after irene does this to the bahamas, what could it do to the new york skyscrapers and subways. is new york city facing a doomsday scenario. steve jobs, the iphone, the ipad and this. i m a mac. and i m a pc. tonight, the man who started apple with jobs, the legendary steve wozniak. is this the last gasp of moammar gadhafi? do not leave tripoli. fight them. destroy them. rebels advance in tripoli. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. my one-on-one with steve wozniak is coming up. but first, estimates the storm could cause a stunning $11 billion in damage. if it continues on its current path. tonight, with this monster growing stronger, governors all the way from north carolina to connecticut have already declared states of emergency. amtrak is canceling trains south of washington, airlines are canceling flights. new york may shut down the subways on saturday. millions of people preparing for the worst of a storm. today, wind gusts up to 115 miles an hou
rockaways. in addition, you should know that mta service, including subways, buses and railroads will begin to shut down tomorrow at noon. we ll discuss that and other measures in a moment depending on the effect of the storm, let me caution you in regards to the mta that service may or may not be restored in time for rush hour monday morning. i would urge employees checking with their employers regarding business openings on monday. cnn s reporters are showing us some of the stormy surf in florida. video shot by sheterly, don off new smyrna beach. amazing how rough the ocean is there. janet napolitano telling people not to mess around with this storm. she briefed president obama by phone earlier today and the president is going to leave marthas vineyard a short and return day short and return from his vacation. he s urging americans to prepare for the worst. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precaut
cracks they described as significant. the monument is the tallest structure in the capital, and about 100 miles from t t epicenter of the 5.8 quake. and we turn next to libya, where the rebels are firming up their grip on tripoli, despite skirmishes with gadhafi supporters. yesterday, one group of loyalists was convinced to release the journalists they had been holding for days. diana alvear has that story. reporter: after being held against their will in a hotel for six days, dozens of journalists were finally set free. good to see you guys. everybody is safe? everyone s fine. reporter: held captive at tripoli s rixos hotel, by guards loyal to moammar gadhafi. they were released to the red cross. it s the latest in a series of victories for rebel forces. efforts to find the dictator have proved fruitless. and reports that three of his sons were in custody turned out
we re as far as we can go inside the gadhafi cocoound. let s go this way, please. those snipers hit this rebel in the neck. he died before our eyes. he lived to taste just one day of a free libya. there was no concern for the safety of 35 journalists and others being held by gadhafi s loyalist at the rixos hotel. armed guards roamed the corridors. they were running out of food. they were released. bbc s matthew price was one of them. they simply did not believe that the city could fall. they believed they were protecting us from the rebels. reporter: every trace of gadhafi was being erased with vengeance. green flags stomped on. his portrait riddled with bullets. where is he? possibly underground. the search is on for a network of underground tunnels that were built for just such an escape in tripoli. one is said to stretch from compound, 2.5 miles downtown. gadhafi is believed to have
fine. then after north carolina, irene could hit new york and new england late this weekend. keep watching for latest turns in the hurricane s track. right now, a firefight is under way outside a cluster of buildings in tripoli. libyan rebels believe they have moammar gadhafi pinned down. they believe he is hiding in apartments in his compound. rebels have put $1.5 million bounty on gadhafi. he is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes. moammar gadhafi s son, wants a cease-fire to stop the bloodshed in tripoli. saadi contacted nic robertson by e-mail. reporter: he said he wants to negotiate a cease-fire. he doesn t want it to be syria. he wants help in the negotiations. he says he has reached out to washington and reached out to nato. he wants help in doing this. rebels claim they captured three of gadhafi s sons this week, including saadi. but saadi s status is not clear. the number of americans filing first time jobless claims is up agai