washington, d.c. any minute we are expecting the senate to confirm general david petraeus as the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. again, he s going to be taking over from general stanley mcchrystal who resigned after that damaging rolling stone article which quoted him and slammed the obama administration. we want to tell you that matthew ho, a name you may remember, he quit his state department position in afghanistan as part of a protest against the strategy of the war. we ll have him coming up in about half an hour from now talking to us about what s taking place, the new strategy that s going to be going into afghanistan under the leadership of general petraeus, and as soon as he s confirm we ll bring that to you live. there s yet another new twist in the case of a missing 7-year-old boy. his name is kyron horman, and he s been nearly four weeks now since he was reported missing, just vanished at his school near portland, oregon. yesterday a judge barred kyron s stepmother terr
here s what i want to show you guys and the viewers at home. high tide by the way at 8:44. when we had high tide the water went all the way up here, covering about 90% of the beach right where i m located here, and can you see all of the seaweed that it left behind once the water receded. now, that is a problem as we head through the day today, because as the storm moves closer, we re going to continue to see that push onshore. a couple of things of note. the causeway is open right now, and that takes you back to the mainland or vice versa. also, a brand new tornado watch has been issued, so it s the rain, the wind, the surge, and also the threat for tornadoes here into southern texas as the storm system continues to head closer. landfall right around the midnight hour so that is going to basically, thomas, stay like this, in and out through the day today. what we have is what we ll continue to get. stephanie abrams live in south padre island in texas. thanks. want to check
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