New overnight firefighters had to battle both burning and icy conditions in the citys mantua section. Lets start you off with weather and traffic. Meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. And weve got just a little bit of a snow shower on storm tracker6 live double scan skirting the border between bucks and montgomery counties and theres another trail of it down through Burlington County. Light nuisance stuff. Slow it down if you see sit. Couple issues today. A wind advisory is up until 8 oclock in the southern half of the region. Winds are going to be strong everywhere but the big issue down here is that especially near the i95 corridor we got a lot of sleet and freezing rain yesterday. Its still on the wires and branches. Theres a concern that those trees and wires might continue to fall today. In the northern half of the region its a Winter Weather advisory. Again, weve got snow showers possible up here this afternoon that could also come down to the south but the big issue her
Update . We did. This just came in seconds ago. Still a Tropical Storm with winds at 50 miles an hour, and where ellison is and here, there may not be much rain to speak of, but if youre east of the bay, over to the beaches, its a mess over there. This is a compact storm here. Tight, and a lot of heavy rain going down here in eastern north carolina. You can see it back to east of i95, really getting hammered the and storm raining over south eastern virginia, and they will see bigger problems this is the latest advisory from the Hurricane Center. Winds are moving northeast at 22, and its booking now, but thats not going to be the case as it slows down. Saturday night, looks like its going offshore this way. 60mile an hour sustained winds. Sunday, 65, and theres a low here, not a tropical tomorrow because of the Hurricane Center believing it will be a worry about that. 75miles an hour sunday night, and notice the jog back here. It can loop here for awhile before it will kick out tuesday
We have Live Team Coverage for you. Natasha is at the shore were high tide will hit in about an hour. Kate by low has whats happening right now. Looking at natasha you can tell whats happening right now. It is windy, its cold the rain is still coming down although the shore right now getting a little bit of break in the act. The heaviest of the rain now is over the carolinas this is partially associated with a moisture blume associated with Hurricane Joaquin not a threat to the United States any more but thats where that moisture is coming from. Talk more a little bit later about the flooding potential in the carolinas. Heavy rain moving that was portions of the Montgomery County, Chester County steady showers across portions of ocean county right now further to the south a little bit of a break in the act down the shore in delaware rot now at least as far as the rain is concern thats good news. Because now we approach high tide and its another round of moderate to potentially major co
Portions of the Montgomery County, Chester County steady showers across portions of ocean county right now further to the south a little bit of a break in the act down the shore in delaware rot now at least as far as the rain is concern thats good news. Because now we approach high tide and its another round of moderate to potentially major coastal flooding. Joaquin now starting to make that northeast ill have the track of that coming up it just came out still category three Hurricane Joaquin at the moment not a threat to the us coast. 42 Miles Per Hour winds right now rehoboth beach. 33 miles an hour in Atlantic City. 47 miles an hour gusts at the moment in ocean city, maryland. Wind just continues to pile all this water on to the coast and then it overruns the streets and moves through the back bays. Six to 10foot breaking waves down the shore as well tonight. You can see the rain 3am starts to taper off little bit over in it. Tomorrow were just looking at a few showers. But many sho
Pollster anna greenberg, and time magazines michael duffy. Im Candy Crowley. And this is state of the union. Hurricane sandy has sidelined the president ial campaigns in some spots. Both candidates have canceled events in critical swing states, and in more conventional political news, a surprise nonetheless, the Des Moines Register endorsed mitt romney for president. The first time in 40 years the newspaper picked the republican nominee. While the editors praise president obamas early efforts to revitalize the economy through his stimulus plan, it concluded his record on the economy the past four years does not suggest he would lead in the direction the nation must go in the next four years. Joining me now for the politics of weather and Everything Else is Obama Campaign Senior Advisor David Axelrod. Good morning, david. Let me start here with the storm. When you look at virginia where this is likely to be the swing state most affected, does anything worry you about that state being mo