but as the morning progresses, we anticipate it will deteriorate fairly quickly. we expect the rain gusts to pick up and seeing more rain as the day continues. gretchen, steve, brian, back to you. steve: all right. elizabeth prann live in new orleans. we thank you very much. by the way, the sun has just come out officially here in tampa, which up til this point, had pretty much been dampa. brian: maybe tomorrow we ll be outside. steve: we got a fail. brian: 26 minutes before the top of the hour. headlines. the federal government actually pushing to get more americans to ask for federal assistance. a new poll shows that 15% of those surveyed admitted to getting government help like food stamps and unemployment assistance, and you got the usa.gov announcing, quote, this given that only 15% of you turn o government for assistance in tough times, we want to make sure we know about benefits that could help you, make sure you know that. more than one in seven americans already on fo