that could be a hurricane by tomorrow. also, we will look at the ill political winds back-and-forth and the ladies are getting wind of our convention coverage. can you see the ladyies? do you see them? he is amazing. i love him. i love him. neil: don t worry, there is enough of me to go around. we have an all-star lineup to help me go around it. back to you. names so big, with our live coverage tomorrow you will not know what hit you and with the convention coverage you will really not know starting off with the republican national convention, and we do the same thing with the democratic national convention working every day in between and every day after and we are not taking a day off until february of 20179 check up out on fox at
storm but a lot of warm water ahead of it. we do think this is going to become a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. there is some of the wind gusts ahead of the storm system reporting quind gusts at 36 miles per hour out of san juan, puerto rico. it is strengthening. as you can see by the latest track becoming a category 1 hurricane by thursday, we think. skirting the island and maybe moving over cuba. some of the computer models do show this storm pushing in towards the florida area as you can see right here and, shepard, i just want to show you one of our very reliable forecast models. it is american computer model. as you can see as we go further out in time, boom! there is tampa. so folks there need to be watching this it back to you. shepard: janice, thanks very much. the g.o.p. convention organizers say they are making contingency plans along with the secret service. sadly, this would not be the first time a hurricane hits the united states during a republic convention. the
5:46 in the morning. we have a beautiful live picture on a monday of the united states capitol. let s go to bill karins. you guys big out some nice pumpkins this weekend? got some pumpkins, got lost in the corn maze. my 4-year-old, far smarter than i am. good morning, everyone we have a tropical storm to tell you about. hurricane season not over with yet. anyone planning on being near cancun this week, you ll have to deal with rina. this is rina. rina could become a hurricane by thursday or friday, it could be right near cancun. we have to catch south florida this upcoming weekend. otherwise just light rain shower
gregg: something that just crossed our wires. we have no independent confirmation. our sister network sky news is reporting that one of colonel gadhafi s sons has been captured in tripoli. that according to rebel fighters. who told this today, to sky news our sister network abroad. the other son has already been killed in rebel fighting. the latest news from the family of muammar gadhafi. it could suggest an imminent end to colonel gadhafi s regime. now a weather alert. there could be big trouble brewing in the tropics right now, it is headed our way. tropical storm irene barreling through the caribbean picking up strength threatening to become a hurricane by tomorrow. irene is getting closer and closer set to make landfall in florida.
it s near after from this canned at national weather service has downgraded the system to a tropical depression now. forecasters expect it to move west and possibly become a hurricane yet again in the next few days. left of center keeping an eye on the tropical system off the south america. janice dean tells us this could become a hurricane by next week. potentially a bigger threat than igor. a plea deal appears to in the works for the nigerian man dubbed the underwear bomber. it s not clear what the deal would include. defense attorneys reportedly wrote in a court filing that they have met with prosecutors multiple times to go over their options. prosecutors say the terrorist suspect packed explosives into his underwear and tried to set the bomb off during a christmas day flight to detroit. now he faces a charge of trying to use a weapon of mass destruction. that carries a sentence of life in prison. since his arrest. the feds say he has cooperated with investigators. but analysts say