and welcome to this special edition of today. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this friday morning. i m ann curry along with david gregory, in for matt this morning. you re looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. giving way to dark and stormy clouds. hurricane warnings in effect for north carolina to new jersey, but the impact of this storm will be felt on beau coasts. some airlines are already cancelling flights, as you might imagine, to many cities here in the east. that s right. we re expected to hear from president obama about the storm coming up at 8:30 pacific time. we can also tell you that irene did weaken slightly overnight but it is still a very powerful hurricane, and forecasters say this could be a weather event for the ages. take a look at the projected p.a. irene is expected to pound the whole eastern coastline you can see as it moves i
and welcome to this special edition of today on this friday morning. i m ann curry along with david gregory, who is in this morn for matt. you re looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. ominous sight there. right now hurricane warnings are in effect for north carolina all of the way up to our neck of the woods here in new jersey. there is some good news this morning. the storm did weaken slightly overnight. we want to underline slightly. this is still a very powerful hurricane. the forecasters say this could be the weather event for the ages. projected pat irene is expected to pound the whole eastern coastline. and may feel the entire director of the national hurricane center says this track is one of his greatest nightmares, david. that track being up the eastern seaboard, is that nightmare. among the big cities that could feel the full force of t
and welcome to this special edition of today on this friday morning. i m ann curry along with david gregory, who is in this morn for matt. you re looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. ominous sight there. right now hurricane warnings are in effect for north carolina all of the way up to our neck of the woods here in new jersey. there is some good news this morning. the storm did weaken slightly overnight. we want to underline slightly. this is still a very powerful hurricane. the forecasters say this could be the weather event for the ages. projected pat irene is expected to pound the whole eastern coastline. and may feel the entire director of the national hurricane center says this track is one of his greatest nightmares, david. that track being up the eastern seaboard, is that nightmare. among the big cities that could feel the full force of t