Other side of that dirt mound. If we can go to video we want to show you the bread dump truck that backed over Marvin Franklin. He was with sgl constructors for about one month. Riomar morales was driving the dump truck. The crash is being investigated it may construction been stopped. Officials say everyone is grieving. Sgl constructors usually have 400 employees in 200 supervisors working on i 4 ultimate. Even though this is a horrible tragedy, we wondered why the entire 21 mile worksite is being shut down for an incident isolated to one area. I will keep pressing fdot and contractors for the information for Eyewitness News at 4 00. Live in Orange County, tim barber, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Within the hour we are expected to learn more about multiple arrest in Central Florida as part of the Drug Trafficking bust. Sheriff Jerry Cummings announced the results of the investigation at a news to do with heroin which has been a growing problem in recent years throughout Central Florida.
Coming in earlier today here at the armed force Readiness Center here in cedar rapids. They deployed early on new years day morning, and have worked non stop providing nearly 500 thousand gallons clean water to more than 6 thousand residents in two counties in missouri. All of that water was used as a few soldiers ive spoken to during this process say this is the first time theyve ever responded to a Natural Disaster like this. And one soldiers account of what he saw in missouri is breathtaking. You can hear from him in the story im working on for ten. News. Thanks, olivia. Firefighters spending the day training for ice and cold water rescues. Training was at Manhattan Lake in ellis park. The Cedar Rapids Department was involved in 8 water and ice related rescues in 2015. Kwwls Kristin Rogers spent the day at the lake obersiving this special type of training, kristin its calm here now, but earlier this area was full of firemen in dry suits working hard to learn the necessary tequniques
Dozens of troops returning home this evening after providing more than 300 thousand gallons of clean water to flood victims in missouri. Missouri has been in a state of emergency since the holidays heavy flooding soiled the towns water supply, displaced homes than a dozen. The Iowa National guard left for provide relief. Kwwls Olivia Mancino was in cedar rapids to see the soldiers return she joins us now live back in our newsroom 45 soldiers and 15 vehicles deployed new years morning to missouri to provide clean water to thousands of people i spoke to a few of the soldiers before they left last week and to more soldiers today. For many of them this was the First National disaster theyve ever responded to. It was a chilly homecoming wednesday afternooon for this Iowa National guard convoy. Jumping out of the truck when we first crossed over was really cold just hours prior these soldiers were in missouri, providing relief to flood victims who have been without clean water for weeks. The
Congress should move forward. Give us a call. The numbers are on the screen. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook, or email us. And a very good Tuesday Morning to you. The debate last night and the vote last night in the Senate Making the front pages of newspapers around the country today. Here is the front page of the Washington Post. And the front page of the houston chronicle, noting that security and Homeland Security funding left in doubt. The newspaper of capitol hill roll call headline on this topic for more on that plan and we are joined by the scene of belly Christina Helen tony. Guest good morning. Host what was decided last night. Guest it is very procedural but its just standalone bill that its the president separate from the funding for department of Homeland Security. Basically, Mitch Mcconnell said this removes the excuse blaming democrats for blocking the spill. This was bound to happen in the last hour. In the final moments, he was testing
Global Meat Consumption is on the rise on average we humans each consumer around forty one kilos a year in two thousand and seventeen alone three hundred twenty two million tons of beef all can poultry were produced worldwide and that requires a lot of animals on our planet has more than seven hundred twenty million pigs nearly a billion cattle. And twenty three billion chickens many of which are full still live in overcrowded cages or stalls. And vast areas of land a destroyed soley to grow animal feed or to be used as grazing pastas meanwhile the urine and feces of livestock contaminating soils and waterways in germany for instance two hundred eight billion liters of liquid many oil was sprayed on to feel. Last year with terrible consequences for biodiversity. Joyce hannah still washes or vegetables in water from the tap but she wont drink it anymore not after what she went through in twenty sixteen she and five thousand others in the town of Havelock North came down with gastro into