north carolina's governor declared a state of emergency after wilmington had at least 18 inches of rain since sunday. four months worth of water in 100 hours. one inch more will top a record set by hurricane floyd a decade ago. for landscape businesses it's disappointing. >> four days of sitting in the house doing nothing. >> reporter: for others, it's disorienting. >> normally i was swinging around to go through this box here, to deliver, and i misjudged the pavement, you know. >> reporter: clarence williams drives this afternoon postal route all the time, but standing water hid where he thought the road would be. >> i think it's good if you're a duck. >> reporter: in florida portable pumps have been working for days. emergency workers in south carolina are ready for long hours too. >> there's always somebody or someone who doesn't pay attention to what they're doing. the car stalls out. next thing you know, you have a water rescue on your hands. >> we had the water level come right up to the door. we had six inches a few days ago. >> reporter: flood watches and warnings extend as far

>> since saturday, wilmington, north carolina has received 18 inches of rapin. it's been amazing how much rain they have seen. we're want going to see that much rain, but we're going to ee quite a bit, maybe two to five inches over the next 24 to 48 hours. we had a little bit of a respite. it came in earlier this afrnoon, then gave way to just some clearing skies, and now the rain is back into the forecast area. you can see that rain. you can also see that rain moving around the reasonable as well. it's ming back into the area, and we will continue to watch that rain moving in from the south. not just from the south as far as rain is concerned, but heavy rain down to the south as well. we'lzoom in and you can see that rain as it's made its way in here the last couple hours. and look at this. down towards north carolina, that's where the heavy rain is right now, and again, it will make its way toward our region over the next, say, six hours. flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow as well as wind advisory. i'll break it all down for you and let you know when

this is wilmington near the coast. and southeast corner of the state. and folks can expect this all over the place. our chief meteorologist is in the weather center. it looks like it moved west. >>reporter: most of the moisture is to the west of new york city and areas to the south. but you are seeing the pictures of wilmington with rainfall since sunday, over 20" in a matter of five days. that is causing big problems. and it is still raining. the new area of low pressure is building. that will funnel the moisture. the reason the moisture is dense is because of moisture from nicole with tornado watch in pennsylvania, delaware and all this rain that is heavy, a lot of leaves on the trees and we will see those knocked off. some of the leaves have changed and that will cause big time flooding. the totals just since yesterday, again, in wilmington, 8" and over 20" since early this week. this is where we got the flooding concerns, flash flooding going on now including in the capitol and west of philadelphia and baltimore and a lot of wind with the storm so w

over 18 inches already for wilmington, epic flooding down there. mostly 3 to 6 inches, lesser amounts maybe to our west, 2 to 4 inches, but within that band i was mentioning there could be some much bigger amounts if we get what is called training thunderstorms. that will produce some big rain totals. i'm talking over 6 inches. we'll be watching that feature very closely tomorrow in the weather center. meanwhile here's your five-day forecast. we get it mostly done with tomorrow. so that's the good news, 77 degrees. friday maybe a morning shower at 75 and then nice looking for the weekend. we might have to insert an early morning shower perhaps on saturday or something in the afternoon, but the rest of the weekend looking so good, isn't it, guys? 66 devil that's going to help those skins out -- 66 degrees? that's going to help those skins out. philly won't know what to do with all the rain they're getting. it's an awful lot of rain for a lot of places and we'll have it tomorrow morning. >> we not to tell you tonight we not to congratulate -- we want

carolinas in the wilmington area are going to have flooding concerns in the next 24 to 48 hours. the rest of the country, gorgeous. high pressure protects you with the nice weather. right along the east coast. the stalled out front is a conveyor belt of tropical moisture coming up the coast. you can see it, the storm is down in the stlraits but a ton f moisture is streaming in for south carolina, raleigh, to wilmington. when this happens for 36 hours like this, on top of saturated soil, we'll see flooding conditions. the yellow is two inches. the orange is the darker colors along the coast. maryland, delaware, eastern north carolina, southern new england. that's five to six inches of rain. that's enough to cause some serious problems. we'll continue to watch the heat out west. but compared to the flooding concerns we have out there, veroni veronica, in the next two days, not too big of a dill. the 113 was impressive in l.a. a couple of days ago. but we're past that. >> we're going need to borrow some sunshine for the rest of the country, bill. >> not till friday. >>> well, gold s

i want to mention wilmington north carolina, had 10 inches of rain yesterday and the second greatest rain total ever and that was not tropical. we have what we think is going to be more of a tropical depression getting going down here and while you don't see much in terms of the radar, that is because we don't have the systems down there and the caribbean is loaded with moisture and this is our tropical depression that could be tropical storm nicole in the next 48 hours and doesn't look like it's going to be powerful, but bringing heavy rain to florida and where that will brush by. they going to get some gusts andha is heavy rain and flooding that is the concern and by 6:00 tomorrow night, we're watching that once again and around the wilmington area, worried about eastern carolinas where they could pick up six to 10 inches of rain and tonight, a few clouds and some 50s in the suburbs, tomorrow morning, sun and clouds followed by evening showers, 74 and that is not the heaviest stuff. 8 in the morning, sunshine, 63 degrees and noon, mostly cloudy and showers at five:00 and look at th

when you've got those wilmington -- >> are you from california somewhere? >> the commonwealth of virginia. >> you don't seem like you're into northeastern ethnic politics. let me bring in someone who might be. christina, her name is o'donnell. first of all, there's a lot of people that live around wilmington with names like that and they're going to say she's not some whacky evangelist or colorado springs, she's not a family values type from out there. she seems like somebody i grew up with. there's a lot of appeal to that. >> and appeals to catholic voters as well. >> take a look here. here she is thursday. i'm just suggesting it's a little different than somebody from out west. i'd like to get back into that old neighborhood politics once in a while. let's take a look. here's o'donnell thursday, very conservative culturely. >> chris -- >> i'm sorry. >> i think we're heading in the wrong direction. we're increasing the size of government. i'm a hard-working, average citizen who understands what it's like to fall on economic times, so as i go into washingto

our dave price is in wilmington, north carolina this morning with the very latest there. good morning, dave. >> good morning to you, harry, in wallace park near the historic district of wilmington, north carolina. as of this morning, the park has a pool. historic rains already. it started on sunday, as of this 7:04. the man who stride to set a car bomb in times square five months likely sentenced next week and this morning getting a look at a video released by the fbi showing what could have happened if that bomb had worked. cbs news correspondent bob orr is in washington this morning with more. good morning, bob. >> good morning, maggie. never question at all we got very lucky when faisal sha saud's car bomb failed to goff in times square may 1st but the graphic new videotape from prosecutors shows just how devastating the blast could have been. this is a mock-up test the government conducted in making the case against shazad. an suv like the one he used is filled with 250 pounds of explosives. shahzad who pleaded guilty to the attack, told investigators he hoped the bla

this is a record-setting rain event for wilmington, north carolina. still raining across this area and on top of that the rain to the north. we have tornado watches in effect until 1:00 this afternoon from the delmarva through the mid-atlantic. we have had a couple of scares across maryland and d.c. and back down through the hampton roads area. d.c. pretty much underwater right now. flash flood warnings for the morning's commute. we may see drying in wilmington today and continuing to see the stream of moisture. on of the of that, winds gusting over 25, 30 miles per hour w. the saturated ground, probably seeing some issues there, as far as trees coming down. the flood watches toward the canadian border. we are looking at ground stops now for d.c. and laguardia. and that probably isn't going to be easy for you to get home. maybe you can just jump on the tour bus with rush and, you know, their next stop. >> headed for tampa unfortunately as opposed to new york. up and down the eastern seaboard, tough traveling? >> tough go today. pack your patience. the

it was for a conservative think tank here in wilmington. a publisher. and she ended up getting fired from that job. she wasn't happy she was fired. she ended up suing them claiming gender discrimination. and suing them for $6.9 million. now, the reason why that's relevant, and the case was eventually dropped. she dropped the lawsuit. don't know why. she dropped the lawsuit. she did say she couldn't afford it but we don't know if there's more to it. the reason it's significant, though, so many people, particularly conservative republicans, particularly people in the tea party, aghast at our legal system and that people see for so much money and she sued for $6.9 million. as far as the people at that conservative institute, they say they can't talk on camera because they don't want to stir up a legal hornets nest but they do imply she's lying. not telling the truth. their quote to us, one quote, the good reputation of the institute stands for itself. now it is important to tell you that at this forum tonight and all over the state of delaware there are ma

you have heard her name before, in wilmington, delaware, excuse me. we'll take you there live when christine o'donnell speaks later. this is not a debate. the candidates give opening statements for several races. let's get back to our conversation about the tea party. is it helpful or harmful to the republican party at large? i want to bring you up to speed, dana bash, senior congressional correspondent, everyone is talking about the race on capitol hill. she had a conversation with olympia snow, republican senator from maine who told her this "we can't be endangered if you want to be a majority party. it doesn't stand to reason that the republican party would want to exclude moderate republicans if they want to be a majority party. those are mutually exclusive propositions. ideological purity at 100% is a utopian world and i don't know who lives in utopia." yesterday jim demint backed many tea party candidates against establishment republicans. olympia snowor susan collins f they're on the ballot two or four years from now, would you go after them? >

first of all a lot of people who live around wilmington named something like that or italian or irish and say she's not some wacky evangelist from way out west somewhere, she's not from colorado springs or something, you know? she's not a family values'-type out there. like someone i grew up with. a lot of appeal to that. >> and campaigns to catholic voters as well. >> the pro-life for conservative catholics as well. >> absolutely. >> i think that you have to look at that when you look at the wilmington 'burbs. here she is thursday, i'm just suggesting a little different than somebody out west in alaska running. >> i agree with that. i agree with that, yeah. >> i would like to get back into that old neighborhood red-neck politics and figure it out. see if that's right or wrong. here's o'donnell thursday, very conservative culturally, very conservative. let's listen. >> but, chris -- >> i'm sorry. >> i think that we're heading in the wrong direction. we're increasing the size of government, we're out of touch with the needs of the average delaware voter. i'm a hard-working, average cit

this is 24-hour rainfall for wilmington, north carolina. 7.33 inches. jacksonville to the west, 5 1/2. you add up the last four days we got over 20 inches of rain. so that's a record. and it's still raining in this area. on top of that, we've got a little bit of twist in the atmosphere and that's calling -- making for some threat for tornadoes. but flooding is a main issue. check out some of this video coming to us from our friends at hurricanetrack.com. mark out there taking pictures to the west of wilmington and along the inlet there. yeah, some white caps, you've got boats tied up having a hard time and some coastal flooding, not a whole lot of river flooding. this area has been pretty much in drought conditions. we're not looking for a tremendous amount of river flooding but we have a lot of street flooding and there are a few neighborhoods that are flooding and this rainfall continues to make its way to the north and with that we have a threat for tornados in this watch box until 1:00 this afternoon. i bet you it shifted up to the north and east as

. >> it's a chaste celebration in wilmington there as far as we can tell. what lawrence is saying, keith, about this being a huge gift to democrats, that is certainly quantifiable in terms if you look at what christine o'donnell's chances are in this race as opposed to mike castle in the polling. but is there a bigger danger that she ends up and the sharron angles and the rand pauls end up defining a new normal for the republican party, and thus pushing all of american politics that much further to the kook side? >> every time the republican party has gone too far to the far right, 1964 being the primary example, it has gone off a cliff and needed significant repair that has taken at least two years on all occasions. however, there is one thing to remember about all nominations, and that is if somebody can win a nomination, they can win an election. it doesn't mean they're going to. it doesn't mean that there is going to be a senator o'donnell or a senator angle or a senator paul. but the nomination is the nomination. and that puts her on the ballot. and th

the northern part wilmington the capital and all of the business guys they are kind of traditional business republicans and a lot of independents from dem kratsz. you think rez my -- resumes matter to them or the state because of revulsion over acceptance of obama policies will they flock to christina done regardless of what comes out? >> when you think about it the reason the establishment of the republican party was all behind them is because they were comfortable with them that wilmington the people all of the bank cred irreleva credit card you get there you noi the state in southern maryland i have got to image when you start talking about witchcraft you cause those people to take a second look they are going to have concerns. remember this the political equation in dell wear is you have fewer republican voters than independent voters fewer republicans than democrats. she will have to get independent votes and have to get democrats if she hopes to win. this is making her the poster child the democratic arguments the key party folks are fringe maybe even lunatic. what about -- >> i have

a state of emergency after wilmington had eight inches of rain since sunday. that's four months worth of work in just 100 hours. one inch more will top a record set by hurricane floyd a time a ago. in long island they are ready for long hours as an assistant fire chief says there's always going to be one person who ignore it is high-water warning and suddenly you have a dangerous water rescue on your hands. some areas along the coast could still see as much as 14 inches of rain so that means whether you're heading north or south, you have a potential for lots of headaches as we wait for this system to move out. >> emily, thank you, very much. it's 5:19, time for weatherened traffic every 10 minutes. 12k3w4r0 steve we've been preparing for this for a good portion of the week, and it's here. then the tornado watches and warnings. >> no warnings in terms of tornadoes. earlier we had a tornado warning now we have watch until 1:00 this afternoon. the district. alex andrea, prince george's county. a ton of moisture. on top of the heavy rains, calvert, st. mary's, an

of course, wilmington just got a record two inches of rainfall. we could easily see winds around 40 miles an hour. 73 tomorrow, rain develops and moves on in. could have a little bit of thuner. thunderstorms coming our way on thursday. maybe even severe weather. it's wind and rain for thursday, that's what you should watch out for. by the end othe week, we'll be drying out and getting sunshine in here. and we'll see temperatures in the 60s and very cool nights coming our way. >>> coming up on news4, our report on synthetic marijuana, the store manager wasn'tappy to see us coming. >>> and wt do you suppose the president jamming to these days? danella is here in the studio to dish the dirt next. >>> coming upt 5:00, a local high school football player is killed moments after he steps off the field. >>> maryland cell phone ban takes effect on friday. some worry this new law could make the problem worse. >>> what makes a good teacher. bill gates is hoping his millions will answer that question. think about the internet. growin evolving, literally tran

in wilmington, this is where we believe the end of it is. the end of the line is an area of low pressure that may, at one point, en tropical storm nicole. it's front loaded and that is not what we're concerned with. we're concerned with the huge amount of rain and that is what we have to get through the rest of the night and it's going to be another rainy night, heavier in some spots and east of town. an additional one to three inches is not out of the question and that will be heaviest near the bay and in particular o the west side of the bay. friday, we dry out and it's going to get cooler and it will be breezy on friday and cooler for the weekend into the 60s', although there could be a shower around here and there as colder air is coming in. we're watching the feeder ban coming up from what is left of our tropics and the problem is it's like training. like the cars bringing rain over the same areas that have received it and this is the railroad track and that is where we're going to see the big rain totals and a tornado walk until 7:00 a

here was the scene in wilmington where about five inches of rain fell monday morning. there were no reports of any injuries. 4:49 is your time. a little bit later, sarah palin's show of support for her dancing daughter. but first this morning, another check on a wet traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we'll be back afterthis. >> thank you for joining us on this very early tuesday morning. 4:52 is your time. let's get the traffic and weather every 10 minutes. even warmer this morning than this time yesterday. >> around 70 degrees. upper 60's in some outlying areas. it is mild and muggy. you can still feel humidity. the humidity is going to drop later on this afternoon. we do have a flash flood watch that includes the metro area until 58 christmas. -- until 8:00 a.m.. moving into loudoun county, it is going to cross the potomac and cross into west virginia and also crossing into maryland as well. here is our forecast. clearing out later this midday and afternoon. highs in the low 80's. increasing clouds by tomorrow afternoon. late day showers. potentially very heavy ra

. >> bret: campaign carl in wilmington tonight. thanks. new hampshire republicans will also pick a senate nominee tuesday from a crowded and a cantankerous field. and molly line with the nasty game they're playing. >> in the waning hours of the new hampshire g.o.p. senate campaign. the attorney general is a clear front runner, a tough spot in the tough race. >> she's an insider. >> businessman is spending his fortune slamming her in a series of brutal negative ads despite calls from state g.o.p. leaders for civility. >> it's tough, i make no bones about it. i'm up for it and built my own business and it hasn't always been easy and i understand that, too. i think what we've got to do is engage and add our voice to see if we can't make a difference in the political campaign. >> she's not backing down. >> bill binnie attacks kelly ayotte. gambling that voters won't be turned off by the battle. she stops by a hall to shake hands. >> i knew what i was getting into. i'd never run for office and i know washington it will be tough as well. >> mean

wilmington had 18 inches of rain since sunday. four months worth of rain in 100 hours. one inch more will top a record set by hurricane floyd a little over a decade ago. in florida, portible pumps have been working for days. authorities in south carolina are getting ready and an assistant fire chief says there is always someone who ignores high water warnings and they drive in, their car stalls and suddenly you have a water rescue on your hands. >> some areas could see as much as 14 inches of rain today. travel concerns extending north and south of us. could be a long day for a lot of folks. i mean emily schmidt, abc 7. back to you. >> we thank you, very much for that. meanwhile, looking at this day ahead, former president jimmy carter is expected to be released from a cleveland hospital today. he was hospitalized on tuesday after come planing about an upset stomach. doctors say it was likely caused by a viral intext. congress dealt with bills before leaving to campaign. >> the yeas are 268. the pay ifs are 160. the bill is passed. >> the house passed a bill giving mone

over the last couple of days, wilmington and areas have seen ton of rain. serious flooding concerns into thursday and friday. notice our computers are pinpointing new jersey for very heavy rain up here into southern new england,too. the forecast for today, middle of the country. fantastic. much of the east is okay. if you're right along the coast, you're ing to see heavy rain in the next few days here is a look at the weather outside your window. in the ohio valley, tennessee valley, gorgeous weather conditions. chicago, 74. sunny. memphis, 81. that's fantastic. you've heard about the heat wave out in the west. phoenix has been very hot, too. today, 106. thursday's forecast coming right up. >> i know. you know, i'm still shaking my head over that 113 in los angeles. >> yeah. and it can't gotten much cooler out there, either. >> thanks, bill. >>> gold sparkles and getting a beer in tough times. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, who came outn top, so to speak, chootsing the worst dressed man in show business? >>> three teams

wilmington has had an incredible amount of rain the last few days, maybe the highest total ever. the moderates, the steady rainfall now over the area and that's extending now just into the philadelphia region. new york city, the rain is still probably another hour or two away. and you notice that new york is probably more scattered during the day today. i think new york city will get the heaviest rain later on tonight. here is the total we're thinking. anywhere in the yellow and oranges, 3 to 4 inches. along the coast, we could see 4 to 5, maybe 6 inches of rain. the rest of the united states looks fantastic. that's a look at your forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine in milwaukee, wisconsin. 67. really great weather out there. beautiful fall weather. leaves are changing around the great lakes. dallas, more like it, 86 and sunny. denver, likes today at 80. we'll take a look at friday's forecast. the weekend is coming up here shortly, veronica. >> and it should get better, right? today is going to be the worst of it for the east coast? >> today

wilmington shows 3.3 inches for the day. let's go to the board and take care of our housekeeping numbers. 69 and 61, the high and low today. 0.04 inches of rain. here is the spread. flash flood watches in effect, flood warnings in effect. gale warnings along the coast, and for the shores of the chesapeake bay, the land areas surrounding the bay, wind advisory in effect as well. by the time it tapers off, we are talking two to five-inch amounts somewhere in our viewing area with higher amounts over here as this relentless surge with gusting winds will overspread the region. the rain will be heaviest between 9:00 and midnight tonight. that will last until about 9:00 tomorrow morning, and that is when we will pick up the bulk of the precipitation. an enormous slug of moisture from the caribbean straight up the east coast. most of the country is virtually cloud-free. all this moisture we have to deal with, and deal with it we will with amounts of two the 5 inches. a quick look at the seven-day. sunshine returns on friday. cooler

when you've got those wilmington -- >> are you from california somewhere? >> the commonwealth of virginia. >> you don't seem like you're into northeastern ethnic politics. let me bring in someone who might be. christina, her name is o'donnell. first of all, there's a lot of people that live around wilmington with names like that and they're going to say she's not some whacky evangelist or colorado springs, she's not a family values type from out there. she seems like somebody i grew up with. there's a lot of appeal to that. >> and appeals to catholic voters as well. >> take a look here. here she is thursday. i'm just suggesting it's a little different than somebody from out west. i'd like to get back into that old neighborhood politics once in a while. let's take a look. here's o'donnell thursday, very conservative culturely. >> chris -- >> i'm sorry. >> i think we're heading in the wrong direction. we're increasing the size of government. >> this is not a mink coat republican here. she's not from the country club. her annual income last year was 5 k. when

kelly o'donnell is in wilmington, delaware. a lot of money sent into that state because of the national attention, kelly, this race has received. what's the latest? what are the polls showing? >> well, what we expect today is this will be pivotal for the future of republicans hopes if they have any shots at reclaiming control of the senate. they really had a path through delaware to do that. there is a real concern among the establishment that if christine o'donnell wins, then she would be at a disadvantage, they believe, against the democrat come november. there is so much interest in this race that, as you pointed out, there is outside money coming in from a group called the tea party express. they pledged $250,000 to buy adds, lots of donations and interests and we were listening to a radio show here where christine o'donnell was appearing and just to give you an idea of that outside interest, minnesota congresswoman mu shawl balkman who is often a part of these party conversations she had phoned in and listened to the offic

look at this rain toward parts of wilmington, north carolina. we'll see that rain move. so what are we seeing out there tonight? first off, this is round one. heavy rain, possibly flooding. i think the heaviest rain will be from the d.c. area to the west. tomoow night it's going to be to the east. heavy rain, windy conditions, especially along the chesapeake. winds ward of 15 to 30 miles an hour. gusts up to 40 miles an hour. another one to two inches likely in most locations and some areas could see two to four inches. it depends on where you are. flash flood watch for the entire area throw tomorrow night. also a cotal flood watch as well. so this evening, cloudy skies. some light rain continuing here and there. it will become heavier as we get into the overnight hours. tomorrow morning, periods of rain. some of that will be heavy at times. your forecast for tomorrow, periods of rain, heavy early, and becoming windy. andas we look to the next four days, clearing out just in time for the weekend. but it will be a rather cool weekend. >> wve got a lot to get through first

wilmington, north carolina, got hammered yesterday with rain. over 10 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period. and this pattern will probably bring you more. potentially with a tropical system that's going to be rolling up the florida shoreline. i'm going to show that to you right -- it's right here. we've been watching this thing percolate for a couple of days now. and now the national hurricane center is giving a high probability it develops into something and drifts up towards florida and potentially the carolinas. so a tropical connection for sure. might even see a tropical storm here before too long. john, kiran, back up to you. >> thanks so much. we'll see you again soon. >>> meanwhile, vice president biden on the campaign trail. he had a blunt message for the democrats' liberal base. details straight ahead from the cnnpolitics.com desk. it's 51 minutes past the hour. uh, what? sir, it's a simple question, do you want heartburn pain now or later? [ male announcer ] these heartburn medicines make you choose between hurting now, or later. pep

there is a lot of people that name around wilmington, and they will say she is not a whacky evangelist from way out west somewhere or from colorado springs or something, and she is not a family values type from out there but seems like somebody that i grew up with. >> she is campaigning to catholic voters as well. >>> let's take a look. here is o'donnell on thursday. very conservative culturally. let's listen. >> i think we are heading in the wrong direction. we are increasing the size of government and out of the needs of the average delaware voter. i am an average citizen that understands what it's like to fall on hard economic times, so as i go into washington, d.c. i will keep the perspective with everything that comes across my desk. >> she is not from the country club. she is talking about a recession and living it. >> chris, i hear what you are saying about her appeal in some of the old neighborhoods. governor jack march kel, and center tom harper, and these are not bob brady style corner politicians in the clubhouse. this is more of a suburbanized state now. >> i could give you

since last midnight, wilmington, north carolina has picked up more than 9 inches of rain. we've got some reports of as much as 10 inches of rain. there are flash floods roads closed in some areas and it continues to rain. same large upper air low pressure system. rain and thunderstorms also for parts of the northeastern states. this have been 33 severe weather reports including one tornado touchdown. that taking place in extreme eastern virginia. apparently damage was relatively minor according to late reports. this is our computer model for the chicago area in the midwest. notice the cloudiness. this model is flirting with periods of clear sky. we're not confident we're going to see an overcast tomorrow or the next day, but it looks like from time to time we will be seeing periods of cloud cover, but probably no rain. it still looks like it's going to be a dry period for the next couple of three days. and probably for the next 7 days. the hot air out west buckling the jet stream out of western canada. that's supplying that cool flow of air and that's a pattern we're not e

remember yesterday we told you wilmington had 10 inches of rain the day before yesterday? yesterday got another couple of inches. they just had an inch in an hour right now. so wilmington and the surrounding areas there under a flash flood warning for the next couple of hours. 4 to 8 inches of rainfall potentially and this moves up the eastern sea board with 2 to 4 inches of rainfall there. everything to the west looks relatively dry and warm in southern california. you're up to date weather wise, american morning is coming right back. >>> seven minutes until the top of the hour. welcome back to the most politics in the morning. crossing the political ticker, republican members of the house ethics committee are accused of stalling. >> senior political editor mark preston live at the cnn politics.com desk monitoring all of the incoming. good morning. >> good morning. yesterday, five members of the house ethics committee, five republican members, sent a letter to zoe lofrin saying she is stalling on the trials of rangel and waters. said she is doing it because of elections.

hagerstown not bad at 52 and wilmington, delaware up toothe north and east, 52 degrees. this is what we're looking at,,3 after he hhgh pressure.ú the high will bring us ppenty of -unshine. we will get for of a southerly flow. clouds building tomoorow..3 ahhad of a frontal boondary with the lowwpressure centerrmoving to the north and east. as it does, you can ee showers moving to the western part f the state, round 3:00 p.m. as yyu can see, later on in the evening hours, better chance of most of it stays north. moisture with it. we will certainly get howers, with the front moving through. high pressure builds in behind it, and that means a nice weekend to follow. meenwhile we will continue toú watch a few systems out in the trrpical stormiest, 63-mile per hourrwinds moving toward the yucatan peninsula as it moves northwest at 53 miles per hour and it moves over the yuck ka taover the yucatan.and e are lm ssaying to the south and keeping an eye on igor. a caaegory iv hurricane, 1444mile per hour winds, gusting ú% 178 miles ppr hour. not expected to be a thrrat to the u.

kelly o'donnell in wilmington. let's remind folks mike castle has been running and sitting in office on and off since 1966. he could be a victim here of just a simple throw the bums out. >> definition of an establishment candidate. >> let's move to the rest of the states and get a wrap of the other big races around the country. a slew of states from new hampshire to wisconsin to right here in washington, d.c. are heading to the polls. mark murray, let's run through what we're watching. let's start with new hampshire. another republican senate primary with a little bit of establishment versus conservative aspect to it. tell us about it. >> exactly, chuck. in new hampshire and the republican race to replace senator judd gregg of new hampshire, kelly is the establishment backed candidate by folks who see her as the more electable and stronger candidate. but all of a sudden conservative has been making up ground and people are watching him. there's other names in the race as well. it's a crowded field. we'll be watchin

through wilmington. they had gusty thunderstorms and lots of lightning with this system. but it looks like most of the ú%tivity will continue to push east. making he way to clearing overnight tonight. anndtomorrow morning, around 73. to start the morning commute. thhn by noon, already at we could get up to about 90 degrees. very close to it. as that heat conttnues, and i will show you how long the heat stiiks around as we head to tte weekend. in thh seven-day forecast. >> conceen a superbug from indii is spreadiig. where it is found in the u.s.. and here he is about mutatioo. >> new book by bob wwodward ignites debate in washington, the quotes from thh ppesident that have the critics jumping on his choice of worrs. >> between the heart and passion, and the street credit this is a richter scale event. >> american dol new ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally- conscious way while saving you hundreds of dollars on your water-heating energy bill. the geospring water he

nbc's capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell, is live in wilmington, where the story is today. kelly, i don't even know what to say. it sounds like this was a race that republicans were counting on, thinking this seat was locked, and now everything's changed. >> reporter: well, as we've met before on mornings after a big tea party upset, i am seeing personally a pattern. when we're on the ground, talking to candidates, mike castle and his supporters, christine o'donnell, her family, her volunteer and supporters, we've spent time with both. and you could see a difference. castle's people had respect and appreciation for his long service here, but around o'donnell, there was a fiery level of attention and enthusiasm. not just about her, but about a chance to send a message to washington. a chance to say, we don't want things as they were. we've seen that in other places. that's what has played out here. and what is also different is that mike castle has been someone who's been so successful, because he's a moderate. and he's won more elections here than any republican. he was the

to see why we're concerned and that will come from this batch of moisture and we can track this to wilmington where the remnants of tropical storm nicole is coming through. and looks like it's tracking over the same areas that had four to eight inches of rain and going to say a one to three additional and most of the area is under a flash flood warning until 10:45 and a few counties are accepted and that means all the waterways will rise rapidly with the next round of rain coming in and be careful at night and don't drive doing that and we need a drier forecast. >>> the rain and wind creating headaches across d.c. the powerful winds brought down trees, high water from creeks and streams, flooded several streets and making it tough to get around. paul wagner takes a look at what is happening inside the beltway in the banks of rock creek park and silver springs. >> reporter: some of what -- some of the worse is here and medobrooke stables is here and this is east-west highway and behind me here was rock creek awhile ago and it's gone down and had -- in the banks and was rageing here a couple of

and 53 in hagerstown and wilmington, delaware, seeing upper 40s in spots and 52 outt3 in oakland. meanwhile we goo a nice dry scan. hd radar not revealing any rain, at least not today ann probably not for most of the week in terms of anything significant, but as high pressure slides to the east, we will see more in from the south with plenty of the waam, moist air comes in and bringing shower chances to the western part of the state it %-afternoon, the best chance for the moisture stays north.ú the next front comes through and bringing us a hance of showers by friday night into saturday. meanwhill the jet stream is going to stty well to the north -nd that is going tooallow for the warm, moist air commng in. we couud get a shower or tww, but generrlly we will get a temperatures in the 70s and 80s, for wednneday, thursday. and until we get theer, we have another seasonable day. shore. northeast wind bbcoming3 hour. the central part of the state, getting up to upper 70s. 78 degrees with light of sun, northeast becoming southeass northeast looking at high warmest part with a lot of s

wilmington, take a look at video here. you think we've seen a lot of in with upwards of five to ten inches. how about wilmington coming in with 20 inches of rain over the past coupl of days? am-=r they needed it as well. they were under a severe drought over the past couple of months. they d need the rain. but once again, you just don't need is much in this period of time. where is the storm system? still down to the south and east. we have to go through the nt hours before we finally get rid of the rain. but it will be a fast mover. it will move through and by tomorrow morning be just to our north and east. then it is out here for now. there goes the area of lw pressure. and behind it we'll see windy conditionsuring the kday. nearly five inches of rain on the coast. i- 5 we're talking 2 to 4. then cuts off dramatically off toward the rest. round two, what can we expect? how about heavy rain and very windy conditions once again. another two to four inches with windsp to 40 miles an hour to the east of i-95. tonight, this e

we have on the eastern shore, a line of 60s frrm wilmington to salisbury. we're in the 70s right now. back to the western portion of the state. mid to lowerr60s. we will continue to see the temperatures drop through the overnight. and stretching across the mid-atlantic. nnrth of new york city. temperatures are cooler. 59 in boston. 56 in albany.ú and buffalo sitting at 58. and we continue to see the 70s just south of us. but it looks like we will continueeto stay on the mildly warm side of things or the nex3 few ace. cool front extends through the aaea. firing up stronger thunderstorms and issuing severe thunderstorm the game was earlier. postponing the game for 15 minutes gulf has pushed to the southeast. and we will continue to see that high pressure keep us dry. temmeratures will hold steady for the neet couple of days..3 across the state. future scan shows relatively no %-maybe a pop-up shower north ad west of us. buu for the most part. keeping our eyeeto the tropics. this is important. well definnd eye. eye wall here. you can see down. it is clear in

fox report -- or i should say the chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in wilmington, delaware tonight. that's a hot state. we might as well start there the former seat joe biden's seat. >> if republicans were to pick this up seat they would be 10 closer they would neat for the senate majority. in this state the nine-term congressman mike castle, the only congressman from delaware is a republican and a moderate and he is in a very, very tough race against christine o'donnell. a self-styled fiscal conservative who has been criticized for some of her own money problems. as a consequence this race which has been a castle lead for weeks is basically a dead heat with polls set to close in two hours. state republican officials say the turnout is somewhere north of 35,000 votes. it's so close and such a small universe of votes nobody really know what is to expect. they could be counting pretty late into the evening, shep. >> shepard: the sprint for the -- sorry, go ahead. >> well, i also want to point out a very important race in new hampshire as well where there is a four-candidate r

alerted, a huge downpour drenching parts of the east coast from the carolinas to maine, officials in wilmington, north carolina report at least four storm related deaths today and get this: 21 inches of rain, this week. according to the national weather service that is the highest five day total in nearly 140 years of recordkeeping and flash flood warnings and watches now in effect for much of the mid-atlantic region, and team fox coverage and our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth, and first, from wttg live in annapolis, maryland, you are on the waterfront, how is it looking? >> it is moving in land there, shep, five to nine inches of rain has fallen so far and the worst coastal flooding, since hurricane isabel, 2003 and this is the main drag in downtown annapolis, from a foot to two feet of water and pan off to the left and you see a business owner trying to protect his ice cream store, and, her sven storm, in isabelle, $40,000 in damage, lost all the equipment and he has had two layers of sandbags and two shipments and the sewer system is backing up but he is fighting it on both ends and the

we wwre in the 40s aa wilmington, delaware at 52. the metro areas of baltimore and d.c. milder still, a little cooler than has been. we got as you see, clear skies, lendiig shower chance of stayiig north. plenty of sunshine todayyover that. take a look at the nortterly flow. whoops, there'ssthe sun.ú i have more ppwer tta than i tht in that finger. and that is going to keep us cool and warmmthings up as high pressure moves to the east. southwesterry flow here and that will bring more moisture. that is going to get more huuid as we get closer to autumn. there'ssthe front that could brrng us shower chances by tomorrow at 4:00. it cculd scoot over to the ú%ntral part of the state by evening hours or more likely it looks like fronttl bo bausch boy ú%eers a lot of moisture from it. moreewarm air comes ffom tte sooth as the next frontal boundary heads in ourrdirectioo. that coulddbring us hower3 chancee. meanwhile the jet strram steers it's going to brrng warm, moist air. tomorrow and tte rest offthe week, temperatures climbbng into the upper 88s to near 0s, very comfortabl

>> kelly o'donnell starting us off from wilmington tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> a few other big races to note here. here in new york state, another win for tea party supporters, carl paladino from buffalo, defeated rick lazio in the republican gubernatorial primary. also here in new york, charlie rangel won renomination to congress in his harlem district despite recent ethics problems. and in washington, d.c., voters have fired their mayor, adrian fenty, who has held that job for just three years. while it was just a city mayor's race, that washington election result last night was heard across the country by those who follow education reform. that's because the defeat of mayor fenty likely means the departure of a big reformer, the powerful, controversial michelle rooe, she's the chancellor of schools in d.c. this comes just as her profile is about to explode even bigger because of a new film called "waiting for superman." that premieres tonight in washington. something about timing. our own tom costello is there for us. tom, good evening. >>

wilmington, north carolina, tapped into our sights. they have had 5 inches of rain. so far for the month, 17 inches of rain. right around us, only .10 of an inch in alexander appeared overnight tonight and during the day tomorrow is likely that some areas will see upwards of two-5 inches of rain. probably a little more concentrated into the evening. we will see it begin to move out 7:00 or 8:00. be prepared for localized flash flooding tomorrow morning. we are under water. tune in the early tomorrow morning. there could be warnings coming out. the rain will taper off into the evening rush hour. but a nasty day throughout the area for travel because of those of low-standing areas and those underpasses that will slow everybody down. after all of this moves by, we will see leftover clouds on friday. but then high pressure comes in and cooler, autumnal -- i l ike that word -- on some all-weather on saturday and sunday. watch out for the heavy rain chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, we figured they could use our help. â™

this is wilmington. funding trapped cars along the roadway. so far, no reports of any injuries. >> that tropical moisture has come over us. there have been 2 inches of rain in some areas. more to come tomorrow morning. outside today, depending on just where you were, there were some very heavy rains. we are overall still in a dry time. our temperatures outside right now -- by the way, in los angeles that was the all-time record high hitemperature. 78 degrees was our high temperature. officially down at national airport, less than 0.25 inches of rain. in bethesda, over 2 inches. vienna, about 0.25 inches. southern maryland, tomorrow morning, you may be seeing some heavy rains down around charlotte county and st. mary's county. here is what is going on around the area. here is the regional radar. here we are in washington. he was the first batch we came to earlier today. there is a general area of low pressure. this next batch will come up and over, and i think more into southern maryland as we get into the early morning areas. i think we will b

in wilmington, north carolina, almost two feet has fallen since sunday. the national weather service says that tops the previous record set by hurricane floyd back in 1999. take a look at the airport delays along the east coast. every red and yellow plane means an airport with delays. the weather channel meteorologist jeff morrow joins us from washington, d.c. jeff, you're getting pounded and you don't have an umbrella and it's not a good day out there. >> yeah, it's not a good day to be a meteorologist, at least one that's standing out in the rain anyway, tamron. it's been raining on and off and at times it becomes lighter and we just had a heavy downpour move through here and we weren't sure we could do the shot with you and cleared up just enough. it was pouring here about a minute or two ago. still coming down hard and there have been some localized flooding areas for instance, i don't know if anybody out there is familiar with the d.c. area but virginia avenue has been closed between 21 and 25th street because of some flooding and some other streets