Reporter as the rain continues to fall tonight, driving along the roadway has become more difficult. It was pretty bad out there. I couldnt really see weir was going. Reporter this was earlier tonight, water gushing out of the ground at bay street and embarcadero. Ponding has drivers concerned out here and hoping they dont hit one of the flooded areas. There was a lot of water and planing a little bit. It was pretty scary, especially those big highways. I think we got here in once piece. So thats all right. Reporter despite the rain, people still came out along fishermans wharf. They just grabbed their rain coats and umbrellas and enjoyed the holiday rain. I got the umbrellas an a water proof coat. Im good to go. Take the good with the bad. You bet. Reporter i did check with the chp. They tell me they are asking bad drivers to slow down and be cautious if they have to hit the roadway tonight or tomorrow. Back to you. Conditions have been wet all across the area especially north of the
There, too. I can hear them, but im not going to make anybody watch me dance. Lets get to the forecast. Lots to talk about. No issues today. Partly sunny with highs in the low 40s. Reagan national 38 degrees. Bulls and bwi marshall, 34. Cold start. Limited sunshine as we have clouds working in from the west. Looking at our satellite radar, want to show you the storm system, next one, getting its act together in tennessee, alabama, mississippi. That is quick moving, heading our direction. Not a lot of moisture, but enough that by daybreak tomorrow snow will break out and will be with us for a time tomorrow, tomorrow during the day and things will taper down by tomorrow afternoon. What can we expect . Like wednesday and monday, the snow rain line setting up in the metro. The farther west and east of the city, the lesser your chance of any issues here. Primarily rain. Winter weather advisory across the Northern Tier of maryland, west virginia. Its no longer there. Im not sure if theyve ca
From 95 up to 83. And the west side nice and clear right now, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. Megan and charley, over to you. As you look out your window this morning, it might be hard to bheef that we are in for another winter storm possibly. Unbelievable when you think about it. But as the day wears on, things could get much messier out there. Abc 2 news linda stow is out on york road this morning with how it could be impacting some peoples drive, especially the afternoon commute, linda. Reporter yeah. Luckily were going to be okay for the morning commute. All is quiet right now along this stretch of york road in Baltimore County, but as the day wears on, we could see a burst of snow at around 9 00 this morning, then things will be changing to rain. So for the midday and evening commute, things could get a bit more dicey. Itll be what we saw on Christmas Eve, about an inch of snow and then some heavy rain. That means later today things could get messier, and with a
With that new requirement and californias governor reimposing sweeping closures in most of the state. With me this entire hour to help us take a closer look at the crisis in texas is msnbcs david gura, outside the worlds medical system, backlog of ambulances amid a shortage of hospital beds. Bring us up to speed on the situation there. Reporter yes, this is the heart of the medical community here in houston, eamon, a busy place. The latest data on icu bed capacity. They can handle 1,330 icu beds on a regular day. Yesterday 1,350 were occupied. They found new space for the patients and a plan put in place by the administration of this, the Texas Medical Center to find new places in hospitals that make up this complex that can be converted into wards for icu patients. The 1,350 number is astonishing. Not all of those patients are being hospitalized and treated for covid19. About 480 of them are, so that gives them more flexibility yet, but you talk to and listen to executives from the He
This morning. At the same time, california, texas, mississippi, alabama, gaerks a georgia and the carolinas are smashing records for new patients. Arizona, mississippi and texas are seeing their highest death tolls of this pandemic. Despite all that, President Trump is demanding that schools reopen this fall. And while decisions like that typically fall to local officials, the president said he would, quote, put pressure on officials to get schools open without offering any details. I want to start in texas, a state thats waking up after a record 10,000 plus new cases on tuesday. My colleague, Garrett Haake, is in dallas and hell be joining me throughout the hour. Garrett, you made your way there from el paso yesterday. What are things like in dallas . Reporter chris, its such a challenging picture here in dallas. In the county of dallas, more than 1,000 new cases reported yesterday. Hospitals are seeing record influxes of patients with more than 750 patients currently hospitalized for