fred whitfield has the weekend off. our top story this hour, a week after hurricane irene battered the east coast, tropical storm lee is targeting the gulf coast. heavy rain falling now in mississippi and louisiana, both states under a state of emergency. mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of jefferson parish in the new orleans area and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. remember that storm? six days after irene slammed the state, nearly 700 vermont homes are still without power. and the search is still on for a man believed to have been swept away by floodwaters last sunday. take a look at this map. the green lines there show vermont roads that are now open. but many of those roads and bridges marked in red were simply washed away. the dots indicate power outages . in one minute, we re going to bring you a report from one of the hardest hit areas, new jersey. dozens of families across texas a