Point. And that and i dont want im not going to call it, but mr. Mccain was expected yes and johnson was an unknown, sounds like he just voted aye. The democrats are going to vote no, but that should be i know were in closing bell right now. Well stay with this for a few minutes. John harwood and sara fagen still with us, i believe are you there . They have the votes. The ayes do have it, and as i said in my little hot mike moment there in a long conversation like that with Mitch Mcconnell, it sounds to me like ron johnson wanted to vent a little bit at some of his frustrations with Mitch Mcconnell but not so much that he was going to walk away and vote no so hes voted aye to proceed which means this Health Debate is going to happen and what weve got is a some attempt to rewrite the Senate Health bill which had been stalled for lack of support. If that fails, they are ultimately going to try to get to this bare bones repeal which would be a vehicle to get to conference with the house,
Tough to see this one coming for the saints offense. The fact that they have been shut down and jimmy graham and the gang will go back home and take on the Philadelphia Eagles a week from tomorrow. Cris watching Willis Mcgahee tonight and his performance made me think of a young man from south carolina, this marcus lattimoo d lattimore who had a devastating injury yesterday. Mcgahee was drafted and had to sit out a year. Look at him now. 31 years old and still going. Marcus, a lot of football fans around the country are thinking about you and hoping it all turns out just like it did for Willis Mcgahee. Al i was watching that on television yesterday. The guys were talking about that exact same thing. You hope the result is the same. So colquitt comes in to punt on fourth down. The saints will head back to louisiana with a mark of two wins and five losses to take on philly. And denver, next week, will go to cincinnati. Fair catch called for. Made by sproles at the 13 yard line. Cris id b
See heavy rain on the outer bands on the Eastern Shore counties. That is represented by the dark orange and yellows that you see. I will set this in motion and it is going east to west as it passes by off of the delmarva coastline. The heaviest rain should stay from baltimore east. In the western suburbs i think it will be just light rain it start but everybody will get the heavy rain eventually. We expect from two it eight rain through the evening and jeovernight. The winds are not bad around baltimore. North wind at 10 at b. W. I. , gusting higher on the Eastern Shore and beaches. The winds will increase through the day. You may say right now nothing is going on. But by this evening and early tonight it will be gusting close to 60 miles an hour. After we have had rain all day will knock a few trees down and power lines. Here is the headlines the next 48 hours. Rain today, heaviest this afternoon and this evening. During the day gusts 30 to 40. Temperatures in the 50s. Heaviest rain i
Coming up, we have Live Team Coverage of Hurricane Sandy keeping millions of people home on this monday. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. 5 01 is the time on this october 29. I am cynne simpson. I am steve chenevey. We have a full list of closures at the top of your screen, so keep an eye on that. We will have you coverage throughout the morning. Jacqui jeras as an update on the storm. From the National Hurricane center sandy has intensified a little, still a category one but the maximum winds are 85 miles an hour. The wind is huge. The Tropical Storm force winds between 39 and 73 miles an hour, extend out more and 500 miles from the center of the storm. So they are feeling that along the coastal areas already. The storm is 400 miles away from d. C. It will impact us all day. We will be going downhill. Anything you still have to do to prepare for the storm, that needs to be done no
Now. Raining here,is equally snowing at the same rate. In the mountains of West Virginia, those are the areas that are under a blizzard warning. The the centeree of sandy coming near oceant now city, new jersey. The track will take it across delaware bay. , the reinss around new york city, even into island, have not been as as they had been up through our area. Can see these winds continue from the northwest. That is tending to drive the water out. We have had wind gusts up to 52 in the last hour. Iran to Atlantic City, the is bottoming. Around advantage city, the is bottoming and will to our north. Ve perhaps another two or 3 inches of rain. The total rainfall around the will be 56rea inches. 8 00 to midnight or 1 00 in the morning will be the time were we have to watch for more damage, more Power Outages. Even though sandy is in short, not out of the woods by a long shot. The beaches are seeing the far. Damage so part of the pier in oakland was wiped out today. A boardwalk and some s