. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> heather: despite evidence to american hikers, they were just sentenced to eight years in an iranian prison after having been in captivity for the past two years. a look at their options. >> gregg: rebels in libya claiming that khadafy's number two has defected and aiding them trying to overthrow the libya strong man. >> and water blewl manhole covers up in the air. >>> a stunning turn of vaccines for two american hikers locked up in iran. the two have both been sentenced to eight years behind bars. the news dealing a major blow for the two that many thought would be freed in the recent weeks. the pair have been held for more than two years but now they have 20 days to appeal before they are locked up even longer julie banderas has more. >> julie: the state department which has repeatedly called for the release of these two men releasing a statement that reads in part, we are working to confirm these reports and are in contact with the swiss p

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gregg: skip this one. few hurricanes ever came close to new york city and in fact since 1851, only five have tracked within 75 miles of the big apple. hurricane gloria, the most recent one, tracked back in 1985, eerily similar to this one, irene's projected path and gloria made landfall in north carolina's outer banks, september 27, 1985 and at the time was a category-3 and traveled all the way up the east coast, lashing new york's long island with 80 to 100 miles per hour, all told, it caused $900 million worth of damage in today's dollars. at least 8 people in the united states died as a result of gloria. and, 3/4 of a million people lost power, in the northeast. so, that gives you a little perspective. martha: might be in for it. all right, back to the huge story, that we are working on, at fox news, right now and that is there are unconfirmed reports that libyan rebels say they have muammar qaddafi and two of his sons, surrounded in tripoli. let's go to jennifer griffin, who is working the phones of co

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. just when it looked like things were settling down, a big loss setting the dow on a tail spin. that's down 14% since its high almost 4 months ago. martha: the world respond. look at germany down more than 3%. you have got new fears there could be another recession, global recession and that may involve the united states as well. stuart varney joins me from the fox business network. what are the indications? >> reporter: your 401k will lose ground at the opening bell. other markets are also moving sharply as well. the price of oil way down again, this morning it dropped below $80 a barrel. that's interesting news for gas prices. they are likely to fall towards labor day. the standout on the markets is the price of gold. it's up to $1,865 an ounce. up another $30. it's up $220 just in the month of august. these markets are going to be all off the place today. it's friday. investors will be saying do i want to hold stocks over a 2-day weekend when i don't know what's going to happen? mar

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. an apparent victory for the rebel fighters, president obama saying in a statement sunday qaddafi's time is gefer, but guess what -- time is over, but guess what, he may not agree with that. take a listen: >> everyone should go out, i am with you in tripoli, no going back, we should go to the end of the earth that we want to liberate from the occupier. don't allow the occupier to future their -- put their foot in our land. i am with you in this battle as i always promised. we will never surrender. martha: wendell goler live at the state department, we'll go to him in a moment but first to dominic di-natale. what's the latest on the ground in tripoli? >> reporter: i understand there is heavy fighting report ud outside the compound which is qaddafi's strong hold. it's uncertain whether he's inside there. the telephone calls in the past 24 hours, it is alleged he is inside the city but there are rumors he has fled to algeria. none of that is confirmed at this time. there's also heavy figh

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. libyan opposition fighters saying they control nearly all of tripoli. though they also said, muammar qaddafi's son was in custody, and of course, he just made the bold appearance in front of a cheering crowd of supporters. martha: now, swarms of heavily armed gunmen like these guys are out there looking for him, muammar qaddafi could be in deep hiding at this hour. >> they control... >> majority of the city. >> majority of the city of tripoli. >> just this area. just this area. >> for qaddafi. >> i feel qaddafi, inshallah today. look, this is for qaddafi. martha: streaming live from the border, what is the latest. >> reporter: we have seen thousands of libyans facing into tunisia, trying to flee the violence, basically after qaddafi's sons appeared in public and shook confidence in the belief the rebels really had control of the country and they gained a victory and after that, early this morning, many people started to leave, as far as away of tripoli, 160 miles away and making their

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. evacuations already well underway along the outer ban of north carolina. but the whole east coast could be in the crosshairs this weekend. martha: that's right. right now irene is on track to graze florida, on friday. north carolina, by saturday. and, she could plow through the northeast, by sunday. >> this is a big storm even if we don't get a direct hit the tropical storm force winds will be on us an extended period of time and i expect we'll have infrastructure damage and considerable power outages and expect the worst. it could happen. martha: you have to expect the worst because it can happen and you just never know how this thing and where it will hit and what the damage will be. john roberts is live from at atlantic canada beach, north carolina. where people there are starting to prepare. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, to you, martha. this is the shot where you say, the correspondent is standing there and the weather is beautiful, where the heck is the hurricane

gregg: good morning, i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. mandatory vevacuationings issuer folks in virginia beach and, new england is bracing for a full-fledged hurricane. martha: doug mcelway is live in maryland, along the coast there and first, let's go to janice dean, watching the computer models and gauging it for us from the fox weather center. what is the latest? >> we are waiting for the new advisory at 11:00. we'll, crucial, because we'll get a new track with all of the latest computer models, and we'll get the coordinates of the storm. you think it has a potential to become a category-3, again, yet, we are just on stlethe verge of category-3, because it has gone down to 110 miles per hour, but is still a category-3 storm, when it comes to surge and rainfall, 111 miles an hour is a cat 3 and shot a lot of sheer to tear the storm apart and it is not over land yet. we still have time for intensificati intensification. it is a very large storm and folks ask, when will it hit? even before we have a landfall, across portions of north car

. >> gregg: live in atlantic, new jersey. these are the pictures we've been saying how the rain has become a one-sided event. it was fascinating last night to see the dry air come kaim in all the rain was left side of the storm and rain and surf push was on the radios of push. honored to be joined by commander of the u.s. coastguard in atlantic city area. how are things from the seaside of things? >> good afternoon. actually i'm in st. resolution, i oversee the atlantic area. we've been dealing with irene since you it started in puerto rico. as you know up in new england we have actually stations in lake ontario as a result of the storm. >> lake ontario is still getting it? >> yes, they. >> shep: what has it been like? have you done a lot rescues? >> i am extraordinary proud to lead our coastguard team. this is an extraordinary experience. i think the teamwork has been great. preparation has been terrific across the board when i was down in puerto rico all the way up the coast. now, we're really fully into the response and re

good morning. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, bill, catherine gregg today pleading not guilty, essentially saying she is innocent of these charges after 16 years essentially on the run with james whitey bulger, this accused bob and mobster. she says that she is innocent. the prosecution, however, has a different story, she believe that she used multiple false identities to help conceal herself while on the run, as well as james whitey bulger, identities from names like carol gasko, helen march thal, chairl shaifen, mrs. thomas baxter and the list goes on. gregg's attorney says they would be taking this to trial, that they would not be cooperating, kevin runnington saying at this point she's holding up well. she faces five years in prison and a few years of supervision after being released if she's convicted on these charges and a $250,000 possible fine if she is convicted, and then they should be a free woman after those five years if indeed she is convicted. bill: what's next for whitey bulger, molly? >> reporter: he remains in federal custody as you would expect facing seriou