Reporter floyd joined self owitnesss to deliver powerful testimony to the house judiciary committee, one day after he and his family buried his brother, george floyd. My family, they just cry, cry every day and just ask why, why. He pleaded for his life. Reporter mass demonstrations erupted around the world calling for police changes. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle vowed to work towards solution, but the Republican Committee members also bashed calls to Defund Police departments. If you believe that we should defund the police, will you please raise your hand . This is really not about Defunding Police. It is about funding other thicks. Reporter the hearing comes days after the democrats introduce stair massive reform bill djustice in policing act. The Senate Republicans are also working on their proposals. The white house chief of staff mark meadows and Jared Kushner met with tim scott on capitol hill to discuss police reform. Well have an opportunity to compare notes in the n
Information as it comes in. We are also following breaking news out of plaster county. The Sheriffs Office is responding to a report of a avalanche off of highway 89. Several victims are currently unaccounted for. Well continue to follow that story and bring you more information as soon as we get it. The countdown is on. 49ers fans are excited. We are two days away from the nfc championship game. They are back at practice this afternoon. The game is sold out. There are some tickets on the secondary market. On stubhub, the cheapest ticket about 300 now. Fans are getting very excited. Allie rasmus is joining us now. There was just a rally for fans. Reporter yes. There is fans everywhere including at the airport. We are in the middle of a pep rally going on behind us. You can see about 100 people or so gathered in the middle of terminal three. This is the united terminal. You can see goldrush cheerleaders. They have trivia. They have some games. They are giving out prizes as well. Well sh
Policy while mayor is trying to get the minority vote. By the way, third in Morning Consult poll. And then theres this, Bernie Sanders, you think he looks sheepish on the flight there, why sheepish, because the socialist was flying first class, lets get to the market, nice way to open the show on valentines day i think, a long weekend coming up. Some traders on wall street are going to be thinking, wait a minute, do i want to hold stocks over long weekend, i cant fix anything until tuesday morning, who knows what will happen with the virus, in advance of that, we have the dow down just a point, not Much Movement there, s p down 2, nasdaq, im sorry, s p up 2, nasdaq up 14. All right, now this, china continues to report a surge in new cases and deaths from the virus. 121 deaths, chilling number for you, 1,716 medical workers affected since virus erupted in china, 6 of them have died. Carnival cruise lines have canceled 18 cruises in asia, lets get on with it, its friday, Varney Company i
Angie lassman will let us know where the next storm is set to strike ohio becomes the latest background over abortion rights. Voters bring the Buckeye State one step closer to codifying the measure, thanks to a special election why the real test is still on the horizon. Health care workers facing violence on the job. More than 70 of nonfatal workplace injuries happen at medical centers. What states are doing to protect fr frontline workers. The peach state joins a growing list of parents giving control of the kids life online brisket like beckham he stopped by a dallas restaurant for pregame barbecue. See a super fans reaction to meeting his hero its wednesday, august 9 early today starts right now good morning, and thanks for joining us, im Jessica Layton im frances rivera. More severe wh weweather threatg across the country powerful winds over 70 345milese hour continue to hammer the east coast. Kathy park kicks off our coverage reporter a confirmed tornado touching down in massachus
In one and the largest Mega Millions jackpot in history. Nearly 1. 6 billion up for grabs just hours from now. With les. Good evening and welcome. We start where we left good evening, and welcome. We start where we left off last night, that violent but slowmoving storm that was working its way up the east coast when we came on the air,powenes. Today that destructive packing near hurricaneforce winds, toppling trees and power lines. Today, t new em reaching into englanringing thunderstorms, flooding r, and at leas confirmernado. Reportedstorms across tation yeday, alabama and South Carolina. Making it the second most active storm day of 2023, claiming lives in alabama and South Carolina fierce wind gusts in maryland left 33 people trapped in cars for hours, pinned in their vehicles by toppled power lines. Today, airlines playing catchup, after 9,000 flight delays and 1,800 cancellations. Meantime tonight, parts of massachusetts, which saw as much as five inches of rain in under six hour