what he unfortunately has in his future in the next 30 minutes. we also want to point out we have seen an expansion of the watches and warnings in the last hour or so namely for places like alabama and georgia. we now see tropical storm warnings going from a watch to a warning for many of these places including the city of atlanta going from a watch to a warning. we expect those winds to be about 40 to even 45 miles per hour. here s the latest on the storm. winds right now 130 miles an hour so this is still a very powerful major hurricane at a category 4 strength. we ve noticed the eye wall starting to close up. it s likely going into another eye wall replacement cycle. the question is can it intensify before it ultimately makes landfall? those eye wall replacement cycles aren t immediate. they take time and we don t have much time left before this makes landfall, so the question is how much more can this storm intensify before it finally makes that true landfall?
report. we should mention that peter johnson jr. is in for brian this morning. here s one of the concerns for the debt deal now other than trying to get it passed in the next 24 hours. some people are saying look, we don t have enough time to read this. remember the whole health care debacle that nancy pelosi famously said now that we passed it, we can find out what s in it. most of the country doesn t want to go through that again. is there enough time to know the intricacies of the deal? one of the things that john boehner put out, this is the power point presentation. i just printed it out on our xerox copier downstairs, essentially lays out everything and the important stuff his caucus wants to know. caps and control, it s all spelled out very, very carefully. but it all depends on what happens down the road. and also, you know, the cuts aren t immediate. and some of them are too far into the future and future congresses, peter johnson jr. because we re talking about the next d