obligations to our 9/11 generation veterans especially our wounded warriors. the constant thread of i.e.d.s has meant a new generation of service members with multiple traumatic injuries including traumatic brain injury. and thanks to advanced armor and medical technologies our troops are surviving injuries that would have been fatal in previous wars. so we re saving more lives, but more american veterans live with severe wounds for a lifetime. that s why we need to be there for them for a lifetime. we are giving unprecedented support to our wounded warriors especially those with traumatic brain injury and thanks to the veterans and caregivers legislation i signed into law we started training caregivers so they could start receiving the skills and is stipends they need to care for their loved ones.
ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, i m suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris christie says that nine new jersey rivers have surged to record flood levels, but thankfully, they are receding now. he says only one, the passaic has not crested. the number of people killed now by irene and the aftermath rose to 38 today across 11 states. i want to get the latest on the emergency rescues in paterson, new jersey, where we are taking a look, a dramatic look of pictures throughout the morning and on the phone is sergeant alex popoff of the paterson police department, and we unde