sometimes i seen a developing storm where its actually strengthening. once it does, it will strengthen all the way in. i m glad we ran out of real estate, we would have kept on getting stronger. that s a big fear. ken graham, i can t stress to our viewers the responsible your job brings. thank you so much on top of all your warning functions for making time to talk to us at regular intervals. we really appreciate it. ken graham is the director of the national hurricane center in miami. we have now made contact with unof our many correspondent and camera crew teams. kerry sanders is able to join us once again after what s already been a long and sporty day in panama city beach, florida. hey, kerry. hey there, how are you? we re getting the cameras set up. bear with us. i came down here to the beach to sort of show you what did or did not happen. as you understand what a hurricane is going for on the eastern side of the states the
some made it out of the way just in time. an interesting side note here. out of the approximately 140,000 public railroad crossings in this country, martha, only about 52% of them have active warning, active warning functions. martha: yeah. casey, sad story. thank you very much. bill: yeah. from the middle east now, there are air raid sirens yet again today in the heart of israel. thousands of army reservists have been mobilized in that country. and there are signs that the middle east may be on the brink of yet another war. we will take you there live and talk to ambassador dan gillerman for the latest. martha: there are high-stakes this morning in talks at the white house. are leaders ready to bargain over taxes? what to expect behind closed doors and hopes of possibly avoiding a plunge through the fiscal cliff and into recession. when it comes to the top 2%, what i m not going to do