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York, homeland security secretary janet napolitano will announce the new system to alerting the public to a terror track. the color-coded system that came into place after the september 11th attacks will be a thing of the past. starting next week, it's going to be replaced with a system that the government says is more specific. that system will feature two alert levels, imminent and elevated. here's homeland security secretary janet napolitano on why she believes this system is more effective. >> these alerts usually will not be national in scope. they will be limited to where the threat is. ...

>> a continuing evolving threat and terrorism is not a static field, so, we have international and domestic now to be concerned about. and we want this to be a shared responsibility. with the citizenry of our country. to make sure they are aware. alisyn: rick leventhal is live in our new york city newsroom and has been in the works for a while. rick: we heard about that in january when janet napolitano announced the demise of the color-coded system and the two tier system will be more specific to audiences and events and, the american public is a key partner and involves facebook and twitter a...

And, deborah, i saw wind gusts -- i've been watching amarillo, because they've been very dramatic. but their wind gust today was close to 60 miles an hour coming out of the south and southwest. so that makes it hot and very difficult for firefighters. >> what's interesting, you have tornadoes on top. you have fires because of the hot, dry weather on the bottom. and what's separating it is the jet stream coming through the middle. >> exactly. exacerbating the situation. >> thank you so much. well, the department of homeland security is nearing a decision on its plan to replace the color-coded...

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And vinita. that color-coded system has been in place for nearly a decade but the department of homeland security says it's time for a new one. in just a few months terror alerts like this one will be a thing of the past. the department of homeland security unveiled a new way to inform americans about potential threats. one that doesn't include the much maligned color-coded terror alert system. >> under the new two-tiered system, dhs will coordinate with other federal entities to issue formal, detailed alerts regarding information about a specific or credible terrorist threat. >> reporter: the...