in exchange for a quarter of a million dollars. van der sloot was wired $25,000 as part of an fbi sting eventual ly leading to the wire fraud and extortion charges against him. authorities believe he used the money to flee to peru where months later he was arrested for the murder of 21-year-old stephanie flores who died on the fifth anniversary of natalie s disappearance. he was convicted in 2012 and has been serving a 28-year prison sentence. beth holloway talking to savannah in 2015. does it feel like justice to you that he is in jail right now, even if not for the killing of your daughter? justice is being served for stephanie, but until joran faces extortion charges in the u.s., then justice is not being served for natalie. now, we did reach out to van der sloot u.s. attorney, and haven t heard back. we re still waiting on the timing of the extradition and a court hearing here in the u.s. i can t imagine what it s like to be natalie holloway s
atlanta. cal mentioned the delay in dallas. we are clear in terms of the weather in dallas. that s been a volume issue. also the roadways not very traveled. people are driving through their destinations. we are looking at i-90 from boston i-80, new york, chicago, bangor to savannah, georgia, i-95, looking at some rocky weather as well. we could see severe weather in the mid-atlantic as we go throughout the next couple of hours. it s all this area of low pressure that s moving to the north, moving to the east. it s moving slowly and it s bringing heavy, heavy rain. it s a wall of rain. we are looking at anywhere from an inch, inch to a quarter in some spots, before it s all said and done. later on this evening, into the overnight hours. as we switch coast here, we are looking at a persistent storm, a big storm. this is going to be our next weather maker as we go through the next couple days. a snow shower continuing in the mountains. strong winds gusting up to 50, 70 miles per hour. t
indicative of what wind speeds we are expecting in jacksonville, savannah, charleston, bloomington. 50, 60, 70 miles per hour across these areas, bringing power lines down, trees down, rain falls across the streets, exceeding 6 to 8 inches. the storm, certainly, far from over. orlando, the reason why disney world has shut down. hurricane-force gusts, across that region, right now. it was what they ve noticed, the sun coming up, that there will be felt across areas of charleston, and savannah, over the next couple of days. he, and posing so many dangers, and the worst is yet to come. pedram javaheri, we thank you for your forecast. let s bring in cnn s gloria palomino, live in tampa for us. thank you for joining at this hour. we know in his release these conditions overnight. what kind of damage have been seeing there? certainly, the rain, and the wind, has slowed down
wind gusts, just east of this region, pushing well over 100 miles per hour. the concern, moving forward, is it is far from over for a lot of people, on the eastern side. we have some 30 plus million people, including the carolinas, under tropical storm warnings, hurricane warnings, hurricane storm warnings, and tropical watches as well. this is, significant, coverage of these coastal areas, and still, or underneath these alerts. the system will move over, and we do expect the next landfall, friday morning, possibly, close to savannah. maybe out in charleston, as well. comes ashore with 65 mile per hour sustained winds. we expect this to move over the ellen areas of south carolina, producing flooding rain there. we know the significant outages have been left in place, across the state of florida. some 2 million customers in the dark. i wouldn t be surprised to see significant outages around the coast of carolina, going into friday, and saturday. the weekend, really, shipping out to be a
of members of congress vote in their pajamas. they show up to committee hearings on the screens that we watch wearing pajamas. last friday i was with my family on vacation, on a rare break with my family. and i went to the airport, went to savannah, i flew to d.c., and i got out and i did my job. unfortunately, 158 of my colleagues did not. that is over one-third of the so-called people s house. and importantly, when those people go up and they vote by proxy, they are lying. if they are signing a form saying they are doing it because of covid. but you and i both know virtually all of them, if not all of them, were lying when they said it was due to covid. i think that s a problem that i think that s is a very bad message to the american people. yes, i oppose proxy voting, i think we should end it if her republicans are in charge. i also think we should pass legislation to fire bureaucrats who are doing the job. i introduced a bill to do that. and finally, republicans should defund th