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dangerous storm. emily schmidt joins us now with the latest on the forecast. good morning, emily. reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. the latest national hurricane center advisory actually shows earl shifting just a bit to the east. just enough to take new york city out of the cone of probability, for now. however, earl still continues in its path towards the carolinas. the first evacuations, set to begin today. in is category 4 hurricane earl from the international space station, more than 200 miles above the earth. and this people feel we re getting time for the big one. reporter: is the worry along the east coast. the national hurricane center says it s been nearly 20 years since a hurricane this big threatened so much of the eastern seaboard. there s already a hurricane watch in north carolina. officials say prepare evacuation plans. it s going to be too close to the coast not to be ready to go. reporter: some summer tourists plan to listen. i ve al
shirley sherrod. this morning she is considering a job offer from the agriculture department, not to mention apologies from the obama administration. all of this just days after sherrod was fired for what appeared to be racist remarks. tara mergener is in washington with much more on this story. boy, things have changed in a matter of, what, 24 hours, tara? reporter: that s right, betty. good morning. after accepting apologies from both the white house and the a agriculture secretary, sherrod weighs her option but the controversy rages on. shirley sherrod is still deciding on whether to go back to the department of agriculture. she has a unique set of skills which would lend assisting usda as we deal with trying to turn the page on our civil rights chapter. reporter: secretary tom vilsack offered to rehire the 62-year-old wednesday for a new role, just days after firing her over this speech. and here i was helping a white person save their land. reporter: the edited
all of this just days after sherrod was fired for what appeared to be racist remarks. tara mergener is in washington with much more on this story. boy, things have changed in a matter of, what, 24 hours, tara? reporter: that s right, betty. good morning. after accepting apoll by ining the white house and agricultural secretary, sherrod weighs her option but the controversy rages on. shirley sherrod is still deciding on whether to go back to the department of agriculture. she has a unique set of skills which would lend assisting usda as we deal with trying to turn the page on our sil civil rights chapter. reporter: secretary tom vilsack offered to rehire the 62-year-old just days after firing her over this speech. and here i was with a would it land help them save their land. reporter: the edited clip posted online by conservative bloggers appeared to show sherrod making racist remarks, but it soon became clear the comments were taken out of context. and there was ac
all of this just days after sherrod was fired for what appeared to be racist remarks. tara mergener is in washington with much more on this story. boy, things have changed in a matter of, what, 24 hours, tara? reporter: that s right, betty. good morning. after accepting apologies from both the white house and the a agriculture secretary, sherrod weighs her option but the controversy rages on. shirley sherrod is still deciding on whether to go back to the department of agriculture. she has a unique set of skills which would lend assisting usda as we deal with trying to turn the page on our civil rights chapter. reporter: secretary tom vilsack offered to rehire the 62-year-old wednesday for a new role, just days after firing her over this speech. and here i was helping a white person save their land. reporter: the edited clip posted online by conservative bloggers appeared to show sherrod making racist remarks, but it soon became clear the comments were taken out of c