let's talk once again in suzanne kennedy in northwest d.c., watching the trees go down. what's the latest, suzanne. >> we've been able to light up the situation where we are in the 3900 block of edmond street northwest. you can see this better than we've been showing you all morning. this is the second tree that fell on this block within a half hour's time. this fell literally right in front of ourize. we felt the ground shake. we saw the tree branches russell and then it came down. we'll show you what effect it had on this two-story house here. they had to take people out the back door of this building as they evacuated them an hour and a half ago. the fortunate thing about this situation, it fell for the most part in an area where one of these apartments or homes had been taken down and they were renovating or putting up another building here. there are two trees on this block. they fell within the 2:00 hour. people said they heard rumbling, felt the ground shake and then the trees came down. fortunately they were able to get out safely. there was a baby that came out,

suzanne kennedy has a closer look to the folks who live in the district of columbia and the situation there. in fact, suzanne you've moved since last we talked. where are you right now? >> this is 39th and edmonds. this is the first tree that fell. >>> cnn sunday morning, coming to you early. suzanne malveaux joining us for this coverage of irene. thank you for our affiliate wjla there. we're picking it up and will be with you for the next several hours. >>> hurricane irene continues its northern march up the eastern seaboard. irene is still a category 1 storm, pushing 75 miles an hour winds or so. the latest track has the eye of the hurricane 15 miles southeast of atlantic city, new jersey, heading toward new york metro area. very soon. in delaware at least 40,000 people are now without power. just this morning, president obama signed a federal disaster order, after a possible tornado touched down. >> all right. in new york we've been talking about you a lot the past day or so. it appears to be your turn. time for evacuation is over according to michael bloomberg. the city is virtual