Good morning, im lauren mayk. Some areas have seen a break in the rain this morning, but the wet weather is not over yet. Nbc 10s first alert meteorologist bill henley has a look at just how soggy were going to be today. Bill . Dont put that umbrella away just yet. Even though clouds are dry right now in wilmington, weve even seen some breaks of sunshine in philadelphia. At the shore its a different story. Light rain. North wildwood some rain. Look at the rainfall from the delaware beaches through south jersey, Atlantic City seeing some of that steady rain right now. Inland, some scattered showers for vineland and farther inland looking pretty dry for wilmington, philadelphia, trenton, Lehigh Valley for now, but theres still a chance well see some showers develop as the afternoon progresses. 75 degrees right now in philadelphia, 74 in delaware, low 70s right on the beaches, a little bit cooler. 69 degrees in ocean city and summers point, Atlantic City, the temperatures have barely budg
Im rosemary conners. Today marks the unofficial start of the Summer Season. It certainly feels like summer and as matt delucia reports from ocean city the crowds down the shore are taking advantage of it. Reporter a few people on the boardwalk tell me this is the best memorial day weekend weather theyve seen in recent memory and that can translate into big business but will it last . I found it. Reporter whether its finding seashells. Just came to celebrate memorial day and enjoy nature. Reporter or collecting something a little bigger. Have a little bit of fun. Try to find some money, diamond rings. Reporter the not so Hidden Treasure this weekend has been that the sun and surf are spot on. This is the start of the summer, so we want to start off with a bang. Reporter at the original fudge kitchen, these ladies have been waiting for the season to begin. This is the weekend that some shop owners use to gauge the rest of the summer at the shore. Some folks say business was slow the year
Talking about a number of counties, a large number in the state. Reporter there are 44 counties currently under a state of emergency. Virginia is a pretty rural area and a lot of people live and work off the land. My own grandparents live an hour up the road and both from here. We have farms. What people here do. Lots of mining country. One of the women trapped inside of her car, i spoke to her and said, you saw your car lights just going beneath the water and youre standing here in your so socks, were you scared . She said, yeah, i was scared but knew West Virginia would come together because thats something West Virginians do. Thats something we heard the governor say, saying West Virginia comes together not only to help their family but friends and neighbor. Even though this is happening most severely in this county and 44 counties already declared a state of emergency, this is something not only affecting this state but also virginia where hundreds of thousands of homes remain with
previous program the day before you were legally married in the state of washington after that state, through a ballot initiative had legalized marriage equality. what does this mean for you? in your every day life. what does it mean now for you? well, pragmatically, as has been pointed out by other people, some of the most important incidents of marriage kick in at the worst moments of your life. at the end of life, being able to make end of life decisions for your partner, for you, your spouse. but at tax time, terry and i, because we re married and the federal government didn t recognize our marriage we weren t able to file jointly, we paid about $80,000 more perhaps in the last year in taxes than we would have otherwise, basically our son s college education funds drained from us, because one of us didn t have a vagina. in practical terms we re going to see our tax bill cut significantly by being treated fairly, by being treated by any other couple and not being penalized for lov
i interviewed you on my previous program the day before you were legally married in the state of washington after that state, through a ballot initiative had legalized marriage equality. what does this mean for you? in your every day life. what does it mean now for you? well, pragmatically, as has been pointed out by other people, some of the most important incidents of marriage kick in at the worst moments of your life. at the end of life, being able to make end of life decisions for your partner, for you, your spouse. but at tax time, terry and i, because we re married and the federal government didn t recognize our marriage we weren t able to file jointly, we paid about $80,000 more perhaps in the last year in taxes than we would have otherwise, basically our son s college education funds drained from us, because one of us didn t have a vagina.