Hoping you having a great day! I’m Nicole Lapin at the CNN center in Atlanta. Here is look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Senator John McCain is really focusing on his foreign policy experience today at a town ? Rochester, New Hampshire. John McCain argued that he not Senator Obama is best suited to make the tough call at home and abroad. Meantime, Senator Barack Obama is in Jordon today as he continues his oversees trip. He is really seeking buying his plan to withdraw American troops from Iraq within 16 months if he is elected.

Awaiting watching and worrying just a little bit for Dolly. This is a storm that just keeps growing stronger by the hour with winds reaching 17 miles an hour. Hurricane warnings are now in effect all along the stretch of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of National Guard troops also are standing by this. Several cities are also getting ready for evacuations.

America's fourth largest bank's taken a big loss today. Wachovia posted a nearly 9-billion-dollar loss in the second quarter of this year. The bank is blaming the drop in mortgage defall and its declining market value. Wachovia says it will cut more than 6 thousand jobs nationwide as well as slash its dividend.

In London, the star of Dark Knight Christian Bale's been questioned and released following an arrest on charges he's assaulted his mom and his sister at a hotel on Sunday night .Bale's lawyer released a statement saying that Bale answered all the questions by police and was released with no charges pending.

Also disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones has asked President Bush to commute her prison sentence. Jones is serving a 6-month sentence for lying about using performance-enhancing drugs as well as a check fraud scheme. The Justice Department says Jones is among thousands of convicted felons who have appealed to presidential pardons or sentence commutations

Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source online, on TV or on your cell phone. Take care!