much of that is happening in western massachusetts. sachusetts they are watching the rivers side. here, again, there's still a lot of activity. perhaps you can see behind that tugboat, a couple of guys, earlier this were lifting some boats out of the water, making sure all this rigging is secure. every time i look around i think of the movie "perfect storm." these are hearty boats. if you look at these two boats, the mirage and miss leslie, that's what so many of these commercial fishing boats look like. look at that rigging. they're strong. they can take it. the people in this part of country are used to these storms. they know how to deal with them. the problem is the leisure boats which are way across the harbor. again, things are calming down. but i really don't want to say that, because every time i say it i feel a gust of wind come up or something. this event is not over. it's not going to be a hurricane certainly but certainly not over either. >> is certainly not over. i understand, ron, you had a chance to talk with one of the b

that backside could bring six to 10 inches of rain to places like western connecticut, western massachusetts, and vermont, and the governors here in new england are warning there could be heavy flooding yet to come. noting that historically, that backside flooding has been more deadly to new englanders than any front-side to any storm. scott. >> pelley: wyatt, i have to ask, you said the docks are underwater. then where are you standing? >> reporter: scott, the crew was smart enough to put me on a floating dock. historically, that's interesting, because 20 years ago, when hurricane bob beat hundreds of new england commercial fishing boats many of the harbors switched to floating docks. >> pelley: they work. thank you very much, wyatt andrews, in mystic, connecticut. the storm has disrupted travel throughout mump of the east coast and that has had a ripple effect across the country. armen keteyian is following that part of the story. >> reporter: normally this is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year with vacation and college students headed back to school. now, irene has thrown all

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 hurricane not only caused the big mess on the ground and the danger on the grgrnd, it created a nightmare for a lot of people trying to fly. flights canceled, many air travelers across the country going to have to wait days and days to get where they want to go. and here's abc's bianna golodryga. >> reporter: this woman was supposed to be unpacking her suitcase at boston university tonight, getting ready for the new school year. >> we are just stuck here and waiting. >> reporter: instead, she and her father are living out of suitcases at a hotel near the los angeles airport, their flight canceled indefinitely. they are among hundreds of thousands of americans stranded across the country tonight. >> i've be

look at the raging floodwaters in western massachusetts up and down the east coast beaches were swallowed and roads buckled. 3million people still don't have power and restoring electricity isn't easy. the president says recovery will take weeks. >> i am going going to make sure fema is doing everything to help people on the ground. >>> six kittens were rescued from tropical storm eileen. -- irene. animal care is now putting them up for adoption. >>> the are still major travel troubles. ktvu's alex savage is live that airport. >> reporter: 30 flights canceled. a lot of people stranded in the bay area. some of those travelers we talked to today, they might be lucky if they get a flight by tomorrow. >> reporter: stuck at sfo, people curled up on chairs to get some rest. a frustrating day with dozens of canceled flights. >> i stayed an extra day. everybody at work knows i have to take a vacation day monday because the flights were canceled sunday. >> trying to get home. >> reporter: they were supposed to be on a flight home to new jersey yesterday but they never got off the ground. now he ma

three small dams in western massachusetts were breached and hundreds of thousands of people, as nightfall came, were still without electricity. david kerley, abc news, marion, massachusetts. >>> all that drenching rain is taking some serious tolls on vermont where some communities may be seeing the worst flooding since the 1920s. towns like ludlow in the southern part of the state were turned into rivers.quickly water quickly poured into homes and businesses and several bridges were washed out. the state capital, meanwhile, hundreds of people are waiting to see if they still will have to be evacuated. >>> meanwhile, some beaches have already reopened along north carolina's coast despite the heavy pounding from irene. the hurricane made landfall there with devastating 115-mile-an-hour winds. abc's matt gutman rode out the storm in the outer banks. >> reporter: a day after hurricane irene passed through here, it's become obvious it spent most of its force on north carolina. right here is where a pier used to be. it is now backed into the parking lot of this restaurant in piles and about 50

all of in accordance new england, should be exiting most of connecticut except for extremity western massachusettss afternoon. sinus the forecast for the rainfall, continuing rainfall. very highly prone to flash flooding, mountainous and hilly terrain with that in mind, next slide, please. these are the impacts. already record reports in the weather systems in the area of philadelphia. our anticipation is with the rainfall going up into the river systems of new hampshire and vermont, that we could see report flooding, flood stages, it's best had through our -- and click on that area, you'll find out the details for each one of the river systems up there. that's what i have for now. >> thanks, bill. a lot of this is we've been with these governor's teams, as they begin their response operations. we're also looking at damage assessments already in north carolina. teams are doing the preliminary salingments. we'll be working with the governor to determine what additional assistance may be need needed our focus is now on the next 72 hours, as bill says, we may not yet have all the impacts from the sto

-- and except for extreme western massachusetts this afternoon.e forecast for the rainfall continuing rainfall from on. we are still looking at some two to six inches of rain across this area, very highly prone to flash flooding, mountainous and hilly terrain already saturated grounds. next slide please. these are the impacts we are looking at. we are already getting some record reports in the river systems in philadelphia area responsibility widespread to moderate to major flooding southeast new york, western connecticut. our and is with the rainfall going up into the river systems of new hampshire and vermont we could see record flooding. flood stages on those rivers. the details for that is best had through our local forecast offs. by going to weather.gov and clicking on that area you will find the details for each one of the river systems. that's what i have for now. >> thanks bill. >> as the secretary says, we are moving in to response. a lot of this being done by state and local officials. we are supporting. we've been with the teams well be

we are seeing flood conditions in western massachusetts, very heavy rain.nd as your reporter was saying, high surf and high winds in the eastern part of the state. we are ready. and we are cautioning people, stay indoors, out of and off of the water. >> how extensisi for the power outage as? >> we have about 150,000 customers without power right now. i woke up without power in massachusetts this morning. and miraculously, it was restored before 8:00. i know they are reviewed plans with us. they have extra crews out. and some of them working where caution and safely allows to restore servicic the worst of the storm has not reached us yet and we will deal with the recovery starting at dawn tomorrow. >> you don't have any mandatory evacuations. what is your advice to people in the areas now? >> pay attention to the instructions from local authorities who make the evacuation calls. we have not seen conditions that require widespread e evacuations. we have 35helters and a number, 211, where people can call and get information about the shelters near them. >> the

south boston, you've got a lot of blue collar working types and especially out in western massachusettsp a really funny point yesterday. the photo on her campaign website is looking at boston from cambridge. and i thought that was -- they said, oh, is that her world? >> and that may not play. >> exactly. she has to be from a place where they put salary in their catchup, like south boston. >> chairman, this is a race that democrats need to be a referendum on scott brown. he's a republican in a democratic state. does elizabeth warren give your party the opportunity to make this a fair fight? >> it's going to be about elizabeth warren and president obama. and i think that the republic republicans, despite the fact that it's massachusetts and i would agree with my friend over here, reed, that it's not a foregone conclusion just because it's boston, just because it's new england that this is going to be an automatic for the democrats. they're going to have to work hard. scott brown has already realized that and he's beginning now to lay down that metal. it will be a great race to watch. >> a

for instance, in central and western massachusetts, the flooding will be the big issue. here its going to be the surge and it's going to be power outages. >> well, a hearty bunch you are there in falmouth, massachusetts, and we do appreciate your time. representative william keating there. best of luck. >> alex, thank you. this brings out the best in people, i think, in our country when we face tough times. >> it's good for us all to stick together. thank you very much, sir. good luluck. from there to kill devil hills, north carolina, where we see tremendous storm surge there with mark potter and mike seidel. kristen, you look as bad. you have trouble standing up there because of the winds. >> reporter: yeah. you know, we're not seeing the big storm surge yet, but the winds here, alex, definitely picking up. just a few minutes ago, i had a scare. i heard metal rattling and i don't have a lot of production. a huge metal duct came off the building and flew over and landed on the roof next door. anything loose on these buildings really being ripped off by the wind and beginn

williams college in western massachusetts is ranked first here.ys many of the students there go on to earn prestigious award at high-paying jobs. princeton ranked second followed by the u.s. military academy at west pointment amherst, then stanford. two other bay area universities made the top 100. santa clara ranked 67th and u.c. berkeley is 70th. >>> this morning, government forecasters are set to update the outlook for the atlantic hurricane season as the peak period for hurricanes begins. in may the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says it expected above-average season with up to six major hurricanes. today's reforecast comes as the tropical storm emily is expected to make landfall in the haitis southern peninsula. 10,000 people in haiti still live without shelter in tents out in the open following last year's devastating earthquake. this is exactly what they don't need. >> yeah. >>> keeping an eye on the local weather here. mike, we have drizzle out there. hard to see a little bit depending where you are. >> a lot of drizzle. w

it should be xing most of connecticut, except for the extreme western massachusetts this afternoon. next slide, please. and this is the forecast for the rainfall, continuing rainfall from now on. we are still looking at two to 6 inches of rain across this area. it is very highly prone to flash flooding. with this in mind, these are the impacts we are looking at. we're already getting record reports in the river systems in the philadelphia area of responsibility. widespread moderate to major flooding in southeast new york and western connecticut. our anticipation is with the rainfall going up into the river systems of new hampshire and vermont that we could see record flooding on those rivers. the details for that is best cut through the local forecast offices. . you will find out the details for each one of the river systems up there. that is what i have for now. >> thank you. >> we are really moving into response. a lot of this is being done by state and local officials. we have been with these governors teams well before the storm hit. we're starting to look at damage assessments

the adirondacks, northern new england, and should be exiting new england except for extreme western massachusetts this afternoon. next slide, please. this is the forecast for rain fall continuing from now on. we are now looking at some 2-6 inches of rain. this is very prone to flooding already saturating the ground. next slide, please. we are all give ready -- already getting reports about widespread to moderate major flooding. our anticipation is, with the rainfall going into new hampshire and vermont, that we could see record flood stages on those rivers. the detail is best had through the local forecast offices and by going to weather.gov to get details on each one of the river systems. that is what i have for now. >> as the secretary said, we are moving into response. a lot is being done by state and local officials. we have been here well before the storm hit, so we are also looking at damage assessments already in north carolina and teams are doing the preliminary assessments. we looking at what additional assistance may be needed on top of the emergency declarations president obama has alr

there was a tremendous amount of flooding in western massachusetts. r duvall patrick in massachusetts checking that out. vermont, massive flooding. they got a number of rivers flooded over. cars were sucked into the moving rivers. at this point in time there were reports that one woman may have been washed into the rapids as well. they are working to determine if there are other deaths or injuries. they are taking stalk in vermont as they are all up and down the east coast working to restore power. the water is residing and getting the lights turned back on is the big story and thing they need to do. jenna: molly, thank you so much. gregg: for more on the severe flooding in vermont, that's right, vermont, our next guest shows us on the telephone. christopher is moderator founder of the town news site. christopher, talk to us about the flooding there. how bad is it. >> today as everyone is saying is a very nice day. yesterday we got some of the worst effects of irene in brattelboro. there was a study rain that caused massive flooding and power outages.

in a sleepy little town in western massachusetts, a real-life versn played out for this guy.d turns out totally legal scale. at a convenience store called jerry's place, jerry himself working with a savvy out of stater helped place orders for $300,000 in lottery tickets for a game called cash windfall. >> basically a giant office pool. just on a larger scale. >> reporter: well, it was a little more sophisticated than an office pool. somebody figured out that if they bought more than $100,000 wortrtof tickets, they had at least a 72% chance of making a profit. by one estimate, $100,000 is guaranteed to fetch you between $240,000 and $1.4 million. not bad. here's how it works. every couple of months, if nobody wins the $2 million jackpot, state officials roll down the money making all the smaller prizes much bigger. so if you buy more tickets your chances to score those smaller prizes goes up. simple. >> an investment in the lottery, hoping to make a return on the investment. totally legal. >> reporter: not only totally legal. state authorities knew about the loophole for years

if you were to draw a line from the middle of vermont down through western massachusetts into connecticutlong island sound, that's where the connecticut river runs. this is flowing down it right now. it's going at a pretty good clip. secondly it's full of junk. we have seen all kind of stuff flowing downstream. this stuff coming from those flash floods that hit vermont and parts of massachusetts. they washed out roads to several small communities. we are told the good news is the water is going down in those areas. it's now flown into big rivers like this, like the connecticut river. and that's where the communities downstream are bracing for the possibility of flooding. but so part waters stayed below flood stage and the people had a chance to repair. that's the big difference. you talk to people downstream and we'll tell you why a few of them have evacuated. at least they had a chance to evacuate. which is different than what we saw with the flash flooding to our north. we have been told somewhere in the neighborhood of 263 roads and bridges have been damaged or destroyed from the storm

massachusetts state. martha's vineyard -- not western part of massachusetts where conservatives are.ally march that's vineyard is a swell spot. somebody saying it's not. it is. vacation bring your wallet. >> i run up the expense account. you will see that in a few weeks. >> bill: next time you go take a raft. now you have a whole bunch of stuff you didn't see on foxnation.com. >> tune in tomorrow foxnation.com. more exclusive footage from the vineyard. all right. watters. when we come right back. bernie goldberg on the big shootout between charles rangle and laura ingraham. looking forward to that report. and then congressman maxine watters damming the tea party. literally. those reports after these messages. bill o'reilly weekdays with bernie segment. new study by the media research center conservative group said there is a huge disparity in the mainstream media using the words conservative and liberal as descriptions. also the big rangle ingraham shootout last week. joining us from north carolina bernard goldberg.com mr. goldberg. what is the point of the study? >> the study found

massachusetts state. martha's vineyard -- not western part of massachusetts where conservatives are.t's vineyard is a swell spot. somebody saying it's not. it is. vacation bring your wallet. >> i run up the expense account. you will see that in a few weeks. >> bill: next time you go take a raft. now you have a whole bunch of stuff you didn't see on foxnation.com. >> tune in tomorrow foxnation.com. more exclusive footage from the vineyard. all right. watters. when we come right back. bernie goldberg on the big shootout between charles rangle and laura ingraham. looking forward to that report. and then congressman maxine watters damming the tea party. literally. those reports after these messages. e internal plumbing. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. now, i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if yo

particularly western massachusetts but all of massachusetts. got a lot of crumbling bridges. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah. transportation is showing signs of wear and tear and frankly much of it is in disrepair. people don't notice that necessarily or they think, well, it won't be me but we're getting past the point. across the nation we're driving on more than 90,000 miles of crumbling highways. crumbling is if you have a crumbled cookie you can't eat it. if you have a crumbled highway pretty hard to drive on it and struck structurally deficient bridges. traffic and congestion is getting worse. the infrastructure is e minus grade from a national rating group. even though mileage traveled by cars is increased by 9% in the last 25 years. -- 94%. maybe we're making too many cars. in 2009 alone, congestion caused consumers business well over $115 billion in wasted time and fuel. so it's clear that we have to rebuilt the infrastructure that so many american people depend on. your expert. some in the house actually are adamant about the need to slash fun

new england area as it did as bad in other places at least here in the riled area and western part of massachusetts it was all about the high wind and tide. we were out yesterday as parts of the storm moved through and here is what we found. >> hurricane irene has been downgraded. it's battling the coast of newport, rhode island. it's extremely rough out there right now. there is not much rain. it's mostly high surf and wind coming ashore. most people didn't listen. you can see this house here all boarded up. people left. as you go around inside to newport, harbor, this too is mostly evacuated and people listened to authorities. here is one police officer right here. another one coming by right now. you can make sure this ocean front evacuated as irene battered the area. again, while irene could have been much worse for the new england states. still causing billions of dollars in damage and still a lot of people without power it may be a few days before everybody gets it back. back to you in new york. >> steve: adam housley live in newport, rhode island. thank you very much. >> alisyn: let's get to

while this area got battered by wind and high surf, areas inland like western massachusetts and vermonticut got drenched with rain, significant flooding, mudslides in some places. problems that continue. as the sun comes up here this morning, the idea is to get some of the roadways cleared of downed branches and trees and try to get the power back on. we're told at least in this area at the earliest, it will be midday before there's any power restored. other parts of the northeast and other parts of new england, it may be several days before power is back on. that will be a hit in the pocketbook, not just to recover from the cleanup and some of the damage that was done but also the weekends that we're still left in the summertime with people coming here as tourists. a lot of restaurants saying they lost all of their food because the power is out. they won't be able to serve anybody. back to you guys. >> all right. adam housley live in newport, rhode island where they're waiting for the electric guy to turn on the lights. >> that father had that son high up in the air. >> thank goodness

from interior sections and western sections of massachusetts, new york state, on into pennsylvania, parts, connecticut, that's where we're seeing a lot of the flood, you because that's where there's the wrap-around moisture, so the heavier amounts came in there. we have gotten in the last two weeks amazing amounts of rain, there was nowhere for that rain to go. we have liver flooding, and some of these rivers won't crest until late tuesday night, early wednesday morning. so we're going to have to keep an eye on this. a lot of people think, well, irene wasn't that big a deal. if you weren't affected, yes, it wasn't, but a lot of folks will be dealing with the aftereffects for weeks to come. >> you make a good point. i was talking with our colleague, some of whom have had friends, family, even some of our colleagues dealing with a lot of flooding issues. it wears repeating that irene is not over yet. we've seen the pictures from new bedford, massachusetts, that's getting pounded right now. this storm affected literally from florida up through canada. it's really unprecedented. >> al roker t

particularly western massachusetts. you have a lot of crumbling bridges? >> yes. >> transportation is showing signs of wear and tear. much of it is in disrepair. people recognize that but thing, it will not be me. we are getting past the point. we are driving on over 90,000 miles of crumbling highways. if you have a crumbled cookie, you cannot eat it. if you have a crumbling highway, you cannot drive on it. there are structurally deficient bridges. traffic conditions keep getting worse. mileage traveled by car is has increased over 94% over the last 20 years. in 2009, congestion cost consumers $150 billion in wasted time and fuel. we have to fix the infrastructure the american people depend on. some in the house i adamant about the need -- are adamant about the need to slash funding for transportation. it is an unacceptable solution for a real problem. we need to target spending cuts with spending increases. given the harsh realities we are facing, is essential we are looking for new ways to stretch the federal dollars that do exist, which is what this hea

brought back online, we'll see a lot more power coming to the households across massachusetts and rhode island. the western part of massachusetts got some of the worst of the flooding, governor duval patrick out there today, checking things out and vermont, vermont absolutely got slammed by this storm. as far as flooding is concerned, we have incredible video from there in the states. there's a possibility that one person was killed by flooding. we know a couple of the historic bridges were washed out, there are reports that cars and possibly homes were pulled in by some of those overflowing rivers, so the authorities there are still trying to assess the damage. the rivers are reportedly beginning to recede, so they'll get a better chance to get into cleanup mode and to find anyone that may or may not be missing. that i recall still trying to figure out if people were hurt, injured or lost in this storm. martha. martha: molly, what a great look you've given us at so much of the damage, all over new england, and you think about all the coastal areas that were the greatest concern, and this is just a huge, s

and flooding going on all the way from burlington, vermont, back into pars of stall massachusetts, including western new jersey, scranton, binghamton, and all the way back up here. that entire area of flooding going on. even though the rain has stopped in some spots the water is still running off. take you to one more spot here because we just had blue hill, massachusetts, report in with a 74-mile-per-hour gust. and milton, mass. just had an 81-mile-per-hour gust. trees are falling left and right with wind like that. here's what's going on here. we hadn't had that much wind across parts of new york and vermont now because we're on this side of the eye, but this is the bad side of the eye. plus too there's no friction many the ocean so the wind gets to come right off the ocean and plow right into new hampshire, maine, and boston. in boston, don't be walking around. let the weather settle down a little bit. let that wind die off because trees are falling left and right. we've had a very wet august and the tree roots are completely saturated and they're going as fast as i can find them on the reports h

out in the western part of massachusetts rain was the bigger issue for us.r of local roads that have washed out. some local evacuations. once the storm pulls away even later this evening we will continue to monitor the coastal flood threat especially for the south coast of massachusetts with those winds pushing a lot of water up into buzzard's bay on the south coast. >> bill: what is your view, scott, knowing that the storm has essentially doubled in its speed. yesterday it was moving 13-14 miles per hour to the north and now it is more like 26. >> the good news is the sooner it gets here the sooner it leaves and gives us the opportunity to get the local public safety officials, dpw, departments out there to start cleaning up the mess and more importantly get the utility crews out there to restore the power. >> bill: thank you. good luck, okay. she's coming your way. scott mccloud up there in framingham, massachusetts, where irene now a tropical storm is arriving. not as intense as we experienced a bit earlier here today but certainly something to deal with.