suzanne malveaux, this is a big suzanne malveaux, this is a big news day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> you set the place on fire. >> happy birthday. >> we won't talk about your age, you're looking lovely every year. >> you're a good friend, i lover you, i'll make a wish, very quickly. i'll let you know if it comes true. >> my favorite. >> happy birthday from all of us. >> thanks. >>> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for this monday, august 8th. it is wall street's first trading day since the u.s. lost its pristine aa accredit rating. as expected, the move has investors squeamish. the dow jones industrial average down about 330 points. the markets in europe and asia and the financial services firm, standard & poor's is warning washington that its credit rating may take another hit if something is not done about the nation's debt burden. s&p downgraded u.s. credit from aaa to aa plus. that happened on late friday. that was an unprecedented move. s&p blamed the u.s. debt load and the recent political brinksmanship over the debt ceiling. >>> and we

i will see you. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. stocks shot out of the gate this morning and investors have not looked back. at least not yet. right now do you ever do you blue chips are up. volatile is the key word of the day. when it comes to stocks, gains con this week's patter of up one day and down the next. positive signal today for people looking for work. fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that's a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. >> people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tu

over to suzanne malveaux. >> yes, thank you, kyra. we are going to look at the severe flooding there in new jersey, and we will speak to a couple of officials there on the ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris christie says that nine new jersey rivers have surged to record flood levels, but thankfully, they are receding now. he says only one, the passaic has not crested. the number of people killed now by irene and the aftermath rose to 38 today across 11 states. i want to get the latest on the emergency rescues in paterson, new jersey, where we are taking a look, a dramatic look of picture

or twitter @suzanne malveaux. and we're going to go to the experts to get some answers. >> at the end of the day, many americans are too busy worrying about their own credit rating to care about the aaa credit rating downgrade for the united states. we wake up every single day, and our lives aren't seeming to change, except for many of us, our situation is getting worse, as relates to jobs, foreclosures. aaa credit rating since 1917, yet we still had a great recession. hi there! that's not going to satisfy you. it's time for a better snack. here, try this. it's yoplait greek. it has two times the protein of regular yogurt. you'll feel satisfied. [ female announcer ] yoplait greek. it is so good. it's pretty good! your nutritional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of four doctors recommend the ensure brand for extra nutrition. ensure clinical strength has revigor and thirteen grams of protein to protect, preserve, and promote muscle h

so along with suzanne malveaux as we broadcast to our viewers around the world. >> obviously, this is a very significant development. i mean, a great sigh of relief. you and i have been talking to matthew chance for days now. you could really tell how very tense the situation was, how difficult that was for him and the other journalists, just the fact we were not really able to share the full story and matthew was not able to share the full story, because he was under the control, being held, by those gadhafi loyalists who were armed, who, we understand, the conditions just horrific. no electricity, a lot of times in the darkness, just last night we understand that we have more sound from matthew chance, but he was saying just last night that they had to break in, they were able just to get some food, candy bars, to be able to survive. let's listen in, i think we have more sound from matthew. >> reporter: couldn't after 42 years nearly of gadhafi's rule comprehend the idea of a libya without him, but when they finally understood it and took it in and embraced it, at one point an assau

. >>> top of the hour, i am suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed.poured into libya's capital today largely unchallenged. they claim to control 80% of trip o tripoli. >> now for 42 years, now we are testing the freedom, the freedom of speech and of movement and everything. that means libyan people are free, no longer suppressed. >> the rebel surgeon into tripoli lead to wild celebrations all across libya. this video is from a cnn reporter in benghazi. the nato air strikes turned things around for the rebels just when the defeat seemed uncertain. >> they have been under gadhafi's rule for over four decades. now they have a chance for a new beginning. >> national security advisers updated president obama today on the progress of libyan rebels. he is at martha's vineyard for a few days away from the white house, and he said gadhafi needs to relinquish power once and for all. moammar gadhafi now slipped out of sight, but the pentagon has no reason to believe he left the country. sunday, gadhafi remained bitterly defined. >> translator: this destruction,

. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. tgif, go ahead investors, put an exclamation on that. after wild gyrations worth hundreds of points, billions of dollars this week, the dow jones stocks opening higher, right now blue chips are up 84 points. not bad. texas governor rick perry looks ahead to shake up the republican presidential race. perry, a social and fiscal conservative and evangelical christian, is widely expected to jump in tomorrow. now, he was not wrong the eight republican candidates who debated in iowa last night. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty tried to break out of the pack. he repeatedly zinged fellow minnesotan michele bachmann. >> she's fighting for these things. she fought for less government spending. we got a lot more. she led the effort against obamacare. we got obamacare. she led the effort against t.a.r.p. we got t.a.r.p. it's her record of results we're woired about. if that's your record, please stop because you're killing us. >> well, bachmann shot back, accusing pawlenty of abandoning con

. >> live from studio seven, i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed this wednesday, august 10th. >>> dow jones stocks fell off a cliff at the open today tumbling more than 400 points. right now the blue chips are down at 390 -- well, now 400 points or so. remember, stocks racked up a 429-point gain yesterday. well, the day before they fell more than 600. >>> republicans already sniping about a democratic choice for the congressional super committee. democrats have named senators patty murray, max baucus, and john kerry to the debt panel. and republicans are complaining that murray shouldn't get a seat because she's too political. she's in charge of fund raising for democratic senate candidates. >>> and 12 lawmakers are supposed to be named to the committee by tuesday. they're there to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by late november. >>> 10,000 extra police officers kept a lid on the violence in london last night. but rioting and looting spread to birmingham, manchester, and liverpool. police will have all tools a

. >>> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. >> reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. >> it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. >> this time it happened like, now. before we knew it was coming, it was taking time. >> a brush fire overran several homes and this church in oklahoma city. crews say the fire, it is contained, but they're working hard today to make sure it doesn't flare up again. >>> irene, long gone, but folks are still feeling miserable in parts of the northeast. forecasters say the pasaeic river in new jersey has peaked but it probably won't fall below flood

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and suzanne malveaux, you are taking over the post. >> and you were here all weekend covering hurricane irene. >> yes. >> and we hope that everyone is recovering well. >> not as bad as we thought, thank goodness. >> have a good day. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux, and president obama as we saw moments ago live pictures, and live pictures now, and he is going to be bringing in a jobs pro to tackle the crisis, and we will have that live from the white house. you are looking at the rose garden there, and we will bring it live when it happens. the president is set to nominate allan krueger to chair the council of economic advisers, and he is a professor at princeton and served as assistant treasury secretary until next year. >>> and stewards of hurricane irene are expected to cleanout to day. it is not what many predicted, but irene did leave a severe scar. the storm took 24 lives and more than 4 million homes lost power, and $10 billion in estimates of cost. >> talking about hurricane irene, i want the make sure that the folks have the support they need as theys a s.e. s asse

suzanne malveaux, cnn, atlanta. >>> and we're just getting this in from sara sidner. she says there are now renewed sounds of fighting all around zawiya. tracer fighter, aircraft guns are firing sporadically along with sounds of they have shelling. ambulances have gun racing through the city. lots going on in zawiya right now. stay with cnn. we'll update you on what's going on. also, moammar gadhafi as you know,'s gone he's gone into hi. he's being hunted. the latest on the search coming up on on john king usa at the top of the hour for our north american viewers. and u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan until 2024? that's jack's question. naomi pryce: i am. i'm in the name your own price division. i find empty hotel rooms and help people save - >> - up to 60% off. i am familiar. your name? > naomi pryce. >> what other "negotiating" skills do you have? > i'm a fifth-degree black belt. >> as am i. > i'm fluent in 37 languages. >> (indistinct clicking) > and i'm a master of disguise and u.s. troops to stay in > as am i. >> as am i. > as am i. >> well played naomi pryce. w

suzanne malveaux joining us for this coverage of irene. thank you for our affiliate wjla there. we're picking it up and will be with you for the next several hours. >>> hurricane irene continues its northern march up the eastern seaboard. irene is still a category 1 storm, pushing 75 miles an hour winds or so. the latest track has the eye of the hurricane 15 miles southeast of atlantic city, new jersey, heading toward new york metro area. very soon. in delaware at least 40,000 people are now without power. just this morning, president obama signed a federal disaster order, after a possible tornado touched down. >> all right. in new york we've been talking about you a lot the past day or so. it appears to be your turn. time for evacuation is over according to michael bloomberg. the city is virtually shut down, yes, the city that never sleeps is virtually shut down, waiting on this storm. it's getting closer with at least the outer bands are starting to arrive in the metro area. our affiliate, wabc reporting that 40,000 homes and businesses are already without power. last night, t

suzanne malveaux joining me, t.j. holmes here with you. we have special coverage of hurricane irene which is getting closer and closer and closer to new york city. anderson cooper is live in greenwich village there. john king on long beach for us this morning as well. >> already what a morning it's already been. very well foreshadowing the day that's in store for new york and north. an incredibly massive hurricane, rain-making hurricane irene, continuing her trek up the eastern seaboard. take a look at this. still a category 1 storm, 75 mile-an-hour winds. take a look at these pictures, though, the eye could be moving over atlantic city, new jersey right about now. we are keeping a close eye on that. the current track has irene moving towards, of course, new york city. all eyes on new york. >> they've seen some flooding in some areas already. a number of power outages at least, 400,000 reported in the city already. the storm's leading edge, again, it's a little ways out, still 100 miles out, still, the leading edge of the storm has made it

hour, that does it for us, we're back here tomorrow morning, fredericfredrick whitfield in for suzanne malveaux today. >>> let's get you up to speed for this wednesday, august 3. >>> we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. i'll talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. >>> stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about the weak economy and the debt deal that has done very little to reassure the markets. the dow has been down for eight sessions in a row now and has falling for the last eight sk t consecutive days. now the dow is down 70 points. >>> so far u.s. rating agencies have not downgraded the country's credit rating. moody's and fitch both confirm the country's aaa status for now. but standard & poors has not announced it's decision yet. >>> hosni mubarak was wheeled into c

. >>> live from the studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. we want to get you up to speed for friday, august 26th. hurricane irene is driving to the coast today with 110-mile-an-hour winds. the storm will go on a climb up the east coast impacting, perhaps, one-fifth of the nation's population. north carolina's outer banks will feel irene's winds by nightfall. the full fury will bear down by saturday evening. >> the window for preparation is quickly closing. if you are in the projected path of the storm, please listen to your state or local officials. please listen to emergency radio or television. if you are told to evacuate, please do so. >> irene could make a direct hit on new york city. already the mayor has ordered several hospitals and nursing homes to move patients to higher ground. a broader evacuation may come later today. this animation shows irene's surge which could overwhelm manhattan's subway and tunnel systems. >> what is your biggest concern? >> the new yorker. >> why? >> because they don't listen. you can always tell a new yor

i am drew grifen in for suzanne malveaux.on the road getting ready to talk with every day americans about the nation's problems, and he may get his ear chewed off. he begins a three-day bus tour in canyon falls, minnesota. he also has a stop in iowa, and on wednesday he will go to illinois. gallup's daily tracking poll shows the economy and washington's dysfunctional ways has cut the president's job approval rating down to 39%. that is an all-time low. "cnn newsroom" plans to show the live show 45 minutes for now. >>> join in the silence for all of those impacted. >> these are people remembering the dead as the indiana state ferry opened today. if you missed it, five concertgoers were killed saturday night when a strong burst of wind did this to a stage. structural engineers plan to get a look at the stage scaffolding today. it appears to be nothing beyond a tragic accident. the crowd knew a thunderstorm was coming. >> they came on the stage and let us know there was severe weather coming our way and they were going to try an

live from studio 7, i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. better than expected, that's the bottom line on today's highly anticipated monthly jobs report. the labor department says the economy added 117,000 jobs in july. the economists were expecting about 75,000. the unemployment rate ticked down slightly from 9.2% to 9.1%. >>> and stocks rallied at the opening bell after the better than expected jobs report, but it has been up and down this morning. the dow is coming off yesterday's steep plunge right now, take a look, the dow down just about 24 points. of course we'll be watching the markets throughout the day. >>> we'll get president obama's take on the july jobs report in a speech that begins any minute now. besides reacting to the unemployment numbers, the president is unveiling a new initiative to help military veterans find work. he is trying to shift the focus back to jobs after the drawn out drama over the debt ceiling. live pictures right now of the washington navy yard. when the president arrive, we'll take that live. >>> u.s. def

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chance got to a camera and spoke live with my colleague suzanne malveaux just minutes ago. >> reporterthey're celebrating their freedom. they're not celebrating my freedom. they're celebrating libya's freedom, obviously. but having been given loads of flowers, i don't think they realize we've gone through this ordeal of being, you know held captive essentially in the rixos hotel. and it's only now we come to speak to you because we've been essentially set free. it's amazing. the whole country -- the whole city is celebrating its freedom. and, you know, i feel a connection with them. i feel a connection with them because i'm celebrating mine, as well. >> you look great. you know, give us a sense of where you are, how you got there, have you had a chance to talk to your family? >> reporter: yeah, so i haven't yet, no, i haven't had a chance. my foreign desk -- my foreign desk in atlanta has spoken to my family. they're aware i'm okay, they'll obviously be watching this. it's such an amazing roller coaster experience for this country, really. it's been incredible. one of the things -- guy

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fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. >>> live from studio 7, i'm fredericka whitfield in for suzanne mral sorrow. let's get you up to speed. dow stocks tumbled almost 100 points at the open told, but investors cut their losses as the morning wears on. right now blue chips are up thankfully about 12 points, the dow plunged 419 points thursday on fears of a new recession, driving most asian and european markets lower today. >>> at a time when politicians are