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30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life-altering injuries. >> reporter: it's estimated more than 150,000 iraqis lost their lives in the war. most of them civilians. 16 days to go before the typical american worker gets hit with $1,000 a year tax increase. there are some signs now republicans, democrats, might, might break their log jam over extending the payroll tax cut. democratic source says that president obama may drop his plan for a millionaire surtax to cover the cost of extending it. republicans oppose any new taxes on the wealthy. they would ...

landfall this morning, on the outer banks of north carolina. more than 1 million homes are without power tonight. flooding is widespread. >> now, the winds have died down a little bit, but irene is expected to remain a hurricane all the way to new england. and as you can see, the surf is already pounding the coastline nonstop. right now, ocean city, maryland, getting hammered. and if there's some good news, well, an admiral with the u.s. coast guard says the preliminary survey of damage shows irene has not been as destructive as had been feared. >> and we hope that will be the case i...