break from the snow, you know,
otherwise other than today.
So today is going to be our quit
day clouds in the forecast all y
long 29 feels like 22 wind chil.
Not bad at all air temperatures.
Doesn't feel bad out here.
I'm pretty comfortable and I
just have a normal winter jacket
on northwest winds at 7 mph.
You can see from this Cam sunrise coming
up soon as we spring forward on Sunday,
we'll see that sunrise earlier d
earlier as we get deeper into te
season and closer to spring clos
in the forecast through 11 AM,
33 will warm above the freezing
mark right after 10:00 AM into
the late morning hours.
Winter Storm watches already posted for
Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.
We'll keep our eyes on the syst.
Alicia.
Alright, thank you.
Unfortunately a crash popped upn
New Brighton in the North Metro.
You can see the crash icon ther,
but it is starting to cause
quite the traffic jam.
This is 694 again westbound
at Silver Lake Rd.
not far from exit 39 in Long Lake Rd.
Two lanes of traffic are are bld
so they're just down to single e
traffic right now and is startio
increase drive times in that ar.
I'll keep an eye on it and
have another update coming up.
This morning,
a new plan to crack down on car
thieves in the Twin Cities.
Unfortunately, there's been a he
increase in vehicle thefts and
they're targeting Kias and Hyun.
So take a look at these numbers.
In Minneapolis alone,
there's been an 833% increase in car thefts.
The police chief says the city
went from an average of 200 Kias
and Hyundai stolen in a year to
more than 2300 in just six mont.
And this is just one example.
Last Friday, a stolen Kia,
these driver speeding
through north Minneapolis.
94 You're about to see it here.
The car takes a dive from an
overpass as it's being pursued.
2 Juveniles were arrested.
That video is just wild there.
Jennifer is in Minneapolis this morning.
And Jenna,
what plan does the chief have h?
Yeah, this is really the Chiefs plan,
but one that he's backing.
He's backing this legislation right now
that would require automakers to install
anti-theft devices in their models of
vehicles dating all the way back to 2013.
And Jason, Alicia,
you mentioned that massive spike
in vehicle thefts in Minneapoli.
While maybe in part because of ,
there's these viral social media posts
going around which exposed security flaws.
Kia and Hyundai have announced software
upgrades to make their cars harder to steal.
They say they're also working
to provide steering wheel.
Bucks to drivers of older model,
but Chief Brian O'Hara says the city has
only received about 100 of those locks so
far. That does not even cover the victims
of theft that own keys and hyuns
that have had their cars stolene
than once over the last six mon.
And that's obviously not enough.
Alright, so again what this
legislation would change,
it would really put the burden on the
automakers to help prevent thesr
thefts by requiring them to install these
anti theft devices in their vehicles.
And and this is just this is abt
more than just stopping cars ths
because many of these thefts are then
linked to other crimes including
five homicides and 13 shootings.
We're going to have more on that
and why the chief says that this
anti car theft legislation that
not alone there there needs to .
More done to fix this.
Well, I tell you what he wants
to or what he's saying about it.
Coming up in just 30 minutes.
Alright. Yeah, I feel like it's been a
problem for a long time and something
definitely needs to be done. Jen. Thank
you. Well, the man accused of killing
a 9 year old Minneapolis girl we
she jumped on a trampoline plead
guilty to second degree murder.
20 year old Dupree Sharif Robinson pleaded
guilty to second degree murder in the death
of nine-year-old Trinity Addison Smith.
The prosecutors say she was the unintended
victim of a gang related drive by shooting
two years ago in exchange for his plea.
Robinson will be sentenced to 37 1/2 years
and now the families of two other children,
also shot within days of Trinite
still waiting for justice in their cases.
That includes kg Wilson,
whose long raised his voice as
an activist and a grandfather.
I get to see what justice for
an innocent child looks like.
I don't know what it feels like.
This morning,
investigators are still lookingr
whoever shot six-year-old Anaya Allen,
who's KG's granddaughter,
and Ladainian Garrett junior.
Allen died from her injuries.
Ladainian is now recovering at e
after six months in the hospita.
Police right now urging anyone
with any information about the
shootings to contact police.
This morning, Minnesota nurses e
asking state lawmakers for some help.
A new report shows thousands of Minnesota
nurses are quitting their jobs because
they are burned out and overwor.
CC is live at the state.
Capital with more on what they're doing CC?
Hey, good morning.
Well, the Minnesota Nurses Association
released the report that you jut
mentioned and it says that 2400 nurses,
more than that actually have
left in the past year.
Now that report comes as MNA works here
at the Capitol to try to get a new bill
passed that would hopefully keep nurses.
Now the bill that is being propd
right now is called the keeping nurses
at the bedside act and it wouldt
limits on the number of patient.
Assigned to one nurse now,
one nurse who's leaving the bede
says there's not enough time and
resources to care for patients e
way they deserve to be cared fo.
Meanwhile,
the Minnesota Hospital Associatn
says the proposed staffing mande
would reduce hospital care capay
by 15% and threatened care for
70,000 patients in Minnesota.
These things are already happen.
The hospitals cannot turn
around now and say that, ohh,
we are concerned about beds bece
they're already closing beds.
That's the reality.
Now even though under staffing
is the number one reason that's
pushing many nurses away,
this new report also found that
improving those staffing levels could
sway some of those nurses back .
Alright, C reporting live outsie
of the Capitol for us, thank yo.
Well also at the Capitol a $2
billion debate over infrastructe
spending that includes money for
construction projects like roadd
bridges and water treatment pla.
John Croman breaks down the num.
The public works construction bs
in the house total $1.9 billion.
The Big One 1 1/2 billion dollas
requires issuing bonds or taking on debt.
And when you do that it
takes a supermajority.
So Dems will need 11 Republicano
join them to get to that 81 vote mark.
Same thing over in the Senate.
The Dems will need 7 Republicano
join them to pass a bonding bil.
But the Republicans now say
they're not going to do it.
They're not going to support
this bonding bill unless first.
They get the tax cuts
they want from the Dems,
so stay tuned.
John, thank you. Also in Saint ,
supporters of electronic pull
tabs are speaking out against a
potential move to limit E tabs.
It comes after the Minnesota Cot
of Appeals recently ruled that e
reveal all option on these games
is too similar to a slot machin.
And under state gaming laws,
slot machines can only be
operated by tribal nations.
The American Legion and the nonprofit
Protect Our Charities say if
etaps are skilled back or banne,
community programs will suffer.
Changing the law surrounding Ets
will be extremely detrimental tr
posts and our ability to support them,
their communities and our veter.
As of today, no bills related
to E tabs have been filed
this morning. Memorial blood ces
say there is a deeply critical d
for blood donations right now tt
could start to affect our hospi.
They cite snowy weather,
cold and flu season if fewer dos
and fewer drives for the shorta.
The next health affair,
11 Blood Drive, is March 23rd,
so you can schedule a donation time now.
Six O 9 is your time.
And turning to the forecast,
we're finally giving a little
break from the snow. But.
Don't get used to it folks,
because this week is going to be
another wintery weather week gu.
Yeah, Lisa, and today is really our only
true break from the snow because snow is in
the forecast each day for the remainder,
ohh on the seven day forecast,
really, but impactful snow, especially
Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.
Here's our Sunrise camera.
We'll be showing this throughout
the remainder of the show.
Sun up right around 6:40. Rathe.
Worley won't see much sunshine today,
but like we're seeing a few
cracks there in the cloud.
However, we could see a few
peaks of sunshine at 29.
Right now, northwest winds at 7
mph feels like 22 on the skin.
If you're getting ready to
step out next 12 hours,
temperatures warming up to the upper 30s,
we'll already start to
make progress by 11:00 AM,
temperatures up above the freezing mark.
So that's step.
And then later on this afternoon
may be great for, you know,
stepping out, stretching your l,
any fresh air.
If you have any plans to do that today,
not a bad day to do that because
snow is in the forecast really
for the remainder of the seven.
As soon as tomorrow we'll see snow showers.
Even not as impactful,
but still it just doesn't take
much to slow down traffic.
Temperatures right around the freezing
mark tomorrow morning and snow e
morning in the forecast accumulations
don't look impressive for tomor,
but still we're going to watch
that as things could just be a
little slick but especially slik
on Thursday as heavy snow starts
to spread from West to east.
So Thursday is going to be the
day 36 into Friday morning.
Here are my weather headlines.
Good morning to you.
If you're just now joining us,
snow chances increase Wednesday
from West E that's tomorrow.
And then the most impactful winter weather
will be Thursday afternoon into Friday.
More snow chances more.
Another chance for
accumulating snow Saturday,
in case Sunday.