Here is looking now at the first avenue exit northbound and theres nothing going on which is nice change of pace, good evening. Tonight most of the bridges are open again after the flood waters reseed. Town. Just days ago every bridge in cedar rapids except for interstate 380 and highway 30 was shutdown causing major delays. Great news tonight as first avenue Second Avenue third avenue eighth avenune and 12 bridges are all open. At last check the 16th open again. At last check, this 16th avenue bridge is still closed. Public transit also ready for riders again, after buses were pulled off the streets last week. Cedar rapids city transit will be running normal routes on monday. Students in Cedar Rapids School district head back to school monday. According to a post on the districts web site, buses will try to run as close to normal morning. Students didnt have classes all week this week because of the flood threat. If you still have sandbags and live in cedar rapids and you werent able
Excuse me late summer. Its 81 in tampa. Wither not done with summer. 79 plant city, 82 st. Petersburg, 76 bartow. The average high is 89 thats warm enough. Im expecting us to be right around 90 later today. I expect the rain chances to go up. Im keeping it dry through the morning. A 40 chance of rain Late Afternoon and evening. Tropics. Downtown tampa looks pretty good but we have construction starting around channel side. Lets go ahead and zoom into the riverview area. Im seeing some delays here, 301 at riverview drive. Not as bad anybody. Southbound was in the orange there now its in the yellow. This is an injury accident and its tieing up some of those thats got injured involved and its blocking part of the intersection. Heres a live look at the Howard Frankland bridge. Great drive across it. Only 6 minutes. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Now back to paul and gayle. New developments this morning on weekend bombings in new york and new jersey. A pipe bomb exploded monday near a
Earthquake outbreak. Three deadly jolts in three days. Now, the biggest yet. Leaving hundreds more dead. Tonight, we meet the family of the baby pulled from the rubble. Plus, is the big one set to hit the west coast of the u. S. . Flood fears, 15 million in the path through texas and the heartland. Heavy rain and flash flooding alerts tonight. Money shaming. Protesters dumping dollar bills on Hillary Clintons motorcade. Even clinton supporter George Clooney calling their fundraiser obscene. As thousands feel the bern in brooklyn. And, text tracker. The new weapon alerting police if you text and drive. Will you now be forced to hand over your phone . Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im tom llamas. And we begin with that developing story. Colliding with a passenger jet. British airways revealing the details today. The number of close calls involving drones growing in the u. S. And overseas. Heres gloria riviera. Reporter tonight, a collision on final approach. A British Airways fligh
Even George Clooney calling their fundraiser obscene. As thousands feel the bern in brooklyn. And, text tracker. The new weapon alerting police if you text and drive. Will you now be forced to hand over your phone . Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im tom llamas. And for the first time, were getting possible word of a drone colliding with a passenger jet. The number of close calls involving drones growing in the u. S. And overseas. Heres gloria riviera. Reporter tonight, a collision on final approach. A British Airways flight, about to land at Londons Heathrow airport, when the pilot reported he may have been hit by a drone. The object, striking the front of the airbus jet. The flight with 132 people on board, landing safely. The airline saying in a statement, safety and security are always our First Priority and we will give the police every assistance with their investigation. If it is confirmed, it would be the first known drone collision with a commercial aircraft. But close ca
Until tonight. The surf is rough, dangerous, and we learned that one of the teenagers may have returned into the water to save his friend. Dangerous. Reporter lifeguard Doug Armstrong is patrolling ocean beach with a strong message to wouldbe swimmer. Ocean beach is a dangerous place. A lot of currents. Theres heavy surf advise rid often. Reporter that warning came too late for two teaged buys from vallejo who were swept out to sea. There was an extensive search by the coast guard and the San Francisco Fire Department but a they were never found. Five boys wearing only swim trunks locked arms and waded into the surf. One of the four boys turn around and the fifth boy were still . Distress and reentered the surf line to assist that young man. He was our second victim. Dale hill is letting his kid touch the water but nothing more we are obviously worried and keep a close eye on the kids and hopefully we have lifeguards and told the kids no higher than the knees. Just be close. Reporter e