expected in parts of lower manhattan the city's public transport system as a service including the subway has been shut down and residents had to leave some coastal unload lying areas. public transportation in new york city including the metro and buses have come to a halt as new york city prepares for this dangerous and possibly destructive hurricane parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw officials evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed extremely dangerous for the first time in the history of the new york city mayor ordered mandatory evacuation of what he called low rise areas these are areas all throughout new york that are very close to the water and it is estimated that more than two hundred thousand new yorkers will have to evacuate their homes and go to shelters close to seventy shelters have been set up in new york city in preparation for this hurricane hurricane i read it's also been recommended to anyone that lives above the tenth floor to a vacuum wait from. they're building we spent the whole day packing everything up so we're ready we hope it just goes right by and doesn't cause anybody

vote to be deteriorating weather and the american eastern seaboard including footage from the coastal city of claudette are held in the state of north carolina night because that's when. the pentagon's issued every poor warning that china is on track to becoming a leading military power by twenty twenty by beijing has called the documents distorted it claims the country's expanding military capabilities could potentially destabilize the balance of power in asia of the past year china has developed a new style fight on an aircraft carrier and has made a record number of space no inches however beijing says it's the normal progression of its technology and is not targeting any surprise that any expert on asian military affairs. says they are u.s. is not saying its own interests in making a fuss around china. there's a lot of hype going on right now in the united states and some of that you speak because they want to raise the chinese up so there are big danger that we can keep a large military footprint in asia but it also has to do with internal matters to push to cut the military budget th

tripoli from the air this as cut off the forces of fire three surface to air missiles towards the coastal city of misrata the rebel council claims that they are in control of most of the libyan capital after the alliance backed advanced while loyalists say they've regained some ground. independent journalists at the rixos hotel in tripoli tell our t. they feel under siege and in danger from what's happening outside. opposition supporters rejoice hoping that the forty one year old regime is nearing a dead end but skeptics point to the bitter disillusionment that followed the fall of the new gypsum dictator. the new leaders of russia to hold talks with officials from libya's new government the transitional council names several nato nations as favorites for lucrative oil contracts.

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. >> in other news, soldiers from syria continue to assaults a coastal city, causing thousands of palestinian refugees to flee the camps. this is the third day in a row they attacked the city to crush the protests. neighboring turkey has told them to halt these operations. they are demanding that the asaad regime stop this quickly. hasni mubarak appeared in court today where the judge declared an ending to the broadcasts. he is facing charges of corruption and is being held responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. he was flown in by helicopter from a military hospital. >> he was wheeled in on a stretcher. interest in the trial remains high in egypt and around the world. he followed the proceedings from inside of a cage. a large group of his supporters were inside the court building. they demanded that the longtime former leader get a fair and dignified trial. >> if they see you on the bed, and looks as if you were sleeping. >> this is a serious insult. the trial has divided egyptians. supporters and opponents clash when police were no longer able to keep them separated. the outcome o

they did seize the coastal city 30 miles.crawford was there. >> reporter: this was a battle they couldn't afford to lose. and they brought everything up to try to finish the job. street by street, inch by inch, they pushed forward. their advance sputtered. they couldn't see their enemies so they had to give the bait, even if it was themselves a crisscrossing of the road knowing the government was at the end of it. >> they don't know to shoot at. now they are trying to draw to finish the job off. >> once inside the square, they had to hold it and hold it they did. the men were outnumbered and out maneuvered, and their wounded were abandoned as they fled. they have waited since march for this moment, and they were savoring every second. the green flags favored by the regime were torn down. they will be on their guard for any retaliation now, but the aim is to push on to tripoli. they faced a weekend at fe military. it may not be the the same on the road into the capital. >> that was alex crawford reporting from libya. >> the su

buildings are being boarded up, evacuations of coastal cities are under way, local governments are getting ready for the worse. >> our principal goal is not to lose a life. there is no reason anyone should lose their life as a result of this. we know it's coming. we are implementing safety measures. but it creates a sense of anxiety. >> the airlines are also warning passengers you expect canceled flights. 126 american airlines flight were canceled. mostly out of miami and the bahamas. claudine wong is heading to sfo right now. there is much more information about hurricane irene on our channel 2 website ktvu.com. and make sure you stay here with ktvu throughout the morning. we will follow what irene is doing. we will also take you live to north carolina for the very latest from there. >>> redwood city police are investigating a bizarre and tragic hit and run in redwood city. two cars hit and killed a man last night. kraig debro tells us the victim wanted to be hit. >> reporter: good morning, pam. police are look for the drivers of two vehicles in connection with this suicide. if that sound

they started trickling into coastal cities three decades ago with the launch of reform and open door policies. this has been good for growth, but it has been less kind to families. nhk world's yamaka has the story. >> reporter: population 400 and shrinking. most of the people here are children and the elderly. working age adults have headed to the cities to look for jobs. 80-year-old fong is one who -- her mother and father went to xione. she now lives with her grandparents. she used to be able to take her problems to her father. but he's no longer there. she often refuses to go to school. and shut herself up at home. >> translator: i want to live with my father. i want to eat and play with him. >> translator: i am so worried about my grandfather. because she no longer puts on a happy face every day. >> reporter: but one man is providing support. 55-year-old inchang runs the elementary school in the village. after the one he worked for closed down nine years ago. funding came from donations and the local government. when fong failed to show up for classes, he started visiting at home

they started trickling into coastal cities three decades ago with the launch of reform and open door policies. this has been good for growth, but it has been less kind to families. nhk world's yamaka has the story. >> reporter: population 400 and shrinking. most of the people here are children and the elderly. working age adults have headed to the cities to look for jobs. 80-year-old fong is one who -- her mother and father went to xione. she now lives with her grandparents. she used to be able to take her problems to her father. but he's no longer there. she often refuses to go to school. and shut herself up at home. >> translator: i want to live with my father. i want to eat and play with him. >> translator: i am so worried about my grandfather. because she no longer puts on a happy face every day. >> reporter: but one man is providing support. 55-year-old inchang runs the elementary school in the village. after the one he worked for closed down nine years ago. funding came from donations and the local government. when fong failed to show up for classes, he started visiting at home

. >>> in syria, government forces are reportedly firing on residents of a coastal city from both aird sea, using gunboats for the first time in the regime's bloody crackdown. activists say 25 people have been killed. >>> now here's an early lookÑia one of your top health headlines on nbc.com.,0 a new study suggests that siblings of kids with autism have a higher risk of being diagnosed with the disorder than previously believed. they found one in five had an autism spectrum disorder which includes asperger's syndrome and similar conditions. other stories, check out the health page at nbc.com. >>> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil wash with odor block, the confident clean. >>> here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11269 after rising 21 points friday. the s&p gains t[xs points and t nasdaq grew 15. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei rose 122 points. >>> after a week that saw wall street go through its wildest gyrations ever, news and data, the point of the health orxd th weakness of the economy

when the march 11 tsunami ripped through the coastal city in iwate prefecture, it destroyed everything in its path except a lone pine tree. now we get a story about a campaign to preserve this miraculous survivor that's quickly becoming a symbol of the community's reconstruction efforts. >> oh, my gosh. its condition is worse than i expected. >> reporter: he is a landscape artist in japan. he is now trying to rehabilitate the pine tree that clearly has nine lives. >> translator: this is going to be very tough. we really need a good plan. >> reporter: along the coast is a two kilometer long plantation of 70,000 pine trees protecting inland areas against the sea breeze. all but this one tree were washed away by the tsunami. now the die-hard pine has become a symbol of hope for the local people. who are struggling to piece their lives back together. >> translator: i didn't want to let it die. it looks like it's begs us to look after it. some day i want it to become the icon of our city, giving strength to everyone who sees it. >> reporter: as an arborist, he knows about saving trees in di

now people are boarding up billings and evacuating many of the coastal cities up and down the east coast. emergency rescue crews are also preparing to deal with the hurricane's after math. >> two person team a structural collapse with hurricanes where wednesday not build down. we have our swift water rescue team that goes into flooded areas. they go in and rescue people out of homes that are trapped. >> forecasters say the wind speeds for irene are still at 115 miles an hour but could gather strength as it hits the warm atlantic water. state of emergency has been declared for new jersey with mandatory evacuations. this is the biggest evacuation in that state's history. all 11 casinos in atlantic city are bracing for a shut down. that will be the first that has happened since opening in 1978. >> people at the shore should leave the shore. there is no use in toughing it out. >> voluntary evacuations under way in maryland and new york city. in washington, d.c. sunday's dedication of the martin luther king memorial has been postponed indefinitely. stay with us throughout the morning. you can

hour and what makes this unique is the path will take it through some populated metropolitan coastal cities from cape hatteras in the south to cape cod in the north, possibly crossing over long island on sunday as a category 1 hurricane. so the damage could be extensive up the eastern seaboard. we'll have some changes to our own forecast coming up. >>> stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage as hurricane irene heads towards the u.s. we'll have updates on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. coverage starts at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >>> we're following some developing news out of northern mexico tonight where at least 50 people are dead after gunmen torched a casino in monterey. authorities say two dozen gunmen stormed the casino, doused it with gasoline, set it on fire and trapped the gamblers. many of them women and elderly. more than a dozen escaped but suffered injuries. in a tweet posted today, the mexican president wrote that the attack was "an act of terrorism and barbarism." casinos have emerged as a target of e torsion. >>> in libya, nato has joined the hunt for moammar gadhafi.

when the march 11 tsunami ripped through the coastal city in iwate prefecture, it destroyed everything in its path except a lone pine tree. now we get a story about a campaign to preserve this miraculous survivor that's quickly becoming a symbol of the community's reconstruction efforts. >> oh, my gosh. its condition is worse than i expected. >> reporter: he is a landscape artist in japan. he is now trying to rehabilitate the pine tree that clearly has nine lives. >> translator: this is going to be very tough. we really need a good plan. >> reporter: along the coast is a two kilometer long plantation of 70,000 pine trees protecting inland areas against the sea breeze. all but this one tree were washed away by the tsunami. now the die-hard pine has become a symbol of hope for the local people. who are struggling to piece their lives back together. >> translator: i didn't want to let it die. it looks like it's begs us to look after it. some day i want it to become the icon of our city, giving strength to everyone who sees it. >> reporter: as an arborist, he knows about saving trees in di

today they seized a coastal city 30 miles from the capital.as there. >> reporter: this was a battle they couldn't afford to lose. and they brought everything out to try to finish the job. street by street, inch by inch, they pushed forward. and forced gahdafi's men into retreat. with gahdafi troops some martyr square, their advance stuttered. they couldn't see their enemies, so they had to give some wait, even if -- some bait, even if it was themselves. they crossed the street knowing gahdafi's gunmen were at the end of it. >> they have lit some fires to try and create a smokescreen so the snipers don't know what to shoot at. and now they are trying to draw them in to finish the job off and move into the square. once inside the square, they had to hold it. and hold it they did. the gahdafi men were out numbered and out numbered and they were abandoned as they fled. they have waited since march and they were enjoying every second. the green flags favored by the gahdafi regime were torn down. they will be on their guard for any gahdafi retaliati

reports of the first coming from north carolina and virginia as hurricane irene launches coastal cities in the two states with one hundred eighty five kilometer per hour winds u.s. authorities say six people including and their record eleven year old boy have been killed so far by trees enormous gusts this storm has toppled power lines and almost one million people are now without electricity i read news heading for new york where flooding is expected in parts of lower manhattan this is public transport service including the subway has been shut down and residents ordered to leave some coastal low lying areas. store. public transportation in new york city including the metro and buses have come to a halt as new york city prepares for this dangerous and possibly dish directive hurricane parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw officials evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed extremely dangerous for the first time in the history of the new york city mayor ordered mandatory evacuation of what he called low rise areas these are areas all through

have been reported killed in tennis land in a sea assault by government forces in syria's key coastal city of latakia the operation continues a brutal crackdown on several cities to root out protesters demanding president bashar assad step down the protests have. dramatically over the past five months but around two thousand civilians dead in clashes with government forces the continuing bloodshed has caused the international community to line up against the state's handling of the uprising and to demand an immediate end to the violence and according to journalist neil clark president assad's recent promise to allow a multi-party system you know many of the opposition supported by the us appears to be. two days ago president. he was going to allow a multi-party system in syria but i think the opposition have been emboldened by the support they're getting from foreign countries such as the u.s. in france and so i think that's what's really treated is very dangerous situation where we could be heading into civil war and we don't know too much about you because you know we're also seeing thin

ordered by government forces in syria its key coastal city of latakia the operation continues a brutal crackdown on several cities to root out protesters demanding president bashar assad step down if protests have grown dramatically over the past five months with around two thousand civilians dead after clashes with government forces the continuing bloodshed has caused the international community to line up against the state's handling of the uprising and to demand an immediate end to the violence and according to patrick hayes a journalist from the online political magazines pranked president assad's recent promise to allow time for the system. is almost ready to surrender. clamping down on freedom of speech and freedom of expression which is the cornerstone of any democracy is not sending out a message from the syrian people that he can be taken seriously or trusted in his promise is a tool there is a sense from a sad really is by which she started to say this is the end of single party rule and he will start to think about elections and the way in which you previously portrayed hims

time now for some other stories from around the world on the because of the end of the syrian coastal city of latakia it's forcing a local residents to flee that's according to activists at the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton called on all countries to stop by syria or else . a raft of government troops once again crack down on nationwide protests and friday with sixteen people reportedly killed in the violence if united nations security council plans to meet on thursday to discuss further sanctions against the syrian government. agent new clashes between pro and anti gadhafi forces erupted around the key coastal town of zawiya in libya the government's strenuously denied that rebels have captured the city according to colonel gadhafi spokesman and group of fifteen rebels have been repelled by government troops after they opened fire and tried to move into the town so we're just fifty kilometers from tripoli is a key target for the rebels hope to cut off the capital from the outside world and months of deadlock rather thirteen thousand people have been killed in libya so the uprisi

some of our stories from the rest of the world armored vehicles and a tiny glimpse at the syrian coastal city of latakia also local residents to flee according to activists there the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton called on all countries to stop buying syrian oil and gas now it's going to came after government troops once again clamp down on nationwide protests on friday with sixteen people who are totally killed in the violence the united nations security council plans to meet on thursday to discuss further sanctions against the syrian government. germany has marked the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of the berlin wall ceremonies in the capital started with a memorial service and a minute's silence to honor those who died trying to flee to the west from communist controlled east germany the wall stretched for nearly one hundred sixty kilometers and divided the city for over twenty eight years at least one hundred thirty six people are known to have been killed trying to cross the wall but the exact number is still disputed. the former cuban leader fidel castro turned eight

vicious crackdown are far less welcome in a similar offensive against so-called terrorists and the coastal city of latakia the opposition claims government troops killed almost fall to civilians while human rights groups report the number of gas in the country would be almost as high as two thousand some say assad is simply using his army to silence peaceful demonstrators across the country over the level of the syrian army hasn't met any resistance in the cities across the country were. maybe there was some so-called bandits among protestors and maybe they use the momentum to spread. but if so where have they been when the army. armed groups is just a theory invented by the state they have an excuse in the cities. in new liberated there is old life seems getting back to normal the markets reopened and roads bridges days ago were empty are again filled with cars but reminders of the recent troubles arms to hard to find and the most obvious one is fear most refused to talk to our camera. too scared of jail assad's opponents say. is the real objective and assad's military operation if that's the

thousands of people in coastal cities along north carolina are being evacuated; new york and new jersey have both declared states of emergency ahead the storm. even residents of the big apple are being urged to prepare. the category three storm is already impacting travel. amtrak has canceled all saturday and sunday service south of washington, d.c., and the major airlines have started canceling flights and moving planes out of irene's path. still, airline analysts expect just a minimal impact on revenues. as for the major retailers, supervalu, home depot, and macy's have the biggest east coast exposure, all with more than 30% of their locations in the region. >> tom: still ahead-- as the east coast braces for irene, a new idea for flood prone areas. our "planet forward" series looks at floating houses. >> helen: plenty of conflicting messages in the market. let's get you updated in with the market dpous-- focus. despite the optimism from warren buffett on bank of america, stock prices slumped ahead of tomorrow morning's speech by federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. we did see the se

officials crackdown are far less welcome in a similar offensive against so-called terrorists in the coastal city of latakia the opposition claims government troops killed almost fall to civilians while human rights groups report the number of deaths in the country could be almost as high as two thousand some say assad is simply using his army to silence peaceful demonstrators across the country over them. the syrian army hasn't met any resistance in the cities across the country were. maybe there was some so-called bend among protestors and maybe they use the momentum to spread cancer but if so where have they been when the army. armed groups is just. theory invented by the still you'd have an excuse to end to the cities. in union of brain dead a sword life seems getting back to normal in markets reopened and roads just days ago were empty again filled with cars but reminders of the recent troubles too hard to find and the most obvious one is here. now up t. syria. the origins of the uprising may not be so clear cut globalisation analyst michel chossudovsky told r.t. that some of the so-called p

one of those key locations you're looking at there, the crucial coastal city. abc's matthew price is in tripoli. >> reporter: david, tonight, tripoli is u uer pressure like never before. so, too, is colonel gadhafi and his supporters. militarily, they have suffered significant defeats on the battlefield. all of these rumors swirling around that gadhafi and his family may be about to leave libya, the government stresses that they are just that, rumors. the prime minister here is telling us they want a cease-fire between both sides. i think that's'sllustrtrion enough of how much gadhafi is up against ropes at the moment. and unless something significant changes the general feeling is, his days must surely be numbered. >> matthew prieshgs oce, our th you. >>> and from iran tonight, an unclear future for those two american hikers who have been held there for two years now. today they were reportedly sentenced to eight years in prison. many questions whether they still could come home sooner. abc's jim sciutto on this story from the start. >> reporter: iranian state

. >> susie: and so then the question is, is what impact does all of this have on these coastal cities and states that have been impacted, and any chances of recession coming to these communities? let's take a look at your map state-by-state and get a recession status update. and looking here, nevada, the one state in red that you say is already in a recession status, the ones in orange are at risk, new jersey, tennessee, mississippi, alabama and so forth. and the green ones are mostly in recovery. so did irene, is irene going to push any of those green states closer to recession? >> many of those green states are flirting with potentially falling in recession am but i think we should avoid it we are seeing signs of recovery from coast-to-coast. even nationally i think irene is not going to have a measurable impact on third quarter gdp. i think at the most it is going to shave off a tenth. we'll get that back and more in the fourth quarter. but if you look down in the northeast, i think those areas that are most at risk are the metro areas tied to tourism, including ocean city, new jer

you can see on your screen we're broadcasting live images from the new york city as well as the coastal city of kill devil hills in the state of north carolina you can log on to r.t. dot com and witness the rapidly deteriorating weather of the american city. now the pentagon's issued a report warning that time is on track to becoming a leading a military power by twenty twenty beijing has called the document distorted it claims the country's expanding military capabilities could potentially destabilize the balance of power in asia over the past year china has developed a new stealth fighter an aircraft carrier and has made a record number of space launches however beijing says it's the normal progression of its technology and is not targeting any supposed enemy an expert on asian military affairs conn hallinan says the u.s. is nursing its own interests in making a fuss around china. there's a lot of hype going on right now in the united states and and some of that is because they want to raise the chinese up to the regain sure that we can keep a large military footprint in asia but it also h