Rainfall. There will be scattered showers at times, 49 degrees, clouds at 8 00. Low 50s at 11 00 this morning. We will see a chilly day through the day and clouds hanging in there, thanks to easterly winds. 53 degrees with a few scattered showers for the pennsylvania suburbs and a little bit cooler at the shore in new jersey. 50 degrees this afternoon while it warms to 55 degrees in philadelphia. Thats whats happening today. You can check out the sevenday forecast anytime you like, right at the bottom of the screen when im on the air. Within i come back, well take a closer look at when you can expect to see showers today. Following closely the traffic, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Jessica . Were watching an accident scene in abington on moredon road and old ford road. That might be setting people back on the roadways right now. The boulevard looking okay, roberts avenue, no big delays in either direction as you can see if youre headed north or southbound maybe toward
In bit of graphics showing up that were opening flat. What is happening with the euro in little bit higher. The dollar is trading lower. This is interesting. Why . Not a listening to Stanley Fischer. The dollar is currently flat. Over the past few days, a continuation of a decline in the dollar. Clearly, weakening story not abiding the tour rate hike as soon as this year. The meeting to get through. A look at four currency i want to to keep an eye on, the turkish lira. Were seeing the weakening first the dollar. The u. S. Dollar on a tragic weekend we saw, the terrorist attack. Lifecost in terms of human and concern when it comes to the asset classes. Copper is rallying higher. One copper asset we will look at. Glencore, how is that trading going . Copper off some of the assets as they try to reduce data low. Spikes almost 3 higher this morning. Tries to reduce the debt load. Is flat. Could we get a sweetened deal for the brewer . Deal to 43f the pounds. The deadline looming on wednesd
Will tell but that, some big news. Yes. Big news. Which will be the next year. That would be the fifth of january. How about some more numbers. I think it will be an eight today. Were close. Im an eternal pessimist. It is going to be cold. Is that okay. That is okay. It works. Okay, thanks. Bus stop buddy is bunled up in the heavy down coat hat and gloves because we are seeing temperatures in the 20s and 30s which has not been this cold in a few days. We have snow showers in event rally with delaware. Our radar has been picking up sprinkles and flurries all morning long but it looks like decent snow showers coming down in central kent county. 33 degrees in philadelphia at the airport. Winds north east at 6 00. Wind chill of 28. We should hit 38 today. 10 degrees colder then yesterday. Cloud, sun and then later tonight we will see mostly cloudy skies. Maybe a flurry or two as we fall back down to 20 degrees. You will full forecast is still, a head but lets check traffic with bob. 7 02 o
Look for these titles in bookstores this coming week on booktv and booktv. Org. Now booktvs College Series continues with interviews from the Catholic University of america. Her besser John Kenneth White sits down with book tv to talk about his book Barack Obamas america. In the book are besser white looks at the demographic changes in the west since the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america how new conceptions of race family and religion ended the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. The cover was done by an artist in ann arbor michigan and i had nothing to do with the cover but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008. You have a mixture of white, black, hispanic men, women you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures in there i think of al gore. You have to really search for them. It des
The demographic changes for the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america have new conceptions of race, family and religion end of the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor, lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. I had not been to do with the cover, but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008 and you have a mixture of coming in now, white, black, hispanic, you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures and their of al gore and you have to really search for that. But it describes i think visually the changes in the democracy of the United States that led to Barack Obamas election. And sho forth. And i think americans understand the changes taking place in the country are here to stay. But for some americans can creates discomfort because there is a sense of loss. A loss of a 1950s america. A loss of a time when rules were clear about m