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that may come as news to thousands of vermonters that still do not have power or cannot get in out of their homes or towns but have lost their homes or businesses, but four days after irene came and went food and supplies are reaching towns that had been entirely cut off. and there are makeshift roads made for emergency vehicles only, and national guard helicopters are going where atvs can't. some of the 16 helicopters now on the job are on loan from new hampshire, right next door, and illinois, hundreds of miles away. amber lyon is in the town of wilmington. do the folks you met bel...

heading back to washington, d.c. a day ahead of schedule. earlier he called irene a historic storm. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of the hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. we all hope for the best but have to be prepared for the worst. >> irene is on track to follow the northeast corridor right up to new england and beyond. cnn is there. reynold wolf is in new jersey, and athena jones is in annapolis, maryland. we will start here in the weather center with cnn meteorologist, chad meyers. chad, give us an ide...

>r p a fierce gu or out nep out near a h international reporters are staying. reberebels say they're making r gains, a a reuters ease report says forces were seen advancing. gadhafi's government says the rebellion is failing. a government. embattled bashar al assad is giving an interview to state-run television this hour to talk about his country's future. among other things, he is expected to discuss reforms and political and economic pressure from the west. al assad faces growing calls to end his brutal five-month crackdown on opposition protesters. the families of two ameri...

to be the first cherished moments together. a newlywed's holiday was turned into horror off of coast of the seychelles island. i'm zain vergee, "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and a very good afternoon from the cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. you're watching "world business today," the top stories this thursday, august 18. foster's knocks back a second big bid from sabmiller. is there any more growth to be squeezed from the aussie beer market. against a backdrop of slowing growth and crippling debt, u.s. vice president...

>> hey, fredericka. the losses are holding steady. the dow down about 436 points. they're off their lows of this session where we saw the dow down as much as 500 points. this is coming after morgan stanley kind of set off an alarm bell saying that the u.s. and europe are looking like they're getting close to going into a recession. morgan stanley also downgrading its growth forecast globally for this year and next. also not helping we got a bunch of economic reports here in the u.s. one on jobless claims showing a rise in jobless claims, the jobs area something that this economy real...