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wednesday to deliver his major speech on jobs. >> now, that would have conflicted with the republican presidential debate. john hendren is joining us from washington with more on how this drama played itself out. >> reporter: good morning, tanya and rob. the white house tells us the new jobs plan will be significant and detail. the question is can he get it through congress? in 2012 president obamas job likely depends on how many americans have their own. >> our economy has to grow fas...

and good morning, everybody. im rob nelson. >> and im tanya rivero. the number of people killed in irene has now surged to at least 40 as more victims are pulled from floodwaters. >> the danger is far from over as those waters continue to rise in states already hard hit john hendren is in washington now with the latest on this. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. irenes first waves hit the south, north carolina, virginia ancond wave the the second wave ...

from floodwaters. >> the danger is far from over as those waters continue to rise in states already hard hit john hendren is in washington now with the latest on this. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. irenes first waves hit the south, north carolina, virginia and maryland. the second wave the hit, north, new jersey, new york on up to vermont and now learning some of the worst damage happened after irene was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical s...

so far emergencies have been declared in seven states from north carolina to connecticut. >> new york and other major metro areas remain in the crosshairs of this hour and people in low-lying areas are heading to higher ground in droves. for the very latest for where and when it will hit we turn to accuweather. >> and jim dickey is tracking the storm. >> it remains large and powerful. can you see on the satellite imagery, an eye is popping up. it shows the storm starting tot strengthen...

declared in seven states from north carolina to connecticut. >> new york and other major metro areas remain in the crosshairs of this hour and people in low-lying areas are heading to higher ground in droves. for the very latest for where and when it will hit we turn to accuweather. >> and jim dickey is tracking the storm. >> it remains large and powerful. can you see on the satellite imagery, an eye is popping up. it shows the storm starting tot strengthen. we are expecting it to brie...

over the caribbean with increasingly fierce winds and torrential rain. >> irene is threatening to blow asthor in the u.s. as a monster category 3 or 4 storm after ripping through puerto rico and knocking out power to more than a million people. heres a spectacular view of irene from above. images captured by the international space station. you can see just how massive the storm is right now. thats 700 miles across. if irene hits the southeast coast, it would be the first hurricane to ...

im tanya rivero. >> and im rob nelson. hurricane irene is still raking over the caribbean this morning with increasing lyly fierce winds and torrential rain. >> irene is threatening to blow ashore the u.s. as a monster category 3 or 4 storm after ripping through puerto rico and knocking o a million peop than a million people. heres a spectacular view of irene from above, images captured by the international space station. you can see just how massive the storm is right now. thats 700 m...

torrential rain. >> irene is threatening to blow asthor in the u.s. as a monster category 3 or 4 storm after ripping through puerto rico and knocking out power to more than a million people. heres a spectacular view of irene from above. images captured by the international space station. you can see just how massive the storm is right now. thats 700 miles across. if irene hits the southeast coast, it would be the first hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. in three years. >> monster s...

the 40-year rule of moammar gadhafi appears to be at its end. >> rebels firing guns into the air and also waving their flags. abcs karen travers joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: this was a very quick turn of events. the rebels gained momentum over the weekend and now say theyre close to toppling gadhafis regime. six months after the libya revolution began, it looks like his reign is close to an end. the libyan dictator is under siege in the capital city of tripoli. where liby...

air and also waving t tir flags. abcs karen travers join was the latest. >> reporter: there this was a very quiui turn of evenen. rebels gained momentum over the weekend and now say theyre close to topplinin gadhafis regime. six months after the libya revolution began, it looks like his reign is close to an end. under siege in the capital city of tripoli. where rebels are preparing for a final showdown. some neighborhoods are reportedly in rebels hands. and rebel forces have taken over...