cnn s jim spellman is seeing its power firsthand. he s now in the bahamas. we ll try to get jim spellman. we don t have him quite yet because the wind is blowing really, really hard in the bahamas at this moment. let s head into atlanta and check in with jack can jeras. can you tell us the track of the storm? we can, carol. we ve seen more changes and it bridges it closer to hugging the coast of the united states, potentially from north carolina all the way on up northward. i do want to tell people, this is just in. normally we get this 20 minutes before the top of the hour and it literally just came in. bear with me. the hurricane watches you ve been talking about, this is the north carolina coast, from north of surfacy to the north carolina/virginia border. tropical storm watches in addition for that north of modesto beach to surfacy. basically what that means is hurricane conditions are expected in about 48 hours, but tropical storm watch means tropical storm conditions
want to remind you quickly. we re getting the president on camera. his remarks and statements on libya. we re getting that turned around for you. as soon as we do, we ll play it for you on cnn. check the clock, 3:00 eastern time. 9:00 p.m. in tripoli. the libyan capital now 90% controlled by western-backed rebels. that s according to the u.s. government. rife with rumors as to the fate of moammar gadhafi. for 42 years the country s undisputed, unbalanced leader, that s where we re going it start. is dpad fi holed up in his compound? it appears to be take a good look. it appears to be surrounded by a concrete wall. is he hiding in the international hotel? it is said to be teeming with gunmen or is moammar gadhafi dead already? take a listen to this. there are rumors rampant as you know in tripoli and elsewhere. if he is alive, the best thing he can do for his people is to step down immediately and end this. three of his sons, they re in custody here. there are the photog