Been rescue in Minneapolis how two police
officers risked their lives to save
an elderly couple from their burning
home then reactions still pouring in
this morning after President Biden
state of the Union address we break
down his vision for the future and
call for unity. And ever wonder why some
of your coworkers get paid on Wednesday
while you get paid on Friday and you
both have direct deposit the mystery of
Payday Friday Saul get ready for mild
temperatures today plus a little bit
of sunshine to go around I'm tracking.
Light disturbance tomorrow
before a big cooldown Friday.
It's Wednesday, February 8th.
Sunrise at six starts now.
3rd Wednesday morning.
Thanks for starting your Wednesday with us
here at the 6:00 o'clock hour of sunrise.
Alicia, alongside Jen this week.
Good to always have you.
We made it to six.
It is halfway through the week and
it's going to be a good weekend.
Oh my gosh, yes.
Did you see the high temperature
for Super Bowl Sunday in the upper
30s means you can't keep your
beer really outside to stay cool.
I mean, you still could, you you could.
It just won't be like that.
Icy cold.
That's priority Eastern guy
people keeping their case of
beer on their porch.
Hey, whatever works alright. You know,
I think 40 will be working for
most of us, not too many of us.
Probably complaining about that.
Over to the graphics current
temperatures or traffic.
OK, are we going to traffic or graphics?
I guess traffic. Take it away, Jim.
All right, here it is guys.
You would have done a great job breaking down
the traffic map for what it's worth guy,
but I'll take it away here
and it's been a great commute.
I would watch out for some icy spots.
We have had a couple things pop up
including the lake. Small area.
They're still working on getting a vehicle on
94 westbound that's loaded into the ditch.
They're working on getting that out
and making sure everything's OK.
They're not causing major slowdowns though,
so yeah, just take it slow,
but should be a good commute for you.
This morning,
reaction still coming in after President
Biden's state of the Union address.
It was his first speech to a joint
session of Congress since Republicans
took control of the House CC's
in The Newsroom for us,
breaking down some of the big
moments from last night.
Hi CC hey,
good morning.
Well,
the president's speech
included multiple standing
ovations from both sides,
but it also included heckling from
some Republicans throughout both.
Though President Biden really hit on unity,
a large part of his speech also hit on
the economy and touting the 12 million.
New jobs created.
Biden says more jobs have been created in
just two years than under any previous
president during a four year term.
This comes as a recent poll shows
that most voters think the country
is headed in the wrong direction.
Throughout his speech,
Biden also touted his
legislative accomplishments,
from pandemic recovery to infrastructure.
He also touched on Foreign Relations
and how he vows to stand up to
China with the controversy over
that spy balloon and one year
after Russia's war on Ukraine.
Biden pledges continued support.
He went on to talk about police reform,
abortion and health care,
but all topics came back to unity.
You know, we're often told that Democrats
and Republicans can't work together.
But over the past two years,
we've proved the cynics and naysayers wrong.
Yes, we disagreed plenty.
And yes, there were times
that Democrats went alone.
But time and again,
Democrats and Republicans came together.
For the next couple of days,
the President will take his state
of the Union message on the road,
first to Wisconsin and then to Florida.
Republicans had a lot to say about
the president's speech. We'll have.
More of their reaction coming up
in about 30 minutes. Alright,
thanks for that breakdown, CC.
The President's speech had strong
Minnesota connections, centering
around discussions of police reform
and specifically where things stand.
Good morning. I'm Danny spiewak.
At his state of the Union address last night,
President Joe Biden made
another push for police reform,
saying that Congress needs to, quote,
finish the job on police reform.
Of course, these measures have stalled in
Congress over the last couple of years,
the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act,
where there have been some key disagreements
between Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans,
including Tim Scott of South Carolina,
has said that he wants to see funding
for more training and de escalation.
Well, NATO,
that's suspected Chinese spy balloon.
We're getting our first close up
look at the remnants this morning.
Take a look at this.
The Navy just released these
photos of them recovering that spy
balloon after they shot it down
off the coast of Myrtle Beach,
SC over the weekend.
The balloon was 200 feet tall
with a 2000 pound payload.
It's huge.
Officials say the debris field
extends across about 8 miles.
Today the murder trial of Julissa
Thalers may may go to the jury
rather she's accused of killing
her six year old son Eli Hart.
Yesterday jurors heard gut wrenching
testimony from Fowler's former boyfriend.
He was emotional recounting
six-year-old Ellie's last night alive,
saying that the mom and son were
fighting when she grabbed a shotgun,
went to her car and came back for Eli.
The boy's body was found the next
morning in the trunk of the dollars car.
We're learning.
This morning,
a Saint Paul Recreation Center may
reopen in the coming weeks after a
shooting happened there last month.
The staff members charged with
shooting a teenager at the Oxford
Community Centre just weeks ago.
The city says it wants to reopen
sometime in the next two to three weeks,
but for now it's making sure
staff and community members
have what they need to heal.
The Ramsey County Jail says it will cut
its population by 60 inmates by noon today.
That's according to a plan
the sheriff sent to the state.
The State Department of Corrections
says the changes need to happen to
address serious safety concerns.
In addition to moving some female
inmates to the county's Correctional
Facility due to overcrowding,
the sheriff is asking for help to
increase staffing levels based on what
the DOC recommended in less than two hours,
food service workers in the Hastings
School district are striking.
For a second day,
union leaders say contract talks have
stalled out after starting last summer.
Workers are demanding a pay bump,
saying the latest offer from the
district isn't enough after what
they went through during COVID.
In a statement,
the district said it already
communicated its last,
best and final offer.
They've offered a pay increase
over the next two years and a
retention bonus to certain workers.
The district says the first
day of the strike ended without
significant disruption.
At the Capitol,
State lawmakers are looking at
a bill called the Emmett Till
Victims Recovery Program.
The proposal would use $500,000
to help families of those killed
by police violence.
This bill is focused on ensuring
that there's access to resources and
supports for victims and families
that are hurting in the aftermath
of such traumatic experience.
The program is named after Emmett Till,
the 14 year old African American
Boy who was abducted, tortured and
lynched in Mississippi back in 1955.
The men behind his death were acquitted.
Republicans are suggesting the
bill also provide money to victims
of other forms of trauma too.
Minnesota is now on its way
to going carbon free.
After Governor Walsh signed
into law the 100% by 2040 Bill.
But what will it take to
actually achieve that goal?
You generate energy when the wind's blowing
or the sun is shining, and you need to
have systems in place to provide
energy when those two things aren't
happening. So right now,
29% of the state's energy comes from
renewable resources, 24% from nuclear,
and the rest from coal and natural gas.
Experts say to fill that hole,
the state's electrical grid will need to be
upgraded to meet these changes in production.
They also need to figure out energy storage
in the winter because wind and solar
energy aren't as reliable as natural gas.
Minnesota based pet store Chuck
and Dimes is closing more than
60 locations across the country.
The stores parent company
just filed for bankruptcy.
The Chuck and Don's in downtown
Saint Paul is one of those closing.
It's not clear yet whether any other
Minnesota or Wisconsin stores will close.
Here's my favorite story by far
of the morning to Minneapolis.
Police officers are being called
heroes this morning after rescuing
an elderly couple from a house fire.
OK, so amazing in many ways, right?
But also because one of the officers.
Have been on the job for just a few days.
He's a rookie and already has
this accomplishment.
Eva Anderson is live at Badema,
Casca Pkwy, where this all happened.
Hi Eva.
Good morning. It was a truly
remarkable act by two officers
who aren't trained to run
into burning buildings.
But Officer Zach Randall and Jamal
Mitchell arrived before fire crews
did so they jumped into action.
They were not stopped by all of this smoke.
Take a look at this video.
You can see how much was billowing
out of the building that they ran
into to bring the couple safely out.
Fire crews arrived around 8:45
in the morning after the couple
was out of the building.
By then, the fire had extended from the
first to the second and third floors.
Additional fire crews were
called to extinguish the fire,
and the cause is still unknown.
Now.
The Minneapolis Police Department is
obviously very proud of these officers.
One had been sworn in just
days before this heroic act.
We have photos from right
after that brave rescue,
as well as a statement from the
Minneapolis police chief will be sharing
that with you in the next half hour
back. For you. Alright, Eva,
looking forward to seeing those pictures.
Thank you. Alright, 609 right now,
taking another live look at our Skycam
over Badema Casca this morning,
dark and early. Hey, some good news,
I think it's good news.
It's going to be warm today.
We're talking upper 30s guys,
upper 30s and guess what Jenn,
even some low 40s also possible.
So I'm back here in the care 11
yard bringing you your forecast.
What a treat right to be
bringing in your forecast.
Five out here right in my element.
Got a good shot at the moon.
Beautiful bright moon.
Which means right now dark and early
we got clear Skies downtown Minneapolis
lit up this morning shining bright.
Got the IDs building up shining
bright lights up 24, feels like 19.
So once you do factor in the wind chill.
A little chilly on the skin.
But All in all a great morning
great start to your Wednesday.
SE winds right around 3 mph.
So I am gonna watch for some fog to
kind of creep up this morning in spots.
I do think we could see some
areas with some patchy.
Fog, but no dense fog advisories or
anything like that feel good day just
because temperatures are gonna be
climbing to the upper 30s and low 40s.
We have some sunshine to start,
some high level clouds mixed in with that,
some passing clouds later on
this afternoon and evening.
So once you get,
let's say after 1:00 o'clock this afternoon,
we'll see the cloud height drop a
little bit in some mid level low
level clouds just kind of passing by.
This is all ahead of our next
weather maker because tonight we're
talking about overcast skies ahead
of some snow on the way tomorrow.
Some snow showers very similar to what
occurred like earlier in the week,
you know, shouldn't amount to anything.
Let's say about an inch or less,
half inch or less even for most
of us here in the metro.
But still that could produce a
minor impacts out there on roads.
It doesn't take much snow.
So just the heads up for tomorrow.
That's going to arrive midday,
so the evening commute,
midday commute could be a little
slick in spots.
Friday looks cooler,
low 14 Friday morning high 24 coming up
next well above average temps I'm going to.
Keep talking about that.
That's going to persist into early next week.
Wind speeds pick up tomorrow for you.
Snow showers,
a more active weather pattern
possible next week as well.
Thank
you, guy. Well, Honda just issued
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