And Lauren Simonetti is watching the markets. Lets start with blake with the latest from the white house. Reporter hi, there. There is a debate taking place in washington up on capitol hill about the future of the 600 federal uninsurance benefit that came about during the cares act. We will give you a live look right now at the Senate Finance committee, the labor secretary Eugene Scalia testifying there. Republicans and the white house argued that benefit has become a hindrance for businesses since some people are actually making more money on unemployment. Democrats, though, are making the argument to republicans saying how can you say more people are coming back into the work force, yet this is also a hindrance . They are saying that doesnt really work hand in hand. They are also saying that this 600 plusup should continue until the end of the year. Watch. When secretary scalia failed to offer a plan to give benefits out in a timely way, democrats proposed a flat sum solution. 600 pe
Brittney shipp. Were already starting to see some improvements out there over the past hour hour and a half or so. Thats right. Were still going to have a chance of passing showers as we head into your late Morning Hours and early afternoon. Keep that in mind as youre making your plans. It should not affect the weekend. Were going to see warmer temperatures and sunshine into the afternoon. By tomorrow even more sunshine, temperatures night and comfortable at 78. Our current at 66 in philadelphia, 65 and 64 degrees in wildwood. Everywhere else nice and dry. We are finally starting to warm things up. Our average, 80 degrees, 84 degrees on monday. Ill also track storms moving back in on monday. If youre planning to head done the shore, if youre at the shore already, todays temperatures at 75 degrees with a few passing showers and then by sunday 70 degrees. Ill have your full forecast coming up. Former delaware attorney general beau biden will be laid to rest today. The funeral caps three
Brittney shipp. Were already starting to see some improvements out there over the past hour hour and a half or so. Thats right. Were still going to have a chance of passing showers as we head into your late Morning Hours and early afternoon. Keep that in mind as youre making your plans. It should not affect the weekend. Were going to see warmer temperatures and sunshine into the afternoon. By tomorrow even more sunshine, temperatures night and comfortable at 78. Our current at 66 in philadelphia, 65 and 64 degrees in wildwood. Everywhere else nice and dry. We are finally starting to warm things up. Our average, 80 degrees, 84 degrees on monday. Ill also track storms moving back in on monday. If youre planning to head done the shore, if youre at the shore already, todays temperatures at 75 degrees with a few passing showers and then by sunday 70 degrees. Ill have your full forecast coming up. Former delaware attorney general beau biden will be laid to rest today. The funeral caps three
And the heaviest in Ashtabula County and its leaving, exiting via lake erie and heavy into 90 and into conneaut there. The good news is that as we head throughout the weekend, things should get better and by monday, sunshine and this is that other story and we have winds picking up. And theyre at 15 miles an hour and that is in mansfield. Were looking at 13 miles an hour in akron and canton and that is going to be windy. The hourbyhour brings us into the upper 60s and that is it by noon. And we dont have major accidents on the highway and all of the green here, giving you an idea of high wetio war and a slow spot on 71 isnt strongsville area and look at 77. If youre taking that from new independentness area, 77 is wet like the other highway. Ninety and the turnpike and looking at 480 and Warrensville Center road and that is bussy once the morning rush starts and each and westbound lanes bicking up and meaning slow it down and that is an issue if you tailgate and over to you. For the mo
Around 2 30 this afternoon with the majority of northbound lanes opening around 3 00 45678 while the freeway is back open, ramps on and off broadway are scheduled to be closed. Crews had to remove power lines from the freeway. Cornell bernard has been at the scene all day long. A rough day for commuters but thankfully crews are making progress. Reporter yes, they are. In fact there is an army of pg e workers out here making repairs on this twisted piece of metal which used to be an electrical tower, heavily damaged Bay Construction crew. The work is delicate. Dangerous. When reason why it took so long to make repairs. Power lines had to be grounded before they could be touched or moved. But it left many motorists stuck on the freeway for hours. Detours were coming down saturday when southbound 101 reopened to traffic, but for most of the stay night the bay areas busiest highway looked like a ghost town. Pg e crew worked to make repairs after Construction Equipment slammed into this ele