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We need to talk about this sarah palin "vanity fair" piece. we have the author later on in the show. a lot to dig through. >> yeah. i read it last night. im just wondering when it tilts towards -- when public sentiment tilts toward feeling sorry for sarah palin because of the assault on her. why? what is up with this? >> its one paragraph after another picking her apart. the big story, of course, hurricane earl got stronger actually overnight, chris. >> residents from a north carolina to new eng...

In a hurry and its going to be gone in a hurry. this is a big storm. as of now its behaving. first the radar is filling in. we have four hours or so before the heavy rain moves no cape hatteras area. beautiful coastal north carolina. this storm is going to be moving quickly throughout the next few days. the winds are starting to pick up. 23 miles per hour gusts now. those will increase to 40 or 50 in a few hours from now. the storm is looking more ragged on the west side. we still is a clear cut...

East coast. im willie geist. joe and mika have the day off but we have mike barnicle, chris jansing and mort zuckerman and john heilemann with us this morning. and from washington, katie kay. we will get to her in a moment. we want to get to our big story this morning. hurricane earl. >> residents bracing for a possible strike from that strengthening hurricane earl that is barreling towards the northeast here. lets take a check of the weather with meteorologist bill karins who has been tracking ...

Is on alertd now. winds up to 145 miles an hour, hurricane earl is one of the strongest storms to ever threaten the east coast. forecasters are now broadening the areas expected to receive hurricane-forced winds. bill reid is the director of the narc hurricane center. this hurricane is getting wider, but weaker as it approaches land. whats going on? >> its a fairly common thing as the storm moves forward in the atlantic. the winds are also inducing an element of wind shear, which work against th...

When hurricane katrina hit waveland, mississippi, winds were howling at 145 miles per hour, there was a massive storm surge, a wall of water destroying homes. number of people in waveland decided to ride out the storm in those homes and not heed the mandatory evacuation orders, decisions they would regret. all along the gulf coast of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, devastation and misery. hurricane katrinas heartbreaking magnitude reflected not only in shattered homes and flooded streets but in...

This is what its like in downtown new orleans right now. these are the hurricane-force wind winds. >> as you try to turn north. >> just before the storm comes ashore, a fleeting bit of good news. katrina loses strength and drops to a category 4 hurricane. but sustained winds are still howling at 145 miles per hour. essentially the same destructive fury as a tornado but on a much wider scale. >> the winds are just incredible here in new orleans. we can see the roof of the superdome has been shred...

Category 4, this actually could become a category 5 with winds in excess 156 miles per hour. really impressive. this is earl. not much has changed. 145-mile an hour sustained winds. we have to watch earl, earl has a better shot at affecting the east coast. we are days away from earl making it across the atlantic. there is danielle, cat 3 storm as we head into the weekend. bermuda will have large waves, rip currents, its not going to affect land in any way. this is earl, the latest path, as you c...

Steve, is this common practice? >> we are to understand its a very common practice. also with meat thats been recalled for various operations -- outbreaks, including salmonella, if you cook it to a temperature of 145 degrees, the eggs no longer have bacteria in them and can be repurposed for other. the whies county egg form say they thousands 2 million egg as week, thats an awful lot of eggs while they straighten out the operation there so right now theyre going off to an egg cracker for crossin...

That triggered the gulf oil spill. bp executives and those of rig owner transocean are testifying in the probe that runs through friday in houston. the engineering firm that designed the minneapolis bridge which collapsed over the mississippi river in 2007 has agreed to pay almost $52.5 million to settle scores of lawsuits. the settlement by san francisco-based urs corporation resolves the last major litigation surrounding the accident in which 13 people died and 145 were injured. immigration is...

That triggered the gulf oil spill. bp executives and those of rig owner transocean are testifying in the probe that runs through friday in houston. the engineering firm that designed the minneapolis bridge which collapsed over the mississippi river in 2007 has agreed to pay almost $52.5 million to settle scores of lawsuits. the settlement by san francisco-based urs corporation resolves the last major litigation surrounding the accident in which 13 people died and 145 were injured. immigration is...