one of the cities, four-hour drive north of manila, look at the rain that came down. on the order of 945 millimeters. that s not 37 inches or 10 more inches than what we saw as far as maximum rainfall across the state of south carolina a couple weeks ago. tells you the flooding taking place here. you do the math, equivalent to 14 billion gal lops of water, 50 billion liters of water. take that water and fill up 21,000 swimming pools. that is olympic size swimming pools. that s how much water has come down across this community. you know certainly going to be problematic. to the north we have a massive area of high pressure. this area of high pressure create a blocking pattern. the storm system has been slow to exit the picture. that s why this is such a big story as we re seeing the tropical rains persist. unfortunately with the forward progress, that was good news. unfortunately the rainfall models as far as the next couple of days, they ve increased a little bit, up to 250
republican party you seem to see fewer conservatives identifying themselves overall in a trending way as well over the years as very socially conservative and if you look in the democratic party you tend to see more people identifying themselves as very liberal and that again, trending over the years continues to grow. that shifts the nature of the coalition within each party but also the break down among voters james. how do you see these results. are they that significant? i think they re significant but only in one respect. i think it s completely explained by the dramatic shift in public opinion in favor of same sex marriage. gal lops also tells us in 2005 37% of americans supported same sex marriage. now it s 60%. social conservatives, the term isn t defined but it s offered and people can make what they want of it but one main thing it means is somebody that s a hold