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out from his hiding place revealing new information about cease fire talks. could his father be ready to surrender. well have that exclusive report seconds away. tropical storm lee is putting parts of the gulf coast under water. cnn reporters are positioned in towns right in the storms path. well take you there live. then well head to an area still reeling from hurricane irene. president obama plays a visit to paterson, new jersey. a live report is just ahead. first to libya and excl...

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...

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...

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, ...

Jenna: now this fox news alert. were tracking some dangerous rip currents from a few parts of the country. meteorologist maria molina joins us from the fox extreme weather center with more on this. >> jenna, temperatures warming up across the eastern half of the country. today well see highs in the 90s. what people are doing starting to head out to the beach. we need to stay alert because there is rip current risk in your area and out at the beach and you actually stay out of the water. one of t...

Swimming back onshore. the second area were watching for rip current risk is across south texas from matagorda bay. 15 to 20 miles per hour winds blowing water across the shore. stay away from pierce and jetties. unfortunately we saw a fatality yesterday in south padre. not good to hear what happened over memorial day. jenna? jenna: good remind he is, maria, thank you very much. >> the showdown over raising uncle sams credit limit sets the stage for what could be a long hot summer battle in wash...

Are going to take monday off. they were originally supposed to start the trial on monday. there are going to be hearings on last-minute issues possibly about evidence that both the state and the defense are planning on using and then tuesday, 9:00 sharp, the judge is ready to slam the gavel down and get this trial started. >> trace: holly bristol from our fox affiliate wofl in florida. pretty intense waves hitting the southern california coast. check it out. this is video from los angeles. witne...

State officials are urging tours to come back after the storm passes. and thats not the only concern. shipping interests, commercial boating, the coast guard has shut down commercial ports in moorehead city and also in wilmington. so thats also a big economic concern. closing them down, of course, until the hurricane passes north carolina waters, shep. >> shepard: jonathan serrie on shaky cam live from kill delve hills in north carolina. just a little bit north of there, officials say they are w...

Above. but the beach waters themselves, a huge concern and risk here through the weekend will be extreme rough surf and the rip current risk that will unfortunately probably claim more lives. hurricane danielle sponsored 400 or 500 beach rescues up and down this area of new england. >> thanks, paul. tough be crazy to go to the rip tides given whats going on here. coming up, the stumbling blocks to middle east peace. martin fletcher is joining us. and were now on sirius xm radio. this is andrea...

Many many vacationsers alter their plans. julie martin is live for us in ocean city, maryland to fill us in on what were seeing there. and are we seeing the winds pick up, julie? >> reporter: its not so much the winds, thomas, but it is certainly the surf. i want to take you out into the atlantic and show you what im talking about. we have seen this wave height significantly increase within the past hour, the life guards have pulled all but the most experienced boogie boards and surfers out of t...