Discovery Channel Building Reopened After Hostage Crisis
HOLMES: We are keeping an eye on this storm. A storm that's now a Category 2 hurricane. On the left there, you're seeing the waves pick up in New Jersey. On the right, that's Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, that got sideswiped. Went through kind of a rough night, waves still kicking up, but no one has gotten a direct hit as of yet. But still causing all kinds of problems with this storm. Wind gusts are going up to 70 miles per hour in some areas. Few power outages reported as well. But still, a lot of people on the lookout for this storm, going to cause problems up and down the East Coast for the rest of the day, maybe the next couple of days, actually. We are keeping a close eye here at your hurricane headquarters. Also want to take a look now at some of the stories that are making headlines. The fire is now out. That was a Gulf oil platform. Look at this dramatic picture, though. These are the 13 crew members that had to be rescued. They got into the water okay. But there was a fire on their oil platform they were working on. Also, importantly, to note here, which a lot of people were concerned about when they first heard about the story, there is no sign of any oil sheen or any type of leaks associated with this just yet. That is good news. This is still under investigation. Also, the Discovery Channel hostage-taker, turns out he was once convicted of immigrant smuggling. We're starting to learn more and more about this man. James Lee is his name. He was sentenced at one point to 18 months in prison on the charge of immigrant smuggling. He blasted immigrants in his manifesto that he left behind. Of course, he took hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters up in Silver Spring, Maryland, because he was upset with some of their programming. The picture you are seeing here, this is out of Miami, the airport there has reopened. It was closed a short time, several hours, actually, because a bomb squad needed to check out what was a suspicious item. That use turned out to be a metal canister that looked kind of like a pipe bomb. They checked it out. All clear. Everything is open once again. Again, just a short time ago, we saw the monthly jobless numbers. They are out. We'll see how the news is affecting Wall Street. The opening bell just about four minutes away. Stay here.