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ilgts is ten minutes past the hour. back to your quote of the day. quote -- that was former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. he said that to piers morgan and said it just last night. he was talking about a presidential bid and if he might, you know, kind of ran, he could probably win. apple, and nike, are making our high-tech headlines at this hour. lets head straight to hong kong and kristie lu stout. this apple thing is getting weirder and weirder. >> weirder and weirde...

good morning. im ali velshi joining us live from new york. lets start with the fast and furious wildfires wrecking land and property in texas. theyve killed four people and destroyed more than 700 homes in the past few days. the biggest fire is just outside austin. firefighters have been struggling to contain it. lets go right to cnns chris welch. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, you just mentioned four death so is far at this point associated with these fires. two of those came fr...

the shanghai composite all down this morning. the major european markets are in the red as well. u.s. futures are down too. the world is waiting to hear the results of the monthly u.s. jobs reports. that comes out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on the weather front, just a few days after irene, the weather radar is getting another big workout. a tropical depression is running loose in the gulf of mexico, and its heading for the gulf coast, packing lots of rain and lots of wind. cnns jennifer ...

good morning to you. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? this is your a.m. "wake-up call." this is carol costello joining you live from new york. its a big day. the presidents big speech on economy will be a week from tonight. he wanted to speak a day earlier but house speaker john boehner said there wouldnt be enough time to do a security sweep of the house chamber. others complained it was on the very night of the republican presidential debate. he could go head to hea...

worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters havent been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas...

days. last night they found him. gentleman vars crittendon is accused of killing a mother of four in atlanta. the fbi arrested crittendon before he boarded a red-eye flight from orange county, california to atlanta. he was in the news about two years ago when he played for the washington wizards. he and a teammate pulled guns on each other in the locker room. the power is still out for about five million customers courtesy of irene. today a white house team will visit some of the har...

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...

cnns jim spellman is seeing its power firsthand. hes now in the bahamas. well try to get jim spellman. we dont have him quite yet because the wind is blowing really, really hard in the bahamas at this moment. lets head into atlanta and check in with jack can jeras. can you tell us the track of the storm? >> we can, carol. weve seen more changes and it bridges it closer to hugging the coast of the united states, potentially from north carolina all the way on up northward. i do want to t...

good morning to you. tuesday wednesday, august 24th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." im carol costello joining you live from new york. international leaders meet today to talk about getting aid into libya. as for moammar gadhafi, hes nowhere to be found even though rebels have taken control of his compound. but gadhafi is still talking, at least we think he is. two networks have been aired supposedly from the embattled leader. he calls for libyans to clear out of tripoli and get ri...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "am: wake up call." im carol costello live in new york. lets get started with that big storm crashing through the atlantic ocean right now. irene is getting ever more powerful and may be heading toward the united states. people in south carolina already getting ready for irene. the hurricane is near the dominican republic right now. take a look at the storm from the international space station. irene is now a category 2 hurricane...