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Highways packed with cars trying to get out. the evacuation itself can be dangerous. during hurricane rita in 2005, at least 100 people died, not during the storm, but during the evacuation. many running out of gas and dying of heat exhaustion. if youre evacuating and stuck in gridlock traffic. here is the question. do you run the engine and the air conditioning or do you conserve fuel? experts say your best bet is to run the car and you can run a little ac for about ten minutes every hour. it d...

So cpac and the hard right conservatism that it showcases snubbed him last year, well so much better for his moderate cred. christie, did, of course, get himself re-elected by 22 points last november. that was the biggest margin for republican in new jersey in 28 years. so it seemed he was on his way. then his world turned upsidedown. days before his inauguration for that second term, the state legislature released thousands of pages of e-mails tieing members of his inner circle to the scandal c...

Minutes to get six blocks. i tried going to a marriott hotel and they ended up telling us that we were going to have to leave and try to find shelter. didnt tell us where. i tried going to another hotel. they said the same thing. thankfully i was able to stay at the uab rec center. they gave me a blanket, food, and everything. in the morning i was able to get some breakfast at their cafeteria and a friend was able to drive me to my work at the birmingham zoo and i was very thankful to be there f...

Minutes to get six blocks. i tried going to a marriott hotel and they ended up telling us that we were going to have to leave and try to find shelter. didnt tell us where. i tried going to another hotel. they said the same thing. thankfully i was able to stay at the uab rec center. they gave me a blanket, food, and everything. in the morning i was able to get some breakfast at their cafeteria and a friend was able to drive me to my work at the birmingham zoo and i was very thankful to be there f...

Snowfall peaked here in new york around the evening commute was really a recipe for disaster. it was truly a nightmare trying to get out of the city last night. we left at 6:00 p.m. trying get here to long island. it normally takes more than an hour. officials say a surge in car travel delayed clean up efforts so that cause ad chain effect, gridlock traffic, angry motorists. new york city is no stranger to snowstorms. two back-to-back storms are unusual. snow and ice making streets slippery caus...

There should be investigations into corruption, into mubaraks alleged wealth, the wealth of his family. by the way, anderson, the sound of honking horns typically in cairo because of gridlock traffic and frustrated drivers, the sound tonight theyre not honking their horns out of frustration. its celebration and whats amazing about it is four or five hours ago, the streets of the city were eerily almost frighteningly empty, completely empty. we were able to drive through the city, not even pedest...

In gridlock traffic because the highway is just clogged up with people. families in their cars honking horns and waving flags and playing music and just celebrating. its all smiles here, an incredible scene of celebration here. i understand we have some video that we filmed moments after the announcement was made that hosni mubarak was going to reside. we filmed it right by the presidential palace. lets take a look at this and the reaction from the crowd then. >> reporter: scenes of euphoria and...

Shes got so much swag, as shes in the blue room. so people feel like shes very accessible and thats a very powerful asset to administration ma maadministration. >> a nice thing to have in this country. nia-malika henderson, thank you. the mystery writer may have been outed today. "time" magazines mark halperin says the anonymous author of "o" is mark salter. he would neither confirm or deny. the book takes artistic license, looking at president obamas re-election campaign in 2012. in the nat...

Of them classified. >> workers are on strike leading 200,000 daily commuters stranded for the second time in four months. employees at the commuter railroad walked off the job at midnight. the strike called by the two largest unions representing the bay area rapid transit systems will add hundreds of cars to the normal gridlock traffic on the bay bridge. president obama finally ready to fill the seat left open by janet napolitano. jay johnson previously served as department of defense and conduc...