Votes on some of those amendments in the 4 00 hour. Now to live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. All mighty and eternal god we pause this morning to express our gratitude. Especially give thanks and pray for our nation. Praying for unity where there is division. Praying for peace where there is discord. Praying for love where there is hatred. Praying for the eradication of l forms of racism, sexism, gism, inequality, and poverty. Praying for an end to xenophobia, homophobea, and all othererphobias that might plague and oiceon our nation. Poison our nation. Praying we continue to strive for justice and peace for all people. And always respect the dignity of every human being. O lord, bless these united and for united we stand divided we fall. May we be more loving and compassionate, more understanding and giving, more inviting and welcoming. And bless all elected officials , the communities they serve, and every state, every commonwealth, every city, every district, on every s
Working on the phone problem. It hopes to get it fixed very soon. Right now in baton rouge. A state of emergency in effect in louisiana. Historic rains triggering massive floods. Taking out entire communities and forcing tens of thousands of people to ask for rescue. And the waters are still rising after 6 people are dead. The Louisiana National guard is on the ground but more than 200 roads are closed or impassable. Sot gov. John bel edwards d louisiana we have road louisiana. The water is dangerous in terms of the coverage on the roads. President obama declared louisiana a major disaster. 12 thousand people are in shelters. Many of them grabbed whatever they could, others escaped with just the clothes on their backs. ad lib and toss to wx will continue that trend into today high temperatures look to range between 107 and 112 common along with uv indices being very high starting up around noon and continuing into 4pm. Winds will kick up to 1020 mph with occasional gusts between 25 and
Front is driving into nevada and will help develop breezy to windy conditions the next few days. The high pushing east and the lows counter clockwise flow off the coast will actually help pull some moist weather from into arizona the ne that is expected to reach mohave county. The means some of our local mountains could get some showers or thunderstorms heading into the labor day weekend. The uv index is 9 of good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk anything but ordinary. And with polls showing the two frontrunners are the most disliked candidates in history. Some voters have been eyeing thirdparty options. Fox5s Alyssa Deitsch joins us live in studio with one Major Third Party candidate facing hurdles even getting on the ballot here in the silver
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Spaghetti bowl and all of those area as they have in the past. Reporter nd. O. T. Has seen early signs of success with other projects like project neon. This past weekend, the 95 to 15 closure wrapped up three hours early. Unexpected gift. Reporter tony illia with n d. O. T. Said the Construction Projects are a necessity for valley growth. We expect traffic will double in the next 20 reporter getting a break on the roadways, he says theres only one way forward and thats to get it done. Cars going over four lanes at a time. Reporter and for drivers, like daniels, having to hit the brakes during these repair projects might be worth it in the end. I prefer not to but if it makes the commute better, yes. Expand from four lanes to six lanes. That construction will start in october. And ndot expects it will be completed early 2018. Reporting live, im christy wilcox, news 3. Back to you. Thank you. Changes coming on the roads and a change in our weather. You can see it here on our live images