yelling at us, and worse. other people are calling and wanting to buy a ticket. an uproar in arizona, a county republican party looks to raffle off a handgun very similar to the one used in the mass shooting that wounded congresswoman gabby giffords. and a cnn exclusive, documents found in libya that could prove damaging to the u.s. and speaking of libya instead of saying gadhafi, gadhafi all of the time, especially to avoid attracting attention between the local libyans, between ourselves we called him daddy. one of moammar gadhafi s former nurses shares details about her life with the deposed leader only to cnn, and this. if there is something anti-mexican about what i said, then i apologize for the anti-mexicanness of it. was that an apology? comedian cat williams trying to explain his rant targeting mexicans. i m susan hendricks at cnn world headquarters in atlanta in for don lemon. great to see you. you are in the cnn newsroom. wow. look at that. this i
powerful winds and heavy rain threatening the very same area ripped apart by hurricane katrina. some people are calling and yelling at us, and worse. other people are calling and wanting to buy a ticket. an uproar in arizona, a county republican party looks to raffle off a handgun very similar to the one used in the mass shooting that wounded congresswoman gabby giffords. and a cnn exclusive, documents found in libya that could prove damaging to the u.s. and speaking of libya instead of saying gadhafi, gadhafi all of the time, especially to avoid attracting attention between the local libyans, between ourselves we called him daddy. one of moammar gadhafi s former nurses shares details about her life with the deposed leader only to cnn, and this. if there is something anti-mexican about what i said, then i apologize for the anti-mexicanness of it. was that an apology? comedian cat williams trying to explain his rant targeting mexicans. i m susan hendricks at cn
it s important to say they are not saying there is a specific threat, but what they are saying is there is a continued threat. certainly from al qaeda and affiliate organizations, and it notes that briefly al qaeda and the terrorists groups have linked their attacks to significant dates, and of course 9/11, there couldn t be anymore specific or significant dates than that. you know, i was just talking with a friend that said is this something that we should really, really be worried about. the state department issues these, randy, on a regular basis. in fact, this supplements another caution that was issued. it s the responsibility of the state department to warn americans who are abroad about this. that said, it is, of course, 9/11, very significant and the state department is saying there s a continuing threat out there. but it s not a travel alert for those here at home, it s for those who are traveling abroad or residing abroad? yes, that s what the state department d
a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesn t look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firefighters are finally making some progress. they ve got about the fire half contained or so. we can do all the work by air we want, but as my instructors told me a long time ago, it s boots on the ground that gets it taken care of. employers added no jobs during august. the unemployment rate is unchanged at 9.1%. a couple things we should point out. the report was distorted because it counted thousands of verizon workers who went on strike but that were now back on the job. the numbers also i
heading back to washington, d.c. a day ahead of schedule. earlier he called irene a historic storm. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of the hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don t wait. don t delay. we all hope for the best but have to be prepared for the worst. irene is on track to follow the northeast corridor right up to new england and beyond. cnn is there. reynold wolf is in new jersey, and athena jones is in annapolis, maryland. we will start here in the weather center with cnn meteorologist, chad meyers. chad, give us an idea of where irene is now. not too much changed overnight. the storm did get a little stronger, and as it got stronger, you could see the eye. at 2:00 in the morning, you could truly see the eye. now we don t see it anymore. that tells me the storm is being torn up by a little bit of sheer. it s still a 105-mile-per-hour storm. it will not say category 3 or 4 anymore, but don t let your guard down.