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Recovering from the first direct hit by the eye of the hurricane since gilbert back in 1988. authorities closed the international airports. police ordered 48-hour curfews in major towns to keep people off the streets and to deter looting. at least two people have died. an elderly man in jamaica whose home was crushed by a boulder. and a woman in hereby haiti. in other news this morning, security forces in egypt have killed a man believed to be involved in the deadly september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. authorities say the suspect known only as hazim had returned to cairo fro...

Pressure will be on. >>trace: and the clock ticks. some republican lawmakers are not too thrilled the way this is handles. >>reporter: that is right. the administration has told the defense contractors if they get sued for not sending outlay off notices, the government will pick up the tab. senator graham said this is typical president obama politics, being supportive of the warren act when convenient and against it when it creates political downside. this is the most outcome based white house in memory. he is outraged the government is instructing businesses to violate the law. >>trace: thank...

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>> for 20 tense minutes, police keep their distance, waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. in obvious distress, wells pleads with police as the clock ticks. >> why is no one trying to come get this thing off me? >> he seemed to be having a conversation with the police. just very, very eerie stuff. media crews are warned to move back. >> state police are urging us to move from our location because, if this bomb goes off and there's shrapnel, we could get hit. but i think we're safe. >> just a few minutes later, time runs out. the bomb explodes. the footage, too gruesome to show. police react in...

I heard the thing ticking when he did it. it's going to go off. >> for 20 tense minutes, police keep their distance, waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. in obvious distress, wells pleads with police as the clock ticks. >> why is no one trying to come get this thing off me? >> he seemed to be having a conversation with the police. just very, very eerie stuff. media crews are warned to move back. >> state police are urging us to move from our location because, if this bomb goes off and there's shrapnel, we could get hit. but i think we're safe. >> a few seconds later, time runs out. the bomb e...