without power now. the winds are extremely high. and the water is rising. you can see forces of trees just clinging to i just don t know what they are they been flying through the streets. it s a center block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. no word on the back and now, and the great eye wall is coming through. we ve had some of the strongest winds here so far. good morning, i m philip mena. good to be with you at this hour, i m frances rivera. it s 3 am in the east, midnight out west. thank you for joining us for a special edition of early today as we track the devastating path of hurricane ian. here s what we know at this hour. the strong wind of even already impacting daytona beach along the western coach, as it slowly moves towards orlando. the storm has been downgraded to a category 1, but it still packing a powerful punch. ian made landfall in south must florida, in the fort myers area, where the storm surge submerged buildings. it
Joining me this morning is deborah brown, member of the Naacp National board of directors from virginia. Deborah brown, please stand. Lets give her a round of applause. [applause] now will everyone please stand, everyone please stand for the invocation which will be given by reverend dr. Harold carter, pastor of the New Shiloh Baptist Church in baltimore maryland. Lets all give him a of applause as he comes out. [applause] my dear friends, lets bow our heads and humble our hearts. Before our god. We thank you as always, gracious god, for the gifts of life, for the gift of another day. We still our hearts in your presence because only you have brought us through the night. And we say thank you. And our gracious god, we lift the language of the song that he could basis of the day that you have made and were here to be glad and rejoice in it. With all of the gifts and talents that you provide us with an grant to us, we know that one thing we cannot do is make a day, but we are grateful th
Okay. Happy try day friday. That is somehow you hope a shot. That group that youre looking at at, that is. Crew of disaster musical. If you love 70s music, theyre going to dip in and out of our show. And it just is going to surprise us. You wont be hearing random 70s songs. I got a limb sneak peek at this. I dont ever hang around with celebrities come on. I dont. But there was goldie hawn. I thought we were going to be friends after. We have this problem where we hang out with people on the show. She was like olivia munn gave me her phone number and nothing i recently did it with cheryl crowe. Im like cheryl crowe is going to call or email and she didnt. Were always happy to be here on friday. Joy has hit a new high. Called junk food to joy food. Now there is a cookbook out. People its crazy. You know what i love about it . Its stuff you can make your kids. Macaroni and cheese is milas favorite words. She gives a healthy way to do it, which is something that we can all do. Most of the
Role roadbuilding effort by the end of the week. The sgl spokesman said they were performing an extensive inspection of their worksite. Once the crews feel they were ready to return to work, they will request an approval from a senior sgl manager. The manager will review the work plan with the crew and then decide if they can commence work. That process is now completed for at least some of the locations along i4. The Company Review is separate from the ocean inquiry and the state trooper investigation. Troopers say they walked behind the dump truck and was killed when it backed up. Backup alarms on the dump truck were working. So again, that work will start as early as this evening and will build up until later next week. Not able to fill in the blanks for is whether this safety review will impact any changes. They are satisfied that the workplace will be safe and the this evening. Dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. Angela we are getting new information on the issue of red light cameras in o
Something like that, you know exactly what it is. I heard the kid screaming. Dan police say they are very confident they will make an arrest soon in this case. At 5 00, i will tell you about one more surprising thing the driver did in the intersection right after the collision. We are live in a titusville, dan billow, wesh 2 news. Summer dayshaun hill was not wearing a helmet when he was hit. Meredith the tragic loss of a life at an i4 construction site, has meant revisiting all the safety rules and regulations surrounding each and every job site. Work was shut down wednesday on the i4 ultimate project, after a dump truck backed over the worker, killing him. Wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel joins us live to see when work on the project is expected to start up again. Dave that roadwork is still suspended, even though we saw a lot of activity with workers and equipment up and down i4 today. Safety review to make sure the safety rules in place are sufficient and are being followed. At the actual si