Details on senator ted cruz and his decision to run for president in 2016. And hans nichols is in berlin as the greek Prime Minister meets with the german chancellor. First lets hit you to the top stories we are following at this hour. Shares of previously owned homes came up short for the second month in a row. They were again below and annual sales rate of 5 million homes will stop the Real Estate Industry is struggling because of higher prices and a lack of inventory. We heard from the Federal Reserve ice chairman, stanley fischer, speaking in new york. He said raising Interest Rates from near zero will likely be warranted before the end of the year and subsequent increases probably wont be uniform or predictable. The Interest Rate is expected to lift off before the end of this year as the normalization of Monetary Policy gets underway. The extra gary Monetary Policy accommodation the fed has undertaken in response to the crisis has contributed importantly to the economic recovery.
Reporter norah, you cannot miss the National Guard on d. C. Streets, but here, just outside the white house, what you cant miss is this growing crowd of peaceful protesters. This is a larger crowd than we saw yesterday. Violators could face arrest. A seventh day of protests nationwide brought no rest for those demanding change. Thousands filling the streets from new york to los angeles. In George Floyds home town of houston, crowds gathered at city hall. I feel like this can definitely make a change because there are people of all races and colors out here. Dont shoot reporter in washington, a huge peaceful demonstration back outside the white house. explosion . As controversy swirls over monday nights use of force. Thats a flash bang. All right, so, we are just minutes away from d. C. s 7 00 curfew. You heard the flash bang. That is an attempt to clear the crowd out. Troubling video shot by wjla tv shows officers roughing up an Australian News crew, prompting calls for an investigatio
sometime friday afternoon. the heaviest package of winds will stay offshore. the big problem for us, the concern for us mostly is wind along the shore, potentially tropical storm force winds friday and friday evening then very, very heavy rough surf. probably won t notice it at all in d.c. we will talk about that in the complete forecast as well. right now hurricane earl down through the bahamas, a major hurricane at winds at 135 miles per hour. we know you will track it. gary, thank you. as hurricane earl batters the islands in the caribbean, aaa is warning travelers on the east coast to pay attention to the forecast. with more people planning to travel this labor day weekend, check your airline status before leaving for the airport and check your hotel for local weather updates. our team coverage moves to the caribbean where residents from bermuda to the virgin islands are preparing for their brush with earl. we have more from st. thomas where everyone is in cleanup m
all day from 6:00 am to 5:00 p.m. be careful of that. let s look at the roads, julie write standing by with that. good morning, not looking bad. as you continue to work your way in each directions. travel to maryland and virginia, you will find your way light traffic volume for those continuing. toll road headed around bethesda. travel inbound along 66, heading in toward 123. traffic moving at speed. heading for the beltway. no problems to report on the inner loop as you travel between annan dale that s a look at your fox 5 traffic. two bombs targeting crowds in uganda killed 64 people in the capital. including at least one american. the secretary of state, hillary clinton, strongly condemning attacks. she said the united states will help ugandan police track down the attackers. a 10-year-old boy is in critical condition this morning after being struck by a car in georgetown many he was hit while he was in the cross walk on reservoir road. the boy was taken to t
hop a flight to dubai. authorities say he purchased the 1993 nissan pathfinder suv three weeks ago in connecticut with cash. they are not sure whether he is the person of interest seen on the surveillance video changing loathes from broad daylight and walking way from the scene. we are told that more arrests could come. we will bring any new documents as they come into us. we do want to check our weather with tucker. at least we are off to a dry start even though it is pretty warm outside today. we have temperatures in the upper 60s, near 70, a littling for out there to the west. it should be a relatively quiet day. just the slight chance of an afternoon shower or maybe a rumble of thunder as we watch a little upper level disturbance move on through. there is your morning satellite- radar. there is still some cloud cover across the area. i think it will break up and we should be in for at least partial sunshine today. all in all, i think it will be a nice day. less humid th