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i'm t.j. holmes bringing you the latest on the massive storm. hurricane irene that could affect about 20% of the population of the united states. here you are getting a look at the path of the storm. the projected path of the storm right now. some 65 million people are being threatened by this storm. it's in some of the largest cities of the country that are under threat of the storm. we are talking about new york, washington d.c., baltimore, boston, philadelphia. all areas not accustomed, necessarily, to being ready for hurricanes. hurricane irene is now a category one storm. it is ...

hurricane winds and then for another six, eight hours on the back side of the storm we'll get this tropical storm force winds and the continuation of the rainfall. so, a long time yet to go before we see any clear skies here. anderson? i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. 65 million people at risk, the government possibly picking up the pieces after this massive >> mandatory evacuations, time to get out right now. >> you have to get out. >> we've never done a mandatory evacuation before and we woul...

hurricane irene is driving to the coast today with 110-mile-an-hour winds. the storm will go on a climb up the east coast impacting, perhaps, one-fifth of the nation's population. north carolina's outer banks will feel irene's winds by nightfall. the full fury will bear down by saturday evening. >> the window for preparation is quickly closing. if you are in the projected path of the storm, please listen to your state or local officials. please listen to emergency radio or television. if you are told to evacuate, please do so. >> irene could make a direct hit on new york city. alread...

up the east coast all the way to canada. this is a huge storm, folks. just check out the view from the international space station. we're all over irene, where it is, where it's going. we've got jim spellman riding out the storm in the bahamas. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina, and jacqui jeras here in the hurricane headquarters. jim, let's start with you. what's the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. the winds have been blowing like this for hours now. about an hour and a half ago they really picked up a lot. you can see the sea is being blown over the...

he said the retreat from his compound was a tactical move. just breaking right now over the computer wires, we're seeing from reuters, mousi ibrahim, the government spokesperson, who was in the hotel with other journalists, but fled yesterday. he is saying to reuters, now the mission is to just liberate tripoli gradually, our men are assuring me, it will only get easier them are trying to turn libya into the next iraq. central tripoli under the influence of gangs. they have been using them to describe the opposition fighters. clashes this morning in tripoli. some of our men died, but...