i m here at the weather center with chad. we re watching the story of flooding sort of all over the place so far. the three-day event literally. new england, new york, you at way down you were in philly, you said it was crazy. branches and sticks all over the place. winds. and we still have flooding here. let s go to a couple pieces of tape that are just coming in right now. let s go up to new jersey, up in passaic, water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink. don t be touching this stuff, there s bad stuff in that water there. it comes from everywhere and things float out of places, you don t want to be in or near the water, plus there could be power lines there as well because of the wind. switching gears to massachusetts, get you up there, to bedford, water everywhere again, out of the banks in some of these rivers. up to 10 inches of rainfall foal in parts of massachusetts and rhode island. i ll take you to one more piece
in building the future las vegas, sands chief operating officer, mike levin, said combs message of sustainability makes sense, especially in the current economic climate. levin points out the recycling of food waste is just a small part of the venetian and palazzo s sustainability plan. massive buildings mean massive opportunities, and although one person can do his own or her own good for what s going on with sustainability, big properties like this can save an awful lot, up to 100 millions of gallons of water a year, that s a billion gallons in ten years, light savings, energy savings that amount to four, five times our investment. reporter: the key, says levin, is to conserve. while keeping the comforts visitors have come to expect, which mean efforts like bob combs recycling pig farm stay out of view. the sustainable side of las vegas future, out of sight, but not out of mind.