States this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As fires in six southeast states this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As ried binion reports, the smokey air is becoming hazardous. Wildfires fueled by unusually dry conditions are causing Health Concerns for communities in the southeast. Upwards of 30 large fires scorching more than 80,000 acres in six states. And filling skies across the region with a smokey haze. The blanket of smoke so widespread that its visible from space. Captu the Health Impact of poor air quality has been particularly severe in tennessee. Where its landed more than 200 people in the hospital with breathing difficulties. Fire officials are carefully planning their battle against the flames. Taking the abnormally dry conditions into consideration. What we dont want is to put the fire out and have 50 or 60 yards of fuel ready for reignition. Effo
Entire of the 55 Million Dollar modernization. And acknowleding the planning that went on, the Airport Commission chairman says they were guided with the idea of changing the now 30 year old terminal in a way that future Airport Commissions would still find useful. This commission really felt the we now, the commission 30 years from now and passengers, appreciate the work that we did, and that it is a sustainable, well thought out project. Now the next phase of construction will probably start sometime next year, and it will go on about a year and a half. Some things will be behind the scenes, some things will be rather disruptive, like totally changing this concession area. Airport leaders hope passengers will think the end result is worth it. Live in meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first even with filtered sunshine, we have a warm day ahead thanks in part to erly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not droppi
Natsot donald trump president electall i can say is he is the real deal. Mr trump tweeting he was very impressive. Sot Martha Raddatz chief Global Affairs corresponden t mattis has been critical of defense cuts, of announcing drawdowns in afghanistan in advance, and our approach to fighting radicall jihadists. But the president elect also met with Real Estate Developers in india, raising questions about how he will separate out his business interests from his new government responsibiltie s to avoid a conflict of interest. Sot Cokie Roberts abc news political commentator Donald Trumps going to have a real problem here. He criticized Hillary Clinton for her Foundation Getting contributions from foreign companies. Lana zak oncam close a spokeswoman for the Trump Organization told the New York Times that the president elects meeting with the Indian Developers was brief and congratulato ry in nature. Lz, abc news, washington. Administration. Im not ruling anything out but my focus is on se
He hit two people and barely missed a third during his shooting spree in november of 2014. During the witness statements polson struggled to look directly at them. One victim asked for polson not to take the stand saying his apologies wouldnt matter. However he did blaming his addiction and abuse with drugs i wish now that every bullet would have hit me instead. It is impossible to come to terms with this. I hope that when i say im sorry, it heals in some way pete polson the victims say they are pleased with the sentencing and are glad it is over. Polsons attorney plans to appeal. A Des Moines High School Girls Basketball coach appeared in court today. Gerald tig johnson is charged with Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. The district says a teacher is assigned to assume johnsons classroom duties at Roosevelt High School and assistant coaches will be leading the basketball team. He has been leave pending the results of the investigation
And some of you may be enjoying a day off work. We Team Coverage of this snow storm moving through the state. Megan salois, who is outside keeping an afternoon. Ad lib wx quick a blizzard warning is in effect today for those north and west of the des moines metro. Moderate to heavy snow is expected at times and well. Winds will be strong from the northnortheast at 20 to 30 mph, gusts to 40 mph. This will create very difficult driving conditions all day through the start of wednesday. A winter storm warning is in effect for those southwest and southeast of des moines until 6 am wednesday. A band of moderate snow will continue through mid morning. Heavy snow will continue in northwest iowa. The snow will taper off in des moines by noon as drier air works into the central and southern part of the state. There may even be a few rain showers at times during the afternoon and early evening. But the snow will still come down heavy to the northwest. Totals will be in the 3 to 6 range through c