branson and kate winslet springs to the action, rescuing the billionaire s 90-year-old mom. dramatic story in branson s own words today, tuesday, august dramatic story in branson s own words today, tuesday, august 23rd, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m ann curry. i m carl quintanilla in for matt this morning. hurricane irene is rapidly gaining strength. some 60 million americans from florida to massachusetts could be impacted by the storm. but this morning the immediate concerns are for the islands of turks and caicos and the bahamas. you can see irene s incredible size and intensity in this video taken from international space station. we re going get the latest from al straight ahead. also ahead, a police officer in california is recovering after being shot in the neck as he responded to a call just north of san diego. dramatic scene caught on camera. we re going to tell you what sparked that shooting.