portions of lower michigan. as that whole system progresses eastward we ll have a disturbance they may get some of these storms going. also areas through southern new jersey. a little clear skies to to start off the day. new york may get showers by later on this evening. did want to also mention noaa s storm prediction center put out a light warning primarily for hail and damaging winds in some of the stronger thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic today. also an isolated threat for tornadoes. did want to mention this area from charleston to erie, pennsylvania, out towards d.c. make sure you have a way to get your warnings. not out of the question to get a tornado to spin up today. today is also the one year anniversary of the springfield, massachusetts, ef-3 tornado. only a year past that one. here through central florida, showers and storms today. maybe plan accordingly as far as tee times, assuming most folks in florida are playing golf today. there s a look at temperatures as you he
and the president talks about keeping up pressure on congress. i am confident if we work together and you remind folks from washington what is at stake . move the country over and guarantee every american the opportunity they deserve. and peeking of working with congress. unfinished business will carry over in 2012. we thought he would ask congress to raise the debt ceiling and instead they are delaying that a few days to give congress time to vote on it and should happen late in january. a little bit of the drama carrying over in the new year. and as far as new year s eve is concerned. i don t think you should be shocked if he plays golf today. but probably will spend the evening with family and friends. he chose a lovely site. happy new year. thank you, happy new year
after playing golf today. what are white house officials saying about the president s evident frustration today? hey there, least one white house official, director of legislative affairs, mark short, was in a sunday morning talk shows defending the president saying that the russian investigation has gone on for more than a year. that it cost a lot of money that so far in his eyes it s produced an whole lot. ultimately the president s frustrations boiling over on twitter as you noted, not only directed at special counsel but also at fbi, at entire department of justice, at state department. the president continuing to push this idea that there s a deep state out there that is trying to derail his presidency to delegitmize his presidency and for the first time seeing president trump attempting to draw into question the special counsel and whether or not it has a bias against him. i do want you to listen to one specific portion of what mark short said though. watch this.
people don t mix that in over politics. and yet that has all been wrapped in kind of a nasty change that s gone on all week. the president then spent a few hours at his virginia golf club where we presume he was playing golf today. now there is a lid at the white house meeting. no other news expected. the president also put out a statement as military action as commander in chief about the defeat of isis in raqqa where he puts at some length a description of the u.s. and coalition partners with the syrian democratic forces to take from isis their self proclaimed capital of raqqa. the defeat in that area is a way of trying to destroy a caliphate as isis had it in mind. so the president then asserting his commander in chief role with that statement today at the very same time in conversation, this uncomfortable, awkward conversation has gone on several