jonathan mann spoke with nic robertson in washington. >> reporter: tripoli had, while we were there, while the nato bombing began and gadhafi's forces still controlled the capital, a ring of steel around it. the brigade there was controlling the capital and was able to draw on munitions from multiple bases from inside the city which have become nato's principle targets inside the city, and sarah seidner came right past one of the most feared bases of gadhafi's brigades controlled by his son, hamis, which was originally the force that went into zawiya. the fact that there wasn't resistance there, the fact this ring of steel that we had seen tanks, armored personnel carriers evaporated gives rise to the perception of how the rebels were able to get into the city so quickly, but also how gadhafi may have been caught in surprise of how quickly people have deserted him, and proven not to be loyal. the writing has been on the wall for these forces and now it seems they have, in fact, collapsed. that will enable rebels throughout the city, the people of the city who don't want gadhafi who h

we will tell you about this next. >>> with jonathan mann again. you lose your job one day and next day win the lottery. >> workers in iowa found out they were going to lose their job and one man sitting in his pickup truck look at the lottery tickets they had bought and it's his lucky day. let's listen. >> i looked at the numbers and i had to ask somebody to come and take a look at them because i wasn't sure if i was reading it right. she said, oh, you got them all. you know, started to shake, vibrating in my seat and i had to get out and tell some of the people that were in it and, of course, nobody believed me! no, you're joking! no, i'm not joking! we won! >> 18 guys shares $7 million and works out to 400,000 a guy which is 15 years salary for a bunch of of people who are going to have no salary. the name of the company is smart technologies but maybe she should call it lucky workers instead. >> we don't know what the guys are going to do next. they haven't said what they are planning to do. >> bless their hearts. one of them says his wife alwa

jonathan mann, cnn. >>> hello, again, everyone, i'm fredericka whitfield. >> and i'm brook baldwin. here we go at the world headquarters in atlanta cover s tropical storm irene. let's talk new york city after lashing manhattan irene is barreling through new england where it is dumping heavy rain. the storm made landfall twice overnight, both cases -- actually the first case is a hurricane in new jersey and then as a tropical storm at coney island in new york. >> on long island irene's storm surge flooded downtown long beach. some streets in manhattan also flooding but the water started to recede and new york's evacuation order is being lifted this hour. in its sweep up the coast irene has killed 15 people across six states. more than 4 million people overall without power and these amazing pictures show some of the damage when irene made landfall as a hurricane. for place like new york city, the storm wasn't as bad as many feared but as janet napolitano said earlier today, it's not over yet. >> no matter where you are from north carolina to maine, we encourage you to stay off the ro

jonathan mann, cnn. >> as if these images aren't powerful enough, there are more. we continue to receive a whole lot of images whether it be pictures or video from a lot of ireporters. we'll review a few more to you. particularly we'll take you to north carolina. that was the first place hit by -- >> hurricane category 2 at the time. josh levs in on the action, all kinds of news he's about to share with you. we'll be right back. e: i am. i'e 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 >> as am i. > as am i. >> as am i. > as am i. >> well played naomi pryce. >>> new images coming in from our ireporter fred moore. west haven, connecticut. the surf may be coming up right there as you see. possibly into the restaurant you saw a little earlier. fred says after he put the camera down he and a few other

jonathan mann, cnn. >>> police in philadelphia arrest almost two dozen people. they are all under the age of 18. we'll tell you about that and much more coming up next. this is your cnn saturday morning. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedes, and lexus for audi than ever before. ♪ experience the summer of audi event and get over 130 channels of siriusxm satellite radio for three months at no charge. but not in my neighborhood. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're throwing away misperceptions about natural gas vehicles. more of the vehicles that fuel our lives use clean american natural gas today. it costs about 40 percent less than gasoline, so why aren't we using it even more? start a conversation about using more natural gas vehicles in your community. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> good saturday morning. we start with the developing story. an american has been abducted in pakistan. we will have a live report from pakistan in momen