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wrong about chavez, and that tells you a lot. >> and he also recently awarded an apartment to a woman who became his 3 millionth twitter follower, and he is a big twitter follower. >> yes, he is wildly popular and the message is getting through to twitter again, and he did this, and he is rewarding somebody for being the 3 millionth follower. >> can you imagine if president obama or mitt romney were giving away homes on live television? >> no. >> thank you, miguel. -- captions by vitac...

anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. its believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, lets...

even falls, with forecasters predicting potentially catastrophic flooding. >> im al wli velshi. raging floodwaters from hurricane irene washed him away, but a new jersey man lived and now telling us how he survived mother natures wrath. in just a few hours the governments new jobs report. will it be welcome news for you, your job, and the recovery? well break it down on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is friday, september 2nd. jobs day, september 2nd. welcome to...

wolf blitzer is off tonight. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected president of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. dont wait, dont delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. we how is it going in new york right now, mary? >> you just heard the president speak about this hurricane. new york had asked the president to declare emergency assistance. and the president did...

Upset because theres never going to be enough support from the federal government, but he promised everything that they could do. >> right. when the storms hit, relatively speaking almost immediately he started getting e-mails, started getting e-mails from the white house press office announcing the disaster declarations that have been signed by the president, which is legally needed in order for federal resources to be brought to bear on natural disasters like this. so the federal government an...

In terms of disaster declarations, but that the president himself and the first family also being there, lending moral support, physically being on the ground to see the l devastation for themselves. its very important for the mayor and the governor, but its also very incorporate for the people who have gone through a tragedy such as this. >> you know, it is a time when republicans and democrats come together. you see the local officials there. and all talk of budget cuts and deficits kind of ev...

Including the southeast. further south it is unusual to see snow on christmas eve and christmas day. chris plas day, we could have a white christmas here. a white christmas greeting millions of americans as they take to the roads and skies this holiday season. well officials are advicing travelers here in chicago and other major cities to arrive two hours early to deal with any possible security issues. also, the tsa is telling people not to bring wrapped gifts. they say those gifts could be ope...

Of that country. to the midwest now, where a massive rainfall in iowa has caused a dam to fail. rushing waters burst through the lake delhi dam just hours ago. so far there are no reports of injuries. the area is mainly rural, and much of the affected area is farmland. iowa governor has issued disaster declarations for two counties. he tells cnn 10 inches of rain fell across the area in about 12 hours. >> youre talking about a catastrophic break in the dam. that has never happened before. and on...

In the midwest, massive rainfall in iowa caused a dam to fail. rushing waters burst through the dam a few hours ago. so far, there are no reports of injuries. the area is mainly rural, and much of the affected area is farmland. rey governor has issued disaster declarations for two counties. in the gulf the ships have turned around and are headed back to the deep horizon drilling site. tropical storm bonnie has lost clout. officials say the static kill which consists of pumping dense mud into t...

Back up to the boat and analyzed them and something that was almost similar to, i guess, a csi crime lab, they took tissue samples of the corals, and also water samples. those are still being analyzed and the scientists estimate they wont have the results of those for at least a couple months. >> amber lyons, thanks so much for joining us from st. petersburg, florida. lets talk about nasty weather further north. five inches of rain fell in some places and ten towns issued disaster declarations...