57th street and all the way to 8th avenue. this entire area and to the top of the map is closed to all vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic. going back to the 6th avenue camera in front of our building. this is that s the map. the sixth avenue camera in the wall. this is 6th avenue. you can see the fire vehicles. 6th avenue is still open. you can see new york city cabs. they re headed north toward central park. everything west of here throughout midtown and all the way to a block south of central park is shut down to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic until further notice. it is 3:27 in the afternoon. the evening rush is about to begin and new york city is about to be the last place on planet earth that you want to be.
with the investigations, all investigations, including senate hearings, which are set for next week. david? david kerley tonight. david, thank you. and there is a major storm brewing, it will affect travel coast to coast tomorrow. major travel hubs set to get hit. in fact, this new system will hit d.c., philly, new york, and so let s get right to rob marciano, because this will affect travel across the country. rob, good evening. reporter: hi, david. this is another situation where we have two waves merging together for another high impact storm. this time, over the east coast. let s look at the big radar. we already have some rain across norfolk and hampton roads, but the low kicks the energy to the carolinas tonight for your nor easter tomorrow. by 7:00 a.m., richmond, d.c., baltimore, you re in it for heavy rain. a messy rush hour. increasing in rain and wind throughout the day here in the new york metro area. the evening rush going to be awful. and then carrying over friday m
david? all right, whit johnson in boston for us. thank you, whit. we re following yet another storm tonight. the dangerous system moving east at this hour. 20 states under winter weather alerts and flood alerts, as well. whiteout conditions in traverse city, michigan. in fact, the detroit airport was closed for more than 12 hours. all of this, of course, heading east and meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. this is a big storm. it s going to hit everybody on the east coast. mostly with rain. let s get right to it. we ve got a flash flood watch posted for the big cities and the southeast is going to get some heavy rain with thunderstorms rumbling across the gulf coast area. atlanta, you get it tonight. and then during the day tomorrow, we re looking for heavy rain from raleigh to richmond, baltimore, d.c., new york and up through boston. high wind warnings, too, just a miserable day. most of it clears out by the evening rush. a little m
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earlier in the day. we move you to noon when the rain does get into new york and philadelphia and d.c. by 3:00 it s into boston but moving away from new york city by 5:00 or 6:00, drying out for your evening rush. john? chad myers, thanks very much. we will be watching that all day. you can pick your moments to get out and vote. this could cause a major political shift in this country and has nothing to do with the house or senate. we are going to speak to the head of the democratic governors association to find out how changes in state houses could turn the national political picture. cal: we saved our money and now, we get to spend it - our way. valerie: but we worry if we have enough to last. cal: ellen, our certified financial planner™ professional,