Nightline (ABC) - 2008-09-12 (Hurricane Ike)

Name: Nightline (ABC) - 2008-09-12 (Hurricane Ike)
Uploaded: 2026-02-25
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[0:00] All starts off with Barack Obama. Then

[0:02] Wednesday, John and Cindy McCain. Don't

[0:04] miss the train.

[0:09] Tonight on Night Line, Ike strikes. At

[0:13] this moment, the massive hurricane is

[0:15] slamming into Texas. We're live with the

[0:17] latest. Can the Seaw Walls hold off the

[0:20] raging storm? Plus, the interview day

[0:23] two. Charlie Gibson is back with more

[0:25] exclusive details from his much

[0:27] anticipated sitdown with Sarah Palin.

[0:30] Hillary, sexism, and more. Unique

[0:33] insights into the woman who wants to be

[0:35] vice president. But does she have what

[0:38] it takes?

[0:39] From the global resources of ABC News

[0:42] with Terry Moran, Martin Basher, and

[0:45] Cynthia Mcbaden in New York City. This

[0:48] is Night Live, September 12th, 2008.

[0:53] Good evening. As we come on air, the

[0:55] eyewall of Hurricane Ike, now pushing

[0:57] category 3 strength, is fast approaching

[1:00] the Texas Gulf Coast. The track shows

[1:03] the storm directly hitting Galveastston

[1:05] and Houston. Most people have taken the

[1:08] advice and fled from their homes, but

[1:11] tens of thousands of coastal residents

[1:13] have chosen to stay put. The storm surge

[1:16] now threatens to engulf the coastal

[1:18] areas and there are fears that tens of

[1:20] thousands of homes could be flooded. I'm

[1:24] joined now by Sharon Alonscy

[1:27] who's in Houston. Sharon.

[1:29] Well, the rain and the wind has really

[1:31] picked up here. We're seeing tree limbs

[1:33] falling and all of this hours before the

[1:37] storm is actually going to pass over

[1:39] Houston. America's fourth largest city

[1:42] is bracing for a hurricane. And this is

[1:44] what they're listening to in their homes

[1:45] tonight. You can hear just