you can see the impact along the eastern seaboard as we head into the early half of the week. you may wonder, how will this impact the d.c. area? it could bring us our first chance for rain as we go through monday and tuesday, looking to stay just off the coast line. tropical storm watch is in effect along the carolina coast. ofook at our satellite tropical storm harvey, continuing to bring heavy rainfall in the houston area, some places ending up with 15-25 additional inches of rain. we also have a tornado watch in effect for the houston area already seeing reports on twitter of tornadoes there. there he serious situation along the gulf coast. unfortunately, no end in site from the rain. coming up in the extended forecast, we will track our chance for rain coming into the d.c. area. kimberly: a very active august. happening now, two teenagers from our area are headed to texas to help with the flooding. a swiftwater rescue team has been activated by fema. virginia task force one hit the road to houston. >> we are ready to get out the door and get down there and start helping p

good news for us and for the eastern seaboard, it does get out of here as early as wednesday morning.hen we have just a few stray showers to contend with for wednesdayness and thursday, before we set up for a pretty nice weekend. looking at different computer models for your holiday weekend. lookslike for us, worst case scenario, we could have stray showers saturday night. for now, i'm going to keep us dry for your holiday weekend. 78degreeda too warm, if we see more rain over the d.c. area. chances for that heavier rain get a little higher as you head to the south and east. we're drying out for friday. a couple of showers possible on saturday. we'll talk about labor day come tomorrow. more details are on our app. when i walked through for a cigarette, that's when i knew i had to quit. for real this time. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste, plus intense craving relief. every great why needs a great how. ♪ (con artists...) they'll try anything to get your medicare card number. so they

a delightful afternoon as high pressure skirts off the eastern seaboard. accuweather says upper 70s for everybody. allentown, 78. dover, 78. millville, 79 degrees, same number for philadelphia and wilmington, toms river and atlantic city, 76. tropical storm harvey, the center of circulation 70 miles southeast of san antonio texas. heavy rains batter houston and galveston. the storm is not moving. we'll show you the 10:00 update from the national hurricane center. the remnants of harvey continue to sit and spin over the next three to five days. that means areas that are seeing the heavy rains right now will see the heavy rains wednesday, thursday, and maybe friday. this takes us through friday morning as opposed to storm is east of dallas, texas that's good five to six days and we're talking about tremendous amounts of rain. what to expect over the next week or so, very little movement from harvey, that means heavy drenching downpours. some areas have picked up two feet of rain. we're expecting an additional one to two feet. grand total over 40 inches. they

the eastern seaboard is up and running then there is a software glitch in ohio the whole eastern seaboard goes dark. so the things that we do now with desalination but extinction is not the main thing we're doing. we could be edging up to the power grid failure that it seems that it takes our views -- abuse but then the ecosystem comes down all-out once then it is mass extinction and it is too late at that point that is why conservation somebody thought that was said dig but it was an argument conservation is even more important because we don't know the edge we to go up to the wind and pass it then came over. >> there was a paper few years ago by a paleontologist bedded is reported like yes but even then it says a few hundred years of continued human destruction to those levels but the fact we're even in that same conversation when india is covered in law but is pretty bad. >> so much of those geological records now is from land so to what extent to the geologists' think there are lots that they don't know? do eating there will be a time that we will understand that better?. >> the oldes

this is invest 92l most of this drags this up the eastern seaboard, but a cold front by the end of theeek should knock it out to sea before it intensifies, it's something to watch over the next several days. tropical storm harvey, maximum sustained winds 45 miles per hour. houston getting into lake charles and louisiana a tremendous amount of rain. they are seeing rainfall rates 2 to 4 inches an hour. it is moving south/southwest it is moving this direction at one mile an hour. pressure is rising. you get the idea over the next several days it will drift to the north, at a position friday night somewhere off the southeast of dallas. we're talking five state days of heavy rain. parts of area down through here have picked up one to two feet of rain. 22.89 inches is expected in houston, giving them a grand total of close to 40 inches when the storm pulls out. lake charles we've increased that, as well, 10.5, victoria, an additional 1. back here at home, poconos looks beautiful. 74. jersey shore, bright blue skies, comfortable clouds and nice day high of 76. again that ocean water temperat

we have another one moving up the eastern seaboard, where does that want to go? i'll have that in the seven day in just a few minutes. >> hurricane harvey is having impacts in our area, flights in and out of the storm's path have been canceled. >> jeff chirico spoke with travelers who activated last minute changes to the their travel plans because of harvey's pending arrival. >> reporter: university of pennsylvania student jennifer lee is counting her blessings, she got a flight out of houston she'll start classes next week while her family rides out a potentially catastrophic storm. >> pretty concerned, everybody is concerned about what will happen during the storm, the level of flooding and what will happen afterwards. >> reporter: as flights arrived from houston, passengers express uncertainty about what they will see when they return. >> we live north of the city, we're fine. the people who are in the city in the apartments, on the streets, they are going to be not in good shape if the storm stays. >> reporter: the boards don't show it, but the airlines have

that mass distinctions unfold at the same way power grid failures due which is power grids eastern seaboardis up and running and there's enough the straw that broke the camel's back is a software glitch in some control room in ohio and the whole eastern seaboard goes up. the things we are doing now there's a term t. phone nation. the animal populations are much less than they were historically but extinction isn't the main thing we are doing but we might be edging up to sort of the same thing as the power grid failure where the ecosystem seems like it's taking our abuse, it's not what it once was but then we might pass some line where the whole existence comes down all at once and at that point its mass distinction and it's too late to do anything about it at that point we don't know where that line is so that's why conservation, people thought that was some sort of dig against conservation biology but it's actually an argument that conservation is more important than you might think because we don't know where the edge is that we might go up to this line and passit and then game over. so y

tomorrow's weather will be influenced by this, hurricane gert, which a few days ago was on the eastern seaboardmoisture left over from this hasjoined a states. the moisture left over from this has joined a weather system racing towards our shores from across the atlantic. sunday will be across the atlantic. sunday will be a decent day. plenty of morning sunshine. fewer showers in scotland than today. more settled. cloudier in the west. later on, the cloud will start to bring outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. turning murky as well in the hills and coasts. heavy rain pushing to northern ireland and southern counties of england. early in the week ahead, warm air wafting into parts of the uk in the south. given decent cloud breaks, temperatures pushing up into the upper 20s. it looks like a long time coming, but we have some warn august weather on the way. this is bbc news. our top stories: spain's government says the terror cell behind last week's attacks — has been dismantled — as the hunt continues for a key suspect several members of thejihadist cell came from this small town in the pyrenees

right now, there is hurricane gert, which is churning off the eastern seaboard of the united states.e north atlantic. it will get mixed up with our normal weather patterns, and then that mess will come our way. we will get wet and windy weather at times. so i think a blustery weekend on the way. and before i go, a quick look at the weather across europe on wednesday. and there's a lot of hot sunshine out there across the mediterranean. temperatures in some spots will be around about 40 degrees or so, and some thunderstorms rumbling through central europe, as well. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. britain's largest aircraft carrier sails into port for the first time. hms queen elizabeth is the most advanced warship ever built in the uk — but delayed and over—budget, and still has no planes on board. we'll be live in portsmouth all morning as big lizzie sails into her home dock. good morning, it's wednesday 16 august. also this morning, no hard border after brexit. ministers say there won't be a return to customs posts between the uk and ireland — but critic

broke the camels back there's a software glitch in some control room in ohio and a whole eastern seaboardgoes dark. it might be the things were doing now there's his term which is an all populations are much less any were historically, the range size are contraction. we might be edging up to the same thing as power grid filled with the ecosystem seems like it's taking our abuse, it's not what it once was, but then we might have some wine like where the whole ecosystem comes down all at once. at that point that's a mass extinction and it's too late to do anything about at that point. we don't know where that line is so that's why conservation is even more, when i said we are not in mass extension people that those like a date against conservation biology that it's an argument conservation is even more important than you might think because we don't know where the edge is that we might go up to this line and pass it and then game over. good question. so there was a paper a few years ago called has first six mass extension arrived? it was reported in a paper like yes, it has even that paper

right now, there is hurricane gert, which is churning off the eastern seaboard of the united states.ng to accelerate into the north atlantic. it will get mixed up with our normal weather patterns, and then that mess will come our way. we will get wet and windy weather at times. so i think a blustery weekend on the way. and before i go, a quick look at the weather across europe on wednesday. and there's a lot of hot sunshine out there across the mediterranean. temperatures in some spots will be around about a0 degrees or so, and some thunderstorms rumbling through central europe, as well. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: "blame on both sides" — president trump says anti—fascist protesters were partly responsible for the lethal violence in virginia. i think there's blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it. 400 now confirmed dead in sierra leone and rescuers fear many more still lie buried under the mudslide. columbia's fa rc re

fortunately the seas are expect today come tomorrow as hurricane gert moves to the eastern seaboard. for more, here's cecily tynan. >> hurricane gert has strengthened, but it's moved so far away from land that it's almost out of view of our satellite. it's a category two hurricane racing toward the northeast at 37 miles per hour. it's more than 400-miles away from halifax. it continues to move away. today, it was high. it's over now. the seas now two to three feet. don't go swimming where and when life guards are not on duty. moderate risk improving as we move through the day tomorrow. right now, philadelphia 77 down from the high of 89-degrees. the warmest day since the second day of august. dewpoints are high in the 60s in philadelphia, 70s to the south. that's the oh pressive air. that air moves in, in time for friday. the morning commute, not as widespread as this morning. temperatures in the 7 0s. i have more in the seven-day forecast. jim? >> thank you, cecily. a body has been in a home for an extended period of time. christie? >> neighbors say it was a family friend who asked

so if you're headed to the beach for this last week and you're headed south to the eastern seaboard, pay attention to the forecast. looks like there could be rain in your future if you are headed to southern beach. a beautiful view outside. that sun came up just about 6 6:32. 67 here in the district. look at the shenandoah valley. some areas if the low 50s right now. it is a little chilly out there. a little crisp, i should say. certainly if you want to get out, go for a run, this is the time to do it. the best exercise weather with temperatures in the 70s, plenty of sunshine and low humidity. nothing happening right here on the radar but then you head right on down to texas. this is where we are looking at hurricane harvey, which has now been downgraded to a category 1. i just looked at the rainfall rate in victoria over the last 24 hours, they got 16 1/2 inches of rain. that update came an hour and a half ago. the sun will come up for them just about an hour, then we'll have to assess the damage. there's a lot of damage with that wind and also with the rainfall. so again winds are

there is a possibility of risk currents off the atlantic seaboard. rush tomorrow, bright, warm, winds calm. 6:00, 71. 8:00, 73. through the day, temperatures climbing into the upper 80s, should make to the low 9 0s. a tad more humid than today dewpoint 60. this builds through the week. hot and humid temperatures in the low 90s. a trough of low pressure cooling us to the 80s. along the shore, 85 in atlantic city. beach haven 84. a low risk of rip currents tomorrow. the seven-day forecast, hot, more humid tomorrow than today. 91-degrees. wednesday, hot and humid 92. match that thursday, three days in a row in the 90s, sixth heat wave of the year. same on friday. we have a better chance of showers saturday morning as a cold front slips through, dropping the temperature to 84. sunday, a gorgeous sunday, cooler, more pleasant, 82-degrees. monday, a mix of sun and clouds. we hit 902 90, 20 times. >> more than last year? >> last year we had a lot. >> more than the year before. more than 1994. >> a veteran police dog serving with the pennsylvania state polic

we have resources from the entire coast guard, from california to maine, the eastern seaboard, here to support fema. we have eight helicopters flying this morning with another eight flying rescuing citizens. we remain down in corpus christi. we are pushing more votes on the water from all parts of the country. my partners have resources here. we are in the fight to support the state of texas with the full efforts of the entire coast guard. a couple of messages. storm, a very dangerous catastrophic consequence. folks need to not underestimate that. it is going to be a sustained challenge for the coming days. many times, folks wrongly presume= the wind event will be the most challenging. it is actually water. we are in for a significant water even in the coming days. to the citizens helping other folks, we will need that capability. the response lines are overwhelmed. we are trying to attenuate the asks. men and women are flying helicopters around serious rain bands. folks on the water are dealing with challenges. understand patients is important. the united states coast guard is part of

we're almost in the 40s out there, muggy along the eastern seabed, -- seaboard, it is the drier air that wringing out the moisture. future tracker 6 all the moisture is gone in the next couple of hours, clouds and sunshine, less humid, breezy at times, but a nice day overall. sunday looks nice, as well. look for a combination of sun and clouds. forecast for today, quick-hitting thunderstorm this morning, otherwise clouds and sunshine, breezy, high of 83. just about from 9:00 on, the whole day looks very, very nice, cloud cover gone, lots of sun, poconos morning thunderstorms, that will end in the next hour or two. high 72. same exact set up tomorrow under a partly sunny sky. jersey shore, the clouds hang around a little bit longer down there, morning shower or two, clouds clearing by 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 83 today, tomorrow, 80, sunny and pleasant. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 70s and 80s not too bad. 83 tomorrow. cloud and heavy thunderstorm monday, 78. tuesday, 81. wednesday, thursday, friday, 84, 81, 83, all looking very nice. >> sounds good. >>> folks it's time for

here's the thing, we have a coast of the carolinas as it continues to ride up the eastern seaboard, bringing showers and storms to us, arriving tuesday into wednesday. we may see a few afternoon showers on monday. if you are missing the heat, erika, it's making a comeback. mid to upper 80s next weekend. >> thank you, somara. again, storm team4 meteorologist amelia draper and her photographer are in galveston texas, making their way to houston. they'll join us again tonight for news at 11:00. lester holt is up next reporting >>> tonight, catastrophic storm. widespread destruction as hurricane harvey pounds the gulf coast of texas prompting rescues and predictions of unprecedented flooding in the days ahead. tonight we'll meet some who lost just about everything as the threat from harvey is far from over. >>> presidential pardon, the controversial move by president trump pardoning former sheriff joe arpaio of arizona. >>> black hawk down. yet another crash involving a military aircraft. the search tonight for a missing service member. >>> palace threat? a man with a sword injures three others

we have resources from the entire coast guard, california, maine, the entire eastern seaboard, those here to support the state and fema. flying eight helicopters out with another eight flying in this morning to rescue citizens region. mmediate we remain down in corpus christi. we're pushing more boats on the ater from all parts of the country. we have resources here, and we in the fight to support the state of texas here with the entire coast of the guard. couple of just messages as the up here. ot this was a very, very dangerous storm with catastrophic need to ces and folks not underestimate that. it is going to be a sustained challenge for the coming days. times, folks wrongly presume the wind event is going o be the most challenging event. i've seen the course over my career, it is actually the water event. are in for a real significant water event in the coming days. eed the word to your emergency managers, to the citizens out there self-rescuing and helping boats, lks with their we'll need that responsibility. the response numbers are overwhelmed right now. attenuate the o asks.

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good news she will be making a bypass from the entire eastern seaboard, no direct threat to land here do have couple of showers or storms along the way, should stay dry today, rest of the week maybe scattered shower or storm along the way. >> good to know. thank goodness just waking up with us right now the roadways are nice and dry. really helps our commute all morning long. so katie thank you so muchment looking outside right now, think are looking pretty good. ben franklin bridge both of you, coming from jersey traveling in the westbound direction, toward center city the levels you will be working , with looking good, still traveling at posted speeds on the ben. but not everywhere. schuylkill, though, at gulph mills, actually looking okay. no real delays here. kind of steady flow as we approach our 7:00 hour. then, schuylkill at spring garden what you are looking at there, i will say starting to very down as you push in the eastbound direction, as you kind of start to head into center city. that's when you really start it put on your brakes. starting to heat up the eastbound side o

kids head back to school, know that we will have strong rip currents from that along the eastern seaboard. closer to home, it is cloudy out there. our good friend spider is hanging out. it seems like it is about to rain because there are showers around now. these are going to stick around for a few hours. they're very light though. we're not talking about severe weather. light showers will continue through 7:00 and they'll start to fade away. isolated showers will linger overnight tomorrow. we start cloudy and another round of showers. this time it's a different location. d.c. for the afternoon. then they'll stay to the south. i think we get the nats game in because it starts at 7:00. we'll have isolated showers out of the way by that point. wednesday we are back to the 40s with another round of stray showers. here is your forecast tomorrow, 7:00. the first pitch is at 7:05 with temperatures in the upper 70s. tuesday, 86. we are back to the 90s for wednesday. 90s stick armed for the rest of the week. so do our chances. i like to see warm temperatures and z2e2bz z1a2z y2e2by y1a2y >>> caug

one model has it off the eastern seaboard, maybe hitting bermuda. one takes it into south florida.ust be advised, we do have irma, category 4. this is by tuesday at 2:00 p.m. so even next tuesday, it's still way away from lesser antilles, and puerto rico. we will keep that will be on our website, and our app as well. a live look outside. there is the cathedral. it's pretty comfortable. 83. dew point, 62. driving the heat index up 1 degree. i'll show you the radar again. a couple of showers essentially well north of us. essentially north of the border. i think most of these will lose their punch, but we'll keep the chance of a shower in tonight as we go through the next 6 hours or so. otherwise, just a cool night. temps inthe 60s. dry tomorrow night. showers possible by evening, but i want to emphasize, you can get stuff done tomorrow. cut the grass, that sort of thing. the other good news, nothing heavy from harvey is going to roll through the metro area. i don't see any flooding. yes, we could have a brief period of heavy rain, or a couple of thunderstorms overnight saturday. but

we're watching a is them off the florida coast that will slowly drift to the north up the eastern seaboard, that could intensify we're not expecting it to become a hurricane, but it could be something maybe extra tropical or depression or something like that. some of the rains could sneak boo our area, tuesday, right now we're posting mostly cloudy and shower or two, cooler high, 73. wednesday, clouds and sun, 78 degrees. thursday, clouds, showers possible. the lone day where highs in the 80s. as we round out the seven day, friday, looks sunny, high of 77. that looks nice for august. >> thank you chris. >>> well freshman are settling back into their dorms at west chester university. students arrived to residents hall with clothing backpacks and laptops. upper classmen move in today and classes start on monday. >>> it was a flurry of activity for chestnut college "action news" with a there as hundreds of incoming freshman with the help of their parents unpacked and found a spot in their dorm room to house it all. >> so glad you stayed with us, 5:50 a.m., "healthcheck" patients and doctors a

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the good news is gert is going to miss the eastern seaboard and bermuda and get pushed out to sea perhaps the only real impact we'll have, higher surf alonalong eastern seaboard. warm end to the week here. could be a few showers next few days. we got the morning meme coming up erin. >> i'm excited for that one. right now skyfox over pennsylvania avenue. crash did move over to the right shoulder. you can see a car kind of facing the wrong direction there. both lanes opened but watch for residual delays after woodyard road extending back for a few miles. good news is now that both lanes are opened we're hoping that crash scene will start to ease the congestion we're dealing with. let's take a look at our maps. i saw tucker staring intently me doing my traffic report but he's looking in the mirror. right now disabled train at king street blue line yellow line normal service resumes to largo service. orange blue and silver line& recommends to vienna frank cone and ya' wiehle. making your way out on breach drive closure between tilden street and broad branch road. dealing with a downed tree at

and all across the area and i mentioned the eastern seaboard because we're worried about that 10 daysirma. >> liz: joe the big thing about developers coming into floodplains and turning floodplains with prairie grass into parking lots paving over it and it's easier for the water to rush in but do you know getting back to the members of the media saying this mega storm is the fault of republicans, i mean harvey hit everyone of all political cultures and even republicans dick cheney, john mccain they say yeah there's global warming so i'm not sure why we're having this debate when we should be focusing on helping people there. >> we should be but no one denies the earth warms and then it cools and then it warms and cools and just how much is man contributing to it. i'm one of these guys that do understand that if you are going to pave a lot of places over guess what the water will rise. you take what they've donna round newark, prepared 30-40 years ago they've paved a lot of that particular area so you don't have the natural marsh lands that you did so when sandy came in the water is hi

other than elevated wave heights, there's not going to be much of an impact along the eastern seaboardl watching rain along the virginia/north carolina border. that impulse will try to ride our way later on today. off to a dry start. mid-60s in the suburbs to 70 downtown. rain chances sneaking up to the 20, 30% rain chance. low to mid-80s. jack, you may want that umbrella ready for a stray shower or two later on this afternoon. >> i don't want it, i don't want it. howard county 100 route 1, north of 100. the right lane getting by in each direction. we'll have that on 355 going southbound, jones bridge road, right lanes getting by. also work in virginia. but it just cleared out of gainesville, 29 northbound after 15. the left lane had been getting by. but now all travel lanes are available. you don't have to worry about that. back to you. >>> new overnight, one person was arrested at a demonstration near vcu in richmond. that's according to the richmond times dispatch. the group was protesting police and the white supremacist rally that caused chaos in charlottesville this weekend. at t

disturbance off the coast of florida and the carolinas that will continue to skirt up the eastern seaboard. that will bring our next rain chances as we head to the top of your workweek. i will show you that specifically on the ten day. for now i want you to know we calm, tranquil, quite the contrast to along the texas coast. 72 degrees. as we continue to head throughout the evening it will be brisk, reminiscent of fall. as we head throughout sunday, absolute perfection. green light for everything. yard work, great time to do it tomorrow as well, afternoon barbecue, why not. pool nicer in the afternoon as we start to see things heat up. if you're going to hit the pavement, temperatures in the morning upper 60s if you like a brisk run. by the afternoon we're looking at mid to upper 70s and closer to the low 80s by about 4:00 or 5:00 in the evening. here is a look at the ten-day outlook. we move into monday, there's a chance we could see some afternoon showers on monday. highs in the upper 70s. by tuesday, that's when we will be monitoring the disturbance, the area of low pressure. that will

hurricane gert, now swirling off the coast but still packing enough of a punch to impact the eastern seaboardk side, cheering on her son.

that's tropical storm gert off the atlantic seaboard.ot going to have any influence on our weather. this cluster of showers down here across southern virginia, that may be able to live long enough later on in the day. planning out the day today, mid-60s this morning, mid-70s by coffee break time. mostly into the low and the mid-80s for a lucky few. rain chances not much of a threat before lun. . once you're past 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon, best rain chances in the i can't guarantee they'll migrate into the d.c. metro area. have your umbrella ready to go. a 30% chance for rain but higher rain chances the farther north and west you go. about 30% in town. probably more like 40 or 50% chance in the shenandoah today. tomorrow, much like today, rain chances lower. as a result, temperatures lower. that trend will continue later into the week. mid-80s today and tomorrow. most areas back up to 90 or 91 degrees for thursday and friday. there will be a chance for storms late friday into early saturday. most of this coming weekend looks like it w

right now, there is hurricane girt, which is churning of the eastern seaboard of the united states.ed up with our normal weather patterns, and then that mass will come our way. we will get wet and windy weather at times. so a blustery weekend on the way. and before i go, a quick look at the weather across europe on wednesday. a lot of hot sunshine out there across the mediterranean. temperatures in some spot will be around about 40 degrees also, some thunderstorms rumbling through central europe, as well. —— some spots. i'm with bbc world news. our top story. president trump has lashed out atjournalists in new york over criticism of his response to the violence in charlottesville. mr trump said both sides were to blame for the violence and he insisted he was right not to speak out until the full facts were known. the us secretary of state rex tillerson says america is still interested in dialogue with north korea, but that's a decision kim jong—un will have to take. state media in pyongyang said plans to fire missiles towards guam had been delayed. and this story is trending on bbc.

and skorm scan three showing us high conditions high pressure in control up and down the eastern seaboardot a cloud in the sky now and much more activity as we man down to southern gulf of mexico hurricane franklin and it's nearing land fall along the eastern mexican coastline. you can make out there is the eye of the at gory one system making land falls into the next couple of hours near vext ra cruz. winds 85 miles an hour. strong category one movement off west to 13 miles an hour and we'll bring parts of this country flooding rapes and of course, strong winds right near the coastline. and quickly dissipate over the mountainous region the next day. >> wet start to august for us in the delaware valley departure from average in the order of inches in as many locations and up about 2 1/2 in allentown so far for august and up over inch an a half axe in philadelphia and inch in quarter in reading and we're not adding to that total as we head through the day. sunshine, late day cloud moving in and as we move to friday we increase rain chances friday night and to saturday looking like best rai

it's expected to move off shore and run parallel up the eastern seaboard over the next few days kicking up some high surf on atlantic beaches. >>> meanwhile in the west, record heat is baking several states. 15 million people under heat advisories right now. forecasters say it could hit 108 degrees in portland, oregon. dangerous northwestern heat that will last at least three days. >>> tonight, authorities are working to identify the body of a man who friends and family fear was killed while searching for millions in hidden treasure. if the fatality is linked to the southwestern treasure hunt, it would be the third death and the second in as many months. with authorities calling for an end to the hunt, the man behind the fortune has no plans to stop it. here's nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: where rapids cascade below the colorado rockies, a grim discovery, an unidentified body washed down river. friends and family fear it's 31-year-old eric ashby who moved to colorado to find a $2 million treasure hidden somewhere in the southwest. >> i fully believe with

hurricane gert, now swirling off the coast but still packing enough of a punch to impact the eastern seaboard. >>> and check it out. a diva rink side, cheering on her son. can you name the singer underneath this hockey jersey? we'll have the answer in "the skinny" on this wednesday, august 16th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> the most beautiful singer in the world. >> oh, just ask her, she'll tell you? >> we'll find out. >> that is a hint. >>> we'll start with the president's fiery and perhaps most controversial comments on the charlottesville tragedy. >> he appeared to walk back the comments where he called out the kkk and white supremacists, now saying there was blame on both sides for the violence. >> now the news conference in front of seemingly stunned reporters and staffers inside trump tower lasted little more than 20 minutes. >> why did you wait a long time. >> i didn't wait a long, i didn't wait a long time. i wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what i said was correct. not make a quick statement. the statement i made on saturday, the first statement t

it is a weather alert day for all of us and a good c the eastern seaboard south of here. at boston's airport this morning, steps are being taken to move traffic on the ground. >> the operators of logan international airport are going to study a plan that would charge drivers who pick up and drive off passengers. the boston globe reports that it's an attempt to curb congestion and pollution. it's part of an agreement with the massachusetts port authority and an environmental group. it won't oppose the agency's plan for parking spaces at the airport. a way to get them to add features. i don't know how that's going to work and how you do that. >>> it's something we've been warning you about since before hurricane harvey made landfall. >> gas prices could be skyrocketing. some of the biggest refineries in texas could be -- when the storm passes, it could be a while befor get back to work since most roads are flooded. gas buddy says prices in our area could climb $.15 a gallon because of this storm. what we're seeing in houston is unprecedented. we know that. we've also experi

even though it looks like it is moving toward the eastern seaboard. we have a cold front that's in the process of lowering the humidity levels in our neck of the woods as i speak. that front is kicker. this is the saving grace, the storm is not going to be moving like this, instead it will be moving this way, in between that front and the island of bermuda, it should stay out to sea and a miss for the eastern seaboard. >> we hope so, thank you chris. >>> there's new concern about the security chips on your credit cards. experts say the devices that are supposed to protect your vital information could come loose and fall out. >> reporter: chip transactions are meant to make the cards more secure. follow the instructions on the pin pad. in most cases they do. if the tiny piece of technology gets missing, they can fall out. >> over time it could cause issue with the underlying glue. >> reporter: thisthis happened o reporter jason knolls of abc station wls. he called chase someone found the chip on the ground that another person could use it on another ca

but looking at the wider zoom on storm scan, you will in the again primarily pretty quiet eastern seaboard, some very heavy under this earl storms rolling through iowa right now , however, as the day goes on here, still keep the sun around. we jump to you within the 2:00 t this partial eclipse is going to be at its peak, and yes, there may be little hint of wet weather on the radar, but out of our area. so here are the patchy clouds we talked b should not skew your viewing come that much. come 4:01, as the eclipse wraps up, couple of pop up thunderstorms. shore should stay dry, you're a-okay. mainly n land, specially southeast pa any showers or storms will likely fire up. even then they're scattered, come 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight all clear. let's talk very quickly about how you want to view. >> this we step out of the way so you can check it out. of course do not look directly at the sun. sun glass also not going to cut t you've got to have the a a prepare pre at iso government-ish eude glasses. so make sure you have a pair of those. otherwise, there are other ways you can do. >> this lo

we however will be dealing with yes big mess going on around the ear seaboard, but we really just have, that's going to be impacted by this, specially second half of the day, then into tomorrow. and then, the mess clears out of here for short time. there is a bit of activity as well off of the florida coastline, and i want to start there, by talking when we talk about the tropical implications that this could have overall just 10% chance every development, for this batch of showers and storms. not to say that florida won't be impacted by showers and storms, but at this point it is a low chance of development that's over the course of the next five days, meanwhile still tracking this guy at this point still, 40% chance of development. now that we've had franklin the next name on the list would be gerth if something were to materialize out of either every those disturbances, and we'll let you know, but no direct impact on the immediate shore line for us. meantime if you did have a beach weekends planned, can i not tell you how many emails i've got friend folks around the station, how doe

the handmaid's tale is set in a sort of mythical land, eastern seaboard of the united states of americalead. renamed gilead, but it is actually cambridge, massachusetts, and all the buildings are really there. are you a canadian, who like quite a lot of canadians, looks at the united states and thinks, my god, we are so much more civilised and progressive than they are? no, i don't think that. why? because i've lived there. number two, i've also lived in canada. we've got some very nasty skeletons in our own closet. some of which are coming out right now. we are unlikely to get a totalitarian theocracy simply because we are too diverse. you need about 30% of any population to get a really good totalitarianism going. and probably it wouldn't be canada. isn't that true of the us as well? and yet you speculated about a totalitarianism in the us. they've got 30%, that's just it. looking at the numbers they probably have a bit more than 30%. i do put into the handmaid's tale what you need is a catastrophic event of an economic kind or an environmental kind, or both, because they're joined at

right now, there is hurricane gert, which is churning off the eastern seaboard of the united states.accelerate into the north atlantic. it will get mixed up with our normal weather patterns, and then that mess will come our way. we will get wet and windy weather at times. so i think a blustery weekend on the way. and before i go, a quick look at the weather across europe on wednesday. and there's a lot of hot sunshine out there across the mediterranean. temperatures in some spots will be around about a0 degrees or so, and some thunderstorms rumbling through central europe, as well. hello. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. this is newsday. the headlines: "blame on both sides" — president trump says anti—fascist protesters were partly responsible for the lethal violence in virginia. i think there's blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it. tensions ease in guam, as north korea says it may not test fire missiles into the nearby ocean. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: 400 now confirmed dead in sierra leo

and skorm scan three showing us high conditions high pressure in control up and down the eastern seaboard not a cloud in the sky now and much more activity as we man down to southern gulf of mexico hurricane franklin and it's nearing land fall along the eastern mexican coastline. you can make out there is the eye of the at gory one system making land falls into the next couple of hours near vext ra cruz. winds 85 miles an hour. strong category one movement off west to 13 miles an hour and we'll bring parts of this country flooding rapes and of course, strong winds right near the coastline. and quickly dissipate over the mountainous region the next day. >> wet start to august for us in the delaware valley departure from average in the order of inches in as many locations and up about 2 1/2 in allentown so far for august and up over inch an a half axe in philadelphia and inch in quarter in reading and we're not adding to that total as we head through the day. sunshine, late day cloud moving in and as we move to friday we increase rain chances friday night and to saturday looking like best r

right now, there is hurricane gert, which is churning off the eastern seaboard of the united states.rth atlantic. it will get mixed up with our normal weather patterns, and then that mess will come our way. we will get wet and windy weather at times. so i think a blustery weekend on the way. and before i go, a quick look at the weather across europe on wednesday. and there's a lot of hot sunshine out there across the mediterranean. temperatures in some spots will be around about a0 degrees or so, and some thunderstorms rumbling through central europe, as well. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has again claimed that both sides were to blame for the deadly violence at a protest in charlottesville on saturday. in off—the cuff remarks, he accused what he described as "alt—left" groups of deliberately attacking white supremacists and neo—nazis protesting at the removal of a statue of a confederate general. a spokesman for the sierra leonean president has told the bbc that at least 600 people are still missing following the mudslide that swamped hundreds of homes on the out

we thought somebody got into scuffling and you look up the new seaboard is just flying.noyed and fingers to move. but it is coming so fast and all i could feel was my fiance pushing me. somebody pushing me. and thenit pushing me. somebody pushing me. and then it was just chaos. i started looking for markets. and i felt markers. and then we started looking for heather. —— marcus. markers. and then we started looking for heather. -- marcus. what do you think about the person who has done this? i think it is an act of terror and it is a hate crime and should be treated as such. the neo—nazi stood up treated as such. the neo—nazi stood upfor treated as such. the neo—nazi stood up for hate. it was a deliberate act and notan up for hate. it was a deliberate act and not an accident. everyone say it was an accident and she was crossing the street. she was not crossing the street. we were on the street which i'm told was close. he barrelled down. you could hear the horsepower, the wheels and take—off. i want everybody to come together and unite and spread love and peace and happi

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