i think it is extremely serious. they have some things in their favor. they have refortified levees to make sure hopefully there are no problems there. they have really good leadership in governor jindal and the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. i don t know if they ordered evacuations yet. if they do order those, i hope everyone listens and goes. unfortunately we had the experience from before that shows how dangerous these things can be. kimberly: take a listen to romney. his reaction. there was questions about whether or not the convention should be canceled. not just postponed. here is what he had to say. gor, do you have a message for people in new orleans? i am with those people who are in the storm path and hope they re paired. give any thought to cancel the convention? a great convention ahead. kimberly: okay, is that the right reaction politically? is he setting the right tone? he started to donnel at it little bit but brought the
i think it is extremely serious. they have some things in their favor. they have refortified levees to make sure hopefully there are no problems there. they have really good leadership in governor jindal and the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. i don t know if they ordered evacuations yet. if they do order those, i hope everyone listens and goes. unfortunately we had the experience from before that shows how dangerous these things can be. kimberly: take a listen to romney. his reaction. there was questions about whether or not the convention should be canceled. not just postponed. here is what he had to say. gor, do you have a message for people in new orleans? i am with those people who are in the storm path and hope they re paired. give any thought to cancel the convention? a great convention ahead. kimberly: okay, is that the right reaction politically? is he setting the right tone? he started to donnel at it little bit but brought the
infects in cambodia. and it s a special day for us and for ringo starr. the beatles legend joins us this hour on his birthday to celebrate, of course, with us, and to talk about his new album and the motivation behind his continued success. slow and steady is proving to be a losing combination for hundreds of thousands of people across the mid-atlantic and northeast who have been without power now for a full week. and it will be getting even hotter in many cities today. the record-breaking temperatures are blamed for several deaths and catastrophes for many businesses. emily schmidt joins us from springfield, virginia, with much more on that. emily, tell us what the situation is there. reporter: hi, randi. the power back on in this neighborhood, but you can see the storm very still much top of mind here with the mess that remains. and in the washington area, there are thousands of people who are waking up after just enduring their eighth straight night with no power. to
full of details in one minute for you here on cnn. a free election four decades overdue. the first real live democratic exercise in libya since the moammar gadhafi era. nearly 3 million libyans picked parliament members today waiting in long lines to vote at polling stations all across the country. we ve heard a few disruptions but overall international election observers are pleased. in the rest of the country things have been going smoothly. reports from the east where it s been more difficult but even there the jaft majority of citizens could cast their votes peacefully. to southern russia now. flash flooding has killed more than 100 people. rising waters swept through many houses as people slept unaware and vulnerable. some had to be rescued from roof tops and trees. the russian water ripped out traffic lights and stranded vehicles. one resort town got two months worth of rain in 24 hours. a small town in ohio rocked by the fatal shooting of four people. police say t
the foundation and literally right next door is a home where there is almost no damage at all. this home lost a little siding and a broken window, beyond that, it s not really bad. that s what i always find very challenging in covering tornadoes. so much loss and then some people who are able to get out of the area with just their lives. today, of course, a number of people who are injured. 100 injuries or so reported. many of them came right from this area and no surprise because look at the damage here. people had to hold themselves out of the rubble, in many cases, or wait for rescuers to come in. we ll have a chance to talk to some of those victims, as well. want to introduce you to family members. can i bring you over here for one second. the the osmonds lost their mom yesterday. thank you for talking with us. you basically did this very walk right after the tornado hit. basically 24 hours ago i made this same walk that i just made this morning coming in to talk to you