the island of hispaniola. so no doubt we are going 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