and he helped recruit the 9/11 hijackers, but he could soon go back to terror. what we have just learned about his potential release. fox & friends first continues right now. and we do begin with that fox news alert. baltimore on edge. the city looking like a war zone this morning. protesters spending the night setting fires and throwing bottles at police. the national guard just arriving there and all this chaos unfoaling on the day that freddie gray is laid to rest. he is the man who died while in police custody. and we have complete coverage on this breaking story. let s begin with peter doozys doocy, live on the ground in baltimore. they are not really protests they are rioters, right, peter? that s right, heather. the city is smoldering before sunrise. many rioters are still on the streets and they are still testing the patience of a police force that has been desperately
forces in libya are free tonight. late word of a new kidnapping and last ditch battles that may be linked to moammar gadhafi s escape plan. and cnn goes inside the virginia nuclear power plant near the epicenter of that historic quake. we have a lot of questions about nuclear safety and whether the east coast is prepared if another big one hits. wolf blitzer s off today. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. hurricane irene is bearing town on the bahamas with winds of up to 120 miles an hour right now, and the national weather service warns this category 3 monster could be upgraded, upgraded to a category 4 tomorrow. that means irene could be capable of catastrophic damage when it slams the east coast in the days ahead. the storm has been pounding the turks and caicos and other islands and gaining strength along the way. there are reports of damage but so far no serious injuries. we do have a view from space that gives you an idea of just how big the storm is. it