Only be in the high 50s today. Maybe some breaks in the afternoon. Down to mid way we are 46. 5. As you look at the radar, keep in mind the river was at flood stage last night. Water is expected to drop here there was a Flood Warning there. We continue to see green. The good news is no strong thunderstorms or heavy rain. An upper bubble system will loom over us giving us a chance for showers. That just today but also tonight and tomorrow and even into early saturday. This system moves out of the region over the weekend. Today 52 degrees at 5 00 p. M. Todays official high will be 53. Scattered showers again friday. We do it again on saturday. A wrong way driver across some areas especially west and 8094. 8094 at torrance confirmation of a wrong way driver. 83 construction will break it down for you. I, at the circle. Ongoing construction causing the tors this morning. Thats another hotspot will tell you about in the next few minutes. A young woman. Who may be a student at northwestern u
Robert James Campbell had, through his lawyers, challenged his execution on additional possibly more farreaching grounds that the drug execution policy is unkonl in light of the botched oklahoma execution. But the same court of appeals, the fifth circuit, rejected the challenge. While the fifth circuit stayed campbells execution based upon issues of mental capacity it is left to the u. S. Supreme court, the key issue whether the Death Penalty as it is currently authorized in 35 states has some form of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the u. S. Constitution. This issue particularly acute in the wake of its disastrous application in oklahoma. Given the stake it is Supreme Court may want to revisit the issue. It turns out there is precedent. In 20072008 term the Supreme Court stayed a Mississippi Execution and as a practical matter stayed all pending executions nationwide. Tonight it is safe to say that executions in this country, at least those carried out
The explosion was so powerful it could be felt three miles away. Workman were trying to transfer the propane from one tank car to trucks when it blew up and set off the blast in the ore tank car. Three blocks of the city of waverly were badly damaged by this afternoons explosions. Waverly has 6,000 people. They were evacuated today. The entire city of waverly, tennessee, all 6,000 residents, had to be evacuated because of that explosion. That rail car explosion ultimately killed 16 people, including waverlys police chief and waverlys fire chief. That was february 24th, 1978. And then two days later, it happened again. Good evening. In a little more than 48 hours, there have been three railroad tac Car Accidents in southeastern United States. Before dawn this morning, another derailment in youngstown, florida, punctured a tank car, sending chlorine gas into the air and killing at least eight people. More than 60 people are in the hospital, some of them in critical condition. Ken lee jon
Workman were trying to transfer the propane from one tank car to trucks when it blew up and set off the blast in the ore tank car. Three blocks of the city of waverly were badly damaged by this afternoons explosions. Waverly has 6,000 people. They were evacuated today. The entire city of waverly, tennessee, all 6,000 residents, had to be evacuated because of that explosion. That rail car explosion ultimately killed 16 people, including waverlys police chief and waverlys fire chief. That was february 24th, 1978. And then two days later, it happened again. Good evening. In a little more than 48 hours, there have been three railroad tac Car Accidents in southeastern United States. Before dawn this morning, another derailment in youngstown, florida, punctured a tank car, sending chlorine gas into the air and killing at least eight people. More than 60 people are in the hospital, some of them in critical condition. Ken lee jones reports from florida. Reporter the train which derailed this t
Execution. But the same court of appeals, the fifth circuit, rejected the challenge. While the fifth circuit stayed campbells execution based upon issues of mental capacity it is left to the u. S. Supreme court, the key issue whether the Death Penalty as it is currently authorized in 35 states has some form of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the u. S. Constitution. This issue particularly acute in the wake of its disastrous application in oklahoma. Given the stake it is Supreme Court may want to revisit the issue. It turns out there is precedent. In 20072008 term the Supreme Court stayed a Mississippi Execution and as a practical matter stayed all pending executions nationwide. Tonight it is safe to say that executions in this country, at least those carried out by lethal injection, have been suspended across the country until the u. S. Supreme court can rule on whether or not they are cruel or unusual punishment. Barrys lawyers filed an 11th hour chall