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in tripoli as opposition forces continue their manhunt for the fugitive muammar gadhafi. and hurricane irene churning up the u.s. east coast. hundreds of thousands have already fled. 16 million americans are in the path of this monster storm. we've got all the angles covered on both stories. right now on world report. it's early morning in tripoli where rebel forces control most but not all of the capital city. there's sporadic but fierce fighting in several parts of tripoli. cnn journalists report hearing a nearly constant chorus of gunfire as rebels root out gadhafi loyalists. ...

Trees and the power lines, hurricane watches and warnings in effect right now, for the moment, from the carolinas, up through washington. martha: and labor day weekend looking like a washout for millions to the north, we'll have team coverage for you. from tracking the weather center is janice dean, preparing for a battle with mother nature on the ground, jonathan serrie is in civil devil hills, north carolina, looks beautiful there, right now, jonathan. >> reporter: you can see the people enjoying the day at the beach. it is under a red flag warning, as you pan off you can see the heavy surf ...

To know what you are going to do in the next several days if we think this cone comes close to land, and that could happen. and we'll continue to monitor it. megyn: we are talk about potential danger come saturday. >> we are due for a hurricane and this could be it. i'm not ruling it out. we are days out, so we just don't know. megyn: hurricane earl is causing dangerous conditions in the atlantic. it's bringing battering waves and high winds to puerto rico. elsewhere in the caribbean folks in the u.s. virgin islands have bracing for a direct hit. steve whair began is in the middle -- steve har...

A impressive low pressure center. the strength of it is beginning to weaken. you can see all of the moisture continues to spin around it. you will see several more inches of snow begin to pileup throughout the day today, as this thing gets more out to sea. it will take a while to do that. 4 to 8 inches of snow across the new york tri-state area. and then flooding in effect for eastern new england. now let's get to the video, a high winds here. battering waves, 15 to 20 foot high, and a storm tide, or storm surge, if you will, washing out roads or over washing roads and we have the storm watche...

Jonathan serrie is live on the ground in wrightsville beach, north carolina. what's happening there now? >> no rain yet but the winds are picking up. if you look behind me there are battering waves coming in from the ocean. look at this video from earlier this morning. wrightsville beach looks like a ghost town. police are keeping everyone off the beach and streets during this very dangerous storm. most people have already evacuated this island community. many of them going to the mainland to wilmington where bill is. but for military families, the largest marine base on the east coast has set...