THEY STAY SO LOW. COMING UP IN YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, AT LEAST. >> ROB, THANK YOU. >> PLUS, DAY 2 OF A NEW ADMINISTRATION AND WE'RE SAYING SWEEPING CHANGES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY BY PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM IMMIGRATION INITIATIVES TO NEW NAMES FOR LANDMARKS. >> LET'S START WITH ONE THAT HITS RIGHT HERE CLOSE TO HOME. SO WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE BODY OF WATER YOU SEE ON THIS MAP. BUT THE NAME WE KNOW IT BY IS CHANGING. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE'LL RENAMED THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE GULF OF AMERICA. TONIGHT, ABC SEVEN'S DAVE ELIAS IS TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO HOW EXACTLY THE CHANGE OFF OUR COAST WILL IMPACT US. >> WELL, THE LANI KAI HERE ON FORT MYERS BEACH HAS LONG BEEN A POPULAR PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND ADMIRE THE GULF OF MEXICO. NOW KNOWN AS THE GULF OF AMERICA. THIS BODY OF WATER ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 600,000 SQUARE MILES FROM HERE TO MEXICO AND MANY PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO SAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET USED TO REFERRING TO IT. >> AS THE GULF OF AMERICA IS THE GULF OF AMERICA. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME THE PRESIDENT MAKING. GOOD ON A PROMISE TO RENAME THE GULF AFTER 400 YEARS. I WT TO CALL BS LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST THAT. IT'S ALL OF HIS EGO. SOME INSISTING IT MEANS NOTHING. HE'S HE'S WASTING TIME WITH SO MANY OF HIS TRIVIAL. IT'S SILLY. >> TRUMPISM'S TRUMPY THINGS BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREES. I THINK SHOULD BE RENAMED TO THE GULF OF AMERICA BECAUSE IT'S ON LIKE AMERICA HAS LAND IN TERMS OF SHORELINE. I THINK MEXICO SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE U.S.. THE ONLY BY KIND OF 50 MILES O SITE FGCU GEOGRAPHY, PROFESSOR JACQUELINE SOLLMAN SAYS NAMING REGION. >> WON'T CHANGE. WHO OWNS IT. IT'S IT'S A MESSAGE OF SORT OF CLAIMING TERRITORY, EVEN IF IT'S NOT PHYSICALLY CLAIMING TERRITORY, I WOULD POSE A OR I WOULD GUESS THAT. THAT'S THE INTENTION. IT'S JUST A NAME. >> SO I MEAN, AMERICANS CAN CALL THE GULF OF AMERICA MEXICO CAN CALL THE GULF OF MEXICO IF THEY WANT. BUT IT OBVIOUSLY TAKES LEGISLATIVE ACTION THROUGH CONGRESS. TRUMP'S ORDER, THOUGH, DIRECTS THE NAME CHANGE ON MAPS AND OTHER FEDERAL DOCUMENTS. WIDELY SUPPORTED UNPOPULAR IN MY DISTRICT. EVEN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS USING THE GULF OF AMERICA TODAY IN THIS ORDER WARNING OF A RARE WINTER STORM. KEEP IN MIND THE GULF OF MEXICO WAS NAMED AS EARLY AS 6 TEAM. 72. >> SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME FOR PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO GET USED TO GULF OF AMERICA, BUT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT CHANGES MADE AS WELL ON FORT MYERS BEACH, DAVE ELIAS ABC, 7. >> I THANK YOU, DAVID. A NEW LAW CAN CHANGE THE NAME FOR US HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT OTHER COUNTRIES THAT BORDER THE GULF, INCLUDING CUBA, DOWN HERE AND OF COURSE, MEXICO ALL AROUND THE ACTUAL GOLF ITSELF. THEY'RE NOT BOUND BY THOSE RULES, WHICH MEANS THEY COULD CHOOSE TO KEEP THE NAME THE WAY IT IS. NOW THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO SENSE THAT THE COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO CALL IT BY THE GULF OF MEXICO. BUT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING MANY OF OUR STATE LEADERS ADOPTING THE NEW NAME. AS YOU HEARD DAVE SAY, THE GOVERNOR, RON DESANTIS IN FLORIDA HERE, HE MADE THE FIRST REFERENCE TO THE GULF OF AMERICA IN HIS DECLARATION, EMERGENCY DECLARATION JUST YESTERDAY FOR THE WINTER STORM THAT ROB HAS BEEN TRACKING. WE ALSO SAW FLORIDA U.S. SENATOR RICK SCOTT HERE. HE MADE REFERENCE TO THE GULF OF AMERICA WHEN HE POSTED THIS MAP ON X SAYING NEW MAP JUST DROPPED IN THE GULF OF AMERICA HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER OFF OF FLORIDA'S SHORES. POLICE. >> CHANNING, LET'S TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER. THE GOLF IS IT NOT? THE ONLY GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE GETTING A NEW NAME. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALSO PLANNING TO CHANGE ALASKA'S MOUNT DENALI TO MOUNT MCKINLEY BACK IN 2015, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S. WE KNOW ALSO WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR USED A 1947 LAW TO RENAME MOUNT MCKINLEY, OUR COUNTRY'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN. IT WAS CHANGED BACK TO ITS NATIVE NAME. DENALI STANDS FOR GREAT ONE FOR YEARS. ALASKANS HAVE CALLED THE MOUNTAIN BY ITS NATIVE NAME. >> THE ORDER ALSO CALLS ON THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO WORK WITH ALASKA, TIVE ENTITIES AND STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADOPT NAMES FOR LANDMARKS