they put in a hurricane barrier and so that s down, and they re not as concerned about flooding, they would be and hoping that doesn t look anything like the historic flooding they saw last year, but so far, the worst will be the power outages, what they re dealing with. molly line, get away from the water. good to see you. thank you, much more ahead and the problem with the dam in upstate new york, we ll speak live with a woman rescuing people from the area downstream and what about all of those stranded, thousands of flights delayed, trains aren t running, so when do things get back to normal? some answers ahead from the journalists of fox news on this special edition of the fox report. yeah, it s new beneful healthy fiesta. gotta love the protein for muscles whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman announcing ] new beneful healthy fiesta. listen to this.
to secure it to this dock here in front of me. i think we have some tape we can show you of that incident. also we talked to one of the captains who came here to secure his boat. here is how he described the conditions in the harbor. that s pretty scary. that can go on there, get caught in the bridge, the boom could fall and kill somebody this is bad. i ve never seen the harbor like this. we came in on thursday so we wouldn t be close to dealing with something like this. he s one of the captains who came up here earlier in the week this is one of the most protected, secure harbors on the east coast. many of these boats are from out of town. they come up here to be safe, and they are. these boats have not moved an inch during the entire time we ve been here all day. as you heard that captain say, he s never seen anything like this and these are protected waters. you can imagine what it s like beyond the hurricane barrier, about a half mile out. ron, thank you very much for the upd
he s in new bedford, right along that all-important fishing area. we ve got a lot of boats weathering out the surge, the water and the winds. good morning again, ron. reporter: good morning, alex. we have a sailboat that we ve been keeping an eye on. it s bobbing in the surf here. it s tied to the pier. it shouldn t be here. it should be out there, but it came loose. there was just an operation led by the coast guard to secure this boat. it was bouncing around in the harbor, and threatening some commercial boats that are supposed to be here. it s a protected harbor that a lot of boats have come to for a safe haven. about a half mile in that direction, there is a hurricane barrier to product these waters, but as is can see, they re very, very choppy. i don t know if you can tell in the haze, there are a couple others sailboats loose, at least they were as of half an hour
lashing new england with powerful winds and rain. hello again, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. i m brooke baldwin. let s get you caught up on what we know at this hour on this storm. president obama an hour away from making the statement about the storm. he will be doing so 5:00 eastern from the rose garden. we ll bring it to you live as soon as we see the president. irene continues to lose power since making landfall this morning. floodwaters are receding on new york s long island and downtown manhatt manhattan. evacuation orders for low lying areas including the rockaways were lifted just last hour. residents are venturing out to examine the storm damage. the storm has proven to be fatal. at least 15 people across six separate states were killed during the storm. irene s powerful winds toppled trees, knocked down power lines, damaged homes. early wind damage estimates alone are expected to top more than $1 million. more than 4 million people without power. as hom
nice to be here with you for the next five hours. tropical storm irene after lashing new york city, irene is dutching heavy, heavy rainfall in parts of upstate new york and also new england. the storm made landfall overnight as a hurricane in two stops, first on the landfall on little egg inlet in new jersey, and then it hit another landfall, coney island, new york. at that time irene had weakened to a tropical storm. on long island, irene s storm surge flooded downtown long beach. some streets in manhattan also flooding, but the water really has started to recede already. it is sweeping up the east coast. irene has killed at least 15 people at last count as it started, as it fist made landfall in north carolina, more than 4 million people as a whole without power. irene moving north now. its biggest threat is inland flo flooding. still the word is caution, and we have cnn crews up and down the east coast for you to bring you up-to-the-minute coverage on tropical storm