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well, we begin this morning with irene's aftermath. as clean-up from hurricane irene continues all along the east coast this morning, federal officials say severe flooding is the biggest concern in the weak of the storm that left at least 23 people dead. here in new york city it is expected to be a frustrating morning commute as the rails, the roads, and the runways slowly reopen. nbc's jay gray joins us from new york city's times square which yesterday was a virtual ghost town. jay, good morning to you. >> good morning, lynn. you are absolutely right. could be a tough road or a toug...

joy. patient mom and her bundle of joy. today sunday, august 7, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm jena wolfe. we mourn the americans killed in yesterday's deadly attack in afghanistan. >> it's america's darkest day yet. a rocket propelled grenade struck a helicopter in the eastern part of the country killing 30 u.s. troops, 22 of them were navy s.e.a.l.s. >> reaction is still coming in from the front lines and from here at home especially on th...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm jena wolfe. we mourn the americans killed in yesterday's deadly attack in afghanistan. >> it's america's darkest day yet. a rocket propelled grenade struck a helicopter in the eastern part of the country killing 30 u.s. troops, 22 of them were navy s.e.a.l.s. >> reaction is still coming in from the front lines and from here at home especially on the base where many of the fallen live. >> we do know the attack happene...

we begin with up in the air. president obama turned up the heat on house speaker john boehner yesterday over a partisan standoff that's caused a partial shutdown of the faa and thousands of americans out of work while congress is on vacation. nbc's tracie potts joining us from washington with the details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. the president's message to boehner was that congress need it is to cut short that vacation, come back to washington and deal with the situation that has left 74,000 workers most of them airport construction workers without a ...

we begin with up in the air. president obama turned up the heat on house speaker john boehner yesterday over a partisan standoff that's caused a partial shutdown of the faa and thousands of americans out of work while congress is on vacation. nbc's tracie potts joining us from washington with the details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. the president's message to boehner was that congress need it is to cut short that vacation, come back to washington and deal with the situation that has left 74,000 workers most of them airport construction workers without a ...