good morning. it is friday, august 26th. welcome to american morning. it s all about the hurricane today. i wish i could say happy friday, happy friday for those not living along the northeast coast. and whom it hasn t reached yet. exactly. let s talk about hurricane irene. now said to be a massive and powerful category 2 storm sitting just off the east coast. 50 million people could feel its force by this weekend. new hurricane warnings are now up, they stretch from north carolina to new jersey. states of emergency have been declared as far north as new england. irene totally hammered the bahamas yesterday with torrential rain, 115-mile-per-hour winds, north carolina like i is next. in atlantic beach a surf shop boarding up, mandatory evacuations under way along the outer banks and could be the biggest storm to hit new york in decades. people all the way up the coast are being asked to leave or to get ready. i understand sometimes folks think that people overreac
or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large, is sending e-mails to our nic robertson. nic just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. street battles all day. this is from the capital s eastern neighborhoods not far from the airport. the field in opposition still taking heavy shelling from nearby loyalists. in the last hour or two, the two sides have exchanged artillery throughout the day. opposition commanders have been trying to direct fire to minimize civilian casualties. gadhafi forces are intertwined amongst the population. in southern tripoli, similar disdain for civilian lives. taking pot shots at people. to the east, new video of the damage that loyalist fighters are leaving behind as they retreat. these are the oil facilities still burning nearly a week after they fled. before they did, they fired shells into the tank, causing this inferno right there. on the road from sa wa
unexpectedly stealerized and is in front of cameras in tripoli. the opposition forces claimed they had him in custody. apparently not. in any case, not anymore. here s some of what he had to say. translator: there have led through the sea and through other means, people who are sabotage and you could see the people of libya are standing and had to have break the spine of those gangsters and rats, just today we will go in the hot spots of tripoli in tripoli an and we will reassure the people that things are fine in libya. now we re going to go on a walk about in tripoli and in the places where they said there has been they have actually seized from us. then he said, the hell with the oscc. a short time later, as the dictator s son was about to leave matthew chance caught up with him one-on-one. we broke the backbone of the rebels. so we re winning. and now, let s go, let s go together to the hottest places in tripoli, okay? it s very hot. you want to go? go, take t
here s some of what he had to say. translator: there have led through the sea and through other means, people who are sabotage and you could see the people of libya are standing and had to have break the spine of those gangsters and rats, just today we will go in the hot spots of tripoli in tripoli an and we will reassure the people that things are fine in libya. now we re going to go on a walk about in tripoli and in the places where they said there has been they have actually seized from us. then he said, the hell with the oscc. a short time later, as the dictator s son was about to leave matthew chance caught up with him one-on-one. we broke the backbone of the rebels. so we re winning. and now, let s go, let s go together to the hottest places in tripoli, okay? it s very hot. you want to go? go, take the car, let s go. i have to we have to move. okay, bye-bye. have to move. we ll check back with matthew chance shortly. he and his crew were basically
moammar gadhafi has not been found but his son has reappeared. here s video from a short time ago. safe, unexpectedly materialize in front of cameras in tripoli. the opposition forces have claimed they had him in custody. apparently not. in any case, not any more. translator: gangs of people who are sabotagers and you could ski the people of libya are standing and have broken the spine of those rats and gangsters and today, we ll go in the old hot spots of tripoli, in tripoli, and we ll reassure the people that things are fine in libya. now on a walk about in tripoli and in the places where they say there has been they have actually seized from us. then he said, the hell with the oicc. a short time later as the dictator was about to leave, our own matthew chance caught up with him for a brief one-on-one. we broke the backbone of the rebels. so we are and now, let s go. let s go together, to the hottest places in tripoli, okay? very hot. you want to go? no. well,