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morning. im t.j. holmes. we are standing by for one of a number of events that will take place this weekend to remember the victims of 9/11. this is in washington, d.c. where were expecting to see president george w. bush come out and lay a wreath at the pentagon. he will do this there at a stone. its essentially the impact point where that plane hit the pentagon ten years ago tomorrow. the president not expected to make remarks, not expected -- an audience there for it. but we will br...

also, you may not know the story of the monford point marines. the men who integrated mat reenz yooms. welcome to the men and women serving us in uniform and thank you for being here and what you do. lets talk about three important deadlines that we are keeping an eye on today in this whole debt ceiling debate. a vote is scheduled this afternoon in the senate on majority leader harry reids plan. thats the vote that was supposed to take place overnight but it was delayed in the even...

governments are facing a crisis. one alabama government is getting ready for one of the largest municipal bankruptcy in history. why in the world would anybody name their child cheeto or limoncelo. those are all real names. this hour, more names to tell you about. why people do it and whatnot to name your child. good morning. thanks to my parents for naming me t.j. holmes. glad you could be with us. that clock is ticking on the debt ceiling crisis. tuesday is the deadline. the dead...

Hello, casey. >> rick talked about the damage going for miles and this is true test ament of that because we are 50 miles up the road from rick near birmingham, alabama, and the same scene and pictures playing out here. ef 4 tornado swept through this area. in fact, it was all part of that same storm system that caused all of the damage in tuscaloosa. in the distance, a home that has literally been split in two. what is strange and eerie when you walk through the neighborhoods is some of the fro...

That the president and first lady met with governor robert bentley and the first lady of alabama and some other dignitaries. the idea was, basically, for the president to get out and see things firsthand. i mean, we heard the reports. you can see video. but its something very different to actually see it up close. and that was todays objective. plain and simple that was really it. one thing hell see is not only damage, obviously, from some of the strong winds -- in fact, if you look at this hous...

They are down right now because the winds offshore. it will come onshore and the river goes up rapidly. john. >> we just had our first gust, j.b. a real gust. we had the first one that shook the porch that were on. it will be impressive to me if the structures of the houses behind us can stand up to the wind they are getting. this is now several hours on and were already seeing the bend in the palmettos. a tree doesnt snap in half. it weakens from the root system. that is what we see happening h...

Welcome back everyone. were following this severe weather across much of the country. one person was killed in south eastern connecticut where a tree fell on top of a car during a violent storm. thousands were forced to take cover in boston as strong winds, damaging hail, heavy rain battered the region. look at what happened to someones lawn in rhode island. peeled back like a carpet. incredible. 100,000 customers were out of pow herb at one point. >> did they put down fresh sod? >> incredible t...

Higher elevations, over a foot of rainfall. that leads to scenes like these. were in a location where they have a big station wildfire back in 2009. so up on the top of the ridge here, you dont have much vegetation. theres no root system. the soil is loose. the heavy rain brings the mud right down to the streets. biggest headline of this morning, to our north, around malibu, a ten-mile stretch 0 the pacific coast highway shut down due to a rock slide. when you have complex terrain like this, inc...

Giant tree uprooted as a result of the tornado. take a look at this root system here ripped out of the ground as a result of what we believe was a tornado about three-quarters of a mile wide, moving at least 50 or 55 miles an hour when it came through this area. again, with warning here, the national weather service did issue a couple of tornado warnings prior to the tornado touching down in this rejop. we do believe, alex, this is all part of the same super cell. still unclear until the nationa...