and i m tanya rivero. and it was irene s gust y winds causing aggravation on long island this morning. nearly a half million homes and businesses have no power and the utility company says it is the worst outage there in 20 years. but the biggest problems are inland, where entire towns are under water. the height of the storm, too, they re almost, i think, 5 million people without power in the northeast here. rivers are still rising at this point. like we said, the worst is yet to come. we ll have the latest on that. impressive damage. later in this half hour, while irene delivered, some moms were delivering bundles of joy. why babies always seem to arrive in numbers during times when hurricanes strike. very cute story there. it s interest. why is that, i wonder? the mtv music video awards are always shocking. remember lady gaga s meat costume? this year the biggest bomb shell happened outside on the red carpet.
sixth inning. there is the pileup. as usual, the mtv music video awards have some over-the-top moments. can you even guess who this is? we will tell you when we go down to the wire in 20. not so good news for consumers. food prices are going up 4% according to the usda. this follows an upward trend and affects everyone. cnbc s courtney regan is here with what s moving your money? it is fairly significant. the food price inflation has been relatively weak for most of 2009 and 2010. corn up 81%, coffee up 61%, pork bellies, 27% and orange juice, 16 1/2%. that s one reason that we are seeing these higher prices when you go to the grocery store. in the check-out line, it is
reynolds. after that, the green lantern has problems. it s the year s third superhero movie. and only hard-core comic fans know about this superhero. experts project $50 million. a long way to go to make back the money it took to make. mr. popper s penguins has lowered its forecast this weekend to between $10 million and $15 million. do you remember the beef dress worn by lady gaga worn at last year s mtv music video awards? since then, it s been stored in a meat locker, placed in a vat of chemicals, dried out by taxidermists. painted to look fresh and will now be on display at cleveland s rock and roll hall of fame. i don t know. seems like a whole lot of work for i don t know what. it got a lot of attention. if i went there, i d want to see the meat dress. what was wearing that thing
steak. excuse me. what the sake is having a planet anyway if we can t do that? the earth better buck up and wear a cup. bill: coming up my pal lady gaga was on mtv music video awards and miller caught a awards and miller caught a glimpse
steak. excuse me. what the sake is having a planet anyway if we can t do that? the earth better buck up and wear a cup. bill: coming up my pal lady gaga was on mtv music video awards and miller caught a