walker, his showdown with union workers. his take on the gop field. if they were both on the particular, it would be spectacular. they could focus on the economy. and the former scout s love for his hog. this is piers morgan tonight. when arianna huffington talks, people tend to listen. she s number 31 of forbes s list. she is the author of third world america, how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and betraying the american dream. and arianna joins me now. knowing you, i would imagine you re a bit fed one only being 31 on this list. i think it is a great list. and i m very happy with my placement, piers. but quietly you re thinking, hang original i should be at least in the 20s here, aren t you? no, no. would you ever be thinking that if you were in any number on that list? would it matter? yes. well i would be a bit concerned if i ll on the most 100 most powerful women list. but on any list, i think it doesn t mat here you are. you can be bill
vermont are frankly strand asked have been since the storm on sunday. near paterson, inning, the passaic river is 18 feet deep. they ve been evacuating people from here all day. and just down the river in wallington borough, evacuations went out at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. rescuers have been busy pulling 64 people to safety in paterson, new jersey. 14 kids among them. three dogs. people stayed thinking the worst was over, not knowing the rivers were still rising. even in a place where you expect water, they have never seen anything like this before. look at the images. in little falls, new jersey. more like niagara falls, so much storm water flowing through. in vermont we re getting around, it is not only impossible. hundred of stretches of roads have been washed away. the national guard is bringing in supplies in some of the hardest hit areas. in addition, nearly 3 million homes are without power. a man who just got married on sunday, his entire wedding party is stranded in v
i m gloria borger. john king is off today. thanks for joining us on what turns out to be a very significant day on the campaign trail. mitt romney who has been taking a rather low-key approach to his republican opponents so far today decided to take some jabs at the man who s replaced him as the official frontrunner, texas governor rick perry. and he did it in perry s home state. thank you. during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to his own business resume and then took a shot at people he called career politicians. i m a conservative businessman. i spent most of my life outside politics, dealing with real problems in the real economy. career politicians got us into this mess, and they simply don t know how to get us out. get ready for even more romney versus perry. late this afternoon we learned romney has changed his mind and now has decided to attend a candidate forum on monday in south carolina. rick perry, of cou
flooding, washed out by roads have been waiting for supplies, relief workers are now using air drops and some are having to resort to four-wheel drive vehicles just to reach these people with everything from pampers to prescriptions along with, of course, food and water. amber lyon once again following this for us out of vermont. live today in wilmington. amber, i see a lot of people out and about behind you. it looks like some progress is being made. reporter: yeah. there s a lot of cleaning up going on out here, brooke. at one point, residents say the water would have been over my head. this river that s over that way flooded and just came right across here. this is the center of town. a town called wilmington. 1800 residents live here. this is where a lot of people have family-owned businesses across the street. if you look at the clothes hanging out to dry, that was a consignment shop. i just spoke with the two owners. they lost the majority of their inventory. they als
worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters haven t been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas history. oklahoma is suffering, too. a fire near oklahoma city has forced people within a two square mile area out of their homes. it s going to be another busy day for rescuers in vermont. several hundred people are still trapped by floodwaters. irene with its punishing wind and rain turned some communities into islands, cut off from civilization. the national guard has been dropping supplies by helicopter. at one point you couldn t get into or out of 13 towns. authorities hope all of them wi