And im matt breen. A zika outbreak is sweeping latin america, and its causing concern here in siouxland. Ktivs tommie clark spoke with a specialist from Unitypoint Clinic who tells us about the disease and who needs to watch out for it. The infection and its linked with. Microcephaly is an unfortunate condition which the baby has a very small head, well below size average head, and beyond that theres abnormalities within the brain itself, said Unitypoint Clinic director of maternal fetal medicine dr. Al fleming. Here at Unitypoint Clinic, dr. Flemming answered some questions about the zika virus for one siouxland expecting mom. Flemming says hes gotten concerned future parents come in asking about zika. One siouxland couple got all their questions answered. Basically he showed us the head measurements and how serious the disorder was and thankfully that we didnt have it. Everything looks like its on point with the measurements and everything, said fiance of expecting mom, shane dawa. A
Police last summer, he was accused of kidnapping and assualting two men over a drug debt. The News Conference is at two o clock this afternoon at police headquarters. Well stream it live at our website, ktivdotcom. Two men were killed and four other people wounded when gunfire broke out after a Mardi Gras Parade in pass christian, mississippi on sunday. A woman who lives nearby says she heard d out 12 shots ring out as people were leaving the parade area. No suspects have been named. An investigation is underway. Pass christians Mardi Gras Parade is among the largest on the mississippi gulf coast, drawing thousands of people from around the region. An 11yearold boy in tennessee has been convicted of murder in the death of an eightyearold girl. Prosecutors ay the boy shot the girl because she refused to show was playing with her friends in her Mobile Home Park when the 11yearold boy asked to see her two dogs. Dyer laughed and told him no. Thats when the boy pulled out a 12gauge shotgun
A huge portion of the country is about to get really, really, really cold. Today thursday, february 11, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 23 degrees out there. That will be known as a heat wave this weweend. Byunday it could be 1 degree or 0 here in new york city. Bundle up. Lets srt with breaking news after a dramatic nht of negotiations those four people still occupying a Federal Building in oregon now appear to be on the verge of ending that siege. This 41dayccupation could come to annd thihi mning with turn themselves in peacefully following dramatic developments as fbi put barricades ahead of and behind where those are camping. Come out with your hands up. No were not. Youre going to have to kill us. Reporter tense moments as the fbi moves in on the four remaining occupiers at a wildlife refuge. Well, no, im done talking. Im done praying. Thats it.
Prescription wednedsay afternoon. They say werneburg resisted arrest and an officer suffered a knee injury during the scuffle. The officer used a taser to subdue werneburg. He had been on the run since sunday night when Authorities Say he intentionally ran a man down with his car outside this bar in carnarvon. That man, 33year old kyle freese of glidden, iowa, suffered a severe leg injury and is hospitalized in des moines. The car used in the assault was found late last night in the kmart parking lot in cheorkee. Werneburg is being held in the Webster County jail. Weather adlib high wind watch in effect for holt county from 6 pm tonight until 6 am friday our warmup resumes today with highs returning to the 40s and 50s maybe a few 60s out west . there willll still be a aair amount of cloudd cover r atchy fog along with a few rays ofsunshine and brisk southeasterly wind, so it wont exactly be the prettiest of days, but hey, warmth is warmth a cold front off to the west will plow through
Viewing area yesterday ranging from sunny in the 40s out west to snowy and barely making it to 20 to the east, well basically see a reversal of yesterdays weather in terms of the timing of light snow. Unlike yesterday, pretty much everyone will spend a fair amount of time under the clouds with occasional peeks of sun this morning before light snow starts to move into our western counties early this afternoon. Itll gradually spread eastward throughout the afternoon and evening and exit the viewing area by midnight leaving many with, much like yesterday, a dusting up to an inch or two ofofhe white stuff. High pressure will then make its way south into the viewing area fridayy which will translate to a day offdeceiving suushine with highs only making it into the teens. After dropping below zero friday night, well see another cold day saturday with the possibility of light snow from saturday into sunday as temperatures finally get a decent nudge back into the 30s and 40s late this weekend