in this male dominated world of horse racing in order to succeed and win. it's friday, june 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. tgif, everybody. >> absolutely. >> does it -- >> does it go faster. doesn't work that way. we tried that before. ready for a wet one on the east coast. >> wet, wild, crazy. >> good sleeping weather for us >> a wet start for the weekend. for tens of millions along the east coast. >> tropical storm andrea dumping heavy rain from the carolinas north. new jersey is getting downpours and could cause major flooding before it loses steam in two days. our coverage begins in florida with abc's sam champion. >> reporter: tropical storm andrea, the first named storm of this atlantic hurricane season, brought 65-mile-an-hour winds and driving rain. andrea's squall lines have been spotting multiple tornados and that is expected to continue.