hey, everybody. good morning again, and welcome to way too early, the show that knows some of the fire crews here in california that could use a lot of that east coast rain. i m jacob soboroff on this thursday, september 2nd. we re going to start right now with the news. the reinformants of hurricane ida is hitting the northeast with flash flood warnings and tornadoes hitting new york, new jersey, and philadelphia. the gronks declared states of emergency, calling on residents to stay inside. fire and rescue crews across the region have responded to numerous water rescues and evacuations because of the high water levels. there have been at least five weather-related fatalities, four in new york city and one in passaic, new jersey. the national weather advisory cle claired a flash flood emergencying for new jersey, first ever last night. it shattered a record set just last week. this is video of water rushed into an apartment on east 22nd street in manhattan. most subway line
allowing strangers to sue anyone suspected of helping a woman get an abortion. the new york times describes the court s decision like this. quote, the majority opinion was unsigned and consisted of a single long paragraph. it said the abortion providers who had challenged the law in an emergency application to the court had not made their case in novel and procedural question. the majority stressed it was not ruling on the constitutionality of the texas law. it did not need to limit proper challenges to it. justice sonia sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent. the court s order stunning, a flagrantly unconstitutional law designed to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny? a majority of justices opted to bury their heads in the sand. sotomayor also describes the texas law like this. quote, in effect the texas legislature has deputized the state s citizens as bounty hunters. offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their ne
they went missing in maryland s chesapeake bay. we ll have the latest. and remembering bill withers, the voice behinds some of the most beloved and soulful songs of the 70s passes away. we ll look back with an extremely rare and revealing interview he gave us just a few years back. first, we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. [ sirens ] hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. i want to come way under. the virus continues to spread nationwide. nowhere is the situation more urgent than in new york city. highest single increase in the number of deaths. they had a chance to order ventilators over the years. they had a chance to order very big but didn t choose to do it. stocks closed down for the weeks after a much worse than expected jobs report. the three major indices shed another 1.5%. we have the greatest economy in the world, probably doing all of you the best ever, everybody s doing the best ever. al
rips apart buildings and tosses cars like toys. we re on the ground with the latest. plus, an imperfect solution. ten million tons of food is thrown away each year just because it looks a little bit off. we will show the growing market for imperfect fruits and vegetables that is saving the planet and 50% off your grocery bill. good deal. we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. thriey ve been trying to st us with a lot of crap. the president unloads at his latest rally. they know they can t win on election they so they re pursuing an illegal, invalid, and unconstitutional bull [ bleep ] impeachment. [ cheers ] the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine defying the white house, speaking to congress in the impeachment inquiry. a gripping and emotional account of presidential abuse of power. the acting head of homeland security is stepping down. kevin mcaleenan telling reporters he s leaving on his own terms. president tru
son. karen hepp has morning off. good morning to you. i want to point out color coordination here. i know. intentional. yes. we looked and said hey. you have on your easter purple. i i have black and white stripes on. you can be tony orlando and we can be dawn. we have a little variety show going on here. anyway, we re going to get a little punchy because it is friday, holiday weekend coming up, let s get to it. we have a number that we have selected just for you today and it is, again, a 10. now you did notice that yesterday was cooler, then previous days this week but that is what april was supposed to feel like. that is where we will feel like again today. it is an appropriate coolness. 51 degrees with the 9-mile an hour breeze from the north and sunrise at 6:24. other temperatures throughout the suburbs we ve got allentown at 43. 39 degrees in atlantic city. definitely need a sweat there are this morning. only 40 in doyletown. 37 degrees in hazelton,