Im mike hydak. Meteorologist Howard Bernstein is tracking joaquin, a moving target. Hurricane joaquin is going to stay east enough it maybe not give us too many problems but before joaquin we have a noreaster developing. Flood watching have been posted for just about everything except north of i70 towards hagerstown. 2 to 4 inches or more of additional rain will be possible. Some areas had 5 inches the other night. Heres a look at first alert doppler. Weve had some light showers here but look whats going on. This rain has really picked up here. In Prince Georges County along the beltway here, Central Avenue up towards route 50 and parts of ann arundel county youve been see seeing this rain this morning. The red is 3 plus close to 4 and then 4 or more potentially. These are some of the areas that had the 4 and 5 inch rain totals. Thats why the flood watch is out. As far as today its going to be kind of dreary, upper 50s and 60s much of the day. Ill be back in a few minutes. Joaquin, got
And are battling a growing problem. And sprouting up all over the world the skyhigh gardens that could be the trend of the future. While the political standoff in the thailand is becoming increasingly tense protesters are out on the streets of the capitol defying an emergency law and threatening to continue occupying state buildings until the government steps down. Protest leaders are calling for the entire nation to join in on antigovernme governmengovernmen are moving around bangkok and staging sitins at the interior and finance ministries and the arrest for the Opposition Leader. The protesters want an end to what they call the taxing system. The legacy of the former Prime Minister and his sister is now the Prime Minister of thailand and florence is live in bangkok and covering the story and how much bigger are these protests expected to get . Well, the protest leaders have already said Something Big is going to happen on wednesday, they have not given us many details on what exactl
Electronic surveillance progra programs. The changes come after a barrage of criticism followed months of revelations about the nsas activities. We have a responsibility to our constitution, and while i was confident in the integrity of those who lead our security, it was apparent to me that there need to be changes to the safeguards currently in place. I got to tell you talking to people on the earlier program today that its clear what the president announced today is not going to be enough to silence his critics. Reporter i think the one weathers are charitable reacting to it, including allies on capitol hill say its a good first step. The president wants to complect that metadata that has been so controversial. He just doesnt want the government to collect it or store it. Hes suggesting a third party or consortium, and there are hurdles in both those options. Hell kick it over to congress to see how to do it. There are steps hes taking. The 215 program, the section of the law that c
Government step down. Desperation and anger in the central republican and the run warns what will happen if the world doesnt act now. The elements are there, the seeds are there for a genicide. Reporter and a pretty cool story from south korea, we are on a frozen river with fishermen looking for the big one. The Syrian Regime appears to be giving some ground at least diplomatically. The foreign minister wally has just held a press conference in moscow with his russian counterpart and says his Government Supports the peace conference known as geneva two and says he has given russia syrias biggest ally a cease fire and it has gone on for months and the regime will be interested in a prisoner swap if the rebels cooperate and lets hear from both men now. Translator taking into account the road of the Russian Federation and ending the blood shed in syria as well as our trustworthy relations i have handed off a plan of security measures in aleppo. In that regard i asked the minister to use c
Grannies fighting back against rising crime. A car bomb has exploded in syria killing dozens of people and the attack happened in the rebeltown near the Turkish Border and dozens were injured when the bomb went off in a main town square and we will go to where this is being monitored in lebanon and live from beirut and what have you learned about the incident and a very powerful bomb i understand. Yes, a huge bomb and car bombing in a crowded area, a marketplace, people were buying fruits and vegetables when the bomb went out, this town lies along the Turkish Border and people were able to smuggling in supplies, food and medical supplies and maybe even weapons but there is no claim of responsibility. Dozens were injured so the casualty toll may rise even further. In area is controlled by a mainstream rebel forces and they are now being called. Members of the Free Syrian Army and we understand from activists on the ground that alqaeda and foreign fighters have a presence in the town but