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Storm expected to make its way up toward the bay and farther north by 2:00 a.m. sunday. about to move up towards the arctic sea. that s certainly good news out of arm s way. as it stands, still about 145 miles from halifax, nova scotia. this is going to be going, going gone soon. if you happen to be heading at to the beach, conditions around the country is great. eastern seaboard, it s going to look beautiful because you ve got that frontal boundary coming in. the problem is we ve got a real risk for rip currents up and down much of the eastern seaboard. scattered showers are going to be a possibility across parts of, say, the southeast, especially into florida. high pressure building into the center of the u.s. beautiful conditions with high temperatures across the nation. very comfortable in many spots. 83 in atlanta. high for today. 79 in new york, new york. 91 in dn veenver. 64 in seattle. as we wrap things up, t.j., a sneak peek, a look at college football forecast. ....
Some reports say that as many as five wives of the miners have had to come face to face with mistresses and girlfriends. now, this has come up because the government is handing out money to the wife or significant others or the miners as they re down there. government aid to the women to sustain them while the miners are down there. so a lot of women are coming forward and claiming to be the love interest of one of the miners. so some of them might not be in too much of a hurry to come up. we ll stay on top of that tori f story for you. we re going to get a chance this weekend in atlanta, have a drink with the cleon, batman, whatever. you have seen these pictures. this is going to be going down once again in weekend in atlanta. dragon con, as it s called, kicked off last night. we have a very special invitation for you this morning. stay with us. ....
reporter: self described telling the media to fire back as what they see as hypocrisy. is the mayor going to be held accountable for what happens under his watch? is the police superintendent going to be held accountable for all the corrupt cops who go out and kill young black men? reporter: the group includes some who say they turned their gang influence into a force for good. now they want city money to pay for their own violence prevention programs. they re giving an ultimatum, quit it, instead of an alternative. sitting back saying we have a solution when innocent people are still being killed and shot every single day. if you ve got the solution, it shouldn t be any dollar atlanta tached to it. people are calling press conferences and being angry and being mad and worried about constitutional rights, says to me sounds like it s working. reporter: as for this gang member he left the meeting with police mad but also having heard the message loud and clear. i m happy. ....
I have tried, josh, over the years to understand what this is all about. and i just don t get it. but it s this fantasy, this extravaganza that is happening here in atlanta. this sci-fi thing. josh, i don t understand. i can try to help. i understand what you re saying, it is kind of amazing all these people want to come here and dress up as super heroes. super heroes converging. might break some world records this year. people are very excited about this. so we actually asked some people why do you want to dress up and take part. here s what one told us. ever since i was a young kid i have always enjoyed dressing up in costume. here it s really fantastic because there are so many people with similar interests of mine. all the science fiction fantasy, comics, video games, everything. to be able to dress up as these characters that we enjoy and have people recognize you, it s just a lot of fun. something we really enjoy doing. i m going to give you a sense of today. we had video o ....
This year they say it s going to be bigger. this is a parade that takes place through the streets of atlanta not far from where we are here at cnn headquarters. let s go to the video of 2009. what they re hope for this year is even bigger. they are saying that they could break records this year. they re saying last year they managed to have the let s see 1200, i think, take part. looking for more. they also want to have the biggest gathering ever of star trek, people dressed in star trek costumes, the current record being 500 people. you know what? talk about money. there is a study that says a couple years ago in atlanta when it was even smaller the direct economic impact of this one convention, all these people turning out for it, was more than $20 million. and it could. even more. now, another thing we re going to hear from that is that we re going to hear from actually a sci-fi star with her view on why this is so popular. first of all, let s take a look ....