Marijuana. California officially begins recreational sales. While it could still be hard to find a place to buy it. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Another downright frigid forecast. Temperatures so low, theyre dangerous. Millions of americans battle deadly cold. Its really cold. The new year bringing brutal arctic air, blasting much of the country. Cold weather sticking around for at least the next week. I wish i had some better news for you there. I hate it. I wish i was back in california. South korea offering to hold highlevel talks with north korea. Kim jongun saying the entire u. S. Mainland is within striking distance. President trump responded by saying well see. The death toll rising following days of violent protests in iran. Hundreds of people have also been arrested. The airports all across the u. S. Were impacted by a computer issue for customs and Border Protection causing some long delays. Did you have trouble coming in .
Another hurricane. We open with your world in 90 seconds. We are running out of time. Floridans told to stay safe as irma closes in. It is going to be a west coast system. And its going to cover basically the withhold state of florida. Were already feeling it with only 24 hours or so before it actually makes landfall. 5. 6 million floridans have been asked to leave their homes to evacuatevacuate. It was mostly the most stressful system. There are at least 61 deaths blamed on that earthquake that rocked mexico. 8. 1 quake, the most powerful to hit mexico in a century. Troy gentry of the duo Montgomery Gentry is one of two killed in a Helicopter Crash in new jersey. Don williams has died after a short illness, named the gentle giant of country music. Williams was 68. I gave some High School Student in washington, d. C. , wont soon forget. Stop by to give encouragement. Rafael nadal roars into the u. S. Open final. And all that matters. And taylor to center. The throw home inside the park
Say they have heard from people expressing their anger over the 911 failure which may have left some callers waiting 30 to 50 minutes. Heres what assistant sheriff tom roberts told us it is unclear how many callers were affected over the six hour period. Calls were dispatched to henderson and North Las Vegas where metro staffers went to help answer the rerouted calls after the problem was discovered around 3 30 tuesday afternoon. The Industry Standard for 911 is for a call to be answered in ten seconds. But yesterday callers could have waited 30 to fifty minutes. And before calls were rerouted, some calls were dropped. Roberts apologized to the community. He said it is unlikely a failure like this would happen again. There is additional monitoring and staffing though just in case and to also help figure how the failure happened. He said foul play has been ruled out though. Roberts metro police well that was definitely a concern for us last night with everything thats going on in the wo
Katrina. Its hard to believe that something could do this much damage so quick. North of mississippi in tennessee, those same storms that caused tornadoes caused flooding. 8 people innankin county were rescued from their homes. Another this morning in ashland city. Back in mississippi, sunday i preached on how to handle storms if thats believable. I guess gods saying you know youre gonna practice what you preach. No major deaths or even injuries have been reported from these tornadoes. As for the First Baptist church, the pastor said had the tornado hit just 24 hours later, there would have been an entire group of children inside this classroom for bible study. David begnaud, cbs news collinsville mississippi. lets get to sherry with a look Sherry Swensk this line of storms has stayed alive for about 48 hours now. Leaving behind the destruction of the twisters. But also very heavy rains causing flooding. The storms are heading across the coast right now. Heavy rain and thunderstorms. B
roberts i know weve received some complaints. You know i know our call takers last night when we began dispatching calls again i know there some very unhappy citizens. Vanessa Murphy its unclear what impact the failure may have had. But think about a call for example for domestic violence. hannah brook safe nest it can escalate very quickly and so every single Second Counts Vanessa Murphy hannah brook works for safe nest which helps victims. brook its already a very volatile situation and so if theyre picking up that phone because its a life or death situation, then it can honestly mean between life or death. Vanessa Murphy roberts says the department does not yet know how many callers were affected. Or what caused the failure but foul play has been ruled out. roberts well that was definitely a concern for us last night with everything thats going on in the world today. Vanessa Murphy the 911 system was replaced in december. The Department Says it will cost dollars over the next ten ye