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blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still don't have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? >> reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. here in patterson, new jersey, which is about three blocks away from the passaic river, that has not...

>> have you seen those teeth? >> they're fangs. we're very concerned. >> they have claws. poor girl. i'm sorry. >> looks like she was hient "the gates," the new abc show. >> thank you for letting me sleep in and be with her. >> you know, sometimes you need that extra 15 minutes. so i just thought it was important. >> richard haass, good to see you. >> good morning. >> let's talk, op-ed. >> bob herbert. mr. obama and the democrats have wasted the once in a lifetime opportunity handed to them in the 2008 elections. they did not focus on jobs, jobs, jobs, as their primary mission and they did not...

We know he's had a series of heart problems since his 40's. any reason to think this is more serious? >> not necessarily. and liz cheney, his daughter was on "fox news sunday" yesterday and she said that her dad was following the advice of doctors since he had been doing since she could remember, he has been dealing with heart disease. and i think he sets a good example for lots of americans who have this disease to follow the advice of your doctor, be cautious, spend the weekend in the hospital if that's what it takes and she expected him to go home today. >> some kind of fluid build-up or so...

A markup. answer the question. we're going to get to this. let's hear the speaker here. here she is, nancy pelosi. she was on this week the abc show. let's listen to her account where this stands. this is really coming down to it in health care. >> do you have the 217 votes necessary to pass? >> right now we're working on the policy. from the meeting on thursday, the summit meeting, i believe that we're ready for the next step, which is to write legislative language and then go from there. first we zero in on what the policy will be. and that is what we'll be doing following the president's su...

Bob dole talking about it being a markup. answer the question. we're going to get to this. let's hear the speaker here. here she is, nancy pelosi. she was on this week the abc show. let's listen to her account where this stands. this is really coming down to it in health care. >> do you have the 217 votes necessary to pass? >> right now we're working on the policy. from the meeting on thursday, the summit meeting, i believe that we're ready for the next step, which is to write legislative language and then go from there. first we zero in on what the policy will be. and that is what we'll be do...