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Well do everything we can to keep these roads open. we have traffic cameras on every major roadway in the state and are clearing traffic issues real time so we can keep people moving. fdot and law enforcement are work diligently. were already seeing bottlenecks at major highway junctions which brings up an important point. you d not need to evacuate out of the state or hundreds of mile ace way to stay safe. find shelters in your county. we are coordinating with googles response team to close roa...

This -- as we look at this little boy with his family. you know, weve been watching these pictures for days now. and after a while, it becomes very difficult to not be moved by some of these images. the folks in beaumont specifically, stephanie, what are they telling you they need most right now? >> reporter: they need their roads open, craig. i mean, thats the thing. youve got a city of 100,000 people that is completely cut off. and an official from the police department told us that they tried...

About in many cases everyday people like you and me going out on the street and using improvised explosives, anything they can get their hands on from home to make the makeshift bombs, these homemade bombs which theyll fill with anything they can. they pitch them at the national guard. the national guard then tries to confront them. this is more than just what you see there, though, in terms of what that national guard is trying to do is keep the roads open. the blockade is about the opposition ...

Lot of that stuff that will dry out and be fine or do you think youre going to have large-scale rebuilding to have to do? >> most of what you saw across the world in the media today was the interstate system, and that -- most of it is completely drivable right now. we have -- the first thing we did, more than 750 cars, getting them off and getting the roads open, getting mud off the roads and its fine. we will do a critical infrastructure assessment tomorrow morning. bridge by bridge. overpass b...

-- most of it is completely drivable right now. we have -- the first thing we did, more than 750 cars, getting them off and getting the roads open, getting mud off the roads and its fine. we will do a critical infrastructure assessment tomorrow morning. bridge by bridge. overpass by overpass. to make sure that nothing was undermined. our -- it is unusual, however, for there to be structure flooding, and particularly structure floodings of this magnitude. the area, particularly brays bayou, where...

Were already under control. in iquique, also 300 prisoners either escaped or were released from prison. a womens prison, apparently. and some of them have been taken into custody again. authorities requested that people evacuate on foot rather than in their cars to keep the roads open. there have been some landslides on roads leading further inland. >> always tense moments when youre talking about tsunamis. all eyes on hawaii right now. its just an advisory. they dont believe there is a big dang...

Walked about four hours to get food and supplies. he walked by people including a pregnant woman and picked up out of his own pocket diapers and supplies and hachbded them back to those people, went back to the car. there are stories like that here. also a failure, as you are saying. this is where local politics is different. it is not about ideology. it is about competence. there is no republican or democratic way to fix a pot hole or keep roads open. with this much anger and this much sufferin...

Of this and jim in goldman, colorado. how is it looking? >> reporter: it is not too bad. it has been snowing for about six hours. 470 snow plows out trying to keep the roads open. in the air over 500 flights cancelled. we can count on that probably going up a little bit as the day continues. if they can keep the roads clear and planes landing and taking off. the upside is that all of this snow means moisture. we have had severe drought conditions here for really the last two years. last year was...

canada, millions in americas southeast corner are thankful it wasnt much worse. >> and hurricane irene first made landfall yesterday and northern new england, where the brunt of the storm just left theyll remember irene for the rain. 16 inches or more in some spots. with tidal surges battering beaches, inundating roads and bridges and in cases whole communitiesants more than 4 million are without electricity today. from florida to connecticut 19 deaths blamed on irene. among them an 11...

Chicago. these are pictures of needed to be demoted for minneapolis. its just now starting. election coverage and he would this morning, they had 3 or 4 be a political commentator. inches of snow. its because he crosses the they expect four to five times line. megyn: what are the rules for that amount. its not often you have a system with blizzard warnings, pundits, even for politicians. and i will not get into the tornado warnings, freezing temperature warnings. and in minnesota, theyre blogs a...