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north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that don't get a direct hit though, there's the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. you're looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they haven't been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the governor declaring a state of emergency ahead of the hurricane. many areas are accessible only by fer...

On growth would be devastating. >> here is what jay carney means. the government plans on borrowing another $7 or $8 billion between now and september 30th, the the end of the fiscal year. if it can't, it will have to raise taxes and/or cut spending quickly to make up that amount. otherwise, we will essentially be in default for the first time. your safety in the air. cnn is looking into the challenges facing air travelers today in a series called "fix my flight." we look at pilot fatigue. faa is looking at congressional mandates concerning pilot, but however, one of the most tragic flights ...

Control supervisor, mind you, risks. lives of the passengers on board that plane just to check on the small, private prop plane. it violates common sense and well-established rules. the small plane cruising over central florida. a supervisor asked the pilots of the passenger just to get close to it. government rules say that planes may not fly less than 1,000 feet apart. they could see inside the cockpit. the f.a.a. calling it "totally inappropriate." the pilots should have known

Southwest flight carrying 137 passengers that was allowed to fly too close to a private prop plane over orlando. you might remember the other suspension, it happened after a controller fell asleep at washington's national airp t ch been brought in after a bullet hole was found in the fuselage of a us airways plane. investigators believe the plane was hit by a stray bullet. that it was not a terror target. well, right now republican leaders john boehner and eric cantor are briefing reporters on the looming government shutdown. one after another, they've been sounding off on harry reid and the...

For a minute you and say, really? is that safe? >> well, they're not going to go up in a 747, they're probably not even going to go up in a jet. a prop plane can survive a trip around an ash cloud a lot better than a jet can. with jets, this is the thing to stress, is that, you know, pulling that particle, those particles, through a jet engine, that's the really dangerous thing, so it's just a commonsense precaution that you wouldn't put a planeful of passengers in harm's way, but a group of trained scientists in a specially designed plane can probably do it. >> jay ford with "popular science....