Nuclear weapons program. With every test kim jong un moves closer to his stated goal of a Preemptive Nuclear strike capability against american cities. Reporter north koreas 30something dictator has already threatened to strike new york, washington, colorado and hawaii. For now, its bluster, but he is working on Nuclear Weapons that would make it more than just talk. When he threatens the United States, thats one level, but when he threatens the United States with a capability of realizing that threat, thats a different place. Reporter a statement by the director of the National Intelligence and secretary of state and secretary of defense said their aim is to use economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure to convince north korea to dismantle its nuclear program. Behind the pressure lies the threat of u. S. Military firepower on display in field exercises in south korea and a port visit by a nuclearpowered submarine. In a few days, the carrier vinson will be operating off the coast, and
Mr. Trump summoned all 100 u. S. Senators to the white house to hear the latest on the threat posed by north Koreas Nuclear program. The president has not ruled out force, and david marten is following this. Reporter senators were bussed to the white house for a closeddoor briefing by the president s Top National Security advisers with a cameo appearance by the commander in chief himself. Senator chris koons is a democrat from delaware. And just how much thought has gone into military actions if called for and a diplomatic strategy that strikes me as a clear eye. Reporter admiral harry harris laid out the stakes involved in north Koreas Nuclear with every test kim jong un moves closer to his stated goal of a Preemptive Nuclear strike capability against american cities. Reporter north koreas 30something dictator has already threatened to streike nw york, washington and colorado. When he threatens the United States, thats one level, but when he threatens the United States with a capabili
dave toss to Vanessa Ruffes vanessa ckey Vanessa Ruffes . T . fox13traffic vanessa we have a crash along u. S. 92. This is going to be in the mango area, west of mango blockage. Make sure youre being alert and using caution in the area. Be alert here. Debris on the roadway southbound 75 getting off onto the westbound selmon expressway. On the ramp itself, fhp reporting a right lane will be blocked by the debris so be careful. Russell Tampa Shopping Center in flames. Three alarm fire started around 9 00 last night at the big and hillsborough avenue. Took crews three hours to bring it all under control. Four people working inside when it started. They all got out okay. There were some concerns that the roof could collapse so tampa fire rescue called for backup. The Fire Marshalls Office will be there to investigate into how it might have started. Laura today a hearing could determine when john jonchuck, junior can face first degree murder charges in the death of his daughter phoebe. He i
Over tampa bay and looking to the east. Beautiful conditions. Back toward the coast, its mild. Clearwater 73. St. Petersburg 73. Tampa at 71 and youve got mid o upper 60s for areas i and for today, i mean, very, very similar to yesterday in that well probably get back to the upper 80s for a brief period of time with just one or two tiny passing showers through the area. The big changes come friday night and well detail those in a little bit. I do want to check vanessa at 7 00. Vanessa good morning. Pasco county, we have building delays eastbound state road 54 and this is due to a crash thats reported at trinity boulevard. State road 54 is a big mess yesterday morning and looks like at least at this point, it will be a big mess once again. Lanes are blocked. Worst in the eastbound direction, enough that youll want to take trinity boulevard instead. We have sky fox heading to the scene. Well get you live pictures as soon as possible. Heres another crash thats still working. Delays are no
Weve got lot of drier air aloft. Showers just dont get a chance to really get going. Here are current 8 oclock temperatures 72 in tampa. 74 in st. Petersburg. 70 in venice as well bartow, frostproof. So another beautiful day. I this want to say uncomfortably warm seasonably warm this afternoon High Temperatures sneak back to the upper 80s. Vanessa. All right dave thank you. Pasco county roads unfortunately this morning a big old mess. Heres look at our current trouble spots starting off 75 near state road 56. You can see lots of southbound delays. A single left lane thats going to be blocked in this area. Make sure youre giving yourself extra time. To this crash we mention it had in last report. Last hour state road 52 at u. S. 41. South intersection lane blocks and delays along 41 northbound southbound eastbound delays along state road 52. Then this one unfortunately still working we had a big crash on 54 near trinity boulevard blocking some eastbound lanes and so it was pretty jammed