And severt trumps cabinet nominees are being approved today. But the big story on action news is the chilly and dam many conditions after yesterdays destructive noreaster. This is Atlantic City we see light rain out there. Continued with light winds across the region. Melissa magee is tracking the the action news big board. It will be coming our way for now damp and drear across the del valley. And the noreastego way heretrac live double scan radar, you see light rain and mist and drizzle along the i95 corridor. Down in south jersey we have mixed precipitation atlcounty and just across the areas in ocean county as well. We are in and out of the wet weather but the bigger picture, on stormtracker 6 live double an r showing the area of low pressure offshore and it will slowly push off to the north and east and we are on the become side ofm and in and out of as far as the rainf have seen. East township 2. 62, ander 2. 33. And close to an inch rain here in philadelphia. With this system an
With the largest number of inmates in delaware. The inmates there have complete control of the building according to the department of correction. They tell us that the inmates took three to five guards hostage. Response teams and the Delaware State Police are on scene right now working to get things back in order. As it sands right now, there is as it stands right now, there is still no information out there how it all started. Once we find that out well let you know asap. From the Satellite Center, im q mccray, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Stay with abc7 for breaking news updates even when you are away from your television. Sign up at wjla. Com text and pick which alerts you want sent from the newsroom, weather, news or even metro. It will happen for you. Also happening for us, Maryland State Police helicopters grounded. Alison that is right. Inspections now being done on all ten choppers that respond to emergencies. Michelle this afternoon, just a few of them are ready to fly again.
Kevin in 2008, trooper two crashed on approach to joint base andrews killing four on board. Since then they have overhauled the entire aviation program, retraining the staff and purchasing a new fleet of helicopters. The helicopters the Maryland State Police currently own are the ones that met all the safety recommendations that were made after the crash of trooper two. They met all of those requirements. It was decided by a Blue Ribbon Commission these are the best helicopters for the job in the state of maryland. Kevin before grounding the choppers on sunday, m. S. P. Called on Delaware State Police and u. S. Park police for help. Those agencies have since run five medevac calls here in maryland. M. S. P. Stressing no patients have been negatively impacted. Were live outside joint base andrews. Im kevin lewis. Abc7 news. Alison . Alison thank you very much. Right now President Trump is at Dover Air Force base in delaware. The presidt with the family of chief special Warfare Operator
Slamming in the massachusetts coast before snow was falling sideways when that arrived there. Jonathan the city that never sleeps got blanketed. Michelle stormwatch7 Team Coverage with chief meteorologist doug hill following the storm and the local advisories. Alison lana zak is in central park but well begin with doug and the Winter Weather alert. It is old out there. Doug it is and we were barely touched compared to what happened up the coast. We are getting the backlash now. The blizzard conditions stretch from rhode island through boston to the coast of maine. Enormous lightning with the system as well. It continues to intensify at this hour. Look how quickly it has dropped a lot of snow. In massachusetts they have 18 inches of snow so far. 17 in connecticut. Springfield, massachusetts, 13. Almost a foot in fairfield. And in central park in new york city, nine inches of snow on the ground. That is exactly where we find abcs lana zak bundled up against the big february lana . Lana h
And her mother is from turkey. As a muslim she is concerned about the trump travel ban. Making sure that we arent discriminated further. We are not excluded further from coming to america, trying to escape war that they didnt necessarily wage. Richard this is a diverse area. Students of race and religion organized the walkout negotiated with school officials. Ewant to allow civil engagement but stress there are consequences. My family is christian and also republican. Richard carly brooks who also came to the rally says this has been an interesting time for her and her family. Half my family is conservative. Half is liberal. I think they support me in what i believe in and i support what they believe in even if its not what i believe in. Richard so about 150 students here. They will face a tardy or a skip mark on their records. About a days a lot of passion on social media about all of this. Some folks saying that they should stay in school. Others supporting the student. A lot of folk