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0 is up why wasn't your party represented yesterday there is all kinds of excuses. woody allen once said something really brilliant. he said 80% of life is showing up. and your guys. >> they didn't show up. and quite frankly, chris, everything else you said notwithstanding not showing up to that event yesterday to me was abhorrent. it was a slap in the face of everett dirksen and all the republicans who fought to bring civil rights legislation to the table to work with dr. king and to really push forward the agenda that had been so much a part of the history of our party. going back to the 13t...

We are back. file this under the category of blatantly unconstitutional. missouri republicans are trying to nullify all federal gun laws in their state, all of them. you want to buy a machine gun? go ahead. in fact, the bill goes even further. it says it would be illegal for federal agents to try to enforce any gun law in missouri. federal agents would be breaking the law themselves themselves just by doing their job. it is in fact the most far-reaching states rights endeavor in the country according to "the new york times." the bill passed and the legislature there's in missouri overwhelm leg...

we're expecting it to get considerably worse as the eye of the storm approaches us. the tide as you can see behind me is coming up. we're just finishing a high tide. that's a factor in this. the good news is i'm not seeing any areas where the tide has breached the sand dunes. they're holding and that's good news. more good news is at least in this area in the upper outer banks area nags head we're not hearing any reports of serious damage. we have two teams out already on the roads. they're not seeing any on instructions on the roads. no washouts. there's a few reports of tree limbs ...

a good morning to all of you. welcome to msnbc live coverage of hurricane irene. i'm alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters. we're going to get the latest forecast for you on irene's path. it is now hitting north carolina head on. mark potter is live for us in nags head. a good morning to you, what's it like? >> reporter: hi, alex. we're getting some very strong east windows now. it's been blowing all night and it's kicking up at this hour. we're expecting it to get considerably worse as the eye of the storm approaches us. the tide as you can see behind me is coming up. we're jus...

>> this is the real deal. >> evacuations, states of emergency and last minute preparations as we wait and wonder what irene has in store for us. tonight from maryland, virginia and the district fox 5 has what you need to know, our live coverage starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm brian bolter. >> i'm shawn yancy. here are the latest developments tonight. the category 2 storm is now pounding north carolina and it's moving up the east coast. we'll begin to see its effects in a matter of hours here. >> everyone is getting ready in our region. d.c., maryland and virginia have is...