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heading back to washington, d.c. a day ahead of schedule. earlier he called irene a historic storm. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of the hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. we all hope for the best but have to be prepared for the worst. >> irene is on track to follow the northeast corridor right up to new england and beyond. cnn is there. reynold wolf is in new jersey, and athena jones is in annapolis, maryland. we will start here in the weather center with cnn meteorologist, chad meyers. chad, give us an ide...

freeman and ernie banks all in the same room and i try to get them to stop selling themselves short. plus this morning -- we're talking about politics. presidential politics in france. why? because one of the people, the man you are looking at there, who is believed to be the front-runner to be the next president of france is now sitting in a jail cell in new york. scathing details of how all of this played out. we'll have that for you. but welcome to this cnn sunday morning. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for spending part of your weekend here with us. let's start now with the cas...

You were 9 weeks old? >> reporter: what is it like being home for mother's day? >> it is kind of hard. i was picturing mother's day at home with his father and happy and everything. and it is not. it is far from happy. >> reporter: lecia has applied for federal assistance. she plans to first buy a car and a home. from pratt city, reynold wolf, cnn. relief could be on the way for your with gas prices. plus, people across the country celebrated the death of osama bin laden. but should we really rejoice when anyone dies? we'll talk with a professor of religion for his take. stay with cnn. bef...

Reynolds wolf is in new orleans doing double duty covering what's happening with the gulf oil disaster but also covering weather. some of this weather can be down right dangerous. yes, it is summer and it is hot, but some of this can be dangerous. >> no question about it. what a wide variety of weather we're dealing with. out toward the west you have not only rain across parts of the four corners, in california you're talking about the crown fire. in the southeast you have a combination of the heat, humidity and with that you've got watches and warnings across ten different states in the south...

Meeting between treasury department officials and a bank she and her husband were connected to financially. also authorities in oregon say former vice president al gore will not face prosecution in the alleged sexual assault of a massage therapist. the masseuse claims gore groped and fondled her years ago in a portland hotel room. the district attorney says there is a lack of credible evidence in the case to go forward. so static kill. we're hearing a lot about now. it's know delayed in the gulf. bp is tweaking its time line to permanently seal and kill the damaged oil well. cnn's reynold ...