hard to help people. it s really important that everybody leaves. if we can save everybody, that s awesome. shepard: lieutenant colonel cross, have you seen anything at all that would suggest outside of a overrun of the mountains in cuba, anything that might make it diminish in size. we don t really get in forecasting. it s been over open water. you can see the eye. it s really tight. almost like a textbook example of the most powerful hurricane. really incredible. there s things out there that will interact with it, but i can t say whether or not i think there s anything that will effect it. shepard: lieutenant colonel sean cross, all the best. thanks a lot. good luck to everybody. shepard: thank you. people getting out by land, air and by sea.
out on the ground. that s impressive. thank you and thanks to all of those working with you. the danger you put yourselves in helps the rest of us understand these things and helps us warn people to stay safe and what they should do. lieutenant colonel sean cross, joining us from biloxi, mississippi. can i mention to you, think about a map. you ve got harvey last week. you ve got irma this week. what we haven t mentioned, jose. the earthquake, the 8.1 magnitude earthquake that hit mexico last night and there are now tsunami warnings on mexico s shores. those are scary times. stand by, it looks like miami will be the first major city in florida to be hit by irma. but the entire state, whole thing, irma is set to rake up the whole state, set to get slammed. we ll talk about what to expect in central florida and we ll also hear from the mayor of tampa, a city particularly vulnerable to major hurricanes. tampa, a very flat town. whoooo.
some of you saw a little bit of rain but other than that, it was popping up here and there, just sort of spotty. ridge of high pressure in control. i don t have any clouds to talk about. i don t have any rain to talk b here are the highs yesterday. we are right on the mark of where we should be. 83degrees at reagan national airport. 79 at dulles and 80 at bwi thurgood marshall. it will be a the humid today but nothing compared to yesterday. 63 at national this morning. 53 this hour at dulles and 56 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall. we have a ridge of high pressure in control that will guarantee us plenty of sunshine and just a little bit humid. we will be warming up and a light wednesday as well. our high, 84 degrees. the weekend is looking absolutely fabulous. i ll be anxious to tell you about that in just a little bit. very good. let s get a check of traffic with julie wright. good morning. you will find your lanes are open as you continue to work your way around the ca
the door to be open. we are going to see the temperatures into thes even the 90s. definitely summer-like conditions across the region. humidity will be fairly low. not too bad. not quite as uncomfortable as yesterday. but you will feel it a little bit out there. 81 degrees by midday. the high today will be 84 degrees. and through the weekend, we are headed for a 90-degree day. and those details later. back to you. now to the big story of another charge against brown. first he was slapped with bank fraud. and now the former council chairman is facing a criminal charge for campaign finance. he is expected to plead guilty to both charges this morning. we are live with the latest outside federal court in the district. the first stop for brown. reporter: that s right. he is getting a tour of the court system today, but not the kind that you want. he is expected here in about two hours and later this afternoon, he will appear in dc superior court on a campaign finance violati
we are working with the words with the boy at home. it is going to be a nice warm day. highs in the lower 80s and almost hot before the weekend is out. right now 4:31. cashmere pink angie here. thank you, howard. tgif. construction is the story on this friday. we begin with the roadwork we are seeing on the outer loop. at kenilworth we have roadwork taking away the right center lane and road crews near the river road exit and carter rock. between powder mill and 198 you will find road crews as as well as 216. more construction southbound at 370. 236 and 66 and speaking of 66 smooth sailing out of mans in as in a making your way from centreville past the beltway. nationwide reaction to asceses tough new immigration law has been mixed. it makes it a state crime for illegal immigrants to be in the country and allows law enforcement to detain anyone suspected of being here illegally unless they can prove otherwise. a similar law was passed in prince william county, virginia