People. We will also be listening to closely to what the president might say about the american economy. It all comes off fed chair Janet Yellens testimony earlier today where she continues to prepare investors for a likely Interest Rate increase this year. If we get that it would be the first Interest Rate hike in america in nine years. Lets go down straight to eamon javers back at the white house where we are awaiting the president. Reporter thats right. The president s going to take some questions here from reporters. We can expect that whats on his mind is that deal with the iranian signed earlier this week. We can expect hearings beginning on capitol hill as early as next week. This is going to be a sales pitch series of comments here from the president. But as you point out, we dont necessarily know what all the questions from the reporters will be. He possibly will get some questions on the u. S. Economy, how it is faring also the global situation. When it comes to iran though e
Now we hear reports of people being looted. Good morning. Since harvey made landfall, the coast guard have performed more than 1450 rescues. That number doesnt include volunteers out in their own personal water craft rescuing people stuck in their homes. The rain keeps coming. As the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continue to pour over houston and the texas gulf coast, another day of historic rainfall, putting much of the nations fourth largest city under water. We rode out last years and it was okay. But this was more than we could imagine. Thousands have been forced from their homes. The water was up to here. I walked out and i was just like screaming. The worst of the flooding isnt over yet. Bottom line is is that its going to continue on. We need the whole community, not only the federal government forces, but this is a whole community effort. Citizens are giving involved, joining the more than 3,000 National Guard troops and coast guard called in to help rescue those caught in the f
The strongest hurricanes in the atlantic. We start with the damage irma has already caused. Its already made land fall hitting several caribbean islands and its barreling towards puerto rico with the impact being felt on the coast of the u. S. Territory there. Well show you video from a Facebook Post from a television station. You can see cars and vehicles, city roads completely innundated with waters. Looks like the view from someones balcony. The harbor almost unrecognizable. This video from the Facebook Page showing the damage from inside one of the Beach Front Hotel there is in st. Martin. You can see people walking through that area, if we can hold up that video, you can see the inside atrium the hotel. The Glass Ceiling completely blown out. On the ground floor, there is an 8foot southern of water where the lobby used to be. After hitting puerto rico, Dominican Republic and haiti, the hurricane is expected to barely on through cuba and the florida keys. People at the into keys ur
Storm. But we are just a few hours from the big time rains. Youre right. Giving you a live look at key west where the rain bands are already moving over florida and the winds are beginning to pick up. It is skirting right loopg the coast along the coast line of cuba. It has weakened a little bit with winds sustained at 130 miles an hour with a westerly movement at about 12 miles an hour. Over the next 24 hours as it gets back over the warm ocean water, it is expected to intensify once again. We are looking at a bunch of adviseries in place. Here is a look at the path. It shifted a little east and then is was right smack along the straight of the peninsula and now it is a little west. Now the models indicate it will be on the west edge of florida as it moves ashore. As far as the timing on this, hopefully it will not gain much strength but it is expected to come on shore as a category 4 as early at 2 tomorrow morning. It could be delaid by just a little bit and it will workets way up to
Hurricane irma is now pushing up floridas west coast, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. Three people have died since the storm made landfall in the florida keys on sunday. Power supplies have been cut to more than three million homes and businesses. Six Million People have been ordered to leave their homes in the state, while those remaining in several cities are under night time curfew to prevent looting. Irma has been downgraded to a category two hurricane, but officials are warning residents not to under estimate the dangers of storm surges. Miami may have dodged the eye of burma, but the city was still inundated. Irma. Storm surges swamped the financial district. All day sunday, people were told to seek shelter from the Hurricane Force winds. Wind speeds here are still in excess winds. Wind speeds here are still in excess of 90 mph, and up here on the fourth floor while kenny, they are more like 100 mph. Balcony. To give you an idea of