possibly towards philly and trenton as we go throughout the peak of the morning rush hour p but those will be hit and his quick showers. forecast for today, temperatures in the hid 80s up and down the east coast. nothing too hot or cold. that will have down pours later this afternoon. continuing your wet and rainy trend, but that's actually good. it's been very dry in florida. we could use the extra rainfall. no such luck in areas of texas. 105 today in dallas. one of the best forecasts in the entire country today, if you're wake up in chicago, gorgeous, 82, sunny, low humidity. fantastic day to be on the lake shore drive. >> no kidding. close our eyes and go to that happy place. bill, thanks so much. retailers are mixed, techs tumble, and what's the stitch with abercrombie & fitch? your first look at this morning's business headlines oig is straight ahead. >>> coming up, ponzi schemes, nightclubs, and prostitutes. that's college football for you. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine

there's a couple showers left from allentown, trenton, philly.s just about over with. these rainfall totals were incredible around philly, trenton, belmar and atlantic city. the delaware river is the worst of it, easton, stockton, new hope, we expect that crest tomorrow. top ten all time. there are a couple rivers that will have all-time record crest, and then the sopas creek, tamron, that's supposed to hit the all-time highest crest tomorrow. >> all right. thank you, bill. a lot to run down. you've been doing a remarkable job. you are just -- >> keep everyone safe. >> you are doing a great job. thank you very much. >>> 560,000 homes and businesses without power in north carolina. the damage so far does not seem to be as dire as predicted. in nags head, boats and debris washed up on shore. the governor and other state officials are planning on an aerial tour of the hardest-hit counties. 2800 people on hatteras have been all but cut off from the mainland. mark potter has been braving the storm in nags head, north carolina. he was there yesterday a

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my pleasure now to turn to a retired public educator from trenton, texas. is also a school board member, joanne duncan. she called my radio talk show the other day and was very passionate when we were talking about the miracle in texas. i think joanne has a different definition of what that miracle is. great to have you with us tonight. you're thoughts on how rick perry has handled the miracle in texas when it comes to education. >> hi, ed. glad to get a chance to tell you about the real texas miracle. you know, my thought when i hear him talk about the texas miracle, i thought it was a miracle we were able to open the schools. we had a chance to really, you know, if he had used his so-called rainy day fund, otherwise known as the slush fund, to help schools we would be a lot better off. i live in a small rural area. we've cut $600,000 from our school budget in the last two years. and we're going to cut even -- have to cut even more next year. this is a real impact on our children. >> well, you're in trenton, texas. a town of how many people? >> 500 people.

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trenton, north wind. the winds are funneling right around the middle. jfk had a gust of 51.tral park even though you're near the center your wind gust is 30. higher gust ace round here, block island at 41 miles per hour. the storm surge on the south coast is one of the series. it tracks up to new england with more power outages. later on today we'll get our crews out there to get pictures of the flooding and the rivers. we had seven inches of rain in belmar, six inches in new york, trenton to philadelphia five to six inches on saturated soil. flooding on the rivers in new jersey those pictures will be dramatic later today. >> as will the pictures of new york state thruway. it suffered with a mudslide. more inone dated ground saturated with water. thank you very much bill karins. let's go to tom cost who is live in ocean city, maryland where things were rainy a short while ago but pretty much can you say you were safely on the other side of irene. it's come and gone? >> reporter: well i hope so. is bill there? it certainly seems to. about two hours ago when i did a live shot

the holdup there was extreme flooding at the trenton rail station, that has now been repaired. terrell? >> jessica stone getting us started from washington this morning, thank you so much. >>> more on weather now reminder that hurricane season is far from over, forecasters say tropical storm katia is likely to become a hurricane today, katia is brewing far out in the atlantic, now sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. it's too early to say if the storm will threaten the u.s. >>> in bone dry north texas at least 20 homes have been destroyed by a fast moving wildfire. it started wets of ft. worth. overnight it grew to 3,500 acres. conditions are just as dry and windy in oklahoma, where another blaze destroyed ten homes in oklahoma city. hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate. four minor injuries were reported. the fire was mostly under control by last night. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in new orleans, two marsh fires covered the city and surrounding region of smoke. one of the fires burned for more than three days. some schools have canceled outdoor activiti

these are minor changes, signaling the cooling trenton the horizon, san francisco, forecast high, 66, here is looking ahead with the five-day forecast and the weekend always in view with temperatures cooling off friday. saturday, the cooling temperatures, the cooling we're using quite a bit in the forecast kicks up next week. julia and frank, no triple digit heat, we'll watch this pattern and a big drop off in temperatures. >>> all right, thank you. >>> thank you mark. >>> two bay area leaders will be honored for their foods. the two of el paso, the management company, are among 10 chosen for the leadership award, recognizing efforts towards sustainable food. first lady michelle obama will also be honored. >>> and the bay area tribute to the local heros, one step closer to reality. the milestone, remembering what the memorial has now reached . >>> a mile stone reached today in the effort to complete the monument. the last bronze pouring took place this morning in berkeley, the memorial honors 25 humanitarians with eight people featured on the back of the monument. their names were ann

and hydrated. 1,200 people from atlanta county were overunited at the sun national bank center in trenton. they were brought there last night and throughout the early morning hours of the morning. this is a transitional point, a staging area, where they were given food and water. there were no cots. so folks were there overnight had to sleep in seats in the arena but we assured them there was a temporary situation. all the folks have been moved out of the sun center and there is known as far as i know currently housed at the sun national bank center. they have been moved to two places: to rutgers campus in new brunswick and the arena in morristown, new jersey. i thank the president of rutgers. when we called, they stepped up immediately, not only are they providing shelter to the folks but they have provided food to them. >>shepard: governor christie of the state of new jersey giving us an idea what is going on in the garden state, now, as the storm moves north before it gets to jersey, though, it will pass by maryland and doug is in ocean city, maryland. what is the situation? >> a frien

the f one caliber circuit of the state capital of austin is set to host the last one race of the trenton twelve season and it's hoped this will raise the profile of the hope ten schools in america. now to a sport that has been played for thousands of years polo over the last century it all but played it out completely in russia and now it's being revived with help from sports historic powerhouse argentina. reports. horses count among the most trusted friends of mankind in wildlife and this is why paulo is one of the most popular sports this game was first played in persia more than two thousand years ago and has only slightly changed since then. it still takes the same skills to score goals with a long handled him out on the field it's twice as big as a football pitch. the most important thing in polo is probably the so-called chemistry between them and the horse who should be sympathetic to each other also it's crucial to learn the equitation in childhood although even adult persons who come to the sport late can reach pretty good results in terms of training hard every day back at the

and in the city of trenton, this -- the asitake creek jumped its banks, overran these train tracks, and then, look at this, it turns into a waterfall that flows through these two cars, under this auto repair shop that's got some serious damage. and then it flows right down this residential street. and here is the worst damage it did, it undermined the foundation of this multifamily home and sheared the side off it when it collapsed. while we were there, the family who lives here showed up. they were slack-jawed. so i'm looking at the side of your bedroom right now? that's your bed? >> that's my bed, the second floor. >> my house for 22 years and now -- >> reporter: unfortunately, that family had no flood insurance so they have lost everything. as for this community, little falls, the city has set up a shelter for the 400 families who live in this area to ride out what will be an incredibly anxious night, diane, as this water rises, at by one estimate, 2 inches an hour. >> all right, dan, thanks. also anxious, of course, in vermont, where they had a month's worth of rain in one day there

reapplied and keep serving as a nonmedical attendant as though i'm being judged on my love and care for trenton. i won't see him through his treatments is what i want to do. but i need the system to work with me to do that. it's almost disheartening to think that we believe someone else can care for my husband more than i can. as caregivers, we live, we live out job in schools and there are those of children to look after as well. we leave all of this to inherit another full-time job. i rely on compensation that is provided to nonmedical attendant stood since maintaining my household. with todd's injuries the build did not stop coming, and, in fact, it has gotten more expensive. we are grateful for what assistance we do get from the marine corps, but had we not been greeted his people, who wanted to assist, we would've been lost in the recovery process. although my husband is one only for surviving quadruple amputee's who struggles with hardships are very similar to many wounded warriors. the process in transitioning out of the military has been particularly difficult it todd has been part of a

the author of trenton and the winner of the 2011 pulitzer prize in general nonfiction. to find out more and other to surprise winner, go to pulitzer.org. specters look at what's ahead this morning on c-span2. next, "the communicators." .. >> candidate bios and the latest polling data, plus links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> this week on "the communicators," two critics of president obama's proposals reducing cyber threats against the u.s. marc rotenberg of the electronic privacy information center and larry clinton of the internet security alliance. this is part three of a monthlong series of cybersecurity. >> host: and this is week three of "the communicators"' series on cybersecurity. this week we're going to talk with some interest groups who have a stake in cybersecurity issues. first up, marc rotenberg of the electronic privacy information center, he's the executive director, and we want to talk to him about some only the privacy concerns from the white house cybersecurity proposals. when you lo

pattern son and trenton the hardest hit.rnor of pennsylvania looking at the damage from the air. route 12 is sliced in five different lowations. the majority of the house is promising to send money . >> we said it's a priority and we will find other places to save so we can fund this kind of role that the government needs to play. >> reporter: while it may take some time to really know it's believed that damage from this storm could top seven billion dollars. >> thank you. to the south now irene first made landfall in north carolina. picture from the outer banks show clear evidence of the damage. it could be weeks before power is restored and the debris is cleaned up. the storm also washed up highway 12 to hatt era s, about 2,000 had decided not to evacuate and now have to rely on ferries. >>> here irene's effects being felt at sfo where travelers have been stranded for days. many are having to come up with creative routes to get home. >> reporter: stuck at sfo some curled up on chairs in the terminal to get rest. a frustrat

pattern son and trenton the hardest hit.he governor of pennsylvania looking at the damage from the air. route 12 is sliced in five different lowations. the majority of the house is promising to send money . >> we said it's a priority and we will find other places to save so we can fund this kind of role that the government needs to play. >> reporter: while it may take some time to really know it's believed that damage from this storm could top seven billion dollars. >> thank you. to the south now irene first made landfall in north carolina. picture from the outer banks show clear evidence of the damage. it could be weeks before power is restored and the debris is cleaned up. the storm also washed up highway 12 to hatt era s, about 2,000 had decided not to evacuate and now have to rely on ferries. >>> here irene's effects being felt at sfo where travelers have been stranded for days. many are having to come up with creative routes to get home. >> reporter: stuck at sfo some curled up on chairs in the terminal to get rest. a f

jenna: and a raft, having one probably a good idea right now if you're trying to get around trenton new jersey, it's one of the only ways to get around, as you can see. gregg: look at that, isn't that amazing. we saw a lot of it over thing -- over the weekend. will the weather cooperate with the cheenup? that's the question now. janice dean is live in the fox news extreme weather center. >> reporter: i think the second part of your question should be is there anything else out in the tropics that we should be watching and i'll get to that in a second. for trent been i don't know -- trenton, new jersey, sunshine for the next five days, which is great news for them and temperatures really, really nice. unfortunately, as a lot of folks need to clean up. we're dealing with high pressure across much of the northeast, so the mid atlantic, all the way up to new england, you're dealing with really nice temperatures and a lot of sunshine. unfortunately, as a lot of folks wake up and have to assess the damage and maybe even though tkpwabg home today and see what happened after irene hit. >>> in t

and it runs through trenton, the delaware river is flooding trenton big time but here is the story that's hundreds of thousands of folks especially you people in new york. if you're going north. this is why rail >> the philadelphia rail people figured let's leave our trains there and they're now sitting flooded so you have water over e fun in the flood caused by irene, he went for a swim while sporteding his new york best dad t-shirt for his 3-year-old son to see on tv, peter arnold is dry and he's on the couch this morning. good morning to you, peter. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> what were you thinking? >> not much, i think weri, dur that time. i'm starting to start a new fitness craze called street swimming. it's like you only have to do it once every three or four years during a hurricane. that's how i keep so svelte, very low cardio workout. >> there you go. you saw -- you saw channel 5, local fox affiliate camera guy there and you coordinated with him for you to do this and you were trying to make sure that your 3-year-old son saw that. why? >> well, i've been going thro

police say there was more on the menu than coffee and munchkins at a dunkin' donuts outside trenton.ar-old employee now faces prostitution charges. >> $50 or $100 or $30 i believe was a discount that day. >> a detective says the woman would go out to cars in the parking lot for her business transaction. wisconsin. a criminal complaint indicating a man shot and killed his neighbor northwest of milwaukee over a dispute about yard work. investigators reportedly say the suspect used a rifle he had stolen from the victim. prosecutors say that suspect enlisted the help of a homeless man to clean up the crime. california. los angeles police releasing this video showing a mugger sizing up a blind woman on a downtown sidewalk and then choking and robbing her. they are hoping the public can help identify the guy. is he part of a fox watch across america. >> i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of fox news. from one political fight right no another. senators on capitol hill battling over new funding for the federal aviation administration. a

and hydrated. 1200 people from atlantic county were overnighted at the sun national bank sender in trenton as we discussed yesterday. they were brought there last night and throughout early morning hours of this morning. this is a transitional point, as i said yesterday, staging area, where they were given food and water, there were no cots available there. so folks who were there over the night had to sleep in seats in the arena. but we assured them from the beginning this was a temporary situation. all those folks have now been moved out of the sun center and there is no one, as far as i know now, currently housed at the sun national bank center. they have been moved predominantly to two places. to rutgers campus in new brunswick. and to the manon arena in morris town, new jersey. i want to thank president mccormick of rutgers. rutgers, when we called, stepped up immediately. not only are they providing shelter to the folks, but they also have been providing food to them even before the american red cross or the state could get food and water there. rutgers stepped up with the supplies o

i'm talking between atlantic city and trenton and princeton and kind of run on up the turnpike. that would lose a lot of energy. it could steal a lot of energy because the eye is not over water. so that's the potential there. >> there you go. this is what it looks like. this is the map. this is the map of inundation. all the way over to south street sea port. there are the tall ships. if you come around here on the other side as well you can actually see that part of the world trait tower complex, and i know you've been there, what did they do to the world trade tower complex? they dug it out. and that dig out is right there. there are the cranes right there. water would fill in there. and this is only from about an 85 or 100-mile-per-hour storm. the other side toward hoboken and the meadowlands very flat. you look across from new york city over there, you know there's no topography until the palisades a little bit to the west from there. but the potential energy coming in with a storm pushing all of that water up the east river and up the hudson could be tremendous. >> so i can

one near king of prussia, one just south of trenton, and another one just now about the pylons in theere of jersey. every time a storm comes by you, right now, all of north carolina, all of new jersey, all the way up, basically, to newark and delaware, and also newark, new jersey, some of the storms could rotate. if you feel the storm getting around you that has a little bit more intensity, i need you to stay away from windows, because tornadoes can be spawned. they are short-lived, but they can be spawned at any time at this point in time with this hurricane, as it spins onshore. >> did you say that it was a philadelphia warning? >> philadelphia warning, yes, sir. >> well, we want to check in with sarah hoi who is in philadelphia right now for the latest on conditions right there. sarah, how are they? >> reporter: martin, kyra, irene is here. within the last hour, the rain has been coming down fast and furious. those winds have picked up and it is starting to get nasty. we are currently standing in front of one of three emergency shelters here in philadelphia. and as you can see righ

trenton new jersey mayor tony mack is here with me in new york and flint, michigan, mayor, dane walling thank you. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> the first thing i'm curious about. we just went through this debt ceiling debate in washington. i'm sure you were riveted by that, right, as we all were. republicans say we need a balanced budget amendment, that the federal government should be required, as you are, as city mayors, to balance their budgets. mayor walling, do you think that's possible for the federal government to be required to balance its budget just like you are? >> there has to be fiscal responsibility in washington, but i don't believe now is the time to have a debate about a specific balanced budget amendment. we need our federal government to have the flexibility it needs to help states and help citie the constraints we work under at the city level of very extreme. i wouldn't want to see those imposed on the federal government. the federal governme needs to take a long-term view. >> mayor, what do you think? do you think that co

the public sector in new jersey, is here tonight and the cwa vice president, had a huge rally up in trenton. they are confronted with that charming fella, chris christie, i don't know if you saw his mug on the sunday times magazine a week or two ago. the guy has a voracious appetite for a number of things. contract concessions are among them. but in new jersey and all these other states, cwa, ask me, the ua to become all the lead have organize in total five, 600,000 home-based workers, home health care aecom home day care providers, the last 10 years biggest source of new union membership and have gained a very precarious foothold in the public sector for these workers who work in nontraditional workplaces, predominately female, nonwhite, often immigrant workers, many as in the case of our joint bargaining unit childcare providers in new jersey with afscme still trapped in the post-clinton world of work there. and so lost in this debate, if you can call it that, some media outlets about the overpaid benefit loudoun, privileged protected, pampered public sector employees, the fact that there

the bus was traveling from niagara falls to trenton, new jersey, when it flipped over last night. and at least 36 others suffered some minor injuries as well. police say the bus may have been going too fast in a downpour. there have been at least four other serious bubuaccidents this year, all of them in the northeast. >>> president obama marks a milestone birthday today, reaching the half century mark. he jump started the celebrations with a round of fund-raisers in chicago last night. the president spoke via video conference to supporters gathered at more than 1,000 house parties across the country. with the budget crisis resolved, mr. obama is now challenging his cabinet to put americans back to work. here's jake tapper. >> reporter: president obama headed to chicago for a series of campaign fund-raisers. one of them an early celebration of his 50th birthday. earlier, the president met with his cabinet to emphasize what he wants them all now focused on. >> they are redoubling their efforts to focus on what matters most to the american people. and that is how are we going to put

there are levees breaking including one near trenton. there are transit lines shut down in new jersey and elsewhere because of tracks under water. we have damages estimated from $7 billion to $10 billion. we talked a lot about the coastal flooding and the beaches that are in trouble. now a lot of states are saying our beaches are open. come back for labor day weekend and apparently there are a lot of deals to be had. bill: that damage figure. $7 billion to $10 billion in new jersey alone? >> that's across 11, 12 states. the damage in new jersey is around $2 billion. this is not encrusted yet. they are still going to have to deal with a lot more. bill: we'll be in touch. little falls, new jersey. rick leventhal is watching the river go by. martha: officials are scrambling to repair another section of the interstate. irene's caused part of that highway to literally crumble where it crosses the rockaway * river. several rivers are hurdling towards their crest levels over the next few days. a lot of folks fearing flooding may be getting it t

in the city of trenton, this.ran these train tracks, created this little waterfall here that runs right through these two cars on the outside of an auto repepair sho that's got s se serious damage. then it flowed right down this residential street. here's the most serious damage it did. it undermined the foundation of this multi-family home and sheared the side right off of it when it collapsed. while we were there the family who lives here showed up. they were slack-jawed. i'm looking into the side of your bedroom right now? that's your bed? >> that's my bed. the second floor. >> my house for 22 years. and now -- >> reporter: the city has set up a shelter for the 400 families who live here. at this point, they're not forcing anybody out of their homes. but they're actively encouraging people to get out because at some point it is going to be very, very unsafe. dan harris, abc news, in little falls, new jersey. >>> and thousands of people in vermont are also reeling from the worst flooding in that state in 100 yea

. >> i ain't never seen it in all my years live anything trenton, i ain't never seen anything like this. >> this is, it's as bad as i've ever seen it, i've been around here for 25 years. >> we didn't have time to get anything. this is my only outfit i got. >> it was that quick? >> it was that quick. >> people can't get to work, can't get back from where they're at. >> it's too much for me. i can't believe it. my house for 22 years is gone. megyn: can you imagine? rick leventhal is live in little falls, new jersey. rick, your heart goes out to those folks. it's easy, you know, to just talk about it in the abstract, but when you actually see the people who are suffering, it's far from easy. >> reporter: yeah. and conditions have deteriorated rapidly over the last 24 hours, megyn. we're on a bridge over the river between little falls and wayne giving new meaning to waterfront property. i mean, there are so many homes here that have been inundated by this flooding. now, this is an area -- come back this way, hollywood. you can see the van that's now underwater, there's a home right there. a

they are trentoned them as if they were all part of the autobiography, but they are fragments and mark twain didn't want them included, even though payne, who should have known better, did include them. that's the first time we knew he excluded it, he knew how it should begin and follow and you're off and running. you just had to follow the chronology of the dictations. does that answer your question? >> it started to. these are all good questions. one of the questions the audience asked is how did the prior authors, payne and the other, get a hold of his autobiography prior to being donated to uc berkeley, and how did they get past, you know, his wish of 100 years after his death? >> last thing first. if you read the newspapers, you think mark twain had written this 100 year embargo into his will. he did not. it's not that firm a prohibition. it's actually more there to protect him as he's composing it so he didn't imagine anyone alive will hear what he's going to say. he knows he'll be dead and can't control when anybody publishes it. now, to the first part, payne and devoto were the

then through trenton, a small area of showers through new york city an hour from now. as far as the forecast for today, on and off showers and storms. it's not going to rain all day. temperatures mild once again. hot in d.c. near 90. the big story around the country continues to be the drought in texas. some saying it could cost $5 billion just in the state of texas alone. today is going to be dry and hot. 106 today in dallas. should be 100 in houston. san antonio, great weather in minneapolis and chicago. should be a great thursday. showers in new york city. "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 mi

host: trenton, new jersey. caller: i agree with you.need a national conversation and around what it is that we think is important. unique this morning was your comments about the fact that the bush tax cuts, if they had gone into effect, would be a $3 trillion drain away from the public and into the government. the question is, how did that $3 trillion wind up on that side of the equation? it seems to me that the investment that needs to occur, which can lead to job generation, can get made. we are talking about investments in education and infrastructure. right now the entire infrastructure in this, but -- in this country is an embarrassment. not to mention our education system. if we stop and fix both of those critical investments, we can go ahead and create the jobs. i have worked with small business owners for my entire career and i have never met one that started a job because of incentive. they spread or expanded because they had a product or a service, an item to sell in the marketplace. host: let's get a response. guest: people

and after trenton this exposed position and washington's crossing of the delaware she says i have to pull back i can't leave the same thing a weak leader so he pulls back the troops and that means the militia comes back into power and then they harass so there's a vicious fed doesn't give in to the history books because guerrilla warfare. it's pretty brutal. a lot of people killed and we don't know the story as well as we know the battle because it's all local and guerrilla warfare. >> thanks for this very enlightening discussion. i was wondering if you have any thoughts on the role of the members of the society on the cincinnati after the war? it's interesting the patriots set up an almost european-style lineage society that's a very elite, but how did they then try to -- >> washington says these are my comments they just want a society to recognize their contribution to these offices but it's when going to be hereditary and the opposition is quite deep. reading john adams letter he's getting worried he's in inglis and he's just appalled by this idea of the cincinnati organization,

and after trenton this exposed position and washington's crossing of the delaware she says i have to pull back i can't leave the same thing a weak leader so he pulls back the troops and that means the militia comes back into power and then they harass so there's a vicious fed doesn't give in to the history books because guerrilla warfare. it's pretty brutal. a lot of people killed and we don't know the story as well as we know the battle because it's all local and guerrilla warfare. >> thanks for this very enlightening discussion. i was wondering if you have any thoughts on the role of the members of the society on the cincinnati after the war? it's interesting the patriots set up an almost european-style lineage society that's a very elite, but how did they then try to -- >> washington says these are my comments they just want a society to recognize their contribution to these offices but it's when going to be hereditary and the opposition is quite deep. reading john adams letter he's getting worried he's in inglis and he's just appalled by this idea of the cincinnati organization,

moments, very serious situation is there, north carolina, virginia, a lot of people without power, trenton train station under water, trains not working. i get more and more irritated by the minute, by the people who are carrying on saying this was an overreaction. live wires, trees coming down, 20 dead people, this is a serious, serious storm. >> again, i just think that because so many places dodged the bullet, people say maybe there was an overreaction by the media and by some politicians. but we're going to get into that later. >> others say -- >> bothers ali as you can see. >> the overreaction in new york city because new york city dodged the bullet, that means nothing happened anywhere else. everywhere else suffered this morning. >>> the remnants of what was hurricane irene have crossed the ka yads yan border but the storm's aftermath is nowhere near over for millions in harm's way. >> crews say it could take weeks to restore power on the east coast. at the height of the storm 4 million lost power from the carolinas through new england. >> we have just about 3 million people still wi

what we do here isn't soup kitchens in trenton. come for a meal, on the way out standard information is done in writing, but they don't always write so well, so they walk into a room, and they speak for 30 seconds into a tape. and they describe the meal they had, in the experimental case they describe something that affirms them, something recently they've experienced that made them feel good. on the way out we make available two kind of benefits packages for which these people are eligible, and we simply o serve how many take them -- observe how many take them. i have no illusion, these are packages that are difficult. but if you just look at how many avail themselves of the package, okay, i'll try, it goes from 16-46%. they're three times more likely to take this package if you befriend them for 30 seconds than just let them feel the way they do. and finally you'll recognize this, we