>> good evening everyone welcome to al jazeera america i'm john siengenthailer in new york. >> how to stop the shutdown how we talk about re-opening the government. >> i cannot understand how this will be a benefit withheld. >> ben fidgets denied. the mother of a fallen serviceman outraged by the shotted down and the foundation stepping in to help. and holding back military aid. the wemtion and money that egypt won't get from the u.s. after the military coup.

on the dernlt day the two sides will talk to each other. mike viqueira is at the white house and looks ahead to thursday's meeting. >> well thursday is shaping up to a big day in this drama. on thursday the president met with house democrats. all 200 at the white house. all marching in lock step to put pressure on the house republicans to allow a clean spending bill on the floor of the house to rye open the government and to pass a debt ceiling hike for the short term. on thursday, the democrats singing from the same hill all as the president harry reid their leader has been a tough guy in these negotiations turning back republican efforts to undermine their position. after the senate republicans

lead the group the house republicans will be here visiting with president obama who invited all 233 of them here, they declined. john boehner says he is sending the elected leadership of house republicans and key chairmen the key group and key affiliated members will not be here. that is going to make somewhat less interesting but more productive session. all of this amid the talk of a six-week extension of the debt ceiling. the president made it clear on his tuesday press conference that a short term extension will bring him to the table and allow him too talk to the republicans about the issues he wants to talk about. the question remains will that fly with house republicans. will that fly with conservatives. will john boehner put it on the hoishouse floor anyway.

and the talk of possible progress of ending the standoff comes as ou outrage and the resf the country is growing. because of the shutdown american familiefamiliyfamily killed in . a pilot first class, cody pat patterson one of the troops killed in afghanistan over the weekend. chuck hagel making an appearance at dover air force base. many americans feel the fall out from the government shutdown is treating the families of fallen service members with little dignity. that is because the family of american troops killed in action are not receiving $100,000 in emergency death benefits typically paid out in 3 36.

336 hours.the mother of jeremias returned home in a similar fashion on monday. for the sacrifice that our kids are making and the age they are making them, i don't understand how this can be a benefit that is wit withheld. i will never understand it. retired colonel david brooks agrees. he is a family friend of sayer sergeant patrick hawkins. he says the government has the responsibility to take care of these families when servicemen give their lives for their country. >> i think that i want to serve those that are fighting. since the government shutdown began, 26 members of the military have died. none of their families have received the funds. the bad press has forced the defense department to scramble for a work around. they are now relying on a

veterans non-profit called the fisher house found dpaitio founy out benefits until the gofltd is governmen --government is reope. i'm hopeful this is a temporary measure but we are in it for as long it it will be. >> he expressed his personal outrage and embarrassment too the ish u. the -- issue. he is urging congress to restore funding. >> today the members of the house did vote to restore the benefits. >> washington was outraged by the rest of the country by the news. people that lost their loved ones in the military are not receiving survivor benefits. and everyone in washington rushed in to get their fingerprints to solve the problem. >> john mccain capturedde captue

feeling of frustration. >> shouldn't we be embarrassed about this shouldn't we be ashamed? what do the american people think when they see that death benefit for those whoer is of wn sacrifice in the most honorable way their families are not evenleveneligible for death ben? >> i'm ashamed. i'm embarrassed. all of us should be. a long term solution to providing a survivor benefit is getting the government back up and running. and that is point hit home by the general of veteran affairs of unless the government is up and running next month the veterans will not get their paymentandthe veterans and theis will not get their pension

benefits. he is seeing the shutdown on his staff who he works with every day. >> i have veterans myself i employ. a third. zplenchtover 100,000 veterans. a number of them will be subject to sphae fur furlough. and if they are furloughe furlod they are recipients of government checks their checks will be zero. and then i have the problem of keeping them from becoming homeless. hud may have to fill the void because his employees are having a hard time paying their mortgages and rents. and the website of hud says it's not up and running to it's full capacity because of the government shutdown. libby casey on capitol hill tonight. president obama announced his choice 230 for the federal

reserve chair today janet yellen would be the first woman to lead the world's most powerful bank. >> the economy has more to go. more needs to be done to strengthen the recovery, particularly for those hardest hit by the great recession. we have made progress. the economy is stronger and the financial is sounder. >> joining us now is a long time fremefriend of janet yellen. he worked with her when she was a professor there. dean welcome it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you, john. >> tell us about the woman you have known who is going to be the next fed chief. >> i knew her well. i was a faculty member in 1993. she was a web establishe facult.

i studied her paper in graduate school and she had a reputation that preceded her. >> what sort of a leader is she? >> she is an intellectually remarkable person. i think that is something that comes out in every description of her. the way that prize obama put it, she calls them like she sees them. on the people's side, look this is a person who can make a decision when it's time to make a decision. at the end of the day you need a fed chair that is decisive and she has that quality as well. >> how will she balance jobs versus inflation? >> those are the fundmental balancing elements in any central banker's problems to solve. she keeps a strong eye towards both. there is no question about it she is careful about inflation. there is no question about that. she has a ne new us a ne a a nue

economy. i think she will make sure that the economy is growing substantially before we even start focusing on inflation that hasn't yet occurred. have you had a chance to talk to her since she got the news? >> i have not. >> what would you like to say to her? >> oh that is a wonderful question. what i would love to say to my colleague is i'm so proud of you. there isn't a person, personally i would rather see in that chair. i have compete confidence in you and i know our colleagues do too. >> it's significant in many, many ways. but she is the first woman as the fed chief. we were talking about it the other day. because there are so many women in positionings of power i posif power in this country, it's not

as big a news as it was several years ago. how does that fit into this story? the important element is the wider financial marc markets tht women are under represented in the leadership rolls acros rolee country she will play a very important demonstration role in this position. i imagine that we will no longer question we haven't had enough women in leadership roles. not just at the central baying t we'll maker is quitese maker is. >> this is a woman you have known a long time. did you expect she would do something like this in her lifetime? >> when i got to know jeanet in 1993. this is someone you can respect and the ability to mentor a

young faculty member. her leadership skills were evident to me then this is a remarkable job and i don't think i could look at any human being that i expected them to do something like this. i did see special qualities in her as did her colleagues and friends very early on. at the end of the day when i think of comparing her to anybody else that may have been in this position, she is the right person for this job. >> dean lion out in california. thank you very much, good to talk to you. >> my pleasure, john. thanks for having me. >> ththe obama administration is suspending a portion of aid to egypt it's a move to step up efforts to coil democracy. >> the moment that the egyptian military thank you thrie threw.

hundreds of millions of dollars worth of military aid now on hold until cairo returns to a democratic path. what is frozen f-16 fighter jets and tank, helicopters harpoon missiles and cash aid and loan guarantees. washington has torn this done t. they cutoff weapon delivery in 2011. what continues? money for education, economic development and counter terrorism and peace keeping in the sig sinai. they are committed to keeping peace in the sinai and the peace treat titreaty with israel. they say it won't weaken influence in cairo especially

with the up coming trial of morsi. >> after the announcement today of the morsi trial the white house is in an embarrassing position if it doesn't take some action. it's important to know that the white house is not writing egypt off. it's a key strategic partner and we are hoping it will go in the right direction. >> the aid decision is controversial. the sa saudi and gulf states are asking them to keep the aid where it is. it's up to the white house whether those fighter jets and food banks artanks are delivere. a democratically elected government with all sides of the table sun and cloudin sun and im brotherhood. good evening. well it's thursday morning across the bay of bengal and

this is what the satellite has caught as a visible image. and this is a true visible image of the new cyclone. it's going to be a major problem especially for india. india has not had a cyclone make land fall since -- there has only been two other sig cyclones since the year 2000. and this will be the third one it's gearing up right now and it's intensifying. and we have the newest coordinates and 63 miles-per-hour winds and gusting. by saturday in two more days, we think we will see a land fall here along the eastern sea seab. now the big problem with the sigcyclone and hurricane the right-hand side of the storm is the most intention. intense. it's northeast india and bangladesh. a couple of models say it will intensify a little more. this one says up to a category

one hurricane and they say it could be a category three hurricane. i will have more on the east y storm when i return at the end of the hour. kevin we'll talk to you later. the u.n. inspectors say the regime is cooperating to get rid of the weapons but they are not declaring success yet. and what is being done to stop them. up next.

the deadline will be met. that is the messing a message fe head of the organization working to rid syria of it's weapons. >> so far they are cooperating with the inspec inspectors in te the head of the prohibition of weapons gives his first prohibition report on the mission of syria.

>> it's unprecedented and we are at the beginning of a difficult process that are significant challenges. >> can you tell us about the interaction between your officals and the syrian government what is the nature of the dialogue and the contact you are having with the syrian government? the cooperation has been constructive and i would sigh thsay thesyrian authorities havn cooperative. >> the team is being reintoto rd by 12. it's a small team. they will provided with security as they are trying to move around the country. there are many questions that they wouldn't answer at this press briefing. this is day nine of a mission that is scheduled to last for nine months. we wanted to know if they were going to succeed in dismantling all of syria's westminste weapol

us it's too early too see. these are inspectors at work it's a ghin beginning of a longd difficult process all the while the war rages on. the video shows the capture of a military base. a moment of triumph and a chance to stock up on the mil military spies. >> the state of california is under fe federal orders to cut funding to prisons. is the state spends $60,000 per inmate per year. compare that t to what is spentn child in school. to change that california is waiting to are court approveal

that help people convicted of non-violent crimes get out of prison and stay out. >> pablo santos was released from prison this past february. for the past decade he has bounced in and out of the system. to break free of that cycle he knows he must find a job. but even before that he has to conquer his drug pro problems. one of my biggest challenges is my addition. >> repeat offenders have kept the prison population in the state high. >> after years or decades of building more prisons, california is looking for more alternatives like building correctional centres that prevent people from being sent back to custody.

>> at this reentry center they are settling housing issues or take classes to get diplomas. nicole is herself a former inmate. she runs communication classes an hopes her success serves as motivation for those making the transition back to society. >> most of us do not start off saying we want to be homeless drugge addicts. while this program is in it's early days here in san francisco there are already returning signs. but many of those were sent back within 12 months. now that has been reversed. most that get out of prison manage to stay out. building a foundation for an orlandordinary life requires a t deal of training. the city works closely with the

organization to place workers on projects. giving many the opportunity to forge a better future. >> many study have shown that if you invest in supervised pro bhaitioprobation and combined wh rehabilitation and mental health treatment and drug treatment. you will see that person not continue to cycle in and out of the drug system. pablo wants that future. at the reentry center he must start with the first step, simply showing up. >> this time in my life, and this last release, you know, it's been you know it's been really hard but i have made 95% of my appointments and accomplished a lot of things. after spending time locked up for theft, burglary and robbery, pablo says he is trying to different path this time. and he hopes he will leave the old life behind him.

melissa chan, al jazeera san francisco. a deadly em amoeba has been found in a louisiana parish. the health officals are working to eliminate the risk of expose your. we talked to some residents who are worried. >> felicia jordon says there is nothing better for her family than being out the country. but news of a deadly ow amoeba n the water system has concern for her kids. don't let them drink from the water and there is some kind of amoeba and it's killing people. >> after the august death tests found amoeba in the water supply. since a woman died in 2011 in the same owe m amoeba. they came back positive with the

tests. >> it's very, very difficult to get the infection of the amoeba and it's fatal when you get it. >> the amoeba can only enter through the noase knows nose ana swelling on the brain. >> the only way to get it is to force the water up your nose. >> the water comes from the texas border and it's treated at a facility nearby. there is no way to get an amoe amoeba. the information on shower temperature and other tips for being extra cautious. for the next 6 60 days the water was tested for opi amoeba. i hope they get it fixed soon.

>> no matter what. it won't be soon enough. color color. well mike is here with sports. a big night for baseball in st. lawst.louis. one of the best baseball nights in the country. >> cardinals hosting the pie pirates. >> and since 2010 the cardinals were 7-and-1 and know you can make i -- and now you can make t 8-and-1. they will keep that lead all night and they go on to postthe victory. the cards will play friday night at the bush stadium? the falcons receiver will miss the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his foot. this fache is set to undergo sun

monday. >> the blues hosted the defending stanley cup championship blackhawks. and like their cross town counter parts, the blues pick up the win tonight. the blues win it 3-2. for the third straight win to start the sough. did -- season. south korea central bank is the latest to warn about what will happen if the united states does into the raise it's debt ceiling in the next week. coming up, why so many world leaders say a default could send the world into a deep recession. coming up i will have the latest on secretary state john kerry's visit to sout southeast. giving sight to the blind. the program that is helping children with a simple operation.

welcome back to al jazeera i'm john siegenthaler.

here is a look at the headline. the state department says it's holding back aid to egypt until the country moves closer to democracy. the military forced morsi out three months ago. the u.s. has been sending $1.5 billion of aid every year to the country. president's obama's choice to head up the federal reserve says more needs to be done to strengthen the economic recovery. if the senate confirms the tomorronollnomination yellen wie first woman to lead the fed. condrescongress hopes to brn end to the government shut down. he meets with 2 20 leaders of te republican party. senators from both parties have been invited to meet later in

the week. stocks? japan are trading on a high. the u.s. is at risk of a default. congress needs to increase the cap on the nation's ability to borrow money or the country won't be able to pay it's bills. the world is watching. >> china and japan the number one and number two holders of foreign debt are worried. together they hold $2.5 billionn in treasury bonds. global trade is at risk default could devalue the american dollar. driving up prices on imports and foreign currency. the international monetary fund has issued warnings on the riple effect of the defaults. the economist says the effects of failure to repay the debt

would be felt right away. leading to major disruptions in the financial markets both in the united states and aprod. a-- abroad. and the banks are cautioning lay makers hoping that we will fine a solution before the time limit. before it will have impact on the international financial markets. the global financial markets have shown sign of the concern. the value of the dollar hit an eight month low this week. theying a anxiously away an oute this week. on thursday more world leaders are joining the ten member states for the east asia summit. al jazeera scott joins us averaged talk about the big issues and what they are trying to accomplish. well, john, that east asia

summit just went under way a couple of minutes ago. the big issues here for the ten members of that is, they are trying to act more as a community. they have a deadline by 2015 to operate by the eu. it's ambitious and a lot of hurdles to be jumped over. that is what they as an internal body are trying to do. we have china and the united states and japan and korea. in the top three economies of the world here are courting the nations for trade agreements. this are 600 million people in this region and there is a lot of trade that goes on in this region and a lot of manufacturing that goes on in this region. they are looking to strike deals and as well as territorial dispute. and there will be discussed in this summit that just started the east asia summit. >> scott because you mentioned last year the group didn't issue

a joint communique for the first time in history. is more progress being made this time? >> it seems as though, and also last year it was a controversial thing. it was held in cammed bod cambo. they were trying to push a chinese agenda last year. there were disputes that china didn't like and that is why they didn't have the andwroinlt joine last year. we are hearing rhetoric from the china camp they don't like other nations being involved in the east asia summit today when it comes to discussing territorial disputes they like to keep it in the family and that is referring to the united states. what the united states is doing with the ten member nations is trying to push forward a code of conduct when it comes to dealing with the disputes in the south

china sea. and focusing on the international rule of law. china has said that they want to deal with these disputes one-on-one with each nation. that is where we see a little friction if it is going to blow up in the summit today. if there is a joint communique at the end of the day. it doesn't seem like it's leading down that pack. there are disagreements on how the different nations are going to handle the dispute? >> the president didn't attend the summit because of the government shutdown in the united states. secretary of state john kerry went instead. what is on his agenda for meetings on thursday? >> his agenda would be the same as the president's was. so the same topics but it's been guguydydiluted a little bit.

the president of china is not here. it's not as though we had as big a gap as we did last week in bali when you didn't have the president of china or the president of united states. here you have a bit of a gap but the agenda items are the same but knocked down a peg if you will, john. scott hide letter reporting. shots were fired at a federal courthouse in west virk. virginia. a retired police officer shot up to 25 rounds. injuring one person. the gunman was shot and killed by police. he was retired from the wheeling police department in 2000. one in three blind person is

a child. they can be treated with a simple operation. there is new project that is helping blind children see begin again. >> this game was impossible for him two months ago because of cacataracts. he was going blind. but he had an operation to remove the cataract from his right eye. the one on his left eye means he has trouble rolling the tire in a straight line. but he is a lot better now. >> it's a huge difference now. now we can see properly. even outside, even he watches he can sit far away from the tv now. everything is int not even the s tease him. he will be even better wages the remaining ca cataract is removed to. they have teamed up with government to establish a

pediatric eye care center. he has the highest prevalence of childhood blindness in the world. the doctor wishes he would have seen him earlier. >> the biggest hurdle we face is we are not picking up on pediatric cataracts soon enough. if they were screened for by healthcare workers soon enough and presented to us early enough, we would have better visual out comes in the long run. >> more poverty contributes to child hood min blindness. the childhood blindness contributes to one third blindness globally. i think it's significant. 30% is avoidable and preventible and treatable. those children need not go blind. with the cataract sucked out a new lens is inserted.

the surgery is the start of the process. >> he will need the therapy and probably glasses too. but first it's time to take the band ag age off. for the first time in years he can see out of both eyes and soon he will be able to go back to school wore h where he has ao catch up on. but for now it's a challenge he is prepared for. an invasive specia species s moved into morning and one woman says she has lost half of her yard to the creatures. her backyard is infested with asian worms. they have nearly devoured her yard. they can produce a threat to the forest canopy. they are spreading quickly they are in other states, wisconsin,

minnesota and vermont. it's a big night for teams especially the car cardinals tht move on in the baseball post season. the biggest sling shot you have ever seen. it whipped the space ship around the earth to reach the biggest planet in our solar isn't. and the 11-year-old boy who is sending his beer brewing experiment up int into space. next.

>> it's a pivotal day in the saga of america's mission to jupiter. today a gravitational sling shot sent juneau space yasse spacecrs way. and people living in parts of south africa were able too see

juneau some 350 miles above the earth as it passed ove overhead. jacob ward is the editor and chief of "popular science" imagine deamagazine. he is with us from the berkle by campus. >> tell us about this sling shot, how did it work? >> the gravitational pull of the earth is enough to pick up my momentum and haa harr harness i. as you say it passed over south africa this afternoon and gaining 165,000 miles-per-hour of speed which is going to send it on it's way to jupiter. >> when did it launch from earth and what have you been doing since this sling shot? >> what is amazing about the juneau program, for the last two

years since it's launch in august of 20 he is. 2011 it's been gaining momentum and it's using the gravity of the earth to pick up another burst of speed. if you had attached another rocket to it. the past two years have been about picking up speed and it's going to take three years to get to jupiter. >> when it gets to jupiter, what will happen then? >> well in mythology the good jupiter covered himself in a veil of cloud and his wife june juneau was the only one that could see through them and see his true nature we ar. we are going to look inside of the veil of cloud to get a closer look at the largest planet in our solar system. we don't know what it's made of and this extraordinary red dot that is in fact a stow. storm. at least 300 years old and as wide as threers. three earths.

>> we dofnl don't know how deeps or what it does. we are going to learn more about the planet in general. >> and as i understand juneau is going to self destruct after the mission. >> after it does 33 orbits of the planet and maps it completely with it's instrumenttioinstrumenttion it e sense to get it back. it's kind of a beautiful thing in a way. >> it sounds dramatic, jake. give us some idea how this mission com compares to other se missions. >> this is one. most coplmost complicated and cn incredible amount of space. earth based tel telescopes likee have here in california can pick

up jupiter. it's a reminder of how incredibly close it is. the technology used on the spacecraft is frozen in time see sensely. sensely -- essentially. i have in my pocket a i phone and no one is using these anymore the ground crew has to use the technology the entire time and use it to tip it into orbit. >> jake, standby for a second. we have another interesting story about outer space coming up. it started out as a middle-school science experiment in denver, colorado. students were trying to win an international pr project that wl send their project to the space station. an 11-year-old who came up with an idea to use a small microbrewery to make beer.

leslet's bring in the winner ofe national center for science and education. it's good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> tell me how you came up with this idea. >> i chose beer because when we were researching possible ideas another team from california a couple of years back sent the ingritteingredients to make wino space. and so i thought why not beer? because of something i had read in a book again a few years back, showed that beer could be used as a way of having a clean water source and the alcohol in the beer can have a met call a l properties and so if anyone is wounded it can disinspec disinfe

person's wound and making them survive. >> it's an interesting idea and what did the people that judged the contest say about this idea? >> well, i would imagine they were very, very, like you know, surprised that is why it went. it was something very different than what has been sent before. even though wine has been sent before, beer is very, very different. and um, and it can be used -- and it's pretty easy to make beer down here on earth. >> let me bring back in jacob ward who is with "popular scientialscience "magazine. i understand you are a big fan of "popular science" is that right? >> that is right i su subscribeo "popular science and.

i'm a big fan. >> i have heard of a lot of crazy things sent into space and i have never heard of beer. your logic is sound. i think that is interesting. est i don'i don't know about ass downing beer for all of this time. what are you going to be when you grow up? i think we are all anxious to make use of your talents. >> i have not decided yet but it's going to be something in the field of science and technology. all right. that is fantastic. and who turned you on to beer making? how does an 11-year-old figure out how to make beer. >> >> well again it was really just research. the more and more i researched, the more and more

12k3w4r-6r7b8g9 12k3w4r-6r7b8g9n long term space projects. >> we want to thank you for bringing the idea and as jacob said, congratulations to you both. thank you. ♪ we'll michael joins us with sports after a big night in baseball. >> especially in st. louis. the st. louis cardinals have advanced to the major league baseball post season and including three trips to the post season and two world titles in 2004 and 2011. tonight they were one win away from advancing again. but they would have to get past a scrappy sin deare cinder cind.

david freise has been the hero of several wings. wins he got a two run home run at the bottom of the second inning. two out and runners on the corners and he strikes him out looking to get out of the jam. the rook ki rookie gave up two . cole's counterpart was more impressive. the bottom of the sixth and two on and two outs and john janz at the plate and gives the card unlescardinals a 3-zip lead. matt adams crushes the ball to deep right field and the two run shot put the cart up 5-1. bottom of the nine. two on and two out. wainwright facing pai pedro alv.

and they would send the cardinals to the third straight nlcs. >> it's the most never have u he ever been. it's hard to not think back about what happened in game five last year. i'm fired up four the team and the cardinal fans are rocking today and i'm fired up to be here. >> once you locate your curve ball you are able to do what you want and dictate who is at bat. when did you get to the field? pretty er early on. they said you think were not swinging.

the new york yankees announced that they have given their manager joe girardi a four-year extension it will take him through the 2014 season. they missed the playoffs for a second time in his six seasons as manager. girardi guided them to the championship in 2009. the yankees have posted the best regular season winning percentage in regular baseball. paul o'neil is emerging for a candidate for the vacant managers job. michael kay confirmed this report on twister stating that the reds winner have spoken about the vacanc vacant created. he spent eight of the 17 years in the manges with the reds helping cincinnati win the 19 th1990world series. there was a meeting on the ice tonight that could be a

preview of the eastern conference finals the blues hosting the chicago blackhawks. both teams coming in have yet to lose in regulation. and the blues putting pressure on the champs early. past crawford and you want to see the speed in hockey, even in slo-mo. it was past him before he knew it. >> st. louis on the powerplay and taking full advantage. and they put the blues back on top. less than a minute later dhig co scores on it's own powerplay. toews ties the game at 2-all. the blues send their fans home happy as well. alex stein takes the pass and rips the slap shot from 23 feet away with the game winning goal and 20 second remaining in regulation. the blues win it 3-2 for the third straight win this season. the red skins are trying to

shake off their disappointings start and get back to the playoffs for the second year. the coach is having to deal with the distraction of the team's name. >> you know when it comes to the name change we can't allow it to be a distraction. you don't want to minimize anything that is going on outside of these walls. but inside of these walls we have to focus on football and that is what our goal has to be. >> i'm not sure how many players saw the letter personally i'm glad he expressed how he feels from an ownership stand point. i feel he e i have addressed tht many times in the off season. i will concentrate on football and i would like to do that. >> the coaches love to keep their players intsd insulated. >> wouldn't you like to be in st. louis tonight.

>> i will go there tomorrow. >> stay with us kevin corriveau is back with the forecast after this. ♪

if you have travel plans tomorrow anywhere in new york to bhawlt more, washington, even for parts of philadelphia it's going to be messy. this is what we have been talking about. for the last couple of days. it's a dom by nation of a cold front and the remnants of karen. there is turning going on counter clockwise turning and the system is make iting it's way up towards the north. we are getting a lot of rain out of this. not only rain but we are getting a lot of wind. norfolk has gust of 39 miles-per-hour and i have seen had 2 or 42 earlier this singh. we have had winds up here towards new jersey. and tomorrow morning when you wake up the wind will be in to new york. and that means delays at the airport. and if you are driving down here on 95 that is going to be a major problem as well. quitessibilities could be low. we have coastal flood wags and

advisories out. long island sound down to new jersey and maryland and delaware and now into virginia. well washington, thursday and friday and saturday rain every single day. there may be a slight break in the rain but the majority of those days we'll be seeing rain and cloudy conditions. not breaking out washington until we gets towards month. a little more towards the north there is that rain and the clouds coming into parts of massachusetts and connecticut now. boston not looking too bad. new york you will have a couple of days of rain. thursday and friday and not as long as washington and then the trend is to get better. maybe 60 or 70as we hit monday. boston the rain will not reach you. partly cloudy conditions across the area there. out here towards the west. it's going to be cooler conditions and even some snow in the higher elevations and the ski areas are getting ready for that. that is a look at the national weather.

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