a sunday morning that finds millions of us here in the northeast bat oning down to weather the storm. she's just barely a hurricane but irene is still some force of nature. a category 1 storm with top winds of 75 miles an hour. it arrived here in new york city this morning after creeping up the new jersey coast overnight. thus far areen is blamed for nine deaths. we'll be tracking the storm all through this broadcast hearing from cbs news correspondents all along its path. among them mark strassmann who reports this morning from kill devil hills, north carolina. >> reporter: she's packd up her winds and headed north ward. >> a big, big breach right here. >> reporter: but hurricane irene certainly left plenty to talk about. and a lot to clean up besides. ahead this sunday morning, we follow the storm from here in north carolina on to parts unknown. >> mason: while we look ahead to irene's north ward slog, our martha teichner has been looking back and will offer us a hurricane history lesson. >> this tropical terror struck.... >> reporter: who says major hurricanes don't hit the northeast? long before irene, there was the great 1938 hurricane. so far the worst ever in new york, new jersey and new england. but there were others. >> intense ones are more rare. they're occurring every several decades or even evason tury. >> reporter: later this sunday morning, some very bad blasts from the past. irene's forgotten predecessors. >> mason: a storm of protest captured the nation's attention 41 years ago this past week. anti-vietnam war activists set off a bomb that killed a university of wisconsin researcher and shattered our perception of the anti-war movement. our peter greenberg was a student in madison at the time, and this morning he takes us back. >> the explosion at 3:45 this morning ripped through.... >> reporter: it wasn't supposed to happen. >> it uprooted trees and damaged autos. >> reporter: but when an explosion at the university of wisconsin's army math research center took the live of a graduate studentent, father of three, the debate over the war in vietnam came close to home. too close. >> this was off the charts. this was so different than anything that had happened. >> reporter: we remember that day in madison, wisconsin, later on sunday morning. >> mason: caesar mill and the dog whisperer thinks he knows the secret to a well behaved pet and lesley stahl has the perfect canine candidate. >> it's been called a disneyland for dogs but the official name of this ranch is the dog psychology center. i wanted you to meet my dog. i brought my new puppy in for a private consultation. what are they doing to my child. >> she must surrender. >> she did, right. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, my... difficult dog parker meets the dog whisperer caesar milan. >> mason: david edelstein has late summer picks at the movies. we'll remember the music of two giants of rock'n'roll and rita braver tells us the real story of cleopatra, queen of the nile. and more but first here are the headlines for this sunday morning the 28th of august, 2011. we'll begin with the latest on irene, the hurricane has knocked out power to some three million homes and businesses. debris from the storm forced the shutdown of one of the two reactors at the calvert cliffs nuclear plant in maryland. tornadoes spawned by the hurricane were reported in maryland and delaware. and nearly a foot of rain has made flooding a problem all up the atlantic coast. at last report the storm was passing over new york city after coming back on shore this morning at little egg inlet, new jersey. hurricane warnings are now posted all the way to cape cod. a tropical storm warning extends to the south coast of nova scotia in canada. hurricane watcher david bernard has been monitoring irene for us. he joins us now from miami. david, what's the latest? >> good morning, anthony. the storm is located right over new york city. and the key this morning is the speed. it's now moving north-northeast at 25. that's good news because it's not going to stick around much longer. it will lessen at least the chance that any additional rain is going to fall to the south of new york city, atlantic city and philadelphia. this is the current doppler radar image. the worst of the rain now is alignd from new york city into connecticut, massachusetts and the rest of new england. we still have some pretty strong bands even wrapping around d.c. and philadelphia. so it appears the flood threat will remain for the rest of the day. some areas could get an additional 6 inches of rain before it's all over. >> mason: meteorologist david bernard at our cbs station wfor in miami, thanks. again new york city is awaiting the eye of the storm. our jim axelrod is in the heart of the big apple, times square. jim, what's happening? >> anthony, as you can see behind me, times square is deserted this morning. hardly the cross roads of the world as new york city waits for the approach of the hurricane irene. a couple of hours ago you would still see people out on the streets, the odd taxi cab coming by. right now you'll see an emergency services truck. you'll see a police fire truck, a utility truck but aside from that, it is really empty here in manhattan as people await for the arrival of hurricane irene. the big concern on manhattan island this morning is storm surge. concern of 4-8 feet storm surge as irene arrives coinciding with a high tide and flooding and the worries about sea water mixing with electricity in lower manhattan. really the main concern this morning. >> mason: jim axelrod in times square, thanks, jim. we'll be back with jim in a few minutes. president obama is to meet with his top advisors on irene's status this morning. the president has declared a federal emergency in nine eastern states in washington d.c.. it looks like a c.i.a. drone strike may have killed al qaeda's new second in command. the obama administration says he was killed this past week in a pakistani tribal region. with rebels now in control of most of libya, we're getting a glimpse of the privileged life enjoyed by moammar qaddafi's inner circle. kids swam inside a ransacked villa owned by one of the libya's leader's daughter. qaddafi remains at large. while many of us are worrying about hurricanes, in phoenix yesterday the issue was dust. a huge dust cloud enveloped parts of the city. it's caused by dry, hot conditions and desert sand. now the rest of today's weather. the southwest continues to bake under bone dry triple-digit heat. some storms of the non-named variety will pop up in the plains. the week ahead shows dryer weather following irene in the northeast though more rain is expected down south. next, we've got our eye on the storm. and later,. >> the explosion at 3:45 this morning ripped through sterling hall. >> m,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> mason: irene is is not the fastest or the strongest storm we've seen. in fact, we've just learned she's now lost her hurricane strength winds. still from the carolinas into canada, millions are either bracing for what is now tropical storm irene or cleaning up in her wake. we follow the storm now starting with this report from our mark strassmann in kill devil hills, north carolina. >> anthony, in many areas irene packed a wallop. but there was also good news. in other ways the storm pulled its punches. irene made a bad first impression. sleeking to shore north carolina's outer banks, powerful and ominous. its surge collapsed part of this pier. flood waters pushed in but lori patrick couldn't help herself. mid storm she went back to check on her house in nags head, still standing. >> a lot of shingles are gone. at that point if water infiltrates then people can start to lose the interior of their homes. >> reporter: another issue, irene's size. so massive, even 50 miles inland the storm rocked. this mansion burned through belting rain and bob whitmore found that irene filled his basement. seven feet of flood water. >> i don't think we have any structural damage. so we can handle that. >> reporter: irene could drop nine inches of rain here. factor in the storm surge and flooding remains a constant threat. but damage here was scattered and mostly manageable. as irene's eye passed through, people like george thought the storm had blinked first. >> here we're ready for it. here we're used to it. a lot of the places haven't had a good hurricane in a long time. and are probably not quite as ready for it. >> reporter: in north carolina irene gave storm warning. trouble was on its way up the east coast. >> i'm chip reid in ocean city, maryland, where this narrow low-lying barrier island appears to have dodged a bullet. officials here predicted significant flooding and major damage, but after a night of howling winds with irene just off the coast police and members of the national guard ventured out this morning to inspect for damage and found almost none. on the board walk the flimsy, styrofoam exterior of this building came tumbling down but the only other visible damage was sand piled up on the board walk. beach erosion was minimal. ocean city replenishs its beaches every four years. the last time was 2010 when they spent $9 million to build up dunes to protect against major storms. a project that appears to have helped to keep hurricane irene at bay. charles, who owns a bicycle rental business, rode out the storm with no problems. >> this is just like a thunderstorm. >> reporter: he says he's unhappy with city officials for ordering the evacuation of 200,000 vacationers at the height of tourist season. ocean city officials say they hope to reopen the community as soon as possible. >> i'm jim axelrod in times square where as you can see still no power with power disruption here. most everybody we see off the streets. earlier we were seeing some folks actually playing in the rain. the odd taxi cab going by. people sort of taking a little bit of a last-minute "enjoy an empty city" because you don't see times square empty very often. now as hurricane irene is bearing down on new york, people taking very seriously all the warnings. probably that has to do with the nation's largest transit system, new york city subways and buses and rail, all shut down for the first time ever because of the natural disaster. we have seen the picking-up of some winds. there are some trees down in brooklyn, for instance, about 100,000 people in the new york city area have lost power so far. but as the winds and the storm intensity picks up, that number will no doubt rise. the big concern here on manhattan island is is storm surge. the low-lying areas of manhattan, battery park, south street seaport, protected by a sea wall and an underground system of pump support. but this storm is coinciding with a high tide. the worries about storm surge of four to eight feet. if it gets to the upper end of that, that could pose big trouble here on manhattan island. . >> mason: we've been here before. a history lesson from martha teichner just ahead. % hi, mom. how was school today? 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[ ernie ] we make our cookies the way only keebler elves can: with a little something extra. so every bite can be uncommonly good. >> mason: this morning all eyes are on irene, but how quickly we forget. our martha teichner has proof of that. >> december 21 mid afternoon this tropical terror struck, swept over outer long island. swept into highly developed new england. >> reporter: the great hurricane of 1938 or the great new england hurricane. the yankee clipper, the long island express. it went by a lot of names. to this day, 1938 remains the grandaddy of hurricanes to hit the northeast with 120 miles an hour winds. >> with communication cut off the full extent of the disaster was unknown for days. >> reporter: more than 600 people died. an timented two billion trees were destroyed in new york and new england. according to national hurricane statistics, the damage would run more than $6 billion today. it rearranged the geography of long island. this an inlet, didn't exist before the storm. how many of you have even heard of the 1938 hurricane before now? even among people right in irene's path, there seems to be a collective amnesia over the fact that whooper killer hurricanes can and do hit the northeast with devastating consequences. >> in terms of the entire northeast, we probably get one every decade or 15 years. intense ones are more rare. they're only occurring every several decades or even evason tury. >> reporter: jeff donnelly studies hurricanes at the woods hole orbiangraphic institution on cape cod. >> these are all examples from the historic record. the first one occurred in 1635 just a few years after european settlement of the region. we happen to know a fair amount about it because the storm passed between plymouth and boston. the only two places we had permanent european settlements. >> reporter: new york's kennedy airport was shut down by midday yesterday as irene approached. in 1821 what is believed to be a category 3 storm passed right over the... this spot. the storm surge in manhattan was as high as 15 feet. 0-foot waves reportedly washed over new york city in august 1893. the "new york times" wrote that in central park, more than 100 noble trees were torn up by the roots and branches were twisted off everywhere. >> we expect a much higher level of storm surge. >> the tracking of the storm continues to be very ominous. >> if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, it can be fatal. >> reporter: east coast residents have been bombarded with information about irene. for days, but imagine no warning whatsoever. silence until wham the storm hits. that's what happened in 1938. it wasn't until 1954 that the national hurricane center put out forecasts even 24 hours in advance. that was the year that hurricane carol walloped new england. especially rhode island. the hurricane took out the steeple of the old north church in boston. yes, the church made famous by paul revere's ride. the damage from carol would run more than $4 billion today. even a guess about the impact of irene on new york and new england would suggest staggering sums of money. >> it's hard to imagine not having a billion dollar storm that makes a direct impact on the major metropolitan area of the northeast. >> reporter: bill reed is director of the national hurricane center. >> wind damage tends to cause the most dollar damage because it affects areas all the way inland not just at the coast. the storm surge flooding is right along the immediate coast and the beach erosion and the wave action there can do the most dramatic damage. wipes out the whole property. >> reporter: and that's where amnesia comes in. once irene is forgotten a decade or two down the road, count on it. the northeast will be surprised all over again that multi-billion dollar storms do happen here. (wind blowing) >> mason: up next, the day that changed everything. finally, there's a choice for my patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin products, nsaids, or blood thinners. tell your doctor about all medicines you take, any planned medical or dental procedures, and don't stop taking pradaxa without your doctor's approval, as stopping may increase your stroke risk. other side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. if you have afib not caused by a heart valve problem, ask your doctor if pradaxa can reduce your risk of a stroke. >> mason: long before 9/11 america was struck by a domestic terror attack in the name of peace. 41 years ago at the height of the vietnam war protests, an explosion rocked the university of wisconsin in madison. peter greenberg was a student there, and this morning he looks back. >> reporter: it took place 41 years ago this past week in madison, wisconsin. >> the time to act is now. if they cast their votes clearly and decisively against the war in vietnam. >> reporter: it was the height of student unrest. on the nation's campuses, there were chants of "bring the war home." on august 24, 1970, they did just that. >> the explosion at 3:45 this morning ripped through sterling hall. >> it was an horrific act that was wrong then. it's wrong today. and it changed things in a bad way. >> the big demonstration was over here. >> reporter: back in those days the man who was now madison's mayor was one of the leaders of student anti-war protests on campus. as he recalls, it all started innocently enough. >> the anti-war movement adopted a lot of its tactics and strategies from the civil rights movement which was about ten years older. it was one of picketing, demonstrating, and passive resistance. >> the people we support in vietnam.... >> it's the kind of campus at least in the early '60s, people had a demonstration some people would show up in jackets if not ties. >> reporter: author and commentator jeff greenfield, a u.w.student in the '60s says as the fighting intensified so too did student protests. >> the escalation of the vietnam war in 1965 when the womaning began triggered a wave of increasing anger and demonstrations. >> what's happening is the numbers are growing and the intensity of the action is growing. much of it is assisted by what the police do. >> reporter: when madison police beat him and other students while breaking up a campus protest a few years earlier, he says something changed. >> i remember that evening we had a meeting. one young woman stands up and says, "i don't know what a radical is. but i'm a radical now." she said that experience did it. >> reporter: keep in mind that the madison bombing took place just months after ohio national guardsmen shot and killed four students while breaking up an anti-war demonstration at kent state university. >> people from that area, you know, like, you know, they know the reason why the bombing was done. >> reporter: former u.w.student carl armstrong says small wonder he felt he was at war with his government. >> it was like a message sent to us. we're going to kill you. your demonstrations mean nothing to us. so that's when we decided to take them head on. >> reporter: the army math research center was a defense department funded institute on campus that worked on weapons technology. it had become a focal point for student protestors. and that's where carl armstrong decided to make his statement. >> we knew approximately what size bomb we needed. probably a ton of explosives. >> reporter: how did you know that? >> just looking at the size of the building. he had visualized basically, i mean, it being leveled. that would be in a perfect statement. >> reporter: armstrong and his brother dwight, along with fellow students david fine and leo berg, stole a van and then filled it with explosives. >> the criteria was that basically no one on the street, no one in the building. >> reporter: you had a specific time planneded. >> yeah. the time was the most important because the whole bombing, the political succession depended on no one getting hurt. >> reporter: in the early hours of august 24, 1970, armstrong and leo launched their attack. >> david had surveiled a building. the problem was he didn't tell me that there were lights on. i felt, you know, really... i mean really uneasy about it. because, you know, we weren't sure, you know, why were these lights on. >> reporter: but you proceeded anyways. >> well, i turned to my confederate and i said... he asked me, he says, do we go ahead? are we going to do this? i think i made a comment to him about something like now i think i know what war is about. and i told him to light it. >> reporter:. >> the explosion uprooted trees and damaged autos. windows were shattered for ten blocks around. >> it was an ammonium nitrate bomb. >> reporter: chris cole is an agent with the f.b.i. in madison which investigated the crime. >> it was generally viewed as the largest, most destructive terrorist attack occurring on u.s. soil prior to the oklahoma city bombing. >> reporter: while the bombing was timed to make certain the building was empty.... >> the reality is there was someone there. he was killed. >> killed was the father of three. he and others were part of an overnight shift.... >> robert died in the bombing. people were injured. >> reporter: armstrong and his confederates heard the news in their get-away car. >> all of us were saying, oh, no. and then i told everybody in the car. i said maybe in time we'll feel better about this. >> reporter: has that time come? >> i don't think you can ever feel good about it. i felt good about doing the bombing. the bombing per se. but not taking someone's life. >> there had been deaths on american college campuses already. it's just that the deaths before that were perpetrated by the forces of authority. this time it was the dissidents. >> there's no question in the minds of authorities that this was the work of dissident radicals. >> this is off the charts. this was so different than anything that had happened. >> reporter: and paul sagland says it hurt the cause it was supposed to help. >> when school reopened a couple of weeks later, it was as though the life had been sucked out of the apt eye war movement. >> i think the army math research center bombing was the moment when the... when most everybody in the movement had to look into their own souls and minds and say, what are we about? >> reporter: carl armstrong and his brother dwight along with david fine were eventually caught and imprisoned. carl served eight years of a 23-year sentence. but the fourth bomber, leo berg disappeared, vanished. >> our last known sighting of leo was in late august, early september of 1970. in petersboro, ontario. >> reporter: the last time he was ever seen. >> that's correct. >> reporter: four decades and counting since that august morning in 1970. there's still a $150,000 reward for his capture. but the trail has grown cold. as for carl armstrong, he returned to madison after his prison term. >> i've lived a bizarre life. surreal sort of existence. >> reporter: in fact, until recently armstrong operated a juice stand just blocks from the campus building he destroyed. carl's brother dwight also returned to madison. he died last year. and david fine, who went on to law school but was denied admission to the oregon bar has worked as a paralegal. >> can never be restored. >> reporter: robert's widow stephanie remained in madison where she raised their three children. she never remarried. she chose not to appear in this story but she did give us a message for carl armstrong. she said, "i would like him to know that i harbor no ill will towards him and i never did." >> i've always felt shame for taking someone's life and hurting people. >> reporter: still armstrong's message for the last remaining fugitive may surprise you. if he's watching you right now, what would you want to say to leo? >> good job keeping yourself free, leo. good job. >> reporter: no hesitation on that message. >> no. >> reporter: why? >> why? because to us there was purity of purpose. and it just went bad. >> you're under arrest. >> really? >> mason: ahead david edelstein at the movies. ,,,,,,,, >> it's sunday morning on cbs and here again is anthony mason. >> mason: that scene from harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, the number one movie of the summer. here in the northeast many of us have little choice but to wait out irene. but elsewhere you can go to the movies. and david edelstein has some recommendations. >> reporter: it has been a loud 3-d summer at the multiplex. while i'm perfectly receptive to the odd $150 million super hero picture, it wasn't so odd. it was the norm. and i'm ready for movies that aren't in your face with a surcharge for the glasses. the comedy hour idiot brother won't win any prizes. but it's a blessed relief. >> who's the man? >> you are. >> reporter: paul rudd plays ned a friendly screw-up of a brother to three high strung sisters played by three appealing actresses. ned goes to prison after a cop in uniform approaches him to buy dope. really. see for yourself. >> listen, ned, you wouldn't happen to know where i can get some.... >> even if i did do you really think i'd tell you? . here you go, officer. >> hey, thanks, man. wow. you're under arrest. >> reporter: stop the clip. it's too painful. anyway, when ned gets out of jail, he visits his sisters and messes up their lives by being too guilelessly honest. >> your personality gets in way of your looks, your very good looks. >> dude! >> reporter: but this being a comedy family ties strengthen rather than strangle. the uplift would be hard to buy if rudd weren't so lovable. i have no idea what he's like in life, but i'd be stricken to hear he's a jerk. it would be such an affront to the notion we can see through a performance into an actor's core. his radiant niceness and all the neurosis gives this comedy a measure of grace. >> he walks with me and talks with me and tells me i am his own. >> reporter: speaking of grace, that's the holy grail for this movie. her amazingly graceful directorial debut based on a memoir about caroline brigg about her life as a religious fundamentalist and how she finally fled the male-dominated hierarchy. it's not primarily an attack on religion. her touch is gentle and deeply sympathetic. the scenes in which she's bap baptized and inducted into this faith-based community are raptureous. it's the '70s. this church is full of scruffy folk music types who believe the lord writes his gospel also in rocks and trees. she finds transcendent. of course she comes crashing to earth. but not without a fight to stay aloft when her friend speaks in tongues she's full of envy. >> what was that? >> it was so beautiful. a prayer language. >> i want it. >> come on. come on, holy spirit. >> reporter: she replays robert deniro's you talking to me as please talk to me while her drugy secular sister listens in. yes, the doctrineaire fundamentalists are insufferable but she doesn't slam the door. she's not self-righteous. she actually admires their faith. after a bummer summer, her debut has restored mine. in the transcendent power of movies. >> mason: up next... ♪ when the night has come >> mason: remember the music man. 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>> cute. very cute. but mysterious. >> reporter: over the years, the pair penned hits for diana ross. ray charles. and marvin gaye. and, of course, for themselves. pinkston asked about the secret to their chemistry. >> so how does it happen? do you come here with the lyrics? do you come to him with the music? how does it work. >> it happens a lot of ways. most of the time it's just spontaneous. >> reporter: but the music is timeless. nick ashford was 70. ♪ when the night has come and the land is dark ♪ ♪ and the moon is the only... ♪ >> mason: jerry lieber was a founding member of the pop and rock music world. ♪ no, i won't be afraid > his biggest hit even inspired a movie. ♪ just as long as you stand by me ♪ >> reporter: artists from benny king. ♪ darl, darling, stand by me > to john lennon. to believe it or not cassius clay later known as muhammad ali, all recorded "stand by me" making it the fourth most performed song of the 20th century. lieber teamed up with musician mike stoller in 1950. ♪ there's a man in town all the women know ♪ > back then their goal was simply to have their songs recorded by a black r and b artists they admired. ♪ you ain't going to rock and ro no more ♪ >> reporter: in the 1995, lieber told our russ mitchell why. >> we were black. from where i'm sitting that's quite a statement. >> what did you mean by that? >> i'll tell you. >> i mean i at an early age decided that black people were hipper and smarter and nicer. that was true for me. ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ > but the song that put lieber and stoller on the map was'er formed by an up-and-coming white singer named elvis presley. ♪ you ain't no friend of mine ♪ > at least 50 of lieber's songs made it into the top 40. and the pair was inducted into the rock'n'roll hall of fame in 1987. >> we never planned to write rock'n'roll. we were just trying to write good rhythm and blues. >> reporter: jerry lieber was 78 years old. not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. ♪ irene, good night >> mason: a sign of the times. and a reminder that even when those times are tough, even in the eye of the storm, some of us retain our sense of humor. ♪ i'll see you in my dreams >> mason: whether you're watching irene swirl on a satellite loop or whip through your backyard, you have a sense of how strong it is. but to understand its full fury, here are josh landis and mitch butler of the fast draw. >> officials and common sense tell us that a hurricane's power should be feared. most of us agree. up and down the east coast, they either evacuated or battoned down the hatches. but if we could capture the power in those winds, how much would we have? it sounds almost impossible to comprehend. but researchers took a shot. they imagined an average hurricane. 120 miles wide with 90 miles per hour winds. they figured out that in just one day, the amount of wind energy released is equal to half the entire planet's electricity supply. that's like the energy from almost 40,000 space shuttles or the energy from burning the coal from thousands of freight trains. if that day's worth of wicked weather seems like a tall order, there's a storm that's been raging for hundreds of years. and it's big enough to swallow up three earths. yes, jupiter's great red spot is quite a storm. kind of makes you long for a sunny day on venus. 40 years ago the government came up with a plan to try and control hurricanes. they called it project storm fury. and they tried to tame the beast. planes dropped silver iodide which creates clouds near the eyes of four hurricanes. in some of the cases the hurricane weakened. but it turned out that the hurricane would have weakened anyway with or without the experiment. in the end the best thing we can do is get out of the way. >> mason: ahead, hail caesar. dog whisperer caesar milan. >> mason: and julius caesar's queen of the nile. cleopatra. ,,,,,,,,,,,, now an update on what has become tropical storm irene. it bore down on new york overnight as a category 1 hurricane before being downgraded just before 9:00 eastern time. irene is leaving a long trail of destruction behind it. more than four million homes and businesses are without power. and at least nine deaths are being attributed to the storm. even weakened, damage from irene is thought to be in the billions. we turn now to our byron pitts riding out the storm in the town of long beach on long island. >> we got our first real taste of irene at about 6:00 this morning. she's only intensified since then. we felt wind guffs north of 50 miles an hour. we're along the board walk in long beach. this time yesterday about 100 yards of beach separated the ocean from the board walk. as you can see, not now. there have been widespread power outages across long island. 160,000 homes have lost electricity. we've seen trees uprooted and power lines bearing the signs of high winds. we've only seen a handful. long beach has been under a mandatory evacuation. about two thirds of the city has taken that warning and left town. the biggest concern now is the flooding that will follow. >> mason: byron pitts on long beach long island. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. >> the mystery spot. not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin but now is is not the time for blame. 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>> not yet. >> reporter: she'll run.... >> now you can take the leash off. you own all of this? >> 4 acres. i'm buying america a piece at a time. >> reporter: caesar is able to buy up big chunks of real estate because his tv show is such a big hit. >> i rehabilitate dogs. i train people. i am the dog whisperer. >> reporter: one analyst projects that his empire, built on best selling books, dvds, a magazine, a line of doggie products, and of course his tv show currently in its 7th season is worth nearly $100 million. >> aggression is never the problem. it's the outcome of a problem. so i want to see what the dog's problem really is. >> reporter: soothing the savage beast that no one else can. he even makes house calls. >> how can i help you? >> reporter: where he sits distraught owners down and explains that they have to calm down and show their dog who is boss. >> he became more powerful when i gave you another dog. did you notice? he went automatically in the back because you took a different state. different state of mind. >> reporter: meanwhile back at the ranch or at caesar calls it the dog psychology center. what are they doing to my child? >> she rolled over on her own. nobody told her to roll over. in order for her to belong part of the pack she must surrender. >> reporter: and she did, right? >> the point is she is making the decision to integrate her in the pack. that's not aggression. >> reporter: you shouldn't worry. >> actually what worries me is is when you brought her in because you told her to walk in front of you. she's walking in front of lesley stahl. >> reporter: americans who allow their dogs to walk them is one of his biggest pet peeves. evidently we're supposed to be the leader. who knew? if your dog doesn't learn to follow, you'll never have a disciplined pet. >> president obama and his dog. you've seen them walk together. >> i've seen them. that's not a good thing. the dog is always in front of the president of the united states. >> reporter: what about george w. bush? >> he walked the dog in front. >> reporter: his dog was in front as well. >> barny. sometimes he didn't want to go inside the helicopter. that's not good. >> reporter: whether it's presidents or peons, milan claims that man's best friend isn't the one most in need of therapy. >> the problem and the relationship human/dog and moted earn society is not the dog. >> reporter: whatever my dog's problem is, i gave it to him. >> yes. we live our lives with nervousness, tension, frustration, anger, jealousy, insecurity, all those issues. >> reporter: i don't have any of those. >> good for you. >> reporter: milan says we dog owners don't give our pooches enough to do. >> if dogs could smoke, there would be a lot of dogs smoking in america. they don't really have much to do. >> reporter: you're right. >> you know what i mean? they spend a lot of time behind walls. so all that build-up, gets them really anxious. that's why i suggest exercise. exercise allows them to drain the energy. >> reporter: by exercise, he doesn't mean a long walk. he means treadmills, roller blades and water sports. >> all right. let's give her a little taste of water. >> reporter: at his pool, as in all activities here, the dogs do everything together in a pack. caesar says he relies on peer pressure. many times they just learn by watching another dog. >> reporter: turns out dogs are just big copycats. my baby is scared. look at her. she's scared. thanks to caesar and pack power, my pooch parker swam for the very first time. you saw when she was ready to go, i just let her go. she could do it. even at the dog psychology center an innocent game of fetch the baug can still lead to a dog fight. >> hey, hey, hey, hey. relax. no, no more. >> reporter: i would never go in the middle of a rotweiller and a pit bull. >> right. >> reporter: i would never. >> i am the dog whisperer. >> reporter: you are the dog whisperer. would you get between two fighting dogs anywhere? >> yeah. i know which dog to touch first. i see energy. i feel energy. >> reporter: milan learned how to feel energy when he was a young boy on his grandfather's ranch back in mexico. it was there he first talked dog. >> there were three tones we used. this one means come. >> reporter: which one? >> (making a noise). and then this one means stop whatever you're doing and the whistle is because they were far away from us. >> reporter: getting along with mean dogs was simple for young caesar. but getting along with mean boys, not so easy. i'm going to say something. you tell me what it means and how you felt. >> sure. >> reporter: when the other kids called you el sneechlt perero. what is it? >> the dog kid. >> reporter: that was not said in a kind way. >> yeah. it's like saying the dirty dog kid. >> reporter: the dirty dog kid. >> don't talk to me. >> reporter: oh, my god. did you walk around saying i'm going to show you one day? >> no. >> reporter: you don't want to go back now and say, hey.... >> they know. >> reporter: oh, they know. see, that gives you pleasure that they know. >> what goes around comes around, okay. >> reporter: the dog whisperer. at the age of 21, the dog whisperer came to the usa the hard way. and so did you have a visa? >> (laughing). a different kind much visa. >> reporter: what kind of visa. >> you run really fast and you hide and you're away for a long time. >> reporter: you crossed illegally. >> yes, ma'am. yes, ma'am. >> reporter: after he got across and by the way the 42-year-old milan is a u.s. citizen now, he found work in california as a dog groom every, walker and trainer. that's how he met the future mrs. will smith jada. >> he helped me put a pack of rotweillers together. i had four males. they were basically like my security guards. >> reporter: you became such good friends. am i correct about this, that she insisted that you take english lessons. >> yes. she did. she actually, you know, sent a teacher to me for a year. >> reporter: she paid for it. >> she paid for it. >> reporter: so your english must have been pretty rough at that point? >> very rough. >> i am very happy to share what my grandfather had taught me. >> reporter: now the man with the rough english is speaking at yale university where he's helped develop and fun a program that brings dog into over 100 elementary schools around the country. >> what does it mean to care for your dog? >> reporter: it's called muttigree because the children work with mutts from local dog shelters. what is the program trying to teach? >> teaching children about empathy and compassion. empathy and compassion is something that is very important for the future of america, for the future of the world. so to have that eferp knee and compassion towards animals we can then practice that with humans. >> reporter: let me tell you what i was concerned about coming to you with my dog. you're going to tell me i can't always be goy wooy with her. i can't talk baby talk to her. all those things i like. >> love is not just what you want. that's just a selfish relationship in my opinion. you know, my clients will say i want a soul mate so i'll go get a dog. i want a baby so i'll go get a dog. that's good psychology or good therapy for you but what is the need of the dog? >> reporter: what i realized is that caesar milan's real business is people whispering. and his message to us, we're spoiling our dogs way too much. >> when i die, i want to come as a dog in america. you get to have your bed with your name on. your house with your name on. if the person dies you get to have money. it's just amazing to be a dog in america. >> mason: next, facts and figures. 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(crying) eventually help did arrive. heroes saved lives. as the waters receded volunteers poured in. in a city many thought should be abandoned began to find its future. but many new orleans residents never returned. the city's pop population is now nearly 30% smaller than it was just a decade ago. yet there is still that familiar sound in the quarters of this creole town. some neighborhoods have been rebuilt. billions have been sent to build a massive system of levees, gates and pumps to protect new orleans from repeating its past. ♪ sweet home, new orleans >> reporter: the spirit of the people is stronger still. they were once bruised and battered but they have weathered the storm. >> everybody you encounter in stores, on the street, in restaurants is in that city for one reason. they're there because they want to be in new orleans. for a while now, you've been taking an antidepressant. but your cloud of depression is still with you. maybe it's time to ask your doctor about adding seroquel xr to your antidepressant to treat your depression. seroquel xr is a once-daily, extended-release tablet, which means medication is released around the clock. for many, seroquel xr, when added to an antidepressant, was proven more effective than an antidepressant alone at helping people feel less depressed. call your doctor if you have unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. elderly dementia patients taking seroquel xr have an increased risk of death. call your doctor if you have fever, stiff muscles, and confusion, as these may be signs of a life-threatening reaction or if you have uncontrollable muscle movements, as these could become permanent. high blood sugar has been reported with seroquel xr and medicines like it and in extreme cases can lead to coma or death. your doctor should check for cataracts. other risks include increased cholesterol and weight gain as well as seizures, dizziness on standing, drowsiness, impaired judgment, trouble swallowing, and decreases in white blood cells, which can be fatal. use caution before driving or operating machinery. isn't it time to put more distance between you and your depression? talk to your doctor about seroquel xr. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. before we take our leave this morning we want to bring you one last check on irene with winds no longer at hurricane strength, irene nonetheless remains a potent storm with flooding the biggest threat. it's feared that the storm may disrupt business on wall street tomorrow. irene is all but certain to make a mess out of travel for days. more than 9600 flights have already been canceled. nearly half the entire u.s. schedule. and now one last check in with our jim axelrod who is just a few blocks away in times square. >> reporter: anthony, as you can seep behind me people are actually starting to come out in times square as irene has been downgraded to a tropical storm. however, that does not mean the great danger to manhattan is over. storm surge is the primary concern here. as a matter of fact, flooding in the holland tunnel has shut down at least one tube, traffic being diverted to the lincoln tunnel. we have pictures we want to show you from new jersey. big waves pounding the shore there. the pier and the board walk, that gives you a sense of what's happening with surge as it moves its way closer to manhattan. a sea wall, a system of underground pumps protect manhattan but is a surge of 4 to 8 feet, sea water and electricity a bad combination. that's the concern in manhattan this morning. >> mason: our jim axelrod in times square. we'll be right back. coming up, the queen of the nile. heir cranberry juice. so we made ocean spray cranberry juice cocktail with a splash of lime. it's so refreshing, your taste buds will thank you. mm... oh, you're welcome. what? my taste buds -- they're thanking me. uh-huh. forbes magazine is out with its list of the world's most powerful woman. lady gaga made the list. so did first lady michelle obama and melinda gates. but none of them, rita braver now tells us, holds a candle to that force of nature we call cleopatra. >> reporter: she has been celebrated in film. she's been immortalized in thinking and sculpture. >> who are you? >> cleopatra, queen of egypt. >> reporter: and more than 2,000 years after she lived, queen cleopatra the 7th, who ruled the sprawling kingdom of egypt for 22 years is still a mesmerizing force. >> it's hard to name another woman in history who is this commanding and for that matter this enduring. >> reporter: so enduring that pulitzer prize winning author stacey schiff's recent biography of cleopatra became a best seller. >> i was bewitched by caesar. >> reporter: seems we can't get enough of a clean who had liaisons and children with two roman legends. julius caesar and his loyal general mark anthony. she was also the wealthiest person of her time. how rich was cleopatra? what did she control? >> i once asked one of the great helenistic historians that question, he said all of the hedge fund managers of yesteryear rolled into one. >> reporter: you'd be surprised to learn that klee owe pat... cleopatra didn't come from a long line of egyptians. she was descended from the greek general ptolemy who served under alexander the great. it was a dynasty in which sisters wed brothers, royal incest. >> cleopatra's parents were probably siblings. she has one set of grandparents. in cleopatra's case the younger brother was ten. it's very doubtful the marriage was consummated. he is eliminated in the civil war that the two of them go on to fight. >> reporter: she was actually losing that war against her brother when, as a 1963 movie starring elizabeth taylor shows.... >> my queen's gift is for the eyes of caesar. >> reporter: she had herself smuggled in to meet the great roman leader julius caesar who had come to egypt to settle the conflict. >> all hail cleopatra. beloved of the moon and sun. >> reporter: was caesar submiten immediately, do you think? >> don't know if he's submiten. we know within a couple of weeks she is pregnant with his chil. we know within a couple of months he has reinstalled her on the throne of her own country. >> reporter: she has for years been wasn't painted as a wanton se duct treasure. is that fair. >> you could say a very clever political strategist. >> almost three years is it possible that you become even more beautiful. >> reporter: though cleopatra has been portrayed by great beauties from taylor to vivien leigh.... >> you do something that will make me very happy. >> reporter: to claudeette colbert, the real queen did not get by on looks. >> we have that from plutarch who says outright there were many who could compare with her in terms of her physical attributes. it was her personality, the charm of her presence that was irresistible. >> reporter: most of the few documented representations of cleopatra are found on coins. >> she has a very strong nose. >> reporter: that one she looks a little like george washington. >> yes. >> reporter: frank gauthier is an underwater archeologist who in 1996 discovered remains of cleopatra's alexandria. the magnificent city that was the capital of egypt in her time. >> it was fabulous. everything was there and waiting for us. >> reporter: while much of ancient alexandria was simply built over in the course of 2 thousand years natural disaster, earthquakes and tidal waves toppled part of the city into the sea. ironically preserving important artifacts under water. some have been rescued. restored and are on display in a traveling exhibit now at the cincinatti museum center. feels like we're walking in her footsteps. >> we are walking, absolutely in her footsteps. >> reporter: cleopatra would have stood before these statues to greet her subjects. any idea how much one of these pieces might weigh? >> this one weighs 8.5 tons. >> reporter: the excavation has turned up pieces that show the sophistication and craft of ancient alexandrian artists, a statue of cleopatra's father portrayed as a stings. a huge bust of her son with julius caesar. >> i am egypt's queen. >> reporter: it was after caesar's assassination that cleopatra and his general mark anthony began the romance that inspired one of our greatest theatrical tragedies. anthony and cleopatra. seen here in the this royal shakespeare company production. >> never more admired than by the negligent. >> reporter: how hot was their attraction? juror to the better part of 11 years they are together on and. he's married twice i should say during this time to other women. they have three children together. we have a... they have a jolly time together. that's very clear. >> reporter: jolly until julius caesar's nephew launches a successful war against mark anthony and his lover cleopatra. and claims egypt for himself. anthony eventually commits suicide and dies in cleopatra's arms. >> there has never been such a silence. >> reporter: within a few days realizing that she is a vanquished queen, cleopatra kills herself but perhaps not as dramatically as legend has it. >> there are many, many pages of cleopatra putting the asp to her breast. is this not true? >> you know, it's a really great subject for painting. personally you get the naked... first of all you get the naked breast. i'm not buying the snake. it sounds like she had some kind of poison. she was able to use it at this moment where she realizes she is about to be transported back to roam. >> reporter: but if there is disagreement about her death, there is no question about her impact. >> i am cleopatra. >> reporter: she was one of the. >> even victoria ruleded with a government. queen elizabeth but her empire is a lot smaller. almost no one who commands this kind of influence and plays in an all boys' league. >> reporter: in fact, frequently outsmarts the boys. >> mason: a tale of klee owe pat... cleopatra from our rita braver and now at what's on face the nation. >> schieffer: good morning, anthony. we'll go up and down the east coast to get the latest on hurricane irene and then we'll be in the studio with general colin powell to talk about what was supposed to happen but didn't this weekend. the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. >> mason: bob schieffer, thanks. also ahead half an hour from now. stay tuned for scott pelley for a special report on hurricane irene and next week here on sunday morning. mike rose.... >> how are we doing on dirty jobs? 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