Plus, the homeless woman whose singing has become a sensation. Getting some lifechanging news. The fastest fast food. Which chain has the best service at the drivethrough. The new rankings. And the man who broke into this car and got quite a surprise. Good thursday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with two different reactions to the former Dallas Police officer now sentenced to ten years in prison for murder. Overnight a heated scene played out on the streets of dallas as protesters outraged faced off with police while chanting no justice, no peace. Officers seen arresting at least one person. The clashes came hours after a jury sentenced former officer amber guyger for shooting her neighbor. As protesters gathered the victims family asked for people to focus on this moment of forgiveness in Court Wednesday right here when the victims brother asked if he could give his brothers killer that hug. Overnight emotions running high in dallas. [ crowd chanting ] protester
Thats a linking up a new data highway in space its super speed rail had us coped with natural disasters there on. The glass trying to stop the coral reefs from dying go underwater in billys and look at how conservationists are working to keep them alive. And welcome. Good to have your company. We begin in russia where firefighters backed by the countrys air force a struggling to contain last fire in siberia thats the area that the area that is ablaze is growing with some 45000. Already affected officials said theyve given up their efforts in some of the most remote areas in the hardest hit province of clustering ask residents actual king on. These crews are fighting a losing battle about the vast expanse of disappear in forest they qualify as that summer under the canopy. Helicopters also ferry and reinforcements to combat the smoldering fire on the ground. The difficult thing with these fires is that they cover huge areas and the hard to reach the most effective method is a comprehens
u.s. unprecedentedly severe challenges to the country. he s a little frustrated because he realize we are getting to the bottom of the coronavirus. vice president kamala harris cracking herself up and insulting republicans in the process. why are conservatives bad, mommy? i thought we were supposed to conserve. joe biden can fall seven times on the way up the stairs and nobody will talk about replacing him. steve: good morning sarasota, florida. 8:01 wake-up call, absolutely, 68 degrees. and you are going for a daytime high of 86. and of course, for people who watch a lot of television, sarasota is just a little north of siesta key, which is a very popular place with a lot of people. it is quite salacious. brian: a lot of people will be going on spring break starting this week. and used to cover spring break. steve: she pretty much shut it down. speak to the panhandle, there were two bars that you could go out on the beach. the destin and panama city beach.
the devastation in very direct terms. the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelters are leaving to see if they even have a home to return to. the focus is now on the people who did not evacuate. finding a lot of the roads are impassable. we have a lot of power lines down, a lot of flooding going on. i don t want to speculate on fatalities, but we have had some reports being called into us in reference to potential bodies being found. right now the storm is moving eastward through florida with the carolinas and georgia in its sights with flash flooding a major concern. you c
currently, they will work 24/7, until we get the lights back on again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always face different challenges. and i appreciate all of the support from the state, governor, thank you, and from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, and this is a team sport, and a team effort, and we re going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet, and where we all want to be. thank you. and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained is critical, because you know, it is a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than have to rebuild it, so to see some of that thats was able to withstand a hurricane, it is also just a testament, i mean some of these folks, put money into the resiliency of the infrastructure. and this is like the ultimate test. when you ve got a hurricane that is a massive hurricane coming in at 155 m