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You want to be political about it. and, again, the before and after coverage area in san francisco. bottom line, fewer people are going to be able to hear the signal in those markets. but heres a serious catch. the move and conservative rebranding of those stations could be a huge blow for progressive talkers in those cities. joining me now, our rapid response panel, holland cook, and terry oneill, president of the national organization of women. great to have both of you with us tonight. terri,...

Stepped in. >> we were able to utilize our station as part of an ambulance station. that saved the county quite a bit of money. >> reporter: however, jon, when the department did that, their coverage area increased to 2,000 square miles. that is up from 600. at love these areas are also concerned about the presidents health care plan because theyre worried it will additional pressure to their already-suffering systems, jon? jon: well talk more about that plan in the next segment. alicia acuna, t...

Period of time, ten months, 90 witnesses, 15,000 pages, so even after that decision congress felt that if the court looks at what we did, we meet any standard. and i think thats what will be born out in this case. >> if you could quickly, what do you say to those critics who charge the section 5 coverage area just is out of daity? >> i think theyre making a mistake because theyre focused on the original coverage idea which was based on turnout and reauthorization. congress looked at what was hap...

and water is the reason why. youre looking at where prattsville, new york, used to be. prattsville, parts of it are gone. the town of 600, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely but dont have much to return to. of course, compared to jop pin, missouri, she was stranded there by rising floodwaters and joins us shortly. still stranded there tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on to full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through. that water has...

parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they dont have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto already waterlogged ground onto already full rivers and...

im christine romans. hurricane forecasters feeling the heat because the wrath of irene didnt live up to all that hype. and im carol costello. like a hurricane, rick perry stormed to the front of the gop presidential pack. the latest cnn polling gives him a double-digit lead over mitt romney. is the texas governor built for the long run? well, good morning. it is tuesday, august 30th. we are still dealing with the after effects of this hurricane. things for a lot of people starting ...

reason why. youre looking where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they dont have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain...

>> yeah. we turned around to head back south. then the sun was leaving a shadow on the wing. i could see on top of the fuselage something flapping. what if something more tears away or the plane breaks up. i turned my phone on, but i didnt have any reception. so i quick, banged out a short text and then the pilot came on the loudspeaker and said there was a breach in the fuselage and everything seemed stable, but he would get us down as fast as we could. we must have got into coverage area as we...

This is the coverage area that were looking at. over the next hour or so. this tornado warning goes for about the next 25 minutes. maybe we can go back to those live pictures from the chopper. they were looking at those severe thunderstorms and scanning the skies to see what they could see, if theres any kind of circulation or, perhaps, a funnel cloud. this would be very difficult to see because if there were a tornado in those skies that were looking at right now, it would be rain wrapped and v...

Because the gangs get into it, yes. at the same time, petty conflicts lead to a lot of shootings. >> we know the police superintendent and mayor daly very vocal about this violence. in your opinion, other community groups out there, are they doing enough? >> yeah. the superintendent and the mayor are doing a good job. what happened, homicides were down for the first quarter of this year by 18%. aggravated batteries down by 8%. on behalf of cease fire weve mediated about 60 conflicts on the front...