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we are currently under a hurricane watch in pensacola, florida.ve karen 100 miles off the coast of louisiana making residents anywhere along the gulf very aware that what seemed like a quiet season is now active. tropical storm karen is heading for the gulf coast this weekend, taking a similar path to that of hurricane katrina which devastated the gulf coast back in 2005. katrina was a powerful category 5 storm, meanwhile karen will be weaker, a low category 1 when it makes landfall late saturday or early sunday. florida and the gulf coast have been pummeled with bad weather and rain all summer long. many areas certainly don't need more rain. >> it has been a record-breaking year for rain across the south. trees are standing in mud. when that wind comes across, 60, 70 miles per hour, those trees are going to fall down. >> reporter: despite the ongoing government shutdown, concerns over the storm are causing fema employees to return to work. >> fema has begun to recall currently furloughed employees necessary to serve functions of the agency that p

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tropical storm karen has the gulf coast in its sights and that's where we find indra petersons, pensacola, florida, indra? >> reporter: we're live here in pensacola beach, currently under a hurricane watch. we'll give you all the details coming up on the looming tropical storm, coming up next. a great. this is the last thing i need.) seriously? the last thing you need is some guy giving you a new catalytic converter when all you got is a loose gas cap. what? it is that simple sometimes. thanks. now let's take this puppy over to midas and get you some of the good 'ol midas touch. hey you know what? i'll drive! and i have no feet... i really didn't think this through. trust the midas touch. for brakes, tires, oil, everything. (whistling) i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. . >>> checking our top story, dramatic dash cam video has just been released of a

i want to bring in nick valencia in pensacola, florida. the storm is going to bring a lot of rain, high winds later. what are things like there now? it looks beautiful. >> reporter: it is gorgeous out here, don. when you talk to the locals, they are not that impressed with what karen has been so far. chad myers putting it into perspective. the biggest concern, look at what we have on pensacola beach. those are the rough rip currents. the swimmers were told to get out of the water. they think it's too strong. one of the causes of the storm moving up toward the northern gulf coast, people are anxious and want to get into the water. enjoying this shot here. we have seen so many people, tourists and residents. there's been a lot of good news. earlier this week, it was anticipated to be a significant event. at one time, a hurricane. we are not hearing that anymore. the national hurricane center says there is no longer the possibility of this to turn into a hurricane. that's really good news. some of the precautions people are taking here is thi

. >> we are joined live from pensacola, florida with the latest on the storm.oing down there to prepare? all, the national hurricane center just of dated and said this storm is weakening as it makes its way toward the gulf coast. on pensacola beach, we are getting the first hands of the tropical storm as karen makes its way through. the storm is in the southeastern portion of the gulf and that's after forming between cuba. the storm is producing wins at 50 miles per hour. this is a decrease since this morning. the storm was at 60 miles per hour. it is expected to move rapidly through the gulf and could intensify and could turn into a hurricane late saturday or early sunday. residents here are bracing. storm watches and warnings are in effect from louisiana to florida. louisiana has declared a state of emergency and florida has done the same for 18 counties. this dorm is a good challenge for fema. many workers were furloughed this week due to the government shutdown and they are being called back into work in anticipation of this storm and president obama has be

but there are indications it'll spin up to a brief category one before making landfall around pensacola florida. then you see the fans monday afternoon, edging into southern maryland. that's going to be just a tropical low at that point but it could provide quite a bit of rain around here into early next week weekend looks good. we barely get it in and looks like definite rain. 60s tonight. mix of clouds and maybe a little low fog in spots. tomorrow 86. at the city but i think the outlying areas in the low to mid80s and the next couple of days low to mid80s the story here. warmest day will probably happen saturday then we go beyond it into early next week. that's where we get the rain from what will be left of karen and front pushing through. so they two kind of come together. cooler next week but not cold. >> ocean city. >> couple more days. >> a lot of shaking going on but not on the dance floor that's a problem. it may be time to beef up. if you want a strong toned body as you age don't skip the strength training. doctors say you didn't need to spend hours at the gym. eating healthy helps an

we're live in pensacola beach florida with more on the preparations there. good morning. >> good morning, the winds are already blowing on the beaches in pensacola florida. these are the first remnants we're seeing that tropical storm karen is coming. it is currently in the southwestern portion of the gulf of mexico after forming between cuba and the yucatan it has winds of 65 miles per hour down there. karen is expected to move rapidly through the gulf and could turn potentially into a hurricane late saturday or sunday morning near the coast. now, residents here in florida are already bracing. a hurricane watch is in effect from grand island to west destin, florida. they've declared a state of emergency in louisiana, and 1 counties in florida, as well. -- 18 counties in florida, as well. this is a challenge in florida because many workers were furloughed because of the shutdown. many are called back to work because of the storm. and they're making sure the staffing and resources are there if this potentially big storm turns out at bad as many predict. back

jonathon is live from pensacola, florida with the latest. hi, jonathon. >> hi, greg. we are on pensacola beach right now and we have been watching lifeguards driving up and down the beach. you can see a vehicle with a lifeguard warning people to stay out of the water. there are plenty of people enjoying what has been a beautiful, sunny day today. if you pan over into the gulf, other than this gentleman over here wading in the shallows, you will not find anyone swimming in the waves. that's because even though tropical storm karen is still well out in the gulf of mexico and weakening, the weather conditions are creating dangerous rip currents. and so lifeguards to be safe are telling people not to risk it and not to go in the water here on pensacola beach. and the hard to predict nature of the storm lead to the cancellation of some major outdoor events in three gulf coast states including the soldout santa rosa triathalon and the blakely bluegrass festival in alabama was canceled for the first time in the 30-year history and in louisiana the fun concert in new orleans

jim cantore my buddy down there in pensacola, florida. good morning, jim, what is pensacola doing to brace for karen? >> not much. they fuld lifeguard stands off the beach. those are about 45,000 a pop. they sit on sleds so they just come and wheel them back along the sand and get them out of the surge zone. 48 hours ago we were all from louisiana into the florida panhandle looking at the potential of a minimum hurricane at land fall and 48 hours ago you have to make those preparations. so festivals and things like that, the triathalon is shutdown. it's still a beautiful time to be at the beach and the best kept secret because the summer masses are gone and you can come down here and have the beach to yourself but there were thousands of people on the beach yesterday. the problem was rip currents. that will continue to be the problem today. it will be another nice beach day. this thing is barely hanging on to tropical storm status. i expect wind and rain from louisiana into the florida panhandle and eventually, sure, some of that moisture

right now, high waves pounding the shores in pensacola, florida. surfers like it but areas in florida could get flooding. veronica johnson is tracking this system heading our way. >> that's right. it is days out. we know from tropical systems, it depends on the exact track of the systems. looking at the calendar, guys, we are days -- it's been days since we have had decent rain. two weeks since we have had substantial rain around here. let's talk about the storm system producing showers now hitting the gulf coast. louisiana right there around new orleans just where it's expected to make a land fall. seeing bands of rain move in. the forecast track, once it does make land fall early, early sunday morning is it makes a beeline toward the mid-atlantic states, toward virginia. will it linger here and how much rain could we see or will we have delays for our commute the early part of next week? we'll talk about it in a couple minutes. >>> a guy is using a bank as his personal atm. he's robbing the same one over and over again. >>> our cameras caught hea

fox news correspondent is in pensacola, florida, with our report. >> at first glance this looks like beautiful day, a typical day on a florida beach, but when you look closer and the water you won't see anyone swimming. the surface heavier than usual. when we arrived we saw a red flag flying warning visitors to stay out of the gulf of mexico because of the potential for dangerous rip currents as the storm approaches. not the message local officials like sending tourists, but they're taking no chances. despite the government shut down there is activity in critical areas such as the national hurricane center. fema is calling in previously furloughed employees. of course the military is busy. the nearby harbor field has been conducting an air evacuation. the military has been flying planes at a pensacola and moving into air force bases in arkansas and in mexico to protect them against farm damage. however, there are no mandatory evacuations for personnel or families at this time since terry is not expected to make landfall as a strong hurricane. local officials are urging visitors and r

agreement that lit eventually town the northeast moving over louisiana then heading for alabama and pensacola, florida. than must be the area that could see the brunt of the storm it could be anywhere between and that's why you see this track from louisiana to florida. timing is 7:00 saturday evening and that's when it will be passing by louisiana in this whole area here and by 7:00 sunday quickly moving over land but u the wind speeds 70 miles per hour just below a hurricane. you can see some flooding with this as well. you will watch this and other storms the with the severe thunderstorms warnings all in the same area. that's coming up. this the national forecast later. >>> >> the sound of gunfire and the high speed chase sent people in d.c.scrambling for cover. a woman tried to drive through security barriers near the white house. the 34-year-old led officers on a chase until they shot and killed her. now we have more from washington. >> it started when a woman rammed a black sedan outside the white house. two officers are injured but said to be in good condition. it forced police to shut down the

. -- news, pence ago to pensacola beach, florida. app tocan use our protect your family. in the area, we have been tracking karen as well. first, more summertime weather. this you do not like weather, a cool off is in store. we have temperatures around 84 degrees at the harbor. a look at the forecast and a latest -- the latest on karen in a few moments. >> what about sleep texting? >> in this afternoon's alert, maryland's first flu case is confirmed weeks earlier than the new season begins. some experts say the cdc may not be able to catch a pandemic when it strikes. >> this is the earliest we have seen the first laboratory confirmed case of flu this season. the cdc has stopped tracking influenza cases, a victim of the government shutdown. no one is watching to sound the alarm. >> i am concern for the experts. we are not going to catch it as we normally would. >> maryland and other states will continue to track, but there is no one tracking it across state lines. and there are no cdc researchers analyzing this year's viruses to come up with a recipe for next year's vaccin

we have our indra petersons live in pensacola, florida. us a sense of the latest, indra. >> reporter: good morning, guys. definitely feels like a typically morning in pensacola, florida, this morning. gusty conditions and a few bouts of rain here and there but we know that is quickly changing as we head into the weekend. karen is in the gulf and it's an unusually quiet season which now suddenly could be turning active. this could be actually our first hurricane to make landfall on the u.s. mainland. let's talk about those current conditions right now. you can see we are seeing about 65-mile-per-hour stead winds right now. kind of moving to the northwest at 10 miles per hour so that is definitely we are going to be monitoring here and it could strength throughout the evening hours so something we are watching and borderline tropical storm or a weak category 1 hurricane. something to keep in mind. whichever way it goes you're still going to be feeling generally the same effects. take a look at the landfall expected to be most likely friday t

it is the 4th of october, 2013 and the sun is coming up over pensacola beach, florida.ah guthrie along side willie geist who is in for matt this morning, al roker and natalie morales. >> a blast of winter weather in the rockies. >> and also the gulf coast gearing up for karen. that in the gulf of mexico as we speak. >> and we're following a break in the disappearance of madeleine mccann six years ago. scotland yards analyzing cell phone records. that's coming up. >> and meredith vieira is here with a candid interview with elizabeth smart. how she turned tragedy into triumph. >> more on the cotic scene at the nation's capitol and the mother behind it. katie is with us from stamford once again. good morning. >> good morning. details are trickling out about her mental state. we can tell you that she suffered a fall years ago. one that precipitated her issues. others including her mother added that she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her 1-year-old girl. that 1-year-old was found in the back of her car in d.c. also her former employer said she became

it's going to head towards pensacola, florida but saturday or saturday night. it will probably head up towards the northeast as a remnant low with rain. yes, we might see some rain out of this monday and tuesday. >> thank you. >>> let's check in withen oh on the roads with christy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, everybody. still a lot of con scombrengs gestion. delays at reisterstown road going over to harford road. average speed only about 30 miles per hour. also a crash to watch for on the outer loop of the beltway at the jfx. that's going to catch your eye. northbound 95 some delays there from the 895 split to white marsh boulevard. then we have the accident northbound 95 at dundalk backing things up before the tunnel. other accidents include pairing parkway at heath field road, east fayette at north franklin and liberty road at essex road. nobody is getting anywhere on the beltway. that's a look west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by home goods. find what makes you happy at a price that makes you home goods happy. back over to yo

we have more from pensacola, florida. how is it looking out there? reporter: good morning, torrey. the winds here are picking up. and the waters as you can see in pensacola, the waves are crashing down. these are just the first hints that we are seeing that tropical storm karen is coming. karen is in the southeast gulf of mexico afternoon forming it between cue cuba and the yucatan. karen is exptected to move rapidly through the gulf and could intensify through a hurricane, potentially category 1 late saturday morning. residents here are bracing. a hurricane watch in effect from grand isle, louisiana. louisiana has declared a state of emergency. florida has done the same for 18 of their counties. the storm poses a big challenge for fema. many workers, as you know, were furloughed due to a government shutdown and are being called back to work in anticipation of the storm and president obama has been briefed about the threat of this storm as well and he has instructed his team to not a&m make sure that the resources but the staff are in place to potent

in pensacola, florida. >>> to politics now.rnment. >> take that vote. stop this farce. end this shutdown now. the american people don't get to demand ransom exchange for doing their job. they don't get to hold our economy hostage over a settled law. >> that settled law that the president referred to is the health care act. that leaves us all in limbo. >> the house is at work today. day five of the government shutdown. >> we are expecting one vote by lawmakers today. >> we have athina jones at the white house today. what is the house voting on today? >> reporter: good morning, victor and poppy. we enter the fifth day. one glimmer of hope today. the house is coming in in about an hour to vote on the furloughed workers. the workers ordered to stay home during the shutdown. this bill would allow them to be paid once the government reopens. we expect the house to vote on it and senate to pass it and the president to sign it. that is the only positive step here. we have seen over the last few days. the rest of it has been a continuin

jay gray, nbc news, pensacola beach, florida. >> pretty wide storm. parts of it are going to make their way up here. >> exactly. this will be the first time, too, that we get any tropical type rains from the hurricane system that doesn't end until november 30th. still impacting our area. follow me over to the weather wall as we look outside. i'll explain what's going on. we've got out there now a mostly clear sky. very warm evening, too. as we hit the day tomorrow, as we hit the day running some early morning fog by afternoon, just a few clouds out there. partly cloudy afternoon. again, another hot afternoon for us. can't rule out another isolated shower. mainly to the north of us. not a big deal at all. most of you not even noticing it. all right. what's changed from earlier today is that the cold front slowing down a little bit. the moisture from karen slowing down a little bit. so expect the heavy rain, moderate and heavy rain overnight monday, the bigger day that will be impacted will tuesday as opposed to monday. so everything moving a little lat

the weather channel's jim cantore is in pensacola, florida. jim. >> reporter: good morning.rs ago, let's go back for a second. we were looking at a potential hurricane somewhere between extreme eastern louisiana and the florida panhandle. we can get evacuation, aid if we get a storm that produces a three to eight-foot storm surge. but what has changed is it will not be a hurricane. it is barely a tropical storm. so what we are going to see -- go ahead. >> i was just going to ask you, what are we going to see and how bad or mild will it be? >> yeah. basically the center itself is a gale center. the will come up towards louisiana. there's been a little water rise already. it will continue. a foot versus three to five feet. a big difference there. all the thunderstorms are off to the east. all that moisture gets caught up in the cold front that's coming. and there will be showers and thunderstorms. really for all intents and purposes, most people won't really know a tropical entity is coming to shore. like i said, when you have to plan on evacuations, getting people out of harm

jay gray is live in pensacola beach, florida. how are conditions there now?> reporter: we've seen a bit of spitting rain. if this storm stays on its current path, could begin to really slap the gulf coast some time later today. the potential strike point right here, pensacola beach near this area but, of course, there's still a wide cone of uncertainty so we're not sure exactly where this storm will make landfall. when it does, it will be near hurricane strength. right now gusting at 65 miles an hour and it is predicted it to grow just a bit before of weakening before it makes landfall. that should happen some time late saturday into early sunday morning and as you talk about from louisiana through the florida panhandle, there are hundreds of thousands watching where this storm might go, watching to see the intensity of it. but not waiting. everyone preparing and getting ready for what is the first storm of the hurricane season to make its way into the gulf. aaron, a lot of people tense. a lot of people watching. today is the day to work, officials say, to do

tonight manual bojorquez is in pensacola beach, florida. >> reporter: the first sign of the approachingstorm here was the rough surf. life guards like alex johnson are busy keeping swimmers out of water. >> the rip currents are incredibly strong or days like today. so no swimming. >> reporter: joanna gurchiek has seen powerful storms in the 26 years she's lived in pensacola beach. she hopes this storm won't be another one. >> because we have a lot to lose. when we had the hurricane in 2004, many of us lost a lot. >> reporter: officials urged reads from the florida panhandle to louisiana's barrier island tolz heed the warnings. winds up to 40 miles per hour and flash flood regular still expected. in mississippi, people are using sandbags to protect their homes. there were some evacuations in low-lying areas like louisiana's plaqueminess parish, where the storm surge could be up to three feet. >> if we were confident, we wouldn't be asking for the evacuation. it's too close to call. we don't want to make a judgment on the wrong side. >> reporter: the storm has impacted oil production in t

jay grey, nbc news, pensacola beach, florida. >> crazy weather all over the place. >> transition partyear is october. severe weather is not all that uncommon at this time of the year. of course tropical systems in the gulf. it's no strange time to happen either but to have it all witone map. >> i knlt remember in october where it has felt so hot outside. >> i can tell you one that was recent, 2007, our all time warmest october on record. 15 days that october 80 or higher and three days in the 90s. it can get warm. we made 90 yesterday. that's our first october 90 degree day since 2007. outside for now, the sky is partly cloudy. there are areas of thick fog so early morning travelers and runners and bikers beware. there's reduced visibility to be contended with. at national airport it's a mild start indeed. dew point temperatures in the mid 60s. any time that gets near 70 degrees that's what we notice. not much of a breeze out there yet. we'll have a light and variable wind today. generally out of the west and northwest. 63 in montgomery county. 61 in manassas. that's far and away one

. >> the governors of louisiana, mississippi and florida have all declared states of emergency in advance of the storm. in pensacolaflorida, marly hall, wjz eyewitness news. >> energy companies have shut down production. >>> a large violent storm whips across southeast nebraska. it generated one tornado spotted near hickman. officials say rain and damaging winds struck several homes and downed trees and power lines creating dangerous road conditions. crews plan to begin the long clean-up process this weekend. >>> new video appears of a rescue after a boat sinks off the italian coast. it shows some survivors. it was carrying about 500 african migrants. at least 111 people died. today italy is observing a day of mourning. >>> a newlywed accused of pushing her husband off a clip just days after they got maryland is indicted for murder. jordan graham admitted she pushed her new husband cody johnson over the cliff at glassier national park in montana but said it was an accident that happened during an argument. a grand jury disagreed, indicting her. prosecutors say she killed him with fore thought. the charges are bring

>> reporter: the governors of louisiana, mississippi, and florida have all declared states of emergency in advancement of the storm. in pensacola beach, florida, marley hall, wjz eyewitness news. >>> our first morning weather continues with bob turk who is tracking where karen is right now. bob? >> reporter: the gulf of mexico is a warm place, but there's a lot of dry air and sheer that is ripping the storm apart. a very disorganized system right now. winds remain around 50 miles an hour. it's about 230 miles south of the mouth of the mississippi. and moving off to the north- northwest. it has slowed down a little bit. only 7 miles per hour. the pressure came up today. we expect it to move on shore around mobile, alabama, somewhere around there, and then become a low somewhere along the georgia, south carolina line by monday night. now some of the moisture is obviously going to reach the mid-atlantic region as a cold front to the west that will be bringing the moisture north. we expect to see rain out of it as we really need rain, believe it or not. we'll look for that here on monday. and add to that, some cooler temperatures f

>> the governors of louisiana, mississippi, and florida, have all declared states of emergency in advance of the storm. marley hall for cbs news, pensacola beach, florida. >> of course the big question, top, could karen affect our weather here at home? >> actually, she could. in fact, we declared monday already a yellow alert day. also a cold front coming in. two systems could combine. let's talk about the satellite picture. she's dig organized right now. in fact, winds decreased to 50 miles per hour. she's 235 miles south, southwest of the mouth of the mississippi. she is not gaining strength just yet, although there are signs she could late tonight or even on saturday. we'll track her for you. the track hasn't changed much from the national hurricane center. still goes north and turns northeastward. it will miss new orleans, grazing the southern tip of louisiana. it is still heading toward pensacola by sunday. a little slower track than it was yesterday. the same track in terms of where it's going to hit. maybe a little further east of pensacola. by sunday, winds could be 60 miles per hour. it will be a high end tropical storm. probabl

weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is on the pensacola beach in the florida panhandle. when louisiana is in the cone we worry but given the sport ji surf behind you the cone must be wide. >> it is, brian. the storm will come north and take a right turn and scrape the florida panhandle. so many are under tropical storm warnings including us here tonight at pensacola beach. this is a tropical storm and that's three to five feet of surge. this is an area not protected by the levee system that protects new orleans. let me show you what they've been doing today. you can see the big surf behind me here. even with the storm offshore the waves come first. life guards have been keeping people out of the water as the waves continue to grow. they have been trying to se w up anything they can on the beach. we ex expect 15 to 65 miles per hour winds here. this is the track and the timing. plaquemines parish around sunday, 1:00 in the morning. so it will be an overnight landfall there. then again, there's the right turn taking it towards pensacola beach probably sunday at 1:00. a lot

. >>> let's go straight to pensacola, florida, nick valencia is there.gorgeous beach day out today, and it's a shame the local officials here aren't letting people in the water. there's been a regular flag warning on pensacola beach and the big concern is the rough rip currents you can see behind me. a lot of locals we talked to here say they aren't even that rough. tropical storm karen is currently stalled in the northern gulf coast and it's expected to make landfall in louisiana before it makes any movement towards pensacola beach. they expect 1 to 3 inches of rain here. that may not sound like much but for an area that's already been hammered and saturated by recent severe storms, any of that saturation could cause problems when the tropical storm makes landfall here. they say the tropical storm and the borderline tropical depression no longer has potential of becoming a hurricane. don? >> so, enjoy the sun, and get more of a tan. you look really tan there, nick valencia. thank you, appreciate your reporting. >>> let's go to chad myers in the cnn seve

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you can see in pensacola, florida, not much going on. we have good news about karen. it is starting to weaken. let's go back to the big winter storm out west as we go back to the maps and the weather computer. we can show you we are looking at the storm system getting itself together and pushing east. it will intensify. the heavy snow banked around the black hills. ahead of the system, we will look at severe weather. as far as today is concerned, we have winter storm watches and winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings from casper to alliance. snowfall amounts from 18 to 24 inches of snow right around the black hills. we are also talking about karen. the good news is karen is starting to weaken. we are getting dry air that's being pulled in to karen. what that means is it is 295 miles south of the mouth of the mississippi, 60-mile-an-hour winds and moving northwest at 10. it will move toward the coast and we will see some weakening. right now, we don't see it becoming a hurricane. that is going to be good news. we will continue to track that. we have two other stor

and then maybe here over towards pensacola, florida. hoe fast does it continue to move? slow. if so, the conditions look better for the rest of us. >> very good. it's encouraging news that it is breaking up. we also know with this kind of storm could still bring storm surges and flooding. andrea peterson, thanks so much. appreciate it. let's head north to new york and new developments in the clash between a group of bikers and the driver of an suv. two bikers being accused in the violent incident turned themselves into police. one of them is the man seen right there pounding the glass with his helmet. bikers soon after that taped incident apparently dragged the driver from that suv and then beat him. cnn's margaret connelly is covering this for us in new york. so margaret, what more do we know about the two men who have turned themselves? what kind of charges and where is the investigation going? >> they did turn themselves in. one is still in custody. reginald chance is the one in the video seen using his helmet smashing the window of the car. it took place right here. this i

frank from pensacola, florida, our line for independents. caller: my first question is -- is it true that senator cruz was born in canada and not in the u.s.? i think -- everybody keeps saying we need to fix social security. nobody talks about if you took the congress and executive branch and made everybody that paid over $130,000 to pay into to social security, how much more with that add? let's make sure everybody is participating at the same level, what hundred percent. not once you get rich, only a 40% or 10%. host: brian walsh, i will give it to you. guest: two points. he was born in canada, but i don't think there's any question he is an american. guest: he produced his bridge to -- his birth certificate. guest: this is a moot point. guest: barack obama was born in this country, republicans will give him credit -- will not give him credit. guest: i hope the joint conference committee with murray and ryan can produce something i can pass both chambers. president bush tried to tackle social security reform, democrats blocked that. that w

jay gray is live in pensacola beach on the florida panhandle. good morning. are people nervous down there? >> good morning, mara. i wouldn't say nervous, but cautious with winds near hurricane strength. it's causing concern here in pensacola beach and across much of the gulf coast right now. after a quiet summer, tropical storm karen is churning in the gulf and could be a hurricane before land fall. >> we are preparing for category one and deploying assets. >> reporter: preparations that stretch from louisiana through the florida panhandle. the gulf coast, for the first time this hurricane season is on alert. now that we are in a hurricane watch, we have removed the items from the beach area. >> reporter: windows boarded up, sandbags stacked and ready. some who planned for a few days on the beach decided -- >> i'm getting out. >> reporter: to move to higher ground as karen starts to move in. now we have seen a bit of a spitting rain this morning. if the storm stays on the current path, we should feel the real effects later today. it's forecast to make land fal

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live in pensacola beach on the florida panhandle. jay, how nervous are people down there? >> betty, i think they are concerned but i think they are taking it very seriously. tropical storm with winds about 60 miles an hour, still strong enough to do a lot of damage. that's what has people on edge, not only in pensacola beach, which is a potential strike point but also up and down much of the gulf coast right now. after a quiet summer, tropical storm karen is now churning in the gulf and could be a hurricane before landfall. >> we're prepared for category one and deploying assets that's consistent with our plan in preparation for that. >> reporter: preparations that stretch from louisiana to the florida panhandle. the gulf coast for the first time this hurricane season is on alert. >> now that we're in a hurricane watch, we have started to remove items from the beach area, put our lifeguard stands on the other side of the sand dunes. >> windows boarded up, sandbags stacked and ready and some could plan for a few days on the beach have decided -- >> i'm getting out. >> to mo