thousands celebrating an annual fire fighters convention. we have the latest. good morning, kelly. reporter: good morning. yeah, this nightmare began really with a night of fun for that group of firefighters and their loved ones in up to for that convention, an annual convention that happens every year, and then it turned into a horrific scene of first responders scrambling to help first responders. you can see the scene behind me, almost looks as if it just happened. porch furniture, railings, the physical porches themselves and debris still scattered everywhere. we know this morning that 22 people were injured including firefighters and some children. according to a witness we know that two of those victims were reportedly flown to a local hospital. this is a three-story building with an overhang. the group had some people on the third floor deck, some on the second story and some on that porch below when those two top decks collapsed, sending victims slipping and sliding onto the
hunkered down for the weekend. about 14,000 active duty and national guard troops had been put on standby. that s the view of the storm from the white house. suzanne kennedy has a closer look to the folks who live in the district of columbia and the situation there. in fact, suzanne you ve moved since last we talked. where are you right now? this is 39th and edmonds. this is the first tree that fell. cnn sunday morning, coming to you early. suzanne malveaux joining us for this coverage of irene. thank you for our affiliate wjla there. we re picking it up and will be with you for the next several hours. hurricane irene continues its northern march up the eastern seaboard. irene is still a category 1 storm, pushing 75 miles an hour winds or so. the latest track has the eye of the hurricane 15 miles southeast of atlantic city, new jersey, heading toward new york metro area. very soon. in delaware at least 40,000 people are now without power. just this morning, president ob
conference overnight reminding people this was not tomorrow morning when you wake up, whatever the conditions are, please, stay inside. there will be going down, tree limbs, porch furniture blown away, it s just not safe to be outside. it s cute to say i was outside during the storm, but you re much better off staying inside. the surfers and looky loos need to take that warning seriously. the outer band new york city and long island and some under a tornado watch, but the worst is yet to come. let s get out to rick reichmuth. he s going to give us an update on the latest on irene. we ve already had four inches of rain in new york city and winds 60 miles per hour in the city. he so, and that s not what the center is here just yet and landfall. in new jersey, made land fall