Jason good friday morning. I m jason guy. Another chilly morning. And it is not as cold as yesterday. We are right at 50 degrees. Amy sweezey is here. We may need a coat this morning. Amy it is warmer than yesterday. We have clear skies. After 7 00, we will see the temperatures drop more. Through sunrise, plenty of sun today. In, 70 degrees. We will be warmer than we were in the afternoon hours. Mid 70 s most spots. Getting a lot into the warm zone, warmer than average. Temperature change, some of us a few degrees warmer than yesterday. We had frost in a lot of central florida. We are 15 to 22 degrees warmer this morning. Koehler in sanford. 46, daytona beach. 45, melbourne. Lots of sunshine, but the wind will kick up. It will not be gusty like earlier this week. We will get enough of the breeze out of the southwest that it will bring in the warm air and bring our temperatures up to warmer than average. We will talk more about your weekend forecast in a few minutes. Jason we begin with
Handed over to three private Healthcare Companies and will no longer be run by state government. But lawmakers in the senate still want to stop that from happening. Today senators debated on a bill introduced by democratic senator pam jochum that would stop the privatization of medicaid in iowa. 11 18 15 so heres it folks we have a chance today to say, stop. Lets start over. Lets come together as iowans we did that on the iowa health and wellness plan we can do it perfect; its not. But it doesnt need this. 01 24 the Senate Debated and passed the bill 29 to 19. It had support from just three Senate Republicans. They agreed the privatization efforts were moving too fast. Governor branstad introduced the with the january 1st. But the federal government stepped in, noting the program wasnt ready, and delayed that start date to march 1st. Governor branstad says privatizing medicaid will save the state as much as 51 Million Dollars in the first six months. The majority of Senate Republicans
Weekend. Highs will continue to be 15 degrees below normal. Keeping an eye on late sunday into monday as a quick moving storm system could give us a brush of winter precipitation. This would Church Shooter dylann roof. Of himself was not in court today. Prosecutors told the judge in a hearing this morning that they were ready for trial, but roofs lawyers said they are not. Both sides are waiting for the justice departments decision on whether to seek the Death Penalty against roof. Defense lawyers say roof will plead guilty if the Death Penalty is taken off the table. Roofs Death Penalty trial for state charges is scheduled for july 11. Were learning new details about a student yesterday at camden high. Student johnquevious jay dashonjames Johnston Police report pulled aside in school when administrators heard he had a firearm. School officials he did it because of concerns over a situation in the neighborhood. Search small handgun with a clip in it. Kershaw county Detention Center cha
Showed up this meeting to let county officials know their feelings. The county told them the 2. 2 million project, funded by the penny tax, was approved by voters, so that money cant be spent on anything else. But transportation director rob perry wants to hear feedback good or bad. I dont want to just hear, i hate it. i want to hear, i dont like it and heres why, or i do like it here, or i can live with it there. of course, not everyone is opposed. We do see the longterm value of this is worth pursuing anyway, because we may not get another opportunity in the future. When it comes to crime, Elliott Powell belives a beautiful, wellmaintained and monitored trail will actually drive off criminals and undesireables already in the woods along gills creek. Moshier disagrees. Im in these woods everyday, and im not sure the people saying that are in these woods. The project is in councilman greg pearces district, and he was there tonight. Pearce told the crowd to beware misinformation about t
Windchills right now in the Single Digits to lower teens. Current windchill in d. C. Coming in at 14 degrees. This is the way it will be the next few days. Tomorrow at least we bump back up into the mid20s for windchills but look at saturday and sunday. Single digits most likely even below zero at times Early Saturday Morning and again early sunday morning. We rebound on sunday ahead of the next storm system. The headlines a frigid night tonight. But as cold as it is today it gets even colder or the weekend. And then tracking our next storm. It will have snow, it will have ice, it will have rain. Its got a lot with it. Well talk about it and ill show you what it moves in. Weve got it all in a minute. All right, doug. Right now at 4 00, were waiting at the live desk for a News Conference on the zika virus beginning in maryland. Well look live at the department of health and Mental Hygiene in baltimore. Folks will go to the podium and address the media in a few moments. Our chris gordon