Houses. The danger Health Experts say it could pose for your kids. That story was really surprising to me. Stick around for it. Right now lets he go over to dave murphy. Hes got your accuweather and matt pelman has your traffic. Hes in for karen. Good morning. And what a breath of fresh air we have across the region this morning. Lots of sunshine getting ready to come up over the horizon. It just feels so much more comfortable on the terrace. You can see the lack of cloud cover on satellite. As we take a look at temperatures, how about 68 degrees. Weve been starting in the muggy 70s for the last several days but today not very humid at all. 68 degrees refreshing in philadelphia. And i tell you what, as you step outside in places like Trenton Allentown and reading with those low 60s its just cool and comfortable, really nice start. Dewpoints are down into the low 60s so its not that humid. The exception would be down in dover, delaware, where its still a little stickier and cape may mig
Year in dubai and it looks like those celebrations are going off. Thousands of people were expected to gather, as we can see there are still crowds of people just a few blocks away from what was the sight of this fire, horrific images that really broke out two hours before the new year celebration. We saw them here on cnbc, we saw them across social media, people tweeting these pictures. Something to see. And very dramatic to happen just a few hours before and admitted a new years of tension in some parts of the world, it was the celebration canceled in brussels because of some threats there. Tensions for obvious reasons in paris, some in singapore and now we have this, the first thought always turns to thoughts of terrorism when you see a fire like this on new years eve, but to this point the government is saying thats not the case. It was simply a fire that broke out on the 20th floor of that hotel there in Downtown Dubai and the celebration apparently continuing off. Sue, do you hav
Fireworks celebration. The building very near the worlds tallest building, the burj khalifa. There were no fatalities. 14 people were hurt. Possibly more. Were not sure we know for sure. All the while citys planned fireworks celebration went on as planned. It was strangest thing i ever have seen. David it was extraordinary. Onlookers didnt know what to look at, what was more spectacular sight, a sight of a burning skyscraper or fireworks display. There are a lot of questions whether what were hear from the Dubai Government is accurate. It is extraordinary if there are 16 minor injuries, excluding one heart attack from this massive fire. Hard to believe the story weve been hearing about, it having been set on 20th floor by curtain fire. It is not only above the 20th floor but clearly fires are down on the bottom well below the 20th floor. Joining us on the phone james mcmull lan, former state of california chief fire marshall and founder of the mcmull lan fire company. There are flames
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Police in munich, germany evacuated two train stations after refugee what they called a serious imminent threat of a terror attack. Brussels canceled its party as arrests were made in a terror plot. Security is tighter than ever in new yorks times square, which is jammed with a Million People. We have a team of correspondents covering this. First, Holly Williams, who has been following the fire in dubai. Holliy. Reporter elaine, the Dubai Government says that the fire broke out on the 20th floor of the address hotel, quickly engulfing the 63story luxury hotel and apartment building. The fire apparently began at around 9 30 p. M. Local time. You can see the entire skyscraper lit up against the night sky. Now, the dubai Authorities Say that they now have the fire under control, and they also say that only one person was killed by a heart attack during the evacuation. Another 15 people were injured. Not known. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread very rapidly through the tower which is almost