crimes the left eleven men dead in the gulf of mexico last year as greg palast went on to say. eleven guys didn't die because of bad cement they died because of a lie thank god you're here because you're not going to hear it on the petroleum broadcast system you're going to hear it here it's time for the rise of corporate media and our news dependent on turning a profit investigator it is investigative journalism just isn't profitable anymore especially when you take on profitable and powerful industries that may advertise on or sponsor or underwrite your network and we do so is oil and gas ads for example recently and while the nuclear industry has been keeping their heads down they are huge and influential as well for example did you see this protest over the weekend it was more than sixty thousand people taking over and shutting down a large part of. chanting psion or i'm not nuclear power goodbye nuclear power and you probably didn't hear the two nuclear reactors are being built in the gulf coast in texas with rick perry's enthusiastic support and one of the major partners

already workers on gulf oil rigs are being evacuated, and anyone headed to gulf beaches will see prettyupgraded this storm system will get a name. we'll all be talking about tropical storm l l. >> seems like mother nature is just not done yet. >> first irene, now this. i heard some reports new orleans could get 15 inches of rain out of this system. >> that's what they don't need. >> soggy holiday. >>> also ahead, the attack on a referee at a youth football game in florida. all captured on home video. it turned into a brawl. as you can see there, as many as three people could face criminal charges later today. >> what is going on? >>> later this half hour as well, if sharks frighten you, we'll preview a real thriller of a movie called "shark night 3d" in our "insomniac theater" segment. we'll also look at "apollo 18" to see why it is getting a lot of buzz. a flick for all your conspiracy theories. >> that must mean it's friday. >> yes. >> which is ways a good thing. >> thank you, lord. >>> first the tropical system menacing the mainland threatening to dump up to 20 inches of rain along t

especially in the gulf coast. we have a tropical depression in the gulf that could become a tropical storm in the veneer term. it's a very slow-moving system. that has a number of concerns, especially across louisiana,especially southern louisiana, southern mississippi, flood concerns. we are talking the potential especially in the weekend. some of the rainfall totals could be upwards of a foot to even beyond that. flooding certainly a potential. also, with a system like this in the gulf, you're dealing with a situation for gusty winds. even the on-shore conditions there, center of circulation, closer toward the latest burst of convex. a lot of the system off the coastline. it's going to be a slow mover. that's why the gulf will be a mess as far as this weekend is concerned. rip current across pretty much the entire gulf as far as the potential is concerned. some of the better areas especially through the central and northern gulf coast. we're talking about a stationary system. maxed sustained wind at -- the rest

a powerful new storm targets the gulf, threatening to dump 20 inches of rain and trigger epic floods. >>> false alarm. they're supposed to keep terrorists off airplanes. but critics say these full body scanners may not tell the difference between underarm sweat and an underwear bomb. >>> venus rises. the tennis phenom forced to put down her racket because of a mysterious disease that strikes women more than men. but she promises to return even stronger to center court. >>> consumer watchdog. soda and obesity. why is one high profile scientist questioning whether they're linked? is it because he's taking money from the soda companies? with the tough questions. wn >>> and shelter from the storm. want to avoid hurricanes, wildfires and floods? we found the two safest states in america. is it your home turf? >>> good evening. the bad weather just keeps coming. tonight, with the northeast still reeling from hurricane irene, a new wet and heavy storm is heading right for the gulf coast. it thrhrtens to be america's next billion dollar disaster. for days now, we've been watching katia gain s

maria, how is it looking for the folks along the gulf coast? >> you just had to go there with the beads, huh? the center of the storm system right now about 60 miles to the west southwest of morgan city, louisiana. very slow mover. we're looking at right now movement to the north at about 4 miles an hour. again, slow mover. there are reports of just shy of nine inches of rain across southeastern louisiana. you look at the tropical satellite, more of the rain is continuing to fall, although like casey did mention, the heaviest of the precipitation is on the eastern side of the storm system. a lot of it is right now over the gulf. a lot of convection out there. the reason for that is that we actually have the dry air from texas moving eastbound and trying to hinder some development from thunderstorms across the center of the storm system and the western side of the storm really not getting much precipitation and that doesn't mean that we're not looking at gusty winds across the state of texas. it's going to stay dry there and there is an elevated

in more of the warm gulf water. but it did come onshore. it's not incredibly strong. the problem is there's still a tremendous danger that we really need to pay attention to, that will be the potential of further flooding, perhaps interacting with higher elevations with the appalachians that could enhance the rainfall. >> seem to be lucky where you are, live for us along the gulf coast in alabama. jacqui jeras is tracking the storm. you saw that windy scene there. the real problem with this storm, jacqui, is the flooding, it's the rain. >> absolutely. there's a lot more rain to be had with the storm, alina. a lot of it has to do with how slow moving it is. parts of the southeast need rainfall. we just don't want too much at once. unfortunately that will be happening. we've had as much as a foot of rain in parts of louisiana and mississippi and this is going to spread across alabama, into georgia and throughout the appalachians. as reynolds mentioned, as it gets into the higher elevation we do worry about mudslides a

later today rain and wind will move to the southeast and gulf states.'s a chance of a few tornadoes from tropical depression lee. the northeast could see a few strong thunderstorms this afternoon. scattered storms will form in arizona, new mexico and the great lakes region. it will be brisk and full, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. >>> in sports this morning, it was a hot and muggy day in the u.s. open and took its toll on defending champ rafael nadal. he and david nalbandian had great sets. a tough set, 7-6, 6-1 hc6-1, 6-. he won. you can see him grimacing and sliding under the desk in pain. turns out his legs had cramps. he was treated and is ready to play in the next round. >>> in baseball the yankees are on a roll. derek jeter drives five runs against the blue jays. tying a career high. cc sabathia strikes out ten for his 19th win, the yankees sweep toronto, 9-2, now a game and a half lead in the a.l. east. >>> in detroit tigers wrack up 24 hits against the white sox, 18-2, the second biggest blowout in the majors this season. >>> a big oops in mia

it is headed through the gulf of mexico and it is along the gulf coast. it is causing a mess.porter: emergency warnings have been sent out across the two states. emergency shelters have been opened up. this is a tropical storm that will probably not bring very damaging winds, but the amount of rain. tropical storm lee is moving at 2 miles an hour. this is a slow-moving storm. 2 miles an hour. most people walk faster than that. this is a storm that will dump a lot of rain in a short period of time. the worst of the storm is expected to make landfall saturday afternoon here along the louisiana gulf coast. here in new orleans, they anticipate it could bring as much as 20 inches of rain in other parts of mississippi and the gulf coast with 12 inches of rain. the concern is flash floodings. be aware of waterways and roadways that are filled with water. obviously after hurricane irene and the number of deaths caused by the flood waters, that will be a very big concern here as well. this will be a slow-moving tropical storm that will be bringing much-needed rain to the area. it will

>>> baton down the hatches, if you live along the gulf coach. here comes tropical storm lee, it's coming in to many homes. and this boat, no match for the rough waves slamming into the mississippi overnight, despite efforts to wrangle the boat here, it was a lost cause, ta digging a huge hole in the hull and capsizing, you are in the cnn newsroom, i'm susan hendricks. this massive storm is stalled just off the coast of the new orleans. it promptses to bring high winds, heavy rains and flooding. the governors have declared states of emergency. already power has been knocked out to thousands in the southern part of mississippi, the mayor of new orleans held a news conference a short time ago warning residents not to be complacent. >> we expect stormy conditions for the next 36 hours, so please do not be lulled into sleep by the breaks in rain. we have to stay alettrt. as all of us who have been through this know, it's not how much we get, but it's how much we get in a short period of time and should that come with unexpected rain bands, we can exp

of rain in parts of the gulf. the governor issued this warning. >> hold for the best prepare for the worse. heavy rainfall in combination with rising tides. we will see flood watches and flash flooding. >> flooding has already begun. the national hurricane center says some tornadoes may be possible around the southern gulf states. >> i am not afraid of the flooded right now. it is the winds that i am concerned about. >> for now the gulf coast is bracing for the aftermath as a tropical storm lee heads for land. >> high surf advisories in effect for central and southern california warning surfers and the swimmers about straw were parents. the torch to the advantage of today's of big waves. >> it is crazy. the waves are huge. people kept a watchful eye from the shore. >> i was worried about them in the big waves but there is no recorded here. it is pretty safe. it is every parent's worst nightmare to see anything go back in the ocean. >> this family is one of thousands who flocked to the beaches for the holiday weeke

the gulf states have so far pledged altogether around $65 million.mali prime minister told us they're grateful, but he says it's not enough. >> we need the response to be bigger than it has been so far. we are really grateful for all of those who have responded already. but the need is huge. we need more aid and we need it as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the world food program estimates that nearly 3 million somalis under al shabab's control are receiving no assistance whatsoever. and it's the children who've been hardest hit. this man walked for days to bring his son into the capital where he hoped he'd find help. the boy is 3 years old. but he's so malnourished he can't stand or sit unaided. here in the capital, aid agencies warn that the food is also running out. they say they need more donations and they need them fast. and we're actually heading into harvest season, so this really is the crucial period for them to get aid in so we're not in this exact same position this time next year. >> so a limited window of opportunities so you don't ha

gulf waters. that is a dangerous and treacherous situation out there in those waters, so emergency officials urging people to stay out of the water and don't get out on boats, and no reason to do that. you can see how powerful the storm surge was a few hours ago. this is the beach front road, and all of the sand was on the beach, but pushed up here by the storm tide a few hours ago. but some of the good things that we have seen in the various low-lying areas that we have seen gathering is that the water is dissipating. we were a few miles away in the town of bay st. louis, where we are told that thigh-high water had reached in some areas underneath people's home, but in the course of several hours that dissipated. so that is the good news, but this is a slow-moving storm, and any time you talk about the storms coming through the gulf coast, it is an emotional thing. this is waveland, mississippi, where we are, and absolutely devastated almost six years ago to the day that hurricane katrina blew th

exactly a week after hurricane irene, millions of people living in the gulf coast are now awaiting the arrival of tropical storm lee. the storm is dumping heavy rain in louisiana and mississippi right now. it will make landfall later today. a state of emergency is in place for both states and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. several inches have already fallen in new orleans and the timing could not be worse. the area is still trying to recover from hurricane katrina and from last year's massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >>> tropical storm lee comes six years after hurricane katrina devastated new orleans and the mississippi gulf coast. cnn's ed lavandera is in mississippi for us. this is such a slow-moving storm, i imagine flooding is going to be the big concern here. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. as this storm starts to make its way inland, not only just the areas along the gulf coast shoreline, but also towns further inland as this storm starts to track its way into louisiana, mississippi and even into tennessee and virginia later on in the coming days. so that flo

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aleyes are on the gulf coast.is where we are getting drenched throughout this labor day weekend from tropical storm lee. we're not worried about the winds doing damage or anything like that. we're mostly only concerned with heavy rain and flash flooding, and that river flooding ethwe'll. let's take a look at the big map, and you'll see that all the green and the white down there over the top of new orleans, all over louisiana that is our storm system that we're dealing with on the gulf. now, as far as the heavy rain goes, all of those bands coming up off the gulf, the center of the storm looking just south to be there in baton rouge. now, back towards mobile and also towards the panhandle of florida, you're still going to be drenched. anywhere down it there from i-10 all the way to i-on 20. that's who will see the worst of the heavy rain. take a look at our computer estimates. all through areas of louisiana, especially mississippi. that purple color you are seeing there is six to nine inches of rain. some lobbying

causing problems on the gulf coast from texas to florida. craig boswell. >> reporter: good evening, to you, ken. we have had bands of rain come through and breaks in between. that has been the key in new orleans, because it's gives the pumps time that they aren't had the heavy flooding that they thought they would get with tropical storm lee. some cities have taken precautionary evacuation measures and some outside of the levee protection areas have evacuated as they could get up to 20" of rain. >> the break in the weather has given our pumps the opportunity to catch up and they did so very, very quickly. >> reporter: state as long the gulf coast are bracing for lee. so far sporadic downpours have caused some minor flooding in low-lying areas of new orleans. >> hopefully this might might move away and you can see the gulf is getting rough and rougher and we want everybody safe. >> reporter: it brings back memories of katrina. >> we lost everything and so after that, not too worried about this one. >> reporter: shoppers in biloxi, mississippi

we spoke with the mayor of gulf shores earlier today.would be at least at 80% full and at this point, slightly under 50%. we have had moments of sunshine. now it's cloudy skies and gray. 37 inches of rainfall the last hours. a lot of sunshine, things great. it caused a lot of people to head out to the water and enjoy it, or at least try to. problem is, a double flag warning in effect basically means people should not get in the water whatsoever. the big risk happens to be the rip currents. one of the interesting things about the system, although it's caused little damage here, a lot of damage in louisiana, parts of alabama, into mississippi. the best case scenario, stay out in the gulf of mexico and eventually die out. second, maybe landfall and move up quickly to the north and die out altogether. this area we have now is an interesting one. a lot of times these tropic the systems come onshore, become extra tropical and pull away to the north. this one is meandering through parts of the southeast along the gulf coast. it has a potential

take a look at these pictures one week after hurricane irene slammed the east coast, it's now the gulf coast's turn. lee is lashing the coast of louisiana and mississippi. power is out to thousands in both states, louisiana's jefferson parish ordered a mandatory evacuation and while we watch lee, we are still keeping a close eye on what's happening with hurricane katia. >>> nearly 700 vermont homes and businesses were still without power as of this morning. 35 ground searchers along with six canine teams continue to look for a vermont man missing since sunday, he's believed to have been swept away by raging floodwaters. and take a look at this map, the green lines show vermont roads that are now open, pretty good, but many of the roads and bridges marked in red were simply washed away. and the dots indicate power outages. another story we're watching developing this hour is dominique strauss-kahn leaving his new york apartment with his wife ann sinclaire, we showed you the pictures just a moment ago. is there you see them, dominique strauss-kahn is obviously the imf chief accused of se

gulf coast.t's winds are growing stronger by the hour, but the real concern right now is from the massive amounts of rainfall expected to soak the region this weekend. i'm joined live from new orleans by mike seidel who last hour when we checked was proof there was a lot of rain coming down. it's subsided a little bit it seems. good morning. >> good morning, alex. i have the hood down for the first time all morning. we're getting a break now. the heaviest rainfall is rota rotating north of lake pontchartrain in walker in livingston parish. we have flash flooding up there. south of here they have mandatory evacuations in jefferson parish because of rising water from all the rain. symptom areas like over in assumption parish, they've had over seven inches of rain measured. some of the rainfall estimates are upwards of 7 to 8 inches. meanwhile the storm, tropical storm lee, the center is just off the coast drifting north-northwest at 7 miles per hour. it will make landfall later on today, but it's a

what people in the gulf coast here in mississippi and along the entire gulf coast have been experiencingese pretty violent squalls. right now we're getting hit with a burst of wind and rain. you can see the flag, the wind starts to pick up at times. one thing i really want to bring to your attention, a local resident told us during high tide last night, the water was up -- you can see the water line here. this is all debris from the gulf. i want to give you a gauge of where the water is at low tide. when we first arrived, it was right on the ledge here in this slip. it's starting could come up. the rain is continues to fall. it's continuing to fall just north of us as well. what forecasters and local residents are very concerned about is that not only are we going to have high tide and the flooding up north of us, that water basically has nowhere to go. so we're really concerned about flash floods here and biluxi, as well as other parts of gulf coast, of the entire gulf coast that's getting hit with tropical storm lee. they're also very concerned about tornado watches. like i said when w

alet of moisture from the gulf and it's just streaming to the north.e of those red pockets here could be isolated severe thunderstorms. so this is why they're looking for anywhere from 15 to as much as 20 inches of rain as this thing continues to very slowly move on the north and east. we'll keep you updated on that and keep that in mind if you have travel plans this weekend. right now, 84 degrees. sunshine, antioch, 82. san francisco, the fog moving through the gate there. novato, 7 5. 72 and snipe in san jose. here's a look at the weather highlights. clouds return tonight. local drizzle. get ready for mid-day sunshine tomorrow. keep the clouds at the coast, and after that get ready for a warmer weather pattern as we head into tuesday. the bank of fog just off the coast, westerly winds just going to move that inland tonight, all the way out towards concord, walnut creek, low clouds and fog extended out towards the livermore valley area, and look for drizzle in the coast and bay. santa rosa and cloverdale, may get into the mid-to-upper 40s tonight, and

ok john i'd like to go back to you the gulf cooperation countries that you live in a lot of people put a lot of faith in what they can do and you negotiate an end to the crisis and and yemen but i mean saudi arabia isn't the biggest friend of the arab spring the arab awakening whatever term you like and there are reports that the saudis are arming this regime and we have to remember that the united states trained and gave technical assistance and who else who knows what else to this regime after the attack on the u.s.s. cole back in two thousand so here's a regime that is very sophisticated quote unquote in dealing with anti-terrorism and you have saudi arabia giving at least tacit support maybe a whole lot more but doesn't bode well for any kind of democratic values and institutions and civil society i would say in yemen does it. well no i think if we are assessing the stance of the saudi arabian regime we have to start with the fact that it was the key instrument in crushing the bahraini revolution system to the bahraini ruling class to the extent they physically eradicated the pro r

you know firsthand, of course, what could happen to new orleans and the gulf.hat is the biggest area of concern right now would you say? >> the low-lying areas along the coast. the grand isle, which will be taking on surge water constantly and is taking on higher tides now in the lower part of planmen parish. those are the areas that we're concerned about the most. >> the storm's path is so unpredictable. we were shown the math by karen and there is a whole spaghetti of all kinds of different ways this thing can go. what kind of preparations can you make when it looks like that? we're looking at it right there. look at that. if you don't know where it's going, how do you prepare with sandbags and any other preparations? >> just the prediction of rains there are certain gates on the flood system in new orleans that have already been closed and there's preparations on grand isle to close portions of highway 1 because we know it get ov overtopped. in those cases evacuation centers are being opened to deal with the people on grand isle. the water system has been re

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gulf coast. it's expected to make landfall on the central louisiana coast later today, and then it's expected to turn towards new orleans. right now the city of new orleans is under a tornado watch, and the town of la feet in jefferson parish is under a mandatory evacuation order. now parts of louisiana and florida could see 20 inches of rain this weekend. weather channel mike seidel's in new orleans with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, alex. a break in the lashing rain and gusty winds most of the morning in the big easy. we're right on the mississippi river. we have a chop out there. right now light rainfall, but this morning it was raining at 1 to 2 inches an hour across metro new orleans. north of here up north of lake pontchartrain in lifg ston parish, a town called walker has flash flooding. a gauge up there reporting 4 inches of rain in two and a half hours, and south of here, some mandatory evacuations in the lay of little feet. that's in jefferson parish because of rising water from

. >>> a newly released government report on the massive gulf oil spill finds bp ultimately responsible for the events and problems leading up to the rig explosion and spill. this particular report by the coast guard and offshore oil regulator puts more blame on bp than any previous investigation. nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: the final government report blames bp for the bulk of events that triggered last year's explosion at the deepwater horizon oil rig, killing 11 workers and resulting in the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. the key findings determined bp made critical errors surrounding the cement seal at macondo exploratory well violating federal regulations. when the company realized those mistakes, did not immediately notify its partners or the u.s. government. energy risk experts say it shows the deadly incident could have been avoided. >> the cement wasn't sufficient. it wasn't tested. and bp ignored industry standards which called for redundancy with the cement casings. >> reporter: bp responded with a statement saying it agreed with the report's core c

forecasts are calling for torrential rain on the gulf coast. casey stegall is in new orleans where everyone is keeping a close eye on rebuilt levees apriled at better protecting that city. >> reporter: we are on top of the famed jacks brewery in the french quarter. it gives a nice vantage point you can see the clouds taking over the skyline. it has been interesting. at times the sun will shine through the clouds and then another squall will move in, bringing a lot of rain and wind with it. that's what we are currently experiencing the rain starting to pick up, heavy wind gusts. but it is the rain that is of the real concern, throughout the south, because these are the pictures now coming out of the low-lying areas here in southern louisiana. you are looking at jefferson parish that pace about five miles southwest of new orleans proper. water covering many of the roadways there. and it is the same story in the lower st. bernard's parish, where the sheriff's department worked to distribute half a million sandbags ahead of lee's landfall. the mayo

oil fires like those the iraqis set in kuwait after the gulf war in 1991.as the ninth-largest oil reserves in the world, and 80% of it is now in the he have heavily contested area around surt. rebel troops continue massing there, and near two other major cities that remain loyal to qaddafi, but rebels hope to occupy the cities without a fight by offering reassurances. >> reporter: they insist they will get it one way or another. "we have the strength and power to take surt," said one rebel commander. "and passion to move us forward because we are fighting for a reason." school starts in a couple of weeks, and students will now no longer be forced to study moammar qaddafi's little green book, his social philosophy. as somebody told us today, scott, this book is now better for burning than for reading. >> pelley: barry, we saw an amazing picture today: hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new libyan currency being unloaded after a trip from britain, where a lot of world currencies are printed. i wonder, what happens to all of this cash? >> reporter: well,

meteorologist reynolds wolf live from gulf shores. it looking like where you are. >> reporter: if you were to walk up to the beach and look around, you would have the sunshine and few scattered clouds, other than this it seems like another windy day. looks really can be deceiving. if you were to go farther to the west in parts of alabama into louisiana and perhaps even mississippi, heavy rainfall and flooding and farther to the east in destin reports of rain. one big textbook thing you see are the heavy winds. some waves have been monsterous, they have a double red flag warning in effect. they don't want you in the water. because of the good weather and you have people hoping to get in. that has been one of the fears here in alabama. we're very lucky this afternoon to have the mayor with us. robert, is that your big fear, the possibility of rip current? >> yes it is, the folks have been locked up with rain for two days and they want to go to the water. it is really dangerous. it looks bad and it's even worse. the rip current you can't

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this is what's baring down on the gulf coast. tropical storm lee, moving at roughly 2 miles per hoir. slower than a pepeon walks. but as counterintuitive as it sounds, its slow pace could make it an even more powerful storm. abc's yunji de nies is in new orleans where they are bracing for it all. good evening, yunji. >> reporter: good evening, josh. it's been raining steadily here since this morning. they're expecting up to 20 inches of rain. that kind of water is a lot no matter where you live. but here in new orleans, that downpour could be a disaster. this is tropicic storm lee from space. a prolific rain maker, marching slowly across the gulf coast. louiuiana governor bobby jindal has declared a state of emergency. his main concern? flash flooding. >> heavy rainfall in combination with the rising tides, you are going to see flash flooding. >> reporter: that's trouble for new orleans, because the city sits eight feet below sea level. it's shaped like a bowl, nestled between lake pontchartrain and the mississippi river. any wat

on september 11th. >> the water is rising in the gulf coast. we will go to new orleans with how the city is handling lee. >> also a special give away tonight in oakland. those being helped as the new school year kicks off. >> and a children's classic going high tech. how a company is transforming dr. suess. . >>> floodwaters rising in louisiana and mississippi as lee rolls through the gulf coast. hundreds of people are under orders to evacuate though many appear to be staying put. craig boswell is in new orleans where the biggest problem is that the storm doesn't seem to want to move on. >> reporter: good evening. i think i can speak for everybody, across new orleans, across mississippi and alabama when we just say enough is enough. lee is probably the most annoying storm in a long time. it just won't go away. just keeps sitting on top of the area just going along. we keep getting the bands of rain. soggy and slow moving lee soaks the gulf coast bringing at least six to ten inches of rain. >> have to be careful where you walk. a lot of submerge

. >>> it is a super soaker for the gulf coast. tropical storm lee stalls offshore. a look at the damage already, and when the storm may make it to land. >>> closer to home, we have a classic summer forecast for you. it looks like increasing fog may bring cooler temperatures in the beginning of the week, as we come to the end of the summer season. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, lee slam a boat against a pier ississippi. there >>> high winds from tropical storm lee slam a boat against a pier in mississippi. there is flooding all along the gulf coast, as the storm stalls just offshore, evacuations are under way, and many people are without power. >>> in the last hour, lee weakened just a little bit. and winds dropping from 60 to 50 miles an hour. but tropical storm warnings still extend to texas and part of the florida panhandle. drew levinson reports on this super soaker of a storm. >> reporter: tropical storm lee is flooding parts of the gulf coast. forecasters predict it could dump up to 20 inches of rain. in new orleans, which sits below sea level, some streets are under water. bu

so everyone along the gulf coast remains on guard. back to you, alex. >> picking up the worms to go fishing. i just went blech. at least he has a sense of had you more abohumor about it. >>> what is the latest on lee? >> alex, good morning. that is glass half full. picking up the worms after lee. 45 miles per hour, latest advisory. center of lee is onshore and the problem, we have this persistent flow of moisture coming in through the gulf of mexico. it's barely moving. maybe two or three miles per hour and that's about it. we're seeing a lot of heavy rain out here as well. we continue to track lee, and with the rain, embedded is the risk for thunderstorms. another threat with land falling systems, and a very fast mover. you don't have a lot of lead time. they spin up quickly. that's a big concern. another thing we'll watch, a front tracking in across the east and that combined with lee will lead to a lot of heavy rains here in the south. southern appalachians, central appalachians and it could track into the mid-atlantic and northeas

they're shuttering some of their oil rigs in the gulf of mexico. daily oil and natural gas production from the gulf is running well below its normal rate. and nearly a third of the gulf's 600 manned oil platforms have been evacuated with helicopters carrying workers back to shore. >> oil prices moved lower on the sour jobs data as opposed to the threat of the storm in the gulf. let's get you updated with tonight's market focus. >> tom: it may only be two days old but september is living up to its reputation as a bad month for stock investors. the dow industrials spent the entire session in the red thanks to the sour jobs data. this 200 point plus drop is the biggest fall for the dow in two weeks. bank of america was back at the bottom of the dow, falling more than 8%. b. of. a. was the most heavily traded new york listed stock today. this is the past 30 sessions as it fell from over $10 to $6 last month. of course, today's market action came before the federal housing finance agency late today sued bank of america over losses tied to bad mortgages.

the storm is already churning up the gulf as it starts to move ashore. this boat on the mississippi gulf coast tossed around by lee's powerful waves. cnn's ed lavin dwrar andera is . louis, mississippi. are you on the right side or bad side of this storm? what is it looking like right now where you are? >> the eye of the storm is actually to the west of new orleans. it is going to come inland and then start hooking back toward the east a little bit. but this is the stronger side of the storm and we were moving around to keep tabs on the situation around here. this is a neighborhood in bay st. louis and they have been dealing with a lot of this, these roadways that they come into these neighborhoods, watch this car as they try to navigate. this is what many officials worry about, but this water has gone down quite a bit. we talked to a couple that lives back in here. they said earlier this morning this water around here was thigh high. it is interesting. if you look back over, the couple we talked to, they live in that house with the tin roof you might se

parts of the gulf coast are expected to get 20 in.e vigil with >> we expect storm conditions for the next 36 hours so please do not be lulled in the bricks of the rain we have to stay alert we are expecting 15-20 in. of rain in new orleans and all of us that have been through this with >> president barack obama is now getting a close look or it did to hurricane irene he is to traffic will to parts of new jersey and her on impassable streets and down power lines and closed bridges and makes it tough to get around it made the out river flood its bank and caused husbands to evacuate >> the water works may not be open hurricane beekatia, is out in the land and ocean new thing northwest snow warnings are in a fact >> we are waiting for for an update from police this after and our man barricaded out myself in a home it started after 7:00 p.m. last night three children and a woman were in the house with a suspect after one half hour they were removed safely the sheriff's office is asking residents in the area to close all windows and doors a

. >>> a newly released government report on the massive gulf oil spill finds bp ultimately responsible for the events and problems leading up to the rig explosion and spill. this particular report by the coast guard and offshore oil regulator puts more blame on bp than any previous investigation. nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: the final government report blames bp for the bulk of events that triggered last year's explosion at the deepwater horizon oil rig, killing 11 workers and resulting in the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. the key findings determined bp made critical errors surrounding the cement seal at macondo exploratory well violated federal regulations. when the company realized those mistakes, did not immediately notify its partners or the u.s. government. energy risk experts say it shows the deadly incident could have been avoided. >> the cement wasn't sufficient. it wasn't tested. and bp ignored industry standards which called for redundancy with the cement casings. >> reporter: bp responded with a statement saying it agreed with the report's core co

it's possible some places on the gulf coast -- that p really strengthened. the projected path expected to curve away and the notice the position of to the west and katia to the east, lee up the eastern seaboard late this week that we hope kicks off towards the north atlantic. a is up for grabs. katia perhaps getting close to the east coast. the outer banks by thursday before making the turn to the northeast. the long range models show two more tropical systems in the eastern atlantic that could be making the run towards the eastern u.s. the tropics really starting to fire up. this is by the way the most active time of year between now and mid-september. >> thanks a lot. we will check in with you as well. >> on the east coast, people are trying to clean up after hurricane irene. president obama as you see is vowing to help the victim as he visited this afternoon. >> all those who have been affected by flooding and the destruction that occurred as a consequence of hurricane irene, the country is behind you. >> patterson is one of the many cities across the cou

what you're seeing is the battering going on on the gulf coast. of the oil workers on the right, they got out just in time. the latest on what exactly is going on. here on cnn saturday and sunday morning, before i bring you any segment or interview, do i my research and studying on that topic. i have been studying this topic for a while. i'll admit i still don't know what the heck it's about. it's dragoncon. i'm still trying to figure this thing out. but we're at the 25th anniversary of this science fiction and fantasy convention. it's happening right here in atlanta. i am about to get an education from the folks who know it well. stick around. >>> we are at the bottom of the hour on this cnn sunday morning. welcome back, everybody. hope you're having a good holiday weekend so far. glad you could spend part of it here with us. i'm t.j. holmes. >>> a spirit airlines plane headed to los angeles had to suddenly turn around or return to the airport in vegas last night. a spokeswoman says a passenger complained about comments made by another passenger,