And well leave this washington journal segment to return to live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley mr. President , i want to make a few brief remarks regarding the introduction of the security enforcement and compassion united and Reform Efforts. And we have selected the acronym secure for this piece of legislation that were introducing today. This bill promotes and protects the interest of the American People in a lawful immigration system and provides a fair and equitable solution on deferred action for childhood arrivals. And everybody in the senate knows that by the acronym daca. Its the product of several months of hard work between this senator and senators cornyn, graham, tillis, lankford, perdue, and cotton. And i think before the days out and the senate closes down hiewl hear from youl
Woodland to the north of winnsboro. This is nonsevere. A lot of this has been a lot of us are waking up to the sound of the number thunder. 70 degrees in sumter. Lexington at 70. Newberry at 64. Here in columbia, the rain has stopped for now. 70 degrees and muggy. We are on track for 100 chance of rain all throughout the day with a couple bundles a couple of rumbles of thunder. For new years eve day, 70 degrees with light to moderate showers, primarily, during the afternoon and early evening. As you are getting ready to head out the door, you need to get yourself a lot of extra time this morning. Roadways are saturated. This will be in between [ indiscernible ] and saint andrews. No accidents are being reported on that side of the on that side of town. A little bit of slow go as you head out of town on sunset boulevard. No issues. Coming from i 26 in harvesting, a 13 minute commute. Again, give yourself a lot of extra time. Dont be surprised if you see a lot of pounding on the roadways
Evening, all the weather off to our west with, it is heading in our direction, but you dying down as quickly as they pop up. As we go through this evening, we could certainly see more pop up as we go through the next several hours fairly quickly. While kell we will keep our eye on the radar for, pop up in a matter of minutes with lightning and storms, hef rain is. Check the forecast the rest of the evening, nbc 10 chief meteorologist, glenn hurricane schwartz is standing by with that. Glenn . A lot going on the state of philadelphia, pretty humid out there, there will be some scattered storms around. Not everybody is gonna get rained on, its possible you could get lucky and stay dry, but theres 8 00. Thats storm pretty close to philadelphia. So, we certainly cant give anybody the allclear with this kind of a weather pattern, even 13w50i 11 00, theres some storms around on the future cast. Temperature going to be, not football like, 80 degrees, 7 00, showers and storms in the area, just
Going to be the night where it doesnt all fall apart at 8, 9 00. 7 00, showers and thunderstorms around the area. And some locally heavy. By 11 00, a chance of a couple showers. Farther in the best pennsylvania, things drying out sooner, a chance of showers by 7 00, a lower chance than in philadelphia. And by 10 00, it is mainly dry temperature, 68. I will talk more about the rain we are expecting, not only tonight but tomorrow, the timing of that and the 7day forecast in a few minutes. Other news now burn and bandaged, 20 of nonstop news continues with a social media challenge sweeping the internet, not the ice bucket challenge, rather the fire challenge, something firefighters would warn could turn deadly. You have seen the viral videos ploegt als, all in fun and good cause. The fire challenge is far more dangerous, encouraging teens to pour a flammable liquid on their bodies and light themselves on fire. Nbc 10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter, ted greenberg, has been working the story
12 years a slave. The slavery drama wins best picture. Cate blanchett picks up best actress. Matthew mcconaughey wins his first. And pays tribute to his dad. I know he is up there right now with a big pot of gumbo and a lemon meringue pie over there and a cold can of miller light and hes dancing right now. And were throwing an oscar afterparty with al and kathie lee live today, monday, march 3rd, 2014. Announcer this is a special edition of today. Todays oscar after party from new york and Beverly Hills with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie from studio 1a from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this monday morning. And lets get right to the results of our oscar pool. I made it until 9 15. Thats it. 10 30. 10 30. Winner take all. I made it through ellens monologue. I liked her, i did. Al and kathie lee, i think theyve been up all night and prepared to give us a fireside chat this morning. How was it . Thats right. Such as it is. Its propane. This is basica