alisyn: kristen chenowith offering advice to anthony wiener in a way only a broadway singer can. i ll teach to you zip your fly you won t be that guy with a tan line down his pants i ll teach you to tweet something clean and sweet we ll make sure you get your chance to be popular alisyn: she parodied the song from wicked. steve: our headliner with weather is maria molina, a block from broadway. good morning. today we re talking about the possibility of seeing rainfall across portion of the east coast, including right here in new york city, especially as we head into this afternoon. we could be picking up several inches of rain up and down the east coast. you ll need the umbrella and rain boots. temperature wise, right now across the country, not too cool across sections of the great lakes. across the last couple days you were waking up to temperatures in the 50s. now 60s. 73 the current temperature in new york city. later this afternoon, you won t
trying to get the afternoon run in we are expecting rainfall up and down the east coast to new york city. we could see the rain coming down with the current temperatures. we ha some of you waking up to temperatures in the 40s and even 50s out here. today a little warmer. you will remain in the 70s for many of you even in cleveland because that rain is moving in there s a lot of cloud cover. further west it will be blocked. further west across texas we are talking several inches of rain up and down the east coast. heather and pat at the ann we have patti ann look how much the departures in the city of
flooding as well. in the southwest, we are still talking about that huge area of high pressure in control. it s keeping the heat in place. we re looking at fresno to top out at 110 again today. bakersfield around 110. death valley around 128. each day temperatures have been dropping a degree or two, but there is really no major relief in sight for that area any time soon. today s forecast, we re going to see the heat in the southwest. really nice weather around the country up around 80 degrees or so. up the east coast, we will see scattered thunderstorms. tomorrow that rain up and down the east coast is actually going to push west, and we are looking at all the major cities to actually do pretty well with all the fireworks displays later on at night. up next, selling the 4th of july. bloomberg business week explains how it means big bucks for america s economic machine. morning joe is back in a moment.
felony assault charge against hernandez but no charges were ever filed. even more irony is that tebow might be a tight end for the patriots next year because hernandez is now in jail. let s get a check on weather. wow. that s a beautiful morning shot and it s humid, hazy. let s go over to dylan dreyer. listen, the july 4th forecast in the northeast continues to get better and better. i m all right with it. it s okay. just like your tie. that is the classiest american flag tie. are you saying honestly i love america. they re pretty tacky. that s saw some. thank you, dylan. it s the antique. vintage. that s the word i was looking for. i like it. we are going to see a pretty nice forecast for tomorrow. all the rain up and down the east coast is going to move a little further to the west. the ohio river valley not so nice. down into the southeast as too. we re looking for a couple of pop-ups in the southwest. with the thunderstorms comes
delays and cancellations as andrea moves up the coast. anyone flying with their airline to make sure their flight is on time and best of luck to you if you are flying. good chance your flight will be delayed especially in the northeast area. 140 flight to north carolina this guy. meteorologist alexandra steele is here to tell us what s going on up there. actually in north carolina over five inches of rain yesterday, so had record rain up and down the eastern seaboard so here s some good news. you heard it s post-tropical andrea, meaning it s lost its tropical characteristics. plenty of tropical moisture still in place. it is speeding northeast moving at 35 miles per hour, center of circulation about 35 miles east of the eastern tip of long island so it is moving quickly. maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, predominantly though, those are off the coast with some of the heaviest wind and rain bands, but we do have a high wind advisory for nantucket so nantucket, the vineyar