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i m lester holt. a strengthening hurricane arthur is skirting the eastern seaboard tonight on track for a dangerous july 4 rendezvous with north carolina, forcing thousands of vacationers to flee the coastline. the storm develop enter into a category one hurricane early this morning. it now packs sustained winds of 90 miles an hour. arthur has steadily been making its way northward, gaining strength and is expected to make a direct hit on north carolina s outer banks as a category two storm. tonight, there are hour cain warnings along the north carolina coast, up to the virginia border and tropical storm warnings now posted as far north as nantucket and cape cod. the weather channel s jim cantore leads off our coverage on the outer banks of north carolina. jim, good evening. reporter: good evening, lester. arthur is trying its best to be the earliest known land falling hurricane in history in the state of north carolina. and unfortunately it is going to pack a punch. ....
not forgotten. an egyptian judge has as police shoot tear gas to disperse protesters. court threw out charges against hosni mubarak. the judge said that the president should not have been standing trial for them. corruption charges against mubarak and his two sons were also thrown out on a technicality. and mubarak and co-accused were cleared of corruption charges for selling cheap gas to israel. we have reports. reporter: it was called the trial of the century in egypt. and it ended with a controversial verdict. one that supporters of the deposed president celebrated. three years after thrown out of office, mubarak saw the case against him thrown out by the presiding judge. he was charged of conspiracy to kill protesters in january 2011. to consider the things did he wrong within his political responsibilities even those crimes mentioned in the acclamation lists. reporter: the court also cleared mubarak ace interior minister and six of his top aides. the judge ....
reporting on efforts to help the water crisis here we begin with a developing story out of syria where state television is reporting israel has carried out two airstrikes in damascus. this video is said to show the aftermath of the strikes. syri syria s army said they caused damage, but nobody was hurt. jane ferguson is monitoring the story from beirut. what more do we know? reporter: we know two airstrikes took place in and around the damascus area and in the area close to the international airport as well as another area where there is a smaller airport nearby that those were both targeted in this attack. news came through. attack just over two hours ago. since then, a statement has been released by the syrian army who said that this, these attacks, were in response to what they called victories across syria in recent weeks in areas like aleppo, diazora and dera. they have responded with very strong lang saying that this is evidence that the israelis are supporting ....
i want her back. if they have her, she needs us. reporter:andrea let abi out in theyard. she came out minutes later and abi was gone. a white car stopped in the alley and then sped off. i can t believe that people are so cruel. it s that kind of world today. reporter:they bought abi in florida. he was smitten the moment that he held her. she was a gem. reporter:phil and andrea did not get any sleep last night. they spent the day going door-to-door and handing out the flyers. andrea was taken by abi s personality. backyard. all the grandchildren are gone and she was our, our whole life. reporter:they wonder who could take away such an important part of their lives. a heartless person. they don t realize that people love their animals so much that to do something like this, it s almost like taking a child. it hurts us. reporter:abi doesn t need a new home. she has a home on the unit block of rosemont avenue in norristown. the police are wanting to hear from ....
closer. plus it s revealed that the co-pilot accused of crashing the plane into the french alps has been treated for suicidal tendency. hello there thank you for joining us. the saudi military has been giving details of the latest round of attacks against houthi militants in yemen. camp is in the northern haja province. hiem tawrnhumanitarian workers say at least 40 have been killed there. bombing houthi rebels entering the southern city of dalah. the houthis have also launched a fresh offensive on the southern city of aden and there s battle around tribes men in the southern province. the saudi military has released are figures victoria gatenby has this report on the recent fighting. yemeni tribes men and houthi rebels, several houthi fighters have been killed. the houthis are trying to move through this area through the oil rich province of mareb. this attack is by the saudi led coalition attacking houthi rebels. in houdaida dozens of houthi fighters have been kil ....