Begin general debate on the g. O. P. Tax reform plan later this afternoon. Live now to the u. S. House here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by dr. Glynn stone, moberly bam activity church, lorning view, text texas. Dr. Stone thank you lord, god, you are our hope for years to come. You can see our trust in you is engraved in this very building. Before any speeches are heard and votes are cast and decisions are made, our greatness comes only from your grace. I ask you to remind each of these your servants of their special responsibility to lead in your way, to lean on your word and to listen to your voice. As they represent constituents, may they defend the defenseless, protect those in danger and promote good so all americans can reflect your image an
Team evacuated several people from their homes as they were trying to close in on a shooter. Justin pazera is live near 43rd avenue and union hills. Sounds like the suspect may have given them the slip. Reporter its a scary situation and they are looking for suspect. It started here at this qt gas station. And this parking lot was packed full of customers when the shooting happened. If we just walk down the sidewalk just a little ways, they thought they d suspect cornered at the apartments there. Take a look at the video. Police showed up in force. The s. W. A. T. Team was in the military style vehicles, and police woke up the neighbors near. They thought it was going to be so gauges that they had to get them out of there. Detectives are still on the scene. And unfortunately, they do not have the suspect. The victim did die at the hospital. Police telling us in the last few minutes they found drugs the qt. We are not sure if thats the motive in the shooting. Right now the hunt continue
Information, we will update you on air and online. Michael Stevens two new crosswalks are now complete on a stretch of highway notorious for multiple pedestrian and vehicle deaths. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now reporter nia wong is live from blue diamond road with the details. Nia . nia wong good morning michael and kirsten. Its been a common sight to see memorials dedicated to those who have lost their lives here on state route 160. But the Nevada Department of transportation hopes signals like this one at street will blue diamond road has been infamously called death highway or even the widow maker because of the multiple People Killed here. Sometimes dozens in just one year alone. This is one of two new fourway intersections that could reduce the number of deaths. The other is on el capitan way fort apache road . The 2 point 4 Million Dollar project broke ground in may. It includes pedestrian crossings. Pavi ng and curb. As improvements. With so many new businesses and Housing Developmen
The city reopened the third, eighth and 16th avenue bridges this evening. But its warning people to be cautious of any remaining debris that could be on the road. And the city hopes to have all of the bridges and all of the on and off ramps to interstate 380 reopened by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is a big day for Flood Recovery in cedar rapids. People who live and work in the evacuation zone removed sandbags and barriers today in hopes of making things run smoothly when the general public is cedar rapids will also be back to normal tomorrow morning. City buses havent taken passengers for a week. Also, by seven tomorrow morning, two sandbagging sites will be open. One is at ellis park by the Tennis Courts and the other is in the noelridge pool parking lot. Thousands of people in the flood evacuation zones of cedar rapids finally headed home for good today. The citys evacuation area declared before the flood last weekend expired at noon today. The zone could return home. The vast majorit
Jacket and a nice cup of hot chocolate and enjoy homecoming game today if you happen to be tailgating it could get a bit chilly for some. Tonight skies will start to clear out some. Well call it partly cloudy and temperatures will drop into the low 50s. Well see a bit more sunshine on sunday and high temperatures are expected to rise into the low 70s. Today mostly cloudy. A few sprinkles are possible. Wind n 515. High 64 alo 64 dbq 63 iow 64 61 to 67 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 52 alo 52 dbq 51 iow 52 49 to 55 thanks britley. This morning cedar rapids takes back to normal after this weeks flooding. After evacuating several city blocks along the river, the entire flood zone is back open to the public today. It opened back up evacuate their home or business. Traffic is also clearing up later this morning. This is a live look of northbound interstate 380 at 1st avenue southwest, near the quaker oats building in cedar rapids. The city plans on reopening traffic on all downtown b