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>> the seventh film in the "star wars" franchise is one of the most highly anticipated movies in recent memory. when advanced tickets went on sale websites crashed across the board. online ticket service fandango, has reported its already sold eight times as many tickets as it did for "the hunger games" the previous record holder, for ticket sales. >> very good, juan. >> i think im -- im your dad, eric. >> yeah, eight times, theyre destroying records. now i didnt have any talking points because ...

>> well for whatever reason, joe biden seems to have a much different view of the gop. >> whenever theres a problem i get sent to the hill. which by the way is a useful use of my time. because i really respect the members of there and i still have a lot of republican friends, i dont think my chief enemy is the republican party. >> the vp also made clear that he, not the secretary of state, speaks for the president when he goes overseas. >> i will get sent to go speak to putin or go spe...

trains and subways, all grinding to a halt. thats the kind of chaos that people in india, as many as 670 million of them, faced over the past two days, as half of the national power grid shut down. so did an electric elevator in a mine shaft in west bengal trapping some 200 coal minors for hours. and air conditioning, even fans stopped in many hospitals. i paid for an x-ray, says this patient, but because of the blackout, i cant get it now. mondays outage was bad enough, but as switche...

good evening from olympic park in london, where in a moment we will update you on another history making day here, and a momentous day for team usa in gymnastics and swimming. however, we begin tonight with what was by far the largest blackout in world history. at its peek today near 10% of the worlds population was without power. it happened in india, where just under 670 million people found themselves plunged into darkness and gridlock. and this involves something that is a bit of a...

good evening from olympic park in london, where in a moment we will update you on another history making day here, and a momentous day for team usa in two of the big signature sports of these summer games, gymnastics and swimming. however, we begin tonight with what was by far the largest blackout in world history. at its peek today near 10% of the worlds population was without power. it happened in india, where just under 670 million people -- and thats twice the size of the u.s. popu...

you have to give the people want. 45 to 50 degrees for the high temperature. >> i will make you a valentine with a doily, just for you. lets check the roads. we have some debris on the key bridge that is blocking the left lane. we have a car fire in anne arundel county. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to travel south on 95 down towards 32. this is 95 at the fort mchenry. southbound traffic looks pretty good at the moment. take either to avoid the key bridge. we ...

mccain of arizona who says that if these 19 americans are not allowed to leave egypt by next week, he will travel to egypt to try and talk to these generals. remember, the generals just stood him up yesterday, so says mccain. we are now hearing the white house, the state department, members of congress saying this situation is clearly deteriorating. nineteen americans still being banned from leaving egypt, and many of them, including sam lahood -- the son of transportation secretary ra...

that if these 19 americans are not allowed to leave egypt by next week, he will travel to egypt to try and talk to these generals. remember, the generals just stood him up yesterday, so says mccain. we are now hearing the white house, the state department, members of congress saying this situation is clearly deteriorating. nineteen americans still being banned from leaving egypt, and many of them, including sam lahood -- the son of transportation secretary ray lahood -- are holed up in...

mandatory evacuation takes effect in just minutes. this is 9news now. >> tonight 65 million people, 20% of the united states, are all in the path of hurricane irene. the category three storm is expected to become the biggest hurricane to hilt the east coast since the 1950s. the governors of virginia, maryland, north carolina and new jersey have all declared states of emergency. >> airlines cans elling flights trying to get their planes out of the way of the storms. amtrak has cancell...

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