Good evening on this wednesday night. And we begin with those tornado sirens ringing out across several states. Real concerns late today we would see even more. And difficult weather into the night. These twisters have been deadly. More than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. Many striking as people slept. Those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into shelters. One of those parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. Tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abcs phillip mena in alabama. Tornado warning. Reporter tonight, a fullon tornado outbreak is hammering the south. This massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. Water spouting crashing ashore. In atlanta, tornado sirens sound the alarm, as residents shelter immediately. Reporter this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. It looks like a war zone up here. Reporter residents emerged from storm shelters t
Are quite a bit. Bringing him back to good health is costly. A gofundme was created after the incident at the beginning of the month. Its since raised nearly 8thousand dollars. Again, supervisor stacy walker is going to be speaking later tonight. Well have his comments tonight at 10 live in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg tv nine news. For protesting the Bakken Oil Pipeline at the iowa utilities board offices in des moines. Jessica reznicek faces a trespassing charge after the protest. Police say she refused their orders to leave the building this morning. Reznicek and others who call themselves water protectors want the iowa utilities board to rescind construction permits for the Dakota Access pipeline. They are drinking water. But the board says it isnt addressing protestors. The board issued its final decision in march. Thats being litigated so we cant comment on litigation. The pipeline is already in the ground in much of iowa. Lets turn now to the weather and meteorologis t j
Face any charges. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders was at the fundraiser inside the African American museum of iowa in cedar rapids. Forrest, family and friends are still waiting for answers regarding the shooting . And a great deal remain. Police have declined to release much more than what we just told you. Including dash cam video from that night saying, Early Release could compromise the investigation. A lot of Unanswered Questions but also a lot of nat cheers erupted as Jerime Mitchell showed his face from a hospital bed via skype on wednesday night. He thanked the crowd of perhaps more than 300 for coming. So large, it pushed the capacity limits for the event space. Its amazing. I think the turn out speaks a lot to my brothers character. If you look around that room, its all walks of life. Hopes of getting lower extremities moving again. Family said the medical bills are pilling up. Money raised at the benefit aimed to help pay them down. Organizers were collecting donations and holding
A few hours ago stacy acted as a private citizen stepped up and says he is calling for a special prosecutor to handle the grand jury in the jones case the officer who shot and wounded a suspect who was pulled over at the very beginning of the month. We talked to stacy walker impartiality and transparancy, i think it just makes sense to bring in a third party here a special prosecutor to bring the facts and the evidence of the dci investigation to the grand jury that will be made the decision. If you consider the fact that the victim a case that involved lucas jones and another involved officer shooting you consider the fact that he has to maintain a professional relationship with Law Enforcement, in the interest of partiality and transparency makes sense to bring in a thirdparty to bring the facts and evidence to the understand that stacy walker is speaking as a private individual. Jerry mitchells family also backs the decision and they say it would be a huge step in creating more trus
Showers end this evening. A few 30s. A few flurries linger friday cloud with high rain snow saturday night into early sunday morning. High temperatures this weekend are in the upper 30s and low 40s. Morning. We continue to track the potential for a large winter storm to impact iowa where across iowa or the the place from update to update. In tennessee, the death toll from after more bodies were recovered today in the great smoky mountains. Dan scheneman has the latest tonight. This weeks fires forced some 14thousand people to flee to safety. In the aftermath of the chaos. Evacuees now must search for loved ones. Michael reed hopes to hear from his family. Looking for my wife constaenccr. Esiuh and my daughter lilly whos nine. And my other daughter chloe whos least seven lives and that figure could rise as search and rescue missions continue. Some families who did not lose loved ones. Lost their homes. Jeri morgans house was destroyed. Along with priceless mementoes from her late mother