THINGS AROUND. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT FORECAST HERE IN JUST A BIT. GUYS. THANK YOU,
JUSTIN.
>> INSTEAD OF STARTING HIS
FIRST DAY OF WORK AT THE BEXAR
COUNTY JAIL TODAY, THIS MAN WAS
INSTEAD BOOKED INTO JAIL.
20 YEAR-OLD ON THE CARD HARRIS
WAS WANTED FOR ONLINE
SOLICITATION OF A MINOR WITH
INTENT FOR CONTACT. HE WAS
ARRESTED THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BEGIN WORKING AS A
TEMPORARY JAILER TODAY. BCSO
DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME
FOR AN OUTCRY OF ASSAULT
INVOLVING A MINOR UPON FURTHER
INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM
IDENTIFIED HARRIS THROUGH
SNAPCHAT SAYING THAT IS WHERE
HE AUTHORITIES SAY HE TRIED
TO TALK WITH THE VICTIM.
HARRIS’S BOND IS SET FOR
$100,000.
>> RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE IS
SAID TO BE ONE OF THE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TIRE GAS
PRICES SINCE HE’S STARTED, GAS
PRICES ARE UP NEARLY $0.50 A
GALLON. AND SOME DRIVERS ARE
NOW PAYING $7 PER GALLON FOR
GASOLINE. AND THERE ARE NEW
INDICATIONS THIS MORNING THAT
THE U.S. MAY SOON BAN RUSSIAN
OIL, WHICH MEANS PRICES COULD
RISE EVEN HIGHER. ABC’S AND
WHEN HAS THE LATEST.
>> OH, MY GOD. GAS PRICES
SHOCKING DRIVERS AT THE PUMP
ITS $100 AND IT’S NOT EVEN A
LITTLE TAME. THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. NOW TOPPING $4 FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 2008. AND IT’S
ONLY $0.11 AWAY FROM AN
ALL-TIME RECORD IN CALIFORNIA.
$4 A GALLON WOULD BE A RELIEF.
THE AVERAGE THERE IS 5, 28
PRICES AT THIS SHELL STATION IN
LOS ANGELES HITTING NEARLY $7.
THE WAR IN UKRAINE FUELING THE
SURGE AND PRICES COULD SOON
SOAR EVEN HIGHER AS THE U.S.
APPEARS TO MOVE CLOSER TO
BANNING RUSSIAN OIL IMPORTS.
WE’RE NOW TO OUR EUROPEAN
PARTNERS AND ALLIES TO LOOK.
>> IN A COORDINATED WAY AT A
PROSPECT OF BANNING THE IMPORT
OF RUSSIAN OIL WHILE MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS STILL AN
APPROPRIATE SUPPLY OF OIL ON
WORLD MARKETS. THAT’S A VERY
ACTIVE DISCUSSION AS WE SPEAK.
BLOOMBERG REPORTS THE WHITE
HOUSE IS NOW CONSIDERING
BANNING RUSSIAN OIL WITHOUT
EUROPEAN ALLIES.
JOINING IN.
>> EUROPE IS FAR MORE RELIANT
ON RUSSIAN ENERGY. BUT THE
WHITE HOUSE TELLING ABC NEWS
OVERNIGHT NO DECISION HAS BEEN
MADE. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI IN A LETTER SUNDAY
SAYING LET ME BE CLEAR, THE
UNITED STATES KNEE NOT CHOOSE
BETWEEN OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES
AND OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
AND WHEN ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> IN THE OTHER MORNING
HEADLINES, A SECURITY SCARE AT
JOINT BASE ANDREWS OUTSIDE
WASHINGTON, DC AND MARYLAND.
AUTHORITIES SAY 2 PEOPLE, AT
LEAST ONE OF THEM DROVE THROUGH
A SECURITY CHECKPOINT LAST
NIGHT. NOT LONG AFTER VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND
OTHER OFFICIALS HAD ARRIVED
ON BASE BARRIERS WERE DEPLOYED
TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE 2
INTRUDERS GOT OUT AND RAN AWAY.
AUTHORITIES CAUGHT ONE PERSON
WITH A WEAPON. THEY’RE STILL
SEARCHING FOR THE OTHER.
THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE INCIDENT
WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR.
VICE PRESIDENT HAD RETURNED TO
BASE AFTER A TRIP TO SELL AT
SOME OUT OF ALABAMA HARRIS.
HER STAFF AND SEVERAL CABINET
MEMBERS, INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE
BUTTIGIEG, ALL LEFT THE BASE
SAFELY.
>> IN WASHINGTON, THE HOUSE
SERGEANT AT ARMS HAS ISSUED AN
EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR
CAPITOL POLICE IN RESPONSE TO
TRUCKER CONVOYS IN THE DC AREA.
THERE’S CONCERN THAT THE
SO-CALLED PEOPLE’S CONVOY COULD
SNARL WASHINGTON TRAFFIC SO
MUCH. THE OFFICERS WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO GET TO THE CAPITOL AND
A LOT OF TRUCKERS AND
SUPPORTERS CIRCLED THE DC
BELTWAY THIS WEEKEND FOR 4
HOURS TO PROTEST PANDEMIC
RESTRICTIONS. THE CONVOY OF
HUNDREDS OF CHECKS, CARS AND
SUVS TRAVELED IN DELIBERATELY
SLOW MOVING FROM ASIAN,
STRETCHING OVER ROUGHLY 30
MILES. IRONICALLY, AS THE
CONDUIT PROTEST CONTINUES, MANY
OF THE COVID-19 MANDATES AT
FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVELS HAVE
BEEN BLOCKED OR RESCINDED.
>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NOW SAYS A DEADLY TORNADO THAT
HIT PARTS OF IOWA THIS WEEKEND
WAS AT LEAST AN E F 3 IN
STRENGTH. AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED ACROSS THE STATE.
2 OF THEM CHILDREN MORE THAN
50 HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED. SEVERE STORMS SLAM
OTHER PARTS OF IOWA’S WEST AS
WELL WITH BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL
RAIN DOWN IN SOME PLACES.
NOW THE STATE FACES A BLAST OF
WINTRY WEATHER THIS WEEK.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN IN
TOUCH WITH THE STATE’S GOVERNOR
TO OFFER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.