Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang tonight, the state of florida is bracing for what could be its worst hurricane ever. While irmas sustained winds have dropped a bit, it is still a category 4 storm, with at least 22 dead and a trail of destruction in its wake. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage, from cocoa beach, florida. Reporter snaking lines of traffic and clogged highways floridians, escaping a storm thats targeting the entire state. Irma blew toward the florida keys today. The Storms Center is on track to turn north and make landfall on the mainland by early sunday, then pl
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang tonight, the state of florida is bracing for what could be its worst hurricane ever. While irmas sustained winds have dropped a bit, it is still a category 4 storm, with at least 22 dead and a trail of destruction in its wake. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage, from cocoa beach, florida. Reporter snaking lines of traffic and clogged highways floridians, escaping a storm thats targeting the entire state. Irma blew toward the florida keys today. The Storms Center is on track to turn north and make landfall on the mainland by early sunday, then pl
3 3 3 3 a heads up for drivers this morning in tampa. A closed. From lois avenue to armenia avenue. This is closed until 5 30 this morning. Until then, you can take kennedy boulevard as a detour. 3 the lanes closed last night. So crews could finish working on reopening a brand new lane. And any drivers who have been stuck in traffic jams on i275 the past few weeks. Could finally see some relief. When i275 reopens this morning, that new lane is expected to reopen along with them. Again, thats around 530 this morning. And of course vanessa will be with us later this half hour with much more. And updates on those lanes. All morning long. 3 and an update now, on a big traffic problem in pasco county last night. A truck hauling a crane slammed into an overpass. That shut down i75 for several hours. Near overpass road, just south of state road 52. One lane reopened around five pm. And all lanes were back open by 11 last night. 3 this is a closeup look at the damage that crane caused when it
Together and head out tomorrow afternoon for more races to continue their races. Now some are speck speculating the reason the coast guard was called in because people here on land didnt realize that there were rescue boats standing by for a race like this. Some people may have seen boaters cap size and not realize that the boaters there were safety boats nearby ready to rescue them, linda. I want to show you and how choppy. It is and how someone can be so nervous. It is good that the boats were there. A small piece of art by dale chihuly reappears. Gone on sunday, back on tuesday but returned to a different address a art center and thats where we find Steve Nichols this evening. Right down the street, didnt it . Well sort of down the street half a mile away. The art center owns the drive. Waterfront. That is where the glass art was stolen probably late on sunday afternoon. Note the box containing an 8inch tall piece of glass art. We will not see the gallery director earlier reaction.
Start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 dave 3 3 dave all that windy weather could cause more problems at the beach. Yesterday, an olympic qualifying sailing race had to be called off, due to high wind and rough surf. In fact. Several boats capsized. And the captains were tossed in the water. But theyre all okay. And the race is supposed to pick up again today. 3 dave fox13s shayla beach right now. 3 3 dave thanks, shayla. 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 a rude awakening for Danielle Weston and her boyfriend in Pinellas County. You heard it, overnight someone crashed into their home, taking out the chimney and a nearby stop sign. Danielle says their dogs usually sleep near the damaged wall, but had moved ahead of time. It was scary, but danielle says shes just glad no one was hurt. 3 jen were still waiting for an official release on the accident. But danielle says police told her, the car had been stolen. She thinks threetofive people were insi