still, strong winds expected over southeastern new england tonight. heavy rains in easternlems with power outages in these areas. >> mark, thanks. >>> finally this morning, as earl bears down on the east coast, we get a closer look at the anatomy of a hurricane. >> many people scramble to get out of harm's way. but others are running toward the storm. abc's john berman explains. >> reporter: our camera flew into the eye of the storm, as it began to break apart. this is the eyewall right ab abc's matt gutman was given an exclusive look at this nasa flight. earl is a somewhat diminished category 2 storm. but still, a powerful storm. >> this is one of the most well-documented storms we've ever had. we've seen the storm strengthen and weaken. >> reporter: with gadgets like these capsules, dropped with parachutes into the storm. back on the ground, there are two sane things to do when a storm gets this close. leave or hunker down. then, there's a third option. go hunting. mark sutton and jeff bass are hurricane chasers. they spent the last ten years tracking hurricanes just like

have a little clearing after yesterday's rain even as severe weather in new york pushing into eastern new england. today we're expecting to have a partly cloudy sky. i expect more clouds into the sky than we're seeing here. temperatures 82 with a strong breeze averaging 15 to 25 miles per hour. tonight we'll settle back down into the 50s. more clouds, a little more on sunday at 82. then upper 70s with the next rainfall on tuesday into wednesday with thunderstorms. right now, let's get you back on the road. here's kim brown. >>> justin, we are looking extremely well traffic-wise. everything on the roadways is running smooth. the 95 corridor looks good through the beltway as you approach the for the mchenry toll plaza. on the beltway, we are experiencing wet roads but really no issues here at harford road. we'll take a break and be right back. [ male announcer ] it's sunday afternoon. time for football on verizon fios. the nfl in 100% fiber-optic hd quality. that's a good start. but what's this? i can check my fantasy stats without changing the channel. and get an alert any time my team enters the

all of the energy rolling out of eastern new england this morning.ll have a mixture of clouds and sun today going to 82 in baltimore. westminster a little cooler at 78. we're expecting temperatures tonight back down to our 55 degrees. tomorrow we're going to get back with more sunshine and a high of 79. let's see what's happening on the roads right now with the traffic update with kim brown. >> actually, the wet roads are starting to have an impact on the commute. we have an accident reported in jessup, route 1 southbound at montevedeo drive. along the roadways, the roads are slick so please take it easy as you make your way around. fortunately 695 looks good. here at 195, no problems there. as i mentioned, just that one crash in jessup, you will see police directing traffic at mont that individual deo drive. southbound 95, about a three minute ride. no issues so far on 795 between owings mills boulevard and the beltway. only four minutes so far. megan, back to you. >>> high blood pressure, so many of us face that problem. one in three adults. the he

the care line in as and then up through areas around virginia and perhaps even areas around eastern new englandto 8 inches, expected eastern north carolina. of course, wilmington just got a record two inches of rainfall. we could easily see winds around 40 miles an hour. 73 tomorrow, rain develops and moves on in. could have a little bit of thuner. thunderstorms coming our way on thursday. maybe even severe weather. it's wind and rain for thursday, that's what you should watch out for. by the end othe week, we'll be drying out and getting sunshine in here. and we'll see temperatures in the 60s and very cool nights coming our way. >>> coming up on news4, our report on synthetic marijuana, the store manager wasn'tappy to see us coming. >>> and wt do you suppose the president jamming to these days? danella is here in the studio to dish the dirt next. >>> coming upt 5:00, a local high school football player is killed moments after he steps off the field. >>> maryland cell phone ban takes effect on friday. some worry this new law could make the problem worse. >>> what makes a good teacher. bill gate

hurricane warnings are up and the storm will continue to weaken as it skirts the eastern seaboard, new england could be impacted as well. if you have travel plans for the holiday weekend, stay tuned to hurricane earl. here is what it looked like in the bay area, a hot afternoon inland with 97 degrees in concord. half moon bay, 75 degrees. so a nice warm one along the coast. 84 in san francisco. look at santa rosa, down sloping winds, 96 degrees there. san jose, 94. oakland got up to 90 degrees. certainly the warmup we expected and we're not done with the heat just yet. numbers is still warm, 70s and 80s across most of the bay area. not as warm at the coast. cooling trend heading into the weekend. watch what happens to the fog, it's going to stay off the coast and continue to skirt off our coastline. tomorrow morning, its clear mild start. temperatures in the 50s to the mid-60s. offshore flow, not quite as strong as it was today so slightly cooler at our coastline. moderate air quality across the bay area but poor for the santa clara bay has prompted another spare the air for this your thursday

eastern shore, low 70s. there's then rain as of yesterday right around sunset. the rain picked up a bit. heavy storms came through the new york city area. now they're over eastern long island and southern new englandtropics are very active. hurricane carl moving into southern mexico. this is a huge hurricane igor tracking north and east. julia is a weakening storm. the latest on igor is it has dinished winds. moving east of bermuda, out to sea. afternoon highs reaching the low 80s. overnight tonight it will clear. we'll have that nearl full moon up in the sky over the evening hours. in the 50s by dawn tomorrow. saturday, beautiful day for all the games. into next week, the drive pattern continues moay through thursday. highs, low to mid-80s. ashley, how is the traffic? >> breaking news on the capital beltway. the accident happened in the 10:00 hour. good news. lanes now reopened. as you can see, t lanes getting past connecticut enue, towards 355. police activity along your commutement and there are a few stging trucks on the shoulder. don't be surprised if you see them. good news, the flood gates have opened. once again, the beltway is passable between connecticut and 355. volume is light. northbo

that's pushing through eastern new england. we have a flare up of a few clouds and a gusty breeze.get ourselves a mild afternoon with a two degree guaranteed high of 82. tonight we'll settle back down into the mid-50s. the weekend looking good in fact tomorrow high temperature in the upper 70s. in the same general range early next week with the next shot of rain on tuesday afternoon through wednesday and thursday. here's kim now with traffic. >> reporter: heavy volume and sluggish travel as you make your way around 695 on the west side of the outer loop jammed between 795 as you approach the baltimore nashal pike. we had a crash cleared here at northern parkway. the exit ramp is reopened as well. southbound remains jamsed. we lack at our maps and a couple of other incidents working around the area. an accident in dundalk reported at north point boulevard and east battle grove road. also a vehicle fire up in finksburg at route 91 and bloom road. you will see police and fire on the scene there. travel times on the topside of the outer loop. stay with us. we're sending you back now wi

maryland, delaware, eastern north carolina, southern new england. that's five to six inches of rain. that's enough to cause some serious problems. we'll continue to watch the heat out west. but compared to the flooding concerns we have out there, veroni veronica, in the next two days, not too big of a dill. the 113 was impressive in l.a. a couple of days ago. but we're past that. >> we're going need to borrow some sunshine for the rest of the country, bill. >> not till friday. >>> well, gold sparkles, tech stocks trip up. and getting a beer in tough times. the first look at this morning's business headlines are straight ahead. >>> three teams punch their ticket for the postseason. a rough ride for our rough rider. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. how are you getting to a happier place? running there? dancing there? flying there? how about eating soup to get there? delicious campbell's soups fill you with good nutrition, energy, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. helping you get to a happier place. have a nice trip.

depending on how far offshore it is, we may have a problem friday into saturday for southern new england and the eastern tip of long island, but everywhere along the east coast should monitor the track of this in case there's an unexpected shift further to the west. >> when you talk about an unexpected shift to the west, you're worried about the eye of the storm, whether it will go closer to the land, is that correct? >> that's absolutely correct. we'll put a different graphic up here to show you why. this shows you the wind shear as it goes across cape hatteras. the red area is the hurricane force winds. if the track was further west, it would bring hurricane winds. up over the area there. of course you'll have tropical storm force winds along the immediate coast. the stronger the wind, the more serious the threat. >> bill reed trying to give us a warning here. it's still coming up. thank you very much for your time this morning, sir. >> my pleasure. >> it is now 7:08. now to matt. >> thank you, ann. >>> now to president obama's prime time address officially marking the end of combat operations in iraq

new england. today is beautiful up and down the eastern seaboard andt's going to be the same as we go into thursdayn most areas from texas to florida, really nice. just an increase in clouds up there in the mid-atlantic. but dry. >>> if you're watching us on wgba 26, green bay, wisconsin, which came first, the egg or the dinosaur? find the answer at hatching the past, dinosaur eggs and babies. that's at the neville public museum. it seems obvious, a dinosaur has to have an egg, right? >> yeah. but we'll let them go and find out the answer. >> i don't want to ruin it for everyone. >> way to be a downer, bill. >>> celebrities in england don't get the hollywootreatment whit comes to repeat dui offenses. 47-year-old pop star george mike i can't tellal was sentenced to eight weeks in jail after admitting he drove under the influence of marijuana. the judge made it clear jail was inevitle following a similar conviction in 2006. michael was slashed with a five-year driving ban and a fine of nearly $2,000. >>> following mohs of repeated denials, penelope cruz's agent announced that she is 4 1/2 months preg

eastern pennsylvania. notices that philly, new jersey, southern new england, you're not really getting hit by this. all the heavy rain from i-95 westward towards the appalachians. look at the yellow and the reds through harrisburg, that's where the worst of the flooding is taking place right now. flash flood warnings or river flood warnings and in the way the big rain events work, the rain first and the small streams and the urban flooding. two or three days from now is when the rivers will flood and that's what we have to watch closely as we head towards the weekend. tornado watch, haven't had any reports of tornadoes recently. i mentioned, tamron, storm one and storm two is down there just off the florida coast and that, just like storm one, has to come right up the eastern seaboard. if you're sitting in new york city or new england, it hasn't been that bad yet, today is your day. tonight into tomorrow morning, three bad commutes in a row. >> sounds like a lot of people getting their turn in this one. thank you very much, bill. >>> well, if you are among the millions trying to stay safe and dry o

report we continue to see dryer and dryer areas in the southeast and up the eastern sea board we are seeing into the new england area we are seeing some drying parts of maryland and into west virginia seeing try spots and also much of southeastern alabama and southern georgia seeing severe drought in had some areas. continues to be bad in northern louisiana and in fact it starting to get worse again, and that extends to the ohio valley with moderate drought, a much larger area than a month ago. spot trout -- this is the second day in a row. or third day in a row that we have seen this cut off showing up to computer models so it appears that it will happen. it will it will be a slow moving storm system. typically cause a lot of vows. they will weaken with time and they will cause scattered showers, much of it weak the way it looks. in the tennessee valley and ohio valley. the computer does not connect it with the weather stream until next weekend. these cut off lows are tough to forecast. we will keep it there over the western tennessee valley as we head into monday. a stationary front to the east and muggy cond

much of the eastern seaboard will be dry today, but rain later tonight. in new england, middle of the couny, still hot back into the gulf and into texas. friday, 90s continue through the deep south. the cooler air is up here in the northern plains from montana back into areas around minnesota. if you're watchin us on wave 3 in louisville, kentucky, join the celebration in nearby jeffersontown at the 41st ans gaslight festival parade with entertainment for the entire family at the jeffersontown commons shopping center. that's your "early today" event of the day. >>and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. has "star" magazine gone too far with yet another he's cheating on her story? one hollywood heavyweight says yes. "starr" quoted a woman ciming to have had an affair with ashton kutcher. >>> michael jackson's mother and his children are suing aeg live saying they were negligent in hiring dr. conrad murray. >>> finally, "people" is out with its best dressed list. zoe delgana is the red carpet queen. reanna is the diva. olivia palmero is t

bring moderate rain developing along the east coast from the carolinas towards new england by thursday. and south easterny and gusting up to 25 knots and the bay temperature up to 74. we could have heavy rain and still warm. 70s tomorrow and things will clear out and the sun is back up and the temperatures will jump back up to 80 degrees. >> okay. thank you. >> still to come tonight. search for victims and rescue crews on the scene of a north baltimore home collapse. we're live with the coverage. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] mcdonald's new chicken flatbreads. all out awesome combinations of juicy, grilled chicken topped with roasted garlic aioli and a natural four-cheese blend. mcdonald's chicken flatbreads. the simple joy of new discoveries. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vot

really starting to head into the mid-atlantic states, new england region and it will impact parts of eastern canada as well. now canada also looking at more rain moving in off the west here. so british columbia, and then quickly moving into the rest of central canada, too, scattered showers for you. down towards the south, still pretty unsettled picture anywhere from the florida peninsula, across the caribbean islands and central america still continuing to see some significant amounts of rainfall, especially in southern mexico here, we're still seeing some pink areas showing up. heavy rainfall amounts are going to be expected. highs today looking at mid to upper 20s across the east coast, a little cooler for chicago only 19. it gets a little hotter during the day in denver, a high of 34, and l.a. still dealing with some of the late summer heat. and finally a look at europe. it's still pretty unsettled for continental europe. we've got this long frontal boundary in place, that is where a lot of the rain will be today. starting to head more north in towards the baltic states as well as spread

we have the threat from southern new england right through the metro for severe storms. i'm talking eastern part of the west virginia panhandle. most of the maryland except for down in st. mary's county. damaging wind gusts and small hail if they get strong enough. we'll watch this from mid to late afternoon. go through 6:00 and you see a few spots of green showing up. sort of like boiling water. bubbles coming just not sure where. we'll watch the doppler closely this afternoon. we quiet down overnight. and then tomorrow we're going to watch it one more time with the heat and humidity. there we go with a few more thunderstorms developing. by the time we get to friday looks like there will be less of a trigger. still very hot. low if not mid-90s across the region. there's our front. that's going to change things for the weekend. temperatures this afternoon they are going to soar. winchester 95. 92 cumberland and lower 80s in annapolis. our seven-day forecast it's hot through friday. again, watch out for storms this afternoon. topper will have the latest through the afternoon fall tonight 11:

eastern carolina getting nailed. virginia, delaware, pennsylvania, new jersey and soon up into areas of new england. take a closer look at the radar. you can see the moisture coming straight from the south. a little swirl here, maybe our area of low pressure crossing down from south carolina to north carolina, getting drenched from raleigh. wilmington has had an incredible amount of rain the last few days, maybe the highest total ever. the moderates, the steady rainfall now over the area and that's extending now just into the philadelphia region. new york city, the rain is still probably another hour or two away. and you notice that new york is probably more scattered during the day today. i think new york city will get the heaviest rain later on tonight. here is the total we're thinking. anywhere in the yellow and oranges, 3 to 4 inches. along the coast, we could see 4 to 5, maybe 6 inches of rain. the rest of the united states looks fantastic. that's a look at your forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine in milwaukee, wisconsin. 67. really great weather out there.

eastern school board. a tropical storm warning has been issued for new england from the coast of massachusetts to maine. >> the hurricane could mess up your travel plans if you're flying to the east coast for the holiday weekend. many airlines have already said that they'll waive any fees to change your flight or make up the difference if you need to cancel your plans entirely. but, of course, if you are flying it's always a food idea to check ahead. >> you bet. all this storm talk brings us to tonight's good question. why are they called "hurricanes" here but cyclones in other parts of the world? they can go by different names but the recipe is nearly always the same. big storms that spin near too equator, go spinning out with heavy rains, low pressure and driving damaging winds. the ingredient of what are generally called cyclones. >> we call them tropical cyclones, it's kind of the overall name that we give hurricanes, tropical depressions, tropical storms. >> tom evans, part of the team of meatologist who staff the national weather service headquarters in monterey, from their satellites they can monito

other storm areas across the new england states, wet and windy weather. that extends across a lot of eastern canada as well. as for highs today, we're looking at 32 in atlanta, 32 also in miami. pretty hot in houston as well. up towards winnipeg, a high of 16 degrees. morning hours expected to be a lot chillier. we are looking at frost advisories in effect for you. a pretty interesting picture we've got coming in. this was taken from the international space station on monday. this is hurricane igor. you can see a well-formed eye toward the center. it is definitely a major hurricane to contend with. it's still a category 4 storm system packing winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour. gusts will be much, much higher. luckily, it ke manz well offshore in the atlantic. forecasts are calling for it to remain out in the sea. it's expected to remain its strength well into wednesday. it looks like it might start moving into bermuda later on this week. we'll keep a close eye on its progress. tropical storm juliet following behind igor moving away right now. likely becoming a hurricane in the next coup

news coverage. . >>> that powerful storm named earl lost some of its punch today as it zipped its way up the eastern seaboard. now it is a tropical storm and it is hitting new england tonight. and the popular tourist spot cape cod. reporter jennifer davis is live tonight in chat ham, massachusetts. good evening, jennifer. >> reporter: good evening. well, you know it has been raining pretty consistently here for several hours. at times those bands were pretty strong. but you are right, this storm was nowhere near as big or as strong as many had expected just a few days ago. still, the governor says even if it didn't reach category one status, this was still a very serious storm. >> we have had them before and we will have them again. >> reporter: after whipping the north carolina coastline with heavy wind and rain earl may be weakening at a quicker pace than expected. warnings are in effect around cape cod as well as martha's vineyard and nantucket. >> you can go out to an existing area shelter that has been set up at the high school. and they have snacks and drinks until we know exactly what's going to happen with the storm. >> reporter: the national hurricane cent

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rain is all the way from the carolinas up through virginia and the eastern shore, all the way up to nye city and getting into new england as well. we'll deal with this for at least the next 24 to 36 hours as the whole mess works up the coast. there could be severe weather in there as well. still under a tornado warning in the area. also as we head to southeast pennsylvania. we've had tornado warnings. we'll keep you updated from here. the rain may have stopped, but the wind is starting to blow a little bit. we're still not out of the woods yet. >> north of where jeff is now, a tornado watch has been issued for delaware, northeast maryland, and southeast pennsylvania. that's in effect until 7:00 tonight. mara is in bound brook, new jersey. doesn't look too bad. >> reporter: you can see it's dry. the water levels are normal still. this is expected to get on the move later, and then it's really going to reek havoc on the area. this area is expected to get two to four inches of rain tonight and overnight. that is more rain than the state of new jersey got for the entire month of august. they're also expecting high winds. ce

new england. into the 50s and 60s plenty of sunshine throughout the day. high pressure through eastern canada, bringing us an area of sunshine and mild temperatures, with a light wind out of the south. we should warm up to 80, maybe a few isolated areas, may hit the low 80s, the big change, tomorrow, at 90 degrees. the latest on that in a few minutes, the forecast for the rest of the week. >> more active out in the kr tropics. and a celestial delight, we will show you in a few minutes. >>> jerry edwards joining us with the arrest. fnchlths has been a very difficult commu. fortunately, things have settled down. from rush hour to construction hours. that is what we are looking at. aoss the 14th street bridge. crews came out, took awayhe far left lane. the beginning of the bridge, plid span. no delays, everything is moving well. >> south of town, at the wilson bridge. a minor distraction, work crews are on the shoulder. two lanes do remain open. >>> it was a tough commute for virginia drivers this morning from, chopper 4, can you see the multile vehicle crash, in tyson's corner. major tra

eastern seaboard. now it is a tropical storm and it is hitting new england tonight. and the popular tourist spot cape cod. reporter jennifer davis is live tonight in chat ham, massachusetts. good evening, jennifer. >> reporter: good evening. well, you know it has been raining pretty consistently here for several hours. at times those bands were pretty strong. but you are right, this storm was nowhere near as big or as strong as many had expected just a few days ago. still, the governor says even if it didn't reach category one status, this was still a very serious storm. >> we have had them before and we will have them again. >> reporter: after whipping the north carolina coastline with heavy wind and rain earl may be weakening at a quicker pace than expected. warnings are in effect around cape cod as well as martha's vineyard and nantucket. >> you can go out to an existing area shelter that has been set up at the high school. and they have snacks and drinks until we know exactly what's going to happen with the storm. >> reporter: the national hurricane center says m

eastern third of the country. for the midweek period, above normal in new england, much of the western thirds of the country, with more wet weather along the eastern seaboard, and then as we move toward the latter part of the week, more rain on the east coast, we have had a drought, so we could use the rain, above normal >> we are off to a wet start this morning. the rain will be with us off and on. there will be breaks in the precipitation, but >> and don't forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> all right, al, thanks. >>> now to the scandal that has rocked one of the country's biggest megachurches. eddie long vowed to fight allegations that he coerced young men into having sex with him. >> reporter: eddie long got a hero's welcome at sunday services though there was a mix of opinions about whether he should stay or go. he made it pretty clear which option he's taking. hand in hand sunday morning with his wife, accused of pressuring young male church members into sex, long told his megachurch of 25,000 members he isn't leaving th

new england. we'rfeeli some of that chill here wh hi presse pushing down from eastern canada through the mid atlantic states. clear sky. plenty of sun. it should get us up to near 80 by afternoon. and then cool tonight. not as chilly as this morning. warming up with a southwesterly breeze. it will keep it on the summery side. jerry, how is the traffic? >> we continue to follow breaking news where the accidt remains two right lanes remain closed. all this occurred on the inner loop of the beltway between i-66 and route 7. two left lanes get by. it's jammed leaving springfield all the way up. unfortunatel there is no shoulder because that's part of the construction zone there. we have to wait for the tow trucks to get there. can't move the cars out until the tow trucks arrive a pull them out completely. be forewarned. from springfield to 66 it is a nightmare. over on 66, because of the location of t accident, making for an extremely difficult merge coming in on 66 trying to get on to or beyond the capital beltwy. 66 delays begin centerville most of the way in. that, too, is a parking lot. drop down rou

as earl makes its track up the eastern seaboard, we're expecting a really close path for new england.omewhere around maine. make landfall in nova scotia or maine. we'll be watching this carefully tonight. on the weekend, the big weekend fly-by map, shows how gorgeous america will be this weekend. just about every place has beautiful weather. and that's good all that weather was brought to you by the buick regal. >>> elizabeth, i'm trying to tweet. but the blackberry's in a plastic bag. it's not that easy. >> i can't imagine why not, sam. it's looking rough out there. stay safe, please. >>> if you're looking for bargains this weekend, this could be the best labor day ever. consumer correspondent, elisabeth leamy, has been combing the web for the best deals you can take advantage of right this minute. hello, eli. and you hit up your mommy bloggers, right? >> mycity.com, are finding deals all the time. >> let's start with steals. right now, there's a lot of things to trade in because of consumer recalls. >> toys "r" us is helping people get old, outdated items off the market. car seats,

eastern side of north carolina. heavy wind, rain, coastal flooding, beach erosion. it's not changed the track for the new england areas. off the shore of new jersey and new york city. we'll have all of america's weather coming up next. >> sam, thank you. >>> north carolina's neighbors up the eastern seaboard, also watching and waiting. that's where we find john berman, on eastern long island this morning. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the storm isn't due to pass by these parts for a couple days. but already today, they'll start moving these cans and chairs off these beaches. anything that might fly away. there is a sense of urgency here, with officials practically begging the public to pay attention. it throttled parts of the caribbean. and now, it threatens a huge swath of the northeast. emergency command centers are switching into high gear. >> we're watching it like a hawk, day by day and hour by hour. >> reporter: why? take a look at suffolk county, new york. 900 miles of coastline, nearly 1.5 million people. the blue area shows how a storm like earl could bring coastal flooding to a

wet weather in new england and eastern great lakes. heavy rain from hermine.ssouri. strong storms and wet weather in the pacific northwest. >>> well, we're seeing fall-like weather around the bay area and drizzle falling around parts of the bay area. we'll see a chance of showers but maybe even snow above 8,000 feet north of lake tahoe. breezy and cool into the afternoon with 50s and 60s for highs today. we should see temperatures starting to climb into the weekend. 70s and 80s coming back inland starting friday. that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. up next, the brightest stars of the future. some of the glamour magazine's top 10 college woman. right after this. i'm your genie. you're wishing for a deliciously, nutritious fiber cereal. i am. well, you don't want that one. new kellogg's fiber plus cereal®. the delicious taste of berries, plus yogurty clusters, plus 40% of your daily fiber... plus wait for it... antioxidants! so, two more wishes. mmmm. maybe later, then. [ female announcer ] new kellogg's fiber plus cereal®. positively delicious. [ beep

central great lakes, beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard with some high surf advisories tomorrows. rip currents in new englandy rain in the southwest, sunny and hot with hit or miss thunderstorms around the gulf >> good morning, everyone. we're off to a cool start, but it will warm up. we will see plenty of sunshine. this >> that's your latest weather, don't forget, check your weather any final of the day or night. go to weather.com on cable or online. >> willard, that's what i said. >> a pressure few. happy birthday, we have a beautiful, beautiful meta ilten. her secret to longevity, no medicine, ever. 111. lucille liechty of burke, virginia. she said the best thing about being 100 is you eat what you want and don't worry about it. ralph cohen, 100 years old "today." good friend with curly from the three stooges. can't have a better friend than that. i interviewed those guys once, they really were fun, and nuts. and rollande bourgeois. lives alone, mows her own lawn. elizabeth daniels, jack's sister, attributes longevity to working hard. lucille wilson, from baytown, texas, 100 years old, works in the kitche

eastern seaboard is a category for with wins over hundred and 45 mi. per hour. they could pose a threat late tonight for the carolinas and in towards the weekend friday and saturday. for places around new england think louisa is standing by with an update. as you watch the latest hurricane earl making its way at the eastern seaboard. >> more is coming up, every hour watches major hurricane is a joint is dandies ago still no direct hit is expected joint is dandies ago still no direct hit is expected evacuations continue. Ãqw@, welcome back to kron4 morning news as we continue to track this major of spot san jose just on the verge of seeing things improve on 101 northbound they turn the meeting lights off at the core liber parkway rate in the middle of your screen such as gm that the traffic once again so now is slow for the guadalupe parkway at the lawrence expressway seems ever reoccurring accident is nothing on the slow spot i was a complete updates to the head. mark. >> thank you, san mateo things are moving smoothly temperatures are now warming up around the bay more and more coming up. business stories and the bidding contest between computer makers should make parker and. is over just thi

although we will have some remnant showers northern new england left over from earl. along the easternblem. as we move on into sunday, again, you can see much of the country experiencing a very, very nice labor day weekend. that's what's going on around >> here's a view of san jose. nothing but sunshine right now. but running a little bit cooler, thanks to what's happening in the north. later on this afternoon, we'll have a temperature drop, especially around the peninsula coast. low 70, san francisco. inland, though, still some 80s and low 90s. the low clouds hugging the coastline straight straight on through labor day weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> that's one of those gusts that catch you off guard. al, thank you very much. just in time. >>> when we come back, an amazing story. did a mother's touch bring her clinically dead newborn back to life? an exclusive after these messages. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time... time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid

eastern suburbs, it will stay clearer longer. tomorrow, an area of low pressure over the midwest will pass by to the north, cutting across the lakes, heading to new englandright now, the front has stalled out but will reorganize as a cool front and slide across the mountains and to baltimore to our night. that brings with it the possibility of a little rain. a better chance of showers and thunderstorms going into tomorrow night. it moves through quickly so that by friday afternoon, we are into sunshine and it looks like a nice weekend. this front does not look like it will produce drought busting rain. a little more humid tomorrow with about 80-85 degrees. a slight chance for an afternoon shower and evening thunderstorm. as the winds increased out of the south and best to 20 knots, there is a small craft advisory on the day tomorrow. average waves between two and 3 feet. in the atlantic, more history making storms. we have igor that we have been watching for the past few days, a very powerful storm. the guy has diminished a little bit. -- the has diminished a little bit. at the center of this storm, -- julia had also increased to a category 4 storm. for

eastern seaboard. get ready for what may be a very wet october october much of new england.e a fox news alert. some reports that the former president jimmy carter is in the hospital. these are initial local reports coming to us by way of local affiliates as well as other reports from our news room that apparently jimmy carter when he landed at the cleveland-hawkins airport yesterday morning, shortly after that he was taken to a hospital called the metro health medical center. very light on details at this time as far as what his affliction might be, how he is feeling. but these reports just coming in. the former president jimmy carter is in the hospital and has been there for a day. as we look at times fine these reports. apparently he was in ohio to do a book signing. he has that brand-new book out, the white house diaries. and that is yes was in ohio and traveling about by plane. just initial reports. we want to be carefulw with it, but -- we want to be careful with it, but these are coming into our newsroom. i just have some more information coming in. apparently there wa

communities in north carolina to new england are keeping a close eye and powerful hurricane are all as it is steaming towards the easterneaboard here in the bay area our concern is steaming temperatures. it is a hotly denied. another day pretty similar to area's today but even warmer. some of these centers are bird 20 degrees of over which typically be seeing. they just come members. as the christine coleman also and www.kron4.com are there. after new highs 92 degrees today. and concord triple digits. this is how much about our detectors are. 20 degrees of tesoro, cocker 11. 98 in santa rosa. same goes for san jose. but in san jose is above 16 degrees about the seasonal average. oakland or around 89 degrees about 16 degrees or browridge. overall a pretty warm forecast, the heat wave is certainly continuing today. even this morning, keeping those temperatures pretty warm of parents ever does go 71 degrees 66 for oakland. redwood city. hayward, concord road city. many of still the '70s. same goes for fremont. still sing warm temperatures. widespread '70s may be read a few days. and some of those inland spots. by nan warmi

new england. the rain, it is lashing parts of nova scotia and still see a couple inches of rain there but sunny and more comfortable weather for most of the eastern seaboard. back home we'll see the clouds hug the coast today. an area of low pressure passes to the east of us. then as that happens, we have higher pressure building in. northerly winds sweeping the fog away. breezy tomorrow, but then we'll see the numbers skyrocket on monday for much warmer weather. low clouds and fog this morning in sausalito. millbrae starting out with fog, and festival featuring a lot of sunshine. breezier tomorrow. northern sierra, look for 80 and kind of windy tomorrow. mid on 90s. upper 80s for los angeles and san diego at 77. back home a few degrees cooler in coupe perfect teen oh. 76 in redwood city. san francisco 66 today. partial sun in the sunset. 88 calistoga. near east bay few 60s. 89 in union city and out over the hills, very comfortable, it's 91 in danville. still fog around monterey and sunny with 70 in santa cruz. so today we are looking a few degrees cooler with the low clouds and fog beginning to clear out getting a little warmer and breezy tomorr

swells moving in the eastern shores and we'll see strong rip currents and all the way from florida to new englandorth other than plains. it is feeling like fall. to the south not so much. it is summer conditions and going to have temps, pushing records in the mid-to upper 90s and pushing 110 across arizona . a new system in the pacific northwest there as well >> all right. guys. thank you, rick. coming up on the show. senator harry reid trying to give amnesty for illegal immigrants with a controversial proposalce am >> we told you about a segment that is outraging parents. interesting grooming. thanks. i got the idearom general mills big g cereals. they put a white check on the top of every box to let people know that their cereals have healthy whole grain, and they're the right choice... (announcer) general mills make getting whole grain an easy choice. just look for the white check. an easy choice. ♪ with tasty grilled flavor and goodness to savor ♪ ♪ friskies grillers blend. >> senate majority leader harry reid is attaching a conto versial plan that links illegal ammesty to a spening bill. he

had up the eastern coastline will the national hurricane center says weakening forecast is expected they still see it as a large system causing flooding as it approaches southern new englanda trouble co-star morning for coastal areas in nova scotia in canada as well for so from north carolina all oil to canada. we had a shot a left-hand side that's north carolina the coastline near the right hand side air reporter getting ready to do a live report out of new jersey so the following it there's well. this as we get any word on damage will let you know also tracking it in our weather center. >> we have a map to give you an idea of where it is right now it's about 85 mi. the to the east of north carolina in the outer banks under of high threat level as a hurricane continues to move in a northeasterly direction it can see this wind winds expected to diminish as we head through the next couple of days saturday morning they could down to 85 mi. an hour still strong this makes its way of the seaboard by saturday the winds could get down to 65 mi. an hour currently 105 mullins moving and 18 mi. an hour hurricane tooth. temperatures in our area is 57 for san francisco's same san ra

central great lakes, beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard with some high surf advisories tomorrows. rip currents in new englandavy rain in the southwest, sunny and hot with hit or miss thunderstorms around the gulf >>> we are seeing some low clouds and pretty low temperatures this morning. for the afternoon we're watching this system offshore that will push high clouds away and crank up the sea breeze which will lead to a cool day, even for inland spots, mid-70s towards the altamont pass and low 70s across the north bay. tomorrow looks cooler than today. lots of morning clouds but the weekend we start to warm up, 80s and 90s inland including san jose. >> that's your latest weather, don't forget, check your weather any final of the day or night. go to weather.com on cable or online. >> willard, that's what i said. >> a pressure few. happy birthday, we have a beautiful, beautiful meta ilten. her secret to longevity, no medicine, ever. 111. lucille liechty of burke, virginia. she said the best thing about being 100 is you eat what you want and don't worry about it. ralph cohen, 100 years old "today." good friend

it's a little chilly in new england, but we're going to see quiet weather conditions up much of the easternghout the afternoon, we'll be sunny and beautiful. what a day. what a stretch of great weather from boston down to d.c. as far as the rest of the country goes, we're way too hot. we've got temperatures near 100 yesterday in memphis. that's ridiculous for this time of year, and we're going to be hot again today from new orleans up into atlanta. the temperature there into the mid-90s. tomorrow, some of that warmth spreads to the east. one more hot day, i think that's just about it. we kick into fall, the cooler weather will arrive finally for a lot of areas. and chicago, chance of storms the next two days in a row. that's our airport concern. final thing, we also have a new tropical storm out there, tropical storm lisa. the reason we're not making a big deal about it, it's way, way, way out there, just off the coast of africa, and that's never going to come close to any land areas. it's just going to sit there and spin for the next five days, so no concerns from lisa. you're watching "mo

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eastern seaboard. top topic today. there's more heavy rain. the possibility of severe weather. even more flooding today. it's an area of low pressure that's pulling out of northern new england.nd is this nicole? is this a tropical system that gets to florida? there's plenty of moisture there. we know it's a tropical rainfall event. we don't know how far it devlps. but we'll watch this. and it connects up this highway that seems to have built on the there's more of it this week. e n could be more than 2 inches. also in the raleigh area. most folks will get about an inch of rain. check out the numbers. warmest ever in l.a. 113 degrees. 1990 was 112. that was the warmest ever until here. they've been keeping records since the 1800s. long beach at 111. >> delicious in the middle of the country, as we like to say. more weather in the next half hour. robin? >> and for the record, george got the trivia. >> big rainbow last weekend. thank you, sam. >> don't win anything. but our admiration. >>> let's wednesday some sweet music this half hour. country music returns to nashville, for the first time since the devastating floods in may closed the grand ole opry. the famed kons concert h

eastern seaboard. top topic today. there's more heavy rain. the possibility of severe weather. even more flooding today. it's an area of low pressure that's pulling out of northern new england. and is this nicole? is this a tropical system that gets to florida? there's plenty of moisture there. we know it's a tropical rainfall event. we don't know how far it develops. and it connects up this highway that seems to have built on the eastern seaboard, to deliver rain. there's more of it this week. rainfall totals around the new york city area. most folks will get about an inch of rain. check out the numbers. warmest ever in l.a. 113 degrees. 1990 was 112. that was the warmest ever until here. they've been keeping records since the 1800s. long beach at 111. >>> temperatures are in the low 70's right now. there are still isolated showers across the region. they are light but we have heavier showers in the west virginia and western maryland. they are moving into morgan county, west virginia. that is until 7:30 a.m.. partly cloudy today and less delicious in the middle of the country, as we like to say. more weather in the next half hour. robin? >> and for the record, george got th

eastern oklahoma, missouri and arkansas. gusty winds, hail, isolated tornadoes from montana to the dakotas. showers across the northern pacific and pacific northwest. and light rain from upstate new york to northern new englandighs in the 70s from boston to baltimore. just 60s from detroit to fargo. 72 in salt lake city. 87 in albuquerque. >>> their names may make you think big but they are anything but. >> this is the aww story of the morning. these two giant panda cubs only weigh 5 ounces each. they're the newest residents of the madrid zoo. born two days ago they're so new the vets don't even know their gender yet. the hairless pink twins conceived through artificial insemination are the first pandas born at that zoo in nearly 30 years. >> in addition to the bottle mama bear is also nursing those cubs. as for papa, he remains aloof and is staying away from the babies, which is part of panda custom. in defense of the dad, that's because the moms don't want them to crush the babies. dad, 330 pounds. they say, stay away. >> that's very wise. wise concern. papa panda was a rolling stone. more after this. ♪ bah, bah-bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah-bah-bah ♪ [ female announcer ] scope outlast. it's about time for

eastern long island. gusts could be as high as 40 miles per hour throughout friday. biggest impacts to cape cod will come into friday night into saturday with strong winds and heavy rain. much of new england even as we head into the early weekend. now back to you, mike and rob. >> ava, thank you. >>> now to the rest of today's weather. stormy in the nation's midsection with large hail, 80-mile-an-hour winds and isolated tornados in chicago, st. louis, kansas city, and dallas. humid along the gulf coast and more near-record highs in the rth 92 80s in detroit and indianapolis. fargo only gets up to 68. sounds nice. billings 71. 106 in phoenix. 92 in albque. >>> suicide bombings have resumed in pakistan for the first time since floods devastated the country last month. a series of b 150 people were injured. the bombers tarigio procession. 35,000 shiites were marching in lahore when the coordinated blasts took place. sunni extremists are suspected in the attack. >>> the discovery channel headquarters will be open for business today, a day after a deadly hostage siege. james lee arrived with a gun and explosives there to protest the company's environmental programming. while lee held three peo

eastern pennsylvania. there are flood warnings and watches up there as well as up around the new york city areand a into new englandto affect travel that far noncht farther the south in our region, this somewhere we have t biggest flooding threat because of this incredible long line. i mean this is a couple of hundred miles worth of rain yet that continues to train along in this very similar and almost identical track, and this is what really can cause some devastating flooding. right now he we are in washington with this rain as we look back now at the local radar in time lapse over the last three hours. it has been unrelenting here since about 3:00 this morning. that's when we've had tese passing waves of very heavy rain coming through. even though it may a seem like it's over in your neighborhood or things have settled down or you think that there's not going to be any water in your basent if your basement is prone to flooding, it's just wise to go down there and try to get any items off the floor thatou want and get them to an upper-level floor to get away from the water because ma area basements are going to h