A chance at an education. Also coming up the mother of all german derby. In the bundesliga that is. Restricted crowds it was small but still intense when dortmund did battle with local law trouble shall come in the brutal. American how thanks for joining us there are just 10 days left before the u. S. Election but President Donald Trump has already voted he joins tens of millions of americans who have also cast their ballots before she stays election the surge in early voting in the u. S. Has been fueled by concerns about coronavirus and trumps handling of the pandemic. U. S. Press. Dent donald trump returned to his adopted home state of florida to cast his ballot and doubts about the security of mail in voting secure for much more secure that when you send in a ballot i could tell you that everything was perfect very strict right by the rules when you send in your ballots could never be like that you could never do secure like that they did a fantastic job but we had great people that
hiding. if he is, they didn t get him. a few hours later gadhafi or presumably his voice turn up on a sympathetic tv network al rai. translator: give way or give up ourselves to them. we re not stupid. you know, we re not a coward. the libyan people are few hours ago, the voice was back. this time gadhafi called on his followers to start an insurgency like the one that nearly destroyed iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. translator: we will fight against you wherever you are. we will sacrifice our lives so that the sand of libya will become and the stones of libya will become fire and fight against you. you ll never have peace of mind inside our land. cnn s senior international correspondent, nic robertson, is with us tonight in tripoli. nic, is anybody listening to these tapes? reporter: there probably are some people that are listening to it. i just met with the national transition council main military commander here in tripoli. he says that he believes ther
irene. north texas is burning. i m ali velshi, about 30 homes already destroyed bay wildfire. 100 more in harm s way. it s going to get worse before it gets better because officials say this fast-spreading fire is 0% contained. and i m carol costello. new developments out of aruba in the disappearance of american robyn gardener. her traveling companion and the chief suspect may be about to walk on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, august 31st. welcome to american morning. continues to be a busy morning. sure does. we continue to deal with the aftereffects of irene. talk about that. disaster on a delay in some places. several hundred people now evacuated in new jersey as flooding continues three days after hurricane irene tore through. residents say it s the worst they ve ever seen. in vermont, a dozen towns cut off by flooding had supplies air lifted in. more than 250 roadways cut off by high water and the layers of mud it left be
blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still don t have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. here in patterson, new jersey, which is about three blocks away from the passaic river, that has not yet crested. we are told it s about seven feet higher than it normally is, and there have been boats going out that were with the state office of emergency management, their search and rescue teams have been going out all morning. we are joined by the mayor of patterson, jeff jones. mr. mayor, thanks for joining us. what is your biggest concern right now? well, the biggest concern right now is t
destroyed. this didn t end when the wind died down. this was and continues to be a very big deal and water is the reason why. you are looking at where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely. they don t have much to return to. the correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri, after the tornado. she was stranded by rising flood waters. she joins us shortly. still stranded there actually tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto waterlogged ground and full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through the water. the water has to go somewhere. it doesn t care what or who is in the way. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks were even having trouble getting around. from virginia to vermont rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be, largely because of flooding damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion making it o