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It was the weather, so many things. not just the weather, the jelly fish, the hypothermia, sunburn, she battled everything. but as t.j. winick reports she has no regrets. good morning to you, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob, paula. for the third time in a year, diana nyad tried to swim from cuba to the florida keys and for the third time she came up short. [ applause ]. >> reporter: sharks, squalls, and jellyfish doomed her attempt on a record 103-mile swim from cuba to the florida keys. her third attempt in a year. >> there is no regret, nothing, one iota we could have done better. >> pul...

So far, so good here in new orleans with tropical storm lee. the problem, though, is lee is not move, it's hovering around the louisiana coast. as a result the weather doesn't change a whole lot. that band of rain that hit us yesterday when we were talking to you yesterday morning has rotated all the way into western louisiana, some of the rain got as far west as houston, a spot that needs the rain, all of those areas in exceptional drought. that blob of tropical moisture has come back over the gulf and moving back in towards new orleans. we'll have more squalls moving through today. but what ...

Said could be a prolific rainmaker. tropical storm lee has been upgraded to a depression, and it is threatening to dump 20 inches of rain across the region and lee could hit new orleans this weekend. louisiana governor bobby jindal has declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm because of the threat of flash flooding. mississippi governor haley barbour is following suit to declare a state of emergency for seven counties. mike seidel from the weather channel has more. >> well, we have had squalls rolling through the big easy, but so far, so good. it has not rained long, but hard. seven or...