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protestors have now pitched tent in a vacant lot in the citys uptown neighborhood. don. >> reporter: ann, thats right. for about five hours loud speakers blared. loud speakers blared in what we can only describe as in your face defiance of oakland city rules to contain occupy oakland. raining but still a hard group is out. after marching for a couple of hours through oaklands downtown hundreds of protestors did exactly what the city had repeatedly warned them not to do. headed for the ...

and we begin this morning with a defiant denial. at a news conference yesterday, republican presidential hopeful, herman cain, insisted he has never sexually harassed anyone. blaming mounting accounts of inappropriate behavior on a quote democrat machine. meanwhile, as cains camp worked to discredit his first accuser to go public, we learned the identity of one of the first women to actually file a complaint. nbcs steve handelsman reports. >> i dont even know who this woman is. >> repo...

and we begin this morning with a defiant denial. at a news conference yesterday, republican presidential hopeful, herman cain, insisted he has never sexually harassed anyone. blaming mounting accounts of inappropriate behavior on a quote democrat machine. meanwhile, as cains camp worked to discredit his first accuser to go public, we learned the identity of one of the first women to actually file a complaint. nbcs steve handelsman reports. >> i dont even know who this woman is. >> repo...

crested here on tuesday, seven feet above flood stage, and the water is receding, but you can see the fury of this water and gives you an idea of what towns along the passaic are coping with. we have a before and after shot in nearby patterson. we were there all day yesterday and there are parts of that city just inundated with water. you can see restaurants and businesses just completely under. this morning we are seeing a lot of water still there but you can tell that the water level...

trapped by floodwaters. irene with its punishing wind and rain turned some communities into islands, cut off from civilization. the national guard has been dropping supplies by helicopter. at one point you couldnt get into or out of 13 towns. authorities hope all of them will be accessible soon. mark liebowitz went to vermont to get married. now he and his guests are trapped. >> were in need of medical supplies. we have food and we have drinkable water. all the water is run on electric...

talk about that. disaster on a delay in some places. several hundred people now evacuated in new jersey as flooding continues three days after hurricane irene tore through. residents say its the worst theyve ever seen. in vermont, a dozen towns cut off by flooding had supplies air lifted in. more than 250 roadways cut off by high water and the layers of mud it left behind when it went down. and in connecticut, shoreline communities are in shambles. look at these pictures, homes torn to...

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and today we begin with an unnatural year of natural disasters. new climate data shows irene will rank as the tenth billion dollar disaster of 2011 breaking an annual record set back in 1980. at least 39 people have died across 11 states, including three in vermont where shell-shocked residents are still digging out with many still waiting for help. nbcs jay gray has our report. >> reporter: days after hurricane irene slammed into the eastern seaboard, its presence is still being felt....

more than 2.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. the death toll has risen to at least 43. and thousands of people have evacuated from flooded neighborhoods and communities. yet, flood advisories are still in place for portions of seven states. one of the towns hardest hit is little falls, new jersey, along the passaic river. mary snow is there with the latest. mary, this is the worst flooding in a century there. are things improving at all? >> reporter: its hard to...

irene. >> north texas is burning. im ali velshi, about 30 homes already destroyed bay wildfire. 100 more in harms way. its going to get worse before it gets better because officials say this fast-spreading fire is 0% contained. and im carol costello. new developments out of aruba in the disappearance of american robyn gardener. her traveling companion and the chief suspect may be about to walk on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, august 31st. welcome...