canada. it s little more than a post tropical cyclone but has bruised the eastern united states with property damage, flooding, and power outages. at least 20 deaths have been linked to the storm. more than four million customers still don t have electricity. businesses have a lot of clean willi ing up to do. the governor of virginia expects more reports of damage and death today. a state police official in flooded out vermont is afraid of what his crews might discover. the flooding s really bad in vermont this morning. now that the storm has moved out, business owners in new jersey have serious cleaning up to do. irene s rain forced a river out of its banks and into downtown mi millburn. business owners are mopping up floors and basements that are full of water. we have more from mill burn. what s it look like, chris? reporter: good morning, carol. you know, things look a lot better here on the streets of millburn. they don t sound quite right. [ alarm ] reporter: the
tripo tripoli. is its leader, moammar gadhafi, going to stay and fight or could he possibly leave? and we ve just gotten this dramatic video showing armed rioters shooting at police in the british city of birmingham. so what s the latest in that investigation? we ll have a live report. let s get right to the breaking news of iran. iranian state television is reporting that two americans accused of spying have been sentenced to eight years in prison. shane bauer and josh fattal were arrested after crossing into iran during a 2009 hiking trip from iraq. a third hiker, sarah shourd, was also arrested, but she was later released last fall for medical reasons. let s turn to our very own susan candiotti, who also joins us by phone from new york city. she s been in touch with the families of these two men. she joins us now by phone. susan, i know you re trying feverishly to speak to these families. when was the last time you spoke to them or their representatives and what did th
these folks weren t rioting like we have seen the past several days. they were there to clean up. now the problem is that the violence, looting and arson has spread to sever other british cities besides london. also a nationwide manhunt for two brothers and their older sister accused much opening fire on a florida police officer, then robbing a georgia bank. you re seeing the three siblings there and authorities do consider them armed and extremely dangerous. all right. wall street did a bit of a u-turn yesterday and thank goodness it did. we don t know exactly what it s going to do today. but we are waiting to see. that is coming up for us in about 29 minutes from now. the dow closed up 429 points yesterday. however, that was a reversal of fortunes from monday s loss of 634 points. christine romans in new york for us. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange for us. christine, 29 minutes away. what is going to happen? reporter: futures are lower and alison can tell
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. i m carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this american morning. all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today after working i think 15 or 16 straight days covering the markets and all that. more on the markets and the economy in just a moment. you seem a little short today. i know. i have a high chair. i think so. i like that. you re taller than i am, carol. good morning. i m carol costello. actually we have to talk about this first, london is burning a fourth night of looting and violence in the streets, parts of london resemble a war zone with burned out buildings and destruction. 16,000