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Returned, electrical power? >> caller: basically, almost everyone south of 34th street, included -- is without power. we probably have another close to 50,000 people in the other burroughs probably more than that without power as well. when power is going to come back on is a question, depending -- a different question if you're someone like me who -- con-ed actually turned our power off p proef laek tickly and that will be maybe tomorrow or the day after. they turned it down so it wouldn't get flooded. in other places where it's over head wiretion that may have been taken down by trees, that ...

it's got to be stopped and i know better than most. and that's it, the south carolina republican forum hosted by senator jim demint. we want to welcome our viewers. i wolf blitzer in "the situation room." donna brazill is with us. let's get immediate reaction to what we heard from the five republican candidates over the past two hours. donna, let me start with you. you're a good democrat. you heard from the five republicans. they're pretty much on most of the issues on the same page. a page being very different than the page that the president of the united states is on. >> south c...

standing could be under water, covered in floodwater. here's what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers now of course are used to seeing this on tv. not up close but they might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard. as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg be issued the first evacuation orders in city history for low-lying areas including the area, including the one we're standing in tonight. a hurricane ...

>> a troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge to flood the area with anywhere from six to 12 feet of water. other low lying neighborhoods on a mandatory evacuation orders. the mass transit system will shut down as of noon tomorrow. this is what they are concerned about. pictures of irene hit the bha mas. >> not much change in the forecast and not much change in the track. we are still at 100 miles per hour. still forecasting to get slightly weaker as we run the storm over north carolina and on up into the northeast. that is good news. i still think because of the ...

And the stuff over here, that's a trailer for the business here, the working trailer. >> reporter: so, this is ground zero of the joplin tornado and we're going to drive its entire length from west to east to get a good picture of just how widespread the damage was. here's the first downed power lines. major electrical transmission lines. one reason much of joplin is without electrical power. so, less than a mile into our journey, you see the first homes that have lost part of their roofs. on this house, a sign warning, looters will be shot. we can see some of the power company crews are worki...