morning and much of the day. back to you. thanks for that lovely weather report. of course, we ll have much more on the monster storm later on america this morning and also on good morning america. in other news, another cruise ship sailing around antarctica has run into problems. this time it hit a rock that broke through the outer hull. officials say it did not breach the inner hull so thankfully the ship did not take on any water or leak oil. 80 tourists and 35 crew members are on board the polar star. there are differing reports, though, about whether they are being evacuated now. the ten-day cruise is set to end in argentina on sunday. now to egypt where tensions are high. despite president mubarak s announcement that he will not run for office again. while antigovernment protesters remain camped out in cairo s main square, pro-mubarak demonstrators are gathering there, too. alex marquardt is joining us by phone from cairo this morning.