they just talk. thoughts and prayers, if that worked, we would be the safest country on the planet. need action. chief ramsey, thanks so much. brianna? right now we are keeping an eye on the gulf coast, particularly the state of florida, and tropical storm idalia. it s expected to mike landfall as ma major category 3 storm by wednesday. governor desantis said that idali will be a major impact and urged anyone to get ready and be ready to not have power. chat meyers is closely watching the storm s track here. how strong is this storm looking? how close is it? right now it s still south of cuba. it s a discombobulated megss.