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states, along the eastern seaboard. new york city has ordered an unprecedented evacuation, of 370,000 people. some of america's biggest cities are now bracing for the worst. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." we want to start with chris lawrence, he's joining us from maryland, the chesapeake beach, right now, chris, this powerful storm is moving in your direction, what are you seeing and what are you feeling? >> reporter: i feel very wet, and i can feel a tremendous amount of wind, that kicked up...

supplies. they really couldn't find their way out. it was an issue of where to go. and that is the case for a lot of new yorkers. many people don't have the capacity to leave the city or don't have a place to go inland. so -- >> they don't have hurricane plans. >> they're die-hard new yorkers. they're going to stay where they are and hope for the best. >> fredricka, it's all yours. you have a long day of coverage here as well. >> i'll see you tomorrow morning. this is like one long psych zbll it is. we want to welcome our international viewers this hour. 65 million people could be ...

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we're watching this hurricane unfold here in the united states. let's go right to ocean city, maryland. cnn's jeanne meserve is standing by. it's beginning to feel the wrath of irene. what's going on? >> reporter: the winds have become strong, so strong that the mayor has told the police to stop patrolling the streets of this town. he says if emergency calls come in, they will be considered on a case-by-case basis. what they're really worried about here is the water. you can see it behind me. the waves are simp...

Together. drives down from connecticut southbound on fdr drive along the east river. he pauses around 49th street, reaches in the rear compartment of the path find tore set the wheels in motion, activate what he had in the back seat. then he continues down towards times square. they said he randomly drove the street, 45th street, that's what he says. to make the corner. there was a spot there. he pulls over, he gets out of the car, the smoke starts to fill up then he goes uh-oh, he realizes that he left the car keys, the white isuzu, he left them in the pathfinder. he realizes he can't go back...

Both the dry run that happened the day before and also some of the errors and mistakes that thankfully prevented this from exploding. >> reporter: thankfully. the more you hear, you think, what the -- a good thing it didn't work. here is what we are hearing about the suspect, faisal shahzad and what he is telling investigators. he is saying that on friday shahzad drove an izuzu and scoped out times square and parked the cars which was to be his getaway car, several blocks away. he took a train back to his home in connecticut. now, it is the next day, d-day, saturday. he takes the pathfinder no...