Welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. And we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. Fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. It is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local Officials Say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. And they went out so far they then had to be rescued. Hawaiis governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. Cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hardhit west side compounding the difficulty for many. Were expecting a Press Conference and well bring you that when it starts but Derek Van Damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. Reporter hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. Powerful winds, associated with Hurricane Dora helping fuel the flames. Fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented. Reporter Lieutenant
The gop tax plan. But they are still in a Holding Pattern right now. You see people on capitol hill speaking at the moment. But guess what . They have not begun that procedural vote or debate over getting to the procedural vote, which would then allow the debate to actually start overall. We are going to let you know the minute that happens. Supposed to have begun at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Didnt happen. Were now at 3 01 eastern. We have our cameras trained on that situation. But guess what . We havent gotten to the trickiest part of this tax reform yet. Getting the house and the senate to agree on the same bill. Congressman kevin brady is the godfather of the house tax bill. The chairman of the house and means committee. May have to turn into king compromiser to get it done. He is going to be with us live since the Senate Passed the bill yesterday. Im about to ask him what his battle plan will be to make this merger meld. All of this happening as the Dow Jones Industrial closes in on 24,0
The motion of it as its heading towards route 55 some of the busier traveled areas. As we look near philadelphia we see some scattered showers some heavier rain youre driving through in chadds ford in west Chester Malvern especially and traveling along i95 you see that heavy cell that would be head towards philadelphia. So a lot happening on the radar right now which is why we have that flood advisory, the first one in our area being posted. 74 degrees right now in philadelphia. It is warm. Its muggy out there a high of 87. The problem is its not just a morning issue, matt. At any point today we could see a heavy downpour with a thunderstorm coming through so ill show you future tracker six coming up in a minute cause its going to be a problem for your evening commute as well. Sounds like it will be a really interesting day. Good morning karen. Were live in king of prussia early on this tuesday where things are definitely wetter than they were during the last half hour when we looked a
Plus weather and traffic. Karen in for david and matt pelman with the roads. Good morning. Good morning. Ive got the umbrella up right now. Its just some light rain out here at terrace of our studios but i want to show you right now the National Weather services concerns. We have flood advisories in effect for parts of salem and Cumberland County in new jersey for minor flooding until 9 15. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing us why. We have heavy rain moving through parts of the area the well start right here in south jersey. This is the heaviest were seeing, the areas of red that are now moving through malaga and elmer along route 55 and route 40, up near glassboro near Rowan University and 322 youre getting this rain and the heavier rain is about to hit that area as well. So be careful as youre traveling through this because you see enough rain with this that it could cause a real problem as youre driving. Also in Chadds Ford West chester, malvern all busy areas as youre trying
Harwich, yarmouth to barnstable. Light stuff and i dont see any issues navigating through this. The big picture will be a cloudy one. Clouds in worcester at 34 degrees. Clouds in boston at 69 degrees. Lawrence, 67. Nashua, New Hampshire, at 66. Not a very pretty start to the day and you will find what we deem with kind of these spot showers. A little tricky here because tough to pinpoint exactly where they will develop. I am here to tell you all of southern new england at risk for a couple of showers today. 72 to 78. Fog and a littl up as we speak, and this afternoon, like i said, a lot more dry versus wet times. I will tell you when the pattern finally settles around. Stephanie coueignoux now on board for live drive time traffic. And steph, i know you are starting to track some slowdowns. Some of the slowdowns in the usual spot along the expressway right up here. I do want to point out there is an dent on Massachusetts Ave right here. So if you were in that direction, you will want to