she is a legislative researcher at the cato institute. additionally, she is editing wikipedia since august 2012. just. 300 articles, most of which are legislation. finally we have jim hayes. he is a graduate for george mason in diversity. now over to jim. i'm very pleased to be here and to have you all here as well as the c-span audience. we can do a lot to advance the ball on transparency in congress. the issues are very interesting. wikipedia editing for congressional staff. there is an aversion to editing wikipedia and a mistrust within the community for edits coming from congress. we can improve the information that is available to any american people about what happens here. i want to open by doing a brief history, the sort of modern history of the transparency issue and the work we have been doing at cato, before i turn it over to michelle and then jim. michelle obviously has the numbers to prove that she can make a talented and capable wikipedia and we want to make others as good as michelle at producing information for people toge

and he's a senior fellow at the cato institute. digesbut has turned out i don'tw many books, endless articles, one of the world's most prolific authors dealing a lot with foreign policy. we're going to do a bit of a general session today rather than each specializing narrowly because we all have an experience in various parts of the world, and a lot of things overlap. as we were speaking earlier, one characteristic now is, as we laugh, the world has gotten smaller which is really too because the planes, the plane ride from tehran to north korea is ver pretty short. and so the question is, is that the mideast, or is it asia, or wherever? we're going to start off with the david keene all, because he's my boss at the "washington times." >> i'd like to begin -- >> one more line before. david is going to set the stage of a truly a great global struggle that's going on among the political forces. then we'll get into more of the specifics. david. >> i'd like to begin by this great self-promotion that we're doing to suggest that you need t

from 2004-14, he was the director of policy studies at cato. in 2014 to me became an cato senior fellow and the policy council on the bitcoin town station -- foundation. next up is michelle new become a legislative researcher and writer in the in the informational studies at the cato institute. she has a masters degree from the university of chicago in international relations. she has been editing wikipedia since august, 2012. she has made nearly 6000 at its on 1392 unique pages. grated 339 articles, most of which are about legislation from the 113 congress. a graduatem hayes, of old dominion and george mason university. with that, i will turn it over to jim. >> thanks, john. i'm very pleased to be here and to have you all here as well as the c-span audience. we can do a lot to advance the ball on transparency in congress. very interesting. wikipedia editing for congressional staff. there is an aversion to editing on wikipedia and a mistrust within the community for edits coming from congress. informationve the that is available to any american

and joined the cato institute. from the kremlin to the cato institute. where he is much happier. but andre also -- he has recently returned from ukraine and goes back anding for to russia some, and so far he has been okay. we do worry about him. but his view is that putin wants to recreate the russian empire, not the ussr necessarily but the russian empire. and many of you probably have forgotten the russian empire, what year did it actually create -- have the greatest land mass? anybody here remember? 1867. then they sold alaska to us. and then it some returning -- shrunk after that. alaska was a big piece. they dominated eastern europe and the sands stands and everytg today. andre's view is that putin will continue to nibble around the edges like he has in georgia, crimea, now the main part of ukraine, and i would like to get the views of my fellow panelists on andre's view. wal just work our way down. david? >> i think that's essentially correct. you can't fault a -- the leader of a country for acting in his country's self-interest. you can't really -- you can be upset because

the oil companies and andre and putin seized -- ceased getting along -- and now he is here at the cato institute and much happier. but he returned from ukraine recently, he does go back and forth to russia some, too. so far he has been okay. we do worry about him. but his view is that putin wants to re-create the russian empire. not the ussr but the russian empire. and many of you have probably forgotten the russian empire -- what year did it actually have the greatest land mass? anybody here remember? 1867. then they sold alaska to us. and then it shrunk after that. it dominated eastern europe and

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always a pleasure to be here at cato.e i start on this subject, and this book, die want to tell tout another publication and that is a piece that my law clerk and i wrote for cato, and i think, tim, you were the editor of the book. it's called "you, too, are probably a federal criminal." and it picks up on tim's point which is that in fact there are so many laws out there, and there many of them are so am buying use -- ambiguouses that chances are very good something you have done in your life, i the federal prosecutors now about it they could and -- they can find out a lot of things nowdays using electronic data. if they really want to focus on you, they could probably get you and probably have you behind bars in very little time. so this is a danger. the background to the point that sidney is making. i think sidney -- and i also acknowledge the point, very strong prosecutors, and for them to take this large body of law, this somewhat amorphous body of law, and go in for reasons maybe good, may not be good, and focus on

[applause] >> thanks for writing the book and the cato institute for hosting us. i may lean a little heavier than a criticism but first of all, i am now a suburban libertarian catholic data was born the limousine liberal is greenwich village with the antitrust lawyer to use says ronald reagan's name as a curse although we inherited was a healthy distrust of big business settled think enough of the right to started off with that but the idea that the dennis dominated the right to prevent anything on this topic in then when barack obama was elected $1 million from employees of goldman sachs that they broke the record where decaying fine gold existed then with the support of the chamber of commerce basically betting found hospitals that woke up a lot of people logged the right that frankly that single biggest enemy of free enterprise is the big business lobby and while i say that to conservative audiences it is not ralph nader. he is not the biggest enemy. that is before the book and this will make it clear if what you are fighting for is free enterprise than the big

thanks, cato. we look forward to more collaboration in the future. by way of background, wikipedia -- i mean, it seems ubiquitous, and that is wherever one page hits go. -- where everyone's page hits go. but keep in mind that the wikimedia foundation is a nonprofit and they run the servers and software and are based out of san francisco, but all the content is written by volunteers. we have a local chapter of volunteers called wikimedia, d.c. we are very active trying to have local funds for distribution, including through the cato institute, and we have worked with the smithsonian and international archives. conflict of interest has a long history on wikipedia. there is an article you can read about it that gives you all the gory details. conflict of interest on editing on wikipedia. in 2006, -- and congress was part of that. there were some good takeaways from that and some good examples. there was an article about congressman joe wilson that was a precursor to some of the conflict of interest rules where staffers put content on the top page, and t

i have known him from the reagan administration and he is a senior fellow at the cato institute and he is one of the worlds most prolific authors dealing with foreign policyment we will do a general section rather than us specializing because we all have experience in various parts of the world and a lot overlaps. as we were speaking earlier, one characteristic is the world has gotten smaller and that is true because the plane ride from tehran to north korea is short. so the question is is that the middle east, asia or wherever? we will start off with david keene because he is my boss sometimes. >>> i would like to begin. >> i have one my line before that. david is going to set the stage of the great global struggle that is going on among the political forces and then we will get into more specifics. david? >> thank you, richard. i would like to begin with great self-promotion to suggest you need to subscribe to the washington times because bandow writes as well. the pages are open to pirchner as well. so it seems to be a no-brainer for the audience. actually, it is, i think, important

welcome to the cato institute. logan, is justin director of foreign policy studies here at cato. it is my pleasure to welcome you here to our event on public opinion and war. in addition to the people who are here with us physically, we would like to welcome those watching online on our website as well as c-span. we always worry planning these events that topics seem important and pressing a few months ahead of schedule and then sometimes will not deliver. unfortunately, the question of public support for war is quite salient given present news. here today to discuss a lot of the academic research on when and why the american public supports were. lot of literature and a lot of disagreement on literature on this subject. to be totally honest, we were able to piggyback on the american clinical science association annual meeting, since many of the scholars who are in townsubject already. we really have the most impressive scholarship represented on this panel. what it comes to the question of public support for war. i will introduce the panelists in the order in which they will spe

thanks to dan and cato for inviting me to talk. i thought what i would do is go back to school a bit and ask a simple question -- why do we think u.s. companies operate abroad? i think that is a central question we need to understand to understand the current data over inversions and how we tax u.s. corporations overseas income. there are two from schools of thought. the truth is really somewhere in between. i think the white house's position is that most companies that have overseas operations do so primarily to exploit cheaper labor overseas. on the other side, i would say most republicans in congress think that u.s. corporations that have oversee operations do so in order to service local markets. the reality is somewhere in between but your perspective on the issue colors how you think we should tax overseas corporations. the administration thinks that every single dollar earned by a u.s. company, whether they earn it here in the u.s. or elsewhere, should be taxed at one same rate in order to take away any single tax advantage

i'm chris cato. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist brittney shipp is in. >> it's cooler than average temperatures. that's what we're going to see over the next few days. it's going to be a nice treat especially today heading into tomorrow. taking a look outside, we are going to see plenty of sunshine. and a closer look at the temperatures as you're getting ready to head out the door. we're going to see temperatures in mid-50s. 63 in dover. on the chilly side in lancaster, 56. 62 in atlantic city. heading into the day, temperatures stay below average, mostly sunny, less humid, we stay in the high 70s and low 80s. i'll let you know how long for the "first alert" seven-day forecast. let's go to jillian for i look at traffic. >> good morning. it's a much different look this morning for drivers in lehigh valley. this is 22 near airport road. traffic is moving along just fine. 22 is clear, 78 is free of any problems. you do have the normal construction at the northeast extension, near quakertown and lansdowne. we also have wor

[applause] i want to thank the cato institute for hosting this event. it's very much appreciated and think the judge for joining us. this is a very auspicious occasion. i think i'm going to start with the foreword to the book written by one of the panelists who was kind enough to write that for me because the issues discussed in the book are fundamental to the fairness of the legal system. the main premise underlining the book is that prosecutors have an ethical and legal constitutional obligation to disclose evidence that is favorable to the defense. there are legal reasons the supreme court held that if it is a constitutional obligation fundamental to do process. and then as a practical matter prosecutors have all the cards. they are with the representatives of the agents, police officers are the first people on the scene if there is an immediate crime. they want control of the evidence an and and of the furte extent of the expert witnesses. and in the case discussed in the book they have even more control than that. one of my challenges today will be

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato.s start with that forecast, meteorologist brittney shipp in for bill this morning. it will be warmer but still nice for august, right? >> really nice for august. a bit below the average which is 86 degrees. the humidity goes up, it will take a little while but the humidity goes back up. temperatures across the region 66 degrees and mild for philadelphia. cooler if you're in heading at 57 degrees, 58 this morning in the atlantic city airport and this is how your day will break down. 72 degrees by 9:00 a.m., by noon, 78 and today at 4:00 p.m., 82 degrees. although the high will be around 84 degrees, similar to conditions we saw yesterday. plenty of sunshine for us to kick off this monday morning with the exception, if you're in the central and southern parts of delaware where we'll see a chance of showers. more details on the storms back in your seven-day forecast, coming up in just a bit. for now, jillian with a look

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. thanks for joining us.s start with nbc 10 first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> we should be in the upper 60s this time of year. it's cooler than that. we found the 50s and low 60s this morning. and a nice clear view of the shore. that's beach avenue which is same traffic stop at the moment. it's under way once again. sunshine, nice and bright. we're on our way to a beautiful day at the shore. the temperatures, 59 degrees in trenton, cape may, wildwood 58. 59 degrees. 58 in millville. look at the reflection of the boat houses this morning, very little wind. 63 to start with, 70 at 9:00 and noontime, 78 degrees. all right. one traffic mess already averted on beach avenue. let's find out what's happening during the rest of the area. >> this is a live look, a quiet look at the blue route northbound near 7. 76 is already clear heading up to the lehigh valley. a live look at route 22 at route 309. you can see just a few drivers to report. if you're traveling the northeast extension, you still h

i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. a lot of people are waking up hoping to hear about a taney win. it just didn't happen. >> maybe a second chance. >> well, they have to shake it off. the dragons have to shake it off. they can do it but before we get to that let's talk about the weather. we can see rain, meteorologist brittney shipp has that. >> that's right, as we head into the afternoon and evening, we're tracking showers and thunderstorms, depending on where you live. first a look outside, cape may where we are seeing clear skies. we'll see clouds increasing heading into the morning and push into the afternoon. right now, temperatures 70 degrees. allentown, 68, potts town, 68 in reading if you're waking up in washington township, 66 degrees. right along the shore, 73 degrees. 70 in lewis and 67 in dover. the temperatures will range between 82 and 85 degrees. again we are tracking showers and storms mainly in the evening. i'll go over all the details coming up in the full forecast. right now we'll check in with jilli

i have known him from the reagan administration and he is a senior fellow at the cato institute and he is one of the worlds most prolific authors dealing with foreign policyment we will do a general section rather than us specializing because we all have experience in various parts of the world and a lot overlaps. as we were speaking earlier, one characteristic is the world has gotten smaller and that is true because the plane ride from tehran to north korea is short. so the question is is that the middle east, asia or wherever? we will start off with david keene because he is my boss sometimes. >>> i would like to begin. >> i have one my line before that. david is going to set the stage of the great global struggle that is going on among the political forces and then we will get into more specifics. david? >> thank you, richard. i would like to begin with great self-promotion to suggest you need to subscribe to the washington times because bandow writes as well. the pages are open to pirchner as well. so it seems to be a no-brainer for the audience. actually, it is, i think, important

. >> and i'm chris cato. aside from the rough surface, it's a great day to be at the beach. >> it's going to be gorgeous weather all the way around. it's still on the warm side. drier, cooler air is rushing in. in fact, the wind is starting to pick up a bit. that's a live view from mellon bank building in center city. low 70s in millville. overall, everybody's running warmer this morning, but that will change, so will the temperature. bright sunny skies, breezy conditions, 76 at 9:00, by lunchtime, we'll be up to 81 degrees. go through it neighborhood by neighborhood. when i come back, first, jillian mele has traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. a little problem in willow grove montgomery county, we're dealing with a gas main break between easton closed that portion of easton road which can get busy ablocked off. this is 76 near 202. both directions of the schuylkill expressway completely clear, heading towards vine center city. and as drivers head out, no issues to report. there is still construction at

. >> and i'm chris cato. the taney dragons just want to make it more dramatic. that's what's going to happen. they're going to come back and win. >> i hope you're right. >> our dragon pride is not being rained on this morning. >> well, we may get rain, though, let's check with brittney about that. >> that's right, i like your narrative. we'll also see a chance of showers for the little league world series in williamsport, then clearing as we head into the rest of the evening. but a closer look outside right now, clear skies increase as we head into the rest of the morning and afternoon. it is a mild start. temperatures at 70 degrees already in allentown. mid-60s in pottstown. 66 degrees in blue bell. 65 in washington township. 65 degrees in mt. holly. right along the shore, 72 in avalon. 70 degrees in lewis. today's high 84 degrees, as we go into tomorrow that is the beginning of a schooling trend. temperatures at 77. that's just the start as we head into the rest of the weekend. i'll let you know what to expect in the "first alert" seven-day forecast as we turn

over years we have set to work at cato to make that available. you can follow deep bills on twitter. the data is downloadable in bulk or through an a.p.i. what we do is gather xml versions of the bills and using software that is highly xml. ed we take an rich we add xml to indicate when there is reference to existing law in all of the ways that it might exist. when there are references to an agency or bureau we have the data that makes that automatic to the people that want to parse it and find it. when a bill contains spending or budget authority of any kind whether it is an authorization or appropriation we also make that available as data. publishing these bills and making it available for anyone to use and the data we are producing and starting to see used. the washington examiner has a page called appropriate appropriations on their website. they are collecting deep bills' data and displaying to their users the existence of bills that propose to spend money. a few months ago this was the first time anyone could find what bills in congress pr

always a pleasure to be here at cato. before i started on this subject i want to counter another publication and that is the peace that a friend and i wrote for kato and it is called you too are probably a civil criminal. it picks up on tim's point which is in fact there are so many laws out there and many of them are so ambiguous that chances are very good if something you have done in your life if federal prosecutors knew about, they can find out a lot of things nowadays using electronic data, if they want to focus they can probably get you. they could probably have you behind bars in very little time. this is the danger. to the point that sydney is making, also acknowledging strong power of prosecutors, for them to take this large body of law, this amorphous body of law and go in for reasons that may be good or not good and focus on a particular individual and that is a serious danger. let me talk little bit about gradient other kinds of price equatorial misconduct. we have lawyers and non lawyers who understand the si

it is a recent discussion hosted by the cato institute in washington dc. >> thank you all for coming. my name is john. i am the director of congressional affairs at the cato institute and it is a topic that has appeared frequently in the news. corporate inversions, which are financial reorganizations which put a few firms under a foreign parent corporation. if you have been following the news, you can see that burger king is the latest example of corporations who decided to do this. they will be reorganizing in canada and they are not doing this because they like the fact that canada still has a picture of the queen on the currency. they are doing it because our republic, which got its independence through a tax revolt, has the highest corporatxe

i'm chris cato.let's go straight to meteorologist brittney shipp. >> as we head into the next couple of days we'll see a return of a chance of storms, too. it will feel more summer like like you were mentioning. here's a live look outside. mostly clear skies as we head into the rest of the day. temperatures starting off this morning in the mid-50s for the poconos, 58 degrees in allentown, 59 in doylestown, 57 in washington township. 61 in trenton and a closer look as we head into the next couple of days. we are going to see a return of storms. i'll go over the details on that coming up in your full seven-day forecast. for now, we send it over to jillian. >> britteny, things are quiet on the roads. this is a live look at 95, northbound side a little bit of construction at bridge street. really nothing out of the ordinary as far as that construction goes. typical overnight road work, that's what we're dealing with, especially here on the boulevard. northbound right at broad street is looking good. chec

i'm chris cato. let's go to brittney shipp for an explanation of these cooler temps. >> the poconos like you mentioned, high 40s this morning. the rest of the areas in the 50s and 60s. grab a jacket as you're heading out the door. temperatures stay ibelow average. once again as we head into the afternoon, right now temperatures are at 49 in the poconos and 57 in allentown and temperatures in cherry hill at 58 degrees and only 57 in mt. holly. closer to the shore 55 degrees and 60s right along our delaware beaches and 62 degrees in delaware city. as we head into the afternoon, we'll push into the high 70s and still feels more like fall versus august. i'll let you know how long these cooler temperatures will stick around coming up in my first alert seven-day forecast. for now we'll send it over to jillian for a check of traffic. route 202 northbound as you approach 76 some of that normal 202 construction that has been out there and this morning 76, little bit of activity out there, but no delays to rep

developed the economy that they could develop if they followed the advice of your friends who fled to cato added earlier time. >> i'm not supposed to do this as moderate but -- europe has become willing hostages to russia. but the scenario that we've all sort of talk about, what happens to the price of oil when it falls. my guess is that some place in the world, a tanker will be software pipeline will be blown up, the price of oil will spike but there will be no russian fingerprints on it. let's just do a quick couple minutes here. let's focus on, because i want to have time for q&a. where do you think the next explosion will be on the globe? we talked quite a bit about ukraine and russia. herman. >> there's an area dealing with china that gives me great concern, even though there's been little publicity about it. the doctrine of the chinese government that no u.s. surveillance or military ship should come within 200 miles of the coast of china. and that, of course, is contrary to the freedom of the seas. we've already had a number of incidences of abode rantings, of harassment of american

i'm chris cato. we'll get to your weather and traffic in just a few minutes. we begin with that breaking news on the officer involved shooting, a philadelphia police officer shot during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect. it happened around 12:45 this morning on the 6400 block of ditman street in the tacony section ofç the city. live team coverage, nbc 10's jesse gary is at the hospital where that officer is still being treated and katy zachry is live at the shooting location there in tacony. >> reporter: hi, chris, this is the intersection of torresdale and magee, where the shooting happened around 12:45. this police van was hit by a bullet and the suspect's gun is sitting next to an evidence marker on the sidewalk behind it. there is still a loot of ballistic evidence out here at the scene. the scene is expanding by the minute, more than 30 evidence markers are out here that crime scene detectives are process. you have internal affairs officers out here as well. they got word a man armed with a gun was on the 6400 block of ditman street. they responded t

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. everyone is loving the tani dragons right now. we're on board. we have a lot planned for you throughout the morning so you get fired up throughout the morning. everyone is worried about the weather in williamsport. meteorologist tedd florendo is with us right now. >> could change for williamsport, unfortunately. otherwise a dry day on tap throughout much of philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs for the day today. it looks like outside right now we have high, thin cloidz out there. but remaining calm as far as our winds go. currently in the 70s at this hour. there's our satellite. the thickest clouds have moved out to sea. we have the high, thin clouds. right now, here are the numbers, 71 for northeast philly, mid-60s for the lehigh valley. 69 for pottstown, atlantic city wildwood. how about a backyard forecast. show you what to expect for the day today. 81, partly sunny, light winds, our high today 85. still a minimum of sun and clouds by the afternoon. some areas points north coul

. >> and i'm chris cato. we're keeping the good weather heading into the weekend. meteorologist brittney shipp will deliver that good news. >> that's right. part of the weekend, but the next few days are going to be fantastic. lower than average temperatures. we are seeing mostly clear skies, we'll see mostly sunny skies as we head into the rest of the morning and the afternoon, although there is a chance of a few sprinkles at 5:00 p.m. but a look at the temperatures throughout the area. mid-50s in the poconos. 65 degrees in doylestown. good morning to everybody in cherry hill. 63 degrees in washington township. and high 60s for atlantic city and beach haven. the philadelphia area, temperatures in the mid-60s. we'll move into the high 70s, low 80s. i'll let you know how long for those temperatures but now to jillian for the road forecast. >>> if you're living in bucks county, we have an accident at route 1 at hulmeville road. you can see way down here, we have police activity. a couple of lane restrictions in this area. we're told that a vehicle went off the highwa

. >> i'm chris cato. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and a cool start to your long labor day weekend. >> it doesn't feel like august this morning. temperatures have dropped into the 50s for most of the area. look at how nice and clear it is a live view from comcast center in center city. bright sunshine and temperatures that have dropped. currently 61 in philadelphia. northeast philly. 58 in trenton and wilmington is 59 degrees with low 50s for pottstown and millville. sunny skies. cool this morning. 64 at 7:00. by 9:00, we're still in the 60s. and then just 74 degrees at lunchtime today. neighborhood by neighborhood to show you exactly what to expect. but that's when i come back. first, katy zachry has traffic. good morning, katie. >> i'll take it from here. i'll tell drivers if they are on route 1 southbound to 76 westbound we talk about philadelphia right now. this is the scene that you're going to encounter. that exit ramp on 76 westbound is closed off because of an overturned tractor-trail

i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about our warmer morning. >> temperatures are running two to six degrees warmer this morning. we'll see lots of sunshine. a warmer afternoon. yesterday wasn't exactly cool. up to 86 degrees. a nice clear view. that's the view from high atop the comcast center in center city. meantime, watching the temperatures. we have 70 in philadelphia. low 60s right now for wildwood and atlantic city and mount holly dropped down to 60 degrees and pottstown, allentown have done the same right at 60 degrees. numbers turn around and warm quickly. 68 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, 73 degrees. 83 at lunchtime. and climbing. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back with the forecast but first jillian mele has traffic. good morning. >> good morning to you, bill. starting off with area bridges, which are looking good. no accidents or delays on the bridges. this is ben franklin. you notice one lane blocked again today on the westbound side. three lanes of traffic getting by into phil

i'm chris cato. >> i'm christine maddela. happy friday, everyone. we do want to tell you we've been keeping a close eye on the rip currents and risk of rip currents at the beaches in delaware and new jersey. hurricane cristobal is posing a threat but that will change over the next few days. >> we have team coverage of everything you need to know for this labor day weekend in this area. jesse gary checking out made in america. katy zachry with an eye on the roads. but first, meteorologist bill henley. bill, it's off to a cool start this morning. >> 15 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. it's going to stay on the cool side during the day today as the dry air arrived yesterday and we're feeling it this morning. live view of center city, which will see nothing but sunshine today. the temperatures have been coming down. 60 in northeast philadelphia. wilmington and trenton in the upper 50s. it's dropped to 50 degrees even in mt. pocono. 56 degrees in atlantic city. a little bit of a breeze is still blowing this morning. bri

. >> i'm chris cato. let's get straight to meteorologist tedd florendo with theç first alert forecast. tedd, all clear right now. >> that is going to change for tomorrow where you may need your umbrellas by tomorrow morning. today, no worries. we're looking dry, manly cloudy skies. those clouds will also begin to clear out and thin out this morning. current temperatures outside rather mild. we're in the 70s throughout many of our neighborhoods right now. 73 for philadelphia and same goes for wilmington, 72. cooler in the lehigh valley, 69 degrees. atlantic city 63. mount holly, currently at 66. the humidity goes up today. still slightly humid, not too bad to are this time in august. your forecast for the day today, temperatures around 71 at 7:00 a.m. by noon, about 80 degrees. we'll top out the day at 85 with a mix of sun and clouds. we are tracking rain. we'll show you when that's going to happen. it's quiet weatherwise. it's the same case on the roads. we'll have to see, check in with jillian mele with

i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about the weather for today. with meteorologist tedd florendo in the first alert weather center. tedd? >> it's been a great august so far. we'll continue that again for the day today. more sunshine, in store for all of us. temperatures although warm, not going to be hot. nice. outside right now, mainly cloudy skies. the skies beginning to clear this morning. right now, the neighborhoods are rather mild. upper 60s for the lehigh valley. quakertown 68, 65 for atlantic city. let's check out our forecast for philadelphia. given an hour-by-hour look as we click on here. temperatures will rise up to about the mid-80s for the day today. mostly sunny, expected down the shore. your forecast for today, 58 degrees, sun and clouds, more humid today. winds staying light and from the southeast. we're tracking more rain and also the possibility of rain, also for the little league world series. we'll get to that later on. first, we get a check of our wednesday morning traffic with jillian mele. good morning. >> good morning to y

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. get straight to meteorologist tedd florendo with theç first alert forecast. tedd, all clear right now. >> that is going to change for tomorrow where you may need your umbrellas by tomorrow morning. today, no worries. we're looking dry, manly cloudy skies. those clouds will also begin to clear out and thin out this morning. current temperatures outside rather mild. we're in the 70s throughout many of our neighborhoods right now. 73 for philadelphia and same goes for wilmington, 72. cooler in the lehigh valley, 69 degrees. atlantic city 63. mount holly, currently at 66. the humidity goes up today. still slightly humid, not too bad to are this time in august. your forecast for the day today, temperatures around 71 at 7:00 a.m. by noon, about 80

i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about that rain and begin with meteorologist brittney shipp in the first alert weather center. >> most of the thunderstorms have now pushed offshore but if you were in south jersey, that's where we're seeing most of the rainfall, the poconos, the suburbs, you're drying out. though we maintain a chance of showers for the entire airy for the rest of today. the ericmaaramark building, mos cloudy skies. most of the rainfall is confined to parts south jersey, moving through galloway, also parts of millville. we do expect the chance of showers throughout this morning, today even heading into the evening. by 10:00 a.m., 74 degrees by 1:00 p.m., 78 degrees and then today's high, warming to 80 degrees which is still below average for us. that's just the beginning of a cooling trend that will send our temperatures into the high 70s right over the weekend. i'll let you know when we're getting rid of the showers. that's coming up in my first alert forecast. let's go to katy for a l

i'm chris cato. >> i'm christine maddela. we're tracking hurricane cristobal and rip currents at beaches in delaware and new jersey. the threat remains but it is expected to ease up in the coming days. at the indian river in delaware, surfers enjoyed some big waves this week because of cristobal. those rip currents have been dangerous for swimmers. lifeguards made dozens of rescues over the past few days. let's check in with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center. can we expect that heading into the holiday weekend? >> indeed again today it was a high risk of rip currents yesterday. the seas will settle down over the next couple days. there's a risk again today. right now if you're heading outside, it's much chillier this morning. it's cooling down. look at this live view looki ii up. it's 58 in trenton. allentown at 52 degrees. we are waiting for sunrise this morning. the sun will be coming up along with temperatures. nowhere near as warm as what we've seen lately. 64 degrees at 7:00. 68 at 9:00 and midd

i'm chris cato. let's go to bill henley for his first alert forecast. >> we'll see sunshine and temperatures up to 90 degrees in philadelphia. and it is going to be nice and sunny this morning. our skies are clear currently in philadelphia. that's a live view from the adventure aquarium. now we're back where we were yesterday morning at 70 degrees in philadelphia. 66 in trenton. 65 degrees in wilmington and 50s for millville. sunshine will be bright. 72 degrees at 7:00. 77 at 9:00. and then into the 80s this afternoon. we'll also be watching the radar screen because some areas may see a shower later today. looking at the future weather to show you where those are most likely to pop up when we come back but first jillian mele has traffic. >> no accidents on the majors. we do have some construction. that's southbound 95. we are dealing with lane restrictions there. that construction is not causing any delays. heading into delaware, 495 all is quiet. this is a live look at philadelphia pike. 95 is looki

i'm chris cato. >> i'm christine maddela. happy friday, everyone. we do want to tell you we've been keeping a close eye on the rip currents and risk of rip currents at the beaches in delaware and new jersey. hurricane cristobal is posing a threat but that will change over the next few days. >> we have team coverage of everything you need to know for this labor day weekend in this area. jesse gary checking out made in america. katy zachry with an eye on the roads. but first, meteorologist bill henley. bill, it's off to a cool start this morning. >> 15 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. it's going to stay on the cool side during the day today as the dry air arrived yesterday and we're feeling it this morning. live view of center city, which will see nothing butun

i'm chris cato. we are following breaking news from overnight after heavy rains moved through in south jersey where more than 6 inches of rain fell in some parts of cumberland and atlantic counties. this is video from a flooded millville neighborhood where some residents had to be evacuated from their homes. we have team coverage. nbc 10's jesse gary is surveying that flooding in cumberland county. first, first alert meteorologist brittney shipp is with us. >> let's show you a closer look outside right now. we'll show you exactly where the rainfall is. there's a live look at the aramark building where the flags are moving this morning. we'll see a few lingers showers for philadelphia. again, the heaviest rainfall continues to push off to the northeast. right now we are still dealing with moderate rainfall throughout parts of the lehigh valley. you are going to notice, most of the showers track to the northeast. if you're in the lehigh valley, the poconos, you'll still see a wet commute especially if

. >>> good afternoon and welcome to the cato institute. my name is tim limplg, director of krchl ato's project on criminal justice. today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. our guest speaker today, sidney powell, has just written a new book entitled "license to lie: exposing corruption in the department of justice" and the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors used illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. now, before we get to our panel of experts, i want to take just a minute or two to lay something of a foundation for the discussion that's going to follow. but before i do that, let me ask those of you who came with cell phones, if you take a moment now to quickly double-check and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. that includes our panelists. >> yes. >> okay. thank you. the first point that i think needs to be understood is that there has been incredible growth in the federal criminal system over the past 30 years. in 198

i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson.ind out and find out about the cooler temperatures with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> make sure you grab a sweater as you're heading out the door, the poconos and lehigh valley where temperatures are in the high 40s in the poconos. feels more like fall and that trend is going to continue even as we head into the afternoon with temperatures staying in the 70s. closer look at our right now temperatures. 48 degrees, actually, in mt. pocono and 53 in allentown and 52 in blue bell. temperatures in washington township at 57. high 50s and wrights down closer to the shore mid-50s in atlantic city and as we head into the rest of today, 70 degrees by 11:00 a.m. mid-70s and a nice lunch break for you and then temperatures by 4:00 p.m., 78. a beautiful friday evening on tap for us. i'll go over all the details how long the cooler temperatures will last. looks like a lot happening on the roads behind you, jillian. >> crews are finishing up picking up the rest of the cones. part of that repaving

i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson.'s find out about that rain and begin with meteorologist brittney shipp in the first alert weather center. >> most of the thunderstorms have now pushed offshore but if you were in south jersey, that's where we're seeing most of the rainfall, the poconos, the suburbs, you're drying out. though we maintain a chance of showers for the entire airy for the rest of today. the ericmaaramark building, mos cloudy skies. most of the rainfall is confined to parts south jersey, moving through galloway, also parts of millville. we do expect the chance of showers throughout this morning, today even heading into the evening. by 10:00 a.m., 74 degrees by 1:00 p.m., 78 degrees and then toda

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