>> i don't know and i don't care how many weeks until the fight. if it was tonight, i'm ready. >> you see that, floyd? uh-huh, somebody's in trouble. tune in friday night september 16th for another episode of "24/7, mayweather/ortiz" and don't miss the fight september 17th live on hbo pay-per-view. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com rp this has been a presentation t of hbo sports. this has been a presentation of hbo sports. happening right now -- that is tropical storm lee battering the gulf coast. powerful winds and heavy rain threatening the very same area ripped apart by hurricane katrina. >> some people are calling and

yelling at us, and worse. other people are calling and wanting to buy a ticket. >> an uproar in arizona, a county republican party looks to raffle off a handgun very similar to the one used in the mass shooting that wounded congresswoman gabby giffords. and a cnn exclusive, documents found in libya that could prove damaging to the u.s. and speaking of libya -- >> instead of saying gadhafi, gadhafi all of the time, especially to avoid attracting attention between the local libyans, between ourselves we called him daddy. >> one of moammar gadhafi's former nurses shares details about her life with the deposed leader only to cnn, and this. >> if there is something anti-mexican about what i said, then i apologize for the anti-mexicanness of it. >> was that an apology? comedian cat williams trying to explain his rant targeting mexicans. i'm susan hendricks at cnn world headquarters in atlanta in for don lemon.

great to see you. you are in the "cnn newsroom." >> wow. look at that. this is tropical storm lee as it slams into the mississippi coast. a group of people trying to keep that boat from being battered to pieces against the pier. it was a no-go losing battle. the waves were too rough, too big and by morning the vessel looked like this, upside down with huge holes in the bottom, but the men are okay, the men who tried to save the boat. tropical storm lee is slightly weaker tonight, and topping winds of 50 miles an hour. it is packing a lot of rain and hardly moving at all and slow going. right now it is hovering over the coastline of louisiana and mississippi. nearly 40,000 customers were without power earlier saturday, but two-thirds of them have electricity again. the governors of mississippi and louisiana have declared states of emerging si for several parishes and counties.

parts of jefferson parish in new orleans are under a mandatory evacuation order because of the flooding threat. the mayor of new orleans has warned the residents to be based for a long ordeal from the storm. up to 20 inches of rain could overwhelm the rain. an ireporter who lives near lake pontchartrain sent us this video. >> here on lake pontchartrain in mandeville, louisiana, you can see that the water is topping the seawall and the yards are starting to flood in the low-lying areas. of course, everybody on this stretch of lake anticipating the flooding, and all of the houses are razed 15 feet above sea level. we expect to see a lot of water. >> and yes, water and lots of it. ed lavandara is at the place that was almost wiped off of the map six years ago by hurricane katrina. >> residents of the gulf of louisiana here in waveland, mississippi, feel like they have

taken on the worst of tropical storm lee. this is the gulf of mexico, and you can see how choppy and churned up tropical storm lee has made the gulf waters. that is a dangerous and treacherous situation out there in those waters, so emergency officials urging people to stay out of the water and don't get out on boats, and no reason to do that. you can see how powerful the storm surge was a few hours ago. this is the beach front road, and all of the sand was on the beach, but pushed up here by the storm tide a few hours ago. but some of the good things that we have seen in the various low-lying areas that we have seen gathering is that the water is dissipating.

we were a few miles away in the town of bay st. louis, where we are told that thigh-high water had reached in some areas underneath people's home, but in the course of several hours that dissipated. so that is the good news, but this is a slow-moving storm, and any time you talk about the storms coming through the gulf coast, it is an emotional thing. this is waveland, mississippi, where we are, and absolutely devastated almost six years ago to the day that hurricane katrina blew through here and changed this town forever. some residents are telling us that one-third of the population has ever returned here back the waveland after hurricane katrina. in the grand scheme of things they also know that this storm is nowhere close to the power and the fury that katrina brought here, and they are taking it in stride, but they took their preparations, and considering ate rainmaker. it is pushed inland and the officials say that flash flooding exists over the course of the next 24 hours further inland and north and not the gulf coast shore, but up to louisiana and mississippi as

well. susan? >> ed lavandara in mississippi. jacqui jeras in the weather center with what this is expected to do overnight, and as ed said, it is a big rainmaker. >> yes, and it is not moving a lot. that is a struggle with trying to pinpoint where the worst conditions are. most of it offshore in terms of the heavy downpours, but several areas in the mississippi river valley, where there is dry air moving into the storm all day long coming in from texas, and that is what is weakening the storm today, too. so that the winds are down a little bit 50 miles per hour, but still a tropical storm. silt -- it is expected to drift northward and towards the east. you will see it is going to take a couple of days to get out of the lower mississippi river valley and up to the appalachians. and we have been waiting for a

cold front to pick it up, but it looks like the timing may not be great and this may go behind the cold front to make it sit there once again and not move a whole heck of a lot out of the southeast. all right. let's talked about some of the rainfall reports because they are incredible today. in pascagoula, nearly ten inches. and in gulfport, mississippi, 6.78 inches. this is is a forecast animation to show you how much more rain to expect. in the purple area, that is 6 to 10 inches more potentially, so a lot more rain to come. to threat of tornadoes continues in the right quadrant of the storm, and the cold front should be sliding through, so that all of the moisture, susan, is going to get into the northeast, and we are worried about additional flooding in upstate new york and vermont who have already been devastated from irene, and they could get another 1 to 3 inches of rain from the cold front and we will have to wait to see what happens with lee as the moisture comes this way. >> they don't need it. president obama will be in new jersey tomorrow because of irene. thank you, jacqui. appreciate it.

and now a cnn exclusive. the collapse of moammar gadhafi's regime is revealing secrets to the world, and including supposed acceptance of prisoners. and authorities left stacks of documents behind when they fled tripoli, and ben wedeman looks at the documents and explains what they saw. >> reporter: they didn't have much time to shred documents in the head of libya's spy agency, and most of the contents of the building are in tact. it amounts to a treasure trove of information about the shadowy world of cooperation between the world's spies. we are in the basement of the libyan external intelligence agency, and it is like being in the basement of the cia, and here we have access to all sorts of documents, letters, faxes,

and other communications between the cia and its libyan counterparts. top secret documents, and secret documents with names and dates and all sordid details that some people probably don't want to be made public. and that relationship was, it appears, cozy. peter bukart of human rights watch photographed hundreds of documents from the external leadership and from moussa koussa who fled last spring. >> there is christmas greetings in here. there's documents says thank you for the oranges you sent skwlr the u.s. and libya were at odds for years, but the relations warmed dramatically after libya renounced the program for weapons of mass destruction in late 2003 when moussa koussa then started corresponding. then libya eagerly signed up for the war on terror, but how clear

is made certain by the documents uncovered. >> we have been saying for a long time that the cia was capturing and rendering people to libya so they could be interrogated by libyan security, and we have the cia questions that they sent to be asked to these suspects that they rendered to libya. >> reporter: one of those sent by u.s. officials to libya was alleged libyan islamic militant also known by his abdullah al sadc, and by documents the u.s. detained him and then headed him over to libya. he now heads the military council in tripoli. u.s. rights groups in the state department regularly accused libyan security services of torture. and he was not part of the extraordinary program, but he experienced that torture first hand.

[ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he showed us how he was beaten to his knees in tripoli's infamous prison where he was held from 1984 to 2001. a cia spokeswoman declined to comment on the specifics of the documents in tripoli, but did add that quote, it can't come as a surprise that the central intelligence agency works with foreign governments to help protect our country from terrorism and other deadly threats. amongst spies, there is no such thing, it seems as a strange bed foal low. -- bedfellow. ben wedeman, tripoli. >> thank you, ben, for that exclusive report. coming up the gop contenders hit the trail this weekend along with a former governor who is not in the race officially, but knows how to draw a crowd.

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it is very similar to the model used in the mass shooting that killed six people, including a 9-year-old girl and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and wounded several others. the glock revolver is for a fundraiser for republicans, but others call the idea in insensitive. we are told to our reporter randi kaye that people should be focussed on the gunmen and not the weapons. >> first of all, it was the actions of jared loughner who was involved in the tucson shootings, and he could have chosen any weapon and it was a glock 19 and we are raffling a glock 23 which is a slightly different weapon. >> but they look very similar and the same republican official insists that the raffle will go forward as planned, but he also told the affiliate that if the event would have stirred such a strong reaction, he would have taken that into consideration before holding that raffle.

the last time we saw congresswoman giffords she made a surprise appearance at the important house vote to keep the government from defaulting and getting a standing ovation and much deserve and now she is traveling more spending the labor day weekend at home with family in tucson, and she has been living in houston while recovering from the near-fatal shooting in january. let's talk presidential politics. front-runner rick perry is surging ahead with the surging campaign. he spoke to potential supporters at a house party in manchester, new hampshire, and the latest poll gives perry the lead among the gop hopefuls. he said a matchup between himself and president obama would offer voters an obvious choice. >> as we consider this economic misery that is spread across the country by the obama administration, we don't need a nominee who's going to blur the differences between themselves and barack obama.

we're going to have a nominee who draws a clear contrast. >> republican jon huntsman is also in new hampshire trying the light a fire under his campaign so to speak in the state that hosts the first presidential primary. that is him in concord working the show at a gun show. the polls show that he trails rick perry and other gop hopefuls by a wide margin, and that brings us to the republican with the real star power, and she is not a presidential candidate at least not yet. sarah palin was the main attraction todayt an iowa tea party rally. she took shots at the new party's front-runner and others,

but peter hamby was there. >> reporter: former alaska governor sarah palin delivered a series of sharp attacks against barack obama and her potential presidential rivals at a tea party rival here in iowa tea party rally. while she not expected to declare a presidential bid, she drew a sharp line in the sand with one opponent, front-runner texas governor rick perry. >> some of the gop candidates raise mammoth amounts of cash and we need to ask them, what if anything do their donors expect in return for their investments? we need to know this, because our country cannot afford more $1 trillion thank you notes to the campaign backers. >> reporter: and perry has been long been stated to pay back donors and with contracts. palin made it clear she will not cede any ground to the gop, and as an outsider, from the tea party, and we will be watching

her as she drops for the clues about what the message might be if she decides to run for president. peter hamby, cnn, indianola, iowa. >> if she does, and we don't know. and there is no question that moammar gadhafi lived a life of luxury and now we hear from a former nurse about the ousted leader. the story in her own words next. moammar gadhafi is now in hiding as his regime collapses ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. a mouthwatering combination of ingredients...e for you!

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moammar gadhafi is now in hiding as his regime collapses in libya. much has been said about the fallen leader's odd tendencies including surrounding himself with all female teams of

bodyguards and nurses. now one of the nurses is revealing details about her life with gadhafi in an exclusive conversation with cnn's correspondent. >> reporter: we were the personal nurses of gadhafi and his large family with all of the children and grandchildren and we always accompanied him on his foreign trips. we would regularly measure his blood pressure and take blood samples and give him pills and vitamins. we were divided in shifts the five of us. we drew our timetable ourselves and decided who worked when as well as who traveled with him. everyone gets sick once in a while, but generally, he was in excellent health. i wish everyone had the kind of health that gadhafi had. i don't know who created this image of his nurses and his female bodyguards, but how could anyone in their right mind assume that we could have any intimate relationship with gadhafi. his wife, children, grandchildren, officials, they were around him all of the time. none of us had ever been one-on-one with him. rules were strict. we dressed formally and wore no

flashy makeup or lipstick going to his house and likewise, he never made any passes at us. gadhafi was quite considerate, and i don't know much about the way that the nannies wither treated in his family, but for us, he treated us very well. he never shouted at us, and always calm and friendly. every year on september 1st, gadhafi presented us with souvenirs like this medallion with his picture, and this watch with his picture, too. he gave those kinds of presents

not just to the nurses, but everyone who worked in his inner circle. instead of saying gadhafi, gadhafi all of the time to avoid attracting local attention from the libyans, between ourselves we called him daddy. daddy gave us jobs and a good life. we would love to be able to return to libya, whether it is ruled by gadhafi or someone else. but we were there for one reason and one reason only, simply to make money. compared with libya, life here in the ukraine is very difficult. >> coming up with sexual assault charges against him dropped dominique strauss-kahn takes flight. where is he headed now? and rumors off a new iphone would not be complete without the prototype being left in a bar. yes, it happened again. we are back in two minutes. i'm good about shing my face.

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paying tribute to military members who were killed in a accident. they wore camouflage jerseys each bearing the name of a fallen soldier or jersey or airman. the jerseys were given to the families as an appreciation of their loved ones sacrifices. 11 service members died in that crash. rumor has it that they were looking for the prototype of the new iphone 5. they came out empty handed with this. it appears that an apple employee left the prototype in a bar. and it is not the first time it happened. the prototype for the apple 4 iphone was also left in a bar. and now tropical lee hitting the storms. don't be fooled.

t this is what it looks like as the storm is slamming into the mississippi coast. several people tried to keep that boat from being battered to pieces against the pier. a no-go. the storm won that tug of war, and by morning the vessel looked like this, upside down with holes in the bottom. the folks who tried to save it are okay. lee is hardly moving as it hovers over the coast of louisiana and mississippi and both governors have declared states of emergency for several parishes and counties and nearly 40,000 customers have lost electricity. power has been restored to two-thirds of them. parts of jefferson parish near new orleans is under evacuation threat because of the tropical storm. the mayor warned of a long ordeal because up to 20 inches of rain could overwhelm that area. mother nature was in no mood to play nice for opening weekend

for college football. the threat of lightning led officials to clear the stadium. and the story was the same in notre dame and knoxville for tennessee and indianapolis, and fans in ann arbor didn't get to fourth quarter, because the game was called off because of lightning and the teams agreed to call off the game with the wolverines winning 20-10. jacqui jeras you know how fans are for the opening weekend, but better safe than not, right? >> it is great to see the stadiums evacuated to keep them safe. bummer for the football fans, but tomorrow is another day and we will get more great games in tomorrow. and we are tracking storms still at the house. we have a sliver of a severe thunderstorm watch including the detroit metro area, and you have been pounded in the last couple of hours with heavy rain and lots of lightning and strong gusting winds to go with it. this is the cold front driving the systems across the u.s. this is heading into the eastern great lakes by tomorrow, and

could be having an impact on tropical storm lee. i know know a lot of you are going to be trying to get out there, but heavy rain across the great lakes and the gulf coast because of tropical storm lee. and because of the windy conditions the fire threat will increase again in texas, but if you are looking for a great police to enjoy the holiday weekend, go out west. and this front will bring in high temperatures and minneapolis only 68 degree and dallas really much better staying below 90 and looking for a high around 81 in washington, d.c., and the frontal system stalling out here as we head into monday, your labor day, and expecting a lot of wet weather again, and we will see the showers and thundershowers popping up in the four concerns, the rest of the west though is looking okay.

and monday, how about 77 in memphis area? and the latest on the tropical storm lee, we have had 50-mile-an-hour winds, and sustained rain which is weakening it, and we have had as much as ten inches in some areas. that storm is going to track up to the north and east and that is sticking into the middle part and even the latter part of the week depending what happens with the tropical storm lee and the remnants of hurricane irene. >> and moving slow and bringing a lot of rain. jacqui jeras, thank you. we mentioned football and remember the tornadoes that ipped are through alabama a few months ago? it left many communities in shambles and next how the university of alabama's football team is helping the hometown of

tuscaloosa bounce back.

the university of alabama football team opened the season today with a victory over kent state and the game meant more than usual to the school and the town of tuscaloosa since it was the first since a tornado ripped through the town killing 50 people, and one player saw his life change forever in a few moments.

we have the report. >> reporter: a deadly tornado twisted and turned through tuscaloosa, alabama, on april 27th and changed things forever. the destruction left behind was unfathomable and touched nearly every resident in this town of 90,000. four months later the community continues to rebuild. >> in layman's terms it is like taking bryant stadium and filling up debris from the football field to the top of the lights three times and we still have another stadium left to go before we are finally cleared of what happened on april 27th. >> reporter: that afternoon carson was in his house with his girlfriend ashley harrison, and the house was in the direct line

of to tornado. when the tornado hit the house, both ashley and carson were thrown into a field across the street. that field happened to be one of carson's favorite places in tuscaloosa and hours earlier he was hitting golf balls into that field. ashley did not survive, but carson survived injured. >> the next day i woke up and it was not raining outside and just like that, everything, everything changed. >> just being in his presence, it just gets you through tough times, because i mean, you definitely could experience worse things, and he definitely did, and he is kind of an example of, you know, coming back and being strong and having a positive attitude everyday. >> reporter: since april 27th, the football players have been

on the front lines of helping to rebuild the community, rebuilding houses, picking up debris, and also been there to really listen to people tell their stories of loss and tragedy and this has had a positive psychological impact for the city of tuscaloosa. >> we have to be a member of the community, because when they are supporting us but in the worst of times when the people of tuscaloosa need our help. i am impressed with the way our players responded to that and continue to respond to that. >> reporter: the images don't do justice to the breadth and the scope of the damage that the tornado left behind in the wake. so when people come here for the home opener against kent state, nick saban is hoping it will generate a lot of resources into the city. >> we have a lot of weight on our shoulders and by us being a huge part of the community, they

are looking for us to come out to give a little bit more back to the town of tuscaloosa, and so i can't wait. it is a long time coming. >> we are coming back, and that is very exciting and very uplifting for those who come and, you know, they look at this town, and the forest lake community over on 15th street, there is nothing there, and there are banners saying, we are coming back, we are coming back. for me, i just got chill bumps talking about it. >> they certainly came back with a win over kent state. that football game meant so much to so many. if you live in baltimore, don't be alarmed if you hear a lot of noise and see cars speeding through your streets on sunday. racing toured an economic boost for the city in a few minutes. e. but actually, it's never been easier to get the whole grain you want from your favorite big g cereals. from cheerios to lucky charms, there's whole grain in every box. make sure to look for the white check.

baltimore is like so many u.s. cities struggling with a sagging economy and rising unemployment, but tomorrow the city hopes to get a boost from an auto race and the money spent by fans who come to watch it. athena jones has the story. >> reporter: baltimore is about to become noisy. this labor day weekend the place known as charm city is hosting a fast-paced race through the streets with hairpin turns and 90-degree angles reaching speeds of up to 160 miles per hour. >> the place where car is running everyday 9:00 to 5:00 and downtown to work and you are

going 35 miles an hour and we are going through the same place at 160 miles per hour, and that is why it is so cool. >> reporter: it is the baltimore grand prix and the inaugural event into the nascar series, and the mayor is hoping to bring $90 million into the coffers, and what about the estimate of the money it has brought in, in a larger way? >> well, we don't have the figures but we hope over $100 million. >> reporter: organizers are hoping for more than 1 million people to descend into downtown. baltimore is hoping to attract tourists and give the economy a boost. the national average of unemployment is above the national average of 9% while theirs is 11%. we went to talk to le man driver chris dyson.

are you flipping all of these things while you are driving? are you reading those thengs? >> well, you have to be a computer while you are driving. you have to be clinical. >> it is important to build our brand and exposure by being in cities like this. >> reporter: and drivers like the brazil's helio castroneves are excited. >> this is going to be a good show. >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, baltimore, maryland. comedian katt williams already in hot water for a recent rant about mexicans creates more controversy with his remarks to us. it is a cnn exclusive you don't want to miss. but first, as millions of americans are bracing for the storm, wilma melville has helped victims of major disasters for 15 years. take a look.

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comedian katt williams is comedian katt williams is backtracking about a recent on stage rant. here is part of what he said in phoenix. >> do you remember when white people used to say, go back to africa, and we had to tell them, we don't want to? so if you love mexico [ bleep ], get the [ bleep ] over there. we were slaves. y'all just worked like that as landscapers. >> katt williams got into it with a mexican member of the

audience after he heckled him, and he angered many in the hispanic community with those comments. his publicist released an apology, but he said he didn't mean it. and here is what he had to say to t.j. holmes. >> if a person starts their heckling with "f america," then that gives me the right to defend my country. i couldn't be anti-mexican -- my mcfan base is largely responsible for me even existing. so between them and the black community, it's really all i have. but i don't think i need to apologize for being pro-american. the guy said that all of this is still mexico, and i was just giving him geography. this is america, greatest country in the world. >> well, help us understand. so do you not apologize for anything?

we're only -- we showed a 50-second clip. >> no, sir -- >> it is seven or eight minutes. go ahead. >> no, i apologized for the fact that the word "anti-mexican" is being said to a black guy in america. >> but you don't apologize for what you said in that studio -- that standup? >> i'm not allowed to. as a standup, the only thing that i sell is uncensored thought. i'm only telling them the way i think uncensored. so i'm not allowed to then come back the next day and apologize. that's -- that's for the tracy morgans of the world. i meant what i said, and i said what i meant. i'm apologizing if somebody thought i was trying to be anti-mexican. mexicans are my friends. >> so katt, why is it somebody's allowed to put out a statement apologizing on your behalf then? >> sir, they put out a dvd called "katt williams' nine lives," while i was in jail without my permission. if there is something anti-mexican about what i said then i apologize for the anti-mexicanness of it. i was talking to one individual.

>> do you understand at least one person hearing that and you were talking to one guy and it is clear that other people in the crowd were laughing at what you were saying to him even as you were going off on the one guy. >> if i disrespected mexicans i would not have been able to get out of there alive with all due respect. >> and again, he said he is not sorry. one activist is trying to organize a boycott of his standup act. and next tropical storm lee is dumping rain over the gulf states. we are getting new insight on lee's path. and all geeks, dragoncon is here and it is your favorites after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] sitting. waiting. hoping. that's a recipe for failed investing. open an e-trade account and open doors, seize opportunities, take action with some of the most powerful yet easy-to-use trading tools on the planet all built to help you maximize the potential of every dollar you invest.

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tropical storm lee is tearing up the gulf coast tonight with drenching rain. we go back to meteorologist jacqui jeras at the cnn weather center for an update on that. >> we just got the 11:00 advisory in early and lee is holding status quo in terms of the intensity and the maximum winds at 50 miles per hour, and it has been meandering here off of the louisiana coast all day long and having a hard time forming and reforming that center of circulation. this is an updated track for you now and really no big changes here. still very slowly making its way through the lower mississippi river valley, through monday and not until late tuesday when this is going to start to move into

tennessee and parts of the appalachians. and we have a new tornado watch which has been issued and extended and basically the same area under a watch all day, but now it goes until early tomorrow morning and the threat of tornados is ongoing and we have one warning in effect that includes waveland, mississippi, and you should be taking cover and in the lowest level of your home. we will continue to see the spinners and flooding rain will be a problem throughout the day tomorrow, because it is a slow-moving storm that is not going away any time soon. we have a update on the tropical storm katia looking at winds of 70 miles per hour, and it is out in the middle of the atlantic not bothering anyone. it is bringing wind to the leeward islands. and this is going to hit land late in week and not sure if we will get the perfect curve and miss or guide into the coast. so we will track both of to storms, susan. it is going to be a busy hurricane season.

>> slow moving, but powerful. jacqui jeras, thank you. you would think that lee would bring relief for the fires in texas or oklahoma? not so. wildfires in those two states have left a trail of misery as you know. fires in oklahoma city have destroyed more than two dozen homes. in texas, the state forest service reports 14 large fires have burned more than 20,000 acres. winds from tropical storm lee would make it harder to fight the fires. it is the wind. nearly four months after he was accused of attempted rape dominique strauss-kahn is headed home. he boarded a plane to paris. the accusation forced him to resign from running for president, and all charges have been dropped. we don't care if you are a rock star, pull up the pants or get off of the planet it happened to billy armstrong, the

front man for green day, and he said he could not believe that he got the diss from southwest. and southwest apologized and put him on the next plane. and the national buffalo wing contest this weekend with 35 restaurants serving up the best wings seasoned in 100 different flavors. making you hungry, right? get, this more than 200 tons of wings have been consumed in the event in the last decade, 200 tons and who is counting and brought in $200,000 for charity. a great thing. i'm susan hendricks at the world headquarters here in atlanta. we will see you back here tomorrow. before we go, we have the all access pass for all of the trekkies and the super heroes gathering this weekend. it is the dragoncon happening in atlanta.

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