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captioning funded by cbs >> good morning everyone, appreciate you joining us. im terrell brown in for betty nguyen this morning. more than three days after hurricane irene plowed up the atlantic coast its clear most of the worst damage is inland. the storm is blamed for 44 deaths in 13 states, 2.5 million people still dont have power and just west of nrk city, several of new jersey suburbs remain underwater, rescue crews have saved nearly 600 people since the floods hit. yesterday the ...

of the worst damage is inland. the storm is blamed for 44 deaths in 13 states, 2.5 million people still dont have power and just west of nrk city, several of new jersey suburbs remain underwater, rescue crews have saved nearly 600 people since the floods hit. yesterday the pasaeic river was 13 feet above flood stage. it may begin to recede today. in vermont dozens of towns are cut off from flooding, theres no power and food is starting to run out. supplies are being flown in by natio...

morning three days after hurricane irene plowed up the east coast, the worst damage sinland. just west of new york city, several new jersey suburb its remain underwater, rescue crews have saved nearly 600 people since the floods hit. yesterday the pasaeic river was 13 feet above flood stage. in vermont dozens of towns are cut off from flooding, theres no power and food is starting to run out. some 250 roads in vermont were closed along with 30 highway bridges. jessica stone is in was...

more impressive. 500 road crews got very quickly to work and emergency teams combed these hillsides in all terrain vehicles looking for residents who had been stranded. >> reporter: in the town of jamaica, catherine hatinguais and suzanna maggi were rescued after the road and two bridges that led to their hillside home washed out. you would have had to walk. >> yes. >> reporter: for all supplies. >> yes. and it was not walkable. the bridges there are gone. >> reporter: theres only one ...

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. imagine waking up to find yourself stranded on an island with no way off. that is, in effect, whats happened in vermont where floodwaters brought by irene have left 13 towns cut off from the rest of the world. and their water treatment plants have failed. 13 towns where people have no water and no escape. elsewhere in the storm zone, 2.8 million homes and businesses in 13 states and t...

york times" about the citys unprecedented precautions. >> lehrer: then, we get the latest from libya. ray suarez talks with lindsey hilsum of independent television news in tripoli. >> theres still this huge sense of joy here that however hard the conditions are, whenever you talk to people and you say how are you feeling, they say im free. were free, free at last. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> lehrer: and hari sreenivasan has the story of washingto...

craig fugate of fema on emergency preparations; and michael grynbaum of "the new york times" about the citys unprecedented precautions. >> lehrer: then, we get the latest from libya. ray suarez talks with lindsey hilsum of independent television news in tripoli. >> theres still this huge sense of joy here that however hard the conditions are, whenever you talk to people and you say how are you feeling, they say im free. were free, free at last. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks a...

its early morning in tripoli where rebel forces control most but not all of the capital city. theres sporadic but fierce fighting in several parts of tripoli. cnn journalists report hearing a nearly constant chorus of gunfire as rebels root out gadhafi loyalists. that sets up gruesome scenes of bodies strewn across a field. no one knows which side is responsible for the killings. as for muammar gadhafi, nato announced its helping in the hunt for the libyan leader. on thursday rebels sa...

water kind of churning around there. this powerful storm is slamming into the eastern seaboard starting tomorrow. irene has already caused widespread damage in the bahamas. winds around 115 miles an hour. in effect from the carolinas up to new jersey. new york city is preparing for the worst with subway stations and airports. the big apple not seeing the effects of a big hurricane for decades. drew levinson reports. >> reporter: up and down the east coast people are packing up and gett...

>> we did. >> almost. >> almost? >> going to be a long weekend. >> for a long people weather- wise on the east coast but here not too bad. >> full of sunshine and warmer than the past couple of days but for today, conditions looking nice, as well. inland plenty of sunshine. full forecast in a bit. hows traffic? >> you know, we had a problem the last hour or so for a while all lanes the entire freeway northbound and southbound 101 before university avenue in east palo alto they were blo...