Where Governor Phil Murphy will update on the pandemic response. This is live coverage on cspan. Our new work toward september 30 deadline for enacting a fiscal year 2021 budget, the challenge we face in balancing our wants and needs are going to be in nervous. Enormous. The revenue losses we can project stemming from the current emergency are drastic. A projected 10 million over the next slightly more than calendar year, through june 30 of 2020 one. Without a series of deliberate measures in place, much of what we will depend upon to lift us simply will not be there for us. We wont be able to support our small businesses. We wont be able to help families get back to par. All the work we have done to put our fiscal house back in order with backtoback surpluses and the safeties we have gleaned inherent in health care, all of that will be swamped. Certainly there are things that can help us mitigate some of this crisis. First we need washington to step up with significant direct physical
Cspan and the senate on cspan2. Briefing, newys Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced he is increasing the number of people who can gather outside from 10 to 25 but with social distancing guidelines in effect. He also talks about the impact the pandemic has had on the states budget. Gov. Murphy good afternoon. Good morning, pardon me. I have already made a mistake. Im honored to be with the woman to my right who needs no introduction. To her right, another familiar face, the state epidemiologist. Thank you both for being here. To my farleft, the superintendent of the state police. To my immediate left, we have the honor to be joined by our state treasurer. We will get to liz in a minute but it is an honor to have you here. F officector o Homeland Security and other teammates. Before we get to liz, we have an announcement. Throughout the past week, we have taken the first few steps on our road back opening up toenues for people enjoy with the state has to offer and begin the recovery of
Change in the forecast track for Hurricane Joaquin. Still a great deal of uncertainty, but it keeps the center of the circulation offshore. Either way, it means wind and rain continuing on into your sunday as well. So its a wet start this morning. Temperatures are in the 50s. It will be a cloudy and wet day. Take your umbrella and your raincoat out the door this morning. Temperatures will struggle to get back near 60 degrees. Angie, back to you. Thank you so much, chuck. Right now storm team 4 is keeping an eye on two weather systems heading our way. Hurricane joaquin could make landfall sunday or monday and the track of that hurricane could change depending on the noreaster. Rain expected to bring a lot of rain to the area. News4s Megan Mcgrath with a look at one area that we know is very prone to flooding. Reporter this is definitely a spot prone to flooding. Were getting light rate right now in old towne, alexandria. Im standing right at the base here. Typically what we have when we
Identified. What we are hearing is it is a mother and a middle schoolaged child who died in this house fire. It started in the back. It began consuming the house, moving to the front. We can show you some video. This happened about 1 45, 2 00 a. M. This morning. The flames were reaching high into the trees. Andfire department arrived were told two people were in the house. The firefighters went into the front bedrooms to try to make a rescue, but it was too late. The firefighters getting out just in the neck of time. They had to sound an evacuation because the fire was growing so fast. A neighbor has never seen anything like this. I got here, we were across the street. We saw the back of the house was in flames. It was moving quickly forward. There were firemen inside the house. They were busting out the windows to vent it. It was engulfed. Fire investigators have been on the scene. It does not appear to be suspicious. They are still in the early stage of the investigation, so they can
Anything. Plus, protecting the home front. Im barbara harrison. News midday starts now. A Flash Flood Watch will go in Effect Tomorrow morning for all of the counties here in green, including the d. C. Metro area, excluded from this watch, northern maryland, the panhandle of West Virginia and western maryland. If you are in the Flash Flood Watch, you can anticipate 36 inches of rain. The heaviest of rain will fall later in the day. 23 inches of rain in parts of Northern Virginia in a 12hour time period could lead to flash flooding. This is the situation that storm team 4 will continue to monitor closely. Joaquin could impact. The bahamas bracing for Hurricane Joaquin. Just got some new information saying it is not there yet. The people of the bahamas are bracing for up to 20 inches of rain. Widespread flooding on the island and high winds. The storm surge could raise water levels by as much as 8 feet. Hurricane warnings are in effect there. The central part of the island is now expecti