Continues to swirl as cat 4 expected to make landfall in several hours in big bend northeast of tallahassee. the wind gustses, you got to be careful. s ashley: thank you for that live look and deep explanation of what you are seeing. todd: the water did get higher urg did the course of his live shot, that is scary. ashley: shows how quickly things can change. we will bring in janice dean. janice: new update in 20 minutes, every hour we are getting coordinates. now category 4 storm. this will start to weaken as it interacts with land. this is historic, big bend tro tropical storm landfall, had many of them, half formed in
will on the streets. journalists get a look at the violence syria doesn t want you to see. it is amazing to me how this guy has been shot this many times. i mean, he s superman. i have been shot three times. my fingers have bullet holes. did you hear had a? part man, part terminator. shot three times in a robbery. a marine pulls out the bullets with his own hands. and now he s talking about it from his hospital bed on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 29. this is american morning. a lot going on today. let s get right to it. that s right. good morning, everybody. glad you are with us. i m alina cho. up first, dramatic shift in the political landscape with five days to go before the iowa caucuses. just look at this brand-new c cnn/ time poll. mitt romney on top in iowa now. followed closely by ron paul. newt gingrich plunging and rick santorum suddenly rolling right to the top three. gingrich now 11 points behind romney. he s