yet, nicolle, the polling is completely lopsided on this issue. 80%, 90% of americans think background checks is the way to go. they have thought that for years and yet nothing happened in washington. the president said today he wanted intelligent background checks, that s his word, intelligent. but it s not clear what that means. the devil will be in the details. what is this legislation? will it be the manchin-toomey bill of a few years bag that died in the senate of the obama presidency? will it be something different, perhaps something weaker that would be more appealing to the republicans in the senate. and it s unclear also how much momentum president trump is willing to put behind it. he said what he said at the white house but he said it as he was departing for a week-long vacation at hi gos golf club inw jersey. the senate is out for the entire month of august. it s not clear where the leadership and momentum to do something will come from in the next few days.
making their way into the square. we see the occasional ambulance, and some police vehicles as well, but so far we have not seen this mass push. reporters on the ground are telling thus the police are making their way in large numbers to the square, we assume to try to disburse the crowd. if that happens, excite be a very long night. demonstrators now demand that lawmakers limit the president s powers. they want an overturn of the government, limiting the president s powers would be a first step. this well will watch throughout the hour. around here it s still going. the storm system is making its way out of the northeast but left with a bang when heavy snow collapsed a roof at a strip mall. it s southwest of new newark, nw jersey, nobody hurt in massachusetts officials say they upped their normal supply of road salt by 2,000 to
going north, the surge flooded four towns breaching a barrier ten miles from new york city in northern new jersey. the subject surrounded homes with 5 of water, flooded local police and fire departments. rescue workers using raft and boats to evacuate residents and yesterday they had to evacuate the firehouses. governor christie said the damage is worse than imagined. it is beyond anything i thought i would ever see. terrible. terrible. we need to remain patient. when the waters receipt. then we can assess. shepard: it could take days to restore power. and new to new jersey wheres inw jersey. my guess, rick, you have ridden out 30, maybe 40 hurricanes and