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residents to get out or get ready. >> walking free from the hotel. christine romans. 33 journalists are out this morning and are talking after a terrifying ordeal. held at gunpoint by gadhafi loyalists growing more desperate by the second. the end of an era at am. i'm carol costello. steve jobs, creator force behind apple, resigns. what will this mean for the company? the change the way you live on this "american morning." good morning to you. it is thursday, august 25. welcome to "american morning." every day, it has been something else. something big happening. >> we want it to stop. >> i know. i need a flashlight, batteries. >> this hurricane is dodging all over the place. it is making landfall someplace. >> through the bahamas right now. east coast of the united states trying to figure out where it could land. category 3 storm delivering powerful blows to the southeastern and central islands. it is 115-mile-per-hour winds, heavy rains causing extensive damage. in some cases ripping homes right off of their foundations. now irene is making its way towards nassau. jim spelman is there with the latest. obviously you are getting blown around there. tell us what the late southwest on the ground. >> reporter: hey, christine. high of irene is 80 miles away from nassau. getting pounded all night. winds. easily sustained tropical storm force winds. already in of the streets here have high water on them. storm surges one of the big concerns here. very flat here. not very much room. 20 miles wide for people to get out of the way. on our radar live location, we didn't see any signs of major damage and even the lights are still on here. if you can keep your fingers crossed and make it through the next few hours of major damage, maybe they will call this a near miss than a hit. >> thank you so much as that storm heads towards nassau. you heard jacqui jeras say the 5:00 a.m. eastern wakeup call, she read those storm watch that's were issued important the carolinas. jacqui is still watching the hurricane and where it is going. so i'm just hoping that it won't. i hope it takes the right turn. i'm keeping my fingers crossed. >> it could do that but it is looking less likely that's going to happen actually, carol. the models have been lifted westward back the other way. and basically there is a cold front here across the upper midwest. this cold front is probably not going to be as strong as what we thought. that's going to, unfortunately, not push it out as far as what we are originally thinking. so that's one of the big players we are talking about. all right. here are those watches you pensioned. a hurricane watch now has been issued from the virginia/north carolina state line down to surf city. tropical storm watch has been issued from surf city down to the beach. this means hurricane and tropical storm conditions are expected in about 48 hours. we are talking saturday morning when you start to feel the impact from this storm. now, jim spelman certainly feeling it now. center. right near the island. it has not gotten the worst conditions yet up towards nassau or even into freeport. 700 miles away, say, from north carolina. but the u.s. impacts are going to be felt already today. yes. across the state of florida. rip currents expected, beach erosion here and wind advisorys into the interior as the storm stays maybe some 200 to 250 miles offshore. so floor will feel it but you are not going to get the worst of the storm for sure. some changes in intensity can be expected. this could go back up to a 4. probably down to a 3. . we go through eye wall replacement cycles. those changes can be expected. now, timing for the carolinas, probably late in the day on saturday or saturday night. after that, we will watch it scrape on up towards the northeast. and still a very big cone of uncertainty this far you on. if we get that good case scenario you are talking about, carol, we still think if it misses landfall in the northeast, it is still going to have a big impact. lots of wind and lots of rain. potentially hundreds of thousands of people without power and a lot of river flooding expected, too. worst case scenario would be two landfalls across the outer banks and then on up here, maybe towards long island or towards providence. we are just going to have to wait and see. it will be a long ride here on sunday. we have two days to get ready for this storm. if you haven't done it now you need to do it. >> christine is making her list. flashlig flashlight. >> now i'm back to the flashlights, batteries, water, whatever -- whatever i have to do. >> first aid kit, batteries, noaa weather radio. >> every scenario you give us, it will be wet. there will be flooding and issues with people. millions of people up and down the coast no matter what. thanks, jacqui. people in the northeast are still feeling the effects of the earthquake. 4.5 magnitude aftershock rattled eastern virginia overnight. centered five miles from the town of mineral. the aftershock is the fourth but strongest from the initial earthquake. 5.8 that hit the east coast on tuesday. no reports of any damage from the overnight aftershock. while assessing the damage from today, if from tuesday's quake, engineers discovered three, four significant cracks at the top of the washington monument. park service officials say pieces of mortar fell inside the observation area. the 137-year-old monument is now closed indefinitely until engineers can verify its structural integrity. washington national -- washington national cathedral sustained significant damage from tuesday's quake. church officials say three spires, gargoyles and other decorative features came crashing down to the ground. cathedral will stay closed at least through saturday. also develop thing morning, steve jobs, man who revolutionized the way we use cell phones, computers, listen to music, he resigned as apple's ceo. jobs has long struggled with health problems and has been on medical leave since january. following last night's announcement shares of apple started sliding. down about 5% in after-hours trading. keep in mind those shares are up about 400% over the past five years. poppy harlow joins us with a look at the man and his legacy and how important he is to apple. good morning. >> let's not forget he is an integral part of the company. he will stay on as chairman but it has come time for him to step down from the top spot of the company. there has perhaps never been as visionary a leader in business, not just technology, but across business. he really was the one that led the turnaround of april and a turnaround of a company that will go down in the history books. the impact was immediate. apple stock fell 5% in after-hours trading wednesday when steve jobs announced he is stepping down as ceo. fans of jobs were surprised by the news. >> he resigned? i'm sorry to hear it because he was so great for the company. he 'so creative and innovative. >> reporter: jobs, who has been on medical leave since january, released this statement. i have always said if there ever came a day when i could no longer meet my duties and expectations as apple's ceo, i would be the first to let you know. unfortunately, that day has come. >> it is hard to overstate just how important steve jobs has been to business, to the economy, what he has done, because he's really revolutionized so many businesses. >> reporter: computers, mobile phones, digital music, jobs' influence has been unparalleled. his latest product, the ipad, continues to break records. analysts say it is the fastest selling technological device ever. jobs co-founded april until 1976 from his family's garage. nine years later a power struggle led to his exit. but jobs returned again in 1996. soon after becoming ceo and transforming the company into what it is today. one of the biggest corporations in the world. worth nearly $350 billion. earlier this month, apple briefly passed exxonmobil. >> ipad. a phone. are you getting it? >> reporter: it is not only because of jobs' innovation. he's also a brilliant marketer. >> the secrecy in the kind of theater that apple brings to every product launch, every other company in the world, whether they are in, you know, electronics, consumer electronics, clothing or automobiles, they can learn from apple and what they do. >> reporter: in the only commencement address jobs ever gave in 2005 it stanford university, he touched upon the seek remember of his success. >> the only way to do great work is love what you do. if you haven't found it yet keep looking and don't settle. >> i think it is fair to say that is exactly what steve jobs has done and certainly will continue to do at apple. he also said in the very famous commencement speech at stanford, your time is limited. don't waste it living someone else's life. >> when you look at his health condition, it makes you wonder. pancreatic cancer, liver transplant but still came back and worked for a time at least. is it because of his health that he's sort of taking on another role at apple? >> it was a very short statement we got. he didn't specifically say that but in the statement he did say if the time came where i could no longer run this company i would let you know and this is the time. you have to read through the lines did and look at a man that perhaps loves nothing greater than this company that he built from the ground up. there's no reason he would not desire to be at the helm of this company. at the same time, it is important to know that this is a company with a plan. they knew that this may come and tim cook, former ceo, who will now be the ceo, is someone that's been groomed for this position. christine, you said shares sold off. they did. up 400%. >> i always try to put it in perspective. people are saying should we sell these shares? the stock is -- has just been such a boon for people that owned it for a long time. question is in my mind three years, five years out, when the pipeline of products needs to be refreshed, they need a new idea, not they have the infrastructure and kind of culture at aprilal that a lot of people are coming up with great ideas and not just -- >> they do have, as we were talking about earlier, strong bench of creative designers, innovators, what i have learned. it is a private company. but it is a company that's open enough to allow innovation. we have seen it play out. at the same time, you have to decide if you are a share holder in this company and if you are interested in buying it. is it a company bigger than a man? is it a company the culture has been fostered strong enough to live when this pipeline of products is gone? that's in the hands of tim kk who will take over for steve jobs and i want to push you to cnnmoney.com. he talks about who he calls the genius behind steve jobs that's tim cook. >> awesome. >> great coverage all over cnn today. there must be at least eight, ten articles. anything you ever wanted to know about apple is there. i have been reading it for several hours now. thanks. >> thank you, poppy. fascinating. just ahead, scary moments for fliers after they landed when a jetway gave way. texas governor rick perry has been in the 2012 race less than two weeks but already he has a new and lofty title. we will tell what you it is after the break. 12 minutes after the hour. ♪ [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. purina cat chow helps you well-being. we're all striving for it. nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. you know, the ones who do such a super job, they're backed by the superguarantee®? only superpages®. wherever you are, wherever you're going, you'll find the super business you need. so next time, let the good guys 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moammar gadhafi remains at large. the slippery dictator has evaded capture only to pop up on the radio vowing to fight against the rebels for months or even years. gadhafi's spokesman added we will turn libya into a volcano of lava. and fire. under the feet of the invaders and their treacherous agents. while we all wait important the hot magma to start flowing retired major general spider marks says this kind of rhetoric close it is door to a peaceful surrender by gadhafi. >> shoot him in the face or -- and i don't know that there is an alternative. >> libyan rebels have now put up a $1.4 million bounty to anyone that kills or captures gadhafi. still knowing the eyes of the world are upon them the rebels have also said they would offer gadhafi a fair trial if captured alive. the international criminal court at the hague wants gadhafi, too. it has warrants out for the arrest of gadhafi and one of his sons. we know what a criminal trial in the hague would look like. if it took place in libya, would it resemble mubarak's trial or sad ham hussein's trial? hussein was found guilty and then hanged. a videotape from his execution showed people taunting him and that became an international controversy. so the talk back today, what should happen if gadhafi is captured? facebook.com/americanmorning. i will read your comments later this hour. >> all that big talk by moammar gadhafi. you heard stuff like that from s hussein when he was captured, i'm saddam hussein. >> i can say something crazier than you can. you have to admit, flowery language. >> true. new twist in the disappearance of an american woman that went missing in aruba you a feeks ago. cnn learned the man that traveled to aruba with robyn gardner is the beneficiary of her $1.5 million accidental death policy. gary gierodano maintains gorder in disappeared while snorkeling with him. he is being held as a suspect in the case. casey anthony air piered in florida. she must serve a year after being convicted on check fraud charges. her lawyers argued she completed her probation while in jail. no word yet where in the state she will finish her sentence. anthony, as you know, was acquitted of murder charges in the 2008 death of her daughter caylee. coming up on "american morning," how many beans for your morning coffee? 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rising from the compound. glad halfy still on the run. $1.4 million bounty on his head. that's the reward being offered for his capture. dead or alive. back to hurricane irene. ripping through the bahamas right now. jim spelman live in nassau with the latest. good morning, jim. tell us what's happening around you now. >> reporter: hey, christine. winds are just really strong right now. the rain is just -- has become a stinging rain. it has been going on for hours but really picked up. the eye here. last update about an hour or so ago. about 80 miles away from nassau before it is going to pass. it will be many more hours of this kind of impact here in the bahamas because the -- winds have been felt 200 mills away from the eye of the storm. they are going to have to weather this a good part of the day. so far i'm really impressed with how well so many of these build rings doing it. even the electricity still on here. they are clearly used though this sort of thing. all of the tourists pulled out pretty much. cruise ship long gone, airport closed down. hunkered down in some of the big hotels here which are really built to withstand strong forces. my biggest concerns are the people that live in much more modest homes. there's no place for them to go. when this thing gets to the carolinas or up the east coast, people can get on a highway and drive inland away from it. this island normally is 20 miles long. just nowhere for them to go. try to outrun this storm. when the sun comes up and officials are able to get out, that will be the biggest concern. >> jim, they are expecting you and the island to continue to be battered for the rest of the day then. >> reporter: yes. indeed. and -- they are prepared for it here. in a way that a lot of places are. they get storms here all the time. everybody really took this seriously. when it became a category 3, there was talk it could be close to a category 4 storm. everybody here really took it seriously. there is not a building i saw here in downtown nassau that didn't have metal storm shutters up or plywood over it. people here know how to deal with it and they are taking it very seriously. but, you know, you can only sustain this kind of wind and rain for so long before there is going to be -- to be some damage. it could be pretty significant. everyone here is keeping their fingers crossed. i think, again, it is a really good sign the electricity is still on here. and i'm pretty surprised. it is usually the first thing to go. >> thanks, jim. stay safe this morning. we will check in with you later. hurricane watches are in effect for parts of the north carolina coast and officials are warning residents to get out or at least get ready coastal areas could see at least six inches of rain and tropical storm force winds on saturday. john zarrella is joining me live from wrightsville beach, north carolina. that's coming your way. >> reporter: yes. i guess so. certainly going to be very close to where we are here at wrightsville beach. we are under tropical storm watch here at wrightsville beach. just up the coast starting at surf city is where the hurricane watch goes into effect. and you know, this was the headline in yesterday's paper here, christine. storm watch. that's pretty much what everybody up and down the east coast of the united states, certainly from the carolinas, northward and into new england where you folks are and that's what everybody is doing right now. no one is quite sure what to expect. how close to the coastline irene will get, how far offshore it might get. where exactly it will make landfall. it is a dicey situation for millions and millions of people. now yesterday a lot of folks took advantage of the waves and the little bit of the wind that is starting to blow in from the storm. got out into the surf along the east coast of the united states. but that's going to become extremely dangerous with the high winds and the high surf and, of course, undertows and rip currents likely to start affecting florida, carolinas, georgia, today into tomorrow. so that's a question as well. now, north carolina is the outer -- barrier islands, issued evacuation warnings and that took place started into effect today and for tourists on the outer banks. now, a lot of those folks are saying that they are still going to hang around and wait and see. >> inland or going up north. >> live here and go back to it again. no relief going home. doesn't help a lot. >> got the national hurricane center on my left. watching the storm as it tracks. seems to be sliding a little to the east. we are hoping it passes by and doesn't hit us. >> reporter: now, down in south florida yesterday, my stomping grounds, florida marlins played a double-header against the cincinnati reds. rather than playing a game today because of concerns of the weather was going to start to deteriorate. according to yahoo sports, then only had 347 people in the stands for that first game. now that may be attributed something to weather but probably has also a lot to do to the fact the marlins are in last place. may not have everything to do with the hurricane. christine, everybody up and -- >> that has to be -- >> reporter: 347 people. >> you are kidding. >> nobody told them that the double-header was reschedule. >> more people that work there than are -- man. hey, you know, this is really important. beautiful beach behind you. good surf. people get hurt and killed every single time. >> they go out to do that. >> they go out and think they will be heroes. right? give us your best -- have absolutely. >> reporter: do not -- one other point, too, for you folks in the northeast. one key thing. don't buy candles because what happens? the wind blows, your windows get blown out, the candle tips over now you have a fire to deal with on top of the hurricane. don't buy candles, folks. stay away from that. >> batteries. >> he covered everything. >> but it is so romantic. >> when it breaks your windows and throws your patio furniture through, hurricane, those moments before are very -- romantic. >> nothing more romantic than the sound of shattering glass. >> after it hits -- >> john zarrella. >> i have a game saturday night, phillies game. what do you think? >> no. i don't think you do. >> jacqui jeras, what do you think? >> you have a better chance saturday night than sunday night. >> there you go. >> romantic over there. crack me up. by the way, hurricane preparedness, people in the southeast much more ready for a storm like this than the people in the northeast. you know, follow me on facebook or twitter and i'm going to have tips and we are going to have more coming up in the 9:00 newsroom show. stay tuned. if you don't know what you are doing because it is a really important thing. carol is calling me over there. i see you. let's talk about the watches in place. these were issued as a 5:00 a.m. waking up, new information for you. hurricane watches have now been posted from the north carolina, virginia state line, surf city and tropical storm watches. these conditions will be expected or possible within 48 hours. we are talking saturday morning when you are going to feel the impact of this in the carolinas. we are already feeling this, though, in florida. take a look at this map, guys. here is a hurricane down here. look at how huge this thing is. almost fills in the entire bay area right here along the florida coast. beach erosion today. rip currents today and very strong winds along the florida coast. we can see gusts around, say, 40 miles per hour at times today. here tees latest irene in terms of intensity. category 3 storm. 115-mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds. some changes in intensity over the next 24 hours. could get stronger and little built weaker. then ramp right back up. those water conditions are like bath water out here. this is going to be causing a lot of damage to the central and northwestern bahamas throughout the day for today. now the track. we have already started to see that pull as of yesterday towards the northwest. it will be waiting for more of that turn out to the north. when that happens we will have a better idea of it if it hits the outer banks or not. it is a tricky situation when you are talking about going parallel to the coast because just a little bit of a wobble with major hurricanes often do, means all the difference between maybe landfall or maybe not. all right. we are talking saturday here and heading through the day into sunday morning. the northeast, you need to be ready now. but this is going to be an all-day sunday event for you. worst case scenario, we could have two landfalls here. best case scenario, we are going to pull out of there but we are still going to be seeing major impacts of flooding, power outages. best thing i can tell is it goes up the coast and encountering wind shear and take notice, the water temperatures up here are much cooler. it will be a weakening storm. we could be talking about maybe a category 1, maybe a 2 as it heads into the northeast. as opposed to a 3 or 4 like the carolinas are going to experience. >> that's big. >> that is big. big storm. >> big and powerful. yes. >> you are so right about people around here don't think about it the same way that they do in the south or coastal areas. >> i already heard people talking about -- >> maryland. >> they think about tonight maryland. up here people pooh-pooh it. fizzle out before it gets here. >> people on the streets talking about surfing the jersey shore. that makes me so nervous, 17-year-old kids talking about how cool it will be to have a big storm coming up the coast. it is dangerous. >> so dangerous. >> people will die. >> you said people should follow you on twitter. >> jacqui jeras. >> thanks, jacqui. just ahead, walking free from a aaa hotel. that actually was once a prison. journalists slip out when the men holding them at gunpoint realize that gadhafi is through. >> 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[ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. stunning video of a major crash in new jersey. 16 people were hurt after a tractor trailer smashed into a tour bus yesterday. two passengers with serious injuries. officials say the truck jackknifed at some point across the turnpike. but it is unclear what caused him to lose control. the tour bus was headed from new york to washington. check this out from oklahoma city. head-on collision between a police cruiser and an suv captured by a dashboard camera. you can see the police cruiser driving behind that white pickup. pickup truck swerves out of the way. moments later you see the suv traveling in the wrong direction slammed right into the cruiser. remarkably both the suv driver and the police deputy were able to walk away from the crash. of course, the suv driver is in trouble. he has been placed under arrest. >> that's interesting. this truck gets out of the way, obviously, to not hit the thing. but that's always a double jeopardy. close behind somebody and get out way and you learn there is a car headed towards you. >> what do you do? that alone will teach me to drive further behind the car ahead of me. wow. >> 1 1/2 car lengths to be safe. >> i don't know if that would have helped him. that's when somebody stops and you don't go into them when somebody is coming towards you, that's an entirely different situation. more on the situation in libya we have been following the last several days. within the hour, smoke was spotted rising -- last hour, gadhafi's compound. no sign of moammar gadhafi. now there is a price on his head. $1.4 million reward is being offered by the rebel government for his capture dead or alive. this report was filed a short time ago from near gadhafi's compound in tripoli. >> reporter: we are here and have been a witness huge plumes of smoke that we believe are coming from the area around the area. there appears to be a fire fight still going on in that area. our team that has been there was not able to get all the way inside. they did see people coming from one part. they are not sure if it was rebels or gadhafi's forces. they were armed and the situation is a security threat in and around here. now we are seeing very large plumes of smoke from the south of the square which is in the same area. the situation is always changing here in tripoli. one moment everybody says rebels have control of 90% of the city and next moment we hear there is serious problems in sections which they already said they had control of. things change very quickly. we do know the city has been relatively quiet until this point in the day. about noontime here. so the -- big headline right now at this time is that there is a massive amount of smoke coming from the south near gadhafi's former compound. >> after five days of living in fear journalists are finally free from the hotel in tripoli. now they are telling their stories. they were being held there by pro-gadhafi forces in one of the last places under his control in the city. one of them was cnn's matthew chance who told news the past few days they were forced to scrounge ruined for food. they were in fear for their lives. it was actually his producer, an arab woman from jordan, that was criticalative oeotiating their release. matthew talked about the terror. >> i think the worst time was when we realized quite early on in the situation we found ourselves in that, you know, we lost control of the situation. that -- you know, all these scenarios started playing out in our heads. started getting pair nowed we could be used as human shields if gadhafi's -- remnants of his army decided to use the hotel to make their last stand. maybe we would be taken prisoner, maybe we were going to be executed. all these things were ticking through our heads. >> of course, the producer negotiated this release. she actually talked to the men with guns and said look, it is over. moammar gadhafi is not in control anymore. you don't have to stay here and keep us hostage. let us go. and it worked. >> matthew at one point tweeted that he felt bad for these guys. like they -- they hadn't really -- missed the fact that this was -- this was done. >> but still, they kept -- essentially held them hostage in the hotel for five days. that's very generous of him. >> all right. still to come on "american morning," we asked you what should happen to libyan leader moammar gadhafi if he is captured? you have a lot to say. your responses are coming up next. powerful women in the world. secretary of state hillary clinton is on the list. there is one woman ranked even higher than she is. 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category 3 storm lashing the bahamas at this hour. storm expected to gain strength and become a category 4. very dangerous, very big storm. take a look at this. it is massive. here is what irene looks like from space as big as the state of arizona right now. heading towards the coast of the united states. overnight the national hurricane center issued a hurricane watch for parts of north carolina. but millions of americans along the entire eastern seaboard are being told to be on alert. mandatory evacuations begin one hour from now for all visitors on north carolina's outer banks. >> in the bahamas reports of heavy damage still coming in. officials saying 90% of homes in at least would settlements are destroyed. electricity is out in parts of the country. >> jim spelman is in the bahamas in the town of nassau. meteorologist jacqui jeer as is at the cnn head quarters in atlantic. let's begin with jim. we know you are bracing for a very rough day there. are the winds picking up? what are the conditions like now? >> reporter: yes. the winds definitely have been picking up over the last few hours. and -- sos that rain. rain that pounds you. the whole island is taking a beating here. we have seen it pick up. now that the sun is up, we can see and of these teresa little more, you can see how steady this wind is, just pounding everybody here on the island. one of the big issues here, when this hits the united states, "people" on the east coast, we can get on a highway and drive inland. there is no place to go. island is seven miles wide and 20 miles long. they are feeling this across the island. we have already seen on the roads some high water. one of the big issues here. very flat. worried about flooding. whether these buildings can withstand this kind of wind for a good part of the day. these large buildings, hotels up and down here, sort of the smaller homes, regular homes that -- bohemians live in, will have a tough time dealing with the wind all day. >> jim spelman, thanks. they know how to prepare in the bahamas even though they don't have enough to protect themselves from. they know how to prepare. it has been a long time since there has been a storm this big that hit the carolinas. >> yes. jacqui jeras is in the hurricane center. tell us where this is headed? new watches and predictions that are just out. >> right. this thing is -- make that northwest turn and watch it move towards the north. it will be moving east of florida throughout the day today. and the watches have been posted. this means you need to be ready now. you have 48 hours before you are going to start to feel the impact of the storm and carolinas. so hurricane watches from the virginia/north carolina state line to surf city. tropical storm watches expected and southward from there down to the beach. that's because the brunt of the hurricane we think will be moving in here. you will just feel a tropical storm force effects in that area. florida today already feeling it. you are going to be seeing a lot of beach erosion and rip currents. you don't know to get in the water today. those winds could be gusting as much as 40 miles per hour. this storm is moving in and it should stay east of nassau where jim spelman is. they should get a lashing with the winds and storm surge will be a huge problem. he was talking about there is no protection there. these are very flat islands. we could be talking about 7 to 11 feet of storm surge. that's a lot of high water moving in there. this is a major hurricane. 150-mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds and this is a major threat to the carolinas and all the way up the east coast. even if we don't get a direct landfall. we are talking major flooding and talking massive power outages. and this is going to be a big problem for a whole lot of people. let's talk about that track and how much time we have to get ready here. there you can see the storm expecting to make the northerly turn. it is a little difficult for exact forecasts on something like this when you are going parallel to the coastline. so -- look at that cone of uncertainty. wilmington, you are still in there. we are also seeing that all the way up towards norfolk. it is expected to be a major hurricane. that's what you need to be prepared for at landfall. we could get luck write and see this start to weaken a little bit as it moves into this area. we have wind shear and cooler water temperatures a that are going to be changing intensity of this storm as it rides on up towards the coast. now we are talking about sunday for the northeast. this will be an all-day event. it should pick up a little bit of forward speed as it gets caught up into this cold front. best case scenario is that it stays off the shore but still major impact here. even if it does, we could be talking about two landfalls, even getting in close towards new york city. stay tuned with more changes to this forecast. take a look at this rainfall forecast over the next five days. the big thing to look at here is that we are looking at that flood potential right in here and even into upstate new york. even over towards philadelphia of maybe 6 to 12 inches of rainfall. it is already very saturated across east and last but not least, if up can't watch us 24 hours a day, take a rest now and then, check on your computer, teach.com/hurricane. you can track this storm yourself and this will be updated all day. satellite, projected paths, even the computer models will be put on here for to you see. back to you guy. >> awesome. that's awesome, jacqui. thank you. >> awesome we have that information about it which means you should prepare. >> that's right. >> michael bloomberg will have a big conference in new york. 8 million people in this town. >> this is not a great place to try to get out of in a hurry. have a plan. if you are prone to flooding, know you will probably flood in this case. >> i i think i would be much more afraid if i was on the outer banks of north carolina. >> absolutely. mayors up and down the coast are all today hunkering down with their officials trying to figure out what are we going to do, best case, worst-case scenario. how to make people take this serious. >> i a place like new york city, high-rises can be dangerous. windows blowing out and things like that. everybody just read up on where you are and what you need to do. we will talk with fema administrator craig fugate about what is being done to prepare for irene in these various regions. how it is being done differently. historic shift of power at a company that's changed the way we use cell phones and computers. the way we listen to music and buy music. last night steve jobs, driving force behind apple, announced he's stepping down as ceo. >> in a letter jobs wrote that he's no longer able to fulfill his, quote, duties and expectations. he had always said when he couldn't do his job, that would be the day that he said good-bye to apple. that announcement sending apple stock down by 4.5% in after hours trading. poppy harlow joins us live. staying on at the company as its chairman and asked if they would allow him to stay on as chairman. i'm sure they will. but he says he can't be the ceo anymore. >> no. of course, that brings up the question about his health. this is a man that battled pancreatic cancer, taken three leaves of absence from the company that he created in the '70s. he's perhaps most visionary business leader, period, in the history certainly of this country. historic turnaround of apple and products affect each and every one of us. quite a legacy he has at the company but remember, he's still a part of apple. big change no longer in the top seat. take a look. the impact was immediate. ale stock fell 5% in after-hours trading wednesday when steve jobs announced he is stepping down as ceo. fans of jobs were surprised by the news. >> he resigned? >> yes. >> i'm sorry to hear it because he was so great for the company. he's so creative and innovative. >> reporter: jobs, who has been on medical leave since january, released this statement. i have always said that if there ever came a day when i could no longer meet my duties and expectations as apple's ceo, i would would be the first to let you know. unfortunately that day has come. >> it is really hard to overstate just how important steve jobs has been to business, to the economy, what he has done because -- he's really revolutionized so many businesses. >> reporter: computers, mobile phones, digital music, jobs' influence has been unparalleled. his latest product, ipad, continues to break records. analysts say it is the fastest selling technological device ever. jobs co-founded apple in 1976 from his family's garage. nine years later, a power struggle led to his exit. but jobs returned again in 1996, soon after becoming ceo and transforming the company into what it is today. one of the biggest corporations in the world. worth nearly $350 billion. earlier this month, apple briefly passed exxonmobil as the stock market's most valuable company. >> ipod, a phone, are you getting it? >> reporter: it is not only because of jobs' innovation. he's also a brilliant marketer. >> the secrecy in the kind of theater that apple brings to every product launch, every other company in the world, whether they are in, you know, electronics, consumer electronics, clothing or automobiles, they can learn from april and what they do. >> reporter: in the only commencement address jobs ever gave in 2005 at stanford university, he touched upon upon the secret of his success. >> the only way to do great work is to love what you do. if you haven't found it yet, keep looking. and don't settle. >> i think it is safe to say that steve jobs never settled. loved what he did every day and will probably continue to at apple. he also went on in that speech of being called his -- most famous speech ever -- your time is limited. don't waste it live something one else's life. he really has lived every single day. lived and breathed this company. >> you have to wonder about his health if that's -- the reason that he's decided to make this change. >> it was interesting in the statement he put out, letter steve jobs wrote last night to the apple board and community. he didn't talk about his health specifically. but if you read between the lines what he said, is that if the day came where i can no longer run this company as i should, i would step down. i would let you know. there's no reason he wouldn't want to run this company. there is no desire not to run down to hand over the raeins. you have to believe there is something else he's dealing with. many believe it is his health. this is a company -- important to note, people have been investing in this company think well, what should do i with the stock? is apple going to be okay? this is a company that had a plan. tim cook, the chief operating officer, was in line to take over. he will take over. he knows the company and he knows steve jobs' brain very well. you have to decide is this company bigger than this one man? do you believe in the vision? will it carry on? that's the question. whether anyone can be as big a visionary as steve jobs, it would be a very difficult challenge. big shoes to fill. >> certainly. all right. poppy, thanks. big brain to re-create. he is so smart and such a visionary. >> there is the perception he is the guy that may or may not be few. >> there are a lot people behind him executing. it takes a village. let's talk about libya. rebel fighters retaining control around the gadhafi compound in tripoli. sara sidner. the dictator still in hiding. a price on his head. the leadership offer $1.4 million bounty for the capture of gadhafi, dead or alive. loyalists finally released nearly three dozen journalists, including cnn's matthew chance and his producer. they were being held against their will for five days sdays time to talk about one of the big stories of the day. what should happen if gadhafi is captured? moammar gadhafi remains at large. the slippery dictator has evaded capture only to pop up on the radio vowing to fight against the rebels for months or even years. gadhafi's spokesman has also added we will turn libya into a volcano of lava and fire under the feet of invaders and their treacherous agents. while we wait for the lava to start flowing, this kind of rhetoric close it is door to peaceful surrender by gadhafi. >> somebody needs to shoot him in the face or -- and i don't know that there is an alternative. >> libyan rebels put up a $1.4 million bounty to anyone that kills or captures gadhafi. still knowing the eyes of the world are upon them, the rebels have also said they would offer gadhafi a fair trial if captured alive. the international criminal court in the hague wants gadhafi, too. it has warrants out for the arrest of gadhafi and one of his sons. we know what a criminal trial in the hague would look like. if it took place in libya, would it resemble mubarak's trial of egypt where they wheel him in on a stretcher? would it resemble saddam hussein's trial in iraq? hussein, remember, was found guilty and hanged. a videotape from his execution showed people taunting him and it became an international controversy. the talk back this morning, what should happen if gadhafi is captured? facebook.com/americanmorning. i will read your comments later this hour. still to come this morning, another jolt for people in virginia. strongest aftershock yet from this week's rare earthquake. more damage than thought at the washington monument and the national cathedral. we will tell you about that when we come back. >> scary moments for fliers. it is after they landed when a jetway gave way. we will tell you about that story in a couple of minutes. ♪ [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. by all accounts hurricane irene is on a collision course with the united states. where the storm could hit remains anybody's guess right now. that's why the entire eastern seaboard is being warned to be on alert. i'm joined by fema administrator craig fugate, live in washington. good to see you again. thank you for joining us. we have been showing people our possible projections given to us by the weather service about where this is going to go. and at this point the cone of uncertainty remains pretty unclear. i guess we know it is -- it is going to get pretty close to or on to the outer banks and then who knows what happens on the northeast. what's your biggest concern right now? >> i think the biggest concern is getting people to pay attention and make sure they are ready. if you are your plan and your supplyings aies and check every the only thing you need is if you are in the evacuation zone you need to be ready go. this storm is one you need to pay attention to and be ready. if you have your plans and your -- got everything you need and you are ready to go, then -- just monitor the storm. if you haven't done those steps, you still have time. >> we are talking about maybe coming on land in a category 3, category 2. maybe category 1 by the time it hits the weekend and northeast. that does send a signal to some people that we should be less concerned. >> well, again, i would caution people. don't get too hung up on the actual category of the hurricane. we have seen tropical storms produce devastating flooding and even up here in the northeast with some of the tropical force winds we see a lot of power outages. what's really important is you got local officials, volunteers, lot of folks working hard to get ready for this storm. we are just asking the public to do their part and make sure they are ready in case you have to evacuate and case n case we get storm effects. and, again, very large area, large area of threat. but now is the time to get ready. >> some of the fiction, tracks, show philadelphia, close to center. definitely shows new york city. boston. different level of threat in some of these major populated areas. >> yes. i think this is -- what is really critical, you know, lot of people look to fema for the answers. these answers are about what impacts you can have and what you need to do in your community are going to come from your local officials. and that's why it is really important with your local broad casters that they are going to have oftentimes the most detailed information about what is happening in your community. fema, we talked about things in general and getting ready. when it comes to the evacuation orders, what you need to do to be ready, that's going to come from your local officials and from your governors. we are going to be supportive of them but make sure you are getting your information from the local officials about what you need to do. >> all right. one of things that happened earlier this week with the earthquake, all across the eastern seaboard, maybe it was just overloaded circuits but cell phone problems. what is the best way people are going to get information? >> we are going to go back to, i think, people got so enamored with smartphones, local radio and tv stations. they will give you the best information real-time from those local officials out of the press conferences so make sure you got your radio and television and, again, cell phones get congested but we did have some success with people text messaging or social media. cell phones themselves and heavy congestion, you may not be able goat through. stay off the phones if it is not an emergency. other people may be trying to call 911. use text messaging and use land lines. again, local tv and radio stations are going to probably be one of your best sources of information from those local officials during the crunch time of evacuation. >> do you have -- are you having particular communication with folks in new york, mayor here concerned there are a lot of people here, if they get complacent and decide to do something at the last minimum we could have serious flooding, impede the ability to get in and out of the city. is that specifically on your radar? >> pretty much -- i know mayor bloomberg, he knows about hurricanes and have been getting ready for this. they will be talking to their folks as well as governors and mayors up and down the coast talking to folks about what they can expect and what they need to do and what though local plans are so for new york city, your experts there, new york city office management will be talking to you about what to do to get ready for the hurricane. >> craig fugate, fema administrator, good to see you. i hope you have eaten your wheaties and got as much sleep as you needed to get. good to see you. >> thank you. still to come -- >> good message about take this into your own hands. >> absolutely. >> don't wait for what fema's plan is. >> you have been warned. jacqui has been saying it over and 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ever in the u.s. online canadian pharmacies were advertising drugs to u.s. consumers illegally on google's site. settlement represent it is apartment of money google made from that program. wall street's ceos are fed up with washington and hitting lawmakers where it hurts right in their wallets. 100 ceos signing a pledge to stop all political campaign contributions and it is a major hit with the upcoming election. starbucks ceo howard schultz is leading the pack and says he reached his breaking point with washington politics during the debt ceiling debate. good news for caffeine junkies. kraft is cutting the cost of maxwell house coffin brand 6%. 20 cents less per pound. and jm smucker company cuts its price by about that much thanks to better coffee growing conditions. futures for coffee dropped 2% in the past six months. you are going to feel it in your cup of joe. for the latest news about your money, check out the all new cnnmoney .com. 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the u.s. navy is sending 27 ships based in norfolk out to sea to ride out the storm. libyan rebels battling to keep control of the former presidential come pound in tripoli. a fire fight with forces loyal to moammar gadhafi are breaking out this morning. we have seen smoke rising from the compound and meantime, rebel leaders raised the stakes in the hundred for gadhafi. a reward of $1 than.4 million is being offered for his capture dead or alive. apple the stock to watch this morning. steve jobs officially stepped down as apple's ceo. jobs who previously battled pancreatic cancer, has been on medical leave since january. in a letter yesterday, jobs wrote -- he's no longer able to fulfill his duties and expectations. he will stay as apple's chairman. apple's stock down about 3% in after-hours trading. joining us now is lege gallaghe. he always said if he couldn't do the job, then that would be the day he stepped down from the company he loves and found it. >> yes. the language last night in the statement was, unfortunately, that time has arrived. that day arrive. i mean, there's something very, very -- sad about it. and -- because we know, everyone knows, that he would not be doing this if this were not very serious. this is -- i mean, steve jobs is apple, apple is steve jobs. he loves this company. this company is him. he has poured his heart and soul and vision into it. this is significant. however, it is not unexpected. if you remember he has taken three medical leaves. you know, tim cook, the -- incoming ceo, it is well known now by the market, this is -- you know -- >> in 2008 you wrote a cover that -- >> we did. shameless plug. we did -- my colleague did an incredible really, really deep story on the guy behind steve. this is a profile of tim cook. you can find it online. it is -- tells you everything you need to know about this guy. it is fascinating. >> just to go back to steve jobs a second. he was trying all of these new treatments, best treatments out there to get better. and -- i don't know. you are right. it is really sad to think about that. he has everything going for him. but not his health. >> he does. you know, very little is known about exactly what the problem is. it is -- apple has been very secretive about the problems. you know. only in the past, you know, year or two, admitting there was -- a reason to take a medical leave. that's something that apple had been criticized for in terms of what does a company owe its shareholders. regardless we all know now that -- you know, the -- this is very, very serious. >> people are fascinated by steve jobs, whether you cover business or not, whether you like computers or not. really, the -- most common question i have been getting on twitter and from people is buy, sell or hold, the stock. let's take a look at the stock. $376 right now. christine talked about the run-up it had. cnnmoney.com, before you see the three spaghetti strings is where it is now. and the high end of that shows it going out to $666. median is lower than -- $500. still higher than it is. the low is $349. drop of 7% of where it is. there are some people out there that think -- cone of uncertainty for apple stock. will are some people who think there may be a little bit after pullback on this stock. >> i think there's -- just as many if not more people think this is a great opportunity. >> particularly after it has come down. >> exactly. it may not go down much more. it took a bigger hit when it was announced earlier this year that steve jobs was leaving and taking a medical leave. this is now priced in, i think, everybody knows this is a likely scenario. just means a matter of when. you know, this company -- steve jobs, one thing to his credit he has done in the past couple of years, is recognize that, you know, he needs to prepare for the company after him. and -- he has done that in many ways. apple has a famously -- deep pipeline that could probably sustain it for the next, you know, four, five years. >> where does the vision come after that? >> that's the big question. >> does tim cook have the vision in four years when that pipeline -- comes to market -- >> that's what this story is about. >> i'm saying, in four years, so -- do they have the kind of company and culture where that bright idea is going to be fostered ask changed music, change the world, like it has today? >> obviously there is no other steve jobs. there's no one that can replace him. but -- this company's culture is very tough and very brutal. anyone that's there is pretty much dashes especially the top tier management team, you know, they are -- there is a lot of intel that has been, you know, extracted and taken down and, in fact, steve jobs brought in the former dean of the management school, joel, who has basically -- been tasked with building the case studies to basically take what the top management team knows and bring it down to the next layer. >> what about marketing? that was steve jobs' real genius. >> unveilings. >> yes. he was a genius at that. >> product launches were unlike anything in any industry. i would argue it is not the marketing as much as the product. this is a company that's all about the product. apple does not say there is a hole in the market for this. let's fill it. apple says let's make the best thing we can make and people will buy them. that's what has happened across four, five entire industries. music, movies, computers, phones, i mean, just -- >> game changer. >> lee, thank you. good work on always being ahead on the curve. >> with my colleague. >> in "fortune." great coverage in "fortune" which you can see in money.com. i remember when the ipad -- ipod fist came out. i thought -- no one needs to carry all their music with them. >> that's why you don't have as much money as steve jobs right now. >> right. i guess the point, they didn't see a hole people needed to carry 600 songs, they invented something that did it well. >> american ingenuity. new this morning, bracing for hurricane irene. people on the east coast are getting the remnants of this week's earthquake. remnants? that would be an aftershock. 4.5 magnitude aftershock that hit virginia overnight. it was centered near the town of mineral. it is fourth and strongest aftershock since tuesday's quake. the quake did more damage than originally thought at the washington monument. engineers found three, four cracks at the top of the structure so the monument will remain closed for the foreseeable future. also, the quake caused significant damage to washington's national cathedral. it is expected to remain closed at least through saturday. a pilot and passenger were hurt at los angeles international airport last night when a jetway, the bridge between the plane and terminal, collapsed. the airport says it happened as people were leaving an american airlines plane that came in from chicago. the airline says it is pengtsing their jetway as a result of the accident. apparently they fell ten feet. as we discussed earlier, that's -- of all the things that worry people about air travel, that wasn't on the list. >> no. not on my long list of things worry about in air travel. amazing dash cam video to show you. shows an oklahoma city police cruiser in a head-on collision with an suv, there it is, traveling in the wrong direction. remarkably neither driver was injured. i can't believe that. neither driver was injured. the police deputies k-9 that was riding shotgun, the dog was okaokay dui, driving on the wrong side of the road. the unmanned rocket was carrying more than three tons of food and supplies. officials say it doesn't affect the six astronauts onboard the international space station. they say they have more than enough supplies to hold them over. russia, though, grounded all of these rockets while they investigate the crash. let's hope they get it worked out before they run out of food. they say they have a lot of food. they are oversupplied. 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tripoli hotel that became a prison. >> we were absolutely terrified that, you know, the mood was going to change and we were going to be shot. >> journalists slip out when the men who are holding them at gunpoint realize hey, moammar gadhafi is really through. matthew chance will bring us a firsthand account from inside the hotel every harrowing step. that's coming your way next. >> ever hear the praise someone is a heart attack waiting to happen? you don't have to look the part to be at risk. dr. sanjay gupta explains the warning signs that you may not see coming. ar as a teacher, setting that goal to become a principal. but, i have to support my family, so how do i go back to school? university of phoenix made it doable. a lot of my instructors were principals in my district. i wouldn't be where i am without that degree. my name is dr. carrie buck. i helped turn an at-risk school into an award winning school, and i am a phoenix. 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it is easier to hear it from a woman especially one that speaks arabic than perhaps a man who you feel some sort of aggressive behavior towards. >> maybe. >> she did a terrific job. imagine the pressure on her negotiating with those men with guns, knowing that it was her responsibility right at that moment to get all of those international journalists free without being hurt. >> one thing -- one thing about matthew chance's demeanor, he was very calm in his live shots and phone conversations. he would say one -- this is an incredibly negative turn of events. hay said it -- >> like that. >> and he just -- >> had to go, i have to go now. >> they knew something dangerous was happening. amazing work. gosh, we are so glad they are out. >> absolutely. still to come, who is at risk for a heart attack? dr. sanjay gupta explains some of the warning signs. you may be surprised. iness is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and powerful devices like the motorola photon 4g. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. 51 minutes after the hour. a lot going on this morning. here's what you need to know to start your day. hurricane irene bounds the bhaumd bahamas. hurricane watches have been issued for parts of north carolina. evacuations are set to begin this morning and the navy is sending ships based in norfolk out to sea to ride out the storm. steve jobs has st. patrick's day down as the ceo of the tech giant that he helped create. he had been on medical leave since january and will stay on as apple's chairman. rick perry is now the leader of the republican pac. 29% of republicans and gop leaning independents favor perry. mitt romney comes in second at just 17%. it's a double-digit lead for perry. then there's ron paul with 13% and michele bachmann rounds out the top four at 10%. fearing a media circus, dr. conrad murray's attorney will be in court to ask that the jury be sequestered when the michael jackson trial begins next month. they pointed to the huge media frenzy around casey anthony saying this will be even bigger. you're caught up on the day's headlines, we're back in 60 seconds. how many times have you heard that phrase someone has a heart attack waiting to happen. it might surprise you to learn that you don't have to look the part to be the risk, a heart attack waiting to happen. >> medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has a one-hour documentary saturday called "the last heart attack" and looks at the issue. he joins us now. >> good morning. i think this is a really important message. there's a lot of people out there just like christine said. you said, that person doesn't look healthy, it looks like they have problems with their heart and they're perfectly fit. more importantly people that take great solice in that i look okay, therefore, there's no health problems brewing, tom was such a man. thin, active, ate healthy and then he underwent open heart surgery. it's a story that is all too common. take a look. >> i was doing some exercise about three weeks ago. a jogging routine that i do. and made it about 0.3 of a mile and then had the classic symptoms. the chest pain and then the pain down the left arm and shortness of breath. >> within days, he would need bypass surgery. the doctor has guaranteed he can see trouble coming years in advance, well before i'd need surgery if i do the right tests. >> so here's where the blood is flowing. and this is the lining. >> he is using an ultra sound to look for plaque in the carotid artery leading to my brain. a blockage here could cause a stroke and could be a sign i'm at increased risk for heart attack. >> unless you do the imaging and the advance testing, you are really playing russian roulette with your life. >> these are some bold statements certainly by the doctor, but the point is, and i think it's an important one, that you really have to take a look inside the body to get an idea of what's happening as opposed to judging a book by its cover. this is awe noninvasive, relatively cheap test. but if you want to have a better idea of what's happening, you know, the science is changing. there are things like this now available. >> all right, thanks very much for that. we're looking forward to the special. the special is this saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >> good stuff. >> very good stuff. we asked you this question, what should happen if moammar gadhafi is captured? this from robert. give him to the rebels, it's their business and should be their decision. what have we learned from iraq? this from reed. i think we should accept the fact that the most likely scenario is whoever finds him will kill him. though it would be responsible to turn him over just remember u.s. citizens were screaming kill him, kill him with osama bin laden so it wouldn't be a surprise if they felt the same way about gadhafi. >> william says that's up to the libyan people. they're the ones that should determine their own destiny and enforce their own laws considering the ill treatment gadhafi has given to others for decades. whatever he gets will be too good for him. keep the comments coming, facebook.com/americanmorning. in the next hour, he is the eye in apple, so what will apple do now with steve jobs out as ceo? we'll ask a proud mac geek. >> what does that mean for your stock? do you have apple stock? we'll tell you what to do next. 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[ female announcer ] ask the doctor about your loved one trying the exelon patch. visit exelonpatch.com to learn more. battering the bahamas. i'm christine romans. hurricane irene churning into a monster storm this hour. fears the united states is next. wanted dead or alive. i'm carol costello. moammar gadhafi now running for his life with a million dollar bounty on his head. apple after steve jobs. the man who catapulted this tech giant into america's second most valuable firm has resigned. what it means for the company that changed the way you live on this "american morning." and good morning, everyone. it is thursday, august 25th. it's been a week that's seen a 42-year-long dictator lose his roost in egypt, an earthquake on the east coast and now a very big hurricane coming right at us. >> hurricane irene is hitting the bahamas right now. power is out. we are getting some reports that homes have been destroyed. >> a category 3 storm on its way to the united states. right now hurricane watches are in effect for parts of north carolina. >> jim spellman is in the bahamas in the town of nassau. barbara starr is at the pentagon. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina and jacqui jeras is in the cnn weather headquarters. jim, what do you see there in nassau. >> reporter: the winds have really picked up just in the last hour. we're starting to see i think the beginning of a storm surge. the waves have really picked up and you can see it just pouring out over the sea walls here onto the streets that line the coast here. they have been dealing with this for hours and they'll deal with it a few hours more. we think we'll be entering the peak period before it passes on. they have done all the preparing they can do. everyone is hunkered down. we haven't seen anyone out and about. they're hoping to make it through the next few hours, the peak of the storm here in nassau. >> all right, jim, we know you're going to be battered for much of the day. stay safe because the wind is really blowing down there. >> and the u.s. navy is ordering its warships to move out of irene's path. barbara starr has new developments from the pentagon. what's going on? >> reporter: at this hour right at the top of 8:00 the navy began executing orders to set sail from norfolk, virginia, some 27 warships are now getting under way. they are putting out to sea today to get out of the way of irene because these very expensive ships can't stay in port and risk being damaged. so 27 ships going out to sea, including an aircraft carrier. a second aircraft carrier will go to a naval yard where it is sheltered. and 28 additional ships will seek more sheltered areas. they will be moved into safer areas and remain in the norfolk area. but this is a massive movement of military personnel. 27 ships going out to sea. they'll be done by tonight and all be out of irene's way. this means hundreds if not thousands of navy crew are going to be right in the storm out at sea while their families, of course action are back on shore. but there's really no choice here, they have to get these ships out of the way of the storm because the damage will be too severe. they will make a decision in the next several hours about moving aircraft as well. ali. >> barbara, thanks very much. we'll stay on top of that as well. >> there are evacuations already under way in north carolina. john zarrella is on wrightsville beach. it looks so peaceful and nice, but that probably won't last very much longer. >> reporter: no, we've probably got 36 more hours of this good weather here in north carolina. we're actually under a tropical storm watch here. just up the road starting in surf city and including all the outer banks is where the hurricane watch is now in effect. that was issued by the national hurricane center this morning. you know, they issue those as best they can in the morning or early afternoon, so that people have a chance during the daylight hours to start preparing. they don't like to issue those warnings at night and then people don't realize they're in place until the next morning. now, you know, you mentioned it's really kind of nice here. people taking advantage of the beach as well. the surf is starting to pick up all up and down the east coast. good opportunity for people to get out, enjoy the water. but by the same token, we know that as you move closer and the wave action continues to build, it's going to get really dangerous with rip currents and undertows and people do not belong in the water. now here's the front page of yesterday's paper actually here. "storm watch." and that's what people from north carolina all the way up the east coast into new england where you folks are are doing today and will be doing tomorrow, because, you know, it's just not clear exactly where the storm is going. now, they have mandatory evacuation orders already issued for the outer banks for tourists in the outer banks and a lot of those folks there are saying, you know what, we're still going to wait and see what happens. >> they always do that. some people throw hurricane parties and ride out the storm that way. crazy stuff. >> reporter: you know, carol, what's interesting too is that down at the florida marlins baseball game, they played a doubleheader yesterday against the cincinnati reds, and i think there may be a photo, an image of the stadium, because they were concerned about the fact that they were going to have bad storm today and they couldn't play that second -- the doubleheader. they only had 347 people at the first game of that doubleheader yesterday, which i'm just saying it may not be so much the hurricane coming as the fact that they're in last place. >> yeah, but still, where's the loyal fans? as a baseball fan, that hurts my heart. john zarrella, thank you so much. jacqui jeras is in the cnn hurricane headquarters. did i tell you tropical depression number ten has formed? don't worry about it yet. >> i don't think we'll have to worry about it at all. it's way over by the cape verde islands and will head north. just to let you know i know it's there, but don't worry about it. anyway, all right, so let's get to first and foremost. john was talking about the marlins game and what's going on in florida. let's start there because this radar really shows you some of those outer bands beginning to move into ft. lauderdale and miami. winds are going to be picking up today. 40-mile-an-hour gusts easy, especially as the thunderstorms roll through. beach erosion expected and a high risk of rip currents, so be really careful. today is not a day to go into the water. so this storm continues to hold very strong. this is a very powerful major hurricane, category 3, 115-mile-per-hour winds. we're going to see some changes in that intensity, likely to get a little stronger, at times might get a little weaker. we saw jim spellman's live shot out of nassau. this hurricane is about 60 miles away from there. the hurricane-force winds extend out 70 miles from the center of the storm so those hurricane-force winds now lashing nassau and will continue to do so over the next couple of hours. the storm is moving northwest and we're expecting it to start to take a gradual pull on up towards the north. so as you look at that forecast track, you can see it parallels that coastline a bit, making it a little more challenging for picking an exact spot for landfall. being this is such a huge storm, you need to prepare for it and all of this whole area is going to be feeling the impact from the winds regardless. the closest approach is going to be happening on saturday, we think likely in the afternoon and evening and ripping its way on up through the northeast and this will cause a lot of power outages, a lot of flooding all across the area. this is a powerful storm. you can track it all throughout the weekend as well, cnn.com/hurricane. you can see the satellite, you can see the latest track, so make sure you watch us on the web as well. >> we certainly will. thanks. >> she said these hurricanes are so unpredictable there's no way to know this far ahead exactly where they may it, where it may hit. fema is telling the entire eastern seaboard to be alert and ready. we spoke with craig fugate last hour and here's his advice. >> i think the biggest concern is getting people to pay attention and make sure they're ready. you know, if you've got your plan, you've got your supplies and you checked everything, then you're in good shape. the only thing you've got to be ready is if the local officials call for evacuation orders and you're in that zone, be ready to go. what is really critical, a lot of people look to fema for the answers. these answers about what impacts you can have and what you need to do in your community are going to come from your local officials. >> all right. a new aftershock from this week's east coast earthquake rattling plenty of nerves overnight. it was centered near the town of mineral, virginia. it's the fourth and strongest yet from the initial 5.8 quake on tuesday. the tremors were felt in virginia, maryland, pennsylvania, washington, d.c. no reports of any damage from those aftershocks. >> but actually that initial quake did more damage than originally thought at the washington monument. engineers found numerous cracks at the top of the structure, so the monument will remain closed for the foreseeable future. also significant damage to washington's beautiful national cathedral. it remains closed. the dean of the cathedral is confident they'll be able to hold the special events planned to mark ten years since the september 11th attacks. that's what they're hopping. but there's damage to the spires and beautiful sculptures on the lawn. really sad but hopefully they'll have it all fixed up and they're also asking for donations, i'm just saying. if only we could talk to the animals. the national zoo says many of the animals started going wild about five to ten seconds before the earthquake struck on tuesday. the apes went for the high ground. orangutans bell owed. a gorilla grabbed her baby minutes before the quake. the lemurs reacted a full 15 minutes before it struck. take a look. >> all of these behaviors were atypical given the behaviors that we observe in these animals at this time of day every single day. >> we thought it was strange. we stopped what we were doing and we watched her and then we knew what was going on once we felt the shaking. >> so many animals actually have these extra sensory abilities and could warn of things like a quake or even heart attacks in humans. i did hear the pandas did nothing. so if you have a pet panda at home, it is not an early warning signal for the hurricane. >> i just wish they could have sent in some ireports. >> i actually saw the story and it said animals react to the hurricane. which i just assumed, are we interviewing animals now? >> no, the headline said animals react to hurricane, exempt for the pandas. >> i thought the pandas were whatever, we've seen hurricanes before. i don't care. it's very interesting. if i could find out what reacted well, that would be a good pet to have. >> i saw video of a dog that ran to the window just a few seconds before it hit. the owner is like why is the dog looking out the window and then everything started to shake. tech visionary steve jobs stepping down as ceo of apple. this man changed the way people live. now what will the company do without him? can apple keep its momentum and stay ahead of the competition? also ahead, an airport horror story. two people walking off an airplane last night at l.a.x. when suddenly the jetway collapsed beneath them. frightening new video. a head-on crash between a cop car and an suv going the wrong direction. check this out, he never saw it coming. we'll tell you what happens after the break. 12 minutes after the hour. yup, we had a good year at chevy. they gave us a consumers digest best buy award. then they gave us an iihs top safety pick and you... well, you gave us your approval. so we thought, why not give a little back. the chevy model year wrap up. get in on our greatest model year yet. and now, very-well qualified lessees can get a low mileage lease on a chevy cruze ls for around $169 a month. our greatest model year yet is wrapping up. really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? 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>> most certainly. the company has got huge momentum and it is going to thrive with or without him. you know, will it have the same magic? i don't know. it's definitely the end of an era. >> it certainly is. you think two, three, four years down the road when the things he's got his hands in now may be coming to market, is there the culture at this company to make sure that the magic that steve has woven will continue with other people? >> yeah, i certainly think so. he has embedded his dna really deep in that company in the last ten years. it works like clockwork, you know, with all these different processes he's set up and i think that's the most important thing. he has a deep management team and a lot of creative processes already in place that i think the company will continue to function okay without him. >> what about the note, the resignation letter. in a way it's just so sad having followed him for so long to hear him say in just four paragraphs, you know, i said if i wasn't up to performing my duties for apple that i'd step back and that's what i have to do. for people who love this man and think that he has been such a visionary for america, it's kind of -- it's a really sad way to resign, isn't it? >> yeah, it was very abrupt. we all knew it was coming, of course, but it was abrupt. his letter was classic steve jobs. it was unsentimental and curt, short and to the point. for the fans it doesn't do a lot, but it's very much in character with him. >> what about the fact that he's staying on as chairman, he'd like to stay on as chairman. that means there will be steve jobs' magic -- and you say his dna is embedded in the whole corporate culture. what's the significance of staying on as chairman. >> hopefully he'll be involved in all the major strategic decisions and he'll be doing deal making and a lot of high level stuff that he's so good at. but it will be interesting. he still has a hand in the company, still an employee and hopefully will show up for product presentations and let's hope he's in that position for quite some time. >> it's really remarkable, the way we listen to music, the way we get information, the way we get the news, the way we use the telephone, all of these have changed because of apple under steve jobs. the company sells something like 70 ipads a minute. you have to go all the way back to thomas edison to talk about a company and leader that have changed the way we use technology. i guess -- i guess can this company ever have a period of progress matched like this ever again? i mean you just think of how much they have accomplished over the past four or five years. it's phenomenal. >> yeah, i doubt it. this is a single individual. he has had, you know, a massive include on all of our lives, you know, going back to the '70s. it's been a remarkable career. one massive disruption after another. most ceos are happy if they have one or two hits and jobs has had 30 years of hits. >> stockholders have loved this company. you always hear people who bought it at 2, i bought it at 10, i bought it at 30. now it's down maybe $3 overseas in german trading, but i'm wondering, what are you hearing, what are people saying about the possibility for this stock? can the stock continue to have a 500% or 400% return over five years without steve jobs as the ceo? >> i think so. >> really? >> it's going to take a hit today for sure. because the company has such momentum. they're just at the beginning of the whole ipad revolution. i think the ipad, iphone and mobile devices will be bigger than the pc already was and apple already owns this market. this is a massive market. the company is firing on all cylinders. they have got -- already got a pipeline for several years of products. i think the stock is going to go -- long term will be a very goodbye. i hate to say it but today will be a good buying opportunity for people who are long on apple. >> all right, nice to talk to you. thanks so much. >> okay, thank you. we're following new developments from libya right now. die hard gadhafi loyalists engaged in a firefight with rebel forces at the former gadhafi compound. we've seen plumes of smoke rising from the compound this morning. no sign of kbagadhafi himself. rebel leaders are offering a reward for his capture dead or alive. nato is assisting the rebels with intelligence and re consans in that manhunt. the question for you this morning, what should happen if gadhafi is captured? moammar gadhafi remains at large. the slippery dictator has evaded capture, only to pop up on the radio vowing to fight against the rebels for months or even years. gadhafi spokesman has added we will turn libya into a volcano of lava and fire under the feet of the invaders and their treacherous agents. while we all wait for the hot magma to start flowing, retired major general spider marks says that this kind of rhetoric closes the door to a peaceful surrender by gadhafi. >> somebody needs to shoot him in the face or -- and i don't know that there's an alternative. >> libyan rebels have now put up a $1.4 million bounty to anyone who kills or captures gadhafi. still knowing the eyes of the world are upon them, the rebels have also said they would offer gadhafi a fair trial if captured alive. the international criminal court and the hague wants gadhafi too. it has warrants out for the arrest of gadhafi and one of his sons. we know what a criminal trail in a hague would look like. if it took place in libya, would it resemble hosni mubarak's trial in egypt or saddam hussein's trial in iraq? a videotape shows people taunting him and it became an international controversy. so the talkback today, what should happen if gadhafi is captured? facebook.com/americanmorning. i'll read your comments later this hour. up next, the market rally, will it hold this morning? could there be four days in a row? we'll check the numbers for you. i have good news though, for coffee lovers. your daily fix is getting cheaper. i'll tell you about that after the break. it's 24 minutes after the hour. ♪ [ dr. ling ] i need to get the results from the m.r.i. see if the blood work is ready. review ms. cooper's history. and i want to see katie before she goes home. 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"american morning" back with all the details after this break. 31 minutes past the hour. happening right now, hurricane irene now a powerful category 3 storm with winds topping 115 miles per hour. it's expected to get even stronger, possibly churning into a category 4. the u.s. navy is sending 27 ships based in norfolk, virginia, out to sea just in case to ride out the storm. >> as a non-sea faring fellow i find that interesting, that a ship can withstand these things because they don't get battered around. irene is pounding the bahamas right now. dozens of homes have been destroyed, trees ripped out of the ground. you can get a real sense of the power of this storm. it has knocked out power in some areas of the bahamas. residents are dealing with severe flooding as well. >> overnight hurricane watches have been issued for some parts of north carolina. residents told to get ready for irene's worst. and mandatory evacuations are under way for vacationers. john zarrella joins us live from wrightsville beach where it is beautiful right now, but you've got 36 hours of beauty left before the beast rolls in. hi there. >> reporter: yeah, that's about right, christine. what you're seeing down in the bahamas, that video, for all you folks up from north carolina north into new england, what they're seeing there is what is quite possibly what we're going to be experiencing starting sometime saturday here. this is not a storm to take lightly. it is paralleling the u.s. east coast, which means tens of millions of people could very well be affected, depending on whether it slides a little to the left or a little to the right. and remember historically, 1991, hurricane bob hit around boston, massachusetts. 1985 you folks saw the hurricane gloria come right up there into long island. but the big one was 1938, the storm they called the yankee clipper. the most powerful hurricane to ever strike the new england area. we're not saying this could be that kind of a storm, but the folks in new england who haven't experienced very many hurricanes need to take this seriously. and remember, the greatest loss of life from storms is not storm surge any longer but inland flooding. when you start to see that water rise, people try to get out of the way, they get bogged down in their cars and that's where the greatest loss of life from these kinds of storms are. so this is not to be taken lightly. people need to start paying very close attention to the forecasts and to their local emergency managers about where exactly this storm is starting to track. >> a lot of hurricanes, but even you didn't cover the yankee clipper in 1938. >> reporter: no, i did not. that's one i did miss. >> you haven't missed any other, certainly in recent memory. john, you will always be safe. he knows how to take care of it. take a look at what's going on in miami right now. >> because it's cloudy, i think it's about 80. you can see -- well, it's cloudy so the outer bands are starting to lap, but it's going to be rainy, believe it or not, and wind later today and we all know why, right? >> well, i think that florida, it's going to miss the brunt of this storm. >> take a look at this map i have for you. i put the visible satellite along with the radar there and there you can see the outer bands moving into florida already and the cloud shield already moving inpast the i-95 corridor. you'll feel gusts, a lot of beach erosion can be expected. i know you want to surf but it's a dangerous thing to do because we'll have major swells today and the threat of rip currents will be really high. even olympic swimmers have a tough time getting out of a rip current. if you get caught in one, swim parallel to the beach until you get out of the rip current and then make your way towards safety. let's talk a little more about some of these statistics on irene and where it is. it is closing in through the bahamas. it's about 67 miles away from nassau, a very intense category 3 storm. we call that a major hurricane with maximum winds around 115 miles per hour. it's going to be moving through the northwestern bahamas today, going about 200 miles east of the florida coast throughout the day today and tomorrow and then head towards the carolinas into saturday with a possible landfall late in the day on saturday. and then ripping on up towards that east coast. we heard john zarrella talking a little bit about the long island express. this is potentially taking a very similar track. he had some great information about that inland flooding because you know while not everybody will get the eye of this storm, everybody in this area will get all that rainfall. and this is a forecast for five days showing you how much rain. everybody in this whole area, the carolinas, new york city, atlantic city, washington, d.c., we're talking 6 to 12 inches of rainfall and it's already saturated. so huge flood concern. big concern for power outages too, guys. have your safety kit ready. we'll have more details on the safety kit about an hour from now. i'll pull out my little bag of tricks. you've been wondering what's inside of there. tune in an hour from now for that. >> people who watch before 9:00 a.m. don't get to see what you're supposed to have? >> bag of tricks. holding out on us. >> go to twitter and facebook. i have it posted there. >> thanks. while an earthquake aftershocks -- we've had an earthquake, we've had aftershocks of the earthquake, we've got this hurricane coming, one thing after another during president obama's vacation. the white house says the president has no plans to change his schedule in martha's vineyard this time. today is day seven of his nine-day trip. i would imagine he's not getting the peace that he might have thought he was getting. >> no, but let's say he goes back to washington. he'd feel the effects of the hurricane there, so why not just stay in martha's vineyard. >> i read that they gutted the white house kitchen, so i think if he came back early, they'd have to order chinese. up next, rebels in almost complete control of tripoli right now. the libyan war's focus turning into an all-out manhunt for moammar gadhafi. it's 38 minutes after the hour. questions still this morning, where is moammar gadhafi? it's a $1.4 million question. that's how much rebel leaders are offering as a bounty for capturing gadhafi dead or alive. >> meanwhile rebels are engaged in a fierce firefight to keep control of the former presidential compound in tripoli. sara sidner is on the ground there for us. >> reporter: we're here and suddenly we have been a witness to huge plumes of smoke that we believe are coming from the area around bab al aziziya, if not bab al aziziya itself. there appears to be a firefight still going on in that area. our team that has been there was not able to get all the way inside. they did see people coming from one part of bab al aziziya. they're not sure if it was rebels or if it was gadhafi forces, but they were armed. the situation still a security threat in and around bab al aziziya. right now we're seeing very large plumes of smoke from the south of martyr square which is in the same area. the situation is always changing here in tripoli. one moment everybody says rebels have control of 90% of the city and the next moment we hear there's some serious problems in sections in which they already said they had control of. so things change very quickly. we do know the city has been relatively quiet until this point in the day, about noon time here, so the big headline right now at this time is that there is a massive amount of smoke coming from the south of the square near gadhafi's former compound, bab al aziziya. sara sidner, cnn, tripoli. >> all the ink that is being spilled about this administration and what's happening in libya, what are the morning papers saying about libya. rebel fighters encountering fierce pockets of resistance with pro-gadhafi forces. our cnn on the ground reporting huge plumes of smoke coming from the compound in tripoli. today's paper, many writers wondering what effect libya will have on president obama's re-election. it was just a matter of time before they went there. a los angeles times op-ed said the president deserves credit for the way he's handled the war in libya, but in the end it won't make a difference with voters come election time. so he deserves the credit, but it won't matter. while it's possible, quote, that the president will get a bounce in the polls if moammar gadhafi is captured, it's not likely to help him much in 2012. the washington post says republicans are wrong for criticizing the president for his policy of limited engagement in libya. less than six months and no american casualties were obviously not good enough. should we have done this the way we did things in iraq? >> you remember when osama bin laden was killed. there were all sorts of people who got on tv and said this guarantees a re-election for president obama. we're all smart enough to know that nothing that happens that far from an election, what did you say, three days can -- >> i think you can boil it down. it's the economy, stupid. >> you're right. and it's going to be the economy in september and october and the first week of november of 2012 more than it's the economy now. >> and it will still then be it's the stupid economy too. no projections show huge job growth. >> we don't need huge. we just need things to feel better than they have in the previous several months. the reason we talk about a double-dip recession is na that we have one or evidence of one, it's so many people are not feeling better. >> no confidence. morning headlines coming your way next. it's 44 minutes past the hour. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can help. guard your medicare card. don't give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare stronger for all of us. 45 minutes past the hour. the labor department announcing 417,000 unemployment claims were filed for the first time last week. that is not great news for the economy. a footnote on this report, though, at least 8500 of those unemployment claims were due to the verizon worker strike that has since ended. economists were forecasting that the number of jobless claims fell last week. instead they increased by 5,000 from the week before. that news will likely move u.s. markets, which open about 45 minutes from now, in the wrong direction, right? right now futures on the dow and s&p 500 trading higher slightly. nasdaq futures are down ahead of the opening bell. steve jobs, the man behind apple's ipod, iphone and it pad has stepped down as ceo from the tech giant he helped create. jobs had been on medical leave since january. he'll stay on as apple's chairman. hurricane irene pounding central and southeastern bahamas leaving damage behind. hurricane watches have been issued for parts of north carolina. evacuations now under way. and the navy is sending ships based in norfolk, virginia, out to sea to ride out the storm. a pilot and a passenger were hurt at the los angeles international airport last night when a jetway collapsed. the two victims fell about ten feet when part of that jetway gave way. they were taken to the hospital. baltimore orioles pitching great mike flanagan has died. police say they found his body on a trail near his home in maryland. he won the cy young award for his stellar 1979 season with the o's. mike flanagan was 59 years old and a much beloved figure in baltimore. we'll miss him. casey anthony reported for probation in florida last night. an appeals court ruling, she must serve a year after being convicted on check fraud charges. anthony, as you know, was acquitted of murder charges in the death of her daughter, caylee. and texas governor rick perry is now the leader of the pack, the republican pac that is. 29% of republicans and gop-leaning independents favor perry. mitt romney comes in second with 17%. that's the news you need to start your day. "american morning" back after this break. for the american family now, this is a joke coming up but the best way to save for retirement is to keep your first wife. we don't know who said that and it's kind of a sexist joke, but people in the south aren't following this advice. a new census bureau report says the south has the highest rate of divorce. this in the year 2009. the northeast has the lowest rate of divorce. the states with below average rates of divorce are in blue. the above average rates of divorce are in red. it gives new meaning to red states and blue states. arkansas had the highest divorce rate, about 13.5 for every 1,000 men. i don't know why it was just men because to divorce in most of these places it takes two. the report says people in the south get married earlier. they divorce more. they get married again sooner. so more marriages equal more divorces too, i guess. women who got divorced were also more likely to be in poverty than recently divorced men. >> there has to be -- that's really interesting. >> isn't that interesting? >> i'm going to delve into that further. those figures came from the census report. >> it could be the weather. >> what, it's colder in the northeast so we have to huddle together? >> yeah, you lose your spouse, your heating bill goes up. >> i think that would be a good question for tomorrow. >> that's the only thing i can surmise. >> and it's as good a theory as any. >> there you go. he was the candidate who went jogging straight to mcdonald's. bill clinton now going vegan. the 65-year-old former president says several doctors convinced him to follow a low-fat, plant-based diet. now, the strictest type of vegetarians -- vegans are the strictest type of vegetarian there is. president clinton had quadruple bypass in 2004 and stent surgery in 2010. >> less than 1% are true, true vegans. >> it's tough. it's even tough to find food to eat that is vegan appropriate. >> i know. i've never found vegan at mcdonald's. >> that's one of those stories that i can just tell, i can't comment on. i can't get involved in. a man with trouble with reading inspired his new technology. dr. sanjay gupta has the story. >> reporter: for ben voss who has dyslexia, this device is something he doesn't leave home without. >> i can get semisweet or really sweet or that could screw up the recipe. >> reporter: the intel reader, a device he helped design turns written words into speech. >> once you use the technology, take the picture, allow it to process, at that point if you're good at being able to listen at 250 words per minute, you can essentially catch right up. >> i can eliminate a lot of challenges. when most people are reading, they're hearing language. i don't. when i read text, it's like having a bad cell phone connection to the page. things drop out, i miss pieces of information. when i was a kid, my mom would read out loud to me, which wasn't a big deal. when i went to college, i used to fax my term papers home and she'd read them to me over the phone so i could find my own spelling mistakes. >> reporter: remarkably the next step was stanford law. >> at one point you say you want to go to law school. was that to say you know what, i'm going to do this in spite of dyslexia? >> i would do it despite of the books. i was a very good public speaker. >> reporter: still, he got his law degree and a business degree. ben says it was his own experience with dyslexia that drove him to develop the device. >> that was basically so i didn't have to call my mom every time i needed something read, like good for me. good for my mom. the result was that i wanted to be able to take a photograph of any printed material and read it on the spot. >> reporter: nowadays ben helps fight for folks just like him. as the executive director of a disability rights organization. >> think about who you are and what your story is. >> reporter: he encourages people to be open about their disabilities and to find ways to adapt. >> definitely faster than i read, but it's doable. >> doable. >> but you can listen that fast? >> i can. but that's the result of years of practice. you spend five years learning how to master text. i spent five years learning how to master this. >> it's amazing to hear him describe it as he does. he said he once had to give -- was invited to a white house event but got his social security number because of his dyslexia so couldn't get in. reading a menu at restaurants, even medications he has sometimes had trouble with because of the dyslexia, so that's his real life and that's why he came up with this device. >> have you got the device with you? >> yeah. >> how does it work? >> this is it here. take a look. basically it's something you carry around and it basically takes a photograph. if you take a photograph of language over here, it process it for a second and then basically shows you the written word but also -- >> you can speed up the language to about 250 words per minute, which is fast. that's what ben listens at. but for someone who struggles, it gives them the ability to function in society at a pace that is reasonable. end of document. >> that's it. >> you can pick up the pace? >> what ben is talking about, that was 110 words per minute but he uses all the time. he can put it up to 250 words per minute and as a result is almost getting that information off labels or off reading as fast as someone is reading it. >> that's great. >> so it works pretty well for him. >> thanks, sanjay. >> you're welcome. coming up next are the answers to the talkback question of the day. what should happen if moammar gadhafi is captured? 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[ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. get back to the things that matter most. good job girls. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. we asked you this question, what would happen if moammar gadhafi is captured. this from dan. if at all possible, he should be captured and turned over the international criminal court for trial. unfortunately, libya doesn't have the infrastructure or judicial system needed to fairly try him in that country. this from benia. executing him without making him face trial is definitely not the right, humanitarian or lawful way to take him down into history. however, if he is found by any of the rebel fighters, i don't think he'll be alive for another moment. i think the bigger concern is how libya is going to get itself organized again. and this from chase. the united states should stay out of the fate of gadhafi. he may be a murderer b

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