welcome back to "new day." we're following breaking news as we watch the weather this morning. the national hurricane center now saying that the storm that's brewing off the east coast could very well become a category 1 hurricane later this week. that means the storm would impact tens of thousands of people. of course, leading up to the july fourth holiday. this is more than just wore egabout our barbecue plans and fireworks plans this. really is a concern, indra. >> definitely a concern because now the system is expected to strengthen. right now currently just a tropical depression hanging off the bahamas. currently a strong depression. already at 35 miles per hour. 39 miles per hour. that's what makes it a tropical storm. that's exactly what it's expected to do later today. look at all the weather models. we don't typically see that much consensus. all the models are saying this is going to be hugging the