Failed. We ask, whether you support continued u. S. Military efforts in syria. If you do, give us a call. Tell us why. If not, give us a call. Also tell us why. You can catch up with us on social media, twitter, facebook or email. A good saturday morning to you. We are talking about the shift in strategy in syria, taking up headlines around the country today. Here is the front page of the financial times. U. S. Abandons project to create syrian rebels. Obamas options narrow in syria. The New York Times, the u. S. Ends effort, admission of failure, plan to provide weapons to groups fighting isis. The decision to scuttle a central piece of the strategy to confront extremists was made after mounting evidence of the Training Mission had resulted in no more than a handful of american coached fighters and comes amidst russias fourfold forceful entry into the syrian conflict, a move president Vladimir Putin we will be talking about it for the first 45 minutes of todays program. For more on th
Change in the forecast track for Hurricane Joaquin. Still a great deal of uncertainty, but it keeps the center of the circulation offshore. Either way, it means wind and rain continuing on into your sunday as well. So its a wet start this morning. Temperatures are in the 50s. It will be a cloudy and wet day. Take your umbrella and your raincoat out the door this morning. Temperatures will struggle to get back near 60 degrees. Angie, back to you. Thank you so much, chuck. Right now storm team 4 is keeping an eye on two weather systems heading our way. Hurricane joaquin could make landfall sunday or monday and the track of that hurricane could change depending on the noreaster. Rain expected to bring a lot of rain to the area. News4s Megan Mcgrath with a look at one area that we know is very prone to flooding. Reporter this is definitely a spot prone to flooding. Were getting light rate right now in old towne, alexandria. Im standing right at the base here. Typically what we have when we
Heavy rain. The National Park service said its ready to erect the levee on short notice if there is a problem. There are several things you can do right now. The big one is to make sure leaves and other debris are cleared from your gutters and downspouts. Make sure you have a full tank of gas in your car, know how to get in touch with family as friends in case of app emergency. Download the app. From there you can download an uptotheminute forecast. We do want to check back in with chuck bell with a closer look on how joaquin could impact our area. Hey, chuck. Yeah. Theres a whole lot of uncertainty as to what exactly is going to be the track of joaquin. Theres a couple of things in play. This that were dealing with, thats going to have a big impact on where the track of joaquin officially ends up. Theres a lot of uncertainty. One of the computer models keeps it well off the coast. Another one brings it a lot closer in. No matter what happens, were going to get a lot of rain friday and
Anything. Plus, protecting the home front. Im barbara harrison. News midday starts now. A Flash Flood Watch will go in Effect Tomorrow morning for all of the counties here in green, including the d. C. Metro area, excluded from this watch, northern maryland, the panhandle of West Virginia and western maryland. If you are in the Flash Flood Watch, you can anticipate 36 inches of rain. The heaviest of rain will fall later in the day. 23 inches of rain in parts of Northern Virginia in a 12hour time period could lead to flash flooding. This is the situation that storm team 4 will continue to monitor closely. Joaquin could impact. The bahamas bracing for Hurricane Joaquin. Just got some new information saying it is not there yet. The people of the bahamas are bracing for up to 20 inches of rain. Widespread flooding on the island and high winds. The storm surge could raise water levels by as much as 8 feet. Hurricane warnings are in effect there. The central part of the island is now expecti
Just shudder to think what they might be doing to other people. The home land security detective general said its an act of. They ee trying to recover after a series of embarrassments and security breaches. It cites an email lowery cited in an email information that might need to get out just to be fair. Right now tall eyes are on Hurricane Joaquin from the bahamas to the carolinas to d. Krft met c. Metro area as joaquin barrels toward land. Good morning. Im eun yang. And im angie goff. It could have a huge impact on the weekend. Were monitoring Something Else beechb before that. Lets get right to chuck bell and one of the 12 pun snooch thats right. Gafrp teed were going to be impacted by the noreaster. Coming up at 5 21, aisle she you the latest track which is optimistic for us. New indications is the storm may stay out to sea. Thats the weekend storm. In the meantime a big noreaster coming up the coast promises wind and rain in abundance. 3 to 6 inches of rain possible here in the me