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hello, everybody. i am randi kaye. we're glad you are with us. we start off with the victims of irene. for those of you who think irene was a dud, well, tell that to the families of the 21 people who died in that storm and the people that lost their homes and the estimated $10 billion price tag is nothing to sneeze at either. irene may not have been as bad as expected in some areas, but worst in others. vermont, much of the state is under water. a short time ago president obama declared a state of emergency making vermont elvauable for disaster relieve. >> it will take time to recove...

canada, millions in america's southeast corner are thankful it wasn't much worse. >> and hurricane irene first made landfall yesterday and northern new england, where the brunt of the storm just left they'll remember irene for the rain. 16 inches or more in some spots. with tidal surges battering beaches, inundating roads and bridges and in cases whole communitiesants more than 4 million are without electricity today. from florida to connecticut 19 deaths blamed on irene. among them an 11-year-old boy killed by a falling tree. president obama spoke to the nation late this afternoon. ...

latest. >> the pressure is going down, anderson. and that's bad. the lower the pressure, the higher the wind speed. now, there's hurricane hunter aircraft in there right now. it did not find any increased wind speed yet. so sometimes the pressure goes down and then the winds build. but there's the eye right there from the miami radar site. so it's not all that far away. we've had outer bands coming onshore in florida for most of the day. there's another outer band offshore right now if you're standing on the beach you may be able to see the lightning in the distance. i hope you're no...

aircraft in there right now. it did not find any increased wind speed yet. so sometimes the pressure goes down and then the winds build. but there's the eye right there from the miami radar site. so it's not all that far away. we've had outer bands coming onshore in florida for most of the day. there's another outer band offshore right now if you're standing on the beach you may be able to see the lightning in the distance. i hope you're not on the beach at this point, though, because the waves are getting much larger. you get that 115-mile-per-hour wind out there, the waves are bein...

this hour two american hikers are now facing eight years in prison in iran. iranian state run television says josh fattal and shane bauer were sentenced today. the two have been locked up in iran since they were seized near the iraqi-kurdish border while hiking. a dramatic new security cam video of what happens on the streets of england and what happened during the riots in the uk. the footage showed masked, hooded troublemakers firing at unarmed officers. poli here in the u.s., the so-called west memphis three are enjoying their first full day of freedom after 18 years behind ba...