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good morning. we begin with lingering misery caused by hurricane irene. you're looking at live pictures now from patterson, new jersey, where crews are actually going door-to-door rescuing people from their homes. that water, by the way, coming from the passaic river is supposed to crest today at its highest level since 1903. a pretty eye-catching image of how massive the storm was. this is coming to us from nasa. it's an animated satellite of irene as it's churning up the eastern seaboard like a buzz saw. at last check, 5 million people are still without power. throughout the mornin...

An hour ago that the u.s. coast guard confirms teams have actually started lighting patches of that oil spill on fire to keep the oil from reaching shore. this all started when a drilling platform exploded and then sank in the gulf last week, leaving an open well spewing oil deep below the water's surface. at last check, the enormous oil slick that well created was just 16 miles from venice, louisiana. if crews cannot stop it from reaching the coast line, the consequences could be disastrous for people who depend on the area to make their living and for the hundreds of species of animals that ...