we're in haiti. we're outside of haiti. we can tell you exactly where we were. >> charlie: so when youlew back. >> i flew back, i remember it was a long, we were circling around the airport for a long time. again, there was the airport was closed for a long time to commercial traffic but i remember looking at the window and it was turning dark. and it was with a team, a medical team surgeons, father/daughter team and some other physicians including a haitian colleague. and we were circling around and you just saw there was no electricity. it was just blacked out down below except there was some small fires butthat's what i remember, it was so different because there weren't any lights where thereusually were lights. the power grid was of course taken out by the quake. >> charlie: you also have said that when you first heard this, you know port prince is one of the bigger cities. >> when there's a rain storm there are casualties. it's a very crowded, everyone knows how crowded it is. on the mountain sides it runs down right

i want to start this talk by focusing on haiti. which might seem like an unusual place to start talk about american history. but i would argue that without understanding haiti we cannot understand the history of louisiana or the south. now, i think today when we think of haiti, we think about the images you see on television of the horrible poverty and devastation from natural disasters that have taken place there, but in 1791, through the early -- through the beginning of then 19th century, haiti was beacon of hope, beacon of liberty, for enslaved people to cross the new world. that's because starting in 1791, slaves on the island of haiti, which at the time was -- you can think of sugar as the oil of that time and haiti as the saudi arabia of the day. the most lucrative commercial point, fueled the entire economy of france and that was basically driven off slave labor in haiti. there were tens of thousands of slaves on the island. mere thousands of white planters who governorred the island and it was a very combustible environmen

without haiti, why do i need louisiana? a backwards breadbasket. the idea of growing food in louisiana and shipping it to haiti, there is no point to maintaining louisiana. why would napoleon be so stupid as to sell this vast profitable land in the united states rather than keeping it for himself? the reality is without haiti there is no point and no reason to maintain control as there is in the north american continent. the haitian revolution is the reason louisiana became america. an interesting figure happens in louisiana. haiti's sugar production has fallen from 70,000 tons of sugar to 10,000 in 1798. there is a very smart man who is a french aristocrat who moved to louisiana and he said with haiti's sugar production falling surely we can grow sugar in louisiana. so he started doing that and it was of a lower quality than the sugar produced in haiti given there's no sugar production coming out anymore they consult on the market and get very rich. jean noelle ddesterin said cultivation must be the improvements of a century be destroyed and the g

tropopal storm emily is taking aim at haiti this morning.ld lead to deadly flooding in tent cities that still house about 600,000 earthquake victims. the storm is no longer expected, though, to hit the u.s. >>> and fresh off his prebirthday fund-raiser in chicago last night, president obama celebrates his 50th birthday at the white house today. staffers will toast their boss during a midday party in the blue room. tonight there's a birthday dinner for family and friends in the rose garden. >>> thousands of workers face another day off the job because lawmak funding for the faa. president obama has urged congress to return from their month-long vacation to address the issue. >>> and the trial of former egyptian president hosni mubarak enters its second day. millions of egyptians were transfixed yesterday by images of the once powerful mubarak on a hospital bed inside a specially built cage. mubarak is charged with ordering the deaths of anti-government protesters. >>> tiger woods makes his return to the pga tour today when he starts playing i

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emily taking a move at haiti and d.r.vastated haiti leaving parts of the port-au-prince in ruins. today, more than half a million people are still homeless. and now they are preparing for the possibility of more destruction. steve harrigan streaming live port-au-prince, haiti tonight with more on this storm. steve? >> shepard, the clouds are beginning to roll in here and this country is on red alert. whether emily turns out to be a tropical storm or a hurricane really doesn't matter so much. what they are worried about here in haiti is the rain. if they do get that torrential rainfall anywhere from 12 to 20 inches of rain it could prove to be very deadly. back in june heavy rains killed 20. these rains could be much worse. haiti is particularly vulnerable for a couple of reasons. for one thing, 600,000 people are basically living on the ground in tents as a result of last year's hurricane. another reason the country has almost all of its trees been cut down and a lot of the sewage and drainage is blocked one garbage. also

the number most parts of haiti are likely to receive some heavy rainfall.t the moment, most of the rainfall remains north of haiti over the ocean. >> what is your advice to residents who will be affected by this hurricane? >> those that are under hurricane warnings at the moment, that includes the entire northern coast of the dominican republic, as well as the bahamas. all of these areas will feel hurricane conditions in the next day. particularly in the bahamas. it looks as if irene will track very closely to the bahamas. we recommend that they take precautions as soon as possible. >> from the national hurricane center in miami, florida, to a sum much. charges of sexual assault leveled at the former head of the imf, dominique strauss-kahn, are to be dropped. prosecutors in new york held talks this evening. the case is expected to be formally dismissed on tuesday. >> she accused one of the world's most powerful men of sexual assault. today, the hotel maid was told by prosecutors that the case would be dropped. her lawyer blasted the district attorney. >> he

and that's not what haiti needs to become whole again. but the contrast of our excess and their lack of exist side by side as with the needy and marginalized in our own wealthy country. is nothing more it is an unsettling reality that calls into question our flippancy with food waste. and in spite of the complexities around in food production consumption and waste we can no doubt eliminate both food waste and hunger in the united states as a start while looking more seriously at the dire needs of neighbors around the globe. a charmer in her broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. the official location on the phone called touch from the choose our. video on demand. calls an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the alkie don't call. me if he.

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. >> emily is already dumping torrential rains on haiti and the dominican republic.t right now haiti's earthquake survivors living in makeshift shelters are in extreme danger. abc's matt gutman was in port-au-prince ahead of the storm. >> reporter: tropical storm emily is forecast to come right over those mountains and dump anywhere from 4 to 20 inches of rain on this part of haiti. now, refugee camps like this become giant cesspools when there's anything up to 5 inches of rain. and the u.n. has been trying to dig canals, better canals in places like this, to divert some of that runoff. but, just six weeks ago, seven people in n is camp alone died by this flash flooding that occurs here. now, the u.n. and aid organizations know that these people can't afford to move out of here, so they're trying to alert them by putting up red flags telling them that floods may be coming. they're also publishing news letters like this.s. this is the biggest newspaper in all of haiti right now. 500,000 copies alerting people in cartoons how to avoid the danger of storms and to try to

paul is not only talking about the experience in haiti but give voice to people in haiti who in all the publicity have not necessarily been heard from. >> susan weinberg the girl the vote on the covers powerful. >> we were looking for something that would convey the mix of the motions when you think about haiti and the earthquake and the recovery. it is such a mixture of hope and maybe despair. grand plans but everyone is so vulnerable. >> we're talking with susan weinberg, publisher of publicaffairs books. on your board i want to talk about sally jacobs's new book the other barack. >> it is coming out in july of this year. this is a book as the subtitle could say better. the bold and reckless life of president obama's father. sally jacobs is a longtime correspondent at the boston globe. she did a profile of obama and kenya through the phone. not really be enough. she said if he is elected i will pursue this story. she had never done a book before or found a story committed to. she has been to kenya many times and talked to everyone that new barack obama senior. she has put together his

that they got to know haiti, he just said i want to write about it. i want to write about what has happened, what is happening. is the response adequate? is the response from world leaders what it should be? is the aid being used in the best way it could be? he also in his book uses this as an opportunity to get haitian voices involved in this issue. he, um, he talks about how -- he gets different people involved in haiti that he has known often for many years to write about this, too, so paul is not only talking about the experience in haiti, but he has also been able to give voice to people in haiti who in all the bruhaha and all the publicity have not necessarily been heard from. >> sw susan weinberg, the photo on the coffer of this is really -- cover of this is rather powerful. >> it really is. we were looking for something that would convey the mix of emotions that you get when you think about haiti and the earthquake, and you think about the recovery, and it is such a mixture of hope and maybe despair, of, you know, grand plans but also understa

y en haiti sigue cayendo fuertes lluvias.tormenta tropical estÁ estacionada en repÚblica dominicana. afectando las provincias orientales de holguÍn y guantanamo en cuba. emily con 50 millas por hora se estÁ moviendo casi nada, estÁ estacionario.

the storm now headed toward the dominican republic and haiti. forecasters say they should get hit by heavy rain and 45-mile-per-hour winds by midday. emily is expected to continue toward the bahamas. it may bring rain to miami by friday afternoon and wilmington, north carolina, by sunday evening. >>> a homeless man is in custody this morning after jumping the fence at the white house yesterday. he was captured and apparently

the forces are still tackling the march 11th disaster in japan and must complete their mission in haiti. but he said japan hopes to hold talks with the u.n. on deploying officers to command peacekeeping operations. following the meeting ban reiterated his hope that japan will consider sending troops to the african country. >>> up next, the extended world weather forecast. >>> and that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye. ♪ >>> a strange looking vehicle zips through the mongolian desert. it's a three-wheeled wheelchair made by combining a bicycle and wheelchair. it's a creation of 26-year-old amarbat. disease paralyzed his legs when he was small. amarbat's wheelchair can go anywhere, no matter how bumpy the road is. his wheelchairs are now giving help to other disabled mongolians. today we bring you the story of amarbat and his three wheelchairs. 240 kilometers southeast of ulan bator, the capital is choir village, where 10,000 people live in the middle of the vast gobi desert.

, se preparan, para el paso de la noche, emily, el mayor temor, inundaciones, y deslaves en haití, quecto de emily, fue la precipitación, dejando 18 pulgadas de lluvia en puerto rico, y similar en república dominicana, este jueves, el ciclón, al oeste y noroeste, al corto plazo, y luego hará una curva, se espera que el sábado a la madrugada, esté frente a florida, en miami, a una distancia segura, pero será vigilado de cerca, el centro de huracanes, mantiene parte de florida en el cono de incertidumbre, luego seguiría rumbo al norte, alcanzando la categoría de huracán, sin afectar estados unidos. >>> luis carrera, muchas gracias, y vamos a guatemala, muchos celebran que a pesar de casi 30 años de retraso, se hizo justicia, en el caso de abeso de poder de la guerra civil, 18 militares, fueron acusados de una masacre, angie, con los detalles. >>> fue una sentencia, sin precedentes. >>> 6030 años. >>> por una masacre que guatema, aún hoy 28 años después, no pudo olvidar, un tribunal sentenció, a 4 militares retirados a más de 6 mil años de cárcel, por asesinato y tortura de campesinos, mu

that's why it's a dangerous situation for haiti again.'re expecting anywhere between 25 and 30 centimeters of rainfall. as i show you on the satellite imagery, this is typhoon muafa. again, weather getting worse, especially in the overnight as well as in the morning. the center of the circulation will be move together south of okinawa. notice the winds, 167. as we head into the weekend, getting close to the china coastline and that includes shanghai. notice the winds could see intensification. if you put that in the atlantic, it would be a category three potentially hurricane. we'll be watching out for that. and as i set, you can get a better visual of exactly how the center of circulation likely to move just to the south of okinawa. i lee you with video coming out japan. this is a lighter story. andrew, you'll probably like this. you're a snappy dresser and you'll probably want something like this, this is actually the latest rage in japan, air conditioning jackets to cool you off. it's been hot there. the maker of that has been selling

en su trayecto harÁ a estadios la isla de la espaÑola, compartida por haitÍ y repÚblica dominicana, desdeallos. adelante. >> muchas gracias, muy buenas noches, fuertes oleajes y vientos se registran parte norte de la republica dominicana, que luego despuÉs del paso del huracÁn irene, más de 1000 de personas fueron evacuadas. >> las personas que salgan de la casa por favor. >> los organismos de socorro olvidaron a los residentes de zonas volverÁn desde salir de sus hogares ante la negativa de alguno. >> ¿y como soluciÓn a uno saliendo de su casa? >> somos hombres cuidando los ranchos, no podemos dejar la casa sola. >> georgina de la cruz tardÓ una hora en salir. >> yo les dije que me iba pero tenÍa que arreglar algo. >> ¿estÁ molesta usted? >> me hicieron molestar porque me estaban atacando mucho yo no puedo dejarlos social a lorca. >>el ojo del huracÁn irene. >> tenemos mucho temor porque le pedimos al gobierno que nos ayudpe. >> 2300 albergues oficiales fueron habilitados en el paÍs y en la zona norte se sintieron fuertes oleajes que golpeaba la zona norte. >> cientos y cientos de person

>> and this group blames the haiti government for the conditions. and they say immediate efforts need to be made to ensure proper aid distribution. >> a food controversy erupted just as muslims celebrate ramadan. whole foods management had to rush to contain the fallout. and abc 7 has more. >> whole foods got caught in a controversy. the company hasn't campaign calling atension to halal foods meeting muslim laws but an internal e mail told managers there to stop using signage that could be considered promoting or celebrating ramadan there. was a backlash on twitter. >> we need to fight against this sort of pervasive prejudice. >> whole foods corporate quick to respond and it tweeted we're excited about offering halal products and stand behind them and our promotion of them. and the controversy erupted as muslims worked to educate people about their fate. not only is it time of prayer and fasting but giving. abiba hussein started a nonprofit 19 years ago. >> every day, you do small amounts of charity. but be regular. and do it from the heart. >> as t

limpieza ya están en marcha, en la mira para mañana las costas norteñas de república dominicana y haití 51. ¿qué tal? >> irene se va alejando de puerto rico y dejando 4 y media pulgadas y hasta 10 de acumulados en la región y esta noche será el turno de república dominicana y haití 3-5 pulgadas y zonas montañosas podrían recibir hasta 10 pooliulgadas d presidente penúltimo ción y complicada y peligroso. ahora ¿que pasaría a futuro con el ciclón a pesar de estar interactuando, no se espera que se debilita demasiado, el ambiente está favorable para la intensificación de irene para esta noche pasará al norte de la española y podría mañana pasar alejarse como huracán de categoría 2 y pasar alejado y acercarsese para bahamas y la costa de los estados unidos, el día jueves al mediodía podría pasar a una distancia considerable de florida, dejando sí bastante ráfagas de vientos y presidente penúlti pitt ción y sigue más hacia el norte y en la frontera con carol carolina del norte y llevando precipitación y lluvia intensa a la zona intensa y el viento fuerte y más al norte sigue debl estado y ca

the storm blew past puerto rico yesterday and dropped ten inches of rain. 600,000 people in haiti live without shelter following last year's devastating earthquake. either in tents or out in the open. you see what the mud has done and can do there. >> keep an eye on that. and what is happening here. >> it helps it drop moisture at the same time. we haven't had a hurricane hit u.s. since 2008. we have been lucky. hurricane ike in 2008. we don't worry about hurricanes on this side of the united states. the water is too cold in our ocean. you can see the financial district looking northbound from south beach. still a lot of clouds, as we talked about there would be. the strong sea breeze, and clouds linger. you won't be totally socked in this afternoon. where the winds are fastest is where we have the coolest weather. oakland is three degrees cooler. hayward, five. con card and san jose six degrees cooler than yesterday. the temperatures are running in the 50s along the coast and san francisco. 60s for the rest of us. the sun came out first. antioch, san jose, los gatos. low to mid-70s. c

the last time aid agencies rolled out a wet feeding campaign was in haiti.uaranteed meal that they have. wet feeding su specially necessary in somalia, and increasingly here, the hungry and vulnerable are being targeted for the little aid they are receiving. >> it was their suggestion to say that their food cooked and everybody benefits, and it's better that way, other than the leaders taking away their food. >> it's not just corruption that worries them. one woman too scared to speak on camera said her son was killed by the members of the al qaeda affiliated group. for these xhun keys, it's a seemingly never ending situation, and they must protect what little they have. >>> to syria now, the degree comes one day after the u.n. security condemned his acts against the opposition protesters. but it has not stopped the military's crackdown. human right groups are reporting new siege today. you are monitoring the actions from beirut, so how tough is it to find out information? >> fredricka, it's incredibly difficult especially when it comes to a situation like w

kitasawa told him -- after the disaster in japan and must complete their mission in haiti. but he said japan hopes to hold talks with japan on deploying officers to sudan to help with peace keeping operations. ban hoped japan will consider sending troops to the african country. >>> in china, bicycles used to be the main mode of transportation. today the country is the world's biggest auto market. thanks to heavy government investment, the country's inland cities are industrializing and increasing numbers of people are driving cars. the trend is causing big problems, though, like traffic jams and air pollution. in an attempt to reduce car use, the city is encouraging citizens to get back on their bikes. >> reporter: wuhan, is home to 10 million people. with a booming economy pushing up incomes, the number of cars clogging the streets is growing by over 10,000 a month. the city is building subways and bridges to try and satisfy demand, but wuhan's traffic jams have become legendary. air pollution has become quite serious. to help save the environment, one solution seems simpl

kitasawa told him -- after the disaster in japan and must complete their mission in haiti. but he said japan hopes to hold talks with japan on deploying officers to sudan to help with peace keeping operations. ban hoped japan will consider sending troops to the african country. >>> in china, bicycles used to be the main mode of transportation. today the country is the world's biggest auto market. thanks to heavy government investment, the country's inland cities are industrializing and increasing numbers of people are driving cars. the trend is causing big problems, though, like traffic jams and air pollution. in an attempt to reduce car use, the city is encouraging citizens to get back on their bikes. >> reporter: wuhan, is home to 10 million people. with a booming economy pushing up incomes, the number of cars clogging the streets is growing by over 10,000 a month. the city is building subways and bridges to try and satisfy demand, but wuhan's traffic jams have become legendary. air pollution has become quite serious. to help save the environment, one solution seems simpl

that's all that heavy rain going right over haiti.his could be up to 20 inches of rain in the mountains by the time we get that storm to finally move out of the way. here's the hurricane center's path. but remember, this has not joined that path yet. it is not following their path. and that would put it someplace off miami by about sunday morningishsh we'll have to watch this storm very closely because it's not behaving as expected. josh? >> you'll be doing that all morning long. thank k u, sam. >>> a tour bus heading from niagara falls to new jersey crashed and overturned in upstate new york wednesday, injuring dozens, four seriously. police say speed and wet road conditions were factors. it's now the fourth serious tour bus crash this year in the northeast. >>> more than 70 suspects have been charged in 1 of the largest international child pornography rings ever. authorities say that members were forced to continue producing explicit photos and videos to remain part of the group. 20 more suspects are being sought. >>> this labor day

we're seeing just a fraction of the engagement and the level of resources after the haiti earthquake, for example. despite the fact the number of people at risk now exceeds the total population of haiti. >> that was testimony during yesterday's senate hearing on africa's growing famine. the crisis is only getting worse. the united nations has now declared three new regions in somalia famine zones and suggested that the crisis will spread to all of southern somalia in the next several weeks. nbc's intrepid kate snow joins us from ken gentlemyakenya. i understand you were just some somalia and are now back in kenya. the administration says it's trying to wave restrictions on refugee aid groups working with the terror group in somalia. is that working? are the rescue groups that you were with getting through and getting to the people who need the help? >> reporter: right, andrea. you're definitely right. the idea is to loosen the restrictions so that maybe they can get into somalia. i'll tell you in practical terms, most of the large scale ngos, non-governmental organizations that you kn

the storm blew past puerto rico yesterday and dropped ten inches of rain. 600,000 people in haiti live shelter following last year's devastating earthquake. either in tents or out in the open. you see what the mud has done and can do there. >> keep an eye on that. and what is happening here. >> it helps it drop moisture at the same time. we haven't had a hurricane hit u.s. since 2008. we have been lucky. hurricane ike in 2008. we don't worry about hurricanes on this side of the united states. the water is too cold in our ocean. you can see the financial district looking northbound from south beach. still a lot of clouds, as we talked about there would be. the strong sea breeze, and clouds linger. you won't be totally socked in this afternoon. where the winds are fastest is where we have the coolest weather. oakland is three degrees cooler. hayward, five. con card and san jose six degrees cooler than yesterday. the temperatures are running in the 50s along the coast and san francisco. 60s for the rest of us. the sun came out first. antioch, san jose, los gatos. low to mid-70s. cloudy ar

we came see a foot of rain in haiti. this is a slow moving storm. it's been inching along last night. this is not what you want to see for an area that that's as impoverished as this island. as far as the forecast goes, we still have to watch south florida and the bahamass. things are looking more encouraging emily will turn away from south carolina and florida, so your forecast has improved but anyone along the florida east coast, the storm should be closest to you come sun up saturday and all during the day saturday, probably wind and rain. but then the storm should hook and curve away from the eastern seaboard. so right now it looks like possibly florida's problem on saturday. and that will be about it. not a huge hurricane or anything, so just a rainy, gloomy day, which by florida standards and because of the drought would tually be welcome. yesterday this was off the charts. we've been talking about a hot summer. we were 114 degrees in little rock. it was hotter than phoenix, arizona at 111. this 114 w the hottest temperature ever in little roc

haiti may get the worst of it as far as heavy rains in the days ahead. so here's the new forecast just out from the national hurricane center. two things we like to avoid. storms going into the gulf of mexico because the water is extremely warm and then it usually does hit the u.s. we like it to curve out to sea into the open atlantic. this storm will be interesting because it has to go first through the mountainous terrain of hispaniola. there's tall mountains here. there's a chance that emily won't survive that. if it does survive, then it will have a chances to regenerate. the hurricane center right now thinks that they're going half and half, they think it could dissipate, it may survivsurvive. it will be close to florida or the bahamas. and then the cone of uncertainty through georgia and south carolina. so areas in the northeast need to pay close attention. the key time period will be in two days from now if it survives going over haiti. if it doesn't, we're all fine. if it does survive, we could have serious problems. here's what our computers are

. >>> tropical storm emily is threatening haiti and the dominican republic.he storm is bringing heavy rain and 50-mile-per-hour winds as it heads for landfall. in haiti, aid workers are scrambling to help the more than 600,000 people still living without shelter after last year's earthquake. emily is expected to continue toward cuba and by saturday may bring rain to florida. >>> "cbs moneywatch" time now on this purse. u.s. stocks make a rebound. ashley morrison in new york good morning to you. >> good morning to you terrell. a mixed day for asian stocks. japan's nikkei was up 0.2% and hong kong's hang seng's lost about 0.5%. a late day rebound on wall street, the dow wiped out a triple-digit loss to finish 30 points higher and the nasdaq closed with a gain of 24. >>> a new report says the country's biggest banks are still charging high overdraft fees. the consumer federation of america surveyed the 14 largest banks and says their median overdraft fee is $35, the same as it was last year, that $35 charge can be triggered if customers overdraw their checking a

it's slamming haiti with dangous rains right now.ngs in effect for the dominican republic, parts of the bahamas and the turks and caicos islands. southeast florida could get a visit by saturday. we'll talk with rob marciano about emily in a few minutes. >>> let's talk about an epic judicial moment in egypt. yesterday morning we showed you amatic pictures of deposed president hosni mubarak on a stretcher in a cage facing murder and corruption charges. his trial has been adjourned to the 15th of august. mubarak has denied any wrongdoing. he faces the death penalty if he's convicted. here's what cnn's freed zakar-- fareed zakaria had to say. >> it has the feeling not of a show trial but a trial that is not fair. i wish the egyptian government realized this is really a very important mont for them. they need to get this right. >> right now, mubarak's former interior minister is in court, accused of killing the earlier this year. a conviction could get him a death sentence. >>> ground turkey, cargill meats recalled nearly 36 million pound

shannon: steve harrigan live in haiti. thank you, steve. >>> this is a fox news alert, new fallout today from a major recall link today a nationwide salmonella outbreak. the u.s. department of agriculture says it is still trying to pinpoint the source of this deadly strain. it's announced a recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey, one of the largest meat recalls ever. steve centanni's live on it in washington. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, shannon. yeah, in fact, u.s. officials saying this is the third largest food recall in history. 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey in the wake of a sol no knell la outbreak that's killed one person and made dozens more sick. take a look for this mark, the tainted meat all has the same code number, estp963. it was all processed between february 20th of this year and august 2nd, right up until just a few days ago. the outbreak has hit 26 states so far, michigan and ohio have the highest number of cases with ten each. but the lone fatality has occurred in california. exp

emily is heading towards haiti and the dominican republic.t's expected to dump up to 10 inches of rain. by tomorrow, forecasters expect emily to be hitting the bahamas, and by the weekend it could be skirting florida's east coast. >>> in england, a very tough police officer was quite a story to tell. check this out. the officer sets up a roadblock to catch a car thief. just after he gets out of his vehicle, a stolen car slams into his and tosses him in the air, and he gets up and chases the suspect and eventually brings down the suspect with a taser. >> i can't believe how lucky i am. when i watch somebody watching the video, yeah, you can't understand how anybody can walk away from it, let alone run. >>> the last-minute compromise on the debt deal kept the country from defaulting on its debts, but there is still a lot of concern of what it means for the weak economy. today we're taking an in depth look at how the market could affect the stock market, and your finances and unemployment and small business and hospitals and you name it. will sp

close to haiti, possibly cuba.ld say the odds of this thing staying together, intact, all the wait through these islands and moving to miami or towards the florida keys is minimal for the time being. if you have open sea without any interaction with land whatsoever, the odds are pretty favorable. looks remote for the time being, still, we have to keep you informed and something else to remember, we're moving towards the peak of the tropical season, in terms of the tropics in the atlantic for all kinds of weather systems to develop. namely the depressions. this is the time to stock up on key things. water, batteries. talking about all the non-perishable goods you need during hurricane season. keep it in mind. something else around the rest of the nation. a chance of thunderstorms across parts of the northeast. a nice day in the northeast. today different, especially afternoon. thundershowers possible in the northeast. high temperatureses going into the triple digits against in dallas. 105. 91 in denver, 9 8 in portl

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and while haiti and the dominican republic got five inches of rain, it was far less than haiti was bracing for. some good news there. >>> now to the major drug debate tonight over one of the most commonly used prescription drugs in this country. should the cholesterol-lowering drug lipitor be made available over the counter and how much money would you save if it was? here's abc's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: it's the drug in more medicine cabinets than almost any other. lipitor. but this november, generic versions will flood the market, cutting into the $11 billion a year pfizer makes off the drug. so, now pfizer is reportedly looking at a new way to sell lipitor. over the counter. some doctors say making it more accessible could save millions of lives. >> this is probably one of the best ways to reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. and tens of millions of patients could and should be treated but aren't currently. >> reporter: if you're on a statin like lipitor, your doctor probably checks your blood, monitors your liver function, for any problems. so, is it save to take wi

let's not forget the earthquake that struck haiti, port-au-prince in january 2010 was a 6.0. not that much bigger. a lot of what happens after an earthquake depends where it strikes and what kind of shape the buildings are in. right close by it. this is a powerful earthquake. no mistake about it. it seems from all reports we've heard we've been lucky. we heard structural damage here and there but not a single report of an injury. when is really amazing. this happened in the central virginia seismic zone, an area of the world that was formed when the appalachian mountains grew up. 400 million, 500 million years ago. it's not so active as the western part of the united states, the sierra nevadas, which came up 30 million years ago and still is an active zone. earthquakes in the east, because the ground tends to be much hard are and older causes the energy to dissipate much more quickly. that's why the shaking was felt over such a wide area. in the west, the earth is softer. so the energy gets more absorbed by the earth. so it's not felt as far away. but this soo big earthquake.

keep in mind more than half a million people in haiti are still homeless after last year's earthquakeintense rain and flooding damaged homes. port-au-prince live from port-au-prince. >> shepard, what we don't see right now in port-au-prince, haiti, are buses filled with evacuees moving to higher ground and shelters. instead, what we see really are houses like this. little tents here that they put some plastic heating and garbage bags on top and put rocks on tried to tie those down. that's what the government is telling these people run up to the storm, tie the tents down with rocks. that's the best we can see being done here. a man going around with a loud speaker. no one taking refuge or moving to higher ground. in defense of themselves. even though the storm has lost some of its power as it has moved over the mountains, some real concerns about rain in places it could become torrential rain, anywhere from 12 to 20 inches in the best case scenario, that's going to create simply a health hazard, a real disaster in a place where cholera is raging. it could expect to see some flash floo

no hemos dormido porque tenemos el agua arriba de la rodilla >>> la furia de emilia tambiÉn azotÓ a haitÍkie guerrido. >>> estÁ Última con el ultimo boletÍn no es asi jackie cuÉntanos? >>> sÍ chicas quÉ triste escuchar la situaciÓn de nuestro hermanos de la repÚblica dominicana es la mala noticia, la buena aÑo tinoticia hablamoss remanentes de emily, por aquÍ todavÍa chubascos se sienten sobre la repÚblica de haitÍ y ahora los expertos segÚn ellos dicen que no se espera que esto agarre intensidad de tormenta tropical durante el fin de semana, pero lo vamos a estar monitoreando, el huracÁn bastante fuerte pero nada de preocuparnos y las altas temperaturas en monterrey con 99 grados al igual que ustedes en dallas 107 grados. en temperaturas con esta misma historia, el fin de semana tambiÉn. lo que tenemos actividad de fuertes lluvias sobre las rocosas desde phoenix arizona, hasta nueva mÉxico, tenemos un sistema en el noroeste que va a generar fuerte actividad de precipitaciones, descargas elÉctricas desde phoenix arizona en nueva mÉxico a la orden del dÍa. este sistema fronteal provoca act

more than 600,000 people are still without shelter in haiti following last year's earthquake. cross has started to lay down sandbags in areas with high risks of flooding. and now to my exclusive interview with house democratic leader nan sis pelosi. i sat down with her earlier today to talk about jobs, the slowing economy, the debt deal and whether she will be appointing democrats to that subcommittee to compromise or be producing more deadlock. >> really i think that the american people are ready for us to talk about something other than to the process of how we continue the conversation. they just want to see with meat on the bones some tangible job initiatives that we can work in a bipartisan way to achieve. >> the american people want to see jobs. they want to see the economy improve. but a lot of democrats, your members the leader of the congressable black caucus feel that this deal is a bad deal and it will lead to a slowing of the economy. congressman cleaver called it a satan sandwich. you added on it's a sandwich satan with a side of satan fries. it's a bad deal. >> i

so, northern tip there, portion the of do the minute can republic, the system then pushes towards haitid the concern is where it will end up as we head in towards the later portion of this coming week it looks like it will brush the northern tip of haiti. port-au-prince should be on the quieter tip of this storm. but miami, ft. lauderdale, this is an area we are washing closely as this could become a dangerous hurricane. charles? >> thank you very much, indeed. andrew? >> we will take a short break. when we come back, we'll update you on the latest from libya. >>> welcome back. if you are just joining us, you're watching ongoing coverage of the uprising in labia on cnn, the world news leader. >>> now the latest developments in labia where the question of the hour is where can colonel moammar gadhafi? it appears his government may be falling, i think that's an understatement because clearly nobody seems to be -- certainly not colonel gadhafi, himself, is exercising power across tripoli, but there is no sign of the embattled leader himself. anti-gadhafi forces say they don't know his wher

. >>> tropical storm emily is the latest disaster making it difficult for people in haiti.ve harrigan is live in port-au-prince. good evening. >> reporter: the first rain is falling in the capital of port port that could prove to be -- port-au-prince that could prove to be a long night for haitian. 600,000 still live in the tents. emily has been downgraded from tropical storm to tropical wave, the danger here and reason the government put its people on red alert the rain. there could be anywhere from 12 to 20 inches of torrential rain. in the best case scenario, that could prove to be a nightmare. but it could produce flash floods. the rains killed 28 people in june. heavy rains could kill a lot more. government preparation, it's been perfunctory. we have seen tape put up and men going around with loud speakers talking about evacuation. for many people, there is no place to go. the newly elected president has had zero appearance. he's a former pop star. on the recent outing he was pelted by people with soda bottles and rocks no strong help from the government in the time of