the storm has strengthened overnight is headed for the southeastern bahamas.urricane warnings in eastern cuba, jamaica has been hit by squalls and southeastern bahamas. but haiti bearing the brunt of the storm with real tragic situation unfolding there. with folks homeless and in intense -- >> where do you go? >> telling them -- where do they go? >> it's terrible. and there you see the amplified or wavy jet stream pattern breaking down. so that's the basis for this seven-day forecast it shows quite a warm up and we will check the stats and get back to you at 5:00 and 9:00 tonight with updated numbers. 42 today. 48 tomorrow and 66 sunday with really 70 on monday and tuesday. then settling back as scattered shower on wednesday. better chance on thursday and better chance friday before the big cool off next week. >> enjoy your weekend. >> you guys, too. >> get some rest and have some fun. >> thank you for joining us today. >> have a great weekend. remember we are back at 5:00 and 9:00. we will leave you with more live music from singer catherine mcfee.

eastern cuba, western haiti bear the brunt of those winds and on into the turks and caicos and southeastern bahamas as well. that's going to be a big problem. rainfall amounts, we're talking the anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain over haiti, and of course, with the mountainous terrain, and much of it deforested, they've estimated up to 80% of the forest has been cut down for people to use for firewood, that's going to exacerbate the mud slide problems. the path of the storm continues on into the atlantic by early saturday morning and continues on as a category 1 storm. the big problem, not so much the winds, but really the rains. 10 to 15 inches of rain is going to cause massive mud slides and flooding. >> mr. roker, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> let's turn to politics now, where the top republicans in congress bolstered by tuesday's election results are promising big changes in washington. nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt. it's been a very rough go for democrats since tuesday night, but they do have some good news this morning. was