Anderson will reporting live tonight from Battery Park, New York. Much of Lower Manhattan is under a mandatory evacuation order that takes effect tomorrow afternoon. Hurricane warnings are now posted from North Carolina to Massachusetts as Irene approaches the U.S. We'll look at how residents all along the east coast a preparing for the storm. We'll also get insight on what Irene could do to New York City's skyscrapers and subway system. And meteorologist Chad Myers will have the latest from the National Hurricane Center on Irene's potential path this weekend.

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Hurricane warnings and watches are posted for parts of the east coast of the U.S. tonight as Hurricane Irene takes aim. We'll have the latest. Plus, opposition fighters in Libya searching for Moammar Gadhafi. They claimed they had him surrounded in Tripoli. We'll check in with our reporters in Libya.

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Hurricane Irene is striking the Bahamas and taking aim at the U.S. It's expected to grow to a category four storm when it goes into the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean tomorrow. We'll have the latest on it's projected path. Plus, pro-Gadafi forces try to halt the momentum of opposition fighters in Tripoli. We'll have live reports from our reporters in the Libyan capital. Plus, tonight's other headlines.

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A rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit Virginia this afternoon and could be felt from the Carolinas to New England. We'll have the latest developments. Plus, opposition fighters storm Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli. CNN's Sara Sinder was there as it unfolded. We'll talk with her and our other reporters in Libya's capital. NATO says this is the "final chapter" of the Gahdafi regime. It's unclear where the Libyan leader is tonight. We'll have all the angles.

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The fight to topple a despised dictator is on right now in Libya. Gunfire is heard in Tripoli and there are reports of new NATO airstrikes.

Are these the last day's of the Gadhafi regime?

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Anderson takes on the Syrian ambassador to the UN who denies his government is responsible for any atrocities against the Syrian people.

So what about all the video that says otherwise?

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Governor Rick Perry says he's a job creator and President Obama is a job destroyer.

Tough talk from the Texas Governor but is it based in fact?

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The President is on what the White House is calling a listening tour about the economy, but what is being done back in Washington to create jobs?...by the President and by Congress?

Is anything really being done?

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After winning the Iowa Straw Poll, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is now a frontrunner in the Republican primary race. But keeping them honest, she also seems to be running from her own past statements about sexual orientation and civil rights.

What do you think about Bachmann’s sudden silence on a topic she once was anything but silent about?

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Texas governor Rick Perry is expected to announce his bid for the White House tomorrow. His supporters call his economic policies the Texas miracle, but they fail to mention the billions of dollars in federal money used to support it. We're Keeping Them Honest. Plus, in Crime and Punishment, the audio tapes used to convict polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of sexual assault of a child. They brought many of the jurors to tears. We'll play some of it for you tonight and talk with two former member of Jeffs' sect.

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