the reality is that employers will hire, if they ve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses aren t going to hire someone because the government s going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here in washington. they ve been slammed by uncertainty from the constant threat of new taxes out of control spending and unnecessary regulations from a government that s always micromanaging, meddling and manipulating. they ve been hurt by government ideas that offer short-term gimmicks rather than fundamental reforms that will encourage long-term economic growth. they ve been hampered by a government that offers confusion to entrepreneurs and job creators when there needs to be clarity. they ve b
flooding, washed out by roads have been waiting for supplies, relief workers are now using air drops and some are having to resort to four-wheel drive vehicles just to reach these people with everything from pampers to prescriptions along with, of course, food and water. amber lyon once again following this for us out of vermont. live today in wilmington. amber, i see a lot of people out and about behind you. it looks like some progress is being made. reporter: yeah. there s a lot of cleaning up going on out here, brooke. at one point, residents say the water would have been over my head. this river that s over that way flooded and just came right across here. this is the center of town. a town called wilmington. 1800 residents live here. this is where a lot of people have family-owned businesses across the street. if you look at the clothes hanging out to dry, that was a consignment shop. i just spoke with the two owners. they lost the majority of their inventory. they als
water. if another low-lying neighborhoods now under mandatory evacuation orders, mayor bloomberg tonight saying the city transportation system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports in danger of flooding. they re being closed arriving flights starting at noon. now this is what they re concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. but they might see a version of it in about 36 hours from now. all day today irene was making its way north. and as it did. emergency plans started kicking. in warnings went up. people boarded up, stocked up and either hunkered down or took off. in a moment we ll check in with anderson and our entire team on irene. first chad myers and that late bulletin from the national hurricane center. chad what s the latest? not much change in the forecast and not much change in the track, isha. we re still at 100 miles per hour. we re still forecast to get slight
troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area which includes the ground zero construction site with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. it and other low-lying neighborhood on a mandatory evacuation order. mayor bloomberg saying the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. they are being closed right starting at noon care this is what they are concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas, new yorkers i used to seeing this on tv, but up close. they might see a version of that and about 36 hours from now. all day today irene was making its way north. and as it did. emergency plans started kicking. in warnings went up. people boarded up, stocked up and either hunkered down or took off. in a moment we ll check in with anderson and our entire team on irene. first chad myers and that late bulletin from the national hurricane center. chad what s the latest? no
here s what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard, and as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients. and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg issued the first evacuation orders in city history for low-lying areas, including the one, the area that we are standing in tonight. and for the first time in modern memory, a hurricane warning is in effect for new york city. meantime as we speak, north carolina s outer banks are getting hit. we ve got reporters all around the region. in a moment we ll check with correspondent on the ground there. i want to begin with chad myers who just got his hands on a fresh update from the national hurricane center. chad, what have you learned? i ve learned now that storm has turned to the north-northeast. that is the continuation of the right-hand turn, anderson, that