good morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. welcome to our viewers watching us in the u.s. and around the world, as we continue to follow a category 1 storm, hurricane irene, that is threatening about 20% of the u.s. population. some 65 million people in its path. it has been hammering north carolina with heavy rains and fierce winds for past several hours. it was just a couple of hours ago that it officially made landfall in north carolina. more than 200,000 people are without power as we speak, and the path of destruction is spreading as this storm continues to move north. major northeastern cities are in its sights, cities that aren t used to being tested for their hurricane preparedness. talking about washington, d.c., boston, new york city, as well. in fact, in some low-lying areas of new york, there has been an unprecedented mandatory evacuation in several places. that evacuation order is still in place, and some of those evacuations still underway. hospital patients, res
the sea walls, but i think the worst here is orr and it passed. amazing how well they ve weathered this here. we have not seen any damage. just a quick ride through downtown nassau, and it seems that they ve got lucky and their preparations really worked. some of the southern islands in the bahamas didn t make it well. we have reports of serious did he have tags in some of the settlements down there and even some of the biggest islands, cat island that are both popular tourist islands had just gotten hit there. still trying to get communications back up to get word and a look at damages on those islands as irene moves through. right here tentatively in nassau people are pleased that the worst didn t happen here and they made out relatively okay. randi. jim, we got reports of one community that was the 90% destroyed. are you hearing anything about injuries or even deaths? reporter: we haven t heard anything about injuries or deaths, but those communities in the settlements
carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. we ll have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the opposition s already got his cap. this guy took it out of his pal as. now they want that head that goes with it and they re willing to pay. $2.5 million for the dictator dead or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. running street battles all day. this video s from the capital s eastern neighborhoods not far from the airport. the field in opposition hands but still taking heavy shell, from loyalist fighters nearby, some of it just within the last-mile-per-hour or two. the two side exchanging artillery throughout the day. opposition commanders say they ve been trying to direct fire to minimize civilian casualties b
good evening, everyone. tonight, we have two big breaks stories. one is hurricane irene now officially a major storm. the view here from space it is huge. category 3 and getting stronger this hour. now pointed straight at the carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. we ll have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the opposition s already got his cap. this guy took it out of his palace. now they want that head that goes with it and they re willing to pay. $2.5 million for the dictator dead or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. [ gun fire ] running street battles all day. this is from the capital s eastern neighbors, not far from the airport. the field in opposition hands but still taking heavy shellin
again tonight we have two big breaking stories. one is hurricane irene now officially a major storm. the view here from space it is huge. category 3 and getting stronger this hour. now pointed straight at the carolinas and threatening the entire northeastern seaboard. we ll have a lot of details about that tonight. the other breaking story, of course, libya and the hunt for gadhafi. the opposition s already got his cap. this guy took it out of his palace. now they want that head that goes with it and they re willing to pay. $2.5 million for the dictator dead or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large is sending e-mails to our nick robertson. nick just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. this is from the capital s eastern neighborhoods, not far from the airport. the field in opposition hands but still taking heavy shell, from loyalist fighters nearby, some of it just within the la