:[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] will: here we are. welcome to fox and friends weekend on saturday morning. these are checkered flags, not the real ones but we are here because tomorrow at 2:30 the daytona 500 kicks off. this is one of my favorites. rachel: it has been amazing so far and hasn t even started. will: it hasn t. there have been some preliminary races. we know what the lineup is. pete: you have been doing more than just being here. will: i m not the other one. daytona 500 is one of my favorite races because it s not only the adrenaline filled event of nascar. on the beach, we get to go out into the infield, hang out with people and do fun things. while i did some things, i don t win the crown for going fastest. the most adrenaline filled event of the week. that would be rachel campos duffy. rachel: we were here yesterday at the track and they were practicing and it was pretty spectacular. i got to go fly with them. i will say i mad
legitimate concerns about a threat and dealing with that threat. nobody hurt. general jack keane is standing by. but first to jennifer griffin live today at the pentagon. good afternoon, jen. the canadians have called off recovery efforts in lake huron and expected to do the same in the yukon mountains. we may never know what was shot down. john kirby said shooting down the three objects were likely benign was an overreaction. i d ask you to put yourself in his shoes in light of the chinese spy balloon and what was a very real, certainly sizable and tangible security surveillance threat to the united states in the wake of that. near impossible arctic search conditions continuing a the u.s. and canadian militaries acknowledge that they may never find the objects or balloons which some hobbyists said could be their research balloons. the president acknowledged this yesterday. nothing acknowledged that they were related to the china balloon program. the current assessm
The state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great. To see the way people come together, neighbors and friends, and the communities that are working to clean up and help neighbors. Communities along the turkey river are feeling optimistic as water levels are starting to receive. Water levels cressida 22 1 2 feet Weather Service predicted that the waters with crest at 27 feet. Although flood levels the officials the fire department, the city officials, the city council all the people making decisions were very very well prepared they knew exactly what they wanted to do. Do. At a press Conference Today the mayor of elkader thanked Community Volunteers for their hard work. He also encouraged people to turn their attention to the city of garber where flood levels . Are evening. Its not just people having to avoid the floodwaters. An estimated 150thousand rainbow and brook trout were evacuated this week. The fish are from the big spring hatchery which sits nea
Confused when they arrived, so they took him to the emergency room to get checked out. Thats where he tested positive for opioid use. Police say while he was in the hospital he confessed to killing kimberly because she quote pushed his buttons. But sterns Attorney Says that statement isnt enough to convict him of first degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Prosecutors say stern killed kimberly so he could make more time in his life for a young waitress he was infatuated with. Hi around with him and he wants to do something else. He cant because she is with him all the time. Again, sterns attorney did not call anyone to the witness stand but said some of the prosecutions witnesses say stern treated his daughter the same way anyone would treat their child. The jury spent about an hour deliberating this afternoon before adjuring for the day. Theyll pick up where they left off tomorrow morning. Live in dubuque, katie wiedemann, Public Safety officer is giving up one of his two positions
Hornets taking on the Indiana Pacers, that is 7 00 at Time Warner Cable arena. Looking at the mapping system most of the majors running in the green, 485, 85 out of gastonia look good. Concord, kannapolis commute running smoothly. Out of lake norman still in the green, southbound on 77. Check of drive times, leaving matthews, for uptown, 13 minutes, 47milesperhour. Providence road from the arboretum area at 16 minute, concord to center city, 17 minutes at 71milesperhour. John, over to you. John breaking news now out of northwest charlotte, right now police are investigating a smash and grab burglary at a rite aid on belhaven boulevard. This happened just within the last couple hours. Wbtvs Ashton Pellom is joining us now live at the scene, so ashton, what can you tell us . Reporter hey, good morning, john, what i can tell you whoever committed this crime left the mess. Police tell me this happened around 3 30 this morning. Zoom in so you can get a better look what im looking at right h