Good morning. Im matt gutman. I am reena ninan. Welcome, matt. Thank you, reena. So good to be here. Excited to have you here. I am seeing you doing something crazy, nothing personal. I am looking at you look what is he thinking . Among that, hurricane coverage. What were you thinking . Practically blown away. Where were you here . This is hurricane irene, on top of the bridge near the eye of the storm. You see rolling out of there. Basically near the eye of the hurricane with some storm chasers. Actually really cool. Just rain and wind. You look like you will be blown off the bridge. Crazy to me when i watch the video. I make it a point never to cover assignments where my mascara has a chance of running. Thats smart. Mine did run that day. Covergirl, waterproof. I recommend it. So, speaking of torrential rains. We are going to bring you to the plains where this weekend the rains are taking its toll. Terrible. The cedar river crested at 6 1 2 feet above flood stage. At cedar falls, iow
sunni rebels captured two border crossings yesterday. they ve seized four towns in anbar province just since yesterday. there s a report that a judge who sentenced saddam hussein to death has been executed by isis. the daily mail says raouf abdel rahman was captured and killed in retaliation for hussein s death. he is of kurdish background. isis forces are sunni as was saddam hussein. topping our health headlines this morning, there is more evidence tanning salons for teens may be risky. a study out this morning says adults with a form of skin cancer are more likely to have used indoor tanning as teenagers. the amount of time spent outdoors in the sun didn t appear to be a factor. the researchers want more restrictions on teen use of tanning salons. and an anti-smoking group says cigarettes are more addictive than ever. the campaign for tobacco-free kids says the cigarette makers want to hook younger smokers.
good morning. i m matt gutman. i m reena ninan. matt gutman making his world news now debut. thank you, reena. welcome. it s so good to be here. very early in the morning. you have been everywhere. i have a question for you. what the heck were you thinking when you did this? sharks. that is a sharknado. that is a sharknado. are you not aware they have sometimes bitten the heads off human beings? sharks are our friends. they can be very friendly pets. where were you? in the bahamas. they go for the white pole that s me they re attacking. they go for the white pole, the color of flesh. generally they leave you alone. that s me scratching the belly. very friendly. what did your mom say when she saw this? she said, you re crazy. they re not as scary as they seem. sharks are not that dangerous. in fact, you re much more likely to die 50 other ways than sharks. matt gutman, you are always unpredictable. you know what s even more unpredictable than matt