cancer. they shouldn t of shut down the government to begin with. the democrats said no. how does anybody say that s okay. how could someone shut down the government and the same kids are not getting funded because of republicans. all you have to do is vote on it. the republicans have passed it and said let s fund cancer research for kids and democrats have said no and that s the tantrum i m talking about. thanks to both of you. i appreciate you coming in. checking the news feed this morning, president obama has cancelled the rest of his trip to asia to deal with the government shutdown. secretary of state john kerry is already in indonesia and will now take the lead at two key economic conferences. this trip particularly important because it was supposed to be a big step for the administration to build relations with interests in indonesia and burnai. pope francis visiting the hope of st. francis of assisi. he celebrated mass and held the hands of children with disabilit
craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. we re going to continue to get pounded for at least the next couple of days. soledad? you ll be in the middle of it. john, thanks for the update. we ll keep checking in. tornado and flood warnings are still in effect today. let s get right to meteorologist alexandra steele, in for rob this morning. he made really great points, john, did, because what we re looking at is this is the tropical storm and it is stationary. that s been the biggest problem with this thing. there s no momentum. there s no movement because t