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>> live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to this special edition of "today" on this saturday morning, im amy robach. >> im cafilling in for lester holt. hurricane irene is basically the size of europe. >> take a look, there is the pier at atlantic beach in north carolina. as you can see there, part of it has already been washed away, ripped apart by the pounding waves from irene. now the eye of the hurricane is expected to make landfall at atlantic beach somewhere be...

and welcome to this special edition of "today." 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this friday morning. im ann curry along with david gregory, in for matt this morning. youre looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. >> giving way to dark and stormy clouds. hurricane warnings in effect for north carolina to new jersey, but the impact of this storm will be felt on beau c...

and welcome to this special edition of today on this friday morning. im ann curry along with david gregory, who is in this morn for matt. youre looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. ominous sight there. >> right now hurricane warnings are in effect for north carolina all of the way up to our neck of the woods here in new jersey. there is some good news this morn...

its friday, august 26th, 2011, 51 in the general election, and this is "the daily rundown." barack obama, 43. rick perry, 46, barack obama, 45. you know, the layman, i look at of course well have the it and i say, well, geez, mitt mornings top political news as well for you this hour. the president is expected to romney looks like a stronger candidate. deliver a statement on hurricane we know 04 is going to be a irene at 11:30 a.m. eastern swing state. i dont want to read too much time...

and welcome to this special edition of today on this friday morning. im ann curry along with david gregory, who is in this morn for matt. youre looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. ominous sight there. >> right now hurricane warnings are in effect for north carolina all of the way up to our neck of the woods here in new jersey. there is some good news this morn...

storm warning. youre under a hurricane warning if youre headed east. maryland and virginia have already declared emergencies. hurricane irene has been downgraded to a category 2 storm, but that wont likely last long. forecasters say it will likely grow back into a category 3 hurricane later today. this storm is expected to make landfall tomorrow in north carolina. all together, 65 million people in the u.s. could be impacted by irene. and we have live coverage on the preps for hurric...

it weakened slightly overnight but could be re-energized in the warm waters of the atlantic today. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now. bill, whats the latest? >> well, chris, it doesnt matter if it weakened overnight. this storm is huge sizewise. the incensety is not going to vary much until it makes landfall. we have about 24 hours before we start to see the devastating winds on the coastline of north carolina. let me show you what the storm looks like right now. this black li...