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parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they dont have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto already waterlogged ground onto already full rivers and...

reason why. youre looking where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they dont have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain...

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...

wolf blitzer is off tonight. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected president of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. dont wait, dont delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. we how is it going in new york right now, mary? >> you just heard the president speak about this hurricane. new york had asked the president to declare emergency assistance. and the president did...

our poppy harlow of cnnmoney join us now with the very latest details. poppy, at the crux of this, this may be a sad story about a man who is too ill to carry on, we dont know, because we have been told that he will still have a big function in the company, but what can you tell us about this and what it may mean for the apple brand? >> absolutely, candy. its important to note that the letter that steve jobs just issued to the apple board of directors and the apple community, that is w...

unexpectedly stealerized and is in front of cameras in tripoli. the opposition forces claimed they had him in custody. apparently not. in any case, not anymore. heres some of what he had to say. >> translator: there have led through the sea and through other means, people who are sabotage and you could see the people of libya are standing and had to have break the spine of those gangsters and rats, just -- today we will go in the hot spots of tripoli -- in tripoli an and we will reassu...

stand, reports of explosions near a compound where he may be hiding. and im carol costello. a new poll predicting a tight race in 2012, whether obama versus romney, bachmann, perry or paul on this "american morning." good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "american morning." we have a lot going on today here. this weather in the united states. >> thats right. >> politics and, of course the developments in libya. >> start with breaking news in the battle for libya ...

us, literally right over us. we had to take cover. so we started to wonder what exactly was going on, if there was some sort of fight that started up again in this town, which is just about 30 miles from tripoli. as it turned out as the night went on, even though that went on about an hour and a half, we finally got in touch with rebel sources who told us, no, actually they are celebrating. yes, theyre blowing off things like mortars but they are celebrating still. what we do know, the...

hermi his son appears to be in tripoli, he claims the city is still under his familys control. he said his father is sacred talk to him in a moment, live. sara, if you can hear me, what is the latest there right now? >> reporter: we were hearing loud booms, loud blasts, a lot of rapid gunfire. we saw tracer rounds coming over our heads very, very close to us, literally right over us. we had to take cover. so we started to wonder what exactly was going on, if there was some sort of figh...

hour, extensive live coverage of the fight for libya. and the hunt for the man who held an iron grip on the country for decades, will gadhafi and his inner circle be brought to justice? president obama is warning the fight for libya is not over yet. cnn is using its global resources to cover the latest gasps of a brutal regime and deadly civil war. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." libyan rebels say their rea...