that connects cape thoras. we expect the winds to pick back up. we think we re in the center of this storm. it s just amazing to feel the wind coming around. my hotel room is on the other side of where we re standing, so away from the ocean and when i woke up, there was somebody in the room, pulled the curtains, there was just sand all over the window. i ve never seen anything like that. we ll keep an eye on it here and have a little bit more in a little bit. back to you. thank you, peter. be careful. hurricane arthur cannot keep americans from celebrating independence day. addison, texas is named kaboom town. you can see why. celebrating a day early. half a million people in attendance. love it in boston. hurricane arthur pushing up the
park downtown for the show. of course to new york preps are under way for the biggest fireworks show in the country, the 38th annual macy s fourth of july celebration, two years of planning, 50 technicians make it happen tonight. big party. hurricane arthur forcing many fireworks and parade cancelations. so be sure to check your town for the latest. to some other news now. iraqi pilots dropping bombs on dozens of isis strong holds. this is defense secretary chuck hagel announced the pentagon set up a second joint operations center in northern iraqy troops. isis gaining more control over villages in syria along with its biggest oil field. saudi arabia sending 30,000 troops to defend its border with iraq. the pentagon said the u.s. is staying out of the fight for now. president obama has been very clear that american combat
boston pops celebration. of course, to new york. preps underway for the biggest fireworks show, 38th annual macy s celebration, two years of planning, 50 technicians going to make it happen. that will be amazing. hurricane arthur forcing many fireworks and parades to be cancelled. check with your town and find out the latest. new orleans ramping up security this holiday weekend after the mass shooting on bourbon street. 50 state troopers being deployed to the city today. they have been assigned to work with the new orleans police department in whatever capacity is needed throughout the labor day weekend. with the crisis at our border growing worse by the day texas lawmakers are trying to get the president to take some meaningful action at a heated hearing in texas, governor rick perry urging president obama to deport the children to send to
up the wrath of hurricane arthur being felt along the eastern seaboard. and we are celebrating proud americans. this is from the daughter of a navy veteran who says she s proud to be an american because of her dad s service. and cat sharing this picture of her honey arriving home from his deployment. and this photo of a giant american flag. yeah. please keep your pictures and tweets coming using #proudamerican.
pack up. let s check back with peter doocy. he s live in nags head, north carolina. reporter: we re in the eye of the storm. it is perfectly calm right now. obviously the seas behind me are very angry but i just used this wind reader device it said right now we only have 9.2 miles per hour gusts coming in. no rain as you can see. maybe just a slight drizzle. in fact, things are so calm right now that one of the many people who is awake now at the hotel because the storm is making so much noise earlier just wandered out on the deck where we are in flip flops and shorts and was just looking around to see what happened to the big storm. we re expecting it to come back any minute now but this is what it s like in the eye of what we believe is still a category 2 hurricane arthur. so calm right now. it was also very calm last night