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Closer and closer and closer. it was like you were at a football game. not at some kind of solar eclipse. football games happen all the time. solar eclipses dont. >> moving across the united states. first time since 1918. 99 years folks waited for this moment. chris hatfield, your thoughts on why it is so powerful, so emeshal, so spiritual for folks who actually see it? >> you know, through history, wolf, weve named the things in the sky with a sense of wonder. we named the planets after the god...

Governor of mississippi, thank you very much for being with us. >> appreciate it. thank you. it is a big day. cnn will have live coverage of the presidents prime time address tonight starting at 9:00 eastern time. that address on u.s. policy in afghanistan. right after that, jake tapper sits down with paul ryan, the speaker of the house for a live town hall from ripes home district. that begins at 9:30 p.m. only on cnn. i should add that at 10:50 a.m., shortly, well talk to bonnie tyler who sa...

An hour to go before we reach totality here. and hopefully still good. people here are still excited to be here even though now you see people covered up completely in their rain ponchos. this lady has a stool over her camera also from australia, made the trek. protecting camera gear. plastic bags, ponchos, rain boots. how were eclipses here in missouri. >> you still have a half hour. we can hope it clears and that rain goes away. the clouds go away. lets hope in the next half hour. and folks ta...

This is greenville, south carolina. its in the upstate near clemson university. the greenville spartanburg airport in grier. steve: she is wearing one of these t-shirts. ainsley: you are wearing one of these. the downtown area is so pretty. janice: it is beautiful. falls park. main street suspect here. broadcasting live as well. you mentioned this is the total eclipse. it is happening. the total solar eclipse cross-country, coast to coast from the northwest all the way down to the southeast. and...

Here we go. [ grunts ] got em. ahh. wait a minute. whole wheat waffles? [ crying ] why! >> kat: welcome back to "the fox news specialists." our specialists are congressman ron desantis and jessica tarlov. for some fleeting moments this afternoon, many americans put aside everything to stare at the sky and bask in the pandemonium of the solar eclipse. one of those americans was dan springer in the middle of all of the excitement in oregon. hows it going? >> ron: there was no talk of politics out ...

Toward the sky. and i think thats pretty cool. >> al roker, dont go anywhere, sir. do stand by for me there in charleston. lets get to carbondale, illinois. al just mentioned carbondale. this is the city where were going to see the longest duration of totality during the eclipse. this is southern illinois. the town of carbon detail going to be dark for roughly two-and-a-half minutes. a little after 2:00 this afternoon. and they brought out their cheerleaders there, and we also brought out marian...

Grounds where we were earlier. this is a sun spotter. a fancy pinhole camera. on this you can actually see the sun spots on the sub rign right. when the sun goes full eclipse you will see the entire thing on this. ive been looking through these binoculars with solar felter on it, and that is just about as good as this. this is really nerdy. the other thing to keep in mind is, this is not the -- the solar glasses are not like regular sunglasses. these are regular sunglasses. you can see me throug...

Breaking news this morning. ten sailors missing, five injured after a u.s. navy destroyer collides with an oil tanker near singapore. plus, the presidents decision on a path forward for america in afghanistan, his explanation to the american people, that comes tonight. and get those special glasses ready, or get your homemade shoebox out. what you need to know about todays total eclipse. madras, oregon, all eyes there. 7,000 people live there. more than 100,000 people have come to that small...

>> reporter: good advice heeded everywhere. in chicago long lines despite the rain for eclipse viewing glasses, eclipse traffic already heavy. >> we are hearing a lot of information about the traffics going to be real halfy that day. were going to be staying home. >> reporter: cities and small towns along the path of totality preparing for massive crowds. >> you think can you literally double, triple, quadruple the size of this place overnight? >> oh very much so. >>. >> reporter: and people wil...

160,000 to 187,000 annually. so there have been talks on the hill about getting that done. >> kevin johnson from "usa today," great report. thank you very much for joining us today. appreciate it. so you cannot look directly at a total eclipse of the sun. but what about a total eclipse of the heart? one person knows the answer. bonnie tyler. well speak to her. ♪ once upon a time there was light in my life now theres only love in the dark ♪ ♪ nothing i can say, a total eclipse of the hear...