jon scott. jenna: whole communities are isolated by record flooding. fema is supplying emergency supplies as thousands have no power that may not come back on for weeks. gregg: connecticut s governor touring his state had to do it by helicopter, couldn t do it on the ground. irene leaving two people dead, dozens of homes destroyed. crews from as far away as colorado are coming to help after hundreds of thousands have lost power. jenna: new jersey hit by devastating flooding as well. rick leventhal is covering it all live from little falls new jersey. this story over for some but just beginning for others. reporter: absolutely. there are 450 to 500 homes in little falls that are in deepwater. we are right between little falls and wayne. this is the pa s-rbg sack river. it does flood when there are heavy rains. the mayor told me never this bad. route 23 here, deepwater, fast current, you see trucks and vehicles that have been caught up in it, and businesses that are surrounde
rick leventhal is covering it all live from little falls new jersey. this story over for some but just beginning for others. reporter: absolutely. there are 450 to 500 homes in little falls that are in deepwater. we are right between little falls and wayne. this is the pa s-rbg sack river. it does flood when there are heavy rains. the mayor told me never this bad. route 23 here, deepwater, fast current, you see trucks and vehicles that have been caught up in it, and businesses that are surrounded by bats here. again water here. again, they do get flood here but usually not this bad. with hundreds of homes in water and many of them without electricity there are real terrance about where they go from here. the mayor told me that there are some people that are saying they may not move back into their homes. this could be the final straw here for the folks here in little river and little falls and wayne. things are bad in other parts of new jersey. they have been doing rescues
good evening. it was a remarkable drama that unfolded today. the famously powerful and intimidating rupert murdoch whose global media empire includes the wall street journal and fox, begged forgiveness from a grieving family, victimized by his reporters. he is caught in a scandal that continues to grow by the minute, engulfing his company. and abc s jeffrey kofman in london tells us what happened today. jeffrey? reporter: well, good evening, diane. you know, you don t see this very often. a corporate titan, the head of one of the largest media companies in the world, a man with a reputation for ruthlessness, on bended knee, asking a family for forgiveness. but that s exactly what rupert murdoch did today. his life s work now stained by scandal. his grip on global empire in peril. a contrite rupert murdoch came to say he is sorry, as onlookers screamed shame on you. did you apologize? of course i did. of course i did. reporter: it s the first time murdoch has spoke
good evening. we re going to take you to a big showdown tonight about those soaring gas prices that have outraged and stressed millions of americans. the ceos of the five giant oil companies from exxon mobil to bp were called before congress to answer a question, should they get the big tax breaks even as their profits rise to the stratosphere? take a look. in the first three months of the year, these five companies made more than $34 billion in profit and that s up 42% from a year ago and that s a total of $379 million in profit every single day. and that was the number in the room when john karl was there, watching the punches and counterpunches. tell us about it, john. reporter: those ceos ran into a buzzsaw of congressional outrage over gas prices, profits and tax breaks. with skyrocketing gas prices, come soaring profits for the oil companies, and uncomfortable questions about the billions of dollars in tax breaks they receive. just a break question, do you need the ta