He pulled over in the southbound shoulder of i95, when another vehicle that was traveling in the southbound lanes left its lane hitting the police cruiser, then the trooper and the other car that he pulled over. Again, the trooper was rushed to baltimore shock trauma. The other two were taken to Howard County hospital. Still unclear what caused that driver to leave her lane or how fast she was going but state police say all of this highlights the dangers of their job. Its always dangerous out there. One of the most Dangerous Things we do every day is when we get out of the vehicle conducting traffic stops. One of the reason some laws have been passed and kind of give us that barrier protection. Again, we want to continue to reiterate to the public as they are driving up to keep an eye out for us. Know we are out there trying to do our jobs. Reporter im told the state trooper who was injured has been with the Maryland State Police department for about a year and a half. Live in Howard C
Then we will go to capitol hill to speak with congresswoman barbara lee, coauthor of a new bill to expand Insurance Coverage of abortion and dismantle the nearly 40yearold Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. Make no mistake, these lawmakers really do want to ban abortions altogether. Since they cant, they employ the underhanded tactics to push abortion care out of reach for women who are really just struggling to just make ends meet. And that is just wrong. Amy and bp has agreed to pay a 18. 7 billion settlement over the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. Did bp get off cheaply . We will speak to Antonia Juhasz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House lawmakers in South Carolina have passed a measure to remove the Confederate Flag from the grounds of the state capitol. The final vote was 94 to 20. South Carolina Republican governor nikki haley has vowed to quickly sign the bill
And good thursday morning to you all. We begin with the breaking story overnight out of South Carolina. The Confederate Flag is coming down. It was a historic vote. House lawmakers opted to remove the controversial flag from the grounds of their State Capitol after a debate that dragged on for more than 1 hours. The governor now could sign the bill as early as today. The latest from abcs bazi kanani. Hello to you. A day a lot of people couldnt imagine was coming. Reporter it is another historic vote in South Carolina this week t. J. And reena. The house approved the senate bill by a twothirds majority and it is now on its way to the governors desk. These are the final days for the Confederate Flag flying over South Carolinas statehouse grounds. State lawmakers voting early this morning to take it down after a marathon emotionally charged debate. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on frid
Just to the north of the bay area. You can see multiple lightning strikes right near lake tahoe. Its calmed down a little bit in the past 30 minutes, but still some storms on the way if youre headed towards lake tahoe, interstate 80 corridor watch out for activity tonight. The nearest thunderstorm to the bay area is near clear lake and lake port on the upper lake side over the next 45 minutes, producing rainfall rates of about 1 inch per hour. Likely some flooding possible with this. So if youre traveling on highway 101 in the next hour you watch out for these thunderstorms. Dangerous. In the south bay, passing light showers over the past two hours. Were tracking it and will have details on exactly how much rain we could get tomorrow in a few minutes. Jeff thank you. Every bit helps, of course. Were showing those brown hills in the distance in san jose. Theyre just ready to soak up any moisture that may fall from the sky. Nbcs robert honorda continues our coverage. Robert you told me e
That rain. It is going to be very sporadic once the the storm system moves on top of california. You can see it is getting closer and closer. 12 to 14 hours away from this starting to pick up. As we zoom in on the Doppler Radar, you see some of the activity beginning right to the north of us also throughout this year producing a phenomenal amount of Lightning Strikes. 182 of them just within the past hour alone. So there is enough uplift in the atmosphere to eventually get us something here in the bay area. The biggest area of concern now is here across the lake port clear lake thunderstorms have been going for the past two to three hours. Thats now heading toward 101. We told you about this in the 5 00 show if youre heading anywhere near clover dale or ukia. Watch out for the storm systems over the next 45 minutes. To the south, spotty activity here in san jose not much in the way of rainfall a few drops. Coming up in that forecast 15 minutes, well have details on exactly how much rai