ALL OF THE BOATS ARE IN SERVICE
THIS MORNING.
CHARLES: TODAY MORE THAN 50 NEW
TRAFFIC CAMERAS GO ONLINE ACROSS
THE CRESCENT CITY, TARGETING
SPEEDERS.
RANDI: AND ALL OF THEM, WILL BE
IN SCHOOL ZONES.
KELSEY DAVIS JOINS US LIVE NOW
FROM MID CITY, WHERE ONE OF THE
NEW CAMERAS IS LOCATED.
CHARLES: KELSEY SOME OF THE
CAMERAS WILL BE MOBILE RIGHT
KELSEY: CITY OFFICIALS SAY
BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL, 45
PERMANENT TRAFFIC CAMERAS AND 10
MOBILE TRAFFIC SAFETY UNITS WILL
BE PUT INTO US
WE'RE TOLD THE CAMERAS, PART OF
THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CAERA SAFETY
PROGRAM, ARE AIMED AT STOPPING
RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS, CUTTING
BACK ON SPEEDING VIOLATIONS AND
IMPROVING ROADWAY SAFETY
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS 66
CAMERAS AT 42 DIFFERENT
LOCATION
THE NEW MOBILE TRAFFIC UNITS,
WILL BE PLACED IN SCHOOL ZONES
WHERE THERE ARE NO PERMANENT
CAMERAS.
AND WE'RE TOLD LATER THEY COULD
BE PLACED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY TO ASSIST WITH NOPD TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT
CITATIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO
PEOPLE WHO DRIVE OVER THE SPEED
LIMIT BY 6 MILES PER HOUR IN
SCHOOL ZONES AND OVER 10 MILES
PER HOUR WHEN NOT INSIDE OF A
SCHOOL ZONE
AGAIN I MENTIONED, THE CAMERAS
WILL BE IN USE IN 32 NEW
LOCATION ACROSS THE CITY
STARTING TODAY
TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CAMERAS
ARE, DOWNLOAD THE WDSU MOBILE
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KELSEY DAVIS WDSU NEWS.
CHARLES: ALSO TODAY, GOVERNOR
JOHN BEL EDWARDS WILL TRAVEL TO
OUACHITA PARISH FOR A JOINT
PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE SHOOTING
OF A LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF
WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AGENT
SENIOR AGENT TYLER WHEELER IS
NOW IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER
BEING SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES
SATURDAY MORNING, INVESTIGATORS
SAY HE WAS MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP
IN MOREHOUSE PARIS
STATE POLICE HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN
CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO THE
SHOOTING.
ONE SUSPECT IS FACING IS FACING
AN ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER
CHARGE WHILE THE OTHER IS BEING
CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE
FACT.
RANDI: RIGHT NOW, NEW ORLEANS
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A
17-YEAR-OLD WHO'S BEEN MISSING
FOR NEARLY A WEEK.
POLICE SAY ROBERT CARTER HAS NOT
BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE
LAST TUESDAY.
HIS AUNT REPORTED THAT HE WAS
PLAYING BALL AT A PARK NEAR
LIZARDI AND URQUHART STREETS BUT
SHE HASN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT WHERE HE MAY BE CALL
POLICE.
AND POLICE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR
A MISSING WOMAN.
RACHELLE MARTIN WAS LAST SEEN BY
HER MOTHER LAST WEEK ON RUE PARC
FONTAINE.
HER MOTHER TOLD POLICE, THAT THE
38-YEAR-OLD WASN'T HOME WHEN SHE
WENT THERE AND THAT THE DOOR WAS
UNLOCKED
IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND
RACHELLE MARTIN, OR ROBERT
CARTER, CALL POLICE.
CHARLES: AND THIS MORNING WE'RE
WATCHING SEVERE WEATHER,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST, WHERE A
COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND
HEAVY SNOW HAS CREATED THE
POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING
IN THE COMING DAYS.
RANDI: MEANWHILE, PARTS OF THE
EAST ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE
HEADACHES FROM A STORM.
NBC'S STEVE PATTERSON HAS MORE
ON THOSE PREPARING FOR THE WORST
THIS MORNING.
STEVE: THE WEST COAST STORM
PREDICTED TO BE THE WORST IN A
DECADE MASSIVE RAINS ON TOP OF A
MOUNTAIN OF SNOW ALL LEADING TO
THIS.
THE SWOLLEN TRUCKEE RIVER IN
RENO LIKE SO MANY OTHER RIVERS
UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST. ,
STILL RISING, RESIDENTS
SCRAMBLING TO PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF MASSIVE FLOODS
>> I WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH TO GET
SANDBAGS.
I WILL BE SANDBAGGING MY HOME.
STEVE: MERCEDES WITTY LIVES
RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE RIVER.
THE SANDBAGS MEANT TO HOLD BACK
THE WATERS EVEN AS THE FEAR OF
LOSING EVERYTHING WASHES OVER
HE
>> TERRIFIED.
AFRAID.
TERRIFIED.
I'M HOPEFUL BUT SCARED.
SCARED.
I MEAN THIS IS REAL THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING TO LIGHTLY PANIC OVER.
STEVE: DOWNTOWN AN ARMY OF
WORKERS SANDBAGGING THE RIVER
EXPECTED TO CREST WELL ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.
FURTHER SOUTH, ITS SNOW WREAKING
HAVOC ON TRAFFIC ALONG THE
SIERRA NEVADA.
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN PELTED WITH
48-INCHES OF FRESH POWDER,
FORCING THE SKI RESORT TO CLOSE
CHAIRLIFTS FOR THE DAY.
WHILE DANGEROUS RAINWATER RISES
IN ROADS ATOP THE SANTA CRUZ
MOUNTAINS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LINE IT
HERE.
LINE OUR WALK WAY SO NONE OF IT
COMES INTO OUR BEDROOM AGAIN.
STEVE: THE STORM NOW UNDERWAY
WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ALL
OVER THE REGION, THE WORST TO
COME.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRE HOSE
OF MOISTURE POINTED STILL
DIRECTLY RIGHT AT CA.
THE NAPA RIVER ALREADY AT MAJOR
FLOODING STAGE.
MORE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO
FLOOD AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE
WEEK BECAUSE THERE IS NOT JUST
ONE STORM OUT THERE BUT A SERIES
OF STORMS BEHIND THEM AND WE
COULD STILL BE TALKING ABOUT
RAIN NEXT WEEK.
STEVE: AND IN THE SOUTHEAST.
>> IM TAMMY LEITNER IN NORFOLK,
VA, WHERE THE SNOW AND SLEET
BASICALLY SHUT DOWN THIS TOWN,
THE STORM CRIPPLING MUCH OF THE
SOUTH.
AN AREA NOT USED TO THIS TYPE OF
WEATHER, TODAY, THEY ARE DIGGING
OUT, BUT THE DANGER IS NOT OVER
AS THE TEMPS TURN FRIGID, THE
ROADS ARE COVERED WITH ICE
STEVE: BACK WEST, ITS
PREPARATION AROUND THE CLOCK, AS
THE STORM BEARS DOWN, AND THE
RIVERS RISE.
RANDI: THE FLOODWATERS ARE
EXPECTED TO TAKE OUT BRIDGES,
ROADS, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
RENO CITY OFFICIALS ARE URGING
RESIDENTS AND SIGHTSEERS TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE RIVER.
CHARLES: HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO
SOAK NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
FORECASTERS SAY STORMS OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO
BRING UP TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN IN
CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND
SACRAMENTO.
BUT THE WET WEATHER ALSO BRING
DANGER, LEADING TO SEVERE
FLOODING AND MULTIPLE CAR
ACCIDENTS
DOWNED TREES HAVE DESTROYED
HOMES AND CARS, AND BROUGHT DOWN
POWERLINES.
STREETS, BRIDGES, AND HIGHWAYS
WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE RUSHING
FLOODWATERS.
OFFICIALS URGE RESIDENTS TO STAY
INSIDE AND OFF THE ROADS.
RANDI: A GIANT SINKHOLE SWALLOWS
TWO CARS IN PHILADELPHIA, AFTER
A SNOWSTORM.
A SIX-INCH WATER MAIN BROKE,
FLOODING OUT SOME BASEMENTS
SUNDAY MORNING.
THE SINKHOLE MEASURES AT LEAST
40 FEET BY 50 FEET.
THE CITY'S WATER DEPARTMENT WILL
WORK WITH ALL CUSTOMERS WHO NOW
HAVE PROPERTY DAMAGE, BECAUSE OF
THIS.
IT'S S'NOW PROBLEM FOR THE
GEORGIA TECH MENS SWIM TEAM.
WHILE THIS WHITEOUT MAY HAVE
WIPED OUT THE TEAMS' MEET
AGAINST VIRGINIA TECH, THEY
DIDN'T LET IT HOLD THEM BAC
THEY DECIDED TO SPEND THEIR
SPARE TIME, DOING SNOW LAPS
WHICH LIKELY FELT LIKE A SLAP IN
THE FACE FROM MOTHER NATURE.
AND PERHAPS NOT THE BEST IDEA
WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE.
KWEILYN: IT IS STILL GOING TO BE
A CHILLY MORNING.
WARMING UP THIS AFTERNOON.
LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE THIS MORNING.
A FEW CLOUDS IN THE SKIES THIS
MORNING.
SUNSHINE OUT DOOR THIS MORNING.
DRY CONDITIONS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HIGH-PRESSURE
POSITION THIS MORNING RIGHT
AROUND NORTH CAROLINA.
THE WINDS ARE SWITCHING UP OUT
OF THE EAST.
COATS AND SCARVES AND HATS AND
GLOVES AND SUNGLASSES FOR THAT
SUNSHINE THIS MORNING.
WIND TRANSITIONING TO A
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW RIGHT NOW.
FEELING LIKE 41 AT THE AIR FOR.
DROPPING DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF
SPOTS.
40'S TAKING OVER FOR THE SOUTH
SHORE.
STILL THOUGH TO 30'S ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST.
WE HAVE WIND VALUES AT 25 FOR
SLIDELL.
WE WILL SHOW YOU A WARM UP BY
LUNCHTIME.
MID TO UPPER 50'S.
YESTERDAY'S HIGH WAS ONLY 49
DEGREES.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY OF THE
50'S AND LOWER 60'S.
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY PRETTY
MUCH DONE WITH THE 40'S AS WELL.
LOOKING AT 50'S OUT THE DOOR
TUESDAY.
UPPER 60'S LOWER 70'S.
MORE WARM WEATHER ON THE WAY.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BEST
TIMING FOR THE COMMUTE.
NOW A LOOK AT THE ROADWAYS.
KELLIE: COMING ACROSS THE
CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION THE
DRIVE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
I-10 S. CLAIBORNE LOOKING PRETTY
GOOD.
IT ACCIDENT AND BREAKDOWN FREE.
WE ARE RESTRICTION AND ADVISORY
FREED ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY.
I 10 AT 610 LOOKING GOOD IN AND
OUT OF GENTILLY.
COMING ACROSS THE BONNET CARRE
SPILLWAY NO ISSUES.
26 MINUTES FROM I-55 TO THE CBD.
THE DRIVE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY
LOOKS GREAT AS WELL.
NO ISSUES AND NO BREAKDOWN TO
DELAY YOUR DRIVE.
RANDI: COURT HEARING,
IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE MAN WHO
OPENED FIRE AT THE FORT
LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT IS
SET TO APPEAR IN COURT
THE PENALTY HE FACES, IF
CONVICTED IN THE DEADLY ATTACK.
CHARLES: PLUS WE'LL TAKE A LOOK
AT THE BIG WINNERS AT THE 74TH
ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES.
RANDI: YOU CAN FIND OUR WDSU
WEATHER FORECASTS EVERY WEEKDAY
MORNING ON THE RICKEY SMILEY
SHOW ON POWER 102.9.
CHARLES: TURNING NOW TO YOUR
NEWS FROM ACROSS AMERICA THIS
MORNING,
RANDI: IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE
MAN ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE
INSIDE THE FORT
LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT,
WILL APPEAR IN COURT.
POLICE SAY ESTEBAN SANTIAGO
CHECKED A GUN INTO HIS LUGGAGE
ON HIS FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE
THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS, ON
FLORIDA, AND WHEN HE PICKED UP
HIS BAG FROM THE BAGGAGE CLAIM
CAROUSEL, INVESTIGATORS SAY HE
WENT INTO THE BATHROOM, LOADED
HIS GUN, AND CAME OUT FIRING.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SIX
OTHERS INJURED.
PROSECUTORS SAY SANTIAGO IS
CHARGED WITH COMMITTING AN ACT
OF VIOLENCE AT AN INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, AND HE COULD FACE THE
DEATH PENALTY.
CHARLES: TODAY OFFICIALS IN
FRASER, MICHIGAN WILL GIVE AN
UPDATE ON A LARGE SINKHOLE THAT
OPENED UP LAST MONTH.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD THE
PUBLIC MEETING TO UPDATE THE
COMMUNITY ON THE SINKHOLE,
INCLUDING DETAILS ON WHO WILL
PAY FOR THE REPAIRS.
AT LEAST 22 HOMES WERE
EVACUATED, BUT OFFICIALS DEEMED
THREE HOMES UNINHABITABLE
BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TO
THE COLLAPSE.
THE 50 FOOT SINKHOLE FORMED
BELOW THE SURFACE AND WILL FORCE
ROADWAYS IN THE AREA TO BE SHUT
DOWN SEVERAL MONTHS.
RANDI: AND TODAY THE
INAUGURATION FOR THE NEW INDIANA
GOVERNOR WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
STATE FAIRGROUNDS.
ERIC HOLCOMB IS REPLACING MIKE
PENCE, WHO WAS ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
PENCE WILL ATTEND THE CEREMONY
AND THEN VACATE THE GOVERNOR'S
MANSION IN INDIANAPOLIS.
HE'LL THEN FLY TO WASHINGTON
D.C., WHERE HE WILL SETTLE INTO
HIS TEMPORARY HOME.
CHARLES: WOUNDED WARRIORS GET
SOME PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
THERAPY SPENDING TIME WITH
DOLPHINS.
RANDI: ABOUT 30 WOUNDED MILITARY
VETERANS INTERACTED WITH
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS.
CHARLES: SOME WITH OBVIOUS
PHYSICAL INJURIES.
OTHERS WITH WOUNDS YOU CAN'T
SEE, SUFFERING FROM
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.
IT WAS A TIME TO HAVE A LITTLE
FUN IN THE WATER, INTERACTING
WITH AND LEARNING ABOUT THE
MAGNIFICENT MAMMALS AT THE
DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER.
THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MOVIES AND
TELEVISION GATHERED IN BEVERLY
HILLS ON SUNDAY FOR HOLLYWOOD'S
BIGGEST PARTY, THE GOLDEN GLOBE
AWARDS.
RANDI: DAVID DANIEL HAS A LOOK
AT THE BIGGEST WINNERS AND
MOMENTS IN TODAY'S HOLLYWOOD
MINUTE.
>> I REALLY WANT TO THANK
ATLANTA, AND ALL THE, LIKE, THE
BLACK FOLKS IN ATLANTA, LIKE.
DAVID: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORIES
AND PERFORMERS WERE WELL
REPRESENTED AT THE 74TH GOLDEN
GLOBE AWARDS.
DONALD GLOVER WON TWO TROPHIES
FOR HIS T.V. SERIES ATLANTA.
MOONLIGHT WAS NAMED BEST MOTION
PICTURE DRAMA VIOLA DAVIS WON
FENCES.
AND TRACEE ELLIS ROSS OF
BLACKISH WAS THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN TO WIN BEST ACTRESS IN A
COMEDY SERIES IN TWO-DOZEN
YEARS.
>> THIS IS FOR ALL THE WOMEN,
WOMEN OF COLOR, AND COLORFUL
PEOPLE WHOSE STORIES, IDEAS,
THOUGHTS ARE NOT ALWAYS
CONSIDERED WORTHY AND VALID AND
IMPORTANT, BUT I WANT YOU
KNOW THAT I SEE YOU, WE SEE YOU.
DAVID: EVERYONE SAW LA LA LAND,
THE MUSICAL WON A RECORD SEVEN
GOLDEN GLOBES, INCLUDING BEST
MUSICAL OR COMEDY, BEST ACTRESS
IN THAT CATEGORY FOR EMMA STONE
AND BEST ACTOR FOR RYAN GOSLING,
WHO PAID EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO
HIS PARTNER, EVA MENDES.
>> WHILE I WAS SINGING AND
DANCING AND PLAYING PIANO AND
HAVING ONE OF THE BEST
EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER HAD ON A
FILM, MY LADY WAS RAISING OUR
DAUGHTER, PREGNANT WITH OUR
SECOND, AND TRYING TO HELP HER
BROTHER FIGHT HIS BATTLE WITH
CANCER.
DAVID: BUT THE NIGHT'S BIGGEST
SPEECH, SIX MINUTES, CAME FROM
CECIL B.
DEMILLE AWARD HONOREE MERYL
STREEP, WHO COVERED HOLLYWOO
POLITICS, THE PRESS, AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF EMPATHY.
>> AS MY FRIEND, THE DEAR
DEPARTED PRINCESS LEIA, SAID TO
ME ONCE, 'TAKE YOUR BROKEN
HEART, MAKE IT INTO ART.' THANK
YO
DAVID: IN HOLLYWOOD, I'M DAVID
DANIEL.
RANDI: THE LIMITED SERIES AND
T.V. MOVIE AWARDS WERE DIVVIED
UP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE V O.J.
SIMPSON,, WHICH WON THE
CATEGORY, AND BROUGHT SARAH
PAULSON ANOTHER PRIZE, AND THE
NIGHT MANAGER, WHOSE STARS HUGH
LAURIE, OLIVIA COLMAN, AND TOM
HIDDLESTON WERE ALL HONORED.
WE ARE HEARING FROM DONALD TRUMP
REGARDING MERYL STREEP.
CHARLES: HE WENT TO TWITTER TO
RETORT.
RANDI: HE SAID SHE WAS
OVERRATED.
CHARLES: THE TWITTER STORM GOES
ON.
KWEILYN: WE HAVE MORE COLD
WEATHER THIS MORNING BUT A
GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.
WE HAVE A FEW CLOUDS.
EXPECT GENERALLY SUNNY SKIES.
TODAY WILL MARK THE COLDEST
MORNING OF THIS WEEK.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH
TEMPERATURES CLIMB.
THE LATEST LOOK AT SATELLITE AND
RADAR SHOWING A FEW CLOUDS
ROLLING.
CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS
FOR A COUPLE SPOTS ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP OFF.
CLEAR AND CHILLY FOR GENTILLY
WITH A FEW CLOUDS BUILDING IT
FROM TIME TO TIME.
TEMPERATURES FOR SLIDELL AND
BOGALUSA 31.
ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE SOUTH
SHORE.
THE WINDCHILL IS A FACTOR.
SOME OF THE NORTHEASTERLY AND
NORTHERLY FLOW AT THE LAKEFRONT
AT 13 MILES PER HOUR.
HE GIVES THE ERROR THE EXTRA
FIRST OF COLD.
25 DEGREES AT WIND CHILL.
THE TREND OF WARMING CONDITIONS
CONTINUES TODAY.
UPPER 50'S AND LOWER 60'S.
ACROSS THE AREA WE ARE SEEING
TEMPERATURES IN THE 20'S.
IN HOUSTON IT IS 53 DEGREES.
TO THE NORTH TEENS.
HIGH PRESSURE OFF TO THE EAST
OVER THE CAROLINAS IS GOING TO
SWITCH UP THE WIND FLOW SO THE
GULF OF MEXICO WILL HAVE A BIG
INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER
SITUATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK.
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50'S
TO LOW 60'S.
NO BIG DROP-OFF IN TEMPERATURE.
50'S.
OVERNIGHT WE WILL STAY IN THE
50'S.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE
FROM THIS MORNING.
MAYBE SOME PATCHY FOG TUESDAY
MORNING.
THAT WILL BUILD BACK IN FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO.
HIGHEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPPER
60'S AND LOW 70'S.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING WILL BE WARM.
WE COULD SEE SOME DENSE FOG IN
THE AREA.
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
THOSE COMMUTES COULD SEE SOME
BIG IMPACTS.
57 TO 64 TODAY.
MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY TERM PARTLY
CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 50'S.
RAIN CHANCES PRETTY ISOLATED
THROUGH THE WEEK.
FOG WILL BE A BIG ISSUE AS WE
MOVE INTO WEDNESDAY.
KELLIE: HERE IS A SHOT OF THE
CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION.
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ALL ACROSS
THE METRO AREA THIS MORNING.
GIVE YOURSELF ABOUT 25 MINUTES.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE CBD IS A
LOOK AT THE MAP.
THIS IS A SHOT OF I-10 AT
CAUSEWAY.
NO ISSUES THROUGH CAUSEWAY.
ALL OF THE BOATS ARE IN SERVICE
AND YOUR DRIVE FROM SLIDELL
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE
TWIN SPANS AS WELL.
CHARLES: YOU CAN FIND OUR WDSU
WEATHER FORECASTS EVERY WEEKDAY
MORNING ON THE TOM JOYNER
MORNING SHOW ON OLD SCHOOL
106.7.
CHARLES: THE NEW YEAR HAS COME
WITH HIGHER GAS PRICES.
RANDI: THE AVERAGE PRICE AT THE
PUMP HAS JUMPED UP 12 CENTS OVER
THE PAST 3 WEEKS TO 2-38 A
GALLON.
CHARLES: THAT'S ABOUT 33 CENTS
HIGHER THAN IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO.
OVER 5 WEEKS, THE PRICE FOR GAS
HAS INCREASED BY 18 CENTS.
EXPERTS BELIEVE THE CAUSES FOR
HIGHER PUMP PRICES ARE REFINERS
PAYING A HIGHER COST TO MAKE
GASOLINE AND GAS TAX HIKES THAT
WENT INTO EFFECT IN SEVERAL
STATES ON JANUARY FIRST.
RANDI: IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO
CONNECT WITH SOMEONE
ROMANTICALLY, ONLINE DATING
SEASON IS IN FULL SWING.
CHRISTMAS TO VALENTINE'S DAY, IS
THE BUSIEST PERIOD FOR ONLINE
DATING.
MATCH.COM TYPICALLY EXPECTS A
60% SURGE IN NEW MEMBERS FROM
CHRISTMAS TO VALENTINE'S DAY.
ONE REASON FOR THE SURGE IS SAID
TO BE THE EFFECTS OF THE ANNUAL
HOLIDAY BREAKUP SEASON.
NEW TRAFFIC CAMERAS GO ONLINE
TODAY.
CHARLES: THE AREAS WHERE YOU
WILL BE TICKETED IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA SPEEDING.
RANDI: HERE'S A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE
>> LIVE, LOCAL, LATE BREAKING.
THIS IS WDSU NEWS THIS MORNING.
CHARLES: GOOD MORNING.
TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE.
RANDI: DO NOT FORGET THE HEAVY
COAT.
CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY.