this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than what s flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. listen now as rhode island s governor is speaking a short time ago. really what we re focusing on is getting the power back. rhode islanders without power getting antsy. they want to that s really where our focus is. we ll assessment damage and the cost and everything else. that s our priority right now. and in vermont, that is where it looks like the flooding is worse today. you know, some towns in the southern part of the state are completely underwater. others being battered by raging ri
often on navy ships flying out of various areas in japan. heavy lift, heavy lift helicopters that can bring in aid, food, water, tents, road equipment, that sort of thing, and take out people who are injured or need help or get them to shelter. this is really the workhorse of an international relief operation, and it is what the u.s. military is going to try to offer up first. barbara, there is an issue with the nuclear plant where cooling effort has failed or we think that the cooling effort has failed, because the kyoto news agency has said that the tokyo power company has said that the pressure inside of one reactor is rising and risk of radiation leak, but a cabinet official says that attempts to pump water into the reactor to cool it down was successful, so we are unclear about what is going on and what is the u.s. military s involvement on this? well, this is interesting and not entirely clear.
good to see you here. here the big stories coming up in the next 15 minutes. blunders of accused terrorist. authorities say the suspect, faisal shahzad rehearsed the attack the day before but still apparently needed a lot of practice because you will not believe what he forgot. an american city rich in history under water this morning. epic flooding devastated nashville, the heart of country music. and some big stars are among the victims. so are everyday people who live there. road equipment and instruments underwater arrive in nashville just ahead. and a 100-ton dome could be there for the disaster. british petroleum is hoping to lower the 100-ton device over the leaking wellhead to cap tutor gushing oil and then funnel it to an awaiting tanker above. of course, the a.m. fix blog is up and running. head to cnn.com/amfix.