Welcome to countdown. This 7 00 in london on friday morning. Federal reserve members will gather in jackson hole, wyoming for the annual Monetary Policy symposium and will be the first speaks asjanet yellen chair of the fed. Investors will be listening closely for any hint of when this rate rise will happen. The drums are rolling. We have a number of hours to go until she speaks. 3 00 p. M. London time, 10 00 a. M. New york time. Said hawks are circling. They are taking to the air. Of course arm referring to Esther George and Charles Plosser. An interview with mike mckee said we have seen significant improvements in the labor market particularly this year. Have seen wek, we are in a good place to begin talking about normalization. We know Charlie Plosser is a dissenter from the philadelphia fed. She dissented seven times. Stop all of this bond storming being too low. Wages and inflation is not a great correlation. Really, that is not something that you want to focus on. It is prevalent
Thats right. Its going to be a wet weekend. Lets check in with meteorologist chuck bell. Its going to take me a little while to unpack the warmer air from florida. Youll appreciate it tomorrow. For now rain drops and sleet pellets first thing. We have a Winter Weather advisory that will carry us through the late morning and afternoon hours. Out until the blue ridge. Into the metro until about 1 00 this afternoon. All these areas in the counties mostly north and west. Little light icing to a glaze out there. Use caution. Most of the area roads should be all right. If you see any sleet pellets or have a good picture of it tweet it in to me chuckbell4. I heard sleet pellets on my window on the drive in. Organized sleet out toward the blue ridge, maryland and West Virginia. Well be keeping a close eye on that. Lot closer to the freezing mark in Northern Maryland martinsburg, West Virginia. It will have a moderate impact on your plans to get outside and enjoy today. Sleet turning to a cold
A lot on grassy areas. The road temperatures are a little abo vi as well as in Prince Georges County. It may be a little bit below freezing in some of the neighborhoods. Sidewalks are wet. Road temperatures at or a little below freezing north and west of the metro area. Well have these below freezing temperatures for anoth couple of hours. Out on the roads right now c is joining us live. Hes in the storm team 4 x 4. Where are you now . Reporter good morning, tom. Were in the maryland on 301 southbound. So far so good on the roads. Havent seen any trouble at all. Thats definitely good news. Temperatures are below freeze. Were at 31 now at the 4 x 4. Technically it could freeze up but so far all the treated surfaces the road temperatures are above freezing. Were not having a big impact. The biggest you need to worry on is on the way out of the door this morning. Some of the railings or exposed staircases might have a glazing of ice. Thats about it. So far so good here. Well keep reportin
Since the 70s. Were in the low to mid40s with that rain. Your weather headline well have a wet morning, but drying out during the afternoon. And then for the weekends turning chilly saturday looking very blustery. Look at your bus stop forecast what to wear for this friday coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. Were still looking good traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia. Coming out of annapolis, westbound route 50 at sever this. River bridge left lane and shoulder blocked due to an accident. Top side of the beltway in Montgomery County all lanes open. Watch out for wet pavement. 66 at nutley street looking good and 66 from the beltway all the way through arrest ring ton, no reports of incidents or delays there. Back to you. Ring ton, no reports of incidents or delays there. Back to you. A Major Construction impact will have a big impact on your chute. The 16th street bridge over military road will be entirely rebuilt over the next several months. It will mean
There is. The 27th of january. Tweet me for you, aaron, national flipflop day june 19th. Looking toward to it. Thank you. New this morning the Loudoun County Sheriffs Department is trying to figure out why a man and woman were found dead inside an ash burn home. Saying there was a shooting in the 43,000 block of rockfield court. Deputies responded. They treated it as a barricade situation for awhile. When they went inside the home, thats when they found the bodies of a man and woman. They believe this is a domesticrelated murder suicide. The victim was taken to the hospital. No word on his condition. We are following tragic developments. A father and his seven children found dead inside their home in princess and maryland. Were working to learn what the official cause of death here is for rodney todd and his children. Todd worked for Dining Services a the university of maryland eastern shore. His supervisor tells us todd was a single dad raising his five girls and two boys in that home