Today thousands marched through streets of d. C. And other american cities like phoenix, miami, and atlanta. The protesters united against the gops sustained attacks on Voting Rights. Made possible by State Legislatures in gop control. Today new president of the aflcio, the largest federation of unions in the united states spoke to Nbc News onto shrines of a rally in phoenix. We are concerned about what were seeing in terms of Voter Suppression all across this country. And really, in my opinion, the action is out in the community and on the ground. And so thats why i wanted to be here in Phoenix Today because these activists, theyre ready to march, theyre ready to mobilize, educate, register voters. And we want to do whatever we can as a Labor Movement to be good partners on the ground to make that happen. Not many people are aware that that march 58 years ago was for jobs and freedom, because the two are so interrelated. And we fight for Workplace Democracy and the Trade Union Movemen
Hurricane henri is closing in on the northeastern u. S. Right now with landfall expected in the coming hours on either Long Island or southern New England. More than to 50 Million people are under hurricane or tropical Storm Warnings and States of emergency have been declared in Long Island and connecticut. Heavy rain are already pounded parts of the region. This is what it looked like in Hoboken Saturday Night Storm Surge, coastal flooding and strong winds are expected in parts of the northeast. All right. Lets bring in meteorologist youve been tracking this. What is the latest, tyler . We can now see the eye or the center of henri on radar imagery. About 150 miles to the south of Rhode Island. This band of rain to the north is about to swing into southampton. Southampton that rain youre dealing with in 45 minutes to an hour is directly related to henri. Eventually push into new York City which is now dry, finally. That rain has tapered off and pushed down to the South And West and no
Some areas expecting up to a foot of rain. Tonights Full Moon could increase the flood threat, as well, for areas along the coast. Well explain that. New day starts right now. Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Its sunday, august 22nd. Thank you for waking up with us. Good morning to you. Good morning, boris. Were all watching henri. This category one hurricane is closing in on the northeast. The first hurricane to directly hit New England in 30 years, which is part of what is so significant here. This is an area that typically gets these kind of storms and several states have issued states of emergency ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall soon in southern New England. About 50 Million people are under hurricane or tropical Storm Warnings and mandatory evacuations are already under way in some coastal areas and officials say the time to leave before conditions get worse is right now. You know, a lot of people dont like to leave, especially when the sun is still
key from florida. we got the updates, welcome to fox weather. the reason we re here is because this is a dangerous storm. still intensifying on way to becoming a category 4 storm hours out from landfall on florida nature coast. you saw the stinger and jane, we got new information, on the door sdlt step of category 4 storm. winds up to 120 miles per hour. hurricane hunters getting back data has been critical in looking at the last couple hours. we were anticipating directional shift north, northeast andic approximating up speed 17 miles per hour. this forward jolt to the northeast is expected to happen before landfall. pressure down to 941 millibars, max winds 125 any upgrade and we are talking about a category 4 hurricane idalia. there is the change in the past hour, pressure dropped three millibars, measured by hurricane hunters, national guard and noaa, over the last 24 hours. wind is up five miles per hour, pressure is down and forward motion north, northeast 17 miles pe
major hurricane. any upgrade from here and we re talking about a category 3. the issue is that the storm has really got its structure together over the last several hours which is allowing it to continue to rapidly intensify. so welcome into fox weather. we d like to offer a special welcome here at the top of the hour to our viewers on fox news channel. i m ian oliver and i m jane minar fox news is your hurricane head coaches and so many of you watching the development of idalia fox weather with you have every step of the way on every connected tv device, also on your phone 24/7 with the free fox weather app. again idalia to reach category 4 intensity at land fall. we have you covered with our extensive team coverage on the ground tonight folks in place across the southeast as the faster forward motion of this storm is expected to bring hurricane conditions well inland but as we mentioned, idalia is expected to reach major hurricane status tonight. it could be at any minute