great Smoky Mountains National Park. Which is the most visited National Park in the country. Kirsten Joyce back here at home the skies are clear and its pretty chilly. Sherry has a first look at your forecast. Sherry Swensk there were rain showers moving across tennessee this morning and that was good news. But probably not enough rain. Well look at the radar there coming up a little later. Were braving some chilly north winds today. And then get ready to freeze tonight when the those winds calm down. Sunny skies and the air nice and scarves and hats may come in handy today. Those northerly winds will keep it feeling chilly all day. Temps in the 50s. A freeze warning tonight and well a freeze warning tonight and well talk more about it coming pool motors running. Kirsten Joyce happening across the country. Workers are walking off the job. Demanding higher pay. Mcdonalds employees protested to raise their minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour. Employees at chicagos Ohare Airport are also g
Now. The dry and windy weather are fueling the fires and now theyre threatening popular tourist locations in two towns. Weve seen some incredible video come down overnight. The wildfires have engulfed the resort towns of gatlinburg and pigeon forge, home to Dolly Partons theme park dollywood. Video posted online shows people getting out of dodge. As fire creeps close to the roads. Listen as a 15year old boy describes being stuck at a hotel. Because the only road sot logan baker were on the first floor because they had to break the windows on the top floors because we were thick. We had masks but it was too thick for the masks one more video to show you. Same hotel. As smoke fills the room. The man who posted this says theyre safe now. Firefighters hope an incoming storm will provide some help in fighting this blaze. A live look outside now. You may notice how cold it is as youre getting up. Were under a freeze warning right now. Greg bennett is with us. With more on todays forecast. Co
Home. Our big story of the morning. A major drop in temperatures. Greg. Just how cold can we expect it to get today . Cold front has passed and chilly air takes over as it is whipped into the valley. Mainly sunny skies will be common throughout Southern Nevada but highs in the city will only range between 54 and 59 degrees. On top of the cold air, winds will be whipping up from the north between 10 and 20 mph between 44 and 49 degrees right now wildfires are southeast. Forcing thousands to evacuate overnight from popular tourists spots like dollywood in tennessee. Owners are trying to protect hotels and lodges already lit up with holiday lights. More than 1t are trapped at Ripleys Aquariam of the smokies. At least 100 homes have burned. The fires are being fanned by strong winds, and the worst drought in a decade. Smokypresserwvlt 01;01;00;15 Gatlinburg Fire chief greg miller if youre a person of prayer, we could use your prayers ground crews are struggling to put out the flames. And h
Common throughout Southern Nevada but highs in the city will only range between 54 and 59 degrees. On top of the cold air, winds 35 mph. This gives the valley a feellike temperature range between 44 and 49 degrees tomorrow morning, a freeze warning will be in place for the city due to temperatures dropping to between 28 and 32 degrees during the hours of 2am an ready to fight one of president elect Donald Trumps campaign promises. Parker collins shows us what students and faculty are doing to make the university a sanctuary campus 19 06 4919 07 21 ive been speaking with some of the faculty that helped write this petition thats been going around unlv for a little while now its online take vo at it is hoping to make unlv a behind it if deferred action for childhood arrivals is repealed that is president obamas executive action theyre hoping that the university wont turn over information of students and faculty who are affiliated with the University Take sot conrad pilapio, unlv student 2
Airport. Ambulances and rescuers are on the way. The citys mayor says its possible there are survivors. Its not clear what caused the crash. A valley mans home was broken into, electronics, money, and valuables stolen, and so he decides to buy a security system. Im adam herbets. Im cyndi lundeberg. It was through that system he was able to watch in real time as a man was robbed at gun point right in front of his house this weekend. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle spoke to the homeowner. And he has that video for us now. There were about two weeks between the time brett palmers home was broken into and burglarized and this weekend when he says a victim he doesnt even know was robbed at gun point right in front of his house. Palmer believes the men that robbed the victim, were the same people who stole from him. Pointed it at him, the guy kid gave him his money, hit him with the gun, ran away this gunpoint robbery footage home surveillance cameras. Got one here and i got one here by my door,