it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. first, it s a super soaker. tropical storm hammering florida with extreme weather. the slow-moving snow sith off the coast of alabama and the florida panhandle. the outer bands whipping up dangerous surf and triggering this huge water spout off juneau beach. also spawn ag deadly tornado in florida as it drenches the coast. officials say a woman was found dead in a home in venus located in the middle of the state between port st. lucie and sarasota. a child in one of the damaged homes was also injured and taken by the hospital. people say they were blind-sided by the twisters. i got my wife and my dog put them in a hallway there and said it s coming. about that time it started blowing real hard. it happened real fast, in a matter of 30 seconds. we saw a bunch of wind pick up. shoved into the bathroom. scared half to death. it was pretty traumatic. meteorologist alexandra steele is tracking the storm for us. slow and fierce.
there s only one man who can bring together all of these people. that man is, of course, united states reigning king of comedy, jimmy fallon, his new album. he apparently wants to blow your pants off. jimmy fallon. thank you for having me back. yeah, since the last time, i thought you d never invite me back. really, ever. intriguing cover of your album here. yeah, i was it appears to be your naked butt. it s a gentleman enjoying a red wine. what s a red wine you love? chateau lature. yeah, it s a chateau lature. and he s laying on his rug and he s about to listen to blow your pants off and his pants get blown off. sort of madmen-esque until he gets here. every comedian, there s a butt joke in there somewhere. now, last time you were here, you wore a smart suit, you were very much the persona of a television star. what is worrying slightly about all of this is that you ve arrived today r all intens and purposes looking like mick jagger. and you ve arri
gdp growth below 2% here. that means our economy is not growing fast enough. it s growing but not fast enough. your most important asset, your home, despite government efforts to prop up housing markets, home prices have fallen in the last three and a half years. and jobs, 20 consecutive months of jobs gains. it s these last five months right here, this slowdown in jobs growth right here, that could cost the president his job. that s at least what the republicans are hoping for. pete dominick, host of sirius standup. president obama did not cause this recession but three and a half years into his term the recovery is now slowing. i want you to listen to this clip from the today show. it was taped in february 2009 just two weeks after the president took office. a year from now, i think people are going to see that we re starting to make some progress. there s still going to be some pain out there. if i don t have this done in three years, there s going to be a one-term pro
the party in south beach. guaranteed it is still going on this morning. he said it s the best day of his life. i wouldn t doubt it. hi, everybody, nice to have you with us this morning. welcome to early start. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east, good morning, everybody. it may be a good morning, it may not be such a good morning, depending how you look at things. the markets are down worldwide this morning after the ratings agency moody s downgraded 15 of the world s largest banks and guess who happens to be sitting in this morning. the woman who knows everything there is to know about this. can you boil this down and let us know what it means for us? it means that your stock investments got hit yesterday and the global economy is slowing and we re seeing the ramifications of that around the world. 15 of the biggest banks in the world, including five of the largest u.s. banks were downgraded by moody s. bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, jpmorgan stanley. and hsbc
of mexican origin. 14% puerto rico and 5% cuban. in florida, cubans are 32%. puerto ricans 28% and mexicans 9%. president obama speaks to latino officials here this hour. president has a wide lead over mitt romney among latino voters. what s he plan to do? shore up the support, bring in juan carlos lopez to talk a little bit about that and jessica yellin, inside where president obama will be speaking shortly. jessica, i want to start off with you. yesterday we heard from mitt romney. he highlighted the poor economic conditions among hispanics. 11% unemployment. 2 million hispanics living in poverty. how will the president address the concerns of latino community when it comes to the economy? i expect he will draw on the same message we heard recently from the president about the two different visions for the future economy of the nation talking about how he believes he will build on the middle class and fare fair shake, fair future, building on the middle class and mitt r