dragoncon is in town and in our studio this morning. we'll have the organizer of the event as well as actress claire cramer and also a couple of characters, if you will, they'll be right here to help us understand that this cultural phenomenon is more than just adults playing dressup. thank you so much for spending some of your time here on this holiday weekend, i'm t.j. holmes. i want to say welcome to our men and women of the armed forces watching us right now on the american forces network. thank you for what you do. >>> lids start with this storm, tropical storm lee is causing all kinds of fits this weekend. a steady drenching along the gulf coast, causing flooding this morning. it's moving so slowly is the issue. it's moving north in louisiana and mississippi, the bands of heavy rain about just been sitting there for two days. the storm is moving only at around 2 miles per hour. literally, you could go outside and outrun this storm if you needed to. we've seen heavy rain, heavy waves along the mississippi coast, evacuations in coas

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