Big changes are coming in our weather with strong and possibly severe thunderstorms beginning this afternoon and lingering through the night/Wednesday.  By the time it's all done we could see between 2 and 4 inches of rain.

Today's interview lineup:

At 6:53 hear Jamie Dupree live in Las Vegas to set up tonight's GOP presidential debate.

At 7:53 hear Jamie Dupree and Neal Boortz talk about the strategy of the candidates ahead of tonight's debate.

At 8:10 hear Kevin Rincon live at at the scene of a traffic alert at Southside near Baymeadows. 

At 8:23 hear Jamie Dupree's story about walking past Newt Gingrich near the slot machines at the Venetian hotel and casino.

At 8:40 hear Fox's Rich Johnson from Las Vegas on new polling data that shows Herman Cain at the top.

At 8:53 hear Mayor Alvin Brown update his government reform plan and how it'll save taxpayers millions. 

Our Top National Story: The Las Vegas Strip is the backdrop tonight as seven major Republican candidates for President take center stage in another GOP debate.  New polls show Herman Cain gaining even more momentum in the GOP race. The latest CNN poll has Mitt Romney leading with 26%, Herman Cain at 25% and Rick Perry in third at 13%, followed by Ron Paul at 9%, Newt Gingrich at 8%, Michele Bachmann at 6%, Rick Santorum at 2% and Jon Huntsman at 1%.

WOKV will carry the CNN debate live at 8pm tonight.  Neal Boortz is live in Vegas from 9am-Noon to preview, and our Washington bureau chief Jamie Dupree is reporting from the venue. 

Iowa Republicans are holding their state's presidential nominating caucuses on Jan. 3, even though New Hampshire is threatening to move its traditional first-in-the-nation primary into December.  Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn says voters and candidates need the certainty of a firm date.

Ron Paul is calling for one-trillion dollars in cuts to the federal budget and says he would eliminate five Cabinet departments as soon as he takes office.  It's part of a sweeping plan to lower spending and reduce the national debt.  Paul also says he would allow young workers to opt out of Social Security.

As the President continues to push his jobs bill on the road, Senate Democrats have begun their effort to pass portions of the bill.  They've unveiled a 35-billion-dollar aid package to state and local governments to help them avoid layoffs of teachers, police officers and firefighters. 

The IRS is warning Congress that legislation that would trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget would force significant cuts in the services it provides taxpayers. Officials say the cuts could cost the government four-billion dollars annually in lost revenue.

Mayor Alvin Brown's reform plan is finally taking a step forward.  The ideas currently on the table could save up to $2 million a year.  Some proposals include combining departments such as the Jacksonville Economic Department, beefing up military affiars and requiring a 15% cut from city departments.  The mayor is expecting final action from City Council in December.

Will there be enough money to pay the damage from a  catastrophic hurricane?  The answer could be really expensive since the Florida hurricane fund is providing more than 18 billion dollars worth of coverage but has only seven billion in cash on hand.

Social security numbers and other personal information could be at risk.  Nemours Children's Clinic in Delaware has lost three computer backup tapes. Nemours President and CEO David J. Bailey says this is an isolated incident unrelated to patient care and safety.   The tapes were locked in a cabinet and could have been removed during a remodeling project.

A JEA engineer is facing bribery charges stemming from a deal to sell construction materials from a city yard to a contractor.  The Times-Union reports 44-year-old Thomas Allen told the president of a Jacksonville electric company that his family was in financial turmoil and would sell the material for 20-thousand dollars cash.  Allen is on administrative leave.

He may no longer be employed at the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, but Sean May isn't giving up his fight.  He's launching an effort to change the hotel's uniform policy that prevents employees from wearing pins on their uniforms.  For two years, May wore an American flag pin on his lapel; and when he refused to remove it last week, he was fired.

The school nutrition program in your kids' school is being taken over by the state Agriculture Commissioner.  Adam Putnam announced the decision in Jacksonville yesterday.  Putnam says he wants more fresh fruits and veggies in schools to help kids develop healtheir eating habits.

The mother of a missing Missouri baby may not be casting herself in the best light by telling national media that she drank heavily the night her daughter  disappeared. But her attorney says such honesty shows that Deborah Bradley has nothing to hide.