good morning to you. tuesday wednesday, august 24th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. international leaders meet today to talk about getting aid into libya. as for moammar gadhafi, he's nowhere to be found even though rebels have taken control of his compound. but gadhafi is still talking, at least we think he is. two networks have been aired supposedly from the embattled leader. he calls for libyans to clear out of tripoli and get rid of what he calls criminals, traitors and rats. rebels claim to control 90% of the country. cnn's sara sidner has been in the middle of it all, the heart of tripoli, green square. most of the gunfire you hear is in celebration. this is what it looked like when rebels took over gadhafi's compound. >> reporter: it's getting a little too loud for you to hear me and a little too much celebrating. we're trying to get -- i just got hit with one of the shells from one of the guns. >> sara, we can hear you just fine. maybe you should take some cover here. >> we're okay. please don't shoot, sir. we're in between two walls so we're fine. >> i liked how she said, please don't shoot, sir, and thankfully he did not. we'll have much more on libya later. now we want to talk about big, bad hurricane irene. it's beating up turks and caicos this morning. it could be a category three by the time it gets close to the united states. a state of emergency in effect form parts of the north carolina coast. let's head straight to atlanta and get more from jacqui jeras. fema is saying get ready, how bad will it be? >> i think it's going to be really bad, carol. we've been talking about this easterly trend this thing has been taking in the forecast models. consistently every model run seems to go east, east, east. it makes it a tough forecast because when it goes parallel to the coast, it makes it a little harder to determine exactly when that turn is going to take place and where that landfall is going to be. right now on the current track of irene, everybody up and down the eastern seaboard needs to be concerned including you guys in new york city and everybody into boston even. this is a very powerful storm. it's really getting itself organized right now. i understand up to 110 miles per hour. you can see the eye on satellite indicating the strengthening of this system as well. we are just one-mile-an-hour shy of becoming a major hurricane or a category three as we call it. let's take a look at the official forecast track. this has changed since yesterday, so pay attention. moving through the turks and caicos right now, moving into the southeastern bahamas. it's going to spend the day moveing through the bahamas, including through tomorrow, every single island will be impacted by this storm because it is just so huge. the islands are relatively flat. it's going to do very little in terms of weakening this hurricane. florida, less likely to have much of an impact at all, maybe gusty winds and certainly the threat of rip currents. keep that in mind if you're heading the the beaches. as we head into late friday, saturday and in to sunday, that's our best chance for seeing the landfall potentially in the outer banks. the emergency order has been declared there where people need to worry and start getting potentially out of the way and making sure they've got all their emergency plans in place. take a look at that. this could be heading up towards new york city, long island, on up towards martha's vineyard. this storm is really starting to shape up to be one of the worst case snare i don'ts, carol, in terms of potentially two landfalls now. or even if it isn't a second landfall, it's certainly going to be a huge wind maker, lots of power outages expected with this storm. we have a long way to go irene. >> okay. but i will be ready. >> i'm ready, too. where is my kit? i got my emergency disaster kit. check it out. all my stuff. ready to go. >> that's just nerdy. >> you better have one. it's smart, carol. smart and sexy. just saying. >> you know what everyone is talking about here. >> the earthquake. did you feel it? >> no. i was buying shoes. i think i'm the only one in new york city who did not feel it. but the earth did shake. stick around for a second because i want to tell everybody how the earthquake specifically affected things all along the northeastern part of the country actually because hopefully all will be still today. the 5.8 magnitude quake did leave its mark. buildings and landmarks in washington will be closed today including the washington monument. the quake cracked some stones at the very top. the national cathedral closed, too. three spires fell off the top of the building. the old post office tower reopens at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the labor, interior, hhs, agriculture and homeland security buildings will be closed to be checked out for damage. public schools in prince george's county, maryland, also closed today. power restored at the power plant in virginia that had been running on generator. this is what a 5.8 earthquake looks like inside a liquor store in maryland. wow. you can see several boxes also fell from the shelves. >> save the wine, carol, save the wine. >> exactly. an earthquake this strong anyway is so unusual. i guess it was centered near richmond, virginia. how unusual is it? >> it's pretty unusual. in fact, this was almost the strongest earthquake they've ever had in the state of virginia. they had one other one which happened back in may in 1897, that was a 5.9. this one has been revised as a 5.9. we don't have a lot of fault zones in the east compared to parts of the west. so many people felt this shake. it was just incredible. a lot of it has to do with the type of earth we have in the east. even though it's rocky, it's older and softer. that allows the waves to travel further. we tend to not see them as often or as strong. the strongest earthquake in the east was in charleston, south carolina, by the way. that happened back in the 1800s as well. >> just incredible. >> scary. >> unexpected. you never know when they're coming. a lot of people thought, oh, what is it? is it a bomb? did a truck hit my building? nobody knew what it was. >> not used to feeling that. in california, they would be like, oh, it's just a 5.8. >> one of my friends tweeted me from california. he said, ah, a 5.8 shakes my martini. it's nothing. >> the building codes are different. you build for earthquakes and plan for that out west. out east you just don't do that. it makes a difference. >> understand. let's not forget colorado either. it got hit with an earthquake first. the state had its biggest earthquake in more than 40 years yesterday, this was a 5.3 shaker that hit about 180 miles south of denver. this is surveillance video from there, too. no reports of major damage. as you can see, lots of stuff fell off store shelves. the first class action lawsuit has been filed over what happened at the indiana state fair. seven people died after a concert stage collapsed in a storm nearly two weeks ago. a plaintiff says she watched one of the victims die and it traumatized her. several state agencies and those who put on the concert have been named as defendants. check out this video from a convenient store in texas. three robbers go after the clerk as she's counting cash. her daughter then goes after the robbers with her broom. mother and daughter are okay. the robbers got away with about $2,000. turning our attention back to libya, everyone on the hunt for moammar gadhafi. comedian david letterman has an idea of where he might be. here is your punch line this morning. >> how about this thing going on in tripoli, in libya, huh? pretty exciting, right? do we have any libyans here tonight? anybody here from -- apparently colonel gadhafi is in hiding, and they don't know where he is. they think he's where his two sons, hoss and little joe. the thing about libya, once they topple moammar gadhafi, can libya put together a functioning stable government? if they can do that, for the love of god, will they show us how to do it because if we don't get ourselves -- >> whoa, i didn't realize this. in our audience n the balcony, colonel moammar gadhafi. is he up there? >> that was an incredible likeness, wasn't it? say good-bye to the idea that robots are delicate pieces of technology to be handled with care. a new crop of robots is meant to be hurled into enemy territory in the heat of war. how throwable robots are changing battle. first, here is your quote of the day. imagine having dark skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that equals -- i'm going to read that over. i'm going to read that quote over and i'm going to do it right this time. imagine having dark skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that equals knowing something about politics. find out who said that horrible thing in 90 seconds. stick around. hi there! that's not going to satisfy you. it's time for a better snack. here, try this. it's yoplait greek. it has two times the protein of regular yogurt. you'll feel satisfied. 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[ inaudible ]. >> we're losing sara, we're trying to get her back on the phone. as you might expect, phone service out of tripoli is mighty difficult to manage. sara sidner reporting. she's in tripoli. it's quiet on the streets there. she says there are a lot of checkpoints set up so it's hard to get into the city. imagine showing up for cancer treatment to find out your doctor or hospital is out of your chemo drug. it's happening more and more across the country thanks to a shortage of lifesaving drugs. patients have to find alternative treatment. others are forced to put off treatment altogether. fighting the cholesterol battle? the answer may not be a prescription but what you eat. canadian researchers found a cholesterol lowering diet did, in fact, lower cholesterol, especially the bad kind. the key, whole grains, soy bean and nuts and will power. nancy reagan is okay after taking a fall at her husband's presidential library. see who swooped in to keep her from hitting the ground next. and my itchy eyes took refuge from the dust in here and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lily and i are back on the road again. where we belong. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. time for your political ticker with tim farley host of "mourning briefing" on sirius potus live. good morning, tim. >> good morning. >> let's talk about president obama and his vacation. everyone was complaining, oh, the president is going on vacation, but he's actually been pretty busy. >> he must be asking himself when will this hellish experience of rest and relaxation come to an end. he's dealt with the hurricane, keeping close touch with emergency personnel to watch that. we had the statement on libya, and then, of course, we had the whole situation where the earthquake where the president was on the golf course as you can see getting briefed by people, and this is the first time he had allowed cameras to be around since he went golfing with john boehner. as a matter of fact, i think we have super exclusive video. the president was taking a putt, i think, as he was talking with -- as the earthquake hit. let's see. i don't think that was really the president, by the way. >> but it was still enjoyable to watch. >> sure. why not? there were no serious injuries yesterday and there was damage. you've been talking about that this morning. we've had a couple of aftershocks. all seems to be well. we were watching the hurricane because it could affect the martin luther king memorial dedication on sunday. we may be getting 85-mile-an-hour winds around the time that's supposed to take place. again, the president, enjoy your vacation, mr. president. >> it's interesting he allowed people to take pictures of him playing golf. you can see that being used in some rnc campaign commercial or something like that. >> yeah, perhaps. although you don't really see him -- he's casual. he's on the phone. he's in touch with somebody. i don't know exactly how damaging that could be, but something they might use. presidents take vacations. he's in charge. who knows if six months from now people will be thinking about that. >> the iowa caucus doesn't happen for a couple of weeks. as it comes closer, rick perry continues to do very well. >> interesting. ppp or public policy polling shows he's ahead of mitt romney and michele bachmann. for her this is a big state because she would like to have that win. the caucus scheduled for february, could be in january, don't know yet because it depends on how the other states fall. it indicates he has -- governor perry is building a little momentum. in addition to that, he has very high favorable and very low unfavorable compared to some of the other candidates including michele bachmann. >> tim farley, always interesting. thanks so much. tim farley, host of "mourning briefing," on sirius potus. >> a close call for a police officer in california. he is expected to recover. be warned, the pictures you're about to see are kind of graphic. the shooting happened sunday in el cajon. that officer by the white pickup truck was actually shot in the neck. he's been on the force for four years. he and fellow officers were responding to a domestic disput. the suspect killed his mother-in-law and a 14-month-old baby before setting a house on fire. police also found him dead after the gunfight. the police officer, he's okay this morning. wow. former first lady nancy reagan lost balance and took a tumble last night. before we show you the video, don't worry. she's doing just fine. she was walking through the ronald reagan presidential library guided by florida senator marco rubio where she stumbled. rubio caught the 90-year-old as several others rushed to help her. nancy reagan did recover and she made her way to her seat to hear the senator speak. as far as we know, she's a-okay this morning. look how the first day of school ended for some seventh and eighth graders in iowa. that's a heck of a way to get the school year started, isn't it? 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[ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. good morning to you. it is wednesday, august 24th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello live in new york. it's 30 minutes past the hour. hurricane irene is getting closer and closer to the united states. irene is now pounding the bahamas after hitting the nearby turks and caicos islands. irene could grow into a category three by the time it gets close to the u.s. state of emergency now in effect for parts of coastal carolina. much of the atlantic coast is keeping a close eye on the storm. we'll check in with jacqui jeras a little later. the amy winehouse toxicology reports are in. there were no illegal substances in her system when she died. that's according to the family members because the results have not yet been released publicly. they said the test did show alcohol in winehouse's body, but it's still unclear why the 27-year-old singer died in her london flat last month. an official report is due out in october. casey anthony has until the end of the week to come out of hiding and report to a probation officer in florida before her murder trial she pleaded guilty to stealing a friend's checkbook and writing checks for about $650. an appeals court ruled she did not serve her probation time for that fraud while she was jailed. she was jailed, as you know, awaiting trial in the death of her daughter. here is something to make all your frequent flyers smile this morning. new passenger protection rules rah now in place. passengers who get bumped involuntarily will be better compensated. if your bag gets lost, the airline will have to refund your luggage fee. airlines will be punished more for long tarmac waits on international flights. did you feel it? the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled buildings and nerves up much of the east coast. it clogged traffic, forced evacuations and left a lot of people scratching their heads in the middle of the work day. you may not have seen it coming, but your pet probably did. an ireporter captured this dog standing up and staring out the window before the room started shaking. as savvy as your pet can be, he can't use twitter. here are some of the best laughter-shock tweets compiled by "time" magazine. 5.8 earthquake in virginia, justin bieber unharmed. luckily i was holding a bag of chicken cut let's filled with bread crumbs. another tweet, there was just a 5.8 earthquake in washington. obama wanted it to be 3.4, but the republicans wanted 5.8, so he compromised. a note to man's best friend, don't mess with a girl's best friend. a dog in georgia ate $10,000 worth of diamonds. honey bun was walking the counter where his owners worked when he chowed down on the gems. honey bun walked away with a clean bill of health. bank of america, goldman sachs and citibank are some of the banks showing signs of trouble. when we come back, we'll talk about why some banks are worried about the return of the so-called zombie banks. in today's businessman's special, we want to tell you about the magic price point for tablet computers coming up in 60 seconds. stick around. 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[ male announcer ] glucerna. delicious shakes and bars. helping people with diabetes find balance. 34 minutes past the hour. this is your wam wake-up call. now back to the business man's special. the $99 tablet computer. hewlett packard is now selling their touch pads for just under $100. they tried selling them for $499 and then tried $399. they're now trying to clear out their inventory by dropping the price to 99 bucks. it's working. when we checked for the tablet on hp's website, it says they are temporarily out of stock due to the overwhelming demand. just so you know, the touch pad reportedly has about $300 worth of components inside. for morning money news, let's head to christine romans here in new york with me. good morning, christine. how are the markets shaping up this morning? >> they had a really good day yesterday. it government lost in a 5.8, the number everyone was talking about yesterday. you had the dow up yesterday. today futures are down little bit, but not as low as earlier. we're watching closely to see what kind of stabilization, if any, the markets get. taking a queue really from asia where there was a downgrade of japan. we're watching that. japanese officials intervening in that market. there's some things happening overseas. we'll see if it plays out in the u.s., carol. >> let's talk about the so-called zombie banks, because it seems we're facing the same problem we did back when the recession really hit. >> i want to be clear. most people are saying we don't have the banking problem we had in 2008. while we're looking at the return of the so-called zombie bank, don't get too nervous yet about the battle days of 2008. this is a hangover, if you will, from all the bad mortgages and packaging those bad securities. when you talk about zombie banks, talking about institutions, carol, that are too big to fail really still, too important to the economy to just go out of business. but they're kind of limping around because they have all of these either lawsuits or bad loans on the books and a slowing u.s. economy. when you look at the stocks of the big major banks, they're all at 52-week lows. bank of america, cut in half. goldman sachs, the ceo hired a very well-known criminal attorney this week because of a probe from the department of justice. so the return of the zombie banks as they say, these bank stocks have been really, really hurt. you want a vibrant banking sector. no matter what you say about bankers or bank bailouts or how banks got us into this mess. the bottom line is you have to have a healthy banking sector to have a healthy economy. >> we're stuck with them, huh? >> we sure are. check out today's "get smart" question. what percentage of the total u.s. debt do americans own? is it 85%, 69% or 54%. the answer in two minutes. 39 minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." now back to the "get smart" question. what percentage of the total u.s. debt do americans own? 85%, 69% of 54%. according to "usa today" vice president joe biden got it wrong when he claimed americans own 85% of u.s. debt. the paper states americans own about 54% of the public debt, but 69% of the total debt. that includes the money the u.s. government owns itself. president obama is on vacation but his time of relaxation has been interrupted by three big events. he was golfing yesterday just around the time the 5.8 magnitude earthquake shoot the east coast. he's keeping up with the volatile situation in libya. a new poll puts texas governor rick perry ahead of his republican rivals in iowa. here is the breakdown. perry grabbed 22% of the vote among likely caucus-goers, followed by mitt romney at 19%, michele bachmann at 18%, ron paul at 16% and herman cain rounds up the top five with 7%. the much anticipated dedication of the martin luther junior mem memorial could be delayed. the memorial opened to the public on monday. organizers planned the dedication for sunday to coincide with the 48th anniversary of the march on washington. now those plans are up in the air all depending on where hurricane irene heads and when. here are three things to put on your radar today. lawyers head to court around 10:00 a.m. eastern to challenge alabama's new controversial immigration law. a federal judge is being asked to block the law which is set to take effect on september 1st. at 11:00 amt sgeresting to see if events like the debt ceiling deal will affect the annual outlook. deping at 1:25 eastern, education secretary arne duncan holds a twitter town hall meeting. he'll answer questions at #askarne. hurricane irene could cause all kinds of problems this weekend. we'll have details after the break. first, on this day in history back in 2010, something was downgraded that had nothing to do with the s&p and the american credit rating. the planet pluto was downgraded from a real planet to a dwarf planet. it's 42 minutes past the hour. if something is simply the color of gold, is it really worth more? 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>> thanks so much, jim spell man live from nassau. by the way, a state of emergency is in effect for parts of the north carolina coast just in case irene hits. jacqui jeras, tell us about that. fema says people living along the lower part of the east coast of the united states should get ready now. >> everybody really needs to be ready now and be prepared for a major hurricane making landfall in the u.s. this could be north carolina, but this could also stay offshore and head up towards the northeast. our models have been consistently trending eastward and expecting that trend to continue and i'll show you those in just a second. a lot of them are keeping it offshore now. it's really quite honestly, wet don't know for sure if this is going to be hitting the carolinas or not. here is what we do know. this is a very powerful hurricane that's going to continue to intensify. look at that eye in the center. this thing is tightening up, getting stronger, the pressure has been dropping. when we see the pressure drop, in turn we start to see the wind speeds increase. we're at 110 miles per hour. it has to be 111 to be a major hurricane. may as well consider this a major hurricane as we speak. it's moving through the turks and caicos. hurricane warnings are in effect for the entire be hamas chain of islands. this will be a very strong, terrible storm for them unfortunately, getting whipped with high storm surge. as much as nine to 11 feet and heavy feign all. it's going to make its approach towards the u.s. you can see how large that cone of uncertainty is. carol, this far out in time, that's about 200 miles from that center line. we'll have to watch this very closely. if it takes this track, this will be scraping the megalopolis, bringing damaging winds and heavy rainfall. take a look at this map right here. this is the qpf map, stands for quantitative precipitation forecast. i know you're going to call me a geek again. go right ahead. the bottom line is, look how much rain is going to come in with this thing with all the moisture from the atlantic. we could be talking six to ten inches easy. we've already had flood problems in the northeast as the ground is already very, very sad rated. let's show you the computer models i was talking about and how they have been trending. look how closely they are clustered together. the closer they are clustered together, the more confidence we have in our forecast. they're very tight where the storm is now. look how they start to spread out as we head down the line. many of those models are keeping it offshore through the carolinas. we'll have to watch this very closely. there's a cold front in the northwest. that's the good news for those folks. it's that cold front that might help kick irene further to the east yet still. stay tuned for more updates. >> i like that you're geeky in this these situations. jacqui jeras, thank you. international leaders meet to talk about getting aid into libya. as for moammar gadhafi, he's nowhere to be found even though rebels have taken control of his compound. two arabic networks have aired audio messages supposedly from the embattled libyan leader. he calls upon all libyans to clear out of tripoli and get rid of what he calls the criminals, traitors an rats. rebels claim to control 90% of the country now. cnn's sara sidner has been in the middle of it all, green square. most of the gunfire you will hear is in celebration. this is what it looked like yesterday at gadhafi's compound. >> reporter: yeah, it's getting a little too loud for you to hear me and a little too much celebrating. we're trying to get -- i got hit a little bit with one of the shells from one of those guns. >> sara, we can hear you just fine, but maybe you should take some cover here? >> reporter: we're okay. please don't shoot, sir. we are in between two walls, so we're fine. >> she's amazing, isn't she? we laerd from sara a few minutes ago. she said the streets of tripoli are quiet now. we'll check back with sara sidner on "american morning" in a few minutes. did you feel it? did you feel the earth shake? the 5.8 magnitude quake has left its mark. buildings and landmarks in washington, d.c. will be closed today including the washington monument. the quake cracked some stones at the very top. the national cathedral is closed, too. three spires came off the building but the building itself is okay. the old post office tower reopens at 9:00 a.m. eastern. buildings will be closed so inspectors can check them out for any structural damage. public schools in prince george's county, maryland, are closed to day, too. power is restored at a nuclear power plant near the epicenter in virginia. it had been running on generators. this is what a 5.8 earthquake looks like inside a liquor store. this is surveillance video. all those bottles almost all came tumbling down. several boxes fell off the shelveses. all in all, everybody is okay. isn't that what really matters? 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[ male announcer ] eliminate tough odors with febreze air effects so you can breathe happy guaranteed. 56 minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." three things to put on your radar. sunday's dedication of the martin luther king junior memorial could be delayed because of hurricane irene. cnn roland martin will talk with the ceo of the mlk memorial foundation. lawyers set to court to challenge alabama's controversial immigration law. the law is set to take effect on september 1st. beginning at 1:25 p.m. eastern, education secretary arne duncan holds a twitter town hall. time for a little laugh because it is wednesday. yesterday's quake sure had a lot of people talking all up and down the east coast, including here in new york city and including comedian david letterman. here is your punch line. >> a lot of people react differently to an earthquake. down at the city hall, mayor bloomberg, they felt the earthquake, and he ran looking for cover. and they found mayor bloomberg during the earthquake standing under his desk. they traced the center of the earthquake to governor chris christie's aaerobics class. you could see the ripples going through donald trump's hair. >> that's pretty good. let's head to joya dass. >> what can i tell you, yesterday we saw a decent close to the markets. we'll see a little selloff at the open. >> boy, that was fast. i was expecting you to give me a load of bad news but you didn't. i was in a state of shock. >> you know what i was really thinking in my head, short people get such a bad rap. >> i understand a new carrier is getting ready to get into the iphone game. >> we've been talking about iphone 5 coming to market for some time. sprint is going to start carrying the device. what this will do is delay the release of the device. it was supposed to hit the market in september. it probably isn't going to come to market until about october. but that means now sprint, at&t and verizon will be selling the device. sprint stock has been down about 16% year to date. yesterday it was up 10%. >> talking about the iphone, how can anybody possibly compete? >> actually a couple other competitors out there. we know who they are. android, google has become a force to reckon with. what's happened to the