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lashing new england with powerful winds and rain. hello again, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. >> i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up on what we know at this hour on this storm. president obama an hour away from making the statement about the storm. he will be doing so 5:00 eastern from the rose garden. we'll bring it to you live as soon as we see the president. >> irene continues to lose power since making landfall this morning. floodwaters are receding on new york's long island and downtown manhatt manhattan. evacuation orders for low lying areas including the rockaways ...

You can't see it well right now because there is a barge going up the river and series of barges, but some properties on the river side of the levee that are dealing with some water issues. they have had some levee issues there. they have had to do some maintenance on them, but, so far, things are holding. if you look at the situation from the air, all you see is water. yesterday our cameraman dave russ had a chance to go up in a coast guard plane and take a look at the damage you see. you see a lot of farmland inundated and, of course, a lot of homes and businesses inundated, as well. the hop...

race getting more crowded in exactly an hour. we will tell you who is announcing a bid today. we do have a developing situation in oklahoma city to tell you about. a manhunt under way for two men wanted for shooting an off-duty sheriff deputy as he worked add a security guard at a restaurant. he was shot without warning, but the shooting was caught on videotape, which may help identify at least one of the suspects. major john waldenville is a 25-year veteran is now listed in critical, but stable condition. also on the same day, general david petraeus predicted a summer surge in h...

Here's the keyboard right here. here's the top of the console right here. the coast guard, this is not the way they come in and out of work. >> the only way to get out. >> the impact of the floods could spill over on to your dinner table, that is because the mississippi river is say highway for barges full of corn, wheat and soy and other crops heading to the supermarket near you. they don't call it the mighty mississippi for nothing. it is the largest river system in north america, flowing through ten states, from minnesota, louisiana and into the gulf of mexico. so when authorities slow or h...

assaulting a hotel house maid. >> she can't go back to work. she has no idea what her future is going to be in any respect. so aside from what took place in the hotel room, the trauma what has taken place in her life is extraordinary. the mississippi river is heading for historic crest at vicksberg over the next 24 hours. it is expected to peak a foot above the 1927 record across mississippi and louisiana. and 9,000 people have had to abandon their homes already. but this man plans to to stay put. >> do you have a plan "b"y i mean, if for some reason, the levees broke, what would y...