>> reporter: yeah, t.j. as we listen to the evening call to prayer here in islamabad, let's explain to you what we know. the way this kidnapping went down, it clearly looks like it was a very well-planned and coordinated plot. the target of this kidnapping, according to the u.s. embassy in islamabad and pakistani police, warren winestein, a development worker, one of the many here in pakistan and an american citizen. the kidnapping, according to police, happening at 3:15 a.m. local time, in the city of lahore. it is ramadan, the muslim holy month. a lot of people fasting. police say winestein's three security guards and his driver were in his front yard, getting ready for a pre-fast meal when there was a knock on the front gate. three men saying they wanted to offer food, which is customary during ramadan. well, that turned out to be a ploy by these three men to force their way in. once the gates were opened, they did, indeed, force their way in. other slaassailants scaled the wall, according to investigator

it is historic, t.j. city of manhattan and new york city has never in the history of the city been evacuated before. they are listening to strong words from mayor mike bloomberg. i want you to listen to the warning he issued last night to all of new york city. take a listen. >> we hope new yorkers living in the areas find places to stay with relatives or friends who live in safer higher areas. if they can't, we are ready to accommodate anybody that needs shelter. there will be, unfortunately, a serious storm coming in and it's better to take precautions and get out of the way of the storm. mother nature is much stronger than all of us. >> reporter: it is true. the storm is stronger than all of us. even tough new yorkers, t.j. 370,000 people have been told they are under mandatory evacuations. a lot of them have been coming to the public school in new york which has been turned into a shelter. 12 people are in there right now. we are expecting more. yesterday was sunny. people did not feel the storm coming

that's the latest i've got for you, t.j.ack to you in the studio. >> all right, reynolds, thank you once again. that's kill devil hills where he's been throughout the morning. that's pretty much, jacqui, as inbring you in, what his picture has looked like. it's amazing to see our three reporters up and down the coast of north carolina, how the scene has been different for each of them. in some cases, it got a little calmer and then got worse, and it's been steady in some places, and there with reynolds, it kicked up and hasn't stopped. >> i know. he's been in one of the worst places. we're talking about 12 plus hours that they're going to be dealing with these hurricane force and tropical storm force winds. and while it was tough to see conditions where reynolds is, and he was talking about those power lines, this is a live picture i want to show you. this is from hurricanetrack.com, and they've got those little cases they sit on the ground to watch areas of concern and he's also driving through some of these areas. of cours

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t.j.? >> thanks so our jim acosta. at 1:00 eastern time when cnn will have live coverage of rick perry's expected announcement that he is run for president. >>> let's turn to philadelphia. and police there in philadelphia are now saying that maybe their curfew worked. they have been enforcing the city's new weekend curfew law. they say they arrested about two dozen teenagers overnight. it's from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. a ban from teen on the streets. in response to violent attacks organized through e-mail and social media. minors and their parents could face fines for $300 for a first offense, $500 if they're picked up again. >>> well, let me bring in reynolds was ming me about this yesterday. are these actual pictures? is this an aboutist rendering of the night's skies last night? >> i believe it is an artistic photograph of the night skies. >> okay. >> a nice little house there in the background. what's beyond that picture you see the night shir with a bursting of meteor shower. i know you

t.j., back to you. >> all right, josh. thank you. >>> and good morning to you all on this saturday morning, as we cross the top of the hour, 10:00 a.m. on the east coast of the united states. welcome to you all and hello to our viewers on cnn international, who are watching our special coverage of hurricane irene, a category 1 storm, a massive storm that is on its move, up the eastern seaboard. it came ashore a couple of hours ago, making landfall near camp lookout, north carolina. there's new video we are getting from nearby, atlantic beach shows you what irene has left behind already in some areas. the hurricane storm surge swamping the town with ocean water. also, irene is spinning its way northward to some of the biggest cities on the eastern coast of the united states. cities like new york, washington, baltimore, boston, cities that aren't used to being prepared for a hurricane. they could all get slammed by this storm this weekend. right now, irene, a category 1 storm, it is pushing sustained winds of about 85 miles

t.j.?rbara starr, appreciate that important update this morning. you get more, by all means, let us know. we will get you back in here. thank you so much, barbara starr. >>> 23 minutes past the hour. >>> you remember talking about the downgrade of the u.s. credit. they said when that goes down, there is going to be an issue and mortgage rates, interest rates. we could see these things rise. you might end up having to pay more to borrow money. but we are seeing the opposite right now. at least in terms of mortgages. so is this a good time to buy or refinance? clyde anderson, financial analyst, go to see you here. >> good to be here. >> why is this happening? explain to people because it seems like the opposite we were told was going to happen. >> the main reason it's happening. the ten-year treasuries is what dictates or is tied to mortgage rates with a 30-year mortgage rates. everybody thought when we lost our aaa rating these would go down. when those go down, mortgage rates go up. it's th

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we get a lot of spin with hurricanes, t.j.o just a little bit of friction and vorticity and spinouts. >> i can't help it but i keep getting -- viewers keep writing in they don't think it's a big deal. >> they can tweet me. @jacqui jeras. >> i've been wanting to send them to you. >> i'll be tweeting and do what i can to help you. >> just the issue of people keep saying you're making a big deal. this is not going to be that big of a deal. people talk as well but you have to do this now because of katrina and that puts people on edge a different way. you want to make sure you're ready. >> you have to prepare for the worst, suitly. you hope for the best. it's looking better than a few days ago. >> good to have you with us. thank you so much again, just a couple hours away. expected to make landfall in north carolina just a couple hours from now. a lot of people are getting ready. red cross as well. we're about a quarter to the top of the hour on cnn early saturday morning. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be

t.j., i'll pitch it back to you.have any questions, i'll do my best to answer it them. >> that's all right, buddy. we'll let you continue to keep it together out there. that's our reynolds wolf that has been on kill devil hills for the past several hours. if you weren't here with us first thing this morning, when we started, remynolds had a calmer position there. it certainly changed from four hours ago. then on the other side of that, john zarrella has been in atlantic beach, north carolina, toe today. john, you have switched roles. earlier this morning it was whipping up where you are. now they've calmed down there as they've kicked up where he is. >> reporter: exactly. that's exactly right. i know what reynolds is going through right now. we went through the same thing about three, four hours ago. real interesting. you know, as the had hurricane came toward us, we were getting winds out of the north and the east as the storm was approaching with the counterclockwise circulation. now, as the storm has gone by us, a

good to be with you hey t.j. i know that your specialty is very much in sort of p.r. and shaping the message do you think that what we're seeing here and you know i should mention that very few people are actually talking about this it's not a big story but we want we want to just kind of explore this a little bit is this a p.r. disaster. yes it is a disaster and now when it came to all the trips two years ago a year ago you could just write off all that criticism is as right wing ranting the same sort of people who are talking about that we're talking about the whole birth certificate nonsense but now we have a serious problem for obama we're three years into the presidency unemployment is sky high you've got so many liberals and progressives very angry at obama for giving all street everything it wanted in the bailout for not really regulating banks for extending the bush tax cuts to the rich and now to see him spending so much time in cautionary is like martha's vineyard in hawaii for cation around it's really starting to cut a lot of liberals and progressives his

i'm t.j. holmes. as always, good morning to the american service members, the men and women watching us right now. we do need to start, though, with that deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair in indianapolis. the fair is closed today because of the accident. i do want you to stop and look at the television screen for a moment because we're about to show you 20 or 30 seconds worth of video. amazing video of the moment it happened. again, the video goes about 20 seconds. you can see it and you can also hear what was happening. let's watch. >> this video you're seeing is taken by a couple that was there at the concert. we're going to be talking to them in just a moment, we'll give you some of the details about this. at least four people were killed when the scaffolding around the stage collapsed. this happened because a powerful gust of wind, reportedly 50 to 60 miles per hour just blew it over. as many as exiting people were injured. all of them were under that twisted metal. people are actual

but it's so early, t.j.n open for 37 minutes and it's off its highs. >> i know. >> a lot of people trying to figure out how to make sense of what's p happening day to day in this market. i can tell you one thing. interest rates this week, mortgage rates are very, very low. i mean, below 5% for a 30-yefix fixed mortgage. that's something you have control over. if you're thinking about refinancing, that's something you can do today. you can look at your portfolio to make sure your 401(k), retirement, ira, that you're balanced the right way. that's an important thing to do. but you can't control the interday swings. it's been historic. we've never had four days 400 points up our down at the close. we're down 1500 points since july 1st. three brutal weeks of selling. 1500 points in the dow. it's been a swift and ferocious move. now everyone is trying to figure out where it goes from here. one thing they're doing in europe that i wanted to mention to you is the banking regulators in four different countries in eu

and mix it up with the common folk t.j. walker daily national managing editor of daily national dot com thanks so much and that is going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered going to r.t. dot com slash usa or youtube dot com slash r t america you should also follow me on twitter find me at for and christine for the i want to thank you so much for watching we will be back here and a half hour at eight o'clock.

and that's going to knock out power for more than just hours, t.j.. be days and some folks here on the island will likely be stranded because of some of that inland flooding, which they tried to battle back with some of the man-made berms that they built, but right now, we're watching the seas begin to encroach. by this time tomorrow, they should be well beyond where i stand right now. >> all right. rob, thank you, once again this morning. and those are cnn's reporters you're just hearing from, but we have our ireporters have been sending in pictures and telling stories as well. josh levs going through that for us. good morning, josh. >> good morning. so many videos coming in. some of our own people are even sending us ireports today. we got this from our own kim siegel. this is from atlantic beach. i'll be telling you more about it next hour, but you can see a lot of flooding in the streets and the impact it is having. and we're seeing similar images coming in from elsewhere as well. let's do this now. i want you to see this video. take a look. >> th

. >> t.j. holmes, we hand it over to you in the "cnn newsroom" to tell you futures are recovering a little bit and now it's your turn. >> enjoy the next half an hour while you can, my friend. >> sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying. we might be in tears in 30 minutes. good to see y'all. i'll take talk to you soon. hello. it's 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. on the west coast. wherever you may, we are glad you're here. i'm t.j. holmes sitting in today for kyra phillips. yes, in 30 minutes the markets will open once again. this is the week we have seen so far. if we stay true to form, that means we will see a huge rally today. cross your fingers and hold on, folks. >>> also this morning, five nato troops killed in a bomb attack in southern afghanistan. >>> coalition troops have killed nearly 200 militants in recent weeks. keeping an eye on afghanistan, of course. >>> keeping an eye on great britain. britain's prime minister says london police waited too long to arrest rioters

t.j. >> jacqui, thank you. >>> 38 minutes past the hour. we will head up to washington d.c.re i was supposed to be this weekend with athena jones. she is there in d.c. the show was supposed to be on the road for the big mlk dedication on the national mall. that is on hold right now. >> reporter: exactly. it has been postponed. safety first. there was a whole series of events around that. thousands of people were expected to come for this dedication that was set for tomorrow, sunday. the 48th anniversary of the march on washington and the famous martin luther king, "i have a dream" speech. the d.c. mayor vincent gray has declared a state of emergency for the city. he was one of several mayors and governors who had a conference call with president obama yesterday morning to talk about the storm. i should mention the president has cut short his vacation on martha's vineyard. he returned with his family late last night. people have been preparing for the storm for days. engineers were scramble to plug holes in the washington monument which was damaged in tuesday's earthquake. th

her husband who is serious about his wife's quote out of control spending well earlier i talked to t.j. walker the daily national managing editor of daily national dot com here's what he had to say about all of us yes it is a disaster now when it came to all the trips two years ago a year ago you could just write off all the criticism is as right wing ranting the same sort of people who were talking about that we're talking about the whole birth certificate nonsense but now we have a serious problem for obama were three years into the presidency unemployment is sky high you've got so many liberals and progressives very angry at obama for giving all street everything it was the bailout for not really regulating banks for extending the bush tax cuts to the rich and nail to see him spending so much time in class urias like worth his vineyard in a very food. it's really starting to cut a lot of liberals and progressives his base that's going to hurt but i mean it in terms of these. there is and what we're seeing i mean certainly a camera always follows obama and the first lady wherever the

and that was t.j. walker daily national managing editor of daily national dot com and from michelle obama's sweet ride to a bitter reality for guest workers coming to the u.s. imagine this you're in your home country be it nigeria romania china the ukraine you're young and ambitious and you're presented with the opportunity to travel to earn money to meet other students from around the world to be culturally enlightened and learn english all in america so you save thousands of dollars for a visa you pack your suitcase and arrive only to find out those promises have melted away instead your summer vacation will consist of really only one thing you being used for cheap labor and this is a scenario that played out as the hershey distribution center and pennsylvania and earlier i spoke to one of those student guest workers visiting from china her name is trista lee and i asked her to tell me a little bit about her personal story and what led her here take a listen i work. to join a. program with day one me

good do have you, t.j. kidding about you not being there, what do you make of the folks there and the message they were hearing? >>guest: i don't think the meeting could cause anything to happen. the new problem is the ins are starting to become worried and they are worried enough about the uncertainty that they are getting their money for a safe haven and they have hit the market so c.e.o.'s of important companies can talk to the president and speak to each other until they warm up the air temperature in the oval office but the fact is investors will do what investors will do and as your last guest says we lock beyond the official word. >>neil: i love to see you in one of these white house meetings. you are known to be frank. if you had the president's ear what would you tell him? >>guest: the government has to get smaller. it is not, the deficit is going to be $1 trillion but the government has to get smaller. we have to take a smaller fraction of the money into unproductive government investments, where

i should mention something that t.j.uth from us in the chesapeake bay, calvert cliffs, the unit one reactor, there was an aluminum siding that blew off one of the buildings nearby during the heavy wind gusts last night. that aluminum siding flew into one of the reactors. unit 1 reactor is offline right now. they say the plan is the stable, the employees are safe, there's no threat to the airy. they call this an unusual event, the lowest level of emergency. so that reactor will stay offline until they can assess the situation there. but they assure us that there's no threat to the area. around here, immediately as i said, it seems to have calmed down. it looks like it's all heading your way, john. >> athena jones in oldtown alexandria, near d.c. the winds picking up here in long beach, just outside of new york city. the gateway, if you will there, they're worried the storm will come off the water, come through here and bring the surge. they're worried about it in the heavy populated areas of new york city, the winds could

t.j. winick has more. >> reporter: this silent video is o oy look into their four-hour court hearings. in which the two americans expected to learn their fate. shane bauer and josh fattal appeared well and in good spirits. despite their two years behind bars. cused of espionage they insist that they're innocent. along with companion sarah spourd, they were arrested in july of 2009. they claim they were hiking, not spying. in a scenic area in northern iraq, unaware that they were perilously close to the iranian border. shourd was released due to illness last september. she rallied with the families friday outsidedef the iranian mission in new york city. >> shane andnocent men.o innocent men. two compassionate, beautiful peoplele if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't be standing here today. and took have the strength to go on. >> reporter: in a statement the family said that we pray the iranian authorities will show compassion. the coming days fill us with great hope but they also will be diffic

abc's t.j. winick is in washington tonight. >> reporter: gunmen stormed this house in the eastern pakistani city of lahore friday night. their target, american warren weinstein. they persuaded the guards to open the gate by saying they wanted to give them food, an act of sharing common during ramadan. weinstein was snatched from his bedroom and thrown into a waiting car. no group has claimed responsibility. >> if a terrorist organization, extremists, can operate in such manner openly and plan very well and execute their plans very well, that's quite worrisome. >> reporter: for the past seven years, weinstein worked for j.e. austin associates, a virginia-based development contractor. weinstein was taken just as senator john mccain landed in islamabad to meet with top pakistani officials. it's a time of great strain between the two allies. . >> pakistanis want fewer americans working in pakistan. this sort of attack clearly underscores that issue. >> reporter: in fact, this past week, the state de

abc's t.j.covering the ripple effects from all of in this morning at new york's laguardia airport. t.j., good morning to you. it's empty there. >> reporter: i should say it is a ghost town up here in departures. no big surprise, 24,000 flights canceled already this weekend because of irene stranding thousands of frustrated passengers across the country. now, here in new york, the last departures are scheduled for 10:00 p.m. tonight. that's, of course, weather permitting. down in philadelphia, however, their airport will close at 6:00 p.m., not taking any chances. hurricane irene may not be listed on those flight monitors, but its arrival is grounding planes up and down the east coast. >> we have no idea what could happen. i don't know that anybody's actually ready for this storm. >> reporter: a hurricane hundreds of miles wide threatening the country's busiest airspace is draining passengers across the entire country. in chicago the luckiest made it back home from virginia. >> it was a nightmare

all right, t.j. you, we appreciate it. >> you bet. >>> time to check on the other headlines this morning and for that, ron claiborne is back in the seat. >> good morning, everyone. dan, bianna, good morning, everyone. in the news, libyan rebels say they are closing in on gad dadfy's stronghold of tripoli. he is planning to leave the country. >> and thousands of verizon workers will be back to work. they don't have a contract but will continue negotiations while they work. >>> and the hotel maid who accused dominique strauss-kahn of sexual assault has been invited to meet with prose cuters in new york tomorrow. the lawyer said he believes they're planning to tell her they are dismissing some or all of the charges against strauss-kahn. >>> and finally detroit's shot of becoming the dodge ball capital of the world fell short. thousands of people participated in the giant dodgeball game. saturday in detroit. but it was not enough to break the guinness world record which is 2800. >>> and time for the weat

t.j.s is off this morning. >>> gunfire and explosions rocked tripoli, taking over parts of libya's capital. government officials say these claim, lies. i'll get a live update from tripoli. >>> in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. i'll have more on what he's saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. >>> and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a hero's welcome from man's best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. >>> let's get right to it. we begin with libya where moammar gadhafi's government and rebels are offering very different takes on hats goi s w in that country. opposition leaders say they've taken they are revolution in tripoli. one of gadhafi sons say they are losing every battle. cnn personnel say it seems like some of the most intense yet. before taking the fight into libya's capital, the

i'm alina cho sitting in for t.j. holmes this morning. thank you for joining us. a major turning point in libya. moammar gadhafi is reportedly preparing for a last stand in the capital of tripoli and his final offensive could target civilians. cnn reporters are in libya and join us live straight ahead. >>> social media used for extremely anti-social activity. organizing crimes. so what can police do about it? we'll take an in-depth look at this high-tech dilemma. >>> and a bucking bronco this cowboy will never forget. it was a rough ride with an even rougher ending. we'll show it to you, coming up. >>> but first, this breaking story. two american hikers detained in iran on spying charges, now know their fate. iran state television says josh fattal and shane bauer have been sentenced to eight years in prison. the men were charged with spying and illegal entry. cnn's reza sayah has been covering this story and joins us now live from islamabad, pakistan. so what do you know, reza? >> reporter: well, we know, according to state-run media, that josh fattal and shane ba

our t.j.ington with the ceremony. >>> and we'll continue to bring you the very latest out of iran and the sentencing of those two american hikers. they've been sentenced to eight years in prison. we'll have a live report. >>> plus, she doesn't look sick, but the social security administration thinks she's dead and it isn't the only case. you may be surprised at the number of mistakes coming out of the government agency. or maybe you're not. we'll have that story in our next hour. and your playlists. and you don't have itunes on your phone.. the world's number one music store. with genius.. that recommends new music based on the songs you already have. ipod and itunes. just one more thing that makes an iphone an iphone. [ male ] using clean american fuel is just a pipe dream. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're rolling away misperceptions about energy independence. did you know that today about a quarter of all new transit buses use clean, american natural gas? we have more natural gas than saudi arab

t.j.gers. he is the ceo of -- and it's been a freedomfest guest in the past. get on his cell phone and look at all the miracles inside of it. quite a few of them probably come from there. t.j. rodgers is like the character in "atlas shrugged," francisco d'anconia. d'anconia showed up in critical scenes when the main heroes were having a moment of doubt. he would show up to tell them what is what. one of the most often quoted passages in all of ayn rand is his famous speech about the nobility of money, where he is at a cocktail party and some eras says money is the root of all evil and he then goes on for 20 pages proving that money is the root of all good. t.j. rodgers is that kind of guy. he is completely politically incorrect. he is the ceo of the major companies says things that ceos are not supposed to get away with and he doesn't die having absolute moral clarity. so i'm going to quote some of t.j. for you. like many ceos he is constantly trying to get them to have more gender diversi

t.j.winick has the details. >> repepter: take a look at this exclusive new abc news video in which suspect gary giordano is seen in shackles but without his usual hairpiece. he was on his way to another round of questioning by aruban authorities desperate to find his missing travel companion robyn gardner. giordano had told police he and gardner had gone snorkeling the day she disappeared. abc news has learned a new witness disputes those claims. the witness says he was fishing on the same beach the same day. he says he saw the two take a walk along the reef around 4:00 p.m. but that they never went in the water. a short time later, they drove away and he never saw either of them again. >> if this witness is being accurate and correct as to locations of both mr. giordano and miss gardner, it's yet another piece of evidence that's inconsistent with his story. >> reporter: this is just the latest disturbing detail to emerge. last week, abc news learned that investigators were looking into a

t.j. winick has more. >> reporter: this silent video is our only look inside their four-hour court hearing in which the two americans expected to learn their fate. shane bauer and josh fattal appeared well and in good spirits despite their two years behind bars. accused of espionage, they insist they are innocent. along with companion sarah shourd, they were arrested in july 2009. they claim they were hiking, not spying, in a scenic area of northern iraq, unaware they were perilously close to the iranian border. >> they need to come home! >> bring them home! >> reporter: shourd was released last september because of illness. she rallied with the fattal and bauer families friday outside the iranian mission in new york ty. >> shane and josh are two innocent men, two compassionate, beautiful people. if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't be standing here today and able to have the strength to go on. >> reporter: in a statement the family said, we pray the iranian authorities will show compassion.

i'm deborah feyerick in for t.j. holmes. a special good morning to our service men and women watching on the american forces network. well, they are considered among the nation's elite warriors, navy s.e.a.l.s. this morning, the families and friends of 22 u.s. s.e.a.l.s and 8 other service members are mourning their loss. >>> and violence in london, what led people to torch buildings and a tour bus. >>> an expert that says you can retire. >>> it is the single deadliest loss of u.s. forces in afghanistan since the war began a decade ago. we're beginning to learn the names of those killed and how their families are remembering them. the father of a 2-year-old son and a 2-month-old girl t. was aaron's birthday. in june he turned 30. and i told him to be careful. and he said, granny, don't worry about me, he said i'm not afraid. i know where i'm going if something happens to me. aaron was a christian and he stood firm in his faith. >> now, the chopper went down in war war wardak province. they were on a ch-47 chinook. most were

t.j.odgers. he is the ceo of -- and it's been a freedomfest guest in the past. get on his cell phone and look at all the miracles inside of it. quite a few of them probably come from there. t.j. rodgers is like the character in "atlas shrugged," francisco d'anconia. d'anconia showed up in critical scenes when the main heroes were having a moment of doubt. he would show up to tell them what is what. one of the most often quoted passages in all of ayn rand is his famous speech about the nobility of money, where he is at a cocktail party and some eras says money is the root of all evil and he then goes on for 20 pages proving that money is the root of all good. t.j. rodgers is that kind of guy. he is completely politically incorrect. he is the ceo of the major companies says things that ceos are not supposed to get away with and he doesn't die having absolute moral clarity. so i'm going to quote some of t.j. for you. like many ceos he is constantly trying to get them to have more gender diver

abc's t.j. winick is here with the details. t.j., good morning to you. >>> good morning. the three's preference for black clothing and heavy metal music was presented to prosecutors back in 1993 as part of an argument that they were were engaged on occult murder. >> reporter: the so-called west memphis three convicted of the gruesome slayings of three cub scouts 18 years ago are now free men. >> after 18 years, it's been a living hell. >> reporter: damien echols, jesse misskelley and jason baldwin were all accused of killing the 8-year-old boys left in a ditch to die. it was the case that shocked the nation. >> they had to find somebody innocent. >> reporter: the big break for police came when misskelley confessed to the killings during questioning and implicated echols and baldwin as accomplices. but soon after he recanted and refused to testify claiming his confession was coerced by police. prosecutors proceeded with no physical evidence, no weapon and no motive. >> we're innocent. and we had to prove it the rest of our lives. >> reporter: the notorious case inspired a

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i'm deborah feyerick in for t.j. holmes. standard & poor's cut the u.s. credit rating by one notch from a perfect aaa to aa-plus. what does it mean for you and your money? plus, the famine in somalia, the struggle to feed the tens of thousands trapped in the middle of a civil war. >> hey. i am now a winner. of the harvard university for two free tickets. thank you. >> let me introduce myself. >> they thought they won tickets to a football classic. instead it was a trap to catch parents behind on child support. we begin with breaking news, though, out of afghanistan. a nato helicopter has crashed in wardak province in eastern afghanistan. afghan president hamid karzai says 31, 31 u.s. special forces troops are among the 38 killed in the incident. a recovery operation is under way. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. cnn's david aristo joins us from kabul. what are you hearing? >> well, in what seems to be one of the or probably not one of the, one of the largest losses of american life since the invasion began, this helicopter was travel

r coverage begins with abc's t.j. winick.g, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. right now, irene is a category 3 hurricane. but there are real fears it could intensify before slamming into the east coast. along the north carolina coast, there isn't a whole lot of calm before this storm. >> even if you're on the beach, you're not really relaxing because you know, i have to get out of here. >> reporter: by car and by boat, would-be vacationers on the outer banks are heading for higher ground. >> the wedding i planned is definitely canceled. but we're hoping to leave on the honeymoon on monday, one way or another, as a married woman. >> reporter: hurricane irene is crcrashing the party. bearing down on the east coast, after roaring through the bahamas with gusts over 115 miles per hour. in new jersey, workers are removing metal panels from billboards ahead of high winds. home improvement superstores, packed. >> putting plywood up and everything else all around the windows so the storm won't blow the windows out. >> re

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morning, t.j. >> good morning, rob and diana.wall street. the markets finishing the day down over 419 points. debt woes in both the u.s. and europe and more signs of economic weakness triggered a selloff in stock markets around the world. during the day the dow jones industrial average fell more than 500 points. >> that german market, which is -- they're the leaders in europe, our biggest trading partner, by the way, and they were down triple digits this morning. so we knew coming in that we were going to have a rough opening. >> reporter: in the u.s., 408,000 people applied for unemployment benefits in the u.u.s. last week. up from 399,000 the week before. in atlanta, thousands lined up outside a job fair, hoping for a chance to speak with at least one of 80 employers. >> i'm willing to stay in this line no matter what. >> reporter: william smith is an out of work security officer with a wife and 1-year-old little girl at home. >> i've been constantly looking every day. since i've been laid off in june. >> reporter: even if the

t.j. holmes is off this morning. coming up, mounting pressure on dictator moammar gadhafi to resign. the libyan leader denies reports he is looking for refuge for his family. >>> take a look at this just released video. are london rioters firing at police helicopters. a live report in just a moment. >>> severe storms strike the northeast, unleashing deadly flash floods and it's not over yet. the ohio valley could be next. >>> but we start with the sputtering economy. president obama says there are steps we can take to spark the economy. watch. >> there are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. we can cut payroll taxes again so families have an extra thousand dollars to spend. we can pass a road construction bill so construction crews who are now sitting idle, can head back to the work site, rebuilding roads and bridges and airports. >> that's when the president's weekly address. ohio governor john kasich gave this morning's republican weekly address.

t.j. winick is here with that story. quite surprising, t.j. >> certainly is. tanning addiction.ke a bad joke but it is not. ultraviolet light has long been used to treat depression, so we know uv light can change behavior. well, according to the medical journal "addiction biology" brain activivi in those who tan three times a week or more actually mimics the patterns of drug addiction. what do the actor george hamilton, house speaker john boehner and snooki all have in common? it's written all over their face, and it turns out the desire for that deep, dark tan may be more than just skin deep. >> what is the first thing you guys are going to do when you get home? >> tanning. >> tanning. >> tanning. >> reporter: accororng to a new scientific study, the cast of "jersey shore" aren't just bronzed and buffed, they might be addicts. >> certain regions of the brain that we know are responsible or partially responsible for drug and alcohol addiction seem to have increased blood flow when you put uv light in front of these individuals who are known as frequent tanners. >> reporter: the

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it is august 6th, good morning, i'm deborah feyerick in for t.j. holmes. it has been one of the deadliest days yet in the long afghan war. more than two dozen members of the u.s. special forces have been killed in the downing of a chinook helicopter. we're going to get a live report from kabul. >>> also, another blow to the u.s. economy. in a move last night, the country's credit rating was downgraded by standard & poor's. no longer do we have superior aaa status. we'll explain how the move impacts you. >>> we begin with what could be the deadliest day yet for u.s. troops in afghanistan. the u.s. military says more than two dozen u.s. troops are believed to have died in a helicopter crash in wardak province in eastern afghanistan. afghan president hamid karzai issued a statement saying as many as 31 u.s. special forces and seven afghan troops were killed. cnn's david arios joins us from kabul. david, what other details are you learning? >> reporter: it appears this helicopter was traveling from wardak province into the central eastern part of the country.