The republic of. Counting the cost. Saudi arabia arrests the kings brother and other royals accused of plotting against the crown prince is muhammad bin selman consolidating his power and what are the implications of this latest purge against dissent this is hes inside story. How and welcome to the program im jonah how saudi arabias crown prince has had a controversial rise to power in just 3 years mohammed bin selman has silenced nearly all voices of dissent at home critics have been jailed or even killed and he appears to be tightening his grip on power even further media reports suggest at least 20 princes officials and Army Officers have been arrested in the kingdoms latest purge they include former crown Prince Mohammed bin nayef here he is on the right after he was removed as to the throne in 2017 but the most high profile arrest is the kings last foot surviving full brother prince had been up the last these the royals have been accused of plotting to overthrow the crown prince b
Whats happening with the weather after all of the storms we saw yesterday, alyssa . Certainly saw a lot of storms around lunch time moving through brought a lot of rain and quickly moved out of the area. This morning most of us on the dry side. Good news for your morning drive in. Still the chance for a few afternoon showers and most of that is because of whats falling off to the east. Elizabeth city waking up to wet weather. Those showers going to afternoon. Heres a look at temperatures more comfortable not any mid 70s dealing with yesterday at this time. 72 in clayton and lillington, fayetteville at 73. Around the virginia border we have 67 in henderson and 69 in south hill. Your forecast for the day ahead will be cloudy and cool this morning out the door at 8 00 a. M. , 70. 76 at noon. Still pretty cloudy. 3 00 and after today. 79 our afternoon high and it is going to be damp into the evening hours. We will drop back to 77 by 6 00 p. M. I will have more on the rain chances and the t
76 at noon a stray shower there, better showers and maybe an isolated storm chance into the afternoon high of 79. A closer look at the rest of your work week in just a little bit. Right now high gas prices in North Carolina are now under investigation by the attorney general. More than 600 people have filed price gouging complaints in just the past few days. Robert richardson is talking with drivers this morning about their concerns and some of the trouble out there, robert . Well stefan, customers here not surprised to see 2. 39 on this sign this morning and the ones i talked to say they are simply happy to have gas this morning and this is also a lower price than some of the other places that weve seen. Attorney general roy cooper says customers reported one station in gillford county as charging 4. 50 a gallon and says its vital for customers to report stations they believe are charging unreasonably excessive prices. Absolutely im concerned because theres only a few gas stations tha
This morning. It is located about 4 miles northeast the lumberton. It is moving northeast at 55 Miles Per Hour. So let me taken you out a little bit and well put a storm track on this for you. I want you to know some names of some areas that you need to avoid. You need to be on the lookout for this as we continue to watch the storm race across the area today. This is in effect for Cumberland County. It is moving northeast at 55 to 60 Miles Per Hour. If this storm would hold together t could travel across samson county into wayne county. Right now, we are focusing on Cumberland County because that where is the storm is here and now. So stedman, you continue to be in the path of this storm as we continue to do these updates. You can see it could be right overhead of stedman at about 11 21 this morning f it would hold together and cross over into samson county, we are looking at roseboro, newton grove. But those are counties not included in this Tornado Warning at this point in time. Off
Police need to do a better job of community policing, some say. They dont know the community well, and they dont get the intelligence they need. Reporter in central bankruptcies, people of all faiths are gathering to pay tribute to the victims. Children are writing messages in chalk while others are pausing to say prayers. There is a heavy Police Presence at this memorial and across the city. Many of the subways are back up and running as people try to get back to their daily lives. I think well always live in a safe place like this. Reporter this morning, people in belgium and in cities across europe pause for a moment of silence to remember the victims killed in the deadly attacks. Kenneth craig, brussels, belgium. Here in america, they tightened security in the wake what we havent seen is directed attacks. Thats what we saw in paris. Thats what we just saw in brussels, and thats what we have to be prepared for, obviously. Authorities say there are no specific or Credible Threats mad