. >>> irene roars up the east coast. the damage, the evacuations, and where this monther storm is headed next. changing the rules of the game: tough new rules at candlestick face their first test. will they be enough to keep fans safe? cleaning up a toxic legacy. the marathon effort to make a south bay park safe for kids. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. welcome to this special edition of eyewitness news. right now: hurricane irene >>> good evening. welcome to the this special edition of eyewitness news. right now, hurricane irene is pounding north carolina and virginia. she's turning northeast. the storm is blamed for at least five deaths. still a destructive category-1. nearly 900,000 homes and businesses have no power. irene has weakened, but she's still a destructive category 1. karen? >> reporter: you know, irene is such a huge storm, we are still getting pummeled with high winds here in the outer banks. it feels like you're getting sandblasted. it is blowing here so hard. as you can imagine, a lot of damage, roof

irene is packing 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds. irene is slowly moving and it is massive. consider this -- in a normal hurricane tropical storm, winds extend 150 miles from the center. well, irene's winds extend 290 miles. irene battered the bahamas, destroying hundreds of homes on the smaller islands. some small towns report 90% of their homes were damaged. florida will avoid getting hit but the storm's outer bands did make for some very choppy surf. >>> governors in knock knock, virginia, maryland, delaware, new jersey, new york as well as connecticut have declared states of new jersey. hurricane watches and warnings are posted this morning from north carolina to new jersey. if irene continues on track, it would be the strongest hurricane to hit the east coast in seven years. forecasters predict irene will hug the coast, heading straight up the i-95 corridor. it's expected to hit north carolina as a category 3 storm early tomorrow, then head north and slam into new york early sunday, before pushing up into new england. president obama has already declared a national stat

call it the irene effect. a day after the massive hurricane slammed the east coast, stocks on wall street were in rally mode. as millions of americans were cleaning up from the storm, investors went on a buying spree, relieved, tom, that hurricane irene wasn't as bad as expected. >> tom: susie, it certainly felt like a relief rally. also powering up stocks? some good news on u.s. consumer spending and a giant greek bank deal, giving hope to that country's financial problems. the dow surged 254 points, the nasdaq jumped 82 and the s&p 500 added 33-- closing above the 1,200 level for the first time in two weeks. still, trading volume was the weakest since mid-july. >> susie: despite the positive energy on wall street, the east coast is still grappling with the aftermath of irene. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: under sunny blue skies in new york's time square today, it was hard to comprehend the wrath of hurricane irene. for much of manhattan, it was a normal monday back at work. the new york stock exchange

and this is not because of irene's rains. this is irene's storm surge. the leading edge of irene struck here early this morning with gale-force and tropical-storm winds. those are not unusual for new england, but the timing of irene's impact was unusual. this is the storm surge that struck southern new england. it was 6-9 feet from southwestern connecticut to the eastern tip of massachusetts. and it came ashore right at high tide. fear of that nine-foot surge led the u.s. navy on friday to send all four nuclear-powered submarines from their home port of groton, connecticut, out to the safety of deep water. all low-lying areas of connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts are under mandatory evacuation orders, but we notice many people riding it out, and most of the people we spoke to said they were used to gales and to the floods and are taking irene in stride. so far there, has been one fatality in connecticut, none in the rest of new england, but two dangers remain. while damages to boats and property on the front side of the storm will be significan

the heart of the city largely was spared, but all around this area irene left her mark. >> irene was angry but not enraged when she visited new york. reduced to a tropical storm, she still had the strength to knock down trees, flood parts of the city and swamp suburbs. thrill seekers found themselves stranded. more than 2 million people lost power in dismurk the surrounding areas -- in new york and the surrounding areas about the city escaped the urban apocalypse. >> the mayor lifted the city's first ever mandatory evacuation, saying it's now okay for nearly 400,000 new yorkers in low-lying areas to go back home but getting back to work won't be easy. officials wouldn't say when subways and trains on the nation's largest mass transit system will start rolling again. >> the actions we took yesterday were right. the yards where we relocated trains out of are yards that are underwater right now. >> reporter: perhaps the worst hit city is philadelphia, where water rose 15 feet above normal in some areas and kept rising sunday inch new jersey, the governor predicted storm damage could cos

that's happening as irene heads north. new york city is getting ready for irene. they're very busy there. new video shows a truck delivering food and other supplies to a shelter this morning. parts of the city including lower manhattan could see major flooding and fleet to go a mandatory evacuation for 250,000 people. irene is also forcing the shutdown a large subway system. at 9 a.m. pacific time, new york will halt service on its subways and buses. six approximately people ride the subway every day. the tack of locking up east station will take eight hours to complete. there's also a mad rush for supplies. nothing left on the shelves. everything from mom and pop stores to chain department stores report selling outs of hurricane supplies such as batteries, flashlights and water. residents seem to be grabbing anything they can find preparing for the worst. >>> new york city's airports will close today leaving passengers across the country and here in the bay area stranded. ktvu's ali rasmus is live now at sfo, with when the passengers can finally get back into the

>> mitchell: tonight irene drenches the east coast. it's now blowing over new england as a tropical storm after hitting the nation's biggest city. in the storm wake, at least 18 dead and a path of destruction up the atlantic coast. and surging floodwaters and power outages add to the misery of millions. also tonight, firing back. former secretary of state colin powell slams former vice president dick cheney's new memoir. >> you just label them flatly, cheap shots. >> well, yeah, they are cheap shots. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. it is now tropical storm irene. and it's blowing through new england. at this hour it is still a big storm but winds are down to 50 miles per hour. irene is blamed for at least 18 deaths in eight states, more than four million homes and businesses lost power, and with rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the already waterlogged northeast. at the white house late this afternoon president obama went to the ro

irene is the culprit. as the storm rumbles through new england and into canada people are trying to clean up the mess left behind. chris lawrence reports from chesapeake beach, maryland. >> reporter: it's amazing what a difference a day makes. saturday night into sunday morning we were getting knocked around by fierce winds. we watched the water raise, watched the waves crash against the shore. it was a real worry about intense flooding here. a lot of the homes here are built up on a cliff. there was a worry if so much water rushed in it could really cause damage to homes. overall people here fared better than they initially thought. there was a death in maryland where the wind collapsed a chimney onto a woman's home and killed her. we spoke with several people who had close calls. one man was in his home and a tree fell on top. the power had gone out a couple hours before. he was so bored that he went down stairs to do a puzzle and that took him out of the line of the tree falling on his house. >> they sa

irene made a bad first impression. sleeking to shore north carolina's outer banks, powerful and ominous. its surge collapsed part of this pier. flood waters pushed in but lori patrick couldn't help herself. mid storm she went back to check on her house in nags head, still standing. >> a lot of shingles are gone. at that point if water infiltrates then people can start to lose the interior of their homes. >> reporter: another issue, irene's size. so massive, even 50 miles inland the storm rocked. this mansion burned through belting rain and bob whitmore found that irene filled his basement. seven feet of flood water. >> i don't think we have any structural damage. so we can handle that. >> reporter: irene could drop nine inches of rain here. factor in the storm surge and flooding remains a constant threat. but damage here was scattered and mostly manageable. as irene's eye passed through, people like george thought the storm had blinked first. >> here we're ready for it. here we're used to it. a lot of the places haven'

hurricane irene and its path. right now we know it's hovering along the north carolina coast. when it heads north, it's going to be heading toward washington, d.c., virginia, delaware and on to new york and into new england. let's check in with our affiliate coverage out of the washington, d.c. area, wjla servicing the maryland, d.c. and maryland viewing audience. let's listen in. >> top winds, 85 miles per hour. it will slowly weaken. it's no doubt about it. the center is over land or a bay area now in extreme eastern north carolina. and it is bound especially in part of the circumstance lace encountering cooler water with every mile or so it moves to the north, it will weaken a bit. but at this point, for our viewing area, really doesn't matter a whole lot what the central circulation winds are. look how widespread the precipitation bands are and how wide the wind bands have become. this storm will continue to make its move across the area. right now as you're watching on live radar, you can see the areas in yel

make sure you include hash tag irene. the bottom of the hour irene headlines after this on msnbc. . >>> i'm concerned about all of these wonderful folks from the guard to highway patrolmen who are out and willing to risk their lives during the storm itself. i'm concerned about the folks who think they're going to ride it out for the joy or the thrill, which is befudling for me. afb the storm passes we'll be concerned ar if immediacy of the recovery and the damage and devastation we're concerned will happen to north carolina. >> that was north carolina governor bev perdue speaking about her concerns regarding hurricane irene. i'm back with continuing coverage of hurricane irene on msnbc. the national hurricane center reports that sustained winds for the storm have decreased. but irene will remain a hurricane as she travels up the mid-atlantic coast even as the storm is expected to lose more strength as it hits land. strong winds are extending 100 miles from irene's center. at least 60 million people are in irene's path inc

comenzamos con la tormenta extra tropical irene. obama dijo que lo peor habÍa pasado y que ha que obrar con cautela. >> buenas noches, como si no hubiera pasado y tiene por la ciudad de nueva york, recobra su normalidad sobre todo en esta Área de times squere esta imagen contrasta con la que vive miles de recientes en nueva jersey. >> represas se desbordaron y dejaron bajo el agua a miles de hogares. el gobernador asegurÓ que el reto es hacerle frente a esta emergencia. >> tendremos severas inundaciones, algunos rÍos se han desbordado y tenemos todavÍa lluvias en parte del estado pero estamos preparados para esto. 15.000 personas permanecen en refugios alrededor de 400.000 se quedaron sin electricidad, entre ellos esta familia que lleva mÁs de 12 horas si luz. >> no tenemos nada, comida el agua estÁ caliente, nos podemos baÑar. >> reportaron Árboles caÍdos, clareando en el suelo y destrozos de esta casa mÓvil. familias latinas regresan a inspecciÓn sus hogares. >> no pasÓ mucho como pensÁbamos. estamos frente al mar, p

>>> good night irene and good rid >>> good night irene and good riddance. it could have been worse, but don't tell that to the folks in vermont where a former hurricane caused heavy flooding as it moves north into canada, forcing residents up and down the east coast who felt the storm at its peek. >> and it just kept coming and it kept coming and it kept coming, and that wind -- >> irene may be gone, but she won't be forgotten. captioning funded by cbs >>> and good morning, everyone, on this monday morning. good to see you. i'm terrell brown, in for betty nguy nguyen. the remnants of what was hurricane irene moved into canada overnight, not without a parting shot, though, at new england, vermont in particular. torrential rain from the weakening system caused flash flooding throughout the state. at least one death is reported. a woman swept away in a flood. several towns are under water this morning, including the resort town of wilmington, and for now the town is cut off. all roads leading to it are always submerged. some of the state's historic covered bri

irene ya perdiÓ intensidad. ahora tiene vientos de unos 50 millas por hora, mientras azota la regiÓn de nueva inglaterra en su paso hacia canadÁ. hasta ahora se reportan 18 personas maurtas en ocho estados que son: florida, carolina del norte, virginia, maryland, pensilvania. >> los estados con mayores fatalidades son: >> se calcula en mÁs de cuatro millones y medio el nÚmero de personas que han perdido la electricidad por este fenÓmeno natural. este fenÓmeno atmosfÉrico comenzÓ a castigar a nueva york desde muy temprano en la madrugada donde Árbolres cubrÍan las calles de algunos residenciales. algunos parques estaban tambiÉn inundados. nueva york se convirtiÓ, como nos lo contÓ blanca rosa, en una ciudad fantasma con el transporte pÚblico suspendido, aeropuertos sin operar y tiendas cerradas. >> el distrito financiero parecÍa poco afectado al igual que la zona cero, donde en pocos dÍas serÁ observado el dÉcimo aniversario de los ataques terroristas de 2001. por su parte, el jefe de la autorid

irene is enormous. it is the size of europe and it is heading north as we speak into america's largest cities. good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. looks like bricks are there to hold matt's feet down. unbelievable the power of those winds. we are live up and down the coast as the monster storm comes ashore with wind gusts of 100 miles per hour. huge waves and more than 2 million people on the eastern seaboard are under orders to evacuate. and another 63 millionon are in the storm's path. many of these people have never experienced a hurricane and we'll tell you what you should do at home and what you should have at home to stay safe. >> we'll have tips for you coming up. straight to north carolina where irene's whipping winds and drenching rains are going right into the person of our matt gutman. our intrepid correspondent right out in the middle of it. matt, tell us how it's feeling out there. >> reporter: again, dan, it's pretty fierce out here. here's the extent of the

but irene would provdeadly. more than a dozen deaths across eight states and power out for 4 million. we would all learn very quickly it was not the skyscrapers, not the subways. they survived it. at daybreak it was the cities and towns all around n new york deluged with water and wind. in queens power line crisscrossed the streets. cars under water, nearly vanishing. irene's rain came so quickly, it swept drivers off the road. in new jersey a 20-year-old woman desperately calling her boyfriend and 911 from her car. her body was found eight hours later, that car carried 150 feet off the road. >> this is not over. while the storm has weakened as it moves north, it remains a dangerous storm that continues to produce heavy rains. >> reporter: in elmsford, new york, we were taken to a place where the water is still rising. >> we've taken 12 people out of houses right here. >> reporter: it's deja v vu for teresa pfeiffer. more than a decade ago her home flooded after floyd. she razed her entire home five feet, but it

irene. >> reporter: storm chaser reed timmer took us to ground zero for irene. it's almost impossible to comprehend the force of this wind right now. we're on top of a bridge about 90 feet up. 1 00-mile-per-hour gusts, and the vain intensifying as the eye wall approaches us. we're probably in the eye wall right now. and we're going to see a little bit more calm soon as we're inside the eye. so powerful, we had to seek shelter behind the door of his armored car. >> strongest winds i've ever experienced. >> reporter: so strong, falling trees and branches killed at least seven people. in newport news, virginia, a tree toppled into an apartment, killing a boy, just 11 years old. his mother survived. but it took an hour for rescuers to cut through power lines to recover him. downed trees also cut electricity. more than half a million people lost power in north carolina alone. and diane, we learned that the village of hatteras with its 2,500 inhabitants has been cut off from the main part of the outer banks. but of course, it's not just wind, but also water that becom

as strong as irene is now where is irene now. maria molina in the fox news weather center where and how strong? >> how are you doing? the center is about 20 miles south of saint johnson in vermont. so that is where the center of the storm system is. it is very disorganized the center of it heading to canada moving quickly at 26 miles an hour north northeast. a lot of it has fizzled here. most of it off portions of canada fizzled off portions of new england light showers lingering across portions of new york. the damage has been done bev reports of a foot of rain it is going across upstate new york to vermont. it is not just the low level areas dealing with flooding but inland areas as far inland as the catskills. 50 miles an hour at 26 miles an hour. as we head into late tonight and also tomorrow we expect tropical storm irene to no longer be a tropical storm it will make a transition into something called a extra tropical cycle. it will be cut off from warm water for too long that's how it makes the transition. by monday 45 mile

new jersey has been hard hit by irene. the storm has moved on but intense flooding is a concern not just along the coast but inland. poppy harlow is standing by in millburn now. what do you see? >> reporter: it's died down in terms of the chaos on main street. what you still see bemind me is workers around the clock trying to clean up their businesses that have been decimated by the flooding. we had massive flooding. look at this mexican restaurant. take a close look inside here. it is full of mud and dirt. it was flooded with water. the basement has ten feet of water in it. you've got all these small businesses on main street trying to recover. they went through this ten years ago in hurricane floyd. they know what it's like. we haven't talked about the residents today. we have steve and fran here. what's upsetting you is it will be a long time before power goes back on. tell me your situation. >> the power went off last night. they're telling me it will be seven days before power is back on. next sunday afternoon we'll h

the very latest of irene's expected path. as you can see, the storm is still on course for a direct hit on the carolina coast, new york city, and boston. abc's matt gutman joins me live now from nags head, north carolina. matt, the storm is coming ashore there on the outer banks. what are you seeing and feeling? >> reporter: terry, with each passing hour the storm is intensifying here. just over the past couple of hours a tornado spawned within the hurricane out at sea. you can basically just see a a g patch of white. you can't even see the atlantic. that's how roiled up the ocece is. 30-foot waves out there. it's'setting worse and worse by the hour here. and we haven't even seen the worst of it yet. now, it's gotten so bad that dare county officials here in the outer banks are telling people no longer to evacuate. now is the time, they say, to seek shelter. irene's winds are howling out here, and most people are now listening to the alarm bells. from ocean city, maryland to the w jersey shore there was a steady stream of eva

>>> irene at impact downgrade by still dangerous. the category one hurricane expected to make landfall any time now. check that out, that is morehead city that's right along a pier. you can't see much of that pier in this fog and the rain and it is lashing those waves, the surf incoming there. you've got to wonder how stable this one is in morehead city. also bracing for the storm new york city still in the path of irene. thousands ordered to leave now fearing potential historic flooding in parts. the storm still moving on its expected path along the east coast. there are key developments to tell you about this morning. a good morning to all of you. welcome to msnbc live coverage of hurricane irene. i'm alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters. we're going to get the latest forecast for you on irene's path. it is now hitting north carolina head on. mark potter is live for us in nags head. a good morning to you, what's it like? >> reporter: hi, alex. we're getting some very strong east windows now. it's been blowing all night and it

irene is uninvited to irene's wedding. >> more brides worry about rain, not really hurricanes. at least they can have a few laughs about it. hopefully it works out for them. >>> well, it's time for your "first look" at entertainment news. a big storm we have been talking about all morning and a debut movie cancelling each other out should keep last weekend's box office winner on top once again this weekend. after debut says in second two weeks ago "the help" had the rare experience of moving up to take the top spot. the experts think this weekend's smaller audiences will focus on this film and the newer films will keep each other in check. $15 million should keep "the help" on top. >>> our idiot brother boasts a cast of paul rudd, elizabeth banks, zoe, and emily mortimer. this is the year of r-rated comedy, but the experts only see it fighting for second. >>> ditto with the new horror entry "don't be afraid of the dark." the experts don't see the combination of katie holmes and horror equalling number one. >>> finally, zoe did star in "avatar" the highest grossing movie of all

azotados por el huracÁn irene. nosotros estaremos taracena de toda la informaciÓn de lo que acontezca en el transcurso de este dÍa que es crítico para carolina del norte. >> gracias por este informe tan completo. >> seguimos con mÁs informaciÓn. la agencia federal para el manejo de emergencias aprobÓ su plan para apoyar a los estados de la costa. el presidente obama advirtiÓ: no esperen, no demoren. en referencia a la importancia de evacuar y proteger las propiedades. >> continuamos esta ediciÓn especial de noticias con pablo sÁnchez, quien nos acompaÑa desde la capital del paÍs. ¿como se vio en estos momentos? >> aquÍ es literalmente la calma antes de la tormenta. las calles estÁn vacÍas, no ha caÍdo ni una gota de agua, pero si hay preparativos. el presidente obama declarÓ esta maÑana,en virginia, un estado de emergencia. la guardia nacional, acceso a las comida. el presidente sigue los desarrollos muy de cerca con el equipo y el secretario napolitano. en washington hay un temor, la cÁtedra nac

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our story --ur coverage of hurricane irene continues. there's the current location of this storm and note the northern bands just getting into atlantic city new jersey. for the new york metropolitan area, this thing is just getting started. it's like a dyson vacuum cleaner full of water. it's going to deliver that water and push it up into places like new york harbor. there's also an expression in the weather business, you never want to be where jim cantore of the weather channel is. and sadly for the folks in lower manhattan, that's where he is tonight. because of the expected storm surge. jim, what's the conservative estimate of the level over shoreline right now, and i know you're going to want 12 more hours before you guess this. what do you think -- >> in 12 hours we're going to know brian. no more anticipation. but let's use this pylon behind me as a good example. right now we're at high tide. all right. let's add the surge expected which is four to eight feet on top of that. so the water is about a foot below where you can see the

back behind irene. that's the good news. we should have a couple of days here, some dry weather for the east coast. as we look at those current numbers, yes, this is correct. 89 right now for your morning temperature in dallas. 85 in san antonio, and then as we look at our forecast today, sunny skies in atlanta, and we're looking at partly cloudy conditions in new york and washington, but watch out for thunderstorms down to orlando and miami. if you are traveling that way, yes, it does mean, lynn, some travel delays at the airports. it's already rough when you have to travel these days, but that might make it a little bit worse. >> unfortunately. all right. thank you so much, jeff. coming up, wall street seeks business as usual after irene. asia likes what it hears from big ben, and an amazing example of someone giving back to their community. your first look at this morning's bess headlines is straight ahead. >>> another milestone for derek jeter. a thrilling finish to the little league world series. you're watching "first

irene is sure to bring a punch. now, seven governors have declared states of emergencies, up to 65 million people from north carolina to new england are going to feel the impact. >> from the time perspective, this could take weeks, maybe even months to be able to respond to. >> we have all the angles covered. we want to start with bill karins who has the very latest advisory. this came out at 11:00 a.m. what are they saying? any differences? >> there is three stages to the hurricane, the forecasting, the event and then the aftermath. we're almost done with the forecasting part because the center and the event portion is about to begin in the carolinas. let me get to the latest update from the hurricane center and show you what we're dealing with. first things first, nothing changed with the watches, nothing changed with the warnings. i think southern new england, new york city, long island, you'll probably go under the hurricane warning later on tonight. that's the 5:00 p.m. odd adviso. the first thing that got my a

after irene today. if you have a ticket on a flight, monday or tuesday, you get to keep yours, right? >> right. those are canceled. the good news, is those who have tickets for yesterday, these ticket change fees are waved for most airlines. >> they still have to find an empty sese on a flight for the coming days. >> it could be days or weeks. >>> still ahead, as we continue on a special edition of "world news" this saturday, hurricanes in the city. a tropical storm on the first floor, how fierce will be wind be on the 50th. tonight, the science behind the urban hurricane. >>> and the side of the hurricane you don't want to be on. and one, major city bracing for that fate tonight. >>> and "world news" anchor, diane sawyer, prepared to lead our coverage as irene hits new york overnight. we'll check in with diane on key numbers and the items spinni through the air. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as co

hurricane irene struck north carolina first and hardest. residents there are cleaning up but it's going to be a difficult process because of damaged infrastructure and massive power outages. after hurricane irene made landfall on n e north carolina coast, residents are starting to pick up the pieces. as if irene's whipping winds and pounding rains weren't enough, a tornado ripped through tyrrell county in eastern north carolina. five homes were destroyed. >> glad i wasn't inside this house. >> reporter: irene is being blamed for six deaths there. five people killed by falling trees or branches. >> wind seemed like it was never going to stop. >> reportete the storm ripped apart highway 12, the main road along north carolina's barrier islands. it was breached in five places as storm surge washed away the asphalt. hatteras island is now accessible only by boat, leaving more than 2,000 people stranded. >> basically it's haul it out, except till this morning we were canoeing from the house to the road. >> reporter: in virginia four people were k

let's touch base with irene. a tropical storm, that's good news but continuing still to threaten the east coast. looking at the winds now 65 miles per hour. moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. it's moving at a faster rate than yesterday. that's good news. location right along the new york, connecticut state line and that's where we see the center of the storm. a close up view, you can see the flooding going to occur inland as it continues the trek towards new england. we have rain falling over new york and vermont and new hampshire and into maine. now a tropical storm excepted to remain a tropical storm through today before it drops off to a depression. it will continue to threaten the east coast and bring the potential for major flooding, 10-15". it's not over yet. let's come home and stalk about the fog and what to except. we are looking at the partly cloudy, mostly sunny skies. we have it gray over the bay and the coastline. north bay reporting dense fog. by 11:00, mostly clear skies around the region. by n

irene, cat gore 1, winds 80 miles-per-hour. moving slowly to the north northeast at 1 miles-per-hour, and now it's centered 15 miles southeast of norfolk, virginia could be some strengthening overnight tonight. you can see just where this thing is rotating. the feeder band or rain bands very heavy at times, moving in towards virginia beach. virginia beach reporting wind gusts of 60 miles-per-hour. already heavy rainfall towards baltimore, up towards new york city, and even boston reporting light to moderate rainfall. here is the track of this system as it will continue to move very slowly to the north northeast overnight tonight. just off the coast here at 11:00, starts to move into the new york area. by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning could be the roughest part of the system, and by tomorrow afternoon it will move through boston and head on up toward eastern portions of canada. we'll have a detailed look and a look at our forecast coming up. >> alan: speaking of new york city, the subway system is shut down today. the bustling city

none of them was named irene. christian elliot named her newborn georgia and anne. >> they had me in a room with no windows. the lights flickered a couple of times. wasn't really that different. >> reporter: the real worry was the storm surge on the west side of the island, the sound side of the island and yet that area did get flooding. the concern that perhaps it would maroon these barrier islands and cut off folks here from mainland north carolina, that did not happen. yes, the roads here can be impassable at times but the bridges, the bridges here are either open, scott, or about to reopen. >> announcer: mark strassman in north carolina. updating irene's status now, it is a hurricane no more, weakening to a tropical storm when it made landfall at coney island this morning. it is blowing across new england with 60-mile-per-hour winds. at least 10 deaths in five states are blamed on the storm and more than four million homes and businesses are without power. you're watching cbs news coverage of irene strikes. ,,

heather and ken, irene it 200 miles south of new york city. >> thank you. the giants try to gain ground in west as they face the astros. >> 49ers take on the texans for their third preseason test. sportswrap is next. . >>> good evening everybody and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sportsan. well, last week's violence in candlestick park overshadowed the 49ers

let's check in though, take a last look at hurricane irene or tropical storm irene now. this has been the main story all weekend. here you see irene moving off through maine as it continues to weaken and here is what continued to happen but didn't and tropical storm jose is off the hick as well. following on the heels of irene. this one will stay offshore. low clouds and fog in the bay settling in across the region this evening. it will be there first thing in the morning. temperatures today enjoyed a nice clearing trend as we saw mid to low 90s across the interior. and mid to upper 60s on the peninsula. even the beach got sunshine today for a change. we will see his of that sunshine through the week as we see more dense fog patterns developing. supposed to be some clearing tomorrow. a slight cool. a couple degrees for most locations. nothing dramatic. just a subtle cooling trend which will continue through the weekend. fog thickens up along the shoreline. cooler air mass headed our way out of the gulf of alaska. low pressure will set off once again off the coast and ten

irene is hitting travel. several airlines, including airtran and american airlines and jetblue are canceling flights to cities along the east coast. mass transit systems in philadelphia and new york are shutting down starting tomorrow. saturday. all right. several states, including virginia, delaware, maryland, new jersey, connecticut and north carolina have declared states of emergency. a number of counties in north carolina are under mandatory evacuation orders. a caravan of school buses in fact left one coastal county this morning carrying evacuees to shelters as far inland as raleigh. maryland residents are leaving low-lying areas ahead of what the governor there called a very dangerous and potentially deadly hurricane. residents were warned that if they ignore the evacuation orders, police officers may forcibly remove them. the u.s. military is preparing dozens of navy ships are being ordered out to sea and military aircraft are also being relocated ahead of irene. as preparations continue, fema has been

irene's coming. we'll be right back.

comenzamos con la tormenta extra tropical irene. obama dijo que lo peor habÍa pasado y que ha que obrar con cautela. >> buenas noches, como si no hubiera pasado y tiene pora ciudad de nueva york, recobra su normalidad sobre todo en esta Área de times squere esta imagen contrasta con la que vive miles de recientes en nueva jersey. >> represas se desbordaron y dejaron bajo el agua a miles de hogares. el gobernador asegurÓ que el reto es hacerle frente a esta emergencia. >> tendremos severas inundaciones, algunos rÍos se han desbordado y tenemos todavÍa lluvias en parte del estado pero estamos preparados para esto. 15.000 personas permanecen en refugios alrededor de 400.000 se quedaron sin electricidad, entre ellos esta familia que lleva mÁs de 12 horas si luz. >> no tenemos nada, comida el agua estÁ caliente, nos podemos baÑar. >> reportaron Árboles caÍdos, clareando en el suelo y destrozos de esta casa mÓvil. familias latinas regresan a inspecciÓn sus hogares. >> no pasÓ mucho como pensÁbamos. estamos frente al mar, per

hurricane irene affected movie-goers. don't be afraid of the dark debuted in third, rise of the planet of the apes topped -- dropped to number four, and the comedy, my idiot brother, premiered at number five. >> mike: we all have one. i happen to be it. >> dan: that's it for now. see you again at 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc.

irene is finally moving on. much to the relief of folks here in north carolina although she left once it got dark so we have to wait until the sunrises to see the full extent of the damage. it's very dark here. more than a million people without power between virginia and north carolina tonight. >> jennifer, you mentioned the power outages. any update on the new number and when officials might get some power restored? >> reporter: we're easily at a million if not more and there is no telling when it will be restored. this isn't just a localized event where if it was big you could bring in help but there is a regional vent. i remember has just begun her trip off the east coast and electrical and power crews will be slammed from here to new england. so we were warned, everybody was told have enough supplies to last for several days. we lost power at 2:00 a.m. last night and there is no telling when it's coming back. >> jennifer, what type of damage are you seeing there? >> you know, we drove around earlier today.

people left lifts for irene. you have to go deep in history to find a storm like irene. >> you have to back to 1960. that is why locals say they paid attention to evacuation orders. >> i remember my parents talking about hurricane hazel and you never know. so it's better to be safe. >> those that cannot board to stay at hotels there's shelters that they can stay at. >> some of them are hurting, the inconvenience of it and they know, that they are going to be protected where they are. >>> three of hose shelters are here in -- three of those shelters are here in town. they had at least 200 people, families and singles and elderly that are spending the night tonight. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on hurricane irene, tonight 29 million people along the east coast are under a hurricane warning from north carolina to new york. 2million people have been told to evacuate homes and low coastal line areas. >>> latest information coming out to hurricane, winds are unchange still 100 miles an hour, moving north north

how much damage could irene do? well, one estimate tonight says losses of insured property alone could hit $10 billion. $20 billion if you include uninsured losses. hurricane katrina was quite a bit worse, though, katrina's losses totaled $80 billion. how do we know so much about the hurricane? well, there are weather satellites, of course. but for the best measurements, they still fly planes right into the storm and we asked bigad shaban to ride into the teeth of irene to show us how it's done. >> reporter: a hurricane hunter flies into irene everyday. we intercepted the storm as it moved along florida's coast. carl newman is the commander. >> to get to the eye we basically cut a straight path, we stay low, we punch through low altitudes. >> reporter: the plane crisscrossed the eye of the storm five times as scientists took wind speed measurements all by dropping g.p.s. tracking systems into the clouds. >> we're really able to get a nice picture as to what the structure of the storm looks like and that's really imp

. >> here is a satellite look of hurricane irene. it is a category one storm turning its way along the east coast. it is set to hit some of the most populated areas in the united states with some 65 million people. >> right here on the banks of the river, you can truly get a sense of the schools. officials tell us that they are not concerned >> they are concerned about storm surge. hong of north that are concerned about the river spilling over its banks. here is one of the squalls that we talked about. >> the emergency management director said that 14,800 customers are without power. why are concerned about the flash flooding pinholthere are also dd power lines. they have also lost the capability for automated 911 calls. hoffman night >> thousands of airline passengers were grounded this weekend in some of the nation's busiest airports. the flight restrictions include sfo where at least 40 flights have been cancelled to the northeast because of the storm. >> storm tracker 4 shows her can i really really hitting north carolina, virgin

. >> más informaciones de irene en la próxima edicion >> irene estÁ dejando caer enorme cantidad de agua sobre las carolinas. el huracÁn categorÍa uno cobro por lo menos tres vidas. >> nueva jersey y nueva york. estÁn sin aeropuertos y sin servicios. >> estÁ rodeado de funcionarios de seguridad nacional, afirmÓ que serÁn largas 72 horas las que estÁn por venir. se confirma haber matado en pakistÁn al 2 de alqaeda. >> este es el noticiario de univisiÓn. >> buenas noches comenzamos con las noticias que tienen en vilo a muchas personas en la parte este del paÍs. el huracÁn irene despuÉs de entrar en tierra, continÚa avanzando, vientos huracanados de la categorÍa uno hacia el interior del paÍs. >> cuÉntanos la situaciÓn en estos instantes. >> fetal retardo, saludo a todos los televidentes, continuamos aquÍ en una ciudad que sigue siendo azotada por fuertes vientos del huracÁn catarina. habla del tamaÑo de este huracÁn, ha bajado de categorÍa, pero los vientos son bastantes fuertes, hace casi 11 horas que el huracÁn irene pasÓ por estas zonas y se sigan experimentando

one of the areas flooded by irene. according to wabc in new york everyone was out of that house as of yesterday. that's a good thing. that's because the front wall of the house collapsed which ruptured a gas main. the wall blew across the yard in the explosion but the owner reported the gas leak yesterday but no one could come to fix it. governor chris christie expressed particular concern about flooding in this town. that house will burn to the ground. >>> north carolina's outer banks were slammed so hard, some areas are only accessible by chopper right now. the main highway washed out stranding 2500 people who didn't leave. our david mattingly is live in kill devil hills, north carolina, where i'm told there was a 30 hours of rain in parts of north carolina just a nonstop rain. >> that's right. when we rode out the storm on the outer banks of north carolina we were hit by rain for over 30 straight hours. we experienced tropical storm and hurricane-force winds for almost that long as well. officials here are only begi

aftermath of hurricane irene. as i said yesterday, we are going to make sure folks have all the support they need as they begin to access and repair the damage left by the storm. that's going to continue in the days ahead. it is going to take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude. the effects are still being felt across much of the country, including in new england and states like vermont where there has been an enormous amount of flooding. so our response continues but i'm going to make sure that fema and other agencies are doing everything in their power to help people on the ground. now, even as we deal with this crisis of the moment, our great, ongoing challenge of the nation remains how to get this economy growing faster. our challenges to create a climate where more businesses can post job listings, where folks can find good work that relieves the financial burden they are feeling and where families can regain a sense of economic security in their lives. that's our your junt mission. that's what i a

irene is due in here tomorrow night and saturday. the closest approach, and we mean maybe a direct hit saturday afternoon. we could have category 3 winds and if not strong category 2. they have not seen a hurricane this strong since isabel in '02, and that pier behind me was taken out bysbe isabel, and now nicely rebuilt and they have protected, and they believe it can withstand a category 3 hurricane, and let's hope we don't have to deal with it. the impact will determine how much flooding on the beach versus how much flooding across the pimlico and the sounds. and the buxton county is full of tourists and visitors and also visitors and residents down in obercoch have to get out of harm's way. expect highway 20 to be cut off to the main route to hatteras island and down there people are used to hurricanes and a lot of people stayed for isabelle and they could not get out for two weeks, so the best bet is to stock up for the essentials and also the flashlights and batteries and once it hits here, it will go towards the jersey shore a

plus hurricane irene on the horizon. after the earthquake hit the east coast on tuesday, searches for earthquakes shot up nearly 10,000% on yahoo! this week. and with colorado and the bay area saw tremors of their own, we saw even more lookups for what causes earthquakes. the tremblers urged people to look up tsunamis. and the latest info on the deadly earthquake that struck japan back in march. these queries jumped more than 1,100% this week. not surprisingly some of the anxiety of the quake this week set off a frenzy of end of the world 2012 searches. with hurricane irene moving closer to shore, the top states tracking the storm remains north carolina, florida and south carolina, although we're seeing lots of interest from the northeast as well. as weather forecasters try to predict irene's path, lots are turning to the web to find out how best to hunker down. searches for hurricane preparedness, disaster kits and checklists are all trending up right now. >>> news that apple's founder steve jobs is stepping down sent p

this is after what was the eye of irene, tropical storm irene, moved across the area. and this wind, it's a 35-mile-per-hour wind, easily. and it's pretty steady. not just a gust. the wind on the east side. buildings flooded, lower manhattan picking up water as well. and the rain from the system bsh before i get from the rain, let' go from d.c. up to new jersey and up in new york. you sethe open green land there. that is the dry air that is rushing in behind this system. just as quickly as it developed, itind is opening up. and it's shoving all that moisture from the atlantic inland. and in is where flooding is g gg to be a problem in the next couple days. is how irene ends in the next couple hours but this is how it started. overnight, the city that never sleeps battens down the hatches. nearly 400,000 people evacuated from manhattan, brooklyn and the rockaways. for the first time ever, a massive storm shuts down everything that makes new york new york. but while the lights of broadway stayed on, the 8:00 p.m. show did not go on. >> con ed will be forced to shut down