First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Fires in six southeast states this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As ried binion reports, the smokey air is becoming hazardous. Wildfires fueled by unusually dry conditions are causing Health Concerns for communities in the southeast. Upwards of 30 large fires in six states. And filling skies across the region with a smokey haze. The blanket of smoke so widespread that its visible from space. Captured in satellite images from nasa. The Health Impact of poor air quality has been particularly severe in tennessee. Where its landed more than 200 people in the hospital with breathing difficulties. Fire officials are carefully planning their battle against the flames. Taking the what we dont want is to put the fire out and have 50 or 60 yards of fuel ready for reignition. Effor ts to extinguish the fires hampered by a continuing drought. And the constant threat
Harassment. The unwanted advances she said shes experienced throughout her career. I remember thinking to myself this is happening again . Leading to the blockbuster allegations that helped cost roger ailes his job. Why shes coming forward and telling her story now only on gma. A hero brothers splitsecond decision. The 9yearold rushing in to save his baby brother from this terrifying fall. I just ran and i caught him but i cant even carry him so i dont know how that happened. The scary close call and what his mother is saying about that moment and her warning for all parents. . And good morning, america. Happy thursday to everyone. Mike, i think we have a kid who has a future in pro football. He was so fast. That kid deserves a Christmas Present of all Christmas Presents and any time his younger brother acts up when he gets older say lets go to the videotape. Youre right about that. This morning all eyes on seen all kinds of vips heading in. No one really knows whats going on behind th
Entire of the 55 Million Dollar modernization. And acknowleding the planning that went on, the Airport Commission chairman says they were guided with the idea of changing the now 30 year old terminal in a way that future Airport Commissions would still find useful. This commission really felt the we now, the commission 30 years from now and passengers, appreciate the work that we did, and that it is a sustainable, well thought out project. Now the next phase of construction will probably start sometime next year, and it will go on about a year and a half. Some things will be behind the scenes, some things will be rather disruptive, like totally changing this concession area. Airport leaders hope passengers will think the end result is worth it. Live in meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first even with filtered sunshine, we have a warm day ahead thanks in part to erly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not droppi
Greatly expand with some of the space coming by reducing the size of this outside bar and restaurant. Airport leaders say passengers now spend much more time in boarding areas past security so this space will grow significantly with more food and drink Service Choices next to airline gates. Thats a great idea too, yeah, we came up here to sit and wait for our flight and were going to be here for an hour. At least yeah thats really transformed nationally how concessions are managed post 911 so people want to get through keep an eye on their gate and then relax. As for airport leaders, they probably wont be able to relax for another three years when all the work should be finished. The next phase of airport renovations here is the big one which will use up the bulk of the 55million dollar price tag. Airport directors say there will be disruptions so theyll try to let passengers know what is coming well ahead of time. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. The preparations for
Us most of the month will be gone very soon. Our strong cold front is still on track to push through waterloo around 9am, iowa city and cedar rapids areas around 10am, and the dubuque area around 11am. Highs for the day will occur just prior to the frontal passage, with a rapid drop in temperature to around 40 by sunset. In addition, very strong wind will accompany the front with gusts around 40 mph possible. This weekend, plan on cold temperatures to be in the area with highs only around 40 and lows in the lower 20s. The wind will make it feel colder. In terms of the next good rain chance, thats still on track to move in around tuesday wednesday of next week. Have a good weekend today windy with isolated showers and falling temperatures. Wind w 2040. High 62 tonight a few sprinkles flur ries are possible, staying windy. Wind nw 20 wind nw 1530. High 40 tom. Night clear and cold. Wind nw 510. Low 20 thanks kaj. Thanks kaj. Police say the amount of crime in chicago is having a clear inf