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and water is the reason why. you're looking at where prattsville, new york, used to be. prattsville, parts of it are gone. the town of 600, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely but don't have much to return to. of course, compared to jop pin, missouri, she was stranded there by rising floodwaters and joins us shortly. still stranded there tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on to full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through. that water has to go through somewhere. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks are having a hard tim...

good morning to you all. welcome to this cnn sunday morning, a special edition here. suzanne malveaux joining me, t.j. holmes here with you. we have special coverage of hurricane irene which is getting closer and closer and closer to new york city. anderson cooper is live in greenwich village there. john king on long beach for us this morning as well. >> already what a morning it's already been. very well foreshadowing the day that's in store for new york and north. an incredibly massive hurricane, rain-making hurricane irene, continuing her trek up the eastern seaboard. take a look ...

Up. now, this year, you have places that are still only 50% to 70% full at this time. rooms that went for $225 on average now going for about $150 or less. it really is a tough time. perception is everything. what they are doing is they are working very hard to make things look very good. they are working very hard. the oil has been detected not only here and parts of alabama but parts of florida and mississippi. you will see some of the cleanup efforts, a couple of the earth movers moving the sand barriers in place to help prevent the oil coming up on shore. they have been working so hard aro...

What i have been fighting to try to get. >> geraldo: was barton's apology to bp in our personal opinion, congressman, out of line? >> well, i didn't agree with it. in fact, congressman barton apologized. he apologized to me, but i mean that is something separate. if you want to talk about what we are fighting right now, our biggest problem is the fact that we don't have a sense of urgency fighting the oil. >> geraldo: congressman barton stays ranking member and the whole flap goes away? >> unfortunately, the real problems haven't gone away on the ground. what i want to do is get a real chain o...

What i have been fighting to try to get. >> geraldo: was barton's apology to bp in our personal opinion, congressman, out of line? >> well, i didn't agree with it. in fact, congressman barton apologized. he apologized to me, but i mean that is something separate. if you want to talk about what we are fighting right now, our biggest problem is the fact that we don't have a sense of urgency fighting the oil. >> geraldo: congressman barton stays ranking member and the whole flap goes away? >> unfortunately, the real problems haven't gone away on the ground. what i want to do is get a real chain o...