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they arrivinged at their home. plus an update on mr. pelosi s condition, and new information about the suspect s potential motive. it s the final sprint to the midterm elections and both parties bringing out their closers, and their last-minute concerns in some of the key races. plus new incluclues on where economy stands as we pay more for just about everything and the warning about an economic possible downturn next year. and the flu virus, and why they re urging everyone to get the vaccine now. it s saturday, october 29th. where does the time go? thanks so much for waking up if us. good morning, boris. good morning, amara. always great to be with you. we begin with new details emerging about the violent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi s husband. yeah. sources say the assailant tried to tie up 82-year-old paul pelosi after breaking into the couple s san francisco home and attacking him with a hammer. he underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture ....
Right there. this shot near moss point, mississippi yesterday. you see the tornado behind the line of trees. one of several reported in this area. officials near baldwin county, alabama say four were spotted there. so far, no reports of any injuries. parts of the south and eastern u.s. are seeing rain again this morning. and we re tracking what could be a wet halloween for some folks. 60% chance now of rain in atlanta. so, went up from 50% to 60%. not happy about that, alison. i know you re not. we talked about it this morning. remember, it s going to be in the first half of the day. so we re hoping we can get that all cleared out by the time the trick or treaters arrive. and, yes, this is the same system we re talking about that produced the severe storms yesterday. in total, nine separate severe tornado reports in the last 24 hours. this is the system that we re talking about. today the good news is that the severe threat has gone down. the main focus is going to be all of the ra ....
no one wants it on a holiday weekend, but if you re going to have an area that gets it, this is one area that will not com complain. we ve got areas around shreveport to tulsa, oklahoma. the concern is this afternoon and evening as the storms start to ramp up. we also have potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. we re talking tornados and damaging winds in new orleans, even biloxi and jackson, mississippi. overall, much of the area needs the rain, so they re not going to complain, especially pretty much along the mississippi region, which is still dealing with low levels of water and high significant drought. when you look at most of these areas, you re probably going to pick up one to two inches widespread. where you see the orange and yellow, 3, 4, 5 inches of rain is not out of the question. the concern is if you get all of that rain in a short period of ....
Time, it inl creases the potential for flooding. a lot of these areas, that s where we re going to be looking at the biggest concern. again, overall the big picture here, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, portions of texas and mississippi, they need the rain. overall if you can get just an inch or two, you don t get the thunderstorms with it, these folks are not going to complain whatsoever. outside of that area, though, much of the u.s. looks relatively nice. if you ve got early trick or treat plans, a fall festival going on at some point, you ve got sunny conditions, mild weather across the northern tier of the u.s. we have showers and thunderstorms across areas of florida too. keep one other thing in mind. we also have to look elsewhere. when we take a look at the tropics, we have not one but two different things we re keeping an eye on. the first system is over in ....
Ber bermuda. the second one has a chance of development over the next four or five days. allison, can we talk quickly about the forecast for halloween? there s no rain in the forecast. i m looking at our forecast i ve been looking at it for the past seven days an it says there s rain in atlanta. this is what kills me. 50% chance, what does that mean? there s a 50/50 chance i ll have breakfast. what am i supposed to do with a 50% chance of rain? . i ll help you out. basically it s not going to be a washout, but you have to take an umbrella. i m not taking an umbrella. it s not going to rain, allison, thank you. we ll be announcing who will be the next cnn hero of the year. ....