elmsford, new york. up t significant flooding there and crews rescuing half a dozen residents from rising waters. i believe that was two young ladies who got off the boat with their back packs in store and they were brought to safety. the house, big questions about how much water is in the basement and it will take some time to dry that out. seeing those scenes up and down the hudson river valley. also expect when the rain starts coming off the mountains and hills around the area the water is only going to go one place and that is up and it will go higher. and takes a long time to get the water out of the basement and dry the house out and leaves permanent damage in many cases. that is a tough part of the story and irene of course has caused a lot of headaches for travelers in the northeast and many other parts of the country. passengers waiting it out at boston s logan airport as irene passes through there and all the way across the country in california passengers are
morning, i am reminded of what so struck and moved me when i went from being a university president to u.s. secretary of defense in a time of war. at texas a and m i would walk the campus, see thousands of students age 18 to 25, typically wearing t-shirts, shorts, and back packs. the day after i became secretary of defense in december, 2006, i made my first visit to the war theater. and there i encountered other young men and women also 18 to 25, except they were wearing body armor, carrying assault rifles. putting their lives at risk for all americans. and i knew that some of them would not make it home whole and that some would not make it home at all. i knew then that soon all of those in harm s way would be
bodies of those killed in a devastating tornado almost one week ago. just ahead, one of the coroners involved in the daunting and grisly task. and clash of conservative men for the race for the white house. will it be sarah palin or michele bachmann? i m candy crowley and you re in the situation room. first to the u.s. investigation into osama bin laden and dramatic new clues revealing that he may have been trying to reach out to pakistan for protection in the years before he was killed. this comes as hillary clinton paid a visit to the country in a new effort to ease tension in the wake of bin laden s death. chris lawrence is at the pentagon with all of the details. chris? candy, all of this is coming out of the massive treasurer trove of intelligence that the navy s.e.a.l.s pulled out of bin laden s compound. this revelation is fascinating in that it really reveals one of the ways in which osama bin laden thought about trying to evade u.s. detection. documents seized sh
some things like the operation homefront is needed to help with. shannon: i know it s back to school and you get involved in those programs as well. absolutely. we have back pack filled with supplies for the kids and this year we give away 28,000 back packs. that is a lot of families better prepared for school and they can use limited resources for more important things like basic necessities. shannon: i know in addition you work with wounded warriors stateside as well. tell us about work you do for w them and how the afternoon person watching can average person watching can get involved. the major program we have for the wounded warriors is transitional housing. those with families that relocated to be near the hospital where they are recuperating, we can put them in two and three bedroom apparents to get back to some family life and help in their recovery and transition to civilian life. they are always ways for people to help.
the new school year is rapidly approaching and the back to school list has new and interesting item that s have been added. schools around the country are beginning the new year with tighter budgets, as a result besides pens and notepads and back packs, parents will now have to shell out cash for items like toilet paper, paper towels, wipes and the rest, believe it or not, that s all happening at schools around the country. barbara chester, the president of the national association of elementary school principals and joining us this morning from portland, oregon. i appreciate your time. has it come to this? how bad is the budget issue for schools nationwide that your elementary student is bringing in their own toilet paper? i have to admit that s a new one for me, but unfortunately yes, the budget crisis, the economic downturn has affected schools all over the country and