coming up from the remnants of lee in the tennessee valley now. what is left tonight, definitely some heavy spots, but southern maryland, calvert and st. mary s county probably has gotten the most tonight and they have now a flash flood warning meaning flooding is occurring. this goes until 11:30. they ve had 2 to 3 inches of rain just this afternoon and a big batch of thunderstorms went through there that dropped another good amount of rain. so heads up down there in calvert and st. mary s county. that warning will expire at 11:30 tonight, but meanwhile the stretch of moisture continues. what we re noticing down to our south now, not the walls of water, but these strong lines of south to north bands. there had been a tornado watch down here that s been canceled. two reports of tornadoes today in north carolina and yesterday there were about 16 across the southeast. so here s the very latest in terms of the rain. we have picked up many spots now 2 to 3 inches and that means t
coming up. thank you, gary. you can depend on fox 5 for complete coverage and go to www.myfoxdc.com for the latest changes and on the weather tab. monetary metro and the system s escalators show little seen of improvement and that ofance is getting worse. metro has more than a year ago. the plans are in motion to accelerate repairs. sherri ly is live in the newsroom with the details. reporter: the bottom line is that metro is looking to get more manpoint of view sper that should fast track some repairs in hopes of getting the escalators moving again. memetro s broken escalators and the sparks start flying. they re always broken. reporter: in a new escalator performance report, metro s escalators had a dismal 81% reliability in june, below the 85% target. that is one out of every five escalators out of service every day. emily bannas has personal experience with that. i have had to waup to metro wheaton station. this is the longest 160 something steps i have ha
closing the gap. president obama offers some compromise on health care reform but republicans are uninspired. bunning backs down. a costly budget impasse forced by a lone kentucky senator is finally resolved. and fear and anger on the streets of chile as the country s president defends her government against charges it responded too slowly. this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, march 3rd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs good morning. glad you re with us. i m michelle gielan. following a year of contentious debate and little agreement or compromise president obama unveils the final revision of his health care plan today. the president says he s willing to include some republican ideas in the proposal. tara mergener is in washington with details. reporter: good morning, michelle. it may seem like a compromise but the offer to incorporate republican ideas into this plan is about both moderate democrats and the gop and make no mistake, the president will move forwa