All of the flights here at the local airports at reagan national, dulles, and bwi are cancelled. Be sure to check your airline as you head out the door. Breedsy and light rain already falling and getting heavier across parts of our immediate area right now. Some of the places that are more to the east are being hit particularly hard already at this hour. Now weve got storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to break it down. You can see the extent of this storm. Its huge. Its about 1,000 miles wide. Its continuing on a track that is now taking aim at our atlantic seaboard. And way out ahead of it hundreds of miles, we already have very heavy rain bands that are moving in. Heres the latest track. This came out about an hour ago. Its going to be updated about 8 00 this morning. Well get that to you immediately. And the latest track is taking it ashore somewhere from the Central Jersey shore to just south of ocean city. Anywhere in this landfall zone. By then, a very small post tropical low
And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie, and it is an anxious morning for folks up and down the east coast. Hurricane sandy strengthened over the night. Want to give you the information we know right now. Sandy is a category 1 hurricane with wind speeds of 85 Miles Per Hour. Its located about 285 miles east of cape hatteras, North Carolina. Emergency officials in new york city and washington, d. C. Had taking unprecedented actions to deal with this storm. Thats righ the mass Transit Systems shut down, schools cancelled. The stock markets are also closed. The first weatherrelated closure in 27 years, and just take a look at this nasa image from space. This is one massive hurricane. 800 miles wide which means its impact is going to be felt across a massive region for a very long time. You forgot to mention one precaution. Starbucks in new york and long island closed this morning. Dont hear that very often. Weather
About two murders connected to a violent gang intact. Ten people are now charged in the case. This weekend in virginia. The gaithersburg teen was reported missing in december. Fox5s Marina Maracco joins us now with the latest. There have been a total of ten arrests made in connection with this case which has culminated in the deaths of two people, including the missing 5 year old Damaris Reyes from gaithersburg, maryland. These are the three charged with murder, the two men are adults and venous saturday yeah is 17 year old. They confirmed the two adults now have ice defeigners which means theyre either in the country illegal or they violated the terms of their legal status. As for right yeah her mother confirmed she was in the country for nearly 10 years illegally. There others that have been charged with abduction and gang participation. These this group and they, too, have ice detainers. This criminal saga dates back to early december of 2016 and this is what we know so pharmaceutic
About two murders connected to a violent gang intact. Ten people are now charged in the case. This weekend in virginia. The gaithersburg teen was reported missing in december. Fox5s Marina Maracco joins us now with the latest. There have been a total of ten arrests made in connection with this case which has culminated in the deaths of two people, including the missing 5 year old Damaris Reyes from gaithersburg, maryland. These are the three charged with murder, the two men are adults and venous saturday yeah is 17 year old. They confirmed the two adults now have ice defeigners which means theyre either in the country illegal or they violated the terms of their legal status. As for right yeah her mother confirmed she was in the country for nearly 10 years illegally. There others that have been charged with abduction and gang participation. These this group and they, too, have ice detainers. This criminal saga dates back to early december of 2016 and this is what we know so pharmaceutic
Attorney general sued epa a dozen times he believes regulations are too burdensome and best left to states. He told senators he disagreed with past statements that Climate Change is a hoax. Environmental grurpz and hundreds of former epa my ease have been fighting the nomination. They fear he will put politics over science and try to gut the agency. Illinois senator Tommy Duckworth iraq war veteran explained while shell vote against him. I seen firsthand the price we pay for dangerous dependent oil imported have adversaryyes i fought a war over oil already. And now, a state judge in oklahoma ordered pruit to release thousands of email changes he had with oil and gas executives. People want exactly the sort of dealings hes had and what promises he made. We dont know. But those emails are supposed to be released on tuesday. However, it appears this confirmation vote will probably go through today. Live on capitol hill im melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. Thank you you very much, melanie,