or georgia. possibly a strong category 2 or category 3 hurricane. our computer model, squiggling lines, staring at these the next few days. a dp deal. unanimous discussion the southeast united states will be threatened by a very strong hurricane going throughout the middle to the end of this week. now's the time to prep. more details coming up. >> going to be busy. bill, thank you. >>> also coming up, investors on edge. verizon workers head back to work, and roomers of a new iphone. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> also, an inside the park home run and plaxico burress soars in his jets' debut. >>> you're waging "first look" on nbc. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the

or a category one, two or three hurricane. our john zarrella has been getting tossed around in north carolina for the past couple of hours. how are things there, john? >> reporter: they are pretty rough, t.j. i hope you can hear me better. i'm staying under the covering to stay out of the rain. you can see police cars have just pulled up here. they have been out patrolling all night checking the damage here. we talked to the county manager here in carter county. they said they do not have any damage yet. they said until first light, they cannot get out and assess the situation. the power is off in about 75% of the county. it has been on and off periodical periodically. we lost power at 4:30 a.m. let's give folks bearings. off to the north is that way. the south is that way. we may see the core of hurricane, the eye, whatever is left of the eye of the storm, within the next hour or so here as it makes landfall over us or very close to over the top of us. reports of a couple of tornadoes already. no reports of injuries. no repor

1 or category 2 hurricane a little bit later on in the week, so we'll be watching that very closely to our east. now we have our own tropical deck our weather. you seekd moisture moving up out of the south around a ridge of high pressure which is strengthening and that is the reason why our temperatures are going to start to warm on up. let's compared monday's afternoon highs. likely see around here come tuesday and you'll really see the 90s flaring up, south of san jose, livermore, out towards concord, things are look toasty come tuesday. tomorrow morning low clouds 50s to start day and then for the afternoon we'll see the highs in the -- eventually getting into the 80s tomorrow. i think the biggest difference is event of the eouo tth to the tri-valley and gumting nbers into the mid 80s for your monday afternoon and then tuesday areas south of san jose and livermore we could see mid 90s and that slight risk of thunder. we have to watch that out for things like dry lightning when you get that moisture on much to some drier air below and temper

2 or category 3 hurricane tomorrow morning and of the eastern seaboard. the new track that just came out and brings it closer to the jersey coastline. they have a voluntary evacuations right now. scott to the latest track is closer to new york city as well. urged pee affected areas to heed the warning. >> now, we are in the preparation phase. we have preparation, response and recovery. the window for preparation is quickly closing. if you are in the projected path of this storm, please listen to your state and local officials. listen to emergency radio and television. if you are told to evacuate, please do so. >> here are pictures of what people are doing in new york city right now. this is on the long island. people by water, and generators, anything they would need scarce set inside of their home with no power. hanukkah rest of " they're figuring the public mass transit will come to all holders. with hot in washington they stopped amtrak's service for the weekend air. it is a very big concern. and today are concerned about the underground network that

a category one or a category two, crossing east of baltimore, philadelphia, right over long island, new york city, early sunday afternoon. you're looking at a storm surge of maybe up to 10 feet in some inlets and bays. rain up to 15 inches. wind speeds still hurricane force. possibly around lower manhattan. wind speeds are higher away from the ground. the ground acts like friction and slows things down. higher up. in the downtown skyscrapers. something we don't want to see moving towards new york come sunday. now there's one little bit of hope if you look at the satellite view we have a weather system there crossing through the great lakes. there is some hope that that might scoot irene further offshore. that is something we're hoping for tonight, but it looks like irene is going to make a beeline up the east coast through sunday impacting almost every major city on the eastern seaboard. back to you. >> it is fascinating to see the course of the hurricane. thank you, rob. we'll keep a close eye on what's happening with irene. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the weather tab. >>> attorn

dropped off, which it's not uncommon for people to try to ride storms out when they're in the one or two categories. especially if they have a structure which is poured concrete or a concrete block house. it's the wood frame homes that sometimes are some of the more difficult structures to withstand the hurricanes. got to remember there are some homes built in the '30s are still standing. the biggest trouble for them is erosion. at the end of the day, evacuating is the smart bet. you're probably wondering or a lot of folks ask me, you get on the air and say evacuate and we see you standing at the beach. we are out of a building which is where the police have hunkered down and it's a concrete structure that they believe is able to withstand hurricanes and they've done it before. so we're right along there with the local authorities. >> kerry, make sure that you do stay safe out there. thank you. >>> in new jersey governor chrissiesty had issued a state of emergency issues mandatory evaiks in addition to cape may county. michelle franzen joins us live in asbury park with the latest. >> reporter: it's

by then we can be talking about a category 1 or category 2 hurricane irene. rob, linsey, back to you guys. >> been keeping an eye on that as well. >> irene actually is already drenching st. croix and knocked out power to thousands of folks. the storm slammed many of the eastern caribbean nations with pretty rough surf and dumped up to 7 inches of rain and triggered flooding in low-lying areas including antigua and st. martin. >>> here's the rest of your monday forecast. showers and thunderstorms from the carolinas to florida and much of the gulf coast. also stormy with gusty winds and hail around sioux falls, omaha, kansas city and st. louis. showers in the desert southwest. rain from seattle to portland. >> mostly 90s from billings to albuquerque. phoenix still hot soaring to 109. dallas still hot, too, 104. 80 in the windy city, 75 in detroit, 81 here inew york and 91 in miami. >>> and some powerful thunderstorms swamped part of the northeast over the weekend, leaving some areas knee-deep in water. philadelphia got 2 1/2 inches of rain in two hours causing

or she said it best. >> the outer bands of the storm are hitting our coast. >> well, right now the category two hurricane is hugging the coast of north carolina and getting very close and packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour. states of emergency are definitely in affect from north carolina all the way up to maine. >> hurricane irene is currently at a category two strength. but how different is that from a category three? and where is irene heading now? our meteorologist is live in the fox extreme weather center. what are we talking about category two? category three? >> and we have a brand-new update coming out at 3:00 a.m. we are now talking a category one. that is good news. we want it to weaken and hopefully push out to sea, but that's no what -- that's not what the models are pointing to. right now sustained winds are 90 miles an hour. swree hurricane warnings in affect stretching from wilmington, north carolina all the way up to portions of new england. martha's vineyard is under a hurricane warning. new york city, atlantic city and to virginia beach and now we are looking at a category 1 storm

officials say if it stays on projected path, it could reach florida by late thursday or early friday as a categoryr two storm, that means winds up to 110 miles an hour. first of the season. >> first in a long time that if it hits. it's been a while since we had a direct hit. we'll keep an eye on it. it's this time of year. we get this. sunshine down in san jose. rather quiet and we do have clouds as we look from another vantage point. vollmer peak showing some of the clouds that are lingering around the bay this morning. you can see they are starting to erase and mount diablo on the left side of your screen. you can see what we talked about north bay and south bay, we'll be seeing sunshine by noon. visible satellite clouds lingering around the bay and the coast. they may never leave the coast and probably be out of the bay around 2:00. upper 50s in san francisco and oakland. a lot of low to mid-60s, san jose, fairfield, antioch, upper 60s to low 70s along with los gatos. clouds are stubborn around the monterey bay. gilroy ten degrees warmer at 71. away from the coast, sunny and warmer today, mainl

a hit like this, even though it's not category 5 or category 4, when you get a lot of people in a lotace, they dependent upon transportation, energy, power. there's a difference being in the outer banks and riding it out than on the 25th story apartment with no power. how do you get down it spares and up it stairs, where do you get your supplies. not like we'll see death, destruction and mayhem. people lives very much disrupted and it's a good idea to figure, can i camp in my home three days or so and what's the plan for doing that. >> right. speaking of the earthquake, i'm a native virginian. my home town, about 40 miles from the ep ircenter of the earthquake and now hunkering down for the hurricane. in all seriousness, i'm planning to drive down to virginia for the weekend, and wondering, is my family safer in sort of the rural area in virginia, where i would be, or in a big city where there's lots of buildings to presumably break up the wind but lots of things that could fly around and hit you as well? >> "the dylan ratigan show," personal travel advice as well as broad or social i

even though it's a low end category 2 or category 1 hurricane, we're going to see a significant storm surge for a storm of that intensity. that's why areas around new york city, the battery park area, coney island, out towards southern portions of fire island in long island, there will be a lot of evacuations, andrea. people need to get out there. >> do you expect they have to evacuate nantucket, cape cod, areas like that as well? >> a the love places like cape cod, the visitors may get out of there. but the areas hit more often are more prepared. just areas like new york city and virginia and maryland, we haven't done this as often. people aren't going to be quite as prepared. evacuation orders will be coming out the next 24 hours, i'm sure >> bill karins, thanks so much for giving us the road map, tough as it is. >>> as bill just mentioned, north carolina is now in store for the opening hit from hurricane irene. one official there is warning that, if people do not get out soon, quote, nobody can guarantee their safety. ernie seneca from north carolina's department of crime control a

to evade that, discussing and debating and making the tough choices on that particular issue or that category of issues. but that's what we're going to have to do. it has been avoided in this bi bill, pushed off to the selection of a special committ committee, six senators, six congressmen, balanced six and six between each party, to come up with an additional trillion dollars of savings or perhaps a little more. i don't feel real comfortable with that. i'm -- i have some real reservations about whether we should have to do this in the first place, because that's our job, all of us -- that's what we were elected to do and we weren't able to do it. we've turned it over to six -- 12 members of congress. i'm not sure how they're going to accomplish what we weren't able to. nevertheless, i hope and pray that they are successful and i hope that they will address in whatever recommendation they make to us later this year the commitment to entitlement reform and the commitment to tax refo reform. entitlement reform because that spending is bankrupting this country, is denying future seniors benefits

4 hurricane or this will handle a category 5 hurricane or it will only handle a three?you saw max mayfield at the beginning of the clip when katrina bypassed new orleans it was a maximum strong 1 or weak 2. the storm surge that hit new orleans was under the level that the corps had said would be withstood about its system. as a matter of fact, that's the first thing that lead these investigators to make their investigation. they went and looked at the actual evidence on scene days afterwards before it had been cleaned up. the corps said the water was so high, the surge was so high, it overtopped the walls and the doctor who you saw in the clip said, water leaves a mark. the high water mark is nowhere near the top of the walls. >> the investigation, they looked back, did they also look forward and make projections about what would happen if a storm of that size or larger hits? is it forward looking and back -- >> those investigations were forensic, they were doing what nobody else did which was look back and affix responsibility. there is a third person in the film who i

officials say if it stays on projected path, it could reach florida by late thursday or early friday as a categoryne or two storm, that means winds up to 110 miles an hour. first of the season. >> first in a long time that if it hits. it's been a while since we had a direct hit. we'll keep an eye on it. it's this time of year. we get this. sunshine down in san jose. rather quiet and we do have clouds as we look from another vantage point. vollmer peak showing some of the clouds that are lingering around the bay this morning. you can see they are starting to erase and mount diablo on the left side of your screen. you can see what we talked about north bay and south bay, we'll be seeing sunshine by noon. visible satellite clouds lingering around the bay and the coast. they may never leave the coast and probably be out of the bay around 2:00. upper 50s in san francisco and oakland. a lot of low to mid-60s, san jose, fairfield, antioch, upper 60s to low 70s along with los gatos. clouds are stubborn around the monterey bay. gilroy ten degrees warmer at 71. away from the coast, sunny and warmer today, m

if irene stays on projected path hurricane could reach florida late thursday or early friday. as a category 1 or 2 storm, that means winds of up to 110 miles per hour. take a look the lightning striking the george washington bridge in new york. severe weather is causing problems for travelers or it did yesterday. several airports reported delays. hopefully they are out of there by now. >> that is something you find framed above my desk. [ laughter ] >> that is pretty cool. we don't have anything like that. a little bit of drizzle but that is about it. show you the clouds that are hanging low in our sky. they'll become less prevalent the next couple of mornings as our warming trend on the way. cloudy conditions and temperatures, when you step outside mainly in the upper 50s until you get around the bayshore. those temperatures are around 50 to 62 in san jose. monterey bay, temperatures around 57 to 59 degrees. 56 in monterey. you can also have patchy drizzle for your morning. let's talk about the highlights. what i expect out of this forecast, sunshine, warmer temperatures today but that is

whether it's a category 2 or 3 storm doesn't matter.inly what's most impressive. here's the forecast model guide and some of our computers we've showed this to you from time to time. each of one of these lines represent a different computer and they're still clustered to scoot up the eastern seaboard across the delmarva and long island during the day on sunday. as far as the national hurricane center forecast track, kind of mimics that, takes a blend of that. with some expertise of forecasted in there and it does show the cone involving new york city, also involving points off towards the east as well. but again, the size of this thing is what's most impressive. tropical storm force winds extend outwards, 500 miles as far as the diameter is concerned. we're going to see a threat that will encompass a wide range of real estate from the south carolina coastline across parts of north carolina. that's where the direct hit is going to be. that's where we're going to see the most significant surge anywhere from 6 to 12 feet. we've got a new m

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that the term the west as popular as it is is a very useful is a very useful intellectual or analytic category certainly yes people do talk about it and insofar as they talk about it it's a real thing because of the was a real thing we have to talk about. it refers to anything real and it's interesting i mean if i go to you because in the in this part of the world i got because i like i said living in russia i mean either you people we look at it either you want something from the west or you don't want something from the ones you want their wealth but you don't want their head gemini. right and that's why i said it represents a very fundamental axis of ambivalence in our present moment and it has done i think for a long time in india during the period of empire people wanted the medical knowledge from the west they wanted the technical daken logical knowledge from the west they wanted the financial knowledge from the west they didn't want western more is they didn't want western customs and they didn't want western ethical and religious principles so i think we've often we've had this kind of

it could be a category 1 or it could be a category 2 hurricane when it makes landfall and impacts newersey is under a hurricane warning as well. governor christie declared a state of emergency like only he can and says people who had plans to go to the shore this weekend, stay home. he also said people already at the shore, get out. >> do not try to ride it out. it is not the smart thing to do. i will not order evacuations unless i believe it's absolutely necessary, but if i order it, i expect it to be complied with. >> brian: he cut short his family vacation to the shore and went home. >> steve: more on the storm in a little bit. >> juliet: we begin with breaking news. an explosion rocks the united nations building. it was a car bomb attack. quote, many people are dead. these photos just in. an entire wing of this building has been leveled. the attack happened right near the u.s. embassy, we're being told the u.s. embassy not impacted at this point. police are on the scene. we'll keep you updated as soon as we get new information. >>> the man accused of trying to blow up a detroit-bo

yes, it's going to weaken from a category 3 or 4 down to a category 2 or 3 and let me explain, that's what eick was in houston, texas. so, if you are dealing with wind gusts 100 miles per hour out of the southeast in atlantic city because it's going up to the west, or in long island, you are dealing with something you haven't seen. you get big wind gusts out of the northwest, it's one thing. but when they are coming off the ocean, it's a completely different thing. so, this is almost unprecedented. like i said, in our lifetime. >> bill: all right. so everybody on the east coast has got to batten down the haches. put the wood over the windows if you are on the coast. get the supplies and the flashlights and everything ready because obviously power is going to go out, correct? >> that's right. and it may be out for quite a while. there is going to be a lot of tree damage here. we have had a lot of water in the ground over the last couple of weeks from all the rain. and, in east to southeast wind will do more tree damage in the northwest wind because those trees take the northwest wind.

we have had no defaults in the single a or double a or triple a category. >> you knew the enormity of what you are doing. this was the united states and this is your counselry more to the point . i know you try not to separate. but did you know, personally what you risk doing? >> we have a commit he that is an international committee and primary analyst is canadian and we take one set of the criteria and apply to all 126 countries . obviously the united states by far the largest economy in the world and it is an important decision. >> that didn't dissuade you. pardon me, but did anyone forcefully disagree to the point that you might regret or the firm reget doing so. >> the administration conducted itself with the ut most professionalism. >> did anyone in congress say the same? >> not, the only push back i have gotten in the regard is irate e-mails that i have gotten from individuals that i don't know. >> a outlook and could go down more. >> six-24 time frame and the administration is looking for additional on top of the 2.1 and 2.4 agreement . budget. >> we could go down moor. >> it

i happen to be in that category. more or less, i have been dealing with a lot of letdowns due to the fact of being a youth in san francisco. every summer, there is always a random program that pops up. you always get these promises. you get your hopes up and everything, and you get let down. being a part of this and seeing it take place, i am more or less really excited. it is a good opportunity. at the end of this, i expect to be part of it next year and have a major input within this, making decisions. it is good. it is taking a fresh step of fixing programs. hopefully next year, and the summers after that, somebody my age will have a chance of making a difference in district 10. commissioner maufas: is it keith? and i think you very much for presenting. -- thank you very much for presenting. thank you for sharing that you were looking through the summer for employment and found employment through this but also participated in helping make it come about. you can speak first him to -- firsthand to what the program needs. i

. >> a category one or two, it's picking up speed. >> it will. pecially over the bahamas as category four around florida. track has changed and moving to the east which is good news wilmington or north carolina could see the brunt see the possible of a major hurricane. something to keep an eye and something that will change between now and then. if you have interests on that side, we'll keep you advised. notice the clear sky over the bay this morning. temperatures, they are running cooler than yesterday morning, mid to upper 50s and 60 in antioch san jose and mountain view. around monterey bay, more clouds and even patchy drizzle, temperatures in the low to mid-50s. highlights for this forecast period, warmer today, even some sunshine at the coast. it will be partly cloudy tonight and mainly drizzle at the coast. hot inland but mild at the coast all throughout this seven-day forecast. let's start in the east bay valleys where it's going to be warm today, hopefully you have the windows getting in some of that 50-60-degree air. by the time you head

now it's still going to be a category 1 or a tropic storm level by the time it hits new york and boston, but the heavy rainfall and storm surge will be the main factors for the far northeast. they're expecting 10-20 inches of rain. we will continue to see water problems there as we track irene into new york early tomorrow morning. >>> several airports on the east coast are shut down. airlines have canceled more than 9000 flights through monday. there's ,,,,,,,,,,,, the hospital following a 49ers-raiders game at candlestick, the niners are back at the stadium. don knapp is also at candlestick, where new security measures are in place for tonight's game. don. nat: clip 5116 08 59 12 about cbs 5, coming up at five. other bay area headlines: a coastal protection group is suing san francisco for putting tons of rocks and other debris on ocean beach, to keep it - and the great highway - from eroding. the group claims the city is violating state coastal protection laws. it wants the city to remove the rubble and restore the beach. the city could face tens of millions of dollars in penalties. "

if irene stays on the projected path, hurricane could reach florida late thursday or friday as a category one or two storm. that means winds up to 110 miles per hour. >>> pretty calm year. we've got mist and drizzle to deal with this morning. >> sfo still having delays and still running around 80 minutes. check out flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> this area we'll see a lot of sunshine. temperatures probably in the low 70s. we're looking at santa cruz this morning, it's enumerate quiet as you expect for a monday morning. it is cloudy as most neighborhoods are. we'll take a look what is going on temperature-wise. we're dealing pretty much mid to upper 50s away from the bayshore and south bay where we have low 60s around monterey bay. inland, 57. santa cruz, a lot of 58's and 56 in monterey. three highlights for this forecast cycle, sunshine, warmer temperatures today away from the coast. it will be mainly cloudy around the bay and coast. watch out for patchy drizzle. looks like we'll see more sunshine everywhere along with warmer temperatures tomorrow. 24-hour temperatures today, everybod

so expansion of that category is kind of the biggest prejudice or discrimination you could ever put into law. as of now it only aplays to two categories. one, terrorism, and two, controlled substance terrificers. so to expand that category is a real alienation, and i do intend the play on words. and then the very real threat of the foreclosure of appeal. what i mean when i say that, right now, especially in the ninth circuit, we have a favorable circuit court of appeals. and what congress has chosen to do in 2007 and 2008 is propose a structure by which the ninth would be split into the ninth and a new circuit court of appeals. >> i have to ask you to finish. thank you. you can finish your statement if you can and then your time is up. >> very good. the last issue you may wish to consider is appeals would otherwise be considered under another proposal, all to go to the d.c. circuit court of appeals, which has no specialization in immigration. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> geeping, commissioners. my name is bar tholmue murphy. i am the c

i of the hurricane comes over the carolinas and, a category one or eight category two quick buck the new jersey shore and right over new york city, maybe just to the east of manhattan. we could see a major hurricane moves over the coast of the carolinas on saturday into sunday. everyone along the east coast of the united states is keeping a close eye on what hurricane irene will do. officials in the bahamas are expecting the extent of damage as the hurricane is pummeling them right now. from nassau, bahamas, about 40 mi. away from the eye of the storm, you can see the damage that has already occurred. 150 mi. per hour winds. it is expected to strengthen of the next 24 to 48 hours. if we are following what is happening head of the storm. it gave the order the entire second fleet in virginia to leave the north will enable station to keep the ships safe. the order applies to 64 ships in the area. 27 ships are moving out to sea. another 28 are being moved to other pieces, repair yards that are safer than the peers. there are nine ships already at sea. we will be right back as the kron 4

it sounds a bit crazy flying through the eye of a hurricane in and around a category 2 or 3.ut these planes have been doing that with every tropical cyclone basically since the 1940s, shep? >> shepard: the government is looking to scale down that hurricane hunter program, right? >> yeah. this is all due to the budget cut in congress and the fight to reduce the deficits. national oceanic atmospheric administration is slated for 1 billion-dollar cut in the house appropriations subcommittee. but a democratic congresswoman out of tampa is saying hey, hurricane irene is an absolute wakeup call. we should not be cutting the funding for the hurricane hunters from 29 million a year down to $17 million a year. that's a 40% cut that would severely reduce the number of hurricane hunter flights that would be available for next year and nobody knows exactly how hurricane rich that's going to be. so we will see how that plays out in congress. raking through the beltway, shep. phil keating at the national hurricane center in south florida. phil, it's good to see you. i'm getting updates fro

understand something that very few economists are standing they treat as dichotomous no two or thirty two categories that don't overlap liar's loans and sub prime that is not true sub prime loans by two thousand and six roughly half of all so prime loans or liar's loans and that's where we get that overall figure of about thirty percent of total mortgage originations in two thousand and six were liar's loans remember ninety percent fraudulent that means. over a million fraudulent loans a year and after they were running and after them ari warning the industry dramatically increased the percentage of liar's loans that it made that means when standard and poor's moody's and fitch were giving triple a rating on the collateralized debt obligations of the c.d.o. those were primarily backed by fraudulent mortgages something they said s.m.p. fitch and moody's were all warned about and so they all deliberately adopted of the financial burden of don't ask don't tell and there's a infamous s. and p. memo from two thousand or two thousand and one in which the poor professional rater asked for the loan files so

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saying i love, which is don't be a safire simpson suck, even though the storm is likely to be a category 1 orfall in the northeast, a category 1 or 2 can cause tremendous damage. >> karen clark, thanks for joining us today. great stuff from you. wee apprecia we appreciate it. we're watching people leave the jersey shore on atlantic city expressway, taking people back to philadelphia. as we come to the close of the summer driving season, hurricane irene is expected to drive gas prices up as oil refineries along the coast shut down in preparations for this storm. prices saturday at about $3.30 a gallon earlier this week, many stations selling gas for $3.75 a gallon. as prices at the pump rise, the markets today are green arrows across the board. [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mu