Breaking overnight, at least three officers shot in a standoff in texas. The suspect barricaded inside holding multiple family members hostage. What we know about the standoff right now. Plus, in the dark, the dangerous heat wave in california leading to rolling blackouts and massive wildfires. Back on the court. The first round of the nba playoffs starts today. What to expect in the bubble. And the new shortage that could be a big problem for pizza lovers. Good monday morning. Im mona kosar abdi. And im will reeve in for kenneth moton. Good to be with you, mona, but we begin with yet another grim milestone in the battle against the coronavirus, more than 170,000 american lives now lost to covid19 and there are 5. 4 million confirmed cases nationwide. College campuses across the country are having a tough time coping with new outbreaks as students ignore social distancing rules and attend jam packed parties and more grade schools are being forced to switch to Remote Learning with a gro
Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
In the middle. Powerless. Nearly 2 Million People on the east coast still in the dark you have no idea when youre going to have power. This morning, frustration is mounting, with no end in sight shock and anger. Overnight, chilling, new images emerge of that deadly explosion in beirut, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless the search for survivors and answers entering day three just ahead, why Officials Say the tragedy could have been avoided. Spiked the university of connecticut becomes the first Major College to cancel its football season. The board of trustees and our studentathletes and coaches were all on the same page. Championships for other fall sports called off for hundreds of schools this morning, the president of the ncaa is with us for an exclusive, live interview. All that, plus the return of rokerthon. Al shattered records doing weather for 34 hours straight. And from all 50 states in a single week. This morning, hes back at it, aiming for another milestone involving so
In the purple area, or actually the gray area, a Winter Weather advisory because it is rain mixed with sleet and snow to start with. Fairly light expected in these areas. The heaviest precipitation will be in the wind in the winter storm warning in the northern mountains and foothills of North Carolina, 36 inches of snow and sleet mixed, and freezing rain before it comes to an end tomorrow night. Then, it becomes all rain, heavy at times. 13 in boone, 22 in asheville, upper 20s in greenville, spartanburg, and anderson. Cold enough that when the precipitation rise overnight tonight and during the early morning, it will be patchy. But it will still be cold. The precipitation coming in 8 00 a. M. , not a lot of precipitation. Patches of light sleet or freezing rain in the upstate, 25 degrees. Light snow mixed with sleet from time to time, 21 in the mountains. It gets worse through the day. Detail later on. Mike valentines day was a good day to stay inside with someone special, after snow
Mother told us her daughter was hit in the face and has a broken nose. If you have any information about the incident youre asked to call greenville police. 3 youll want to stay with us on air and online at fox carolina dot comwhile we work to get more information on these developing stories. 3 in a fox carolina investigation 3 a catchy ad campaign is working to eliminate fast food from hospitals, including ghs. Check out this sign they placed right across from greenville hospital. That says eat more chick peas a reference to chick fil a. Which is sold at ghs. 3 the people behind the message are asking at least 20 hospitals across the country to stop selling fast food. The ones on this map are just a few. Few. Fox carolinas Rebecca Atkins spoke with ghs as well as a doctor to weigh in on what healthy choices you can make if fast food chains are in your workplace. 3 and rebecca what did ghs 3 ghs says quote, they agree with the spirit of the hospital food report that this committee cond