Storm could ruin july 4th plans for millions, beaches from florida to new england on alert. Some forecasts saying it will be a category 1 hurricane by the weekend. Plus, boots on the ground. 300 new u. S. Troops baghdad bound but with the official withdrawal three years old, why are there almost 1,000 american servicemen there. Plus this, world cup fever hitting hollywood. The stars around, jayz, mick, rihanna and the official world cup song by j. Lo and pit bull, were brazil live in the cnn newsroom. Check me out, look. Good morning, im carol costello. Im carol costello, thank you for joining me. Much more on the world cup in a minute. First a strong storm off the east coast could put july 4th plans for millions in jeopardy. It will march up the east coast where millions will be spending their Holiday Weekend at the beach. Right to Indra Petersons with the latest live in new york. Good morning. Take a look at what is now a tropical depression but likely to strengthen into a Tropical S
They want the nfl to compensate them for what they say are lifelong injuries. Now they have one of the games greatest players ever helping to lead the fight. Reporter hall of fame quarterback dan marino is now suing the nfl. Former Miami Dolphin joining 14 other players in lawsuit taking on the league claiming the nfl knew about the longterm dangers of concussions and purposely misled players about the risk. The complaint didnt specify marinos or his condition but did say he suffers symptoms of brain injury caused by the representative, traumatic, subcon cussive or con cussive head impacts sustained during nfl games and or practices. More than 4500 other other players with currently suing the nfl as part of a class action but the hall of famer is one of the most prominent names. About two weeks ago another lawsuit was filed claiming players were given pain killers and narcotics by team doctors and trainers. Some not medically licensed. To keep them playing even while hurt. The players
Wednesday, thursday, and then friday even on up into new jersey, long island, on saturday were talking major waves in boston, in maine and all the way up to nova scotia where i think it finally makes real landfall there. There is the issue. The storm all week long will be the rip currents. The water is going to pile up and then go out and if youre a swimmer and get caught in a rip country, youre going at 30 miles an hour and youre going to try to swim against it and its the worst thing you could do. Theres lightning and there could be flooding. This thing is going to explode and then as you travel up the east coast, travel away from jacksonville but towards north carolina, i know theres going to be a bigger cone that gets wider as you get farther away. The middle of that cone will be nags head. Theres north carolina, wilmington, and most are onshore which tells many he that were going to get landfall, first time in a long time. And around halifax. The water is warm. The condition is ri
Plus, one of americas least reliable friends going into the iraq war resurfaces. And just like then, he wants to run the country. The question tonight, is Ahmed Chalabi doing this administration what he did to the last . We do begin, though, with the breaking news, Tropical Storm arthur, the first of the season, predicted to become the first hurricane of the season too. And the path it is on could send it straight into sandy territory, right up the eastern seaboard. Seconds ago, the National Hurricane center released an update on the storm and where its headed. Lets get down to atlanta and chad myers crunching the numbers for us. Chad, so how big is this, archer . And where is it going . Earlier today, it was nothing. It was 35 Miles Per Hour. Now the Hurricane Centers latest forecast says by the fourth of july, around 2 00, a 90 Miles Per Hour still category 1. But on the border of that. There is the storm. Much more menacing this hour, john, than weve had over the rest of the day. Al
Become the first hurricane of the season, too, and the path it is on could send it straight into sandy territory right up the eastern seaboard. Seconds ago, the National Weather Service Released an update on the storm and where its headed. Lets go to atlanta and chad myers crushing the numbers for us. How big is this arthur and where is it going . Earlier today, it was nothing. It was 35 miles per hour. Now the Hurricane Centers latest forecast says by the 4th of july around 2 00, a 90mile per hour still category one but on the boarder of that. There is the storm. Much more menacinmenacing. The radar is not that impressive, thats because the radar doesnt go that far. Satellite looks down, radar looks out, by the time the radar gets there, the rainfall is on the other side, cant see it. Some of these showers are to tampa and sarasota, one of the outer bands will get many, many more bands. The biggest threat with this storm will be the rip currents. All the way up the east coast as the w