>>>
>>> HELLO
>>> HELLO EVERYBODY, WE START TONIGHT IN SOUTH WITH HOUSTON
AT THE SCENE OF A DEADLY CRASH,
POLICE TELL US THE DRIVER, A
WOMAN BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE
CAR, ALMOST RAN INTO THE BACK
OF A POLICE CAR.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND
YOU CAN SEE THE CRASHED CAR,
THIS HAPPENED DURING A POLICE
CHASE PALMA --, McCORD ROAD IS
SHUT
>>>
>>> SNAILS AS BIG AS YOUR HAND ARE INVADING NEIGHBORHOODS
AROUND HOUSTON.
AROUND HOUSTON. WHY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE
WANT THEM TO GO AWAY.
>>> A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE, BACKED
UP CARS ON I 10 FOR HOURS THIS
WEEKEND, TEXAS DOT SAYS IT IS
EMERGENCY ROADWORK AND IT'S NOT
OVER YET.
OVER YET.
OVER YET. >>> PLUS WHAT WAS ONCE THE
CHEAPEST CUT OF MEAT IS GOING
FOR PRIME PRICES, WHY THE COST
OF BRISKET IS ON THE RISE.
>>> FIRST TONIGHT IT IS HOT AND
IT IS HUMID
BUT
BUT BY
BUT BY THIS TIME TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO START FEELING SOME
VERY WELCOME CHANGES .
>> THAT IS BECAUSE OF A LOW
FRONT, A COLD FRONT,
UNEXPECTED, THAT COULD BE
HEADED OUR WAY.
DAVID PAUL'S IS IT COULD BE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AND
DAVID WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING?
>> IT IS TRUE, AS STRANGE AS IT
SOUNDS WE ARE FORECASTING A
COLD FRONT TO ARRIVE TONIGHT
HERE IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
IT IS GOING TO GET MORE
COMFORTABLE BUT HERE ARE THE
THREE TOP THINGS I THINK YOU
WILL NOTICE WITH THIS CHANGE IN
THE WEATHER PATTERN, NUMBER ONE
HUMIDITY IS GOING TO DROP.
IF YOU HAVE TO WORK OUTSIDE AT
LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT
EASIER ON YOUR BODY.
NUMBER TWO, THE NORTHWIND WHICH
WILL BRING IN THE LOWER
HUMIDITY IS ALSO GOING TO BRING
IN POLLEN.
IN POLLEN. CEDAR, WEED AND GRASS POLLEN IS
LOW TO MODERATE BUT THAT THEY
KICKOFF YOUR ALLERGY SYMPTOMS
AS THE POLLEN COMES IN.
THIRD THING AND THIS IS A LONG
SHOT BUT WE WILL SEE, IT IS
POSSIBLE IF THINGS GET
COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TOMORROW
EVENING THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE
TO OPEN THE ROOF AT AND IT MADE.
I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THE ROOF AT
MINUTE MAID IN THE MONTH OF
JULY SO IF IT HAPPENS THIS MAY
BE A ONE OFF THAT WE WOULD ALL
HAPPILY TAKE.
HAPPILY TAKE. COMING UP I'VE GOT THE EXACT
TIMING ON THE WIND SHIFT AND
TEMPERATURE DROP AND THE
HUMIDITY DROP WHERE YOU LIVE,
IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
>>> THANKS DAVID WE LOOK
FORWARD TO IT,
A
A HEADS
A HEADS UP FOR PEOPLE IN KATIE, THE CITY IS ASKING YOU TO
CONSERVE WATER DUE TO THE HEAT
AND LACK OF RAIN.
THAT MEANS LIMIT WATERING YOUR
LAWN AND WASHING YOUR CARS.
>>> MORE CHARGES COULD BE FILED
IN THE CASE OF A MAN WHO
INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS SO DRUNK
LAST NIGHT HE DROVE THE WRONG
WAY ON THE WESTPARK TOLLWAY FOR
AT LEAST ONE MILE BEFORE
CRASHING INTO A HARRIS COUNTY
DEPUTIES PATROL CAR.
PROSECUTORS TELL US IF THEY
FIND OUT PATRICK M. NJOGU HAD
BEEN OVERSERVED AT A BAR,
THOSE AT THE BUSINESS COULD BE
PROSECUTED.
PROSECUTED. THE 39-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH
FELONY MURDER AFTER A MAN IN
THE BACK OF THE PATROL CAR WAS
KILLED IN THE CRASH.
TWO DEPUTIES WERE HURT AND ONE
IS ALREADY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
BUT THE OTHER HAS A CONCUSSION
AND WILL LIKELY STAY OVERNIGHT.
WRONG WAY CRASHES LIKE THESE
ARE RARE, THEY ONLY MAKE UP FOR
ABOUT 1% OF ALL TRAFFIC CRASHES
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS. THAT IS STILL ABOUT 240 TIMES
EACH YEAR ACROSS THE STATE.
MOST OF THEM HAPPEN IN HOUSTON
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE
NUMBERS FROM 2017, 138 WRONG
WAY CRASHES IN HOUSTON THAT
YEAR FOLLOWED BY DALLAS, SAN
ANTONIO, AUSTIN AND FORT WORTH.
AND NOT SURPRISINGLY ALCOHOL IS
A FACTOR IN ABOUT 70% OF THOSE
CRASHES.
CRASHES.
CRASHES. SO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP IT?
TEXDOT SAYS THEY HAVE ADDED
EXTRA SIGNAGE AND BRIGHT RED
REFLECTIVE TAPE ON SIGNS AND
THE ROAD TO WARN DRIVERS THEY
ARE ABOUT TO GO THE WRONG WAY.
THEY ARE ALSO ADDING A
DETECTION SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES
FLASHING LED SIGNS THAT SAY DO
NOT ENTER AND WRONG WAY.
BUT IF THAT DOES NOT STOP THE
DRIVER TRANS STAR WILL GET AN
ALERT SO THEY CAN LET LAW
ENFORCEMENT NO QUICKLY.
>>> TEXDOT IS ADMITTING TONIGHT
IT COULD'VE DONE A BETTER JOB
OF WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT
ROADWORK THAT CAUSED A TRAFFIC
MESS ON I 10 OVER THE WEEKEND.
IT HAPPENED IN THE EAST DOWN
LANES BETWEEN CV AND BERKSHIRE.
SOME DRIVERS TOLD US IT WAS THE
WRST TO TRAFFIC JAM THEY HAD
EVER BEEN IN.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
LARRY SEAVER WENT TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. >>
Reporter:
Reporter: DRIVERS BLOCKED BY BREAK LOCKS, BRAKE LIGHTS FOR
MILD.
MILD.
MILD. >>
MILD. >> THEY WERE ARRESTING PEOPLE
AND GIVING PEOPLE TICKETS,
PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE.
>> Reporter: PAVED ILLEGAL
DETOURS, BUT IT IS TEXDOT
APOLOGIZING FOR WARNINGS MIA.
>> ARE TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
WORKING TOGETHER AND WE JUST
HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB.
>> Reporter: WE ARE TOLD THAT
THEIR ENGINEERS FOUND TROUBLE
WITH ASPHALT AND ONE EASTBOUND
LANE AND IT NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE
FIX, SO ONE OF TWO LANES ARE
CLOSED EVERY WEEKEND, 9 MILES
OF FREEWAY NARROWS SQUISHING
CARS AND TRUCKS BETWEEN
CONCRETE AND BARRIERS.
ONE VIEWER STUCK THERE THREE
HOURS SATURDAY WROTE US CALLING
IT A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOOD
TO HAPPEN OR HOW FAST YOU ARE
GOING TO MOVE, HOW LONG YOU
WILL BE SITTING THERE.
AND YOU MAY HAVE AN EMERGENCY
AND YOU ARE REALLY OUT OF LUCK.
>> Reporter: THAT IS WHY KHOU11
NEWS CALLED TEXDOT.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU CALLING US
AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A FEW
CALLS INTO OUR OFFICE SO WE ARE
WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: UNTIL THEN IT IS
ON DRIVERS TO USE A MIX OF --
TO WORK OUT THEIR OWN DETOURS
LEGALLY.
LEGALLY.
LEGALLY. LARRY SEAWARD, KHOU11 NEWS.
>>> PRES.
>>> PRES.
>>> PRES. TRUMP IS KEEPING UP HIS ATTACKS
ON TWITTER AGAINST FOUR
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMEN KNOWN
AS THE SQUAD.
THIS MORNING HE TWEETED THE
SQUAD IS A VERY RACIST GROUP OF
TROUBLEMAKERS WHO ARE YOUNG,
INEXPERIENCED AND NOT VERY
SMART, SO BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
THE BACK AND FORTH BEGAN OVER A
WEEK AGO WHEN HE FIRST SAID THE
CONGRESSWOMEN SHOULD GO BACK TO
THE PLACES THEY CAME FROM EVEN
THOUGH THREE OUT OF THE FOUR
WERE BORN IN THE US.
THE U.S. HOUSE CONDEMNED HIS
TWEETS AS RACIST, SOMETHING HE
DENIED AGAIN TODAY.
>> THERE IS NO RACIAL TENSION.
I HAD MY BEST NUMBERS RECENTLY.
AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
ECONOMY AND WHAT I'VE DONE FOR
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
THEY ARE DOING BETTER THAN
THEY'VE EVER DONE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >>> TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN
LOUISIANA WERE FIRED OVER
FACEBOOK POST THAT SUGGESTED
ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD,
ALEXANDRIA O CONSEIL CORTEZ
SHOULD BE SHOT.
THE OFFICER WHO MADE THE POST
AND ANOTHER OFFICER WHO LIKED
IT WERE FIRED FOR VIOLATING THE
DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA
POLICIES.
POLICIES.
POLICIES. >>> JUST TWO DAYS AFTER WE
CELEBRATED MAN LANDING ON THE
MOON NASA IS MORNING A LEGEND,
THE FIRST EVER FLIGHT DIRECTOR
CHRIS KRAFT HAS DIED.
THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WE DID
WITH HIM BACK IN 1988.
HE IS CREDITED WITH CREATING
THE CONCEPT OF MISSION CONTROL
AND HELPING TO BUILD THE
NATIONS SPACE PROGRAM.
HE WAS 95 YEARS OLD.
>>> SOME RIDESHARE DRIVERS ARE
TAKING OUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS
ON EACH OTHER IN A CONGESTED
PARKING LOT AT BUSCH AIRPORT.
>> THIS ESCALATED INTO A FIST
FIGHT, THE STORY KICKS OFF
TONIGHT'S 92nd NIGHTCAP.
>>> FLIES ARE THE ONLY THINGS
TAKING OFF AT THE AIRPORT,
TIMBERS ARE FLYING AS WELL,
BETWEEN RIDESHARING DRIVERS AND
THERE IS VIDEO OF DRIVERS
THROWING PUNCHES THAT EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. IT
OTHER. IT IS UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE
FIGHT WAS OVER BY THE TWO MEN
AND UPON THE GROUND AS
WITNESSES STAND AND WATCH.
>> THIS PARKING LOT IS NOT BIG
ENOUGH FOR WHAT THIS AIRPORT
NEEDS.
NEEDS.
NEEDS. >>> MORE THAN HALF 1 MILLION
PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREETS OF
PUERTO RICO.
PUERTO RICO. LOUD BUT PEACEFUL.
>> THEY ARE FED UP AND
FRUSTRATED, THEY ARE ANGRY.
THEY JUST CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE OF
WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> REAGAN'S IN HOUSTON ARE
TRACKING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
OVER A PLATE OF THEIR FAVORITE
ISLAND MEAL AND BACK ON THE
ISLAND PROTESTERS ARE CARRYING
SIGNS THAT SAY RICKY RESIGN.
HERE AT THIS RESTAURANT A
SIMILAR SENTIMENT, THEY SAY GO
RICKY GO, THEY WANT HIM OUT.
>>> WENDY DAVIS HAS MOVED ON
FROM SEEKING THE OFFICE OF
GOVERNOR TO A BID FOR CONGRESS,
DAVIS IS A SIX YEAR VETERAN OF
THE TEXAS SENATE AND YOU MAY
RECALL IN 2013 WHEN SHE
FILIBUSTERED AN ABORTION BILL
FOR 13 HOURS.
>>> THE AQUA FACTS THE BREACH
EXPOSED THE PRIVATE INFORMATION
OF NEARLY 150 MILLION PEOPLE,
TWO YEARS AFTER THE BREACH OF
THE RECORDING THEY SHOULD
CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY HAS
AGREED TO A SETTLEMENT OF UP TO
74 MILLION, $700 MILLION,
INCLUDING 25 MILLION FOR
CONSUMERS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY
HARMED AND IT SHOULD BE AS MUCH
AS $20,000 PER CLAIM.
SOME
SOME UNWANTED GUESTS HAVE INVADED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF
YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK THEY ARE
HARD TO MISS.
>> THEY ARE CALLED APPLE SNAILS
SOME AS BIG AS YOUR FIST.
LAUREN TALARICO REPORTS THAT
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT NEW
THEY ARE A BIG PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: NESTLED ALONG A
DRAINAGE DITCH, YOU WILL FIND
SNAILS THE SIZE OF YOUR HAND.
THEY ARE CALLED APPLE SNAILS AND
THEY ARE AN AGGRESSIVE INVASIVE
SPEECHES -- SPECIES, NATIVE TO
SOUTH AMERICA BUT HAVE STARTED
POPPING UP IN TAXES IN THE 90s.
THEY CAN DO REAL DAMAGE TO AN
ECOSYSTEM AND THEY REPRODUCE
LIKE CRAZY.
LIKE CRAZY. THESE PINK CLOUDS ARE THERE
EGGS, THEY LAY 200 TO 600 AT A
TIME AND THEY ARE NOT POPULAR
WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE,
LISTED AS ONE OF THE MOST
UNWANTED ANIMALS IN THE STATE.
URGING FOLKS TO REPORT THEM IF
THEY SEE THEM, THE PERSON WHO
POSTED ABOUT THE SNAILS ON
REDDIT SAYS IN THE MORNING YOU
CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF THESE GUYS
AND HE SAYS HE DID REPORT THEM
AND WAS TOLD THEY WILL BE TAKEN