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>> i think he might take it as a personal loss if he has dista e distance. john kelly has been through a lot. one question i have is how long is he going to want to remain in the job. >> and theres always the challenge to borrow senator blunts language as he described another leader, there is someone who spoiled and reckless that he has to manage. i dont know how long this is going to last. >> the people who may be happiest about john kelly? lawmakers on capitol hill. >> all of it gets tested in...

hurricane irene is driving to the coast today with 110-mile-an-hour winds. the storm will go on a climb up the east coast impacting, perhaps, one-fifth of the nations population. north carolinas outer banks will feel irenes winds by nightfall. the full fury will bear down by saturday evening. >> the window for preparation is quickly closing. if you are in the projected path of the storm, please listen to your state or local officials. please listen to emergency radio or television. if ...

People were, knew where to look. these are debris fields that have been carried great dista e distance, miles even by the water and then as the water left, been deposited there so even if you know where people live in a town, thats not where youre going to find their bodies if theyve perished. their bodies may be miles away underneath, you know, 15 feet of debris. so what search and rescue teams are finding is that in a lot of these areas it is extraordinarily slow going. they dont have in many ...

>> if you hear richter scale, they dont know what theyre talking about. yes dont use that word anymore. >> this is moment magnitude and it is a function of the fault plain area that rupp churs and the length of the rupture. the surface -- the surface rupture, the surface length along the trench and then the area of the downgoing slab that ruptures. >> let me draw this in three dimension. were going to take this and draw it up pretending were going up toward peru. this continues to go. this fault...