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>> hello, im dr. sanjay gupta. few of us can forget what unfolded behind me ten years the shocking spectacle of the world trade center towers crumbling into dust against that new york city skyline and the what disappeared along with it. ten years later, the obvious signs of the dust are gone. yet in some waysit still looms over new york city. it still haunts the over new york city. thousands of responders who became sick after breathing it in. in washington, there is a large fire. >> m...

water. if another low-lying neighborhoods now under mandatory evacuation orders, mayor bloomberg tonight saying the city transportation system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports in danger of flooding. theyre being closed arriving flights starting at noon. now this is what theyre concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. but they might see a version of it in about 36 hours from now....

carolina coast. as many as 65 million people all along the eastern seaboard are going to be impacted in some way, shape or form by irene. and many people are already trying to find shelter where they can. take a look at the size of this storm. eight states from north carolina to massachusetts are under states of emergency. and right now, this first hurricane of the season that is impacting so much of the east coast is pummeling north carolina. it barreled ashore on the outer banks of n...

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. ...

fine. >> then after north carolina, irene could hit new york and new england late this weekend. keep watching for latest turns in the hurricanes 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 gadhafis s...

north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that dont get a direct hit though, theres the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. youre looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they havent been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the gover...

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...

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, ...

need folks to leave. ive been in there when planes have entered airspace and they told us to leave the capitol. during this instance, there was no such warning, there was no such direction from capitol police. it happened so quickly that the evacuation orders were given simply by word-of-mouth. by whatever office you were closest to. that was my experience just outside the senate chamber right above it. >> lisa with the latest from the capitol. wolf blitzer standing by for us in washin...

stand, reports of explosions near a compound where he may be hiding. and im carol costello. a new poll predicting a tight race in 2012, whether obama versus romney, bachmann, perry or paul on this "american morning." good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "american morning." we have a lot going on today here. this weather in the united states. >> thats right. >> politics and, of course the developments in libya. >> start with breaking news in the battle for libya ...