a major category 4 storm and will be in the bahamas through the day tomorrow. because it's that may save us in terms of the storm track. now we have an idea of what rainfall totals may happen because of this storm, the possibility of joaquin late in to next week. that's coming up in the 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> in the bahamas, joaquin has caused cruise ships to be diverted from the islands. check out this scene in the island of long island in the bahamas where a stingray was spotted swimming in the road. >> good evening. right now the eye of that hurricane passing over eastern and central parts of the bahamas packing winds of up to 140 miles per hour. these are thinly populated islands. thairf getting battered by these winds, and rain up to 20 inches. a lot of concern here in nassau for the people there. the at -- the prime minister telling people to tune in to the radio, help the people who can't scramble to shelters. people bracing themselves here as well, battening down the hatches. >> ever since we landed the beach has been closed. we haven't be

the storm is lashing the bahamas with torrential rain. ere are estimates we could look at as much as 25 inches of rainfall. that is one aspect of the storm. you have the wind, maximum stained winds at 130 miles per hour. the storm surge, dealing with, life-threatening conditions across the bahamas. it is slow-mover. moving at three miles per hour. they have dealing with the life-threatening conditions many, many hours, 24 hours. the storm begins to pull away throughout the day. it will be lashing throughout the morning hours and early afternoon hours. here is look at computer models. finally they're clustering together of the east coast of the u.s. we have a few outlyer. they are not reliable models. most are keeping storm off the east coast of the u.s. as a result of that the national hurricane center changed the forecast track, keeping it away from the east coast of the u.s. of course very welcome news. however, flooding will still be possible. coastal flooding is a concern. we have advisories and watches in effect out here across the co

randy: and hurricane joaquin dumping a lot of rain on the bahamas this morning. the warning for the east coast. erika: for the latest on the path of the storm and the rain weather center for us. cindy: tracking hurricane joaquin, a category 4 hurricane, winds at 130 miles per hour. it is going to move away from the bahamas. the new forecast track is offshore. this is now not expected to make a u.s. landfall. we'll get a little deeper into joaquin coming up. once again, we're talking about the potential for minor coastal flooding at the time of high tide. we've got gusty winds over 30 miles per hour along the coast right now, and a wind advisory along the cape and the islands could see gusts of up to 45 day. we have a frontal boundary to our south. high pressure to the north. in between, that squeeze play of the wind. also now some rain. area now. notice by noontime, it gets heavier along the south coast and the cape. during the afternoon, it will lift a little farther north, but the heaviest rain from boston to worcester along the pike on southward. we're talking

. >> hurricane joaquin is hitting the bahamas tonight. kerry sanders is in nassau with a look at the conditions there. >> reporter: just a few days ago in the bahamas nobody could say the name of this hurricane, they are calling it joaquin. it's a serious contender a category 4 hurricane with winds in excess of 130 miles per hour. as you look out here, it's a beautiful day. i'm in nassau. to understand the bahamas it's 100,000 square miles. 700 islands. 1,000 keys. what is affecting one area of the bahamas will not impact the other. the specific area looks like it's going to get the hardest that's down where they lost electricity. the real fear, however, is that storm surge. that's the water that comes within the storm because in most places when you think about evacuations people head inland from the eastern coast of the united states. but here on a small island when you evacuate you just go in a little bit. most people are heading to churches or to schools that are set up as evacuation centers. it's going brutal 24 to 36 hours. in nassau

right now joaquin has set its sights to the bahamas. and new images of the severe flooding crippling that island and cars and homes sub-americanned with joaquin lamming into the area. and get over to chief meteorologist pete bouchard. a new advisory? >> i do, battering the southern bahamas and wobbling, essentially a stall right now and expected to continue to move a little more to the west, and then northwest and due north. and the movement is there, at three miles an hour, still a category 4. and we show the new track, and it is decidedly offshore, far offshore of our islands on the east coast, sparing any portion of the united states. and even our friends in south eastern canada, these are the tracks that bring in monday and tuesday, as it weakens in the colder waters and the national hurricane center's track is of the models that we used to make of 7 news forecast, and our model and the europian model and we can say with confidence it will spare the eastern u.s. and new england. of any ill effect and maybe some wave action and that i

and the bet on the bahamas might go bust. this is another sign of president obama's pivot to asia. the united states has joined japan and india in a week of naval exercises. the pentagon is taking pains to say that the exercise exercises are not aimed at any one particular country. but let's not kid ourselves. these moves send a contemplated message to china with regional power and territorial ambitions of its own on the high sees. there is quote navigation. the chinese are building artificial islands on reefs in the south china sea. a key choke point in southeast asia. they're being built on a chain known as the spratley islands. i'll show you better later on. 500 miles away from the chinese coast line. according to international law jurisdiction over territorial waters extend only the 12 naught tall miles from its shores. countries do have a right to claim resources like oil, gas, or fisheries as much as 350 miles off it's shores. this is the area that the philippines claim and the area claimed by vietnam. but this is the area that is claimed by china. marked here with the broken

kevin: that storm stalled, really hammering the bahamas. the front has gotten to the coast because of this stall, and north and east van we participated -- it will go a bit farther to the north and east than we anticipated a few days ago. a nor' easter in the carolinas before you get down to the bahamas, where the hurricane is a present time. parts of new england. a little of that will try to create in a suffering. cooler temperatures is the headline that will try to bump into a lot of dry air. numerous as a few days ago. we will talk what your weekend to go. erin: hurricane joaquin has been hammering islands in the bahamas flooding and damage. although the category 4 storm may remain offshore, many states are still taking extra precautions. at least five states have issued states of emergency. abc' s marci gonzalez has more on the damage the storm has caused so far. marci: relentless rain, wind, and dangerous flooding along the east coast. >> nothing much you can do but hunker down. marci: all of this from a separate storm unrelated to hurr

it has been battering the bahamas. for those folks there, they've seen tons of rain and very strong winds. it is finally pulling away to the north and east. by late sunday night into first thing monday, it's a category 1 hurricane. it makes its closest path to us basically overnight monday night into first thing tuesday as a category 1. it is way far out to sea, which is great news for the east coast. now closer to home, this morning, we are talking about some showers. very light in nature. but still the clouds and the winds are hanging around today. as we go through the morning hours, notice that the showers become less numerous. through the day today, it's not a complete washout like yesterday. a lot of areas will stay dry. we'll just hang over the clouds and some light, spotty showers through the afternoon. the other thing that is happening today is those temperatures already only in the 40's and 50's. and that is where they're going to stay through the afternoon. see more sunshine. that's all ahead in my seven-day f

tonight it is barreling through the bahamas. chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz tracking the chance that is it will reach us here in new england. his full forecast is just a few minutes away as as we await an important update at 11:00 if and when that storm comes towards our area, of course we'll know about it. malini basu has the story malini, better safe than sorry. >> yeah, a lot of people walking out of their homes to see the wind gusts here. many here say they're going to be prepared and not going to be fooled. ling images like this that have many on palm island worried about hurricane joaquin. >> it was 2012/2013 when that house went in and then the other ripped off. >> reporter: the winds off palm island are pretty intense and has homeowners preparing for anything that comes their way. >> pull the stairs up so they don't wash out and, you know, get all the things that can blow under cover. but nothing much you can do except hunker down. >> reporter: those living on the island tell fox 25 they don't want to relive these i

hurricane joaquin is strengthening over the bahamas. e now the cat 4 storm hammering the island, storm surge, whipping winds up to 130 miles per hour. >> it could grow stronger before moving up the east coast. residents preparing for the bad weather. >> we are going to start with maria molina in the weather center. we have anna kooiman live in seaside heights in new jersey. >> we are still tracking joaquin. it is an extremely dangerous hurricane. the bahamas have been lashed with 24-hours of hurricane winds. we are looking at potentially up to 25 inches of rainfall from the storm. strong winds and dangerous storm surge producing life threatening conditions. that should condition before the storm eventually pulls away from the bahamas later this afternoon and into tonight. eventually continues had you had improve. again extremely dangerous conditions across the bahamas right now. computer models organizing and keeping the storm east of the u.s. more unreliable models are bringing the storm on shore. result of that the national hurricane c

jummy: the bahamas. doug: the storm is finally moving north at it could take a day or so for things a calm down in the bahamas and they can assess the damage. the people of the east coast it looks overwhelmingly convinced it will say off the u.s. east coast. a good cause big problems with a high surf, beach erosion, and flooding were jonathan and john are in ocean city. i would to start with a wagon -- a weatherbug camera. this is rehoboth beach, delaware. temperatures pretty chilly there. 59 degrees. 32tained winds at about miles per hour in gusting up to 45. a couple of rape souls on the boardwalk. you can see the continued intrusion of a high winds and high surf that will chew away at some of the dunes they put there for protection. luckily they peddle these beach replenishment programs. it does protect the boardwalk and places inland. we will start with the rain. we are plenty of ran across the area right now. the areas and yellow are heavy and we noticed the elements are going from south to north wes

. >>> we're tracking hurricane joaquin as it moves off from the bahamas. a lot of damage, but no lives lost. doug says it won't have an impact on us. >> no. no impact on us from joaquin, but the impact is here for the rain and the rain continues around our region and we will see more overnight tonight and just in, howard has now cans emed the homecoming parade tomorrow and the parade no longer in effect as we will continue to see some rain. more wind and cool temperatures over the couple of >>> this will not change until the politics changes and the behavior of leched officials changes. president obama for the second straight day expressing his frustration will politics of gun safety and promising he's not going to give up one day after another mass shooting and there is new soul-searching about gun laws and not much in the way of real action. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest. >> no sign of change here on the hill and ney sign that a majority of lawmakers are willing to change or pass any new federal gun laws and president obama's left to

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >>> a big gamble in the bahamas. high end resort backed by the chinese has stalled and isn't paying off for the islands. >> activists or plotters? imprisonment in angola, challenging the concept of democratic freedoms. >> another chemical plant has exploded in choirn this on chinn jejang province. there are no reports anyone was killed. a major explosion at a different chemical plant killed 173 people. >>> three people were killed after a tornado tore through china's southern province on saturday. the storm knocked out power lines leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity. >> tonight's incontext segment concerns china's economy and its global expansion. china's biggest investment so far has been in subsaharan africa where it has amassed holdings of $97 billion in the mast decade. other numbers made mite surprise you. in south america, china has invested $116 billion. and in the u.s., china's investment total $93 billion. in some ways, the smaller the country the bigger china's foot print. melissa chan

it's a category 4 now, the storm is battering the bahamas. look at this video. we'll show you more damage coming up of the video there, also the work being done on the east coast to prepare for anything that joaquin may bring. >> and a new view from outer space. nasa releases pictures of pluto's largest moon. we'll tell you how the pictures reveal a few surprises. >> as you wake up pay attention to this. the threat of flooding on the shore prompt add few school closings. wildwood city, north wildwood, the wildwood preschool program closed along with the children's place of music and learning, as always find all closings on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. >>> so in addition to the heavy rain today, plenty of that, we're also keeping a close watch on hurricane joaquin. it continues to strengthen. it's battering the bahamas, it's just set down over that island nation pounding it causing widespread flooding there. still some people are refusing to leave their homes. and now officials are amending laws to make evacuations mandatory in the bahamas. evacuations also happe

the storm exploding into a category four hurricane in the bahamas. waves crashing over the sea wall. and winds gusting along the coast. there have been no reports of any deaths. but the damage is extensive. officials had to order evacuations after some people refused to move in to shelter. >> jadiann: right now because of the category four storm, that means it has winds of 130 miles per hour. it is moving north and it is 1,00 miles from boston. meanwhile, we have our own lousy weather to deal with today. >> christa: not associated with the hurricane. right? this is our team 7 coverage right now. we begin with jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: we have seen rain on and off metro-boston the last couple of hours. steady rain all morning. down through the south coast. as well as the cape and the islands. north of town, much ado about nothing. afternoon. the radar will look like this for much of the day. where all the rain-drops are focused south of the pike. at times, we will have these little waves of rain break away from the main event. and sweep across the metr

>> why >>> what's up with joaquin battering the bahamas tonight? new information just in from the national hurricane center could tell us if it will head here. >> new details about the gun massacre on campus. a gunman on a rampage killing innocent young victims at a community college in oregon. busy news night tonight. some of it very disturbing. i'm bill ritter. sade baderinwa. >> today investigators looking for any clues, any hint in to why this young man did this. >> eyewitness news reporter jim dolan with new details. >> there were children still, some barely out of high school, and they all had dreams as big and bright as the western sky. all those all those hopes ended in a hail of senseless gunfire when a 26-year-old student walked on to the campus armed with three hand guns and a rifle and he kept shooting until his final breath. >> i don't know where she's at. i don't know if she's on the bus, i don't know if she's wounded somewhere, i have no idea. >> reporter: all the roads that lead to umpqua community college were shut down. medics work

, particularly the central bahamas. finally, it's going to move away. now, bermuda is under a tropical storm watch. now that the storm is going to are take it hundreds of miles away from the east coast. then it takes a sharp right turn on monday. we may see some waves generated from the storm, when it gets close to our area on monday, but it's still so far away, we are not going to see any direct impacts at all. what we're concerned ith now, of course, is this coastal low, that's still developing over the carolinas. they're going to get most of the rain. we're getting mostly of the coastal flooding fromit, as the winds are coming in out of the east, straight on to the jersey shore. so in terms of rain, we're going to see waves of it or periods of modera te to heavy rain through the tonight, into the overnight, early saturday morning. by the time the sun comes up, though, most of the rain showers ould have tare off to just spotty showers. now, we're still going to have the wind'rti going to see the wave action, and we're

but in the bahamas it's been a much different story. the category four storm is wind and torrential rain. major flooding left roads completely under water. there's been no reports of any death. but the damage has been extensive. officials had to order evacuations after some people refused to move into shelters. >>> and here at home it's windy rainy weather as we've been talking about. the mid atlantic states still expecting some trouble over the weekend. high tide could make things wort. north carolina sees the effect of the weather system as well. here's 7 jay gray he's live on the outer banks for us. good morning. good morning. they had already seen rain over the last several days. now joaquin will be added to the mix and just going to make a mess. there's been evacuations on some of the outer bank island. those that are only accessible by ferry making sure even gets to higher ground and they are not cut off by what is expected to be severe flooding here. as i talk about there's been rain for the last several day. we've seen steady rai

moving so slowly unfortunately through the bahamas. there. 2 feet of rain in the in terms of the window of the path, last night if you remember looked like midatlantic, maybe the carolinas, but more likely now that offshore route, national hurricane center has the track farther east, several hundred miles offshore, still the slight possibility of an inland route. more on that and implications for our weekend weather in the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> along the jersey shore tonight the waves are already so rough, they've just wiped out days of hard work to fortify the sea wall that protects brick township. crews spent four days building up sand around the wall but the high tide tuesday carried that sand away and the steel wall is once again exposed. the mayor says residents should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. >> been telling people we have bags available at dpw to fill up tell people with the cars, if they're normally prone to flooding to bring their cars to higher land. go out, get your gasoline for the your gene

. >>> now at noon tracking hurricane joaquin, the category 4 storm moving north away from the bahamas, workers inmarshfield aren't taking any chances, reenforcing the seawall there. >>> thank you for being with us. >>> first breaking news to tell you about two airman from the air force base among those killed in afghanistan today, the taliban now claiming down their u.s. transport plane the c130 crashed at the airport near the afghan pakistan border. >>> a developing story this noon we're learning new information about a masker at a community college, they found several more guns at the apartment. >>> he wounded others before dying himself with the police. >>> the police haven't revealed a motive in the deadly shooting that sent students running for no-gun policy. >>> they went through the apartment of mercer. >>> as a result they've located >> police say mercer was wearing body armor, carrying three handguns and a rifle when open fire. the rampage continues until later. heroes. >>> he fired upon them and there was an exchange of neutralized. >>> the wounded were taken to area hospita

still battering the bahamas. we've been telling you, it's going to move north and towns along the east coast of the u.s. are getting ready. the track has shifted, the forecasted track i should say, shifted more eastward. we're keeping you posted on that and what kind of impact that could have on our area on air and on line through the "nbc 10 news" app. >>> the eagles are watching that same forecast. they already know they are playing on the road this weekend but which city they will play in, that's the uncertain thing. because of rain and possible effects of hurricane joaquin. >> we don't know. they are set to play washington at fedex field in maryland but the storms could change that. vai sikahema is live in the weather center with more on possible contingency plans. >> a report from the nfl network says the league is considering moving the nfc east match-up to detroit to avoid complications with joaquin. the elements are impacting the eagles and their practices, the team worked out in the rain at the nova care

two, three, gross to category three hurricane there is could be catostrophic for the bahamas. what will it mean for the jersey shore and the rest of the delaware vale? >> a man struck and killed by two cars in delaware county. one stayed at the scene, the other took off, the search for that hit-and-run driver, this morning. >> and, get out your credit cards right now. look at them. seriously, look at them. does it have the little square chip on it? on the face? it better. we'll tell you why you better have it today. it is straight up 6:00. good day everybody, it is thursday, october the first, october the first. first of the month, hey. >> turn the calendar page. >> whoosh. we have a change in new jersey transit today. we also, are you kidding me, did you see the size that far hurricane? >> and the strength, yes. >> it may be coming here this weekend. we can't take this. sandy, irene,ly go all the way back to floyd, for goodness sake. no, no, no. >> all right, we're working on t the latest track puts it a little further east. >> good. >> little bit. all right? we'll show that y

still moving, 20-inches of rainfall across the center of bahamas. e of bad condition. you can see very warm waters. that's why the storm has been intensifying so much. we keep tracking and high pressure of the atlantic, the current track does keep center of circulation off the east coast but you could see a lot of the east cone in the cone of uncertainty, so a lot can change here in the next several days. >> nicole: marÍa, thank you very much, the cone of uncertainty. coastal flooding will be good but where can it go. [laughter] >> nicole: enemies, ex-wife, ex-husband. well, we'll tell you about yelp for people, there's a new world record in the world of sky diving. that's cool and checking index stock market this morning. you are watching fbn:am first morning markets and latest news. stay with us everybody. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> nicole: all right, it was a tough third quarter, say, bye bye-bye. s&p up 14 and and a half. >> lauren: right through the year through september you don't likely rally in the fourth quarter. ple, it let's you rate people you know on a on

the "el faro" was caught in the storm as hurricane joaquin battered the bahamas. the vessel lost power near crooked island. and take a look here. dramatic images as the coast guard rescues a dozen people from another cargo ship as it took on water north of haiti. joaquin is a powerful category 3 hurricane. it continues to track away from the east coast. but there is some major flooding up and down the eastern seaboard. antoinette: earlier this week it was really uncertain which direction joaquin was going to goment looking good this morning though for us at least. danielle: looking good indeed. you know, one of the models was taking it out to sea. you never want to discount that model. that's great news for the east coast because it's getting out of here and moving to the north and eve. however, the ba hams have been dealing unfortunately with this storm for the last couple of days. it has barely moved. but now it is taking off with speed to the north and east at 13 miles per hour. this is the latest update as of 8:00. it still has winds of 125 but continuing to mo

and right now joaquin is a category three hurricane battering the bahamas. s path is still uncertain but officials up and down the east coast corridor are warning people for drenching storms despite the path joaquin may take. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is tracking this entire thing. bill, what can you tell us? >> we can tell you the storm system is very strong. joaquin is a category three hurricane. you can see it's still way to the south affecting and impacting the bahamas with the 125 mile an hour winds. it's moving to the southwest at six miles an hour. so it's still moving in a southwesterly direction, just crawling along. it is expected to stay put for the next 24 hours and then start smooth. the forecast track just updated from the national hurricane center has it increasing in strength to a category four by 8:00 tomorrow morning then heading to the north. this is where things start to change. it will run into the water that is not as warm as the south so it will start to weaken as it moves to the north. as it moves to the north, there

bahamas. the nbc 10 first alert weather team is tracking this storm and how it may impact our area. >>> and whether or not joaquin makes a turn towards us, we will get rain, the nbc 10 radar shows the heaviest rain is still to come. with the rain and the wind, flooding is a real concern. in fact, there is already a coastal flood watch going into effect in a matter of hours, for the jersey shore. good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today on this thursday. >> we have you covered with what's to come so you can prepare. bill henley in the first alert weather center. >> tracy, we have rain in the area. it is light rain the wind, however, is starting to pick up. showers into new jersey, into delaware this morning. scattered showers extending into southern california and are trying to reach cape may so far it hasn't made it there yet. those steady showers offshore a. part of a system lingering off shore. it will give us a chance of rain this morning. not so much this afternoon. we may just be looking at

it's going to meander around the bahamas the next few days. finally making that north turn by about friday. then we'll see it getting closer to the carolinas possibly by friday night into early saturday. then there you see moving inland. these are computer models. there's a bit of a spread here. once they move inland, they'll combine with a stationary front and get absorbed back to the northeast. of course, all this we'll be watching into the weekend. we do expect windy, rainy weather through your weekend. breezy and cooler tonight with a chance of showers. temperatures in about the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, breezy, cooler day. temperatures topping out in the mid to low 60s. mostly south and east of philadelphia. heavy rain and wind on friday and same thing on saturday. by sunday and monday, that would be joaquin's effects. temperatures around 70 degrees. but the rain and the wind continue. of course, we'll be tracking joaquin and all the updates starting tomorrow morning again and bill henley will have all the updates. danny? >> thank you,

hurricane joaquin settled in right over top of the bahamas. the heavy rain and storm surge is causing major damage. as for the east coast, virginia and new jersey already declaring states of emergency in anticipation of this storm. >>> danielle niles is here with us now with more on a forecast. i am wondering if anything changed overnight. >> if you haven't watched, the track has shifted east. the hurricane is still a category 4 storm right now. moving to the west slowly over the bahamas right now at only 3 miles per hour. slowing down and preparing to make that northward turn. it will likely curve toward bermuda. it may take a curve back towards the west but anticipated to curve to the northeast out to sea. big shift towards the east. the cape and island still in we'll have more on joaquin. it's cool, wet, and chilly. we've got a little bit of rain out there this morning. temperatures, 47 in worcester. we'll be staying in the low to mid-50s threw the day today. the light rain does extend back up to the south shore and there will be pockets of

the bad news, though, is it is still over the bahamas. you saw the video. they are still pounded there from the wind and the waves. and that's not going to change until tomorrow night. we also can't let our guard down because of the other coastal storm coming here tomorrow. joaquin is still a category four over the bahamas tonight. winds are 130 miles an hour. the storm slowed down, which is the worst news they needed there and a tropical storm warning was issued for eastern cuba. they may feel the effects, as well. it will start to pull away tomorrow night, still as a category four. notice the track. it is narrower and farther off shore. now it looks as though it will miss us all together, everybody on the east coast. the effects will be more minor in terms of wave action and coastal flooding. however, we sill have to keep an this is the developing coastal storm. the nor'easter type of storm that hits with wind, waves and rain. and i will talk about that a few minutes. back to you. >>> the governor declared a state of emergency in new jersey in anticipatio

the storm slamming the bahamas right now. a new forecast overnight now appearing to move away from the millions on the east coast. who's getting ready for it. >>> well, good friday morning. we begin with the new details on that tragedy in oregon. another school massacre leaving a tight-knit community shocked and racked by grief. >> as hundreds of mourners gathered for a candlelight vigil overnight sources identified the gunman as chris harper mercer. >> one witness said the shooter specifically targeted christians. ordering them to state their religion before opening fire. abc's brandi hitt joins us live from the campus in roseburg, oregon. good morning to you, brandi. >> reporter: good morning. this community is devastated this morning. we now know at least ten are dead from that shooting spree just beyond this police barricade, the campus three-quarters of a mile from here and so hard to imagine what the students and faculty went through, not knowing if they would make it out alive. >> we've got multiple gunshot wounds. >> r

. >>> joaquin hits the bahamas. why the u.s. east coast isn't out of the woods, even if the storm does go offshore. ♪ >>> good afternoon, this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz. syria's deputy prime minister has told the world air strikes are not enough to defeat isil if there is no cooperation with his country's army. he spoke at the united nations today and called russia's air strikes in syria effective because they support the country's efforts to fight what he calls terrorism. >> translator: you know better than anyone else that terrorism is an ideology that recognizes no boundaries. you know that when this monster comes out, it cannot be limited to certain countries. the terrorism of isis, aln alnuz -- al-nusra and other organizations is killing. >> what else did he have to say? >> that syria is a land baptized in the blood of its people. this is the world view of the assad regime, not the world view of the syrian people. he doesn't talk about the secret police or take any responsibility for the assad regime. he does

joaquin is still in the bahamas. this is not finished with the bahamas.s is why it's so uncertain because it won't move out of the bahamas and just pouring down rain. once it gets its journey off to the north it's only moving 3 miles per hour. once it gets going, the forecast will be more certain. this is good news for us, not the bahamas. it continues its track off to the north. so much so that it is pushing off to the east that they might issue hurricane watches in bermuda. we are out of the cone, and that's good news for us. still, beach erosion and high surf so take it easy on the east coast beaches. rain is dropping to showers on sunday. i think this will be okay but a little uncomfortable sweatshirt weather. monday, 70 degrees and much be on medicare fraud. the health care law gives us powerful tools to fight it. to investigate it prosecute it and stop criminals our senior medicare patrol volunteers are teaching seniors across the country to stop, spot and report fraud you can help guard your medicare card don't give out your card number over the ph

this storm is already battering the bahamas and causing problems there. just a calling card of what's to come. it does look to be moving more to the east. understand though, without land fall, it's still going to cause major problems up and down the coastline, including here in the carolinas. for now, i'm jay gray live in kitty hawk. back to you. >> that cone of uncertainty, as they call it, is very important.meteorologist bill karins is here. >> the storm is in the worst case scenario in the bahamas. it's going to be devastation in that region of the central bahamas and when we get the pictures in about two days. 15 miles from clearance town on long island. it's moved about as far west as it's going to move. and it's well off the coast. there's going to be no u.s. land fall, it doesn't look like we'll have any direct effect besides rip and waves. it's going to be from the separate low in the southeast that's producing a tremendous amount of rain and the winds, there's tropical air flowing towards the east coast, a northerly wind coming down the coast and

here's a look at the newest video in from the bahamas tonight. the hurricane in action, it may move away from the coastline as it heads north, but that doesn't necessarily mean we won't feel its effects. the two developing weather stories are why we issued a first alert advisory for the day. good evening, i'm keith jones. our coverage tonight consists of reporters in the field and a team of meteorologists in studio. we begin with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. glenn, you're focusing on the nor'easter hitting us right now. >> right. and what is hitting us right now is not directly related to the hurricane. we got bad enough weather even without one, but it's been kind of gloomy, it's been rainy, it's been windy, and it's been cold all day. you can see this steady rain continuing to move to the north. we're getting some breaks now down across southern delaware, so that's a sign of things to come. in the meantime, philadelphia area, points north, raining pretty much every minute for hours and hours and hours. more coming up from the south, so we're cert

it is pomeling the bahamas right now. is is rain that has nothing to do with joaquin, which is way down here, just want to show you the distance, back to us, though, it is a cold front, that's kind of lingering, just off shore. and continuing to throw back some showers. so, have that rain gear with you, once again, and be prepared for cooler temperatures, than yesterday. be prepared for some coastal flooding over the next couple every days, because, this flood watch is in effect through saturday afternoon. 63 degrees, with 18-mile per hour winds. 65% relative humidity, sunrise at 6:57 this morning. so, temperatures, are in the 50's, to the north of us, a lot cooler than yesterday's 70s, 63 degrees, as we showed you in the city, and lower 60s to the south of us. winds are casino every gusty, too, sustained winds in philadelphia, as we mentioned, 18 miles an hour s we will he see temperatures drop through the 60s, cooler air continues to filter in today. >> occasional showers. heavier rain rolls in tonight. gusty winds, as h

hurricane joaquin is letting loose in the bahamas. people up and down the east coast, including the jersey shore, are preparing for a potential impact. we are watching this hurricane very closely, but right now the more immediate threat is from another round of storms moving into our area. >> sheena parveen, the weather team issued a first alert. >> that's right. the first alert for tomorrow and saturday. we already have rain moving in right now. it's mostly north and west of philadelphia, but we expect more to move in tonight, along with gusty winds, windier than it's already been today. parts of montgomery and bucks county, moderate to heavy rain, but in the states surrounding philadelphia, 476, 95, up towards trenton, it was a wet evening commute, even up in the poconos we have consistent rainfall, that's still continuing. then you see all the weather down to our south. so we have more rain expected tomorrow and that's going to come along with high winds. first alert weather day issued tomorrow into saturday because of the combinati

>>> stalled in the bahamas, but not short on rain power. why hurricane joaqquin can wreak havoc even if it does not make landfall. >>> after much back and forth, a plan to bring the old span down. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> and a good friday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. here's meteorologist kari hall. >> we start out with a few clouds as you head out the door but mostly clear skies. as we head into the day, much warmer than yesterday. we're at 51 degrees in the north bay and 59 degrees in the peninsula and look at these highs today in the 70s and 80s. even some upper 80s as you head through the tri-valley. i'll talk more about that and give you a look at the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. let's see how traffic is moving now with mike. good morning. >> good morning. we had your outer lanes up until a couple seconds ago backed up. the lanes still off to the left taking a little while. they just opened the last of the cash lanes. at the bay bridge toll plaza. your

. >> what you're seeing right now is video from the bahamas where the storm can already be felt tonight. winds there are picking up as is the rain. >> and no one along the east coast are taking any chances. workers filling sandbags, just thanks for staying with us, everyone. >> still so many questions tonight about the storm. let's get right to chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz with the latest models of the hurricane. >> ken. the answers are becoming a little clearer tonight, let me show you what's going on. this is the storm. you saw the satellite picture already, still sitting here in the central bahamas and doing major damage. a few of the pictures will come out to the outer islands by tomorrow. there are watches and warnings in place for the bohemian islands, and there's also tropical storm watches and warnings for the inner islands, winds 130, that's blowing all the time at 130 in the eye of the storm. moving west at 3 miles per hour. so a slow mover. slow enough that it's going to miss its ride to get pulled inland and pick up a ride in the jetstream out to sea. saturday evenin

right now joaquin is baring down on the bahamas. n is separate from the storm bringing us wind and rain over the next two days. >> sheena parveen is back tow with the latest on its tracks. sheena? >> we've seen a change today compared to yesterday and what the computer models were showing us yesterday. a lot were green yesterday moving inland, south of us, but today we have quite a difference. i'll show you that and explain it in a second. right now the hurricane around the bahamas, been sitting over the bahamas for the last few days and with the warm water temperatures and little movement, favorable atmospheric conditions strengthened to a category 4. winds 130 miles an hour, it's moving to the southwest, so technically it's moving away from us but eventually will take the north turn and that would start to bring it up into the atlantic, so as of sunday morning 8:00 a.m., the more current updated track for the storm puts it as a category 2 off the south carolina coast and then the difference with today's track compared to yesterday,

it is sitting over the central bahamas, david. and it is not moving much. the next 24 hours, it sits and spin spins. the hurricane watches and warnings for all bahamas islands through the start of the weekend. here is the thing. we put the timer on it and you can see how late it stays around the bahamas. friday, 8:00 p.m. that's why up to 20 minutes s inches of rain. and as this moves to the north, the longer it stays in the bahamas, the better for us. the worst for them. watch the timing. saturday, it is still well out into the open ocean. this track has shifted farther east. that cone of uncertainty is away from the east coast. doesn't include south carolina, north carolina anymore. the left side, less worrisome. the right side is always more dangerous and quickly those computer models, we'll be watching them. should come in more agreement, hoping this trend continues east. >> just a reminder that it is all over the place. it is looking more encouraging tonight. ginger, thank you. >>> the hurricane already hitting the bahamas, and here are the images comin

we're keeping a close eye on hurricane joaquin as it strengthens and hammers the bahamas. torrential rain flooded homes and forecasters predict a category 4 storm could grow stronger. the path of the storm is still uncertain but as you noah keen could take a turn toward the east coast. that's to come. what's happening today. >> at the jersey shore coastal flooding could cause problems there. water washed over the streets in atlantic county during the high tide yesterday. matt delucia is live for us in cape may county. >> talk to us about the conditions there. >> reporter: are tracy and vai, it's quite a mess out here. i can tell you throughout the morning and we can feel the wind coming at us and got the rain that's falling out here. it's blowing from the north it seems so i'm going to walk out of the way and show you what this is doing to some of the brush. you can see the effects of the wind blowing all of that out here in sea isle city. along the promenade, there is no one out here now, of course that's a good idea. state of emergency is in effect right now. governor chr

. >> i am alyssa chan, in the bahamas. taking a closer look at chinese investments in the caribbean. >> >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause mom it refers to slavery as immigration. >> . >> it had africans and african-americans at the atlantic slave trade as workers implying pay as though we had come here willingly and were paid to do our job. >> now taking the textbook from it's classrooms the publisher mcdraw hill responding to the immediate outable saying it would change the book, but the digital version only the bahamas is a popular tourist destination, that makes it attractive to foreign investors as well. china planned to open a state of the art resort there, but as al jazeera report delays are now causing economic problems the ever the the country. >> the. >> tour similar the biggest thing we have here. >> a small economy island nation, caught up in one big gamble to bring in more visitors. >> i thought it was a good idea personally when it first started because foreign investment is something that i agree

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this thing is trending eastward in the projections, but right now still stuck over the bahamas. this is a category 4 hurricane. winds 130 miles per hour, just sitting and battering the central bahamas. by later this evening, it will start to shift north away from the bahamas, and look at this new forecast track from the hurricane center. all the models started shifting eastward yesterday. now the hurricane center is thinking this is going to stay offshore and u.s. landfall not expected with hurricane joaquin. we'll keep you posted on that. in the meantime, you need an umbrella out the door here on the south shore and the cape. lighter rain right now. that rain is going to slowly pivot northward with highs today. we also have that northeasterly wind, and it is quite gusty along the coastline. gusting over 30 miles per hour. throughout the day on the cape and the islands, the winds could hour. wind advisories staying up this morning. we are once again concerned with the high tide this afternoon. could be minor coastal flooding during the afternoon hours. look at the temperatures. l

it's a big one meandering through the bahamas. that's why the track once it gets out of here is a little malleable. as we continue over the next couple of days, plenty of watches and warnings here because we still deal with it in this region at least for the next 24 hours before it starts to get a little bit more movement. we have different computer models that ingest all the data and predict where the storms go. more of them now saying once this is picked up by the syrian flow it will steer out to sea. a couple outliers bring it to the united states, but more consistently looks like it stays away. even if that happens, close enough we could have high winds, coastal flooding and some of the moisture adding to what we already have. we still need to monitor this very closely. i mentioned the moisture we already have. here is that long, broad front that john henry was talking about, especially with a low developing on the southern end of that, places like the carolinas are in for a lot of rain the next new days. back to you. >> thank