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Breaking news, hurricane earl, category 4 storm, winds nearly 135 miles an hour, approaching the koist of north carolina, threatening much of the eastern shore this weekend, mainly friday, saturday. as we told you, mandatory evacuations already under way in some areas. chad myers has the latest. what have we learned? >> big storm, literally. could be bigger at the 11:00 update. there is earl, fiona and now gaston, who did a lot of damage around richmond, virginia, six years ago. remember, they d...

Settlement. >> how much rides on president obama for this? i mean, is it -- is there a lot riding on it for him? obviously if theres progress, that reflects well on him. if theres not, is there any blow-back for that? >> well, we have seen in the past when president clinton got deeply involved and president bush got deeply involved, they made progress and then things failed and there was renewed violence. so, you can go backwards if you try too hard. whats interesting here, anderson, is that kin...

Anyway, its been flying back and forget. a few moments ago, it flew right through the eye. as it flew through the eye it dropped a weather balloon, but it doesnt go up, it goes down. it has to drop down. theyre flying. it found a gust on the way down to 199 miles per hour. thats literally like nascar at its fastest racetrack going around in a circle right there in the center of the eye. the storm, and its the word you used and so did the hurricane center, relentless. it hasnt stopped moving from...

The ocean. then that sand bar breaks because of all the erosion. right where that break is is where all the water rushes back out. if youre right there, youre rushing out with it. so, this is going to be one of those weekends to just -- >> is it going to be rain all along the east coast? >> no. it will be over, completely over by friday afternoon. it will be beautiful for the weekend. >> okay. >> right now its a wednesday, thursday, friday event. >> chad, thank you very much. continue to follow ...

Warnings because they dont think it will be a direct hit. lets bring in chad myers, who is closely tracking the storm. 199 miles an hour, unbelievable. >> hurricane hunter aircraft in there called miss piggy. theyre kind of all named by the muppets. anyway, its been flying back and forget. a few moments ago, it flew right through the eye. as it flew through the eye it dropped a weather balloon, but it doesnt go up, it goes down. it has to drop down. theyre flying. it found a gust on the way down...

The fact that president obama got egyptian president and king abdullah of jordan to give backing to this. as anyone who has watch ed this over the years knows the odds are still long. september 26th, netanyahu has to decide if hes going to extend the freeze on settlements and thats -- whole talks could collapse very shortly if he decides to go forward. theres a lot of pressure in israel to have some kind of settlement. >> how much rides on president obama for this? i mean, is it -- is there a lo...

Decision out there. and jason carroll found one guy who is sweating it out, he says, for a good cause. >> reporter: those on the east coast didnt need to see triple digit temperatures to know how hot it was. they felt it. >> im melting. >> this is very hot. were not used to this. >> reporter: so hot in new jersey, a state of emergency is declared. while the in new york city, conedison concerned its customers will crank up the air in their homes and strain the system. >> i do expect for isolated ...

The lame duck senator that you would like to replace. here he is. >> now, my friend talks about the debt. he wants to make sure that the debt doesnt go up. where was he during the bush years? unpaid wars. two wars unpaid for. taxes unpaid for. running up trillions of dollars. but hes made his stand. i think its wrong, as does the american people, as does im sure the people of kentucky. >> you see the problem here with the american people watching this, can you see the weakness in that argument o...

Going after jim bunning, the lame duck senator that you would like to replace, here he is. >> now, my friend talks about the debt. he wants to make sure that the debt doesnt go up. where was he during the bush years? two wars unpaid for. taxes unpaid for. running up trillions of dollars. but hes made his stand. i think its wrong, as does the american people, as does im sure the people of kentucky. >> you see the problem here with the american people watching this, can you see the weakness in tha...

As a result of what happened during the clinton years. pay-go was dismissed during the bush years. now, my friend talks about the debt. he wants to make sure that the debt doesnt go up. where was he during the bush years? unpaid wars, two wars unpaid for. taxes unpaid for. running up trillions of dollars of red ink for the american people. i say this also, madam president, weve tried to address that. we asked for debt commission to be established. we did that by legislation here on the floor. my...