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To a tropical storm after churning in to mexico's east coast overnight. the storm bringing heavy wind, pounding rain and the possibility of flooding and mud slides. drank lynn is the first atlantic hurricane of the season. meteorologist janice dean is live on the plaza with the latest. good morning, janice. janice: hi, jillian. big deal this morning because the first hurricane of the season made landfall is now across the east coast of mexico co. legacy of this storming is extreme flghtd. there it is which is dissend grating which is good news. the flooding is going to be extreme. the national...

Salute michael as his procession drove by. michael was shot and killed during a traffic stop sunday night. is accused killer is behind bars. todd: hurricane franklin downgraded to a tropical storm after turning into mexico's east coast overnight, heavy wind, pounding rain and the possibility of letting and mudslides. heather: franklin the first atlantic hurricane of the season. we could see nine of the damaging storms this year. meteorologist janice dean joins us with the latest. >> that is the big headline, noah upgrading their hurricane count and saying we can have two to three major hurrica...

Dialing not just with you but the american people. the default narrative is always negative and it's demoralizing and i think -- >> i'm excited to announce we will have four skype seats live in the briefing room. this will open up to journalists who live outside the area. >> opening the briefing to a more diverse group will benefit everyone. heather: i think that's a great idea. clayton: behind the scenes marriage counseling. heather: thank you, kelly. mother nature unleashing feary across the country. roaring up the east coast packing hurricane speed winds and pounding rain. clayton: a man in...

Camera guy just a few moments ago. it's just a mess out here. the wind continues to just pound this area. i'm sure some of these palm trees are going to start falling over at some point. i've seen them bend pretty far. you can see behind us there are still people driving through this. i can't imagine why. the dangers in these kinds of hur kans are numerous. you not only have extremely strong winds but you have the debris that they throw around. power lines that get knocked down. you also have extreme flooding. we're at the shore here. the ocean is just on the other side of our hotel and with t...

May be making something of a direct hit. boris? >> reporter: hey, john. just to paint a picture of what we're seeing right now, the beach behind me, the tide continues to creep higher and higher. the line where it is right now is actually where we were standing when we spoke to you yesterday and the waves continue getting stronger. we were hit with a gust of pounding rain just about an hour ago that forced us to run inside. we are not the only people still here, believe it or not. there are still families that are out here deciding whether or not they are going to stay here to weather the stor...