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How are we doing with the dope factor? is anybody out there, trying to spec at a time the storm? hopefully youre not seeing that. >> reporter: no. we saw one person out here about an hour and a half ago walk out to their boat. which i thought completely unwise. one person went out, checked the ropes and left. none of the boats have come loose but one of the docks did split off and floated away. i suspect there could be more of that in the next hour or so, chris. >> all right. john, stay safe. st...

And afghanistan, and to see it all unravel like this is disheartening. very disheartening. >> afghanistan is the longest war and maintaining more troops for another 2 or 5 years, is that the answer? >> not without a strategy and long- term goal and you line out what it is that you are trying to accomplish. we are sending young people over there, to train and advise. and train and advise what? >> how much longer do we think that the afghan government will stay in power, you not only have taliban ...

Stat enisland and in new york. we talked to a lot of these people, this is about so much more than these two recent cases. so thats keong lau in chicago. chris welch who is in downtown manhattan not too far from me, northwest of me in tribeca. chris welch, i dont have pictures so i cant see what it looks like from where you are. what have people there been telling you as you been walking tonight? >> of let me give you a little sense of what we see. within the last half-hour or so, we followed a ...

And erin stay with us as we are going to a gathering point. it looks like were stopping. well continue to talk to you throughout the night. >> well watch them. new york city and pockets shutting down here. chris welch is in downtown washington tonight. what is happening where you are? >> reporter: well, erin, it sounds similar to what brooke is seeing but we are on broadway, it goes without saying broadway, a major thoroughfare here in new york city. and were seeing crowds of people. we started ...

Access. that being said, theyre responsible for republicans giving up six u.s. senate seats over the last two election cycles. the reality is, if the sarah palin wing of the party did split off, it would be -- it would put back into play many categories of voters that republicans used to compete strongly with but havent done well with in recent years. >> mike, do you see that as possible, that if there was a tea party split and they got a candidate for president that that would free up the repub...

Most part, wouldnt be able to successfully organize a three-car motorcade, let alone a new political party with ballot access. that being said, theyre responsible for republicans giving up six u.s. senate seats over the last two election cycles. the reality is, if the sarah palin wing of the party did split off, it would be -- it would put back into play many categories of voters that republicans used to compete strongly with but havent done well with in recent years. >> mike, do you see that as...

I pushed my bike underneath the awning of this hotel. i thought i will be safe here. no problem at all. im covered. >> james is wrong. >> holy [ bleep ]! >> there was just this huge bank and a flash. it is like a sonic experience bursting through you. the next is second all hell broke loose. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> i still feel really shaky. im not trying to be overdramatic but my spine feels lit off. >> im trying to find out what happens. not only a bolt has gone off near us but why my body seems...

Its very tense. im 50 to 100 yards away. im watching whats going on. a lot of movement down here. a lot of the state troopers, all the police officers that were on scene all day long inside the perimeter were being relieved and many of them were re-routed right here a few blocks away into this area. where the shots were fired. >> bob, i just want to tell you what we are seeing here. we are seeing families being evacuated. escorted by police down the street in a very calm manner but moving along ...

Nasa tapped him. >> i was called back, will you volunteer to take apollo eight to the moon and i said we would be happy. we found out we would be going to the moon in august of 1968. >> it was the last minute, several months, really, before we were scheduled to lunch and we were asked to do that, ours was not to reason why but to "do or die". >> this was 1968, if it ended with a space disaster it could end americas quest for good. >> if it want successful, it could be americas failure. >> decemb...

With his daughter suri in new york. it is the first visit since he reached a divorce settlement with katie holmes. and an iceberg glacier split off. and the boat making skills at australias beer can regatta. the rule is simple. you have to build a boat that wont sink out of beer cans. the largest boat took seven months to make and came with its own bar and upper deck. the grass is greener when you take a short cut. an indiana man painted his lawn green. got tired of seeing the yards lookin...