collect. members of congress are skittish because you get into first amendment consideration. there s a push for facebook to act as a gate keeper, but there s a lot of uncertainty as so to the what a company would do if they were given the power to control what you see and when you see it. there s a problem, but often lawmakers aren t sure or aren t willing to act. maybe they don t understand the policies and problems well ne enough. thank you, tony. for the first time in nearly 60 years cucuba s leader will n be a castro. we ll tell you more about the man succeeding rual castro as president and what he thinks of the united states. and hundreds of people evacuated from hawaii after historic floods triggered mud slides, washed out roads and destroyed homes. this is the worst disaster to hit the island in 25 years.
that are breached. nine happening. let s add another to that tally. 30 minutes ago we heard from the columbia police department that a forest acres neighborhood is being evacuated right now because of a separate dam breach. we were in that neighborhood yesterday, surveying the damage of a separate dam that had breached, washed out roads and bridged. parts of that neighborhood inundated, rising in this historic rainfall. that s really bad news when you consider this morning, we started talking about the good news in all of this. the sun is out for the first time in days, if not over a week here. it s just been steadily pouring rain, allowing these floodwaters to start receding. behind me even the area we are standing on right now, covered with floodwaters but it s starting to recede and news of evacuations and desperate situation added to an already dire and desperate situation. that car behind you sitting in feet of water. not a good sign.
brook, that crashed into a tree and lightly pole and three vehicles before bursting into flames. jackson was born five days early as floods were wiping out his hometown of lyons, colorado. is he cute! the national guard rescued his parents from the rising water but mom went into labor. they got to the hospital despite all of the washed out roads and just in the nick of time. i had to have a c-section and then he wasn t breathing. so many variables, one thing if one thing went wrong, everything could have went wrong. right. . it s just overwhelming. i had to have a c-section and then he wasn t breathing. he looks awesome. he looks much older. jack jackson s nickname is flash and he is a hope for lyon as it tries to recover. a great symbol of hope.
the navy that they have felt for a long time that was trimming away, cutting corners and you always incur a degree of risk when you grant somebody security clearance. this issue there were tragic consequences because of it. jenna: we spoke twice in the last 24 hours and i hope we continue to talk frequently. best wishes to your friends affected by the shooting. thank you very much. thank you, jenna ha. gregg: the death toll has risen to eight in some of the worst flooding to hit that state in decades. evaluation efforts are continuing this hour but are being public hated by washed out roads and debris. even the army reserve using helicopters to get hundreds of people to higher ground.
gusts up to 70 miles per hour. just minutes before sugarland was supposed to perform. rattling buildings and nerves. i could see the building moving side to side. enough to wake me up. perhaps the greatest irony of hurricane irene is that land locked vermont is suffering the greatest impact from the storm. and then the water started coming from the house and that s when it was time to get out. two days after the storm blew through new england, washed out roads and bridges take months to prepare. recovery in north carolina will also take some time. the highways rushed out in several places. this entire state, especially texas, is under a siege right now. the worst of the fire seems to be in bastra. 5,000 families forced to leave and people wondering what might be left when the air clears. we just lost our house.