The countdown to shutdown down to the wire. Sen. Chris van hollen, d maryland there is lots to get done and we can do itbehind the scenes senators working to come to an agreement on a spending bill to avoid a Government Shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. Sen. Dan sullivan, r alaska the decision whether or not the governments going to be shut down is really in the hands of senator schumer and his colleaguespresident trump delaying a weekend trip to maralago for some last minute dealmaking. Friday afternoon inviting Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer to the white house for a private meeting. Sen. Chuck schumer, d minority leader we made some progress but we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussions will continue. Trump seemingly hopeful after the meeting tweeting it was an excellent preliminary meetingthe big Sticking Point for democrats immigration. They want protection for the so called dreamersbut the Republican Leadership says those talks should come later. D
Yellows and this long line cutting through parts of the suburbs including chester county, monday rirks butgomery, county. It is moving to the east. So areas of delaware and new jersey up next. The good news is on the back side of it, just spotty showers. Otherwise we will start driving out in the late morning hours. Even the humidity will start to thin out by late this afternoon. And especially by tomorrow. But this morning, this is what were dealing with. Gray skies, rain reporting. Were at 77 in philadelphia, but with the heavier rain, a70 in te suburbs. 80 in new jersey. Lehigh valley where some of the heavier rain has passed by, 70. Winds right now 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour scale, but could pick up some into the afternoon for some breezy conditions in the forecast. Overalthough the afternoon will be a lot better than where we currently are. Well warm up nicely, typical for this time of year. Into the upper 80s. And well see the clouds start to break to allow some sunshine in. Have to
We have Live Team Coverage this morning. We have meteorologist janice dean. She is here inside the studio tracking the storms path. Ellison barber in. Jillian mele. And aishah is in charleston, South Carolina. We begin with Griff Jenkins who is live in Daytona Beach, florida. Hey, griff. Griff hey, ainsley, brian and steve, good morning. We are in the window where they are really worried about storm surge and flooding. We were out on the beach earlier and the waves are just pounding it. We are over on the intercoastal side. The Halifax River separating the beach from downtown daytodowntownDaytona Beach. 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Is prime outer bands pounding us. Wind gusts upwards of 60 plus Miles Per Hour. The storm surge expected to be anywhere from 4 to 7 feet. This water you are looking at behind me right here, this is not normally water. This is a grassy park area and the water, you can see just the cop lights behind us thats beach road. That flooded three years ago during matthew
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