craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. we re going to continue to get pounded for at least the next couple of days. soledad? you ll be in the middle of it. john, thanks for the update. we ll keep checking in. tornado and flood warnings are still in effect today. let s get right to meteorologist alexandra steele, in for rob this morning. he made really great points, john, did, because what we re looking at is this is the tropical storm and it is stationary. that s been the biggest problem with this thing. there s no momentum. there s no movement because t
it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. first, it s a super soaker. tropical storm hammering florida with extreme weather. the slow-moving snow sith off the coast of alabama and the florida panhandle. the outer bands whipping up dangerous surf and triggering this huge water spout off juneau beach. also spawn ag deadly tornado in florida as it drenches the coast. officials say a woman was found dead in a home in venus located in the middle of the state between port st. lucie and sarasota. a child in one of the damaged homes was also injured and taken by the hospital. people say they were blind-sided by the twisters. i got my wife and my dog put them in a hallway there and said it s coming. about that time it started blowing real hard. it happened real fast, in a matter of 30 seconds. we saw a bunch of wind pick up. shoved into the bathroom. scared half to death. it was pretty traumatic. meteorologist alexandra steele is tracking the storm for us. slow and fierce.
12 months ago. and june was the deadliest month on record for u.s. troops in more than two years. perhaps what is most shocking is the claims that a u.s. government contractor named an ham overcharged the pentagon and the american taxpayers for items like control switches and pvc pipe, sometimes 5,000% mark up, even 12,000 in one case. we sat down with the inspector general to get answers. this is an example of failed government oversight and excessive billings by the contractor. specifically, a study in weak subcontractor management and the failure to review invoices. we have an example of a pvc pipe that costs $1.41. the university is government was charged $80 for this, a
the american people kind of understand how these things work. anham says it is a competitive bidding process and that while someone approved these $80 pvc pipes that cost $1.41 as you say, why wasn t the competitive bidding process done anham says they won with the lowest cost and they say they saved the government money. our concern is about the bidding among subcontractors. it is disingenuous for anham to say it was over process it want. they selected the subcontractors who bid under their large contract. therefore, were these subcontractors bidding fairly i think there s some question. reporter: after our interview we caught up with
the american people kind of understand how these things work. anham says it is a competitive bidding process and that while someone approved these $80 pvc pipes that cost $1.41 as you say, why wasn t the competitive bidding process done anham says they won with the lowest cost and they say they saved the government money. our concern is about the bidding among subcontractors. it is disingenuous for anham to say it was over process it want. they selected the subcontractors who bid under their large contract. therefore, were these subcontractors bidding fairly i think there s some question. reporter: after our interview we caught up with