Through and the rain is moving in, philadelphia in the next few minutes will start seeing the first few rain drops. Look at the temperature as we go into the afternoon, 61 degrees and winds at c21 miles an hour with higher gusts. Those winds will likely push the temperatures past the record of 62 degrees this afternoon. Ill go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching the roads for the first rain drops of the morning. Look, to the rain drops, bill. Were on the 42 freeway around the Atlantic City expressway. No problems in either direction. Getting to the Atlantic City expressway is no big deal from the 42 freeway. Even with the active road work and construction, northbound, these are the northbound lanes in here. Thats whats headed to philadelphia right now. Over the bridges in philadelphia were doing okay. If youre heading out the door on the schuylkill expressway, right around the vine street expressway, look at thes
Philadelphia. That flag is flapping pretty well, pretty good. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is tracking all of this. Glenn, what can you tell us . That rain is already moving into philadelphia. Its already in most of the rest of pennsylvania. Today is a first alert weather day especially for later today and into this evening. Unfortunately the timing is right with the afternoon rush. We have a flood watch for much of the area. And that snow covered ground adds to the moisture that could eventually end up into the streams and rivers. Theres the advisory, the flood watch that goes until thursday afternoon. So were not just talking about localized flooding while its raining, then the streams and then the rivers can go up too. So this is maybe over a couple of days. So look at this. A wall of rain that is just come into philadelphia now. It goes all the way back west of harrisburg. Some of it is on the heavy side. A little bit ahead of the main area here in buck
Coronavirus. The u. S. Averaging more than a thousand daily deaths from the virus for a tenth straight day yesterday. In addition to more than 51,000 new cases. This is coming as announcements from the Associated Press that testing is down by 3. 6 over the past two weeks. 22 states saw the decline, according to the report. That includes places like alabama, mississippi, and iowa, indicating, quote, where the percentage of positive tests is high and continuing to climb. Meanwhile the president can continues to claim the virus will just disappear. The countrys in very good shape, and were set to rock and roll. This authentics going away. It will go away like things go away. It will go away like things go away, absolutely. No question in my mind, it will go away. Please, go ahead. Frankly, sooner rather than later. All right. So white house negotiators, theyre pressuring democrats to bend on their demands for the next Coronavirus Relief bill or else the president is going to step in. Repu
Good to have you with us. And we begin with two big u. S. Political stories. The Upcoming Democratic National Convention and the brewing fight over the u. S. Postal service. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced sunday she will recall representatives to washington this week, and they will ramp up Postal Service investigations and consider legislation to reverse recent changes. The usps says it will delay removal of mailboxes and sorting machines, but hundreds may already be out of commission. The stakes are high since Many Americans will vote by mail because of the pandemic. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump doubled down on inaccurate claims about absentee ballots. His chief of staff held firm when pressed by cnns jake tapper. Widespread voter fraud, though. Theres no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Theres no evidence that theres not either. Thats the definition of fraud, jake. Well, all this as democrats head into a historymaking Party Convention with blake woman on the ticket for
I think being the first woman president would be quite a change from the president s weve had up until now. Im a progressive but im a progressive who likes to get things done. Donald trump is tempermentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. If Hillary Clinton were man i dont think shed get 5 of the vote. The only thing shes got going is the womans card. Fighting for womens healthcare and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in. Im here today because i believe in Hillary Clinton. First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major partys nominee. Stronger together. Lets go out and make that case to america. Thank you. God bless you and god bless america. Hello everyone im Fredricka Whitfield were live in philadelphia in sister citys park which is center city i should say. Were days away from the Democratic National conveng, two da days away if youre counting. Hillary clinton will be introducing virginia senator tim kaine as her V