This is just over two hours. I would like to call the hearing to order. First off, i would like to recognize the chairman of the committee for a segment. Thank you. I want to thank the senator for chairing the hearing today. Sen. Casey serving as Ranking Member at senator murrays request. They have both been real leaders on this subject. Senator burr was the original i will call it the all hazards preparedness act. In 2006. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats. In 2013, senators berger and senator burr and senator casey led the committee. Many members of the committee contributed, some are still on the committee. In the middle of the flu season, it is critical we reauthorize the act before many of its provisions expire and set number. I hope we will do this in a bipartisan way and i expect that. It has been the tradition with the law and with this committee on almost all of our major bills. Thele are not as aware of devastation of, for example, loop. I
Whipping up the surf. Breaking waves about 10 feet tall, expected tomorrow. This will cause a lot of beach erosion, bad news for the jersey and delaware beaches. Minor to moderate tidal flooding especially tomorrow night at high tide and dangerous rip currents. I know most of the beaches are not allowing swimming because of that. So, it will stay offshore, no threat to land but really the big story in the atlantic is not jose, its Hurricane Maria. This is now a cat four hurricane. Its rolling right to the same islands that were just decimated by irma. Ill talk more about maria in the full accuweather forecast. Back to you. All right, cecily, well check back in later. Thank you. The action cam was down the shore today where the waves are already noticeably higher many people we spoke with said the winds are not an issue yet but the ocean is definitely looking a lot more unsettled. Boogie boards yesterday and they wouldnt let us use them. They said it was too dangerous. Yesterday we went
Per hour. You can hear it ripping apart roofs and storms. It is not over yet as maria damages puerto rico jose continues to churn off our coast. You can see debris that reached 155 Miles Per Hour this morning. Right now maria is responsible for at least nine deaths across the caribbean. Jose is lurking off our east coast causing problems down the shore. Take a look at waves crashing in right along the jetty here. And here is a live look at cape may. That surf is rough. Officials are warning people to stay out of the water because of rip current risks. We are live coverage. We begin with krystal klei and the impact from jose on our region. Fill us in. Yeah. Well start with the view of the satellite and radar. The winds are not going to be as strong as they were yesterday. You can see why because the rain bands is now a little farther to our east. I measured out its about 215 miles away. There is the center of jose. Rain is clipping over parts of massachusetts and everywhere else really
Yes. Reporter while dozens of families enjoyed the beach friday afternoon in North Wildwood it business to get much more crowded. Yeah. Reporter revelry is well underway for 26th annual irish fall festival in North Wildwood. The four day event put on by cape may countys anxious order of high ber yans is one of the largest irish festival. Over weekend maybe 150, 175,000 people, amazing. Reporter with warm weather expect, town officials anticipate those in the sea of green will venture in the sea of rip currents so beach patrol pulled some life guard stand back out of the winter storage and called in every guard that they could fine. We talk with the mayor, council and we decided to put life guard on the beach this weekend. We werent supposed to be but we had this irish weekend. It will be very crowded. Reporter five beaches between seventh and 22nd streets will be guarded, and officials strongly recommend swimming only in protected beaches, and if you are partaking in the drinking, do i
Himself in. As you know, he worked for a biomedical supply company. His Employment Status is unknown right now. Be on the lookout for him and his car and, again, if you see him, call 911. Reporting live in limerick county, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. From kneeling to lockingc arms, nfl players are taking on President Trump. Players are standing up to President Trump who ripped the league over the weekend. Today, Malcolm Jenkins appeared on the today show. We would encourage those who want to make America Great and want to be the reason for making this Community Safer and thriving, to really hold that responsibility and get to work. The president tweeting today the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. Its about respect for our country, flag and National Anthem. Nfl must respect this. Coaches and team owners are even joining in on the conversation. Csns john clark is here. John, you talked to a few eagles who have some really strong comments for trump . Youre right. They are