jenna: now a fox news extreme weather alert out of the caribbean where tropical storm sandy has strengthened into a category 1 hurricane on track to hit jamaica today, eastern cuba tomorrow and the tropical storm watch is at southern florida. it could cause severe weather for the u.s. east coast later this week. we ll keep a close eye on it for you here on happening now. the. jon: well, on election night all eyes will be on the electoral college vote count until ones the magic number of 270. or, the electoral vote splits down the middle, 269-269. so what happens if the race for the white house ends in a tie? could happen. mike emanuel live in washington. mike? reporter: hi, jon. yeah, in a very close presidential race one possible scenario is electoral tie. president obama s expected wins are the blue states. governor romney s are in