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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...

im nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. im andrew streechbs. youre watching cnns coverage of the battle for libyas future. opposition leaders claim rebel forces now control 90% of libya. they also say think ooer planning to move some of their power base today from the eastern city of benghazi to the capital tripoli. meantime, the last vestiges of moammar gadhafis power base appear to be crumbling. after hours of fighting, rebels finally over ran his heavily fortified...

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 ...

committed crimes against humanity. pope benedict xvi is visiting madrid, spain. the city expects a million or so people to attend. not everyone is happy to see the pontiff, however. some spaniards are protests over the cost to put on the event. those are the headlines from cnn, the worlds news leader. im zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london. im nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. im andrew streechbs. youre watching "world...

here, that arrow just refuses to turn green. the s&p lost more than 4%. the nasdaq sank more than that to 5%. it sank 5%. so what has rattled the markets this time? its a combo platter of bad news, jobless claims are up, existing home sales are down. consumer prices are up and the plfrg industry has gotten weaker. no wonder a top economic adviser is flying to marthas vineyard next week to help president obama with his job proposal. then there was this report from morgan stanley, not ...

some 5,000 palestinians reportedly fled a u.n. refugee camp. more than 40 people have been killed in two days. those are the headlines from cnn, the worlds news leader. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london. im charles hodson. >> and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. im andrew stevens. youre watching world business today. the top stories this tuesday, august 16th. >> new signs of slowing growth in europe as leaders of the euro zones top two econom...

horn of africa. the united nations says it has received half of the $2.5 billion it needs to tackle the crisis. china says it is slowing down its bullet trains and stopping new construction because of an accident that killed last month that killed at least 40 people. the accident was blamed on design flaws on equipment. and syrian troop -- efforts are growing to end the crackdown. under scored the urgency of the situation there. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news le...

Restructuring, we didnt need this. >> we had lehman brothers and it scared everyone. we the fed and treasury got scared they went to bailout and learned they have to bailout if a financial institution is going to crash and bring down the entire financial system with it. >> greta: we had a mechanism, thats the problem. >> but regulators worried the mechanism we had want effective. they have a new system that will prevent bailout. theres a lot of doubt about whether that is the case. i think a lot...

looks. all day long the dow headed south until it finally closed down an ugly 266 points. on wall street, 4:00 couldnt come fast enough. weve had eight straight days of losses, the first time that happened since the global financial meltdown? 2008. it is a scary picture, and were going to walk you through it all in just a moment. but first a look at the other stories were drilling down on tonight. its ramadan in syria. instead of peace, more bloodshed. graphic new images of bodies du...

a ton of money. this hour, how hes dealing with the new messes that the country simply cant afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." sort of vacation right now, theyre on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new ange...