million worth of damage in today s dollars. at least 8 people in the united states died as a result of gloria. and, 3/4 of a million people lost power, in the northeast. so, that gives you a little perspective. martha: might be in for it. all right, back to the huge story, that we are working on, at fox news, right now and that is there are unconfirmed reports that libyan rebels say they have muammar qaddafi and two of his sons, surrounded in tripoli. let s go to jennifer griffin, who is working the phones of course from the pentagon, and, what are you hearing about this? reporter: well, martha, a senior u.s. defense official tells me based on their latest intelligence, they still believe that muammar qaddafi is in tripoli. is in the capital of tripoli but cannot confirm reports from the rebels they ve surrounded an apartment block where they think they have muammar qaddafi and his sons surrounded. that is a block of apartments, not far from the compound that was stormed of course by
fine. then after north carolina, irene could hit new york and new england late this weekend. keep watching for latest turns in the hurricane s track. right now, a firefight is under way outside a cluster of buildings in tripoli. libyan rebels believe they have moammar gadhafi pinned down. they believe he is hiding in apartments in his compound. rebels have put $1.5 million bounty on gadhafi. he is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes. moammar gadhafi s son, wants a cease-fire to stop the bloodshed in tripoli. saadi contacted nic robertson by e-mail. reporter: he said he wants to negotiate a cease-fire. he doesn t want it to be syria. he wants help in the negotiations. he says he has reached out to washington and reached out to nato. he wants help in doing this. rebels claim they captured three of gadhafi s sons this week, including saadi. but saadi s status is not clear. the number of americans filing first time jobless claims is up agai
who is in harm s way needs to prepare for the worst and pray for the best. let me assure you that we are not overreacting. we need to be ready if you live in one of these areas, spend time with precaution. battering the bahamas. in nasa, jim, what has the damage been there? reporter: candy, a little a little bit of palms here with high wind and strong rain. here in nassau, the main tourist areas, no damage or floods whatsoever. the power lines [inaudible] they are so confident that the tourist areas [inaudible] jim, i m sorry. i m going to have to interrupt you here. we have really bad i can t hear thaw well. from what i can tell, not that much damage where he is in nassau. we will get back to him we can e audio problem. the latest forecast from the national hurricane center says irene will approach the north carolina coast saturday. cnn meteorologist chad myers is here to fill in more of the details. chad, you and i have talked for a couple of nights now, and
being connected, then the one in colorado. oh, i see it s at least 2,000 miles separate geographically so i don t think there s any chance that one could be triggering the other. kate hutton, a seismologist over at cal tech. greatly appreciate you joining us. 24 hours after things were certainly shaking around this time. thank you, kate. oh, thank you. and we have some breaking news. a manhunt is under way right now for a suspect police say shot and killed one person at a wells fargo bank in northern california. the contra county sheriff s department says a police officer was also wounded in this. the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. we ll continue to follow you this breaking news and bring you any developments. up next, dead or alive. libyan rebels place a bounty on moammar gadhafi. find out how much they are offering for the capture of the dictator who is still missing. we ll get a live report from tripoli, and a new investigation reveals how the nypd has been wor
but sealed after rebels stormed and looted his tripoli compound wednesday. just hours ago with the elusive leader s whereabouts unknown, qadhafi released an audio address rallying loyal residents against rebel forces. brian mooar has the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. gath has lost his seat of power, but clearly not his fight. this audio message said to be subdued, but nevertheless, defiant. he called on all libyans to converge on the capitol and eliminate what he called the traitors and the rats. qadhafi said he had made an undercover foray into the capitol, and he was downplaying the chaos, but it is clear that his compound has been overrun by libyan rebels. hundreds of them. they really struck at the heart of the qadhafi regime. they looted the armories. they knocked the head off a statue of qadhafi, but they walked away without the ultimate prize, the man himself. lynn.