Results are in, the ratings slide continues, sunday night football dipping again, in week three after a tumultuous weekend for the nfl players being booed as they protested the National Anthem. Welcome to risk reward im cheryl casone. Nfl sunday nitratings down 11 from the comparable night one year ago following a 15 yearoveryear dip in the second week 12 dip yearoveryear for Opening Weekend there are those numbers they dont lie all this after President Trump warned if nfl fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and country youll see change take place fast fire or suspend them. Now to put things into perspective for all of you all of the major sports tv ratings are down acrosstheboard okay . The recent j. D. Power poll taken before the season was started said that 26 of viewers cited the protest last year as the biggest reason that they stopped watching for the last season, and that could mean a big loss in business. Wall street estimates show if cbs espn,
Im steve aveson. This is not the first time a truck has crashed in that yard. Kron4s Chuck Clifford joins us live now with the latest on the clean up. Reporter just before 2pm tuesday, the driveway under a cement truck working along lower Crescent Road in sausalito gave way. The truck rolled onto its side and came to rest at the rear of the home. This is video of the scene from our helicopter partenership with abc 7. At the time of the accident, there was a driver in the truck and one tenatn in the house but fortunately no one was injured. Sot the truck never made contact with the residence, but because the truck is on its side and they are trying to move it we have had the house evacuated for the time being everyones safety. Crews had been pouring concrete at the house to start work on rebuilding a garage that was damaged in a very similar accident last several months ago. Back in april, a dumptruck driving along lower Crescent Road started o slide backwards, lost control and smashed
The police chief tells us two men are in custody. This all started before 1 30 when a man was suspected of shoplifting. He was chased to this two story home. Police went inside. When they noticed a strong odor and saw what they believed to be drugs the house was evacuated. State investigators arrived. After a thorough search there are suspicions of a meth lab were confirmed. And in their Expert Opinion it was a meth lab. They are calling it a hot one meth lab. That is one lab, one pot at a time. Reporter police also tell us they have found heroin and a large stash of cash. We asked police what was allegedly stolen from the drugstore. They believe a decongestant. One attempted to purchase more than is allowed in one day. Well stay on top of this investigation. Right now three people in custody. Three people who live upstairs are being allowed back inside. Nbc 10 news. Thank you. 21 days to go until election day. Today is the Voter Registration deadline in new jersey. You can register to
Time. This is the only one day ofe the year that we put a sparkler which goes to t 1200 degrees in a smallmall childs hands. D why do we do that . Reporter there will be willb eight security checkpoints outit here. We can probably throw that up tt on the screen for you. Reen y officers will be lookingl be lkg insides all bags back packsba and coolers. And coole a list of prohibited items for r tonight, obviously no drugs or o alcohol will be allowed nol wial weapons of any kind and you also cant bring tents or grills and youre going to a want to leave youndr drones at home as well. Now, another big issue today t thats on the minds ofe mindof everyone, the weather. Ea rain is a question foror tonights fireworks. We are expecting some bad weather today and intohe tonight. Best Case Scenario would be if it gets a little nasty the fireworks tonight could be postponed. Theyre supposed to start around 9 10 but if the weather gets really bad they could be postponed until tuesday tomorrow nigh
Washington, d. C. One of the biggest in the nation. The nio and one of the best i love it. Ove were just hoping though ofoug course that the rain holds off tonight so that the show canso indeed go on. T meanwhile there is heightened security in the districtty leading up to todays event. Fox5s Anjali Hemphill has the latest on security preps. Ur. Reporter good morning guys. You dont get to see theor National Mall quite like thisgns very often, calm, quiet, not a soul out here. Utere. Later today thousands ofusan tourists and residents areests expected to flood the mall for r tonights fireworks show. Reworko in this day and agege unfortunately security will beur on the minds of everyone andryoa we did speak to the d. C. Police chief who says the majority of her police forceicoe will be on the clock tonightckot even though she says right now g there are no known terrorist tet threats to d. C. Threat listen to what she said. S has it changed anything ath specifically for securityally fc pl