Front burner. The president has put out some proposals. We have seen marco rubio changes position. I think congressional leaders, specifically Speaker Paul Ryan and mitch mcconnell, are going to have to answer questions about what now . What kind of Gun Legislation are you going to move . There is a bipartisan proposal sponsored by sarah chris murphy. It has support on both sides of the aisle. It would increase the system of communication on background checks and sending between various government entities. Say it needs to be shored up. Guncontrol activists are not going to be happy with that. They want stronger complete background checks. Pat toomey says he would said he would revise his old bill that failed a few years ago. I think its going to be something that congressional leaders are going to have to deal with front and center and remember, the florida movement, the student movement, which marched to tallahassee, thats coming to washington next month. This issue is going to be a
Highlevel clouds across southeastern mass, but overall the sunshine winning out. Look at the numbers later on today. Low 80s on average. Sea breezes kicking in along the coastline. Still mild into term evening hours. Temperatures running into the 70s. Here we go. Mid70s to upper 70s along the coastline. Could even fall back a new degrees once the sea breeze kicks in. Boston 80 degrees. Came back into the 70s. Temperatures close to 84 degrees. Nowhere close to this over the sarah time now for fast track traffic with Kris Anderson in for Danielle Gersh again this morning. Kris hi, sarah. Happy wednesday, everyone. If only we could make traffic like it is at 5 00 the whole day. Thats the zakim bridge heading into town. Lets go to the maps and show you what youre dealing with. Not a lot to deal with. 95 connecting with 128. You may have some Road Construction closures to deal work but theyre wrapping all those up at the 5 00 hour so they can get those cones up off the road. North of town,
Breaking news overnight in North Carolina, a scene of riot gear over yet another policeinvolved shooting. Hundreds gathered in charlotte in a tense standoff with police that began with chanting, but ultimately ended in a clash with several protesters and officers injured. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas after demonstrators threw obj a cruisers. It took place near the scene where officers were searching for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they saw a man now identified as Keith Lamont Scott getting out of his car with a gun. At this point all we know is there are in the complex parking lot this subject gets out with a weapon. They engage him and one of the fired his weapon because of that. His family, however, is telling a different story that he was reading a book in his car waiting for his some at a bus stop. Open facebook live, scotts reported daughter streamed video from the scene of the shooting. She is convinced her father was shot because of his race. They repo
Inland. Well watch for that overnight tonight and early tomorrow. Heavier rain on sunday. This will be the pertinent area of low pressure that carves its way into the great lakes. This will send mild air, gusty winds and a batch of heavier rain, looking like about a sixhour window. Id say from about 9 00 a. M. Until 3 00 p. M. , about an inch to an inch and a half of rain in near record highs well into the 50s. More on that forecast coming up in a bit. Christa okay. Lets go over to danielle gershen happy friday to you, danielle. Chris happy friday, christa. Danielle happy friday, everyone. Zakim bridge, leverett connector look good. Go to the maps. No major delays to tell you about yet out there. Coming into town from the north, route 1 looking good. So is 93. The expressway from the braintree split into boston just nine minutes so far this morning. South of town, route 24, 95 and route 3 all looking good so far this morning. The pike wide open out to framingham and enter town from 128
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