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good evening. take a look behind me at this ominous picture of downtown atlanta tonight. skies darkening. storm clouds gathering. and tornadoes closing in. this is just part of the dramatic weather picture as this holiday weekend winds down with no rest or relaxation for millions of americans caught in the crosshairs of natural disasters. well begin this evening with abcs steve osunsami in atlanta where tornadoes touched down late this afternoon. steve. >> reporter: good evening, jake....

and picture thisis an artist loses everything when her hometown is washed away, but her neighbors draw on her strength and her spirit. good evening. take a look behind me at this ominous picture of downtown atlanta tonight. skies darkening. storm clouds gathering. and tornadoes closing in. this is just part of the dramatic weather picture as this holiday weekend winds down with no rest or relaxation for millions of americans caught in the crosshairs of natural disasters. well begin t...

than 4 million homes lost power, and $10 billion in estimates of cost. >> talking about hurricane irene, i want the make sure that the folks have the support they need as theys a s.e. s assess a the damages from the storm. that will continue in the days ahead. lit take time it will take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude and the effects are still being felt in the country in new england and states like vermont where there is an enormous amount of flooding. the response cont...

pictures, and live pictures now, and he is going to be bringing in a jobs pro to tackle the crisis, and we will have that live from the white house. you are looking at the rose garden there, and we will bring it live when it happens. the president is set to nominate allan krueger to chair the council of economic advisers, and he is a professor at princeton and served as assistant treasury secretary until next year. and stewards of hurricane irene are expected to cleanout to day. it i...

tropical storm status in is now blamed for more than 20 deaths along the east coast where one irenes 3 day run because manager damage along the east coast bay street turned into raging rivers besides being border on all sides by land and bid this building is dangerously close at two when he demolished >> they came pounding on our door around 10:30 p.m. and told us we had to get out our home it was utter mayhem down the street >> this storm be us >> their effects of irene are blamed of ...

spans it had been there since 1870. we have new-line video coming in the news ram not this is an incompetent lakes and new jersey i house fire you can see all the water around of this neighborhood it slowdown of the firefighters it was very difficult and the fire is under investigation. the mohawk river is over its banks him parts of new york in front of homes and of businesses and margaret mcgilville. some people are saying it is an overreaction. >> you take the precautions and then f...

stuck. now in fair haven massachusetts got quite a workout. this couple trying to make it to their home. new england is where irene landed after leaving new york. now that its gone from the big apple. the mayor announced he is lifting evacuation orders for people in low-lying areas. in fact that just happened. but some are going to come back to pretty unpleasant sights. this owner of this car picked an unfortunate place to park in soho which is in lower manhattan. one all the flooding ...

in elmsford they had to save half a dozen people from homes. one man said he thought it was prepared and he had been there 30 years and never seen anything like this. >> i have pumps and they are working but it was not enough. >> shep: not enough. the owners of this sailboat were trying to make it to maryland to the coast of virginia. rescuers had to pull pull two people and cat when the boat got stuck. now in fair haven massachusetts got quite a workout. this couple trying to make it ...

out on the court with their che. some are crying early, "early" this friday morning, august 19st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, beautiful start to the day on this friday, im chris wragge. >> and im erica hill. one of the big stories we want to talk to is the west memphis three been in prison for nearly 20 years for the murder of three 8-year-old boys in arkansas. all three said theyre innocent. now were told some could be freed later today after making a deal with p...

desperate search to find their daughter. georgetown university basketball players slugging it out on the court with their cheeopponents. some are crying early, "early" this friday morning, august 19st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, beautiful start to the day on this friday, im chris wragge. >> and im erica hill. one of the big stories we want to talk to is the west memphis three been in prison for nearly 20 years for the murder of three 8-year-old boys in arkansas...