southeast of new orleans. passing by south of louisiana. this time seems to be saturday and sunday impacting louisiana with wind and rain, then sunday afternoon and evening going up in alabama and florida. could be anywhere in this area, focusing on alabama and the panhandle of florida. it will eventually move across land but by honorable is near south carolina and georgia and could cause flooding problems in the mid atlantic, could be absorbed by a storm in the midwest. it is the wind as the storm moves south of louisiana this wind direction will ploo ill piel a lot of water in the low lying areas of louisiana and that could be the biggest threat for a storm surge in that region. now, there's blizzard warnings in south dakota and severe thunderstorm effects in iowa, as storms move through. it is a large storm system that will push to the east and as the remnants of karen move up the coast, look what happens on monday. heavy rain from philadelphia to new york and new england monday and tuesday. temperatures will be a little bit cooler but t

ofn berry is vice president the southeast louisiana flood protection authority until yesterday when hest his post because he is spearheaded this lawsuit against some 97 oil companies. he'll hold onto the post until governor jindal appoint someone else. when we come back from break, we will be joined by activist and lawyer monique harden. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are in new orleans. we are on the road in louisiana. our guest today is monique harden, environmental lawyer and activist. as we talk about the latest round bp, because it is back in court, that's right, in looking at a reuters piece right now in the frantic days after the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill, bp lied about how much oil was leaking from its macondo well and took too long to cap it, according to plaintiff's lawyers monday in the opening phase of the second part of this companies trial. talk about the significance of this lawsuit that is now in court. the second part of the lawsuit that has been presented by federal court jud

karen could hit southeast louisiana as early as tonight. are the gulf states ready for the storm? cnn indra peterson is on the gulf at pensacola beach. indra, it looks rather beautiful there on the beach, but you've still got threats of a storm out there. what's the expectation? >> reporter: i mean, that's absolutely right. we know the storm is getting closer and closer, even though it looks nice now, things will slowly start to deteriorate going through the overnight hours. the reason for that, tropical storm karen is still there. reminder, it is not as strong as it was yesterday where we were borderline tropical storm or weak category one hurricane. winds about 65 miles per hour. today we're at 40 miles per hour winds. that's borderline tropical depression or tropical storm. it continues to tear apart. what you're watching is the center of the low going straight north towards louisiana. you have everything on the radar being ripped apart, heading to the east. it is almost like they are going opposite directions. what we were looking at the last several days, we knew the one area

on the gulf coast tropical storm warnings around southeast louisiana. this is the tropical storm warning, hurricane watch here for the central gulf coast. likely seeing karen which has weakened just a tad move up towards the central gulf coast and then move in our directions the remnants anyway monday, monday night. right now should get maybe a tiny bit stronger. upper 80s next couple of days and stray afternoon shower. mountains today and north of d.c. for the most part on saturday. sunday hot again. 87. humidity's up as well. monday rain likely. haven't said that in a long time. 76. clearing tuesday and 74. monika samtani, you're going to go see "gravity" right? >> i guess so. want to come with me? >> sure. >> i actually like sandra bullock a lot and i think she's going to be great mike hydeck. sorry. she's a local too come on. >>> if you're planning to head into virginia, on the inbound side of i-66. i've been telling you about this accident since early this morning. it happened after 2:00 inbound on route 50 at sully road. and that is still complete

jonathan martin in the middle of it all in southeast louisiana. jonathan, what do you see out there? >> reporter: jonathan, right now as we mentioned, mandatory evacuation order for this part of louisiana, plackerman's parish. people can come back. a lot of people have decided they will stay away. remember the order was for people to be out of this area by 6:00 o'clock but because of the gasta, the most recent forecast showing karen losing a lot of punch, they decided to allow people to come back. but as i mentioned, a lot of people don't want to take any chances. in fact, people say they will stay out for a little bit. people who dealt with storms recently know how bad storms can be. this is just a tropicalgression that is weakening our tropical storm. people are concerned about it. right now, voluntary evacuations for this part of louisiana. but there is one area, grand isle, where there is still a mandatory evacuation in place. >> even as the torm weakens, there is concern that this could cause a lot of damage? >> there is some concern. you have

some effects of the storm are being felt in southeast louisiana this is a look at placamines parish. bob has been closely tracking this storm what is the latest. >> latest from the national hurricane center says karen's center of decirculation has been decapitated by strong southwest sheer. we talked about sheer the winds coming from the west a lot of dry air. the winds decreased, down into the mid-40s range pressure hasn't changed it started to become stationary now it has picked up, it will approach the southeast coast by late tomorrow probably around mobile alabama. we will have some rain on it especially monday. you can see the tracks going off to the west, the southeast, some of them don't even get out of georgia or northern florida. probably a good chance of it becoming a depression by late inner the day tomorrow. not expecting a major storm out of this, certainly, rain along the gulf coast. what will we deal with for the weekend. that forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> a man in critical condition after police say he lit himself on fire in washington dc. it happened befor

. >>> parts of southeast louisiana are bearing down in preparation for tropical depression karen. the storm just recently downgraded. it's off the gulf, heading for land. several areas are under a mandatory evacuation. so far, they've seen wind and rain, but conditions are expected to worsen. according to the national weather service, tropical storm karen weakened as it moved over the gulf of mexico. >>> meanwhile, here in baltimore, skies are clear and it's very warm for october. but karen could affect us early into next week. chelsea ingram is live with an updated look at the live doppler radar. >> actually, yes. tropical depression karen continues to lose strength. it's going to be pushing into the southeastern portion of louisiana late this evening, early tonight. here's a look at the current model. still taking some of that tropical moisture up into the mid-atlantic and we'll see some of the effects, of course, just in the form of rainfall, as it moves in and combines with this front late monday and monday night. we will see a good amount of rainfall. a very hot one. we're 72

rainfall and right now we could see excessive rains that could cause flooding anywhere from southeast louisiana to as far east as portions of the florida panhandle around pensacola. and, again, that would be generally over the next 48 hours or so. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> iran's new president hasan rouhani said again that iran is open to discussing details of its nuclear program and that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told "cbs morning news" anchor charlie rose he's not buying iran's charm offensive. >> will they believe that the iranian regime can change and say whatever we were trying to do -- >> yeah. >> -- we're prepared to change. >> well, mahmoud amine jan was a wolf in wolf's clothing and rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing and we can't let him pull the wool over our eyes. so the answer to the question is can there be a real change? maybe yes, maybe not, but the only way to find out is to insist on an agreement that truly dismantles iran's nuclear program. >> you can see more of charlie rose's interview with isra

in southeast louisiana, the biggest impediment every small business talk about is the president's health care law. it wasn't a partisan issue. you have james hoffa, the head of the teams sisters union, no friend of mine, saying it's destroying the. >> what terrifying me, and i know we have to go to break, it seems like you haven't learned anything. what was all this for? you said it was about obama care, you didn't repeal it, you couldn't even steal the health care from your staffers. what was all this for? >> don't worry. president obama gave an xemps for members of congress and state of while he's saying everybody else, regular hard-working families have to live until the law. in fact people that go to the exchanges spent over $600 million t. doesn't even work. the president is willing to shut the government down. >> we've got to come back in a little bit. hold on, everybody. we are still waiting for the senate to begin voting on the deal. the last 48 hours have been so wild and wooly, i think speaker boehner faces a major strategic decision. i'll go thus his options, next. life with c

not breach a reopening of the government piece by piece, hurricane watches are posted from southeast louisianaida. as tropical storm karen moves through the gulf it's 400 miles out and backpacking wins about 60 miles an hour. it's pickedded to hit land by friday afternoon. you could soon own a piece of twitter the social media site filed papers to become publicly traded. here say closer look. >> reporter: stands up comedy can be lonely just ask her. anticipating reaction to a joke can be tricky. she has learned to harness social media for instant feedback. >> for a lot of us it started out like, okay, well, i just had this funny thought about a headline in the news, let me just tweet it out as a joke. and based on the retweets you got, base on the responsible gouts that tweet, it became like maybe i should do it on stage tonight. >> reporter: entertainers and sliccelebrities are the most ac. twitter launched just seven years ago with more than 200 million uses has become a powerful way to share information. and now you can own your piece of the company. twitter is planning to start publicly tr

. >> reporter: hurricane and tropical storm watches are posted from southeast louisiana to florida as those states brace for tropical storm karen in the gulf where nearly a quarter of our oil is drilled, oil and gas platforms evacuated. >> today and tomorrow are the days of preparation because by friday night the weather will probably be going down hill. >> reporter: this hurricane season has been notable for its lack of hurricanes. the predictions were dire, 18 storms, 8 of them hurricanes but there is no complaining here in florida. >> the ingredients just have not been there for hurricanes. that's why it's been below normal. >> reporter: the only storm to make land fall in the u.s. this year was tropical storm andrea. back in june it hit florida and swept up the east coast. storms can be deadly. since they've been keeping records, 53 hurricanes have formed in october, 16 of them major. one of the worst, super storm sandy which tore a path through 24 states, killing 117. while the gulf is bracing for a late season hurricane, further north, the upper midwest and rockies are gearing u

. >>> hurricane and tropical storm watches are now posted for southeast louisiana to florida. the tropical "karen" moves through the gulf. the storm is still 400-miles out and the winds are 65 miles per hour it prompted the federal government to recall the government shut down. >>> a woman from connecticut has been identified of the black car that led police on a dramatic chase through the tphaeus' natis capitol it ended with the police firing gunshots outside of the capitol. >> reporter: it was is this the black sedan steen speeding away from the house that police tried to stop. >> an authorized vehicle attempted to gain access at an outer perimeter checkpoint of the white house. beyond that, there are multiple other checkpoints that the woman would have to go through. >> reporter: no shots were fired oh the white house but the car struck a secret service officer as it drove off driving at high speeds to the mid afternoon city traffic and police following closely behind. >> witnesses say they were terrified when they saw the suspect's vehicle come down the street and stop abo

it's expected to make land fall tonight near the southeast louisiana coast. >> they're warning communitiesuisiana through the florida panhandle to prepare. nbc's jay grey is in pensacola beach with the preparations. >> this morning, the surf is building and the wind and rain is on the way here. >> i hope all citizens will continue to be vigilant. be ericafu be careful and prepared. >> watches and warnings now stretch from south louisiana through the florida panhandle. emergency management teams are watching and working around the clock. the red cross is delivering essentials across the region and crews are packing up or locking down everything they can while many who live in the strike zone are stacking sandbags to keep the water out and stocking up supplies to ride out the storm. >> bought lots of water and food and everything. getting prepared for it. >> reporter: on the beach, even the lifeguard stands, like a lot of the visitors here are moving to higher ground. >> we decided that we're going to leave maybe a day earlier than what we had originally planned. >> reporter: but for some, n

some effects of the storm are already being felt in southeast louisiana. this is a look at the parish, which is under a mandatory evacs order. alabama, louisiana, mississippi and florida have declared states of emergency. >> we will talk about at the next break, how emergency workers will have to deal with that. many of them will be furloughed because of the shutdown. >> right. of course, we get a lot of our information from the national weather service, a lot of government agencies. we will do our best to keep your posted. >>> fortunately, we are not expecting major impacts from the storm. really here we are getting needed rain, that's what we'll get from the storm system. that's a good thing. we will get all of the tropical moisture, we are 3 1/2 inches of rain down, this storm will bring the level up. we don't have the problems that a tropical storm karen can bring. no flooding and that kind of thing. just the rain. right now, no rain out there. a gorgeous start to this saturday. it is a really beautiful day. if you are taught been out yet, maybe this i

karen could hit southeast louisiana tonight.torm surge that is expected. indra? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, what a difference from yesterday. we were thinking the storm was borderline tropical storm, a strong tropical storm or weak category one hurricane. today it is down an entire level. this morning only has 40 miles per hour winds. 39 miles per hour. that's what makes it a tropical storm. we are pretty much borderline, tropical depression or tropical storm. the big thing that happened here, you have the center of a low making its way north. meanwhile, you have like the side winds way up high sheering it apart. you have the two breaking themselves apart. that's the problem. it is almost like a speed bump in the middle of the ocean. there was a time we thought it would speed quickly through it, and curve east, northeast. since it slowed to 7 miles per hour, it is breaking apart even more than expected. yes, we still have it as a tropical storm. there's currently a tropical storm warning out there for morgan city, louisiana. they

and of course, we'll be staying here in southeast louisiana to watch the remnants of karen. ortunate it did not stay together. back to dan and bianna. >> great to hear when louisiana dodges a bullet. thank you, ginger. >>> coming up on "gma," how miley cyrus handled her recent twerking controversy on "snl" last night. and all the bad press, part of a lucrative plan for her? >> laughing all of the way to the bank is the big question. >>> and the breaking news about halle berry. it all started with what she called a wonderful surprise. ♪ don't let the holidays sneak up on you. shop early with kmart free layaway and get more christmas. and shop your way members can earn up to 10 dollars back in points when they complete a layaway contract. kmart. get in. get more. abreva can heal a cold sore in as few as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. without it, the virus spreads from cell to cell. unlike other treatments, abreva penetrates deep to block the virus, to protect healthy cells so cold sores heal fast. as fast as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. ♪ learn more at abrev

the national weather service issuing tropical storm and hurricane watches from southeast louisiana tol storm karen pushes north in the gulf of mexico. two hurricanes battered parts of mexico last month, killing dozens of people. but for the united states, things have been relatively quiet so far. despite the fact that forecasters had predicted an active 2013 hurricane season. the white house says fema is recalling workers furloughed by the partial government shutdown to prepare for the incoming storm. steve harrigan is live with more. >> we have been coming across scenes like this all morning. you can see the sandbags up there along a weak spot in the levee, the government and individual trying to make preparations for the storm. we saw people pulling out boats and putting sand bags in front of their house. the governor of louisiana declared a state of emergency. different parishes have as well, too. there will be mandatory evacuations later today, where i am now, and other parts of the state as well. people taking the storm very seriously. they remember well what happened a year ago

alerts have been posted from southeast louisiana to the florida panhandle.ll to come on the "newshour": one of the republicans ready to deal on the federal budget; the debt ceiling dilemma; military veterans addicted to painkillers and the al qaeda fighters in syria. >> ifill: the third day of the government shutdown was another day without progress on capitol hill. as a second major fiscal deadline drew near. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> my simple message today is-- call a vote. call a vote!8"÷ >> reporter: the president used a stop today at a maryland construction firm to blame the shutdown squarely on house speaker john boehner. and, he challenged the speaker to bring up a government funding bill with no partisan strings attached. >> the only thing that is keeping the government shut down; the only thing preventing people from going back to work, and basic research starting back up, farmers and small business owners getting their loans-- the only thing that's preventing all that from happening, right now, tod

timeing with the latest track as it's passing southeast of louisiana there by 7:00 sunday morning. the overnight saturday to sunday is when the wind picked up. you see the heavy rain. the tropical depression can could come together and cause flooding. look at that coming up with the national forecast. we'll have that a little bit later. >>> low lying areas are making preparations for "karen's" arrival. some are under a state of emergency. "karen" could dump up ten inches of rain in some areas. >> basically, we're talking about some low-lying areas of louisiana. sort of the bottom near the mouth of the mississippi river. other people are being encouraged to take precautions. you have to keep in mind. we are talking about an area where people are used to this. they have seen this happen. they have opinion warned before and are used to this. they are starting to see the effects of it right now. we saw several people today who were being very cautious. a lot of people asking questions about the government fur los gos and how that will effect certain things. >> he said the government fu

remnants of karen could bring a three-foot storm surge along the southeast louisiana and mississippi coast. mandatory evacuations were lifted. still a pretty quiet hurricane season, considering. >> roadway. >> absolutely right. we've not had a category 3, 4 or 5 hit the mainland until 2005, that's the last time we had a major hurricane make landfall. that's all okay by us. those things are expensive. sandy, as you recall, was last october. it was a minimum category 1 to turning into not even a tropical system that. doesn't even count even though it did $50 billion worth of damage, it did not qualify as a major hurricane on the hurricane scale. outside for now, we don't have to worry about anything that big day. tomorrow may be a whole other story. we'll have an awful lot of we h weather to talk about on monday. wet commute to work and school and definitely a sloppy commute home tomorrow. for now a quiet start to your washington morning. partly cloudy skies out there, first thing this morning. it is humid and still feeling like summertime. 71 degrees, our current temperature. not much

. >> reporter: hurricane and tropical storm watches are posted from southeast louisiana to florida asosed oil and gas platforuate quarterf ouis d oil and gas platforuate notable for its lack of hurricanes. predictions were dire, 18 storms, eight hurricanes but -lore's no cominin it een no cominin normal. >> reporter: the only storm to make landfall in the u.s. this year is t back in june, it hit florida and pe ea late season storms can be deadly. since then they have bee keeping records. 53 formed in october, 17 of them major. one of the worst, superstorm sandy, which tore a path through 24 states, killing 117. while the gulf is bracing for a late-season hurricane, further north the upper midwest and late-season hurricane, further north the upper midwest and rockies are gearing up for their the next 72 hours will bring one to two feet of snow in matman, >>> with a big winter storm and potential hurricane in the forecast, we turn now to accu-weather. >> our coverage continues with the latest from meteorologist the m. est from meteorologist jim? >> reporter: good mornjohn and diana. here's

southeast. this line has moved through southwestern, louisiana, close-up view shows the isolate today strong severeify having the potential to spin. a tornado watch and one or two warnings in effect. now there is nothing confirmed yesterday just seeing winds damage coming in but the radar detect something rotation in these storms, so an isolated tornado cannot be rude out. eye the right now moving through louisiana about to push in to mississippi and alabama. the green areas are flooding. that's because we have had multiple inches of rain, 6-inches of rain through parts of east texas, louisiana leading to flash flooding and just general flooding. that will continues over the next few hours, all this moyes you are hitting a cold front this area getting rain and the 10 shall for these storms to spin creating gusty winds and hail as they move through. temperatures have dropped quite bait. to the east they are warming up. so over the next few hours this rain will slowly move through the southeast and eventually up through the northeast of new england and ahead of the showers the temperatures have climb

by tomorrow morning these are the lows, 60s and 50s in louisiana, arkansas, memphis at 60 degrees, but across the southeastould wake up to temperatures right at freezing or below. high-pressure controlling the weather. sunshine in the afternoon, but cold night. a storm developing in canada is pulling up that warm air. that's why the temperatures are climbing there. but it's also bringing in rain or possibly snow. looks like this could stay north of the border. there are just a few snow showers as this storm develops. to the south temperatures will be warming up just a bit. 52 in chicago. 35 sunday morning, 50s and almost up to 60 degrees on mocked and tuesday. there is some rain coming in and by wednesday there is clouds in the forecast but the temperature is 63 degrees. 44 in cleveland, over the next few days temperatures will continue to warm up, 60 by monday. so a nice comfortable weekend. maybe a little chill in the morning, but nice and comfortable by monday and tuesday. watching the pacific we have two tie phones that will converge and track east of japan by saturday night and sunday that's about whe

saturday windy and rainy and wet from louisiana into the panhandle of florida. it will move into areas of the southeast. it will have good rain with it. the other big thing today is the chance of tornadoes especially the state of iowa where we are watching the most for possible twisters and large hail. >>> turning to entertainment. a big weekend for hot new movies. "runner runner" opens along side "parkland" and "gravity." george clooney said though the space suit was uncomfortable it was not as bat as the bat suit. >>> steven colbert has a solution for the couples whose weddings were cancelled. >> by the power vested in me by the state of new york and entire viacom family i pronounce you man and wife. >>> the wrecking ball may have wrecked a friendship with singer sinead o'connor. yesterday miley cyrus tweeted a photo of tweets from when o'connor was undergoing health issues. o'connor responded with mockery causes death. after seeing this letter cyrus had a little response of her own sending two tweets saying she is too busy to write but if you would like to meet up and talk let me know in your next l

it's going to veer towards louisiana and then veer off to the east-northeast probably just to the southeast of pensacola. it's slowed a little bit since yesterday. winds probably be about 50 or 60 miles per hour when it makes landfall sometime around, say, sunday 6:00 in the afternoon maybe. by 1:00 on sunday winds are 60 miles per hour at this position. by the time it makes land full 6, 7:00 winds town to 50 miles per hour. it then continues its northeast trek and loses winds, but then the question is how much moisture will it pull up as it combines with the cold front that rolls through here on monday. tropical storm warnings essentially for the entire coastline of louisiana and a tropical storm watch in effect for appalachia and points west. there are no hurricane watches or warnings in effect from karen. okay. i know we're sweltering. we are talking about tropical storms and it's 90 degrees, but this came in and just caught my eye today. a beautiful picture. this is from snowshoe, west virginia. we are talking peak color up there right now. what a gorgeous, gorgeous picture. christie se

severe weather is moving across the southeast, and a lot of rain in a short period of time. the line of storms through western louisianacontinuing to push from west to east, actually bowing out, an indication that there is some strong wind with these storms. a close-up view shows a few isolated storms, and they have the potential to spin a little bit. we could see some isolated tornados as these storms move through. the watch extents in to mississippi. this area is seeing a lot of rain, but also flooding with these storms coming through texas and into arkansas and northwestern louisiana. this area could receive over 4 to 6 inches of rain. so flash flood warnings are issued throughout the state of texas. gulf moisture is coming up from the south, cold air from the north. that squeezes a lot of rain out, so a lot of rain and the potential for strong storms. it will continue to move east over the next 12 hours. so by this afternoon and this evening, western pennsylvania and western virginia that will move out of the area. atlanta we'll see the temperatures into the 70s today. the rain comes in tonight and early tomorrow,

southeast as a big rainstorm. here is the deal. in the center of the gulf coast here from louisiana on over to the florida panhandle, hurricane watches, hurricane conditions possible this weekend in that area. in louisiana, we have down in grand isle a voluntary evacuation. and for the southeastern part of the state tropical storm warnings. meaning tropical storm conditions there are likely for the new orleans area. just the possibility of tropical storm conditions right now. we also have this mega winter storm going on out there in wyoming where we could get a foot and a half of snow. and two feet around rapid city, the snow is already coming down out there. then to the east of that, severe weather possible up here to the south of minneapolis in iowa, maybe even tornadoes. back to you, brian. >> all right. weather channel headquarters with a look at all of it tonight. thanks. >>> we'll take another break. when we come back, the terrified wife and mother inside that range rover. what she was thinking as bikers swarmed and then some attacked. >>> there is other news tonight. sadly it includes a tragedy on the high seas as an unstable

southeast. there's the potential for some storms to begin to spin, and in fact, a few tornado warnings in moved through texas and now through louisiana right now, the line moving through southwest louisiana, and we're seeing strong to severe storms moving through the state. these have the potential to put down numerous tornadoes, and we're watching the line as it moves through the state. the watches and warnings, and the green area is flooding. along with the potential for severe weather, getting inches of rain coming down over the same area. 4-6 inches of rain has come down, because the front is the focus from the golf moisture from the south and the cold air in the north. it will continue moving through the southeast, dropping the temperatures, and rain in the same area. the next 12 hours, it will slowly move through ohio. and it's west of the corridor, but it will be moving through tonight. what to expect in atlanta, rain tonight and tomorrow as the storms move through. >> thank you very much. this next story might restore your faith in humanity. a school bus driver was on his route through buffalo, new york. he saw a woman standi

country, we have two frolths boundaries, one stalling out across the southeast and plenty of moisture with that pumping into portions of louisiana on into southern alabama, also back into mississippi. it's going to be a rainy day to say the at least along i-10. a secondary frontal boundary across the midwest. it's a slow go this morning across indianapolis all the way down through st. louis. if you are traveling along i-70, take it easy. one thing the frontal boundary across the midwest is doing is ushering much cooler air out ofcapped. it will be a chilly day to say the least. we have scattered snow showers just to the north of minneapolis. so if you are traveling along i-35, take it easy there. but that cool air continues to churn and look at where temperatures are in omaha, 35. if you are in fargo, around 38. it's a chilly morning, snow falling outside of minneapolis. take it easy on the roadway. by the end of the day, it will warm up just a bit in omaha. will reach a high of 60. in kansas, 60, up to 60. but to start out the morning, we have a frost warning in effect and a hard freeze warning, certainly end, the growing seaso

southeast will be a beautiful day. down here across parts of eastern texas, southeastern texas into louisiana we'll see the rain showersi. we'll continue to see the scattered showers and few snow flurries. another clipper system is moving in. the west, you're looking good at least for now. to see the storm up here across parts of the far northern rockies, that is going to be our next storm. it will pull in through the next couple of days. we might even see some rain into southern california, snow throughout the sierra nevadas, snow into the rockies and by the time we get to wednesday, parts across the deep south will have more rain. thursday and friday storm across the east coast. everybody getting in on it eventually. i think our halloween here might be a little bit wet. bring rain coats with your costume. >> that ruins it. >> get a clear poncho, then you can see the costume. >> that ruins it. >> i have my costume on now. >> you're going as a news man? >> yeah. >> glad you're not wearing your birthday suit. >>> chilling new details, you've got to watch this tonight, because that benghazi attack, the man who saw it all

louisiana, across new orleans, and pensacola. and the problem is it's been very, very wet here. across the southeast, this has been the wettest summer in a very, very long time and now these trees sitting in mud could decide to fall over with a 34 or 50 moo-mile-per-hour wind gusts. there's a nice shot from pensacola. getting cloudy. it was sunnier earlier. still clouds there on the horizon. >> gosh. isn't it beautiful? >> true. >> we know it's potentially dangerous. we know it's got a threating, you know, there's a threat out there, the threatening storm. gorgeous. >> yeah. >> don't go surfing and boogie boarding and all that, right? >> right. red flag warnings at a lot of beaches. >>> coming up later on in the newsroom, the drama surrounding a beloved and ailing radio personality. casey kasem, you know his name. his family is claiming his wife won't let the kids see him. his brother will tell us what he thinks is going on. >>> and next, is the government shutdown a threat to national security? why some analysts are worried about a cyber attack. ♪ don't you ♪ don't you wanna, wanna ♪ don't you ♪ do