and, lee sells them to the chinese. you see, it turns out china is running out of wood and georgia's soft poplar trees are perfect. lee better keep chopping. china uses 45 billion chopsticks every year. the correct answer to the gps challenge question was b, the average $20 bill lasts only two years in circulation. the lifespan of a $1 bill is even shorter, 1.8 years. maybe we ought to consider going the way of the canadian loanny and having a coin. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. you're in the cnn newsroom, thanks for joining us, i'm alina cho. three big stories we're watching this hour, gadhafi's son speaks

out from his hiding place revealing new information about cease fire talks. could his father be ready to surrender. we'll have that exclusive report seconds away. tropical storm lee is putting parts of the gulf coast under water. cnn reporters are positioned in towns right in the storm's path. we'll take you there live. then we'll head to an area still reeling from hurricane irene. president obama plays a visit to paterson, new jersey. a live report is just ahead. first to libya and exclusive developments right here on cnn. moammar gadhafi and influential sons appear to be running out of options. that's according to cnn international correspondent, earlier this year in tripoli, that was before the capital fell to rememberle forces. the whereabouts of moammar gadhafi are still unknown are they. nick robertson has spoke about

the dwindling chances for some kind of cease fire. look at this map. south of tripoli is bani, walid one of the few places where they find support. let's get like to nick robertson. tell me about your conversation with sadgadhafi. >> i asked where his father was, where his brother, where they were. he told me he hadn't seen them in two months. i asked him where he was and he told me he was a little way outside bani walid and told me he had been moving around a lot and hadn't been able to watch television very much. he was relatively safe but in a dangerous situation. he told me then he has been negotiating with national

transitional council, military commanders have confirmed this, negotiating to try to get a cease fire for the town. however he said on thursday when his brother saif gave an addressive speech on television urging supporters to keep fighting, he told me at that point that the national transition council, the rebels said the ceasefire talks are off if your brother is going to talk like that. right now he believes there's no point in negotiations, that the national transitional counsel is massing troops to move in. he did however say, this is very significant. he clearly has differences with his father and his brother. there's clearly divisions emerging in the family. he said he is neutral, neither

in the remembbel camp or his father's camp. they've always stuck together and now that cohesion is falling apart. alina? >> nic, as you know, the rebels have said a deadline for gadhafi to surrender. how do you see things playing out in libya over the next few days. >> they even talked about extending that cease fire. there have been some discussion about it from political leaders. the one senior military commander told me he wasn't comfortable with that extension that the political leaders had given this extension of another week until next weekend. it seems the military commanders really have the initiative right now. and it does seem they will go into bani walid where the rebels will quickly take control after

perhaps small fierce xirmages but those loyal to gadhafi will run away. this seems to be a protracted campaign, the rebels have said the key aid is to catch moammar gadhafi. it's beginning to look like it's going to take some time, like an iraq type scenario where the iraqis and u.s. forces were chasing saddam hussein for a long time. the next few days in bani walid will give us an indication. >> interesting perspective, great reporting as always, nic robertson joining us by phone from london. nic, thank you. a long brewing protest movement in israel reached a tipping point. look at what may be the country's biggest ever public display of anger at the government. that's an estimated 400,000

people according to media reports rallying last night in tel aviv. they were protesting against israel's high cost of living, high taxes and high unemployment. organizers call the turnout the march of the million and hope to reignite particular momentum in this summer's wave of protest. prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised to form a government panel to look at solutions. a military plane missing since friday has been found off the coast of chile. the crash killed everyone aboard. 21 people in all. in tried to land twice before losing contract with controllers. the bodies are still being recovered and identified and there's no official word yet on a cause. we want to move now to the latest on tropical storm lee, the slow moving storm has much of the southeast under flood watches or warnings at this hour. some roads and low lying areas have already flooded and right now the storm is centered in

louisiana. ed lavandera joins us from louisiana. how bad is it where you are? >> reporter: hi alina, what they are worried about isn't so much the rain because it hasn't rained for several hours and the wind is no longer a factor. they are concerned about the tidal surge, it is pushing water from the gulf of mexico into this community. you see dozens of home like this where water is threatening to go inside these homes. we've got the jefferson parish president john young joining us. what's the situation like around here? >> we're just fighting back the water from the gulf of mexico being pushed up. the threat here is tidal surge. we're outside the levee protection system and every storm we have to fight the tidal surge when the wind comes from the south.

we're using sandbags, tiger dams and rock dice. >> >> reporter: do you think you've seen the worst of the flooding so far? >> we've seen the worst today. it's all connected to the high tide. hopefully the local weather authorities are predicting a change in the wind direction and pushing the wind coming from the north helping us fight it tomorrow. if the wind keeps coming from the south through the intercoastal, we'll have to fight this again tomorrow. >> reporter: this is kind of really weird to gauge at times. it fluctuates a lot. >> absolutely. >> reporter: you've got high tide and low tide. >> it fluctuates with the tide and fluctuates with the wind direction. we have saved a lot of homes so far but certainly a lot of homes have been like this home is very very close to being overtaken by water. >> reporter: you were telling me earlier, only a handful of homes have taken on water. most were like this. the older homes that hasn't been

razed, they are most susceptible. some roads floodeded in some areas and low lying have water surrounding the homes. even though it looks really bad. there are homes that haven't taken on water yet and we're trying to preserve that and the schools as well. the schools haven't taken on water either. >> reporter: you issued mandatory evacuations yesterday. i imagine that will continue? >> we have mandatory evacuations and shelter set up in upper jeff jefferson parish. four major storms, bp oil disaster and a lot of staying put. but we have transportation to bring them out. we've gotten some calls over the last 24 hours and public transportation in the sheriff's office, high water vehicles have taken through the shelters or to relatives' homes. i want to stress this isn't a failure of levees. there are no levees. that's why we need to look at

putting levees down here with the help of the federal government. >> reporter: john young, they are waiting for the winds to change and that will push water out of here. >> ed lavandera live for us. thank you very much for that update. jacqui geras, you see the flooding there. have they seen the worst of it yet? >> it's still moving slowly but the best news is the latest update from the hurricane center it has picked up forward speed. this is the first time we've seen this moving this fast in more than 24 hours. that's the good news here. they are seeing some of the highest water that they are going to get now as this is starting to turn to the north-northeast. that's the good news and center of circulation is around lafayette or 40 miles to the west-southwest of baton rouge. this is a 45-mile-per-hour wind

storm. the worst of the winds associated with a lot of these thunderstorms have been down into the gulf of mexico, now that we're picking up forward speed we have better estimates on timing and direction. we are expecting it to move through mississippi tomorrow before it heads up into the tennessee river valley. rainfall continues to be the biggest threat in terms of inland flooding. some of the numbers that we've seen are just incredible, almost as much as a foot. look at what we're expecting here, next 48 hours, jackson mississippi, we're talking 7 to 10 inches of rainfall here. atlanta georgia, probably 3 to 5. chattanooga, 5 to 7 expected and that's going to continue up in the northeastern corcorridor. we also have the threat of tornadoes and tornado watches in effect and here for new orleans until 4:00, over here into the florida panhandle until 11:00 tonight. that's the latest on tropical storm lee. alina, back to you. the former imf chief at the

center of an explosive rape case is back in france. he arrived this morning after taking an overnight flight from new york's jfk airport, the same airport with strasse-kahn was arrested on may 14th. his return comes less than two weeks after a judge dismissed charges in the case where he was accused of trying to rape a hotel maid. jim, i think it's safe to say it was a mob scene out there today. >> reporter: absolutely, alina. strauss kahn came in an hour and a half earlier perhaps thinking he could avoid the press mob but they were there anyway. a big crowd was gathered around the airport as well as well wishers we talked to one woman who got up at 5:30 to support strauss-kahn. he received a brief round of applause from supporters. he hasn't said a word all day

long. at his apartment, one of his neighbors, he believes that strauss-kahn still has a role to play in politics. here's what he had to say. >> with his fabulous qualities, his international competence and knowledge of economy, of the question of society could be -- should be very useful for us, not only in france but also in europe. but he has to decide. i am not to decide instead of him. >> reporter: jack lang doesn't represent most french. according to opinion polls here, 80% of the french don't want to see strauss-kahn run for presidency. >> jim, i understand that you have some information about strauss-kahn possibly speaking out in the next 24 hours or so? >> reporter: he said before he

left the united states, he said that he wanted to speak out about the subject when he returned to france. he's now returned. his spokesman said to journalists today that she didn't think would he say something today. perhaps tomorrow. he's not going to talk about the details of the affair in the united states because there's still this civil suit pending. one of things i should say too, there's still legal action here pending. there's a young lady journalist here who claims strauss-kahn raped her or attempted to rape her eight years ago. as a prosecutor looking into that, at the moment just at the complaint stage but no doubt he will want to question strauss-kahn to get his side of the story before he decides whether or not charges will be laid out in that case. >> what about strauss-kahn's political future? does he have a shot at the comeback? i'll ask jim about that two hours from now.

a new jersey town under water. president obama is there getting an upclose look at the dramatic aftermath of hurricane irene. a live report it coming up. for the first time in this school's history. take a look at this. a stadium full of fans told to evacuate on college football's opening day. we'll tell you where it happened next. i remember the days before copd.

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candiotti who is there and joins us live. susan, have you seen the president? tell us what's happening. >> reporter: not from our perspective but he is certainly being seen by a lot of people. we all know his title as commander in chief. today he is also playing off his title as comforter in chief. he's already visited two communities from new jersey, wayne new jersey and right now in paterson, new jersey and he has been meeting and greeting with residents and getting out of the motorcade and telling them that the united states is there to help them with federal disaster relief. he also stopped briefly and made a statement in which he said that he wants people to know that america is behind them and that everyone women support them. that there is federal money, enough to meet its obligations to help people recover from hurricane irene. we're also going to show you know where we are in paterson, new jersey, this is a command

post where they are setting up. 600 people in the city of paterson remain without power and don't have enough inspectors working today apparently to go out and help out some people. but they have been inspecting these homes to make sure that they are safe before they turn the power back on. we're also helping out with other information, for example, verizon set up free phone lines. we want to show you a quick side by side. we showed you a picture of a car that was partially covered by water. now you can see by looking at these photographs how much the water has gone down. things are improving and we talk to residents here about what we think the president will be able to accomplish through his visit. >> some of the families that have been hit by the flood worse than anybody else and i guess i just told him, just, you know, you got to feel it for yourself and come out here and look.

we got to look at it for ourself. >> people are suffering, people no lights, no water, nothing to eat. it's suffering and we're praying for everybody that it will change. but when the president come here, he see for himself what's going on. >> reporter: and that's what the president says he is doing. so clearly everyone here is hoping that help is on the way. back to you, alina. >> give me a sense of what the situation is right now in terms of power outages, people living in shelters, people still living without gas. is that situation getting any better? >> reporter: the situation is getting better, yes. there are about 600 people just in paterson who remain without power but they are hurting and a lot of businesses are closed. people are still evacuated as you indicated but they've been able to get everyone into a single shelter now. so that's improving. however here, for example, they've got to get those people

out of the one shelter because it's in a school and school is supposed to be opening this week. they have to find someplace else for them to go. you can see the headache certainly haven't gone away. >> i want you to stay with us. i'm hearing that we've gotten tape of the president in paterson, new jersey, speaking. let's listen in. >> when one part of the country gets affected, whether it's a tornado in joplin, missouri or a hurricane that affects the eastern seaboard, then we come together as one country and make sure that everybody gets the help they need. the last thing that residents here at paterson or residents of vermont or upstate new york need is washington politics getting in the way of us making sure that we are doing what we can to help communities that have been badly affected. i want to thank federal and state and local officials working around the clock to respond to this crisis. we know it could have been worse

but we should not underestimate the heart ache that's gone through a lot of these communities and affecting a lot of families. we want to make sure we're there to help and i'll make sure even after the cameras are gone and attention is somewhere else that fema and federal officials continue to work with our local officials to make sure we're doing the right thing. thank you very much, everybody. >> president obama with governor chris christie by his side. governor christie of new jersey, the president touring paterson today one of hardest hit areas in the aftermath of hurricane irene. he said you should not underestimate the heart ache here. even after the cameras are gone, fema will continue to work with residents and of course that is music to their ears. we are watching that story very closely but we're also watching the gop mitt romney courting tea party votes, not sitting well

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from new york's jfk, the same airport he was arrested back in may charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid. the charges were dropped last month. president obama is touring the area around patterson new jersey, streets are flooded and thousands still out of their homes. tropical storm lee is drenching parts of the southeast with flooding rains. right now the storm is over southern louisiana, ten parishes, in fact are under a state of emergency. and lee is starting to pick up speed at this hour. it is expected to move to the northeast and into the tennessee valley over the next few days. the alabama gulf coast is one of those areas feeling the impact of tropical storm lee. meteorologist reynolds wolf live from gulf shores. what is it looking like where you are. >> reporter: if you were to walk

up to the beach and look around, you would have the sunshine and few scattered clouds, other than this it seems like another windy day. looks really can be deceiving. if you were to go farther to the west in parts of alabama into louisiana and perhaps even mississippi, heavy rainfall and flooding and farther to the east in destin reports of rain. one big textbook thing you see are the heavy winds. some waves have been monsterous, they have a double red flag warning in effect. they don't want you in the water. because of the good weather and you have people hoping to get in. that has been one of the fears here in alabama. we're very lucky this afternoon to have the mayor with us. robert, is that your big fear, the possibility of rip current? >> yes it is, the folks have been locked up with rain for two days and they want to go to the water. it is really dangerous. it looks bad and it's even

worse. the rip current you can't see. >> reporter: a holiday weekend and that gives them incentive to go out, doesn't it? >> because they are going home tomorrow and this is their last chance to get in the water. we don't have the means to inform them of a safe environment along the beach. >> reporter: you had 7 inches or so within the last 30 hours? >> mostly yesterday. it rained almost all day yesterday and heavy wind and heavy rain, more coming i understand. >> reporter: with that potential, what is your biggest fear away from the coast inland? >> coastal flooding. obviously with that amount of rainfall, our drainage systems are compromised and ditches are full. the water level in the areas we drain too, the creeks and streams, they are higher. we don't have as much flow capability. thankfully today with the sunshine it's gone down some. >> reporter: as we wrap things up, i want to mention one more thing. we were here about a year ago

covering the oil spill. have you any evidence of oil being washed up with the water being tur you about lent. >> not yet thankfully. much of new orleans sits below sea level and so far in the city, we have seen some flooded streets. but everyone is watching to see how those levees hold up in the rain. joining me from new orleans is generoua general honore. how has the city handled the amount of rainfall from tropical storm lee? >> the system has worked. the pumps are working and moving the water out. the break in the rain as we've talked about, the rain breaks have been a blessing because they've allowed the pumps to keep up with the water. the only homes threatened now as we said earlier are those

outside the levee system. the levee system is holding and doing a great job and pumps are working. >> i heard about some problems around lake pontchartrain, are you finding that as well? >> yes, my sources tell me as lake pontchartrain is starting to feel the effects of the surge water being pushed in through from the gulf. as we need that wind to change direction, that won't change until the storm moved further north. the good news is the storm is moving faster and the bad news the storm is moving through our richest agricultural area in the state. going up into the coten belt of mississippi at the wrong time of year. >> how concerned are you with the storm? >> the tennessee valley has a lot of hills that can take 5 to 10 inches of rain in a day will

create a significant amount of flooding in the tennessee valley, alina. >> we're hearing up to 20 inches of rain in some parts. meanwhile, i want to remind your viewers, i spent a lot of time after hurricane katrina in the new orleans area. obviously you did too. six years after the storm, i'm wondering, how is the city faring? >> the city for the last hour and a half, we haven't had any rain and i rode around the french quarter in the central business district and people along the street are moving around. the city is open for business. the longstanding issue of course is rebuilding the ninth ward and part of the seventh ward about 25% of the population is not here but the housing is going in, the schools are getting better and the city is doing a lot better. >> generoal russell honore, thak

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some of you know this, it's one of my favorite weeks of the year. top collections for spring of 2012. a couple of days ago i got an exclusive look with one of fashion's mega stars, marc jacobs, he's been labeled a creative genius, but the man "time" named one of the 100 most influ ent shal people said that's not how he would describe himself. >> i don't know i'm a household name. i really don't have the awareness or i'll go somewhere and people will ask for a picture or an autograph or something. it's not that i'm unaware or naive, but i'm busy and do my

thing. i carry on and yes, i have some nice things and collect art and that kind of stuff. but i'm not a different person. >> that was a great interview. i had a lot of fun. i also interviewed another top personality in the fashion world rachel zoe, best known as the most famous celebrity stylist. so i was surprised to hear that even after dressing major stars like ann hathaway and cameron diaz for the red carpet, zoe was more anxious about designing her own collection of clothes. >> 100% is the scariest thing i've ever done. >> reporter: what about it is so scary? >> it's not a one time thing. this isn't something where i'm dressing someone and it's the oscars and i really hope they look amazing and work really hard at it on the red carpet. you know it's incredible and it's done and move onto the next thing. this is a very constant,

constant process. >> she's well on her way. the clothes look great. we'll have much more inside looks at the runway shows with my back stage pass, the designers and fashions and trends you won't see anywhere else on my special. it debuts on september 17th at 2:30 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. you know labor day poses a fashion dilemma each year. last night and again today i posted this question on twitter. should you, would you wear white after labor day? boy did you respond. here's a sampling, sure, you should always wear what looks and feels good. do people actually still follow those crazy rules? yes, they do. we got this from the closet squad. i shift to offwhite, still fresh and crisp. sounds good to me of the janet tweets, white after labor day when you have swagger, you can rock what you want when you want.

be careful in your own skin. sounds good. want to get in your two cents, sent me a tweet. we'll be reading your comments throughout the afternoon. and just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, there's a new shark movie at the theater. is it "jaws? not really. is it worth seeing? we'll ask our movie critic next. with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers.

two new thrillers hit the big screen this weekend, the first weekend is "shark night" about the ultimate summer vacation turning into a nightmare for seven teens when they are, you guessed it attacked by sharks. join pg us from los angeles, gray, great to see you. we want to run a clip and we'll talk on the other side. >> your house is on an island? >> it's going to be a good weekend. ♪ >> yeah baby!

>> somebody do something. >> oh, my goodness. that's dramatic music. i should remind our viewers or tell them, this comes from the director of "snakes on a plane." so what's your grade for this movie? >> well, i've got to qualify my grade a little bit. >> okay. >> because nature gone wrong is a genre that has given me so much. i want to give a gift back to it. this isn't a perfect movie, it what you would expect, a bunch of abercrombie and fitch models that get torn to shreds. >> that's not so bad. >> that's a general lack of

shark mayhem in the movie that kind of makes it look like a travellog for louisiana made by someone who didn't want someone to go there. >> and there you have it. >> we want to move on -- >> the cast is trying so hard. >> i gave it a b plus. >> b plus, got it. let's move onto the next thriller. this one is more sci-fi, "apollo 18" is the name. it hits theaters this weekend. nasa made a point to say this is a movie, not a documentary. let's watch the clip and come back and talk about it. >> okay, let me get a shot in the background. >> look at this. >> what? >> look at this. the flag is gone. >> houston, liberty, usual in the westinghouse last night? >> we got some interference. >> our flag is gone.

>> what? say again. >> all right, gray, the "new york times" says this film accomplishes something the world wasn't crying out for. it recreates the tid yum of watching the later apollo missions. >> oh, my gosh. >> i totally give the movie an a. i think "the new york times" is full of it. i'll go on record. i love documentaries, especially when they are fake. this movie was so tense, it made me break out with eczema. i thought it was so much fun because it combined actual nasa footage with their found footage. i use that term loosely, of course. i love a good moon conspiracy that doesn't involve the cast of jackas. they look like restaurants and i thought this was a lot of fun. i recommend that everybody buy popcorn because you'll need to

stress eat during this film. >> this is how far behind i am, i saw "midnight in paris" great film by the way. >> it was so wonderful. >> it was a great movie. thanks very much. >> neither films on par but yes. >> that's true. good to see you. coming up, a dismal jobs report. what's ahead for the coming week. our money team looks ahead next. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage

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♪ yeah ♪ oh all eyes are on jobs. where are they and who's looking? plus the government tries to prevent a mega merger, we're taking tabs starting with kareena. >> the jobs report was the major headline on wall street this past week and boy was it ugly. the economy didn't create any jobs in august, a fat zero, most were expecting to see some gains. when that didn't materialize stocks immediately took a hit and investors moved into safe haven bets like treasuries and gold. the shutdown in minnesota and strike at verizon, still they say it stinks. the unemployment rate held at 9.1%. african-americans with a 17%

jobless rate, the worst in 27 years. >> thanks. the justice department moved to block at&t's takeover of t-mobile the government says the merger would reduce competition and lead to higher prices for consumers. it would mean three companies would control 90% of the wireless market, a combined at&t t-mobile along with verizon and sprint. the deal isn't dead yet. at&t could make concessions or fight it in court. poppy harlow has a look at what's coming up next week. >> the next week on wall street is going to be a shorter one. financial markets are closed on monday for the labor day holiday. when trading resumes on tuesday, investors will get a key reader that accounts for the largest part of the labor market. we'll see if there's any moment you will there. we'll get the weekly jobless claims and it will be closely watched because last week's report showed a big jump in the unemployment claims following the verizon worker's strike and

this report could reflect the impact of hurricane irene. we'll talk it for you on cnn money. back to you. >> some of our top stories now, former imf chief dominique strauss kahn is back home in france after taking an overnight flight from new york. four months after he was charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid. the charges were dropped late last month. it was the worst possible news for friends and family members, a chilean plane missing has been found and all 21 people aboard are dead. the plane crashed off the pacific coast of chile. no official word yet on a cause. president obama getting an upclose look at the damage from hurricane irene. today he is touring wayne and paterson, new jersey. the president is meeting with residents and local officials and first responders. i'll be back in exactly one