moving it along the coastline south of puerta vallarta. the strongest winds on this side. with the highest storm surge and the track will bring it inlands, likely weaken to a category 3 by 2:00 a.m. because of the wound continuous terrain. it will rip the storm apart quickly. tropical storm by tomorrow evening, butt but the problem is all the mountains and rain will cause torrential landslides and mudslides and again, catastrophic. >> mark: what about here at home, are we looking at much cooler weather and rain here this weekend? >> kevin: certainly cooler today and cooler tomorrow. terms were near 60 degrees today. satellite-radar will show clear skies tonight. what i'm tracking for you is this line of showers coming at us, that will push in here this weekends. a timeline on when to expect those and impact the patriots games but other than that, the only other problem with our forecast is going to be how cold it will be tomorrow morning, most of you have had a frost or freeze already, so it's not going be to affecting your growing season. your growing season is over for m

it's weakened, but puerta vallarta is in the clear. the winds have diminished quite a bit, down to 50 miles per hour. that's right at the center of the storm, so puerta vallarta, they're done with the brunt, but now we move to texas. the rain over the next couple of days in texas, that will be very detrimental. they had eight to ten inches of rain in san antonio overnight. even near dallas. you notice across the coast line of the gulf coast that's where they're expecting the heaviest rains over the next couple of days. here at home, don't you wish we could get that kind of rain. dry conditions once again for today. we're starting off in the 40s and 50s. and the forecast brings san jose up to 79. 80 for saratoga. it will be cooler at the beaches. 71 for sauce leto to santa rosa. 74 in hayward. we'll have a few 80s across parts of the tri valley. 84 for san ramon. we do have a storm system that will make its ray through. it's making its way to the pacific northwest. for us here, we'll see a good amount of high and midlevel cloud cover to

travis joins me now from puerta vallarta.are on honeymoon and have you been evacuated from your hotel. >> yes. absolutely. we got here yesterday and didn't really hear anything from the resort or from airlines. didn't really know this was happening and yesterday late afternoon early evening we started hearing some rumors that we might be in for something but no one realized how you significant or serious it could be until this morning when we started seeing the resort react and prepare and they were bull dozing sand to kind of create a barrier between the ocean and the resort and taking everything off the wall. i mean, the lobby looks like the place is for sale right now. and so we originally were supposed to be in a shelter in a convention center that was attached to the resort there and the governor of the hotel came and said we needed to move. currently we are about a mile and a half inland. at a university called uniba and we are in three different buildings in classrooms right now. >> travis, be safe, good luck. and i ho

. >> hurricane is all but shut down the coastal 80's of puerta vallarta an this area including hotel and major ports. many resort guests are being evacuateed to guadalahara which is 125 miles away. more than 7 million residents along with estimated tens of thousands of u.s. citizens visiting there were told to prepare for worst case scenario. here's michelle. >>reporter: so gigantic it blocked out the sky. with wind so ferocious. they are fright engine everyone out of it path. hurricane patricia with gust as strong as 200 miles per hou hour. driving up to 20 inches of rain t.howled no mexico friday as category 5 storm. this angry surf advertise of what is to come and vacation area of puerta vallarta where they are boarding up, filling sand bag, street deserted and thousands of tourist try to out run patricia. >> we were evacuated from the hotel this morning for the hurricane. came to the convention center. then they said that it's not a safe place so we are going to the technical center. >>reporter: vacationers strandedd with her family. >> we have been running around trying to find

the eye of the storm coming ashore near puerta vallarta. one of the most dangerous parts of the storm, the wave heights, measured at tropicana field 1 feet around the center. 28 feet near the coast already, and that's piling water up against the shoreline. this is a path it's expected to take, winds are sustained 190 miles per hour. it's a small swath of where the storm could wobble from this points on. ripped apart by the mountainous locations which will ring out all of the moisture. the tropical rainfall producing mudslides and landslides. this is potentially a catastrophic storm about to come on shore. >> mark: people at the airport leaving as fast as possible, people have also boarded up windows, but as kevin mentioned, 200-mile-per-hour winds will be devastating to the area. pablo sandoval spoke to a pilot on the hurricane hunter plane, who flew right through it. >> the reporter: a view from outer space is enough to see why patricia is the largest and strongest hurricane ever recorded. meteorologists monitored the cyclone as it intensi

puerta vallarta was in the crosshairs.ven any palm ferns on the street. however south of me towards man nil and, they do have water damage there and flooding there. we have seen emergency vehicles and troops head down that way and supplies as well. the tourists you spoke to about 15,000 transported from here to glad la harr rah. some had to pay cab fare 800 to $1,000. we are told while they went into the shelters 4:00 they were led out by about 8:00 last night when the storm went through. now they have done with back into the hotels. of course just a few rooms still occupied because most of the people are out of there. but, for the most part, no major reports of damage. of fatalities or mud slides. mexico in this case has really dodged a bullet. back to you. >> thank you william la jeunesse. >> all right. we do have some other stories that we are following. get right to this national police releasing surveillance video of a deadly shooting at tennessee state university. it shows a group of young men in what appears to be s

that math takes it right between puerta vallarta and manzanillo.ot only winds greater than 200 miles per hour but storm surges on the right side. up to 20 inches of rain come as long with it. get it into the mountains, still have flooding out there and starts to die out over central mexico but the moisture does not. we've seen flash flooding with another storm in texas, so we've got flash flood watches from laredo to dallas and now dallas on alert and that's where our rob marciano is this morning for the second round. >> good morning, ginger. folks here certainly with a worrisome eye on patricia not only for folks in mexico but maybe coming in this direction. it's been raining heavily all night long. some of the roads this dallas having a hard time dealing with that but without a doubt last 24 hours the hardest hit area has been western texas. overnight, storms sweeping across texas. skies illuminating from continuous bolts of lightning. vehicles stalled out from drivers making some poor decisions. this pickup pushing a car through flooded streets.

flights to puerta vallarta are scheduled to go out ontime. but with the airport closed. it is advised to check before traveling. and do that for any flight going to texas as well. >> pam: parts of northern texas. already now officials are concerned the current system. will be followed by the wet remnants of hurricane patricia. more than a foot of rain fell in parts of northern texas. floodwaters there have backed up traffic on interstate -45 for 12 miles. prompting emergency responders to begin relief efforts. emergency crews are preparing for the heavy rains to continue through the weekend. and the widespread flooding that could follow. >> pam: our coverage of this monster dot com. there you can get the latest on the storm's track and a lot more. and a reminder. for push alerts on breaking news. download the kron 4 app. your number one source for news and weather in the bay area. >> pam: new at 11. colorado theater shooter james holmes. has been assaulted by a fellow inmate. officials say, the inmate lunged at holmes, and took a few swings at him. he was being escorted

today near puerta vallarta on mexico's pacific coast. the storm could pack winds up to 200 miles per hour and enough rain to trigger dangerous flash floods. it will then move towards texas which has already been swamped by drenching rains. another 3 to 6 inches are expected even before patricia arrives tomorrow. ginger's forecast coming up. >>> also happening right now, the suspect in a deadly shooting at tennessee state university is on the loose. a 19-year-old man was killed after a fight broke out during a dice game. three students passing by were also wounded. >>> hillary clinton's resuming her presidential campaign this morning after that marathon congressional hearing on benghazi. the hearing lasted 11 hours with clinton facing several questions about why the state department denied requests for more security before the attack but most observers say clinton emerged largely unscathed. >>> and a sign of trouble for donald trump. two new polls show him trailing ben carson in iowa. one poll shows carson leading by nine points. >>> a 2-

the port is now open in puerta veigh y vallarta, but 400,000 live in puerta vallarta and no fatalities. just as we've seen this become the most rapidly intensifying storm, now the most rapidly dying out storm. no storm at category 5 has dissipated to this. it's still a tropical depression, but if you look at texas, the rain that they've had in the last two days has had absolutely nothing to do with hurricane patricia. that was a stalled out front, but we're getting more rain from this in the last two days in texas than any rainfall with a landfalling category 5 hurricane. it really is amazing, but the sad point is, water rescues from really dallas down towards san antonio, powell texas 20 inches, corsicana 18, and they could see much, much more. maybe another ten inches. the coast is going to be important to watch now because now the moisture from patricia is moving in. and it's now meeting the moisture from the other system. you could almost see the radar as it converges on the coastline. we do have one flash flood emergency that's even higher than a flash flood warning and that's wel

bigger cities such as puerta vallarta, they missed the bankrubrunt of the storm. take a look at this time lapse from one coastal area, you can look at the clouds move in as the storm desens. we continue to with team coverage. >> reporter: we just heart a pretty crazy story from the hotel owners here. there was actually somebody staying inside this room. but look at this right here, this used to be the wall to the room, it came crashing in when the waves started to breach this wall here, and you can see the whole place is now filled with sand. the bed toppled and this is brick, so it just kind of i gives you an idea of how strong these winds were. >> and rainfall is now wreaking havoc in central t texas here. train from patricia is only going to add to these problems. this is what san antonio looks like today, rescue crews are searching for one man who was swept away by floodwaters as he was walking his dog. in other parts of texas, people are being evacuateded from their homes. floodwaters were so strong they ederailed a freight train. rest coupers pulled with two

that path takes it right between puerta vallarta and manzanillo.ot only winds greater than 200 miles per hour but storm surges on the right side. up to 20 inches of rain comes along with this. get it into the mountains, still have flooding out there and starts to die out over central mexico but the moisture does not. that's where we run into a problem. we've seen flash flooding with another storm in texas, so we've got flash flood watches from laredo to dallas and now dallas on alert and that's where our rob marciano is this morning for the second round. >> good morning, ginger. a bit of a dry spot but it's been coming down heavily in the dallas area. flash flood watches and advisories remain up already at the airport. 99 cancellations and the sun barely is up. clearly though last 24 hours the hardest hit areas have been the western part of the state. overnight, storms sweeping across texas. skies illuminating from continuous bolts of lightning. vehicles stalled out from drivers making some poor decisions. this pickup pushing a car through flooded

it's expected to make landfall near the tourist resort of puerta vallarta. >> translator: this hurricane will effectively be the most intense hurricane that has existed in this part of the pacific in our country since records began in 1949. >> reporter: more than 7 million people will be directly affected when the storm makes landfall later tonight, including tourists from the united states. hotels are trying to evacuate guests. >> i just worry because, i mean, if we don't get out of here, and we drove in to town to get out, which is not the direction we wanted to go, so if we don't make the flight, then we're riding it out here. >> you know, once it makes landfall, there will be, you know, substantial surge and flooding at the coast. >> reporter: forecasters are calling hurricane patricia a historic storm, and are advising people to move as far inland as possible. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> dire warnings there. for more on patricia's path we go to our in-house hurricane expert, glenn, tell us more about the storm's track. >> it's getting so close to land there's really no doubt that it'

the problem, though, right along the coast, it's moving inland very close to manzanillo and puerta vallarta, big resort towns. we're looking at wave heights 30 to 40 feet, the storm surge up to 20 feet. that's like a tsunami coming ashore. that's going to cause lots of problems along the coast as it continues to move inland although the mountains will rip app parter the winds, the moisture will actually intensify. looking at about 5-inches along the coast but this storm system likely will kind of reenergize as it gets closer to texas and we're looking at corpus christi to houston more than 7-inches of rain through sunday. that will likely cause a lot of flash flooding and we actually could get some of rain later on next week. i'll talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather 7-day forecast. monica. >> thank you cecily. >>> as more seasonable weather returns this weekend you could stay with 6abc.com/weather and use the social link to follow the "action news" weather team on facebook and twitter. >> well, it continues to be an incredible football season for the temple university owl

puerta vallarta, vacations and those cities are evacuating trying to get as many people to safety as well. they are staring at the fourth now tied for the third strongest typhoon or hurricane we have ever seen on our planet and it is the strongest ever measure officially. top three were all estimated typhoons in the western pacific. this is by far the strongest ever flown into by our hurricane hunters aircraft. 200 miles per hour winds. from 185 to 200 and it is moving to the northwest now. the actual forecast path is supposed to split the cities. the it is a tight, very intense ball. wherever that ball goes it is going to be the equivalent of like an ef-5 tornado. and if you are down by the coast it will be a storm surge of like 20 feet. the small fishing and farming towns along the coast are going to be devastated and unrecognizable. we're hoping it won't be horrible in manz neo. but it is still possible. and as far as texas a lot of rain will be over the weekentem comfortably. no problems with fog this morning. looks nice in almost all areas of california. so it is pretty safe to

port ha vallarta -- puerta vallarta is a big city. it's a pretty compact storm but where that center goes through, it will be complete devastation. as we head through this weekend, we are watching it. as it comes into the gulf of mexico, it could bring rain. david? >> appreciate it, eric. thank you. >>> as this superstorm quickly strengthened, people were racing to make last-minute escapes. >> people who chose to stay behind are doing everything they can to protect themselves paula? >> reporter: lisa, as eric just said, the hurricane is said to make landfall at the coast, hotels, resorts and local people are evacuating. as eric mentioned it took only one day to ramp up from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane. a view from outer space is enough to see why patricia's the largest, strongest hurricane ever recorded. meteorologists monitor the cyclone as it intensified from a tropical storm to a category hours. the potential for patricia to cause massive death and destruction is prompting thousands among mexico's pacific coast to fl

expected to make landfall near puerta vallarta. this is going to do some catastrophic damage. here at home, nothing like that. it's quiet a bit of cloud cover overhead and the twinkling lights of san francisco. this hurricane is a powerful category 5. you can clearly make out the eye there. it's going to continue to make its way towards land. it has winds up to 200 miles per hour. as it makes its way towards landfall it will weaken, but you have to go a couple hundred miles inland to get away from the wrath of this thing. as it moves towards land, by tomorrow evening it will weaken. really it will be a big storm as it makes its way through. right now, temperatures are comfortable. in the 50s for the most part with generally clear skies. 74 the high for san francisco later today. the north bay at 84. tri valley looking at temperatures in the mid 80s. also for the south bay. as we move towards the next couple of days, we have a storm system this suspected to make its way towards us as we head towards sunday. it could bring a few showers to the north bay and san francisco. that's

the track has it hitting the port city south of puerta vallarta. >> a u.s.as left dead in iraq after a rescue of prisoners held by isil. seventy prisoners were rescued. >> hillary clinton answered questions about the 2012 benghazi attack that left four americans dead. the questions at times turned angry. >> do you have a skiff in your home. >> yes, i did. >> who was was at your home? were you alone? >> i was alone, yes. >> the whole night. >> well yes, the whole night. [ laughter ] >> i don't know why that's funny. did you have any in-person briefings? i don't find it funny at all. >> i'm sorry, a little note of levity at 7:15. >> the hearings produced little new information about the attacks. a former senior advisor for hillary clinton, joins us. the number that keeps being repeated over and over again, 11, 11 hours of testimony and little in the way of any new information. the ranking members said it was nothing more than a witchhunt. was he right? >> correct. one wonders why we spend almost $5 million on this most recent round have vehicles, more than it

and we were expecting some dramatic impacts here from guadalajara toward puerta vallarta. in terms of wind speeds, we could see wind gusts at the coast over 130 to 140 miles per hour and, again, looking at some more heavy winds and also heavy rains pulling into texas, and this will continue friday, early next week as we have tons of moisture in place. phillip and reena, back to you. >> all right, thank you, justin. >>> some surprising new revelations about the secret service. at least two officers have been found asleep on the job including one at the white house. both are being disciplined, but homeland security investigators say it's not entirely their they put much of the blame on fatigue from travel and long working hours, and they warn unless things change, overworked agents pose a significant security risk. >>> president obama has vetoed a sweeping $600 billion defense policy bill. the president agrees with pouring more money into defense programs, but he insists domestic spending must go up at the same time. the president also objects to a provision that would make

it's expected to make landfall near the tourist resort of puerta vallarta. a live look there now, no strong rains there yet, but more than 7 million people will be directly affected when that storm makes landfall later tonight, including tourists from the u.s. hotels right now are being evacuated and people are being told to move as far inland as possible. nbc 10's chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is joining us now with more on the monster storm that really ramped up fast. glenn? >> yeah, jim. looks like it has made landfall in mexico and areas of evacuations, already taken place. anybody within 100 or 200 plimi of this thing has to hunker down wherever they are right now because you can see the eye has crossed the coast. it was just a tropical storm yesterday, it increased over 100 miles an hour in just one day from the biggest intensifications we've ever seen. and some of the lowest pressure that we've ever seen. the pressure has gone up a touch just before landfall, the wind speed down a touch, so 190 miles an hour, still going to make it on

the good news is puerta vallarta was spared from some of the

to puerta vallarta have been canceled. >>> let's talk to howard bernstein who is talking to patricia in the weather center and she is a dozie. >> winds gusting up to 245. think about a real big ef4, ef5 tornado, which is what's coming ashore. anything good about it? hurricane forced winds only stem 25 miles from the center. a real compact storm on the satellite. the eye was down to five miles in diameter, even getting smaller than that. you may not see another storm like this and we hope that you won't. this is one of the strongeststorms on the planet that we have ever recorded. a few storms stronger like typhoon tiff, but this is a monster. at 5:00 it has weakened just a little bit. similar to what camille did to the mississippi coast back in the 60s here. it's going to come on shore maybe just west oma -- of manzanio. and then this will dissipate as it moves in to northern mexico here in the next couple of days as it weakens overland. but patricia is one of the strongest hurricanes we have ever seen. yesterday was a category one, intensifying so quickly within 24 hours. as far as t

this will affect our friends in puerta vallarta, unfortunately. we'll keep you up to date on any damage that comes out of this. unfortunately, we can't avoid it because it is such a strong storm. hurricane pa trace yak the latest shows max wind speeds of 200 miles per hour. pressure, 880 milibars. that's super low. moving north to northwest at 12 miles per hour as we put the track on it. we expect it to make landfall adds a category 5 but then weakening considerably thanks to the high terrain, mountains and friction of the land there. temperatures here back home in the 50s and 40s. we have a completely different air mass in place compared to yesterday. yesterday was a little humid, windy, and warm. not the case for today. we'll keep the wind in there from the northwest. we pick back up to 50 degrees at 3:00 p.m. it should be at this time of year and everyone will be well below normal. everyone experiencing tons of sunshine. overnight tonight, clearing, cold. areas of patchy frost and 38 degrees here in the city of boston but suburbs down into the

. >> the people who needed to get out of puerta vallarta were three able to do it? >> since they started the evacuation process yesterday, we were the last group to leave, and after that they closed the hotel. like i said, on the way to guadalajara, traffic was atrocious. i do believe the majorities of the people that needed to get out, got out. >> i assume you're safe there. can you give us a sense of if you've heard anything from the coast? >> oh yeah, we did hear the storm has started, just recently, and the waves are really high and they're starting to get a beating there just now. because up until a couple of hours ago they were staying it was still calm. but now that it started beating down it's going to get worse. >> the last we heard they closed the airport in guadalajara, any way of knowing when you can get out thereof? >> as far as i know, i'll be flying out later, i'm not going to super-hold them to that because i'm not sure if that's going to happen. >> rosie good luck to you. >> thank you so much, john. >> thank you for talking to us. we appreciate it.

it did move a little bit and didn't end up hitting puerta vallarta, as you mentioned. you mentioned how wonderful the staff had been at the hotel. had they talked at all about their families or locally, if they were able to check in with some of their loved ones and let you know the sense that they got from them? >> yes. so, i mean, they gave us updates as often as they could while, you know, serving food. and the general manager of the hotel shared with us that he was away from his family. his son was still at the hotel. they were making sure that everything was okay here so that we could get back. so, they did always ask for us to pray for the people who got hit hard. from what we understood it was manzanillo. so, we were very blind out there, working on whatever we could, getting updates, but we felt pretty sheltered from there. >> well, glad to hear that everyone who was in your and that the folks there who live there year-round are doing okay, too. diana park-alford, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> good to see she's okay. as we said, mexico's not alone this

lance hue ton was in puerta vallarta mexico on working vacation taking resort photos when hurricane patricia rolled in. him he had 30 minutes to pack his things for an evacuation bus after a 12 hour bus ride with little food, houston made arrangements to fly back home to massachusetts. >> i think now, i'll pay more attention to my surroundings. also may also check the box that says, do i want travel insurance. i may consider that as well. >> understandably. houston said he only missed out on one day of his vacation, but he came away with an experience he'll never forget. >> elizabeth: a veteran and local congressman wants to stop for profit colleges from aggressively targeting other veterans. boston area representative seth moulton shares his plan with jacqueline feld. >> the reporter: former college recruiter, christie, who is also a veteran says for profit colleges are aggressively targeting veterans to collect federal education dollars. >> most of these programs are garbage. too often, they're failing to provide veterans with jobs than with a bright career. >> congressman seth moulton rel

lance houston was in puerta lance houston was in puerta vallarta when hurricane patricia rolled him. the hotel said he had 30 minutes to pack his things. after a wide are no food, he made a flight to fly back to los angeles. his experience changed his outlook on traveling. >> i think now i will change my outlook on traveling. and if i want travel insurance, i may consider -- -- may consider that as well. >>gene: houston says it was not the vacation that he planned, but he will never forget. >>> and great news for the state's education system this morning. massachusetts ranked first in the country in student performance on the national assessment of educational progress. a test given every two years in all 50 states. the state led this year's rankings in fourth-grade readings an math and 8th grade math. new hampshire beat out massachusetts in 8th grade reading. >>> not all fun and games in salem the week of halloween. coming up on the fox25 morning news, the business fallout sending a self-proclaimed witch and war throck a courthouse. -- warlock to a courthouse. >>> for the morning co

north of manzanillo, south of puerta vallarta.ing to be over a big tourist destination be tourists trapped but manzanillo will take the brunt of this. surge could be as deep as 30 feet. and the waves as well. some will also produce rainfall in the mountains and flash flooding. and eventually some of that moisture could get into north america, into the u.s. as we start to see rainfall into parts of texas, maybe even louisiana on saturday or sunday. a lot of this storm will be taking the stuffing up because of the mountains with maybe a foot or two of rain. >> we'll keep our eye on that all day. thanks so much. >>> now to top cnn heros. kim carter turned his life around after a decade of fighting diction and homelessness. so she knows first how how it is to reclaim your life. addiction. >> what options does a woman with nothing have to start over? you have no money. you have no id. you have no family. you have no friends and you are just out there walking the streets lonely with nothing. >> so how does she help other women through t

the governor even a walked the streets of the puerta vallarta with a mega phone urging people to get inside. about 10,000 foreign tourists including many americans were evacuated from the area. so far no deaths have been reported and there is a huge sense of relief. adrian bard, cbs news mexico city. >> for a look into where the hurricane is headed next we're joined by meteorologist ed curran and our chicago station wbb mtv. >> amazing storm. maximum winds at 200 miles per gusts to 245. the most amazing is how quickly this storm exploded. going from a tropical storm to a category five in just 30 hours. amazing. we continue to watch as it loses its hurricane status quickly. but it is tracking towards parts they have seen five to ten inches of rain since thursday morning. this morning parts of texas are being flooded and actually seeing flooding rains here. and we have flash flooding here in the area here. and as this moves east, louisiana will see its share of flooding mostly on sunday. dangerous conditions for the southwest. the best thing we can tell you for texas, oklahoma, arkansa

we don't have pictures from the remote areas but it didn't wipe out places like puerta vallarta or somewhere we thought it could happen. >> so the speed gave energy but the speed gave its down fall. >> remember you said how quickly it gri and went into intensity? >> that was the warm hour that hit land but then it lost. >> it needs the heat and water to get the energy. >> that is why el nino helped to fight the storm. >> there my friends is the end of meteorologist 101 this morning. check back with us at 6: 6:38. >> but it is all interesting things. >> it is fascinating to see what happens in the atmosphere. we begin this morning with temperatures warmer than they were yesterday all day. i mean our high yesterday was 55 degrees in the park. we're currently at 58 right now so we get ahead's start and we'll keep these temperatures going, mid-60s above average for this time of year. lows this morning, almost 20 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday at the same time. monticello was in the 20s, they are in the mid-40s. they were subfreezing 24 hours ago. right now we're looking at temperatur

the airport in puerta vallarta is open again. >> christian is live there. a couple of scenes of partying in a few hour, right? >> that's right. that's the big question, which flights are going to be coming, who is going to be arriving back. many tourists happy to be leaving mexico. we are at virgin american, you can see the flight set to leave 9:45. at this point, still on time. still a good sign. the counter help here at virgin america, they are expecting travelers to show up for the flight in 45 minutes. hoping to talk to them when they arrive. a major change from nine hours ago. tourists rushed to try to get out in an advance of what was a category 5 storm. those who couldn't make it, had to wait it out. officials had to move them from the hotels to escape the brunt of that storm. >> came to this convention center and then they said it's not a safe place. so we're going to the technical center. >>reporter: while the storm has weakened, still making its way up the coast. what's left of patricia is expected to make its way into texas today and tomorrow. th

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it'll deepen and quickly intensify and then pass by puerta vallarta and bring lots of moisture, potential texas this weekend. all that >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by prudential. prudential, bring your challenges. we want to get an update on the weather. >> reporter: very good morning. looking to mild weather this afternoon. temperatures into the middle 70s. frontal system later, few clouds. maybe isolated sprinkle north and west of town. cooler air in for the day tomorrow and into the weekend. however, not extreme. just back to where we should be for this time of year. nothing out of the ordinary. mid 70s for highs today. not bad one. there is a look at the forecast. tomorrow, into the 60s. right on target for this time of year. >> well, brian, we continue to monitor major problem spot in maryland. 29 south carolina columbia pike. a pedestrian was struck prelude drive. northbound side, couple lanes blocked. may want to avoid that stretch of 29 columbia pike. southbound traffic sitting still being diverted at new hampshire avenue. a shot of the district. this is 16th stree

it'll deepen and quickly intensify and then pass by puerta vallarta and bring lots of moisture, potential texas this weekend. all that >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by prudential. prudential, bring your challenges. now, state police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian or person in glen mills, delaware county. it happened along 202 near naamans creek road. chopper 6 was over the scene as officers focused on a smashed bicycle on the side of the road. there's no word on the condition of person who was hit. let's go over to karen rogers with the latest on traffic. >> reporter: you can see we have emergency crews who have been on the scene blocking the right lane 202 northbound at smith bridge road. it cleared a minute ago. expect slowing on 202 near smith bridge road. the accident itself has cleared. we've cleared this accident that was plaguing us mucht morning here on -- much of the morning here on i-95 southbound. southbound is heavy, but the accident is cleared. i know this is a tight shop but this is the ramp of the schuylkill expressway westbound to gir