good sunday morning. it is september 4th. hope you are having a good start to your holiday weekend. i am t. j. holmes. we have some tornado warnings in place right now. all of this because of tropical storm lee. it is kicking up waves, slamming a boat here in mississippi, but this is a taste of what this thing is doing. we will have the latest on the watches and warnings in place and what tropical storm lee is doing. sexual assault charges against them have been dismissed, so dominic strauss-kahn got out of here and headed home to france. we ll have a live report to paris just ahead. one of the most anticipated republican speeches of the summer, and no, it did not come from one of the candidates. it was sarah palin. she was a headliner at a major tea party rally. we will let you know what she had to say. let s start with the slow-moving storm. it s soaking the gulf coast right now. tropical storm lee going at about 2 miles per hour, literally. can you go outside and tak
i ll get a live update from tripoli. in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. i ll have more on what he s saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a hero s welcome from man s best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. let s get right to it. we begin with libya where moammar gadhafi s government and rebels are offering very different takes on hats goi s w in that country. opposition leaders say they ve taken they are revolution in tripoli. one of gadhafi sons say they are losing every battle. cnn personnel say it seems like some of the most intense yet. before taking the fight into libya s capital, the rebels pushed government forces out of the key city, the oil refinery city of zawiya, about 30 miles from tripoli. cnn filealed this report and
family. take a look at this just released video. are london rioters firing at police helicopters. a live report in just a moment. severe storms strike the northeast, unleashing deadly flash floods and it s not over yet. the ohio valley could be next. but we start with the sputtering economy. president obama says there are steps we can take to spark the economy. watch. there are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. we can cut payroll taxes again so families have an extra thousand dollars to spend. we can pass a road construction bill so construction crews who are now sitting idle, can head back to the work site, rebuilding roads and bridges and airports. that s when the president s weekly address. ohio governor john kasich gave this morning s republican weekly address. the rebuttal, if you will. he says the real problem is leadership. white house correspondent dan lothian joins us now in martha s vi
the grammy-winning talent found dead. also, another new deadline set for the debt talks. house speaker, john boehner, says it s time to get this done, in a manner of hours before the asian markets open. hello to you all. i am t. j. holmes. today is the day where many can wave the 24-hour standard waiting period so they can get married right away. many are starting to collect at city office around the city. and suzanne candiotti joins me now. what is it like around the clerk s office this morning? reporter: there is no missing the nervous energy and excitement that i think any couple that is about to get married is facing, and beyond that, t. j., this is a day that many gay rights activist have been waiting for for a lifetime. you can see the couples lining up and have been here for a couple hours. some women in wedding gowns as well. a lot of tuxedos. and there are 800 couples getting married here, and more than half here at city hall. i spent some time yesterday helpin
and this is an ipad for $69. the big mistake that had people thinking they had gotten the bargain of the year. i want to start with another apology today. this from rupert murdoch. responding to the hacking scandal from the u.k. what this shows you, this tape, it is murdock going into a meeting with the family of the murdered british teenager. it was that teenager s hacked voice mails that sparked the outrage into the scandal. listen. shame on you. shame on you. shame on you. shame on you. mr. murdoch, will you tell us what you said to the family? if you just keep silent for a minute. it was a totally private meeting. keep your head down, mate. i m the founder of the company. i was appalled to find out i apologize. i have nothing more to say. nothing more to say at that moment. he did have more he went on to say. murdoch posted an ad in several british newspapers. he said, we are deeply sorry for the hurt suffered by the individuals affected. the news of the w