duarte is in washington with the latest. reporter: most of the images funneled through state media, as such parted of a well choreographed morning ritual. tens of thousands line the streets of pyongyang as they say good-bye to kim jong-il. sobbing uncontrollably, they waited for a glimpse of their dear leader s kaskt. at one point, state tv showed mourners following to their knees. kim who ruled the nation with an iron fist died earlier this month of a heart attack. his youngest son kim jong-un led the military profession. it s only been days since kim s death answership and his son is being hailed as the next leader. some analyst believe the transition could mark a turning point for the country and its relationship with the rest of the world. it may very well be a moment of opportunity for north korea. on the other hand, they are a nuclear power and they have tested this nuclear power. reporter: for now, north korea s focus on grieving the loss of its late leader. toda
the east coast. irene will hit the western bahamas later today. significant damages reported on smaller, less populated islands. the storm center is currently about 150 miles east-southeast of nassau. irene is a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour, and is expected to strengthen today. storm watches for the carolinas will likely be posted this morning. irene is moving north-northeast, heading up the atlantic coast. the storm could make landfall anywhere from north carolina to new england, but looks likely to affect much of the eastern seaboard. as irene heads north the navy has ordered ships at virginia s norfolk naval base to prepare to move. in north carolina the national guard is on standby and evacuations are under way along the outer banks. karen brown has more. reporter: north carolina residents are preparing for the first major hurricane along the east coast in years. irene could be north carolina s katrina. there is a bad feeling of that.
about 150 miles east-southeast of nassau. irene is a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour, and is expected to strengthen today. storm watches for the carolinas will likely be posted this morning. irene is moving north-northeast, heading up the atlantic coast. the storm could make landfall anywhere from north carolina to new england, but looks likely to affect much of the eastern seaboard. as irene heads north the navy has ordered ships at virginia s norfolk naval base to prepare to move. in north carolina the national guard is on standby and evacuations are under way along the outer banks. karen brown has more. reporter: north carolina residents are preparing for the first major hurricane along the east coast in years. irene could be north carolina s katrina. there is a bad feeling of that. reporter: irene s path is not certain but emergency officials are calling it an organized storm that could get stronger. the waters right now are around 87
turns ugly after a mother asked someone to shoot a passenger who criticiz criticiediiticized disciplining criticiz criticiediiticized disciplining child. captioning funded by cbs welcome to the early show, i m jeff glor joined by nancy cordes. breaking news from afghanistan, a terrible crash this morning, we re just learning more details about it. afghanistan s president says that 31 u.s. troops, special operations soldiers have died. cbs news correspondent charlie dagata is in london with the latest. charlie good morning to you. yes, we just had that announcement this morning from hamid karzai. 31 u.s. forces and seven afghan soldiers killed, one of the deadliest attacks. a nato chicago nook helicopter crashed in an anti-attack mission in kabul. the fighters shot down the helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade. the chicago nook was carrying u.s. and afghan forces in the wardak region during an operation against a suspected taliban compound that started shortl