Everything in northern delaware. Trees toppled, power lines snapped, and crews around New Castle County working around the clock to restore electricity. For the first step it is to walk the whole thing down to identify what cast cause of the outage and what is damage we need to repair. Reporter then actual work, Shawn Kennedy is with peco but he with 200 other crews from as far away as chicago are helping del marva power linesman fix trouble spots. We can bring our own sister co in, doesnt cost customers money and we can use the strength to restore power in a more timely, quick manner. All the while, independent contractors are removing trees , many which snapped like twigs because of the ice, and wind. Were looking at the majority to get back on line by this evening. Reporter pal inner hopes his home is one of them. This is bad. I got no tv, no computer, that means i have to talk to my wife all day. Back here live in New Castle County delaware you can see what the situation is like he
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It happened in tacoma, washington, just hours ago when the officer responded to a Domestic Violence call. He was shot several times and died later at the hospital. This was the solemn scene as his body was taken away. The suspect was believed to be barricaded inside the house overnight. The neighborhood on lockdown. 133 Law Enforcement officers have died in the line of duty so far this year. That is more than all of last year. Also breaking overnight, protesters hit the streets of charlotte, north carolina, angry that prosecutors will no shooting of keith scott. The demonstrators say they dont believe scott was armed when the officer shot and killed him in september. But the District Attorney says scott had a gun in his hand and a holster on his ankle and released a video from earlier that day showing him with an apparent bulge around that same ankle. This is him at that Convenience Store earlier in the day. And the breaking news from the bay area, the fourth and final inmate who escap
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We are following a number of breaking news stories. Were going to start with another Police Officer gunned down in the line of duty. It happened in tacoma, washington, just hours ago when the officer responded to a Domestic Violence call. He was shot several times and died later at the hospital. This was the solemn scene as his body was taken away. The suspect was believed to be barricaded inside the house overnight. The neighborhood on lockdown. 133 Law Enforcement officers have died in the line of duty so far this year. That is more than all of last year. Also breaking overnight, protesters hit the streets of charlotte, north carolina, angry that prosecutors will not charge a Police Officer in the deadly shooting of keith scott. The demonstrators say they dont believe scott was armed when the officer shot and killed him in september. But the District Attorney says scott had a gun in his hand and a holster on his ankle and released a video from earlier that day showing him with an app