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lashing new england with powerful winds and rain. hello again, everyone. im fredricka whitfield. >> im brooke baldwin. lets get you caught up on what we know at this hour on this storm. president obama an hour away from making the statement about the storm. he will be doing so 5:00 eastern from the rose garden. well bring it to you live as soon as we see the president. >> irene continues to lose power since making landfall this morning. floodwaters are receding on new yorks long island...

here now the latest. anti-gadhafi forces say theyre in control of most parts of tripoli. the rebels caution there are still some pockets of resistance in the capital. colonel gadhafis own whereabouts are unknown now, but there have been sporadic gunfire and explosions near his al aziz la compound in tripoli. rebels say they have now capt e captured three of gadhafis surviving sons. prosecutors for the international criminal court say they hope to put saif gadhafi on trial, but a spokes...

a.m. in london, 4:00 p.m. in hong kong. hello, im andrew stevens. >> im charles hodson, youre watching cnns continuing coverage of the uprising in libya. history is unfolding today in libya as colonel moammar gadhafis 42-year grip on power appears to be coming to an end. here now the latest. anti-gadhafi forces say theyre in control of most parts of tripoli. the rebels caution there are still some pockets of resistance in the capital. colonel gadhafis own whereabouts are unknown now,...

who will have to get out of the race for the republican presidential nomination. also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia last night, but well explain to you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. at the top of the hour, we start with the breaking news out of pakistan. the u.s. embassy is saying an american was abducted from his home in lahore. we have the latest from pakistan. >> reporter: t.j., this is the third time an american has been kidnapped in pakistan. th...

also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arrested in in connection with the violence and looting there we have seen over the past week. maybe you didnt stay up and catch the republican presidential deba...

kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...

this reid plan sometime this afternoon. expected to vote it down. it will be just a demonstration that the reid plan as is is not going to pass the house of representatives. meanwhile, the question is, whats going to happen in the senate, were there any meetings? no meetings scheduled among the leadersh leadership, a top republican leadership aide telling me mitch mcconnell doesnt want to meet with the democrats unless a representative from the white house is involved because the democ...

governments are facing a crisis. one alabama government is getting ready for one of the largest municipal bankruptcy in history. why in the world would anybody name their child cheeto or limoncelo. those are all real names. this hour, more names to tell you about. why people do it and whatnot to name your child. good morning. thanks to my parents for naming me t.j. holmes. glad you could be with us. that clock is ticking on the debt ceiling crisis. tuesday is the deadline. the dead...

speak of. just under two days away from a time when were told by the treasury, this country will not be able to pay all of its bills. so let me give you the rundown of whats happening today. the house gets to work around noontime today. thats just about two hours from now. after some debate, theyll vote on a proposal from senate majority leader, harry reid. that proposal is expected to fail. then on the senate side, they open debate on that same reid bill at 1:00 eastern time this afte...

this reid plan sometime this afternoon. expected to vote it down. it will be just a demonstration that the reid plan as is is not going to pass the house of representatives. meanwhile, the question is, whats going to happen in the senate, were there any meetings? no meetings scheduled among the leadersh leadership, a top republican leadership aide telling me mitch mcconnell doesnt want to meet with the democrats unless a representative from the white house is involved because the democ...