Breaking just within the past hour, the patriots and Rob Gronkowskis family putting out a joint statement on the health of a star tight end and points to a season likely being over. Good evening, everyone. Im mark ockerbloom. And im vanessa welch. Tom lyden joins us now. This afternoon the news that gronk got back surgery broke. Yeah, rare opportunity to talk with robert graft on every good team has to overcome a lot of obstacles to get where they want to be on super bowl sunday. The key he says is perseverance. With the help of the patriots medical staff along with the consultation of several medical expert it is has been democratted that it is in gronks best longterm interest to undergo surgery to address his lower back injury. He is expected to have surgery tomorrow. We do not expect that he will be of the 2016 season but await the results of tomorrows surgery before making a final determination. Tom brady was on westward 1 sharing his thoughts on losing we understand the challenge
Team. Gronk is down and out. Anchor breaking news out of foxborough. Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is readying for back surgery. Anchor this could put gronk out at least 8 weeks. We have team 7 coverage of gronks surgery. Trey daerr live at Gillette Stadium for us. Reporter over the course of the last 14 months. Top play makers edelman. There is no player who effects this offense like it does whenever gronkowski is not on the field. He could miss the next 2 months. There were a lot of injuries this year. Is that something you have worked on. Is that luck of the draw sometimes. I dont want to talk about it. Reporter it was nearly a month ago when Rob Gronkowski patriots. Something that hardly seems funny. Gronkowski is taken into the locker room here. Reporter gronk suffering a herniated disk against the jets. An injury that will require a third back surgery and could keep him out of action for 8 weeks. Cant make the grab. He was hit and hes injured. Reporter familiar territory for
Many areas. Over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 45 are also possible. Should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. Thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. This weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. Kickoff for iowa iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. Thanks kaj. Love water, not oil love officers have pulled back from Dakota Access pipeline protesters in north dakota. Thats because they say it wasnt safe for Police Officers. This after a federal judge has temporarily stopped work on some, but not all, of a portion of the Dakota Access pipeline the pipeline set to go through iowa. The Standing Rock sioux tribe is pushing a Pipeline Company because they say construction could destroy sacred sites. The judge says hell make decision by friday on the tribes challenge of construct
Quick 12 of rain is likely in many areas. Over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 45 are also possible. Should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. Thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. This weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. Kickoff for iowa iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. Thanks kaj. They know where the fire at rileys caf near downtown extensively damaged the popular cafe started in or near a ventilation fan in the ceiling over a dishwashing area. The cafe is at 836 first avenune. Firefighters got the call about 330 yesterday afternoon. It took them a little more than an hour to get the fire under control. One firefighter went to the hospital with a heatrelated illness. Crews had to remove most of rileys food and check to make sure the fire wasnt spreading. Neither
New this morning, police in newport news say a driver died following a car crash. It happened in the Early Morning hours at 41st street and jefferson avenue. Police say the driver was not wearing a seatbelt when he crashed into a utility pole. Paramedics took the man to the hopsital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators do not know if speed or alcohol were factors in the crash. Were working to learn the mans name. Decision 2016 coming off the South Carolina democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders is looking ahead to super tuesday. 1hundred10 delegates are up for grabs in virginia. Later this morning, sanders is scheduled to hold a rally at the scope in norfolk. He hopes to strengthen his support in the commonwealth and stay competitive against democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. Rico bush is live outside scope where sanders will hold his rally later today. Hes got more on where both democractic candidates stand in the polls in virginia. Rico. A Christopher Newport university poll,