red chevrolet pickup truck came down the street. the people didn t have a chance. and mom flew all the way from the corner here, and the girl flew all to the t sidewalk. the police say the mother died apparently on impact. he body lies at least 40 feet from where the truck struck here and another female. the injured woman was taken to a local hospital in what was called grave condition. the young girl, was laying down. she was her head was all bloody, and she was conscious. reporter: the accident happened in front of the mariott hotel in north main and paradise drive. the driver of the pickup truck had to be distracted from the truck by ems crews crews and han hospitalized. police are investigating whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident. first reports were that both victims were mother and daughter. but revealing th revealing the relationship between the two. except to say that the woman who was injured is inndition. condition. the condition of the d
a speech which ringingly endorsed president obama and answered accusations launched at last week s republican convention. nbc s tracie potts is live for us in charlotte. she has more on this. tracie, good morning. reporter: lynn, good morning. he is arguably the strongest voice in the democratic party right now. last night he was right here explaining why he thinks the current president needs four more years. the democrats most popular living president, bill clinton, making the case to re-elect barack obama. no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. defending health reform are we better off because president obama fought for health care reform? you bet we are. he attacked what he called lies about medicare cuts and welfare reform and condemned mitt romney s plan to reduce the debt and boost the economy. we simply cannot afford to give the reins of government to someone who will double down on trickle-down. in the offici
even chairs. you have a picture of one lactation room and another break room and another in the commander office. we had an instance this weekend when an officer was naked from the waist up when she was trying to pump breast milk. reporter: cathy lanier said rooms are available secure. and now that i ve made the accommodations, complaints are come in and i m not sure what else we can do. reporter: the law requires lactation rooms and bauman is struggling to know why things changed in the first place. the medical director is said to have made the ruling, but they have no medical director. there is no evil this policy was working. it was working. breast feeding is something that is a choice by the parent and we support that choice. we ll accommodate them every way we can. some officers are not feeling accommodated. i did manage to find one officer who would speak to us and we agreed to protect her identity and this is what she had to say. they expect you persona
good evening, i m doreen gentzler. and i m jim vance. the storm made landfall an hour ago south of the texas/mexico border. grant stinchfield is in south padre island, texas. reporter: the wind powers down as locals hunker down prepared to ride out the storm. people along the south texas coast are taking a pounding. high winds and heavy rain are causing power outages, flooding and even tornadoes. i m just going to hope we can make it through the night. reporter: as alex lumbers its way on shore, it s dumping rain faster than the rio grande can handle it. they re saying it s not going to handle it. reporter: some residents in brownsville are already seeking cover from the early season storm in shelters. alex is the first atlantic june hurricane in 15 years. in mexico, alex is becoming even more dangerous. as the eye of the storm moves on shore there. if flooding is intense, alex is forcing thousands to evacuate coastal fishing villages. hundreds of miles away in th