woodstock really hits on you with such a mission watching the show here's the now hearing the story i definitely come back and watch it but here's the thing they did a fantastic soul sole survivor this fantastic set a game where they hit it would start after with carlos santana was a star after that even though he was you know. you did some wonderful pictures and stuff we just saw some of them right now but is it true that they. didn't publish some of your pictures now because because i read somewhere that there are many many of the in the audience many hippies will a kid now and american family did they want to do that i didn't mean that i mean i really don't know here's the here's the funny story there was one picture i had of the light tower and this guy was standing totally naked looking at me in the picture ok we had in those days encyclopedia you know encyclopedias so they published in a magazine in those days you have to give them a print there was no digital i gave them a print of that picture that the one they wanted then they took a airbrush and they put underpants on that g

the big issue in woodstock is the drinking water.s vermont, power issues are down to about 8,000 or 9,000 or so. that's better than it was on sunday. the main concern for folks is making sure they can get their emergency needs met which is what they're doing here, volunteer effort taking place at woodstock elementary, getting food and water and things like that to people. the main issue is to get those roads reopened in some form of fashion that's bays going to be quite the challenge for folks going forward. so many sections of roads across southern vermont that were washed away on sunday, chris. >> ron, thanks for that report from vermont. >>> breaking now, we've mentioned repeatedly this morning about the odd jobs report, zero jobs created in the month of august. 9.1% unemployment still steady, same from july. the markets appear to be reacting, doum pling down over 130 points. obviously we'll be watching this throughout the day, not a good -- almost 200 points now, not a good morning yet for president obama or for frankly the econo

in woodstock, there's no drinking water unless it's bottled and the power is still out in places buto is the community. >> we're holding up all right. >> reporter: out sharing storm stories and an old-fashioned pot luck on the green. >> we have a lot of nice friends who have offered us showers and i can't really complain. >> if you need help, don't be afraid to ask. >> reporter: being a good neighbor right now tops most everyone's agenda here, native or not. >> we're from new orleans, we want to help. >> reporter: help cutting through mud caked floors, or serving up a bite of goodness. >> no matter what it takes, everybody is wanting to help is coming together. it's like everybody is brother and sister right now. >> reporter: of course it's all relative, one person's pain may be another's mere inconvenience. but what they say is especially important is that a spirit of forging ahead fills the air. while there will be plenty of sweat equity needed to recover, the locals aren't singing the blues. >> the worst is behind us and the best is in front of us because we have each other and th

because i know woodstock depends on that fair. the resentment. but you know, i'm not going to get upset about it. >> the fair generates $4 million a year p people on facebook say the fair is apparently more important than the lives of residents. >>> california's state parks may not be doomed yet. the new effort underway to save them from closure. and controversy surrounding the new memorial for martin luther king, jr. the inscription on the statue that is angering some, including the famous poet. now another live lock outside. that's highway 24 in lafayette. traffic moving northly in both directions. but that westbound traffic could change as the day goes along, as folks maybe their way to candlestick or stanford where the game later this afternoon. you're watching mornings on 2. >>> good morning to you! waking up with gray skies over oakland. mostly sunny for the afternoon. temperatures slightly cooler, around the region. >>> the u.s. is now offering a helping hand to north korea. the u.s. sent a cargo plane of emergency supplies

but here in woodstock food and water, clothes.going to be a tough go getting around this part of vermont so many roads were washed out sunday. repair crews are out there putting pavements back together and getting bridges back online as well. it's a long recovery ahead here in vermont. they're trying to get back to normal starting today. back up to you. >> ron, we have hot dogs, hamburgers. i see a chair massage in the background. did you get in line for that? >> reporter: not yet, but i am a little hungry. we're headed that way. >> all right, ron mott, thank you. >>> moving on now, homicide investigators in southern california say they have never seen a case like it. a man confesses to murdering his business partner, but then hijacking his email account to send messages to the dead man's family. . >> reporter: chris smith loved the outdoors. the more high octane the experience the better. when they got an email about a thrill seeking trip chris was about to take to africa, they didn't think anything about it. a few days later, i

truly believed what woodstock that war was when the soldiers stopped fighting it i'm still an active officer as were all these other guys and sailors and it was two people as we sat around and brainstormed about what kind of a nonviolent action can we take that can actually touch sailors. around and restart the aircraft or the biggest ship in san diego harbor some of. our. it's hard for people to realize this but that ship is not a naval ship or it's really hard airpower and we used to attack it so it's a weapon of a boeing smyth an aggression. the original concept cain well let's do something where we allow the people on board that ship to cast a ballot as to whether or not they think they should go back to vietnam let's just hear their voice and then he said now this election should be held in every shopping center in san diego county and every safeway store i have a little polling booth outside and we have to see how many ballots we can collect and we're going to point toward a day. to day did you maybe go. a day with a whole day living. eck i was a carrier qualified aviator and i

then we go to woodstock georgia where people were dealing strong winds and even possible tornadoes here. act 100 homes why damaged or destroyed. the national weather service said it's received several reports of tornadoes across the metro atlanta area. >>> katia now a category three and making beach conditions dangerous across florida. lifeguards are warning swimmers to be careful of the big waves and the rip currents and some good news, it's looking that katia won't hit land and will turn back out to sea. >>> irene cost you chicken wings and beef, you combine that with the rest of the east coast and the cash register reads $1.5 million in damage. that's the number the white house came up with and that's a lot of aid. this is causing friction between the president and congress. the obama administration said they pay for disasters by borrowing which increases the deficit and republicans say cut other parts of the budget to help people in need. >>> there is now a confirmed case of west nile virus in a human this summer. it affects the nervous system and is carried by mosquito and health o

. >> reporter: in woodstock, road repairs are underway. patched up enough in places to free people trapped by damage left by torrential rains here that ripped open large chunks of pavement and tore historic bridges from the landscape. >> i think we have two roads in the whole district that are passable, both lanes without any damage. >> i used to live in florida and i have been through three hurricanes. i have never seen anything like this in my life. >> reporter: relief supplies once again were delivered by helicopter. food, water, other emergency aid for people still trapped tonight. officials say access was reopened to all but one community. recovery and reconstruction efforts will take time across this flood ravaged state, residents say they're heartened by how quickly everyone came together to help. >> thanks. it's been an amazing community effort. >> reporter: while the financial loss is unknown, this family already knows its loss, the deaths of hundreds of birds and no flood insurance will be tough to overcome. >> this is my income

woodstock and the rockford higher than that during the course of the evening in the wind advisory in the yellow area. storm advisories' across the lake lakeshore flood warnings. look at some of the peak winter gusts. mongrel wisconsin a 65 mi. per hour when the dust. it is a windy and it will stay that way 40 mi. per hour gusts. chicago area. what the wind will be doing overnight gusty up to 50 m.p.h. across the lake. big storm purple areas with over 40 mi. per hour wind gusts continuing in the morning by no means will be weighed begun building two-story waves across the lake rushing into parts of michigan and indiana. lake affect rainfall before this is all over much more to talk about a warm up later in the weekend. >> live at michigan avenue with the gusts have picked up. >> picking up for sure the windy weather all day long we have been waiting in a great anticipation to see what form in the city still seems relatively quiet a beautiful evening 40-50 mi. per hour wind have not seen that other parts of downtown out west very different story take a look at this video pretty amazing

perilous financial problems and a weakening economy certainly his insights are worth hearings and i do woodstock and welcome thank you glad to be here have you with us here. just to the moments in time right now then i want to back into history with you but i'm curious your thoughts thoughts on president obama's new jobs plan well i really don't think it's the right solution right now it's too late unfortunately we have used up our national balance sheet we've had a thirty year kind of party in this country we ran deficits year after year with tax cuts are you couldn't afford with wars that we didn't need and didn't fund and so we ended up today with an economy in great difficulty but a federal fiscal circumstance that is truly alarming and dangerous we're out of credit card we're out of money and as much as he might think this would help i don't think we can afford it and we're going to have to face some very difficult and lean and painful times as we try to work ourselves out from under this really financial boom bubble that we've had for several decades now at the end of world war two we were

and britain woodstock cosi and cameron bragging about how they've helped the revolution in libya despite the chaos around them they have to get in brac and get out quickly for anything worse how can from the very last thing i agree with mohammed about this the yemenis do have the power to settle accounts with the dictatorship and that's the key principle here is the people who do the fighting get to through the running of the country afterwards we've seen it again and again if it's one hundred first airborne or u.s. a.f. or the aria or the french air force they get to control the country afterwards it's . the yemenis themselves like the egyptians like the tunisians whatever the political differences amongst them they're the people who get through the liberating they're the people who've got to run their country afterwards mr ambassador david let me go to david here david where do we have a one minute left here let's get i'm going to give you a hypothetical you are to the country if the country were to collapse what would be the implications for the region and maybe keeping the saudi arab

you're taking a lack at it with me for the first time as we take a look out of those from woodstock.re at cnn, victoria kennedy, lives near where this damage was, and about 100 homes have received some of that damage. this has been mostly tree damage. a lot of roof tops. we're hearing that maybe two homes have been flattened in this, and at least one man was rescued from his basement at this time, so this is still a developing situation. power is out across the area, and, of course, a very busy time of day when a lot of people have been out and about. rainy day here in atlanta as well. now there is still a warning in effect. very near where this damage occurred. that does include cherokee county. 30, 40-minute drive at best from the downtown area, and can you see a few warnings in eastern georgia and then on into the carolinas, so this storm system, you know, from the remnants of lee, wolf, and it's lost its tropical characteristics. we're starting to get some port from the upper levels of the atmosphere, and that's why we're seeing tornadoes stronger today that are staying on the gr

. >> in woodstock, road repairs are underway. patched up enough in places to free people trapped in damage left by torrential rains here that ripped open large parts of pavement. >> i think we have two roads in the whole district that are passable, both lanes, without any damage. >> i used to live in florida and been through three hurricanes, i've never seen anything like this in my life. >> relief supplies were delivered by helicopter, food, water, other emergency aid for people trapped tonight. access was reopened to all but one community. recovery and reconstruction efforts will take time across this flood-ravaged state. residents say they are heartened by how quickly everyone came to help. >> it's been an amazing community effort. >> while the financial loss is unknown, the family already knows its loss, the deaths of hundreds of birds and no flood insurance will be tough to overcome. >> this is my income, and we've lost the farm. >> it is hard to believe that a small babbling brook no deeper than a few inches tonight can cau

. >> what he wanted to when he got back is gather musicians from all over the world in woodstock and play in fields and let it be, you know, discordant unl common ground was found. he had the most beautiful dreams for that studio and of course he never set foot in it again. and that'swhy i still record there d every time, i'm aost crying, sorry. every time we go in to record in that studio, i think of the dreams he had for our cultural voice and do my best to do a good job >> charlie: this is a surprise to you. guess what she brought, her guitar. what are you going to sing for us. >> my bleing year. charlie: all right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> charlie: sting is here. he's a singer, song writer and music legend in a career that has spanned over 40 years he's never stopped evolving. once part of the rock band the police he's also achieved great success as a solo performer. a member of the rock and roll hall of fame. he's won 17 grammies. he sayshis simply makes him tired to talk b i'm glad to welcome sting back to this table. how are you. >> i'm very well. >> charlie: what do you know about your sgi

take route 7 to route 103 then get on 91 north via springfield then on to interstate 89 until the woodstock exit which brings you back to route 4 and into killington. >> so to get from here to here you have to go here. not ideal. so the central vermont town of mendon, they have a heartwarming tale to tell. they also have that heartwarming tale to tell because they do have a problem. that road really needs to be fixed and needs to be fixed fast. that hike through the woods is going to be a whole other metaphor when the snow starts falling in vermont. luckily for those vermonters who are commuting by walking through the woods, help may be on the way. after initially balking at the idea of approving additional disaster funds without cutting something else in the budget, house republicans in washington now appear to have caved. hurricane irene disaster relief for places like vermont may be authorized by congress next week. want to know who else is going through an incredibly elaborate long-distance detour to their regular commute right now? people who need to cross the ohio river in louisville,

in woodstock, free food for storm victims and volunteers.an army of volunteers all over vermont. in brattleboro, more rain was forecasted, even as cleanup continued from the mess irene left behind. the crumbled roads and bridges will take time to rebuild, but the spirit of the people here is solid. >> people are not afraid to get dirty. they're going to have a smile while they're doing it. the people are great, and the spirit will triumph. >> yes, it will. >>> meanwhile, hundreds of firefighters are fanning out across texas today for another battle against the raging fires there. a young woman and her toddler died on sunday when flames destroyed their home not far from the louisiana border. it's one of dozens of fires burning in the state right now. jay gray is in bastrop, texas, where thousands of acres have scorched so far. jay, what's the word there? >> reporter: hey, there. the situation in texas still dire right now. crews are working dozens of wildfires across the state. perhaps the worst in this area, the bastrop area, where we are to

but those two are east, like woodstock where there's still a lot of power outages but they're working hard. there's a lot of heavy equipment in southern vermont, there are so many roads washed out here. we got stuck, i got stuck on killington mountain last night, had to go back and get my clothes at another hotel off the mountain last night. it's just tough getting around. but we're standing at a place where a piece of vermont history was lost on sunday. there was a house for sale here. these folks were apparently close to signing the deal to move into another buyer and the house was washed away. it stood somewhere right over here, a house that was built in 1826, a very historic piece of vermont real estate here. it's nowhere to be seen. the folks who owned it, i'm not sure they know where their house is. their house was actually lodged up against this bridge. it may in fact have saved the bridge. had that bridge been washed out, these communities back to our east and those up here on killington would not have had access to get off this mountain this way for quite some time. it will b

been taken out, who knows how long to get the access open to east and west traffic, and places like woodstockplaces to killington to rutland. and so a long time that the folks are going to have to deal with inconveniences like this, and this crew is hoping to get a second lane open, because they are dodging one another, coming and going, and the service vehicles coming and going. good news is power outages are out here in vermont and down to 10,000 to 11,000 which is pretty good from where it was sunday, and folks are back the places like work and getting to the grocery store and thij likes that, so life is slowly returning to normal. it will be a while, and one thpg th they want folks the know, if you are coming up here for foliage se enso, do not cancel the plans, because this is a big deal up here, and also for the ski season that is huge deal up here for the economy. >> they want the tourists there and spend their money. thank you, ron mott. >>> and now topping the stories around "newsnation." for the first time since the 2003 invasion, a month now has gone by without a single american tr