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today with different messages. a few hour agos al rai tv broadcast the message, claiming his father and closest followers are hiding in tripolis suburbs and their morale is high, listen. >> translator: the leadership is fine, the leader is fine, and we are fighting and were drinking tea and coffee and we are sitting with our families. >> saif gadhafi had a message for people he called his brethren in tripoli and across libya. trnti >> translator: we are saying to everyone, everyone has...

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...

pictures, and live pictures now, and he is going to be bringing in a jobs pro to tackle the crisis, and we will have that live from the white house. you are looking at the rose garden there, and we will bring it live when it happens. the president is set to nominate allan krueger to chair the council of economic advisers, and he is a professor at princeton and served as assistant treasury secretary until next year. and stewards of hurricane irene are expected to cleanout to day. it i...

who may be in need of damage control after irene? plus graphic new evidence of brutality by moammar gadhafi and his inner circle. this just as were hearing his wife and several children have now escaped libya. the pressure now growing to make sure gadhafi himself doesnt get away. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." raging water in the northeast so powerful it can sweep away cars and swallow up homes. right now vermont is devastated by the worst flooding in decades. cnns a...

this is hillside new jersey west of newark. there could be power lines in the floodwaters. its ironic, look at this police car in newark alone six police rescues getting people out of their cars that were stuck in stranded roads because of this water. >> thats incredible. the force of the water cant be underestimated. its amazing how it could probably move like that picture demonstrating, moving that park bench. >> why they call it flash flooding. >> its pretty significant. >> this alo...

fine. >> then after north carolina, irene could hit new york and new england late this weekend. keep watching for latest turns in the hurricanes track. right now, a firefight is under way outside a cluster of buildings in tripoli. libyan rebels believe they have moammar gadhafi pinned down. they believe he is hiding in apartments in his compound. rebels have put $1.5 million bounty on gadhafi. he is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes. moammar gadhafis s...

up the east coast all the way to canada. this is a huge storm, folks. just check out the view from the international space station. were all over irene, where it is, where its going. weve got jim spellman riding out the storm in the bahamas. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina, and jacqui jeras here in the hurricane headquarters. jim, lets start with you. whats the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. the winds have been blowing like this for hours now. about ...

children inside was swept away. flooding was so bad, rescuers couldnt see the vehicle until the water receded. >> we were right over top of the vehicle that unfortunately the victims were in and never knew they were there. the bottom of the boat would scrape against the top of the car. >> another person is still missing. police say 11 people climbed trees to escape rushing water that was nine feet deep in some places. in wisconsin, strong winds flipped cars and big trucks on to their...

>> pop star david cassidy claims he was ripped off over a pop idol image. but first, a pizza delivery man robs a bank with a bomb around his neck. >> these suckers say you got 55 minutes, man. what are you going to do? >> and thats just the beginning of one of the most bizarre crimes ever. cnns drew griffin unravels the twisted tale of the man known as the pizza bomber. >> 911. what is your emergency? >> yes. weve just been robbed. >> was anyone hurt? >> no. he just walked out the door...

first a pizza delivery man robs a bank with a bomb around his neck. >> these suckers say you have 55 minutes, man, what are you going to do? >> thats just the beginning of one of the most bizarre crimes ever. drew griffin unwraps the pizza bomber. >> 911 emergency. >> weve just been robbed. >> is anyone hurt? >> no. he walked out the door. >> august 28th, 2003. erie, pennsylvania. within minutes of robbing a bank, brian wells is surrounded by police. cross legged on the ground and hand...