Lets talk about what consumers can do, and we see it all over twitter today. I love avocados, and i dont want to support criminals of what do i do . I love my guacamole in the super bowl. Cocaine, heroin and now avocados, criminals are looking for new ways to make money. In the past, they turned to limes, but in the Western State they are finding that money does grow on trees. Avocados are more lucrative than marijuana and that has the cartel tightening its grip. Theyre skimming profits in avocado growers, a move criticized by a rival cartel. Pash [ speaking spanish ] the citizens are starting to take matters into their own hands, forming militia groups to protect local growers, and the military has also stepped in, but it has little affect on farming communities being affected by what are being dubbed blood avocados. A journalist is investigating how theyre tabbing into the industry, the Mexican Bureau chief, at Yale University where he studies management. And the author of the last n
Pandamonium starts this morning, only on gma. And good morning, america. Take a look at that count right there. Were on day three of the government shutdown. No closer to a solution. So many daily activities being affected, from cashing a check to taking out a mortgage. Were also seeing potentially dangerous consequences like cutbacks and Clinical Trials for cancer patients. That, we are. And we showed you this astonishing picture on wednesday. Remember sams reaction. We showed you in the newscast yesterday. A nail right through a mans heart. How he survived. Were going to hear from him this morning. Every time we see that. Its a good story. Its a happy story. Yeah. Yeah. Were going to begin with the weather and the two major storms brewing at this hour. I know youre tracking for us. So much happening. We need to talk tropical systems, a snowmaker and thunderstorms as well. Well start in the tropics. Miami ill start with these pictures. Not that this storm is for you. Overnight you wer
Them, sam. Its a lot. One thing thats not shut down, is the weather pattern. We have one tropical system in whats been a quiet season. And we have a big snowmaker in part of the country. Lets start with video first. Miami, im going to show you pictures of last nights rain. This was not that system. But it was loosely wrapped around the Northern Edge of that system. And im showing the rest of the country the rain you got in western dade last night, in the six to eight rainfall range. This is what were expecting on the gulf coast. And there will be heavy rain on the eastern seaboard, monday and tuesday next week. Lets deal with what this system is actually spreading in here. You cacan see theres an awful t of rain that comes up around the gulf coast. Most of the models are targeting that system to make it towards the gulf coast by the time we get to the weekend. At the same time, theres a system off the west that is pushing in cold air to replace the record warmth thats been sitting in t
States . Drones. We know the military uses them. Well, get ready for drones possibly buzzing your house. And forget steroids. Adderall is the new p. E. D. And four nfl players are suspended. Cup of joe, only one question left. Something you would buy . No, not at all. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with me. Im carol costello. We begin in washington today where president obama will play host to mitt romney this afternoon andn what could be one of the most anticipated meals in the Nations Capital since thanksgiving. White house correspondent dan lothian joins me now. So, i dont know. I would love to be a fly on the wall. Wouldnt you . No cameras allowed inside for this lunch. This is something the president said he wanted to do in his victory speech, sit down with mitt romney and talk about moving the country foor. You look back to a few weeks ago when both these candidates were going at each other, the president criticizing mitt romney, the 47 for
Up and adam. A lot of people working hard already. I am ainsley earhardt. I am heather childers. New this morning a congressional investigation is launched into the disaster thousands roll out of obama care. There is new information that all those glitches could have been prevented. Elizabeth prann is following the latest for us. Whats the latest this morning . A house has scheduled a hearing for next week. They will look into the fast amounts of technical road bumps of this day 18 of the 182 day open enrollment roll out. That includes the contractors the ones paid millions of dollars possibly over budget to create the site. Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Seb Beal why yous has been invited to ascend. How much did the administration know of the possibility of these problems. They say americans deserve answers. At the least they were confused. This should all be delayed as a result of these horrendous developments. I hope that the white house will reconsider. The white hous