rob and tanya, back to you. >> thanks to jim dickey. >> live updates coming up on "good morning america." >>> we turn to the storm in washington. the government will max out its credit card in just four days now, but republicans and democrats are further apart than ever on what to do about it. >> john boehner's republicans can't even get their own house in order. a predicted vote on capitol hill never came to pass. >> abc's karen travers joins us now from washington. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, tanya. house republican leaders wanted to send a strong message about spending cuts and party unity but some rebellious conservatives threw a wrench in that plan. it was a dramatic night on capitol hill that ended with nothing. shortly before 10:30 last night republican leaders postponed a legislattheir debt ceiling go down it go down in defeat. the plan proposed by house speaker john boehner would cut $900 billion from the deficit and extend the debt ceiling only through next spring. some house conservatives say it doesn't go f f enough, and after a long da

. >> our coverage continues with accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. . we continue to watch tropical storm don here moving its way at a good clip north and west toward the texas gulf coast. we're looking at the infrared satellite imagery. we see the bright oranges marking that this storm is slowly strengthening as it's moving its way northwestward. you can see more of a concentric pattern around the center of rotation. we expect it to make landfall around corpus christi as we head toward nightfall. not really expect to be much of a wind storm. we expect it to stay at tropical storm strength. winds, 50, 60 miles per hour as it does make landfall. really more of a good thing here. extreme drought across sg(r f texas. much-needed rainfall. some spots as much as 8 inches. rob and tanya, back to you. >> all right, thanks a lot, jim. >>> now the rest of your friday forecast. we have some rain from the gulf coast to little rock, memphis, nashville and louisville. thunderstorms around minneapolis, chicago, and detroit. stormy in the northeast from d.c. up to ne