three named storms -- churning in the atlantic right now. stormwatch seven is tracking their potential impact on our area. and d-c-p-s in the spotlight. the emmy shoutouts that had d-c trending worldwide! good morning washington i'm larry smith. and i'm lisa fletcher in for autria godfrey. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - another warm and humid day - breezy tomorrow; jose off the mid-atlantic coast - warmer than average approaching the first day of fall friday - watching hurricane maria (approaching leeward islands) today: am patchy fog. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. stray shower. highs: winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. patchy fog. lows: wid

three named storms in the atlantic right now. one of those - expected to hit areas completely obliterated earlier this month by hurricane irma. good morning and i'm lisa fletcher in this morning for autria godfrey. let's start this half hour with stormwatch-7 meterologist eileen whelan. - another warm and humid day - breezy tomorrow; jose off the mid-atlantic coast - warmer than average approaching the first day of fall friday - watching hurricane maria (approaching leeward islands) today: am patchy fog. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. stray shower. highs: winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. patchy fog. lows: winds: n 5-10 mph tuesday: mix of sun and clouds. breezy. isolated shower. highs: winds: n 10-15 g 20-25 mph toss to suzanne great falls- under investigaiton this police say a young couple was heading back from the grocery store saturday night when their vehicle lost control and slammed into a tree on beach mill road. the crash killed 26-year-old benjamin wenger and his girlfriend - 23-year-old ab

the atlantic's most powerful storm ever. florida residents waing for what could be a direct hit. >> do not sit and wait to prepare. get prepared now. >> we're live throughout the storm zone. >>> dream revoked. >> donald trump has got to go. >> new protests ranging coast-to-coast, after the white house rescinds a controversial immigration program. president trump defending his decision. ? . >> a i have a great heart for e

stormwatch 7 now tracking the path of the most powerful atlantic hurricane in recorded history. daca is done. growing outrage, after the white house moves to end the program. why congress is now in the hot seat. back to school week continues. we have a live report from prince georges county-- as thousands of students get ready to board those buses. good morn - have the umbrella; showers continue - 15-20 cooler today - sunshine returns tomorrow through the weekend - hurricane irma the strongest hurricane in the atlantic basin (still cat. 5 - 185mph winds) today: cloudy and cooler. rain likely. highs: 66-72 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: mostly to partly cloudy and cool. isolated shower. patchy fog. lows: 51-57 winds: wnw 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. highs: winds: nw 5-15 mph back now to our back now to our breaking news. hurricane irma-- makes landfall overnight in the carribean. it's still too early to know if this monster storm will strike the u-s mainland-- but in florida, they aren't taking any chances. evacuation orders have been issued for parts of florida where it is couldm ar

the heaviest appears to be north of atlantic city. a thunderstorm moving away from you and even though the intensity of the rain is drying out below trenton and southern bucks county there's another heavy batch coming up through dover. lots of lightning with that and it takes awhile for the roads to drain so we're dealing with a lot of wet roads out there and some of them with the ponding and puddling and backed up storm drains. 69 in philadelphia, 71 cape may. 63 in allentown. we will be back with our top stories. today's high 73. >> ♪ before they can stand tall... they must first learn to stand out. get everything they need to shine, for less. this week at staples, shop our fifty cent deals. staples. it's pro time. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo fo

front which doesn't stay in the atlantic all day. it crosses northern ireland and pushes cloud and wind and rain into scotland and the irish sea coast. away from the cloud of the west, the east will do very well, some spots getting up to 21, 22, pretty good for the time of year. the same weather front out of sunday into monday, rather stuck between the high—pressure dominant over scandinavia, low pressure building in the atlantic and it doesn't know whether to go east or west, so probably it will end up sitting across the western areas and tending to fizzle through the day. the best sunshine can be found towards the east. on tuesday, the onshore breeze is going to temper the feeling across the northeast quarter but in many inland areas, away from the easterly breeze we may have temperatures into the teens, if not 20 degrees and there isn't much change as far ahead as wednesday. high—pressure still the dominant thing, holding for the most part the atlantic fronts. notice the isobars, another windy day for northern ireland. and the

up next - florida, bracing for a hit from the strongest hurricane on record in the atlantic. abc's stephanie ramos is on the ground for us live in miami, covering it all. developing now. las vegas police have launched an investigation after detaining seattle seahawks player michael bennett last month. he accusses officers of racial profiling and using excessive force - saying they pointed a gun at his head following reports of gunfire at the cromwell hotel and casino just hours after the floyd mayweather-conor mcgregor fight. bennett says he was just one of away from a loud sound thought to be gunshots inside the casino-hotel. police say they spotted bennett..crouching behind a game machine during the chaos. he then allegedly ran..exited the hotel and jumped a wall. officers caught up with him and placed him in cuffs..and detained him for about 10 minutes. he was released just minutes later after they determined he wasn't a threat. bennett is one of many nfl players to sit, or kneel during the national anthem to protest racial inequality, and police misconduct. happening now,

aannie mccormick is live in atlantic city. what are people doing in atlantic county? >> first i want to show you that you can hear the waves crashing. officials are concerned about beach erosion and flooding. even if it's minor to the area, they want people to be prepared. >> crowded beaches on atlantic city today. >> i have been out in those friday everyday. not today. today is the first day i skipped. >> we expect minor to moderate beach flooding. the greatest hazard is the rip currents. >> yesterday the beach patrol made 12 rescues. today and tomorrow the beaches are open but people are discouraged from going into the water. in long port the same gloomy skies hovered over the waves. donna ennis is a massage therapist visiting clients and decided to stay just in case. >> you never know what mother nature is going to do. everyone is on alert. >> i think we are immune to that. i do. we have had bad ones. maybe we'll have big winds. >> residents in margate are at ease as well. officials are warned to be aware. >> the elevated tide levels look to be over six feet, tomor

from harvey tonight through saturday - warmer & drier second half of labor day weekend (cat. 3) in the atlantic today: mostly cloudy & unseasonably cool. highs: 67-69 winds: ne 5-15 mph tonight: cloudy and cool with showers. lows: 57-62 winds: e 5-10 mph saturday: cloudy and cool with showers. highs: 62-72 winds: e 5-15 mph right now at 5 xx breaking news..smoke reported inside the mount vernon metro station. ryan hughes is live in northwest with the details. the path to beggining in parts of texas as flood waters from harvey slowly start to recede in some areas. the rain has finally stopped..but the recovery operations continue. it could still be days before officials are able to see the scope of the disaster. many homes and neighborhoods in houston - still surrounded by water this morning. houston's mayor says the city is mostly dry after taking an aerial tour. thousands still remain stranded...and officials in harris county believe up to 40-thousand homes have been destroyed in the houston area. we know that at least 39 people have died. and rescuers are searching for 19 people reported miss

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we actually have very active atlantic basin. let's talk jose first. category one storm, winds of around 0-mile miles per hour, moving to the north at seven. it is going to be picking up speed, but in the until the next couple of days, eventually will take turn out to sea. but it will be very close off shore, as we head into the day tuesday, so it will be just close enough to cause us some problems right here in the delaware valley. mainly we're going to be dealing with coastal flooding and also some windy and breezy conditions. look at these sustained winds. as we head into really monday night, tuesday, see some of these more pink, orange colors , right along the coastline, tropical storm force winds. a lot of the coastal communities will likely be dealing with that, throughout the entire day on tuesday. so that's going to be kind of yucky day. also watching maria, tropical storm, latest update, winds of 50 miles per hour, moving to the west at 16. so moving much faster than jose, but here is the problem, it is expected to become a major hurricane, as

they are both out in the atlantic. but that's where the similarities end. jose is stirring up our coastline and causing some street flooding at the shore. maria is potentially catastrophic and has the entire island of puerto rico bracing for a direct hit. but as you may know, there is another natural disaster that's already happened and is already killing a lot of people. it is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is a major earthquake in central mexico. the death toll has reached 139. it will almost certainly go higher. the 7.1 magnitude quake was centered in the pueblo town of riboso ands close enough -- 76 miles -- to cause havoc in mexico city. at least 40 buildings have collapsed. rescue operations are under way. at least 60 people have been rescued alive in this city of 9 million people. cameras were rolling in a television studio where you could see lights swaying on the ceiling. cruel irony here, just this morning mexico city held earthquake drills on this, the anniversary of the earthquake in 1985 that killed almost 10,000 people.

he is live in atlantic county. what are the conditions like there now? >> reporter: jackie, a bit breezy. we're just about an hour away from high tide here on the ocean and that could bring the first of several rounds of coastal flooding, especially in back bay areas, even before the storms, some beaches were already in rough shape. crashes waves getting bigger tonight at the jersey shore as jose churns in the atlantic. >> the ocean looks really fierce to me. >> fortifying dunes in north wildwood, a key mission for crews, the didnunes facing more pounding surf and beach erosion from jose. >> hopefully the sacrificial sand will go and not our infrastructure. >> reporter: strong, gusty winds along with four rounds of water coming potentially during tuesday evening's high tide. this man deciding to leave west wildwood and head home to willow grove. >> i like to be in my real house and my real bed and get my car out of here mainly. >> i don't mind storms. i'm not afraid of them. >> kathy is staying at the beach this week but jose is changing some of her plan

territories and islands in the atlantic are getting battered. the death toll rising overnight to nine. it is expected to rise. >> that's right. this is a dangerous, dangerous system. according to the u.n., hurricane irma could affect as many as 37 million people. puerto rico may have avoided a direct hit. the governor saying there's significant damage as rain and powerful winds lashed the island. more than a million customers are without power in puerto rico. >> at least eight people died and two others were seriously injured on the islands of st. barts and st. maarten. they describe it as a paradise lost. >> it's horrible. it's awful. this island was beautiful. it was a tropical paradise. it's awful. roofs have blown off. there are cars damaged and flipped over. back windows and bumpers ripped out. everything's an absolute disaster area. >> i got to tell you, nothing is paradise in 185 mile-per-hour winds. just so dangerous. hurricane irma blamed for the death of an infant in barbuda where more than 90% of structures have been destroyed. the is

live in atlantic city, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you nora. >>> let's go farther south. let's go to "action news" reporter john rawlins at rehoboth beach. john, what's the situation in delaware? >> reporter: well, jim, they are watching and waiting here. the waiting is to make sure josÉ runs as expected up here in a northerly way and a well away from this coast. take a look down here. high tide as you can see the tide is coming in high tide is about an hour and 15 minutes, people have been all day here watching, they wanted to come down see the rough surf that is definitely building. josÉ sending pounding waves and rain hundreds of miles to rehoboth beach. a few swimmers braved the surf, others content to sit and watch. lisa white husband glen and daughter taking in the storm. >> this is pretty minor. >> this is kind of weak. >> it seems a little weak compared to what everybody else has gone through. >> fortunately. >> fortunately. >> reporter: if josÉ tracks north as expected conditions will deteriorate overnight an

whipping through the atlantic. hurricane irma a category 5 storm with its eye on the caribbean heading toward the florida peninsula. >> it's a really big storm. they're really taking it serious this time. >> reporter: now one of the pose powerful storms ever recorded over the atlantic ocean. irma's force registering on seismometers. that is still deepening and strengthening with winds topping 185 miles an hour and could bring waves up to 25 feet. >> this is really scary so you have to be prepared as much as possible. >> reporter: governor rick scott preemptively issuing a state of emergency in all of florida's 67 counties. in south florida, gas stations running dry as store shelves are emptying quickly. >> the line to get water goes around the whole supermarket. >> reporter: in miami, the mayor sounding the alarm calling for evacuations ahead of the storm. >> this hurricane is far too powerful, poses far too great a threat for any longer. >> i'm going to board up the house and head north. >> reporter: in the low-ly

today - sunshine returns tomorrow through the weekend - hurricane irma the strongest hurricane in the atlantic basin (still cat. 5 - 185mph winds) today: cloudy and cooler. rain likely. highs: 66-72 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: mostly to partly cloudy and cool. isolated shower. patchy fog. lows: 51-57 winds: wnw 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. highs: winds: nw 5-15 mph caribbean and florida are bracing for hurricane irma. the category five storm is prompting evacuations and disrupting travel even before it makes landfall! janai norman has more on how people are preparing. harvey's devastation -- still fresh in the minds devastation -- still fresh in the minds of the members of virginia t ground- helping victims. now- they're preparing to respond to what could be the next hit... from irma. jay korff shares the stories of those heroic responders: some big names are pitching in to help pitching in to help those affected by harvey. beyonce and barbara streisand will headline a benefit telethon next week. the money raised will go to organizations like united way, habitat for humanity and save the childr

the atlantic city council voted to rename boulevard avenue as game wailen way. he drooi died last month at the age of 68. in a new fund honors a state trooper killed in the line of duty. he was shot and killed while investigationing a suspicious car. now a memorial scholarship fund has been created if in ballard's name. >>> new castle county, a wi wilmington firefighter burned on the job has returned to work. three other firefighters were killed in had that blaze when the first floor of the home collapsed. 27-year-old beatrice louise is charged with starting that pier. >> we appreciate our firefighters and all they do. >> absolutely. >>> killer storm, hurricane irma is the most powerful atlantic had ocean ever. news this morning, the death toll is rising as it heads into the caribbean. >>> the two cusps accused of killing people in bucks county appear in court today. >>> good morning. this is nbc 10 news the today. >> it's still dark out there, as you can see. there is still some rain we have to deal with a little bit. hey, krystal. >> we're looking at drying ou

atlantic city, 79 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, very summer like this weekend warm and sticky today and tomorrow. sun and clouds, spotty shower, 84. spotty shower on sunday, 83 degrees. monday, clouds and sun, 78. muggy. tuesday, cloudy and breezy with a lot of the humidity and high of 75. again that's the day we'll watch closely to see what jose wants to do. by the time we get into wednesday, jose should be pulling away clouds and sun, breezy, 82. 82 friday, of course being the first day of fall say goodbye to summer, hello fall. >> if we get impact by hurricane jose monday and tuesday, is a wash. >> reporter: yes and no, there would be large waves monday, gusty wind and rain, tuesday. >> people walking through center city may notice the statue next to the much talked about sculpture of late mayor and police commissioner frank rizzo. katherine scott said there's plenty of talk about the new statue, as well. >> reporter: hank willis thomas all power to all people. >> i think it's great,

so it is a wild part of the atlantic hurricane season. we are in the peak part of this season, as well, so, again, while this is a bit uncommon to justinly see these storms get closer and closer to the continental us, it is not uncommon to see this many storms in general there is time of year, because again we are in the peak part of this season. starting things offer, right away, talking about what is now hurricane jose. category one, seeing winds right around 80 miles an hour or so, again, this is still at this point churning out in the atlantic ocean, and right now, not affecting any land, but as we put our track on it, let's talk about where this is going to go. it will start to track northward. in fact, already start today do. that will you see hereby tuesday morning, into next week, we're seeing still category one storm just off the coast of the carolinas, and then it will continue to track north. then it will eventually spin out, out over the northern atlantic. of course what we're concerned with here in the northeast, when we star

an area of low pressure will move in from the atlantic. it is going to bring heavy rain to scotland and northern ireland, eventually moving through the borders into the north of england and north wales. further south of that, it's a drier story, but it does mean a pretty disappointing day on thursday afternoon in scotland. underneath the cloud, with wind and the rain, 13—15 degrees at the very best. some of the rain quite heavy close to the lake district, and stretching over the higher ground of wales. sheltered eastern areas should cling on to some sunshine and, if this happens, we could see 19—20 degrees perhaps, across the southeast through london. then further west, with more of a fresher westerly breeze, a little more cloud and a slightly fresher feel. with that low pressure, with its front, sweeps south and east, during thursday night, into friday. it takes a spell of significant rain with it as well. wrapped around that low, there will be some squally showers. so some rain to come for england and wales, for a time. some of the s

it's very rare in the atlantic. while helping us push maria farther out to sea. >> the dynamics, this is taking many days. we're talking about early next week that the storms are that close together that they actually start that movement. it's a really, really tough forecast. they have two storms out there to watch. >> so much concern over maria. the small areas outside san juan, they are not. so a lot of the flooding is going to be bad. >> we're also getting information in the death toll from the earthquake in mexico. more on that coming up at 5:00. we'll be right back. fran grenier. new jersey born and raised. like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. as a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. that's why he'll fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. if we want to change trenton, there's only one way. fran grenier. >

today - watching jose & the eastern atlantic today: am patchy fog. mostly sunny to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. highs: 81-85 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 61-67 winds: w 5 mph saturday: partly sunny, warm and humid. isolated afternoon shower. highs: 81-85 winds: n to se 5 mph continuing coverage of that continuing coverage of that breaking new out of london. an early morning blast rocking the subway - and now police are calling it terrorism. pictures of what may be the explosive device - next. born and raised incian, dr. rrural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. where metropolitan police are now confirming a reported explosion on a tube tra

right now -- hurricane irma wreaking havoc as it barrels through the atlantic. wind speeds reaching 185 miles per hour -- with gusts up to 225!! now folks in to get out before it's too late. but they're facing problems too -- with massive traffic jams and gas shortages. we're following it all this morning -- good morning i'm larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey. irma - remains a category 5 hurricane new intensity and track at 5am & 8am 2 other hurricanes in the atlantic (jose & katia - no impact to u.s.) here at home: - patchy am fog; sunshine returns today - dry & fall-like through the weekend today: partly to mostly sunny. breezy. highs: 73-76 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear and cool. lows: 49-57 winds: w 5 mph friday: mostly sunny. nice. highs: 73-76 right now -- tearing its way across the caribbean. the whipping wind and relentless rain -- claiming lives and destroying buildings. now irma setting its sights on florida. may storm. but as stephanie ramos shows us -- they're running into some problems. in anticipation of catastrophe to the south -- memb

the center of the storm about 350 miles off the atlantic city. the first outer band about 100 miles offshore. and that's why we have a first alert out. for the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. through thursday morning. it will take a while for the ocean to calm down. and we have high surf, rip current is going to be really high. the modern coastal flooding maybe the biggest problem we have. and as we go into the morning hours, we'll find an increase in the shower chances. the latest computer models this just in. kind of delays some of the showers. and doesn't bring them as far inland as previous models did. and you can see some of those when they get in, they are heavy. and if they occur around the time of high tide, you'll get even more flooding with that. you can see it just keeps coming right near the shore. we'll talk about the hour by hour forecast for jose and also of course the powerful ma are i ya. coming up. >> our team coverage continues now with brandon hudson. live in atlantic city. they are watching the tide very closely. >> th

there will be a chunk of milderaircoming mid—atlantic. there will be a chunk of milder air coming through the uk tomorrow. whether you have sunshine oi’ tomorrow. whether you have sunshine or include, it'll be a different feeling kind of day. northern ireland, rain on and off throughout and feeling cooler because of the breeze here, same too in western scotland. heaviests bursts on the hills. good parts of eastern scotla nd hills. good parts of eastern scotland and england after the odd splash of earlier rain will stay dry. most of england and eastern wales will have a dry day, varying amounts of sunshine and feeling pleasant. temperatures into the low 20s or one or two, generally mid—s to high teens, rain band spreading into west wales, devon and cornwall. through the night that will push into parts of the midlands. from thursday night into friday, extensive hill fog. things turning clearer. and a zen from south—west england, wales, northern england to eastern scotland where we have outbreaks of rain coming and going, heaviest on t

katherine scott is live in atlantic city watching the conditions, she's got the latest, good morning katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, we're starting to see more of an impact with jose as we head into tonight and tomorrow, right now we're standings in atlantic city on north main by madison, we've seen water crashing over the side here, it's just churning down below.

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right now irma is roaring in the atlantic ocean. the storm continues to churn right towards puerto rico. and chief meteorologist tammie souza has the latest on the track. since yesterday the track has shifted to the east. >> it has shifted to the east making the turn a little harder. the models are not in complete agreement. the eye is moving to the north of puerto rico. it moved over some of the islands. there's a picture on our website and social media. the whole island is sitting in this eye. so we're watching continuing off to the west. you can see the outflow is impressive. this is a huge storm. it's nearly a thousand miles when you look at the complete storm structure. that's about the size of texas. and this storm is going to be looking at a track that's going to be similar to the last track. so it is strengthening. it could be should be a category 5 as it approaches cuba. even into the florida straits. then some weakening is expected. look at the cone. it could be in miami landfall. it could be the west side of florida. it g

it will move into the atlantic. it looks like the cone stays away from the bahamas but it could shift. this is a couple days away. it will be a 4. it will by a category 2 by monday morning and then it heads straight up the coast of the united states. how close will this get to us? too close for comfort. it bears watching. here it comes. it's diminishing. should be a category 3. category 2. it curves very close to land. high pressure to the east that is moving it around. that's off the coast of philadelphia. maybe rain in jersey and perhaps a quick landfall in halifax. we'll look more closely at maria in a few minutes, guys. >>> we're also following the devastation out of mexico where at least 225 people are dead following yesterday's earthquake. >> here is what we know right now. crews are scrambling to find any survivors underneath all the rubble. they have saved at least 11 people. rescuers have been asking for silence in the streets so they can hear calls for help. also right now, 40% of mexico city does not have

hello, this week all our weather will be coming in from the atlantic, so will be coming in from the atlantic, so changeable, today we've seen a bag of low cloud producing rain and drizzle. it is moving very very slowly east. what we are tending to find is that this rain and drizzle is becoming lighter and more patchy. a bit of it heading towards eastern coasts where it has been dry today. we will be left with a lot of low cloud overnight, so you can see quite a bit of hillfort, it is quite warm air, to bridges 14—15 minimum, for the start of the week it's quite agree and gloomy start, coastal fog in the west, across east anglia we missing most of the rain but still low crowd, rain and drizzle over northern england, is in scotland and northern england, is in scotland and northern ireland starting dry, this rain beginning in the west accompanied by stronger winds, it will be heavier as it works its way into scotland in the afternoon and it may eventually clear away from western parts of northern ireland. it may brighten slightly in england and wales after that tile start that there will be m

two storms brewing in the atlantic. hurricane maria threatens those devastated caribbean islands and the carolinas. plus, jose moves in on the east coast, tropical storm watches from delaware to massachusetts bringing heavy rain, strong winds and flooding. >>> breaking overnight, violence erupting in st. louis. police clashing with protesters. these weapons confiscated. at least 80 arrested. [ chanting "hands up, don't shoot" ] >> the new rally over the acquittal of that police officer. >>> four boston college students assaulted while studying abroad in france. a suspect flows chemicals at their faces. they are speaking out this morning. ♪

plus, millions of americans on the east coast under tropical storm watch as jose churns in the atlantic. >>> breaking overnight at least 80 people are under arrest in st. louis after protests turned violent. hear why they say they're protesting and see the new video of the damage around the city. >>> president trump kicking off a week in new york city making his debut at the u.n. general assembly. we're live with the president's agenda and the two world leaders noticeably absent from this week's event. >>> the big winners at the emmy awards. see the most talked about appearance from sean spicer. >>> a few jaws dropped. >> yes, they did. >>> good morning to you all. we start off with hurricane threats increasing in the caribbean and all the way up the east coast. >> right now millions are under a tropical storm watch from delaware to massachusetts as hurricane jose closes in. this is a very rare thing for parts of the northeast and hurricane maria is making its way toward the leeward islands including barbuda and st. martin. >> a number of projections as to where maria will go next but m

thirty rescues just in atlantic city a loan. even though it is dark look at that ocean. it is a couple white lines clear across, bright in the darkness because that is rough surf, folks. that is definition of white cap waves and you can hear it, you can almost feel the pounding waves when you stan on the beach because they are hitting hard here. here is some of what dave kinchen found out when he talk to beach goers and life guard over the weekend. >> it has the force faster then an olympic swimmer. it can pull you out, tire you out, and then that is really the danger. >> once you get taken out you have to try to swim to the sides, parallel to the rip current. >> reporter: as we come back live you can see haze and rain over atlantic city sky line we are looking at tropicana and boardwalk hall where they had miss america weekend last weekend and good weekend for. that karen, you will note thinks we had half marathon just yesterday here in atlantic city. a couple years ago they had to cancel the swim because rip currents were so bad. i was down here over weekend. i thought

you can't go into the water at atlantic city until wednesday. in ocean city, several streets will be closed during high tide because of a risk of flooding. >>> as for hurricane maria, the storm came ashore on dominica last night. it's headed for puerto rico. people rushed to buy supplies yet. president trump declared a state of emergency making the u.s. territory eligible for federal aid. >>> speaking of president trump, he will address the united nations general assembly for the first time today. he's expected to argue that a global effort is needed to face threats from countries like north korea and iran. >>> good morning. jessica boyington with a check on the roads. watching 95 at girard, northbound. we have the accident scene. there's no shoulder, moving through the work zone. police activity and people trying to rescue the crew there, trying to get that out of the way. again, big delays on the northbound and southbound side at gerard. >>> keeping an eye on jose, spinning showers into the area. jose is weakening, but getting closer to us. th

territories and islands in the atlantic are getting battered. the death toll overnight raising to nine. still expected to increase. >> puerto rico avoided a direct hit. the governor there tells cnn there is significant damage as rain and powerful winds lash the island. more than one million customers are without power in puerto rico. >> at least eight people died. two others were seriously injured on the islands of st. barts and st. maarten. people who rode out the storm there describe a paradise lost. >> it's horrible. it's awful. this island was beautiful. it was a tropical paradise. it's awful. roofs have blown off. there are cars damaged and flipped over. back windows and bumpers ripped out. everything's an absolute disaster area. >> hurricane irma blamed for the death of an infant on the caribbean island of barbuda where officials say more than 90% of the structures there have been damaged or destroyed. the prime minister of antigua and barbuda says the island is "literally rubble and barely inhabitable." >> it was heart wrenching, absolute

the strongest ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. this hour we're attempting to speak with a government hurricane hunter as he flies directly into the storm. he will tell us what he is seeing. we'd go to florida and talk to people trying to get out of harm's way. let's get to it. and first on the fox news deck this wednesday afternoon, the most powerful atlantic ocean hurricane ever recorded is now battering the christian islands. millions in the state of florida prepare for what could be a direct hit. this nasa shows the category five storm from space. it's enormous. forecasters with the national hurricane center say irma has the potential to be a catastrophic storm. the experts say irma's strength is a result of unusually warm waters in the atlantic ocean. irma around the eye wall has maximum sustained winds of 185. rick scott is set to brief the news media at any moment. irma is bigger and faster and stronger than the last category five storm to hit the united states, hurricane andrew. the storm levels several neighborhoods and ki

in the short term, the atlantic weather systems a re short term, the atlantic weather systems are starting to gang up. the jet stream comes alive. we have a quieter day after the reign of wednesday. that clears away from eastern coasts quite quickly. thursday is not a bad day with sunny spells across many areas. a little less muggy than it has been. pleasa nt less muggy than it has been. pleasant in the sunshine. on thursday and friday the next atla ntic thursday and friday the next atlantic system works its way. with more of a breeze behind it we start to throw weather fronts our way overnight and on friday morning. clearing away from northern ireland on thursday and friday. another muqqy on thursday and friday. another muggy morning across the rest of the uk. outbreaks of rain which could be on the heavy side. it will not clear particularly quickly from eastern areas. some areas could stay damp all day long. across western areas drier and brighter. a few showers into northern ireland. by the time get the friday night and into saturday, that big area of low pressure that we saw initially

rough surf is also expected in atlantic city. this is what it looked like yesterday when people came out to the beach to see the large waves. the beaches are opened but officials are discourage people from going into the water. >>> little further south from there is ocean city, cape may county. let's turn now to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes live there. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the winds have calmed down just a bit. it's picking up now of course as i'm saying that. we saw some men here riding their bikes and i was chatting with them about the rough surf here. they're saying they're certainly noticing the difference you can hear the difference as the wave crash along the shore. let me show you the winds right now. you can see those flags there in the distance, they're blowing in the wind. the gusts are kind of coming and going but they're pretty steady for the most part throughout the morning. and as far as those waters, it's not as strong as i've seen bob's shot here as far as the waves cra

the closer you are too low pressure in the atlantic, the north and west of the uk, the more likely it is to be u nsettled. uk, the more likely it is to be unsettled. to the south and east, you are closer to the area of high pressure, so some you are closer to the area of high pressure, so some warmth to be had. you are likely to be drier but weather systems may try to come in but they will weaken as they do so. by but they will weaken as they do so. by contrast across the uk next week. high pressure may push its influence more widely across the uk, but that is uncertain at this stage, as is what is going on in the western side of the atlantic and its potential influence on our weather. hurricane maria barging through the caribbean and also hurricane hose a. with that uncertainty in mind, we will keep watching things very closely. tonight at ten: who's driving the car? or should that be leading the government? theresa may insists she's in the driving seat. on a visit to canada, the prime minister attempts to reassert her authority over the brexit negotiations. the uk government is driv

our top stories: hurricane irma, one of the most powerful atlantic storms ever recorded, is battering islands in the caribbean. the protest grow, as president trump scraps a scheme protecting young undocumented migrants from deportation. quaint and picturesque but is switzerland's smallest village too tiny to survive? hello. i'm sally bundock. turning over a new leaf! despite its limited range, nissan's all—electric car became a global best seller. now the japanese company has unveiled a major revamp, but will it be able to compete with tesla? the battle against organised crime. we've got a special report from sicily where its claimed the italian mafia has assaulted landowners and pocketed eu funds. hello and welcome to bbc news. it is hard to imagine the force behind hurricane irma, as it sweeps its path in the atlantic. winds of nearly 300 kilometres an hour and gusts of up to 360 are threatening to leave a highly destructive trail through the islands of the caribbean, and on to puerto rico, haiti, cuba and ultimately florida in the us. irma has strengthened to a category 5 storm

area in the open atlantic. it's now approaching the coast and will be over the next three to four days an intensity that is comparable in what we've seen in the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the u.s. including hurricane andrew. we are very hopeful that the center will turn away before it makes land fall, but we don't know that that's actually going to happen. so, people need to prepare for the worst, first for the southern florida peninsula and the florida keys. >> when will we know if it's going to hit south florida in the worst possible case? can you hear me? i think we may have lost ed rapaport. ed, can you hear me? >> he lost audio. >> i think we lost ed rapaport. we'll try to reconnect with ed rapaport, he's the acting director of the national hurricane center. but he's putting this into context for us. this is the worst, the worst, the most intense hurricane in the atlantic and potentially the disaster in florida could be awful indeed. we'll get back to ed rapaport. >>> the breaking news continues here

today - watching jose & the eastern atlantic today: am patchy fog. mostly sunny to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. highs: 81-85 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 61-67 winds: w 5 mph saturday: partly sunny, warm and humid. isolated afternoon shower. highs: 81-85 winds: n to se 5 mph we are digging-in and learning more about a murder case that has stunned the nation. a beloved teacher dead-- and police say her boyfriend is responsibe reportedly trying to unravel a love triangle, that ended in murder. stephen tschida kicks off our coverage. st meanwhile-- more and more loved ones are coming forward with memories of are coming forward with memories of laura wallen. she was once named "teacher of the year". last night- an emotional outpouring in her neighborhood - and a former workplace. tom roussey continues our team coverage. you can find all of our reporting on our reporting on the case -- including a timeline of events -- and what a veteran f-b-i profiler says about it -- at wjla.com. breaking news in california. protests outside a speech by a con

still churning right now in the open waters of the atlantic. so we have an angry atlantic ocean, dangerous rip currents, beach errosion continues down the shore where steve keeley has been reporting this morning, the delaware beaches looking at errosion, and also rip currents. some of the feeder bands off shore, but they're trying to rotate a little farther back toward the coast. i think most of the day is going to be dry, but we call it partly sunny because of the clouds that will continue to pinwheel toward the costes owes ate dollars with jose. the ocean front high tides that were keeping tabs of on this wednesday morning, between eight a.m. and 9:00 a.m. for the jersey shore, the delaware beaches, and then a little later on for those back bays, so watching out for more coastal flooding and beach errosion to continue not only today but really, the next several days. eight a degrees, for center city. 82 degrees down the shore. and the lehigh valley. 83 degrees later on this afternoon. here is hurricane maria. look at this impressive radar ima

you can see it churning in the atlantic ocean as well. it's one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic. >> florida residents are bracing for irma this weekend. look at the long line. this is for gas in south florida. and that line is for groceries. some waited for hours just to fill up and buy food. here's what we know right now. irma, a category 5 hurricane is roaring toward the rbi caribbean islands and florida. they have all declared states of emergency. we are doling with keith jones with there's a mandatory e evacuation for all visitors. what's the mood like there? >> reporter: i don't want to down play it, but it's kind of here we go again. the folks who live here are hardy people. how often during category 1 hurricanes and 2 hurricanes even they are holding hurricane parties. they are out in the wind toasting the wind. not this time around. the state of the emergency that begins tomorrow morning at 7:00 for visitors and the residents have to get out on thursday. those not heeding the warning is a precares thing becau

,et's talk about irma and jose a brand-new tropical storm in the atlantic. not all that far to the southeast of irma. this will develop into a hurricane the next 24 hours and head in this general direction our category five irma continues to go across the 50 miles now to the used-southeast of st. thomas. it will continue to move in the westerly-northwesterly direction going across cuba. interesting about the tracking, even though you will see it is a category five and remaining in strength and heading this direction in the next few days, eventually weakening, it shows up over miami but it does not mean it will make miami landfall as a could be to the west, over the gulf, it could scrape cuba or wind up in the atlantic. north.aking the turn through the next 36 hours, a much better idea of what part of florida and the continent's old usa coast could be affected by irma. adrianna: thank you. urging a task force one just got back last night from areas of texas devastated by hurricane heart he. -- harvey. they are getting ready to go back out, >> they have to be