>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. >> we don't care how long this lasts because we're winning. this isn't some damn game. >> calling out democrats. house speaker john boehner pushes negotiation as the government shutdown continues. a state of emergency is in affect along the gulf coast as tropical storm karen closes in.

>> as the government shutdown stalemate drags on both sides are doing a lot of talking, just not to each other. house speaking john boehner maybe another call for negotiations while democrats called for the house to vote. wall street is watching as stocks rose 76 points. as traders are optimistic that lawmakers can reach a deal and reaching the nation's debt limit. furloughed employees rally outside of the nation's capitol calling for an end of the shutdown. those workers got a show from president obama and vice president joe biden. they went out to launch at a restaurant that is hel helping furloughed employees. let's go out to mike viqueira to see what is on the president's table, mike?

>> reporter: what is not on the table is the president's trip to asia, an annual summit that was supposed to happen in indonesia next week. the president will have to skip it. he sent john kerry in his place and we're still in the shouting stage. there is no movement. the shoutdown continues, and these sides are as far apart as they ever were. president obama on a bright, sunny, warm day unseasonbly so on the east coast took the trip on foot, walked up towards georgetown. visited taylor's gourmet sandwich shop to show support for a company that is offering a 10% discount to furloughed government employees. let's listen. >> obama: this shutdown could be over today. we know there are the votes for it in the house of representatives. as i said yesterday. if speaker boehner will simply allow that vote to take place we could end this shutdown.

>> reporter: and now we're sort of in the side show stage, the gimmick stage. the house of representatives still passing piecemeal bills trying to put the democrats and the president on the spot opening the parks and the veteran's affairs program, things that have nature. they're saying those things are great. don't give us the gimmicks, give us the entire spending bill with no strings attack. and then we can talk. the president said time and time again he said he was not going to negotiate with a gun to his head. there has been splintering in the house republicans, and they are talking about doing something that is almost unthinkable. that is revolts or joining the democrats in voting for the spending bill. here is eric cantor, the republican majority leader of the house. >> now the president continues to refuse to sit down with us republicans and sadly that is a

hallmark of his presidency. a divided government americans expect us to work together to solve problems. >> the president home for the weekend. the house will come in bada bing, bada boom tomorrow morning. they're here for two hours and then they're gone and the senate the same thing. it's looking at this point, tony, that we're going to head into monday with this shutdown still on. >> my goodness. mike viqueira for us, thank you. for military families this means that it's harder to put food on the table. stephanie is in san diego with that story for us. >> reporter: san diego, one of the biggest military cities in america. with a huge navy fleet, military hospital and three marine bases. suddenly families are learning to stop without the steep discounts they're used to. >> it's awful. we're paying extra for all of our groceries being such a big family. >> reporter: at the marine's

camp pendleton more than 1,000 employees are now off the job and dozens of base programs have been closed. >> we've had a number of quality of life and welfare programs that have shut down including our libraries, pools, new parents support program, financial reddines readiness se. >> reporter: active duty has not been cut, and the commissary where many go to buy affordable food, it's now temporarily out of business. >> reporter: many rushed to buy food before the shutdown began. long lines before the doors were locked, not just here but at every commissary in the country. >> it's shocking and upsetting. >> reporter: two marine wives who are also worried about how they will make ends meet. >> yes, we're definitely on a tight budget. military doesn't make that much.

with the closure of the commissary and other buildings on base it definitely becomes harder for us. >> reporter: the families are shopping at retail chains which government says are 30% more expensive than military commissary. 20-year-old kyla said she spent $50 more for food than she did last week. >> i would say that it's ridiculous that you're taking that away from people who are fighting for your country. that's ridiculous. they're already having to sacrifice enough as it is. they shouldn't have to sacrifice even more. >> reporter: a hardship brought on by a battle out of their control. al jazeera, san diego. >> tropical storm karen is heading for the gulf coast where many areas are under evacuation orders. al jazeera in mississippi where people are bracing for heavy rainfall, and tracking the storm for us is meteorologist dave warren. what is the latest on the track?

>> reporter: it looks like it has not changed much. the intensity is still a tropical storm. it's looking less and less likely that this will intensify to a hurricane but it does not look like to be weakening much at all. here is a cluster of thunderstorms. that's the center of the storm and these thunderstorms are not around the center. not really intensifying much, and not weakening much either. the latest observation, a wind 50 mph. the wind pretty intense, tropical storm south of new orleans and moving north-northwest at 7 mph. it will start to turn north and northeast and pack the coast from louisiana all the way to florida. timing of this will look like it will impact the louisiana coast at 1:00 a.m. saturday. overnight, into saturday, the storm center off louisiana. this is the potential track. there is uncertainty about how much of a turn it will make. no question it will impact that area of louisiana with wind and

rain friday into early saturday. then saturday afternoon to sunday we are seeing it move along the gulf coast from alabama to florida with wind and heavy rain. flooding will be a big problem there. it's from saturday to sunday. it looks to be the biggest impact. and then could move up to the mid-atlantic coast. >> we should tell that you evacuation orders have been issued for parts of mississippi and louisiana, but we're in mississippi. ben, give us the latest on the evacuations. >> reporter: yeah, tony, the two major evaluations are on the lot parts in-depth and the bottom of the state essentially at the mouth of the river. those two areas are under mandatory evacuations right now. otherwise you can see waves crashing, some blue skies.

a little bit of sunshine. but don't let that fool you. people here don't let that fool them. this is something that they've lived with many of them through their entire lives. they're used to being warned about this kind of thing. and obviously they are a little bit reticent about it. a storm of 50 mph still packs a punch. it's still glaring at them right now. people are concerned. some of them boarding up their houses. many of them leaving town. keep in mind it was just in 2005 that they got hammered by hurricane katrina. we've had many storms over the past that have given these people fair warning, and you know, do right to be concerned about this. people on edge all the way from louisiana to the panhandle of florida right now. >> hey ben, let's talk about that for a second. i remember mississippi being devastated by hurricane katrina back in 2005. just how well has that city

recovered since then? >> yes, i'll tell you, i was here, tony, as a matter of fact, before the storm and after it. this was when the right side of the eye wall hit. this was probably the hardest hit between here and gulfport we're the hardest hit in terms of storm surge. this wall of water that literally decimated the entire area along the coast. i mean, these houses just didn't get some floodwater. they were wiped away. you drove by after hurricane katrina, and there were door steps. there were pilings in the ground. there was no wood, no bricks, nothing. what is amazing to see right now is this community has been rebuilt, as has much of the gulf coast. but you can imagine how this has that entire community and certainly the entire gulf coast on edge to have something like this. even though it won't pack a

wallop that hurricane katrina did, people are concerned about this kind of thing. it's a tough, stressful situation. >> i appreciate it. in mississippi. more details are emerging about the woman who tried to ram through white house barriers and triggered a lockdown on had capitol hill. kerry's mother told "abc news" that her daughter suffered from postpartum depression. at least four people were killed and 40 more hurt when protests turned violent. egypt security forces prevented a takeover by anti-coup protesters. clashes between the police and rioters, and the protests were

started as clerics were killed. they say it was in reaction to the westgate mall terror attack. we look at the dangers many africafrican migrants face. and your portfolio, ali velshi has a look. investigates wage practices in the restaurant industry. >> the employers have the upper hand out here. they can steal from you and face very little if any consequences. >> basically this industry is saying, "we don't have to pay these workers at all. they should work for us but we don't have to pay them. >> two thirds of low-wage workers experience wage theft every week. >> you're telling me that these people are allowed to treat people like this and you can't do anything? come, it is here.

>> yes, let the games begin. he is fighting for his baseball life and some $46 million. a-rod and all of his attorneys were there fighting his 211-game suspension. the hearing is expected to last less than five days, after that the group will decide to uphold, reduce, or overturn the suspension. if the suspension is upheld, rodriguez would lose some $32 million in salary, and he wouldn't be back on the field until he is 40 years old. the big story tonight, people, the rays will be taking on the rangers in a tiebreaker in arlington, so we decided to bring in our mlb columnist rob parker.

>> in an audacious smash-and-grab heist 15 menussing sledge hammers and axes robbeed a watch store. the estimated value is $2.6 million. the thieves used a smoke grenade to make their escape on foot. two of the men have been caught. this is the fourth multi million dollar robbery in france in five months. the italian coast guard is

searching for hundreds off the coast of lampedusa. the boat sank and is called one of the worst m migrant accident. we have three reporters along the perilous route. we begin in somalia. >> i'm in mogadishu. over the past year we have heard that th the number of refugees slowly to decline. there seems to be a renewed sense of economic revival. a new government was installed, and things seem to be moving ahead. paradoxically what that seems to be doing is inspiring some people to send people abroad. the problem is that they still don't have confidence in the future. so while they're able to save a

little bit of money they're choosing to use that money to send people, young men and women, into that perilous journey to europe, in hopes that they find jobs and send money back to their familiar in somalia. that would provide insurance. that's the anecdotal evidence. it's too early to see if and when that might actually slow, but that seems to be the case. the refugee officials talking to us and saying until there is sincere confidence in the future, and until people are absolutely sure that stability is here to stay, that the government isn't going to collapse we're going to see a consistent flow of people leaving the country looking for greener pastures. >> this is where many people depart for europe because of its close proximity. but libya is the focus right now because it's ease yeaier because

there is a security vacuum on the ground. people are making millions of dollars out of immigrant racket. i've spoken to many migrants, and there are a lot of reasons why they take this risk and continue to do so. here in tunisea, they're trying to get to france to get a chance to get any work, any employment. a new search of syrian refugees is happening as well. i met many who have tried to get to italy, and they have told me that there are thousands of syrians right now in libya waiting for the next crossing. >> i'm in lampedusa where it has

been an difficult day. the diving teams have not been able to really go into the wreckage of the boat to try to pull out those bodies. in lampedusa the situation remains quite in bad shape here. the migrants that have managed to make it over here have had it pretty tragic. most of them are from east africa and lampedusa is known as a gateway from conflict zones into europe. that is a situation that italian politicians are tiring of it. they're calling upon the eu to give them help and say this is the situation which really needs an europe-wide solution. >> so in the first six months of 2013, 8,400 migrants and asylum seekers landed on the coast of italy and malta. of those 8,400, 6,000 hundred

departed from north africa, princely libya. only 40 deaths reported of people attempting to cross into italy. in comparison, 500 people were reported dead or missing at sea in 2012. 13,200 reaching italian shores. now political happenings around the world tonight we're looking at ireland, italy and syria. first in ireland, voters are trying to decide to back kinneys proposal. and italy's former prime minister berlusconi is one step closer to permanent exile. they have introduced a vote to remove him.

syria's embattled president said he would run for re-election if the syrian people wanted him to, but would refrain from running for another term if he felt most syrians wanted him to step down. he made no mention of the syrian military's role in a war that has dragged on for more that two years now and taken more than 100,000 lives. >> we have been talking all week about how the government shutdown could hit the economy. but what about the impact on your own investments like your 401k. we have ali velshi for a few moments now. how have stocks reacted to all of the twists and turns of the shutdown? >> they have reacted. about a month ago the s&p 500 or the dow hit their highs, their all-time highs, and nothing else has happened in the economy.

but we're off 3.5% from those highs. we've seen interest rates go up, housing, but nothing has had this affect on the stock market. some people may take their money out of the market because they made a lot of it, but it seems to be directly connected to congress. if you're invested in the s&p 500, your invests are up, but to lose this much in a month is inexcusable. >> paint a picture of the worst case video here. >> you asked it a couple of times. i have an answer for you. now there are a number of economists coming out and saying if this extends into the debt ceiling debate, the stocks, bonds and interest rates could result in a recession.

this is the fires people are coming out in numbers saying that congress could trig arrest recession. it's incredible. >> you're going to be talking about this in more detail at the top of the hour. >> reporter: i'm going to talk about this and bit coin. >> can't wait. ali velshi real money on al jazeera. twitter's announcement of going public helped turn a health company into a big winner today. tweeter, consumer electronics company. some investors thought they were buying into the social media giant. twitter has not said when it's stock will go up for sale. [♪ music ] >> michael eaves is a here with a look at the sports headlines. there is news on the a-rod front. >> reporter: he's making more news off the field than he made on the field. alex rodriguez is suing major

league baseball and commissioner bud selig for what he is calling a witch-hunt and smearing his name. he has received a suspension for violating the mlb drug and labor contract. ej manuel would miss the next few weeks after suffering a sprained ligament in his right knee. the good news for manuel, the injury does not require surgery it's. in the nba jason kidd has been suspended before ever coaching his first game. the league suspended kidd for the first two games of the new season after pleading guilty for driving while impaired last year in southampton, new york. we have more sports news coming up later in the program, including baseball postseason highlights. >> terrific, michael, appreciate it. thank you, sir.

asia's biggest film festival is underway. it is screening 300 movies in ten days. harry faucet is there with more. >> teeth gleaming, hair product liberally applied, the film festival is this country's celebration of success. it acts as an under tone drawing in films from around the region, nurturing filmmakers and very chasinshowcasing their work. directed by a monk that celebrates indian culture and was shot in sri lanka. >> a non-korean, non-chinese film opening the film festival,

a great honor for us. >> reporter: the they're number of films on the program shows how much this festival has grown over the last 18 years. and it also demonstrates how important this part of the world has become to the film industry as a whole. box office takings grew by 15%, faster than anywhere else. china is now the biggest market for movies outside of the united states. so has it become too big, too much about the money? not according to one long-time attendee. >> you attend once you're fami family. as the festival gets bigger and bigger and bigger they have kept that mindset all the way through. i think that's what keeps this festival rich. >> reporter: the range of korean films is vast. [♪ singing ] among all the new, the retrospective of the grand old man of south korean film director im kwon-taek.

>> i find some of the films embarrassing. there are some films i would rather not show. but this is an opportunity to look back and also show recent work. >> reporter: the organizers decided to close the festival with an indy film made with the festival's on film fund. and the fans should feel satiated for one more year. >> they make $400,000 a year. we'll tell you why stagehands went on strike, shutting down carnegie hall. plus, the government shutdown and the g.o.p. hard liners determined to get their way. we're taking a closer look at each member of the, quote, republican bloc, starting tonight.

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories.

mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for parts of louisiana and mississippi as tropical storm karen approaches. state of emergency extends from louisiana to florida. at least four people were killed and 40 more seriously hurt when protests turned violent in egypt. security forces fired tear gas and locked down tahrir square to prevent a takeover by anti-coupe protesters. house boehner is saying that they need to talk. boehner faced the camera saying republicans don't want the shutdown. he added that president obama is not willing to compromise. president obama for his part said republicans are using the spending bill to simply advance their own agenda. speaker boehner has been the most high profile critic of president obama's healthcare law but there are a group of republicans would who push boehner to link the funding of the affordable care act to the funding bill. let's go to libby casey to

introduce us who they are. we're talking mainly about the house here. but you're going to start with one of the main figures in the senate. >> reporter: that's right, we've heard a lot about senator ted degreecruz of texas, he's just a freshman. he defeated in the republican primary a more established and mainstream contender. he went on to win the general election with 56% of the vote. compared that how obama did in the state of texas. he got 41% of the vote in this red state. cruz is a son of a white mother and cuban father. he has degrees from princeton and harvard law school. and in the senate freshman are seen not heard, but ted cruz is part of a new generation who has

flipped that on its head. he has been very outspoken. he's blamed by many democrats for being a main architect of this shutdown fe fiasco that wee in the middle of. but ted cruz pointed the finger to the other patriot. >> we're in a shutdown because president obama and the majority leader of this body want a shutdown. because they believe it is the partisan interest of their party to have a shutdown. four times the house of representatives have compromised. four times the house of department have endeavored to meet in middle ground. and four times the majority leader and every democrat in this body has said no, we will not talk. we will not compromise. we will not have a middle ground. >> now senator cruz may be talking about compromise but not from his side. and in fact members of his own party say his strident approach

was a big element of the drama in the last couple of weeks and remember he waged a 21 hour talk-a-thon that got a lot of attention and helped his fundraising. but it did backfire to some in the republican party who feel he has boxed them in a corner. politico reported one republican senator came out and said, senator cruz is not working for the party. he said, quote, it was very evident to everyone in the room that cruz doesn't have a strategy. he never had a strategy and could never answer a question about what the end game was. i wish the 35 house members who bought the snake oil that was sold could witness what was witnessed at launch. those house members referred to are this tea party group. one of them who is insisting on linking the federal healthcare law obamacare to the bill is mark meadows. he comes from a business

background. he owned a restaurant and development business. he's part of this new generation. his district in north carolina is western very rural. he got 57% of the votes at the poll. to understand how conservative his district is, president obama got 37% and mitt romney blew him out there, and it was a real squeaker. mark meadows came with tea party support in his district and he has a big goal. defund, stop in the tracks the federal healthcare law or obamacare. this is not something that has been supported by house leadership despite that he sent a letter to house speaker john boehner back in august. this is seen as a linchpin moment of the republicans fight to defund the healthcare law. 79 others republicans signed on to it, and here's some of what it says. since most of the citizens we represent believe that obamacare

should never go into affect we urge you to defund the implementation and enforcement of obamacare and relevant appropriation bill brought to the house floor in the 113th congress including continuing appropriations bill. so phon tony, as we look back as push, the experience that we've seen in washington the couple of weeks really has roots in this letter that congressman meadows sent back in august and that ball has rolled even though house speaker boehner was not supportive of the effort, look at where we are today. >> thank you, libby. he'll introduce us to two more of the republicans on monday. now the state with the most federal workers impacted because of the shutdown is california with 20,000 federal workers, let's talk about what and who is directly impacted by the shutdown is nick, a senior

fiscal policy analyst for the effective government. good to speak with you. 173,000 workers, more than 61,000 work for the department of defense. what kind of jobs are we talking about here? >> federal works who work at the federal defense work on contracting, people who process the paperwork, oversee the contractors, some of these are engineers who help develop weapons systems and work with contractors to do that. some of these people maintain vehicles. and some of these people, you know, patrol the grounds of military base to make sure that they're safe and keep them running. these jobs runs the whole gamut. many of these people are being furloughed. >> how will these military bases function? how will they be impacted if a lot of these workers are and well, we know, they've been

furloughed? >> the defense department like every other department came up with a contingency plan of the shutdown that occurred on tuesday. the defense department is in the middle of the pack of how many workers it's furloughing. it's furloughing 50% of its workforce. 400,000 of its 800,000 civilian employees, many who are veterans, by the way. basically they determined how many of these people are absolutely essential for the short-term operation. they need intelligence analysts, they have say, potential missile launch coming from north korea, they may be on the job right now. on the other hand if they think we can cut corners and maybe we don't need someone monitoring, say, things that are happening in libya, that person might be furloughed. so they're making different decisions based on their best guesses of what their needs are in the short run. but even the people who aren't being furloughed, their pay may be delayed.

>> i don't want to run out of time. i want to get out of texas which has a large number of federal workers in the department of homeland security. now that's going to affect our customs agents and border patrol. what should we be concerned about when it comes to that state? >> when it comes to states along the border it may affect trade between united states and mexico, one of our largest trading partners. the inspections of trucks crossing the border may occur slower than otherwise. the paperwork may occur slower than otherwise. given our weakened economic state it hurts exporters and consulars because it takes longer to get imported goods. it may negatively affect the country as the shutdown continues. >> florida, 42,000 of its 92,000

federal employees are with federal affairs. what does that mean for retirees down there. >> many retirees are veterans. veterans affairs department is one of the least impacted departments in terms of furloughs. however because of the shutdown they may run in problems in terms of paying disability and pension payments to veterans, many of whom live in florida and other states. but even as i mentioned earlier, even though very few of its employees are being furloughed, the workers who are on the job, their pay is basically at stake, and they may not get their paychecks until weeks after think should. >> nick, appreciate it. thank you. you know, we're hearing some reports more severe weather in the midwest. take a look at these pictures from lancaster county, nebraska. whoa, meteorologist dave warren

is here, and give us sense of what we're watching here. >> meteorologist: yes, severe weather and more of the same today. this is eastern nebraska. this is the radar from three hours ago. these storms devil and now these are severe storms. you see how this one here that develops to start a turn a little right. that's an indication that it is a severe storm and there are warnings with these storms. this storm has a tornado, this one has a tornado. these are funnel clouds. and these tornado warnings in effect 5:30 and until 6:00. we're watching the entire area in and around the watch area the potential for tornadoes is in effect until 10:00 tonight. these storms are severe and expecting more coming up in the next few hours. >> a 13-month dispute between stagehands and management at new york's carnegie hall, over a

disagreement was bitter enough for the union to walk off the job, forcing this season's opening night to be abandoned, canceled. john terrett has more. >> we have a deal. congratulations to all. >> how do you get to carnegie hall? practice. that old adage may help musicians to get here on the stage, but it turns out they may be better off financially as stagehands. the concert hall's five-full time stagehands take home around $400,000 a year. far more than many of the people performing here. and they just won a fight with their bosses over which union will work in the building's new teaching center. >> reporter: it's part of a massive expansion: he stagehands want to run the rooms the way they run the auditorium. they do everything from shifting

piano and loading off and on trucks. under their existing contract. if we do that, we take too much money from the education and give it to the unions. >> it means that the terms will be different from the existing contract. the union's president said it's a victory and a measure of respect between his members and management of carnegie hall. >> we have offer compromise and representation and we met them in a way where they have their ability to function and there is going to be growing pains as you go move forward, but we wish they will well. >> reporter: carnegie hall issued a statement. carnegie haul is very pleased to reach this new agreement, one that meets all of our institution's need as we work towards fulfilling the potential of new our spaces of carnegie hall's new education wing. but some say that they did did not so much compromise but

caved. >> they can have every new yorker going after them for ridiculous salaries, yet they can extract concession concessim carnegie hall after all that. >> reporter: a victory for now but in this difficult economic climate a battle that will not likely go away, if not here in manhattan but concert arenas all over the country trying to make ends meet. >> it's playoff time in major league baseball. we have michael eaves with sports. >> this is a place for people to feel comfortable being serious. >> how indy book stores may be making a huge comeback against the big chains. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from

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>> welcome back, everyone. to say the least book stores have faced challenges in the digital era where people opting for e-books that can be downlo downloaded from website and read on tablets. but we found a small bookstore in maryland that found a way to stick with tradition and thrive. >> the store in the heart of maryland's state capitol does not take up a lot of real estate. but amid the shelves you'll find a world of words to pursue. it's regular customers consider it not just a place of commerce but a comfortable local institution. >> we used to go to the big book stores but they're a drive. and they don't seem to be as intouch with my community. >> people come here, and yes it is about books, but it's a lot about the conversation that

happens around the book. >> college student cameron who also works here says the bookstore has another distinction. >> it's a place for people to feel comfortable being serious. >> the store's owners are quick to admit they can't beat the big book sellers on price or shelf space so they found other ways to attract customers. >> we've had three proposals, you can't do that on amazon. they're competitive but we do have our niche. >> one national chain borderers has gone bankrupt and shut down and another barnes & nobles closing outlets independent book stores are seeing a r resurgence as book stores open up as the economy comes back. and kindle and nook once predicted to turn books into

museum pieces are stil less of a threat. many americans are saying they're not in interested in e books. >> your use of website, e-mail, social media. we can do all those in the exact same way as our big national competitors, big corporate chains can do. >> signs of more chapters yet to come for the local bookstore. >> the gulf coast is bracing for tropical storm karen. meteorologist dave warren is here with an update. >> meteorologist: we're looking at information that is coming in. the satellite picture shows, the cluster of thunderstorms is not around the center of circulation there, but it's not intensifying much, but the winds are still 50 mph and moving north-northwest at 7 mph. this is the information that came in at 4:00, 290 miles south

of new orleans, and the track will move it up through louisiana and impacting the gulf coast here over the next 4 hours and then moving up through florida and pensacola saturday night into sunday. this is a big storm and we have more from this. a lot of information comes in from the national hurricane center. thank you for joining us. first i want to say it's a tropical storm not likely to intensintensify. should people let their guard down? >> no, that's a good point, you should not let your guard down because it's a tropical storm. it's still strong enough to move cars around, so you're not going to be want to be outside. it will break tree limbs, branch, and so forth. the biggest concern is the rainfall from this storm. here's the graphic that shows that. we're talking three to six inches in this area of red with maybe ten inches of rain.

that will spread northeast after this particular picture expires. we're also concerned about storm search, the rise of water along the coast blown assur ashore bye wind. we could see five feet of storm surge in louisiana, somewhat less on either side. >> meteorologist: there is emergency issued, what should people expect with the wind picking up. >> meteorologist: at this point the storm is moving quite slowly. in fact, we think it will slow down even more. there is not going to be a lot of impact over the next 12 to 24 hours. but late saturday into pond is when we expect the large mass of clouds to move up, and that's when we expect the rainfall. people will have time to prepare, gusting winds and rough weather after that.

>> meteorologist: we're talking about the furloughs here, the question is will planes fly but how much impact will the center have in getting the planes flying. >> meteorologist: we're able to bring folks back in full compliment as the storms appear. >> meteorologist: people will be paying attention here over the next few days over this storm. >> we appreciate it so much. michael eaves is here, and baseball playoffs. good stuff. >> reporter: big payback time for the pirates after the beat down they took last night. the aspect of baseball no matter how badly you get beat, it has no affect on the next game. the st. louis cardinals trounced them with a score of 9-1. this afternoon, game two,

payback and the pirates wasted into timno time jumping out wite lead. the pittsburgh offense was just getting started on the day. pirates would play two more runs in the fifth inning first coming from rbi double from marlin byrd and then russell martin, who has played in the playoffs with two different teams, the dodgers and the yankees. he has an rbi single there. then we go to the eighth inning, the pirates even the series with the 8-1 win. game three moves to pittsburgh sunday afternoon. the first time pirates have been in the playoffs since 1992. well, new york mets pitcher matt harvey has decided to forego a program to have tommy john

surgery. it will cause harr harvey to mie entire season. well, despite leaving the cincinnati reds the best stretch of success since the big red machine dynasty of the 1970s, dusty baker is out of a job. they fired him three days after the reds lost to the pirates. the game's sixth straight loss. baker guided the reds to three season after we taking the rebuilding team in 2008. but they never a made it past the first week of the playoffs during baker's tenure. >> i really don't, mark. he didn't have the ace all season. johnny quado was in and out, ryan ludwick, set up guys, and really no bench. i don't blame dusty at all.

they wanted him to resign and step down. he said no, i'm not doing that. they fired him. >> the dodgers clayton kershaw was off the charts. what is his future in los angeles? >> well, he's going to be there a long, long time. they have no interest in signing free agent robinson cano. they'll put all their money in clayton kershaw. expect a deal for $220 million making him the highest paid pitcher of all time. >> who wins the rays-red sox match up? >> the ray versus to be on fumes. and red sox well rested. i'll take the red sox. >> so who do you like as far as the tigers-a series is concer concerned? >> i like the tigers. the as are scary they play well together.

but when you have this combination, it's a tough combination to beat. and the lineup of cabrera, i like tigers. >> it seems we have this conversation every year, small market versus big market. in your mind was this season a victory for the small-market clubs? >> big time. we have the four smallest markets in the playoffs, you have teams like the yankees at 236, and dodgers at 234, it shows you, if you draft well and scout well, develop well, you could be in the playoffs. it's all about ingenuity. not how deep your pockets are. >> you felt that the dodgers will not go after robinson cano. cano only one of several situations involving the yankees. how do you see their offseason playing out? >> they want to get under that

$189 million salary luxury tax. they're hoping that alex rodriguez gets suspended so they can get that off the books and they have to resign robinson cano. he won't get the $300 million that he wants but i think he'll get close to $200 million and i'm not sure that anyone else will top that. >> and what is your sense of future of joe girardi. >> i think he stays. he stays with his family and takes a breather. i think he doesn't want to go to the cubs and be part that have rebuilding project. >> the red sox just win 12-2. we have another game coming up the tigers and the a's, baseball as you said, full swing. >> appreciate it. thank you. right now there is a tropical storm headed for the gulf coast and a tornado warning, maybe warnings.

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>> meteorologist: we're tracking this storm in the midwest and a wide range of weather in a short area. you don't normally see tornado and blizzard warnings 150 miles of each other, but that's what we have. we have severe weather breaking out and tornadoes and funnel clouds spotted and the potential for more severe storms. plus the blizzard coming down, wind and snow in south dakota and portions of nebraska here. this is all happening now with severe weather developing around

omaha, and big temperature difference. the storm will work its way from west to east, impacting chicago tomorrow with more storms. 79 degrees, and then it cools off to 64. cooler air comes in once these showers and storms move out. west coast fire weather there. problems with the wind and dry weather. the warning remains in california. the coast, the tropical storm overnight friday into saturday. it's just off the coast of louisiana. here we're dealing with wind ahead of the storm and it could cause storm surge problems with heavy rain. and then early saturday into sunday the storm is approaching mobile, alabama, and florida. so we're looking at the potential for flooding there. it will move up to the mid-atlantic coast, interact with that storm in the midwest and cause problems with flooding and the mid-atlantic. we have headlines coming up.