Heres a look at where they are stage iing. If we can pan up, you get a sense of howe big this fire is. He said about 3,000 acres. As far as the smoke is going, its tracking southeast towards cape may and Atlantic City and the heat is making that fire fight tough. But when you see the smoke is actually drifting towards the southeast, if youre on the other side of it, you can certainly smell it where we are now. Its drift iing away from us. So the smell in the air is a little more clear. Reports, as you said, 70 contained. More than 50 firefighters we know operating on it at staging area. That state and local and as well as state conservation officers. The good news is that the high humidity is keep iing the fire from spreading. We keep seeing these pop ups where the smoke turns into what looks like our pilot described it as little volcanos erupting of thick, black smoke. The winds are helping to get the fire contained. Back to you in the studio. The direction of that wind has a lot to d
He has a plan to turn the pd around within five years. Kcrg tv9s phil reed investigates. Kid being pulled by the hair video of a handcuffed black man having his hair pulled and yelled at by a white police officer. Its the most recent issue between Waterloo Police and the black community. The city also paid out two Million Dollars to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a black man shot and killed by a white officer. If you put on that uniform and youre scared of the black man, uniform Anthony White says those cases highlight the disconnect he feels and sees between police and the black community. All they do is ride in their car and they dont know the community. And they sort of snobbish to the young folks, well the young folks get snobbish back police chief dan trelka says part of the problem is a lack diversity in his department. With only two black officers, and one white there are times where are newer officers will roll up on two seventeen year old black men standing
40 for the weekend. Mild november weather tends to end very abruptly, and we should see a textbook example of this by this weekend. Have a great day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 60 tonight partly cloudy. Wind nw 515 low 38 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind sw 515. High 61 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind nw 515. Low 39 anks kaj. Fix a racial divide between officers and people in the city. The police chief says building a bridge between minority communities and police wont be easy and it will take time. A department of justice review released earlier this year noted a clear lack of trust between the Minority Community and some community relationships. Hiring more minority officers and. Increasing transparency on complaints and discipline. There were initial calls for police chief dan trelka to step down. Instead, in september, the city reduced his duel role overseeing the police and Fire Departments to just law enforcement. Trelka now says he has a plan to turn the pd around within 5 ye
Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another mild week today should be a nice one with highs well into the 50s north to lower 60s from dubuque to cedar rapids and points south. A weak front comes across the area today and tonight, but with no moisture to work with, only a few scattered clouds are anticipated. The bigger story will be a large low pressure system that arrives here on friday, but will lead to windy and mild conditions for thursday into friday morning. By friday morning, the entire story changes drastically with Colder Weather blowing in on gusty west wind. Highs will barely crack 40 for the weekend. Mild november weather tends to end ver see a textbook example of this by this weekend. Have a great day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 60 tonight partly cloudy. Wind nw 515 low 38 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind sw 515. High 61 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind nw 515. Low 39 moment his administration , president elect donald trump named rnc chair Reince Priebus as his c
News. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another mild the 50s north to lower 60s from dubuque to cedar rapids and points south. A weak front comes across the area today and tonight, but with no moisture to work with, only a few scattered clouds are anticipated. The bigger story will be a large low pressure system that arrives here on friday, but will lead to windy and mild conditions for thursday into friday morning. By friday morning, the entire story changes drastically with Colder Weather blowing in on gusty west wind. Highs will barely crack 40 for the weekend. Mild november weather tends to end very abruptly, and we should see a textbook example of this day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 60 tonight partly cloudy. Wind nw 515 low 38 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind sw 515. High 61 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind nw 515. Low 39 in what could be a Pivotal Moment his administration , president elect donald tm Reince Priebus as his chief of staf