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And exploding into rubble behind us. Near the old city, we found whole neighborhoods flattened. The sheer level of destruction is staggering, and it goes on for miles and miles. But this is one tactic the iraqi army cannot afford to employ in the old city if they want anything left of it. The u. N. Estimates 200,000 iraqi residents are still trapped inside. And those who try to escape risk being caught in crossfire. We found 11yearold sarah at a hospital run by american medical volunteers. Where dr. John lucie was treating her for a shrapnel wound. The Orthopedic Surgeon from asheville, North Carolina came out of retirement at 74 years old to do what he could in iraq. He told us he was shocked by what he saw. I came here and probably the first two days, i could almost not take it, you know . Because ive seen a lot of trauma, but ive never seen anything to this extent. Rep ....
Today. delays in newark with ground delays of about 40 minutes there. hold on to your hats. and breezy across the northeast. not only today, but tonight and through tomorrow as this storm just explodes off the coastline. good old-fashioned fall nor easter. 86 in miami, 85 degrees in dallas. we want to touch on what s going on with paula. tropical depression now. wow, it s weakening rather rapidly. not a ton of rain with this, thankfully. a lot of the convection offshore. for the most part, south florida missed this altogether and we re happy about that. yet another hurricane, nine of them this season and not one has made a direct hit on the u.s. very, very lucky. john and kiran. and what s it looking like out there now? anything looming on the horizon? relatively quiet. once we get past october 15th, which i think is today or yesterday. today. things really start to quiet down. and happy friday, by the way. you too. that s happening today, as well. that s happening. exact ....
Good morning, new york city where right now it s 52 degrees and partly cloudy. you can see the new clear sky coming in as the nor easter moves away. it s going to be 58 degrees a little bit later on today. it will be sort of blustery and windy. so check with your airline before you head to the airport. pretty shots, though, this morning. so much for those theorys it was aliens that invaded the chelsea section of manhattan. there was new york city police and federal aviation authorities say they were flooded with calls wednesday reporting people saw a ufo hovering a few thousand feet over 8th avenue. you saw the crowds gather. there it is. does that look like a ufo? clearly a bunch of silver balloons. mysterious. there was a frenzy on twitter. the mystery seems to have been solved this morning. and yes, you re right, john, it was. it was a dozen balloons. they made their escape from an engagement party. officials think that s what people saw in the sky. ....
This thing s pretty much falling apart. that s the good news. missed south florida. extreme south florida heading towards the bahamas. we think this will dissipate over the next 48 hours. good news there. john, kiran, hold on to your hats for the next 12 to 24 hours. it ll be a breezy friday night. we will. and good thing they dodged another bullet down there. hurricane season s proving to be okay so far. yeah, for as busy as it was, the u.s., at least, got very, very lucky. thanks, rob. well, your top stories are a couple of minutes away, including the comforts of home. after 69 days trapped underground, the chilean miners, many of them now leaving the hospitals and getting a chance to retell their riveting stories. harry reid toe-to-toe with sharron angle in the heated debate. were there any knockouts? the best political team on television breaks it down for us. those stories and more beginning at the top of the hour. ot just a warran. guar ple ....