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we begin this morning, talking about the aftermath of irene, the massive storm that paralyzed and pummeled much of the east coast. today, its blamed for at least 21 deaths in nine states from florida to vermont. and at last count, about 3 million homes and businesses are still without power. more than a billion dollars in damages is blamed on the storms winds. flooding damage will be much more costly. three navy ships should be positioned in relief efforts from new york to new england....

Mid-atlantic and the northeast, and we will stay dry along the mississippi river in the short-term period. >>shepard: and the coast guard has shut down a major mississippi river shipping lane to try to avoid putting extra strain on the levees and that will affect everyone. officials say the river near the port of natchez is closed to barge traffic. that cuts off a crucial route for grain from the midwest of the united states to the gulf. officials say that closing could cost the economy hundreds...

Managed to rack up a reported $54 billion deficit because of stimulus spending. swann says he wants australia to be the first economy to return to a surplus after the crisis. meantime, australia got upbeat trade news on monday. the government says the trade balance swung back into a surplus in march. exports outweighed imports by $1.74 billion. that was more than three times more than analysts have been expecting. it also would suggest that operations in queensland are getting back to normal aft...

Of thing in the united states. were getting a lot of reports of the food and water shortages and or kinds of shortages, what kind of numbers. >> up to a million people are finding it difficult to find food and water for five days now. a hundred troops on the ground trying to provide emergency aid to folks and theyre worried that food from japan might be contaminated in some way and you find that in hong kong, the philippines, singapore, theyre testing that food and lots of worries there. up to h...

. lisa sylvesters monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. lisa, what do you have? >> hi, wolf. nashville tennessee mayor, karl dean said damage estimates from last weekends flooding stand at $1.5 billion and thats before they calculate the cost of public roads, bridges, and the contents of buildings. 52 of tennessees 95 counties have been declared disaster areas. record-busting rains pushed rivers and creeks to levels not seen in decades. the storms are bl...

Tropical depression overnight. tied in the harbor peak at nearly 10 feet high, four feet higher than normal. popular areas surged with floodwaters. residents found it more frightening as the storm passed. check this out. a waterspout off the coast. officials are struggling to reach certain parts of the keys and the defense department said 10,000 people who rode out the storm may need to evacuate. fema estimates that 25% of the homes were destroyed in the keys. 65% likely damaged. the french pres...

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