Kierein here with more. You step outside, youll think its august. We have humidity in the air, temperatures in the low 70s. Storm team 4 radar showing some showers, some moderate downpours now. These areas of yellow and orange coming up hard north of roanoke and that stretches up into eastern West Virginia and around a bay over to st. Michaels theyre getting a few sprinkles there. And further to the north and west of us there are some showers about to come into western maryland perhaps over the next hour or so and some of those showers southern Shenandoah Valley may make their way into front royal, up to winchester, by around 8 00, 9 00 this morning. Right now were in the muggy low to mid70s throughout most of the region including our nearby neighborhoods and right in washington. Well stay in the 70s with a lot of clouds through the morning hours. Our warmest temperatures may be around noontime. By then we could have showers commencing. A look at the threat of Severe Weather and the ti
Be enough passes to fund the government. The white house agrees. President secretary jay carney tweeting, quote, if you lied, why not prove it. Wondering why boehner is so afraid to call the vote. The Washington Post reporting the numbers are there to class a clean c. R. Nbcs tracie potts joins us live from washington. Tracie, good morning, what is the holdup. Reporter the big question is if there are enough votes. The House Republican leadership insists that the votes that you heard simply are not there. Not only the Washington Post but our own nbc Analysis Shows that the votes are likely there. 22 of moderate republicans who said yes i will vote for a clean budget, a c. R. , as they call it here in washington, to get this process moving and to get rid of the government shutdown. That would give the 217 votes to pass it. Thats why youre seeing pressure on john boehner to call for that vote. The problem hes got, the conservatives in his party who say they control a third of the votes i
Express over the weekend. Lets get to it. First from the desk this monday, donald trump has taken the lead in iowa one week before the nations first president ial contest. Thats according to a brand new fox news poll. He now leads ted cruz by 11 points. Three weeks ago ted cruz was up by three, a statistical tie. Marco rubio, the only other candidate in double digits. Now theres word another billionaire might be getting into the race. The New York Times reports the former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg would likely launch a thirdparty run if it looks like the nominee will be trump or cruz versus Bernie Sanders. Mayor bloomberg has been a republican and a democrat. Hes now registered as an independent. He is richer than donald trump, and trump is apparently getting serious as we head into the home stretch. He normally flies back to one of his homes after his rallies, but the New York Times reports he actually stayed overnight in iowa this weekend at a Holiday Inn Express no doubt