THE
THE TROPICS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ZETA. THE STORM NOW IN THE GULF AND GAINING STRENGTH.
LET'S GO NOW TO METEOROLOGIST
JEFF GERBER WITH AN UPDATE ON
ZETA'S STRENGTH AND WHERE THE
STORM IS HEADED.
TRIANGLE
TRIANGLE TODAY: PARTLY SUNNY, WARM, HUMID WITH A 30% COVERAGE OF
OF
SHOWERS.
SHOWERS. HIGHS NEAR 80. WINDS: NORTHEAST 5-15 MPH. LAKES AREA TODAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY, WARM,
HUMID WITH A 20% COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70'S. WINDS: NORTHEAST 5-10
MPH. TRIANGLE TONIGHT: MOSTLY
CLOUDY, MILD WITH A FEW
SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 60'S. WINDS: NORTHEAST
5-10 MPH. LAKES AREA TONIGHT:
MOSTLY CLOUDY, MILD WITH A FEW
SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MIDDLE 60'S. WINDS: NORTHEAST
5-10 MPH.
THANKS JEFF! PEOPLE IN
ORANGE COUNTY LISTEN UP --
TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO GET
YOUR DEBRIS TO THE
CURB
CURB FOR
CURB FOR PICK-UP. IT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP AFTER THIS DATE. THE CITY SAYS DO NOT MIX
HURRICANE LAURA AND HURRICANE
DELTA DEBRIS. DELTA DEBRIS
WILL BE PICKED UP SEPARATELY.
ROLL OPEN
WE ARE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM
ELECTION DAY. AND AS WE'VE
MENTIONED
MENTIONED -- THIS YEAR -- VOTER TURNOUT IS BREAKING RECORDS. THE PANDEMIC COULD BE DRIVING
FORCE BEHIND THAT HIGH VOTER
TURNOUT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO
ONE POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR
AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY. ESPECIALLY
WITH MORE VOTERS USING ABSENTEE
AND MAIL IN BALLOTS -- THAN EVER
BEFORE. WE SPOKE WITH TWO
LOCAL FIRST TIME STUDENT
VOTERS-- WHO SAY HEALTHCARE WAS
ON OF THE ISSUES THEY CARED
ABOUT THE MOST THIS ELECTION.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT BE
SCARED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SURE
WHO TO VOTE FOR, BECAUSE THEY
DON'T LIKE EITHER CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST TAKE AT THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH ONE, WHICH
ONE DO YOU FEEL WILL REPRESENT
YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT I SAY HERE ULTIMATELY
DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT IN THE
REAL WORLD UNLESS I DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT AND THAT SOMETHING IS
VOTING.
AS A REMINDER, MOST COUNTIES
ARE EXTENDING POLLING HOURS THIS
WEEK. AFTER OCTOBER 30TH, YOU'LL
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ELECTION DAY
TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.
THIS ELECTION COULD BE WON OR
LOST IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.
GARRETT HAAKE EXPLAINS HOW
VOTERS ARE FEELING IN SEVEN
STATES.. THAT COULD DETERMINE
THE OUTCOME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE.
WITH 29 ELECTORAL VOTES AT
STAKE, THERE IS NO BIGGER
BATTLEGROUND THAN FLORIDA. THE
STATE PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW CALLS
HOME. SOT TRUMP VOTING WEEKEND
"I VOTED FOR A GUY NAMED TRUMP"
AND
AND WHERE
AND WHERE HE CAST HIS OWN BALLOT LAST WEEKEND. MORE THAN 5.6 MILLION FLORIDIANS HAVE
ALREADY VOTED EARLY. JOE BIDEN
RETURNS TO THE SUNSHINE STATE ON
FRIDAY. HIS LEAD IN THE AVERAGE
OF POLLS HERE? JUST 1-POINT-8...
NEARLY THE SAME MARGIN PRESIDENT
TRUMP WON THE STATE BY IN 2016.
NATSOT BIDEN IN MICHIGAN CAR
RALLY TK TK TK TK TK TK
HONKING??? BIDEN HOLDS STRONGER
POLLING LEADS IN EACH OF THE
THREE PIVOTAL MIDWESTERN STATES
ONCE CALLED THE DEMOCRATS "BLUE
WALL." BIDEN LEADS BY 9 POINTS
IN MICHIGAN... 5.5 POINTS IN
WISCONSIN... .... AND 4.8 POINTS
IN
IN
PENNSYLVANIA. DONALD TRUMP WON
ALL
ALL THREE
ALL THREE STATES BY LESS THAN A POINT EACH IN 2016. SOT BIDEN IN CHESTER MONDAY THAT BLUE WALL IS
GOING TO BE -- HAS TO BE
REESTABLISHED. NO STATE HAS SEEN
MORE CANDIDATE VISITS THAN
PENNSYLVANIA. BIDEN HAS BEEN TO
THE KEYSTONE STATE ELEVEN TIMES
SINCE HIS CONVENTION. TRUMP
CAMPAIGNING THERE EIGHT TIMES
IN THAT SAME PERIOD, INCLUDING
THREE RALLIES ON MONDAY ALONE.
TRUMP: PENNSYLVANIA GETS IT. BY
THE WAY, WE WIN PENNSYLVANIA, WE
WIN THE WHOLE THING. WE'VE GOTTA
GET
GET OUT
GET OUT THERE. WE'VE GOT TO. BIG DEAL THREE OF THE CLOSEST RACES IN THE COUNTRY ARE IN
TRADITIONALLY REPUBLICAN
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN STATES,
WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE ON OFFENSE.
BIDEN LEADS BY 2.4 POINTS IN
ARIZONA, AND BY JUST 1.2 POINTS
IN NORTH CAROLINA. VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TRAVELS
THERE TODAY TO DEFEND A STATE
HIS TICKET WON BY NEARLY FOUR
POINTS IN 2016. GEORGIA WHERE
BIDEN CAMPAIGNS TODAY - IS THE
ONLY BATTLEGROUND STATE WHERE
PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADS, AND THERE
BY LESS THAN A POINT. NO
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
HAS WON GEORGIA SINCE 1992. BUT
THERE ARE RELATIVELY FEW VOTERS
LEFT TO CONVINCE. EARLY VOTES
CAST SO FAR IN GEORGIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA ACCOUNT FOR TWO THIRDS
OF THE VOTES CAST THERE IN ALL
OF THE 2016 ELECTION.
WHILE FLORIDA AND NORTH
CAROLINA MIGHT BE TWO OF THE
CLOSEST RACES, THE GOOD NEWS IS
THOSE STATES HAVE ALREADY
TWO
TWO OF
TWO OF THE CLOSEST RACES, THE GOOD NEWS IS THOSE STATES HAVE ALREADY STARTED COUNTING
BALLOTS. MICHIGAN GETS A ONE DAY
JUMP AND CAN START COUNTING
EARLY VOTES THE DAY BEFORE
ELECTION DAY. BUT IN THE
OTHER STATES MENTIONED -- EARLY
BALLOTS AREN'T COUNTED UNTIL
ELECTION DAY.
WILL TEXAS TURN BLUE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 1976? A
NEW POLL FROM "THE DALLAS
MORNING NEWS" AND THE UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS-- AT TYLER-- SHOWS
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JOE BIDEN ON
TOP. BIDEN LEADS PRESIDENT
TRUMP 48% TO 45% -- AMONG THE
STATEWIDE RANDOM SAMPLE. BUT
IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE--
NOTE-- THAT 3% DIFFERENCE IS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR. A REMINDER -- 12NEWS IS YOUR
ELECTION HEADQUARTERS. TO GET A
LOOK AT WHAT'S ON YOUR COUNTY'S
BALLOT -- JUST TEXT THE NAME OF
YOUR COUNTY TO 409-838-1212. FOR
EXAMPLE -- IF YOU LIVE IN ORANGE
COUNTY JUST TEXT "ORANGE" TO THE
NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS A NEW
JUSTICE... THE 52-48 VOTE TO
CONFIRM JUSTICE AMY CONEY
BARRETT COMES JUST ONE WEEK
BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. AT THE WHITE HOUSE A
SHORT TIME LATER JUSTICE
CLARENCE THOMAS ADMINISTERED THE
CONSTITUTIONAL OATH TO BARRETT
BEFORE A CROWD OF ABOUT 200.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IS
SET TO ADMINISTER A SECOND OATH,
KNOWN AS THE JUDICIAL OATH IN A
PRIVATE CEREMONY AT THE COURT
LATER TODAY. BARRETT WILL BE THE
FIFTH FEMALE JUSTICE IN THE
COURT'S HISTORY AND FILL THE
SEAT LEFT VACANT BY THE LATE
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
"SHE IS ONE OF OUR NATION'S
MOST BRILLIANT LEGAL SCHOLARS.
AND SHE WILL MAKE AN OUTSTANDING
JUSTICE ON THE HIGHEST COURT IN
OUR LAND."
"I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE
CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE EXPRESSED IN
ME AND I PLEDGE TO YOU AND TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT I WILL
DISCHARGE MY DUTIES TO THE VERY
BEST OF MY ABILITY."
THE 48-YEAR-OLD BEGINS A
LIFETIME APPOINTMENT TO THE
HIGHEST COURT IN THE NATION.
NEW
NEW THIS
NEW THIS AFTERNOON -- BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR THE AN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE'S COUSIN.
43 YEAR OLD JARVIS CUTTEN OF
GROVES JAILED ON A ONE-MILLION
DOLLAR BOND. THIS HAPPENED
EARLY
EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING-- AT THE AMBER PARK APARTMENTS-- ON GULFWAY DRIVE. WHEN POLICE
ARRIVED --THEY FOUND AN
UNRESPONSIVE MAN. THE
VICTIM LATER DIED AT THE MEDICAL
CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
DETECTIVES DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO MEN.
POLICE SAY THE MEN HAD BEEN
TOGETHER ALL DAY.
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE MEN? HARDIN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
BELIEVE THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A
SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON
OCTOBER 19TH-- NEAR KOUNTZE.
27-YEAR OLD DEONTE "BOULEVARD"
RICHARD-- AND 18- YEAR OLD
CHRISTIAN "C-GROOVE" ROBINSON--
ARE WANTED FOR ROBBERY AND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY
WEAPON RICHARD IS 27 AND HAS
TATTOOS FROM HIS NECK DOWN.
ROBINSON IS ONLY 18 YEARS OF
OLD. CALL 9-1-1 IF YOU SEE
THESE MEN.
BELLS RING
THAT NOISE -- STILL ON THE
DEBATE TABLE FOR GROVES CITY
COUNCIL.
COUNCIL.
THIS
THIS DISCUSSION COMES AFTER A NOISE COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO GET
DECIBEL READINGS ON THE CHURCH
BELLS. THEY'LL USE THIS TO
MAKE THEIR DECISION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT TO EXEMPT THE
BELLS FROM THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
NO DATE HAS BEEN SET TO REVISIT
THE ISSUE.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHAT LED TO A HUMAN
TRAFFICKING STING OPERATION IN
BEAUMONT-- THAT ENDED WITH
THE ARRESTS OF 21 PEOPLE!
INCLUDING 2 DOCTORS.
THE 2-DAY OPERATION WAS AIMED
AT REDUCING DEMAND AND DETERRING
PEOPLE FROM BUYING SEX.
JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY BOB WORTHAM SAYS HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS A SERIOUS CRIME
AND OPERATIONS LIKE THE ONE OVER
THE WEEKEND--SERVE AS A REMINDER
THAT ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE CAN BE
INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
"WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONSIDERED
PROFESSIONALS, THAT ARE FORMER
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS...THAT
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. THIS IS A
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE
SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE THIS IS
MODERN DAY SLAVERY WHAT'S GOING
ON."
AT LEAST HALF OF THE ARRESTS
INVOLVED SUSPECTS WHO THOUGHT
THEY
THEY WERE
THEY WERE TALKING TO A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. THE D-A'S OFFICE SAYS IT USED A NEW
STRATEGY IN THE STING. THIS WAS
THE FIRST TIME IT OFFERED UP
KIDS ONLINE.
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