High drama, the rare move by firefighters to save this woman dangling from a window hundreds of feet off the ground as fire. Sohis morng,rouble on the t. One joggers Close Encounter with a bear. Making the call. Why cell phones are hanging from trees outside Grocery Stores all in the name of service. And one working moms powerful message, the state lawmaker forced to end her Maternity Leave early. What she said when she got to the statehouse with her newborn in her arms. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im will reeve in for kenneth. And im mona kosar abdi. We begin with the fallout from President Trumps visit to kenosha, wisconsin, more than a week after the shooting of jacob blake. The president making little mention of the shooting but defending the police and avoiding answering a question about whether systemic racism is a problem in this country. It all comes as the president makes a series of claims about far left groups posing a danger to america. This morning, two clashing narr
Delta jet drops toxic fuel over elementary schools. Dozens of children, teachers and parents affected. New fallout from the baseball cheating bombshell. The Boston Red Sox fired manager alex cora who helped lead both the sox and astros to world series wins after the investigation into the signstealing deepens. That socalled microburst tearing through the school. Children running fire their lives. Now the teacher who helped save them speaking out. Meghan in canada. The new images coming in. Who duchess meghan is meeting with in canada as prince harry tries to hammer out that deal with the queen to step back from royal duties. And the greatest of all time. Ken jennings, you are the champion. Ken jennings crowned the king of jeopardy after a nailbiting final showdown. Now hes here for his first interview live. The greatest all this as we celebrate our very own greatest of all time, Robin Roberts. Her gigantic anniversary 30 years at disney and wait till you see the surprises weve got comi
Put one on the calendar for trump to stand trial in georgia, and its this second request, but by all means be a boolean move from fani willis considering what weve been talking about for the last two months, weve been talking about allegations of an improper romantic relationship that willis had with her special prosecutor. What sources close to her even acknowledged was a major distraction in this case. But now that willis has at least been told she could remain on the case by judge mcafee. She thinks its time now to push him to put a trial date on the calendar and we could see that come in the coming weeks. Now, look, that doesnt discount the challenges that you still going to face mcafee obviously, was really critical of williss credibility, really criticizing her for her actions that almost got her disqualified from case. And also the threat of his qualification still looms it was over willis and Appeals Court is going to decide whether or not it wants to review mcafee is order tha
Host good morning, it is friday, august 18. Here are stories that we covered this week. First responders search for victims as the death toll climbs. President biden has a trip scheduled to view the damaged there on monday. And georgia charges that trump tried to overturn the 2020 election in that state. What is your top story of the week . Republicans call republicans 202 7488001, democrats 202 7488000, independents 202 7488002. Text us at 202 7488003 be sure to list your first name and your state. And you can also join us on social media on facebook and twitter. At cspan wj. I will share with you the headline on axios with hawaii. Death toll an estimated 1300 missing. The death toll is currently 111 people. The First Responders who search through the aftermath in 9 11 are now involved in this search as well as 20 could diver dogs. And Emergency Management leader resigned citing Health Concerns after the deadly fire. The White House Briefing about the recovery effort in maui we have a
Lawrence. Most of us in the middle to lower 50s. 61 in chatham right now. Its a gloomy start. The low level moisture is barely being picked up by the radar here. The low clouds are in place right now. The over all trend will be for increasing sunshine. It takes a good chunk of the afternoon but it will be coming out in spots. Morning rush hour low clouds and patchy drizzle. Temperatures around 60. Cool on shore wind today and clouds for the ride home. Temperatures in the upper 50s. Hurricane matthew bearing down on haiti right now. The eye south of haiti. 145 mile per hour sustained winds gusting to 175 Miles Per Hour. Matthew is moving to the north at 9 Miles Per Hour right now. In case you havent watched in the last 24 hours the track has shifted west. Now a look at the roads, breanna. Theres a couple of accidents already. Route 3 in lull. This is in the southbound lanes between the lull connector and route 129 and exit 29. Thats blocking the shoulder. Its minor. Hopefully it wont ta