good morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy s speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. these new concessions include what was once a red line for mccarthy. once a red line. agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. but even with that concession, it is not clear at this hour if mccarthy will ultimately be able to lock down the votes he needs. do you have a deal with those guys right now? a lot of progress. he s
Running when they couldnt get in did when they couldnt get into the marathon 10 miles down the interstate in corinth last month. Same deal the clerk locked them out. The circumstances so similar down to the clothing, Williamstown Police officer ron perkins is calling these guys the lockout bandits. The way they hit the place and everything pretty much a little fun, but takes this seriously asking people to share these pictures on line looking at him eyeball to eyeball. What was that like . It was scary because he had a gun. Co worker Becky Hammons knows the feeling. 53 58 it has actually happened to me. I have been robbed at gunpoint so its very scary. Hammons urging her coworkers now to do what seems to be working. 53 47 if you feel uncomfortable lock that door. Everybodys like a team if something happened to one of our coworkers it would be devastating. 54 16 working with the grant county Sheriffs Office. They have all the pictures on their facebook pages and ask you to share them. I
Lanier is along the shawn lanier there have been two fatal accidents on this bridge in just 6 days. And police say speed was a factor in the most recent one. And many drivers i spoke with today say thats why this bridge scares them. Mike verax i dont even like to go across it. Last week we saw a car get knocked off the bridge. And just yesterday this was the scene of another fatal combs hehl bridge. Police say impairment and play a role, and many people who speed is always a mike verax majority of or 80 Miles Per Hour. Kristen mcdaniel sometimes i find myself speeding because across it. Shawn lanier and so we the bridge to see how are going. Designated 65 miles you see cars and only one thing they those drivers down. Idea is to be seen and to deter speeding and then deter that further. But one driver doesnt believe the police are doing enough, and takes matters into his mike verax if i can avoid come down interstate 71 shawn lanier fox19 now. Live now as we look live at the ohio river.
Good evening im rob williams. Tricia has the night off. Chief meteorologist Steve Horstmeyer is here now with the forecast. Weather now steve cam yikes as i look at long term model that takes us as far into the future as 16 days apr 6 i get the feeling we are going to be very busy in the fox19 now weather center. And, to anticipate your question; yes i see the possibility of snow on, before and maybe after opening day. A warming trend kicks in today and except for today and friday each day in the 7day forecast has a High Temperature in the 60s. We have to watch thursday for some heavy rain and thunder and the outside chance of a marginal severe thunderstorm cell. Sunday for easter will be mild but each new model run increases the chance of showers. Tonight, a more than hundred year old building in over kentucky maybe small in population but its no stranger to controversy when it comes to its administration. Over the weekend councilwoman Lisa Cavanaugh was arrested on drug and assault c
Tuesdays televised meeting with lawmakers of both parties, praising themselves and their performance as he welcomed in the media yesterday. Welcome back to the studio. Nice to have you. Yesterday, we had a bipartisan meeting, it was reported as incredibly good. My performance, some called it a performance. I consider it work. But, got great reviews by everybody other than two networks who were phenomenal for about two hours. Then, after that, they were called by their bosses and said wait a minute. Unfortunately, a lot of those anchors sent us letters saying that was one of the greatest meetings they have ever witnessed. They probably wish they hadnt sent those letters. In response to trump receiving media letters of congratulations, they meant videos and tweets of reporters analysis of the meeting. Not exactly letters. They continue to work on daca and the president said he wont sign any deal like he said at tuesdays meeting. Here he was yesterday. Would you be willing to sign a deal