for the angels. here are the standings right now. tampa bay with the win now two back, the angels fall to three back, the red sox start a three-game series against the yankees tonight. lots and lots of rain in the forecast this weekend. so we ll see if they get them in. rays host toronto. st. louis cardinals ended the day a game and a half behind the braves. atlanta had the night off, so the cardinals looked like they were cruising to a win to move within one game of the braves. albert pujols, his 37th home run of the year. and cardinals take a 6-2 lead in the ninth inning. just put it away. they re the cardinals. bad defense killing the cardinals, maybe killing their playoff chances. that s a double-play ball. come on. oh! that led to a bases loaded
orleans. how s the big easy holding up? reporter: hey, megyn, good to see you. no major issues to really report here in the crescent city despite receiving more than a foot of rain over the last couple of days. the real areas that folks are concerned about and where they re primarily seeing midwest of the flood most of the flooding is, of course, the lower-lying areas like some of the parishes, jefferson, for example. about five miles southwest of where i m standing now where water has covered some of the roadways. but we understand this water that you see is starting to recede a little bit because the rain is letting up. then about 40 miles knot of that north of that location on the other side of lake pontchartrain looking more like a swamp today with all the floodwaters creeping in there. but as i was just saying, the good news: the rain s supposed to taper off as we go throughout the day as lee continues to push inland. the other silver lining, no real economic impact here in
the wider beach is protecting this very important tourist area, the outer banks. they want to get back in business and get everybody back in here ahead of the labor day weekend. they are booked solid next week, which starts today. the weeklies which stay through labor day would check in today. maybe tomorrow. it remains to be seen how bad this ends up being as far as road closures. there s only two ways in and out. there are a lot of trees as you go back on 168 away from the coast. we re going to get the worst of this weather later on this morning and this afternoon. it certainly will be a lot windier than it is right now where winds are gusting 25 to 30 miles per hour. we re going to get a lond of rainfall, too that s the real issue here and new york city, boston, wind, rain, trees down, power outages. power outages will be the biggest inconvenience for most of the folks in the path of the hurricane back to you. mike, live for us in nags
darkness, some of those baefs are so powerful and strong and so big that they re crashing over the end of that pier that goes out about 350 yards or so into the water. the community is mostly evacuated and that s what the north carolina government officials wanted. there are some people who decided to stay put and what they discovered this morning is even before irene fully arrived here as a hurricane power was out. folks who are trying to watch their news coverage on television last night lost their cable, lost their satellite dishes very early on because of this rain as it s coming in. and of course, there are really some thankful people that they decided to pack up and head inland and among the most thankful for that are the police. we re at the location where the police are hunkered down and so far we re getting from them no indications that there have been any emergency calls or assistance. that s the last thing they want to have to do is head out into a
hurricane to try to respond to somebody saying help, i need you to come rescue me. be careful out there. i m watching the waves bond you come crashing in. what are you feeling? is it the winds that are kind of really strong at this point, is the rain coming down hard? describe to us what you re feeling? reporter: the rain s going sideways. i think you can kind of see that. at times when a really big gust comes through, it stings. it almost feels like someone is throwing sand at you, but it s the rain. down here at the beach the waves that are coming in, as they re coming in, irene is make its way in, interestingly as it s coming in, it s coming in at the same time that the tide is rising. you put that combination together and that also is not good. veroni veronica, a little bit of a gust. we ve been having trouble with your shot. i know you ve been having trouble for the power, how have folks been preparing for this storm? i know power outages are a big problem?