Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Campaign in ohio. Meanwhile senator ted cruz campaigned in illinois today. He made a few appearances in North Carolina along with former rival carly fiore. Governor john kasich is focusing on his home state of today. Kasich is trying to take home a big win in ohio tomorrow. The winner of ohio will receive laurie on the democratic side about the clinton campaigned on b of a have behalf is had wife hill i. Hilary. Sanders meanwhile is hoping for a repeat of m mhigan last when can where he overcame a 20 point polling deficit. Sanders campaigned in akron, ohio earlier today and will also be campaigning in missouri. Local10 has you covered. Joins for a special one hour newscast tomorrow night at 9 00 p. M. As the results roll in and be sure to watch more from the campaign trail coming your w w alvin it was a chaotic spring break weekend on miami beach. A number of fights broke out and two people were shot and one of them kled. Local10 News Reporter Terrell Forney has more now on what police
Dont know what thing is. Theres speculation he might announce a running mate. Not to mention from a candidate who is not actually winning, not the frontrunner or all of this could be an endorsement but maybe a big endorsement. One thing is clear, fresh off his 05 showing yesterday he wants this moment to be big. Listen. Last night was Donald Trumps night and today is indianas day. Indiana now has the chance to speak. Not only for hoosiers across the state but for people across this country that value midwestern common sense and value good judgment. Following the Cruz Campaign and joining us from indianapolis, what more are you hearing about what this big announcement is at 4 00 p. M. Today . Reporter well, kate, like you said, we are hearing he did a big announcement but it is still a secret. The Cruz Campaign is very mum on what the announcement is. Clearly they are trying to make moves here to try to refocus attention on their campaign after that bruising defeat last night. Senator c
Out for the first time after accusing Harvey Weinstein of rape. Her fiery speech to other women saying, im just like you. We start with the new controversy over the first awarding of the contract to rebuild puerto ricos power grid perfo. After hurricanes of maria and irma hit, a quarter dont have access to clean drinking water. Delaying restoring services could be a matter of life and death. Now Puerto Rico Power Authority has awarded a 300 Million Contract to a Small Montana Company Called whitefish. The terms of the contract have a lot of folks asking questions. Two audits are under way. The results of one audit is due today. Puerto ricos governor. If there is no wrongdoing, done correctly, well push forward. If there is wrongdoing, you know, in this process or any process, there will be hell to pay. Meanwhile at this hour, senator imprebernie sanders is puerto rico. Hes also meeting with san juans outspoken mayor cruz whos been quite critical of the whitefish deal. In washington que