Beefing up the police force in the system to deter these kind of incidents and riders are happy. Just knowing how easy it is for any of those things to happen, its nice to see were taking a stand against these types of activities. Reporter metro is paying over 1 million bucks to bring in private Security Officers who will be responsible for looking over metros revenue collections. That will free up the current Metro Transit Police officers performing that revenue work to then be out in the system. Does metro have enough officers . We probably would never have enough. Probably no one ever does. Reporter more on the way though and riders should start noticing. And metro says officers are now going to start overlapping shifts so they can have higher visibility in late afternoons and evenings, jim. Back to you. Thanks, adam. As it regards that shooting on metros green line this week, we have learned that the suspect, a teenager, has a criminal past. Hes 16 years old. Hes being charged as a
You can see it. Back to you. Thank you dave, still ahead at 5 00, john ahrens is live at blowing rock, the impact the dangerous windchills are having on the people there. If you want to know more about the freeze headed for your neighborhood tonight, christine rapp. Is live chatting on facebook right now. Breaking news in gastonia where firefighters rescued a worker after he fell into a 12 foot hole. Chopper 9 sky zoom was over this construction site as the crews used a fire truck to lift the worker out on a stretcher. Eyewitness News Reporter alexa ash well is live on the ground and just got an update on his condition. Alexa . Reporter well, scott, erica, were told that man is expected to survive. Crews told us they were trying to remove concrete from in front of this old building you see here when a portion of the concrete gave way. Years old plunged 12 feet down the hole to the ground. Crews couldnt believe their eyes and some ran through the door you see here to get to the basement
Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative
This last week, the Chairmans Office denied a request for me and commissioner oreilly, to release the rate of return plan rate of return reform plan before we vote. Even though the commissioner helped write it and even though advocates have told us that it is, quote, essential to see the written words on the page to understand the effectual nest of the effectual nest effeectualness of reforms. The fcc has had success having headlines, but its follow there has been abysmal. Since 2011, the fcc has proposed over 374 million in fines, but it has collected only 7. 8 million. That is a meager 2 recovery rate. Only with additional transparency can the public and the subcommittee hold the fcc accountable for this failure. None of this half to be this way. I testified a year ago and there is widespread agreement that the process was broken. The chairman acknowledged that issues had been raised and he announced a task force. I took this project seriously and i suggested reforms. Among other thi
Of your favorite snacks, over an hour for two slices of pizza and thats just the start. And the okie from muskogee is again. Merle hagyard dies on his 79th birthday. Tonight we remember a Country Music legend. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Did we just witness a turning point in the republican race for president . As the contest now turns to new york following Donald Trumps 13point loss to ted cruz in wisconsin, the cruz and stop trump forces are claiming wisconsin has provided the foothold they desperately need to deny trump the delegates that he needs to win the nomination, and perhaps more telling our exit polls show deep voter anxiety, even fear, about trump. We may know for sure what it all means when new york holds its primary just under two weeks from now where his home turf and his overall lead. Nbcs Peter Alexander has details. Reporter ted cruz today trying to capitalize on