Said the winds of this one are more impressive. Theres a lot more wind with this one. I dont really think the east coast storm verified as a blizzard. When you go back and look at the data, there may have been a few spots that verified as blizzard, but i know we didnt in washington, d. C. , we did not. This is much much more windier, and i think its going to verfiy as blizzard by the time were done it isnt one of those situations where id want to be out on the road with my family, driving around on the interstate. It is dangerous elisa wind. Thats what makes a blizzard and thats what caused incredible problems with blowing snow and dropping visibility that they closed 129 in south dakota. Elisa joining me now is srgt jeremey mcclure from Sioux City Police department. Wind has caused a huge problem with visibility today, parts of i 29 closed. Have people heeded those warnings . Gusty winds tomorrow. What are some tips for drivers in the blowing snow . Thank you sergeant elisa more gusty
News starts now. Lukas the blizzard shut down many parts blizzard warnings covering the area through the middle of the day. The radar shows that the falling snow is pinwheeling out of the region. Visibility right now remains fairly poor at 5 miles or less. The dayplanner reveals temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s today. Your full forecast closing a number of local businesses and highways. The snow even garnered attention from those in other parts of the state. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell brings explains. Um, well actually were from the quad cities, says countryman. Kent countryman is from davenport, iowa and he says afteteseeing weather warnings about a a izzard hitting the siouxland area. Kent decided he would be travelling across the state to Company Clean up the white stuff in sioux city. Went ahead and called sharp landscaping here. And i asked him with the size of a storm that was coming in could they use any help and he said, definitely. Come this way, so we uh loaded
Would make headlines. Melania trump leaves trump tower to honor some courageous women. Welcome to the lead. Im john berman in for jake today. We will get to the bottom of this. That is the promise from senators investigating any links between associates of President Donald Trump and russia. That was the clear promise. The clear message, enough with the kids table. The grownups are stepping in. The Senate Intelligence committee has invited 20 people to testify and is pledging to Work Together in a bipartisan way. That comes as we learn more conflicting information about the apparently stalled house panels investigation which is a partisan mess. An fbi official tells cnn the house Intelligence Committee has not officially requested the fbi director to come testify which is odd, very, considering that Committee Chairman devin nunes said this weeks hearing had to be rescheduled because the fbi director could not come in. Cnn senior congressional reporter manu raju live on capitol hill. Man
President trump suggesting he may not be done with the issue. The white house saying they feel a renewed sense of optimism. Is anything different from last week when that bill went down in flames in the house . All that, much more still ahead. We begin, though, with our top story. Should the senate take the lead . As the credibility of the House Intelligence Committee and its investigation remains in question. An investigation from the senate is now coming into focus. Senator richard burr, republican from north carolina, chair of the senate Intelligence Committee, and mark warner, democrat from virginia, top democrat on that committee, both of them stepping to a microphone just a short time ago saying their hearings are ready to get under way. Obviously, theres a lot of drama out there about the stories that all of you are running down. Its important for us, at least, i think all of us here, to remember to not lose sight about what this investigations about. One thing that were really
Michelle doubois advised if youre undocumented, dont go out on the street if theres a knock on your door and you dont know who it is. She pushed back against any notion that she had gone too far. The issue is spreading a rumor. No. You can be construed as fear mongering . No. I dont. I read my statement. Local and federal Law Enforcement were quick to denounce dubois. They wrote this. Dubois critics say she may have interfered with Law Enforcement. Others have also called her facebook posts shortsighted and counter productive. Neil . Neil all right, molly. Thank you very much. Well be speaking to that sheriff that cannot believe what hes hearing and seeing, someone in government essentially urging illegals to hide from government. Hes coming up. In the meantime, markets are still trying to get a sense of where this Trump Administration goes from here. Again, the last ten days we were down has folks wondering. Heres connell mcshane. Dow down 40 points. For the republicans, the agenda is