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Immediately with heavy rainfalls. it is only about 200 miles away from new orleans. the winds will begin picking up in new orleans as we go throughout the next 12 hours. this is the tropical storm force wind field. they are just now impeding on the coastal areas. you will only feel those when you get any squalls that go through. the storm itself, the bottom half, looks very impressive. looks like a hurricane. the whole northern half of the storm is really tame. there is barely any rain in the northern half of the storm. don't expect to see a lot of our reporters down along the gulf coast with ...

Going to see a southeastern louisiana landfall. a lot of our computers still pinpointing that area from new orleans southward. it does bring the worst of that storm surge through eastern louisiana, lake pontchartrain back up into areas of mississippi. let me explain what's been happening with the storm and why it didn't become a hurricane. the bottom half of the storm looks very healthy. if you only stared at that part, it looks like a hurricane. the northern portion has been sucking in this dry air overnight. that's working into the center. it is kind of at a stand still. we are going to wait...

few moments, but first joe johns takes a look at how edwards went from rising politician to a guy who could face decades behind bars. >> reporter: john edwards, the politician, remember him? >> we have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different americas. >> reporter: but as it turned out, mr. two americas here had two very different faces himself, and one of them wasn't very pretty. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal, betrayal of the people closest to him, his late wife elizabeth, his supporters, staffers, contribut...

>> look at the top 0.1%, and they started up above 50%, and now they are down to 26% tax rate. and this is a function of the reagan tax cuts, the bush tax cuts. but this is what is driving -- i would say in fairness this is a white house chart. so i wouldn't stick with every single number. but directionally, it is definitely consistent with the other data. >> let me ask you, why is it now that almost 50% of americans, one in two americans, don't pay any taxes, income taxes? >> well, that's been a series of tax changes including the earned income tax credit. >> also started with reagan. >> also...

corporal punishment and discipline to abuse. an ongoing debate sparked by the video of a judge caught on tape repeatedly hitting his daughter with a belt. also this morning a kid suspended from school. what did the kid do? he gave a hug to a friend. is that okay? 6:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia, 5:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas. wherever you may be, we're glad you're here on t.j. holmes. where is your money this weekend? is it on the move? a lot of americans money on the move this weekend. one group wants to you move your money out of the big banks and put them into community b...