for three murders at a new jersey tavern in 1966. he was freed in 1985, when his convictions were set aside after years of public advocacy. his case was publicized in the movie hurricane starring denzel washington, and, of course, the song by bob dylan. he was 76. virginia is for lovers of politics. this past week, that meant republicans and democrats alike gathered deep in the pine woods of virginia. this year, the annual fish fry was a battleground for democratic senator mark warner and his republican challenger mike gillespie. we found out which way the crowd is leaning for one of the most critical races in the midterms. reporte . it s like a political pulse on the commonwealth of virginia. years ago, when the bird machine was in power, it was only white males here. and then in the 70s, ladies started coming. people of color.
we are told a lot of homes in this area are leveled. we can t get into one of the hardest hit areas, it s deep, deep down into the pine woods here. but you can see, people are returning home, people are dealing with the fact they, i don t have a home, have i have a home no oning water, no power, and some return home and this is what they find. this is our life. our memory, i had only dhs tapes of my children when they were little, we have nothing. i have two fair of slacks pair of slacks and a pair of shoes. reporter: now from one end of the spectrum to the oerbgs we were with brian smalley as he walked into his house for the first time and despite the faint smell of smoke inside you d never know a fire came close to consuming his house. everything, i mean everything, is the way he left it, including bows in the bedroom where his wife was playing with their daughter before they had to
to see how they re doing. a lot of damage. interestingly, jim, one thing to we do e-mailed me this which came from the national emergency management agency hout there where you are. they basically tell us it is the islands where the problems are. a lot of power lines down, a bridge out here and there, a report from cat island that all power lines were down and no telecommunications. so it sounds like the large islands have done pretty well. the smaller islands, either we don t know or they have had some problems. that s right. it s probably going to be another at least into tomorrow where they re able to get a sense. people can only get to those islands it s hard to communicate there. you know the first thing to happen is power is out. they don t even know that they re really facing yet. trying to send out the trucks. really, until tomorrow they can get out there, maybe get some planes out there. it s going to be tough for them to know the real impact on the bahamas.
17,000 is now about half of that. many, many people died in this place. and the scene is one of activity. the civil defense forces are out there looking for bodies, retrieving bodies. the firefighters are there trying to put out fires, which were caused by the multiple gas explosions and fuel explosions. and so the fires have now spread up into the surrounding pine woods, and it really is a scene. we really feel for the survivors. many of them camped out in these temporary shelters, and the japanese red cross are doing a phenomenal job with their medical teams in the area going in and giving support to people in these centers. it seems like a huge undertaking. you re talking about an island, population of 127 million people. how are they getting those survivors who are not injured but just in need of basic shelter to better places? are there places where they re