Rise and shine, everyone.
6:00 o'clock here on your Thursday morning.
May the fourth be with you.
Jason and Alicia here to guide
you through the morning. Here.
Yeah. You haven't done your Yoda
voice yet. There's still time.
We got another hour of the show,
so stick around for that.
But first, let's get over to Guy.
He says he can do one.
All right, I'll All right,
Jason, don't let us down.
I'll try not to.
You're in that green suit,
so it's only fitting.
All right, look y'all, hey,
if this doesn't cheer you up on a Thursday,
I don't know what will.
Time now 601 sun already up, right?
Sun was up this morning at 55855 and
you'll see southwest winds only at 5 mph.
Perfect morning crack the window
that the breeze in on the drivein.
So got the sunshine.
Temperatures in the 60s by 10 AM,
66 by 11 later this morning.
Highs make it to the mid 70s.
Beautiful day, right?
Well, change is on the way.
I'll show you this.
Three day forecast 67 tomorrow
isolated PM showers and then
again rain chances for Saturday.
Tomorrow starts the beginning
of this wet pattern on the way,
so I'll keep you updated on that, Megan.
Roads looking good,
right?
Yes, you've got it.
Roads are looking great this morning.
Look at this. Lots of green if you
want to take a look at your route.
Into work. Let's take a little
closer look. Right now.
We'll take a look at the 35 split.
This is up in the North 35 E This is
southbound at junction 35 W where it splits.
Look at this.
Everything moving along really nice
this morning and then heading South.
Here we go, there we go,
35 W northbound.
So this is heading up
north at County Road 42.
Again, can't complain,
we have no traffic accidents,
crashes to report this morning,
but of course I'll keep a tab,
keep tabs on things and keep an eye out.
But again, things are looking
really good across the metro.
Thank you, Megan.
We'll check back in a mix
developing this morning.
Dozens of gang members in
Minneapolis are off the streets
this morning and behind bars.
It's an unprecedented federal
takedown meant to make the
streets of Minneapolis safer.
So take a look at their mugshots.
More than 40 members from two different
gangs charged in connection with years
of violence across the Twin Cities.
And this morning we're learning
more arrests could be coming.
CC is at the federal courthouse
this morning, breaking down
this massive case. CC.
Hi, good morning.
You're right about more charges coming soon.
Yesterday's massive bus involved
2 gangs out of Minneapolis,
but authorities say they're looking
to take down another gang very soon.
I'll have more on that in a minute.
But first, authorities say the men
who they just arrested have really
been wreaking havoc in the community.
They say they've allegedly been
involved in revenge killings,
assaults and shootings that involve
the murders of innocent people.
Now the charges involved 28
members of the Highs St.
gang.
And they operate out of north
Minneapolis and 17 members of the Bloods.
They operate out of South Minneapolis.
The charges show drug dealing and
violent activity by the Bloods
at 38th and Chicago that's also
known as George Floyd Square Now.
Meanwhile,
authorities say a lot of the alleged
criminal activity from the highs is
centered around Merwin's Liquors and
Winter Gas station in north Minneapolis.
Officials say charges are coming
for members of the Lowe's St.
gang next.
While other cities face chronic high
violent crime rates year after year,
that is not who we are.
No one should accept the
violence these gangs inflict as
the new normal in Minneapolis
Now, officials say this huge bust
happened because of a change in strategy.
The feds are calling it the Rico law.
I'm Jennifer Hoff.
Prosecutors charging those gang members
are using what's called the Rico law.
It's a unique tool,
first enacted back in 1970.
It targeted mob bosses at first,
but now both government and civil parties
use it to go after people allegedly
involved in a corrupt organization.
Prosecutors have brought the
same charges against Singer,
R Kelly and even the Hell's Angels.
And in the 90s, a Minnesota bookstore
owner was put out of business,
accused of racketeering and
selling obscene magazines.
Charges can be pretty severe,
too, up to 20 years in prison and
thousands of dollars in fines.
And of course, we will
continue to follow this story,
and as new details come out,
we'll bring them straight to you.
Make sure you follow us on
air and online for updates.
We've learned this morning that a plan
Saint Paul city leaders believe would
cut down on gun violence is now on hold.
The City Council tabled a vote on
an ordinance that would require gun
owners to secure a firearm in a locking
device and store ammo separately,
they want to clarify the language
in the ordinance and reschedule
the vote for two weeks from now.
Those opposed to the ordinance
say it violates state law.
Five hours
from now, the man charged with
setting fires at Minneapolis
mosques heads back to court.
Prosecutors say Jackie Little was
seen on camera at 2 mosques in
Minneapolis before fires began.
In an affidavit written by an ATF agent,
Little's mom told them he's had a
fascination with fire from a young age.
She also said she suspects him
in other unreported arsons.
Little appeared in federal
court earlier this week.
This morning, we now
know the Legislature's joint
committee focusing on legalizing
recreational marijuana has been formed.
It's a group of 10 state lawmakers
that will work to combine the House
and Senate versions of the bill.
That final version will need
to pass both chambers before it
can go to the governor's desk.
This morning we are live in El Paso,
TX, where a looming humanitarian crisis
is happening at the southern border.
The Secretary of Homeland Security
is on his way there now,
and Gabe Gutierrez is already on the
ground to show us what's happening.
We are tracking the latest
developments in which some migrant
advocates are calling a humanitarian
crisis here at the southern border.
Local officials here in El Paso
have declared a state of emergency,
and This is why.
Hundreds of migrants sleeping in the
streets and city officials say they do
not have the resources to deal with this.
We're also getting new reaction to
the deployment of 1500 active duty
troops to the southern border ahead of
a COVID era border restriction known
as Title 42 being lifted next week.
Border Patrol officials say they expect
the flow of migrants to potentially double.
I'm Gabe Gutierrez in El Paso,
and we'll have the very latest on
this developing story as Homeland
Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
visits the southern border and defends
the Biden administration's response.
607 on the clock.
And if you're thinking about
buying a home or new car,
you may want to hold off a little bit longer.
Interest rates are now the highest
they've been in more than 16 years.
The central bank voted about 15
hours ago to raise the interest
rate by 1/4 point to 5.25%.
While the hike is supposed
to help cool down inflation,
it also adds to growing
concern about the economy.
We're less than a month away from
the government running out of money,
and so far this year there's
been three bank failures.
Perhaps the banks will lend less
as rates rise, so that of course,
dampens their business.
All of this comes as people deal
with rising prices. Right now,
mortgage rates are at 6.58% and
credit card rates are now over 20%.
In about 5 hours,
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry will
give the State of the City address.
This will be his first in
person address since 2019.
If you'd like to watch it,
you can stream it on
the city's YouTube page.
While water is receding across the
state for the most part, high water
continues to create issues locally.
The Susan G Cohen Race for the
Cure is one of those events that's
going to have issues with that.
The annual Mother's Day race is now
moving to Viking lakes in Eagan.
Because of flooding at Harriet Island in St.
Paul, it's still not too late to register
at komen.org/minnesota Race and also
our own Lee Val Volsvik will emcee
608 on this Thursday
sitting here at 57 degrees.
It's been good this week to us.
For now. It's going to be
another beautiful day here
in the Twin Cities as well.
So let's get right to Guy
with more on that. Hey guy,
Hey, good morning.
A beautiful Thursday.
I'm looking forward to enjoying the day.
I hope you are as well.
Get outside before changes on the way.
Here's your daily Almanac high 70.
That was yesterday.
Yesterday was also beautiful
low yesterday morning 38,
little chilly average high 64,
average low 45.
We have been pushing below average
temperatures past couple of days.
Yesterday was kind of our one of our
first above average days of the week
that is and our sunrise time yesterday
morning 6 sun up this morning.
Sun was up this morning at 558,
our first five.
O'clock our sunrise.
All right, here's your sunrise
photo looking outside this morning,
just a pleasant day.
It already feels spectacular
outside temperatures.
Are in the mid 50s for
the drive this morning.
Have the sunshine 56 at 8 AM,
59 a little bit later at 9.
W SW winds at 7 mph.
Still a little dry out here
with the humidity levels but
with the winds not as breezy.
That will mitigate those fire.
Elevated fire concerns that we
had earlier in the week 55 Right
now southwest wind just at 5:00.
56 eight AM 6310 AM Keeping sunshine
wall to wall throughout the day.
Passing clouds a little bit later
on this afternoon and evening.
Going into your overnight planner,
maybe you're going to be out
a little late on Thursday.
I know some folks who love to
kind of party late on Thursdays.
Hey, if you're out late,
temperatures in the 53 right
around 2:00 AM Clear skies 49.
This is sunrise time tomorrow morning.
Come back and join us at 4:30.
That's when we start our newscast.
Tomorrow I'll be tracking some showers
in the southern half of the state.
Some of those showers could
inch up into the metro,
but we're not looking at
any washout conditions,
so no need to reschedule.
Any plans if if you were thinking about doing
that Saturday looks like our wettest day.
On the weekend,
but still Saturday.
It's not going to be raining nonstop, right?
So we'll just continue to keep you updated
throughout the week as we track this out.
Have the Care 11 app
ready to go this weekend.
If you're going to be outside,
you know it's available in the App Store,
the Google App Store,
whatever that App Store is.
I haven't been.
I don't have an Android,
but if you do, it's available there.
Temperatures in the 50s and
70s as you get into Monday,
Tuesday,
and Wednesday.
That sounds lovely
guys. Thank you. It's looking good
out there on the roads this morning.
We're heading out to the West.
If you're coming in from Wisconsin in
the Hudson area, this is 94 heading West.
This is that ideal Ave.
N You can see everything is moving along
really nice in this area and just keep
on moving here along 94 in Oakdale.
Again, this is still heading West.
This is at Hwy. 100 St.
Croix, St. Croix Trail.
Things looking really good there.
You can see it is construction season so.
Always plan ahead just a
little bit in advance,
because you never
know how that might affect
your commute. In the morning
we'll take one big look.
Last look here at the Metro again,
lots of green. We love to see it.