and there you see it. a major storm heading for the tampa area that could deliver the first direct hit there in a century then not move for nearly two full days. already people in areas are ordered to leave. the local sheriff is warning anyone who defies the order and stays, you re on your own. we just received a new advisory from the national hurricane center. we re in the weather center with the very latest and new advisory. what does it say, tom? john, we don t have much in the way of changes except the pressure is dropping. and it usually takes a while when that pressure drops, the storm gets stronger. so what we re going to notice here is even though the winds have not changed, still 100 mile per hour sustained winds, they will start to increase now greatly. when that pressure drops, the equivalent to a stronger wind pattern. the they re just heat engines. they feed on that warm water. that warm water then as it rises up changes the energy and goes to wind the we re 13
hearings in, and yes, 20 months away from january 6th. but we are still finding out new information as of tonight. and the information is raising even more questions, interestingly enough, the questions about the trump white house s involvement in the attempt to overthrow our democracy. that s really what the whole thing is about, the heart of what the committee has been trying to get to the bottom of according to what they have said time and time again for about nine hearings and for more than a year. so, will we see anything new, or will this just be a kind of summation? well, we ve been told to expect new footage we haven t yet seen before and new witness testimony according to the committee s chairman. and remember those missing secret service text messages, we re apparently going to hear more about those and the agents who have allegedly been uncooperative with the panel. there were secret service agents who were playing a hugely important and very courageous role, and
First impeachment, and what is your reaction to this . It is another milestone in the compatibility of the events that culminated january 6th. You have three lawyers participating, and a federal judge has called assault on the 2020 election a coupe in search of a legal theory. Jenna ellis today, last week, Ken Cheese Sebro and sidney pows plea are important, because ms. Ellis spoke to the false facts that underlie the assault. So i think it is a significant milestone as we continue to seek accountability for the the events of the 2020 election. Yeah. Norm, standby for one second, because i want the bring back in Nick Valencia who was the only journalist inside of the courtroom for the moment of the emotional statement from jenna ellis. Nick . Yeah, i just got out of the courtroom where we saw jenna ellis take that guilty plea, and the dominos are starting to fall against the former president , and another blow of the defense as yet another attorney takes a guilty plea from the allegati
Eyewitness news. Hurricane hermine gaining strength and heading for the florida coast. The latest on the path. And when we might begin feeling the impact here in North Carolina. Our state already bracing for impact from hermine. A look at the emergency preparations now underway. And. The issue pitting the Durham Rescue Mission against the city it serves. Eyewitness news starts right now. Hurricane hermine getting stronger. slamming the gulf coast of florida. And heading right for North Carolina. The category one hurricane making landfall laster tonight. And then itll move up toward us. Governor mccrory declaring a state of emergency. And getting briefed by emergency officials. mandatory evacuations are underway for visitors on Steve Daniels and im tisha powell. This hurricane is the first to hit florida in more than a decade. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann in the first alert raleigh storm center. Chris what are the latest models showing . Hermine is a minimal hurricane with winds of
Wes hohenstein is tracking this is some. This is a hurricane on the doorstep of hitting florida by the time he gets here, it will not be a hurricane. It will not be a major impact tropical system for our area. It will be decent. We will have some gusty winds add tomorrow is when it starts. Tonight a couple of things to play now point out. See the black that is just a few miles away from happening. In the meantime, they are getting drenched with rain in florida and georgia and you can tell that they also have some tornado warnings. A lot of this to worry about out there. The latest just and from the National Hurricane center northeast at 14 miles per hour. No big changes tonight. We expected to move inland in the next few minutes by friday morning early it will be over georgia and South Carolina friday night and then late friday night through Early Saturday Morning it will cross over our area. It is tomorrow morning that the rain arrives here. In no major changes tonight. Here is the ne