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>> this is going to appear to the people of japan a lot like sandy appeared to us. this earlier today was a supertyphoon, over 150 miles per hour, equal to a category 5 hurricane. its lost a little bit of its punch. not as impressive on the satellite. we are talking a storm bigger than many states put together. bigger than texas and almost as big as alaska from one side to the other. here is the island we were talking about. this has that bubble of water underneath it just like sandy did. even t...

Far overnight or this morning from people who are experiencing the brunt of this storm and do indeed need help? >> during the eye of the storm, we received numerous calls. most of those calls have not been medical type calls but they have been storm related such as trees down and power outages. >> thats good to know you dont have a lot of injuries as a result of this. your concerned about flooding? is that what you are really turning to now? >> at this point, we feel like that the flooding issue...

Breaking overnight, four men arrested in connection with to a deadly carjacking at upscale new jersey mall. 30-year-old dustin freeing land was shot and killed in front of his wife you will remember this just days ago as the two were finishing up christmas shopping and returning to their car. the couples car was found the next day 10 miles away. details have not yet been released. a press conference is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. this morning. happening now, this is a live look at the international ...

Suit now in case the flooding issue happens again. a second spacewalk is planned for monday. and if all isnt fixed by then, they will conduct a third on christmas day. two missing fishermen survive a night at sea by clinging to a cooler. the mens boat overturned and sank off australians eastern coast on friday. they were spotted 15 hours later and rescued by a helicopter search crew. the men were in shock and a bit hungry but otherwise going to be okay. >> see, thats why you should take beer on ...

Of elrino. mayor, thanks very much. give us a sense of the damage in your area? what do you assess? >> well, right now, were trying to assess everything. started around 6:00 this afternoon. were trying to scramble around and see all the damage. we dont have a lot of damage as far as the tornado goes. the problem is our out lying areas. the i-40 area. >> so, is there a flooding issue right now? whats the major problem you have? >> thats the main thing right now. two years ago, the last two years,...

>> harris: fish in the basement. janice dean, meteorologist in the fox extreme weather center. janice? >> we showed the map of six states under a state of emergency with rivers over their banks. this is the amount of rain they received thursday into friday. so 24, 36-hour period. in some cases over 7 inches of rain in such a short period of time. unfortunately with the snowmelt were going to be dealing with in flooding issue in the springtime. more rain in the forecast for places like chicago th...

Out there. another rough night for the people of this region. hundreds of thousands are still without power right now as you speak. you have at least a couple thousand without power in louisiana. several thousands more in alabama mississippi without power. the crews who repair the power lines and down as a result of the trees crashing, they cant get in there until the speed or wind reduces to at least 30 miles per hour. thats not going to be until perhaps tomorrow. once the flooding issue is dea...

And far as the flooding issue it is sporatic and emergency directors are urging dont residents in miami-dade and broward to not drive until sunrise just in case of the standing water. for all of the residents quite a relief. >> steve: phil, live in key west where things are slowing down. the storm is heading between the panhandle and new orleans. well an update. >> brian: i believe phil slept in that. i saw him an hour ago. the isaac shaking up the republican national convention. >> you came up ...

Sure that we understand the totality of what isaac has done. we are also as the storm makes its way northward through the state keeping an eye on, as you stated the heavy rain fallses that are occurring. we had tornado warnings generated throughout the state and we are preparing for an impact in the panhandle later on tonight and into tomorrow as the outer bands of that storm bring extremely heavy rain, wind gusts and storm surge to the northwestern part of the state up in the panhandle. >> you ...

morsi is addressing and speaking to all egypt shuians. he has a message for muslim, christians, coptics, mothers, fathers. our ben wedeman is there overlooking tahrir square. it is nightfall. there are cheering crowds and fireworks. it is like a sea of egyptian flags there. people are feeling very celebratory. is it being punctuated by the words of the president-elect? do they get a chance to hear him as he is speaking right now? >> reporter: yes. you can hear that loud speaker putting...