Tests the Home Delivery services. Announcer news4 midday starts nmo. Good rning and welcome to m news4day. Im melissa molette. And im aaron gilchrist. We start with the weather. New orleans dealing with floodingt similar to whawe saw on monday. A flash flood emergency is sued there. This picture or video coming from nbcs Morgan Chesky i believe. It is a very different scene here. It is warm and dry. The sun is out. Finally calm conditions, but it wont last. The system thatan hit new could be headed this way. Lets check in withry laun ricketts with more on what is ahead. Chuck and i have been fall following this and it is a potential Tropical Cyclone number two. Look at this rain. And it is not even close to landfall yet. They will fly a hurricane hunte service into it today to check it out to see if it has the tropical capability to become a depression or into a hurricane. Eventually so again this is what were watching. But a lot of heavy rain pushing around new orleans. Ix fo inches f
We will stay on this story and let you know how it turns out. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison we have this new video of the armored truck robbery. Last fridays daring heist, the guard were restocking the shelves when the Thieves Robbed them at gunpoint. They escaped in a van a few blocks away. No one was hurt. Hasnt been done in 34 years. But actually really hasnt been done. We broke every record. Larry the house passed a measure this afternoon. The senate d it will be the president s first legislative victory. Alison there is talk from opponents how the reform will serve the rich. The motion is adopted and laid upon the table. Republican lawmakers call the final tax plan a middle class miracle. The average family will see 1,000 of their own money to keep. The soon to be low touted by president trump. President trump its the largest, i always say the most massive, but the largest tax cut in the history of our country. So january 1, the start of the new year. That means the start of the ne
State repression. Stephen the first six of some 180 people charged with rioting and destruction of property found not guilty on all counts. The government charges are ridiculous and an attempt to criminalize free speech. Stephen it protested on the right to protest the election of trump. I a certain part of me was certain that the right result would happen. Stephen the prosecutors relied on the Police Body Cam and the other video of what they characterize as a coordinated effort to riot. Frighten and inflict damage. The jury was not convinced. They found that they were exercising the First Amendment rights. Now backing up the suggestion that it would continue to pursue trials against those remaining individuals charged with the rioting, the u. S. Attorneys the Attorneys Office shows there is clear evidence to show rioting and destruction of property. Kimberly thank you. Do not miss update on the ain august race day Inauguration Day riots to get alerts sent to your phone and you can see
The all the money controversy made the a lister a target at last nights critics Choice Awards. Well have the latest. First though the friday warmup after weeks of subfreezing temperatures Mother Nature giving us a a break. Dont get used to snowflakes and winter like weather could be right around the corner. Good day at 9a starts now. You know what else is right around the corner . The weekend. Yes. Wisdom the weekend has not yet begun. But you messed it up. This is your chance much. I was going to give him the phrase doesnt fit you cant say it. Im not going to steal wisdoms line. Oh, my gosh. [ laughter ] its friday. This is a mess. Its friday its friday. It is january 12th. Glad youre here for good day. Its good to see everybody. Ahead this morning protecting yourself from the flu. The virus is hitting the nation hard this year so this morning were finding out why its so severe a anything you can do besides that flu shot that you might want to get to help avoid getting the flu. You kn
And they all live here at the t Russian Embassy. Embsy the state Department Says theyty were given 72 hours to leaveoea the country. Oury its been pretty quiet. Et. We did see a family of four ofo leaving the gates early thisatee morning but its unclear ifleari they are among those expelled. Now, as of this morning thehe embassy has not released a statement. President obama says allsays all americans should be alarmed by russias action. Aio he specifically targetedte russian spy agencies andgencies diplomats that the u. S. Sayshats were trying meddle in the recent president ial election federal officials are set shutting down two compounds in maryland and new york. President obama has given them from noon until todaylandama ta those compounds. The move freezes assets andetan blocks americans from doingrom g business with russia. Ne with rua russia denies the hackingking allegations and this morning thg the country is hinting retaliation. Liat is proposing to expel 35 u. S. 3. Diplomats