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eileen whelan and kidd o'shea are live in annappolis. good morning guys!z zi0z y2gv6y yi0y announcer: now "good morning washington" on your side. autria: 6:00 straight up and a nervous eye on the d.o.j. the critical decision hours away and what comes next after president trump makes a ruling on immigration. larry: rise and shine, labor day is done and it's back to school for thousands of you. abc 7 is on your side on this terrible traffic tuesday. the hot spots to avoid and other places you have no choice but to wait it out. autria: all this as we continue tracking a monster storm in the tropics. irma gathering strength. states of emergency being declared ahead of this massive storm. larry: the search for the next "american idol" is hotting in annapolis.

let's start with meteorologists eileen whelan and veronica johnson 2am nhc update: irma category 1 hurricane it moves over the western florida peninsula - next update from nhc at 5am - increasing clouds from irma today - cloudy & cool tomorrow; few showers late - unsettled work week; warming late week today: sunny and cool start. increasing high clouds. highs: 74-77 winds: ne to e 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. lows: 54-61 winds: ne 5 mph tuesday: overcast. cool. a few showers late. highs: 71-75 winds: e 5 mph here is the ve ry latest on 4-point-5 million are without power - that number expected to grow as irma continues to barrel through florida. all major florida airports are closed and its not yet clear when flights will resume. and the storm is blamed for 32 carribean. more than 160-thousand people are waiting in shelters statewide brad bell was in tampa when the storm hit overnight. now to breathtaking breathtaking images this morning out of miami. the storm surge - flooding the downtown area. rising waters swallowing up streets that look more like rivers. florida's governor warning tat

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visit ncicap.org] larry: we start with our meteorologist, eileen whelan and veronica johnson. veronica: we're happy to say it is,is storm, big as continues to weaken. it's hard to discern and find the eyewall now and looks like it has been lobbed off at the bottom of it with the dry air that has been feeding in. bit of a different system. -- eileen: just to put it into perspective how big it is, those tropical storm force winds extend about 150 miles, but still give you an idea that we're still dealing with a --tty big and strong peaks system. the impact of irma will start to draw closer and closer. cedar keys, mentioned by eileen, with a cloud shield. the spaghetti diagrams, the will, still quite consistent in bringing it through the gainesville area. into southwestern georgia is the late today at 8:00. this means heavy rain hitting areas south carolina through north carolina. the big impact will be felt in northern florida through the red , with more moderate impacts tomorrow through north carolina, down into mississippi, even, with a lowered impact as it gets close to us. e

let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - another warm and humid day - breezy tomorrow; jose off the mid-atlantic coast - warmer than average approaching the first day of fall friday - watching hurricane maria (approaching leeward islands) today: am patchy fog. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. stray shower. highs: winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. patchy fog. lows: wid tuesday: mix of sun and clouds. breezy. isolated shower. highs: winds: n 10-15 g 20-25 mph angela toss to suz close watch on three different the east coast could see some impact from jose concern is hurricane maria. the storm keeps getting stronger and it will likley hit puerto rico and the virgin islands. the islands- severely damaged by the storm.- 80 percent of all buildings on st. john alone - wiped out. already virginia task force one is preparing to help in maria's aftermath. this morning we are also watching lee -which is churning off the coast of africa. meanwhile in the florida keys - a heartbreaking homecoming for those who fled hurricane irma. tens of thous

eileen: stormwatch 7 meteorologist eileen whelan, and brand-new video of irma blasting turks and caicos overnight. take a look. imagine. most visitors have evacuated but about 35 thousand people live in turks and caicos where the wind held steady about 160 miles per hour. one person says when irma came there was such a severe drop in pressure you could feel it in your chest. in the u.s. virgin islands, widespread destruction, homes reduced to rubble. to the dominican republic, houses destroyed, people stranded in coastal towns come a cut off from rescue efforts .fter irma barreled through veronica johnson and i will keep following the newest information all morning long and it will be interesting to see once we get daylight in the turks and caicos to see the damage. numbera: overnight, the of mandatory evacuations across florida is now even bigger as shelters fill up. 700,000 people are being ordered l warned people to brace for " catastrophic devastation." larry: a police involved shooting at one of the airports that people are flocking to, to evacuate. this is miami international, you

home though, flags in new jersey are flying at half staff in honor of the late state senator jim whelan. >> public memorial will be held later this morning the atlantic city's boardwalk hall former atlantic city mayor and state senator died last month of a heart attack. some lawmakers say whelan was atlantic city's biggest champion and they are planning i don't dues a bill to rename boardwalk hall in his honor. >>> well, developing overnight , a deadly fire, in a dormitory overseas, why authorities say it could have been avoided. >>> also this morning, a new use for drones. >> we will tell you where the drones are being sent in the sky to help remove graffiti. >>> it is an ambitious goal foreman who plans to swim from tokyo to san francisco across the entire, pacific ocean. >> wow. >> we will tell you why he is doing it >>> back on "eyewitness news" a malaysia official says a fire that killed 24 people in the school dormitory this morning was avoidable. twenty-two teenage boys and two teachers died when the flames blocked the dorm's only exit. fire officials believe it was cause by a sh

. >> flags in new jersey flying at half-staff today in honor of the late state senator jim whelan.he former atlantic city mayor and state senator died last month of a heart attack at the age of 68. some lawmakers say whelan was atlantic city's biggest champion and are planning to introduce a bill to remain boardwalk hall in his honor. >> earlier this morning president trump announced he is working on a plan to protect daca and enhance border security measures. the president had dinner with democratic congressional leaders last night about maintaining protections for undocumented immigrants brought to america as children. top democrats say an agreement was reached without funding for a border wall but the president says the deal isn't done yet and any plan congress approves must include border security. >> we're talking about taking care of people, people that were brought here, people that have done a good job and were not brought here of their own volition but very importantly what we want, we have to have a wall. >> the president says any funding for a border wall with mexico can

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let's start with meteorologists eileen whelan and veronica johnson 2am nhc update: irma category 1 hurricane

eileen whelan has your interesting information. eileen: i aim to please. today is expected to be the nicest day of the holiday weekend. you can already see a little bit of daylight. a clear and cool start, lots of suburbs waking up in the 50's, we are in for a sunny and warm afternoon. breeze,have a nice check out these temperatures. ,ne of the coolest spots manassas. culpeper, 51. 57 in baltimore, 56 degrees right now, staying in the 60's through 9:00 this morning, 70's by 11:00, seasonably warm. perfect to get out to the pool, maybe you are having a barbecue the weather conditions are very pleasant. when i join you in 10 minutes i have that your hot in humid back to school forecast late tomorrow and midweek and i will have the very latest on hurricane irma. let's get over to julie wright anyone is on the roadways. i'm hoping that most of you are laying in bed. peoplei think a lot of are. the busiest rush-hour will be this afternoon with making their at bead inme southeast, coming across the sousa bridge. no accidents to report right now headed into dce o

. >>> flags in new jersey are flying at half staff in honor of the late state senator jim whelan.enator and former mayor of atlantic city died last month of a heart attack at the age of 58. lower flag seen here on rutgers university camden campus, accompanied a public memorial service held today in atlantic city ace boardwalk hall. >> ♪ >> whelan had a long career in public service, he was an atlantic city life guard, teacher and three time mayor before his election to the state legislature in 2005. some lawmakers say whelan was atlantic city is biggest champion, efforts are underway to rename boardwalk hall, in his honor. >>> today, kennedy health and jefferson health are celebrating the merger of their two health systems. presidents of the thomas jefferson and kennedy hospitals met earlier today in washington township for the ceremonial signing and to answer questions from the media kennedy health will serve as southern new jersey core of the jefferson health. this marks the first time, that a philadelphia health system has fully merged with a southern new jersey health system.

let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - another warm and humid day - breezy tomorrow; jose off the mid-atlantic coast - warmer than average approaching the first day of fall friday - watching hurricane maria (approaching leeward islands) today: am patchy fog. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. stray shower. highs: winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. patchy fog. lows: wid

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eileen whelan has been promising cooler temperatures and they have arrived. eileen: let me tell you you will feel the difference is you is stepping outside your front door, 20 to 25 degrees cooler. our weatherbug network, 44 degrees at myersville elementary school. elementaryat the school in herndon. in district heights, at francis scott key, 52. winds are light. we are not going to have gusty winds today like we did yesterday. cool at the bus stop and always feels so great. plenty of sunshine, 67 degrees by lunchtime. so, a nice, sunny season --. -- day. friday night forecast looking good. 63 at 11:00. dry and cool. a a few clouds as a cold front approaches the area. as we head into the overnight hours tonight and tomorrow night, it's going to get pretty chilly. how long and so dry. any rain in sight? julie: nice quiet is what we need after week we havehad. all lanes open southbound on 270. the laneo divide. a live picture in germantown. the 21 minute commute southbound on 270 headed towards rockville. topside, outer loop out of college park a different stor

whelan died last month from a heart attack.or donations to the south university foundation in memory of jim whelan. >>> there are new developments in the historic breach that has compromised the personal information of nearly half of americans. the federal trade commission today announced it's investigating how the credit rating agency equifax handled the breach. equifax says a web server flaw in its software led to the cyber attack and that up to 143 million people in the country might have been impacted. a local cybersecurity expert says you should act now to reduce your risk of identity theft. >> apparently, equifax knew about it at the end of july but didn't announce it until september 5th or september 7th, which was actually almost six weeks. so that's a long period of time for your data to be out there. >> his recommendations, subscribe to a credit monitoring service. equifax is offering one year for free. also, consider freezing your credit and check your statements often and really carefully now. >>> we'll have much mor

the hurricane center just came in at the top of the hour - let's get right to meteorologist eileen whelan - eileen? - feeling more like august through the weekend - fall arrives at 4:02 pm tomorrow - cooler by late next week - maria regains major hurricane strength today: s highs: 85-88 winds: nne 5-10 mph tonight: mainly clear and comfortable. lows: 62-68 winds: n 5 mph friday: partly to mostly cloudy. continued warm. highs: 83-86 winds: n 5-10 mph 5:xx and we're following breaking news in the district.. to death overnight in northeast. our ryan hughes is live at the scene - ryan? back now to hurricane maria - and the entire hurricane maria - and the entire island of puerto rico without power right now after taking a direct hit. the storm, wiping out entire power grids and leaving residents to fend for themselves. and today - the first images showing the unbelieavable devastation. debris strewn everwhere.. and dangerous floods. you can see roads, looking more like rivers - and the rain isn't letting up yet. the national hurricane center says the island could see up to 30 inches of rain t

let's get you started wih stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - a few morning showers/sprinkles - rain chances today & tomorrow - warmer & more humid the next few days - still watching jose today: mostly cloudy. warm and humid. showers/sprinkles, mainly before noon. highs: 80-84 winds: e to s 5 mph tonight: clear, becoming cloudy after midnight with rain developing west of d.c. lows: 63-67 winds: s 5 mph thursday: morning rain. scattered pm thunderstorms. warm and humid. highs: 78-82 winds: ssw 5-10 mph were following 5:xx - a house left with a massive hole after a it. sam sweeney is live in upper marlboro - sam? a crisis in the caribbean right now after hurricane the us virgin islands were among the group of islands worst hit by the storme... and people there are begging the us government not to forget about them. the white house confirms president trump will survey damage from irma tomorrow in florida and will likely visit the u.s. virgin islands sometime in the next week. meanwhile in south florida evacuees are slowly returning to their homes - or what's left of them. we will

eileen whelan is tracking the warm up next. he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. - still watching hurricane jose today: mostly cloudy, warm and humid. isolated am shower. pm rain and thunderstorms possible. highs: 78-81 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. showers ending. patchy fog. lows: 59-65 winds: wnw 5 mph friday: partly sunny. warm and muggy. stray shower. highs: 80-83 winds: nw to sw 5 mph breaking overnight - democrats strike a daca deal. protect dreamers. plus - spicey speaks out. the infamous post-inauguration press conference - and what he says is an act of betrayal. today to survey the damage from hurricane irma. thi

. >>> today flags in new jersey are flying at half staff in honor of the late state senator jim whelana public memorial will be held the atlantic cities boardwalk hall. former atlantic city mayor and state senator died last month of a heart attack. some lawmakers say whelan was atlantic city's biggest champion and they are planning to introduce a bill to rename boardwalk hall in his honor. >>> federal investigators say engine problems caused a helicopter crash in burlington count that i killed troy gent ry. it happened last friday, the country music star was taking a leisure ride from the medford airport where he would be performing later that night pilot reportedly noticed mechanical problems shortly after taking off, when he tried to land the chopper crashed, near the airport killing both of them. gentry was half of the country music dude owe montgomery gent ry. memorial services will be held today at nashville's grand old opre. >>> is there still so much more to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this thursday morning. >> local students are helping a school in houston recover from hurr

kick off this friday with a check of your weekend forecast with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - first day of fall (equinox at 4:02 pm) - feeling more like august through early next week - much cooler by next weekend - tracking maria; near the turks & caicos and southeastern bahamas today today: partly to mostly cloudy and warm. highs: 83-87 tonight: mainly clear and comfortably cool. lows: 56-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mostly sunny. still very warm. highs: 85-88 winds: n 5-10 mph breaking overnight - a new arrest in connection with last month's terror attack in barcelona. spanish police say a 24-year-old moroccan man has been taken into custody for alleged links to the terror cell behind the attack. the suspect is the fifth person now arrested in the investigation. on august 17th, a van rammed into a crowd on barcelona's busy las ramblas promenade... killing 16. isis has claimed responsibility. developing now - a horrific crime at a maryland high school. a young girl - allegedly kidnapped and raped by classmates. john gonzalez is live in frederick need to know as they send t

let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - irma is a tropical depression (heavy rain continues over the southeastern u.s.) - clouds from irma here today - showers for the wednesday morning drive - feeling more tropical tomorrow through friday (warmer & more humid) - watching hurricane jose today: mostly cloudy. highs: 72-75 winds: e 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. scattered showers. lows: 60-66 winds: ese 5 mph wednesday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers through midday. some late day clearing. highs: 79-83 winds: s 5 mph this morning as irma continues to move getting a better idea of the damage the storm left behind. let's get the latest right now from adrianna hopkins on the live desk. autria and larry - irma creating quite a mess as it heads north. the storm moved through georgia and south carolina over the past 24 hours. take a look - high water flooding entire neighbrhoods.. turning streets into rivers. and the winds - still so strong they actually producing waves in the streets! we're also getting a first look at the scope of the damage in the florida keys.

eileen whelan is tracking the return of summer, as we look ahead to the first day of fall. ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law . and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him. want some inspirational stories for a change? you gotta check out the american dream. saturdays, 1pm, newschannel8 chances - fall arrives a week from today - watching jose & the eastern atlantic today: am patchy fog. mostly sunny to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. highs: 81-85 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 61-67 winds: w 5 mph saturday: partly sunny, warm and humid. isolated afternoon shower. highs: 81-85 winds: n to se 5 mph facing a lawsuit from former why a group of women is going after the tech giant. and breaking overnight - a california co

consider a proposal to rename a street in honor of the late former mayor and senator gym way ljim whelan. >>> lost in the storm and searching for home. dogs rescued from harvey arrive in our area in need of help. >>> escaping, climbing and speeding away. how a woman went from being arrested to taking off in a police car. >>> concerns. all new at 5:00 a.m. prices going up for popular florida fruit as state braces for impact of hurricane irma. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you right now with a check on the roads. watching 95. our cameras just around the b t betsy ross bridge. looks like construction has cleared. single file traffic and now you can see the southbound side moving through. looks like everything is looking a little bit better. typically see construction projects clear around the 5:00 mark anyway. approaching that point. watch for construction vehicles in the area just in case. moving through delaware. northbound 295 to 495. ten minute trips speeds into the mid 60s. updates for you on the rest of the stuff. check in with new jersey when i come back. >>> now

eileen whelan is tracking the temperature drop..in three minutes. >> now good morning washington , on your side. we begin with a breaking news alert. breaking, a violent crash involving a police officer. the wreck so nasty that is sent cars flying. larry bring -- lever bank prints george's county -- larry prints

whelan served three terms before being elected to the general asemimy. he was a nationally ranked swimmer. >>> lawmakers in new jersey are working on a permanent way to preserve his memory. legislation will be introduced to rename atlanta's board walk hall. >>> this morning there is a new twist in the allegations surrounding congressman bod brady. a former judge and one time challenger has agreed to plead guilty to violating campaign laws. authorities say back in 2012, moore agreed to drop his democratic primary challenge of brady in return for $90,000 in payments from brady's campaign fund. he's accused of hiding that payment. moore's attorneys say he will plead guilty to a single count of making false statements in his campaign finance filings. congressman brady's attorney denies his client was aware the payment to moore would be concealed. >>> private jets and free flights took center stage of the bribery trial of bob menendez. prosecutor says say he accepted free rides on private jets from his friend in exchange for political favors. those flights in

. >>> we will tell but plans to honor long time new jersey lawmakers, jim whelan, find out the landmarks legislators now want to rename in his honor. >>> and historic two decades long mission to saturn, end is today we will tell but nasa's project in outer space, we're back at the t we will take a live look at the parkway in center city and katie will tell us whether we will see sunshine today. >>> daca deal. president trump and top democrats seem to reach a rare compromise on capitol hill. we have a live report. >>> to the air in left field, odubel going back, he will be a spectator, gone. >>> and, hello, well, phillies rookie rhys hoskins has the town talking, we will talk about the big accomplishment he ear

visit ncicap.org] is trackingn whelan irma as it makes landfall overnight. eileen: it did make landfall overnight and looking at the reports coming in they had a storm surge of eight feet, wins in excess of 180 miles per hour -- winds of 180 miles per hour. it remains a major category five hurricane. a very distinct eyewall, maximum winds around 185 miles per hour in it is right now approaching saint martin as we week. we are going to see this west northwest track staying at a category five north order rico early tomorrow morning and then taking us to the north of -- the dominican republic and then it just skirts between cuba and the bahamas. still, guys, a category four hurricane, with all eyes turning to florida. informationhe new from the national hurricane center, we are starting to see more of that eastward shift going in line with the computer simulation. take a look at this, these are the two models that we used to forecast. the american and european model. we are starting to bit more continuity with these two systems and i wouldn't be surprised if ma

larry: eileen whelan, go ahead. out thesummary, getting door, try, sun is up, 7:01 and it will be hot and humid. high of 88, 86 degrees, sunsetting before 7:00. watch out for patchy fog in winchester. with maria just offshore, we could get a straight midday shower along the east of beerstate 95, but it will isolated, best timing 1:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. speaking of this afternoon it will feel like the low to mid 90's. take easy outside, it's humid, tropical air mass, 69 degrees with a refreshing air mass moving in tomorrow. the difference tomorrow with falling temperatures and falling it will be breezy to windy tomorrow and we will let you know how gusty it will be coming up at 6:40. julie? julie: this will be the top stretch of the capital beltway. for those continuing out of college park, no accidents to report westbound, back to the map we will show you what we have here, they are running about 10 minutes behind schedule as they had problems with a and an investigation is underway with a 10 minute delay as a

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flags in new jersey are flying at half staff today, in honor of the late state senator jim whelan.y's boardwalk hall , the former atlantic city mayor and state senator died last month of a heart attack some lawmakers say whelan was atlantic city's biggest champion and they are planning to introduce a bill to rename boardwalk hall in his honor. >>> now to the eyewitness weather forecast with meteorologist katie fehlinger, hi there, katie good morning, jan. today brings unsettled weather we will see showers through a good portion of the day and those are already falling across parts of the western and northern suburbs outside of philadelphia. if your travels take awe long pennsylvania turnpike westbound you may run into bit we have had fog issues too. those have work themselves out and we are off to a mild start 70 appease both in fail and atlantic city. as day goes on expect we will hit 81 degrees, hit or miss showers continue and then might see a shower or storm firing up at some point throughout saturday or sunday afternoon. for the most part it is summer -like sunny weekend and n

eileen whelan is here tracking the chapters that are taking a tumble just in time for the weekend as we say good morning to you at 6:00 a.m. larry: we are all here on this friday eve and just in time for the weekend, the extra summer has been nice, but this is going to be fantastic. eileen: getting out the door, a little on the mild and muggy side, but changes are coming as this cold front is letting through. falling humidity later this morning and this afternoon. the winds already starting to pick up. getting the kids up to the bus stop, maybe get into the metro, 68 to 74. it is still kind of on the humid side, but the winds are starting to pick up. they are a shooting in this cooler air mass. in the are ushering lots of sunshine today. temperatures in the upper 70's for daytime highs. much cooler than me 91 we got to yesterday. worries, stillo a lot of sunshine. sunset before 7:00. at 7:00, 72 and clear and cool for the nationals game as we welcome in the pirates later tonight. getting out the door tomorrow morning, it will be cool. i will have the forecast at 6:10. julie: it is a

>> delaware county da john whelan made the announcement. >> today we're announcing a new weapon in the child victimization, child sexual exploitation and the name of that weapon the name of that special tool is charlie. >> charley is a two-year-old yellow lab trained to sniff out the chemicals used to manufacture electronics, a fact she demonstrates finding a nash drive in one of three blue bags. child predators use such devices to hide illegal photos and videos key evidence charlie's handler forensics analyst matt evans seceshes she can sniff out. >> i think it's going to have a huge impact because now you can't hide anything. >> right. >> when you're talking about micro card that you can hide under the carpet or between the wall and noor board, i mean, it's amazing what she's able to do and it will have huge impact. >> the cost of charlie plus training about $12,000 combined. covered by homeland security grant charlie is one of only a dozen dogs in the us doing this kind of work. delaware county says she'll work with state and other county agencies on their investigations. her reward

. >> and my cousin, fdny firefighter eugene michael whelan, engine company 230.names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> and my brother, ryan fitzgerald. we think about you every day, everyone, the whole family. we love you so much. >> and my uncle john poacher. i was born in 2002 so i never got to meet my uncle but what everybody in my family says about him, he was a great man and they say i share a lot with him, including his name as my middle name, his sense of humor and our love for the red sox. [applause] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> and my father, james. >> and my dad, david garcia. dad, there has been so many things i wanted to ask you, submitted questions i've wanted to ask you, and there's been so many answers, i'm sure you question, but one thing is for certain is that i love you