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Midwest, in a green belt and corn belt. the southeast, showers and clouds pop up across the carolina coast all the way down to about parts of florida. but it's that -- that middle part. that center part of the eclipse that is the most important part. 12 million people live somewhere in there. but we are seeing at least another 12 million maybe more than that drive to that center. so here it is. starts in salem. runs all the way across the united states. 3,000 miles. 70 miles wide. really, if you're in there, plus or minus ten miles from the middle, you'll get about 2 1/2 minutes of totality, y...

Can expect, and in just about an hour. you can watch the eclipse live in virtual reality. go to cnn.com/eclipse. up next, president trump gets ready for primetime as he prepares to address the nation on his strategy in afghanistan. what it could mean for american troops. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Skepticism, you know, keep in mind that tomorrow he is going to arizona to deliver what will be what we expect to be sort of a campaign rally speech. we don't know what that is going to sound like. and he is always, always, just 140 taps away from his next tweet. we don't know what that's going to be either. >> and the will he stay on message? one of the big questions here. we'll talk about that later in the show. watch the president's remarks at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn, and pictures, again, for the total solar eclipse you're seeing. monitoring that as well and tonight at 9:30 p.m....

Miguel, are you there? looks like we may have lost miguel. >> reporter: what can i say you? >> what are people on the ground saying to you? >> looking at everybody staring up into the sky. watching this thing as this national phenomenon hopappens. this particular eclipse is special because not since 1918. woodrow wilson was president then, had we had an eclipse across the u.s. coast to coast like this. in that path of totality. 12 states it will pass through. about 70 miles across, the path. that's the shadow of the moon as it crosses through those 12 states. salem, oregon, is the first of fiv...

>> depends where you live. if you are in totality, you will actually get dark enough to see stars. at 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon. if you miss totality, it won't be that different than just leaving your blinds slightly cracked when the sun rises. it doesn't stay dark. it lights up. i believe i see the sun getting a little bit of a nick out of the top of that sun right there from salem, oregon, and so this is going to start in the west, and it's going to drive itself to the east bp you think, wait a minute. the sun goes the other way. the moon's going the other way. how can the eclipse go the w...