baja, california. but the west coast of the u.s. right now, it doesn't appear like it is but it is a powerhouse of a storm. right now it's the way we like it, not affecting anyone at this point. still very strong winds of 180 gusting to 220 miles per hour. we'll keep a sharp eye on it for you. one thing you're very watching closely is the storm system that's been popping up in parts of the northeast, a true noreaster. this area of pressure moving right off the new england coastline. with that expect coastal flooding and heavy rainfall. not only that, there is a chance to see snowfall, around pennsylvania, mountains of massachusetts, back in the berkshires, and heavy rainfall along the coast. something else to expect with the area of high pressure building up in parts of the central plains, that low moving off new england, a lot of cold air will be moving into the ohio valley and very warm air moving into parts of the desert southwest. if you want proof -- take a look. highs today going up to 53 for chicago, 48 in washington, d.c., 4

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hurricane watches out there for the southern part of baja, california. >> it was a 5? >> yeah, second most powerful hurricane on record, first one is linda. now it's down to 125. >> is there anything higher than a 5? >> no. it can keep going up. >> now it's down to a 3? >> now it's down to 3. >> thank you. >> two stores are offering you some cash. it's good news in a bad economy. it is also, apparently, good for the environment. >>> good morning. today, our military salute goes to sergeant steven doyan from his proud army wife. steve en deployed to iraq after being appeared. maybe you have somebody in the service. we are always honored to help you salute them. go to cnn.com/robin. >>> more details on our top story, the balloon boy incident that police are now calling a hoax. the sheriff in larimer county, colorado, says that richard heene staged the whole thing to try to get a reality tv show. correspondent richard lui, what is wrong with people? someone who worked with this guy is apparently collaborating that claim. i need to point out, that is the claim of authoriti

forecasters expect rick to lose steam and turn toward baja california and mainland mexico later this week. right now rick is the secondest strongest hurricane ever in the pacific. in 1997, winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit based in ft. drum, new york, was supposed to relieve another brigade in january, but officials say iraqi security sforss will be able to handle that patrol. one lingering challenge is to get iraq's political factions to compromise. >> reconciliation is a tough business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. they don't like each other. you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. and then you've got a bombing which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forces were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed, four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army conv

forecasters expect rick to lose steam and turn toward baja california and then toward mainland mexico later this week. now rick is the second strongest hurricane ever in the eastern north pacific. in 1997 winds from hurricane linda topped 185 miles per hour. >>> more than 3,000 u.s. troops scheduled to go to iraq are staying home. a unit faced in new york was supposed to relief another unit in january. military officials say iraqi forces will be able to handle the patrol. >> reconciliation is a tough business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. they don't like each other. you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. then you've got a bombing which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forcesor were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed, four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy. in ra mahdi, a suicide bomber blew up a key highway bridge. the u.s. military

hurricane watch has been issued for southern baja, california. forecasters predict it will keep losing strength as it gets closer to western mexico but still warn it could still be a dangerous storm. >>> afghanistan is facing a crisis that really could impact whether more u.s. troops get sent there. two officials told the associated fleas enough ballots were thrown out to trigger a runoff in afghanistan's august presidential election. they say they have seen the results of this ballot fraud investigation. the white house is also coming forward and they say they not decide on troops until that investigation actually gets worked out. >> the question does not come how many troops you send but do you haved credible afghan partner for this process that can providee will not commit to accepting the fraud report until it's made public, but his main challenger says karzai is influencing the process. karzai denies that claim. >>> so what do you -- what do americans really think about the recent events in afghanistan? some are calling it president obama's

mexico, baja, california. continuing to press to the north-northwest and ultimately bend back with the trough pushing it later. strike you right around southern parts of ba la by thursday as probably category 2. more on that in a half hour. >> so this thing was a category 5. as high as it gets? >> category 5, 150 or greater. doesn't get anything above a category 5. 180, where it was located. not gusts. sustained winds. unbelievable. >> bobby, thank you. >> good to see you. >>> time for us to pay bills. back after this. >>> almost 30,000 soldiers have fought their way into the heart of the taliban territory. that's from pakistan officials. the country has lost a massive offensive against militants near the afghanistan border. military reps say this is important because the area is a power base for insurgents. now, they've been blamed for deadly bombings over the last few weeks. >>> did you know pet turtles can carry dangerous salmonella? apparently plenty of parents didn't know. researchers say that small turtl

it will come into baja as a pretty good storm for the next couple of days. a mix of sunshine and clouds. a lot of our temperatures will stay stuck in the sixties for highs. down in the south, more likely to get into the low seventies. showers late in the day. the best chance will be after dark with this system coming in. here is the insta-weather futurecast, still a lot of clouds. the best range chance is overnight. during the afternoon on saturday, a quick shower or a rumble of thunder. finally done with the thing by sunday. at least a partial recovery on saturday to sunday looks better. we stay into the 70's going into next week could rain chances extend into saturday. they recharge on tuesday and wednesday. >> experts say that the first doses of the h1n1 swine flu vaccine will be available this tuesday. it will be in the form of a nasal spray and will likely go to health care workers who care for children and the elderly first. as supplies become available, they will be provided to pharmacies. the number of suspected cases of the h1n1 the virus continues

y condiciones bastantes secas, gran diferencia al centro del país, tenemos este centro de baja presióna costa oeste, hasta que los vientos están soplando a 8 millas por hora, y estamos con los vientos de santa ana. fuera de eso si lo que busca el calor, se está concentrando en dallas. es todo de mi parte, les informó jackie guerrido. >>> gracias. y los niños sienten horror al tener que ir al medico, pero en colombia se encontró a un pequeño cuyo sueño es vivir en el hospital. >>> carlos vélez se siente el niño más feliz del mundo, y todo porque vive en un cuarto de hospital, aquí se siente seguro y amado, algo que antes no había experimentado, y pasó la mitad de su vida en la calle, ya que huyó de su hogar donde era maltratado. >>> comence a meter marihuana... >>> y produjo en él efectos nocivos. >>> voy haciendo cosas malas. >>> en poco tiempo tocó fondo, y un día decidió buscar ayuda, como estaba cerca del hospital entró, y a partir de ese momento su vida dio un giro. >>> yo entre desesperado, y empecé a decir que era solo, y que mi mamá estaba muerta, y me recibieron, en los primero

forecasters expect rick to lose some steam and turn towards baja, california, and mainland mexico later this week. right now rick is the second strongest hurricane in the eastern north pacific in more than a decade. hurricane linda's top winds hit 185 miles an hour in 1997. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in iran today, including five senior commanders of the country's revolutionary guard. the ground forces was one of them. state-run media says a man wearing an exclusive belt blew himself up during a conference between shia and sunni groups in southeastern iran. no one has claimed responsibility, they are accusing a group of carrying out that attack. >>> fighting between rival drug gangs turned into a gun fight that lasted for hours in reo d s reodetia nero yesterday. the police who died were onboard this helicopter that caught fire when it was hit by gun fire. the chopper eventually crashed into a soccer field. rio was selected as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. >>> the parents of the so-called balloon boy could be going to jail, but what charges they're like

and what we anticipate with that storm is it's getting much closer to baja in the coming days. as we get into thursday, it should make landfall somewhere around baja of california with winds around 90 miles per hour. still in mexico. not expected to affect the u.s. for the time being. that is some good news. in the u.s., we're expecting rainfall in parts of pennsylvania, even portions of new york. in the valleys, mostly it's going to be rainfall. nice and cool for you across parts of southeast. high pressure building in across much of the nation's midsections. look for rain north of san francisco up to seattle. in terms of your temperatures today, take a look at this. as we take a look at parts of the northeast, especially into boston, new york, highs going into the 40s, 44 in washington, 74 # in tampa, 85 in miami, 90 for las vegas, 101 for phoenix. temperatures in the 40s, also look for the possibility of seeing some heavy rainfall at times, and of course the snowfall you mentioned back in parts of the highest elevations of the northeast. that is a look at your forecast. i'm

still a major hurricane category 3 but it looks like it will approach baja peninsula some time early thursday, possibly category 2. rains itself out over the weekend in northern mexico. i don't think the u.s. will get much out of this but we are going to watch it over the next couple of days. the areas of west coast, areas of low pressure over the rocky mountains. another one god. another one towards idaho falls. another low off the coast of california. look at the light rain now, it's in idaho towards montana, stretching down in towards the great salt lake area. salt lake city, showers here but it's california with delays at sfo, they will be the worse weather in the country. we will talk about that in a bit. even though i say the worse, not that bad. the cold records in the east, record lows in tampa, 48 the low. how about that? >> tampa. >> 48. >> florida had some weather over the weekend you were telling me. >> earlier. but now things have gone down to fall and winter-slyke. >> so hurricane season -- >> ends november 30th. >> still have time to watch that. thanks, bob. >>> madonn

what we anticipate with the storm is it's going to get closer to this the baja. should make landfall with winds around 90 miles per hour. some good news. for the rest of the nation a chance of snowfall across pennsylvania and portions of new york. could see anywhere from two to four inches of snow in the highest elevation. that will give you dry and warm conditions. rain from north of san francisco up to seattle. now in terms of your temperatures today. take a look at this. as we take a look at parts of the northeast, especially to boston and fooi 44 in washington. 52 in washington. 99 for vegas. 101 in phoenix. the temperatures in new england, also look out for the possibility of seeing heavy rainfall at times. of course, the snowfall we pensioned back in part to the highest elevations of the northeast. that's a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf. >>> pakistan's army has begun an offensive. nearly 30,000 troops have entered the tribal region of waziristan. the offensive comes on the heels for a recent wave of violence in pakistan. including a suicide bombi

during a job at a resort in thailand, rishi baja jumped directly into the water at the jungle bungee that down. he suffered from a ruptured spleen, torn liver, collapsed lung. despite spending a month in the hospital, he plans to go skydiving once he fully recovers. but i bet he'll check out the company. >> jungle bungee center, some place i'll never go. >> you'll go, but not use that company. all right. >>> up next, do we need a second stimulus to stop rising unemployment? the white house says no. but how exactly do they plan to help put americans back to work? >> and then what you need to know regarding the new swine flu vaccine that's being distributed this week. this is "the big picture" on msnbc. this is onstar reporting a stolen blue chevy tahoe, south on i-75, near exit 5. we're on it. onstar, we may have that tahoe. ok, i'll flash the lights. we got it. it's in the clear. i'm sending a signal to cut the power. we got him. mr. ross, the police have recovered your tahoe. [screeching] [dejectedly] oh. [screeching] [barks] (man) if you think about it, this is what makes the ladde

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rick is being blamed for two deaths at a baja resort. >>> investigators in colorado say it may be days before they can can figure out what it was that caused that fire at the historic park theater mall. remember this from yesterday? the fire broke out around 6:00 a.m. local time yesterday. two i-reporters were there within minutes and captured these volunteer firefighters as they were battling the crazy flames. huge flames bellowing from the building. >> right now, we're following all these firefighters that are just pouring tons of water. the denver media's all here. it's a sad day in estes park because so many business owners lost their businesses here. >> she says some store owners were in tears watching their family businesses just go up in flames. she says they are a close-knit community and that they will survive this. firefighters fought the fire for hours. authorities say it burned so intensely, that tests will need to be figured out where and how it got started. anytime you have pictures or great video of breaking news or just cool stories in your part of the world, go to irep