for instance, let's show you some pictures we have from elmsford, new york, in westchester county, and you get a sense while people are certainly enjoying the aftermath now, there was some serious business earlier today, a rescue being performed of some information out there in westchester county in elms ford. the big concern at this point is not-- has nothing to do with the winds and the rapes. it has to do with the potential for flooding, especially in the low-lying areas of manhattan. battery park, the south street seaport, place where's mayor bloomberg ordered the evacuation of 370,000 people, not only of whom followed the orders, of course. but those are the area where's people are going to want to take a look and see what's going to happen with the potential for flooding. we're getting news, as you reported, that the financial markets will be open for business tomorrow. but the big concern this the wall street area is, you know, salt water and electricity are not a good mix. and while there is an extensive network of underground pumps and a seawall protecting lower manhattan, unt

and these are live pictures, westchester county just outside of new york city. and the amount of water there was really startling. you don't know what creeks, rivers, what other water areas there are. >> these people brukt to safety by you little boats. the streets were so flooded there just an a few moments ago. >> they are not worried about the wi7bd. they are worried about the water. we saw that it's picking up here and jim avila is up on the roof here. >> reporter: good morning from this vantage point, 15 stories high. if you are a late sleeper in manhattan, you may be saying, what hurricane? what tropical storm? at this side of the storm, you see the trees are hardly moving. it's a beautiful morning. and we are beginning to see sunshine break through on the east side at this point. the weather here, has really calmed down. about two or three hours ago, and things were at the leading edge there were high winds but they did not get the high winds that were expected. there were no hurricane force winds in manhattan. no reports of damage in the buildings. no wi

. >> new video out of westchester county in new york. you can see those guys on the raft.e in flooded homes being rescued by boat. so this is something we are continuing to follow after iran was downgraded to a tropical storm. obviously, still causing plenty of trouble when it comes to fighting, just dumping rain on the northern half of the east coast right now. we will continue to follow that and cbs have a special report. strike this week governor jerry brown unveiled his plan to fast-track jobs and keep businesses from leaving the state. it starts with $1 billion in tax relief. the companies that buy new manufacturing equipment, he also wants to change the tax code and reward high tech companies for more in -- for hiring more people. >>> the governor trying to win support. phil matier checks in with a political insiders to see if the plan will work for both sides of the aisle. >> good morning and welcome to the former san francisco speaker willie brown and joe carefully from the san francisco chronicle. i'm starting to feel like deja vu all over again. this time it's go

north shore as it makes its way around at 11:00 and the fairfield county area of connecticut into westchester county. >> a storm like this has a history of doing two things. the southeast wind comes in first and you get this type of surge at long beach. as the storm exits and goes into new england, you get a northwest wind. >> you're looking at a picture from long beach. what you saw was a lifeguard tower that's come loose and unhinged from its foundation and slammed into the board walk on long beach. to our control room, if we have that tape of it happening just a few minutes ago when we were on television live and we saw it happen. when we get that, roll it, we'll take that. we have bill evans and lee along with bill witter and liz cho. watching the high tide start to happen on the south shore of long island. here comes the video. >> here comes the tape. >> the tower coming loss and slamming into the board walk. >> that was the lifeguard shack. >> a.j. burkett was on the scene when it happened. you can see the wind blowing fiercely. >> that's 75 mile-an-hour winds there. with this video hap

this includes westchester county in southeast new york and putnam county as well in southeast new yorkese areas seek shelter immediately. we'll continue to track these storms throughout the hour. >> gregg: they are playing a big championship golf tournament in westchester, where that is now hovering. maria molina, thanks very much. >> . >> heather: as the president takes time off in martha's vineyard his surrogates are here at home and they are keeping busy making their case for his jobs plan on this morning's talk shows. while critics argue it is too little, too late. caroline shively is live with more. >> reporter: more than two weeks before the president presents his plan to congress. both sides are fighting about what should be in there and whether it will pass. the president's jobs plan is expected to include tax cuts also plenty of spending. infrastructure bank to pay for construction plus help for the long term unemployed. cutting the deficit by more. democrats are criticizing republicans for ing -- for pledging not to raise taxes for upper income earners. >> it is unthinkable t

>> the storm is now heading just exited westchester county, and now will head quickly to the north. it will quickly blow through new england. the rivers in new jersey, the warnings continue, warnings everywhere in green the delaware flooding will deal with major flooding, all almost crest tomorrow. we're talking most of them. the quest will go from north to south. there's a lot of smaller rivers, just outside of northern, and here's why. we've also heard some reports of flooding concerns down in virginia. and the rainfall in north carolina wasn't quite as bad. i just saw a report, the river is not flowing out to sea as it should. we're still continues with our problems. >> thank you, bill. from governor bob mcdonnell in virginia, as you well know, sadly there were fatalities in the state. let's listen in. >> let me give you an impact assessment of what happened. we have other than the wind prognostication, i think everything that happened was about as photographed. i think the hurricane center did a pretty great job nailing down the forecast other than the fact we were expecting may

in the five boroughs and in nassau, suffolk, westchester and rockland counties. hopefully, that won't happen. but there is the potential. combined, i think it's fair to say that these conditions make it unsafe to stay outside. let me repeat that. the time for evacuation is over. everyone should now go inside and be prepared to stay inside until weather conditions improve, which won't likely be until sunday afternoon. but we will get through this next 24 hours, i assure you. the city has taken exhaustive steps to prepare for whatever comes our way and the very best first responders are going to work nonstop through the night to make sure we get through this night as safely as possible. i am joined by our fire commissioner, police commissioner ray kelly and office of emergency management commissioner joe bruno. we have prepared for this. we have worked very hard. we have warned the public. now we have to deal with what comes from mother nature. your safety, your own safety is dependent on what you do. new yorkers, you now remain indoors and take the following steps

to the right of your screen is the center of the storm heading two westchester county and stamford. we have the rivers in jersey, as we go out wider, the ear concern is areas around southern new england, we've been watching the high water, but also watching the radar up there. it look likes we're about to get some strong winds in the bothing area, all through massachusetts, these are the higher gusts. we've watching this 53 mirp gust, and also 49 in bridgeford. we're still getting very strong wind gusts knocking out power. you do not want to be outside in areas from boston to providence to hartford, springfield, that's where we're going to see the best chance of trees coming down. we have this one strong band heading to the north, should be arriving in boston shortly. the back side are not that impressive, and as the storm tracks northward, that's where we'll continue to watch the heaviest rain. one strong band will be knocking out power in southern new england and the rivers in new jersey, southern new york, that's where we're watching all the rain that fell starting to collect int

here in the new york area, about the indian point nuclear power plant which is north of here in westchester county. one-sixth of the population of the united states lives within the 50-mile evacuation zone. >> which is why the government officials came out so fast to say it's okay. >> yeah. 6% of the u.s. population lives win that exclusion zone and there's another earthquake area called the -- there's a fault zone that's right near there. the governor of new york, governor cuomo wants to close down that nuclear power plant. is it cost effective? it's a discussion we have to have. >> you reminded me, ice land, japan, now new york, we've got to stop meeting like this. thank you for staying tonight. i want to bring in laura how. laura, good to see you. i guess you guys have been busy tonight? >> we have. when the quake hit we were preparing for hurricane irene so it's been a day of preparing for earthquakes and hurricanes here. i think as bob said, none of us were used to feeling earthquakes so i think we were all pretty surprised by it as well. >> you saw here in new york and a lot of it in

this is for westchester and putnam counties in new york until 5:15 local time.nado. get underground to a safe shelter. airport delays. go ahead and call. yeah, it could be hours and hours today. >> that's a drag. >> not looking good. >> fingers crossed for folks out there. thanks so much, jacqui. >> sure. >>> a sound as unique as the city where it's played. ♪ >> a musical pioneer who is still wowing the crowds with the sound known as go-go. ♪ that "old flame" you should have called. ♪ that leap of faith you never took. but there's one opportunity that's too good to miss. the lexus golden opportunity sales event, with exceptional values on the lexus is. but only until september 6th. see your lexus dealer. >>> washington, d.c., is a city like no other. and it has a sound you're not likely to find anywhere else. the fairly recently grammy-nominated sound called go-go. it was pioneered by chuck brown more than five decades ago. ♪ >> reporter: a music style heavy on percussion and audience participation. it's called go-go music. born and bred in washington, d.c., bac

as we poircnt ud out in other c texas the india point nuclear power point in westchester has 6% of the u.s. population living within it's evacuation zone. if it didn't shut down properly, the consequences are unimaginable. yes, the money's not around for everything. we can't protect against every danger but this is a reminder that is a danger that we have to think about. >> bob bazell, thank you so much. >>> joining me on the phone, the mayor of mineral, virginia, the epicenter of the quake. mayor, how are you doing right now? >> everyone in town is quite shaken up, but with the sigh of relief, so far i've heard of no injuries. >> tell us a little where you were, what you felt what you experienced. >> actually i was sitting at my kitchen table. we had groundbreaking for our new town hall on friday and i had come home and sat at the table to write thank you notes for everyone that helped us with that, and fortunate that we're starting a new building, because our town hall appears to be the worst hit building in town. inside the walls are quite cracked. a lot of plaster has fallen. the t

he claims farner disappeared during a snorkeling trip >>> an amusement park in westchester county, news open for business today t.closed for about two hours after a scuffle between police and a group of muslims celebrating the end of ramadan. the fight happened when park officials told women in the group not to wear their scarves on certain winds because it violated safety codes. the safety codes prevent people from wearing baseball caps and things on rides. they called the incident an unfortunate misunderstanding. >>> and the ncaa has suspended eight football players from the from the miami hurricanes for accepting improper benefits from a university booster. all eight players must repay the value on everything they got for free, from meals to trips to the strip club. the hurricane season opener against maryland is monday night. >>> new poll numbers out today confirm rick perry's rise with conservative voters and foreshadow a close contest for president obama in 2012. rick perry has a six-point edge against mitt romney and still undecided sarah palin. the president still hold a slim l

island as winds will shift a little bit as the storm heads northward up into new york state over westchester and along the new york-connecticut border. all the concerns we hatch now is with this massive amount of rain from the capital drirkt, albany, up 0 through the catskills to the adirondack's, tuberculosber white and green mountains. as far as the storm surge on the southeast coast until noon we have high water. we should have peaked in many areas especially on long island but watching areas like providence, new port, new london. so we still got a couple of hours to get past that. the winds are definitely weaker on the back side. even though in new york city the storm is going past we have a gust in philly at 37. atlantic city 35. so i think, alex, the bottom line is even though the sun may come out, we'll still have some strong gusty within. i wouldn't plain a park with a lot of big trees. give it to at least noon in those areas until you start going outside and getting back to business. >> okay. bill karins thank you very much for that update. we'll check in with you shortly. tragicall

in the five boroughs and in nassau, suffolk, westchester, and rockland counties.pefully that won't happen, but there is the potential. combined, i think it's fair to say that these conditions make it unsafe to say outside. let me just repeat that. the time for evacuation is over. everyone should now go inside and be prepared to stay inside until weather conditions improve, which won't likely be until sunday afternoon. but we will get through this next 24 hours, i assure you. the city has taken exhaustive steps to prepare for whatever comes our way, and the very best first responders are going to work nonstop through the night to make sure we get this night as safely as possible. i'm joined by our fire commissioner, police commissioner ray kelly, and our officer of emergency management commissioner, joe bruno. we have prepared for this, we've worked very hard. we've warned the public, and now we have to deal with what comes from mother nature. your safety, your own safety, is dependent upon what you do. new yorkers should now remain indoors and take the following s

i was in westchester. my wife felt it. >> did you? >> i was on the ninth floor building. was on the phone, i said holy blank, not permitted on the show. i said there's an earthquake here. i was in an earthquake in vermont, a tiny one and l.a. it was a little more swaying back. >> we confess to being wimps. you feel the walls shaking. >> new york was minimal. in washington, it was actually damage. >> yeah. >> virginia there was damage. >> an dee dreaandrea, i guess t washington monument sauz damage. >> that is the real story. it's going to be closed indefinitely because of damage. that is sad. we have all these visitors coming this weekend for the opening of martin luther king memorial, i have been working on interviews and going down there. we have a dinner kicking off the dedication tonight. we have so much going on here. the hurricane has got everybody's attention focused. then luke russert was at the national cathedral where he basically grew up. it is such a tragedy to those of us who love that building. the sight of so many state funerals, events, memorials. they wer

these 200 people are being taken to 17 different facilities including some in poughkeepsie and westchester. i'm from albany. when you're talking poughkeepsie, you're already getting pretty far from the city. these are facilities all over that section of new york taking in people this morning. obviously, we want to hear from you. we've got your ireports. if you're in a position to safely send us your images, go ahead and join the open story at cnn.com. and you've got my facebook and twitter and cnn.com/josh. every which way, we're hearing your stories this morning. t.j., back to you. >> all right, josh. thank you. >>> and good morning to you all on this saturday morning, as we cross the top of the hour, 10:00 a.m. on the east coast of the united states. welcome to you all and hello to our viewers on cnn international, who are watching our special coverage of hurricane irene, a category 1 storm, a massive storm that is on its move, up the eastern seaboard. it came ashore a couple of hours ago, making landfall near camp lookout, north carolina. there's new video we are getting from nearby, at

now in our latest count just in the new york metro area, new york, the boroughs of new york and westchesterty we have close to 07,000 people without power. that will change as it starts to flood and as it starts to get worse. as you mentioned, your apartment in some cases there are leaks. in some cases there are things flying around that people have to be concerned about. on higher levels when you get to 20 stories or 30 stories, the wind levels will be much higher. the wind is not terrifically strong around here right now. see the trees over here, anderson? you're in a part of manhattan which most people are in. you're in areas where there are lots of buildings. that will make the wind feel stronger. out here right by the east river, the wind is not the problem. as jacqui was saying just a little while ago, the issue will be high tide shows up in less than an hour and a half from now. if that storm surge brings anything in, a whole big area in southern manhattan is going to flood. they've evacuated most people from their areas. some people have decided to stay. it doesn't seem at this poin

speaking of personal experience from this storm, our home was flooded in westchester county.er is gone, but try finding a contractor now, try getting a hold of somebody from the insurance company. all of these things take time, and for the folks here at little falls and in new jersey it will be a while before they get that relief. >> chris, yeah, we have seen that before from hurricane katrina. we appreciate it, chris. it takes a long time to rebuild. >>> it's that time of year when students are heading off to college, and cnn is taking an in depth look at higher education. tuition is up as well as enrollment. and unemployment at 9%, and college grads have fewer opportunities after their degrees, and so what do they do? everybody is asking the question whether or not college is still worth the money? >> that's the $24,000 question, because $24,000 is the amount of average loan debt in the u.s. people were asked what they thought of college in tums of value and payoff, and they found interesting stuff. this survey was conducted yerl you are this year, and when people were aske