new york city north and eastbound toward bangor.n fact, i wouldn't be surprised if some areas receive close to ten inches of rain before it's all said and done later on this week. then we have to worry about joaquin, which again is a strengthening system moving off to the west, bending to the north. reena and kendis, back to you. >> all right, justin. thank you there. >>> president obama is back in the white house this morning, following a historic meeting with cuban leader raul castro. the two men met yesterday here in new york city. it was their second meeting this year and the first time a u.s. president has talked with his cuban counterpart on american soil in more than 60 years. they spoke about ways the u.s. and cuba relations can continue. mr. obama also raised the issue of human rights in cuba. >>> well, russian president putin is getting support from donald trump. the presidential candidate says he has no problem with russia's recent military build-up in syria, and he says he thinks president assad may be preferable to the

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degrees in philadelphia, other areas in the 80s, new york city, syracuse, burlington, vermont and bangor, maine, 83 degrees. and pittsburgh coming in at 82 degrees. as we look at the satellite, no clouds whatsoever in the mid-atlantic into southern northern new england, have you to go to the hudson bay in northern parts of canada that is where the river of air is supplying the clouds and precipitation. it's a great night to hit the local play grown before the sunsets and after dinner, and not dropping all that much by 7:00 at 81. the accuweather forecast of what is ahead, we talk about three more very warm days this time of year and it will turn a touch more humid over part of the upcoming weekend and then the pattern breaks down into next week and that means clouds move in and clouds will dominate. we'll talk about that part of the story coming up in the accuweather forecast. in just a little bit. >> we'll talk to you again soon. scores of philadelphia police officers are recognizes today for their outstanding work, this was a merit commendation ceremony held at a herhero's ballroom in

layoffs, 500 are a drop in the bucket for g.e. 400 jobs is not a drop in bucket for bangor, maine. these are real people. it makes a difference to our community and our economy. if there was some controversies i could understand it but the idea we don't like this agency even though it's effective in its mission and returns money to the treasury just doesn't make sense. so the budget we're not doing. the highway fund we're not doing. the tax extenders we're not doing. the export-import bank we're not doing. what are we doing? we're spending another week on the issue of iran which we thoroughly debated and voted on last week. and i understand we may spend another two or three days on it next week. for a series of amendments that can appear to me to be strictly designed to embarrass some members of this body and to create fodder for 30-second ads a year from now. that's not governing, mr. president. that's pure, unadulterated politics. and it's not dealing with the problems of this nation. we debated the iran issue thoroughly. i have never worked so hard on a single issue in my life.

other regional temperatures, bangor, maine, boston, 62, 63 in central park, 61 in philly, mainly clear sky in the tristate, not a lot going on at all with high pressure in control, we will keep it nice and sunny and clear and that will be happening, high and dry, temperatures not too bad but they will warm up a little more in days to come, 83 your high today, 84 to ma, 85 thursday, comes down as we head into the weekend. we will bring in kelly dylan and take a peek at what is going on on this tuesday morning commute, still holiday for a lot of kids. it is a little slower. >> only one problem spot on westbound randolph, we have an accident involving a downed joel, one lane is out, let's look at the 59th street bridge upstairs downstairs looking okay and let's switch to a look at fdr drive where we have no cars out there, everyone moving the speed limit by 71st street, nosair's from seventh avenue, fourth avenue because of problems at jay street and mass transit on or close to schedule, metro-north, new jersey transit, and streams alternate side rules suspended today but you still have t

is what we have this morning, let's check regional temperatures, the northeast, bangor, maine, 37 in burlington, syracuse 56 degrees, 65 in philly, temperatures not that bad, we have some changes in terms of sky coverage, clear skies for that last couple days, high temperatures in the low 80s, today the high clouds in the area and there will be enough of that to filter out the sun and keep high temperatures not getting the rain we need but this is locked up and over southeastern states with this area of low pressure keeping north carolina very wet into virginia but not making it to us here. of that ridge of high pressure were not so strong we would have showers coming this way but that is not the case of lease not immediately, 75 today was mostly sunny skies, high clouds we have today and tomorrow, 72 tomorrow and sunday, best our chance monday and even that is not a guarantee. we need the rain but still a 30% chance. ines: the commute this morning, street cleaning rules are suspended, meters remain in effect, the commuter problems, an accident investigation going on, this is by exit

, maine, and 80 jobs, good jobs in bangor, maine, is not a drop in the bucket, and i would invite thatstaff member to come to bangor, maine, and talk to the families of those people who are going to lose their job because of this ridiculous policy of not reauthorizing a governmental agency that is serving the public needs of this country, particularly in an age of expanding global trade. we are competing with the rest of the world, and we're shooting ourselves in the foot in the process. it simply makes no sense. and i have visited with small businesses in maine. as few as 35 jobs, which depend upon the actions of the export-import bank in order to -- to be able to finance their receivables from foreign countries and then they can compete in the international marketplace. there is simply no reason to not move with some speed to reauthorize this agency. we are -- we are penalizing american businesses in global competition for no good reason that i can discern. if there are issues at the bank with its management or whatever, let's fix those. let's have hearings. let's find what the probl

manus: up next, bangor england's rate decision day. us straight to our twitter question. will china derail a u.k. rate rise? be discussing that after the break. we're both here at flacqua and manus cranny. francine: to "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. china's faltered. bank of england governor mark carney argued that wasn't enough to entertain the prospect of higher borrowing costs. here to look ahead to the bank of england rate decision, our london business school professor and bloomberg chief european economist jamie murray. first off, if you were on the m.p.c. today, would you hold off to have a better idea? >> yes, i would hold off. i would wait for the u.s. the bank of england says they to wait for the u.s. francine: for the fed to actually raise interest rates? >> i think it is inevitable that the u.k. has a smaller economy, has to be kind of following the u.s. plus there is a lot of reasons to you know, concerns. manus: jamie, we catch up regularly on this. give us the house view on terms of wha