Page 3 - Rotating Storm News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Oil spill. thick gobs of oil are now washing up in mississippi. crews were along the beaches yesterday collecting tar balls. the local mayor says, "it's hit us now." the white house says vice president joe biden will be in the gulf tomorrow after four visits by president obama. this will be the vp's first since the spill began. also we're watching alex, a tropical storm again moving back into the gulf and right now it is not on track to hit the oil leak area directly. >> but any last-minute shift in its track can potentially shut down the containment effort for as much as two weeks. of cou...

Hospital on friday for fluid retention related to his heart disease. cheney has a long history of heart problems and suffered his fifth heart attack in february. some major developments to tell you about in the gulf oil spill. a milestone of sorts today. it is now day 70 of this disaster. we're watching another potential problem going on. alex, the storm moving back into the gulf, it is a tropical storm again. right now not on track to hit the oil leak area directly but the last-minute shift of course could potentially shut down the containment effort for up to two weeks. >> right now withou...

With the storm. we'll have both eyes on it very carefully. also, coming up next hour, we'll take a look at the travel weather and show you what to expect. you mentioned storms in dallas. we could see those in new york, philadelphia and the nation's capital before the day is out. we'll send it back to you in new york. >> thank you so much. this morning's top stories just minutes away, including a developing story. senator robert byrd, the longest serving member in history, has died at the age of 92. we'll take a look back at one of the most interesting people ever to serve our country. ments. ...

Caribbean. now it made its way across the yucatan, got kind of weak yesterday but now that it is moving out over the open water it is building up strength, moving to an area of very warm water which will help fuel this thing but more importantly, it is moving to an area with minimal shear. winds are forecast to be 100 miles per hour as you get into wednesday. thursday, winds at 110. possibly making landfall i would think by midday on friday. perhaps even -- i'm sorry, thursday, midday on thursday. possibly making landfall south of brownsville, texas, north of tam pea ka, mexico. that's just th...

Forecasting that it will likely make landfall in mexico's eastern coast but the storm could head up north potentially churning up waves that could affect clean-up efforts off of louisiana for two weeks. up to 2.5 million gallons of crude oil are spilling into the gulf every day. in a few hours, confirmation hearings begin for president obama's choice to replace justice john paul stevens on the high court. republicans are questioning elena kagan's thin jew diudicia record and her politics. cnn will have live coverage of the confirmation hearings at noon eastern today. it will be interesting...