Shutdown, tom frieden was the head of the cdc he and others insist that it will hurt the cdcs ability to fight the flu. The cdc serves as a Surveillance Agency about anything related to the flu and other diseases. The cdc assures clients it works 24 7 saving lives and protecting people. If there is a Government Shutdown, the promise will immediately go away when it comes to the flu program. Less information on how influenza is spreading and how it is affecting people in terms of severity of illness. Reporter this at a time when flu season hitting its peak in many states. This year is proving particular difficult. All of states, 49 are reporting in the same week wide spread activity. Reporter with a Government Shutdown no updates like that one on Data Collected. Another concern is flu samples taken by local Health Departments a departments and sent to the cdc would not be analyze. Local bay area say they have plenty of the vaccine in case of a local outbreak. Definitely concern if the c
Hours. Chilly out there. Sunny conditions by noontime, in the low 50s. And by 4 00 in the afternoon we are looking at more sunshine. But a cool day today. We have several chances of rain to talk about for the week ahead of beginning tomorrow. Ill have my accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes. This morning the federal government is shut down. The senate failed to approve a shortterm deal to fund the government for another month. The bill had already passed in the house. At the heart of the debate, defefrd action for child hoold arrives, also known as daca. Democrats want to guarantee brokes for nearly 800,000 brought to american as a child. They want to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gains. The blame you this crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. This will be called a trump shutdown. The white house says negotiations on daca are off until the government reopens. Lawmakers are working through the weekend to try and strike a deal
And i am dion lim. Clock counting down to the deadline. If lawmakers fail to reach an agreement by then, Government Agencies will begin shutting down. This will be the first to happen when the republicans control the government. Happening one year after President Trump inaugurated. What has been shoe horned into this discussion is an insist stance that we deal with an illegal immigration issue. The issue that are being debated is budgetary numbers, chip, d. R. E. A. M. Ers, it is just the decision point. The bill needs 60 votes to pass and it appears it does not have the support necessary. If there is a shutdown, it couldnt happen at a worse time for the Center Disease control and prevention. Facing one of the worst seasons. Reporter during the last shutdown, tom frieden was the head of the cdc he and others insist that it will hurt the cdcs ability to fight the flu. The cdc serves as a Surveillance Agency about anything related to the flu and other diseases. The cdc assures clients it
There. Another chilly night before the clouds increase and we are looking at a rainy start to the work week. In fact, more rainy days than dry over the next seven. Ill show it to you next with my accuweather sevenday forcast in just a few minutes. Chris . Lisa, thank you. This morning, the federal government is shut down after the senate failed to approve a shortterm deal before the midnight deadline. President trump and senate gop leaders to could not persuade democrats to approve a funding bill already passed in the house. At the heart of the debate, deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca. Democrats wanted protections for nearly 800 thousand undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. What we just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by Senate Democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gains. The blame should crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. This will be called the frutrum shutdown. Reporter the w
Clouds. And coastal Flood Warning in effect is basically representing a good portion of the problems we are getting from this storm. Winds are not Strong Enough for a watch. But we see enough water pile up with the high tide. We are heading toward a full moon and giving us rod rate coastal flooding especially times of high tide between 7 30 tonight and 8 30 tonight and this is the shore and back bays and up into the delaware bay and the upper bay has around Delaware City there an advisory. A lot of rising water as we go into the early evening hours. The wind gusts right now 29 Miles Per Hour at the airport in Atlantic City. 25 in cape may and i could see potentially gusts going up to 35, 40 and some models suggest higher than that. In places like Atlantic City later this evening. But depends on the exact track of the storm and some details still working it out. Stormtracker 6 live double scan only showing you a little rain on the ocean front and its possible that some cells or another