lot worse in northern new jersey. here s a live look over the garden state where you can see homes sitting in several feet of water already. one to three inches of new rain expected tomorrow into friday. rivers and creeks already overflowing so people there are using boats instead of cars to make their way around town. president obama s top national security advisors are meeting today to consider plans to get libyan leader muammar el-qaddafi to step down. secretary of state hillary clinton and c.i.a. chief leon panetta will be at this meeting that the president is not expected to attend. just moments ago, united nations special investigator on torture announced he s looking into abuses by qaddafi s troops. qaddafi was on libyan television, again, overnight, saying that the libyans trying to oust him, well, they re being drugged by al-qaida. today is ash wednesday, a day that begins the christian season of lent leapinged up to easter. catholics around the world already receiving ashes.