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Daylight. it s really still a lot of unknowns right there. we are watching it. we are certainly preparing for the worst, hoping for the best. understand that we are going to be in this for several days. all right. colonel edmonson, keep in touch with us, if you would, sir. you know, we are very concerned about your community and want to make sure that we get all the latest information. thank you very much. i appreciate that. all eyes are on new orleans tonight, i am reading just now, there is a storm surge of as much as 10 feet or more. the national hurricane service saying the storm moving at only 7 miles per hour north. that s very slow and the rain is building. the ability to withstand isaac s storm surge, the first real test of the improved system in the wake of hurricane katrina. casey stegill, live from new orleans. i am sure there was a lot of talk all day long about whether or not the levees would hold. ....
Brunt of the response to the event. a lot of hurricane modeling that we did in associate with noaa and the national hurricane service that provided the track, not only just the track but the water surge and the rainfall. we re proud of that. we do a lot of hurricane evacuation research and modeling in conjunction with the department of homeland security and fema and those, we re used to inform a lot of the decisions that state leaders made that were sound and prudent. absolutely. thanks to your group, the corps, everybody knew what was coming and what the risks were and we appreciate the busy day you ve got today. brigadier general, we thank you. thanks for having me. thank you. up next, how safe are our skies? a tsa agent admits she helped criminals slip through security at one of america s busiest airports. oh, man. how in the world did rick perry ....
Massachusetts, it could weaken to a tropical storm, but the national hurricane service says that i that won t matter t. will pack dangerous wind, flooding rains and a storm surge up to 8 feet. governor duval patrick is urging residents, stay close to home tomorrow. we are planning for the worst. and just as the forecast the conditions can improve, they can also worsen. and so our advice to everyone is to stay indoors and off the roads from late tonight when the rain will get high, right through tomorrow. some of our fox favorites are sitting in irene s path. and we usually reach out to michael boden, but he s in buzzard bay, massachusetts, right now. he is on the phone with more. buzzard bay, doc, is that part of cape cod? caller: that extends into cape cod, the southern part of massachusetts. whews going on there right what s going on there right now? ....
Sufficient supply of critical medicines for asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure and so forth, but after their own supply is used up, will they be able to get their medicines that they need and this is a major public health concern and i think we ll have to see how this plays out. dr. irwin redlener it s great to have you listen to the mayor and stay with us. 15 or 20 minutes away we ll get a new update from the national hurricane service, we ll have that for you, the latest track on hurricane irene, keep it here on msnbc. ....
been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. no doubt about that. thanks. we ll continue to check in with you. let s check in with affiliate wcbs who s driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. doing everything that residents can expect and even more. we ll get by this. we will get by this. there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, that s something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision in conjunction with governor cuomo to shut down the mta system at noon on saturday before the storm has reached here, that s a gutsy call, isn t it? it is but i think the mayor with his executive advises and mta, i think they obviously have the expertise, number one is the safety of the residents of the city of new york and it s always best to side on the side of safety. that s what they did. i believe they made the right decision. we just passed an nypd checkpoint here. it seems like ....