big dig," which details the florida intercoastal waterway. william: it wasn't -- it was built for anybody and everybody. sailors, a lot of sailboats chargers steelers -- there were four principal investors in the waterway and they were all key businessmen in cain augustine. -- saint augustine. they included dr. john wescott who was a medical doctor, a mineralogist, a surveyor. he was everything. in fact, in 1855, he was surveyor general of the whole state of florida. when it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida, dr. wescott would know they needed about $100,000 in capital. dr. wescott put in $49,000 which in 1881 was a huge sum of money. and the other three put in the balance, $51,000. back then, in order to get a corporation or to get permission to do something, to do almost anything, you had to get a charter from the state legislature. and in 1881, dr. wescott was well known. it had always been his dream especially after having been surveyor general, it had always been his dream to have an inland waterway,

i acted on that belief as governor of florida.here are plenty of tough calls we have to make so we should not be wasting time agonizing over the easy ones. so 14 years ago when the question was whether to keep the confederate flag on the grounds of the florida state capital. i said no and put it in a museum where it belongs. [ applause ] >> another easy call was reaching out for talent wherever i found it for my cabinet and staff and state agencies and the courts. look, you're not going to get good judgment in government when everybody comes from the same life experience. [ applause ] we increased the number of black for floridians, by 83% and the state use of minority-owned businesses tripled. you can't serve all the people unless you represent all the people and we did it. [ applause ] we did it with the most diverse appointments this state has ever seen. from my first day as governor until the last, respect was the rule and opportunity for all was the goal. in most lives opportunity is a hollow word unless you've got the dignit

when james burstyn number of the majesty council for west florida in west florida and his wife isabella heard the cannon fire and saw the smoke rise from the extinguish fire in the white house to signal the arrival they gathered their children and a few belongings. with pensacola's government officials and several hundred european african women and children they rushed into the towns made forward. their fortunes lay with the british empire at the spanish are rebels prevailed they were likely to capital after and capture them and send them into exile or worse. every july 4th american celebrate independence the revolution created a political separation for the creation of the united states of america. on such occasions they might imagine independence would be universal in uniform the 18th century. as historian james and his developers who provide the revolutionary or more was not fought solely for the united states. the war did not bring freedom to those who became part of the new republic. some people fought hard against her in the new nation that thomas jefferson called the only monumen

the storm could hit florida on monday. a hurricane has not hit florida in ten years, but the latest forecasts shows florida will remain at tropical storm strength when it makes landfall. and nbc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz was showing us those models. you say it's not a given it will even hit florida at this point, right? >> at least not hit directly. i think it will affect florida in one way or another. mainly in the form of heavy rain. i think that will be the legacy of erika. it will be rainfall and flooding as a result of that rainfall rather than strong winds. the wind now, maximum, 50-mile-an-hour and moving west-northwest at 18. the pressure has not dropped. when the pressure drops, the storm has intensified. that's one piece of evidence. it's also in balance. you saw all the clouds are on the right side. one of the reasons it won't strengthen for a while is it's going over mountainous countries. they're small islands but they have big mountains. especially over the dominican republic. so this s

nobody really protested until they got to florida. and the major leader in the second seminole war was sam jones. he is the subject of my next book, actually. he's the great patriot, because he fought so hard to keep them here in florida. one of his lieutenants, and all of them were captured eventually, all but sam jones. he kept himself in the back. most people had never met him. he was the leader. he was the mastermind. he was the great strategist and great medicine person and spiritual leader. and it was literally, as i told my kids at school, if it wasn't for him they wouldn't be here today. because the idea was to take all of the seminoles and ship them off to oklahoma territory. in the third seminole war as well, he was still around. he kept his leadership until after the wars. and a lot of the things traditional people do and say and feel, a lot of the things that are teachings that have come down that i have recorded in my research, they're actually the teachings of sam jones. it is the way he wanted things to go. and one of t

i acted on that belief as governor of florida.ecord i will gladly compare with anyone else in the field. , leaders knowers there are 20 of tough calls, so we should not be wasting time over the easy ones. 14 years ago, when the question was whether to keep the , i said no andg put it in a museum where it belongs. [applause] another easy call was reaching out for talent wherever i found it, for my cabinet, staff, state agencies, and courts. you will not get good judgment and government when everybody comes from the same life experience. [applause] we increased the number of black for meridians serving by -- black floridians serving by 33%. i was particularly proud that during my governorship, the state use of minority owned businesses tripled. you can't serve all the people. we did it. [applause] most diverseh the appointments the state has seen, from my first day as governor to the last, respect was the rule, and opportunity for all was the goal. in most lives, opportunity is a hollow word unless you have the dignity of a job and

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here in florida, high state of alert. we are waiting to see what she does and also bracing for that potential flooding we could see if she stays on her projected path. with heavy winds, severe rain, and dangerous flooding, tropical storm erika is reeking havoc across the caribbean. the violent storm washed out roads and destroyed homes on the island of dominiquea. [ screaming ] now the storm is threatening florida. with a majority of the state's nearly 20 million residents in its projected path. >> we've got concerns all across the state now because it's going to be coming clear across the state. >> reporter: the storm is expected to make land fall as early as monday morning. florida's governor is taking every precaution. declaring a state of emergency, and calling up the national guard. >> the biggest concern now is one, we don't know how much land it's going to go over. we don't know how much water we're going to get. >> reporter: tonight, florida residents are preparing for the storm. stocking up on supplies, taking no

go west of florida. the way this is now, unfavorable conditions for development with these kind of storms make the forecast that much more difficult. we'll get more into the possibilities of erika and also our weather, how long this great weather is going to last with the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> it's starting out as another day of recovery on wall street. the dow industrials gained more than 200 points in the first few minutes. here's a live look at the big board still up 283 points. wall street soared more than 600 points at the closing bell yesterday, breaking six straight days of losses. the nasdaq and s&p also rose. china's key stock index surged more than 5% today. the biggest gain in eight weeks. markets rose after gut-wrenching global losses. >>> we have new video at a theft at larry's steaks in yorktown. this happened a week ago around 4:30 in the morning. a guy smashes the front door, crawls, and he takes two cash registers before crawling back out through the broken glass door. police a

it is located north of miami and about 20 miles from the florida edit rates -- florida everglades. over the course of the next hour we look at the military history of fort lauderdale. >> this is one of 200 buildings that was part of the naval station in fort lauderdale during world war ii. this was an operational base for torpedo bombers. whichf the avenger crews, was a three-man proof, most of them train here. president bush trained here, and there were probably 300 aviators checking through the space. >> later we will visit the port of florida. >> it is the number two port in the world and supplies all of the petroleum for south florida. >> but first, learn about the history of the seminal injury -- seminal indian tribe through the artists of seminal history. plays] ♪ concord, 1842. a seek to vanish from the land we love, and yet i will reach -- everglades by morning cap by morning. for thethe okeechobee wildcats battle. i have not seen my wife and children in so long. a few of us went to the loxahatchee river to fight the .reacherous general but we withdrew to fight again anothe

the models do bring the storm over florida at this point. any d we j t talked about the forward speed. winds sustained at 50 miles per hour. where does it go? if it follows the productions, it brings it to south florida monday by 8:00 a.m. they'll feel the effects much earlier than that. up and over florida for apn proximately 2 to 3 days. we'll track it. a lot of unknowns. we'll try and get the answers ane.upda you through the day and over the weekend. >>> from erika, we turn back now to katrina. a defining moment in our nation's history. ten years ago tomorrow, that monster sure hurricane slammed into the levees and swamped new orleans. today, commemorating the anniversary. we go to nbc's jay gray in new orleans with more on the recovery. jay. >> reporter: hey there, gus. business booming here right now. in fact, new orleans, the fastest growing city in america. so at first glance, it may look like the city, this region, is all the way back after katrina. when you talk to those who live and work here, they're quick to tell you there's stil

nothing in florida just yet. probably in the next 36 hours, though, they'll be issuing watches and warnings, as well. back to you. >> janice, thank you. disturbing details about the m who shot and killed two journalists in virginia on live television. alison parker and adam ward were murdered wednesday morning. vester flanagan pulled the trigger. nbc fiwet obtained this it video showing the sparse living conditions inside flanagan's apartment. and yesterday the police say they found weapons, ammo, a to do list and disguises in the rental car where he shot himself. parker spoke today, the father. >> i met the people she worked with and the people that really looed her, and it was -- ofoundly difficult for me. >> flanagan was fired from kdbj twoeyears ago after numerous angry explosions in the newsroom. he worked at other stations where he carried on the same way. >>> new at 6:00, a tsa screener at laguardia airport is accused of preying on a foreign exchange student, telling her she needed to go through extra secu

you all are always welcome in florida.applause] , i especially thank you and the trustees for this really kind invitation. i am honored to be your guest. i am pleased to see other guests here as well. secretarynders, clinton, and a good man bringing a lot of wisdom to the republican side, dr. ben carter. by the way, i am glad he will make it into the top 10 for next week's debate. before that thing is over, we just might need a doctor. [laughter] just saying. part, i am working hard every day for the vote. and politics, the this kind of support begins in friendship and fellowship. my florida friends and partners in the urban league include some of the most formidable people than any of us know. them, a national trustee, education leader, and great woman, julia johnson. you for a round of applause. man who basically built this movement from the ground up in south florida, my dear friend. [applause] cal fan came to the state for a job interview. as he tells the story, i did not know if they intended to hire me, but i intende

>> in florida they had a felon voter purge.cally, the state sent a huge list of people they said were felons who are on the voting rolls and told the county supervisors in florida to purge them in advance of the 2000 election. it turned out that list was littered with errors and disproportionately african-american. african-americans were 11% of florida's electorate but 44% of those who were wrongly labeled felons. what happened was, thousands of people showed up on election day , were told it were felons -- wrongly -- and were not able to vote. after the election, the state ran the numbers again and found that 12,000 people were wrongly labeled as felons and potentially purged from the rolls. that was 500 -- 22 times bush's 577 vote margin of victory. this purge could have very will decide the florida election. it was significant for a few reasons. number one, led to a new wave of disenfranchisement efforts. republicans realized this voter purge could swing most elections. the second thing, the bush and administration and power

chuck: this is what they fear in florida.ind from tropical storm erika hammering the dominican republic. >> the rain is starting to get heavy. [screams] it wreaked havoc, washing out roads and bridges, at least 20 dead, at least 200,000 left puertot power in ou rico. >> it will create large problems. florida's westp coast. governor rick scott declared a state of emergency. governor scott: we don't know how much land it will go over and how much water we will get. chuck: and this warning -- governor scott: make sure that every member of your family is with you, do you have a plan. chuck: across florida, traffic jams at gas stations, probable water a hot commodity. some shoppers found empty shelves, others lucked out. >> a lot of places are out of water. i took a chance. chuck: not everyone walked away happy. >> i'm the upset. there is no prep. area: the best case and has it weakening into a tropical depression before it hits florida. jonathan: steve rudin is joining us. i know you have the latest about the storm. steve: some g

the volunteers that got to west florida were. [laughter] word diplomats there's one guy who's willing to comes in and instead of being this negotiator he supposed to be he starts racing plantations and his must be there to talk to the spanish. he arrives in in new orleans after many british talk to him about to come to new orleans and started to complain about this. [laughter] [inaudible] how much could gone differently? >> so what you have on your side and asking is the numbers on there, they're just the american population, the united states population was going to double every generation beginning before the revolution and going through i don't know when it ends. those numbers may be the single answer to why, but i would say the second reason is that napoleon. napoleon really takes europe's high off of america. if napoleon hadn't come to power i think that's a be quite different as far as power and who is in america, and the louisiana purchase and it was a strange thing because it leapfrogged, and as new orleans and the crazy

flooding. >> governor rick scott of florida has his hands full but good luck to all the folks in floridaht now. obviously the storm has caused a lot of death and destruction in the caribbean. good luck to all of our friends over there as well. thank you very much, governor. >> thanks, wolf. thanks for what you all do. >> thank you. >>> take a look at this. these are live pictures from the democratic national committee meeting in minneapolis. hillary clinton is expected to come out and do q&a with reporters. they have a lot of questions for the democratic presidential front-runner. we'll bring it to you live coming up. >>> i want to go to hillary clinton at the dnc meetings. she'll answer reporters' questions. i'll listen in. >> oh, as i've said before, i have the greatest respect and admiration for the vice president. we've worked for many years as colleagues in the senate and as colleagues in president obama's cabinet. i am not going to comment on differences or similarities. this is a difficult decision for him to make. and as i said before, i want him to have the space and time to do

and in terms of florida, most of the models,f in general, bring it right along the east coast of florida. right now, it's not set to make a landfall. that could change with the next run when the hurricane hunters go in and see what's happening with the storm. this could all change again. but for now, florida is still has to be on alert for the possibility of a landfall. with this hurricane. and then, possibly sliding up the coast towards the carolinas, as well. what is that going to mean for us? well, for right now, it's still very, very uncertain around here. the storm right at this time is going to be remaining off the coast of florida early into next week. but it could possibly, some of direction. we're still in a drought situation in many areas, especially long island is under a mod ate drought level and could use some rain. nobody wants floods or anybody to get hurt, but the rain certainly would help out with our drought situation. early, though. today, lovely. in the low to mid-80s. up to 49 days so far. that streak of 80 plus days continue for the tri-state. more tomorrow into the

and then it may make a second landfall if it stays on this florida. of but you know how quickly these things can change. this is totally different from yesterday's track. we have to stay updated and we'll have more in a few yminutes. ck to you. >> janice, thank you very much. >>> as we keep an eye on tropical storm erika, this weekend marks a decade since hurricane katrina made landfall in new orleans. in a few minutes we'll have a report ten years later and his message to the children. >>> also ahead on news 4 new york at 5:00, the mysterious disappearance of a local woman. >> get a load of what she did when she got out of the car. >>> new at 5:30, a local family's plea to keep their daughter's killer behind bars. and they're asking for your help. what's the most important thing your parents do for you? they buy me food. they make sure i'm never lost. well... they pay my allowance. encourage me. they sing us a lullaby at night... a lullaby at night. oh! now i remember... why does it matter that cigna covers preventive care? because the next most impo

is florida in her path? >> and it has been ten years since this, the levees breaking, parts of new orleans under water. ahead this hour, a closer look at the recovery from hurricane katrina. >>> helhello, i'm john berman. >> and i'm kate bolduan. happening right now, the governor of virginia, he's heading to the tv that's been rocked by the on-air murders of two of their beloved journalists, alison parker and adam ward. parker's family members are also said to be on hand for this meeting with the governor. >> there have been so many difficult moments there but also moments of such strength since parker and ward were shot dead on live tv. really one of the people who has help guide that station and that community through these days wdbj general manager jeff marks joins us now. jeff, thank you so much for being with us. you have the governor on the way set to arrive at any minute. what do you expect to hear from him and i suppose on the flip side what is your message to him? >> well, the governor is eloquent.

. >>> tonight, trump takes florida. donald trump now leading jeb bush in three key swing states, including his home state of florida. >>> joe biden not an official candidate shows str s strengths beating trump in ohio and pennsylvania. what does that mean for hillary clinton? >>> a look at the woman who could be donald trump's secret weapon. his daughter. let's go "outfront." good evening. "outfront" tonight, donald trump, a new poll showing him with a four-point lead over jeb bush in florida. trump holds a more commanding lead in iowa, ohio and pennsylvania. in fact, today's poll showing trump topping florida's other favorite son marco rubio in his home state as well. his only struggle today seemed to be with the american icon. in this new video from a photo shoot for "time" magazine. >> what you will do for a cover. this bird is seriously dangerous but beautiful. >> that cover headline says it all, deal with it. you might say that was trump's message to bush today. bush was in new hampshire taking questions from repor

across south florida. now last hour, 4:00, i showed you this future cast rainfall. it put six inches on west palm. now it is down to an inch-and-a- half showing you the westerly trend of this rain. maybe south florida gets two to four or six inch amounts. we will continue to track the storm but it is encouraging that it will weaken into a tropical depression tomorrow. back to you for now. >> thanks lee. >>> former president george w. bush visited louisiana today marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. he and laura bush visited the oldest public school in new orleans. he was heavily criticized for his response to hurricane katrina. but he said for now it is about celebrating the city's resurgence. rebuilding is still ongoing in our area from superstorm sandy. an organization that helped in katrina is also helping people in queens tim fleischer is live in howard beach with more. >> reporter: there are portions of new orleans still being rebuilt ten years after katrina. but, there are homes like th

i come to florida. i'll make you and your family drink round up. stay out of florida. i hope you and your family get brain cancer so you can see what it's like. >> where does all of this anger come from? >> i think the idea is to intimidate. most scientists get this, and they're unlikely to reengage the public. >> he knows a thing or two about what goes in to genetically modified crops. he had the head of horticulture science in florida where researchers figure out new ways to grow fruits and vegetables. he's proud of the work but also protective. he asked us not to disclose the location of these fields in fear that activists would try to destroy them . >> the anti-gmo movement it global. in the eyes of many protesters monsanto, the largest creator of gmo seeds has become synonymous with the technology. corn, soy, papa i didn't, sugar beats, alfalfa, and squash comes from monsanto and do you upon the dupont. >> corporations don't do themselves a favor. we try to distell what does science tell us, and frequently it tells them a story they don't want to hear. >> one of t

but now we have it centered right across central florida at the florida-georgia border. what has been happening is the track has moved further and further toward the west. so the storm may end up in part of the gulf of mexico. a lot can change between now and monday and tuesday. we will keep you updated on abc7. as always on wjla.com. let's head closer to home. 81 degrees at reagan national. 82 in gaithersburg. 81 in winchester. compared to yesterday at this time, you will probably see the humidity creeping upwards a little bit. so a little bit more uncomfortable. but still really nice considering this is almost the end of august. satellite and the radar, no problems at all. if you have plans this evening to head outdoors, a lot of kids have football games tonight. it will be beautiful out there. temperatures, warm in the 70's. we also have a concert, jazz in the garden at the national sculptor garden. 5:00, temperatures in the middle 80's. falling to 80 by 7:00. by 8:00 or 9:00, upper 70's. talking about the beach forecast and the rest of the weekend coming up in a few

tourism is its major industry, 's mostwas once florida populated city.e will look at how the cuban migration shaped key west. >> key west was the island that was closest to them mainland of so there was more contact between key west and cuba than between key west and the rest of florida. in 1880, key west was the most populated city in the state of florida. total population, around 20,000, and they were mostly cubans. announcer: later a close look at materials or from a wrecked spanish galleon off of key west. ofthere were over a thousand these loaded on board, each one averaging about 70, 75 pounds. a very heavy cargo stowed in the lowest part of the ship. assayer's'ks, dates, marks, and it is this tremendous history about the economics of the time. announcer: go inside president 's the white house. learn about the time he spent in key west. ♪ >> the little white house got its name partly through an accident, partly through just the fact that franklin roosevelt had had a little white house. in our particular case, president truman was at ever city in- e

rain roll across southeast florida, southwest florida, and as we come through time the heaviest flow i think will be going up the west coast and tampa susceptible to flooding. they do not want to see more rainfall and they could get, 3, 4-plus inches of rainfall. we got another pulse of moisture coming into thing pacific northwest and the heat is building across the northeast. we'll talk more about that in just a few minutes. >> rob, it is a serene scene behind you. >>> to politics now, it's your voice your vote. vice president joed then making headlines for his surprise visit at a high pro fill political event. ed then giving a ten-minute speech,ing thanking hig supporters overs years. all this, as the clinton camp could be in trouble, her lead shrinking in one key state. dev yib with dwyer is on the beat this morning and joining us from washington. >> reporter: good morning, there's troubling signs for hk hk. she lost a third of her supporters in iowa since may, many consider joe biden. overnight, vice president joe biden joining a jamboree of delegates. >> it's good to be home. >>

florida still under a state of emergency. between now and midweek we are expecting 2-4 inches of rain. here on the coast we could get 8 inches. >> we are vl some issues there with her signal. we will try to get back to her. >> a lot of folks breaking or rain. they are threaten to go make a mess for millions. >> maria molina is tracking their path. >> good morning. we are tracking ericka. we were tracking it all last week talking about it potentially becoming a hurricane the forecast continues to be bogged down and then the storm ended up dying across the caribbean through the republican haiti and forecasts out there. it is bringing impacts out there. we are going to continue to see the downpours not only today but tomorrow across parts of florida. we have concerns for flash flooding out here. be careful with that and isolated gusty winds from the storms. you can see the rain slide will continue as we head into wednesday with have i wide rainfall. as far as rainfall per expecting. that could produce clout conditions especially

maybe six inch amounts across south florida. your accu-weather forecast, we are heating up over the weekend. humidity still in check. by the time we get to sunday, it is more humid and near 90. a pair of sixes tonight. clear, comfortable. tomorrow, high 86. more humid on sunday, make a run at the 90-degree mark. you will notice a little more cloudiness in the sky and a potential heat wave here. the last day of august into september. that isolated storm on monday not a big deal. >>> rob is up next with sports. >> good baseball tonight. the mets come back home. mets fans hope the wins come with them. we will get you out to citifield and talk about the next test that starts with the red sox in town. plus, round two in the barclays. they will trim the field after today. who is in front? wh >> great night for baseball tonight. >> yankees on the road. mets at home. it has been fun to watch. mets swept seven straight. 10-and-a-half straight in the game. mets fans are happy about one thing. they are headed home. they open a home stand a

looks like the state of florida could be in the clear. we'll watch it over the next few days, but right now it's a raggedy unorganized storm system which is a super inflated rainstorm which will produce rains for haiti and the dominican republic. 78 for the poconos, warm tomorrow, 82 degrees. moderate risk of rip currents down the shore delightful on the sand, 82 degrees, sunday, more humid, a nice day, 84 degrees. the western suburbs, mid 80s. lancaster, 8 #. reading, 87. al be town, 86. trenton, 86. millville, 84. cape may, 82. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. 90 degrees hot and humid for tomorrow. 92 for monday, hot and sticky. tuesday it stays very humid out there, high of 92. wednesday, humid, sunshine, there's another 90 out there. thursday and friday we start to cool things down a little bit, keep in mind at that point high temperatures are 93. we are getting ready to move into september. it should be going the other way. >> thanks, chris. >>> the panda cub born last week at the national zoo is a boy. fraternal

of course, you heard in the report, south of florida, southern florida, around sunday morning, i do thinks early as late morning sunday, they could be dealing with some tropical storm-force winds, say around 40, 50 miles an hour and for a spell through sunday, the system drives up through florida, quite a bit of rain. impact here, that system will take some time. going to start falling apart good but i think there is a chance locally, midweek, maybe wednesday, thursday, we could see rough surf around here. it all depends on the track and there still is quite a bit of uncertainty. it still could change. as far as weather out there today, it was another great day for us with low humidity. pleasant conditions, the story for the weekend it will get sticky, especially on sunday, then next week, uncomfortable. i like it never gets terribly oppressive around here. not going to be like the last batch of back-to-back 90s that we had around the area. not talking about that high but could have a day or two where we top out brief late 95 degrees. at the beach location, oh, a nice one, 82 on seated, a

we can see it moving into the central florida as well. miami up to 5 inches of rain as the storm comes through there. waves 2-3 feet at our own shores, and back here at home, water temperatures up to 78 degrees on the buoys, and rip current risk is moderate. check with your life guards at your local beach. catskills, what a getaway that would be. the hamptons, low 80s both today and storm, and the jersey shore, 85 today, and tomorrow, again, fantastic weather up the shore locations, and the water temperature is very inviting, too. we approach 80 in the water. 85 on the beach, hard to beat that. sun and clouds warm and muggy in the city. tonight a few more degrees added to the thermometer. low 70s, and a beautiful night. you could almost open the windows and you can save and conserve. more humid sunday afternoon, and look at accuweather forecast, and a stretch of 90s from monday into thursday and there's a risk of really hot weather, and friday, down to 86, and we will see some changes but hot weather to close out the month of august, and

this would normally be the time florida will get tropical storm watches. they don't know if the storm will survive the night. and this statement, a strong likelihood, erika will be degenerating into a tropical wave. it's just to the west of port prince here, and going to be departing haiti, and heading toward the eastern edge of cuba. still technically a tropical storm, but interacting with wind could continue to weaken. if it doesn't, it has to interact with cuba, and then forecasted to become a tom depression. there's an opportunity for strengthening off the west coast of florida, and by the way, look at this, fort lauderdale, boca raton, down in miami, not even in the cone anymore, and this could very well just be an area of low pressure, and could turn out to be a good thing with beneficial rains later in the weekend in the first part of next week. one to three inches of rain. this storm weakening fast and running into a lot of obstacles over the next 24 to 36 hours. more on erika and our 7-day forecast that i know you'll love coming back in accuweathe

el gobernador de florida, asegura que aÚn existe un riesgo por las lluvias.mpa. >>> dijo que se debe tener esperanza que ocurrirÁ lo mejor pero hay que prepararse para lo peor. y el centro nacional de huracanes no queda de vista lo que queda de erika. >>> todavÍa existe peligro de fuertes lluvias en la zona de parte de cuba, tanto como la florida y esto es lo que vigilamos de cerca, y por supuesto, que cada vez que hay fuertes lluvias, siempre existe la posibilidad de inundaciones. >>> pero a pesar que erika ha desaparecido, al iniciar su recorrido por el caribe, sus fuertes lluvias, provocaron muerte y destrucciÓn en la isla de dominica >>> el nÚmero de vÍctimas en la isla caribeÑa se elevÓ a 20 y por lo menos 24 personas no habÍan sido localizadas en repÚblica dominicana, las auto idoes informaron que 10.000 personas desplazadas quedaban 3. 500. >>> mientras tanto en haitÍ, una persona muriÓ debido a un deslave y otras 4 al sufrir un accidente de transito, ocasionado por las condiciones del clima decenas de personas intentaron rescatar sus pertenencias de s

amount of rain into south florida. the rest of florida though is not in a drought and they don't need the rain. so this is problematic for tampa bay, up into parts of north florida. but the new forecast track is farther to the west and brings the center of the storm much more over the land mass area of florida by tuesday of next week. there is still a great deal of uncertainty over where the moisture will go. it looks like the high ridge of moisture may steer most of the moisture with erika away from our area. 59 now, rockville. 57, gaithersburg. 59 in springfield and newington, virginia. runners forecast, cool mornings coming to an end. get the miles in this morning. temperatures 60s and 50s and into the 70s by 9:00. area wide highs today in the low to mid 80s. a mix of clouds and sunshine. what to wear today, don't forget your sunblock and sunglasses and dress. ladies only, please. outdoor pool and beach weather. friday night, 82. and 78 by the end of your friday night plans. so seven day forecast then, it's a warmin

south florida needs the rain, john, drought in portions of central and north florida do not.n more than enough rain and the risk of flooding will come along with the storm. >> as of now, or as of the last update from the weather center, doesn't look like it'll florida as a hurricane, but are there scenarios where it stays out over the water for a long enough period of time to strengthen and regain? >> that's a good point. this is expected to stay a tropical storm as it comes on the north side of hispaniola, cause a lot of rain as you're seeing there, but if it takes more of an easterly track, here we go, takes more of an easterly track and pushes over the warm waters of bahamas, that is going to cause it to possibly strengthen, then you would have most of the rain would be offshore. then you would have more impact than south carolina, if it goes measure of a westerly route, it could strengthen over mexico then more rain on the west side of florida. the spine of florida, the west side of florida more the likely scenarios at this point, but we're going to watch it over the next

we do expect it to strengthen and once it gets closer to florida and florida within the cone there as georgia and south carolina, we'll be watching this very closely through the next several days. hurricane ignacio expected to continue at hurricane strength and make a pass there. very active this year because of el nino. >> we'll be tracking these storms. rob, i know you're headed to florida. stay safe. >>> let's turn to politics and the race for 2016. so much going on. donald trump, the new poll showing his biggest lead yet and tonight doing something we've never seen before. now a new political firestorm as well but this time it's not trump but hillary clinton at the center. abc's cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: in the swing state of ohio, hillary clinton coming out swinging, comparing republicans to terrorists on women's issues. >> extreme views about women, we expect them from some of the terrorist groups, we expect that from people who don't want to live in the modern world, but it's a little hard to take coming from republicans who want to be the president of the united stat

if it goes up toward tampa and inland florida it could spring, three, four, 5 inches to south florida and east coast of florida into next week but that would be worst of it. we are not talking about major wyndam age or storm surge with that storm. of course, that is good news. still stays weak impact will be less and parts of the area do need rain. overnight in our area closer to home it is nice. sixty-four. best part about erika weakening and moving further west means it is unlikely to be any sort of the impact maker for us in philadelphia or jersey shore. saturday's forecast, here in the city 88. mostly sunny, warmer but in the hot or humid. heading down the shore a beautiful weekend it will be. today is nice at 83. next couple days are in the mid 80's with lots of sunshine right through the weekend. you're witness weather seven day forecast and shore cast, low to mid 80's through the weekend down the shore but close to 90 in the city. ninety on sunday. monday backup to 90 tuesday at 91. and then wednesday, still hot and humid with hazy sunshine. this looks like a mid-july weather p

i am proud of the gains in florida has made but a lot needs to be done and. it is shameful that we allow system to castaway in entire generation removed the needle where we continue to approve of my hope is people realize why this is is that a federal issue but with the tight end energy should be to challenge the system if we do those three things to incentivize frozen government with a tax policy but that would have a greater chance of a sustained economic growth and with that great divide that might begin to narrow. but all this will require us. id is and osmosis you don't change your path without public leadership changing directions. to follow the polls then to roorback that is not leadership to change the direction it is on. but the mayor cut pretty much gets it when they see it. what does the nation need to do? the politics personal pride, a financial success sometimes leaders to their best work in christ's but we'll see the results. we have seen that time and time again and it is a lot to remember with the challenges we face in the near future effected

the storm could hit florida by monday.ood evening i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >>> erika caused massive flooding on the island of dough minute any a mudslides wiped out homes and roads. so far the storm haskill at least 20 people and another 31 are missing. in the meantime people in florida are lining up for gasoline, food and water as erika barrels toward the united states. >> your parents, your siblings your kids and grandkids how do i get them ready? do i have enough water? do i have enough food. is there medicines i might need. >> state of emergency is in effect right now in flor. >>> meteorologist kate bilo closely watching the frack track of erika. where it is now and headed. >> kate. >> thanks ukee and jess casm this storm has been an interesting one to watch as we know a few days ago it look like a direct landfall was likely or at least probable along the east coast of florida near miami. no longer in the cone issued by the national hurricane center which we'll take a look in a moment. you can see what