State budget on my desk. Under our system, i have a wide array of powers as you painfully learned but i cant post a budget for a vote or vote for a budget. Well, Government Shutdown. New jersey is closed this weekend as governor Chris Christie and the democrat Led Legislature try to hammer out a budget deal. Good evening everyone, im Natasha Brown. Thank you so much for joining us. It is the first state shutdown since 2006. At stake a nearly 35 billiondollar spending plan. Its now a war of words between the governor and the legislature. Eyewitness News Reporter Henry Rossoff has the latest. Reporter confused drivers were greeted by locked doors at local dmv offices today unable to accomplish even the most basic of business. I was hoping to get my registration fixed today but apparently not. Reporter he asked us what was going on. Bottom line is dmvs are closed. Reporter after we explained she told us her registration expires today. That sucks. So and i cant drive, i cant do anything on
Murdock. If you looked outside, the rain has maybe started for some. For some, yes. It was pouring this morning. Now it is beginning for others. See you said, when the next round will begin. It has already begun. It is happening now. We are starting to see more Flood Warnings coming into effect this morning. A lot to think about today as we make plans. Because flooding is certainly a possibility for some of us. Flood alerts. Right now, everyone in the dark green, under fl watch until 11 00 this evening. And then you see the bright green color. That is actually a Flood Warning right now for the millstone river at Blackwells Mills and somerset county. So a ton of rain fell in that region yesterday. Nearly 6 inches. So problems will be occurring today. Especially more rain heading into that direction. As you look at the vortex satellite and radar, you can see the trouble spots. Also ocean county getting hammered. The storms are nonmoving. That is why flooding is expected today for some of
Afternoon. And good evening, im george spencer. Right now Mercer County is being hit hard. The nbc 10 First Alert Team has been keeping a close eye on the storms tracking them as they move through. Taking a live look right now at the storms on nbc 10 first alert radar, some areas are seeing rain now while others are still dry. Now live pictures from our eagles nest camera at lincoln financial field, as you can see from south philadelphia, rain still falling and the skies are gray. Meanwhile though, it is a different story down the shore as we take a live look at the beach and cape may county. It has been dry there with a few peaks of sunshine. What you see depends on where you live. For that much, go to meteorologist karen thomas with the nbc 10 first alert neighborhood forecast. All right, george, you said it best. It really does depend on where you are right now. The latest Doppler Radar picture showing us that weve got a lot of moisture and some of this is heavy rain falling in part
County. Dry in the city now, but its warm and humid. Temperatures in about the mid70s. 75 central park. Advise visibility is good, but tracking the showers and storms. Temperatures dont look all that bad, but 85 will feel closer to 95 today because it will be so muggy. We have a heat advisory in effect and well take a look at that if youre headed out the door right now, we have delays on uptown 5 trains. Had these yesterday, too 37 but this is because of signal problems. And fast track on the l, this will wrap up around 5 00 a. M. You can take the free shuttle buses instead. Well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. 4 31. New this morning, police are investigating the shooting about were hearing two of those victims may be young students. Tracie strahan is near the scene. Reporter this happened just before midnight, but as you see over my shoulder, this is still a very active scene and were hearing the youngest victim is just 12. Weve seen detectives and vels Jersey City
About haunted buildings. After a show aired, 12 Ghost Hunters were arrested and charged with trespassing. At the time police said the group had seen the mtv show and wanted to see if the inn was really haunted. We have a difficult update to pass along to you. A Mercer County preschooler is dead tonight, Health Officials say he suffered from some type of respiratory illness. He attended yardville elementary school. The state Health Department is testing for various strains of the flu and swabs have been sent to the centers for Disease Control in atlanta which will test for the enterovirus. That facility isc hospitalized children nationwide. Its heart breaking, very scary and as a mom you try to do everything you can to keep your children safe from getting sick. The state test could be back as early as tonight it. The cdcs results may take about a week. The cdc says enterovirus d68 is a respiratory illness. It can cause sneezing and coughing and wheezing. Most hops and doctors offices a