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air force one is about to land here in just a bit at raleigh-durham national airport, north carolina. an important battleground state, as you know, in the 2012 election. president obama is going to visit a small business. one that the white house says will benefit from his new jobs bill. after that, the president will press congress once again to pass his plan and pass it immediately when he delivers a speech at north carolina state university. also republicans picking up a new york co...

blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still dont have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? >> reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. h...

im christine romans. hurricane forecasters feeling the heat because the wrath of irene didnt live up to all that hype. and im carol costello. like a hurricane, rick perry stormed to the front of the gop presidential pack. the latest cnn polling gives him a double-digit lead over mitt romney. is the texas governor built for the long run? well, good morning. it is tuesday, august 30th. we are still dealing with the after effects of this hurricane. things for a lot of people starting ...

quote, he could be planning for a last stand. another saying it could be -- he could put civilians in the crosshairs. but both officials say they just dont know what form a final offensive might take. recent nato airstrikes are clearly upping the ante. our people there are telling us they are under way again tonight. loud explosions being heard in tripoli within the past hour. opposition forces telling us theyre making use of the air attacks to try to make progress on the ground. those...

libyas moammar gadhafi on the brink of defeat which is good to hear, but possibly planning a final offensive against libyan civilians which could be chilling. the prospect of a blood thirsty, unpredictable and mentally unstable dictator lashing out, barbara starr broke the story. one u.s. official telling her, quote, he could be planning for a last stand. another saying it could be -- he could put civilians in the crosshairs. but both officials say they just dont know what form a final...

government every year. cnns alan chernoff is here with the story. what is going on? >> remember the great quote from mark twain, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated? it applies to thousands of social security recipients every year, including one elderly woman we met who received very untimely news from the social security administration. marjorie is a healthy and vibrant 94-year-old yet the social security administration thought she died five years ago. >> you look very m...

isnt this august, not supposed to be a lot going on. >> dont you wish one day wed say theres nothing going on, go home. >> change the channel. a lot has to do with the economy, up first president obama talking jobs in the heartland of america. the president is in iowa this morning. no straw polls. no campaigns -- its a campaign stop. its a campaign-style trip through three mid western states. hell meet with a group of farmers and small business owners today. hes been making his pitch f...

kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...

looks. all day long the dow headed south until it finally closed down an ugly 266 points. on wall street, 4:00 couldnt come fast enough. weve had eight straight days of losses, the first time that happened since the global financial meltdown? 2008. it is a scary picture, and were going to walk you through it all in just a moment. but first a look at the other stories were drilling down on tonight. its ramadan in syria. instead of peace, more bloodshed. graphic new images of bodies du...

officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nations debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is ...