Russell and im russell rhodes. First dave and the weather. Good morning. Dave how about a 74degree start . Love that. Dew point 69. Northnortheast winds at six miles an hour. Check the 7 00 a. M. Temps around the area, still a couple of spots in the 60s. It really is a nice, nice start citrus county, hernando county, some 60s sneaking into pasco county as well. Wesley chapel at 71. Brandon at 72. And sarasota at 76. A lot of sunshine today, just a a very similar to yesterday. High temps also similar, getting back to the lower 90s. Vanessa all right. Thanks. Its 7 01 right now and we have a couple of trouble spots. We have an update first here on a crash mentioned earlier out of pasco county affecting state road 52 near i75. And now that we have more volumes on the roadway, we have a little bit better of an idea which direction this crash is. Its westbound and were hearing that two lanes are going to be blocked so give yourself a couple of extra minutes Pinellas County. This is a scene
Pwere going to check in with ken pin a moment. Plaura first dave, a look at pthe forecast. Pmore rain on the way, you say. Pdave especially but its a pdifferent atmosphere this pmorning. Pwere starting in the 60s. Peverybody except for bartow in pthe 60s. Ptampa international, theres pyour 65. Pcrystal river is 63. Pwinter haven 62 so as we have pthe cloud cover hanging around pin that southeast wind, our dump pnumbers are also up there. Ptheyre back in the 60s so dare pi say, its a muggy start to our pday. Pwell have clouds for the most art, a little bit of sunshine pmixing in today. Pthe overall rain chance is paround 30 . Ptomorrows rain chance, better pthan 70 . Pwell get some storms tomorrow pas well as talk about the timing pof all of that in a little bit. Pi do want to check in right now pvanessa we were following pthis crash out of pasco county pfairly closely. Plane blockage were seeing. Pall eastbound and westbound planes are blocked. Pin addition to that, the pentrance ramps
Two special elections tonight, one in South Carolina, the other in georgia. That would be the most expensive house race in u. S. History in both races, the republican candidate has come out on top. As nbc news projectsed earlier this evening, Republican Karen Handel has defeated john ossoff by five points in georgias sixth congressional district. Nbc news also projectsing earlier that republican ralph norman defeated Archie Parnell in South Carolinas fifth but by less than the expected, by three points. In the at last 30 minutes or so we have heard a victory and concession speech in georgia. Handled he will thanked the president as chants of trump broegt out in the her crowd hen her husband and supporters. Tonight i stand before you sfroerdly humbled and honored at the tremendous privilege and high responsibility that you and the people across the sixth district have given to me to represent you in the United States house of representatives. At a time when politics has been dominated b
House race in u. S. History in both races, the republican candidate has come out on top. As nbc news projectsed earlier this evening, Republican Karen Handel has defeated john ossoff by five points in georgias sixth congressional district. Nbc news also projectsing earlier that republican ralph norman defeated Archie Parnell in South Carolinas fifth but by less than the expected, by three points. In the at last 30 minutes or so we have heard a victory and concession speech in georgia. Handled he will thanked the president as chants of trump broegt out in the her crowd hen her husband and supporters. Tonight i stand before you sfroerdly humbled and honored at the tremendous privilege and high responsibility that you and the people across the sixth district have given to me to represent you in the United States house of representatives. At a time when politics has been dominated by fear, and hatred, and scapegoating, and division, this Community Stood up women in this Community Stood up.
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