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The eclipse already started. Reporter yes, it did. Its about to start in the western part of the country. Give me five, you guys. You were amazing. Thank you so much for being with us. And craig, so many families like them, theyre going to experience this together in this stadium behind me. 15,000 people have poured into carbondale, illinois, and the local businesses here are ex attic. It is estimated the private sector in carbondale will gain almost 20 million just by the influx of tourists and...

Try to do things to get attention to get people to push you to talk. we should be talking on our terms, not their terms. >> trace: thanks, john. >> thank you. >> trace: a fox urgent now. this is the scene moments ago in charlotte, north carolina. emergency crews responding to a home explosion. witnesses say they could hear and feel the boom almost five miles away. emt workers say two people from nearby homes got hit with flying debris. theres no word yet on what caused the explosion and we dont ...

That ring, that golden orange ring where the rays are shooting off the edge of the moons shadow, we believe thats a million degrees or so hotter than the actual sun itself. and we dont know why. so this is a great opportunity to study the gases, what we know that comes off the sun that interrupts our radio and tv frequencies periodically. we get to study that now. >> lets get back to jacob soboroff standing by in oregon. we are roughly five minutes away from totality. jacob, how has this scene c...

Charleston, communities in the path of the eclipse. >> especially the day of the eclipse, probably traffic slowdowns, but our highway patrol has been working very closely with the local authorities on that to make sure theyve got enough man power to control those. reporter: tomorrow, the moons shadow will pass directly over 21 national parks in the u.s., the national park service is bringing in extra staff and law enforcement what could be record crowds. cities big and small, hotels are packed. ...

Charleston, communities in the path of the eclipse. >> especially the day of the eclipse, probably traffic slowdowns, but our highway patrol has been working very closely with the local authorities on that to make sure theyve got enough man power to control those. reporter: tomorrow, the moons shadow will pass directly over 21 national parks in the u.s., the national park service is bringing in extra staff and law enforcement what could be record crowds. cities big and small, hotels are packed. ...

The world is all thanks to the sun, the moon and the earth being in perfect alignment. of course the moon casting its shadow on a very distinct part of the world including you in london. starting at 8:25 this morning, well start to see that shadow just cast over westminster and big ben. we have 80% totality thats 80% of the sun being covered by the moons shadow. thats at 9:31. so you want to check that out. if you get a check, weather conditions not so good in northern parts of europe. you will ...

K kathleen sebelius is coming back in front of the senate finance committee. she got a surprise gift. the texas state tennessee handed her a copy of the book "websites for dummies." be sure and look outside at sunrise, because a partial solar eclipse will be visible in some states and its expected to last less than two minutes. the moons shadow will make the sun look like a half moon or three quarter moon, so dont look directly at the sun, obviously, and the safest way to view a solar eclipse ...

>> it is, but i am betting those folks that run the marathons are used to everything. >> yes. maybe you noticed something unusual in the sky in the east coast? people in places like new york and boston, they were able to see a brief solar eclipse at sunrise. >> it lasted for less than two minutes, but it was still something to see. alexandra steele from the weather center. how does it work? >> when the moon passes between the earth and the sun and all three line up and the suns light gets blocke...

Meantime, its marathon day in new york city. will you need the hats and gloves if you are cheering on friends along the route? lets bring in alexandria steele. the sun gets partially blocked by the moons shadow. what we saw along the eastern seaboard for a brief time during the sunrise was a partial eclipse. what is rare about this, its called a hybrid eclipse, and some will see a partial then it will be a total eclipse, and in africa, and its rare, and this wont happen for another 172 years. it...

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