Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I
This wednesday and we will begin in kentucky were grand jury has chosen not to charge the 3 Louisville Police officers for their role in the death of brianna taylor. Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who burst into her home on march 13th while conducting a no knock warrant in a narcotics investigation. Prosecutors say 2 of the officers who fired their weapons were justified in using force because they were protecting themselves. However, former officer seen here Brett Hankinson who was fired earlier this year for his role in the shooting was charged with 3 counts of wanton endangerment which means extreme indifference to the value of human life. But this was for firing into the apartments of taylors neighbors. These long awaited charges were immediately met with frustration and disappointment. As for months protesters have pressured kentuckys attorney general Daniel Cameron to arrest the 3 officers and now none of them are facing criminal charges in taylors death. And this tea
Local news station. Is so if you would say that the neighbors lives matter more they briana taylors life in this country at the time that we are going through so much racial tension. Its just one black night after the next and it has to stop and it just seems like its increased our lives matter and today they told us that they did not as they have always told us in this country. A heartbreaking day for the family members of Brianna Taylor after a kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Little Police officers directly for her death. Thank you for joining us tonight at 6 im ken wayne and i pale more that decision touched off protests just minutes after the announcement was made and tonight police there are confirming 2 Police Officers have been shot as the protests grow at this hour. We must say its not clear if those shootings are connected to the protests, nonetheless 2 officers have been shot and a curfew is taking effect in louisville right now no word on the condition of thos
If you like todays weather i think you will like it. You will see traffic, you cannot see the traffic on the golden gate bridge. Traffic has died down. Lets talk fireworks. Macys in the midst of a weeklong fire display being launched in different boroughs throughout new york city ending on the fourth of july. Mayor bill de blasio says the exact locations are being kept a secret so people dont rush the areas and they dont want people to be crowding because of social distancing. Still, city leaders argue the fireworks will enter problems with illegal fireworks displays, and thats been a problem in new york and around here. Welcome to mornings on 2. I am mike maibach with gasia mikaelian. People have taken it upon themselves to do the fireworks shows. I got an email from someone who lived near lake merritt, one of the prettiest places and leftparenthesis his like its like the fourth of july every night for the past few weeks. He is hoping between the Mayors Office and the Police Departmen