Contained and were moving in the right direction there. That we have jump started a process to solve the civil war in syria which is like an open sore in the region. And is giving refuge to terrorist organizations who are taking advantage of that chaos. To make sure that in iraq not only have we pushed back isil but weve also created an environment in which sunni, shia and kurd are starting to function more effectively together. And to be in conversation with all of those in the region so they feel they can address any potential threats that may come including threats from iran. And that includes assurances and cooperation to israel building on the unprecedented cooperation that is put in place. It includes the work weve done with the gcc up at camp david making sure we execute that. If wed done those things then the problems in the middle east will not be solved. And ultimately its not the job of the president of the United States to solve every problem in the middle east. The people
Forecast. It is december, vai, and doesnt feel like it. Doesnt look like it either. The fog, rain and the rain will return. You can see light rain in south jersey. Taking a break in philadelphia. Not everybody seeing the rain but widespread fog in some areas were seeing thick fog. Coatesville down to zero visibility. Its a quarter mile visibility in mount pocono. The rest of the area is dealing with light fog to start with. Rain, returns. The fog will disappear as the temperature climbs and it will be climbing in spite of a rainy day, 56 degrees by 10 00, by 1 00 this afternoon 58 degrees, close to the 60degree mark. Neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back. Right now Jessica Boyington is watching the roads with the first alert traffic. Right, and were on the roosevelt boulevard. This is around fox street. Foggy conditions when you look at the street lights and wet roads there as they make their way through. You can see the roadway looks shiny with headlights, shining on them
Reports have thicker fog. This is south philadelphia. This is improved a little bit. A better view of the cars on 95 from the sports complex. Visibility zero at coatesville. Quarter mile visibility down from a half mile at wilmington, northeast philadelphia. Were seeing a half mile at mount holly. Well see rain moving back into the area. And well get a warmup. 54 degrees at 8 00. By 11 00 this morning 56, and a steady warmup at 2 00 this afternoon. There are some rain clouds coming back in the d. C. Area. This is the rain moving back in the theyre morning. But at least for now the rain has taken a break. Katy. Reporter bill, the biggest thing that changed is the rain has virtually stopped. I dont need wear a hat, my hood. There is sfant light mist. As you can see its collecting a little bit on the roads. I checked in with police about Delaware County and all of the suburban areas outside of philadelphia. They tell me no accidents or flooding have been called in. I did talk to some driv
But its not going to be an allday affair. Down to quarter mile in quakertown. Coatesville at zero visibility and dense fog also in the pocono mountains. Half mile visibility, improved in northeast philadelphia, to three quarter mile. Down to a half mile at Philadelphia International and wilmington. And you need your umbrella. We have more rain on the way. Its moved back into cape may and Cumberland County and philadelphia. That is light rain to start. The heavier rainfall due in this afternoon, so well to our southwest. Its moving toward our area. So, rain coming down at 6 00 this morning, 53 degrees. Steady rain at 9 00, 55, and a rainy noon time, too, 57 degrees with winds out of the south at 6 miles an hour. Back in 10 minutes with the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. Fog and rain for today, the weather will definitely make your commute challenging. Katy zachry is live in brynmawr with what she is seeing there. Reporter were experiencing what bill showed you on the radarment i
The live radar shows relatively dry conditions from philadelphia southward, maybe a little bit of drizzle. But the steadier rain north and west from washington, d. C. Up into north jersey. This is mostly in pennsylvania here and especially lancaster county, berks county, Lehigh Valley and the poconos. But there is plenty more on the way. This giant area in virginia and moving into maryland, now, thats going to move right up across our region so if its not raining where you are now, its not necessarily going to stay that way. Heres the futurecast hour by hour and you can see that all over the place as we move up into the afternoon hours. By Late Afternoon its raining just about everywhere and through the afternoon rush. Yes, its going to be a very wet afternoon rush and then things start to taper off as we go into the evening hours. Now, we still have some fog in parts of the area, wilmington, philadelphia, but a lot of the visibilities are starting to go up. That will be less and less