Fires, which gave them plenty of time to get ready and notify residents in the high risk areas. They put up 30 signs around town and mailed out 3,000 notices to homeowners. Weve done a lot of messaging to the community, making sure they knew the risks of the area. Reporter based on the storms forecast, the city has already scheduled street crews to work through the night tomorrow in case there are any major problems. Based on the conditions were anticipating tomorrow, you will likely see city crews checking the storm drain inlets and making sure the water is flowing like it is supposed to. Reporter another major concern is flooding here in mountain grove. The drain pipes are made of plastic and they melted during the fires. The storm drains in older neighborhoods like coffee park were made of concrete and steel so they didnt experience the same types of problems. Is there any concern about Hazardous Materials from the fires possibly spreading in the storm . Reporter we actually asked t
We will be joined shortly by Larry Summers. He has a piece out today in the Financial Times on the dangers of the United States giving of the leadership role in the Global Community of nations. Alix it is still a busy day. We get nonmanufacturing isn data. President trump will lay out his plan to overhaul the u. S. Traffic control system. Tim cook will deliver a keynote address at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. There should be a lot of shakeup especially when it comes to ai. Inathan a deadly attack london over the weekend left seven dead and nearly 50 injured. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdoms broke spoke earlier today. The successes weve enjoyed, we must do more to respond to the changing threat to our country and our way of life. We cannot deny that the threat from islamist extremism is one of the greatest we face. Now isn joining me nejra cehic from London Bridge and andna. What have we heard from the Opposition Party and how does this set us up in three days time . We heard from there
Shelby johnson tells me shes frustrated that no one has been charged in this case yet. She says all they want is justice for jimmy, and closure for themselves. Investigators examine the area of the 700 block of rhomberg one year ago, looking for evidence they can link to the person or people who shot 21year old jimmy richardson. Police say this investigation is still very active, but no charges have been brought forward. Now a year later, richardsons family and friends gather to remember and celebrate the man. His girlfiend at the time, shelby johnson, says its never about it. I dont ever go away. It probably wont ever go away. Richardsons son was just seven months old at the time he was killedhell never know his father. His son has to go his whole life without his dad. He wanted to show his son a lot of things. He was a boxer, and he wanted his son to be a boxer, so i have to johnson and others who knew richardson now pleading for anyone with information to come Forward Police say the
Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with your first forecast. Joe, some rains moving Johnson County is once again looking for a location for an emergency homeless shelter. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson joins us live from iowa city. Mark, whats the plan . Right now there isnt one. But officials hope by spreading the word that they are looking for a place someone will come forward with some space. For the past two years officials in iowa city hav transformed an old grocery store, and Old Office Building into an emergency homeless shelters, during the cold winter months. The efforts have kept Homeless People refusing to go to shelter house. Out of the cold, and out of city hall where many men slept years ago. I wont freeze to death, but if i did it would be an easy nice way to go. But today, past locations are no longer available. Anybody in the community that was experiencing homelessness could come in there whether they were intoxicated, whatever reason it house. Officials at shelter ho
Bags. Reporter joe huisinga is live to tell us what can be done with them. Reporter scott , there are only two free drop off sites left and only one day is left to use them. For businesses who cannot get here in time, there are Community Organizations working to find other solutions. There are reports that businesses would be fined for sandbags left behind. We reached out and the reports the city has no intention of finding any business for sandbags that of that remain. They organized the dropoff sites because they and the city understand that businesses and individuals are going through a hard time and they are more interested in solving problems than in handing out penalties. The Economic Alliance says that are encouraging them to take them to the free dropoff sites. It is business as usual and there is a push right now to get the very last of things cleaned up and get the entire community really looking great. Reporter one of the last dropoff sites is here at Kingston Village under