Bloomberg ordered mandatory evacuations to low lying communities like coney island and battery park in manhattan because of an expected 11 foot storm surge. 375thousand people need to leave. Let me stress if you dont evacuate you not just putting your own life in danger you are also endangering the lives of our First Responders who may have to come in and rescue you the subway systems in new york, washington dc and philadelphia are closed. They may not be back on line until wednesday. A typical scene in connecticut and well beyond. Tropical storm warnings cover 600 miles of coastline along the eastern seaboard. Hurricane sandy is packing winds of 75 miles an hour. She is expected to collide with another system with the full force hitting the area monday night. President obama declared federal emergencies in washington, massachusetts and new york. My message to the governors as well as to the mayors is anything they need, we will be there mitt romney also changed his Campaign Schedule b
Good morning and welcome back to wakeup. Time now x xx adlib Weather Forecast a weak area of High Pressure moves in behind yesterdays very wet low. It wont be enough to clear us up but it will keep us dry today. Highs will get to near 50. Friday, the high exits and a low starts to move our way. That will create a push of warmer air and highs will get into the low 60s. We can expect partly sunny conditions. The low moves over us on saturday and may give us a few showers but it also keeps us mild with highs again in the 60s. We should dry up for sunday and stay tuesday look to be very warm for this time of year with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Today mostly cloudy and cool. High 50 wind nw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Low 40 wind sw 37 mph anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no breaking overnight a person hit and killed by a car on i94 in kenosha. It happened just after three this morning. Witnesses say the pers
Declared a state of emergency. It follows 2 days of violent protests sparked by a fatal officerinvolved shooting there. Fox6s Ben Handelman is live in the newsroom with this developing story. Today the National Guard is in charlotte. 44 people were arrested last night as protesters and police clashed. At least four Police Officers were injured and one person shot. Last night began with a prayer vigil for keith scott the man shot and killed by police tuesday. Then. A group broke off and marched downtown. Someone in that group say it wasnt an officer who pulled the trigger. That man is on life support in critical condition. After that shooting police began firing tear gas to try to break up the crowds. I would encourage you to exercise your right to protest but to remember that there is a right way to protest. And destruction of property and violence does nothing but multiply it. Police and protesters were out early hours of the morning. Protesters broke windows. And attacked reporters a
Threatening injuries. We are working on gathering more information and will update you as soon as it becomes available. And now lets send it over to Kathleen Jacob whos at the green screen this morning kathleen, whats going on . Congressman joe overnight hero. After rushing to help people involved in a deadly car crash. Heck and florida senator marco rubio were on their way home from a dinner last night when a sem truck lost control. Crossed the median and slammed into the three carsright in front of heck and rubio. The crash happened last night in West Virginia along interstate 70. The two republican lawmakers pulled their car over and began pulling survivors from the four vehicle crash. Heck. Who is a trained combat surgeon. Helped a victim escape and provided medical aid until First Responders got there. Heck also pronounced one victim dead at the scene. We reached out to dr. Joe heck. And he released the following lisa and i want to join the rubios in offering prayers and condolenc
Stay in the low 70s for thursday with plenty of sunshine before chillier air arrives for the weekend. In fact, saturday morning looks to be the coldest morning this season with temperatures in the 30s. Highs will only reach the upper 50s friday afternoon. Next chance of rain we begin today with a look at the winners and the losers in the there were high points. Low points. And a few surprises. Nbcs Steve Handelsman has more on todays reaction to last nights event. Hillary clintons supporters are overjoyed at her performance. Sot Hillary Clinton president ial candidate 04 08i love you guys, thank you very very much. Big clinton donors are relieved. Sot howard dean, msnbc contributor, fmr. Democratic National Committee chair 13 19 oh my god ya know they ring their hands over the emails her performance last night i think cemented her position as the odds on favorite to win the nomination and the presidency clinton dominating the debate against the 4 men running against her. Sot Hillary Cl