Senior citizen to go into space. Sound john glenn 58 1 03 although i always wanted to go up again, i never thought age would be an advantage. Glenn went through a battery of physical tests. And then. In october 1998. Natsoundbooster ignition. And liftoff of the shuttle discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. Glenn spent almost nine days in space. Conducting more than 80 experiments on weighlessness and aging. And reflectinghi dont think you can be up here and look out the window. Out at this creation out here. And not believe in god. In 2012, president obama presented glenn was highest civilian honor. The medal of freedom. Throughout his life, john glenn called himself a very lucky man. God speed john glenn. Mark barger, nbc news glenn once joked that the only astronaut he was envious of was his fellow ohio native, to walk on the moon. John glenn was 95. We know. Its december weather in wisconsin. But after the mild weather we had over the past few months
Now at 4 30 violence breaks out overnight in milwaukee, as three seperate shootings leave four people dead. One of those shootings, near 107th street and appleton, left a man and woman dead inside a home. Also in the home. Two children. Found hiding from the gunfire. Ann sterling with more now around 1 30 this morning. Neighbors say they heard screams followed by numerous gun shots and thats when they called police. Isley rogers cousin thats our cousin and they just confirmed hes dead and i see our family outside mourning. Isley rogers says her cousin lived inside this home on the citys far northwest side. He was discovered dead early this morning. Police say a man and woman were shot multiple times and 2 children were discovered hiding in another room. Kylin hide in a closet and hear the gunshots. Hear the commotion and not knowing whats going on until they came out of the closet. Kylin banks lives next door. He says the family just moved into the house last summer. It was a real good
Guidelines when heading out on the ice. Two inches and under they advise you stay off the ice. They say at least 4 inches of ice is a safe bet for walking or ice fishing. Snowmobiles and atvs. 5 to 6, small cars and trucks 8 to 12 and for anything bigger at least a foot. The city of Milwaukee Department of public works is getting ready for the several inches of snow expected to fall in milwaukee over the weekend. Lauren winfrey is liit department is doing to prepare. Safe and passable. Those are the two words emphasized most today during the department of Public Works Press conference that wrapped up just a couple of hours ago. The department has a plan to clear snow and ice and keep milwaukees streets safe and passable in fact laura daniels, ddirector of operations says her team has been preparing for the citys first snow fall since the summer implementing a new brining technique this year if we get the higher limits of the snow predicted, we will have a snow emergency in all likeliho
Kenosha county is one of the areas expected to be hardes hit by the storm. This afternoon i spoke with the citys director of public were not the only one experiencing the deep freeze. Much of the country has gotten its first taste of arctic temperatures. Chris pollone takes a look at how snow is causing headaches natural soundfrom the Pacific Northwes natural soundto upstate new yorknatural sound and even as far south as texa winter has announced its arriva even though the calendar still says fall. Soundno i. D. Mos 1013it is a little bit of a shock because it has been pretty mild this winter. A blast of arctic air has settled over the northern half of the countr bringing single digit temperatures to parts of the plains and midwes and keeping all but the heartiest of people inside. Soundno i. D. Mos 25 27i prefer to run outside so i just bear it and i do it. Lake effect snow is lake more than a foot in upstate new yorknatural sound wowthe conditions even spawning a rare water spout ove
And the National Weather service now dropping a lot of the advisories and warnings up to the north and west because the back edge is starting to move into our area. But, still, as you mentioned, a winter storm warning in effect for our entire viewing area, the times that it expires, a little different. Up to the north, 6 00, for sheboygan, fond du lac, and dodge counties, but then the central part of our viewing area, expect to see the winter storm warning drop at 8 00. Milwaukee, racine and kenosha ti storm warning extended until 10 00 tonight. Before all is said and done. Its fairly safe to say they will see between a half a foot and nine to ten inches of snow across our entire viewing area. Heres a look at storm team 4 max radar, the back edge of precipitation now pushing into the northwestern part of our viewing area. Thats why you folks will see that winter storm warning expire. Theres still heavy snow, moderate to heavy snow extending all the way from the metro area walworth and