You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good afternoon. A major new deadline hangs over washington and the heads of federal employees across country. Just one week from today the federal government face as midnight shutdown and unless a funding bill can be passed and signed by the president. With every passing hour that looks more unlikely. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy sent lawmakers home for a long weekend after federal agencies becoming a formal process preparing for a shutdown of Military Personnel. Their paychecks could be delayed for weeks as a crisis grows at the Southern Board Perp federal officials sending more resources to help with this weeks surge of migrants crossing into the u. S. Today House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy conceded he has to win over republicans hardliners but hopeful theyll fall in line to pass a Stopgap Spending Measure and prevent a shutdown. Finally agree on this, and shutting down i dont see and cnn chief Congress Correspondent manu raj
Chance that it produces strong gusty winds, so you want to take cover from any storms that form later today. Satellite shows you that theres a little owty overnight. A bit more coming in later this morning and th t aferon chance of that line of showers and some gusty thunderstorms. Also got some fog out there. We dont have real horrible to a mile in millville, a. C. , little below a mile in wilmington and down to 2 miles now in philadelphia its patchy fog. The Biggest Issue appears to be down south but just look out for that. Mild this morning as you step outside. 56 degrees in philadelphia, still 58 in allentown, 57 in reading. Down to 51 in wilmington and 48 in cape may. So, mild to start out. And staying warm today. By noon, 70. By lock, 74. Thats your high today, the record today is 76. We wont be far off a record. And then those storms come through any time after about two or 3 oclock. And by 5 oclock, theyre probably still rolling through parts of the region. 67 degrees there and
Afternoon. Perhaps into early this evening for the potential for severe thunderstorms. This entire area colored by yellow means theres a slight risk of Severe Weather today. Out to the other side of lancaster where you see a Little Orange creeping in, thats a moderate risk and what this means is that any storms that form this afternoon or this evening could fire up some strong gusty damaging winds, perhaps a little hail and frequent lightning wouldnt even be totally out of the question if somewhere in wide yellow area we get a little tornado popping, too, but well see about that. In the meantime a cloudy start today, mild. Weve got the showers out to the west that will probably come rolling in during the morning and then thunderstorms later this afternoon. Little fog here and there, too, wherever you see the gray patchiness thats where the chance of fog is the best. Right now thats mostly in south jersey and maybe out in Chester County. But if you see some of that, do slow down. I got
Download the storm watch weather app right to your smartphone. Leon a home that works to help teenage mothers facing scrutiny from the neighbors because some believe the transition home on 55th street in northeast d. C. Is attracting crime. Sam ford checks in to tell us the story. Sam . Sam the idea behind elizabeth house is that it is a place to help young women in their late teens and early 20s transition from say foster care into responsible adulthood. And that is a good thing. But some of the neighbors complain about the company they say that the Company Women keep. If you ask neighbor Laurie Taylor about elizabeth house ministries, the program for Young Mothers across the street she says its poorly managed and a nuisance. Loud noise. You can only call the police so many times. Sam she says its from the young men the Young Mothers attract. Though the director of the program our young women do not associate with these young men. These young men were here when we came here. Sam but t
By bridge and we are looking into San Francisco with no major delays. If you are in sap frap you should be aware of a key road closure and it will remain for the foreseeable future, alex . Reporter if you are coming across from the east bay, we are talking about the first exit on the right and this is that exit as the ramp comes to street level. Normally you can go towards the area because of the construction project, the lanes will remain closed for the next six months and the work here is to rea line the entire off ram top make it safer for those walking south of market. This is what it will look like ones it is all dont but of course with this long commute they they will be bracing the commute. We are having a hard time as it is. Reporter and another reason this off ramp will be realigned coming into the south of market neighborhoods, there is more than 600 ion nets and you can system stick with those and a lot of people will likely be doing that when withel get on that area, alex s