Providence s own dancing cop is back for his 23rd time on the beat. nice to see you. how are you? alisyn: i m well. i remember 15 years ago i was a reporter, an anchor in providence and you were on the street and people loved it. they would drive by and everybody ate it up. oh, yeah. i remember you when you were a reporter there. alisyn: you re good. so you ve been doing this a long time. 23 years. does it ever get old? no, it never gets old because it s just a lot of fun and part of what i do. i have a company now and i travel all over. alisyn: doing what? last time i traveled far to decatur, illinois, at this a festival there. i did a walk around. just like i do here. then we did a parade. i dance the whole parade. so some of these parades are two and three miles, sometimes four miles. it s grueling. alisyn: how did you start doing it?
island in new york. on long island irene s storm surge flooded downtown long beach. some streets in manhattan also flooding but the water started to recede and new york s evacuation order is being lifted this hour. in its sweep up the coast irene has killed 15 people across six states. more than 4 million people overall without power and these amazing pictures show some of the damage when irene made landfall as a hurricane. for place like new york city, the storm wasn t as bad as many feared but as janet napolitano said earlier today, it s not over yet. no matter where you are from north carolina to maine, we encourage you to stay off the roads as much as possible so that we can keep them clear for first responders and for vehicles who are working on power restoration. we also encourage everyone to continue listening to the instruction of their state and local officials and to advice the ready.gov for tips on how to stay safe after the storm. we want to show you more of
lashing new england with powerful winds and rain. hello again, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. i m brooke baldwin. let s get you caught up on what we know at this hour on this storm. president obama an hour away from making the statement about the storm. he will be doing so 5:00 eastern from the rose garden. we ll bring it to you live as soon as we see the president. irene continues to lose power since making landfall this morning. floodwaters are receding on new york s long island and downtown manhatt manhattan. evacuation orders for low lying areas including the rockaways were lifted just last hour. residents are venturing out to examine the storm damage. the storm has proven to be fatal. at least 15 people across six separate states were killed during the storm. irene s powerful winds toppled trees, knocked down power lines, damaged homes. early wind damage estimates alone are expected to top more than $1 million. more than 4 million people without power. as hom
Setting rainfall. boston, the wettest march on record. for providence, the wettest month of all on record with over 16 inches for the month. then we ve got a forecast of a little bit more rain here around northern maine, but that area of low pressure quickly moving out, bringing sunshine and sunshine not only into the weekend, but well into next week. so we ve got several days of dry weather to give those rivers a chance to get back down in their banks. thanks a lot for the heads up there. we re looking at the midwest now where nine militia members are under indictment headed back to court today following fbi raids this weekend. experts are now asking questions and trying to understand why the midwest and in michigan, in particular, seems to be a central gathering point for militia members. we re learning more about the michigan based hutaree militia this afternoon. nine members of the self-proclaimed christian warriors group head back to federal court. when it comes to states with
Teachers who aren t educating the kids but they can t be fired because of the unions? this idea of higher standards, both national unions are absolutely behind that effort. they re supporting that. you ve seen the head of the aft say they don t want to protect teachers who aren t making it. the majority of teachers are working extraordinarily hard. teacher evaluation systems in our country are broken. we need to reward great teachers, help those in the middle improve and those at the bottom where it s not working, we need to move them. the american federation of teachers is the a.f.t. they were furious because the secretary supported and the president, too, as i understand it, what was going on in providence, rhode island. 7% of the kids were performing at grade level, as i understand it. they fired a bunch of people. secretary said that was the right thing. i agree with that.