Carolinas. The hurricane could bring flash flooding, spawn tornadoes and cause a dangerous storm surge. Meteorologist kathy sabine joins us, the storm hitting just ahead of the labor day weekend. Unbelievable. It is the first hurricane to hit that area since 2005. Theyre bracing for that tonight. Well start in the pacific because madeline which was threatening hawaii has been downgraded now to a Tropical Storm and just passing south of the big island overnight. Now were tracking lest is pushing west over the open pacific and may impact the big island over the holiday weekend. A hurricane watch is issued for maui county and much of the big island tonight and lester will weaken as it moves near or north of hawaii saturday and sunday, could be a hurricane to really contend with for those that will enjoy the holidays on that island. So it is the third major category 3 storm or stronger in the eastern pacific and Hurricane Season started early major storm in the gulf. A tornado watch has be
Were looking fine. We cleared out overnight. We had a cold front come through in the past couple of hours. We should be in for a good looking tuesday. It is windy out there at the moment. But later today, sunshine and high temperatures about other degrees as were shaping up to have a nice day. There is your radar. You can see things clearing out. The midatlantic, nice and quiet. You might see rain showers bubbling up down into South Carolina and down into the deep south. That is a frontal system and that will be part of our player in the next couple of days. We have a storm system developing down there moving in our direction during the day tomorrow. What will that bring us . I will have the details on that in just a couple of minutes. Right now, we are in the 40s, mid40s out there. So it is not an uncomfortable start at all. Police in Prince Georges County are on the scene of what they are calling a death investigation. They say a shooting occurred around 1 00 this morning on 36th str
Reeling from tornadoes and that weather system may not be over yet. And three people are dead after a courthouse shooting in delaware. An eyewitness describes running for his life coming up. We start off with the surprising resignation of Pope Benedict xvi. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Its the announcement that stunned virtually everyone. The pope will step down the end of this month. Fox 5s will thomas is in the newsroom with the reason behind the move and how the church plans to fill one of the most prestigeous jobs in the world. The reason, the pop says hes physically and mental the pope says hes physically and mentally not up to it. Cardinal joe George Ratzinger with the cardinal George Ratzinger and by all counts Pope Benedict actually a shy man who loves reading and writing books more than greeting crowds. He has come to the conclusion that he doesnt have the physical energy any longer to discharge his duties as pope. Cardinal wuerl says that ad