this will be a topic of heated debate here in the city of new orleans. sean payton has been a beloved figure ever since the saints won the super bowl after the 2009 season in the years after hurricane katrina. sean payton and quarterback drew brees, you know, were the faces of this team and in the city for a team that had done so much to kind of bring this city out of the doldrums here. so the punishment against him, i think, will be a hot topic of debate here in the city. a lot of people, new orleans saints being one of my favorite teams having my family being from new orleans. culturally it is a part of that community there. do we know if any of the players are also going to be suspended, if there s going to be any kind of punishment for the players as well? reporter: there s no question that players will be punished somehow, but in this statement that s just been released by the nfl it says discipline for the players is still being looked at, and none of those announce
of devastation, really widespread. some of these images what used to be homes, structures. we saw one wall from the harrisburg med center just totally wiped out. as we continue to follow this story here, let s move on. okay? now we re going to go to missouri governor jay nixon spoke a little while ago about the status of his state and the aftermath. take a listen. i think put into context of a couple of things, first in the context of this particular site here, no loss of life. that s for preparation and also for the emergency responders that were here to make a real difference for folks in the middle of the night and the middle of a storm. just that training makes a serious and appropriate difference. but this is a lot of damage. the insurance issues here, the property damage issues here are going to be significant, but the bottom line is joplin is going to be a real sounding board for everybody else across our state, that you can rebuild, that you will rebuild, you ll sta
a nation with a 2 3erz unemployment rate. it is singapore and its prime minister, you ll want to hear what he has to say. also, i ll explain why we should stop worrying so much about the stumbling revolutions in tunisia, and around the arab world. here s my take, first. now that mitt romney is once again the frontrunner, his campaign focus is returning to president obama. he will probably repeat a line that he has used often in the past. this is a president who fundamentally believes that this next century is a post-american century. now, i leave it to the president to describe what he believes, but as the author of the book the post american world, i would like to clarify the phrase. at the very beginning of the book, i note, this is a book not about the decline of america, but rather about the rise of everyone else. throughout the book i m optimistic, and i think we can prosper in this new world and remain the most powerful country on the planet. i argue that the age o
to hear what the prime minister has to say. also, why we should stop worrying so much about the stumbling revolutions in egypt, tunisia and around the arab world. but first, here s my take continue now that mitt romney is once again the front-runner, his campaign focus is returning to president obama. and he s probably going to start repeating a line that he s used often in the past. this is a president who fundamentally believes that this next century is the post-american century. now, i leave it to the president to describe what he believes, but as the author of the book the post-american world, i d like to clarify the phrase. at the very beginning of the book, i note, this is a book not about the decline of america but rather about the rise of everyone else. throughout the book, i m optimistic about america, and i m convinced it can prosper in this new world and remain the most powerful country on the planet. but i argue that the age of america s singular domin
landfall this morning, on the outer banks of north carolina. more than 1 million homes are without power tonight. flooding is widespread. now, the winds have died down a little bit, but irene is expected to remain a hurricane all the way to new england. and as you can see, the surf is already pounding the coastline nonstop. right now, ocean city, maryland, getting hammered. and if there s some good news, well, an admiral with the u.s. coast guard says the preliminary survey of damage shows irene has not been as destructive as had been feared. and we hope that will be the case in many places. cnn correspondents are strategically positioned, all up and down the east coast to give you the very latest information. chris lawrence still in chesapeake beach, maryland, for us, where water continues to rise. we talked about the beach erosion as well. chris, also 40,000 people without electricity there. however, the conditions not as bad as you predicted? reporter: no, exactly.