moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night in a battle in northwest libya. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafi s wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge in algeria? reporter: you know, one of the interesting things is that algeria still recognizes moammar gadhafi as the leader of libya. they haven t yet recognized the transition council, the rebels, as traditional rulers now. so what happened in the early hours of the day is that moammar gadhafi s wife, daughter, two sons, showed up at the border and crossed over into algeria. they said they re taking them in on humanitarian grounds. the national transitional council say they want them back,
i m christine romans. hurricane forecasters feeling the heat because the wrath of irene didn t live up to all that hype. and i m carol costello. like a hurricane, rick perry stormed to the front of the gop presidential pack. the latest cnn polling gives him a double-digit lead over mitt romney. is the texas governor built for the long run? well, good morning. it is tuesday, august 30th. we are still dealing with the after effects of this hurricane. things for a lot of people starting to get back to normal. the river still cresting and could happen over the next day or two in some spots. water is still rising in parts of the country. we begin with hurricane irene. the storm s impact will be felt for months after the winds died down. the death toll rising to at least 27 people. along with the estimated cost, the cost of cleaning up this mess from north carolina through new england, obama administration officials will visit three states today that were hit hard by hurrican
into life-threatening torrents. we ll get an update in a few minutes. but first, breaking news on the international manhunt for moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafi s wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge in alge a algeria? reporter: you know, one of the interesting things is that algeria still recognizes moammar gadhafi as the leader of libya. so what happened in the early hours of the day is that moammar gadhafi s wife, daughter, two sons, showed up at the border and crossed over into algeria. they said they re taking them in on humanitarian grounds. they want them back and if algeria doesn t s
who may be in need of damage control after irene? plus graphic new evidence of brutality by moammar gadhafi and his inner circle. this just as we re hearing his wife and several children have now escaped libya. the pressure now growing to make sure gadhafi himself doesn t get away. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. raging water in the northeast so powerful it can sweep away cars and swallow up homes. right now vermont is devastated by the worst flooding in decades. cnn s amber lyon joins us from brattleboro in vermont. set the scene a little bit, amber, for what s going on. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? reporter: well, out here, wolf, had i been standing out here earlier yesterday, i would be completely under water. i want to come here and show you this brook right here, this is pretty much representative of what s across this state. this is wet stone brook, flowing more like a river now. it s about four feet wider than usual and look over her
this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than what s flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. listen now as rhode island s governor is speaking a short time ago. really what we re focusing on is getting the power back. rhode islanders without power getting antsy. they want to that s really where our focus is. we ll assessment damage and the cost and everything else. that s our priority right now. and in vermont, that is where it looks like the flooding is worse today. you know, some towns in the southern part of the state are completely underwater. others being battered by raging ri