WRC Today September 2, 2010
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on a thursday morning, i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry in for meredith, everybody. earl is now one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to threaten the east coast. we've been talking about him for days. but now he's ready to flex his muscles all up and down the east coast, matt. >> the category 4 storm is expected to hit north carolina's outer banks, possibly late tonight or even tomorrow morning, early. if it strengthens overnight, earl is now packing top winds of 145 miles per hour. >> and storm warnings ar...