that's the situation in new jersey. across the river, the east river is beginning to overflow right now. abc's chris cuomo has been reporting this. you can see yourself leading to a foot of water in battery park. not far from there is sam champion in lowermanhattan. we are beginning to see the water rise there, sam. >> it would be the exact right time. here we are with battery park behind us. that is the tip of manhattan. we are in a high tide cycle right now. this is when we expected to see water breech that area and m me that move up against, not only that sea wall there, but alson the road surfaces on the lower east side and the real concern was, once we saw that happen, how much water would get there. how much sea water would get into this area. d could create problem was power and some other big problems in this area if we get much more. we'll continue to watch that. let's show you the radar though, this is where the heaviest lane is. this rain is opening up as this hurricane opens up. this storm you can really see

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york and new jersey. you can ask those folks about irene, because she las left her mark. martha: there's this mentality it's a category one storm so it's nothing. tell that to the almost two dozen people and their families who lost their lives in this and to all of the people up and down the east coast who have had severe damage to their property. take a look at what's happening in booten, new jersey, where there is major flooding. and this is an area that is also close to some very high lives -- cliffs so there is runoff there, the water that has come down there over the last two weeks has been tremendous, then yod the insult of irene to the injury of the former rain storms and you have boonton, new jersey, in the western part of the state, and it is inundated with water this morning. bill: that it is. i remember the mayor coming out on thursday of last week saying if you live in a high rise in new york city, get out, because you could experience flying glass. that did not happen. but it really seemed li

ineps not just new jersey. can abasething beat about it? >> we had the army corps of engineers sugh dying this for 9 cuears. 7 solutions three out of the top five was to build a tunnel. >> actappenlly two tunne that wide from here to the north day. it would alleviate flooding forever. >> get the water past these areas in new york bay. >> i will hold my breath for that one. they are not gs rail tunnel from new jersey to new york to millions of conow uters i donred c thi ia w build this tunnel that has 300 citizens. >> there are there sewers or septic tanup i in that coma tne and what about that volushia? >> geraldo was asking are there sewers or cesspoo that whaneps happening with the wates? >> the sanitary system is fine. >> the pneping station gets flooded and they have to be taken off. >> drinking water? ld> they wilwillnot have are tc for absolutely not. >> what about the tunnel she ea? >> it was a tunnel back in the mid 80s. >> it was such a heavily he shall niezed area was snel cessfuink ld> ho? an that be contemplated in this day and

in delmar, new jersey. this is the new jersey coastline. belmar. okay. thank you. they're yelling in my ear, sometimes it's hard to understand. it looks like a beautiful day out there. again, so far we're not seeing any of the effects of this storm coming in for the new jersey, new york, delaware area, it looks like a pretty nice day so far. where we are starting to see those effects is the north carolina where they're getting the rain and some rough surf out there as well. we'll find out if people listen to the officials and get out of dodge ahead of the storm. quick break here. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to msnbc, pennsylvania has just added its state to the list of those in state of emergencying ahead of irene's arrival. governor chris christie is talking about his state's preparation plans. >> we are working on making sure that we have appropriate evacuations for folks who can't evacuate themselves. jim simpson whose here, the commissioner of transportation and jim wine steen the executive director of new jersey transit are working to supply bus asse

that was unique to new jersey? >> well, i don't know if it was unique to new jersey. i think a few other states got it. it is really this storm was so certain in terms of its track, and so predictable in terms of what it was going to do that i think that what the states and the federal government decided jointly there's no reason to wait. we know there will be a state of emergency that exists and this allows fema resources to flow to the states and at the state level i signed it before the storm hit as well. that want allowed me to mobilize the national guard. we have over 2,000 citizen soldiers and airmen would who are deployed now across the state helping with search-and-rescue and helping to man shelters and do other tasks that we need have done to get things back to normal. >> new jersey governor chris christie. thanks for spending part of your money with us here on msnbc. good luck, sir. >> alex thanks. let everybody in new jersey stay home so they can stay safe. >> let's go nbc meteorologist kaurns cairns and take a look at new jersey. you heard the governor tal

new jersey. four in virginia. six in north carolina. and three more in pennsylvania. philadelphia is also being hard hit by record flooding. tonight as we mourn the dead and tally the damage our urgent focus is on the rising water in the streams and rivers of several states. parts of vermont for example are a wash tonight. what the state police call epic flooding. the governor there adding that they have a full-blown flooding catastrophe on our hands. new jersey already exasperateed by record rainfall is also dealing with terrible flooding. craig has a forecast of what he will be giving me. >> geraldo hurricane irene has passed. two major rivers continue to rise at a historic rate causing major flooding to homes and businesses offering the latest on the evacuation, geraldo. >> forecasters got the track and timing of irene's impact perfectly the only thing they missed was the hurricane's intensity which weakened from a category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm apparently just as hurricane irene was

. >> over of new jersey. thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> cbs news coverage of iran will continue in just a moment. ews coverage of irene will continue in just a moment. >> pelley: back now with our special coverage of hurricane irene, downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves into new england. norah o'donnell is at the white house where president obama has been getting updates on the storm. norah. >> reporter: scott, that's right. in fact the president is right now getting a briefing from his senior emergency response team about the very latest information. and he's getting that have a white house teleconference. many of the officials all throughout the government working on this. i spoke with the president's chief of staff, bill daly, this morning, who told me that this storm is not as bad as they thought. obviously, there's a lot of trees down, power outages, those sorts of things, water damage. but it's not the catastrophic concern that they had, and that they had, quite frankly, prepa

it is not changing the fundamentals of what makes the storm dangerous for new jersey. so, please don't think that means, well, we can have dinner tonight and we should be off the road. i thank the owners of the giants and jets for exceeding to my request to reschedule the game this was scheduled for this hour today. it was my judgment in private conversations with them having those folks at the stadium and having them on the road, since we intend to use the center as a staging ground for more sheltering of folks as this event continues, that it would not have been in the best interests of the people of the state for the games to continue. i thank the commissioner and the owners with whom i had conversations yesterday, for agreeing to do this and rescheduling the game for monday night at 7:00 at the stadium. in preparation for the expectation the storm will have substantial impact across the state the national guard under the direction of general reese has deployed 1,500 national guard soldiers and airmen throughout the state across 12 armories in addition to helping st

new jersey had been spared. however, the associated presses now reporting that a woman has been found decided in her car on a flooded new jersey road. state police tell the associated press the woman had called for help early sunday morning, she was in salem county. that call was made about 1:40 a.m. eastern time. she was found decent less than two hours ago now. >>> also the bad news from new jersey, the holland tunnel, that is closed to traffic exiting new york city, that northbound -- the north tube, it is called, but bound for new jersey, that has been closed. mass transit is still not running in the state, but it wears repeating, there has been one person killed as a result of flooding in the state of new jersey, a woman found dead a couple hours ago. that's bad news to have to report there. >>> let's go to natalie morales, who is live in hoboken, new jersey, across from lower manhattan. with another good morning, it looks like the fog is coming back. we're not still out of the woods. >> reporter: we certai

incredible flooding in edgewater, new jersey. also a tweet coming in that the cranes are still intact at the world trade center in new york. there was concern that the cranes were secure and some things that people are saying online in observations regarding flooding in edgewater, new jersey, at least the cranes intact at the world trade center site. keep it locked on msnbc for continuing coverage. we will go back to rhode island where conditions are worsening by the minute and we want to hear how the storm is effecting you. keep in contact with us via twitter. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] unlike some car companies, nissan is running at 100% which means the most innovative cars, are also the most available cars. nissan, innovation for today. innovation for all. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanc

york we have new jersey. a lot of what the governor described also a huge fear in new jersey as well. let's go to poppy harlow live in see caucus. talk to me about what you're seeing around you and how big of a concern is flooding in secaucus. >> reporter: the sun is out. this is the first time i've seen the sun since friday afternoon. we've been reporting throughout the weekend. it's deceiving because the think the storm is passed and it is all fine. that's not the case. we are standing here with the mayor of secaucus, we'll go into his house in a minute was it is severely flooded. how many people were affected by flooding here and et cetera? >> two thirds of the town without power. at least a third probably more has been affected by severe to moderate flooding. >> just to situate us, five miles from new york city. we are 100 feet right now from the hackensack river. that literally flowed into the back of the mayor's house. do you want to take us inside and we can see the situation? you have emergency person

that's where we are in new jersey. of course, proving to be a big after math of irene as well as what she brought. >> indeed, nbc's michelle franzen in central new jersey in manville where the waters are still rising today. >>> of course, natural disasters when mishandled can become political disasters and eager not to repeat the mistakes of the past, east coast governors and mayors sponed to irene aggressively. one memorable moment came from new jersey's governor chris christie. >> i saw news feeds of people sitting on the beach in asbury park. get the hell off the beach in asbury park and get out. you're done. it's 4:30. you've maximized your tan. get off the beach. >> msnbc contributor chris is managing editor of politics.com. never shy to put it straight. these moments are very important for leaders to get it right. when they blow it in these situations, boy, do the voters remember. >> absolutely. we've seen this if it's a hurricane, a snowstorm. there's the image of george w. bush peering down from a plane over hu

now in new jersey the concern is flooding. a fresh round of eye vac ways as the rivers continue to rise. >> the real issue we're going to have to deal with is flooding. this storm is transitioning into a flooding event. some rivers haven't crested yesterday, and it's still raining. this very, very heavy rain is going to lead to further flooding. the blackwater river we're expecting to crest on tuesday at a major flood stage leave, 20.6 feet. similarly the nataway river, cresting at moderate flood stage on tuesday. so we urge the residents in those areas to continue to prepare. >>> we want the latest. let's go to bill karins. i want to talk about the flooding events. let's start with tracking irene. the first thing first, we still have people with trees falling and losing power. we're not done with the destruction. it started about yesterday morning when it made landfall at north carolina, and she hasn't stone since then. i was amassed with the pictures from montauk. hurricanes make the ocean very, very angry. those waves will

the right side of your screen is lumberton, new jersey. the right side fire island, new york. the left side is lumberton, new jersey, you can see the flooding that we've been talking about here. that particular area almost completely covered. right side there fire island. both live pictures, the damage on the right you can't really see from this particular vantage point. we have a live report from fire island as well. floodwaters also rising in new jersey leading to some unexpected situations in pompton lakes. a house exploded. the town surrounded by three rivers saw some serious floodings. firefighters had to try to contain the flames from a boat. michelle franzen en route to manville, new jersey, she joins us now by phone. >> reporter: that's exactly what they're up against. we're also driving around in different neighborhoods. someone said pick your spot. there's flooding widespread in communities all throughout new jersey. some of it from just rivers overflowing their banks due to the rain fall, but it's also due to the run off at this point. many of the rivers including t

complex in long branch, new jersey. the only good news, no reported injuries thus far. though fire crews in the area have responded to a few fires in the area overnight. fortunately they were able to put them out. let's update the latest watches and warnings from nbc meteorologist jeff ranieri. what do you think people should be on the lookout for as the storm moves north? is it winds, is it rains, is it flooding or all three? a trifecta? >> it is all three, but it depends where you are. if you're in new england, massachusetts, connecticut or interior sections of new york, it is all about the rain. no doubt about that. but for new jersey and long island, we're talking about the wind and the storm surge. if you decided to stay along the coastline it's been reported four to six feet of storm surge. and as we get into the high tide coming at about 8:00 for most of long island and new jersey that's when things could definitely get a little bit worse. but we do have a little bit of some good news at least on the storm front.

one new jersey congressman says, quote, even though the storm has passed, many areas in new jersey are still dealing with dangerous flooding. i urge you to visit new jersey to see first-hand the damage this storm has caused. i'm joined now by democratic congressman from new jersey frank pallone. thank you for joining us. we know there's a lot going on within your state that needs attention. let's talk about this. house republican leaders want to match spending for disaster we -- relief with cuts elsewhere. it seems that communities trying to rebuild this year in the midwest and south are going to have to wait for funds diverted from hurricane irene. so do you see the crucial need for additional disaster aid and right now? >> absolutely, thomas. traditionally, at the federal level, we have appropriated these funds through appropriation bills. i think that makes sense. i see no reason why we should say that in the case of a i d disast disaster, an emergency declaration, we have to make cuts in other federal areas whether it be defense or domestic programs when the need is immediate. it i

that's new jersey. there's hope, there's promise that hurricane irene will barrel on through and we'll live to see another day and be a brighter one. let's hope so. stay with us everyone. we have more coverage on msnbc. we'll be right back after a short break.

new jersey. four in virginia. six in north carolina. and three more in pennsylvania. philadelphia is also being hard hit by record flooding. tonight as we mourn the dead and tally the damage our urgent focus is on the rising water in the streams and rivers of several states. parts of vermont for example are a wash tonight. what the state police call epic flooding. the governor there adding that they have a full-blown flooding catastrophe on our hands. new jersey already exasperateed by record rainfall is also dealing with terrible flooding. craig has a forecast of what he will be giving me. >> geraldo hurricane irene has passed. two major rivers continue to rise at a historic rate causing major flooding to homes and businesses offering the latest on the evacuation, geraldo. >> forecasters got the track and timing of irene's impact perfectly the only thing they missed was the hurricane's intensity which weakened from a category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm apparently just as hurricane irene was

new jersey, has passed. the storm will proceed up through new england this evening and out of the united states by late tonight, early tomorrow morning. with that, i'd like to turn this platform over to bill read from the national hurricane center to give the estimate of the storm. >> thank you madame secretary. you actually a great job of capturing what the forecast for the storm will be. i want to add a few things. we were very fortunate to be able to get a unique opportunity. we had the aircraft from the air force reserves, fix the center of the storm as it was coming into new york city earlier this morning. now, that it has passed centers on the connecticut, new york state line we still have the onshore flow with the high surf, tropical storm force winds and still some threat for tidal flooding. especially when the winds become more out of the west and then southwest this afternoon the west facing buzzard's bay and areas along r. 's coast will be the next issue for the -- rhode island's coast will be the

york and new jersey later on. he's with us from albany, new york. thanks very much for being with us. >> good morning. >> you've had, boy, a busy year. seen a lot of destruction in this country. a lot of people in the northeast who continue to say that we dodged a bullet here. you've spent time up there. what's your evaluation of it? >> nobody that got hit with this flooding dodged a bullet. loss of life, extensive damages, homes flooded, so it may not have been as big of a deal on the coast but these flood areas got hit hard. >> talk about money for a second. a lot of talk in the last couple days about fema having less than a billion dollars on hand, maybe running out of money and reallocating resources from some projects to others. can you give me some sense of what's going on with money? >> right now we're continuing our obligations to respond to all of the rescue operations, all of the immediate needs. we've said look we're not going to be able to fund permanent work from disasters that's not come in, we want

we're going to hear from new jersey governor chris christie. he'll give us the latest on that situation, very hard hit. he will take to the podium. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. >>> meantime, slaervermont has n a big hit. the governor joins us now on the telephone. governor what is the situation in your state right now? >> well, we're being absolutely pummeled in the state of vermont. irene is dumping huge loads of water on us. we virtually have flooding from the southern end of the state to it northern end. it's now running up to the northern end of the state. virtually the entire state is impacted. we have over 100 roads closed. extraordinary washouts of bridges, roads, homes. one loss of what we believe to be a loss of life. we're still hopeful that a young woman was standing next to the river in wilmington and last seen by her boyfriend floating down the river. we haven't been able to locate her, or her body. so we're just really in tough shape up here as so many others are doing what the states are. >> and we understand

coming up here, bradley beach in new jersey. as in many locations along the coastline, trees here have come down, blocking many roads. on the atlantic city boardwalk crews are already assessing the damage. the tropicana casino took a bit of a pounding but nothing too serious. in the southern tip of manhattan what it looks like in battery park city hours ago. the water lapping over the sea . feels like the island of manhattan is recovering. >> reporter: sure does. these are some of the strongest wind gusts we have gotten all morning long. a lot of rain but not so much wind. now, the rain is coming from the note. the rain is kicking up making up white caps on the hudson river and new york harbor here. restore and recover mode is what the mayor it is calling this. saying that the evacuation order will be lifted for zone a where i'm standing here in battery park. staten island ferries will resume. bus service will slowly come back. the subways still shut down. but he says hey, every monday morning commute is hectic tomorrow should b

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 state of emergency in north carolina. drew levenson is in kill devil hills on the outer banks where they're already beginning to feel the effects. good morning, drew. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning, betty. the surf is really starting to kick up here along the north carolina coast as we are bracing for a direct hit from hurricane irene tomorrow. right now it is a category 3 hurricane but forecasters predict as this hurricane moves across the warm waters, it could become a cat 4. up and

michelle miller is in northern new jersey. >> reporter: this downed tree in maplewood, new jersey, has become a life and death obstacle for pam kattouf. >> i was out of my mind hysterical. >> reporter: the tree has left her in the dark and unable to care for her disabled husband and autistic son. >> my husband is very uncomfortable right now, he's got a lot of injuries from his accident, and i just feel like it's not a safe place. >> reporter: nearby, people are finding themselves relying on neighbors. in the other end of an orange extension cord. >> literally ran downstairs. >> reporter: at the height of the storm, andrea's power went out and so did her only defense against flooding, her sump pump. she reached out to a friend who plugged her right in. >> i mean that is our life line. it really, without it we would have had a complete disaster in our basement. >> the water level was up to here. if you look over here can you see the results of it. >> reporter: 15 miles away in morristown, new jersey, 10,000 people are still without power. here's why. the last time this electrical substa

here is craig in fairfield new jersey. >> the streets of fairfield new jersey are already flooded this is just the beginning of the flood stage. all a result of hurricane irene. i am with deputy chief anthony mannah the fairfield police. have you ever seen anything like this? >> 1984 we had a very, very bad flood. but the levels are expected to be worse th worse now than they were in 84. >> we are in the back of a truck using these trucks to evacuate many of the residents. you have a job here. >> the resources normally allocated to fairfield are being deployed throughout the state. we are on our own for the first 24-48-hours of this event. >> normally this event we would see with the nor' easter but what's different here? >> basically the rapid rise of the water over the last 234 hour period a lot of wasserer was dropped as well as upstate new york. >> m how many residents do you have in this community? >> 9,000 residents. what happens during the day during the monday through friday workweek we elevate anywhere from if 60,000 people. the work we are trying to get out is just because of

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jersey and new york and connecticut. so the good news is we are -- we've kind of dodged a bullet. this could have been a lot worse, but the good news also is that people heeded the warnings, and the evacuations got done without a hitch, and i think for the most part, as pat said, i don't think you're hearing a lot of people complaining about the precautions, but the potential was there to have a category 2 or 3 storm come into the northeast. as it was, you know, look at least ten people have lost their lives, there's a lot of phones without power, this still is a monumental event for a lots of people. >> al, i have to ask you about, where are you right now? are you feeling a strong current as you stand there and the water recedes with the waves? or is it not so bad? >> no, not really. it's not so bad, but that said, you know, different places will be a little bit different. when i was getting ready yesterday for nbc nightly news, that red stick over there, that's a pit right there. i didn't realize it, i walked into that

pummeling new york and new jersey leaving a path of destruction in its wake. matt gutman weathered the winds in nags head, north h carolina,e joins me now. matt, welcome, i hope you've recovered since then. you were out with the storm chasers yesterday. who are these guys and what did you experience? >> jake, these guys are kind of the indiana jones of meteorology, could you say. they spend 200 days a year bombing around the country, chasing tornados and hurricanes, going inside their eye walls to figure out how they are formed and feed information to the weather service and residents to try to protect them. i think it's a disservice to say a big part whatever they do is >> the eye is just far. >> we are just to the west -- not quite like this.y earlier. >> the wind is so intense, you can't even stand up straight. that is the eye of hurricane irene. it's coming this way. right over this bridge. you can actually see the eye wall right over there. dark, gray clouds, and you can feel -- you know it's coming, because this wind is so intense, the rain coming down s

no new jersey transit. to talk about the airplane coming in and out of the city, all cancelled flights, newark, new jersey and jfk international, la guardia, the three biggest, all of those airports are open for people to seek shelter. but no flights will be going out. as for public transportation, shut down until late monday. that will be a monday morning nightmare of a commute for a lot of new york residents. as we wait for the hurricane to come nwe are expecting 70-mile-per-hour winds, a category 1. certainly not strong for those of you who are sitting in florida, new york city, nevertheless, a very big deal and we are told by the new york city police commissioner, ray kelly, who spoke with me earlier, that in fact, new yorkers are complying. they are compliant for once. they have heeded the evacuation. we will be continuing to watch and see how new yorkers weather this storm as hurricane irene makes its way, close to new york city. >> thank you, julie. glad people are listening to those warnings. a lot

to rutgers campus in new brunswick. and to the manon arena in morris town, new jersey. i want to thank president mccormick of rutgers. rutgers, when we called, stepped up immediately. not only are they providing shelter to the folks, but they also have been providing food to them even before the american red cross or the state could get food and water there. rutgers stepped up with the supplies of food and water they have and were distributing at no cost to the shelterees, food and beverages to keep them feeling good. we have cots available at both rutgers sites and the manon sites. these are places they'll be able to be much more comfortable. they had a rough night, be able to take a nap and relax and somewhere safe and dry to be able to ride out the storm. we're -- the lieutenant governor went this morning to the sun center before folks left. about 500 people remaining, which he went to visit this morning, getting ready to board their buses to another shelter. had the opportunity to interact with a number of the shelterees who were there. and to express on my behalf a

there were 700 boat rescues today in just the state of new jersey. it goes on and on and connecticut, 1,000 roads, at least, still blocked. north carolina, this storm changed the map of the outer banks as they had feared. crippled infrastructure in new england. these power outages, 500,000 in connecticut. 300,000 in new jersey, have, as you might imagine, dramatically cut into the quality of life and people's ability to make a living. we begin with michelle franzen. she is in manville, new jersey, michelle, good evening. >> reporter: you mentioned the water rescues. it's not hard to believe when you're dealing with this storm. people are still not trying to escape the floodwaters. they are overwhelmed with the cleanup. rising rivers unleashed more pain today in the northeast. and help rushed in just as quickly to those areas hardest hit by irene. in patterson, new jersey, one family after another were rescued by boat as their homes and neighborhood fell victim to floodwaters. tonight, mandatory evacuations were ordered for 1,000 families in wallingto

today they travel to new york and new jersey to witness the historic flooding there. the swollen pasaeic river has taken over row after row in houses in parts of missouri. >> the home we built for our kids is gone. adults can handle it. the kids they don't have anything. >> reporter: dozens of residents were forced to leave behind everything tuesday after irene's floodwaters turned neighborhoods into lakes. in patterson, new jersey's third largest city, emergency crews used boats to pluck people from their homes. this woman and her two children escaped after watching the water rise in their living room. >> it scared me, the reality is really hitting me in my face. >> reporter: the record breaking flooding is affecting nearby communities where utility companies turned off the electricity last night. >> i guess they cut it off because of the water. it's crazy. >> reporter: homeland security secretary janet napolitano and fema director craig fugate will see the flooding for sthechthem today when they visit new jersey. tuesday they'll visit three other states including ha

we have you chord from maryland and new jersey. we have tom costello, and nbc's michelle franzen in asbury park for us. tom, we'll start with you. how does it look there. >> it's starting to rain here, and it has been doing so for a couple of hours. about an hour ago we had high tide, but the sea has been churning and churning, and we are expecting the whole force of this hurricane to come ashore here on the outer bank, if you will, on the barrier island of the delmarva peninsula. sometime in the overnight hours. probably 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. they're talking about ten to 12 inches of rain here, and especially here in ocean city where we have had a mass exodus. 200,000 people evacuated ocean city yesterday after a mandatory order for evacuation came to the police department. the police department also then went door to door to door and telling people if you refuse to leave we need to know who your next of kin is so we can notify them in the event that something terrible happens and we have to, you know -- we find your remains, and

. >> i'm from new jersey. newark, new jersey. >> i was born in newark, new >> i'm from the state of ohio. about 70 miles from columbus. >> one of my kids went to kenya. i just came back from toledo not long ago. they're trying to work things out in terms of teacher evaluations. where are you from? >> i'm in little silver, new jersey. that's right on the shore. >> so you know, you're convinced you're going to be teachers and? >> yes. >> why? why? >> i had some important teachers in my life. i want to be an influence. >> well, you know you're smart. you could make a lot of money doing something else. >> to me it's not about the money. >> schools have to change. because the world has changed so dramatically. how about you? >> becoming a teacher something i've worked for. >> you have a family? >> i grew up on a farm. >> but tfm an education? >> no. >> what did your parents say? >> they support my decision. they know i have a plan laid o out. >> what year are you in high school? >> as senior. >> so you're off to co

new jersey transit is shut down. this is the first time that subways have been shut down due to weather in new york city history. a category 1 70 miles per hour winds is not sounding serious for those in the south, it is for new york. we should mentio the five burroughs including coney island and battery park city and rockaways and the queens, they are under mandatory evacuation . the bridges are a concern. manhattan is an island. in order to get to manhattan and out. you have to travel over a bridge or through a tunnel. bridges will shut down if the winds get to 60 miles per hour or over. think about air travel. five major airports and the three biggest is newark in new jersey and jfk international in new york where rick wright said may be where the city hurricane touches down and then la guardia airport.

. >> a stern evacuation order from new jersey governor chris christie. this morning irene is bearing down on the east coast as a category one hurricane packing sustained winds on 90 miles per hour. and more than 60 million americans are bracing for the storm's worst. welcome to msnbc special coverage of hurricane irene. let's get to the headlines. more than two million people along the east coast have been ordered to move to safer areas as the national weather service issues a hurricane warning stretching from north carolina all the way to nantucket. irene is expected to make landfall between 8:00 and 10:00 eastern today in north carolina's outer banks. it could weak on the a tropical storm by the time it reaches new england, experts say irene could be destructive. president obama returned to the white house last night. but not before issuing a warning to residents in irene's path. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. we all hope for the best,

the storm is bearing in on new jersey at this time. the center of circulation is pushing in just off of atlantic city. this is going to be where the brunt of the surge comes in. this is going to be where the worst of the winds come in. we're getting wind gust reports up into new york city, 64 miles per hour. that's one big thing about this storm. this thing is a monster. i've never seen the wind field on a hurricane this large. the tropical storm force winds extend out more than 300 miles. the hurricane-force winds stretch out 125 miles. none of the other hurricanes, katrina, hugo, none of them have had winds stretch out this far. it's a category 1, a minimal hurricane at this time. that's great news as this thing continues to move up the coast. it can't strengthen any more. it can only weaken at this point. we don't expect it to weaken very much, though. there's a difference between a strong tropical storm and a weak category 1 hurricane. keep that in mind when we say it's gotten weaker. let's talk about the impacts already taking pla

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new jersey ball parking its economic losses. new york just about $2 billion. connecticut so far predicting $282 million in damage. so many in connecticut still without power. fewer than half of those number are losses that were insured. the numbers also expected to increase significantly as we move through the week and reveal everything. martha: forecasters are watching another storm that is moving fairly quickly across the atlantic now. it is tropical storm katya. it's west-southwest of the cape verde islands. it's expected to approach hurricane strength by wednesday or thursday. too early to tell if this will have any threat value for the united states. as for the storm's name katia replaces katrina in the rotating storm roster the name was retired after the 2005 hurricane. katrina that devastated new orleans. we hope katia is not the little sister. bill: presidential candidate texas governor rick perry pulling in huge numbers over mitt romney. perry taking in 27% to romney's 14%. it nearly doubled for perry. this is as romney convenient tiewrs onto perry's

that includes new jersey, new york, and connecticut. and as for evacuations, those will stay in effect and public transportation will not resume until monday. if you haven't gotten out by now, you better do so soon and the taxis are actually price gouging right now. one of my friends tried to get in a cab and they were charging $10 a person. they know they can because there is really no other way to get around here. martha? >> martha: that's shocking. i cannot believe that the taxicab drivers, knowing that there is absolutely no other form of transportation around the city, are actually price gouging. unbelievable. nobody would believe that happening in new york city. let me ask you about the surrounding areas -- only in new york, kids -- talk to me about the surrounding areas, new jersey, as they prepare for this as well. >> well, like we have here experienced in battery park, low lying areas have been evacuated. right across the river, hudson river to my left, you've got hoboken, they have evacuated low lying areas, also for newark, n

bl blrk. >>> the new jersey mayor, don zimmer is calling for mandatory evacuations in her city. and storm preps are in full swing. those in coastal new jersey are boarding up windows in homes and businesses and they're moving outdoor furniture to a safe place. and in massachusetts, people were stocking up on plywood to board up fragile windows and doors. there's been some pretty significant flooding potential from hurricane irene. >> i don't think we have addressed this yet and i'm about to get to parts of pennsylvania and new york. this is a very important point, when the winds are going to get to their highest point and you'll know when the trees start to drop. you really need to be very careful about trees that are going to fall down. i didn't notice until 45 seconds before i came on today. philadelphia has already picked up 13 inches of rainfall in august, so every bit of ground afternoon philly, all up the redding, up the delaware water gap and including new york city, all of that ground is completely saturated. so if another ten inches of rain comes down there,'s going to

good evening. >> reporter: here in new jersey, 650,000 people are still without power and along the jersey shore more than a million have been evacuated. and the strong winds, they're still here. irene's eye may have passed new jersey, but the storm's outer band still have its sights set on the state. the governor says threats of flooding could continue for the next two days. >> some rivers haven't crested yet and it's still raining in various parts of the state. >> reporter: in atlantic city irene's storm surge overflowed the barrier island's back bay. sending water into some neighborhoods but not nearly as much as what many feared. >> we are a block from the ocean, a block from the bay. we thought it was going to meet, and as you see on the street, there's nothing. so we are very, very lucky. >> reporter: in northern new jersey, floodwaters nearly swallowed cars. cbs news early show anchor chris wragge spent nearly 24 hours driving along the jersey shore. >> you can see now we've got the water coming over the retaining walls here, at the avon by the sea. >> reporter: throughout the state

it's no longer going over new jersey, it's just off the coast of new jersey. so that would keep some of the strongest storm surge off the new jersey coastline. the track is still wobbling here and. there it's supposed to make category three early saturday. wilmington, this forecast looks better for you. >> thank you very much. across the east coast, residents are bracing for irene, especially in north carolina, that's where president obama has already declared a state of emergency. nbc's kristen dahlgren has more from the outer banks of north carolina. >> reporter: good morning. this is likely to be one of the first areas on the u.s. mainland to feel the effects and the national weather service is already -- some of those increased waves from hurricane irene are hitting the north carolina coastline. they say six to nine-foot swells coming in now, that suspected to get much worse tlhrough today. we could feel tropical storm-force winds later tonight and conditions continuing to deteriorate as the storm moves closer and getting worse going into saturday. there h

york and new jersey. in new jersey we're just learning of two deaths, once a princeton firefighter. at least 13 people have died in five states at this hour. more than 4 million people are without power, and officials say it could be days before power is restored in some locations. one of the biggest concerns is storm surge and flooding. as much as 12 inches of rain fell in parts of new jersey causing the already saturated rivers to rise. governor chris christie expects damages to reach tens of millions. let's get the latest on irene. bill karins is still here with me, still tracking this storm. bill, what's the latest? >> we're still losing power outages. that's the next stop for irene. tropical storm, 60-mile-per-hour winds. the rainfall is starting to add up in new england, that's where it's really coming down hard. now about 4 inches of rain there. new york city had 6.8 inch officially. newark airport had almost 9 inches. the areas that didn't need it the least got it. notice is the difference between