text:  historically does what's in his best interest, not the interest of the people. That was Democratic Congressman Benny Thompson, and we want to thank him for joining us. Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status after making landfall yesterday in the eastern Caribbean. It brought 150 mile-per-hour winds and dangerous storm surge to Grenada's Carriacou Island. It is an unusually strong storm for this time of year, in part because of record high ocean temperatures.