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states, along the eastern seaboard. new york city has ordered an unprecedented evacuation, of 370,000 people. some of americas biggest cities are now bracing for the worst. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." we want to start with chris lawrence, hes joining us from maryland, the chesapeake beach, right now, chris, this powerful storm is moving in your direction, what are you seeing and what are you f...

heres what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard, and as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients. and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg issued the first evacuation orders in city history for low-lying areas, including the one, the area that we are standing in tonight. and for the first time in modern me...

heading back to washington, d.c. a day ahead of schedule. earlier he called irene a historic storm. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of the hurricane, you have to take precautions now. dont wait. dont delay. we all hope for the best but have to be prepared for the worst. >> irene is on track to follow the northeast corridor right up to new england and beyond. cnn is there. reynold wolf is in new jersey, and athena jones is in annapolis, maryland. ...

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...

the sea walls, but i think the worst here is orr and it passed. amazing how well theyve weathered this here. we have not seen any damage. just a quick ride through downtown nassau, and it seems that theyve got lucky and their preparations really worked. some of the southern islands in the bahamas didnt make it well. we have reports of serious did he have tags in some of the settlements down there and even some of the biggest islands, cat island that are both popular tourist islands had...

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 ...

carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. well have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the oppositions already got his cap. this guy took it out of his pal as. now they want that head that goes with it and theyre willing to pay. $2.5 million for the dictator dead or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ag...

residents to get out or get ready. >> walking free from the hotel. christine romans. 33 journalists are out this morning and are talking after a terrifying ordeal. held at gunpoint by gadhafi loyalists growing more desperate by the second. the end of an era at am. im carol costello. steve jobs, creator force behind apple, resigns. what will this mean for the company? the change the way you live on this "american morning." good morning to you. it is thursday, august 25. welcome to "...

again tonight we have two big breaking stories. one is hurricane irene now officially a major storm. the view here from space it is huge. category 3 and getting stronger this hour. now pointed straight at the carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. well have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the oppositions already got his cap. this guy took it out of his palace. now they want that head that g...