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up the east coast all the way to canada. this is a huge storm, folks. just check out the view from the international space station. were all over irene, where it is, where its going. weve got jim spellman riding out the storm in the bahamas. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina, and jacqui jeras here in the hurricane headquarters. jim, lets start with you. whats the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. the winds have been blowing like this for hours now. about ...

broker a ceasefire. meantime, a bombshell in the business world to tell you about. steve jobs steps aside as apples ceo. well hear whos in line to replace the long-time leader. and hurricane irene batters the dominican republic, is over the bahamas and is heading towards the united states. full coverage of all these stories is straight ahead. -- captions by vitac -- battles, bounty and an offer to broker a ceasefire. we begin this hour with developments from libya. fighting conti...

this is a crew speeding away from the rixos hotel in tripoli where gadhafi loyalists, the gunmen who had been holding these men and women captive for five-plus days. now and only now can they tell their story. we will hear it coming up. something here, the cnn crew, among dozens of international journalists, as i mentioned at the rixos hotel, between 30 and 35 journalists were held inside for five-plus days trying to negotiate the release according to our matthew chance, every hour, ...

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...

want to remind you quickly. were getting the president on camera. his remarks and statements on libya. were getting that turned around for you. as soon as we do, well play it for you on cnn. check the clock, 3:00 eastern time. 9:00 p.m. in tripoli. the libyan capital now 90% controlled by western-backed rebels. thats according to the u.s. government. rife with rumors as to the fate of moammar gadhafi. for 42 years the countrys undisputed, unbalanced leader, thats where were going it st...

virginia. and elijah cummings, the former chair of the black caucus and analysis, and chris jeff free lund of digital. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. what a difference a year makes, or not so much. last year at this time, president obama was vacationing on marthas vineyard, and thats where he is today. last year he said -- >> a year and a half ago the economy was shrinking rapidly, and the economy is now growing. >> this year he is saying -- >> america will come ...

and government officials call rebel claims lies. well have a live report just ahead. take a look at this. were tracking tropical storm irene. theres a chance the storm could affect the u.s. well tell you where its headed. a soccer team scattered for safety after gun shots ring out in mexico, sending crowds ducking for cover. well show you what happened and what sparked it. we begin in libya, and our correspondents this morning say gun battle in tripoli. this video is from another...

tripo tripoli. is its leader, moammar gadhafi, going to stay and fight or could he possibly leave? and weve just gotten this dramatic video showing armed rioters shooting at police in the british city of birmingham. so whats the latest in that investigation? well have a live report. lets get right to the breaking news of iran. iranian state television is reporting that two americans accused of spying have been sentenced to eight years in prison. shane bauer and josh fattal were arr...

dealing with our debt crisis theyre wrong. theyre wrong. we cant afford to just do one or the other, we have to do both. >> president will roll out the entire job growth proposal early next month in a speech. it will probably be a combo platter of tax cuts, investments in infrastructure and long-term health for the unemployed. what will governor rick perry say today? you know youre dying to find out. hes not backing down about his treason comments about fed chair ben bernanke. he say...

insurance that government would manda mandate. third you said the era of small government was over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama, if you ask me. >> shes got a record of misstating and making false statements and thats another example of that list, she says that shes fighting for these things, she fought for less government spending. we got a lot more. she led the effort against obama care, we got obama care. she led the effort against t.a.r.p. we got t.a.r.p. she said shes ...