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Explosive statements about president obama earlier in the week. he and espn decided to part ways. >> he didnt decide. espn decided, right? >> hes saying that a lot of the decision was in his hands. lets start with what espn is saying. they said we have decided to part ways with hank williams, jr. we appreciate his contributions over the past years. he says for his part, after reading hundreds of e-mails, i have made my decision, emphasis on my there, by pulling my opening october 3rd. you, talki...

>> capitalism doesnt work. >> youre angry at wall street? washington, too, or just wall street? >> definitely washington. the politicians who are corrupted by a lot of the corporate money from wall street. >> so what do you want, protesters? it seems like people want a messiah leader. just like they did when they anointed barack obama. but, if you dont know whats wrong, no one can fix it for you. john adline is contributor and cnn columnist for "newsweek" and the daily beast. john, gre...

are without power in north carolina and virginia now. hundreds of thousands are evacuating as irene heads up the eastern seaboard. it is down to a category 1 hurricane now, but make no mistake, it is powerful and dangerous. nine states from north carolina to massachusetts are under a state of emergency. the latest to be added now maryland. president barack obama stopped by the headquarters of the federal emergency management agency, fema, he says the government is ready to handle whate...

but i can not. are you ready? states of hnemergency are in if effect from north carolina all the way to connecticut. it could be a very rough weekend. so lets head right to atlanta and check in with jackqui jeras. >> once again its a little later than usual, so im scrambling to get it all out to you. hurricane watches now posted from the north carolina/virginia border to sandy hook, new jersey. so that includes delaware bay, chesapeake bay. we also have hurricane warnings in effect fro...

here is the current u.s. debt ceiling. it 14i$14.3 trillion. we hit it in may. if they dont comeup with a dee. they have a scheduled meeting in about five hours. listen to how far republicans, other republicans and democrats are. this is from "anderson cooper 360" late last night. first majority whip steny hoyer. >> even within their own party, it is deeply divided party, divided against their leadership, angry at their leadership, and a party that has divided itself, has difficulty wo...

awaken to elton john, first singing and then delivering a message of personal thanks. rupert murdoch built a media empire on the power of selling a scandal but now its his mighty news corporation that is under siege from london to washington. a prominent u.s. senator jay rockefeller wants to know if u.s. citizens fell victim to sleazy or illegal news gathering so he is calling for an investigation amid reports that victims of the 9/11 attacks are among the nearly 4,000 people who had...

Market for people and for people who are looking to make a fast buck. >> this is crazy. michelle, thank you very much. >> reporter: have a good day. double check your bill. apple iphone and ipad users may have been overcharged by at&t to the tune of millions of dollars. cnbcs lap lap nicole lapin is h whats moving your money. this is a class-action thought with mystery charge that people are getting. in the middle of the night you have a charge for data going on to get an app or to go on lin...

Were a zombie attack on your money. cnn radio correspondent lisa de jar din has written a guide called zombie economics. there it is. she is here in studio with us today. this isnt about getting rich quick. its about survival. >> right. this is about surviving and having a good and happy life, not worrying about your finances. i know people think, oh, zombies are all over the place. but this say serious book. we wrote it with this zombie theme, because most people who have financial problems, ra...

With the 747s and dealing in that environment in the same way following the same rules. >> has there been a case when you havent got ahold of an air traffic controller? >> yeah, it happens every now and then. usually what happens is in the course of a flight -- i was flying in that case the day before yesterday from washington all the way here to chicago with a stop in pittsburgh. about every 10 or 15 minutes as you pass over ground radio stations going back to the notion of a ground-based syste...

6.5. if my memory serves me correctly, i think we actually had higher than 6.5, so its not necessarily that the biggest quake weve had. its quite a shallow kuwait, less than four miles deep, so this could have some bearing on that. but certainly people will not be taking any chances at this point. when you look around and see the devastation that the last big tsunami wreaked, then its really not surprising that people will be heeding these alerts and heading for higher ground. >> paula hancocks,...