Crane company has actually had 17 federal safety violations since 2013, some of them quite serious. The company did not respond to us, but has said they are cooperating with the investigation. And while Officials Say that weather was certainly one factor in what happened here behind me, determining the exact cause could take up to six months. Clayton sandell, abc news, dallas. Canada is taking steps on two environmental issues. It will ban singleuse plastic items as soon as 2021 to counter pollution and waste. An exact list has not yet been released but the ban is likely to include bags, straws, and fast food containers. Canada will also ban facilities from keeping whales, dolphins, or porpoises in captivity. Marineland in Niagara Falls will be the zoo that is most affected. It has dozens of whales and dolphins. Parks that presently have the Sea Creatures can keep them but the new law also bans making them perform. I think that that is great, canada is doing that. You do like zoos thou
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Reporter more than 24 hours after the collapse, the massive crane is in the middle of the building, along with questions as to why it fell. Absolute chaos. Reporter from a nearby parking garage, witnesses capture the moment. Oh, my god, the crane is falling over. Reporter it crashes between two buildings in seconds. 29yearold Kirsten Simone smith was killed and dozens others injured. David tried to help. It was facing straight down. Reporter the weather may have been a factor with winds of at least 80 miles per hour. Construction cranes are supposed to withstand hurricaneforce winds. You have five other cranes up right now and they didnt blow over. Reporter attorney wayne dent has worked several crane collapse cases. Something went wrong here. There was human error. 90 of the cases are human factor errors. Reporter since 2012, nine k deaths have taken place in texas. More than threetimes the deaths in the next leading state. The search for answers could take months. The operator was in
At target. I know. You know they were buying all the fathers day cards and that good stuff. Happy fathers day. Thank you very much, molette. Thank you for being here on this fathers day. Happy fathers day to the dads out there. Im adam tuss. Im molette green in for Meagan Fitzgerald this morning. I lauryn, brought him his mic and his ifb box as a gift for fathers day. How nice is that . A you so sweet. You know what lauryn got for me . A bad joke, bm sure. Ng it on. I do have a couple of jokes. I did tell a joke to aaron yesterday. You werent here, adam, you issed it. That will be a teaser for later on in the show. Exactly right. Other tease for today, we have some sunshine out there as that sun is coming up at 5 42. So not too long ago. About 20 minutes ago. But now we arelooking at some rain headed our way. Its a little on the humid side out there. That humidity is going to increa through the day. Lets take a look outside right now. So looks can be deceiving. We have got some sunshin
First we will get to the commute. We have to talk about the weather today. Another day of 100degree temperatures in parts. Really hot. I saw lauras post on instagram. Shes in lake tahoe. Still snow there. Hard to believe while we are baking in the heat. A live look at san jose. Starts out with a clear start. Its already in the upper 60s. Lets check out sunnyvale. I need to move that down. 71 degrees. Mid90s today. It is going off the screen there. Unbelievably hot today. As we go through the timeline, it will be heating up by lunchtime. Were already in the 90s. Mike, you are tracking the roads. A couple of issues especially for the bridges. Effort that. Kari, my gosh, the temperatures off the chart, literally. Over here we have a new issue just across the san mateo. I will check on that for the bay shore freeway. The same two bridges. Im hoping the Speed Sensors are indicating some improvement. Chp has not updated the status yet. Toward 92. Jams up heading through union city, alvarado.