mississippi you have a huge opening here. let's see what you gotti state fair -- got at this state fair photo booth. >> one, two, three. okay. >> look at that. >> that will be mighty nice on the wall. >> yea. >> come on, really even the salty old carney was pro-gay. surely two gays at a livestock show will do the trick. nothing? that's it. we'll settle this the old fashioned way in a waffle house. y'all want everybody to know we met two years ago at a wafl house and i want to say -- waffle house and i want to say, michael, would you marry me. >> no you are not. >> if you would do in this is special to me. >> yes! [ applause ] >> that's clapping? okay mississippi last chance to bring some at -- authentic ant-gay venom. >> would you marry me? >> yes, yes! [ applause ] >> seriously, these are the two gayest states in the union. i was owed an explanation. [laughter] how was your trip, sir? >> um, super gay. >> even if these states 30% of people might support gay marriage. >> i watched two men propose to each other in a waffle hou

it was plain to see justice, and it was a big victory in mississippi when a mississippi courtroom a box of mississippi jurors found the man guilty, found seven guilty, and so as we move forward in the story of charles johnson and his experience, about ten years later about 1977, he sees somebody coming up the driveway or his road to his driveway. as i mentioned, this was a federal trial so the men who went to prison did not go for murder. they did not serve the time for the crime. charles sees someone coming up to the road, and he looks down and says, you know, that looks like wayne roberts standing on the front porch with his daughter. she's about two. is that wap? sure enough, he's out of prison in kansas, back in meridian, and he's walking up the street carrying something under his arms, and he's walking up in the shirt, stops in front of the house, and african-american neighborhood, 1977, stopped in front of the house, and says, reverend, can i speak to you? charles said, i didn't know, i thought he was coming to finish his job, coming after me now? this is his track record. he says

. >> in mississippi, only a few dozen people have signed upstatewide. a few dozen, stephanie boswell went there to find out why. >> cliff miller is a chef at the i wanted alian grill until picayune, mississippi. he says for the last year and a half his family of 4 hasn't been able to afford insurance. >> i worry about that every day because all it takes is one accident and then you could be, you know 20 to $100,000 in debt or more than that. you just never know. >> miller says he and his wife are searching for healthcare. but they couldn't even get on the new federal healthcare exchange website. in jackson, barber shop owner chris paige and his customer, terri harper say they have insurance but both plan to look at their options understand the aca? >> i may get better coverage for the same amount that i am paying because i just got the minimum level coverage. so i can at least have something that would cover me if something was to happen to me. >> neither paige nor har per have gone online to compare rates? >> i haven't because they are saying every tim

mississippi and alabama.practically at the same time. the blind boys of mississippi was from a little school in mississippi out of jackson called piney wood. tavis: i have been there many times. >> the blind boys of alabama came from alabama. the blind boys of mississippi, ther actual name was jackson pioneers predict the blind boys of alabama's actual name was happy and jubilee. the blind boys of alabama and mississippi got their names, that is another story. [laughter] tavis: can i just tell you, with all due respect, whoever came up with the happy land jubilee singers -- you know where i'm going, don't you? the five blind boys of alabama i think is lot better than the happy land jubilee singers. i'm happy you all made that switch. as difficult as it was -- this was back in 1944, right? >> yeah. ll the we all know too we hell that black people were enduring in alabama and mississippi in that area -- in that era. if it was bad for black folk across the board, how much more would difficult was it to make your

chris miller is a chef in picune mississippi. he says for the last year and a half, he hasn't been able to afford insurance. >> i worry about that every day because all it takes is one accident and then you could be, you know, 20 to $100,000 in debt or more than that. you just never know. miller says he and his wife are searching for healthcare. they couldn't get on the healthcare site. >> in jacksboro, chris page and his customer terri harper say they have insurance but both plan to look at their options under the aca. >> i may get better coverage for the same amount that i am paying because i just got the minimum level coverage. so i can at least pay out something that would cover me if something was to happen to me. >> neither paige nor har per have gone online. >> no. they say when you try to log in, there was something wrong with why you couldn't sign up. had some computer glitches. >> mississippi is the only state that applied to run its only healthcare exchange and was rejected. the federal government turned it down becaus

mississippi, joining hundreds of families. his work has been displayed at the mississippi arts festival, festival u.s.a. on the strand, the festival of pennsylvania folk life bicentennial and the mississippi pavilion at the world's fair. his carved wood sculptures are on exhibits including the old capitol museum in jackson, mississippi, and the museum of natural science. george has been featured in many national shows such as southern living. -- e accolades are a test testament. i would like to recognize mr. george berry sr. on his achievements both as an artist and as a teacher. for more than 50 years, george has used his god-given gift as a skillman craftsman to make beautiful pieces of art. today he continues to graciously share his knowledge and skill with many others. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius wi

the state of mississippi was the enforcer of segregation.a sovereignty commission composed of the governor and lieutenant governor. to overcome those kinds of obstacles and be where we are today is just almost startling, if you think about it. the artifacts you speak of, there are so many. the thing that is significant, i think, about the civil rights museum is that the movement was captured and will be captured in these museums. the freedom riders, their stories will be told. and young people will have an opportunity to look back and see what great people we had. >> rueben anderson, we appreciate your time. kain, thank you for your efforts as well. we hope to get the chance to visit in 2017 when all is built. >> come visit us. thank you. >> moving on now, very briefly, thousands of mourners arrived at this hour, a little earlier, at the first baptist church in l largo, florida. they paid their respects to congressman bill young. house speaker john boehner flew in this morning to attend that funeral. the house is in recess today so members c

>> mississippi and georgia. i was born in gulfport mississippi and moved to georgia later on. >> when and why did you start writing poetry? >> i wrote poems pretty early on. my father might say even earlier than i would tell you. but when i was in the third grade in my earliest memory of writing poems happened then. i was riding in a class and i had a teacher who with the library and in my school down a little collection of the poems that i had written and put them in the school library to the estimate how many collections have you written and published? >> for collections of poetry. >> they all came out in 2012? >> that's right. >> are they really did poems or happen to be the latest? how was that done? >> my poems are related in that way. i tend to work on a kind of project so all of the poems circle around a particular question that i posed for myself. something i am trying to grapple with in language so they are very much connected. i think about robert frost's idea about the 25th pullen said that even thoug

was set in mississippi. you know, i felt like lelt see. professors at university of michigan were great. i felt it was easier for they are them because that's their job and they're good at what they do. it was easy for them to read my work and figure out you know what i was attempting to accomplish on the page and give me the kind of feedback that helped me get the story there and, you know, helped it accomplish whatever i was, you know, trying to accomplish. my workshop was hit or miss. there were a couple of people in the workshop that got right off the bat. they immediately understood what i was attempting to do and giving me constructive feedback to get it there. some of them, you know, i think the majority of my classmates did not i could tell -- the reason i knew that because of the kind of feedback i was getting in workshop were some of, i mean, it was, you know, their reading of my work was completely confusing and i felt like they were -- they had preconceived idea about what i think -- they thought

one state hit especially hard, mississippi. which has the largest percentage of poor and uninsured people in this country. in that state, more than 90,000 african americans are being denied coverage. dr. shirley heads up the jackson medical mall foundation which provides health care for the underserved. doctor, the "new york times" talked to a 53-year-old unemployed mississippi man named we willie charles carter. he makes less than $3,000 a year but does not qualify for medicaid in mississippi because he has no dependent children. he told the times, you've got to be almost dead before you can get medicaid in mississippi. dr. sher irley, how is that possible? >> mississippi has a very restrictive bare bones medicaid program. and the only way currently without the expansion and withouted adoption of the polics in the health care reform, then therefore the only way you can be on medicaid in mississippi is, first of all, you have to be poor. and then if you are a male and you are anywhere between 19 and 64 it doesn't matter your in

i think the need is more pronounced in mississippi.he reason that people have abortions are not related to their morals. dozens of teens come to the facility and some come with their mothers. e. others comothers come alone. not all stay. many are from poor rural comeudges. communities. others travel miles to get here. like this single mother who doesn't want to show their face. >> it's the worst place to have an unplanned pregnancy. oh, my gosh. over where is so far to drive. she drove two hours to end her pregnancy and she is 31, in the military and a college student. mississippi law mandates that she has a chance to see the you will multra sound and listen toe heart beat. the sounds are not comfortable to her. >> every time i chose to keep it i iit was negative and i felt dn and tierl tired and depressed an i chose to aboor abort it i was happier and it came to, you know what, it's the right choice. a faint scent of cleaning supplies fill the air as with te women go back to wait for dr. parker. >> he gives them ammunition for the pro

right now our focus is unrolling mississippi.surance and the tax credits they are eligible. >> many residents don't have internet access or computers. >> plus, according to the u.s. department of health and human resources mississippi is the unhealthiest nation and has the third-highest premiums under health care exchanges. mississippi received only $1 million in federal aid to pub lisize the plan. arkansas received $24 million. >> the mississippi medical center got most of the money, $800,000. >> covermississippi.org which got left money is mapping out an effort to bring computers to the people. >> there's a need for funding. we are a state where you'll have to knock on doors to help people enrol and walk people through the process. >> chris miller says he may take another look at the health care exchanges, but will wait in the the website is more reliable. >> and coming up later - a conversation with critically acclaimed author who after four best sellers has a share of detractors. al-jai vel shi asks the writer what he thinks

now the mayor of jackson, mississippi. we caught up with the mayor just days after his inauguration. he adjusted to life as the mayor of the largest city in mississippi. >> i have a lot of faith in him. >> what's going on t man. >> reporter: the mayor radical history hasn't scare aid way his supporters. on this die near, the they line up to shake his hand. >> what you think of the new mayor? >> >> mississippi is still racial ladladylydivided. amnesty has not elected a black politician to state-wide office since reconstruction. his political journey began at a young age. as a child he was deeply effected by the death of emit -- a 14 this-year-old murdered by a rapist. >>> at 8-year-old my mom opened the jet magazine and showed me the body. and she explained to us. she said not only is it a problem with the people that did this but america has a problem. america's problem is racism. >> reporter: in 196, th the assassination of martin luther king pushed him to take action. >>> where were you? >> when mlk was assassinated, i w

we went there to find out why. >> this is a chef in mississippi.sole provider for his family of four and says for the last year and a half, they haven't been able to afford insurance. >> i worry about that every day, because all it takes is one accident, and then you could be, you know, $20,000 to $100,000 in debt or more than that. you just neve know. >> he says he and his wife are searching for health care, but couldn't get on the new federal health care exchange website. in jackson, barbershop owner chris page and his customer terry harper have insurance, but both plan to look at their options under the a.c.e. >> i may get better coverage for the same amount i'm paying, i've got the minimum level coverage so that i could have something to cover me if something were to happen. >> neither have gone on line to compare rates. >> i haven't, because they're saying every time you try to go log in, it was something wrong with why you couldn't sign up, and you had some computer glitches. >> mississippi is the only tate that applied to run its own health

this week we hit the road once again, going to natchez, mississippi.s 300-year-old town has a population of about 16,000. and like many main streets we visited, there are empty storefronts. but unlike in other towns, business owners here have found a formula for survival. a formula they proudly shared with us. ♪ >> in the days of hoop skirts and cotton plantations, natchez, mississippi, used to be oun of the wealthiest cities in all of the south. and today, if you drive around, you still see all these old beautiful mansions. downtown used to be a bustling vibrant place. today, there's still a lot going on downtown, but not as much as there used to be. but people here really care about the downtown and they are not going to let it disappear. so we spent the day here to find out what these small businesses are doing, how they've had to diversify in order to keep their businesses alive, which in turn kept their downtown alive. >> my name is billy gillen. i formed the group in 1974. we moved to this location in 1980 so we've been here on main street, natch

the university of mississippi got most of the money - $800,000.avigators helped almost 4,000 patient. some are magging out a state -- mapping out a state-wide effort to bring computers for the people. >> there's more funding needed. we are a state where you have to knock on doors to walk people through the process. >> chris miller may look at the health care exchanges, but will wait until the federal website is more reliable. >> all 35 people signed up with insurance provider magnolia - a spokesperson for humanisis says that company is in a quiet period until third-quarter earnings are released next month. >> spain may be targeted by the nsa. one paper says nsa monstered many thousands of calls. it's based on information from edward snowden, following allegations that president obama approved spying on german chancellor angela merkel. the white house denies that. congressman peter king and former vice president dick chaney said the u.s. should stop apologising for the nsa surveillancism. >> overall intelligence is important and need to be preserve

the mississippi medical center got most of the money. navigators helped almost 4,000 patients. >> this area is mapping out a state wide outreach to bring computers to the people. >> there's a need for funding. we are a state where you'll have to knock on doors to help people enrol and walk people through the process. >> chris miller may look at the health care exchanges, but will wait until the federal website is more rel ible -- reliable. >> now more on the american hostage release in columbia. rebels freed former u.s. marine held captive in july. kevin scott sutay was kidnapped and accused of being a mersanary. >> we are joined by bogota. did this release come as a surprise? >> well, negotiations had been underway since june, actually, when he was captured by the farc in the remote regions? south-eastern columbia. it didn't happen earlier because of a disagreement between the farc rebels and the columbian government. the factor were trying to turp his release in a public event, and they have asked for the mediation - a very well-known

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>> mississippi is still racially divided.resident barack obama only won about 10% of the white vote he e in 2012. and the state has not elected a black politician to statewide office since reconstruction. lamamba's political journey began at a young age. as a child he was deeply affected by the death of emmetttill. >> 14 years old my mom opened the jet magazine and showed me the bob of emmett 'til, she said shoque, america has a problem, america's problem is racism. >> in 1968, the assassination of martin luther king pushed him to take action. >> where were you when mlk was assassinated? >> when mlk was assassinated i was in kalamazoo. western black university, took over the administration building chained it up and said we couldn't get a martin luther king program at western michigan then there weren't going to be any programs in western michigan. >> la mumba joined the republic of black africa. >> at the time you have to remember we were locked out of government. so it was very important for black people to have a spot on e

mississippi only received $1 million to publicize the plan. arkansas, its neighbor, received $24 million. >>> navigators have helped nearly 4,000 patients. covermississippi.org which received less money is having an outreach to get computers to people. >> we're definitely needing more funding. you're going ohave to knock on doors to help people enroll in these plans and actually walk people through the process. >> chris miller says he may take another look at hearlt exchanges but will wait until the website is more reliable. stephanie boswell, picayune, mississippi. >>> the nsa monitored 60 million phone calls last december. el mundo is getting the information from edward snowden. comes from claims that president obama knew about and improved spying on angela merkel. not true. house and homeland security, says the house should stop apologizing for the nsa, and dick cheney agreed. >> important to the security of the nation and need to be preserved. >> the reality is the nsa has saved thousands of lives not only the united states but in france a

what about you, mississippi. you, mississippi, or as you are also known, the 49th healthiest state in the union-issippi. >> of all the states in the country that should be embracing some of the changes coming from obamacare, your critics without say mississippi should be at the front of the list. >> peter, the problem is, it is the worst system of delivering health care known to man. >> jon: no, it's not. listen, it's not perfect. a lot of things we'd like to change but it is not the worst system of delivering heal care known to man. as anybody knows who has been a patient at enema hut. (laughter) enema hut, because there ain't nothing wrong with you that can't be cured by some rectal irrigation. now you are probably thinking, jon, this is so abstract with these numbers. can you show me what you're talking about? maybe with an example from the show me state, missouri. >> 45-year-old bertha mcintyre needs daily medication. she does not qualify for medicaid in missouri because her family income is too high, about $

. >> the mississippi department of corrections had a serious problem at the state's super max prison. an outbreak of inmate violence, stabbings, killings, suicides. but instead of putting the prison on total lockdown which is what usually happen, the corrections commission took a giant leap. >> this was a major decision. i mean, to take individuals that had been locked up for years and take them from a single cell and put them in the general population unit, it was a major decision. >> not one that was politically popular in an election year in a state that prides itself as being tough on criminals. the commissioner who once locked a thousand inmates in solitary removed 700 to the general prison population, and violence inside the prison went down 40%. >> i have watched inmates placed in the single cell and over a period of time i watched the mental capacity change severely. i think that if you treat them like animals, that's exactly the way they behave. >> the hate, anger and rage was totally out of control. it's hard to explain to you, but cutting guys' heads off in my mind and roll

mississippi's bay st. louis is one of those areas. ben how is the storm prep going over there?> reporter: stephanie, right now it's sunny, as you can see over my shoulder right now. a pleasant little breeze blowing through, but you have to consider that a lot of these people are from here. there is certainly a cautious awareness. a lot of these people along the gulf coast in this area are from here. so they have been through this before, which is a good and a bad thing. they have seen people tell them that a storm was going to be terrible and it not be, and they have not taken enough precaution, and something like katrina or betsy in the 60s or kamil in the 60s, really give them a wallop. we just spoke to a police officer who said people aren't going crazy, they are not boarding up windows, but they are a little bit concerned. i just spoke to a man a little while ago who works for a construction company, and his company's policy is if there is a tropical storm in the gulf that they don't work that day. that's just the policy out of an abundance of caution. he was a little upset

we were at national airport when they arrived from mississippi. these men served our country and on the day they arrived, the monument dedicated to them, the world war ii monument, was shut down. what happened next shocked all of us. chriskristin fisher picks up the story from there. >> reporter: these world war ii veterans went to college together and today wanted to see the world war memorial for the first time together. the problem is this is as close as they could get. >> to get up there and not be able to see it is pitiful. >> it means a great deal to me. i anticipated coming up here for years and i finally made it and you see what i can see. nothing. >> reporter: they're not alone. nearly a hundred world war ii veterans made the trip from mississippi through the honor flight program but when they got off the bus, they were greeted by this barricade set up by the national park service. >> the park service did not want to do this but we've been instructed as a federal agency to close our facilities and our grounds. >> reporter: republican memb

>> guest: the longest time i spent in jail was in mississippi during of the freedom rides. not a pleasant place. to be in jail in alabama in mississippi or any place in the south, to be in jail for, you lose your freedom. just being in a crowded cell block, the food is not the best. we conduct non-violent workshops. we singsongs, good old moses way down in egypt land, tell old pharaoh to let my people go. in silence in jail, had no money to go on bail. but it was there that we became a circle of trust, a band of brothers and sisters, young people, white and black getting arrested and put in jail. we would get arrested together, sitting down together, in a bus together, in a waiting room together and get to the jail they segregate us. >> host: when was the last time you were a arrested? >> guest: last, was arrested was in washington d.c. at the sudanese embassy, a got arrested there twice, we were protesting against the way our people had been treated, something congress and -- arrested four times, twice at the sudanese embassy, once at the south african embassy, and once at

in mississippi. more details are emerging about the woman who tried to ram through white house barriers and triggered a lockdown on had capitol hill. kerry's mother told "abc news" that her daughter suffered from postpartum depression. >>> at least four people were killed and 40 more hurt when protests turned violent. egypt security forces prevented a takeover by anti-coup protesters. clashes between the police and rioters, and the protests were started as clerics were killed. they say it was in reaction to the westgate mall terror attack. >>> we look at the dangers many africafrican migrants face. and your portfolio, ali velshi has a look. investigates wage practices in the restaurant industry. >> the employers have the upper hand out here. they can steal from you and face very little if any consequences. >> basically this industry is saying, "we don't have to pay these workers at all. they should work for us but we don't have to pay them. >> two thirds of low-wage workers experience wage theft ever

and they just wanted to get in. >> from the great state of mississippi.ad this trip planned for some time. and there were barricades. people say they stormed the barricades. they were very respectful. and the guards were like, you know what? the reason why we had this is because of these guys. so, come on in. it was quite a moment. >> common sense over gridlock. >>> let's get to the jacksonville airport scene right now. pierre thomas tracking all of the latest, where a suspicious package was called destructive. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. today, the fbi is trying to assess just how dangerous the situation was. but for the passengers, it was truly scary. the airport plunged into chaos for five hours. as frantic passengers evacuated the terminal, when police announced the discovery of two suspicious packages. >> a lot of people behind the counters started ducking. >> reporter: one of the two items found was, quote, a destructive device. >> it was a device that had destructive nature to the degree that it needed to be taken off s

was born in mississippi, in the heart of the delta. he attended moorehouse college in atlanta, undergrad, and then his divinity degree from howard university in washington, dc. i met him when i was attending college in nashville. he was a great orator, wonderful, wonderful minister. he was pastor -- the first baptist church in downtown nashville. the church was old red brick building, with overlapping roof, and the membership came out of the back of the white church. the church has existed since the days of slavery in tennessee. it was located less than a block from the state capitol. it was one of the meeting places during the height of the movement. you go down here, talk about someone preaching the social gospel. this man did. his sirons were -- sermons were short, son-in-law to 12 minutes, but when you heard him speak, you were ready to get up and move your feet. he became a -- with martin luther king, jr. he was tall, handsome, he spoke with authority. he believed what he was saying. and he lived it. he was concerned about all of

he led mississippi to a 10-point lead. florida back in the game. solomon pat returned the kick off. 100 yards for the score. the day belonged to munning, adding a 17 yard touch down. he finished with 310 yards, mississippi going on to win 36-17 improving to 7 and 0 on the season. >> now to the nfl where it's home coming weekend for peyton manning returning for the first time. during his 13 years on the field manning set the colts record at 55,000 and touch towns 399 and led the team to 150 win, including the playoffs capped off by the super bowl. after miss gs the 2011 series, manning left for denver, where he thrived. sunday manning will face the quarterback. the colts drafted to replace him. >> it's hard to predict how i'll feel emotionally. football is an emotional game. but, you know, to predict how you feel. i don't know. >> i don't think there's a problem for anyone keeping focus. it's a football game. we are not ignorant. we know who is cam -- coming to town. it's a great team. there won't be a problem keeping focus. >> a team that is unfami

in mississippi it used to be a lifetime position. with my term, the previous poet died and they decided to make it a termed position. and is now four years in mississippi. >> host: question characterize authors like taylor branch as a novelist or historian. can you characterize poets the same way? >> guest: well, there are plenty of poets who write in other areas. you might also call me a non-fiction writer. i have a book of non-fiction. but i'm thinking about something my southern predecessor said historical sense shouldn't be seen as contract i are. if poetry is a littlend that we make. history is the big myth that we live. in our living constantly remaining. so for me that suggests that there are lot of links between the different. even though we may call someone a poet or a novelist. i feel that i'm someone who for whom the historical sense always animates the work that i do. >> host: where did grow up? >> guest: mississippi and georgia. >> host: why and when did you start writing poetry? >> guest: i wrote poems pretty early on.

the primary cause of this particular area is probably the dredging of the mississippi river outlet, whichhe business leaders decided in the late 1950s, early 1960s, to dredge a shortcut between the port of new orleans and the gulf of mexico. so because the river meanders come it is about 100 miles from the foot of canal street to the gulf of mexico. this was a shortcut, about 60 miles, and it never achieved any commercial success. but it did allow the saltwater to intrude into this area, destroy our first line of defense, and put us at great risk for storm surge flooding and dozensin cost, of people, if not thousands, their lives. the operation of the oil and gas pipeline companies. say dredged about i would to miles north of here. they basically carved up this natural ridge the protected new orleans east no word ninth ward. -- east lower ninth ward. they did not find that much oil and gas, but they never fixed what they broke. that is why the flood protection authority is taking them to court. thank god for them. >> new orleans community organizer jacques morial, here thanksorleans, spec

the wealthiest county of the united states in 1860 census was adams county mississippi.if you see the grand antebellum mansions still to this day at least some of them. this is a hugely profitable thing. and other maps that we have in the book you take a map of the cotton production in 1860, a percentage of the slave population of 1860 and a pretty much matches the counties carried by barack obama in the southern states in the rural counties carried by barack obama in 2008 and 2012. these are still areas with large majorities dating back to the time when the sleeves were transported back to the mississippi valley. both sought the westward expansion and deferred over the issue of slavery in the 1850's. then when abraham lincoln was elected president in 1860 with only the northern votes, just about zero votes out of the potomac or the ohio river. oe adding to the republicans yankee base some german immigrants, the result was secession and civil war. i sometimes called the northern victory the conquest of north america but it was incomplete because of the attempt of reconst

louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida have been brought in and are on stand by for this. in the meantime, new orleans to mayor talked the earlier today about what they were doing. he said the government furloughs is certainly something important and they are doing things just as normal. >> there no light between us and the central government. the furlough and the concerns in washington right now are going to have no impact in our ability to put a total compliment of federal, state and local officials on the the ground to protect citizens. >> reporter: what's ironic about this is this a place of jewel of mississippi it's right on the gulf coast. there are beautiful homes right on the coast. >> if you tphapbl tphapblg imagn edge. certainly we will have to wait and see. >> certainly t thanks very much. meteorologist dave warren are here with how powerful the storm is and where it may hit. >> the latest that this came in in the national hurricane storm. the next 24 hours not much will change here along the coast. there's the center is of the storm. you can actually see the ci