Across america meeting obama voters who went for trump in 2016 who will they go for this time and a way to party and socially distant at their space bubble concerts. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Good to be with you im Frances Rivera we begin with a historymaking storm that sweeps across the southeast. Zeta slams into the louisiana coast. Its the strongest theyve seen this year. Its the first time a state has been hit with five named storms in a single season new orleans was in the eye this time around. The mayor sayings one person died after being electrocuted by a downed wire. Zeta brought this dangerous storm surge to mississippi the storm surge threatened alabama and georgia as it pushes to the east. Nearly a million Power Outages have been reported in its path so far meanwhile in oklahoma and north texas, more than 100,000 homes and businesses are without electricity after an early ice storm. Officials say the Power Outages will not stop voters nbc m
Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
And humid; pop up storm possible. High 92tonight showers, storms likely. Low 3 3 roads are in great shape this morningweather shouldnt impact the morning commute. The national ave on ramp to i894 south is now closed until the end of september for roadwork along the i894 south corridor. There will be a full closure overnight of i894 nb greenfield ave. For a traffic switch. I41 sb will also close overnight from watertown plank rd. Through the zoo for bridge and roadwork at the zoo te i41 nb system ramp at the zoo will be closed for a traffic switch. The i94 eb to i41 us 45 nb system ramp is now closed long term until spring 2017 for our . Top . Story at fivejury selection begins today. In the trial of a man accused of starting a . Deadly house fire. . Fire. . Police believe Michael Morgan intentionally started milwaukee children last fall. Cbs 58s julie parise is live at the Milwaukee County courthouse with our look ahead. Julie . Family members say Michael Morgan and his wife were going
It was really only seven hours into this when police talked to us for a second time today. There is a lot of information that is left to come it. We will update you as soon as we get anything more. We are live and 80 in bailey. The deputies involved in the shooting have long records with the Sheriffs Department. Reporter it is a sad day for the Law Enforcement community. The deputy killed was corporal the Park County Sheriffs Office for 13 years. He is a father and leaves behind several children and a girlfriend. As a coach. The second deputy is master patrol Deputy Kolby Martin who was shot several times. He has been with the Sheriffs Office for 11 years. Earlier today he was listed in Critical Condition at st. Anthonys hospital in lakewood and was in surgery for most of the day. Surgery. Mark hancock who was grazed in the ear by a bullet. He was admitted to st. Anthonys hospital but there was good news ju the hospital. He has been with the Sheriffs Department for 21 years. We have be
Right for transgender individuals to use the bathroom of their choice. In this email governor mccrory vowed state intervention if charlotte passes those changes tonight. He says a yes vote would put a strain on relations between the city and the state. Steve crump is live outside the Government Center and set the stage for us. What is going on right now . I tell you what, having covered a lot of City Council Meeting for 30 years meetings across the street at the hold city hall i cannot say ive seen anything like this. Inside the lobby here at the Government Center there are fire marshals, extra security guards in case things get out of hand and its been a day that the people on this issue have been advocatekying for jockeying for position. Supporters for the proposed changes delivered boxes of letters to the Mayors Office and Council Offices before 11 00 a. M. Charlotte Clergy Coalition for justice says the beliefs of the critics are rooted in fear. What we have seen is a portrayal of