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protestors have now pitched tent in a vacant lot in the city's uptown neighborhood. don. >> reporter: ann, that's right. for about five hours loud speakers blared. loud speakers blared in what we can only describe as in your face defiance of oakland city rules to contain occupy oakland. raining but still a hard group is out. after marching for a couple of hours through oakland's downtown hundreds of protestors did exactly what the city had repeatedly warned them not to do. headed for the park. tore down fences and moved in. then celebrated their takeover with a party. loud music blar...

and we begin this morning with a defiant denial. at a news conference yesterday, republican presidential hopeful, herman cain, insisted he has never sexually harassed anyone. blaming mounting accounts of inappropriate behavior on a quote democrat machine. meanwhile, as cain's camp worked to discredit his first accuser to go public, we learned the identity of one of the first women to actually file a complaint. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> i don't even know who this woman is. >> reporter: herman cain went after his first accuser to go public. the day after sharon bilic said cain...

and we begin this morning with a defiant denial. at a news conference yesterday, republican presidential hopeful, herman cain, insisted he has never sexually harassed anyone. blaming mounting accounts of inappropriate behavior on a quote democrat machine. meanwhile, as cain's camp worked to discredit his first accuser to go public, we learned the identity of one of the first women to actually file a complaint. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> i don't even know who this woman is. >> reporter: herman cain went after his first accuser to go public. the day after sharon bilic said cain...

crested here on tuesday, seven feet above flood stage, and the water is receding, but you can see the fury of this water and gives you an idea of what towns along the passaic are coping with. we have a before and after shot in nearby patterson. we were there all day yesterday and there are parts of that city just inundated with water. you can see restaurants and businesses just completely under. this morning we are seeing a lot of water still there but you can tell that the water levels are receding. i talked to county officials last night and they were saying it could be days that s...

trapped by floodwaters. irene with its punishing wind and rain turned some communities into islands, cut off from civilization. the national guard has been dropping supplies by helicopter. at one point you couldn't get into or out of 13 towns. authorities hope all of them will be accessible soon. mark liebowitz went to vermont to get married. now he and his guests are trapped. >> we're in need of medical supplies. we have food and we have drinkable water. all the water is run on electric pumps and there's no power. >> flooding in new jersey has forced more than 1300 people into shelt...