>>>
>>> TEXAS
>>> TEXAS BRIDGES INSPECTED ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
IS IT ENOUGH TO KEEP DRIVERS
SAFE?
SAFE?
SAFE? >>>
SAFE? >>> DOES HOLIDAY STRESS GOT YOU
DOWN?
DOWN?
DOWN? WE
DOWN? WE HAVE TIPS ON HOW TO STAY
SANE LAW THE NEW YEAR.
>>> WHAT IS CUTER THAN A PUPPY
UNDER A CHRISTMAS TREE?
OFTEN TIMES IT IS THE GIFT THAT
IS RETURNED.
IS RETURNED. THE SOLUTION BEING OFFERED BY
THE HARRIS COUNTY ANIMAL
SHELTER.
SHELTER.
SHELTER. THE NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>>
>>> WE
>>> WE ARE STARTING WITH BREAKING NEWS AND SAD NEWS.
ACTRESS AND DIRECTOR PENNY
MARSHAL DIED.
MARSHAL DIED. SHE WAS BEST KNOWN AS LAVERNE
ON THE 70s'S SITCOM
LAVERNE&SHIRLEY.
LAVERNE&SHIRLEY. PENNY MARSHAL DIED MONDAY NIGHT
AT HER CALIFORNIA HOME FROM
COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER
AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE WAS 75.
>>> NOW TO OUR OTHER TOP STORY.
THE SHIP CHANNEL BRIDGE
SHUTDOWN EARLIER THIS WEEK
AFTER CORRODED COMPONENTS WERE
DISCOVERED UNDER THE ROAD DECK.
IT HAPPENED DURING A ROUTINE
INSPECTION.
INSPECTION. WE WONDERED HOW OFTEN ARE
BRIDGES INSPECTED IN TEXAS?
JASON MILES IS TAKING A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE SAFETY REGULATIONS.
IS THE BRIDGE BACK OPEN?
>> Reporter: TAKE A LOOK FOR
YOURSELF BEHIND ME.
THIS IS APPROACH SOUTHBOUND TO
THE SYDNEY SHERMAN BRIDGE OVER
THE SHIP CHANNEL BRIDGE.
THE PARTIAL SHUTDOWN CONTINUES
EVEN THOUGH WE REPORTED
YESTERDAY THAT TEX-DOT HAD
HOPED TO FULLY REOPEN THE
BRIDGE BY THE END OF TODAY.
THEY OBVIOUSLY, SAID IT WOULD
REMAIN PARTIALLY CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
FURTHER NOTICE. THAT IS UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE.
THE PROBLEM WAS DETECTED DURING
A ROUTINE INSPECTION OVER THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. GET THIS, THOSE DO NOT HAPPEN
BUT EVERY TWO YEARS.
MORE THAN 160,000 VEHICLES
CROSS THE HOUSE SHIP CHANNEL
BRIDGE EVERY DAVY -- DAY VIA
THE 610 LOOP.
A CORRODED BRIDGE BARING NEEDED
TO BE FIXED.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
FOUND IN A LOCALIZED AREA UNDER
THE BRIDGE.
THE BRIDGE. IT HAPPENED DURING A ROUTINE
INSPECTION WE DO EVERY TWO
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> Reporter: THAT PART SURVIVED
SOME OF US.
ACCORDING TO TEX-DOT, BRIDGE
INSPECTIONS HAPPEN ONCE EVERY
TWO YEARS FOR MOST NORMAL
BRIDGES.
BRIDGES.
BRIDGES. FROM PICTURESQUE TO PURELY
FUNCTIONAL, TEX-DOT OVERCEASE
-- OVERSEES 54,000 BRIDGES
ACROSS THE STATE.
DATA IS COMPILED ON ALL VEHICLE
BRIDGES THAT CALLS THEM GOOD TO
OBSOLETE.
OBSOLETE.
OBSOLETE. ACCORDING TO THE LAST REPORT IN
2016, THE PERCENTAGE OF DAILY
TRAFFIC TRAVELING ON
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES
IN TEXAS IS POINT FIVE PERCENT.
THE LOWEST IN THE NATION.
IN ADDITION TO ROUTINE
INSPECTIONS, THOSE THAT HAPPEN
EVERY TWO YEARS, EMERGENCY
INSPECTIONS HAPPEN MORE OFTEN
THAN TWO YEARS.
ESPECIALLY AFTER EVENTS LIKE
FIRES OR MAJOR COLLISIONS OR
FLOODING.
FLOODING.
FLOODING. YOU CAN TELL YOU, AFTER
HURRICANE HARVEY, A BUNCH OF
BRIDGES ACROSS HOUSTON GOT A
ONCE-OVER.
ONCE-OVER. >> AS LONG AS THEY GET FIXED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE ONE STEP
CLOSER TO A MASSIVE PAY RAISE
DESPITE THE POLICE UNION'S
ATTEMPT TO STOP IT.
THE POLICE UNION ARE ASKING FOR
THE RAISES TO BE PUT ON PAUSE
BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT IS A
VIOLATION OF CODE.
VOTERS KNEW THE RISK WHEN THEY
VOTED FOR THE PAY RAISE FOR
FIREFIGHTERS.
FIREFIGHTERS. MAYOR TURNER SAYS PROP B WILL
COST THE CITY OF HOUSTON $100
MILLION, CAUSING BOTH LAYOFFS
AND CUT BACKS.
>>> THE FIRE THAT KILLED FIVE
YOUNG PEOPLE NEAR TEXAS STATE
UNIVERSITY IS BEING HANDLE AS A
HOMICIDE.
HOMICIDE.
HOMICIDE. INVESTIGATORS REVEALED A FEW
WEEKS AGO THAT THE APARTMENT
NEAR TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY WAS
-- THE FIRE NEAR TEXAS STATE
UNIVERSITY WAS STARTED AND
PURPOSE.
PURPOSE.
PURPOSE. BECAUSE IT IS AN ARSON CASE,
THE FIVE DEATHS WERE RULED AS
HOMICIDES.
HOMICIDES. THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN JULY.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT REVEALED
HOW IT STARTED.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
>>> FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR MICHAEL FLYNN, TODAY,
SHOULD HAVE LEARNED HIS FATE.
LIKE WOULD HE AVOID JAIL TIME?
>> HIS SENTENCING TOOK AN
UNEXPECTED TURN TODAY.
THE JUDGE SAID HE IS DISGUSTED
BY FLYNN'S ACTIONS.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL FLYNN LEFT
THE U.S. DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN
WASHINGTON WITHOUT A DECISION
ON HIS FUTURE.
HE PLEADED GUILTY TO LYING TO
THE FBI ABOUT HIS CONTACTS WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. BEFORE OFFERING THE
POSTPONEMENT, JUDGE SULLIVAN
LASHED OUT, TELLING FLYNN, I
CAN'T HIDE MY DISGUST.
YOU SOLD YOUR COUNTRY OUT.
HE WARNED IF HE WENT AHEAD WITH
SENTENCING, FLYNN MIGHT NOT GET
FULL CREDIT WITH HIS
COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATORS,
WHICH IS STILL ON GOING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED FLYNN BUT
TWEETED SUPPORT WISHING FLYNN
GOOD LUCK UNDER TREMENDOUS
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. >> THE FBI AMBUSHED GENERAL
FLYNN AND IN THE WAY THEY
QUESTIONED HIM.
QUESTIONED HIM. >> Reporter: FLYNN IS ONE OF
FIVE TRUMP AIDS WHO ENTERED A
GUILTY PLEA IN THE SPECIAL
COUNCIL PROBE.
COUNCIL PROBE. THE RETIRED ARMY GENERAL MET
WITH INVESTIGATORS 19 TIMES SO
FAR.
FAR.
FAR. PROSECUTORS RECOMMENDED NO
PRISON TIME.
PRISON TIME. THE JUDGE'S REBUKE RAISED THE
POSSIBILITY THAT FLYNN COULD
SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS.
HE HAS QUESTIONS FOR BOTH
SIDES.
SIDES.
SIDES. HE
SIDES. HE CALLED FOR A STATUS REPORT
BY MARCH 13TH.
NIKOLE KILLION CBS NEWS
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. >>> THE TRUMP FAMILY'S CHARITY
IS NOW SHUTTING DOWN BECAUSE OF
ALLEGATIONS IT USED DONATIONS
NOT FOR CHARITY BUT TO BOOST
THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN.
THE FOUNDATION CAME TO AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. A LAWSUIT IS CLAIMING THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION BROKE SEVERAL LAWS
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.
EVEN USING CHARITY EVENTS TO
PROMOTE THE PRESIDENT'S
PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
PRESIDENTIAL RUN. TODAY THE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED
THEY'LL DISSOLVE ALL
OPERATIONS.
OPERATIONS. A CIVIL LAWSUIT, WHICH IS
DEMANDING MILLIONS IN
RESTITUTION IS STILL UNDERWAY.
>>> WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING
SURROUNDED BY FOG.
IT TOOK MOST OF THE DAY FOR THE
CLOUDS TO MOVE OUT.
THIS HERE IS A TIME LAPSE FROM
THE KHOU 11 TOWER CAM.
IT WAS THICK THIS MORNING.
>> IT WAS.
WE HAD ZERO VISIBILITY IN MANY
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY,
PEARLAND, SUGAR LAND,
WOODLANDS, REALLY DENSE FOG.
THAT'S NOT IN THE CARDS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WHAT IS IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
DEVELOPING.
DEVELOPING. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON.
RADAR IS PICKING UP A COUPLE
AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND SPRINKLES
WEST OF RICHMOND ROSENBURG.
SOME OF THIS MAY NOT BE
REACHING THE GROUND.
IT SOON WILL BY THE TIME WE GET
TOES TO NIGHT FALL.
IT WILL LEAD TO A 70% CHANCE OF
RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. 61DEGREES.
61DEGREES. IT IS FEELING HUMID.
57
57 AT
57 AT MIDNIGHT. WE'LL SEE A 70% CHANCE OF RAIN
FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE.
TEMPERATURES 55.
TEMPERATURES 55. BUT LUNCHTIME WE'LL SEE THE
SHOWERS DISSIPATING.
SHOWERS DISSIPATING. BY 2:00 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
A HIGH TEMPERATURE AROUND 70.
COMING UP, THE LATEST ON THE
HOLIDAY FORECAST.
HOLIDAY FORECAST. >>> HEALTH ALERT NOW.
TEEN VAPING -- WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT IT -- IT IS AN
EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE NATION
TOP DOCTOR.
TOP DOCTOR. ON THE HEELS OF A NEW STUDY,
THE SURGEON GENERAL ANNOUNCED
THAT TEEN VAPING IS A
NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROBLEM.
THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLERS
WHO TRIED AN E-CIGARETTE
DOUBLED THE PAST YEAR EACH AS
DRINKING AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
WENT DOWN AMONG TEENS.
THE SURGEON GENERAL WANT
PARENTS TO MONITOR THEIR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. >>> THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN BE
HARD FOR FAMILIES.
YOU HAVE THE STRESS OF SHOPPING
AND