paper s page, you have news that 36,000 households are still without power. here in virginia, an elderly woman who has to turn out every light in the house to run the medical device off a generator because her electricity has been out for eight days now. it s a great reminder that technological advances don t go to the same pace. since we have had power in most homes since the 1930s, in 2012 when the power lines come down in totally predictable annual weather events, we can t get the lines back up for a week, maybe longer, who knows? but meanwhile, we can use the internet and our lightning fast iphone apps to identify every up to the minute detail in infinitely zoomable color satellite map and infographics, precise information about where our 20th century power lines are not connecting to our houses to give us electricity anymore. we can be very precise in a
sexual relationship? absolutely. i can only imagine, i can t imagine him actually confirming. it s the name of the game, i guess. david bettingly is here to look at the atlanta businesswoman who is making the accusations and joe johns focuses on the beleaguered cain campaign. let s begin with you, joe, in washington. can this cain train really keep on rolling here? is this going to essentially kill his hopes of being president? hey, ted, i think you have to say, number one, other politicians have survived allegations of extra marital affairs. interesting to see what happens with herman cain because on top of that he has all this talk about allegations of sexual harassment. still, herman cain s polling had already been trending downward. this certainly does not help him, but he does say he s not getting out of the race. here s what he told wolf blitzer in the situation room. you re staying in this race, you re not dropping out. i m not dropping out of this race, no
wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected president of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don t wait, don t delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. we how is it going in new york right now, mary? you just heard the president speak about this hurricane. new york had asked the president to declare emergency assistance. and the president did have an emergency declaration for new york, meaning the city and state will get federal help. but this is an unprecedented move in new york today, joe. the mayor michael bloomberg has ordered iffer the first time mandatory evac yags in low-lying areas of new york. and this encome passes areas that affect between 200 and 300,000 people. this out of caution and concern about high water and heavy winds. earlier throughout the day, there have been some evacuations taking place in hospitals and n
jon: welcome back to happening now , i m jon scott. in our fox news acquisitions room, where we bring in the satellite feeds from all around the world. take a look at this, on remote 270, that s the mighty, muddy mississippi which is causing so much havoc for folks in tennessee right now. record flooding there. hundreds of families in memphis, forced out of their homes. if you take a look at the national satellite map, this is not good news. that s more rain falling, or at least headed toward that area, and looking at some of the flooding maps along the mississippi river. that s what our maria molina is keeping an eye on in the fox weather center. maria. reporter: jon, we are keeping a close eye on the mississippi river. the big problem with all of this flooding that s been occuring over the past several weeks is the amount of rainfall that we have seen from some of these storm systems that have just continuously moved over the
parts of the northeast. for sure. we should also mention we re showing on our screen this morning satellite images of the storm as it now is. earl makes its way up the eastern seaboard as well, satellite map there for you as well as a crawl there. the very latest on the storm information. which is important because this storm is moving and we are trying to figure out exactly who is next. but we know north carolina in the brunt of it overnight. exactly, exactly. and abc s steven portnoy joins us now from kill devil hills, north carolina, with the very latest on what the storm is doing there. hi, steve. reporter: hey, good morning, guys, from kill devil hills, which is a city just south of kitty hawk, just north of nags head. it s been relatively easy going this morning. we re not yet seeing the full brunt of the worst winds from earl although it s tracking right up along the eastern shore of north carolina. right now i d say wind gusts are close to 50 miles per hour here