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?WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANKS FOR DHV 11 NEWS AT NOON .AMANDA JAEGER HERE WITH YOU.
LET'S START AT THE HALF HOUR
WITH A FIRST LOOK AT YOUR
WEATHER FORECAST. WE HAVE
METEOROLOGIST SCOTT
COVID JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON
.SCOTT, WHAT'S OUR WEEKEND
GOING TO BE LIKE? LOOK, IT'S
ONLY
>> GOING TO BETTER GOING INTO
THE WEEKEND. UNFORTUNATELY
THOUGH, WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH
SOME MORE RAIN TODAY. WE'VE
BEEN TRACKING RAIN ALL MORNING.
SOME MOVES THROUGH EARLY THIS
MORNING. WE'VE SEEN A BREAK
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE
>> HERE, A LIVE RADAR MOST
OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE SEEING THAT RAINFALL
RIGHT NOW IT IS SLOWLY AND
GRADUALLY MOVING TOWARDS THE
EAST. SO FOLKS IN THE LITTLE
ROCK METRO EAST ARKANSAS, YOU
ARE GOING TO SEE THIS RAIN OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IT WILL
EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS
EVENING AND THAT'S GOING TO SET
THE STAGE FOR AN IMPROVING
WEEKEND. HERE'S A LOOK.
TEMPERATURES WHERE THE RAIN HAS
BEEN FALLING. TEMPERATURES ARE
A LITTLE BIT COOLER WHERE WE
HAVEN'T SEEN THE RAIN YET.
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER
50S, LOW 60S AND THAT'S NOT
GOING TO CHANGE MUCH TODAY. OUR
HIGH IS 60 DEGREES IN LITTLE
ROCK. SCATTERED RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING
HOURS FOR COOL AND DREARY DAY.
YOU MAY HEAR A FEW RUMBLES
OF THUNDER BUT THERE ISN'T A
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THIS
SYSTEM. THE CONDITIONS THIS
WEEKEND
>> ARE GOING TO BE DRY AND MILD
.WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE SOME
SUNSHINE BY SUNDAY. WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT WEEKEND FORECAST AS
WELL AS A PEEK AHEAD INTO NEXT
WEEK. COMING UP
>>, THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER
AMERICAN TRAGEDY AFTER A GUNMAN
SHOT EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD AND
INJURED SEVERAL OTHERS AT A
FEDEX FACILITY IN INDIANAPOLIS
BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
WITNESSES DESCRIBED A CHAOTIC
SCENE. JEREMIE MILLER WAS
OUTSIDE THE FACILITY ABOUT TO
START HIS SECOND SHIFT WHEN HE
HEARD THE GUNFIRE. HE SAYS HE
TOOK COVER AND THEN STARTED
WARNING THE OTHER EMPLOYEES
>> HERE SIX SHOTS FIRED AT ONCE
AT A TIME. BANG BANG BANG BANG
BANG BANG
>>. INITIAL THOUGHT WAS DON'T
DIE AND ESCAPED. BUT THEN WHEN
I STARTED SEEING EVERYBODY ROLL
UP FOR THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT I HAD
FELT THE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE. I
FELT THE NEED TO WARN PEOPLE.
>> NO POLICE OFFICERS WERE
INJURED. INVESTIGATORS STILL AT
THE SCENE TRYING TO DETERMINE A
MOTIVE. FEDEX SAYS THEY ARE
WORKING WITH AUTHORITIES AND A
STATEMENT THIS MORNING THE
COMPANY SAID IT IS QUOTE DEEPLY
SHOCKED AND SADDENED AFTER THE
SHOOTING CALLING IT A SENSELESS
ACT OF VIOLENCE. AND THERE WAS
RISING ANGER IN CHICAGO
FOLLOWING THE FATAL POLICE
SHOOTING OF A 13 YEAR OLD BOY.
VIDEO OF THE MARCH TWENTY NINTH
INCIDENT WAS RELEASED THURSDAY
SPARKING OVERNIGHT PROTESTS AND
RENEWING CALLS TO REFORM THE
POLICE. CBS'S ADRIANA DIAZ
REPORTS FROM CHICAGO.
>> PROTESTERS DEMANDING JUSTICE
TOOK TO THE STREETS IN CHICAGO
AFTER THE RELEASE OF A VIDEO
SHOWING A POLICE OFFICER'S
DEADLY ENCOUNTER WITH A
TEENAGER. A BODY
>> CAMERA RECORDED WHAT
HAPPENED AS OFFICER ERIC
STILLMAN RESPONDED TO REPORTS
OF GUNSHOTS ON MARCH 29TH
>>. A CHASE ENSUED AS SOON AS
HE GOT ON THE SCENE AND 19
SECONDS
>> AFTER EXITING
>> HIS CAR. NO STOP. HE
>> FIRED A SINGLE SHOT THAT
STRUCK 13 YEAR OLD ADAM TOLEDO
IN THE CHEST
>>. THE BOY DIED AT THE SCENE
>> BUT A WIDER
>> ANGLE
>> OF THE INCIDENT APPEARS TO
SHOW TOLEDO PUT HIS HAND ON ONE
SIDE OF THE WOODEN FENCE BEFORE
TURNING
>> THE POLICE RELEASED THIS
BLOWN UP IMAGE THEY SAY SHOWS
TOLEDO WITH A GUN IN BODY
CAMERA FOOTAGE A GUN IS SEEN ON
THE GROUND BUT IN A FREEZE
FRAME WHEN TOLEDO WAS SHOT BOTH
HANDS APPEAR TO BE EMPTY.
TOLEDO'S FAMILY ATTORNEY ADINA
WEISS ORTIZ TOLD US THE BOY WAS
OBEYING ORDERS WHEN HE WAS
KILLED
>>. THAT CHILD WAS GIVEN A
DIRECTIVE
>>. HE COMPLIED. HE SURRENDERED
.HE TURNED TO THE OFFICER WITH
HIS HANDS UP AND THEN HE WAS
SHOT. WHAT
>> DO YOU MAKE OF THE FREEZE
FRAME THAT THE POLICE HAS
RELEASED WHERE THEY SAY THIS IS
A GUN IN ADAM'S RIGHT HAND? I
SEE A BLURRY IMAGE OF SOMETHING
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IS IN
HIS HAND. THEY CAN'T TELL YOU
WHAT'S IN HIS AND IF I CAN'T
SEE IT IN THE REAL TIME VIDEO
WHICH THE OFFICER WAS LOOKING
AT HIM IN REAL TIME, HOW COULD
EVERYBODY SAY THAT HE HAD A GUN
IN HIS HAND?
>> JOHN HATEM ZAHRA, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE
UNION BELIEVES OFFICER STILL
>> NEEDS ACTIONS WERE
JUSTIFIED. WE DO
>> NOT HAVE TO WAIT TO BE SHOT
TO RESPOND. THE OFFICER HAD
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
THAT OFFENDER WAS TURNING AND
POINTING GUN AT HIM
>>. CATANZARO SAYS TILLMAN HAD
LESS THAN A SECOND TO DECIDE IF
HE WAS DEALING WITH AN ARMED
SUSPECT. ADRIANA DIAZ, CBS
NEWS , CHICAGO OFFICER
>> STILLMAN HAS BEEN PLACED ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING
>>. ON THAT WE WANT TO SHIFT
GEARS AND HERE A FEW CRIME
UPDATES AROUND ARKANSAS. FIRST,
SOME POSITIVE NEWS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE TWENTY FIVE YEAR
OLD COLD CASE OF MISSING CHILD
MORGENWECK. INVESTIGATORS WITH
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAY
THEY'VE RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY NEW LEADS
JUST IN THE LAST WEEK. THIS
COMES AFTER A NEW DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT THE CASE PREMIERED IN
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THE
RIVER VALLEY LAST WEEKEND.
MORGENWECK WAS LAST SEEN AT A
LITTLE LEAGUE BALLPARK IN
ALABAMA BACK IN 96. POLICE
BELIEVE SHE WAS KIDNAPED.
HOWEVER, NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN
ARRESTED. MORGAN HAS NEVER BEEN
FOUND. POLICE CAPTAIN BRETT
HARTLEY SAYS DETECTIVES ARE
WORKING THROUGH THE NEW LEADS
ONE AT A TIME AND THEY ASKED
FOR UNDERSTANDING FROM THE
PUBLIC
>>. WITH AN OPEN INVESTIGATION
WE CAN'T COMMENT BACK TO THE
PUBLIC ONLY PARTICULARLY SINCE
THEY ARE BRINGING IT TO US AND
NEED THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
ARE GETTING THEM. WE ARE
REVIEWING THEM. WE ARE WORKING
AND THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO
US
>>. WHILE INVESTIGATORS ARE
WORKING THROUGH THOSE MANY
LEADS, THEY ALSO WANT TO
ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION TO SHARE.
REGARDLESS IF YOU THINK SOMEONE
MAY HAVE ALREADY CALLED IN THAT
TIP, PLEASE SHARE IT. THEY SAY
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IT COULD DO
TO HELP DURING A SEARCH WARRANT
AT A HOME IN WEST FORK IN
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. POLICE
SEIZED CLOSE TO 1000 GRAMS
OF HEROIN THAT HAS AN ESTIMATED
STREET VALUE OF NEARLY FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA AND NEARLY FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH ALSO
FOUND FAYETTEVILLE POLICE
ARRESTED ARNULFO GOMEZ AFTER
THE DRUG TASK FORCE IDENTIFIED
HIM AS A HEROIN TRAFFICKER
OPERATING IN THE FAYETTEVILLE,
SPRINGDALE AND WEST FORK AREAS
.GOMEZ IS BEING HELD ON A ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND
THIS AFTERNOON. WELL, DRAG
RACING HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM
IN SEVERAL CENTRAL ARKANSAS
CITIES RECENTLY LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SAYS ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH. MULTIAGENCY
OPERATION TARGETING STREET
RACING IN PINE BLUFF HAS
RESULTED IN THREE FELONY
ARRESTS FOR DRUG ARRESTS AND
FOR ILLEGAL FIREARMS BEING
SEIZED AND THAT'S ON TOP
OF SIXTY SIX TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
>>, ONE OF WHICH IS THE TRAFFIC
FOR THIS OTHER CRIME ISSUES BUT
IS NEICE OR IS TO PROVIDE
SECURITY. THEY NEED SECURITY TO
ITS CITIZENS. IT'S
>> AN ISSUE I IS A DANGER TO
NOT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S
ENGAGING IN IT BUT ALSO IT'S
BIG THOSE AROUND HIM I MEAN
IT'S NOT SAFE IS ILLEGAL AND
NOT SOME
>> PINE BLUFF POLICE SAY
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS
PROGRAM GOING UNTIL THE MESSAGE
IS CLEAR THAT RACING WON'T BE
TOLERATED
>> FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY
WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
COVID-19 CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS. TWO HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY THREE CASES REPORTED
IN ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY. THAT'S
THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE'VE SEEN
IN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS. IT'S
ALSO THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY
OF MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED CASES,
SOMETHING WE ALSO HAVEN'T SEEN
IN THREE WEEKS AS FOUR
HOSPITALIZATIONS. WE ARE AT ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE PEOPLE
CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED WITH THE
VIRUS. THAT IS A SLIGHT
INCREASE FROM YESTERDAY AND ARE
NOW LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM
THE END OF THE MOST UNIQUE
SCHOOL YEAR MANY PEOPLE
PROBABLY EVER SEEN. AND NOW
MANY DISTRICTS ARE GETTING
READY FOR WHAT THE NEXT SCHOOL
YEAR COULD BRING WITH ONE
ALREADY MAKING A BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THIS FALL.
CON-WAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ANNOUNCING THEY WILL RETURN TO
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION ONLY THIS
PAST YEAR THE DISTRICT HAD
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT
OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM
WITH THE REMAINING TWENTY FIVE
PERCENT LEARNING FROM HOME. AND
NOW ADMINISTRATORS SAY THEY
BELIEVE
>> FACE TO FACE OFFERS MORE
BENEFITS BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND
SOCIALLY. ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT KATE BRADSHAW
SAYS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
STUDENT TEACHER JUST ISN'T THE
SAME BEHIND A SCREEN.
>> IT IS JUST VERY DIFFICULT TO
REPLICATE OR DUPLICATE THAT
KIND OF SUBTLE, NUANCED
INTERACTION THAT OCCURS WHEN
WHEN SOMEONE IS TEACHING
SOMEONE SOMETHING AND A CHILD
IS LEARNING SOMETHING
>> FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO REMAIN
VIRTUAL, ADMINISTRATORS ARE
SHARING OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE
TO THEM OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. THE RACE TO VACCINATE
EVERY ADULT AMERICAN CONTINUES
WITH MORE THAN THREE MILLION
DOSES BEING DELIVERED EACH DAY.
BUT WHILE ONLY ABOUT HALF
OF AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE A
SINGLE VACCINE SO FAR THERE IS
NEWS AMERICANS MAY NEED ANOTHER
SHOT WITHIN A YEAR OF BEING
FULLY VACCINATED. NATALIE
BRANDT HAS MORE DETAILS FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
>>. AMERICANS MAY NEED ANOTHER
COVID VACCINE SHOT WITHIN A
YEAR OF BEING FULLY VACCINATED
WITH
>> MANY VACCINES WE UNDERSTAND
THAT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME WE
NEED TO BOOST WHETHER THAT'S
NINE MONTHS, 12 MONTHS AND WE
ARE PREPARING FOR THAT. BIDEN
>> ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY
THEY ARE IN DISCUSSIONS TO
SECURE MORE VACCINE DOSES IF
BOOSTER SHOTS ARE NEEDED AND
THEY SAY COVID VARIANTS MAY
MAKE THEM NECESSARY
>> ONGOING ALREADY CLINICAL
TRIALS LOOKING AT A BOOST
OF THE ORIGINAL WILD TYPE VIRUS
VACCINE AS WELL AS A BOOST WITH
A VARIANT SPECIFICALLY
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING IT'S
SPENDING AROUND ONE POINT SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS IN SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH TO THE CDC AND STATES
CAN DETECT AND TRACK
CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS
>> RIGHT NOW THESE VARIANTS
ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY HALF OF ALL
COVID-19 CASES THE UNITED
STATES AND WE NEED MORE
CAPACITY AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AND TRACK
THESE MUTATIONS WITH
>> THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE ON PAUSE, THE CDC'S
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED IT
WILL MEET ONE WEEK FROM TODAY
TO RECONSIDER RECOMMENDING ITS
USE
>>. I MEAN I THINK THEY NEED TO
MAKE A DECISION QUICKLY
>>. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID HIS
CONCERN IS THAT THE LONGER IT
TAKES TO MAKE A DECISION, THE
MORE LIKELY SOME AMERICANS
COULD DECIDE AGAINST GETTING
ANY VACCINE SHOT AT ALL.
NATALIE BREANN, CBS NEWS , THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> THERE ARE ABOUT 10 MILLION
DOSES OF THE VACCINE THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED TO STATES
AND ARE READY FOR USE BUT THAT
IS IF THE CDC RECOMMENDS MOVING
FORWARD ENDING THE CURRENT
PAUSE RELIEF FOR
>> SEASONAL ALLERGIES. I
>> KNOW SOME PEOPLE NEED AFTER
THE BREAK WE'RE HEARING A
POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT DOES NOT
INVOLVE MEDICINE. IT'S
>> BEEN A COOL AND DREARY DAY
ALL ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE.
WE'VE GOT RAIN MOVING THROUGH
NOW AND MORE ON THE WAY WHEN WE
RETURN. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND'S FORECAST
AND FIND OUT JUST HOW MUCH