President obama has called it the biggest frustration of his time in office. His struggle to pass gun control legislation. Details on his new plan jessica rae and that very plan has already had a negative reaction among th republican party. Including surging gop contender ted cruz. Who was stumping in iowa yesterday. Jessica rae plus before the president s announcement. Gun sales here in iowa saw a mediocre rise in one iowa county. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning on this wnesday. We begin this morning with president obama and his plans for stricter gun laws. Background checks will expand for many, but not all private sales. However, it does include sales at gun shows and online. The government will provide more money for Mental Health treatment as well as more smart gun technology. And states will be encouraged to report people who should be kept from buying weapons. Reporter tom foreman looks at the president s history in the gun control fig
Itll be a messy next few days weather wise in that well see any and all types of precipitation at some point. This morning, some isolated freezing rain and sleet will eventually switch over to light snow this afternoon from which a dusting might result in some spots by this evening. The rest of tonight wont bring much in the way of measurable precipitation, but some patchy fog freezing drizzzz will be possible. More of the same will be on tap for thursday, so be on the lookout for slick roads the rest of the week as we see a better chance of some light snow from thursday night into friday which could drop an inch or 3 of the white stuff. The weekend still looks to bring frigid air with highs barely reaching 10f by sunday and lows dipping below zero in the morning. We should rebound a little though by early next week. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the search continues this morning for a suspect in knox county, nebraska, whos considered armed and dangerous. Afternoon as the suspect, 25yearol
65 sunday. Average high for the weekend is 61 degrees. Well warm up to 70 degrees for monday and tuesday with lose in the low to mid 40s. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk we begin with breaking news now. Police are investigating an incident at a home near flamingo and buffalo. Foxfives Nick Lagrange is live on the scene with more on this developing story. Closed captioning to resume shortly to resume shortly the woman accused of driving into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing a woman and the woman accused of driving into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing a woman and injuring dozens will appear in court today. Lakeisha holloway faces 71 charges and if convicted, she more than 1 thousand years. District attorney Steve Wolfson says
Thank you for joining us here on mornings on fox 1. 7 00. As we started off at the top, alex said big game this weekend. Yeah. A lot of people prepping for the game and the food, of course, a big part as well. They say one of the best ways to buy a tv is not actually before the game. During . No. After the game. Because all the people who bought the big tv before the game are like, sorry, return it. Then they mark down the prices. If youre looking for an awesome tv, neighbor you should wait until after the game. You can go to costco, get your tv, get the samples they didnt sell. There you go. Going to be a nice ride, too, for anybody headed over the hill this weekend potentially go to see the game. Tim study baker joins us with a look at what we can expect on the roadways. Not too bad. We are looking at a dry trend Going Forward. So that does mean some easier travel if you are headed anywhere else throughout the region for that matter. This time of year, too, we start to see those long
Oh here we go and get ready for an unprecedented Live Television event. This volcano erupting right now. Ginger and our gma team on site, about to give us all a live look inside one of natures most explosive wonders with the help of this drone. Its dangerous. Its amazing. And youve never seen anything like it. And we do say, good morning, america. Great to have amy and michael back from the super bowl. And we have quite an adventure ahead today. Ginger has just arrived in iceland this morning. Shes now at the gma base camp there. Theyre about to head for an active volcano. Taking every precaution. Take a look at these gas masks. Theyll wear those just in case the wind shifts but even more impressive, look at this volcano. The drone is going to head right toward it this morning. Were sending the drone trait in and well have that live this morning. You see the smoke right above the volcano there. Pictures you probably have never seen before but youll see them this morning. It is cold the