if it does get past hispaniola, until it does that, all bets are off as far as how it affects the u.s we'll watch it closely. >> i'm going on vacation. >> you want a personal forecast. >> no, i just last saw it. the last position you showed for emily smack dab. >> but you probably got a good deal. >> i'll have to talk to the hotel about that. thanks very much. coming up, we'll talk with representative chris van holland and get his take on the debt deal that's been struck and he votes for it, but how happy is he about the deal. we'll talk about that and more coming up. never missed opening . but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis,

just to briefly touch on emily died for now as it tries to make it over hispaniola.n the southern bahamas. if not, we'll watch it. >> you said that was going to happen. you said it was possible. >> all bets were off until this thing got over hispaniola. now the betting tables are closed. >> i was preoccupied with the stock market thing. i spoke to my wife late. she was in miami. i said check on the storm thing. she said the storm broke up. i said, no it doesn't. she said maybe you should tune in to cnn. >> one more lesson to always listen to your wife. >> yeah. >>> the heat story, an interesting wrinkle in this, not only in texas but across the country. prescription drugs, a lot of them are being shipped -- buying them because it's cheaper. insurance companies are doing it as well. if it gets above 84, 8 5 degrees in shipping, it will do chemical things to the drugs to make them ineffective or decrease side effects. if you can, go to the pharmacy, pick up your drugs or have them shipped to work. the heat is not so good. >> they say keep it in the temperature range. g

it's been dousing hispaniola with heavy rains for 10 to 12 hours.tainous areas they've probably already received eight or nine inches. it could be a dangerous situation for the folks in the bahamas and potentially florida. let's get to the forecast track now. as of 5:00 this morning, freshly updated. our models are all over the place once this thing gets over hispaniola. florida still in play, the southeast coast of the carolinas still in play as well. we'll give you another update at 11:00 when the new models come out. folks in the east coast of florida, it's still a distinct possibility this comes your way. it's a definite that the heat will continue across the southern plains. we saw a slew of all-time record-breaking high temperatures of over 110, not including the heat index yesterday. not including the heat and humidity. we're looking at a whole bunch of states that are under the gun, thunderstorms across the south today will cause travel delays. nothing like a mariachi band serenading -- >> a while? >> a beluga whale. >> they're cute little g

because this is really barely moving and that is going to mean heavier rain over the island of hispaniolaoing to see flooding and mudslides. the impact to the eastern coast of the united states harder to determine. since it has been so weak, it's sort of drifting off toward the west and if it stays that way, it will move over more land and that would weaken the storm more. however, we do expect that it will strengthen and just brush by cuba up toward the bahamas, maybe brush the coast of the united states and florida as we get into the weekend, and then move out to sea. this on a day when noaa has upped its forecast for tropical storms. now they say 14 to 19 of those could occur the rest of the season. the average would be 15. contes contessa? >> nick, thank you. >>> all across the country, cities are scrambling to balance their budgets as they deal with the aftermath of the recession. in central falls, rhode island, it's too late. the one square mile town is buried in debt and has filed for bankruptcy protection, hanging in the balance, city services, taxes and pension and benefits for c

a lot of flooding in frederika low and we have not gone too much confirmation on the island of hispaniola. some of the worst wind conditions and damages like this occurring in the bahamas. certainly, it is causing a lot of havoc across the stretch. >> thank you so much. moving to other news, there has been clashes between police and demonstrators in the chilean capital. the confrontation began after protesters took to the streets to support a general strike demanding political reform. they have said the strike has cost chile $400 million in lost production. and powerful quake has hit a jungle area of peru. this struck 80 kilometers north of -- near the brazilian border. indeed political parties have had a meeting to discuss the draft anti-corruption legislation that has been introduced by anna hazare. tens of thousands of his supporters have rallied in delhi. the anna hazare brand is a valuable commodity. >> there is lots of activity here. anna hazare is the anti- corruption campaigner who had seen a hunger strike for more than a week. tell me what you are selling. >> this is a cap. >> th

. >> south of hispaniola and do you know any emilies that are big and nasty storms.i guess we could find one, going that way. >> it is such a sweet, sweet name, how can this storm become a hurricane with a name like emily. we have to monitor the system and now we're dealing with a tropical storm, force winds 50 miles per hour and it is south of the island of hispaniola. there is haiti and the dominican republic and because the center of the storm is moving across land it does not have that fuel source, the source being the warm caribbean waters and we'll see the storm be torn apart a little bit, also, mountainous regions across hispaniola, up to 10,000 feet in terms of mountains, so, again, the storm could be disrupted and it actually could die as it makes the traverse over hispaniola in towards the bahamas, however we have to take into account we could have a center of circulation and the waters are warm across the bahamas and there's the track and 11:00, we get a new track and new advisory and new models to show us where we think the storm is going, but now, there

right now, though, of course the relly heavy stormy weather is impacting hispaniola. looking into enter turks and caicos over the next couple days. things are going to be really stormy here. you can see the core of heavy rain moving right through these islands. so you can expect quite a bit of rainfall here. and of course along with that, we will be talking about the strong winds as well as, of course, storm surges too. so flooding of areas, mudslides, landslides also possible. keep an eye on that. now, for north america we have this well developed low heading out of eastern canada tonight. behind it showers will linger on the gulf coast states and looking to spread along the mississippi valley. out west looking largely dry as showers across the pacific northwest are starting to taper off. here's a look at highs. still hot for the mid-section of the united states. 37 in denver. 39 in oklahoma city and houston too will be steamy at 38. as for europe, activity starting to ease off across the northern tier here at least the scandinavia peninsula. still looking to ease gr

there will be plenty of rain with this system already impacting areas like hispaniola, puerto rico. the bulk of the rain will now aim for turks and caicos as well as the bahamas. wet picture, indeed. ahead of that, gulf coast has been dealing with showery conditions. another low is going to develop across central canada. also looking unsettled across the midwest too. could see severe weather pop up here. watch out for that. wednesday's highs looking at 40 degrees in oklahoma city. and houston coming in at 38. finally a look at europe here. scattered showers will start moving through the british isles today. that's be persisting as the low continues to spin off in the atlantic. and we've got this low moving in to the north sea. it'll bring in thundershowers and gusty stormy weather all along central and western sections of europe. and that will head up towards the scandinavian peninsula as well. as for temperatures, hotter for berlin. 30 degrees. another hot day in vienna as well and budapest up to 36 degrees. lots of heat here. take precautions as necessary. that's a look at your we

it's headed towards hispaniola. how much land will it see and that could mean very heavy rain for them. it will probably be a weaker circulation that could even kill the system. if it does manage to emerge from hispaniola and come up towards the bahamas, it will have an opportunity to become stronger, may become a stronger tropical storm and possibly even a hurricane and certainly could threaten the southeast part of the u.s. so a lot to figure out here, tamron, over the next few days as we continue to watch that system. back to you. >> thank you, carl, very much. >> you bet. >> coming up -- >> the last thing we want to do is put casy in harm's way. >> casey anthony's lawyer warns she will be in danger if she returns to florida on a judge's order. plus, new details about where casey was recently spotted, and the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak is on hold after his stunning appearance in court today. >>> plus, it may be the largest child support payment ever requested in a new york court. wait until

good bt still a soaker to those producing plenty more rain, 300 millimeters possible for hispanio hispaniola. the threat of flooding landslides will remain high. for the united states, we'll see cplfhe frontal boundaries extending across the area. scattered showers all along it. a couple of places maybe lki ateve atr threat in the midsection of the united states but other areas too will see possibly some heavier downpours as well as thundershowers. highsemn pretty hot in the southeast, 44 in oklahoma city and 40 degrees in houston too. atlanta see mpatesis i the mid-30s. and finally a look at europe and scattered showers and thunderstorms will be widespread across a lot ofonneal europe today. also looking at showers that have been impact the british isles into the peninsula. along the alpine region and these mountain areas will be particularly vulnerable to the heavyowou awe a potentially stronger thundershowers. we want to watch out for that. highs on friday, 24 in paris and 25 in london, not too bad. 25lsin vienna. still hot in athens coming in at 35 degrees. that's a look at your weather

right now, though, of course the relly heavy stormy weather is impacting hispaniola. looking into enter turks and caicos over the next couple days. things are going to be really stormy here. you can see the core of heavy rain moving right through these islands. so you can expect quite a bit of rainfall here. and of course along with that, we will be talking about the strong winds as well as, of course, storm surges too. so flooding of areas, mudslides, landslides also possible. keepn eye on that. now, for north america we have this well developed low heading out of eastern canada tonight. behind it showers will linger on the gulf coast states and looking to spread along the mississippi valley. out west looking largely dry as showers across the pacific northwest are starting to taper off. here's a look at highs. still hot for the mid-section of the united states. 37 in denver. 39 in oklahoma city and houston too will be steamy at 38. as for europe, activity starting to ease off across the northern tier here at least the scandinavia peninsula. still looking to ease grad

and even areas like hispaniola and puerto rico looking at showers. rainfall totals will really be adding up. watch out for continued high risk of flooding as well as landslides. in the next 72 hours, you can see the heavy rain moving into the mid-atlantic region of the united states too. so you will also want to start taking precautions now while you can. and finally, a look at europe. a big system sliding in towards the british isles showing good rotation here. showers are going to be just moving throughout the area over the course of tonight. showers will also start impa impacting western europe as well. and then for central areas and in towards the scandinavian peninsula, gusty weather moving through the area today. on thursday, highs will remain at 19 degrees in stockholm. looking much cooler. 28 in berlin, but very hot for vienna at 34 again. and steaming hot in budapest as well, so do take precautions against the heat. that's the look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. >>> our lead stories this hour, libya's transition

get over hispaniola and that may tear it apart, at least limit its development because of the mountains there, and get somewhere into the southern bahamas, florida is in the realm of possibilities, as is the carolinas and georgia as we get towards the weekend. so this is going to be of great concern. if it develops stronger into a category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane wouldn't be good, but a weak tropical system we'll take that. here's your heed advisories all over. 109 in dallas, 111 in oklahoma city, cooler tomorrow, no. cooler on thursday u.s.? >> -- no. the heat continues. this system doesn't look like it has much of a chance of getting to texas. they have to get their cool rain from another source. right now looks hot and dry. back up to you. >> i don't really think that's possible but maybe they'll think of something. >> that purple on that map just confounds me. the heat in the shade in oklahoma city and dallas, places like that, wow. >> quite a stretch. >> we'll check on the weather later on with you, rob. thank you so much. >>> this might just be the worst humanitarian crisis on the pla

we have not gotten a lot of confirmation from the island of hispaniola.e of the worst wind damage is likely occurring in the bahamas. we will have to see what happens in the united states. irene is causing a lot of havoc along its track. >> russia's space program to combat it on wednesday. an unmanned space ship exploded five minutes after liftoff. >> the progress spacecraft lifted up smoothly enough. but as the rocket disappeared from view, the propulsion system stalled and fell back to work. the cargo ship was carrying several tons of supplies to the international space station. but there will not be any immediate problems for the astronauts on board. >> we are in a good position logistically to withstand this loss of supplies that were going to come to iss. we can do several months without a resupply vehicle if that becomes necessary. >> the unmanned rocket used is similar to the one here, which flies astronauts into space. until investigators find out what went wrong, there will be no more launches. the crews can give back to work on capsules already

hates to go over the island of hispaniola which has many mountains and that may knock it down a touch. this is our forecast computer model which shows the track going toward the dominican republic and eventually toward the southern bahamas and likely toward the state of florida, at least the east coast. the models this morning have nudged a little bit farther to the east, so not guaranteed to make landfall in miami, that's for sure. so just prepare right now mentally and then we'll update this forecast going forward, but certainly the southern tip of florida all the way up to the carolina coast and even the northeast will have to watch this one very, very carefully and be prepared to act. heat indiceses, up and over 105 again and skpangd the heat across the central plain. our streak continues in dallas, texas, oklahoma city, little rock, hazy, hot, and humid, a little bit of relief across the northeast with the cool front coming through yesterday, but i use the term lightly. i will be # 2 degrees in new york city and 96. chaurk detroit, you'll probably see delays later on today. minne

the center of the storm is now just off to the north and to the east of hispaniola.ig question in the next 24 hours is how much interaction do we see here. certainly the inflow of the storm is being disrupted by the very tall mountains on hispaniola and that's really going to have a lot to do with how strong the storm will become ultimately. it may suffer a little bit in this next 24 hours, and if that happens it could also move a little farther west. if it is a stronger storm, it tends to respond more to the upper-level flow and that would drive it more toward the northwest. but beyond that time it is most likely going to be in this very warm water here without much land interaction at all. a very favorable upper-level environment. so it's entirely conceivable that we're talking about a major hurricane getting up toward the coast of florida or perhaps toward the coast of the carolinas. now, the models have been trending more to the right. that's been going on for a while now, but if you're watching that and you're thinking, well, gosh, it looks like we're in good sh

and now approaching hispaniola, likely making landfall here later wednesday, then for the southeast bahamas by thursday. already warnings have been issued. winds, rain, and high waves are elements to be on the watch for. over the next few days, and then we could see the storm system continue to head up towards the east coast of the united states. so this is a storm system we want to keep a close eye on as we head even into next week. as i said, plenty of showers. we're going to talk about 150 to 250 millimeters possible with this storm system. flooding, landslides big concerns across these islands. now towards europe. a lot of activity starting to gather towards the west. we've got this low that's going to be moving through france tonight. that will mean drier conditions for the iberian peninsula. and showers for the west of europe as well as spreading into central sections. along the alpine region, threat of thundershowers with the daytime heat. and the british isles too, another round of showers will be heading in wednesday. so it will look a lot wetter, coming in from the west. as for th

now just the heat wave is left because the mountains of hispaniola tore emily apart. there's really nothing left of it. there's some showers and thunderstorms over cuba. but we're no longer dealing with emily. and in south florida it's not going to be a concern for you. yesterday, another boiler in the middle of country in the furnace. 108 in oklahoma city. record highs in many areas. we hit 100 in savannah. it wasn't like the southeast was much cooler. we had a nice day from d.c. up through new york city and boston, only 76. cooler air has arrived for the northern half of the country. we're not getting there yet in the deep plains, especially around dallas. even this hour we're still at 89 degrees. new orleans, a little steamy lately. heat warnings continue, a, because it's still humid especially in mississippi, southern alabama, louisiana, and it's extreme heat in oklahoma and north texas why we have the excessive heat rarng. this isn't going to end any time soon, unfortunately. we have cooled off around kansas city. we have thunderstorms rolling your way, omaha, if

there will be plenty of rain with this system already impacting areas like the hispaniola, puerto rico. the bulk of the heavy rain will be aiming for turks and caicos and the bahamas. a very wet picture indeed. ahead of that gulf coast space here deal with showery conditions. looks like that's going to be continuing. another low is going to really develop across central canada and then we're bringing showers into the east. also looking unsettled across the midwest, too. we could see some severe weather pop up here so you do want to watch out for that. wednesday's high, 40 degrees in oklahoma city. it's going to be hot again in houston as well coming in at 38. and finally a look at europe here. scattered showers will start moving through the british aisles today. that will be persisting over the next few days as the low continues to spin off in the atlantic. also, we've got this separate low moving into north sea that's going to show signs of developing. it will bring in thunderstorms and gusty, stormy weather all along central and western sections of europe. and then it's going to star

that's the tropical storm brewing right now underneath the island of hispaniola. we are going to have janice dean in the fox weather center telling us what the prospects are for that thing hitting florida, and apparently they are pretty good. that's it from acquisitions. jenna: thank you so much, jon. months of frustrating back and forth fighting finally produced an $1th hour debt deal, but the fight is far from over, with federal funding running out at the end of september, a big battle is brewing over the federal budget. that's just one of the items. mike emanuel is live from our washington bureau with more. mike, what are some of the key issues after congress returns from its brief recess here in august? >> reporter: one thing we'll be looking for in the coming days is the key four congressional leaders to pick three members each for the super committee that is going to have to find $1.5 trillion in savings, part of the deal the president signed yesterday by thanksgiving. if they don't find that savings then they are talking about serious cuts across the board.

take a look what we'll see in terms of heavy rainfall across hispaniola.e the bulk of the rainfall across the dominican republic, which is good news for earthquake ravaged haiti. they don't need to see flash flooding and potential for landslides and mudslides. up to 20 inches of rainfall which could be devastating for the folks in the dominican republic lick and part of puerto rico as well and moving towards the bahamas. once the center of circulation makes its way across his pan lola we'll get a handle what the storm will do. here are the latest computer models. we're coming to some kind of consensus across the bahamas. maybe south florida. and then hugging the coastline across the southeast up towards the mid-atlantic. until this center of circulation makes its way across hispaniola i'm not really confident in the forecast models. here's the latest track from the national hurricane center. still a tropical storm making its way across and then eventually becoming a hurricane as it moves eastward of the mid-atlantic states. but again, shannon, i think the

this storm will be interesting because it has to go first through the mountainous terrain of hispaniola. there's tall mountains here. there's a chance that emily won't survive that. if it does survive, then it will have a chances to regenerate. the hurricane center right now thinks that they're going half and half, they think it could dissipate, it may survivsurvive. it will be close to florida or the bahamas. and then the cone of uncertainty through georgia and south carolina. so areas in the northeast need to pay close attention. the key time period will be in two days from now if it survives going over haiti. if it doesn't, we're all fine. if it does survive, we could have serious problems. here's what our computers are saying. most of them rnking it will come up similar to the hurricane threat and track the southeast coastline. so we'll wait and see. as far as the heat goes, it was 110 in it tulsa yesterday. 107 in dallas. the heat is just incredible. it's 87 that the hour in dallas this morning. and as far as the heat warnings go, they're widespread from southern iowa right through

this is the forecast it will skim puerto rico, bring heavy rain there, get over hispaniola, pretty mountainous there, may knock down the intensity a little bit. here's the forecast track for the national hurricane center. brings it to the southern bahamas friday as a weak tropical storm and somewhere into southern florida or the carolina or georgia coastline over the weekend. some uncertainty as we get towards days four and five as always. be aware of that. if we can bring it onshore anywhere in florida or the carolinas or southeast as a weak tropical storm, we'll take it. we need the rain. it's always like playing with fire. speaking of fire, it's hot as fire across parts of the southern plains. as mentioned, record heat expected again today. temperatures will be 110, 112, 111 in oklahoma city and dallas. so this just wants to keep on keeping on. severe thunderstorms today also across parts of western great lakes and wisconsin. had some severe thunderstorms last night and new york city, don't have to tell you guys that. some hail and wind across parts of long island. it will be more calm. gol

we do expect heavier rains from san juan up through parts of hispaniola, but that's land tends to teartorms apart because of mountains. tropical storm getting over hispaniolale hispaniolale. friday and saturday morning, notice the column does include the entire peninsula of florida, also includes georgia and the carolinas. this is where things get very uncertain. days four and five. so just bear with us as we update that forecast tomorrow. but certainly in florida, you'll want to at least mentally prepare if not physically start to prepare for some things. the other thing i'll mention is the record breaking heat. temperatures that would be not only up over 100, but in places like oklahoma city, 110, could be 112 in wichita, 110 in dallas which has already seen 32 days in a row of over 100 degree heat. sweltering stuff. >> thanks, rob. >>> okay. it's 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. there is a lunchtime vote as washington races the default deadline. in great britain, police arrest a 71-year-old man in connection to the phone hacking scandal. sky news reporting that he's

let it bring it over the island of hispaniola. as we get closer to weekend, that mean south florida, georgia, and the carolina are in play with this. the latest computer models shifting a little bit to the right. still too far to nail it down. floridians mentally if not physically start preparing. heat indices, 105 to 115. there you go. heat warnings have expanded north and easement. my goodness it never end. oklahoma city, the record's 110. we're going for 111. dla, 110 is the forecast. 110 is -- 110 is the forecast as measured in the shade. thunderstorm expected in chicago and detroit. the heat's going to continue to build and we'll probable see some record high. the past couple of week, i'm sorry to say, ali, for those area in the central and southern plains it's been a warm-up quite literally and we're really getting steamy now. >> thanks, rob. >> one other thing. i forgot this. check this out. this burmese python in south florida, 11-footer, was stuck underneath the trailer, and they could see the tail wiggling. so what would

flooding could be a big problem on hispaniola where hundreds of thousands of haitians have been withoutstill poses a threat to the carolina outer banks. >> getting to the heart of storm season, here we go. >> yes, we are. >>> take a look at your wednesday weather now. another soaker in the desert southwest with flooding from albuquerque to salt lake city. showers and thunderstorms from louisville to pittsburgh. popup afternoon showers down in florida. more blistering heat from texas to georgia. >> indeed. 108 in dallas. 99 in atlanta. a mild 76 in boston. 86 here in new york. 80s across the midwest. a red-hot 111 in phoenix. sacramento 87. seattle 77. >>> well, there is a new attraction over at the indianapolis zoo. she is the new girl in town. an elephant calf born two weeks ago today. >> look at her, isn't she adorable. already she's 34 inches tall and is tipping the scales at 254 pounds. she's going to be a big girl, that one. >> indeed. zookeepers are easing her into the spotlight. for now she'll only be on public view for just about two hours a day. >> apparently she was born via a

what it does after, that we think it's going to move generally west toward hispaniola and potentiallycould be a threat to the eastern plains united states. we'll keep you posted on muifa in future days. guys? >> okay, ivan. thanks very much for that. >>> the new imf chief has chilling words if the united states. she says the world's confidence could be slightly eroding. then we'll speak life with analyst luis cooper. >>> from cns hodson. >>> and i'm andrew stevens. by victoria harbor here in hong kong. welcome back. you're watching "world business today." >>> the hard bargaining is now over, but now it's all about getting votes. even as u.s. president barack obama was announcing, he was -- sorry -- announcing, he and congressional leaders had reached a deal to reach the nation's borrowing limit and slash spending, house speaker john boehner was trying to convince house members to actually support it. now both houses of congress are expected to vote on it on monday. there's a live picture of capitol hill. the bipartisan committee will also be required to come up with another $1.5 trill

hispaniola will be dealing with heavy rain. the winds at 83 kilometers. you notice for yourself, it will be moving to the west, northwesterly direction eventually. as we go through today, it will be passing over very likely part of the western peninsula of haiti. then heading toward cuba later this evening and skirting up towards the northeast. again, we'll be tracking that. right now here's the area we're dealing with the tropical storm warning in place for the island hiss pan yoel la as well as in parts of bahamas. i want to show you video coming out of haiti right now. it's detailing kind of showing you the preparations under way across the island, of course, more than 600,000 people now still living in tents. you see a hilly area. when you deal with all this rain coming down, we'll be dealing with the potential for mudslides because when you get these storms popping up, in this mountainous region, it enhances the rainfall. that's why it's a dangerous situation for haiti again. we're expecting anywhere between 25 and 30 centimeters of rainfall. as i sh

we said would have trouble getting over the mountains of hispaniola. completely yesterday. that's good news for haiti. they got about 5 or 6 inches as opposed to seeing 15 or 20. this may re-emerge, it has a chance of developing back into a tropical storm. its name would still be emily. we'll keep track of that. showers and cooler weather not bad across the northeast and heavy thunderstorms expected across parts of this stationary boundary where you'll see travel delays including atlanta potentially tomorrow and on sunday. real cool picture of this, never get tired of lightning out of phoenix, a still shot, just one, but there is some beauty in mother nature even in the most ferocious storms. gorgeous stuff there. toss it back to you. >> that's a little deep for this morning, isn't it? >> it's friday. just pushing through it, guys. >> we are. thank you, rob. >>> okay. this is deep, how is this, life on mars. it might not be so far fetched. the new photos of the red planet creating an awful lot of excitement at nasa. that's because the channels in those

emily has fallen apart across hispaniola but we could regenerate. look at the scenes in puerto rico as emily dumped a significant amount of rain there. and it may not be done. if you are watching us from the united states, from the state of florida, we could be dealing with a re-emergence of this tropical storm over the next few days. computer forecasts are indicating that. we will watch it closely for the bahamas and also for the potential threat of impacting with florida in the next three, five days. >> many thanks for that, ivan. >>> andrew, stormy s yy skies o markets as well. >> you could say that. still ahead, more on the uncertainty which is rattling investors across the world this hour. stay with us. >>> welcome back. you are watching "world business today." >> let's see what's going on in europe. 19 minutes into the trading session, here's where we stand at the moment. significant losses across the board. some of these markets opening down in excess of 3%. so far i can tell you we have our eighth day of losses for world markets. world marke

probably just skirting the northern coast of the island of hispaniola. this is critical. if the center stays out over open water, we're going to have a stronger hurricane on our hands than if it went directly over land. but we'll continue to see it strengthening all the way up into the bahamas near florida by the latter part of the week. by then we may have a major hurricane on our hands. 115 miles per hour hurricane, a category three. so florida not off the hook yet. georgia, the carolina shores all these areas need to make sure you have your plans in place for where you would go if you need to evacuate. have that emergency kit on hand and know how to protect your property. all these areas could be impacted by a major hurricane by the time we get to the weekend. >> nick, thank you for the warning. >>> here we go, while texas governor rick perry has shaken up the gop field this past week, now it's jon huntsman who's picking a fight. is huntsman using perry to get attention for his campaign? >>> the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn could be dropped as ear

how much does it interact with land, hispaniola and puerto rico.y be a threat to florida or the southeast u.s. a lot to watch there, jeff, in the coming days. >>> we are just getting reaction from mitt romney on the debt-ceiling deal. he says he will not support this deal. he questions president obama's leadership and insists his plan, as president, would have, quote, produced a budget that was cut, capped and balanced, not one that opens the door to higher taxes and puts defense cuts on the table. he says, he appreciate the extraordinary difficult situation president obama's lack of leadership has placed republican members of congress in. he personally cannot support this deal. >>> want to go back to capitol hill now. we are expecting a vote today on that deal to raise the debt ceiling. joined now by congressman, rob andrews, a democrat from nounlg. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for inviting me. >> are you happy with this deal? >> i am not happy with this deal but i'm going to vote for it. unlike mitt romney, i won't cha

it will tangle with hispaniola which could mean very serious flooding. know what will emerge getting into friday. it will have an opportunity once again to restrengthen as it gets very close to florida and the southeast coast. we may be dealing with a strong tropical storm or hurricane, contessa, by the early part of next week. back to you. >> all right. here's a look at some of the other stories people are talking about right now. a new report report the navy seals never intended to take him alive. a special operations officer with knowledge of the raid said an unarmed bin laden was shot once in the chest and a second time in the head. the report counters the claims by theous wo us that bin laden would not have been shot had he immediately surrendered. >>> syrian security forces are tightening their siege taking up new positions near homes, sending the people who live there fleeing for their lives. the move comes from one of the government's bloodiest crackdowns. they are reportedly killing 100 people over the last two days. the latest bloodshed brought

still getting rain across hispaniola and 5 to 600 miles to the north of it. a large storm affecting a lot of people. we talk about models if they diverge or in agreement. very good agreement on these models. we feel confident that potentially north carolina getting a brush with it. all of the models still holding true that we get some impact or deck hit across new england, maybe -- direct hit across new england, maybe long island. much towards new york city, concerning for a lot of people. reliable model, by saturday around 2:00 in the afternoon, a storm around cape hatteras. potentially outer banks getting a direct hit. that could change what the outer banks look like permanently. we are talking about a serious likely category 3 storm. sunday morning, a storm here on long island, very heavy rainfall, possibly in excess of 10 to 12 inches of rain. we had 10 inches of rain around new york city around two weeks ago. we are going to be talking about maybe that much again, big time flooding. category 3 storm saturday afternoon around the outer banks of . category

the immediate threat throughout this early tuesday will be over the northern coast of hispaniola withening mudslides. conditions will then continue to deteriorate over the turks and caicos later today. and this system could potentially turn into a major hurricane once it crosses the central bahamas wednesday or thursday. we are talking category 3 or higher. rob and tanya. >> thanks so much, jeannet. irene is already causing a number of flight cancellations here in the u.s. the storm is of course days away but is affecting flights to and from puerto rico, the dominican republic, the virgin islands and other islands that have already been battered by irene. the storm is also delivering a blow to those who depend on the water for their livelihood. shrimpers are now scrambling to drag in as much as they can before they're forced to tie down their boats. some of them say they can't even afford to stay out of work even for two days. >> no doubt this is going to have a big impact all along the coast. >> ripple effect all the way around. >>> in other weather news here is your tuesday forecast

we think that will continue the next couple of days, and passing just to the north of hispaniola, nowg into the turks and caicos island. tough afternoon and evening for those folks and beyond that, storm comes up through the bahamas likely as a major hurricane. in fact, rapid intensification is possible and may actually be a category 4. this will probably are devastating for the bahamas over the next couple of days as it lifts towards the north and west. we believe it will pass to the east of florida. so we're not looking for a direct impact there. more indirect impact. certainly very high surf and gusting winds. beyond that, the center of storm coming up towards north carolina this weekend. could be a major hurricane if that happens. beyond that potentially could take aim on the m-- looking for extreme, high threat level into the carolinas and now extended our high threat level into much of the northeast in this area. you've got saturated ground. if we get very heavy rain that could lead to catastrophic flooding in parts of pennsylvania, new york, new jersey in particular. if the sto

and then moving through hispaniola and we'll have to watch what happens after that.to become the first hurricane of the season. what about the u.s.? the margin of error here i want to tell you is as much as 200 miles. so it's too early to tell what kind of an impact it's going to have on the u.s. we could see still an atlantic coast, we could see a gulf of mexico storm. but everybody who lives in the southeast u.s. needs to pay close attention to irene. next weekend, don, you and i might be talking about the storm that hit parts of the southeast late next week. we're talking thursday-friday maybe. >> i was looking at the monitor as you drew that. and i had to say new orleans -- we don't know? i'm sure they paying close watch. we don't know where it's going to go. >> the models are showing quite uniform consensus. this would more than likely not go that way, but it's too early to say for sure. >> i always say, of course, that's the first thing that comes to us when we think of the gulf coast because of katrina. thank you. >> sure. >> appreciate it. >>> just ahead here

some of that rain starting to come ashore across hispaniola, and we could see some big-time rain totals as this slowly works west and then begins to take a turn north over time. some of the reasons it's not really intensifying -- see that slice of orange? that's dry air in the atmosphere. storms don't like to see that. also notice some of the clouds moving up from the south here. they're moving off to the east. steering currents aren't right. so the bottom line, it's really not going to strengthen into a major storm, but it will create up to 20 inches of rainfall across the higher terrain of his panela. that's where we have tropical storm warnings. also the southeastern bahamas, tropical storm watches here for the northwestern bahamas and eastern cuba is in that warning, too. so, if you're on vacation in the bahamas, this is certainly going to be a rain maker. and here is the forecast trek. slowly should start to churn off toward the north and west, weakening a little bit. might see some minor strengthening. it does appear they'll get picked up and moved out into the ocean as we get int

the hurricane center shows it moving past hispaniola.e it could stay away from the united states but in the middle you see the possibility of it making landfall into florida as we fast forward from thursday. you can extrapolate that on. that gives us an idea of how strong it's going to be and where it's headed. >>> scattered thunderstorms and showers possible across the southeast. northeast, morning showers that. will move out. drier air will move in. already felt through parts of the great lakes. sunny in the northern plains and central northern rockies. central plains, chance of thunderstorms and hazy, hot and humid conditions continue for texas. take a look at this. we've gone over 50 days with triple-digit heat in dallas. today, no exception. up to 104 degrees. 100 in el paso, 91 in tampa, 86 in washington. 82 in portland, cool in san francisco with 69 and 72 in los angeles. you're up to speed. let's pitch it back to you, in new york. >> thanks so much, reynolds wolf. >>> fast-moving events in libya could affect gas and oil prices an

the first recorded hurricane in the new world was detected by christopher columbus on the island hispaniolathought to be inspired by the temperature pest of 1609 which drove a ship filled with colonists bound for the new colony of jamestown on to the rocks of bermuda. massachusetts pilgrims believed the colonial hurricane of 1635 marked the onset of the apocalypse. the strongest u.s. storm on record was hurricane will ma in 2005. the deadliest came ashore in galveston texas on september 8, 1900. and the costlyiest, hurricane katrina. of course, when most of us think of the worst of the worst, we probably think of katrina. which came ashore in new orleans six years ago this weekend. ben tracy takes us back. >> reporter: the images still shock. the frantic pleas for help. a super dome that could not live up to its name and a government that lost the faith of its people. hurricane katrina roared out of the gulf of mexico. a category 3 monster that battered the mississippi gulf coast. yet it was new orleans that was hardest hit. the crescent city thought it had survived katrina's punch' but the

slow to intensify today, even though it's over water it is interacting with hispaniola and going to move through the turks and caicos and bahamas on thursday and we'll feel tropical storm force conditions in parts of south florida by thursday morning. what happens after that, models bring it towards of the north and curving back. look at this huge area where this cone of uncertainty is. it includes parts of georgia and all the way up into the northeastern united states and there you can see the carolinas are in the bull's eye at this time. so things are not looking good for the pusp great to see that video, see everybody getting ready in south carolina. >> best thing you can do. can't control the hurricane. only control how you're going to react to it. jacqui, thanks very much. we'll be in touch with you and staying on top of this with cnn's team. >>> the president of standard & poor's is stepping down. s&p's parent company mcgraw-hill announced deven sharma will leave his post which the end of the year replaced by the chief operating officer of citibank. beside's s&p downgrade of americ

>> and emily is on track to brush by the eastern tip of cuba and the bahamas after passing over hispaniolarengthen into a hurricane but the closest it will get to the u.s. is saturday night when it passes east of miami and ft. lauderdale. forecasters say it then turn back out to sea. >>> the brutal heat wave torturing millions of americans just won't quit as temperatures soared into the triple digits across the south. memphis, tennessee, hit a record 106 degrees. but the heat did not stop 200 runners from kicking off a four-day, 365-mile relay run to peoria, illinois. the humidity made it feel like 120 degrees, forcing some runners to stop for water after just a few miles. now that is some dedication. >> i admire their discipline but i don't know how much sense it makes to run in that kind of heat. >> yeah, that's a little scary. >> as opposed to the treadmill in the gym with the ac going. >> but some people are dedicated to their running. >> good luck, good luck. >>> here's your thursday forecast now. thunderstorms from kansas city to st. louis and from des moines to madison. some spotty

that means it drew its inflow over the warmer waters of hispaniola.ater, we expect it now to strengthen and batter the bahamas. good news, you see the wind radius. this little dot of red. that is the hurricane force winds. the hurricane force winds not all through that wide e sca view you saw of the storm. it's still going to bring at the very least winds at 100 miles per hour. high storm surge and torrential rainfall here to the bahamas through the next two days. rob and tanya, back to you. >> thanks, jim. we will be following hurricane irene's every move. we'll update the storm's path on "america this morning" and sam champion will have thehe latestn "good morning america." >>> hurricanes, earthquakes, libya. let's lighten the mood, shall we, a little bit? >> this is "world news now." we have to bring a little levity. >> that's right, a little bit. first, a quick look at weather. hail, gusty winds around detroit, indianapolis be st. louis, louisville and cleveland. thunderstorms from savannah to ç miami. and along the gulf coast. showers in the nort

what's important about it getting close to hispaniola is intersected by a giant range of mountains.ortant, as this tropical system gets close, that high mountain range can disrupt the circulation. if that happening, you may see it collapse all together, however, the latest forecast shows a very different story altogether. notice then the cone of probability includes a great deal of the florida peninsula. it's still too early to see if it will make landfall. the possibility is it could veer a little farther south. it may stay in the atlantic. however, you have to know that florida is in play. if it makes landfall or not, you have to keep in mind it's a long season. if you don't have your preparedness kit together yet, it's time to get ready. it's a long season, again all the way through november. this is the first named hurricane, but it only takes one to make a huge difference to a lot of people. >> reynold, thanks. >> you bet. >>> alison kosik is at the exchange. we know how stories of the middle east can impact those numbers and impact them quickly. >> yes, things can change on a

it has a lot of moisture, 5 to 10 inches of rain in puerto rico and portions of hispaniola.inches of rain. producing big problems not just winds but flash flooding and mudslides possible. there has been an update as of 5 p.m. a shift in the cone where the center of circulation is expected to remain north of cuba. what that means is more time over warm water and more strengthening. we are still thinking it could be a cat 1 hurricane by the time it reaches florida that would be as we head into thursday afternoon. it will continue moving inland by friday. again, this still has a lot of time to go. we have to continue to monitor so the end of the week we could have a shift in the track. some of the models pointing to other situations. however, the general consensus is we could be looking at landfall in florida by the end of the workweek. otherwise, northeast inland severe storms. a number of watches stretching from maine down into virginia. portions of north carolina. there is a tornado warning we want to tell you about. that has been issued because strong rotation with one of t

. >> it's hard to say how much rain they have gotten but it's parked over hispaniola for 10 to 12 hourst now, it's stationary. the latest observation show the center of it somewhere around here about a hundred miles south of port-au-prince and torrential rain rains across the country here. it will not only dump a lot of rain but lose a little bit of its punch. 50-mile-per-hour winds not how well that will hold. as it emerges in the southern bahamas going forward. it gets into the southern bahamas is a threat. pretty confident about it going off towards the north and east. what we are not confident about how far to the west it gets. southern florida and southeastern florida, pay close attention to this. because it's a very good possibility that it makes direct landfall or at least scoots the coastline enough to where you get some wind, maybe some storm surgery and maybe, in some cases, some beneficial rain. that is the other thing with this. another tropical system at a tropical storm or very weak hurricane, it might bring beneficial rains. for the folks in haiti and dominican republic n

you come over here to remote 294, that's tropical storm emily circling underneath the island of hispaniola. the people of haiti in real trouble as that tropical storm bears down on that island. >>> and just above it, 279, that's the campus of virginia tech where there is fear, a report of another gunman on the loose. three youngsters said they saw such a gunman carrying what looked to be a gun today. so far police have investigated, they say they have not found anything. we're continuing to keep an eye on it. jenna? jenna: new information, now, on the massive recall linked to killer salmonella outbreak. cargill, one of the biggest names in the meat-packing industry, now pulling some 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey off the market as the agricultural department hunts for the source of this deadly bacteria strain. 76 people sickened so far, at least one death linked to this outbreak. you can see how widespread this is. the recall of the ground turkey all made at plant in arkansas, but salmonella cases now spread. as we mentioned, really around the united states, and here's

going to go around puerto rico and then hispaniola.ripe for strengthening. wednesday into thursday probably a hurricane around the bahamas headed some where in towards parts of florida. some models pull it a little to the west and some a little to the east. the area like miami possibly hurricane conditions maybe wednesday night and thursday morning and maybe landfall thursday night into friday. in you live across georgia report carolinas we will watch this potentially impacting you as well. maybe in towards parts of alabama and mississippi if it goes on the western side of this. regardless, a lot of areas of florida and even the atlanta area and charlotte and raleigh getting a lot of rain from this that could cause flooding as well. a good thing because people in the area need who be watching. >> shannon: those folks are pros down there by now. thanks, rick. >> you bet. >> shannon: talk about a bad day. a chicago man ended up in a massive sinkhole 14 feet across, 12 feet deep. he was driving on the northwest side when his car fell into