walruses don't live in the gulf of mexico. what are they doing in all the oil company's gulf of mexico emergency plans? no, really, what are they doing there, ceo of exxon? >> mr. tillerson, like bp on page 11-6 of your plan, exxon mobile's gulf of mexico oil spill response plan lists walruses under sensitive biological and human resources. as i'm sure you know, there aren't any walruses in the gulf of mexico, and there have not been for 3 million years. how can exxon mobile have walruses in their response plan for the gulf of mexico? >> congressman, those response plans incorporate a number of broad base plans. >> these are regional oil spill response plans. how can walruses be in a response plan for the gulf of mexico? this is a regional response plan that each of you had to put together. >> i understand. it's unfortunate that walruses were included. and it's an embarrassment that they were included. >> before rex tillerson was donald trump's secretary of state, he was an exxon ceo embarrassed about his walruses. part of that

the storm system has now moved over the gulf of mexico. friday, shows the eye of the storm at the bottom of the screen, moving up over the yucatan peninsula in mexico. the us gulf coast, and florida, can be seen at the top of the screen. nate is predicted to become a hurricane by the time it hits the united states on sunday. janey mitchell reports. deadly floods, mudslides, destruction, scenes all too familiar this hurricane season. but this time, central american countries spared the worst of hurricanes irma and harvey have been in the firing line, honduras, costa rica and nicuragua. translation: the flood has taken away almost everything these people had in their homes. they had breakfast this morning but have not had lunch or dinner because they've lost everything. aid agencies say the succession of major storms this years has prompted them to consider expanding their provisions for such events. one of the lessons might be that we need to relook at preparedness scenarios and preparedness plannings and take into account the fact we will s

want to take you down to the gulf of mexico. hurricane nate down here. getting stronger. em to be little bit more conducive for strengthening as well. and nate does look to be trying to take on that classic hurricane. winds are going up a little bit. we got the got an update. 85 miles per hour winds. the track of nate very fast, t too. moving to the north and northwest at 22 miles per hour. so it's going to be late late tonight, early tomorrow morning. making landfall right now obviously the effects of nate will be felt along the islands and the barrier islands of louisiana. even into new orleans, too. landfall may occur on one of these if it shifts a little bit more to the west, but more likely looks like landfall will be right around biloxi, mississippi, perhaps over towards mobile, right here along interstate ten. the storm surge two to four feature it look like it also could be little bit stronger. right now the forecast offi officially has nate going ashore at a 90 miles per hour category one hurricane, but he is going through a strengthening cycle right now that coul

gulf of mexico did take over in biloxi for quite some time. along i-90, pictures of some of the damage there. look at ocean springs, upwards of 10 feet. 6 feet at pascagoula, mississippi. so this was a cat 1. imagine if this was a cat 2 or cat 3, the potential was there for that to happen yesterday as the gulf waters are very warm. what was against this system was the forward speed. it was marching and booking through the gulf. thankfully that allowed this to stay a category 1. still the threat of a tornado or two in the next few hours here. the bands tend to have spin in them. so could spawn a quick tornado, and that is why we still have tornado watch from pensacola to panama city. that threat will continue over the next several hours. at this point, we'll start transitioning from a wind event to a rain event that will encompass the eastern u.s., upwards of 2 -- half a foot of rainfall in the next couple of days with flood watches in effect with that. >> all right. >> ivan, thank you very much. we'll check back with you throughout the show. >>

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it's going to head toward the gulf of mexico. in fact, by friday evening, it's moving into the gulf of mexico and strengthening and expected to become a category-1 hurricane saturday by 8:00. it makes its way toward new orleans, then inland -- and look at the big turn that will bring us moisture into next week. we'll likely get a few showers before nate rolls in sunday. 81 degrees friday. today in the afternoon, temperatures will be climbing in the 80s with breaks of sunshine. we'll see that happen again saturday after the morning low of 60. clouds, a scattered showers or two, not heavy rainfall. but there's a chance of a few raindrops. a chance of showers and thunderstorms as we see the remnants of nate move in monday and possibly into tuesday. upper 70s for both days. a break from any rainfall on wednesday, and a chance we'll see a shower on thursday. not looking all that likely. what is likely is the cooldown that's going to come. it's unusually warm today, not so for thursday, friday, and saturday. temperatures in the 60s. a l

let's go back to the gulf of mexico. we're looking at the tropics, this is hurricane nate zipping along moving to the north 20, 25 miles per hour. the biggest problem with the storm is not going to be the wind or the rain, but the storm surge. national hurricane center think the track will move east of new orleans and lake lake pontchartrain. the front quadrant is where you will see the storm surge. it comes into all the areas mobile, pontchartrain it can't escape. it will be the storm surge that will be the biggest threat with the system. gray. >> sixers take to the hard court without a couple of key players as they face boston for their second preseason game. >>> eagles gear up for the battle of the birds at the linc tomorrow. here's jamie apody. >> reporter: good morning the sixers second preseason game at the wells fargo center against the celtics didn't count, but it was good to see how they will fair under the big eastern conference foe. embiid still can't play, he wants to play, he will play eventually right. firs

a storm like harvey over houston firehose water from the gulf of mexm , like harvey over houston firehose water from the gulf of mexico and the sea level rise can have an effect on storm surge. the question of whether there will be more storms is a little iffy because with climates change you see more wind shear which can prevent storms before they formed. is certainly evidence in the model that is warming ocean and the atmospheric conditions are leading to greater strength for storms that actually make it, but actually achieve very. the problem with that is that it is based, the data will only emerge once we see a lot more really strong storms. who wants that? indeed. always fascinating to talk to you. thank you very much to let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. an explosion at a fuel station in accra, has killed a number of people. the blast, involving natural gas, sent a giant fireball into the night sky causing panic among residents. it's understood the blaze triggered a second explosion and fire at a nearby petrol station. a car has ploughed into pedestrians outside the natural history m

that will be pushing in through the gulf of mexico and spreading moisture up into the united states. m talking about tropical storm nate. nate with 45 mile-an-hour winds. still a long way from the gulf of mexico. it's moving to the northwest. and by early tomorrow morning, those winds increase to 60 miles per hour. a strengthening tropical storm expected to become a minimal hurricane by the time it reaches toward the louisiana coastline into mississippi and alabama, too. a category-1 storm with a lot of moisture, and the flood potential. that moisture will still be in the atmosphere and moving our way early next week. for today, moving into the low 80s this afternoon. 82 degrees tomorrow. then a chance of scattered showers, that's the system to the west on sunday. by tuesday, here comes nate. at least the remnants of nate with a chance of showers and thunderstorms monday and into tuesday. i don't think it's going to be all day tuesday. we'll likely see clearing in the afternoon. that will set us up for sunshine on wednesday. look what happens next week -- autumn makes a comeback, at l

it is going the gulf of mexico to the upcoming weekend. it should be turning into a category 1 storm by sunday. something to certainly watch as we head into the later half of this weekend and into next week. once it which is on shore, it will weaken. this is a look at our forecast not only for the early half of the week, but the weekend. the weekend no looking too bad. a little cloud cover saturday, maybe a few spotty showers on sunday. what is left of the tropical depression should be getting in our mondayhances for and tuesday. we will talk in detail coming up in my extended forecast, so stay tuned. noonnna: coming up next at -- a mistaken identity nearly turned deadly. identity nearly turned deadly. one police officer opened fire on an actor on a movie set. the whole foods near you may have fallen victim to hackers. you need to do if you shop there. a quick check of traffic with eric smith. error: good afternoon. it is going to be looking pretty tough and a couple spots. starting off on 355 north down over rockville just before shady gro

. >>> yet another storm is churning in the gulf of mexico. doug kammerer is joining us with this latest track and the impacts on us. doug? >> that's right. the storm in the caribbean is moving into the gulf of mexico. yes, we're going to be tracking this very, very closely. the gulf coast right now is the area that we think could make landfall. off the coast of costa rica, it becomes a tropical storm very soon. the latest advisory has it as a tropical depression with winds of 35 miles an hour. moving northwest at 7 miles per hour. moving close to land and into the open waters of the gulf of mexico and eventually in towards parts of florida as a category 1 hurricane. some miles even take it stronger than this. this is what i'm going to track for y where this goes after landfall most likely on sunday. it could be impactful in our area. much more on that. i have it for you in about 15 minutes. >> doug, thank you. >>> a developing story that has a lot of students shaken up at howard university. police arrested an alexandria man for threatening to

thirty people in central america its strength and again as it moved over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico first hitting southeast louisiana on saturday night danielle shaima reports from new orleans. hurrican mates with winds of up to one hundred thirty five kilometers an hour was increasing its speed as it worked its way north to the gulf of mexico it finally made landfall fairly close to the mouth of the mississippi river and it will bring with it heavy rains and increasingly strong winds dorothy's here feel that they have made sufficient precautions to withstand this very strong winds but these are people who have suffered. a tropical storm in the recent years the most notable being hurricane katrina in two thousand and five with billions of dollars worth of damage was caused by something like a thousand eight hundred people killed a great deal of investment has gone into those defenses so it's really now a case of working through the night watching and waiting to see what kind of damage needs to be assessed in the with the light of day and whether those defenses have in fact been effe

it scrapes near the yucatan and into the gulf of mexico and possibly becoming hurricane nate and we watchy between new orleans and the panhandle of florida and you see the track does bring it either over our region or just to the west. at that point it would be the remnant low and it wouldn't be a tropical storm as it passes by us. and bringing us a soaking rain that is good news and no wind with it for that much. we look at the four day at 4:00 forecast, 83 for a high tomorrow and breaks of sun and possible shower north of the city on friday. 81 and very warm and muggy and tropical feeling saturday 85 degrees and for the eagles, tropically humid with clouds on the increase maybe a late day rain and still summer like in the 80s. we'll talk about the rain possible next week. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" local elementary students are the stars of a music video with a powerful message. hear from the stars trying to change their community. but after three years of specialist cancer care, to guide her into remission, you couldn't be happier about it. aetna. you don't join us, we

gulf and it's 22 miles per hour. that is a quick clip. that's also some good news because it's not going to spend a lot of time in the gulf of mexico. ries to push a storm surge out of the gulf coast. dr. michael brand joins us from the hurricane center senior specialist. doctor, as you look at the hurricane this morning, at surge potential, any surprises for you right now? >> well, we're continuing to see nate strengthen. winds at 85 miles per hour. additional strengthening, we could see nate high into category 1 or 2. potentially landfall. but we are very concerned about that storm surge potential especially from the mississippi river to alabama/florida border where we could see 5 to 9 feet of storm surge innovation in these areas. places like gulfport, biloxi, mobile bay and southeastern louisiana. that's a life-threatening storm surge there. so anybody in those areas asked to revac wait, we encourage them to do so today, while you still have time. >> we're also seeing the wind gusts in biloxi. all the way up even into montgomery. knocking down significantly power lines here. what about the power outages from this, all the way up

well, it came from a very warm body of water named the gulf of mexico. and the warmest part of the water right now, called the loop current. it goes around cancun and up toward new orleans and then back down again and around through the florida straits. but we're seeing the wind speeds now increase. hurricane hunters seeing the pressure go down. when i tweet that, saying the pressure is going to go down, everybody is saying, is that good or bad? if the pressure goes down, the winds go up. it's like a low pressure in the winter where the lower the pressure, the close you are you are to a blizzard. so the lower the pressure, the worse it is for a hurricane as well. everywhere that you see red, that's a hurricane warning. there's going to be damage everywhere there's red. that includes new orleans. i know we're talking about biloxi and gulf port and all that but this storm, the western eye wall, will be very close to new orleans proper, so probably a wind speed there of 75 or 85 miles per hour where the right side of the storm, the east part of the eye wall,

these, manassas, culpeper, when i return we will have more on what could be brewing in the gulf of mexico. tope: major tieups on the stretch of the beltway, which is why sky track 7 is above this crash here on georgia avenue where they temporarily were allowing some traffic is is by to the right but now they have blocked all lanes to maneuver .ome equipment in their delays building out of college park, randolph road, or the icc 200 working well for you as workarounds. big tieups right now, 50 one minute drive from kenilworth avenue towards pennsylvania avenue and a crash at the left shoulder getting by. good options for alternates with a stalle george washington parkway after 123. right lane tied up at the scene. in the next 10 minutes, we'll take a look at your alternates. nation, still reeling monday after the massacre at las vegas. larry: this as investigator search for him a motive in the attack. --ianna: the death stole death toll stands at 59. stephen paddock fire down onto a crowd at a concert sunday night in las vegas. police found a 23 weapons in his hotel room. at his home.ns an

we continue to watch tropical we go through this weekend, expected to run into the gulf of mexico. at is are we have warm water this time of year. it is likely to turn into a category 1 hurricane before making landfall near new orleans by sunday morning. then it will be over land. it will make it we can, but also push the chance for wet weather. here is the extended forecast. the weekend nice and dry into sunday night. a few chances for showers. better chances for heavy rainfall on monday and tuesday. don't forget the rain gear. gusty wind possible as well. abc 7 is onht now, your side as we work to the island, of course, was decimated by hurricane maria, another is a new push right here at home to give people the supplies they need. inan van de graaff is live hyattsville right now with how you can help. how is the effort going out there? brian: it is going great. a lot of people are pulling up and driving -- dropping off donations. we have sergeant rodriguez. you are out here. why is it so important to be involved with this today? with the recent disasters in mexico and puerto rico

. >> certainly, once this gets into the gulf of mexico it will hit something. 's hard to get out of the gulf and miss the u.s. going under the florida keys or over cuba is unlikely with the storm here. the storms are here near ha honduras and nicaragua. it will hit them in 12 to 14 hours and that will tear the storm a little bit. maria was torn up over cuba and then got back in the warm water and strengthened again. that's likely what could happen here. a quick glance to cozumel or cancun, and straight through here would make it a stronger storm. at this time yesterday it was an 85-mile-per-hour prediction, and now it's at a 75-mile-per-hour prediction because of the interaction with nicaragua and honduras. still it's going to get into warm water in the gulf of mexico, well in excess of 85 degrees and that could make the storm significantly stronger quicker. we looked at the modelsing a tpha new suggestions will come out somewhere around 2:00 this afternoon, and that's when the new model decisions will be made for the louisiana is the main threat and focus becau

monday an area of low pressure comes out of the gulf of mexico, we'll see a slug of moisture run up the spine of the appalachians. monday is a dry day, monday night football should be dry, after midnight showers are possible. through the day on tuesday, it's wet an raw with highs in the upper 60s and close to 70. some of the rain could be heavy at times. 77 in allentown and reading and philadelphia. millville, 76. jersey shore, cooler, cape may on the boards in atlantic city, 72. the poconos 72. trenton, 76. croant tonight it's chill -- overnight tonight it's chilly in the outlying suburbs. trenton, 50. dover, 52. cape may, 54 degrees. sunday afternoon, union taking on orlando talen energy stadium. mainly sunny conditions 70s and high, thin clouds overspreading the area. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 77 degrees sunny and warm today. sunday, sun and clouds, it continues to stay warm, high of 74. back up to 77 degrees on monday. and tuesday that's when the storm comes in here. for now we'll post rain at times, the model is putting out a half inch to an inch of rain. wednes

seeing the huge wall of water, wave heights are approaching 20 feet in the central portions of the gulf of mexico. we have this wall of water, what we call the storm surge anywhere from five to ten feet about what is known as the high tide levels. all the water will pour into the central portions of the gufer coast states -- gulf coast states. the buoy i'm zoomed into is the gulf shores of mississippi. we're seeing waves 6 feet and gusts up to 22 miles per hour. the bulls eye in the middle of screen is moving toward the coast in the next 12 to 24 hours. maximum sustained winds 25 miles per hour. the wind field with the storm is small. it's not as big as harvey or jose or hurricane irma it will come in west of mobile. hurricane warnings in effect through gulfport and pensacola, florida where some of the worst conditions from the hurricane are going to start being felt in the next 12 hours. heavy rain a storm surge of 5 to 10 feet above normal. winds up to 85 miles per hour. i'll be back along in just a few minutes, we'll focus on what the storm means for our weather in the delaware and lehigh vall

one out of every four males don't make it down to the gulf of mexico. you want to fatten them up as much as they can. they're also very finnicky. you've got to keep it clean. >>> if you have the metabolism of a hummingbird, you can eat 250 pounds of meat a day. >> what about the forecast? >> okay the forecast. i have some good news. we're going to look ahead a little bit. we have a chance of some showers. also, some good soaking rain as a tropical disturbance begins to push moisture into our way. we're talking the threat for rain and storms. i think for some, if not most could be a soaking rain. how about that? a live look outside. a live shot out. 72 right now. dew point 51. still pretty comfortable. winds light east southeast at 8. they will turn and become southwesterly tomorrow. combined. here is the picture we're talking about. it's going to develop, and move into the northeast gulf of mexico. it may not become tropical. it has a very slight chance of becoming tropical storm nate. it will give us soaking rains. monday's commute could be a little bit

so the computer models do take it into the gulf of mexico. there's no doubt about it. to hit the united states. just a question of the intensity. and then the remnants of that comes right up our way as we go into early next week. there's 40 miles an hour. going the gulf of mexico. expected to become a hurricane. right now the closest point looks like new orleans. but we'll give you an update later tonight. >>> nbc sports philadelphia, the sixers hit the floor last night. we'll see the debut of sim is mons. find out why all eyes were on the practice facility today. that and much more, next in sports. after 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs? guadagno is christie's hand-picked successor. says she's "proud to be part of the christie administration." guadagno was chris christie's right hand as our schools came under attack, critical services were underfunded, and our credit rating was downgraded...11 times. from the bridge to the beach, we've seen it all, and we've had enough. kim guadagno isn't the change we need. >>> nbc sports p

oil and gas companies have shut their operations and begun to evacuate staff in the gulf of mexico, aspical storm nate gets closer. the storm has killed at least 2a people in central america and damaged thousands of homes. the storm system has now moved over the gulf of mexico, this image, taken earlier on friday, shows the eye of the storm at the bottom of the screen, moving up over the yucatan peninsula in mexico. the us gulf coast, and florida, can be seen at the top of the screen. nate is predicted to become a hurricane by the time it hits the united states on sunday. deadly floods, mudslides, destruction. the scenes are all too familiar this hurricanes season. but this time, central america and countries spared the worst of the previous hurricanes are in the firing line. translation: the flood has taken away everything they had. they had breakfast this morning, but no lunch or dinner, because they have lost everything. aid agencies say the succession of the storms these years have made them expand their provisions. we need to relook at scenarios and planning and take into account

oil and gas companies have shut their operations and begun to evacuate staff in the gulf of mexico, asstorm nate gets closer. the storm has killed at least 2a people in central america and damaged thousands of homes. the storm system has now moved over the gulf of mexico, this image, taken earlier on friday, shows the eye of the storm at the bottom of the screen, moving up over the yucatan peninsula in mexico. nate is predicted to become a hurricane by the time it hits the united states on sunday. the mayor of new orleans has ordered evacuations and a mandatory curfew in some parts of the city. although overall rainfall may not be as high as other tropical events, short durations of rain as we have seen can produce flooding. we are particularly mindful in this regard for this particular storm of coastal flooding because of the potential storm surge for those areas of the city outside of the levy system. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 30 years after the chernobyl disaster, sweden's wild boars are still contaminated with high levels of radiation. in all russia's turmoil, it has

the region later tonight and tomorrow, the moisture is associated with our friend nate in the gulf of mexicocoming better organized, it strengthen into a category hurricane overnight and it has maximum stained winds of # 0 -- 80 to 90 miles per hour. it's moving at hurricane strength, and it is moving along quickly, if it was might have -g along at a snails pace it would grow into a category 4 or 5. it is maintaining category one strength, which is a good strong storm, bus stop not as strong as the other hurricanes we've seen. on this path it is the latest path from the national hurricane center. it takes the worst part of the hurricane away from new orleans. the storm surge will be around the mobile delta area which could be five to ten feet above the normal high tide level. pensacola florida you're in the worst part of the storm, as well. the winds are this way, you're pushing the water away, you may get a storm surge as we get into the evening hours, but then most of the water should start to recede. it's going to be places like pen cola and mobile that see the worst. all this moisture ge

could be impacted by a moisture to the west, and we're watching for a storm to develop in the gulf of mexico could look further to the south, and you can see that it is just to the north of panama, hondur honduras, costa rica, this could be a tropical storm and potentially a hurricane and maybe bring moisture early next week. we e got a long way to go before we get there. today, we get to end joy another nice summer-like day, cool start, but look at the warmup, low 80s by mid afternoon, and the humidity will creep up a little bit late this afternoon, and in the philadelphia area, still on the comfortable side for philadelphia. weekend forecast is dry for saturday. sun into the 80s for philadelphia, the suburbs, lehigh valley, mid-70s at the shore. showers developing sunday, moisture ahead of any moisture from the storm. if it does come together for the gulf of mexico, that shower increase will be with us late on saturday and even more so come tuesday and wednesday. i'll look at that closer with the ten-day at ten in a half hour. >> thank you. >>> breaking news, the expressway shut down eastb

necessarily a good thing for the gulf of mexico, but it could bring us beneficial rain. it is a holiday weekend -- melanie: boy, do we need it. brian: we needed. --e of work are like, those off work are like, ha ha. just kidding. over towards annapolis come we have some scattered clouds. at this system continues to track across the north, clouds, and isolated sprinkle not out of the question. take a look at the clouds. 77 right now in winchester. mid-seventies downtown in andrews. culpepper at anyone right now. -- at 81 right now. partly to mostly sunny skies later in the day, and warm. we are missing a couple minutes of daylight each and every day. nothing happening on the radar right now. just a few clouds. i want to show you the tropics. this is what we are watching so carefully. nate is moving off to the north northwest, 21 miles per hour. picking up some speed. mexico, that is super warm and it is basically fuel for the storm. it will turn into a category one storm with winds up to 81 west potomac into saturday at 7:00 p.m. the latest track is somewhere between new o

that' s very unusual for the gulf of mexico. it means that wind is going to come in very quickly, the surge as well, but it's also a little bit of a lopsided storm there's a look at wind speeds. you can see all the strongest winds are on that northeast side. so that would really push the strongest wind gusts around new orleans eastward over toward biloxi, golfport, mobile bay, even the western part of the florida panhandle. and those winds will be at least category 1 hurricane strength reena. >> ninan: so, eric, when does this ultimately make landfall, what can we expect? >> i think the biggest impact here is storm surge. this is a part of the gulf of mexico where water can really pile up. a 7-11-foot inundation possible in southeastern louisiana, across gulfport, also biloxi area, and a 6-9-foot surge into mobile bay. still some significant surge on either side of those higher end amounts. and because it's moving so fast, those strong winds will be able to extend well inland. so we have tropical storm warnings ahead all the way

that, there's a new tropical depression down in the southeastern caribbean that may head on the gulf of mexico, it's a depression but it may be getting the name national hurricane center thinks it will strength to a hurricane and be in the gulf of mexico earlier this weekend. last thing any of us want to hear. that's the latest. >> we don't want to see nate. >> here we go again though, seems like. >> no nate. continuing in just a moment, secretary of state rex tillerson reaffirms his commitment >> how he's reaffirming reports he threatened to resign. back on 5at630. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam and as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. ♪ ♪. >>> there's never been a consideration in my mind to leave

so efficient that you don't like getting all of america to eat these burned seadrums from the gulf of mexico, until it was wiped out. whereas, in the time of america eats, you know, nobody would have done that. this was new orleans, it was southern food, if you lived in the gulf of mexico. and if you lived in boston or indianapolis or california or something, you are not going to be sitting around eating gulf of mexico food. rick: and they probably may be did not even have the technological capacity to do it. i heard somewhere, it was iceberg lettuce, it was the transcontinental trains that made iceberg lettuce available to the east coast. they said, they would keep the crushed ice on the top of the cars to keep it cool. mark: there was a famous scene from steinbeck's novel where he was experimenting and lost all of his money because the ice melted. all of the lettuce wilted. rick: well, let's see. that is sad. david kessler, the former fda commissioner, has just come out with a book called "the end of overeating." he is probably on a tour, just like you. maybe he is in baltimore, seattle or

nate it's expected to become a hurricane by saturday as it heads to cancun and moves into the gulf of mexico nicaragua and costa rica were hit by the storm on thursday and the mayor of the american city of new orleans has declared a state of emergency as tropical storm nate approaches the southern united states i want to reiterate this to the people of the city you know as we have been through this many many times there is no need to panic we're encouraging the public to do all they can to prepare as we do in every weather event you have to have a plan you have to repaired it to protect your personal property it is the cooperation of the citizens that make these events work really well with a great first responders who as you can see a well prepared and well organized the american civil liberties union is suing the trumpet administration after it rolled back measures on birth control employees will not be exempt from providing health insurance that covers contraceptives to their employees the measures aimed at protecting religious freedom the lawsuit claims the change would be unconstitution

it will be a hurricane sometime tomorrow, going over warm water in the gulf of mexico. ter in the gulf of mexico is about as warm as your bathtub water. that will give it some strength. we got torn up a little bit in nicaragua, it will brush against the yucatan peninsula, but once it gets over the water it will strengthen to probably a category one hurricane by the time he gets to new orleans. scarlet: and you report that 14 storms have already formed this hurricane season. is that more or less than worry to the we are for this point? an average season's 12 storms, so we are obviously over average. waserms of the record, that 2005, with 28 storms. we still have a little ways to go for that. if nate hits is a hurricane, it will be the fourth hurricane to hit the united states and one month. brian: the distinction here -- scarlet: the distinction here is that it is a fast-moving six them -- system. what are the risks as opposed to a slow-moving storm? wean: it is good for what are encountering right now in the gulf of mexico, because it will not have enough time to up in t

good consensus over the neck several days moving it into the gulf of mexico and then making landfallthe gulf coast as we move toward the upcoming weekend. so we'll continue to monitor that. but look at those temperatures. warming into the mid 80s saturday. 80 on sunday and the best chance for those showers iain on mond monday. >> all right. scott, thank you. >>> you stop in dunkin' donuts for your morning coffee an doughnut your favorite doughnut may be going away forever. dunkin' announcing its dropping a dozen of its doughnut options in stores across the country. they're going to start at the end of this month. they're going drop doughnut favors from 30 down to 18 in about 1,000 of the chain's 9,000 stores. the company says it's going to focus on simplifying things and it's going add more focus on its beverages. we don't know yet what doughnuts are getting cut. sean? >> only about five doughnuts people buy any way, right. >> probably true. >> three at host he moat eagles getting ready to face one of the great defendant to ever do it. young guys talk about dealing with larry fitzger

as it moved on shore it brought in the gulf of mexico, anywhere from 5.9 feet in pascagoula, that was on the eastern flank of the storm, and then interestingly enough you don't need the water to come up from the gulf, right? we have lakes here. and specifically lake borne with a northerly wind on the west side of the storm, that was enough to provide us with 4.6 feet of storm surge there at shell beach. st. bernard parish. as we see the storm pulling away the threat as well a little further to the east. this is going to be a tornado avp watch. it has now by the way been expanded by the national weather service. so that means the conditions will continue to be favorable. you see these bands here. any of those bands embedded within them could be thunderstorms that could put down a brief tornado and we have seen that so far this evening. numerous warnings in fact have been out for tornadoes. we'll continue to watch that threat developing as well through the overnight hours. guys? >> ivan, that northeastern quadrant of the storm, the dirty side of the storm, right? that's what's pushing i

grazing over the yucatan tonight and back out over the gulf of mexico. racking the remnants of this trip kal system sunday night and into early next week. we've got a good soaking on the way. we'll take a look at that in your exclusive accuweather forecast in just a minute. >> they gathered inside a wilmington church today to honor and pray for those who gave their lives serving the community. the annual blue mass was held at st. elizabeth church. fallen police officers and firefighters were recognized today. the delaware state police pipes, drums, also took part in the mass today in wilmington. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenney issued a proclamation declaring next week fire prevention week. they also announced a nearly $1 million fema grant given to the ze's fire department to buy and install fire detectors to intell in homes they also have alarms for residents who are deaf and blind. >> hundreds of firearms are going on display at the greater philadelphia expo center. rick williams live with the details on this one. >> reporter: that's right. the three-

this will become i think a hurricane as we get into the gulf of mexico and a tropical storm tomorrow and could be making landfall sunday passenger as a category 1. -- evening as a category 1. it could be a low end 2 making landfall. notice how the landfall is much furtr we're bringing it in more closely to new orleans. we shall see. we've got some time to watch it. as it goes northward, it's going to spread tropical moisture our way no matter what it does. the tropical moisture is coming our way. we kind of need it. we went 79 on the 3-degree guarantee. that's okay. we're going 83 tomorrow afternoon. still 65, a gorgeous night but not as cool as it has been. it's getting more tropical, humid. bus stop temps, 54 to 72, another beautiful day, late clouds, a sprinkle or shower possible to friday, saturday is dry. you're much safer planning stuff on saturday than sunday. 82 tomorrow, friday, 84 saturday and i went 80 again on sunday and monday even though there's clouds come in and rain. it will be very tropical and notice we have 50s and 60s, no longer 40s and 50s, 60 downtown, 58 in bo

hurricane floyd was circling the gulf of mexico a few days before the gulf of mexico a few days beforefour. the storm here. which brings us nicely back to myth numberfour. the woman who rang the bbc. the great michael fisher! give him a round of applause. after the show we do a question about that. a chance to set the record straight. —— question and answer. there was no woman caller, i made corrupt. a studio cameraman told me his mum was worrying about flying to the caribbean. —— i made her up. she asked about a hurricane that was off the florida coast and she was anxious about going on holiday, whether it would affect her. i assured holiday, whether it would affect her. iassured her holiday, whether it would affect her. i assured her it wasn't and it just happens to be on the back of my mind that it was a live broadcast, so this slipped out at the time. slightly unfortunate! good timing. ah, we're all laughing now, but at the time while we were on television as weather forecasters were discouraged from talking to the media about what happened. even as the repairs and mopping up get u

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night is expected to become a hurricane by saturday as it heads to cancun and moves into the gulf of mexico nicaragua and costa rica were hit by the storm on thursday well the mayor of the u.s. city of new orleans has declared a state of emergency as tropical storm nate approaches the southern united states i want to reiterate this to the people of the city or as we have been through this many many times there is no need to panic we're encouraging the public to do all they can to prepare as we do in every weather event you have to have a plan you have to repair it to protect your personal property it is the cooperation of the citizens that make these events work really well with a great first responders who as you can see a well prepared and well organized catalonians regional president has met community leaders in barcelona to talk about what to do next after sunday's referendum on secession the group includes lawyers academics and members of the boston a football club council and separatist leaders say they're planning to go ahead with secession despite of that in the spanish central gove

oil and gas companies have shut their operations and begun to evacuate staff in the gulf of mexico ascloser. the storm has killed at least 20 people in central america and could become a hurricane by the time it hits the united states. —— nate. jamie mitchell reports. deadly floods, mudslides, destruction. seems all too familiar this hurricane season. but this time central american countries spared the worst of hurricane irma and hurricane harvey have been in the firing line. honduras, costa rica and nicaragua. translation: the flood has taken away almost everything these people had in their homes. they had breakfast this morning but have not had lunch or dinner because they've lost everything. aid agencies say the succession of major storms this year has prompted them to consider expanding their provision for such events. one of the lessons might be we need to look at preparedness scenarios and planning, look at scenarios and planning, look at scenarios that take into account we'll see more storms, they will be more ferocious. forecasters predict that what is now a tropical storm chu

right here along the gulf of mexico. and we should probably begin to see gravity -- >> you're going to go right through the middle of it. the winds will go weak. the back side of the storm is so weak it will be breezy out of a different direction. as soon as your winds go light that's when you notice it. >> and that gentleman out there that is walking as the warning has often been said through the localities, do not get out there in this. six inches could knock you down. that could be it. but we have this gentleman as you're noting there, kerry sanders, flashlight or what have you -- even though close to buildings or shrubs clearly walking in space that's have six inches. it's a growing swell. >> go down to pascagoula and think about katrina coming in or pass christian. and of course in gulfport which i spent a lot of time in, what a mess it was there. and the rebuilding has using things and it's really interesting, things that cost like a dollar. but using straps on houses and pieces of medal that are hidden in walls can

all along the gulf of mexico starting tonight. na. evacuations now underway in eastern new orleans where a curfew is set to begin in that? i 90 minutes. >> most of the water that we're going to see will be because of storm surge. and obviously no one should take this storm lightly. it has proven to be very deadly. in honduras, and anything rawg i can't annicaragua.we have not taking it lightly. we are still very concerned and no one should be complacent. >> eric: this is a familiar message, something we have seen the past few weeks. casey stegall live at lake pontchartrain in new orleans. is he talking about the storm surge, casey. i mean, you have the lake behind you. those counterclockwise winds that they come from the north over. get hit in new orleans both sides. >> that's right, eric. and when we talk about storm surge, this is really where we're talking about. lake ponch train her pontchartrn new orleans. this is connected to lake born which feeds out into the gulf of mexico. so the surge pushes its way through and we had som

the big threat is by the time it gets up into the gulf of mexico early in the weekend of conditions thaty for this to strengthen, sole right now forecast is for it to make landfall sometime sunday afternoon it looks like. could be right around new orleans or up into alabama, mississippi, maybe over towards the florida panhandle. who knows, it could even drift a little bit farther to the west as well and then basically it moves up in our direction so we'll get some rain out of this, start to get some rain chances on sunday and then into monday and tuesday of next week. we need the rain. we'll continue to watch tropical depression 16 which would become tropical storm nate. probably will. 84 for a high today. winds out of the southwest at five to 10. erin's turn. here you go. >> 5:17. >> oh, there's the moon. >> oh, it's beautiful. >> got to be full. i didn't even check. it looks full to me. >> looks full to me, too. who knows. well, we'll find out and get back to you. >> i'll wii'll look in just a s. >> taking a look at traffic. a crash inside the parkway southbound after the beltway. a cr