To stay in bed. We have issued a first alert because of the rain and flooding. This is a live picture of beach avenue in cape may. The shore received the brunt of the storm overnight. Shore towns are dealing with quite a bit of flooding especially in those low lying areas. And we are tracking a system that will be with us through much of the day. Krystal klei has those details. We really lucked out with a dry wedge starting to move into our area. This has really cut those rain totals for some parts of south jersey, but the shore has not escaped the pounding. We see heavy rain for hours and hours now, more than 5 inches in some parts of our jersey shore line. And what were looking at now is the herriest bands fortunately are starting to get pushed offshore. But still a very steady rain that is continuing to fall and i think will for the next couple hours. So because of that, we all right have a Flash Flood Warning in place. In cape may, 3 to 4 inches is already reported and still a stea
Robert is a reporter with the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting. He has won multiple journalism awards. The 2013 sigma delta chi award. A regional emmy. He previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in Homeland Security contracting. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice. Finalisten a fourtime for business writing. He is the author of no place to hide. Michelle is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. History atd a ba in berkeley. Severalhe author of articles and books on topics related to the civil war. At the Library Assistant at the Historical Society of washington, d. C. , an assistant presenter. Scholarlyember of our lecture. I would like to call out to connections between this place. Quartermaster Montgomery Meigs department was responsible for caring for the war dead. Remarkable that in choosing to live here
harrow discusses his book. Developed washington d. C. s infrastructure and expanded buildings and sites, such as the u. S. Capitol dome and the Arlington National cemetery. This is just over 50 minutes. Joining us tonight is robert oharrow, a reporter with the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting, and the financial world. He has won multiple journalism awards. The 2013 sigma delta chi award. Regional emmy. , a he previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in Homeland Security contracting. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice. He is the author of no place to hide. Michelle krowl is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. She received a ba in history at berkeley. She is the author of several articles and books on topics related to the civil war. She has worked at the Library Assistant at the Historical Society of washin
Today. Dry. Well get sunshine. But not until after 20 after 7 00. Once the sun comes up temperatures will be climbing. 26 degrees in some neighborhoods in the Lehigh Valley, right at freezing in delaware and philadelphia is 34. Suburbs are 33. New jersey just above freezing right now with a westerly wind at 7 miles per hour. That will be increasing some afternoon. 47 degrees in new jersey, at the shore also in the upper 40s. Warms to 48 degrees in philadelphia. Middle to upper 40s for the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Ill break these forecasts down hour by hour and show you how quickly we move out of the 30s when i come back in ten minutes. First your first alert traffic with traffic reporter francesca ruscio. Were watching road closures on columbus boulevard. At 95 and washington because of a water main break. Folks columbus boulevard. Well watch 95 for quite some time. 95 at caster avenue, travel speeds are in the 60s. This picture will change in a matter of a couple of hours as we app
I see some familiar faces that welcome everyone to the dar museum at dar National Headquarters in washington, d. C. I the assistant curator of education for the museum. Today we hear from katie cannon, our curator of education as part of her lecture series presented the second tuesday of every month. This series highlights topics related to the dar collections, ranging from Decorative Arts to American Social history, the best practices and object preservation. We hope you can join us in the future for another one of our lectures. For a full list of our upcoming lectures and programs, please visit our website. Facebook. W us on we offer summer camps, exhibition tours, evening events and more. Our current exhibit is an agreeable tyrant, fashion after the revolution. It will be here through april 25, 2017. We do encourage you to check that out. Without further into, i would like to introduce katie cannon, your historical beauty consultant. The good, but that in the beautiful cosmetics of