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cnn's athena jones is live in rockville, maryland and let's talk about how extensive the damage is right now and what folks are telling you on the ground there. >> reporter: one thing we should let you know about is that the death toll has risen. in virginia there are six confirmed deaths in that state and that's come coming from governor bob mcdonald and that governor has declared a state of emergency in virginia. there are 1 million people without power and more deaths in washington, d.c., a man was electrocutedas he stepped out of his house and wires fell on him and a woman was ki...

island in new york. >> on long island irene's storm surge flooded downtown long beach. some streets in manhattan also flooding but the water started to recede and new york's evacuation order is being lifted this hour. in its sweep up the coast irene has killed 15 people across six states. more than 4 million people overall without power and these amazing pictures show some of the damage when irene made landfall as a hurricane. for place like new york city, the storm wasn't as bad as many feared but as janet napolitano said earlier today, it's not over yet. >> no matter where you are ...

Get man into space, and to me, that is is a shame. >> it has though been responsible for so many breakthroughs that we use everyday here on the ground and not up in space. do you think that will all go away? >> well, i sure hope not. i think that if we want to be the leader of the world and keep pushing technology and creating new jobs and do all of the things that we need to do as a great nation, i think that we need our space program. we do push technology. we bring the brain power of the world together to solve some very difficult problem, and it is still difficult. you saw it today trying ...

High off the ground, three stories up at the elementary school for someone in their 80s, that's -- it just very, very difficult impossible in some cases. and people are dealing with the short-term immediate loss. water, food, how do you get supplies? and then also long-term. what happens to livelihoods, especially in neighborhoods like this along the coast. >> is there power where you are? are there rolling blackouts across the country. for many of the evacuees, they are going to places with no power, am i right? >> you know, it's not the rolling blackouts that's the problem. we brought genera...

Liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? now on msnbc, power problem at reagan airport. power outage impacting departures and arrivals in terminal b and c. they're asking passengers to check with the airlines to make sure theç flightsor time and please print your passes at home before heading on the airport. we will keep on top of that. meanwhile n michigan pushing clean energy right now and despiting a packed four-week sprint to the august congressional break, senate majority leader harry reid still has energy reform on his radar and here ate president. >> 2%, but b...