Because we have greater demands. With an aging population, with kids who need schools, with roads that need to be fixed, with the military on which we are placing extraordinary demands. And, we cant cut our way to prosperity. Other countries have tried it, and it has not worked. Weve grown faster than they have, because we did not pursue these blind, unthinking cuts to necessary investments for our growth. And, by the way, because weve grown faster than them, weve brought our deficits down faster th we turn our attention back home and the weather out there today. The view from storm tracker6 shows us what were dealing with. A drenching storm that will bring part of our area flooding and high winds. Its already a problem at the jersey shore where high tide made the coastal towns look like a lake. Im Sharrie Williams. Im brian taff. The big story, that wet weekend ahead especially for those of you along the shore. Eva pilgrim and Nora Muchanic but we begin with adam joseph and cecily tynan. Hurricane joaquin is going to miss us. We still got a rough couple days to get through. Yeah, thankfully this is a one punch, not a onetwo punch. If joaquin was to come up the eastern seaboard our shore line has already been battered, it would have been a lot worse but were still dealing with really damaging effects because of that wind that continues to funnel in out of the northeasterly direction and you can see a wall of green across the entire viewing area with that really steady rainfall, heavy at times especially where you see the yellow and this is a wind driven rain because of those strong gusts coming in off the shore so jenkintown, willow grove, norristown, media and around center city getting the heaviest rain at the present time. And you can see this rain is lifting from the southeast to the north and west and again in that fashion coming in off of the ocean where we do have a boundary, a stalled boundary that is draped along the eastern seaboard feeding a lot of this tropical moisture and again we have large High Pressure off to the north that wind is wrapping around that high which is really funneling in those very strong winds and also the really high waves and take a look at the waves height. Right now it is the highest from Long Beach Island to rehoboth beach. 12foot swells. Were close to low tide at this point but its causing widespread damaging erosion and coastal flooding during the times of high tide. Here are the peak wind gusts so far today in the 50s in tuckerton at the mouth of the delaware bay, near cape may 48 miles an hour, Long Beach Island ocean city clocking in at 47 Miles Per Hour and North Beach Haven so far wind gusts of 44 miles an hour and i bring you meteorologist cecily tynan. These winds really not going to ease any time soon. Unfortunately they will not. These winds will continue right through the day tomorrow. Finally start to ease tomorrow evening but expected wind gusts right along the shore 40 to 55 Miles Per Hour. So, those winds will continue to howl foreclose to the next 24 hours. As you move inland not quite as strong but still pretty intense along the i95 corridor, 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. The Lehigh Valley the far northern suburbs, the poconos, the winds dill breezy but not as destructive, 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour and all that coastal flooding is not due to the rain, its due to the winds just pushing the water inland so the coastal Flood Warning continues right into sunday. A lot of pictures and videos posted on my Facebook Page of the flooding and the next high tide for the ocean will be around midnight. Were looking at more moderate to major flooding with waves six to 10 feet hitting the shore right into sunday. Now, the good news is heres joaquin, Hurricane Joaquin still a cat four hurricane, maximum sustained winds 130 Miles Per Hour. Continuing to lash the bahamas and you can see how its starting to make that trek up to the north and the models really have not changed from yesterday. Were looking at Hurricane Joaquin heading out to sea, several hundred miles away from us so that will really not have a big impact on our weather. Some rough seas on monday but thats good news and adam will have more good news to talk about when this rain ends and when well see the sunshine return in the full accuweather forecast. Sharrie. We like good news. Cecily thank you. As the tide came up earlier this afternoon the streets at the shore were under water making roads almost impassable. Eva pilgrim continues our Team Coverage this afternoon. Shes live in wildwood with whats happening there. Eva. Reporter sharrie, streets are still pretty much rivers this afternoon here in North Wildwood. You heard cecily talking about the wind. The wind is incredible. You can see the flag flapping in the wind. It earlier had rattled itself around the pole. Now it is waving in the wind i want to show you how high the water came up at high tide. Now were almost at low tide. If you look at the water line you can see it eroded away some of the mulch that was in the flower bed. Suing ohio line where the water was moving up as it continued to rise. It has gone down now but people are watching and waiting to see where this water will go next. Its hard to tell where the back bay starts and the island begins. Usually when you go fishing over there, even on a high tide, you can see the grassy sound. You can still see all of the grass thats there. Its all covered with water right now. Just the worst weve seen for awhile. Reporter at star cafe after a rush this morning, major lull. The flooding has closed down spruce avenue keeping the lunch crowd away. Its scary. Reporter people are doing what they can. Some put out sand bags hoping to slow down the water moving their way. The waters already up to my second steps. Reporter street signs dance in the wind as the rain continues to fall. For now all those who live here can do is watch and hope for the best. Were just hoping that it doesnt get as bad as sandy. Wait and see. Reporter and back out here live in North Wildwood as we said it actually looks a little better now than it did even just an hour ago. But people are waiting to see what will happen with the next high tide which will occur about midnight. Were live here in North Wildwood, eva pilgrim, channel6 action news. All right, eva thank you. Farther up the coast people in ocean city also hunkering down for this wet weekend. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic is live there this afternoon with a look at Current Conditions as we continue our live Team Coverage. Nora. Reporter hi, brian. Conditions are awful here and they have been throughout the day. Weve had wind driven rain and it just goes right through you and its caused some pretty serious flooding. Take a look right here. This is 11th street in ocean city and this town is used to flooding but locals say high tide this afternoon brought more water than usual. This afternoons high tide flooded streets in ocean city. In some spots several feet of water made roads nearly impassable and left entire neighborhoods under water. This driver trying to climb into his car from a truck without getting wet might want to consider trying out for the olympic gymnastic team. Its pretty bad today. Its a lot worse than it was yesterday. Reporter still able to get around. Yeah, well, like this next section im probably going to have to skip. Reporter these owners are used to flooding in their neighborhood but this is as bad as theyve seen in that awhile. No one is parking under this house today. Its coming up over the bulk heads so another hour it will start to go back maybe. Reporter but in the meantime. Meantime we have to keep our boots on. Reporter the water started coming up to here but it was nowhere near this far early on so knowing well have another day of this is a little scary. Reporter the bay is churning, flooding docks and tossing boats around. While the ocean is extremely rough you can see it crashing against the fishing pier. Beach Access Points in ocean city were sealed off with temporary dunes to keep the ocean from rushing into the streets. Despite the awful weather some Stores Remained opened including johnsons popcorn on the boardwalk. And if you ventured out in it today it was like having the place to yourself. Its pretty cool cause you dont have to worry about like bikers runing into you or lots of people cause we come in the summer and we thought it would be cool to come today. Reporter there are concerns about beach erosion. Fairly familiar what it looks like in calmer weather and its pretty clear that its being eroded away very quickly and this isnt even the full storm. Reporter back live now looking down 11th street officials tell us that two or three drivers had to abandon their cars today the water was so high but there are no reports of injuries or rescues. They were able to get out on their own. With all this wind its hard for the flood water to flow back to the bay so the streets remain flooded and well have these super high tides for a couple of days but Emergency Management officials in town tell me that it should not be any worse than it is today but ill tell you what, theres a lot of water in the streets here. Live in ocean city, im Nora Muchanic, channel6 action news. Yeah, we can tell, nora. Thanks so much. You can keep an eye on the coastal storm with 6abc. Com weather. Were updating the reports with videos and photos from all the flooded areas. Were keeping a watchful eye on Hurricane Joaquin as it continues to make its way north and east which as we said is pretty good news for us. Yeah, and with the water of course out there on the roadways one must wonder how are the commutes going. Lets get over to matt pelman live in the action News Traffic Center keeping an eye on how things are moving or not moving this afternoon, matt. On a normal friday afternoon brian and sharrie we see so much traffic were not sure where to go with it. This afternoon were also seeing so much water coming down from the skies, not really sure where to go with all that of especially these drains that are not accustomed to downpours over the last few months and in some cases were starting to see some of the fallen leaves clogging some of the drains. It is a mess out there as we head home on this friday. This is 95 by allegheny. Tough to see but in the distance there is high water here in the northbound left lane by allegheny and the rain keeps falling as you can see from those drops on the camera lens. These numbers should be 14 or 15 minutes. Instead, 34 and 37. Heavy delays but a little bit of better news. I want to give you some good news this afternoon. Ben franklin parkway reopened overnight last night so both drives in both directions are back in business. Doesnt mean the vine street expressway underneath isnt jammed, it is both directions river to river. Watching a downed tree on the kelly drive, outbound side taking out one of the lanes approaching hunting park so thats going to give us delays. Might be better off on the mlk drive instead. Coming down the northeast extension past quakertown watch out for a crash in the right lane but the slower speeds as is usually the case on a friday afternoon on the northbound side just in the 30s right now. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon and one of our friends talking about that flooding on 95 northbound by allegheny, speeds just in the teens and its a slow crawl through that neck of the woods. Well check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. Matt, thank you. See you then. Still ahead here on a friday afternoon new details on the deadly campus shooting in oregon. Police just held a News Conference to give us an update on the gunman and the victim here. And in the wake of that shooting tragedy, president obama challenged the news media to research the number of americans killed in terrorist attacks versus the number of americans killed by guns. So, thats exactly what we did. Well show you what we found. Take the long way, huh . Thank you cyrus. Lease an mkc for 299 a month only at your lincoln dealer. Baby mom i love that were spending the weekend together. 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Reporter atf reporting seven weapons were recovered here at the shooters residence where he lived with his mother, six at this school when the shooting took place. They were all purchased legally. Reporter families of the victims bracing for the worst. These families are currently living through the nightmare in the most personal way possible. Reporter the governor today expressing pride in the community. I am proud of how the Roseburg Community pulled together to care for and comfort each other during this horrific crisis. Reporter the suspected shooter identified as 26yearold Chris Harper Mercer is seen here in his my space photo. He allegedly opened fire at umpqua Community College late thursday morning. Weve got multiple gun shot wounds. Reporter Police Officers facing off with the gunman. Exchanged shots with him. Hes in a classroom. Reporter but today tales of heroism emerging. Witnesses say 30yearold student and Army Vet Chris Mintz charged straight at the gunman trying save who he could. Hes out of surgery recovering from seven gun shot wounds seen here in this photo from his go fund me page. Were learning more about the gunman, the Army Confirms he served a little over a month at basic training back in 2008 before being discharged. No word on why. Authorities continue to look for the motive and the college remains closed. Lauren lifter, channel6 action news. Roseburg, oregon. Well, perhaps you heard it, president obama gave an impassioned speech yesterday about this shooting and at one point the president linked gun violence to the war on terror he said resources to fight terrorism far exceed the resources to deal with gun violence but he suggested that thats out of balance. In fact he challenged the news media to presenter the number of americans killed by each problem over the last decade and so we have done just that. Take a look at this. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, 316,545 people died from guns in america. That between 2004 and 2013. The most recent data for which the cdc has available. That includes murders, accidents and suicides. Now, take a look at this. By comparison, the number of americans killed by terrorism in that same time span, 313. And 277 of them are overseas. Finally, this graphic for you. 3,521 americans have been killed by terrorism since 1970. Finally this number. That compares to 8,512 americans killed by guns this year alone. Now we continue to follow the updates out of oregon on 6abc. Com. There we have more about the man behind the attacks along with images of the reaction in the town of roseburg, oregon and of course clear across the country today. All right, changing gears as we get a check of the accuweather forecast now. It is the big talker today. Lets head over to meteorologist adam joseph for the very latest. We have that wind driven rain no matter where you are and you can see light rain is really kind of take over the radar for the most part from allentown, lancaster vineland. At the shore light showers at the present time. Only a few areas were seeing a little bit of yellow, thats end answered rain, along the schuylkill expressway and that split of the blue route south and the northeast extension as you head through and slicing through central parts of montgomery county, also media seeing some pops of yellow down there along route one. So, the steady rain is with us through the remainder of the overnight hours and yes, it is the end the of the week, it is friday which means High School Football and our 6abc High School Huddle game of the week is bensalem at souderton raw and rainy, bundle up. Keep the rain gear, gusty winds, 49 degrees throughout the evening game, so quite a nasty night if youre heading to one of your local High School Football games. 50 right now in allentown, the same for reading and wilmington, 49 in lancaster. A few days ago we had temperatures in the low 80s. It was augustlike and now were talking of temperatures a little more like the end of november. Its that northeasterly wind that kind of carves right through your body and sends shivers down your spine. Its 31 miles an hour right now in philadelphia, a gust of 32 in wilmington and along the shore, wind gusts near 36 in wildwood, 29 at the Atlantic City airport and trenton 24 miles an hour. We loo