This morning on the kron 4 morning news. A possible cause. Plus whats next. At the site of the mission Bay Construction site that went up in flames. A car crashes into a crowd of people at the south by southwest festival, killing at least two people. And campus crackdowns in oakland after two children are sexually assaulted at school. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Breaking news police in austin have arrested the suspect drunk driver that ran through temporary barricades into a crowd at the south by southwest festival earlier this morning. So far, two people have been killed in the incident and 23 others were injured. The Austin Police chief says were on a moped that the driver hit along with pedestrians who were leaving a club where a concert had been held. The man also struck a cab before jumping out of his car and trying to run from police. Officers shocked him with a stun gun and took him into custody. One witness described the chaotic situation. Emergency Officials Say
Here comes the cold and the wind again. After the storm passed through, the capitol dome went dark. We will have more on this coming up in just a minute. Put away your light jacket and grab your winter coat. You are going to need it again. A dramatic shift in our weather happening right now. 6 00. Were 63 degrees at now we are down to 35 degrees. Upd advisory with wind gusts to 50 Miles Per Hour overnight through 11 00 tomorrow morning for the entire area. 4 in alexandria leesburg, 60 mile per hour. The wind gusts are the big stories. At reagandown to 39 national. 29 degrees in hagerstown. Temperatures will head down and the winds will stay up. Air temperatures, 1728 degrees when you wake up. It will feel like it is five degrees. Plenty of sunshine, but it will not it will not do much to warm us up. Unbelievable. Advisory across the area, gusts of 50 Miles Per Hour, took their toll on power lines. Thousands of outages. The majority of them in fairfax, montgomery, and prince georges cou
Good morning to you. Im richard lui. From the brink of war to war of worlds, Vladimir Putin breaking his silence mocked the west comparing Foreign Policy to an experiment involving lab rats. While in kiev, secretary of state john kerry said the opposite this is pledge to invade forward. He pledged 1 billion in u. S. Assistance to the struggling ukraine. Jim joining us now in moscow. Good morning to you. A lot going on to talk about. Perhaps more aide from the eu and perry going to paris. Reporter thats right. Kerry is in paris to discuss with russian counter parts. Richard, i think you could say theres been a change in the past 24 hours as far as potential progress. That clearly comes from putins comments tuesday that he saw no need for the use of force in ukraine and had no desire to annex the peninsula. That allowed the perceptible change from the military confrontation weve been reporting on to take a step back from the brink. Today in crimea things repain tense on the ground. There
Between one3 in. Some areas locally could see as much as four. The snow will linger during the day and then exit this afternoon. The advisory goes until 10 00 a. M. But closer to the lake the Winter Weather advisories will last until about noon. There are some visibility issues out there. We continue to see the snow as it moves through the northern and western communities. Visibility and a light coating early today is the problem. Snow is at its heaviest just north of chicago. You can see the snow down in Downers Grove continuing to move through. King county not as much. Here is how we expect the slosummer to move from the norto the south. Would try out for the afternoon and the evening. The full totals are between 13 in. Potential for more in some areas. The temperatures will not move much. Its 19 at ohare. Current windchill of six at ohare. Lansing is currently at 20. Today our temperatures are mid20s. Are high is 26. Would melt away some of the snow on thursday and friday. Yesterday
From brooke baldwin. We have breaking news from austin, texas, where the annual south by southwest festival takes place. Two people were killed, nearly two dozen injured when a car plowed into a crowd of people waiting outside of a nightclub in downtown austin. The driver, who police say was intoxicated, is now in custody. In just a minute, well talk with an eyewitness to what youre watching right now, but first, rosa flores is following developments. Rosa, what do we know . Well, at this hour, were learning more about how the suspect was apprehended. According to police, this individual was tasered before being taken into custody. Now, we dont know the name of this person, but we already know that he or she faces two counts of capital murder. Multiple people down. Reporter one minute of peril leaves two dead as a driver under pursuit crashes into a crowd of people at south by southwest. People scattered in the streets with serious injuries. Police rushed to the scene, performing cpr a