Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. It is a tuesday, full of news. Victor blackwell by my side. Good morning. Good to be back. Good to have you. Here all week. Five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. New this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. Already more than 300 flights cancelled. Happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the citys river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. So far no arrests. But four warrants have been issued. Right now, Los Angeles City workers are on a 24hour strike. 11,000 workers including Sanitation Workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. They say its a fight for fair contracts. This hour, polls open in ohio as Voters Decide whether to make it harder to amend their state const
Now. I am writing myself a note. Its worth just put the 20 bucks in. Buy lottery ticket. Its tonight, right . Yeah. To do. I will do that. Maybe ill see you back here tomorrow morning. Would you come back if you won . Yes. Oh, okay. You not . No. A billion and a half dollars . Yes, i would. I like what i do. I like it too. But not when im a billionaire. I hear you, my friend, victor. Lets get to the powerful storms ripping across the east coast. Theyve been deadly. We know this morning at least two people have died, Hundreds Of Thousands of people, though, waking up to Power Outages this morning. Oh my god. That is a tree snapped in half in north carolina. While indiana residents are digging out after a tornado touched down there. Maryland state police say 47 people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicles for hours. Look at this. This is the people who were trapped between these power lines. Today already nearly 900 flights have been delayed. More than 300 cancelled. Here is
yesterday s hurricane forced wind gusts and softball sized hail that fell from the sky, today will feel like a walk in the park for the areas impacted most by the storm system. but the severe weather threat not done just yet. it s all part of the larger storm system that rocked the eastern sea board yesterday. take a listen. reporter: with wind gusts estimated over 75 miles per hour, the impact was immediate. oh my god. holy [ bleep ]. reporter: in moorsville, north carolina, tyson winter captured this video of a tree snapping in half and falling to the ground near an apartment complex. heavy rain, thunder around violent winds hammered cities and towns east of the mississippi river. by monday night, there had been more than 400 reports of strong winds across the region. and more than a million customers were without power across 11 states. in states like north carolina, pennsylvania, georgia and maryland, according to power
oh my god. holy [ bleep ]. reporter: in mooresville, north carolina, tyson winter captured this video of a tree snapping in half andaling to a ground near an apartment complex. heavy rain, winds haermed cities and town east of the mississippi river. by monday night, there had been more than 400 reports of strong winds across the region. and more than a million customers were without power across 11 states. in states like north carolina, pennsylvania, georgia and maryland, according to power outage.u.s. monday s severe weather is impacting around 120 million people along the eastern u.s., from downed trees in hartford county, maryland, to widespread damage, to homes and public buildings upstate new york down to alabama, causing a lot of mess and spreading hazards along the way. in washington, d.c., cnn captured this video of a man removing a large branch from a city street.