Rise and shine everyone.
6:00 o'clock here on your Friday junior.
We are just about made
it to the weekend here.
Jason and Alicia, welcome back.
I'm back. I'm on threads.
I've been threading all morning.
Eva's can explain more
about how threads work.
If you woke up like I was like,
what's thread?
Yeah, it's a new hip trend
everybody's getting on because
Twitter is dying a slow tech Twitter.
Yes, we'll talk about that late.
But first, let's get over the guy for look
at this beautiful forecast today. Yeah,
and it is going to be just
that refreshing 56 right now.
Now nice and comfortable with
the northwest wind at six mph.
Look at Dew point. It's nice and low.
So enjoy the day. Enjoy the sunshine.
Look at your morning planner.
Temperatures already around 67 by 10:00 AM.
Have the sunglasses on deck and
then we're still below 70 degre.
By late morning we make it to 7.
This is below average.
And yesterday we saw a high of .
So we'll rinse and repeat.
But today we'll do it with more sunshine.
All right. Tomorrow 81.
With some PM clouds.
By Saturday,
spotty showers 82.
And I'll let you know when
temperatures start warming up ad
when more widespread rain retur.
To this seventh. Alicia
Guy, thank you.
Let's give you a look at the ro.
There was a reported crash
here on 394, as you can see.
Is there entry? Minneapolis.
This is the traffic camera in te
area that MN dot was moving aro.
I'm not seeing anything as of right now.
This is at Penn Ave.
So, likely already cleared,
but something to be mindful
of if this is your route.
This morning we're learning new
details about the fireworks chas
that happened on the 4th of Jul.
While police say things were
better compared to last year,
new video in the last 24 hours
shows problems across Minneapol.
This is what police we're dealing with late
Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
Dozens of videos from social media show
fireworks being shot near and at people cars.
And police as well.
So police tell us no serious
injuries came from the chaos.
But at the end of all this,
16 people were arrested after
allegedly shooting those firewos
at vehicles and at other people.
11 of the 16 people
arrested were young people
and on the Boom Island Park are.
The Minneapolis Park Police sayt
they respond to a group of about
40 young adults shooting firewos
on the Plymouth Ave. Bridge.
And targeting people and police officers.
Minneapolis police say they use
non lethal tactics to get the
large crowds under control.
You can see in this clip right e
officers making several arrestsd
there were several instances of police
simply telling teens to go home.
And despite the pockets of chao,
NPD Chief Brian O'Hara says he
was pleased with the department
safety plan when
compared to last year.
The MPD was overwhelmed
and overrun this year.
We kept these groups on the
run throughout the night,
and while we encourage all of
our residents to celebrate and
enjoy our Independence Day,
the targeting of innocent people
with fireworks is unlawful,
dangerous and wholly unacceptab.
In Minneapolis. Police wasn't te
only agency on the ground there.
The Minnesota State Patrol in
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
helped throughout the night.
So coming up there in 30 minute,
we're going to hear from
residents who are near the actin
when all of this went down.
We'll take a look at this videoa
massive house fire in Golden Va.
This is near Douglas Ave.
and a Fairlawn way not
far from Cedarhurst Park.
The Golden Valley Fire Departmet
tells us that no one was hurt and that
the house is a complete loss. Tt
on the Interstate all the way in Plymouth.
That's how big the flames and the smoke were.
So our team actually caught up with some
neighbors as crews were battling the flames.
My first thought was with the n.
OK, who are the kids doing the fireworks?
I heard* and all right,
what's going on? It's not a firework.
I came out and turned my sprinkr
off and saw their garage on fir.
Oh, it was so fast. It was so f.
It's just stunning to see a
a neighbor's house in flames.
There was nothing he could do about it.
There was nothing he could do wn
you're watching your house burn and you
know that a fire hose could sav.
Yeah, it's pretty heartbreaking to see.
I saw his wife running up and le
she was panicked. She was panic.
I mean, those neighbors were
panicked and it's not even my h.
He got out okay.
But it's pretty heartbreaking.
This morning, the search for the
missing people in the Vermilion
River near Red Wing is over.
Rescue crews recovered the bodis
of two men and a 17 year old gi.
The Goodhue County Sheriff says
they're all family members.
And were fishing or swimming
when they went under the water.
Authorities say one of the victs
rescued his daughter before going under.
When trying to save the two oth,
none of them were wearing life jackets,
just a sad outcome there.
In Little Canada,
11 people were injured when a
deck collapsed on Tuesday night.
Four of them had to be taken to the hospital,
including an infant,
but we don't have any updates on their
conditions yet, the Fire Chief .
It appears the deck was not up to code.
The homeowner says the deck was actually
installed when they moved into the house.
Back in the 90s,
six, 05, we do have a live picture coming
in right now from the White Hou.
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell is there s
morning with the latest on the lab results
after cocaine was found on the property.
Officials say the investigationl
probably take a couple of weeks,
but they're tamping down expectations
about being able to solve this unless
there is forensic evidence found, like DNA.
Without that, they say the bag
with cocaine inside is so small.
The incident may not have been
picked up on surveillance video.
Even here at the live desk,
it's what everybody's talking a.
Less than 13 hours ago,
a new app rivaling Twitter laun.
It's called Threads.
Already, millions have signed u.
It's launched by Meta,
Facebook's parent company.
And this is a look at founder
Mark Zuckerberg profile.
His profile is Zuck.
You can see it has many
similarities to Twitter.
It's got two columns, the threa.
And the replies and already peoe
are reacting to their decision
to replace Twitter with this.
Here's somebody I follow.
It says I deleted Twitter last
night and I'm experiencing
absolutely no remorse this morn.
Somebody's able to comment on t.
Nadine.
Here's a local person here that
does a lot of social media.
I'm still blown away here that e
rushing to a Zuckerberg platform because
another billionaire ruined our best one.
So even kind of poking fun
at her own decision to join.
Threads and one thing to know,
it is a spin off of Instagram.
You can't sign in on the deskto,
you actually have to do it on your phone.
So here's my Instagram profile.
I scanned a QR code on the Thres
website and it gave me the optin
to auto populate my new profile
with my Instagram information.
And oh,
I must need to refresh it here because.
I already rethreaded Alicia her,
we here we go, she says.
I'm threading.
Is that what we're calling it?
Well,
retweeting maybe is the new rethreading,
Jason.
Yeah, it's. This is so fascinat.
I'm so distracted this morning.
Yeah, we're not getting anything done.
Yeah, I just followed Jlo.
So there you go, Jlo.
Holler at me. Thank you, Eva.
Appreciate it.
New details this morning on the
story we told you about 24 hours ago.
Turns like the,
Turns out the passport delays are now
expected to last through the end of the year.
The State Department says it's dealing
with a severe backup of applicas
as international travel rebound.
From COVID.
Current processing time is 10 to 13 weeks.
To pay a little for expedited service,
and you may get it into 7 to 9 weeks,
an online renewal system for
current passport holders is expd
to launch sometime this year.
Well, if you thought the 4th was hot,
you were right.
Tuesday marked the unofficial hottest
day on a record for the entire world.
That's according to new data
from the University of Maine.
Researchers say Earth's average
daily temperature climbed
to 64 degrees Fahrenheit,
and they warn the record could be the
first of many due to our climate crisis.
And the onset of the El Nino phenomenon. I'm
Gordon Severson.
The heat and drought is hitting
local farmers hard this summer,
especially at local farmers markets where
many farmers don't have irrigation systems.
Some have resorted to watering
their crops by hand,
carrying buckets of water aroun.
According to the US Drought Mon,
92% of the state is abnormally
dry or worse right now.
Last year at this time,
that number was at 16%.
This morning we're a little less
than two weeks away from the
annual Minneapolis Aquatennial.
The four day event kicks off
July 19th with the Torchlight
Parade and ends with Target
fireworks the following Saturda.
People can also enjoy music, mo,
markets and food trucks throughout the week.
The events will take place from
Loring Park to Nicollet Mall
and the Mississippi River.
The University of Minnesota's athletic
director says the you will glady
welcome wrestling standout Gable
Steveson back for another year.
Steveson has one more year
of college eligibility.
The gold medalist and two time A
champion is currently working with the WWE.
Last month, the Apple Valley nae
says he wants to return to colle
competition but has to work oute
details with his current schedu.
A D Mark Coyle says quote.
We are excited about the opporty
of him returning to Minnesota
for one final season.
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