my home area of northeastern pennsylvania still far too many people utt of work. when you add a tough economy still for a lot of people plus the impact of the indiscriminate across-the-boarder cuts by way of sequestration which i believe is bad public policy, we'll talk more about that later and it will be the subject of greater debate than it's been, and then you add thirdly, the impact of a shutdown and then number four, you add the perilously close time that we're living through right now where we're close to a default. so for all those reasons it's been a difficult period for the country and a very difficult period for those who are trying to make ends meet every day. we have a chance in the next couple of hours to vote in a manner that will lift some of that anxiety, some of that worry. i was here this weekend on the floor talking about a letter i had received from a woman in northeastern pennsylvania. she talked about her circumstance and her husband's circumstance as a result of the government shutdown. but then she talked about her parents. parents ages 85

and this is a front that cool air is moving through northeastern pennsylvania, western new york, butwill stop and develop into a coastal storm over the next 24 hours. that's why we're seeing heavy rain here. a storm develops just off of the coast as that cool air comes into the warmer ocean waters intensifying that storm. we'll look at rainy weather here along the coast. temperatures are into the 60s and will continue to climb into the upper 60s before the rain gets here, but then drop. only into the 50s by tomorrow. by tomorrow morning, 40s with rain developing and rain coming down only climbing into the 50s there. this will be the story from philadelphia all the way up the east coast of boston, rain coming down, clearing out by thursday, but cooler breeze remains thursday and friday. two tropical systems may impact japan, and we'll watch that as well. >> dave warren thank you very much. >>> a cargo ship successfully left the international space station this morning. it was its first successful demonstration. the capsule will be used to deliver supplies back and forth. >>> how much

no warnings right now, just severe thunderstorm warnings, the orange color there, northeastern pennsylvania, north jersey and one outside philadelphia. these storms are moving east about 60 miles per hour and they have already moved through pennsylvania, the line here pushing through eastern pennsylvania about to move into the new york area. this severe cluster of storms line beginning to bow out an indication of very severe winds. potential to give wind gusts about 60 miles per hour. this area is under a warning closer to the south around philadelphia, south of reading, southeastern pennsylvania and philadelphia, the line extends tall way to the south to d.c. and bloafe baltimore and it cono push to the west and the east. these storms potential of having wind gusts 60 miles per hour even rotate a little bit, that's why the tornado watch is in effect until 5:00. we'll have more in the national forecast coming up in just a little while. >> thank you so much dave. >>> a reason to smile, it comes at all places the gas station. price of gas is going down, we'll tell you why when we come back. [

that entire passage came from one individual in northeastern pennsylvania about her parents. and that's, i think, the best summation that i've read about what this is doing to people. the worry and the anxiety, in addition to the harsh impact, is something that we should not accept. finally, mr. president, i'll conclude with some comments about national security. i support -- and i know this is widely shared -- the passage of the pay our military act and welcome the defense department's decision to bring a majority of furloughed staff badg back. we mentioned the death benefits for families. we're all altogether on that. but all the while, all the while that the speaker doesn't put a bill on the floor that will open the government, we see the impacts on our national security. 70% of the intel community's workforce have been furloughed. these are people that work every day to keep us safe from terrorists and they're not able to work. the treasury department's office of foreign asset control has a skeletal crew, and they're not able to do their work, which is part of our nationa

year journey from the sweet potato fields of north carolina to the anthracite coalfields of northeastern pennsylvania. i could not write his biography because i do not know that much about him. so i had to weave what i knew with my imagination. former slaves were reluctant to discuss their former lives. and their children didn't want to hear anything about their parents having enslaved, particularly way up in pennsylvania. they didn't want to hear about that. in 2008, just as i was about to publish a revised version of my forgotten black soldiers can i received a surprise telephone call from a historic of the first alabama cavalry, glenn -- linda doctor during her search for the burial site of each member of the regiment, she had discovered 16 black cooks. she informed my very surprised itself that every confederate states except south carolina had organized at least one union regiment. wild one if anyone else had done any research on black soldiers in white regiment, she discovered my work and wanted to know if i would like to have a copy of the military records she had collected. well, would i ever

in my home area of northeastern pennsylvania, we just saw data today. unfortunately in my home county, in the county next door and at least one other county if not two more in that region of the state, including the region where bushkill outreach is, the unemployment rate in several of those counties is more than 9%. so this -- a food pantry is not just a -- a place for people that are particularly vulnerable. these are people that have been vulnerable because of job loss, because of the economy. the shutdown has two adverse impacts on those families. it has a direct impact on their ability to access food every day. that's horrific enough. talk about direct and substantial pain, physical pain on an individual or family. but it also has another impact. when they shut the government down and certainly over a long period of time, you for sure -- and this is irrefutable -- you injure the national economy. when you injure the national economy, you make it less likely that those people that have to access the food bank can actually get a job. in northeastern

it's a staple of northeastern pennsylvania. they have been canning tomatoes, beans, and vegetables since 1921 and employ over 200 people. [ inaudible ] -- amongst the chaos. in addition to certainty for farmers, we must also do what it right. fiskally and fo allally and mor. eliminating waste, fraud and redundancies to save taxpayer dollars. it also means taking steps to further deter the negative culture and effects of illegal animal fighting which can be done through a provision i worked with my colleague across the aisle. the animal fighting spectator probation act which i reintroduced would eliminate the ability for the organizers of the animal fights to pretend to be spectators in order to avoid prosecution under federal law. it would also make it a crime to knowingly take a minor to an illegal animal fight. i am pleased that both the house and the senate have included similar language in their versions of the farm bill. as a former prosecutor, i know the illegal drug and weapons deals that take place at animal fights and

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this particular constituent from northeastern pennsylvania about an hour from where i live, but in theregion talked about her own circumstances and that of her husband. and then she continued on. she said, and i'm quoting, "besides our personal injuries due to the budget impasse, my elderly parents live with the worry of when and if they will receive their social security checks. at 85 and 83, they should not have this uncertainty. these should be their golden years. it breaks my heart to hear my mother say she can't sleep and has a stomach ache from the worry about where our country is headed. middle- and low-income families cannot afford another economic downturn. we are just barely recovering from the last one." that's what she said about her parents. now, again, it's my assumption that the worry and the anxiety expressed in that paragraph is solely attributed to the -- attributable, i should say, to the government shutdown. those worries and anxiety, and frankly, real pain, and there's physical pain expressed in that paragraph about her mother, that will only grow the closer we get

we've had a couple of sprinkles move through northeastern sections of maryland. most of them in pennsylvaniaof harrisburg, a little rain west ask south of us a little quiet. developing over the mountains of west virginia. right now, looks like it's going to stay dry. for at least the next three to four or five or six hours. if you're heading out this evening with the kids, doesn't look like they'll see any problems. it will be breezy later. 70 in most of the region. there's been a lot of rain southwest of us, particularly over portions of texas. portions of arkansas, missouri. now some good, steady rain in indiana and ohio. most of that is passing to our north and northwest. in fact, most of the energy will pass that way. but later tonight, probably the best chance of rain really coming tomorrow morning, between let's say 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. in the morning. when you're triving to work, perhaps. until about noontime. that's when we expect to see the bulk of the rain in the area. right now. still activity showing off to the west of us. most of it, however, will not get here until well after mid