for tree damage and lots of flooding. >> jim, thank you so much. >>> joining me now is christine quinn, thanks for being with us. >> of course. >> i listened to the the speech from the mayor. are you worried that tough new yorkers aren't taking this seriously? >> no, i think new yorkers are taking it very seriously. hurricanes of this magnitude are not shag something that happen every summer in new york. having people really understand particularly with the need to stop subways an busses, that they need to follow the mayor's direction and do t.o. do it quickly so that everyone who needs to mover to higher ground can mover it higher ground. >> i have to tell you, the logistics of this boggle the mind. they are heavily dependent on a public transportation system. what is your biggest concer

there is new york harborer a beautiful shot of the statue of liberty. the boats are still out. seeing much of the high, rough surf coming into new york harbor yet. but norfolk, virginia, that may be changing. we know it's changing in north carolina. here is norfolk, virginia, right now. looks like a gorgeous day at the beach. the governor has ordered the state offices in coastal areas to close today at 3:00 p.m. it's an encouraging private employers to do the same thing. they want people to be taking very seriously the threat of this hurricane. in fact, let's show you the weather channel map to give you an idea of why it needs to be taken so seriously. the threat level here from wind, rain, waves and especially storm surge up and down the northeast corridor. at water's edge now we're being told this threat the catastrophic, potentially deadly. hurricane and tropical storm warnings are in effect from south carolina up to new jersey. by the way, with most of the impact as you can see it north of south carolina we've already heard that there was a near drowning in florida from this

. >>> the national park service scene the statue of liberty will be closed for one year beginning in october for a $27 million renovation aimed at making its impeerinterior safer and more accessible. the that chew was closed from 2001 to 2009 following the 9/11 attacks. the nasa rover opportunity has beamed back new images of a 14-mile wide crater on mars where it will study rock samples. it took the solar powered rover nearly three years to drive from a smaller crater just 13 miles away. >>> and in new polls, casey anthony, who was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, as the most hated person in america, beating out o.j. simpson, paris hilton, and so-called octo-home, nadya suleman. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will hobble into trade today. the dow opens at 10,719 after plunging 519 points yesterday. the s&p tumbled 51 points. the nasdaq staggered down 101. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei fell 56 points, while in hong kong the hang seng lost 188. >>> as we reported earlier, worried the chain reaction of european

you might say this is the entrance to the ferries that go to the statue of liberty and ellis island. but contrast to what we're hearing in other locations, we're not feeling the kinds of winds i had been anticipating hearing the reports. it's still too early to say how high the waters will rise, but again really officials had been warning about a storm surge of 4 to 8 feet. they knew when there was high tide there would be flooding. right now there is not a foot of flooding so far. >> reporter: so mary, is there water by your feet now? you're on the ground. is there water covering your feet? >> reporter: yes. yeah, there is several inches of water, and water has come over the bank. you can see it now, and it's covering part of this. we had been standing here all day yesterday. it was clear. this was anticipated that there would be flooding at high tide. and it just really started happening within the last 20 minutes or so when high tide arrived. again, we're still not feeling very strong winds down here. >> reporter: right. i don't have a return so i can't see your picture, but obviou

. >> we're showing our viewers live picture of the statue of liberty. is in another part of the city, battery park. mary, what's going on where you are? >> reporter: it's quiet here, wolf. take a look out at the new york harbor. we're in front of the statue of liberty. on an ordinary saturday this harbor would be filled with boats. as you can see it's so quiet. that's the scene around the city. the mass transit system, coming to a grinding halt earlier today with all subways and buses shut down at noon time today. and people have been lining up in stores, getting supplies, water, battery, bracing for this storm and, really, now comes the wait. there are 370,000 new yorkers who were told to evacuate by 5:00 p.m. many heeded that call. took the mayor's advice and left. but not everybody. down here in lower manhattan battery park in the evacuation zone. some new yorkers who say they are staying put. here's one of them. >> i think mayor bloomberg screwed up on the blizzard. and now he's trying to be proactive with the hurricane. i think they are making a lot

one of the participants calls the statue of liberty a demonic idol right in the middle of new york harbor. and we get a report from our own richard angell in somalia, a devastating famine that has preyed largely on the largest, the weakest, the most defenseless. >>> let me finish with a new idea. time for good old action. let's begin tonight with wall street jim cramer, the host of cnbc's "mad money." jim, first, the unemployment dropped from 9.1 positive 9.2. the economy added 117,000 new jobs in july. what are your thoughts? >> okay. i thought this was just plain unadulterated okay news. i didn't say good news. okay news because we were looking for something that was completely un-okay, we were going to actually, a thought maybe there would be no jobs created at all. look, chris, there's a lot of bad news out there, this wasn't one of them. this was actually something that was a relief. >> what do you make the fact the dow ended up 61 of ahead from where we started? not the second fear run. i thought a run on the bank today after yesterday. >> i want to make a point it was really not ou

statue of liberty. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> the waters are rising. >> already, yeah, 65 million of us. it's going to be a long weekend here. stay tuned for "good morning america" for the latest and also abcnews.com. >> have a great friday, everyone. thanks so much for watching. >> and stay dry. >> reporter: good morning, i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco where you will see another protest at bart stations, but san francisco police say the next one will look quite different. >>> also this morning, almost two dozen san jose firefighters laid off a year ago are back on the job. $15 million from washington is making it possible. >>> good morning, weather-wise waking up to clouds and drizzle. i have sunshine and warmer temperatures in your forecast. >> and there is no calm before this storm, east coast braces for the worst as hurricane irene approaches now less than 24 hours away from making landfall. >> good morning, i'm sue hall in the traffic center. we got reports of a downed power line

tropical storm apparently just as hurricane irene was jumping the verrazano bridge and passing the statue of liberty early this sunday morning. this system is still massive and powerful as it continues to churn through new england winds whipping at more than 50 miles an hour still and it is affecting millions of people who are without power dealing with flooded homes counting their losses even looking for away to get to work an monday morning. as strong as irene is now where is irene now. maria molina in the fox news weather center where and how strong? >> how are you doing? the center is about 20 miles south of saint johnson in vermont. so that is where the center of the storm system is. it is very disorganized the center of it heading to canada moving quickly at 26 miles an hour north northeast. a lot of it has fizzled here. most of it off portions of canada fizzled off portions of new england light showers lingering across portions of new york. the damage has been done bev reports of a foot of rain it is going across upstate new york to vermont. it is not just the low level areas dealing with flo

one participant calls the statue of liberty quote a demonic idol, right there in the middle of new york harbor. >>> and somalia, a devastating famine has preyed on the weakest. let me finish with this new idea, it's time for good old action. let's begin with wall street. jim cramer, of host of "mad money." the economy added 117,000 new jobs in july. what are your thoughts? >> i thought that was just plain unadulterated okay news, we were looking for something un-okay. there was a thought that maybe there would be no jobs created. chris, there's a lot of bad news, but this wasn't one of them. this was something that was a relief. >> what do you make of the fact that the dow ended up 61 ahead of where it started. we didn't have the second fear run. i was afraid there was going to be a run on the bank after yesterday. >> it was really not our fault this time around, the 500 yesterday, the down 200 at one point today, after being up 176. it's europe, it's europe. they're falling apart over there. they don't have any leadership. there's nothing coming out of europe that makes any sense at al

. >>> the national park service says the statue of liberty will be closed for one year beginning in october a $27 million re making itsle. the statue's crn was closed from 2001-2009 following the september 11th attacks. >>> the nasa rover "opportunity" has beamed back new images of a 14-mile-wide crater on mars where it will study rock samples. it took the solar-powered rover three years to drive from the small crater just 13 miles away. >>> and a new poll finds casey anthony, who was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, the most hated person in america. beating out o.j. simpson, paris hilton and so-called octomom, nadya suleman. >>> and here's your "first look" at how wall street will hobble into trade today. the dow opens at 10,719 after plunging 519 points yesterday. the s&p tumbled 51 points, the nasdaq staggered down 101. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei fell 56 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng lost 188. >>> as we reported earlier, worries a chain reaction of european debt quakes could steamroll american finance. and tha

. >>> the statue of liberty turns 125 years old this october, which seems like a good opportunity to get a little work done. lady liberty is getting a $27 million interior makeover so the statue will be closed for a year after the upcoming birthday celebration. new stairways and elevators are planned and water and mechanical systems will finally be upgraded. closure won't change most people's tourist experience, though, only about a third of visitors make reservations to actually go inside. >>> next up here tonight, who's that man behind the mask? wait until you see what happened at home plate at this game. >>> finally tonight, people have grown to love one of the new traditions of the youtube era, a returning war veteran surprising his unsuspecting loved ones while a camera records it all. when you think about it, it's one of the few good things to emerge from our wars. there are now so many of them, there's a cable show devoted just to show these surprise reunions. but we really love the one you're about to see because it took a lot of work and it came off perfectly. darla harlow a

the statue of liberty renovations will last a year starting on october 29th. crews will upgrade fire systems, elevators and bathroom. liberty island will be open during the construction. a majority of visits don't climb inside the statue. they just want to take a picture with it. >>> it was once filled with water, mold and tens of thousands of evacuees. but the makeover at the louisiana superdome is done. state and city officials showed off the new stadium yesterday with the new improvements. seats replaced, luxury seats added, the saint locker room twice the original size. the $336 million project began after hurricane katrina wreaked havoc on the building in 2005. >> we have a little football game there tomorrow night, 49ers and saints right here on cbs 5 at 5:00. >>> hundreds of giants fans are sleeping in the yard right now speaking of the stadium. the joints are holding their ninth annual slumber party a chance for fans to lay their head on the lawn that the team calls home. >> it's like a dream come true. it's so cool. it's like we get to see the players

the statue of liberty will be closed for a year to make way for $27 million in renovations. the statue, which was built in the 1880ill bes, will be made m accessible. >> got to keep her looking good. >>> yes. >> weather from around the country, stormy in the heartland with dangerous winds and rain from the dakotas, nebraska, kansas and oklahoma. thunderstorms meanwhile, from new orleans to orlando and southern georgia. showers in northern new england and the southwest across arizona and new mexico. >> mostly 80s from albuquerque to billings. 80s in the twin cities and 79 in detroit. 84 here in new york. 95 in atlanta. 90 in miami, dallas hits 101 just one day shy of tying its record for consecutive triple digit days. no relief there. >> looks like they'll hit that record and maybe even surpass it. hang tight, dallas, wow. >>> coming up next a live update from tokyo on today's wild ride for the asian markets. >>> then it took a high-speed chase and some construction workers to capture america's most wanted famimi. >>> on top of all that, we'll also have new images from the re

again, just across, again, from the statue of liberty here. it is just a wash tub out in through here. mike, go ahead and pan around. earlier on across toward governors island, the wave action even just past low tide was being sprayed up on top of the island. an amazing sight. we've had coast guard cruisers out there today. the staten island ferry from time to time. that's about it. it is just rough seas. that's what happens when you take wind, sustained at tropical storm force, and push it across the body of water. had we had this kind of wave action this morning, even on top of a foot or two of surge, this would have caused a tremendous amount of damage. not only here at the battery, but other places that had been evacuated. >> jim, thanks. looking for all the world like he's on a boat. thank you to you both. coverage will continue right after this. a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real chicken, even accents

. >>> new york city, you see the statue of liberty. it's getting dark.ed evacuation including at the hospitals. let's bring in our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. the hospitals in lower manhattan, elsewhere, they've basically been evacuated, right? >> reporter: right, wolf, it is called zone a. that is the zone of new york city. we're talking lower manhattan, places like staten island, coney island, where there could be flooding. and so they evacuated those hospitals. wolf they got the e-mail from mayor bloomberg's office yesterday morning and were told by 8:00 friday night, in other words about 12 hours, you need to have your patients out of there. and i must say, i watched the evacuation from from one of them, and it was quite orderly. they were bringing people out in stretchers. they were bringing people out from the intensive care unit. they were bringing premature babies out in those little isolettes and bringing them to other hospitals. as you can imagine, this is difficult for the hospital. also traumatizing for the patients. you kno

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. >> here at the southern tip of manhattan, sun has risen on the statue of liberty and there is very ttle evidence of the surge that came over the seawall but up and down the coast this is a recovery effort that will not last days or weeks but months. >>> 6:35 now. this morning, at least 29 flights have been cancelled so far at san francisco international airport. the airlines cancelled 46 departures from sfo to the east coast yesterday. passengers left stranded by weekend flight cancellations could be stuck for days. they now have to wait to be rebooked on flights because of labor day holiday. some found themselves stranded. >> we'll probably have to go to another hotel and stay there and come back here and see if we can get a flight out. >> we strongly suggest that passengers check with their airlines either via airlines website or reservation offices to check the status of their flight. >> they say it may take up four days for them to restore full schedule of flights. >>> 6:35. investigators are trying to determine the cause of two fires that broke out in the same house within hour

that's fifteen trillion dollars that is a lot of football fields it's almost the size of the statue of liberty and it is what our national debt is approaching right now it's about fourteen point five trillion dollars now look at this see that building to the right it looks like a building that's actually not a building those are bills hundred dollar bills stacked up and that's one hundred fourteen trillion of them that is how much the u.s. does not have funded but has promised to programs like social security and medicare and military pensions now those were put together based on government figures and it's still a really have to bill but my next guest puts it even higher and he said in the past that the country is flat out bankrupt i want to see if he thinks that this deal means anything he's laurence kotlikoff he's economics professor at boston university thank you so much for being with us your muscles are ok so i know why you're ago you're writing in the country is bankrupt you have your own policy for prescriptions for how much need to be cut but first i'm just curious do you think that y

overall ok that is a lot of football fields worth of cash stacked up almost the height of the statue of liberty fifteen trillion dollars that's about what our national debt is approaching right now it's fourteen point five trillion obviously this debt ceiling increase raises it higher and look at that building all the way on the right that's not actually a building that is the scale in cache of hundred dollar bills that amounts to the one hundred fourteen trillion dollars which is how much the u.s. does not have funded but has promised or programs such as social security medicare and military pensions those are based on government figures and i have to bill and some say it's even higher earlier spoke with one of them laurence kotlikoff he's an economics professor at boston university even last year at this time he was saying the country is bankrupt he said the u.s. cannot have any more of these no pain all gain solutions i asked him today and that's what this deal working its way through congress is here's his response. yes but this is this is pretty much of a no there's next for you there real

. >> if you planning a visit to new york city forget about visiting the statue of liberty. will close for one year for renovations. $27 million project will make the inside safer and more acceptable. key upgrade will be the stair wells. the closure will come after the anniversary of the statue's dedication. you will still be able to see the statue. >> opportunities is knocking for nasa. the rover is sending back spectacular pictures of the planet's surface. the endeavour crater and two other pictures show ridges near the crater. one has a shot of opportunity's own foot. opportunity has been on mars since 2004. it took three years to cover 13 miles to get to that endeavour crater. they say it's the best shot that discovery of existence of water on mars. >> coming up next at 5:30. the foreclosure meltdown. >> and bart issues a warning to passengers. next at 5:30. possible protests that has the transit agency concerned. >> high temperatures across the country, 72 in seattle all the way up to 103 in phoenix and 41 places in temperatures above hundred. flight arrival delays, all

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the statue of liberty, that, too, of course, will be closed today as a precaution in the wake of hurricane irene. the city wants to assess the storm's impact before opening it up again to visitors when that happens. is in e cnn hurricane headquarters. she is tracking irene's path. still hovering around north carolina. but those cities and states northward are still putting their preparations in place because we're talking about the most populous portion of the entire nation. >> let's go ahead and focus in on new york city for a minute and some of those closures. right now, i want to tell you the news today for new york city does look a lot better than it did yesterday. that said, this is still a major storm and we're going to have major impacts for it. we think the storm will be east of new york city. that's going to put us on what we call the good side of the storm. means much of our winds will be offshore and that our impact is going to be a little bit less. we're expecting the winds to be near that 60-mile-an-hour threshold. i'm thinking somewhere between 50 and 65-mile-per-hour with po