shook the east coast almost 24 hours ago. i want to start with a huge and still growing hurricane irene. chad myers is watching it all for us. what s it doing now, chad? and exactly where might it be headed? well, it s headed to the bahamas. and right now, if you want to get a map, it s right over crooked island in the bahamas. and later on it ll be going over long island at the bahamas. the irony is that there s the potential, at least in the cone that in four days it could go over long island, new york. right now at 115 miles per hour forecast to get significantly stronger than that. and let me tell you why. for a while, it was being torn up by the mountains of haiti and the dominican republic. and there are still mountains here in cuba, as well. and those mountains kind of push in dry air. and hurricanes like moist air. so the moisture is coming from the water right now. getting stronger, going over the bahamas, and then turning right, and that right turn has been foreca
decided monday and tuesday belonged to texas governor rick perry, whose stunning entrance to the presidential race vaulted him to the front of the race. charismatic. he brings a new excitement and a lot of buzz to the g.o.p. landscape. jon: in fact, perry reminds me a bit of a former republican contender michele bachmann, who brought so much excitement and buzz to the g.o.p. landscape lo those many hours ago. [laughter] as of tuesday night, michele bachmann s win and rick perry s jolt of excitement belong to the ages. squirrel. so do you think this is the field, or are we waiting for paulyan? are we going to see some other people like paul ryan? somebody who can maybe appeal to moderate voters, paul ryan. he s very young at 41. but he has ideas. i hope he returns. [laughter] jon: that was all from today. why is that? it s never enough for the media. they re like children. mom, can i get a paul ryan? i just got you a rick perry, and you already broke your
we re very excited about that. much more dynamic in non-puppet form. our coverage of the elephant stampede to the white house continues. as you may recall, sunday belonged to the fiery congresswoman from minnesota michele bachmann, whose performance at the ames straw pole vaulted her to the front of the race. first of all, congratulations on your victory. jon: but that was sunday. [laughter] after careful reflection, it was decided monday and tuesday belonged to texas governor rick perry, whose stunning entrance to the presidential race vaulted him to the front of the race. charismatic. he brings a new excitement and a lot of buzz to the g.o.p. landscape. jon: in fact, perry reminds me a bit of a former republican contender michele bachmann, who brought so much excitement and buzz to the g.o.p. landscape lo those many hours ago. [laughter] as of tuesday night, michele bachmann s win and rick perry s jolt of excitement belong to the ages. squirrel. so do you think th
(crowd groaning) what are you doing, frank? come on, frank, son of a bitch! the wet t-shirt contest is off! why? she s only 12 years old. what?! (crowd expressing shock) twelve? 12, charlie. that actually explains a lot. wait, where are you guys going? you guys don t have to leave. wait a second. n-no, stay and drink. we didn t know she was 12. we had no idea. hey, w-we didn t know she was 12. great! great! goddamn it! well, there goes the pub crawl. aw, son of a bitch. well. i feel better about myself. why? uh, all i did was sleep with a toothless, oily busboy for a recipe. charlie banged a 12-year-old. no, i didn t. what? yeah, i didn t even kiss that girl. like, nothing happened. really? yeah, absolutely. i can t believe you banged a toothless busboy. (men snickering) those goddamn north koreans. they are some sneaky bastards. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org august 17, 2011. from comedy central s wor
thing. cnn newsroom continues right now with randi kaye. hi there, suzanne. thank you. well, three major stories on the radar this hour. starting with a major hurricane. category 3 irene batters the bahamas and eyes the carolinas. chad myers is watching that. a hostage ordeal is over in tripoli, but the fighting goes on, and moammar gadhafi still out of sight. and washington surveys the damage from the earthquake that shook the east coast almost 24 hours ago. i want to start with a huge and still growing hurricane irene. chad myers is watching it all for us. what s it doing now, chad? and exactly where might it be headed? well, it s headed to the bahamas. and right now, if you want to get a map, it s right over crooked island in the bahamas. and later on it ll be going over long island at the bahamas. the irony is that there s the potential, at least in the cone that in four days it could go over long island, new york. right now at 115 miles per hour forecast to get