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sea. they usually don t weaken too much in this area of the world. someone will get some devastation from this storm. unfortunately it looks now that most likely it will be up near cancun, northern portions of belize may get clipped, too. the hurricane center does think it should be near there as a category 2, then weaken on friday, early in the morning, to a category 1. the good news for cancun t will probably be a category 3 hurricane as we go throughout the next couple of days, weaken down to a 2 and then a category 1 hopefully by the time we get to that period. then only a tropical storm for western cuba. we have not ruled out the storm heading for south florida. the forecast today looks better for south florida than it did yesterday at this time. now only one of the computers out of the six reliable ones takes it to south florida the rest of it bring it towards
look, i m lynn berry. here s some of the top stories making news this morning. reports say the body of ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi has been buried at an unknown location. this after officials said he would be buried in a secret desert grave. meanwhile, the head of the transitional government reassured western powers the country will be run by moderate muslims. republican presidential candidate rick perry is proposing a tax overhaul that would slash corporate rates and give individuals the option of paying a 20% flat tax on their income. a federal judge in florida is temporarily blocking a new state law requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test before receiving benefits. the judge says the law may violate the constitution s ban on unreasonable search and seizure. scientists say this year s devastating tsunami in japan has created giant fields of floating debris in the pacific ocean that could hit u.s. shores by 2014. u.s. navy vessels have had to steer around the
morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. good morning, alina. good morning, everybody. welcome to american morning. it is tuesday october 25th. i m alina cho along with carol costello. ali and christine are off today. up first this morning, presidential politics as texas governor rick perry trying to one-up herman cain s 9-9-9 plan and get back the good graces of gop voters. this morning perry will unveil his economic growth plan that includes a flat tax. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joins us from washington with more details. he has this 20% flat tax, but taxpayers is actually opt out if they like their tax rate better? reporter: yeah, and banking on most americans not liking the way they have their taxes right now and hoping for some of that 9-9-9 that boosted herman cain from an afterthought to a front-runner in the gop nomination. yes, basically this morning the texas governor rick perry unvams his plan. cut, balance and gr
if we don t fix it more downgrades of our economy are coming. the president rolling out some changes to his tenth housing plan today in one of america s hardest hit cities, las vegas. if you meet certain requirements you will have the chance to refinance at lower rates which could save you hundreds of dollars a month and thousands of dollars a year on mortgage payments. in a nutshell the plan increases the number of home owners eligible to refinance. now the administration says it would allow more of the five to seven million under water home owners who are still current on their mortgage payments to refinance. the administration is pushing for a rate of about 4% for those refis. we had two key questions. one, will the plan increase housing prices? well the chief economist of real estate website zillow website told us, even if the plan is fully implemented and everything is perfect, prices of homes may not rise. that was not the answer we were hoping for. two, will it wor