And tonight, the new action. Good evening. On a very busy friday night. We begin with the real scare in one american community, a Chemical Spill and a dangerous cloud overhead. The fog drifting for miles. Dozens rushed to the kansas, the toxic gas just overhead. Schools evacuated today. Alex perez is on the scene. Reporter that massive plume spewing out of this kansas distilling plant just after 8 00 a. M. A cloud of toxic gas. It got really hard to breathe. Reporter Officials Say the spill triggered when two chemicals, sulfuric acid and sodium chloride, were mixed by all at once, it was like a fog had moved into this city. Reporter that thick fog obscuring the sun. The scope of the plume captured by a drone. Anxious residents watching the cloud roll right into their their backyards. Families told to shelter in place for two hours. We are in the process of evacuating 1,800 children. Reporter many students rushed out of local schools, away from the plant. We opened the doors and all you
At cspan. Org. The Obama Administration has said that people will see their rise see their rates rise by as much as 25 . Sylvia burwell says subsidies will be able to assist with those. We will talk about the projected increases. We want to hear from you in two categories. If you receive insurance under the aca, give us your thoughts on 202 7488000. Everyone else, 202 7488001. If you want to post on our website, our webpages you could do our twitter page or post on our facebook page. Several of these stories appearing in the paper and in the pages of politico, it says obama premiums are set to jump 25 for a certain sector of those who receive their health care plan. It goes on to say that premiums for a crucial category of obama care plans on healthcare. Gov will rise by 25 on average next year. That is more than three times larger than this years price increases. That is from the Obama Administration on monday. By comparison, average prices for the second cheapest soma level plan, use
A spokesperson did tell kcci, the department of corrections is committed to operating safe and secure facilities, and will continue to work to improve our operations for the safety of all. Danny if those officers would have had mace on their body, they would have been able to deescalate that situation a lot quicker. And without staff being punching bags for inmates. Ryan the doc not commenting tonight, when i directly asked about Staff Members not being armed with pepper spray. We also learned staff and supporters will march next wednesday, in a correctional officer safety campaign. Steve . Steve thank you, ryan. We do have a warm weekend ahead for us. Kurtis, what can we expect when we wake up tomorrow . Kurtis it will be cool. If you are an early riser, do not expect a big warm up early. 9 00 a. M. Is 47. Southwest wind will pick up, bathing in sunshine. 60s about from ames to lamoni, council bluffs. Some colder 50s, still nice in mason city. Back up to dubuque, south wind. 1525, see
At large. The two inmates that escaped from the Newton Correctional Release Center over the weekend remain missing. Why Officials Say the inmates most likely dont pose a threat to the public. Animal abuse. Iowas low Animal Protection rating doesnt sit well with one iowa senator. What he is doing about it. And why the laws were written the way they are. Super tuesday. Republicans are scrambling for support before an important day in politics. How theyre attacking the frontrunner, and why governor branstad is joining in. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. In like a lion. Doesnt exactly describe the start to march here in central iowa. But it may be a different story for part of Northern Iowa. Snow is falling tonight. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre has the latest on what we can expect by morning. Hi brett. Skies are cloudy and temperatures have dropped back to the 40s. A Winter Weather advisory be
Traffic heading southbound on 35th near ingersoll just before the accident. Weaving in and out of traffic. I thought at first they were racing. That was not the case. No one was pursuing. Mark an officer at the scene said he was surprised mure walked away from the wreckage. He was not upset when i talked to him. I did not see anything that showed he was upset. Just he was standing there and i think he was inside he was in shock. Mark the trial will turn on mures motivation for speeding another officer who interviewed him at the hospital testified that mure told him someone in the other car showed a handgun before the chase and that the other car rammed him causing the accident. But the officer says mure told him he did not know who was chasing him. Eric an accident reconstruction expert also testified the car was going 86 mure did not hit the brakes he was wearing a seatbelt. Scalicity perez was not. This is a bench trial no jury so the judge will rule on the vehicular homicide charge.