Of people their power. The controlled takedown of three cooling plants went a little out of control when some of the debris hit a power line. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 19th. So here we are. Trevor ault, first time on the anchor desk. Yeah. How do you feel . I feel great. For the fact that weve got a combined half a week of experience on this show anchoring today, i think things are going pretty well. Whoohoo yeah. I was just going to say, were getting to know each other a little better. From ohio, from philadelphia. Neither of us parents. End of list. Pretty good, though. There you go, welcome. Thank you, appreciate it. Lets get to all the stories happening and were going to begin this half hour with the mass shooting threats and the concerns of copycat attacks following the el paso and dayton attacks. Tristan wicks was arrested after he allegedly sent a series of Text Messages threatening a mass shooting. Police say they got a tip from an exgirlfriend an
But on the other hand, or paw, theres things you should anticipate to keep your pets safe this summer. Dr. Gerard at north Shore Animal League of America Teaching us the tricks to make sure your friends stay cool for the summer. First things first you have to know your dog. Not every dog can tolerate the heat like every other dog. So your brachiocephalic breeds, the ones with short noses reporter like pugs or frenchies. Your dogs with medical conditions, older geriatric dogs, overweight dogs, they cant tolerate the heat. They can overheat very quickly. Reporter how do you know if they are overheating . Understand the signs. The excessive panting. Difficulty recovering. On to things like vomiting, diarrhea. Ataxia, where they become wobbly, know that you have a situation on your hands, that you need to address that. Reporter at that point cool your dog off with water and call your vet. Lucky for us its easy to prevent all of that. His tips . Always supervise your pets when theyre outsid
Aftershock. Heres incentive three clowns. Marlene painted it when she was a teenager. There arent random evil clouds walking ts rft sto commit a crime in. It is literally walking camouflage. A woman was shocked at her front door. By a person dressed in a clown costume. My heart dropped. Smiling and performing now. In a split second, they could wipe out that paint of a smile be killers. Wellington, florida, is just a very monied, sleepy part of south its right up against the everglades. Wellington is one of the richest cities in Palm Beach County. Youve got palm beach, which is the tony island of millionaires and billionaires. Deborah its also home to maralago, president trumps socalled winter white house. And then you have wellington. Youve got the wellington of the equestrian set, where Bruce Springsteen has a house. Quiet but lavish. The houses were built around a grass airstrip, and they all had hangars out back for the owners planes. Deborah now this is the way to go to work every
Purpose in mind and took time to disguise themselves. The clown pulls out fires at pointblank range into marlenes face. The last words i heard my mother say was, oh, how pretty. Then bang. Deborah then you add this costume, this clown costume to it, and it just sort of created a whole bizarreness around it. Its ridiculous. This stuff should not happen. You can hear her gasp. It was just like shock after shock after shock. Marlene warren really liked clowns. Here is a set of three clowns. Marlene painted it when she was a teenager. There arent just random evil clowns Walking Around unless its in the movies. The clown costume is a perfect costume to commit a crime in. Its literally walking camouflage. A woman was shot at her front door. By a person dressed in a clown costume. And my heart dropped. Theyre smiling and performing now in a splitsecond, they could wipe off that paint of a smile and be a killer. Wellington, florida, is just a very monied, sleepy part of south florida. Its righ
Biggest prodemocracy protests yet. Our reporter is there. Recession politics. President trump heads back to the white house facing growing fears over a possible recession. Insisting moments ago we have the strongest economy in the world. But his 2020 rivals say not so fast. The desperate search intensifying tonight for two firefighters missing at sea after setting out on a fishing trip meant to honor a lost relative. And what authorities have just revealed. And the dramatic dock rescue. A cruise ship passenger in a wheelchair falling into the water. And the Good Samaritans who jumped in to save her. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this. Im whit johnson, in for tom llamas. We begin with dangerous weather, battering millions from the midwest to the northeast. The powerful line of storms triggering a microburst outside of pittsburgh, causing electrical wires to pop. The system toppling trees, ripping the roof off of one building, and partially collapsing another. And take a look at