Date. And it comes in response to the chemical attack that killed dozens earlier this week. Heres perspective for you. Syria is in western asia, bord thrg Mediterranean Sea. Theres a longlasting civil war. The president authorized the firing of 59 cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea to the alsherrod air field. Thats where it initiated the chemical attack that killed dozens of people. There have been no reports of any casualties, nor were any people or assets targeted. The pentagon was in contact prior to the attack. Rex tillerson said theres no role for assad to govern the syrian people. And President Trump said this was a quote Vital National security interest. Heres what the president had to say from palm beach, california. Previous attempts at changing assads behavior have all faild and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies. Pennsylvania congressman bo
They say . Thanks, shayla. dave some fog early, with variable clouds and a quick shower possible today. High temps in the upper 70s. Tonight will feature a few clouds and turning much drier. Lows near 60. Mostly sunny skies return for friday, with drier air and somewhat cooler temps. Highs will be in the mid 70s. wally when the sun comes up, a major cleanup will commence across the southeast. A day after 13 tornadoes damaged homes, toppled trees and killed five people in louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and georgia. This is video from the atlanta, georgia area. Where three tornadoes touched down. As you can see, the storm did a lot of damage in that area. Raging flames in tennessee. But the danger is far from over. Now, the area is dealing with possible mudslides. Many residents have already left the gatlinburg area, because of the wildfires. More than 700 structures in the city have been damaged or destroyed. And at least seven people have died. wally now, the areas most famous resid
Of rain. To move through the area. And that will really be your indication that your cold front is moving through. Behind that your winds will shift to northwest and drag in some drier air go back to upper 70s for today and tomorrow. Much drier. Beautiful. Highs back to the mid 70s. All right. Good to hear, dave. Thank you. Westbound i4 drivers heads up we have major delays approaching homosassa road. We still have crash with lane blocks here. Most of lanes are actually going to b direction. You can see just a single lane is passing and it is the right lane. The delays were seeing right now as we take look at our map, basically, from that point all way back towards county line road. So fur agoing to avoid westbound i 4 direction which i highly suggest that is your area of concern. So do those work arounds there. Well keep you posted when the lanes clear. Meantime were still waiting for clear lanes here after headon collision serious injuries 301 bloomingdale going to be south lane pass
Right. This was a really big, this is really big loss to this community. Rec center meant a lot to the folks around here. I saw 1 person driveing by. You can really see is the shock on his face. Weve seen tears in peoples eyes. Really good mean a lot right now whats going on behind me investigators are going through the wreck age trying to figure out how this fire started. Theres crews back there cleaning away some of the debris. And thats really whats going to be going on throughout the from people in this community is how did this happen. How did the fire start . Unfortunately it could be some time before we know that answer. This was a massive fire that tore through the winston park recreation center. Neighbors could see flames from a few miles away. Took an hour and a half or so at and 35 firefighters to put it out. This facility just received a two and a half bill monday dollar donation this year from Tampa Bay Lightning owner jeff vinik and boys and girls club so it has be a tape
Killed there. Serial killer on the loose, officials searching for a gunmen believed to be responsible for seven random murders in phoenix, residents refusing to leave their homes. Is this the man theyre looking for. Jennifer an iston lashes out at the media for speculation that shes pregnant. Her thoughts on mother hood and pauz and why shes finally fighting back today. From nbc news, this is to y today live from studio 1a. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Are you ready for the roller coaster. Lets start with the president ial race. Some new polls out this morning showing how volatile this election is. A new poll Shows Hillary clinton expanding her lead over donald trump to 13 . According to polls this morning trump is now leading in florida 32 to 39. Thats a huge reversal. Clinton was up big in a poll a month ago and pennsylvania is 43 to 41 and it a tie in ohio. We have a lot to get to this morning, including our interview with Bernie Sanders but let