conversations go. keep us updated. thank you. >> thank you, kate. >> appreciate it. now, after talking about one disaster there, there's also this, that graphic is behind my head once again. a new tropical storm is picking up strength in the caribbean and it could be headed to the united states by this weekend as a hurricane. chad myers is tracking nate in the cnn weather center. tell me, chad, tell us, what are we watching? >> kate, meet nate. right over nicaragua right now over land, so it's not gaining strength but going to gain strength when it gets back over water. a 40-mile-per-hour storm right now. then goes into the gulf of mexico. when it gets in the gulf it's going to hit something. no way out of the gulf without hitting parts of texas, florida, or something in cuba. the forecast now for category 1 making landfall saturday night/sunday morning somewhere 100 miles either side of the line around new orleans. makes a difference if it's 100 miles left or right where you live. there's also the chance with this very warm water, well above