uh-oh. >> okay. >> before we go any further speaking of battenning things down, let's go to al, he's on the outer banks of north carolina where hurricane earl is fast approaching. al, good morning again. >> good morning, guys. again, about 350 miles south of cape hatteras. category 4 storm. 145-mile-per-hour winds. we are watching as we expect it to come very close to cape hatteras, the outer banks sometime around 2:00 or 3:00 this morning. what about the rest of the country for the weekend? well, we are looking at wet weather along the mid-atlantic coast because of earl on saturday. we also look for mild conditions throughout much of the country. going to be hot through the south on into the gulf coast. sizzling conditions continue in the southwest. and a little bit cooler and milder in the pacific northwest. sunday, sunday! see more wet weather making its way up the coast as earl makes its way into new england. look for the hot weather from the gulf coast on into the southeast, mid-atlantic states, the heat and sizzling conditions in the southwest, as well. >>> here's a beautiful v

bermudans war battening down the watches. >> mike: the raiders change quarterback and silence the rams, and the brewers trying to get out of san francisco with a sweep by snatching one from the sweep by snatching one from the giants, but the our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. >> alan: hurricane igor is battering bermuda. 80 miles-per-hour winds are whipping up waves and heavy rains are causing minor flooding. david curley files this report from bermuda. >> reporter: this is hurricane igor arriving. some high winds and a lot of rain. residents here on this island woke up to good news and bad news. the bad news is that igor is headed righ

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. >> reporter: we were out earlier, it's nearly a ghost town as folks are batten down in their homes. it's going to be here a long time, what do you think? >> you better get in. >> reporter: they were worried it's an historic hurricane, one they've never seen before. downgraded to a category 1, the hope now is that the winds don't do the kind of damage they were fearing. we'll find out as soon as the sun comes up. >>. >> thanks david, igor is expected to move northwest but bringing up power waves and rip currents as as far as ft. lauderdale. >>> following igor, tropical storm julia is expected to dissipated by tomorrow. the forecasters say a tropical wave that developed overnight by cape verde islands could become tropical storm lisa. sam champion will have more on "good morning america." >>> and now to the americans still jailed in iran. president mahmoud ahmadinejad is here in new york for the general assembly. we'll hear more from the american freed just last week. >> reporter: sarah shourd is saying more about her are release from the iranian prison but she's saying very little ab

. >> reporter: we were out earlier but not surprisingly it's nearly a ghost town as folks are battendown in their homes. it's going to be here a long time, what do you think? >> you better get in. >> reporter: they were really worried this was going to be an historic hurricane, one they've never seen before. downgraded to a category 1, the hope now is that the winds don't do the kind of damage they were fearing. we'll find out as soon as the sun comes up. rob and vinita. >> thanks, david. igor is expected to move northeast away from the u.s. today, but the powerful storm is still picking up huge waves and rip currents as far south as ft. lauderdale. swells that range from 4 to 8 feet. >>> following igor, tropical storm julia is expected to dissipated by tomorrow. the forecasters say a tropical wave that developed overnight by cape verde islands could become tropical storm lisa. sam champion will have much more on "good morning america." >>> and now to those americans still jailed in iran. the story here in the u.s. because iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad is here in new york for

we do not know if it will be a class 1 or 3 or 5, but i can tell you to batten down the hatches.t will be a long night. >> republicans cannot wait for the hurricane to hit. if they do not come out on election day, they are going to be hit by a class 5 storm. >> a very interesting metaphor. >> coming up, president obama hit the campaign trail during a rally to support democrats around the country, but with the help or hurt? >> i am julie parker on capitol hill. one election away from becoming the longest serving female senator. we will meet her, coming up. >> also, a democrat who represents maryland's fourth congressional district is being challenged by republican. a systems engineer. challenged by republican. a systems engineer. oh. about what? uh, they don't really think you're an exchange student. what? they think you're a businessman, using our house to meet new clients in china. for reals, player? [ woman speaks chinese ] they overheard a phone call. [ speaks chinese ] something about shipping with fed to shangh. and then you opened a bottle of champagne. that was for a scien

they are battening down the hatches. category 2 storm when it reaches berda.h, this big cell of high pressure will keep that storm off, way off the eastern seaboard. little ripple of low pressure and ak weather front coming our way for tomorrow night monday morning time frame but i don't think it has enough moisture to work with. we'll pick up some clouds late sunday and early monday. not much in the way of rain chance until later parts of next week. so for today then mostly sunny, delightful toompb outside. highs in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. your sunday plenty of sunshine getting a little bit on the toasty warm sideor september standards. highs tomorrow mid-to-upper 80s some places down towards fredericksburg and stafford might touch 90 degrees for a brief time tomorrow. 86 here in town. our average high temperature 87 degrees. all these numbers at or above average for the next couple of days with hardly anything in the way of rain chances. might pick up a shower across southern pennsylvania as we get into the wednesday time frame. here in washington

not surprisingly nearly a ghost town as folks batten down in their homes. to be here for a long time, what do you think? >> it's going to be some damage. you've got to get in. >> reporter: they were worried this was going to be a historic hurricane. one they'd never seen before. downgraded to a category 1, the hope now is that these winds don't do the kind of damage they were fearing. we'll find out as soon as the sun comes up. rob and vinita? >> our thanks to david kerley. igor is expected to move to the northeast, away from the u.s. later today. the powerful storm is still kicking up huge waves and rip currents all along the east coast as far south as ft. lauderdale. forecasters say the storm is causing swells that range from 4 to 8 feet. the dangerous conditions could last throughout the day. >>> there's even more trouble in the tropics on top of that. a tropical wave has developed near the cape verde islands. if it gains enough strength it could turn into tropical storm lisa and even form into a hurricane. forecasters say it's too soon to tell if it wil

they are battening down the hatches as igor continues to close in on the island nation.te this evening into the overnight hours tonight. if you had any plans to go out to bermuda likely no flights -- or likely to bermuda until tuesday. for us t weather front coming down through here will pass through during the late evening hours tonight before you get up tomorrow morning our wis will have turned back around to the northwest putting some slightly cooler air in to get the work and school week going. a chance of rain midd of the week. for today increasing clouds, warm and try tay. sprinkles possible only really in southern most pennsylvania. the bengals and the ravens out in cincinnati. good weather for that game out to the west. back to work morrow, everybody. temperatures in the upp 70s. back to near 80 degrees on tuesday. 88 on wednesday with a risk of a shower, maybe a thuerstorm as well. that's really about it on rain chances. if we had an eight day in the forecast next subday i think will be a good chaps for some needed rainfall. >> thanks, chuck. >> okay. >>> gettin

tourists flee and residents batten down as the powerful hurricane inches closer to bermuda. we'll have a live report. >> tragedy on the field. a star high school quarterback collapses and dies after throwing a touchdown pass. his death is under investigation. what happened? a closer look today, sunday, september 19th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. >> authorities are searching a wide area in california for those missing children. >> they left behind cell phones, i.d.s and letters indicating they were waiting for a world-ending event. >> an american woman held captive in iran for more than a year is on her way home today. what's next for shaarah shourd? >> germ warfare. find out what's lurking on escalators, atms and drinking fountains. alarming information. >> never love having those stories first thing in the morning. i always walk out of the studio not touching anything, in a straight line, like this. >> we'll scrub li

people from north carolina to maine battened down homes and businesses in advance of hurricane earl. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the trajectory of the massive storm from ed rappaport of the national hurricane center. >> lehrer: then, analysts hisham melham and daniel levy assess the progress from today's middle east peace talks in washington. >> woodruff: margaret warner reports from baghdad on the continued stalemate in forming a government, some five months after parliamentary elections. some of the political players may decide to use violence themselves as a pressure point. >> lehrer: newshour correspondent spencer michels examines the impact of u.s. supreme court rulings on local gun regulations in california. >> among the first results of the supreme court decisions on guns: gun shows like this may become more common in california. >> woodruff: plus an encore look at jeffrey brown's profile of tap dance great maurice hines passing the torch and tradition to a new generation. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour.

basically get off the island if you can now especially if you're not from there, you want to batten downre a tourist no reason to stay much longer. probably two more days of good weather. >> that's on the radar? are we going off the radar? >> off the planet almost. >> okay. >> nuclear weapons. >> what was that nuke what -- >> nuclear. is that how he said it? nuclear weapons. and all the atomic bomb blasts that happened in nevada, remember some of the video you'd see like things getting blown apart? we only saw a tiny fraction of what was actually made. there was 6500 motion pictures made. of course all classified. we only saw just a few. now at least 100 of them declassified and available online. you can watch them online. there was a film studio five minutes from hollywood that did all of this work. all of this work was in a secret facility up in the hills. 2 1/2 acres. they made 6500 motion pictures in the time that they were there. it's a private residence now. been knocked down. no indication that this film studio was ever there. but it was the largest motion picture self-contained f

they're battening down the hatches and getting ready for a district hit sometime sunday night throug monday. >> jim cantore, thank you. igor not the only storm we're following this morning. hurricane karl smashed onto the gulf coast of mexico friday kiing at least two people and causing lots of damage. nbc meteorologist bill karins has more on that. bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, lester. what an amazing week. at one point we wer tracking three major hurricanes at the same time. we haven't done that since the 1920s. karl was an overachiever. it wasn't supposed to become a major hurricane but it did after coming off the yucatan. made landfall yesterday only 10 miles north of veracruz. that's where a lot of the significant damage was located. this storm has now dissited in the high mountainous terrain. but it did leave its mark with wind gusting over 100 miles per hour and the flash flooding was really the big threat over the last 24 hours. as it rained itsel out in the high terrain there in mexico. so what's next? we had julia out there. still a storm. but that one for the

but it may be one of those things where a bit like a slow moving hurricane, we have to batten down theatches and wait this one out for the private sector to start to feel the confidence to invest and hire people. >> steve liesman as always, thank you. >>> let head over to the news desk now where craig melvin of our wrc in washington has this morning's other headlines. good more than aning and welcom. >>> there has been another attack on a young woman. miss in mesa are looking if a with him who threw acid on the face of another woman. the victim has second degree burns. police say this attack does not appear to be ran can dom. you might remember earlier this week a similar attack happened in vancouver, washington on a 28-year-old woman there. overseas now to pakistan where the death toll is up to 65 now from that suicide bombing friday when a shiite muslim procession. the attack caught on tape. more than 150 peoples wounded in that bombing. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility. >>> there will be no more gubernatorial debates in arizona. incumbent republican jan brewer says more

batten down the hatches, one of the most powerful women in professional sports and the youngest, sassiest guess guilty. i learned from my grandfather. so he's an older version, but from new orleans, we dance, we laugh, everything we live through here, but especially winning the super bowl. there was nothing that brought my family greater pleasure than to bring that super bowl victory back to the city of new orleans. >> you get a lot of attention for a lot of reasons. is it a good thing for women and football? >> i think so. i think any attention is channeled in a positive way. so obviously, we use this incredible kickoff to showcase new orleans' economic development, everything that's happening in louisiana and the greater gulf south region. obviously we've had the issues with the storm, and the oil spill, but we have strong, resilient people that work together as a team just like the football. >> you learned this business from the ground up. you took on a lot of different roles in this family organization and franchise. if you were talking to a group of young ladies today, would you say