weather warmed up, tucker, and temperatures warming up again today. not bad. temperatures in the low to mid- 40s. it should be a great looking afternoon as we ll see the sunshine build in and high temperatures back into the low 50s. so a nice looking forecast for the holiday. let s get a start with a look at our current temperatures. we ll look at our satellite radar on our view system. there you go. satellite radar and you can see that across the area that our area of low pressure that was responsible for the rain yesterday is off to the north and east and sort of a mix of sun and clouds across the mid- atlantic. the trend will be to decrease the cloudiness and in crease the sunshine throughout the day. not a whole lot of cool air behind the syem and that will help hold the temperatures up into the low 40s and 50s this afternoon. a wind out of the north and west at 15 miles per hour so it will feel cooler than that. so bring along a jack fet you re headed out this morning.
boo inform. boo! 12 people down in there. a frantic rescue effort, block-by-block, brick-by-brick they re digging out. tonight, haiti waits for manpower, supplies and equipment. tonight, that help is arise arriving. now, it s getting it into the the neighborhoods in time to save lives. i m will thomas. i m maureen umeh. the highest levels of our government is assuring haiti the u.s. is doing everything psible. we have team coverage starting with fox 5s atmac matt ackland. reporter: as you and will were saying, a massive rescue operation is still underway tonight. in fact, we re learning more than a thousand rescue personnel are in haiti doing their best to try to find those people if there are still survivors there. meantime, a lot of american leadership is coming together when it comes to raising money to help those devastated in haiti. arriving on a c-130, the secretary of state hillary clinton met haitian president renee preval and addressed the media. i w
right now on msnbc saturday, desperation in haiti. aid from all over is reaching the country, but reaching the people in need is a greater challenge. live reports from the quake-ravaged country, as the scope of disaster grows. hundreds of thousands are in need of food and water. some have not eaten since the quake on tuesday. lines are long, patience is short where aid is available. plus, the miracles amid the devastation. we re going to have the story of the little girl who survived after spending days under debris. you re going to hear from her rescues. it is a story worth waiting for. good morning, everyone. i m alex witt and welcome to msnbc s continuing coverage of the earthquake in haiti. we begin with the very latest headlines for you. some high-powered help is on the way for those victims. the usns comfort just left baltimore a few minutes ago for port-au-prince. the comfort is a floating hospital and can treat 500 patients a day. it s expected to arrive some ti
with you throughout the weekend and on monday night a very special edition of larry king live. calling on you and people around the world to kick in and help. it s going to be a major presentation. monday night. right now, anderson cooper, yoman like as ever. and a.c. 360. thank you very much. we ll be on for two hours tonight bringing you all of what is happening in the streets of port-au-prince tonight. we want to show you the race to save the lives of the haitian people. person by person, brick by brick, it is a difficult job. it is a dangerous job. tough choices have to be made between saving a limb or saving a life. you re going to see all of that play out over the next two hours. we re also going to take you into the city s cemeteries where they are literally piling up bodies. it s hard to notice when you first see them that their bodies, 20, 25 bodies at a time, they re using old crypts putting the bodies into the crypts. we ll show you that later tonight. i want
break. york road, bosley avenue, icy conditions reported. northern parkway, looking good in both directions. kim, it is 5:00. we are in the 36th hour after haiti collapsed in an earthquake, and we can only guess how many are affected by this. the country s president says it s too early to give a number. reporter: the clock is ticking to get critical help to the victims of the haiti earthquake. president obama has ordered the american aid effort be worked on around-the-clock. the native has deployed carriers and a hospital ship to help the injured so quake victims can get out and supplies and aid workers can get in. these are some water purification tablets. reporter: but aid groups prefer cash donations. the best thing you can do is give money for food, water, shelter and first aid supplies. those are the things we need. reporter: the quake knocked out communications towers. many don t know if their loved ones survived, and if so, how they are. i tried watchin