to hurt the u.s. economy. nic robertson is in beirut, lebanon, with more on this. good morning, nic. reporter: good morning, carol. no surprise in many ways that aman al zawahiri would release an audio message, close to the anniversary of 9/11. leaders always like to do this, know this is a time when they get attention and can get the message out to their audience. he said al qaeda operatives should land a large strike on america, he said, even if it takes years of patience. he said that the boston bombing was an example of that p interesting, because in the past he s also talked about low mole and small type attacks, al qaeda s sympathizers and supporters know what they should do. the thrust of his message and quoted from the video message, not audio, quoting from it, we should bleed america economically by provoking it to continue its massive expenditure on its security, for the weak
the town board walk battered by sandy, now just rebuilt now burning to the beach. brand new details this morning and a message from governor chris christie. as soon as this is over we ll pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get back to work. plus the bird worth billions, twitter planning to go public, what it means for your feed in 140 characters or less. and the real life up. a 39-year-old man from raleigh, north carolina, attempting to cross the atlantic with 370 helium party balloons. it s no joke. you re live in the cnn newsroom. good morning, i m carol costello. thank you for joining me. the national weather service calls it biblical, and when you see the. ic tours out of colorado this morning, you will understand why. record rainfall has turned towns into islands, walls of water 20 feet high traveled swiftly through mountain canyons and now that the sun is up the colorado national guard will evacuate the town of lyons, colorado, all 2,000 residents. overn
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demonstrators to go home. the leader of al qaeda is speaking out about the crisis in egypt. a 14-minute audio message posted online is thought to be from aman al zawahiri. in it, he vows for muslims to step together to keep ejicht from becoming divided and he accuses washington of plotting mohamed morsi s overthrow. the crusaders, the seculars, the americanized army, mow bark s thugs and member of islamic parties with the support of americans plotting and money all agreed to topple mohamed morsi s government. cnn cannot verify the authenticity of that message. he s been in power for monthan three decades and robert mu gaub by has been elected to serve another term in zimbabwe. the country s election commission says the 89-year-old leader passed his rival by a 61-33 percent margin.
0 the foods we eat, both are blazing trails to a healthier, and perhaps more informed, future. and that s what earns them a spot on the next list. i m dr. sanjay gupta. thanks so much for watching. hope to see you back here next week. hello, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. welcome to the cnn newsroom. travelers are under a global alert on fears about terrorist attacks. embassies will be closing their doors tomorrow. we ll have responses from washington next. > aaron hernandez has written a letter from jail. the letter wasn t supposed to be made public, but it has. living under the sea is not just for fish anymore. the grandson of jacque cousteau has a unique new experiment. he s going to tell us all about it. a global travel alert is in effect right now for all americans around the world. that s after sources say there is growing intelligence that al qaeda is planning an attack possibly in the middle east or north africa. as a precaution, the u.s. is closing 22 embassies a