and you're taking a live look down bauer bon street. you can see hundreds of thousands of people still pouring into the french quarter. tourism is actually on the rise here in new orleans. last year they brought in $5 billion and they expect the first quart over this year to be one of their best ever. that's because they hosted the bcs championship. they're also going to be hosting the ncaa final four, and, of course, this mardi gras, where i am told most of the hotels are completely sold out. betty. >> that's a much needed boost to the economy. nice beads you've got there karen. have a great time. >>> straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather, and in sports linsanity meets reality as the nets school phenom knicks' jeremy lin. rbucks coffee. brian hayes. i'm a master roaster at starbucks coffee. sitting right here we have 40 years of roast experience. how can we use that and do more with it? new starbucks blonde roast was created to increase the offerings that we can give to our customers. [ anderson ] we decided that we would take o