en esta bandera, chavez [aplausos] pero me quedo contigo en esta bandera, chavez >>> las lágrimas deo otros jóvenes >>> me hicieron evaluación de sangre y otros exámenes, salí tipeao ! [aplausos] >>> pepeao en venezuela se dice cuando se sale bien de un asuno su diagnóstico médico exacto solo él lo conoce, por e para los médicos es difícil establecer un pronóstico >>> todo indica en las palabras del señor presidente, un tratamiento de quimioter noa, es curativo >>> y es el secreto mejor guardado de la revolución bolivariana, y es que tr de obtener beneficio político >>> ha vuelto su enfermedad como un reality show, aparte una enfermedad como esa se presta >>> pero la estrategia depende de la salud de su cáncer y más con una oposicióin que parece haber encontrado el camino de la unidad y se prepara para elegir en primaria para el próximo año a un presidente enfermo y convaleciente >>> el gobierno colombiano reaccióno por una declaración n un periódico, el dinero de estados unidos se utilizó para un espionaje ilegal el vice presidente dijo que considera muy difícil esa desviación de fo

mala influencia de sus amigos, cuando empiezan a engañar, no se responsabilizan de sus actos, es banderae el ataque no era para los clientes, sino para los dueños. >> son cinco los presuntos implicados, parte del cartel de los zetas, ellos confesaron que era sólo para dar un susto. >> otros condujeron los vehículos, otros fueron los que provocaron el incendio. >> las autoridades dicen contar con elementos suficientes para establecer la culpabilidad. >> afirman que todas coinciden. >> tenemos conversaciónes que sostenian entre ellos, que hacían referencia al evento y como hacían evasion a la justicia. >> se dice que el arresto de los hombres había sido gracias a un minucioso trabajo. >> han identificado que doce personas en total han estado involucradas en el caso, aún quedas acciones importantes como localizar a los dueños del casino, que se creee que salió del país . >> comparecio ante nosotros el piloto del avión que los saco del país . >> por eso se busca, ya que su declaración es vital para saber que pasó en el ataque. >> al regresar... . >> toda la información deportiva . >> (♪ ♪ ).

>> te juro que vi esa bandera hermosa y te transportas a esa infancia. >> tantos recuerdos.l cachete. y era la primera vez que me iban a dar el honor de cargar mi bandera, yo salÍ en la foto con mi cachete inflado! >> yo estoy loco por ver una foto de ustedes compartiendo con la fanaticada! >> miren esta! estamos todos los hinchas de univisiÓn. >> fernando fiori. >> miren ahÍ estamos todos disfrutando de ese ambiente. >> saludos! >> mi hermano! >> eso, karla. >> quÉ bien se ve tu hermano? >> sÍ, verdad, estÁ guapÍsimo! [risas] >> el deporte es maravilloso porque une paÍses! yo creo que no debemos de perder esa perspectiva, esto es un juego, lo rico es divertirse. >> la pasiÓn del fÚtbol. >> y regresa todos esos olores. >> miren quiÉn llegÓ? el sr. jorge bergara estÁ aquÍ. el dueÑo de las chivas rayadas. >> dame una chi. >> chi. >> dame una va. >> quÉ dice? >> chiva! >> amÉrica! [risas] >> no, no, no. >> la foto se la vamos a mostrar. >> bienvenido a despierta amÉrica, él estÁ junto a fÉlix, van a conversar. quÉ honor, venezolano pero chiva de corazÓn! quiero que sepa. >> gra

. >> hoy en méxico las banderas amanecieron a media asta.n al ataque. >> hoy fue declarado luto nacional por 3 días mientas que las labores se reanudarán en busca de las víctimas. >> un minuto de silencio. >> un minuto de silencio y una ofrenda floral por el presidente calderón que viajó a la ciudad. >> este viernes la indignación ciudadana se propagaba luego de que se difundieron las imágenes de las cámras de seguridad. >> hacemos un llamado a mantener la calma y estar más unidos que nunca frente a la amenaza. >> se observa cómo los sicarios llegan a bordo de al menos 5 vehículos. un grupo de clientes y peatones que se encontraban cercanos a la puerta principal huyen asustados al ver a los hombres armados. los agresores salen del local u huyen, para entonces en el interior todo era un caos. >> el secretario de gobernación y el gobernador de nuevo león prometieron dar con los responsables. >> no va a haber escatimación para dar con los responsables y combatir esta expresión de agravio. >> la búsqueda sde víctimas se suspendió en la mañana po

that is supposed to come in some time today. >> gregg: julie banderas, thank you. >> heather: wild and deadly weather all across the country. a powerful storm tearing through arizona and uprooting trees sending them right on to power lines and cars. in wisconsin another storm proving deadly. a man killed after an apparent tornado touches down. no other injured have been reported. about 2,000 people are without power and further east in pittsburgh, this.... >> it flew four, five feet in the air and mini geysers started popping up all over the place. >> heather: a pair of storms overwhelmed the drainage system and caused manhole covers pop off. floodwaters rising to 9 feet. flash flooding strangled drivers and killing four people. three of them from the same family. so can we expect more of this wild weather this weekend? maria is live in the weather center with more details. >>> unfortunately we are looking at a new storm system moving through the midwest that could produce similar weather to what we saw this past friday about those extreme storm systems. this storm system producing sev

. >> ataque en los rebeldes donde era el bombardeo de khadaffi, queman y pisotea la bandera, pero delre. >> pero en medio de la confusiÓn tambiÉn reapareciÓ sayd al islam, el hijo del dictador, reavivando un grupo de leales. al parecer, de los dos hijos de khadaffi en custodia o nos escapÓ del arresto domiciliario. >> la otan y el occidente tienen gran teologÍa, bloquearon las comunicaciones y la enviaron a los libios mensajes errÓneos y crearon el caos. >> queremos asegurar al mundo que la condiciÓn de libia es seÑal. >> asegura que lo que persigue la occidente es su petrÓleo. >> la relaciÓn con idea es poner su petrÓleo en el mercado, actuar de manera que respete los derechos humanos. >> sigue vivo, lo mejor que pueda ser sujetas a abandonar el poder. para el departamento de estado sus hijos y todos los fieles al rÉgimen de responsabilizarse por el derramamiento de sangre. >> al rÉgimen de khadaffi estÁ llegando a su fin aunque aÚn hay elementos que representa una amenaza, decÍa obama, la participaciÓn rodea ser bÁsica para esto y el consejo de la otan llegarÁ trÍpoli el prÓximo mar

. >> para que puedan cantar su himno nacional e izar esta bandera. >> un adelanto de las noticias y reportajeso >> gracias, nos traen la informaciÓn todas las maÑanas en despierta amÉrica. >> una pausa mÁs. en instantes veremos cÓmo llegan las guatemaltecas al noveno aniversario despuÉs de ser separadas en una histÓrica cirugÍa. >> en el 2012 el mundo de la ciencia mÉdica se anotÓ otro triunfo. separaron quirÚrgicamente a los siamesas que nacieron unidas por la cabeza. hoy como se encuentran las parejas que se robaron muchos corazones. >> las gemelas guatemaltecas quienes hace unos aÑos estaban unidas por la cabeza hoycontinÚan unidas en el corazÓn. >> aunque despuÉs de la exitosa cirugÍa que hizo el milagro de separarlas, su cuidado se dividiÓ entre dos familias que las han aceptado como parte de ellos. >> quiero mucho a mi hermana y me encanta estar con ella, vamos a la terapia juntas y disfruto su compaÑÍa. >> tiene a su cuidado a marÍa de jesÚs, cuenta que desde el dÍa que la conociÓ hacia un enorme amor. agradece a la vida por cuidar a la pequeÑa. >> hola preciosa. >> quien tiene mÁs impe

el tono es de festejo, besan la bandera que antes le enseÑaban a odiar. de trÍpoli. en medio de la revuelta, estados unidos monitorea instalaciones de en libia ante la posibilidad que caigan en manos equivocadas. >> aquel carrito de golf donde daba entrevistas, ahora era arrastrado por las calles. debajo de la residencia puede haber una red de tÚneles que Él puede haber utilizado para escapar. mientras nicaragua le ofreciÓ asilo, el presidente venezolano estÁ dispuesto a acogerlo. para chÁvez, no es el levantamiento de un pueblo sino el movimiento orquestado por occidente. >> el presidente ortega de nicaragua ha declararon su apoyo a gadafi. no se sabe si nicaragua brindarÍa asilo político a gadafi. el presidente ruso que conoce a gadafi, dijo que hablÓ con Él por telÉfono y él se encuentra bien. >> una de las cosas que mÁs preocupa, la certidumbre que le espera al pueblo libio. vamos a cambiar de tema, el ex presidente del fondo monetario internacional es hombre libre esta noche. el caso fue desestimado luego de que los fiscales dijeron que no confiaban

julie banderas at battery park city reporting for us. we'll check in later with her.sting because when you look at the last time that a hurricane like this happened in this area, a lot of the building that now exists along the shore line and places like hoboken wasn't even there. we've built and expanded. we look along the west coast of manhattan, there are so many buildings that have been built in areas that didn't exist in the early days. >> bill: 1985 was the last big one came through. 6th avenue, there is a cab. about all you'll get out there. so irene is coming this way. but not before it goes through virginia and new jersey first and the streets have been quiet today, which is -- on a saturday afternoon in august, it's an unusual sight to see. the subway system was shut down 5 1/2 hours ago. for the first time in the city's history, mandatory evacuations are in effect. what will happen in the big, big city soon? >> there were a couple of close calls. i'm a lifetime new yorker. eventually it's a matter of odds. it has happened before. it's been a century, but it'

julie banderas, thank you. >> jamie: the financial wakeup call was heard loud and clear.merica losing its aaa credit rating. will it spur congress to attack our debt problems? can they get it done? we ask congressman john campbell, straight ahead. >> kelly: the worldest richest man, why he lost billions. ouch! ♪ ♪ ♪ not ♪ one of jack's als. fiber one. h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. [ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. new ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. see? he's a good egg. [ major nutrition ] new ensure hh protein. ensure! nutrition in charge! ♪ >> jamie: it is the bottom of the hour. time for top of the news. syria promisi

muestra los colores de la bandera chexicana. motivo de gracia para algunos.

julie banderas. >> eight years to plan the sinking of the destroyer as the environmental reef program hours, gone. 130 feet below the waters of the coast of new jersey, delaware and maryland after they allowed water to begin the flooding process and radford quickly and quietly beneath the surface in less than one minute, a few water spouts and then disappeared, setting off applause and years, aimed for the chief of staff under eisenhower. it spent 26 years in active service beginning in 1977 and traveled the world to places like panama and oman and beirut in the first gulf war and ex-crew members are happy they weren't scrapped, but seeing her go was bittersweet. >> and sad to see her go in this way, in the way, but it's also glad to see her go, now i know i'm not going to be drinking out of pepsi cans made out of her. >> it's interesting that we're here to watch her be sunk when we spent so many months making sure that she wasn't sunk in other ways, but, she now has a early continuing. >> and in total the project cost almost 1 million dollars and 14 months for the whole structure tha

. >> this morning here is julie banderas at battory park. >> while hurricane irene do downgrade to do a tropical storm has left new york city left behind presety fierce winds her strongest winds we have gotten all day long. none the less the evacuation order lifted at 3:00 p.m. 250d. also staten island ferry will resume service today. as far as transportation is concerned the buttses will slowly start to resume and then come the trains of the the public transportation via subway metro-north railroad long island rail road. monday morning commute a nightmare. city offices will reopen come tomorrow morning. they are saying new york city taxis are essentially going to be your mass transit system. also should mention flights going out of new york are going to be very slow and coming. thousands of damages planned on flying in the 12 airports that shut in the new york area are going to have problems getting out. all bridges are open and clear for traffic. as for the storm surge that was the main concern we were talking about. it was a rain event until we talked about now until the winds star

rick. >> rick: julie banderas in the news room, thanks. a lawyer for the two americans in iran says that they're reported seems unusually harsh and if it's true, an appeal will come soon. how much a chance do the two have and could they, who have spent two years behind bars, spend even longer? joining us on the phone now is dr. amady, the president and founder of the american iranian council and he was heavily involved in the negotiations regarding the hikers. we're glad to talk to you. first of all, what role have you played in the negotiations? >> basically taking messages back and forth and trying to convince the iranian side that goodwill -- in fact, the original message, days after -- not days, weeks after the young men were arrested, came from tehran and they told me that they can go and send a message to the u.s. government and i did send that message to general jones at the time. i told them that iran is ready to release the people and obviously was expecting goodwill in return and i don't know what afterward the u.s. government in

explosivo, el gobernador jerry brown envió sus condolencias a la familia del fallecido y ordenó que las banderasnanza que busca regular los centros donde se nos ofrece las mujeres embarazo no deseado, pretenden frenar lo que ellos llaman prácticas engañosas por partes de los denominados centros de crisis para embarazo de que algunos estos sitios en la gente contra el aborto, una de las principales amenazas a los derechos de promoción de la mujer en el alguno de sus centros de consejería. >> el gobierno federal anunció el retiro del mercado de miles de juguetes que podrían representar un peligro para los menores, desde washington d.c. maría rosa lucy ni nos amplía la información. >> su pequeño juego de sus llaveros cobró su vida corre peligro es importante que se deciden a sus niños inmediatamente. >> ha sido retiradas del mercado, los artículos han sido de la marca que está en pantalla, los anillos que la sostienen que están defectuosos. >> los niños han tenido la capacidad de romper estas llaves y se reparten en dos y se atragantan con ella puede ser un peligro muy grande. >> según él se han re

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jon: julie banderas, live in rowr newsroom, thank you.: new fallout from the government's gun smuggling operation that resulted in high powered weapons flowing into mexico, why gun stores near our border of mexico fear being singled out. we're going to have a fair and balanced look at this coming up. >>> plus, going way beyond a morning dip, a 51-year-old woman attempting a 60-hour swim. we're going to tell you where she's going and where she's at right now, next. jenna: some developing stories from the newsroom, at least seven people killed, one injured, after a mass shooting in ohio. one of the victims, an 11-year-old boy. the gunman killed during the firefight with police, and we're expecting an update from a news conference in the local area, in about 20 cannots -- minutes from now. if we hear of developments we'll bring it to you. >>> in the meantime thousands of verizon workers striking across the northeast, the contract, for 45,000 employees, expired at midnight saturday. the union deciding to strike over issues including health ca

julie banderas standing by.ust see moment, which was your favorite by the way? did you have a favorite? rick: i liked them all. the snails caught my attention. >> reporter: yeah they were very eye-catching. any way, no, the rest did not agree with you. just about half agreed that the atm thieves, they stole the story of the day so to speak. these guys actually rammed into a gas station, a shell station with their truck, their pickup truck, they battered their ram, smashed through a brick wall at a gas station to get inside, and what did they get? they got an atm machine. it took them just about 45 seconds to get in and out. they got the atm machine, loaded it onto their truck and took off. police in denver are searching for the thieves that actually got away with an atm machine. not an easy heist, but hopefully they'll catch these guys, they have surveillance video. jenna: we heard from dr. ablow that being mean could make you more money. couch potatoes rejoice, how little effort it could take at the gym to keep

el mÁs famoso edison peÑa >>> en el maratÓn de nueva york habÍan carteles con bienvenido edison, y banderal cerro pudimos ver el escenario de tantas emociones, lÁgrima y alegrÍa. >>> no seso percatar percataroÓ >>> lo mÁs recurrente, la oscuridad >>> pero hoy sÓlo desea que se haga justicia, nos recibiÓ en su casa para a cha raclarar que nÉ sus compaÑero quieren sacar provecho econÓmico >>> el tema va por otro lado, para dejar un marcar un precedente, por lo que ocurriÓ en la mina san josÉ, cosa de que no vuelva a ocurrir algo mÁs >>> a raÍz de la demanda de la ley social, se cuentan a los mineros la enorme cantidad de recursos que se gastaron en su rescate >>> la verdad que ha sido bastante krits kcriticada hay ge nos grita que somos mal agradecidos que mordemos la mano que nos dio a comer >>> la intendenta ximena mata dice que el gobierno hizo lo mÁximo de apoyar, pero estan con si es usted derec su derecho de esta de maendz >>> es+demanda >>> no es contra del gobierno >>> mientras tanto la falta de empleo es el principal mrproble que enfrentan porque cada uno vuelve la realidad a pagar

julie banderas has more. >> today should have been the day.t would take one week. no word as the world waits to hear the verdict whether iran will respond to calls for leniency. there are conflicting reports out of right ran whether the hikers will be set free. according to the -- local satellite press tv today iran's ambassador to iraq rejected reports about their imminent release. yesterday the foreign minister said he hopes the verdict will result in freedom. july 31st, the lawyer representing the three hikers argued his clients were innocent of charges of illegal entry and spying. in a statement today, the u.s. state department tells fox news the trial of the three has concluded and a verdict should be forthcoming. shane and josh have been in prison too long and it is time to reunite them with their families. two years ago the three were hiking along the border we iranian police arrested them saying they illegally ended iran. and accused them of being spies. which carries the death penalty. the two have been held in an iranian prison. sara

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julie banderas live at the breaking news desk. >> reporter: they believe his killer was a pot farmer.low was shot and killed saturday while patrolling the marijuana gardens. they were investigating the report of a marijuana grow on hawthorne timer company property. when 35-year-old aaron bassler opened fire on the pair, there is the suspect with a high power rifle hitting mellow many times. his coworker managed to escape. mellow had called counsel less times to report growing operations in the area. mello died at the scene and the manhunt continues for aaron bassler. when news spread of his death many were left in shock. there is a phone number. they are asking anyone with information to call as they mourn the loss of a man they say spent the last 15 years serving on the fort bragg city council and decade working in the tim per industry. one colleague and friend said i can't think of a nicer person i've met in my entire life. he's just such a warm and giving human being. they say the 69-year-old dedicated most of his life to helping his community. his death the latest, strapblg i catr

julie banderas is live in our new york city news room with more on this. are not so fun anymore. these so-called flash mobs have taken a dangerous turn as hundreds of teen-agers looking for trouble are using the ritual to bully others. by terrorizing neighborhoods, assaulting pedestrians, vandalizing property. in fact, 11-year-old boy in philadelphia is among the most recent group of youngsters arrested recently knocking over whatever was in front of them and targeting pedestrians at random, prompting the city to crack down on these juveniles. the mayor will be announcing new plan on monday, which includes assigning more law enforcement to the downtown area, enforcing the curfew already in place, and warning parents that they will be held legally responsible for their children's actions. philadelphia officials have begun getting help from the federal bureau of investigation to monitor social media networks. but that is harder than you might think. >> police officials are finding is that it's not twitter or the other social media. it's really individuals te

banjulie banderas, thanks. >> reporter: sure.s campaign machine using the tea party as a wedge in the race for the white house. again, some say that, not everybody though. hi, everybody, we are glad you are with us. i'm jenna lee. rick: i'm rick folbaum. they are linking all republicans running to the tea party. rick perry, ron paul in new hampshire today an early and critical state. jenna: we are awaiting the arrival of the president. he is holding a town hall meeting and will wrap-up a three-day bus tour. on the road with the presidented henry. the president bought ice creme for everyone, did you get some? >> no i was actually working hard doing live shots. maybe today i'll get some ice cream. i'm working hard. the bottom line is the president today will be talking a little bit more trying to flesh out that new jobs plan we are hearing about this morning, aids saying that right after labor day we should expect the president to put out what they are saying and they are billing as a major economic speech, two pieces to it, a jobs

julie banderas, thanks so much. >> heather: extreme weather to tell you about. images, this was on cellphone camera, a violent storm knocking down power lines, creating flashes of light there. crews in the city of broken arrow, they worked throughout the night to restore power. molly henneberg is live with more -- maria molina is live in the weather center. parts of oklahoma now severe wets but we needed the rain out of oklahoma. some of that rain moved southbound into the state of texas where we are seeing areas, 15 inches of rain being normal levels. we did get some of the much needed rain today. most of the rain has fizzled and light areas of drizzle. some areas did pick up 7 inches of rain locally. that is a little bit of good news. light at the end of the tunnel. hopefully we have more coming up after that. storm system spinning over the great lakes. including the city of chicago, until 7:00 p.m. local time. strong storms heading eastbound and we will be looking for concerns out here from some of these storms, damaging wind gusts. there is a slight risk for

the mayor says if you have not left, do some leaving except for julie banderas who is in battery parky on the southern tich of manhattan. you can see lady liberty back there. >> julie: i dress today match, you won't be able to see, but the rain has tapered off. we have been getting outer bands of rain. it's interesting how the rains come in. they start pouring down on us. you would never think a hurricane is on the way. the mayor had a hard lesson when this city was pounded with several feet of snow which shut down the subway system. this time had he has gone ahead and taking the precaution and shut down the system. unprecedented for the big apple. this is very first time the mta has shut down public transportation due to weather. that means no subways, no long island railroad, no transit, nometro north, only way to get around the city is by taxi, foot or car. many new yorkers don't own cars. a loot lot of taxis we're told being summoned to evacuation areas to help those that might be stranded. i am standing in evacuation area. this is zone "a", battery park, mandatory evacuation orde

julie banderas has more on what thut shut down in preparation for hurricane irene. >> the outer rain bands of hurricane irene have reached new york city. i'm in battery park, zone "a," evacuated. some 370,000 residents were ordered, mandatory evacuation yesterday, to be out of here by 5:00 tonight. the mta also making an unprecedented move, in fact, shutting down all public transportation in new york city. that means no subways, no buses, no metro north, which takes you in and out of connecticut. no new jersey transit. to talk about the airplane coming in and out of the city, all cancelled flights, newark, new jersey and jfk international, la guardia, the three biggest, all of those airports are open for people to seek shelter. but no flights will be going out. as for public transportation, shut down until late monday. that will be a monday morning nightmare of a commute for a lot of new york residents. as we wait for the hurricane to come nwe are expecting 70-mile-per-hour winds, a category 1. certainly not strong for those of you who are sitting in florida, new york city, neverthel

. >> me pregunto cuÁntas parejas de diferentes orÍgenes y culturas, como salma, antonio banderas queempiezo en espaÑol a darle duro y su cara de... [risas] >> tÚ estÁs a punto de casarte con tu novio puertorriqueÑo. quÉ es lo que mÁs te tomÓ trabajo aceptar? obviamente tenemos el espaÑol en comÚn y en realidad que me ha gustado mucho porque hemos compartido cosas diferentes de nuestras culturas. somos muy diferentes, y fÍjate que le gusta mÁs la comida mexicana a Él. el tipo de palabras que ellos utilizan no son precisamente lo que nosotros usamos. fue bonito para mÍ compartir todas esas cosas con Él. obviamente, en la forma en que yo crecÍ. >> el albur mexicano. >> Él no entiende todavÍa, le falta adaprse en ese sentido pero para mÍ fue lo mejor q me ha pasado. >> tenemos muchos compaÑeros aquÍ en univisiÓn. tÚ no te me vas a escapar que andas con un gringo que parece modelo. illia calderÓn anda con un guapÍsimo hombre chino. >> hola, amigos de la cuarta hora de despierta amÉrica. aquÍ estoy y yo los veo todos los viernes no me pierdo el programa por supuesto. hoy vamos a hablar de

julie banderas live in new york city with the disappointing news, jules, this is not what we wanted to hear. >> reporter: certainly not and imagine the mindset of the families right now holding out hope for years. the state department, which has repeatedly called for the release of the two men, released the following statement, just moments ago, which reads in part. we are working to confirm these reports and are in contact with the swiss protecting power to obtain, and shane and josh have been imprisoned too long and time to reunite them with their families. despite american calls for leniency, they've eached reportedly been sentenced to three years in prison for illegal he entry to the islamic republic of iran and five years in prison charges of espionage for the american intelligence agency. under islamic law, spying is punishable by death. the pair both 29-year-old were arrested two years ago with 32-year-old sarah shourd for entering on the unmarked b border between iraq and iran, and they said he they hiked and unknowingly crossed the border. sarah was released on $500,000 in 201

julie banderas is live at the new york supreme court in manhattan, that's the trial court level here in new york and julie, that judge has just thrown the case out essentially. >> reporter: yeah, essentially he has, after months of he said, she said, inconclusive dna, and holes as you mentioned in the maid's story of the judge accepting the prosecutor's request to dismiss this case, dropping all seven charges against dominic strauss-kahn, including attempted rape and sexual assault, and all but stamping the passport of the imf chief who was scheduled or at least was until an emergency appeal was filed to take off on a plane, off for france today, so then he was returned back to his townhome as he awaits word. within minutes after the ruling, strauss-kahn as you can see, escorted out of the courthouse. he had planned to fly back to france, the maid's attorney had filed an emergency appeal to appoint a special prosecutor to the case, so that it can continue, that appellate court likely to decide later today. upon hearing the news, take a look outside as protestors stood screaming all m

julie banderas is live in battery park, new york city, with a special guest. hey, julie. >> i sure do. i've got the new york city police commissioner, ray kelly, standing next to me. we were talking about how this is something you don't hear every day here in new york. that is that new yorkers are being compliant. that, for me, is probably the lead story of the hour. we're talking about evacuations. we're standing in zone a and you're taking what regarding new yorkers heeding the evacuation warning? >> generally they have. they heeded the warnings and evacuated. some neighborhoods are a little better than others, but generally speaking, new yorkers are concernd about this. it's a category 1 now, but we know that it's sort of slow moving and it has the potential for raising the tide significantly. >> we noticed the harbor rising behind us within the last five hours. but new york has taken unprecedented moves. not only have they issued these mandatory evacuations, they've shut down the mta, all public transportation now since noon today due to weather. do you fe

>> tÚ viniste en honor a tu bandera. >> sÍ, feliz con el triunfo. >> te mandaron muchos saludos.ibertad, todos hemos ido, verdad. >> hemos pagado para entrar. >> si usted no ha ido a la estatua de la libertad, apÚrese porque a partir del 28 de octubre la van a cerrar por un aÑo. los cÓdigos de seguridad han cambiado y pues la actual estatua no cumple con ellos y van a remodelar las escaleras. no van a cerrar la isla, solamente la estatua. pero imagÍnense que un aÑo sin poder visitarla. >> la habÍan cerrado en una ocasiÓn por atentados terroristas. despuÉs de la reapertura se llenÓ de gente. >> tres aÑos despuÉs. >> exactamente, eso es lo que representa la libertad de este paÍs. un aÑo cerrada. >> y dicen que en un dÍa promedio de verano son 18 mil personas las que visitan la estatua de la libertad. >> nueva york es una de las ciudades mÁs visitadas del mundo y por cierto, despierta amÉrica muy pronto van a estar ahÍ. >> llÉvame. >> pero vengan todos. yo no entiendo por quÉ no vamos todos para nueva york. >> mÉteme en tu maleta. >> vamos a compartir un momento muy especial con tod

. >> this morning here is julie banderas at battory park. >> while hurricane irene do downgrade to dol storm has left new york city left behind presety fierce winds her strongest winds we have gotten all day long. none the less the evacuation order lifted at 3:00 p.m. 250d. also staten island ferry will resume service today. as far as transportation is concerned the buttses will slowly start to resume and then come the trains of the the public transportation via subway metro-north railroad long island rail road. monday morning commute a nightmare. city offices will reopen come tomorrow morning. they are saying new york city taxis are essentially going to be your mass transit system. also should mention flights going out of new york are going to be very slow and coming. thousands of damages planned on flying in the 12 airports that shut in the new york area are going to have problems getting out. all bridges are open and clear for traffic. as for the storm surge that was the main concern we were talking about. it was a rain event until we talked about now until the winds started kickin

julie banderas is live at the supreme court in lower manhattan. explain why the d.a. decided to drop the charges. >> reporter: essentially the d.a. has maintained that he doesn't believe the maid's story beyond a reasonable doubt, he can't expect a jury to, so then he went ahead and filed a recommendation for dismissal yesterday and a judge today, most likely, is going to go ahead and throw the case out according to our sources. according to prosecutor, the accuser has changed her story not once but three times with regard to the moments after the alleged attack, she also lied about being gang raped in new ginnie to gain asylum in the united states, it is these inconsistencies that has damaged the maid's credibility that has the case thrown out today. prosecutors say that dna testing did indicate semen on honor dress, it did match strauss-kahn and shows there was a sexual encounter, but there was no trauma to her body or oral cavity and scraping from underneath her fingernails yielded -- yielded no results, they also confirm the story of the tproplt outcry to her firs

julie banderas is live with the latest on the case. hello, julie. >> hi, shannon.is how long iranian court said it would take to formally sentence the three american hikers. that was last sunday making today day seven as the world waits to hear the verdict. however, word the hikers would be set free is being rejected. there are conflicting reports here. the local satellite press tv is reporting iran's ambassador to baghdad has expressed doubt about their imminent release despite the foreign minister saying yesterday he hopes the verdict will result in the hikers freedom. the lawyers representing the hikers argued his clients were innocent of charges of illegal entray and spying and in a statement last week the u.s. state department said and i'm quoting the trial of joshua fattal, shane bauer and shara shord has concluded. they were hiking along the border when iranian police arrested them and said they i illegally entered iran. fattal and bauer have been held in prison. sarah shourd was released in september 2010 and returned home. even if the court does reach a gu

julie banderas is live there.you got a little water but flooding could be an exaggeration. >> julie: i would say puddling is more accurate. where i was standing it was flooding 8:00 high tide time. that was a couple hours ago. now it has cleared out. this is not the atlantic ocean this is the new york harbor. we are seeing light caps. winding blowing around 20 knots or so. believe it or not, look to my left. you've got cruise lines, tourist cruise lines they just pulled up their ferries and docked. there is still a mandatory evacuation in effect affecting 370,000 people. maybe they are getting ready for monday. hoping it is a big tourist draw considering a lot of people may be curious to see the damage. most of the damage downed branches and debris. >> shepard: very big tourist week, coming up on labor day weekend holiday. one of the busiest times. we are expecting something from the transit agency for an update on bridges, tunnels, buses, subway trains. top of the hour, top of the news, next. more naturally wityo