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washington, baltimore, boston, cities that aren t used to being prepared for a hurricane. they could all get slammed by this storm this weekend. right now, irene, a category 1 storm, it is pushing sustained winds of about 85 miles an hour. irene has also claimed at least one life in north carolina. we do have special hurricane coverage for you this morning that spans that coastline, from north carolina all the way up the atlantic seaboard. we re live in washington, new york city, both big cities are in the hurricane s potential storm track. but we need to start with where the hurricane made landfall, and that is in north carolina. i spoke with the north carolina governor, bev perdue, about an hour ago about the damage she s already seeing from this storm. we expect the whole east, just about 43 counties, to be affected in some way or the other. 3.5 million people are the total number who is live in that area. so they ve all battened down their hatches. we are also in ....

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