Val that i cold air trapped dunn to the surface it is 31 degrees and below freezing in quakertown. Twentyeight, 35 in willow grove. Storm scan three is quiet so a nice saturday is shaping up. We have clouds in washington d. C. , that will start to roll in this morning into the afternoon but overall a mild day. 64 degrees in philadelphia upper 50s at the shore. Even at poconos break go into the mid 50s for afternoon temperatures. Then we will talk about that rain moving in second half of the weekend into the start of the workweek. I will time it the out and when you will need umbrella the the most in a few more minutes, rahel, back to you. Rain and warmth, thanks, justin. New Jersey Transit and rail Union Workers reached a tentative agreement to a avoid a strike. Were still awaiting details of the the new and, threatened to walk off the job at 2 00 a. M. , if no deal was agreed upon. At center of the the dispute it was wages and amount that employees can contribute for health benefits.
Dies because of failure of the system. Highly anticipated moment on capitol hill today, secretary of veterans afathers Eric Shinseki appear before Senate Lawmakers to address a potential scandal that has rocked his department. There to answer allegations that employees at a phoenix v. A. Facility, as well as several others around the country, that they falsified official waiting list records to conceal extended and in some cases deadly wait times for veterans seeking care. Any allegation, any adverse incident like this, makes me makes me mad as hell. I could use stronger language here, mr. Chairman, but in deference to the committee i wont. If any allegations are true, theyre completely unacceptable. If any are substantiated by the Inspector General, we will act. Shinsekis dismay stopped three republican senator and the americans legion from calling on the secretary to step down. He defended himself this afternoon. Would you explain to me, after knowing all of this information, why you
From west africa. The spokeswoman now in isolation. Her husband reportedly is in quarantine t. Nurses only symptom is fever. Last month she treated a priest in madrid. He got the virus doing missionary work in sierra leone. It comes as the u. S. Tries to catch new cases. Nbcs tracy potts reports from washington for us. Reporter good morning. The federal government is looking at changing some things here to make sure that we protect americans aglens this deadly virus. We dont have a lot of margins for error. Reporter for now, the u. S. Is not ban travel from west africa, but is considering more screening to fight ebola. That could mean the cdc at major airports taking questions. They dont know. They have more questions. They have concern. Reporter the pentagon is sending up to 3600 troops to build hospitals in africa. President obama says he will pressure other countries to do more. Countries that think they can sit on the side lines and let the United States do it. That will result in