the rainfall did, and the rainfall rates. as we mentioned probably maybe only a quarter of the way into the storm for new orleans, as hard as that is to believe. let s keep it in louisiana. definitely the hardest-hit areas. we want to bring in the president here of st. charles parish, louisiana, vijay st. pierre. as far as the damage, what kind of reports are you getting? well, bill, the main issues is power outages, as of 1:00 this morning, we had 11,600 people without power. rainfall hasn t been bad so as far as, we are receiving sustained winds around 58 miles an hour, you know, mostly downed trees, power lines, that kind of stuff. one of the issues is the storm will linger. the power crewses, it s not safe for them to be out there. when will they actually start
zz h zoraida sambolin has the day off. that is awesome. it s caught on camera. i m ashleigh banfield. it s nice to have you with us every morning. it s 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. let s get started with this. go vote for someone else. how about that for a campaign pitch. fighting words for mitt romney after a pretty rough reception at the naacp convention. it was a tough sell to begin with though anyway. governor romney s really trying to convince african-americans that they d be better served with him in the white house than with president obama. president obama has about 95ish percent support among african-americans. he misstepped when he referred to the president s health carrey forms as obama care. i m going to eliminate every non-essential expensive program i can find, that includes obama care, and i m going to work to reform and save yeah, those are the sound of boos. you might say ouch or maybe not. romney is getting beat up by naacp. listen to the president o
veteran s memorial. rene is standing by. reporter: good morning. we are here at the u.s. marine corps war memorial. we have been here all morning. it s a stunning memorial to see in person. we have seen parents bringing their children here, and we have seen veterans themselves here, just taking a moment, a moment of silence to remember or remember those who have fallen and who have died for our country, and this memorial is right outside of arlington national cemetery, and we spoke to a couple of people today where they were headed from here and headed over to the cemetery for today s ceremony. we do expect momentarily that the president will arrive there at arlington national cemetery along with the first lady. he laid that wreath, and we were told around 11:00 this morning, and that will be followed by remarks as well. but today is not the only day for the celebrations. we have seen them throughout the weekend. we had the rolling thunder that has been here in the nation s
israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke out on monday that the threat and time for dip seu is falling short. barack obama reiterated america s intention to try to avoid military conflict over iran s program and restated diplomatic means of dealing with tehran. iran said it wants nuclear technology solely for peaceful purposes. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m anita desantos. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. the top stories this tuesday, march the 6th. the world s second biggest cotton producer bans export. india s surprise announcement hits the market. and turning against nuclear energy in japan. as the company prepares to shut down its last two reactors, how will it fill the energy gap? and the geneva motor show rolls in today. green motoring may be all the rage, but the show is also luxury overtaking some of the machines. first off, though, let s go straight to the stock markets in europe. these markets have b
of today s services for whitney houston in about 60 seconds or so from now. first, a final good-bye to a music legend at the place where it all began for her. a spirited tribute that was all things at once, mournful, joyous, moving, a celebration of the life of whitney houston. what god gives is never a coincidence stevie wonder, one of her famous friends saluting her during the funeral service at houston s hometown church in newark, new jersey. alicia keys, r. kelly, c.c. wines. tyler perry and kevin costner told of personal stories in memory of the superstar. aretha franklin was scheduled to be there, but had to cancel because she wasn t feeling well. the service included a letter from houston s daughter bobbi kristina and her mother cissy houston. it read in part, god said it s time. your work is done. thanks for being such a wonderful daughter. as for houston s ex-husband bobby brown, he was there for a while. he says in a written statement, he wasn t happy about