We want to welcome into your
finally Fridays 6:00 o'clock hee
on the cloud. Jason and Alicia
with you TGIF.
Yes the weekend is upon us fina.
And of course it comes with
less haze in the sky smoking
conditions that dissipate a
guy at least for now. Yeah.
So there will be opportunities o
get outside today and of course
this weekend for Father's Day 8.
Today not as hazy seasonal to
very comfortable on the skin.
Tomorrow PM showers and storms develop.
At least we'll have the early hours for
dry time Sunday showers and storms of.
Better shot for rain on Sunday throughout
the course of the day and not ry
much room for sunshine on Sunda.
It's 51 right now,
dew points and nice and comforte
E northeast winds at 7 mph
the next couple of hours.
Temperatures already into the lw
70s by 1:00. O'clock this after.
Great for lunchtime outside dinner plans.
Maybe outside dining outdoors t.
Enjoy it.
Our air quality is just fine
here in the metro for now,
so we'll soak that all up guys.
Or Megan, over to you.
Hey, good morning.
No crashes to report at the mom.
All across the metro,
we're seeing lots of green
all across the big map.
You know we love to see that.
So that's good news.
Take a look at your route into .
We'll take a live look right
now from Golden Valley at Hwy.
100 N of Duluth St.
Traffic moving along really
nicely this morning.
We'll cover some construction
that you should be on the lookout for.
Still just ahead in just a few minutes.
All right, Megan, thank you very much.
602 here on this Friday and
developing as you wake up here.
In four hours, we're going to ln
the outcome of a federal investigation
into the Minneapolis Police Department
at the nation's top.
DOJ officials are on their way o
Minneapolis to announce their findings.
Eva Anderson is live at the
US Courthouse right now,
with more on the investigation
and what this could all mean for
the Police Department. Hey, Eva.
Hi, Alicia. At 10:00 AM,
US Attorney General Merrick Gard
and others from his office will
join Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry
in announcing the results of a e
than two year federal investiga.
Now, what they looked into was
Minneapolis police practices and whether
they have a pattern of discriminatory
practices and excessive force.
They've done this by studying
the department's policies,
use of force and handling
of misconduct allegations.
This is really the first step
toward a consent decree,
which is a court ordered plan
for reforming the department to
pinpoint and then fix any chronc
problem the DOJ may find.
And coming up in the next half ,
we'll be hearing from a law enforcement
expert who will share his insigt
as to what this could mean for e
City of Minneapolis and MPD andt
those potential changes could b.
Guys, back to you.
All right. Eva Anderson reportig
live for us this morning. Thank.
And this would not be the first time a
consent decree has been issued in a US city.
They've been used frequently over the past
three decades in places like Los Angeles,
Chicago, Baltimore and Ferguson.
Now, we do plan to stream the
Doj's news conference this morn.
It starts at 10:00 o'clock.
And you can, of course,
also watch it on care 11 Plus and care11.com.
Medicare 11 Investigates team has spent
the past three years looking into how
MPD handles discipline, miscond,
complaints and officer training.
We've collected all those storis
together on our websites,
but all you have to do is text MPD to
763-797-7215. And of course,
we'll send you a link. Remember,
text don't call. The parents
of Maddie Kingsbury are pushingo
get permanent custody of her ki.
In a petition filed in the
last 24 hours in Winona County,
the parents allege Maddie's
son and daughter are in, quote,
emotional and physical danger if Adam
Fravel is granted custodial rig.
Fravel, who is Maddie's ex
and the father of her kids,
is currently in jail accused of killing her.
This morning,
we're learning charges have been
filed against two men accused
of a violent kidnapping at the
Mall of America transit station.
Security video shows 3 suspects
here throwing a woman into the
back of an SUV on Monday.
Police say the men beat her with
a gun and later dumped her out
of the vehicle in Minneapolis.
Investigators say one of those
suspects is the victim's ex-boyfriend.
This case to me as is another tragedy.
I mean,
obviously the victims involved in this,
yeah, they're going to be
traumatized for this for a whil.
Police say the main suspect,
23 year old Trayvon Johnson,
is also a suspect in a shootingt
the Lake Street transit station
in Minneapolis. Back in May.
We have a new video to show you
this morning from a crash on Hw.
47 in Spring Lake Park.
You can you can't see it on the
camera right now on your screen,
but the vehicle that hits a pole
then you can see the traffic
camera right here shaking it.
The crash happened near 81st Av.
Northeast about 13 hours ago whe
people were coming home from wo.
Police tell us no one was
hurt. Well, the latest air quality alert
for the Twin Cities lifted and we no longer
have the worst air quality in the country
as we take a live look from Bidemikaska.
A big difference from 48 hours .
Sun is shining, you can actually
see the downtown skyline there .
There is still smoke from the
Canadian wildfires in the air, though.
You can see it on this map here and it's.
Going to keep blowing South and east.
So guys, here to explain and breakdown
all of this for us, Guy, yeah,
air quality alerts,
we don't have to worry about that today.
So that expired 6 minutes ago
for the southwestern corner of
the state here in the metro,
air quality alerts already lifted yesterday,
late day towards the evening ho.
Moderate air, get outside. Enjoy today.
Now we just saw air quality
improve against South and West.
You got moderate air and even some pockets.
If you're heading to cabin coun,
you have good air out there.
So nice and crisp.
Today, enjoy the air.
I am tracking some more rounds of wildfire
smoke and hot and dry weather next week,
which means more rounds again.
So something that we're going
to have to watch this season,
Guy. Thank you. And Megan,
I know you're running the Grands
marathon with your family this weekend,
along with hundreds and hundreds of others.
And one concern is the air qual.
I understand you spoke with organizers.
What's their game plan?
Yeah, So I was concerned about .
Right. Just wondering,
is the race still on? What's?
What's the plan here?
So race organizers say the race is still on.
They did confirm that air quality has,
of course, been a really
big topic of conversation.
Now the race medical director ad
the race director have been havg
regularly scheduled meetings to
talk about this and they said.
They saw really big differencesn
from Wednesday to Thursday as fs
air quality goes in a positive direction.
Really hoping that that will
continue into today.
And I asked you know,
will they increase medical staff in the
event that that's needed with air quality.
They said they haven't
made that decision yet,
but they are prepared in the
event that that happened.
So fingers crossed everything is
looking good for the race this weekend.
All right, best of luck to you
and the rest of the runners goig
to Duluth this weekend for sure.
Right now, wildfire burning in e
Boundary Waters is forcing partf
Superior National Forest to clo.
The Forest Service says about 20 acres,
or about .3 miles,
are burning near Spice Lake.
The restrictions started five
hours ago and prohibit visitors
from using certain campsites,
portages and lakes.
They say the closure could be extended as
they're working to put out the flames.
Tattoo This afternoon,
Senator Tina Smith will be in St
Paul hosting a panel discussionn
the Indian Child Welfare Act and
the future of tribal sovereignt.
Her visit comes less than 24
hours after the US Supreme Court
rejected a challenge to the law.
By upholding Iqua,
the justices preserve the system that
gives preference to Native Amern
families in foster care and adon
proceedings of Native children.
This law was enacted in 1978 to address
concerns of Native children beig
separated from their families to
often and placed in non-native homes.
This decision is a win for Natie
Americans who say the law plays
an important role in maintaining
tribal identity.
The Indian Child Welfare Act in
the preamble states that Congres
acknowledges tribal children are the most
important part of our tribal nations.
Without our children, we don't exist.
The court upheld ICWA with A7 to two vote.
Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissenting.
On the state level.
Lawmakers moved to reinforce the Minnesota
Indian Family Preservation Act n
case the Supreme Court overturned it.
See you back outside.
Now here at 609 at 51 degrees outside,
we're in for a pretty
nice day across the metro.