On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trump is rejecting any allegations of wrongdoing, and also the need for a new, independent investigation. He spoke out today, as a special counsel began looking into ties between his campaign and russia. William brangham begins our coverage. Well i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. Brangham the president s displeasure with the naming
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trump is rejecting any allegations of wrongdoing, and also the need for a new, independent investigation. He spoke out today, as a special counsel began looking into ties between his campaign and russia. William brangham begins our coverage. Well i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. Brangham the president s displeasure with the naming
Full screen. Theres cloud cover out there to the north and east. Looks like well start out with some sunshine across the region which is good news as we take a look at visibilities once again today, there is the possibility of some patchy fog. Visibilities actually there were pad in our reporting stations but every now and then some patchy fog possible so thats something to watch out for. Cool, 51 degrees in allentown, vaught degrees in 58 degrees in trenton. Were looking at nice warmup later on this afternoon. 59 degrees by 7 oclock with some sun mixing with clouds. By 10 oclock 67 and the afternoon has a shot at looking mostly cloudy 69 by noon. 67 degrees by 6 oclock. A slight chance of a little bit of drizzle or a real light spotty sprinkle or shower today but most of you stay dry. Were continuing to track Hurricane Matthew as it charges up the coast this weekend potentially and karen well take a look at the latest long range model tracks and see whether or not theres a chance it a
Rogers joins us. On satellite there are clouds to the north and east of philadelphia. A little bit more to the south and they are going to start to gather. Within those clouds we also have a little shower thats opened up. This is still on the other side of trenton but it is angling down out of the northeast towards trenton and if it doesnt fall apart we might get a little bit wet in parts of bucks county and eventually northeast philadelphia. Well see whether or not that holds together. Future tracker six has been showing us that theres the possibility of some fog out there and this morning visibilities are below a mile in mount pocono. Most of the stations are not bad. Where you see patches of gray thats an indication of possible fog. Careful of that again this morning. 60 degrees currently in philadelphia, 50 degrees in allentown, 51 degrees in reading. 61 in trenton. 56 in wilmington. Not a lot of wind but certainly on the cool side. 61 in cape may. And as we roll through the day it
Suspending tolls in those counties dealing with evacuations. The governor of South Carolina activating the National Guard in the palmetto state and at one point major highways getting out of South Carolina at a dead stop today. So the guard had to come in and help direct traffic and buses picking up people in charleston today. Since people are listening to the warnings and getting out making a run on supplies like water gas and wood, the hotline to report price gouging is up and running look at the empty shelves, some reports of gouging on water is happening in south florida. Here is the reality of the storm it has taken the lives of 11 people, this is brandnew video coming in from the capital of haiti of the damage and they are still seeing rain as well. Look at the devaation in other parts of haiti as we get these images coming in. Island hit especially hard, massive flooding a problem, these pictures are from a group in the country trying to help children still struggling after the