with tropical storm force winds. we saw gadi being blown around there in the morehead city area. new bern is well inland here. this is not just a coastal event. it s even far inland we ll see this flooding. i m sure there will be water rescues taking place far away from the coast and inland areas where those rivers are getting backed up. the winds are ramping up. winds gusting to 63 here. 54 in hatteras. isn t too bad. we re waiting for it in wilmington at 47. so the storm is currently 90 miles east/southeast of wilmington. landfall predicted by the hurricane center maybe 8:00 a.m. to noonish or so. if it stalls out a little later than that. here s the 2:00 p.m. position. almost over top of wilmington. then it kind of rains itself out and heads down towards the myrtle beach area. so the key times are the high
13 minutes past the hour. you have to see this wild video of an intense weather system including vivid lightning and side view of a super cell there. that s just gorgeous, really. then there s this time lapsed video of lightning storms on the horizon in palm beach, florida. you can see even a pretty elaborate sand castle if you look at the bottom of your screen. it s all lit up by that light show in the background. meteorologist veronica johnson is in today for bill karins, taking a look at the labor day forecast. you re laboring on this labor day. just a little bit. not too much. really, the weather across the country isn t too bad, betty. take a look. we still have showers and thunderstorms right near florida. a lot of them off the coast. i do think we re going to see more fire up today, especially
how many politicians who pledge to donate their salary to charity during the government shutdown actually kept their word? at least 116 of the 244 lawmakers who pledged have donated almost $500,000 to charity and government accounts, so i kind of guess 47% isn t too bad for a bunch of politicians. hmm? president obama and vice president biden took part in the first lady s let s move campaign by taking a lap around the white house. mr. president, ready to move? absolutely. let s do this thing. let s move. after a good workout, got to