>> the sun? >> the sun. >> the sun. >> the sun? the sun, very nice. >> will you demonstrate for me, putting these on? over the glasses. >> the music we associate with have you been at listening to? >> here comes the sun. heart.al eclipse of my >> doo, doo, do. >> like, the letter you wrote me. [bell ringing] impressed s really with how much the students knew. we had a great time here. can once again see the imagery we are pulling in of telescope of two eclipses happening as we speak. eclipses, ortial salem, oregon and madras, oregon. image, the moon continues to progress, transit the surface ofer the sun, getting closer and totality, again, this is an opportunity for us to remind folks regardless of watching in re oregon or anticipating the beginning of eclipse from nother location in the u.s. or across north america, wherever you are able to view from, it is important that you have to have safety glasses, we cannot stress that enough. we've been getting questions on people e-mailing, asking about that, you must have in the unless

you can project the sun inside the box. make sure the sun is behind you. it will be an amazing projector. >> i got to do this because we are on the college of charleston. make some noise! [cheers and applause] that is what i'm talking about. the social media world is going to break records. let me talk to my man on the social front. >> there are millions of people watching the broadcast right now. we will be monitoring the conversation online, taking your questions as a total solar eclipse treks across the united states. for updates, be sure to follow nasa facebook, twitter, tumbler, instagram, snapchat, and linkedin. we will be providing live coverage on facebook live and on nasa's facebook page. you can ask your questions and check out their streaming sites like nasa's periscope account, twitter, you stream and youtube. and of course, you can watch it online. and we have a special feature on our facebook live page, we have a 360 view from south carolina. you can pan it around your computer and look up to the sky as the moon transits the eclipse. it will

that's the sun. the moon beginning its work as it crosses into the path between the sun and earth and it will continue to do this creating a sight described by most as breath taking. so rare, it hasn't been seen across the u.s., the entire u.s. in 99 years. not since 1918 did a total solar eclipse cross the entire country like it's about to do in just a few minutes. the last time it was seen from anywhere in the u.s. was 38 years ago. the date, february 26th, 1979. >> announcer: this is an abc news special. >> august 21st, 2017 will it be visible from north america, 38 years from now. may the shadow of the world fall on the moon and abc news will bring you a complete report from that 38 years from now. >> now it is finally here. for the first time this century it's lights out, hands up. ♪ we're gloeing in the dark >> for the first solar eclipse to hit america in 38 years right there with your cosmic block party. celebrating all across the path of this historic solar eclipse live coast to coast, it'

and the sun is gone. >> seeing it you this the clouds now. just a slither of sun light. isn't that gorgeous. oh my gosh. >> mason: luckily the cloud coverage is not -- >> you can take your glasses off. >> mason: yes, you can. >> i recommend that. mason: you have to be careful here. >> you can still see a sliver of it. make it there before the thick cloud comes back. >> mason: we have one sort of thick cloud threatening to take the last of this away. the eclipse has fought it's way through the cloud. we're still getting the show that we came for. what are we seeing now, bill? >> just the very last vestiges as the moon moves in front. it's really, really close. my goodness. lock how dark it's getting all of a sudden, anthony. check it out, loc look around. it's amazing. >> mason: there is a glow on the horizon. >> 360°. [cheers and applause] >> my goodness. there it goes. >> mason: there it goes. >> lock at the light. look at the light around here. we can't see the sun. it looks like deep twoeu r. twi. >> mason: there is the color you talked about. >> yes we're looking at

there was the sun and there were the planets and i could see how the planets revolve around the sun. i was looking back at creation and for the first time in my life i felt viscerally connected to the universe. i stood there in what i can only describe as a state of nirvana for all of 174 seconds, less than three minutes. all of a sudden it was over at the sun burst out, the blue sky returned and the stars in and the planets in the corona were gone. everything had turned to normal but i hate change. that's how i became an eclipse chaser so this is now how i spend my time and hard-earned money. every couple of years i had off to whether or to experience another couple minutes of eclipse. back in 1998 on that beach in aruba is a science writer i thought, i'm going to write a book about eclipse but i knew the time to come out with the book would be in the summer because this is when americans will actually care about an eclipse. i put the project on hold and went back to radio, wrote another book actually and six years ago i started to get serious. i thought if i'm going to come out wit

sun. >> reporter: and we have a cloud. >> oh, bummer. >> reporter: there we go. nobody can predict the weather, not he'll dylan dryer, guys. she told us we would be good but we're hoping now for those clout clouds to move through. >> i was going to move on, but i guess dylan deserves a response. >> one cloud. we have 20 minutes. hopefully that cloud will clear out. >> let's go to charleston, south carolina, the last u.s. city in the eclipse's path of totality. that's where we find nbc's al roker on the deck of the u.s.s. yorktown museum. those are clouds i see in your background, al. >> they are, but when i put my glasses on, there's enough of a break and we're seeing a little less than a third of the sun being covered right now. it's pretty impressive. folks are looking up there. they're all oohing and ahing a bit because we have gotten some overcast and some breaks. she is a scientist at the smithsonian institute and you study weather. what can we hope to learn from this that we wouldn't

with more sun than anything. the shore point, very likely to say completely clear and completely dry. and out in the mountains, we flirt with 80 degrees, with more sun than anything there. but again, late day shower or thunderstorm is certainly a possibility for you. key words there though, meisha , spotty. >> spotty, all right, well that's good to know. we need to know that specially for our commute, too. thanks katie, very good morning to all of you. >> it is monday morning, we start to see things chipping ever so slightly, what we're seeing in jersey, approaching 295 at creek road, you can see how many headlights are out there right now, traveling, traveling posted speeds but maybe not for too long. schuylkill moving eastbound direction, past the conshohocken curve, now, this is where we are starting to slow down little bit. you are no longer just gassing and traveling around at posted speeds. you are starting to dip little bit below. that will so just heads up on that. speaking of the schuylkill at girard, ta

block out the sun. how to catch a glimpse of histories. >>> with us to share reporting and insights, julie davis of the "new york times." jonathan martin of the "new york times," jeff mason of reuters and cnn's m.j. lee. president trump is back at work preparing for a primetime address with huge stakes and even bigger consequences. tonight at 9:00 p.m. the president will lay out how the united states will keep fighting america's longest war. candidate trump ran on the promise to pull out of a combat fatigued country out of afghanistan but president trump does not want to the labeled the president who ceded to terror. the politics of the moment could rescue a presidency crippled by the president's response at shar charlottesville. what about a non-denial of the republican governor of ohio when asked by jake tapper if he plans to primary the stitting president. >> i don't have plans to do anything like that. i'm rooting for him to get it together. we all are. we're only seven months into this presidency.

you point out the sun moves east to west, obviously. moon, thatg of the is the way it is moving, i guess. that is a layman's answer, but i bet you if you go to the nasa website, you wfi

slight glimpses of the rays of the sun round the edges of it sta rts of the sun round the edges of it starts in mid—pacific, it goes right across. i think the last time it can be seen in the states will be charleston, south carolina. then the sun moving the other way. we've got to keep reminding ourselves what's going on. the eclipse will eventually petered out. we have a shadow path lasting from the pacific to the atlantic but, when there is no more landfall for anybody to witness it, so they have those moments. this is a shadow of 70 miles wide that is racing across america, so people are in succession, the further east we go, getting their moment not in the sun but in the darkness, as totality emerges for each location. also people look around, if they can tear their eyes from that site, and they should notice stars in the sky during the daytime, because the sun has been blocked out. it's an incredible moment. also, i guess, and this is all coming through cameras and things like that... yes, carefully filtered. said there is a moment of totality when the disc is covered and peopl

much faster than the sun goes down. it is dark in seconds and like a full moonlight -- night. , you can atmosphere imagine all of these streamers coming off from around the sun. it looks like a hole in the side where the moon is blocking up the sun and you have these streamers of white, shimmering gas flowing off of it. it is only about as bright as the full moon so now we have a follmann night. -- full moon night. you can see stars and planets. regulus potter fans, and sirius will be near the horizon. it is also something you deal. it can get colder by 10 degrees. you will feel that. that temperature drop will generate wind, city will feel the wind on your skin. birds, but animals will behave interestingly like it has gone to nighttime. there is a lot to take in during the eclipse. >> what about the safety? angela: it is no less safe than -- other day, it could eclipse day is not super unsafe. it is dangerous to look at the sun every day. most people know it is a bad idea. what people don't realize is that is true ever

part of the sun visible through the eclipse. the select few will get the umbra where the moon blocks out the light from the sun, totality. the area where the umbra hits is path of totality. monday from or gun to south carolina. if you are in that path, you will literally see, daytime turn into night time. temperatures are going to drop. stars will even beef visible in the daytime hours. this is going to last anywhere from 1. 30. to 3 minutes. the only time that you do not need the protective glasses. and now in this medium gray shaded area, this is an area where at least 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon. see the sky dim, temperatures dip. cities like seattle, denver, atlanta. north and south of this line is an area where say 3/4 of the sun will be covered. places like san francisco, philadelphia. it is one of the solar system's greatest sights, get out there and enjoy it. >>> well, millions of americans will be out there when the eclipse march as cross the nation. the so-called path of totality begins in central oregon

the trouble with the eclipse, the sun is still the sun, everybody. the trouble with an eclipse is you just want to stare at it. if you star at the sun for five or six minutes, it's hard on you. it's an exciting thing. the other thing to remind everybody, we all want to take pictures, get our phones out and take a picture. phones are not ideal for taking pictures of the sun. try to be in the moment. try to remember where you were and what was going on when you saw this happen. we encourage everybody to look at the ground, look at your surroundings because you won't see this most of the time. if things go really well, the mountains on the moon create what we call these beads of light. they're named after a british astronomer named baily. you're seeing imperfections in the lunar surface all the way down here on earth. galileo took a military telescope and said moon is not a perfect circle, and they put him in prison. >> i'm curious, can a blind person feel the eclipse? does the temperature change that dramatically? >> oh, yes. a couple things happen. fi

the moon covered almost 80% of the sun. less dramatic than a total eclipse, it's something that has people in the area talking tonight. >> we have team coverage of the excitement following the eclipse. sydney long was there for one of the viewing parties. krystal klei is explaining what we saw. >> sidney, quite a birthday for people to remember. >> reporter: it was. people couldn't believe their eyes. there were a lot of cheers, high fives and hugs and people celebrating the birthdays on this special occasion. depyett the sun being hot, it gave us all the chills. it was amazing to see how crisp and clear the moon was covering the sun. it's where science and mother nature converge. >> never seen a solar eclipse before. >> reporter: so did the crowds in the thousands both outside the franklin institute. >> so great! it was amazing. you have never imagined what that is like. >> so super excited to be here. >> reporter: inside, the fels planetarium, a front row teseato the totality by nasa. >> i think we first saw the corona, t

it is dangerous to look at the sun every day. most people not -- no to not stare at the sun. it is a bad idea. what people don't realize is that is true everyday. eclipse is no different, don't stare at it, but now we want to. now we want to see the sun being blocked out by the moon. you need to make sure you are wearing protective eyewear, it is called eclipse glasses or solar viewing glasses. or using a pinhole camera. a lot of people will have made those in school. whole -- hole on the back of shoebox or something like that. you shouldn't look directly at the sun any day and that is true on eclipse day. >> scientists will be watching to collect information, data. what kind of data are they collecting and how will be used? angela: there are various experiments going on. we can see the corona, the sun's atmosphere, and the only time we can see the lower portion of an eclipse.ng we can't fake an eclipse. the corona occasionally throws things at us, like an objection of mass from the sun and it can affect communications and electricity grids. we don't fully understand this. a

waited on the sun, upper 60s, about the same today. 58 in napa and your forecast calls for the sun to win out today with of60s at the coast. by the afternoon, we're in the upper 80s but that is way far inland. the cooling trend continues today, and whether or not this fog will play into our forecast for the eclipse tomorrow. >> thank you, we are following breaking news in santa clara county where chp officers are investigating a deadly crash happening on highway 17 in lost -- los gatos. a tree car hit a tree and went down an embankment 100 feet. it took firefighters an hour to rescue a woman using ropes to pull her up the embankment. both victims their systems. >> the there have's office is expected to give us more information today about an officer involved shooting. it happened around 10:40 at the pachecko boulevard station. moments later an accident occurred at the exit. two people were hurt in the crash, no one was hurt in the shooting. they reopened it before 1:00 this morning. >> central investigators are looking into a plane crash that killed to people on board. they were heade

we're facing a similar -- actually we're seeing the sun. we're seeing the sun. so i'm going to look at the sun and toss it to you. >> reporter: i'm still hearing people say it was amazing and it was a once in a lifetime event that happened for so many people. i have to tell you our sponsor mitsubishi is taking full advantage. they took their brand new 2018 mitsubishi eclipse cross and put it in the path of totality just outside salem, oregon. they have taken cameras and put angles on this car with the eclipse in the background from all different angles. abc is getting this exclusive look before during and after the eclipse. these images are something that will come together for a whole campaign. >> we have a great shot in charleston of the sun. >> reporter: david, we'll head back to you now. . >> ginger thanks so much. reporting in from nashville all afternoon. they got a little cheated an weren't able to see the eclipse itself but saw it turn pitch black in nashville. i want to show you the sky above me in charleston. we're playing a game with the clouds here t

>> it is amazing to think how the moon's size exactly matches the sun. >> so we have the sun the earth and the moon plays a huge factor. >> so it is incredibly important the size it is why we have eclipse. it is a coincidence this gun -- size of the moon exactly matches the sun. it wouldn't be that way if it was a little closer or little bit further away but because the moon exactly matches the size of the sun we can see the corona. >> so it is 400 times smaller so to line up exactly like that is extremely rare. what else have you seen so far? i know you have been watching on your phone. >> right now it is just the west coast. a tiny piece of the sun but that will increase as we get closer and closer to 10:15 on the west coast. >> we are hoping for a break or two but after everything is said and done will you go back and look at this?>> what i am really interested in looking at is what you can see in the corona. i would like to look at the videos people are taking to see if you can see prominences or flares on the surface because you can't really see that because the sun is so bright b

total eclipse of the sun. the excitement in this new stack is beyond all things prior. this is the most exciting day, let's try it again. in casper, wyoming, they now have a? >> total eclipse of the sun. >> shepard: they are tweeting the words now, we've been talking to people about how they would describe it, the best word for it. the great ones, awesome, spectacular, amazing, and tremendous. from the west coast, weird, cold, "i'm gonna die now" which i did like. casper, wyoming, 11:44, it is pretty close. love some denver. i've had in denver, and colorado they won't get a full eclipse. they never got a full eclipse in colorado, they saw a partial eclipse. i'm guessing in colorado today, some people legally thought it was a full eclipse. specifically in colorado. but i don't know, that's just me. casper, wyoming, is doing the whole thing, nasa tv is out there, they have a full eclipse. they are interviewing people about the eclipse as we've been doing. i want to give you a little fair and balanced coverage by

the clouds have cleared away and the sun is extremely bright. it kind of looks like a packman, but way cooler. >> and so we saw some pretty ingenerous methods. this is a view of welding mask stacked together. coming up, the astronomical service is working on footage -- they're going to give that to us later today. i got a preview and it looks pretty darn cool. we'll have that at 5:00 together. kit field, kpix 5. >> our roberta got the view live from oakleaf. >>reporter: hi, michelle. i began my morning in san francisco at 8:30 where we were socked in. i jumped in my car and it took me 45 miles until i broke through that deck of clouds and ended up in bay point and pittsburgh and drove into antioch and lots of sunshine. i ended up at the big break visitor center in delta and oakleaf. lots of sunshine. 66 beautiful degrees. greeted y 500 people. young, and not so young, quite the generous gap out here, and everybody had one thing in common and that was they were smiling. now, i thought my fancy smancy glances were the way to view the eclipse, but

it's a mix of clouds and sun. some of you might have partial cloud cover out there, obscuring things at times. hopefully we getaway with a decent day for eclipse viewing. there's the chance of a shower or thunderstorm popping up by 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. right now the model has most of this suppressed to the west of us. we get into 4:00 p.m., as the eclipse is wrapping up. there's a chance between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., of a shower or thunderstorm moving into berks county, lehigh county getting some of this, chester picks up some of it. an evening shower or thunderstorm in in a in a couplf spots. you cannot look directly at the sun. find a watch party they will be passing around the eclipse grass around today. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 88 degrees, sun and clouds today. warm certainly. tomorrow, hot and humid, 93 degrees, in the afternoon and evening there's a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. on wednesday there might be a lingering shower in the morning. we dry out and the humidity drops duri

i love that. >> the sun looks like the moon instead of the sun. >> reporter: wasn't that weird? >> yes. >> reporter: people came here from 30 countries and every one of the 50 states. once the sun's party ended, many jumped in their car to head home, like brit, susan, and paul weston. >> it was the place to come and see it. >> reporter: little madras, oregon? >> yep. you're on the map. >> reporter: a number of people at this campsite actually packed up before the eclipse happened so they could hit the road immediately after it ended, but if you go ahead and take a look at the highway behind me, it's pretty slow moving hours later. there's a couple people who told me they may stay camped here until wednesday to avoid any traffic jams. >> reporter: i'm david begnaud in nashville where music city celebrated the eclipse with a twang right in front of the grand ole opry. this was the largest city in the path of totality. when the moon swallowed the sun, the skies went dark, and the glasses came off. >> you look through the peephole. >> reporter: grade schooler josh taylor proudly sho

we live in the wake of the sun. we are in the sun's empire. that affects our atmosphere and our technology on earth. everything from the northern lights to power outages are a result of solar activity. if we are to probe what is happening inside the sun and the outer atmosphere, these are the moments where we can capture more data and untangle what is going on. all life depends. look at that, isn't it astonishing? absolutely stunning. amazing. back comes the blazing sun. nobody in their right mind would look at the sun in that way. you have to have all sorts of filters on cameras and your eyes. you do have a very big shift between that moment of totality when the sun's light is blocked and then when the sun has streamed back in its full intensity. even if it is 90% covered it is still too bright to see with your eyes. i don't know what the right script and of that is, a crescent sun? it is almost there. for some regions which are slightly outside the shadow path, if they are further north or south they will get something like this and that wil

>> the temperature is cool and the sun is like a star there goes the sun oh, my god wow. i'm sorry, guys. just give me a moment. >> wow >> all i could think of was the beatles song, "here comes the sun. >> reporter: guys, i always wanted to go into space. that won't happen. this is the closest thing right now. >> is that live music around you or are we playing that >> reporter: you're playing that >> i can see venus it's 10:20 in the morning and i can see a planet in the sky. it's so beautiful here listen to the crowd. in the distance, mt. hood is starting to come out of the eclipse. it is full on. after it leaves here, the next big place is going to be -- after it leaves here, casper, wyoming, will have total eclipse. then lincoln is after that it will go on and on and on through charleston, south carolina for you folks in new york, it peaks at 2:44 eastern. this is so beautiful i just kind of want to stop talking. the sun is going to be more than half covered i'm afraid it will be nothing like this. this is a once-in-a-lifetime for me >> i see facebook live is going to

the sun is moving from east to coast, how in the world can it be going in a wrong direct, the sun rising in the east, the moon right here and the shadow over oregon. about a half hour ago, that shadow over -- as we move you ahead to about an hour from now, this shadow will be all the way over charleston, south carolina, so in effect the shadow is going the wrong direction, though if you ask an astronomer, it's going going in the right direction. eventually out to seize. there's a cruise ship in the ocean, just sitting there waiting for the sun to get blocked by the moon. just the gasps from the crowd. you know, people who knew what to expect, they had been waiting for it a long time. this isn't supposed to happen. all of a sudden the sun said in the middle of the day. you have to understand some of these people have been planning this. a group of japanese tourists since had been planning it since 2011. they had every lined up now for six year. pimplgts it's interesting, you get to the point of totality, and then you basically get the mirror image. we have a little sliver of the move stil

the sun. i don't think that has much to do with the eclipse. the sun is about a quarter covered. not a lot of change in temperature. the stadium fits 15,000 people, looks like capacity any minute here. guys what do you think about the eclipse? give me one word to describe 2? >> awesome. >> it's the word of the day, shepherd, we can't get past it. somebody give us another word? >> amazing. epic. >> we came from chychrun. a lot of people from chychrun. are you staying in a hotel? >> we stayed at a hotel in st. louis last night and made the rest of the drive this morning. >> it took us about two and-a-half hours. >> that's a pretty committed trip from chychrun to st. louis and st. louis to carbondale this morning. >> wanted to make sure the kids got an opportunity to see something like this. >> this is amazing. it will be around in 2024 again, right? shep it's a pretty cool environment here. it's called a sell less sir al super bowl, if you will. >> i was going listening, i see you had to get a t

fighting with the sun or taking a bite from the sun. and there were early understandings of the eclipse, the greek astronomers knew very well and had charted exactly when it would happen and it took a lot of understanding and constant watching. we have drawings on rocks in northern ireland dated at 5,000 years and they believe it is the sun, and the spirals, and the covering. they believe it has gone on for a very long time, and now that we know exactly what is happening, it is great to think that nothing is taking bite from the sun, that life won't be different. you know it will come right back at you, you don't have to fear now the way they did hundreds and thousands of years ago. >> carbondale, illinois. that's what we're looking at right now. a live look right there courtesy of our friends at nasa. that is the scene above the stadium. we're handionging out with 15 thousands of the closest friends. >> they are so amped up and it is so warm out. it is every 90 degrees. this is the mascot, for people to vent a little, and this is like

sun enough to see things. there's a chance of a an afternoon shower well to the west in places like lancaster county and maryland. remember, if you're going out there a ali just said, make sure you have the approved glasses, it's the sun aligning with the moon and the earth between the moon and the sun giving us the eclipse. umbral shadow is when you talk about when the sun is 100% blocked out. pre-umbral is the partial blocking. >>> walnuts helps reduce the risk of diabetes. it could also help you to say no thank you i'm food. when volunteers were shown high fat food, the impulse section of the brain said no to cake and ice cream and other things that expand your waistline. walnuts help people have self-control. when volunteers were given a placebo, it did not work, me picked up the fork and dug in. >>> little league team from jackson new jersey is facing elimination today in the little league world series. the game is in the middle of the eclipse. >>> people were talking about this catch at the junior little

, is just as bright as the rest of the sun. and so, if you didn't know what was happening, you wouldn't know it was happening >> really? >> so what you have to do, you have to get your yourself a way of observing the way of the progress that's not damaging to the eye. so as she had the glasses, if you have the proper kind of eye protective wear, you can look directly at the progress of the moon as it passes between the earth and the sun. then you can do it indirectly, too, you can use what's called pin hole projective, just punch a hole, the olds school way. >> yes, yes, yes. >> you can project an image of the eclipse happening on another white sheet of paper then that way you can see the moon as it progresses across the disc of the sun. >> now, they said it's been what 99 years since this has happened before. but when is the last time we were able to view it right here in philadelphia? >> this was real interesting thing. as it turns out there is particular eclipse, that goes all the way across the country , that was about 100

. >> no sun who. >> that is it. >> no sun who. sun young moon. >> that is knock, nothing jokes you say something too. it has been a long time what the what the did the eclipse say to its therapist. >> aim just going through a phase. >>> we're getting more reports that people, wait a minute, what am i doing is this just a tease. >> this is just an organ what they are doing because it is not just putting on your glasses and looking at the sun they want to do something else >> i know what they are doing. >> they are going to get high to watch the eclipse. >> it is high in the sky. >> way high. 90 million miles away. ♪ >> so in honor of this eclipse , the "good day philadelphia", mikey players will recreate this video from bonnie tyler. we probably should do that at 9:00 o'clock hour. when the children are not watching. >> it that is bad. >> bonnie tyler is on a crew ship right now heading for the path of totality in the atlantic ocean. >> that is pretty cool, to be watching, listening to her sing. >> yeah. >> did you know there are

the sun. sunglasses, they are 100,000 times more like blocking. they are very special things. they have been selling like hotcakes everywhere and they are available for free from many places. they will allow you to experience what that atmosphere is doing. indirectlyo watch through a pinhole in a piece of paper. you can make a box, yourself. in this case, you can see the light and you will see the the pac-mango -- sun go away in the moon. the easiest way is to go to the website. .here is a code standard that says it is good enough. the experts have certified those. that is the way to go. please don't risk looking at it, directly. you can experience some eye damage and that would not be good. get the glasses, check the website. guest.im garvin, our we have some calls lined up for you. our first is from bob in springfield, virginia. caller: thank you for the opportunity. dr. garvin, can you tell us if scientists understand the range of positive and negative effects perhaps on wildlife and maybe

of the path of the sun. we are just four minutes away from totality here on the west coast. a lifeblood from big summit prairie in oregon. one of the spots within that 70 mile stretch where there will be totality sweeping across the united states. >> the moon will block out the entirety of the sun. in the bay area we will see a partial eclipse. basically what you see right now. we will get that sliver of a son as opposed to the complete blackout. >> to share your pictures with us with the mobile app. a lot of lines around the bay area as people are getting ready and getting a glimpse of this amazing event. >> is pretty incredible. we have been tracking it from various positions. we have been at the science center and nasa ames. and in fremont as well and the library where there are a lot of kids that come together to watch it. that is an example of what is being played around the country. >> there are some rumors you could damage your smart phone. most phones come equipped with filters to limit damage in you

sun comes up at 6:19. let's talk about this path of totality toward pacific northwest, moving through sections of the midwest and then off carolina coast that is where they will see 100 percent coverage. for philadelphia area we will see 80 percent eclipse and take a look at that, legend visibility still expect to be good for our area. so, the eclipse will begin at 1:21 and then reaching its peak the max at 2:44 and 80 percent eclipse, high temperature of 87 with a mixture of sun and cloud, we will have high siri us cloud and fair weather cloud from time to time but still should not be enough to obscure the eclipse for our area we will go hour by hour and see mixture of sun and cloud late this morning and early afternoon time frame we are dry moving toward the time of that eclipse, still a mixture of sun and cloud across the area so we will see some cloud , sunshine, and of course watching that eclipse across the area a few isolated thunderstorms popping up to the west and late this afternoon into this eve

we have the moon crossing the sun. we have a live picture at 6abc.com streaming this right now, abc news will be starting live coverage at 1:00 p.m. already happening in oregon and about ready to go the going around here, as well. what about conditions as you head out to take in the eclipse. 84 degrees, the dewpoint is up in the mid 60s a lot of aerials in the mid 70s. fairly humid moderately humid in philadelphia. a lot of neighborhoods around the city getting into the oppressive territory. cool drink always you head out and sunscreen with the sun and clouds mix. winds south/southeast 7 miles per hour. 73 in the ocean water. we have clouds popping up at times rolling through the region. we're calling for a clouds and sun mix. hopefully we maintain the sun and clouds mix through the peek of the 'clips at 2:44 p.m. when it's at its peak and showing you the most. doesn't end until 4:00 p.m. i think we'll maintain the sun until the end of this. 88 degrees in philadelphia. that's the high this afternoon and upper 80s in al

of the sun which you can't see normally because the disk of the sun is too bright. people in the path of totality will be able to see the outer atmosphere of the sun which is very exciting. >> they're going to see shadows that will be sort of other worldly? we understand. >> yes. what happens in totality is the sun's light is blocked so it's like you're in a moonlit night. the temperature drops a little bit. the animals get quite. vegetation responsd. it's as if nighttime came for 2.5 minutes. >> doug here in the washington ea and how different is it going to be? >> a lot different. the biggest thing about it is being a partial eclipse we still have 18 or 19% of the sun still shining on us. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. a lot of solar energy making its way but it will be impactful here. there's a shadow moving across the region and i'm so kpietd even if i wasn't going to south carolina if i was still here i made sure my family has glasses so they can see this because it is maybe a once in a lifetime event for many of us. for me it was third grade i saw my last p

it's the same sun. you shouldn't look at the sun any day and you don't. when you -- you see it, oh -- you can see spots in your eyes. today people are wanting to look at it to see this cress rcht and y cre crescent. it's worse than doing it on a normal day. you'll have different spots and pretend that you can look at it longer. you should look at it zero seconds today. make the box, do whatever. or just watch it on tv, because we have the best pictures. >> certainly do. extensive live coverage coming up on cnn, of course. chad, don't go too far and the others, at the air and space museum and historically, what, the first time in 99 years we've seen this type of eclipse here in the united states? >> what's really historic is that it's our eclipse alone. north america is the only land mass that this eclipse path goes over. everything else is water. >> and they've been able to predict this for a long time. >> yes. >> and predict future eclipses down the road? >> absolutely. we've been able to predict eclipses with greater and greater and greater accuracy ove

camera looks at the sun constantly to monitor the sun's activities as we go. satellites,other including the polar satellites. as well as our partner satellites from europe. because these are polar orbiting, they will be orbiting the earth and crossing over the united states during the eclipse experience. it will be fascinating and we can't wait to see the data. the most important thing, the next graphic please, is what will the weather be. the graphic was produced by national center for environmental information and it shows that as the eclipse moves from west to east there is increasing likelihood of cloudiness of where you will be able to view the eclipse. this is due to many factors. if you look at the western coast of oregon and the southeastern states, have a higher likelihood of cloudiness because of the humidity on average. this is from historical data -- this is not a forecast. it is the historical average. the percentage of cloud cover that you can expect based on history on august 21 in the afternoon. there other factors that involve your ability to

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a total eclipse of the sun happens when the sun, the moon and the earth all line upper expectly. and the moon is able to cast a shadow down on to the earth. now, there is about 07-mile wide strip across the entire united states, starts in portland, oregon, goes all the way out to charleston, south carolina, but everywhere in your north america you're going to see something called a partial eclipse, where little bit of the sun is going to be blocked out. nasa scientists will have 11 spacecrafts watching from space. but they're also asking you, back here on terra firm a, to step up as citizen scientist, collect data about how the eclipse affects the weather where you are. what you gather can help scientists understand the way sunlight interact with the earth's atmosphere. >> we're asking people all over the count troy help us observe how the eclipse change the atmosphere of the earth. did this wonderful natural experiment that's happening, we know the shadow is going to pass by. and that's going to change things like temperature levels, humidity, clouds. so in fact, the only thing

no matter if the sun shines or cooperates, even if it is not, clouds or sun it's not stopping people from packing the field at across thecran airport. they rolled in by the thousands on a dirt road to where the biggest show on earth is about to happen. refound people from the south, the northeast and out of the country they are fueling up with midwest barbecue and enjoying a cool treat on a hot summer day. you can't go wrong with either. folks are snatching up merchandise to remember where they were in the path of totality. saint joseph's is one of the phew places in the country in the 70-mile path. they watch and wait and smile and wait for the opportunity to capture the place where they will be when the moon blocks the sun. >> we're happy to be here from saint joseph, the hospitality is amazing. we are in the epicenter of this experience and we're really happy we made the journey. >> as you can see philly is representing with the franklin institute. the chief astronomer has been camped out through the week, through storms and sunshine. he is here right now and doing lots of intervi

yes the sun is shining outside. [laughter] one, my wife and i are currently gazing, it is just making me hungry. honestly, it was better than i thought to react that is one thing we are seeing, everybody knew this was happening and i think the emotional experience, i think it can be really heart wrenching and scary a little bit but also really emotional for a lot of people and spectacular. here is another one, any other day i would be disturbed if i saw so many people on the roof of the parking garage but not much today. omg, itthe last one, was the coolest 2 minutes of my life! so i think a lot of people were seeing that as a sort of celestial event that really had a big impact. we look at the sun every day, we see it in the sun -- in the sky and it is a constant for us to read so for it to disappear, it was a little bit unnatural. thank you everyone for submitting your questions, for sending us your photos. we really appreciated it has been spectacular for all of us. >> that is the great thing about social media,

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as the moon blocks most of the light of the sun. >> you mention a crescent sun. is that because philly is not exactly in the path of totality? >> that's correct. only in a narrow 65-mile wide band from org to south carolina will you see totality. and totality is really neat. it's this strange lighting situation. it gets dark in the day. i've seen two total solar eclipses and they're absolutely fantastic. if you can get to the path of totality, you really should try because it's just remarkable. >> quite the tease there. how has our precise mapping of the moon helped us predict the path of eclipses? >> the central path is the same. we've known the orbit of the moon for a while. but once the lunar reconnaissance observatory has mapped we can't map the surface of the earth as well as the moon. and that allows us to determine the exact shape of the shadow in time exactly when totality is going to exist better than we ever have before. >> you mentioned a short time ago that animals will react. i thought that was interesting. how so? >> so they'll actually treat it lik

it was protruding the planet between mercury and the sun because it has to be a hard place near the sun and no one could ever reliably see it but that wasn't a surprise and you can't see it in the daytime because it is lost in the suns player. when you might see it is when it covers up the bright sun and that is during a total solar eclipse. those are the three main characters against the harvard weekly and august of 1860 showing the eclipse of the rocky mountains and i have to say this is my favorite hearne name is maria mitchell. she had reason to see that in 1847. by 1878 she was a professor of astronomy at the college which was a relatively new college of new york. it was the kind of treatment the unequal treatment. the astronomer and the other universities were honored to be the author of housing for the scores of accommodation. she slipped on a sofa in the corner of the space that alternately served as the lecturer. when they marked the occasion and the tongue-in-cheek verse they tended to the stores that had fled but in this sweet chamber ms. mitchell sleeps in a bad. despite her

and although it looked nothing like our sun, of, of course, i w that was the sun so there was the sun and there were the planets and i could see how planets revolve around the sun like i had left our solar system and a was looking back at creation. and for the first time in my life, i just felt this really connected to the universe in in all of its immense and i stood there in what i can only describe as a state of nirvana -- for all of 174 seconds less than three minutes. well all of a sudden it was over. the sun burst out and blue sky returned. the stars and planets and the krona requester gone. world returned to gnarl but i had changed. so that's how i became -- an eclipse chaser. so this is now i spend my tim and hard earned money i head to where moon shadow will fall to experience another minutes of cosmic bliss. but back in 1988 as a science writer i thought i'm going to write a book about eclipse chasing. but i knew that time to come out with a book would be in the summer of 2017. because this is when americans will actually care about eclipses . so i put the project on hold an

the sun is much further away. but they are the same size so we have a chance to have a solar eclipse which other planets in our solar system do not. the beauty of the planet and the sense of clockwork of this ballet or dance that goes on with the arab, sun and the moon. you can see that in space and you can see the rotation of the that turns between night and day. as that steadily rotates it is like clockwork going on. that is what we witnessed today that was clockwork with the mode getting in the path of the sun. with all of us lining up together. that clockwork still amazes me. everything has a permanent to it. it does not disappoint you, it has been going on for millions of years and will continue to happen. the sun will go up tomorrow, these things will keep happening. that is unfortunate that we cannot control it. space,great to see it in it was cool down here as well. >> a beautiful sentiment. i agree we have a an incredible day watching this. how about 2024? do you think you will be lining up to see the tot

like do something a bit it, we lose the bit closest to the sun, close in around the sun. the corona occasionally throws a big at us, like ejection of mass from the sun and comes toward the earth and can affect communications, can grids, we tricity don't fully understand it. a lot of people are going to be does the corona look like. the nice thing about this any given although in place, you don't get more than 2-1/2 minutes of darkness, we're do it along the path from oregon to south carolina, get 90 re able to then minutes of -- what is the corona oing and so there are people taking images, taking images in different colors, giving us information that sort of thing. astronomy main science being done. do withe experiments to relativity, light is affected by gravity. the experiment on how animals and plants behave, how the atmosphere behaves. normally get to shut off sunlight and see what happens, we can see what happens. how excited are you? why do you think americans are about this? guest: i think people are genuinely excited about science. are on social media, there so m