making a move. we have a lot of people that just don t get it. shepard: will his idea work? i think it s sort of an easy popular thing you can do that makes it seem like you are dealing with congestion. shepard: tonight, the plan to put the left lane slow pokes in their place. but, first from fox this tuesday night, more than 2 million americans are still living without power days after hurricane irene slammed the east coast. and the utilities companies reports some people may not get the lights back on until next week. happy labor day. officials say irene killed more than 40 people in a dozen stays. the early damage estimates are coming in somewhere north of $7 billion. even as we try to get a better sense of the scope of this disaster, the rescuers are still pulling people from flooded out homes in places including new jersey. rick leventhal on fox top story live little falls jersey about 20 miles life outside manhattan. the river there may have crested, rick. y
man, quarterback michael vick is now the $100 million nfl star two years after vick was behind bars for taking part in a dog fighting ring. the eagles only care about the super bowl ring now. plus, banning republicans from a labor day parade and who is behind the idea and is that fair game? it is today s newsnation gut check. hello, everyone. i m tamron hall and the newsnation is following dangerous flooding following hurricane irene in the northeast. today, the national guard is dropping food and water to those cut off from the flooding in vermont. among those cut off is an entire wedding party stranded after a bridge collapsed. more than 100 people from this wedding will be stuck for at least four days until they have a road out. and in vermont alone, nearly 300 roads are closed and 35 bridges are impassable. a few hours ago, president obama said today that the victims of the storm have the supportf of the government. a lot of the fellow citizens are still reeling
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. imagine waking up to find yourself stranded on an island with no way off. that is, in effect, what s happened in vermont where floodwaters brought by irene have left 13 towns cut off from the rest of the world. and their water treatment plants have failed. 13 towns where people have no water and no escape. elsewhere in the storm zone, 2.8 million homes and businesses in 13 states and the district of columbia still have no electricity. the death toll so far this evening is 44. and have a look at this. this is patterson, new jersey. patterson is a city of 146,000 west of new york. nearly a thousand people were rescued there today by water craft as the passaic river keeps on rising. it s not expected to crest until this evening. we have two reports tonight beginning with wyatt andrews in brattleboro, vermont. reporter: as impressive as the damage has been here in vermont, toda
shepard: and now word of entire towns cut off with no food or water. tonight a rescue effort in effect as people try to recover from irene. a small plane slamming into a shepard: almost 10 years since the attacks of 9/11 and the feds cannot say when the suspects will go on trial. home, and it s up to some that was revealed in a letter to painters to pull the pilot to the 9/11 families. catherine herridge in d.c. safety. you are almost out, man. does it explain what the hold up here is, catherine. you are almost out. this two page letter sent to shepard: tonight, the heros of the backyard. the families at the end of last week is filled with a lot of plus, looking to ease traffic legalese and buried in the text is a part of the explanation for tieups by educating other the holdup. drivers. the left lane is for passing. the convenes authority one guy up there has got all the overseeing the trial of khalid traffic blocked up in all the lanes. sheikh mohammed and the o
in the future. reporter: a clear contrast with perry who avoided sharp political rhetoric yesterday ind kateing when diplomacy applies they should avoid military adventurism, but if force is required they shouldn t be deterred by the multilateral debating society. the president should never send our son and daughters in war without a plan to win. the resources to make that possible. reporter: since joining the race 17 days ago, perry moved solidly ahead of romney who had been the national front runner all year. such national polls shift. john mccain was counted out at this time four years ago. among democrats, hillary clinton was considered a shoo-in. for now, perry 27 and romney 14 in the latest cnn poll. with sarah palin, michele bachmann and rudy giuliani in a three-way tie for third. perry points out she a vietnam era vet. romney did not serve. and romney plays up his private sector experience, knowing perry rails against government and spent most of his adult life