Happening now, breaking news, Mammoth, Hurricane Aaron, the sprawling and very dangerous storm

now bringing flooding and 20-foot waves, plus selling secrets, a U.S. Navy sailor convicted of espionage

for sharing military information with China.

And fighting for freedom freedom Eric and Lyle

Menendez making their case this morning asking for parole for killing their

parents the big question are they a danger to society and a missing piece

of a wing the terrifying sight as passengers notice mid-air that part of their

plane is missing.

Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown is off today, and you're in the Situation Room. This is CNN Breaking News.

And we begin with the breaking news on Hurricane Aaron.

Take a look at this, new satellite video just coming in of the storm

swirling over the Atlantic Ocean and churning up the East Coast.

In the center of your screen, you can see the well-defined eye.

Watch this.

This is Buxton, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks, the storm,

lashing the coast, and whipping up very dangerous surf.

Still on Hatteras Island, new images of the coastal erosion.

Waves have overtaken the protective dunes and shut down North Carolina Highway 12.

NC12, as the locals call it, is a vital link between the islands of the outer banks.

Choppy waves and blustery winds are now hitting

Virginia Beach as well. These are live pictures coming in from CNN affiliate, WTKR. Let's go live right now

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