at least three aftershocks have been recorded, the strongest to hit the east coast to hit the east coast since world war ii was felt from atlanta to maine. more than anything it rattled the nerves of millions who were not used to experiencing anything like this. joel brown is in washington with the latest. good morning, joel. i'm sure you felt a little bit of it. >> i did, no deaths, serious or major damage to report but for the 12 million or so of us who felt our typically stable ground shaking beneath us yesterday, this was one of those events we're going to remember. the washington monument remains closed indefinitely as engineers look for any more signs of damage. a police helicopter spotted cracks at the top of the landmark following tuesday's 5.8 magnitude earthquake. >> all of the sudden you felt the floor rumbling under your feet. when i stood up to see what it was, the whole building shifted like that. >> reporter: a chandelier swayed in a building in new york city, while officeworkers poured into the streets. >> first felt like 9/11, okay, what's happening here. earthquake in n

now it could cause havoc along the east coast. more than half a dozen states have declared states of emergency. the storm is growing in size and danger stretching 1,000 miles wide. it's expected to bring powerful winds, drenching rain and massive flooding. more than 65 million people are in irene's line of fire. i am worried about storms that is going through one of the most populated areas on the east coast. >> it first struck north carolina coast. >> i hope people heed the warnings. i know it's hard for folks that have small businesses to leave but already should take this seriously. >> in north carolina residents boarded up their homes. >> the wind was 130 miles an hour. >> businesses shut down and one stayed open last night. >> i'm trying to get rid of as much food as we can. >> coastguard is taking no chances they are battening down the hatches. >> they don't realize the strength of hurricane winds. >> all along the east coast from small beach towns to big cities the message from government and emergency officials is the same

that was from the high definition east bay cam. you are looking down emeryville, and you saw a little fuzzy sky as the low clouds have started to move in toward the coast there. mild temperatures right now. 60s extreme east bay and 58 right now in livermore. clear sky there. the closer you get to the bay, the temperatures start to come down thanks to the marine influence. 56 right now in san francisco. overcast skies and novato 58. 57 for half moon bay. redwood city at 62 degrees. here is a look at some weather highlights to get you out the door. areas of dense fog redevelop and move inland overnight tonight. we will keep some drizzle near the coast. form we will still nudge into a few 90s in the east bay. after that that's when the cooler air mass will settle into the bay area. tomorrow morning back to work and back to school. the low clouds and fog will get into the bay and possibly towards the east bay. we are still getting into a northerly wind component and the low cloudiness and fog is scattering out of the north bay. you may

in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime cross-talk discusses whether middle east instability can trigger high oil prices and worsen global economic slowdown that's next on r.t. . lol we welcome to cross dot com peter lavelle the price of oil the curse of oil with the ongoing unrest in the arab world petroleum markets are more than reacting is the global economy on the edge of another deep recession and are all high oil prices here to stay is the price of oil time to arab revolutions and aspirations. and. to discuss the impact of all of this on oil prices i'm joined by michael klare and in springfield he is director of five colleges program in peace and world security studies and author of rising powers shrinking planet the new geopolitics of energy in new york we go to and he is director of communications and marketing at euro pacific capital and in frankfurt we cross to william engdahl he is an economic researcher and the author of a century of war anglo-american oil politics and the new world order and another member of our cross talk team in the hunger for a gentleman this

a 5.8 earthquake hit the east. up and down the east coast, no one was taking any chances. >> we just saw a bunch of people from the offices just taking the stairs out. so we all just decided to follow. everybody at the lobby, they were encouraging everybody to get out. >> everything started shaking a little bit. >> reporter: as far south as north carolina and as far north as new york city. people evacuated billings. the earthquake even interrupted the district attorney who was giving a conference on the strauss-kahn case. intense enough to cause damage to well built structures. today's earthquake was the second most powerful in virginia in recorded history. and the geological service says those residents along the eastern seaborg should be warned, there mite -- there might still be aftershocks. >>> evacuation orders were issued, but there was no major damage and no disruption to power or water service. mayor michael bloomberg tried to calm the city. >> i do understand for many people this was a stressful afternoon.

what kind of impact can we expect on the east coast? >> thomas, all eyes are focused on this one because we do anticipate some potentially very serious impacts. i'm going to bring you the latest stats. 150-mile-an-hour winds, that's not changing. northwest movement at 12, so it's not nearly as much of a westerly component as it is a northerly component, just now coming through the bahamas, turks and caicos getting hit very hard here. this shows the eye which basically is a stadium effect as the center of that eye just fans out at the top here. it's a beautiful view down inside, but you can see as it comes over the islands just how powerful it is. this is certainly a strengthening storm. we anticipate it potentially going to a category 4 storm. right now category 3, hurricanes in effect and the computer models shows us the short term and then they fan out quite a bit. there could be a near miss or a direct hitov over the outer ban of north carolina. this would happen on saturday. and then potentially go to new england striking new jersey

the east coast is not along a plate boundary. it's in the middle of a plate. >> reporter: scientists say unlike california quakes that virginia quake has not had as many aftershocks. and based on the fault's history it probably will not lead to another, quote, big one anytime soon. now, back to our little quake here, a lot of folks logging into facebook and twitter to report what they felt and we have a couple of comments on facebook: >> reporter: a couple of scientist from the usgs in menlo park are heading to the east coast to study that quake and i'm sure they will also study our little overnight quake, as well. back to you guys. >> the reaction in the east coast they run outside which you're not supposed to do. people in california know you're supposed to stay inside and take cover. >> reporter: and stand in the doorway. they didn't know what it was. they are not expecting to have earthquakes. a lot of people said, you can mock us but we had 9/11. i can understand that. you hear loud shaking and you're freaking out. >> thank

germans had been moving from east to west ever since 1944 and they're moving today, east germany continues -- >> yeah. >> it's not losing population because they have a dictator. but it's for economic reasons. >> they flee. they don't move. you don't flee from ohio to new york and you move. >> if that's what you think of ohio. [laughter] >> >> if you lived in cleveland, you might think differently. whatever. >> 2 minutes for professor smyser to respond to the comments. >> i'd prefer to take questions but i want to just say one thing about kennedy's speech which was i saw at the kennedy library about half a dozen of the drafts. and all i can say kennedy was so damn smart to throw those things away because they were absolutely god all of including including sooner or later the war will come down. sooner or later he understood he couldn't say. and he made it up as he went along. as he drove through the city and as he was inspired by the crowds. and, of course, it was the kind of speech which the crowd loved. jackie kennedy was heard to say many times, perhapsest that she was sorry the famous

the east coast, completely different story. of course, the weather keeping an eye on that and jeff ranieri there on sight. street through the weekend. >> you can't complain when you see what's happeningn other parts of the country. >>ni absolutely. >>> next, a big clothing retailer makes a splash but it's not because of the hot designs. >>> your next concert experience got more connected. ticketmaster is hooked up with facebook. this allows you to see where your facebook friends are sitting at concerts. by logging into facebook you can access a ticketmaster seating map showing you where your facebook pals are even before you bought your tickets. that's right. ran don come run at the concert, a thing of the past. >>> a embarrassing grammar good evening has a company reprinting thousands of t-shirts. old navy's college t-shirts stanford's mascot and the words "let's go." but there's an apos fee missing. they have to reprint tee-shirts as fast as possible, 70 colleges are represented on those tees. > e'llet l w we'll let you look

east coast. >> we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. here is a live look from walnut creek. a lot of sunshine. >> have been talking about the decor earthquake on the east coast. we also had some wrestling in the bay area. the magnitude 3.6 center near san leandro near the hayward fault. people throughout the east of san francisco, the peninsula and marin, even up to santa rosa. about five minutes later there was a 2.3 magnitude aftershock. hakka >> we are waiting here for the press conference from the mayor of washington and washington d.c. who will be talking about the earthquake of that was killed in the city. monuments in the nation's capital are closed for the day. >> look at these pictures out of california. in lincoln, a perk frame -- a propane truck exploded. as you can see, the fire is still going strong this morning. look at all of those flames. the red cross has set up evacuation centers for those who aren't written in the evacuation zone. -- for all of those in th

in the east bay, firefighters on the scene east of livermore. 200 acre grass fire fully contained. the fire started around noon today. no structures were damaged in this fire. >>> fire here but anakth ee qu theon ethe on the east coast certainly not something they are accustomed to there. 5.8 quake hit the east coast and millions of people felt it. the epicenter was 40 miles northwest of richmond, virginia but it was felt up and down the eastern seaboard. people in major population centers like new york and boston say they felt it and are rattled by it. >> cameras catching shaking in several parts of the east coast including washington, d.c. while the jolt was felt for hundreds of miles. damage was not nearly as widespread but it's been more than 100 years since they felt a jolt like this. unlike so many of us around here, people on the east coast aren't used to this. >> glass of water on your desk starts to move and i thought it was construction in the building. >> it felt enough to make me want to get up and leave. >> everything started shaking real fast. and then it was over. it

san jose, 86 and some hot temperatures for the east bay valleys. antioch and pittsburgh in the mid-90s. pleasanton and livermore 94. fog giving away for sunshine. a nice day, seven days in berkeley and oakland. a beautiful day in san francisco. mostly sunny and 70 degrees for the north bay. here is your 7 day around the bay. after tomorrow things cool off. more fall of each and every day. highs in lined falling into the mid-80s. upper 60's by the bay. things will rebound as again towards the end of the week. >> a law enforcement agency that normally patrols the freeways is looking for traffic violators on city streets. coming up we will tell you where this is happening. >> this school bus in castro valley is about to drop of students. as the caution lights turn red, watch as this toyota passes by. the driver does apply brakes but she does not stop. >> she ends up with a ticket for not stopping for the bus. that will set her back a little under $700. i am writing with the most unique office of the california highway patrol. the castro valley office.

live look now at the east coast.arolina there, where again the winds just really shaking around that camera. the winds -- hurricane-force winds, 85 miles per hour right near the center of that storm. >>> the president cut short his vacation because of hurricane irene. overnight the first family went home. they then got on to marine one. president obama wanted to monitor irene from the white house. >>> the upcoming 10th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up. this morning the president called on americans to rekindle the spirit of union ty that characterized the nation's response to the terrorist attacks. >> so as we mark the solemn anniversary, let's summon that spirit once more, and let's show that the sense of common purpose that we need in america doesn't have to be a fleeting moment. it can be a lasting virtue. i not just one day, but every day. >> on september 11th, mr. obama plans to visit ground zero, pennsylvania, and the pentagon. the attacks killed 2977 people. >>> relatives and friends of the 40 passengers who d

this could have further effects on the price of oil so the crisis that we see today in the middle east as far as i'm concerned is nowhere. near the conclusion i think we'll see more ripple effects and the economic consequences of that are yet to be seen and if we're going to if i go to you right now what about you i mean that's a very good point because we see we see a lot of these riots that brought about these revolts in maybe revolutions we have to see how it's played out because of food prices and we have the added in element here that some of these countries like libya are major oil producers right well it's ironic that you know the trigger of these really revolutions were were food prices were the cause of the rise of inflation these markets and i'm not saying that was the only cause of these rises or long simmering. regimes that have never been popular with that with with their people so the rise in inflation was really the spark not the cause but those prices were rising in the first place because of federal reserve policy i mean it's the united states that's primarily flooding

hurricane slammed into the east coast within the past few hours.... >>> all eyes on irene. the hurricane slams into the east coast within the past few hours. heavy rain, fierce winds. we'll have a live report from north carolina. >>> cracking down on game day brawls and drinking at candlestick park. football sounds off. next, the debate over the tough new rules. >>> and new help for service members returning from the front lines. the bay area source that is helping them find homes. >>> it is 7:00 on saturday morning, august 27. thanks for joining us today. i'm anne mackovic. >> and i'm jim bernard with a look at your weekend weather picture. >>> first, let's take a live look at the east coast. you've been tracking hurricane irene, jim. >> big weather story here for the weekend, as irene is coming ashore across north carolina here this morning. not sure what we've got right here. >> that is a live look, but they are having technical difficulties down there. it's very, very windy, very wet, and the storm has just begun. it lost a little muscle by the time it hit the east coas

coast and the east bay.d where people felt the shaking last night. >> cell phone shutdown, bart tackles a free speech issue today in a public meeting at 9:00. the five demands protestors are

east coast. as far as maine are warned they can see extreme flooding, power outages or worse even if irene stays off-shore. jenna: some projections said this storm would hit, but j.d. reminds us we are still a few days out. >> reporter: four days out there is a 200-mile margin of error with the cone of uncertainty. one thing is for sure, i'm getting emails saying what is my weekend going to be like in the ham tomorrow's? you shouldn't be going to the ham tomorrow's. i know that's terrible to say. long island, new jersey shore, you really need to be paying attention. i don't think the people across the northeast realize what this could mean in the next couple of days. this could be a tropical-storm force winds, heavy rain for a matter of six to 12 hours over the weekend, so, just, you know, we need to pay close attention and i'll make sure everyone knows the forecast. this is a look from outer space, a beautiful image but a potentially destructive storm. look at that well-defined eye there. you ca

so in the east it's like shaking a rock. if you shake a rock, everything on the rock is going to move, and that's the way it is in the eastern united states. a relatively small earthquake releases a lot of energy over a very large distance. that's what we're seeing today. seeing those shots in washington, d.c., 5.9 earthquake which is a long way away, causing people to go running out of buildings and feel very worried about it. even here in new york where the relative magnitude of the earthquake was under 3 which is thousands of times less thanned actual magnitude of the earthquake. >> yet -- >> reporter: because of the tall buildings people felt this way. >> yes. >> reporter: on the ground floor, i felt it, but very few people felt it. they were on the ground floor of the building. >> indeed. the u.s. geological survey saying the virginia earthquake stuck an area not seismically active? >> caller: turns out earthquakes do occur in areas that are not historically active. earthquakes occur in the -- the entire earth is divide

>> live pictures here of pounding waves on the east coast. it is the first physical signs of the approach of a monster storm that is threatening millions of people. good afternoon. i'm torre campbell. right now tropical storm force winds are arriving in the carolinas as hurricane irene approaches. the national weather service has downgraded irene to a category two with top winds of 100 miles per hour. severe weather is preponderated to hit the u.s. mainland tomorrow. evacuations are in effect from north carolina to new york city where mayor michael bloomberg has just ordered mandatory evacuations for low-lying coastal areas and the city's massive transit system will shut down tomorrow. people on martha's vineyard are among those getting out of the path, including president obama. he announced this morning that he is cutting his vacation to martha's vineyard short by one day. he'll be returning to washington, d.c. today and advised anyone near the coast to take precautions. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the prosecute cor

travel between the east coast and the caribbean are suspended. amtrak canceled service south of washington at least through sunday. trains operating along the northeast corridor are moving at reduced speeds. >> terrell brown here in new york thank you for that live report. we bump, and bromance, a close non-sexual relationship between men. >>> in sports, slam, slam, slam, the bronx bombers liven up or actually live up to the name and make another mark in the record books. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york partly cloudy 84, miami showers and 90 degrees there. chicago sunny and 79. sunny and a whopping 103 in dallas and l.a., a sunny 88. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows hurricane irene off the florida coast, moving toward the carolinas. clear and dry from the great lakes into the northeast. stormy in the southwest, while the west coast is clear. later today the carolina coast gets hit with heavy rains and dangerous winds as irene approaches. hot in the s

we had a trend to the east, now it's trending to the west. it looks like new york city, philadelphia, jersey shoreline, maryland and delaware coastline, you're not going to miss this storm. this is an historic storm everyone will remember when it's all said and done, and then the storm will rocket and disappear as we go throughout the day monday. by then it should be dissipating. our computer models is where we get our guidance, where the hurricane center gets their guidance of where the storm is going to go. we had a couple off the coast yesterday. no longer. they've shifted west, and that's why the shuhurricane center shid their forecast. we even have one that inc. webr up the chesapeake bay. the favorite track is right along the jersey and maryland coastline and up into southern new england. that would bring the storm surge over the top of southern new england in a significant way come early sunday morning into sunday afternoon. and as far as our forecast, this is just one of our computer models. there is the storm down here, and we can tr

an earthquake hit the east coast today, a magnitude 5.8.was centered in virginia and felt as far south as atlanta and as far north as maine. some injuries are reported along with some damage. and while the quake is considered moderate, it was one of the strongest ever recorded on the east coast. and it triggered evacuations in washington and new york and nuclear power plants took precautions. we have reports from jim axelrod in new york and chip reid in washington, but first sharyl attkisson at the epicenter in mineral, virginia, where the earthquake was its strongest. sharyl? >> reporter: scott, what a surprise here in mineral, virginia. population 400. the county has declared a state of emergency. there are fortunately no reports of major injuries, although that is still being assessed. there are some reports of minor injuries. in terms of damage to buildings, one person at the command center told cbs news, "we can't even put a number on the amount of calls about structural damage." that's likely to be significant in terms of this small t

may now be spreading to the east bay.u's patti lee is live now in oakland where they're holding a meeting to speak about the decision to cut off cell phone service. >> reporter: yesterday's arrests did nothing to help that situation. in fact, those arrests may supersize the scope of future protesters. organizers are already talking about expanding protests to the east bay. >> anonymous needs a few people to go to 344 20th street. >> reporter: that's where b.a.r.t. special meeting will be held tomorrow to address the decision to shut off cell phone service. the public is invited to make comments. >> let's apologize and move forward. >> reporter: board member lynette twin says the board meeting will be just a chance to vent. >> what we need to do is to figure out if they will enact a policy to shut down cell service. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. has a different idea. he says the threat to public safety more than justifies b.a.r.t. controversial decision. university of san francisco law professor josh toblot says that it'll be a to

it could be the most destructive east coast storm in half a century.'s check on weather and traffic. >> you saw the clouds behind eric there and flight arrival delays about 62 minutes into sfo. marine layer is not as stout and it means we will see more sunshine today, about an hour or two quicker in the east bay valleys about 10:00 or 11:00, and probably 1:00 around the bay but a lot of clouds, mid-50s, warmest weather low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. >> a sig alert in effect, northbound 880 at embarcadero, fifth street, big rig and multiple vehicles still blocking the two left lanes, traffic is backed to 238 in san leandro. a place to avoid this morning, use 580 or the san mateo bridge to get around. >> sue, thank you very much. >> thank you very much for joining us for the abc morning news. we'll have a local update at 7:24.

it is expected to hit all of the cities along the east coast. we already have a state of emergency in virginia, maryland, new jersey and new york city everyone knows that they will see some flooding. >> in the buzz, actress dakota fanning is now a college freshman. she is a part of the incoming class of 2014 for new york university. check out our facebook fan page. >> do not forget, dr. phil is coming up.

east bay, 74 for oakland. 80, castro valley.erior east bay, 90 for concord and danville. 893 for brentwood, and 92 tomorrow for gill arrival here's the next seven days ahead. you can see for yourself that cooling weather -- or the cooling mechanism will move in tuesday, wednesday, thursday, return to 80s inland, 70s around the bay. low 60s at the coast. minor fluctuation in temperatures all week long. >> dan: shu is here now with a preview of sports. >> mike: i thought you were going to say, speaking of looking good. slow day with all the hurricane events cancelled back east. another extra inning affair for the dog days of august. could they pullçkçkçkçkçkçk clcll >> mike: giants left-hander jonathan sanchez might be done with a left ankle sprain that isn't improving. torres and romo came off the dl. giants celebrating the dog days of summer at at&t park. and your best of show. he looks happy. bud norris, 96 on the gun. ten strikeouts, the kid had a one-hitter through six. but in the seven, trouble. aubrey huff coming through. t

what made this rare east coast quake unique? >> getting people water to drink is nice, but the sanitation department. >> why porter potties are sprouting up along one bay area's road. >>> pulling the plug on charging stations. why some say the big box chain will regret the decision. good evening, i'm dana king. >> and i'm ken. all along the east coast tonight, officials are assessing damage following the most powerful earthquake to hit the region in nearly seven years. >> this video caught the shaking in virginia. there were no serious injuries, but the quake sent people running into the streets in new york and washington, d.c. the magnitude 5.8 quake hit about 40 miles northwest of richmond, virginia. but people felt it as far away as toronto and georgia. so if this was a moderate earthquake by west coast standards, why do those waves travel thousands of miles? sharon chin with the answer. >> miles from the virginia epicenter, people felt the shaking all the way from maine to atlanta and cleveland. >> there's another tremor. ho

, east of the east bay hills. most of us have cloud cover right now and temperatures near seasonal because of the low spinning off the coast but this high is going to build over in the weekend bumping those temperatures up inland and around the bay so nice weekend in store and your friday looking good too. highs look like this. 64 in half moon bay. 74 in san mateo. milpitas making it to 81 today. 82 san jose, almost to 90 in morgan hill. a few high 80s and low 90s far inland. bay shores looking at 60s and low 70s mostly sunny by this afternoon. coastline line foggy all day. kentfield 77. 92 fairfield. 80s in sonoma and napa. your weekend forecast, plenty of sunshine temperatures in the mid-90s in some of the inland locations and then we start to see a cooldown for the start of next workweek. pretty gradual monday into tuesday. as you look at wednesday and thursday, really seeing the numbers drop down into the high 80s in our warmest locations. that's a look at the forecast. let's check traffic with elizabeth >> an

and these are five other nuclear plants along the east coast. hope creek, new jersey, salem, new jersey, oyster creek, new jersey, and susquehanna, and three mile island and in maryland, calvert cliffs, and we are making it clear, we are not saying that there is an emergency there or any concern of an emergency, but they have declared or notified the nrc of unusual events, and so they go through a number of steps to insure that the plants are safe. but the north anna plant at lake anna, virginia, that plant has two reactors and came online in 1978 and both reactors have tripped and shutdown au automatically and the plant has recorded unusual event and now beginning the procedures to assess any, any concerns whatsoever. and while i have you on the line, several airport control towers were evacuated. and they include jfk in new york as well as newark airport on the new jersey side of newark as they inspect the towers for potential concerns, but the a airstrips themselves to make sure there is no serious cracks in the foundations at that point. tha

irene is now hitting the northern half of the east coast. we have a live report. >>> rowdy football fans kicked out of candlestick park. the results of beefed up security. >>> and a little boy shooting death triggers calls for more security in the east bay. it is 7:30 on sunday, august 2/8. imc five. phil has a morning off, but we are starting off with hurricane irene coverage. jim, i know you've been watching it. >> that's been the main story all weekend long. we will have updates throughout the show. >> we have a live look at stonington, connecticut as irene slams into the most densely populated area of the nation. she has lost some steam. you can see it still plenty windy but irene has been downgraded to a tropical storm. up-and-down east coast, 4 million homes and businesses are without power. at least 11 people have been killed in the storm in five states. the california national discard -- they are going to be on their way, guardsmen flying to the east coast today. susan mcginnis is joining us live from long island, new york. susan, wh

rain and heavy winds battling the east coast. mandatory evacuations are in place and flights are canceled. in a few hours new york transit will slow down. the storm has weakened overnight but it will remain her case force winds into new england. >> hurricane irene already made landfall in north carolina leaving an estimated 200,000 people without power. it has the potential of affecting tens of millions of people as it makes its way north. hurricane irene made landfall near cape lookout n.c. this morning. cities along the east coast are bracing for this major storm. the strongest hurricane that they experience and perhaps 20 years. >> is surfer in virginia beach died after being caught in a recurrence. thousands of people are without power. new york ordered a mandatory evacuation for low-lying areas of the city. >> the best thing that could happen is this storm turns east and heads to see. that is not likely to happen. unfortunately there will be a serious storm coming in. it is better to take precautions and get out of the way o

we'll show you live picture, lashing on the east coast.he storm is closing in on new york city, 20 miles south of new york city. winds beginning to get stronger. >> that's right. 30 to 50 miles an hour right now. hurricane strength, about 07 miles an hour. this is hurricane irene. it will hit new york in about 30 minutes. we've seen storm surges in new york. down in southern new york, the east side of new york down by wall street. chris cuomo tweeted a while ago, showing water breeer breaching wall into manhattan. raining hard in new york city. hurricane irene hit land yesterday. 3 million people on the east coast without power. at least nine deaths blamed on the storm. it's speeding up, going about 25-mile-an-hour right now. that's as fast as it's gone. still hurricane strength. as we said, the center of the storm about to hit new york city. it will hit land actually in long island and our entire abc news team is all over the storm zone right now. >> long island is getting slammed by the storm right now. it's headed our way and is there i

train and bus service on the east coast has also been scaled back. here major travel troubles tonight at san francisco airport. jade hernandez talked with travelers who have been told it may be days before they can get home. >> that's right. we spoke to a lot of people that want to get home and can't but for one family in particular their urgency to get home has more to do with medical issues than vacation. this family vacations hadn't heard about hurricane irene's path. >> we came out and everybody was facebooking saying how are you getting home? >> reporter: nine hours later melissa and her family don't know when they can get home. american airlines said the earliest flight to new york city is next saturday and they aren't the only ones. american canceled flights to new york and chicago and united, continental, virgin and u.s. airways did the same. >> somebody said we can -- there is a plane for us and then after a second, there is no plane and i don't know. i'm really confused. >> reporter: it's also tough news for the family that wants to get the

the far east is vast, resource-rich, underpopulated - and moscow has largely neglected the region for decades. now, an estimated 80,000 chinese do business there and repatriate their profits - which is akin to an economic invasion by stealth. many cross the border at heihe - where traders haul clothes and electrical goods for sale on the other side; or there's the likes of zhao lijing (pronounced jee-ow lee-jeeng) who awaits her husband's return from a two month working stint. p eight months of the year, she's also a migrant worker in russia's far east. p >>lijing: to get on in life, every country is the same. life in china is good and development is good. becausewe're close to the border, i want to go out and look for opportunities. p >>reporter: and that's what shi liwen (pronounced shih lee-weun) did for 14 years - selling fruit and vegetablesfrom heilongjiang, before establishing this wholesale operation back home in 2008. p it's now heihe's biggest private company - bringing in produce from all over china for russian markets as far as the arctic. these are necessary supplies for

low to mid 90s for the rest of east bay valleys.lot of 70s until castro valley, union city and fremont around 80-82 degrees for you. 80 degree temperatures around the south bay with low to mid-80s in most neighborhoods, los gatos usually warmer at 88. lots of 80s and sprinkling of them in the southern parts of peninsula but from menlo park northward, 77 in menlo park. heading out to the coast, one of the areas, half moon bay, pacifica, daly city, mid-50s. downtown san francisco and sausalito, upper 50s to low 70s. more sunshine along the north bay beaches. mid-50s and cloverdale, clearlake, low to mid 90s. low to mid-80s around the valleys. heading down to the monterey bay clouds will keep pacific grove in the mid-60s. more sunshine down santa cruz. >> giants taking on the cubs. cubs are in town and they are not very good either. 7:15, 65 dropping down to 60. let's hope the giants can feast on them the next couple of days. >> we're in the 50s, drizzle along the coast. antioch around 50s, more extended cloud cover, 2-4 degrees cooler

stun and aftershocks shook the east coast, what happens in a real emergency? >>> a fighting spirit, a champion and role model now facing the challenge of alzheimer's. >>> and balancing act. can working moms really do it all? new research tonight of what happens when they try. new research tonight of what happens when they try. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. still trying to shrug off yesterday's rare earthquake, the east is tonight bracing for irene. the now category 3 hurricane we have been telling you about is striking the bahamas at this hour with 120-mile-per-hour winds as it cuts an unwavering path toward a potential east coast landfall. tropical storm winds are blowing more than 200 miles from its nt.er. forecasters expect irene to intensify for a bit and then essentially hug the i-95 corridor up the east coast and as we look at the forecast track, that potentially puts tens of millions of americans at risk from flooding, rains and dangerous winds from north

off to the east. sun will be coming up in 20 minutes or so. let's talk about temperatures. waiting for you this morning, it's comfortable outside, a lot of low to mid-50s, santa rosa and san rafael. 50s around monitor have you voo and antioch. monterey bay and inland, clouds are thicker and drizzle a little more prevalent especially along the coast. temperatures in the low to mid mid 50s. highlights, we'll see a lot of sunshine and keep temperatures pretty close to average which is pretty close to what happened yesterday. more clouds tonight. tonight is when the changes begin. we'll have more coastal drizzle tomorrow and the clouds signify slight change in the air mass that will bring a cooling trend for the middle part of this week. today could be one of the warmer days over the next couple. compared to average, 5 degrees warmer in livermore and exactly right on in napa and oakland, 2 degrees cooler in redwood city and san francisco. let's talk about what is happening outside into the next couple hou

coast the difference when talking on facebook east coast was rattled they had a 5.8 quake it was felt all loss the eastern corridor a look at the damage pieces fell off the building and cars were crushed this is in vienna miles away from the at the center this is how man describes the seem >> it sounded like an explosion in this side of the building crumbled dumb to the clout through the parking lot >> no one in that circumstance or as curtain it left a dozen and a staff member injured and at a louisiana high school at luis high school in virginia this is a crack that is the bicycle why a student was taken to the hospital the other ones were treated by the school there's this high-school is near the epicenter it was caught on tape how at a liquor store near washington d.c. suburb because they are not used this woman and looks like she is holding they had no idea. the strongest quake to strike the east coast since world war to the no-es huma the washington monument and national cathedral are still closed as they have found some cracks >> we are showing you some pictures of what they fo

it will be a heavy weekend along the east coast. meanwhile along the west coast we are looking pretty good. waking up with partly to sunny skies. we have a nice warmup expected for the weekend. wide spread 60s for the coast. 70-80s for the bay. temperatures wide spread 50s. we have been holding steady. low 60s out there. mountain view reporting 62 opinion afternoon highs for today 80 z and low 90s for inland area fortunes synura clara valley 83. 67 in the city. 80 degrees for san mateo. ly 70s in santa -- low 70s in santa cruz. and then we begin a bit of a cooling trend monoand tuesday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it's now 6:11 and right now hurricane irene baring down on the east coast. as people evacuate, the storm is now effecting washington, d.c. martin luther king june memorial. >>> there is a new controversy tied to america's terrorism nightmare ten years ago. >>> welcome back to the morning news. hurricane irene is expected to hit the u.s. mainland this weekend and the nation's capitol is one city caught in the line of fir

east coast. hundreds of thousands have already fled. 16 million americans are in the path of this monster storm. we've got all the angles covered on both stories. right now on world report. >>> it's early morning in tripoli where rebel forces control most but not all of the capital city. there's sporadic but fierce fighting in several parts of tripoli. cnn journalists report hearing a nearly constant chorus of gunfire as rebels root out gadhafi loyalists. that sets up gruesome scenes of bodies strewn across a field. no one knows which side is responsible for the killings. as for muammar gadhafi, nato announced it's helping in the hunt for the libyan leader. on thursday rebels said they thought they had him cornered but were wrong. he is still missing. but another audio recording has surfaced. listen. >> translator: do not leave tripoli for the rats. do not leave them. fight them. destroy them. you are the overwhelming majority. you have marched in millions. march with the same millions but fight