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happened in florida. it's been a stuff day. also tornado concerns in parts of tampa around sarasota, pinellas county. look at that the waves crashing over that famous walkway in tampa. they're getting blasted. the storm is on the move. it will be in south carolina and georgia next. we'll show you what we're watching. it's all about moisture. if you're thinking about this as a wind threat, think again. not only are we watching the moisture from andrea, we're watching the storm north of memphis. those two will con sol date and go up the coast. that is of concern. moisture built on top of us, 2 to 4 inches of rain. we could be talking maybe an isolated tornado threat. so we're live outside. it's raining. guys, we'll send it back in to you. >> you want to stay on top of the storm, check ot our special section at the top of the page with the latest on tropical storm andrea. >>> andrea may not be the one that knocks out the electricity but it could be the next one. get started early. >> don harrison went shopping to get ready. >> rep

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rough seas and increasing winding are already affecting florida's southwest coast. andrea has sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and is expected to make landfall near florida's big bend area by later today. now, heavy rain and coastal flooding is expected. cbs's hurricane consultant david bernard is tracking the storm. >> looks like the biggest factor surrounding andrea will be the rainfall amount produced, and for that matter most of the east coast as well. our satellite and radar indicating already torrential rain spreading into the west coast of florida, and that trend is going to continue north, it looks like, over the next 24 hours. we have a tropical storm warning in effect from the big bend of florida airy to ft. myers region and a tropical storm watch along the southeast coast from flagler beach, florida, to north beach, north carolina. that including charleston and potential. the rainfall potential between now and saturday, the yellow area could mean widespread 2 to 5 inches of rain and local amounts of 5 to 6 inches of rain. so just about anywhere from f

it's made landfall in the big bend area in florida. tropical storm andrea came ashore and bringing with it drenching rains and winds clocked at nearly 60-mile-an-hour. and a sturn warning. >> it is a fast moving storm, but it will be a great reminder to get ready for hurricane season. >> reporter: this morning a tornado touched down in the palm beach area. in sun city center, florida, outside of tampa, residents were out surveying the damage. >> most of the roof is gone on the top of the house. it's done a lot of devastation for 15 seconds of fear.

eight tornadoes officially down in florida with 20 reports. florida getting hammered. look at this. tropical storm andrea pushed across florida today dumping heavy rains and flooding roads. the first the named storm of the hurricane season formed yesterday bringing winds up to 60 miles an hour across florida. as sam champion, planed, tornadoes have been an issue. >> we've had tornado warnings all around. the feeder bands work off the gulf. >> reporter: at least eight tornadoes have touched down in florida, forges families to take cover. >> i grabbed her. >> while no one was hurt, residents are left cleaning up the damage. >> it's amazing. so many hurricanes and this comes through a block wide. it's intense. >> reporter: the storm is fast moving, heading next to georgia and the carolinas where the threat is clearing out beaches and chasing away some tour evidents. >> we'll just hunker down. >> andrea is not a big storm but a big rain maker, unfortunately, in an inop or tune -- inopportune time. back to jamie. >> listen, you need this more than ever. be prepared with the abc2 storm sh

petersburg, florida. the top dogs from the east compete for the remaining spots for the national championships in st. louis. you're watching the "purina proplan incredible dog challenge" next. temperatures in the mid 80s on a beautiful day here in saint pieceersberg, florida. we're ready for the "purina proplan incredible dog challenge". >> hey, everyone. welcome to spa beach park and i'm trace joined and the eastern regional championships. you see the dedication and the passion and the entertainment side. but perhaps what people don't understand these guys are like olympic athletes >> they truly are. they put in the time and the practice and the repetition and all of that in order to compete at "purina pro plan incredible dog challenge" level -- at "purina pro plan incredible dog challenge" level of and the bond and the team work that we see between these pairs that gives you the great performances you'll see out on the field. >> throughout the hour we'll see the jack hustle racing and the diving dogs bu

it's florida through georgia and through south carolina. also look at the circulation and the spin right here, real easy to see where the center of circulation is and it's right there, and very, very soon it will be making landfall, i think, in the next couple of minutes, somewhere around cedar key, florida. they've been getting a title storm surge of 2 and a half feet and 30-mile-per-hour winds and in the tampa area, they've seen 3 inches of rain. this band of rain is tracking to the northeast at 70 miles an hour and expected to pick up forward speed. so the big rains they're getting down around florida and georgia, i don't think we're going to see as it makes its track eastward. here it is, by early tomorrow morning, right across eastern portions of south carolina, and by late friday, just to the east of our area. what i like is the consistency with a lot of the guidance and the computer models that we've been looking at all keeps it to the east, that forward speed cutting down on our rainfall totals. when i return a little later in the n

that hook up in north florida. this is the radar and you can see the bands of very heavy rain, tornado watch from central florida all the way south right now. tornado warnings have been popping up in these bands, as all of this turbulent weather moves from the gulf on to the shore. boy, does it really stir up a lot of heavy range, wind and strong possibilities of more tornadoes during the day today. take a look at the path of this storm. it is not just a florida storm. it has got rain and heavy rain for the entire east coast today. ear on the other side is where all the heat is roaring talking about temperatures going well above 100 degrees, in some cases those will already go to 120 and above. that is serious, serious early >> all that weather was brought to you by target and we are live in florida this morning and we'll be here throughout the morning as this storm cruises on by. let's go back in to new york now. >> you are soaking wet. i'm looking at your feet, young man. there's just water all around you, sam. t

florida governor rick scott is pulling a rick perry. come on down to florida. build your business here. business friendly. it may be working. some examples of big-name businesses that have indeed with the florida. governor on bringing them down. the first example is hurts. >> we just offered some sun and fun. a great tax and regulatory environment as well as a quality educated workforce. those are the three things that drive business to florida. we are open for business here in the sunshine state. stuart: you did not give him something special. it was just the attraction of florida overall? >> we reduced their income tax, personal income taxes. >> you also brought in a company. you brought them down to florida. i am not familiar with them. tell me about it. >> 700 employees overtime. high-paying jobs. somewhere between the $7,080,000 range. they will go in southwest florida. from a tax standpoint, whether you are -- florida remains attractive because of its tax and regulatory environment here. lastly, you know, education wise, some ten years ago, governor bush

but he's optimistic florida's sweet fruit will survive. "i just like to say that we've seen a lot of challenges over the years, and we've met them, and we're still viable." for first business, i'm jackie keenan. coca-cola isn't going to let greening stand in the way of its oj business. it is spending $2 billion to plant 25,000 new acres of orange groves for its simply juice brands. coming up, the stock our trader says lets you have your cake and eat it too. chart talk is next. matt shapiro, president of mws capital, joins us now for chart talk. matt, i am wondering how you are feeling about this. are you growing weary of all this chitchat about when the fed will taper, what is going to happen next? i know you are a big believer in this market and this economy. - well, i think it's really important for credit investors, and they are very nervous. what was behind the correction at the end of may / beginning of june was really the shifts in perception about what the appropriate discount rate was going to be for fixed-income and the like. and

tropical storm andrea has come ashore in florida, with a spray of tornadoes and a lot of water. and it's getting ready to march north.

it's raining heavily in florida. andrea could pack winds of 45 miles an hour but the rain is the real story. meteorologists say it could dump 3 to 6 inches of rain on the florida panhandle and some areas could see as much as eight inches of rain. >> tropical storm warnings being expanded along the eastern seaboard. we want to check in with meteorologist tom kierein. >> cloudy. a mild morning. temperatures around the region are generally in the low 60s in nearby suburbs in maryland and virginia. right now in the district of columbia we're in the mid 60s. mid 60s near the bay. a bit of a cool morning. upper 50s to near 60 in prince george's county. generally mid to low 60s in arlington to fairfax county low 60s. storm team 4 radar showing light sprinkles in the shenandoah valley and light rain now falling out in western maryland and west virginia. that will pass west of us here this morning. all eyes down on florida. look at this heavy rain they're getting down there now. here's the circulation of tropical storm andrea

andrea is bringing three to five feet of storm surge to florida. in treasure island, these piers just barely above the rising water. and with drenching downpours, flooding and flash flooding, an estimated ten inches of rain is forecasted for some areas. and then there's the lightning. >> wow, 3,100 lightning strikes within the last hour. >> reporter: at least 19,000 cloud to ground lightning strikes in florida, just today, an average of 19 strikes per minute. and, to get a sense of how large this storm is, take a look at it from space. this image from nasa, showing clouds associated with andrea, blocking out most of florida. and this very early number one on the program is going to be remembered for those tornadoes that have been through florida, but also for the driving rain for the entire east coast. there are flood watches or warnings out from florida, all the way to maine in coastal areas. look at the path the hurricane center has for this and notice the rain that's expected. it hits the entire coast over the next two days. before kicking out t

this image from nasa, showing andrea blocking out most of florida. and this very early number one on the program is going to be remembered for those tornadoes that have been through florida, but also for the driving rain for the entire east coast. there are flood watches or warnings out from florida, all the way to maine in coastal areas. look at the path and notice the rain that's expected. it hits the entire coast over the next two days. and we're looking at probably two to four, four to six in the yellow areas of rain. so this is a storm that will be remembered by a lot of towns. >> a wet few days ahead. thanks so much, sam champion. >>> now we turn to a huge argument tonight about privacy and safety in america. we've learned that the obama administration quietly accessed the phone records of millions and millions of americans. saying it was necessary to guard against terror attacks. abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, is here to break down whether your phone records were among those handed over. >> what was so surprising, even to

looks like it will be making it inland over florida later today. and that's going to move up the east coast. i'll show you that track coming up. for the morning hours, a cloudy morning. we'll stay in the 60s through 10:00 and by noontime, low 70s under a cloudy sky. sunrise is at 5:43. a look at the latest track on andrea and the rest of the day in ten minutes. how's traffic? >> checking on things in montgomery county. here's what's happening. as you travel university boulevard eastbound at dennis avenue, the crash here is forcing you to turn off either left or right on university boulevard while crews are working to clear it. volume is light. again very light volume eastbound. be aware of that as you make your commute. also caution for folks driving connecticut avenue southbound just south of the beltway. you'll see the right lanes blocked because of paving. we saw this yesterday. just the left lane gets by. >> thank you. 4:33. richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. >> we're watching developments out of philadelphia where the building

let's zoom down to florida. areas in yellow and orange heavy downpours across most of florida now. there's the circulation of tropical storm andrea. the first one of this 2013 season. here is the brand new updated track. this just came in. does look like it will pass just west of jacksonville, florida, by late today. then here's the position. 2:00 a.m. on friday right near savannah, georgia, could track anywhere within this zone and come close enough to give heavy downpours during the day on friday. here's the position at 2:00 a.m. on saturday off the atlantic seaboard. be prepared for some moderate to heavy rain here tomorrow but for the day today, for this morning, just a cloudy morning by noontime we'll be into the mid 70s. a look at the rest of this thursday. that's in ten minutes. first four traffic now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. still keeping our eye on the accident eastbound university boulevard at dennis. that's where you will be forced off. police are on the scene of the crash here off to the side. this is as you head eastbound toward four corners. be awa

southerland of florida. the chair: the gentleman from florida, mr. southerland, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. southerland: thank you, mr. chairman. the numbers don't lie. america's welfare system is broken. food stamp benefits have tripled in the past decade. there are more americans living in poverty today than when the war on poverty was launched a half century ago. instead of incentivizing work, we are reinforcing the same government dependency and cyclical poverty that we all wish to eliminate. it is clear that an important variable has been missing from america's anti-poverty equation and that is the element of work. history has proven that work is the surest way to empower abled-bodied americans to advance from welfare to self-sufficiency. when a republican-controlled congress and a democrat president join together to pass welfare reform, requiring work, the results were dramatic. nationwide welfare rolls dropped by 67%. in my home state of florida, the number was highe

tropical storm andrea hours from florida's coast. we are tracking the storm. >> pulled from the wreckage. overnight, more survivors rescued after a building collapse in philadelphia. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. >>> the u.s. government may have your number. developing now, the feds reportedly obtaining a top secret court order requiring verizon to turn over telephone records of millions and millions of americans to the national security agency, the nsa, on a daily basis. we are talking a lot of phone records here. the guardian reports the order was issued at the request of the fbi. the information turned over includes originating and terminatinging telephone numbers, who's calling and who you are calling as well as location, time and duration of the calls. according to the report the order doesn't require the content of the conversations to be the turned over. the aclu calls the secret court order beyond orwellian. are we hearing anything from the white house on this?

cross florida, heavy rain in some areas, particularly northern florida and you have tornado watches out for much of the state of florida, and further to the north and northeast, the winds have picked up a little bit and will be weakening, just coming on shore r around cedar key florida, continues to pick up speed by tomorrow afternoon it will be is somewhere, not too far away from us. friday evening, just around the norfolk area and moving to the northeast, northeast. last report had winds of 60 moving to the northeast at 17 miles per hour. the models have it well offshore as you can see did picking up -- and picking up speed. it will be generally a tropical rainstorm x. because of that -- rain. and because of that, flash flood watches for tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. some areas as i said could get as much as 4-inch offense rain during the day -- inches of 4 during the day and ending after dinner tomorrow evening: let's check on the roads right now with kristy breslin. >> hi everyone, things remain busy out there. on the west side of the inner loop, watch for delays from 89

this suspected twister caught on tape in florida. tornado watches and flood warnings now for millions. our extreme team is in the storm zone. >>> and breaking overnight, the newly revealed secret intelligence operation that could impact every american. the highly classified documents revealing the government can read our e-mails, look at our photos and see what we're searching. >>> also happening now, prince philip going into surgery expected to spend up to two weeks in the hospital and queen elizabeth speaking out this morning about his ailing health. ♪ how you like me now >> and wise up, young fellow. the wildly popular 2-year-old who hits nothing but net takes on none other than shaquille o'neal one-on-one, a true clash of titans on late night tv. the matchup that's going viral right now. you won't believe what happened. >>> tgif. good morning, everyone. we've made it to friday. george taking a little time off, great to have josh by my side. paula faris in, as well and george picked a perfect day. the weather outside in times sq

a live picture in a courtroom in sanford, florida. this could be the last time that george zimmerman and the lawyers involved in his case will be in this court before his actual murder trial starts on monday. he's listening to witness testimony right now. he is charged with second-degree murder, of course you will probably remember this was the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin back in february of last 84. the big question today that seals to be grabbing a lot of attention, who were saying what on the reported phone calls from that night? like the 911 call we are about to play for you is from a neighbor and on the call you can hear someone screaming in the background. have a listen. >> does he look hurt to you? >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there. i don't know what's going on. they're sending... >> ah. >> do you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your -- >> that ended with the gunshot. >> look, this case is all about whether the man on the right was in self-defense acting when he shot trayvon or wh

you see the circulation off the oast of the florida. southeast of tallahassee, it is spreading rain rapidly to the north and east. sustained winds of 65 mirled and moving to the northeast at 15 miles an hour and it will get aster in the next 24-46 hours. across the bay tomorrow evening and past the eastern shore tomorrow night and waineding off the jersey shore. in that process, it's going to put down a lot of rain and give us gusty winds. the satellite shows the air masses are trough showers now is here and lation the rain is moving in. rush hour could be a mess tomorrow. 2-4 inches of rain is possible. the entire area in green is under a flash flood watch. scattered showers overnight tonight and the rain will become heavy at times. some sunshine saturday and sunday. showers are possible in the afternoon. back to you. >> late breaking developments with the nats. >> we got back from the ballpark and they are not happy. bryce harper's knee is not responding to treatment. he will have to make a trip to see dr. james andrews and when you g

mckenzie retired from florida to maine with her husband who died in 2005. at her modest home in zephyr hills, 30 miles from tampa, neighbors were shocked and thrilled. >> she's a sweet little old lady who's trying to live is all and she won the lottery. >> mckenzie, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother, plans on splitting the winnings with her son. manuel horquez, dallas. >>> the odds of winning that jackpot were one in 175 million. >> good for her and her family. >> i bet she's overwhelmed. who wouldn't be. >> just probably still can't believe it. >> absolutely. >> still ahead on eyewitness news at 5. the clean up begins at the site of a fatal building collapse in philadelphia, we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> summer may be around the corner, but eastern tech high school students are hitting the books with their heads under the hoodings, i'll explain why when -- hoods. i'll explain why whether wjz returns. >>> all i want to see is jobs, jobs, jobs,. >> find out where the jobs will come from up next on eyewitness news. >>> and today's

i am seeing it quite often in the south florida market. >> west harlem. those prices are out pacing other areas. dagen: are these places developed already? >> gorges mentioned that tab 15-20 little units in it. it is amazing what is going on. connell: it is beautiful up there. >> we have a lot of high rises in vegas. so one could buy 47-$8000. that is moving more than it was before. my biggest concern is, i think we have this trend of renting. we have this trend of people wanting to buy. the question will be what will really happen. can some of these things repeat? are they looking at things? are they able to separate emotional buy from the practical idea of owning again? dagen: it goes to another trend. rebranding a property. >> they've built all of these amazing high-rise condos. how do you rebrand them and reposition them into the market? i think it is fun for us to be doing right now. >> these are cash buyers. dagen: you have the financing lined up. connell: we will take that right into our twitter talk. now is the right time to sell. this is off of t

sinkholes are a part of florida's natural geology. they can open up just about anywhere in the state. fortunately, they rarely have deadly consequences. erin? >> all right. john zarrella, thank you very much. amazingly frightening thinking about them around the country and how many people don't know that their lives are at risk right now. >>> still to come, the widest tornado ever recorded strikes the heartland of this country. so, how and why did it get so big? bill nye explains next. >>> plus, why everyone should be putting on sunscreen. even if you have absolutely no intention of sunbathing. >>> and why this photo of the woman in red has become a symbol of outrage and protest. >>> and tonight's shout out, how to deliver pizza. a domino's franchise in britain release add video. a drone designed to deliver pizza. yeah, they can murder you and slaughter you in your home and deliver pizza. hyping it up as a greener way to deliver and just a concept for now. shoutout tonight to the brits for improving an american staple. pizza delivery.

florida getting inundated with the rain down there. and all across the state, flood watches and warnings. even a tornado watch time to spend up. have definitely been watching heavy rain. i can show you the track in just a bit. gusts to 69. it is moving to the northeast at 13 miles per hour. it will trek across florida and then along the eastern seaboard. tomorrow night just off of our coast. allowing more moisture to be tapped in. that is why we will see heavier bands of showers, maybe even storms. midnight saturday off the coast of new england. really quickly pulling out of here. setting the stage for an all right weekend around here. couple inches of rain a good possibility across the area. two plus east and along the 95 corridor. they already have watches a tropical storm warning serious to the southeast of the tidewater and coastal carolinas. watching the moisture coming in slowly to the east and northeast. not much of it in the city right now. not a heavy soaking rain for us here today like we will see tomorrow. 74 in the city. 70

in florida's way, they're looking for swift justice, but is swift justice fair judgment? should death penalty cases be fast tracked? defense attorney an prosecutor randy zellen is in new york. that's a simple question with a lot of intricate stuff, danny, we start with you, is swift justin when you talk about people sometimes in the case of florida have been on death row upwarsd of 35 years, is that the answer? >> you know, swift justice is justice in traffic court or some other legal issue. no when it comes to the death penalty. when you look at the spotty past of the death anne penalty, not here, in the spire world, in america the death penalty has been ruled unconstitutional in the last 40 years. for three years, we have a moratorium against it. states are inken some have it. some don't. we're that in doubt about an ultimate punishment like this. it doesn't make any sense that we want to fast track it. it's final. it can't be reversed like probation or a jail term. so it's not something we need to be speeding along. we shouldn't be considering costs or time to the gove

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it has been putting down a lot of rain in florida this morning. the track will take it into florida later today and then into georgia and then it heads toward the carolinas and then the next eye is on us, mainly into friday afternoon and friday evening. we are not as cool as yesterday coming in at 64 right now in arnold. 62 and bell air at 61. speaking of bell air, you can see the clouds out there. that's the scenario through the rest of the day. we will start to see the change coming in the form of rain. so by 3:00, make sure you to have the umbrella handy. let's check the traffic now with lauren. >> reporter: we have high speeds across the region. good new frs those of you on route 295. a crash has been cleared right at 69

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anything but clear water here in clearwater beach, florida. tonight florida beginning to clear out. we're watching more active weather in orangeburg in, south carolina. look at that heavy rain just pelting the camera here. we got one more for you here in wilmington, north carolina. back here in baltimore, 66 right now on an east wind. here we are, heavy steady rains, we already laid down to a quarter to half inch of rain. we think several more inches is possible tomorrow. remember we had heavy rain in the last week as well. ground fairly saturated still and it certainly will be through the day tomorrow. winds are relatively calm now. very different storm for some of the hurricanes we dealt with in the past several years. remember tropical storms create some of the worse flooding. you have to give that a lot of respect. that flash flood watch today right through tomorrow. if i case, right now more rain continuing to move in up and down the east coast. we think several more waves of rain perhaps some of this will stay offshore but more rain lifting in out of the south as we go forward

parts of south florida are under a tornado watch. parts of central florida are under a tornado warning. the outer bands coming ashore on the state's west coast. a tropical storm warning is in effect from just north of ft. myers to just south of tallahassee. you can see the zone there. a big swath of florida. george howell is in clearwater for us. good morning, george. >> good morning. for the most part this is a rain event. we are getting a lot of rain coming in. believe it or not, we are at a bit of a lull. the biggest line of storms moved through an hour ago through this area. there was -- there were reports of tornadoes, tornadic activity. also concern about water spouts on that line of storms. now we are in this lull. when you look at the radar you see another line of storms coming our way. from what i can tell it's two hours out. that's where we'll see more of the rainfall, torrential rainfall. gusty winds. we know wind gusts can get up to 40 miles per hour plus in the storm. keep in mind this is a minor tropical storm but still

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this is not just a florida storm. there are flood watches, flash flooding or regular flooding from rain extended all the way from the florida coast well to maine. this is at least two days. still of heavy rain. sam champion, abc news, cedar key, florida. >> all right, this storm is impacting up to 90 million americans, andrea barrels north into interstate 95. >> our coverage continues at accuweather with meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> tropical storm andrea continues to spin its way further northward as we speak. you see the center circulation with andrea moving its way northeast right now. it will be accelerating. by 8:00 a.m. this morning off the coast of south carolina, eastern north carolina and eventually through the weekend up into new england. it will interact with the system moving out of the ohio valley. heavy rain for much of the northeast through thursday. that rain will come down in buckets. along the i-95 corridor, philadelphia, d.c., multiple inches of rain through today from new york sou

it's moving across the florida coast by 3:30 or so in the afternoon. we'll take it off the georgia coast. lower parts of south carolina tomorrow morning, crossing north carolina tomorrow. being over toward norfolk, virginia beach tomorrow evening. so this is going to throw rain our way. going to throw wind along the coast. 40, 45, 50 miles an hour. it's right around the center. so we'll watch that. it's quickly going to race away. the good news here, still could drop a few inches of rain, because it's a quick hitter, too much wind damage. the weekend, this is not going to mess with the weekend. not to say we're going to be completely dry, but it will not be a problem tomorrow afternoon. we do have tropical storm warnings, not only on the west coast, but the east coast of florida all the way up now into areas of southeasten, southeasten -- virginia. that's obviously for tomorrow and into tomorrow night until the storm passes. yellow alert day around here. we've had a dry morning but showers are on the way for the afternoon. temperatures climb only to th

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by thursday night we feel like this moves into the big bend of florida, that little curve in florida that's north of cedar key, a little north of horse tail beach there and then it starts kind of making its way inland for the most part along the coast and picking up another low. it will fin to spread rain in the northeast. all the way up the eastern seaboard, not just here. >> how far up is it going to go? >> oh, it's going all the way up. we'll catch this rain all the way up toward exactly where you are and on up even the coast of maine and massachusetts. in this area it could be from anywhere from 6 to 8 inches. further north, not much less because it gets a second infusion from that other area of low pressure by the time it gets to you. >> okay, sam. you can see it come down so hard. >> i now, such a large area affected. >>> now to the sudden building collapse, the death toll at six. rescue crews have been searching for survivors for almost 24 hours now and abc's ron claiborne has the latest from the scene there in philadelphia. good morning, ron. >> reporter: hey, good morning to

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rain will come down in bucks across florida as we head through the day. many spots along the track of andrea as it later on through the week into the weekend drifts up the eastern seaboard. upwards of 4 inches and interacts with a front moving out of the great lakes so likely heavy rainfall on tap from the southeast into new england. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. weather editor sam champion is there in florida and will have the latest coming up on "good morning america." >>> an army sergeant has pleaded guilty to killing 16 afghan men, women and children. robert bales told a military judge that there was not a good reason in this world for his actions. bales agreed to the guilty plea in order to avoid the death penalty. a jury will decide in august whether he serves that life sentence with or without parole. >>> president obama is shaking up his staff and the women involved in that shake-up are not strangers to controversy. as abc's tahman bradley reports, the more high-profile of the two is u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> i look forward

tropical storm has already walloped florida. seriously injuring one woman and made its way through georgia overnight. >> the latest on where the storm is and where andrea is headed next and we hear the keyword here is fast. meteorologist alexandria steele tracking it for us. it's moving quickly, isn't it? >> that's the good news. it's moving quickly, 28 miles per hour. just speeding. and also, of course, when the center of circulation comes ashore, it weakens. two big threats with this. flooding from heavy rain between 2 and 4 inches of rain, and also there is the threat for tornadoes. especially in coastal north carolina and virginia. here's the current radar, heaviest rain, see in eastern north carolina and virginia and that's where the tornado threat is. coastal areas. we have maximum sustained winds with this thing of 45 miles per hour but for the most part those are right offshore where the heaviest rain bands are. we did have a tornado warning. it expired. it was in eastern north carolina, e pirds a couple minutes ago. all