the province here, we could still see quite a bit of flooding and mudslides. 25 people with a storm that could have been the largest in any ocean for 40 or 50 years, the loss of life of 25 is actually quite miraculous because the storm did die quite a bit before it moved on shore. had it came on shore, the numbers may have been 100 times that. >> i had friends in highrises in hong kong that were hiding. boy, that could have been a lot worse. >> you bet. >> chad, thanks so much. coming up -- >> syrian president bashar al assad says the united states is trying to find an excuse for a war. >> if the u.s. wants to find excuses for war, it will find them. there was a russian/syriani russian/syrianian agreement for -- from within the u.s. because there are no