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Year. we know how to have large events and were going to do a great job. >> so there you hear, everyone. the governor of florida, and he makes a good point, that florida is all about tourism, and it appears at this point that florida is dodging the worst of it, though the keys are getting lashed. >> theyre getting lashed. everyone had to cancel their plans. people had to stay where they are today, but their lives wont be impacted for the most part after this. and that includes the tampa area, to...

Take questions. i dont know if anyone wants to add anything. >> what have you been told about the convention because of rescheduli rescheduling? >> all i know is that they move forward monday. you would have to talk to the convention. [ inaudible question ] >> well, what we try to do at the state and all of us is try to make sure the convention and anybody having activities around the convection have all of the information. they can make an informed decision about the events. but while were on m...

Rain. as you can see right now, that rain has stopped this morning, thats what were dealing with, gusty winds and spurts of rain, much different today than it was yesterday. yesterday, at this time, it was dealing with occasional squalls, through the major thunderstorms being with them. heavy rains, gusting winds and lightning and thunder, this morning, much different. i am grabbing my hat because it might blow off and i did a wind gust earlier this morning, and the same right now. but again, ri...

Have the rest of today and tomorrow to prepare because by tuesday, the weather will be getting worse. >> really sage advice to prepare for one category worse. that makes good sense. >> intensity forecasts are not good. they have a lot of room for improvement. >> thank you for that. right now, thousands of floridians are without power as power crews stand by waiting to help. florida power and light is reporting 3,400 outages in miami-dade county, 1,500 in broward county, and nearly 2,000 in palm ...

36 past the hour with a look at key west, florida. youre getting a look at that being provided to us by wtvj as they have been driving around the community and seeing the wet streets and lots of winds. the good news, they look eed at some house boats and they didnt look to being rocked too much by the waves. lets go to bill karins who is going to bring us up to date on the forecast and what is happening in florida. >> todays impact is minor considering what we have been through in the past in so...

Side of key west, right that way is isaac. and as you can see, were getting pretty incredible gusts here right now. interestingly enough, the last tropical storm to directly impact key west was in 2008. that was tropical storm fay with 55-mile-per-hour winds, but in 1999, it was hurricane irene, that version of irene that came over key west with winds about 75 to 80 miles per hour. as we often say as meteorologists forecasting the storms, dont just pay attention to the center line. it may be rig...

Americans venturing out this christmas weekend. >> travelers hitting the road over the next two days will face drenching downpours from texas to the northeast and heavy snow in the rockies. and the roads are still treacherous after the monster blizzard hit the southwest and great plains. we have more on this from abcs ginger zee. >> reporter: over a foot of snow and ten-foot drifts blanketed the southwest. a blizzard with white-out conditions that brought major interstates to a halt. motorists t...

police through a private entrance. her murder conviction overturned yesterday. knox sobbing uncontrollably when this verdict was read. so emotional, she had to be helped from the courtroom. her friends say the first thing she wants to do when she returns home to seattle is lie down on a green field. lets get the latest from becky anderson live in perugia, italy this morning. do we have a timetable for knox departure, becky? >> reporter: yes. we believe shes gone. its now mid-day local ...

been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. >> no doubt about that. thanks. well continue to check in with you. lets check in with affiliate wcbs whos driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. >> doing everything that residents can expect and even more. well get by this. we will get by this. >> there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, thats something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision i...

With here. at least one warning just to the north of springfield. joplin, this area here, still seeing showers. the tail ethd of it still extending back towards the west. not out of the question, this area seeing storms later in the day. dont want to let your guard down. i want to mention, one storm, again, in towards jasper county, johnson county, tulsa county, until 1:00 central time. potential with that cell talking hail, maybe upwards even quarter sized as well as gusting winds. i mentioned ...