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Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. The southwestern u. S. Is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary churns off the pacific. We just learned moments ago that the storm has weakened just a bit to a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. Its lashing mexico with strong winds and high waves right now. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across parts of california, nevada and arizona. The storm is expe...

Saying death to israel. Death to america. Putting a sharp focus on the risk of a wider regional conflict as israel gets ready for an expected ground invasion. Trey yengst live in ashkelon, israel, north of the gaza strip. We begin a new hour. Weve got some new bill, good morning, weve got new information for you from the northern part of israel along the border with lebanon. An area called hanita. There has been an incident, explosion. Something happened and they are looking into it. It comes as...

Now theres holocaust number one and holocaust number two. Mind blowing, unbelievable that it happened in 2023 in israel. Everyone doing everything they can. Sandra the State Department is confirming the deaths of at least 22 u. S. Citizens in israel. The news coming as we await a White House Press briefing, set to begin any moment now, a live look inside the white house. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby will be joining Karine Jeanpierre as pressure is building for President Biden t...

Behind hilary to the south. and then four possible systems were watching in the atlantic. its that time of year again. we will likely be busy in giving you more updates. >> it had been a fairly mild summer, but this is approaching that peak season for hurricane activity. thanks so much. debris flow remains a major concern as hilary marches toward southern california. signs up are warning residents near burn areas in the san bernardino mountains. on the coast, officials are creating sand barrie...

destroyed. this didnt end when the wind died down. this was and continues to be a very big deal and water is the reason why. you are looking at where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely. they dont have much to return to. the correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri, after the tornado. she was stranded by rising flood waters. she joins us shortly. still stranded there actually tonight. irene dumped as much as...

and water is the reason why. youre looking at where prattsville, new york, used to be. prattsville, parts of it are gone. the town of 600, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely but dont have much to return to. of course, compared to jop pin, missouri, she was stranded there by rising floodwaters and joins us shortly. still stranded there tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on to full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through. that water has...

good morning to you all. welcome to this cnn sunday morning, a special edition here. suzanne malveaux joining me, t.j. holmes here with you. we have special coverage of hurricane irene which is getting closer and closer and closer to new york city. anderson cooper is live in greenwich village there. john king on long beach for us this morning as well. >> already what a morning its already been. very well foreshadowing the day thats in store for new york and north. an incredibly massive...

Up. now, this year, you have places that are still only 50% to 70% full at this time. rooms that went for $225 on average now going for about $150 or less. it really is a tough time. perception is everything. what they are doing is they are working very hard to make things look very good. they are working very hard. the oil has been detected not only here and parts of alabama but parts of florida and mississippi. you will see some of the cleanup efforts, a couple of the earth movers moving the s...

What i have been fighting to try to get. >> geraldo: was bartons apology to bp in our personal opinion, congressman, out of line? >> well, i didnt agree with it. in fact, congressman barton apologized. he apologized to me, but i mean that is something separate. if you want to talk about what we are fighting right now, our biggest problem is the fact that we dont have a sense of urgency fighting the oil. >> geraldo: congressman barton stays ranking member and the whole flap goes away? >> unfortun...

What i have been fighting to try to get. >> geraldo: was bartons apology to bp in our personal opinion, congressman, out of line? >> well, i didnt agree with it. in fact, congressman barton apologized. he apologized to me, but i mean that is something separate. if you want to talk about what we are fighting right now, our biggest problem is the fact that we dont have a sense of urgency fighting the oil. >> geraldo: congressman barton stays ranking member and the whole flap goes away? >> unfortun...