Morning Express with Robin Meade is your daily dose of news, weather, sports, entertainment, finance and travel. Get your news in the fast lane every weekday morning on HLN.
It's not easy to surprise a TV anchorperson. There are monitors, computer rundowns and hot mics everywhere -- a million different ways to ruin the moment. But the Morning Express crew (and the Van Dillen clan) managed to catch him off guard today with an early Father's day greeting!
Robin, Jen, Bob and Carlos take days off of course, for vacations or assignments... but never before has the whole crew been away from the set on the same day.
Tropical Storm Andrea is off the west Florida coast and will make landfall as a weak tropical storm in the Big Bend of FL this evening or late afternoon.
Andrea is pretty typical as far as early season storms go. It formed on the spot they always do -- in the Gulf of Mexico where the water is warmest.
HLN meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is reporting from Seaside Heights on the Jersey Shore today for Morning Express with Robin Meade. He's been in the area since late last week getting a first-hand look at recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy last October.
He also took some time to visit places were his family made some fond memories when he was a kid -- and at least one place where Snookie & The Situation made some memories of their own!
"Morning Express with Robin Meade" on HLN features an ensemble that includes anchor Robin Meade; meteorologist Bob Van Dillen; "Your Money" correspondent Jennifer Westhoven; & Carlos Diaz with sports. "Morning Express" gives you your daily dose of news, weather, sports, entertainment, finance and travel. Get your news in the fast lane every weekday morning on HLN from 6-noon ET.