Thank you so much for joining us. tonight, as we come on the air, severe storms set to slam the east. a severe thunderstorm watch in effect right now. flash flood watches from the carolinas up to new york. alerts for damaging winds and possible tornadoes at this hour from washington to philadelphia to new york. 30 million at risk and ginger zee standing by. news on the coronavirus in the u.s. tonight. the new concern over teenagers. the cdc urging parents to get their teens vaccinated ahead of a new report expected. the cdc citing troubling data on unvaccinated adolescents who have not been vaccinated. and dr. anthony fauci tonight on vaccinated children under 12. also tonight, the white house issuing an urgent warning about the increasing number of
We re also monitoring massive power outages, stretching from the carolinas up to massachusetts. coty, . ll iffk several people running out of the way as strong winds downed trees in their neighborhood. the storm unleashing a tornado outbreak. that mother protecting her daughter in the bathtub. they survived. a hospital day care center in bucks county, pennsylvania, damaged. several children are being treated for injuries tonight. this system is now a tropical storm, it s racing north across parts of upstate new york and into new england, so, we ll have the current track for you. and of course, the damage. and so, we begin with our chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas right here in new york. reporter: tonight, the winds, rain and storm surge from isaias taking lives, carving the east coast and hitting major cities in the northeast as a powerful tropical storm.oss new york cit. this one killing a 60-year-old man in queens. strong and damaging winds from isaias tore through p
. much of the east coast from the carolinas up to new england facing the threat of severe storms today. hail, flash flooding, even wind gusts near hurricane strength. let s get to chad myers who is looking at it including the timing of all of this for us. it s already hot and 450u78d for us out there. so let s get to it. here comes the rain. noon, 2:00, 3:00 right here through new york state into new england all the way down even to d.c. some of these storms will contain hail. many of them will contain wind. like lie not much of a chance of a tornado today but that chance is not zero with this weather. the weather will spread itself out. it s the heat, humidity, and cold front all getting together for the cold front. 1011 in dallas. that does not change for the next couple days.
Are you. we will never be the same as we were now that rebecca, wendy, john, gerald, and rob are gone. until then, keep reading, we ve only just begun. the paper s editor in chief says a search for a new office space is under way. dangerous heat in the u.s. more than 30 million people under a heat advisory today. here s meteorologist ivan cabrera. good morning. still looking at heat indexes in the 100s today. we are begging for 90s at this point here. look at the heat advisories from the carolinas up to new england and the pink, that s where we have the heat warnings in effect. couple of degrees probably not going to notice that as far as the difference. it will be less hot than yesterday, but still brutal stuff, with temperatures this is without factoring in the humidity, mid and upper 90s through the afternoon. when you do that, factor in that humidity, we re talking about triple digit heat. look at this, going to be warmer in d.c., new york, than it will
Scott cohen live for us just outside st. louis. thank you. overseas in france this morning an acid attack targeting four young american women from boston college, two of them are in serious condition, the other two are in shock. it happened in the southern city of marseille outside the main train station there. they were part of boston college s paris program. they were severely sprayed by an older woman with a known history of psychiatric problems. they re aware of the attack and the safety and security of u.s. citizens abroad is a top priority. turning now to the tropics and hurricane jose, the category one storm is getting stronger with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. right now jose is centered about 350 miles southeast of north carolina. the center of the storm is expected to remain offshore, given its massive size, jose will have an impact on coastal areas from the carolinas up to new england through at least wednesday and now a new threat is developing today for t