MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show August 27, 2011
that's all ahead this hour. we begin tonight, of course, with the hurricane that is bearing down on the east coast of the continental united states. this is what irene looks like from space. a powerful category two storm with a diameter of about 510 miles. that means if this were in california, this single storm would extend all the way from san francisco to san diego. irene is now slowly moving on to the east coast of the united states. the storm already lashing the outer banks in north carolina and expected to make landfall in that state tomorrow before moving up the east coast. a ...