two years later? we ll explain. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. cuba, the gulf coast and florida are bracing for a brush with tropical storm isaac. preparations for the oncoming storm are already under way in cuba, which is isaac s next target. crews have been piling up sandbags and barricading homes, and we are already getting a firsthand look at what the powerful storm can do. isaac s gale force winds and pounding rains have been battering fragile haiti for hours now. power has been out on the southern coast, homes are damaged, trees uprooted, but the biggest danger may be still to come, and that is landslides. cnn s martin savidge has been getting tossed about by the winds and rains in jacmel, in southern haiti. martin, any letup there yet? you ve been getting the winds and the rains now for hours. reporter: yeah, randi, we re seeing a bit of an improvement, at least as far as easing of some of the wind. the wi
good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. cuba, the gulf coast and florida are bracing for a brush with tropical storm isaac. preparations for the oncoming storm are already under way in cuba, which is isaac s next target. crews have been piling up sandbags and barricading homes, and we are already getting a firsthand look at what the powerful storm can do. isaac s gale force winds and pounding rains have been battering fragile haiti for hours now. power has been out on the southern coast, homes are damaged, trees uprooted, but the biggest danger may be still to come, and that is landslides. cnn s martin savidge has been getting tossed about by the winds and rains in jacmel, in southern haiti. martin, any letup there yet? you ve been getting the winds and the rains now for hours. reporter: yeah, randi, we re seeing a bit of an improvement, at least as far as easing of some of the wind. the winds are not as severe as they have
while ago, but some of the folks around here living in the houses around here say they re still without power and they re still concerned. one gentleman i spoke with said that he s going to have to move his sister who just had a serious operation to a location that actually has working air conditioning so that she can survive this day where we expect the numbers to reach really high. i can tell you a few other things anecdotally. people told us they weren t able to sleep last night with the power out. some jurisdictions are having problems with 911 calling systems, like in fairfax, virginia, just outside of washington, d.c., in northern virginia on the other side. so a lot going on around here as workers try to get out and quickly restore th power safely and securely, poppi. tell me, athena, it s supposed to get over 100 degrees there today. are there fears that this heat is just going to be too much? and are people going to make use of these cooling stations there? repor
dangerous situation for those suffering through record-breaking heat. triple digit temperatures are making life absolutely miserable for about 100 million americans this weekend. that s about a third of our population. here s a look at today s predicted highs across the united states. let s go first to cnn s reporter live in atlanta in a cooling center where the heat is expected, nick, to hit 106 degrees. that makes me think back to the record here in atlanta in 2007. let s talk about how dangerous this is and what officials are doing. i know there are officials in missouri investigating three deaths that may be caused by heat already. this is a massive situation across atlanta. 22 states affected by this heat advisory. we have everywhere from little rock, arkansas, to greensboro, north carolina. i believe we have video of greensboro, north carolina, under that excessive heat warning. and in little rock, i m sorry, tulgsa, oklahoma, they re handing out portable air-conditio
women watching us on the armed forces network. a big thank you to you as well. we re just hours before tonight s debt reduction talks at the white house. live pictures there this morning. the ambitious hopes for a large-scale deal have been dashed. the apparent sticking point? taxes, here is how house speaker, john boehner, sees it as democrat and republican leader prepare for tonight s showdown. quote, despite good-faith efforts to find common ground, the white house will not pursue debt reductions without tax hikes. i believe the best approach may be to focus on producing smaller cuts, that still meets our call for spending reforms and cuts greater than the amount of the debt limit increase. the white house talking about expectations at those talks. here s what spokesman dan fiver had to say about it. he said we cannot ask the middle class and seniors to bear all the burden of higher costs and budget cuts. we need a balanced approach, he says that asks the very wealthiest