robin and george. >> you should be. it's not just the wind. it's also going in between the buildings what we call the concrete canyons. that can whip inge things around and you get a piece of debris and you don't know what happen, right, jim? >> that's right. they worked out the formulas, if you're up above 30 stories which a lot of people are in manhattan, the wind increases about 20%. if you're above 80 story, people live about that high in the city of new york. in fact it goes up 30%. the higher you are, the more dangerous it is. stay away from the window. >> that's always good advice. thank you very much. >> we have an hour or two of danger in new york city. irene left a big trail of devastation. we'll go to matt gutman with the latest on the cleanup down there. >> hey, george, there's a lot of work to do. this was a driveway filled with a foot of muck and rain. this is cautioned by the devastating storm surge everybody is so afraid of, and rightly so. there's 5 to 7 foot storm surge that brought this field of muck and debris almost to the

>> reporter: hey, robin, george. let te tell you, this storm irene has had a lot of different sides. down the coast, she was one storm. and now it's an a lot of wind and there is still come to the north. we still believe this storm will find itself next week in maine and canada. the west coast, something we want to talk about in the northwest. the 80s and 90s inland, comfortable in seattle, 77 there is heat warnings in central and >> every now a a then, you hear the sounds that make you jump around here. you hear tree limbs rattling and scaffolding shaking. we have to look at more wind than we have seen all day. >> it does sound a little more ominous. let's bring in brianna golodryga. >> the storm has passed. here is the work, the cleanup. we have -- i'm trying to highlight it. here is a mailbox. a car. a huge oak tree. obviously trees down in front of houses. mcdonald's is still opepe if waunt a hamburger in long island. and the water and the power lines. there are concern there are power outage as. the storm has pa

president olague: george robin, jeffrey anderson, daniel osborn. >> hello. thank you to the commission. i am here opposing b the recreational treatment of the draft eir. you know, it includes seating where the bleachers are and at the beach. you are not going to sit on that beach at high tide. you have room on the sidewalk to put these tvs. floating jumbo tvs over there. plus, putting them on barges, the wind blows pretty hard. you will have to anchor them down pretty well. why would they come to an aquatic park to see a nice view and have blocked by a floating tv? not only that, not just the floating television or the barged one, it will take propeller-driven vehicles to maintain that. the one thing that is the most scary to the swimmer is not the great white shark, but it is propellers'. not only that, still both as well, but generally they do not go so fast. look out for swimmers. the other thing, too, there is a lack of alternatives. i would come out here and set screens. i would like to be able to say i like plan a or b or c. the only other issue is whe

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and robin and george i have to go on your side. i like irene so much better as a tropical storm than a hurricane. >> i don't care if he says it's psychological. >> i will take it. >> the concern is the flooding. we are just getting a report from cynthia mcfadden. a building in manhattan, 31-story building w 15 feet of water in the building. the fear is they can't get the water out. there could be an explosion. so there is still danger. >> absolutely. and when you hear the isolated incidents. it doesn't matter if it's a hurricane or a strong storm. maryland is one of the many states that declared a state of emergency today and jim scuitto is in ocean city. you are getting hit by the back of the storm and there is progress being made there. >> reporter: there is progress. it's interesting. the winds have died down but they have just picked up. but from the opposite direction. they are not coming from on shore, gusting up to 30 40 500 miles an hour as we get into the back end of the storm. but things are improving here. we have using

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. >> george and robin, we're going to pan to every face in this crowd this morning.ivors. since the subways just opened -- good morning, marine. where are you from? >> holly springs, north carolina. >> who is this? >> my beautiful wife, jennifer. >> were you expecting to be here this morning. >> yes, yes. >> what does the sign say? >> semper fi, north carolina. we survived irene in nyc! >> and everybody else did here. good job we're all here this morning. >>> let's get to the boards. there's more tropics on the board here. take a look at jose, this one not expected to be a threat to the u.s. mainland. we're going to watch that. see that other tropical depression on the lower end, that could easily become katia. we got to watch that very carefully. very comfortable this morning. little cool for me. but, okay, it's nice. philly coming in at 78. gets up into the 80s. also nice on the west coast. portland at 78. but inland, that's where all of the heatatnd fires are roaring through so >> we're live in times square with our storm survivors. robin, george and lara. >> than

george? >> all right, robin. now to that startling image from the weekend. this caribbean airline skidded off a runway in guyana. as investigators try to figure out exactly what happened, the survivors are sharing their stories. abc's lisa stark has the story about how they made it off of that demolished jet alive. >> reporter: in this exclusive video obtained by abc news, u.s. officials from the national transportation safety board photographed the mangled wreckage of the caribbean airlines flight. knoll elliot, who doctors say suffered the worst you'injuries the crash, was vested by trinidad's president of caribbean airlines. >> reporter: terrified passengers knew something was wrong. they started to applaud as the plane touched down. and that quickly turned into screams. >> there was a screech. i started calling on god, oh god, not this. not this. >> reporter: those onboard heard a loud bang as the boeing 737 barreled off the runway crashed in a fence and cracked in two. >> i told my friend, we're going to die. the plane doesn't have enough runway to stop

george? >> thanks, robin.ople of 2010, christine o'donnell. no single political candidate in that year got more attention from the media in part because of this unforgettable ad. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >> i'm not a witch ended up defining her delaware senate campaign. she wrote a book that captures the whole experience "trouble maker: let's do what it takes to make america great again." you shake yourr head again. yet, you know, you do something really interesting with it in the book and basically make it the spine of the book and then play off to tell your whole life story. your experiences and thoughts and i know you hated the whole idea o othe ad when you first heard it so how did all this happen and what did you learn? >> nothing. i did hate it. as a matter of fact, during the campaign the only time i confessed that was on "good morning america" when jonathan karl came to delaware and asked about did i think it was a mistake and i said, yes, i did but instantly we started ge

robin, george? >> i'm sure that's not the last we've learned. >>> another fatal grizzly attack in yellowstone national park. he mauled a hiker and neal karlinsky has the story. >> reporter: in this incredible video taken just two weeks ago at yellowstone people are just feet from a grizzly bear trying to cross the road. how people and bears often mingle dangerously close. >> don't move. >> reporter: now another close encounter not far from here has turned deadly. rangers say 59-year-old john wallace was hiking along the mary mountain trail when he was mauled by a grizizy. hikers found his body alone and surrounded by bear tracks. >> we're trying to piece it together from the evidence that's on site, you know, in terms of what were the circumstances that led to the attack. >> reporter: wallace's relatives say he was an experienced camper but he was hiking alone so rangers don't know exactly what happened. in his pack, no bear spray and the only food he had on him was left untouched by the bear. we re

robin. i think we'll have a real rollercoaster here today. back to you in times square. >> all right, george>>> we've been talking about what this means to wall street and our sputtering economy. but now, let's get to what it means to you. joining us from chicago, our "gma" financial contributor and president of aerial investments, mellody hobson. mellody, there's a lot of people walking up and saying, what about my investments? what about my 401(k). what does the sell-off mean to the average investor? >> for the average investor right now, it does absolutely mean some short-term losses. but the best thing they could do is not react to the fear and the panic that we've seen in the market especially yesterday. it would be the worst possible way to help it to affect their portfolios. and they'd be locking in losses. so, for the average investor even though there have been some serious bumps along the road. keep in mind, it's the eighth biggest point drop in the market. but it's the 116th worst percentage drop. so that puts it in the bigger perspective. it doesn't feel as bad. >> yes, if you ha

robin and george, one final note.still the youngest person running for president in 2012. >> all right. jake, thank you very much. and sam is going to be joining the 50 club in a couple of weeks. >> what? i was minding my own business. >>> coming up, inside those harrowing ten hours of terror for an heiress chained to a suspected bomb. so we made ocean spray cranberry juice cocktail with a splash of lime. it's so refreshing, your taste buds will thank you. mm... oh, you're welcome. what? my taste buds -- they're thanking me. uh-huh. they're itchy, dry and uncomfortable. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus technology, keeping your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. if you have astigmatism, there's an acuvue® oasys l

george and robin. >> all right.ing superhero will be african-american. in the comic's ultimate universe peter parker died back in june and now a teenager miles morales will be taking over as the crime fighter and with great power comes great responsibility. our spidey sense tells us, this is going to be a big one. >> spidey sense. >> okay. this is my favorite story of the morning, the queen star helen mirren is once again wearing a tiara. this time in a beauty contest. the 66-year-old british actress has been named not actress of the year but hot body of the year beating out the likes of supermodel elle macpherson, george, even pippa middleton and jennifer lopez to take top honors by a poll conducted by l.a. fitness. now, that's what you call a sizzling hot dame. guys, i'm going to press the sound effect button. i did it. >> when you see this -- did you see this? can you see this in the red? >> hard to miss. >> that is helen. she looks fantastic. >> boy, does she. >> well, like that. boys will be boys. let's get out

robin and george? >> three in one weekend. >> hard to take. >>> let's get to the other stories developing right now. bianna golodryga in for josh. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. >>> developing news in that high-profile sexual assault case here in new york. dominique strauss-kahn could be on his way back home to france as early as tonight. some say that prosecutors will drop all charges against international banker accused of assaulting a hotel maid. she spoke in an exclusive interview with our robin roberts. >> i have made some mistakes in my life, but that doesn't mean, doesn't mean this man tried to rape me. he tried to rape me. >> what do you want? >> i want justice. i want him to go to jail. i want him to know that there are some places that you can't use your money, you can't use your power when you do something like thi >> diallo is scheduled to meet with prosecutors ahead of his hearing today. >>> in other news, casey anthony is back in florida. her defense team decided to bring her ba

joining me, george will, rajiv chandrasekaran. of "the washington post." robin wright. thor of "rock the casbah: rage and rebellion across the islamic world" and robert kagan from the brookings institute. thanks for being here. george, can we say that the libyan operation -- i forget what it was called. on ration new dawn is a success? >> it's successful of iraq was in may 2003. now let's see what happens. when the caldron -- the lilicame off the caldron of yugoslavia, when the lid came off the caldron in iraq we saw the same thing. edmund burke said before we congratulate people on their freedom. we should see what use they make of it. so let's see and wish h em well, but see what they do and what is now the residue of a civil war on a tribal society. >> do you share mr. will's skepticism, rajiv. >> yes, the real story is yet to come. the libyan operation is a different model of seeking regime change on the part of the u.s. governmenen one far more multinational that involved some of our european allies in a more dominant position in the air campaign, although the u.s.s

robin and george, new federal rules aimed at reducing flight delays go into effect today.d be fined up to $27,000 per passenger when international flights sit on the tarmac longer than four hours and they will have to pay more for bumping passengers and losing luggage. >>> and finally, st. louis cardinal star matt holliday paid big bucks to catch flies. but not moths. he was playing left field when an insect flew into his ear and got stuck. he had to leave the game. he appears to be okay. the moth too. holliday was not available for comment after the game. you might say he got an ear full. don't hate me, josh. >> it's something about this seat. >> i thought you would go with injury bug. sam is just shaking his head as always, sam. >> and totally skeeved out by the bug. thank you very much, we'll be here all week. let's show you what's going on with the big heat. oklahoma city, the most 100-degree days you've ever had before. houston, as well. by the way, good morning, houston. this is your hottest august ever. these numbers will continue, 99 is probably a record in denver.

george w. bush dock 18 vacation days, ronald reagan, 112. barack obama is only on number 61. so comparatively, he has taken fewer vacation days than his republican presidents before him. robin. >> i know you'll host "this week" on sunday. we're looking forward to that and you'll have an exclusive interview with republican presidential candidate jon huntsman who was supposed to be the nice guy in the race, jake, but he's been throwing some elbows lately, hasn't he? >> reporter: he absolutely has and we'll talk to him about that and what he thinks about some of the more eyebrow-raising statements from some of his republican competitors. >> we'll see you on sunday, thanks, jake. >> the race has certainly begun. >>> we turn now to that basketball showdown that turned into an international incident. a game between the georgetown university men's team and the chinese team went from friendly to fractious. as you can see in moments abc's jim sciutto joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in china most of the criticism directed at the chinese team. fans laying into them on chinese social media, one writing today the team better at kung fu than b

robin. that's very sweet of you to say that, yeah. >> but someone has to. >> someone will replace me. no doubt about it. has george d23 expo. a weekend event for fans and families. regis will be named a disney legend. >> i love all of you and i thank you very much for this -- you made me feel like a disney legend today. tell me again. >> you are a disney legend. you ju became a disney legend. what are you going to do, regis? >> i'm going to disneyland. >> we love rege and the regis farewell celebration will kick off the first week of september. we thought we'd put up shot here. not that we're trying to get rid of you at all but you know what he was saying, next to kelly. >> all rightht. >> i got regis' endorsement there. it actually is true. there are situations in the show where i do try to channel rege. >> do you really? he is something else and we have a lot of respect for him and wish him all the very, very best. >> thank you, sir. thank you very much. and so i think it's time now to go with colleen now that it's starting to rain a little bit. >> getting some weather here. rain out here in new yororcity but le