WE
WE CAN
WE CAN EXPECT FROM CITY LEADERS NOW ON SUNRISE. STILL NO
DECISION WHEN IT COMES TO A
THIRD DEGREE MURDER CHARGE
AGAINST DEREK SHERVIN.
>> WE'RE NOW JUST FOUR DAYS FROM
THE START OF JURY SELECTION.
TODAY WE'RE GETTING MORE INSIGHT
ON HOW MINEAPOLIS PLANS TO KEEP
THE PEACE. THE FIRST SHIPMENT
OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCCINE HAS ARRIVED
IN MINNESOTA WHEN SHOTS WILL BE
GOING INTO ARMS AND JUST HOW
MANY PEOPLE WILL BE ELIGIBLE
TO GET THEM . THE US CAPITAL
ON HIGH ALERT THIS MORNING .
THE THREATS BEING MADE
THAT FORCED LAWMAKERS TO CANCEL
THEIR WORK TODAY. YESTERDAY
WE HIT 50 TODAY, HIGH SCHOOL
AGAIN IN THE UPPER 40S AND 50S.
HOW LONG WILL THE SPRINGLIKE
TEMPERATURES LAST PLUS
THE RETURN OF MARCH MADNESS.
WE LOOK INTO WHAT IT TOOK
TO BRING BACK THE BIG DANCE
AND PITCHING A TENT IN PROTEST
IN HEADLNE TERRIANNE GOING TO DO
IT MAYBE. YES. KIDS CAN DO.
WHY THIS DETERMINED GIRL HOPES
SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN FREEZING
COLD WEATHER WILL ONE DAY CHANGE
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. >> IT'S THURSDAY, MARCH 4TH.
KARE 11 SUNRISE STARTS NOW.
>> WELCOME. WELCOME. HERE IS
A LIVE LOOK AT MOTHER NATURE
GIVING US FIFTY DEGREES. YES,
YESTERDAY KNOWING THAT SHE'S GOT
ANOTHER WINTER BLAST IN THE BACK
OR SOMETIME THIS SPRING. SHE WAS
MY FAVORITE BAD MOM. I KNOW
SHE'S FUN, HUH? I LIKE HER
WELL . AND IF THAT SNOW COMES
IN THE SPRING, ST. PAUL PUBLIC
SCHOOL KIDS WILL STILL BE
IN CLASS. THE DISTRICT IS SAYING
GOODBYE TO SNOWDAYS IN FAVOR E
LEARNING.
LEARNING.
LEARNING. >> SO IS THIS THE RIGHT CALL?
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS USE
THE HASHTAG SUNRISERS TO CHIME
IN . I REMEMBER OF MY FAVORITE
DAYS WERE SNOWDAYS. I KNOW
I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE UPSET ABOUT NOT HAVING
SNOWDAYS LUCIANE CETAINLY ON A
COUPLE THOUGH ONLY A FEW A YEAR.
>> YEAH. TECHNOLOGY ONCE AGAIN
HAS STIFLED THE CHILDREN. ALL
RIGHT, GUYS, WHAT'S IT LOOKING
LIKE WEATHERWISE FOR US?
>> IT'S LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, MOTHER NATURE'S PUTTING
ON A SHOW WITH THESE ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TEN
TO TWENTY DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
AND I'M NOT MAD AT HER LETTING
HER DO HER THING THIS BEAUTIFUL
SUNRISE COMING UP . NOT YET
ABOUT FORTY FIVE MINUTES AWAY,
BUT JUST BEAUTIFUL SHOT HERE .
THIRTY ONE FEELS LIKE TWENTY
THREE AFTER FACTOR IN EAST WIND
AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR.
VISIBILITY THIS MORNING TEN
MILES THROUGHOUT THE STATE EVEN
GOING INTO WISCONSIN, A FEW
AREAS SEEING SOME PATCHY FOG
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE .
BUT WE'RE MAKING OUT OK FOR NOW
AND I'LL JUST CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THAT THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING. WINDS EAST PROBABLY
ABOUT EIGHT TO 15 MILES PER
HOUR, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HELPING
MIX THAT IS FEAR AND OBVIOUSLY
DECREASE THAT CHANCE FOR FALL
DEVELOPING LATER THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING HOURS. SO THAT'S
GOOD NEWS . I DON'T THINK
WE'LL SEE THINGS AS FOGGY AS
THEY WERE YESTERDAY. WE HAD SOME
VISIBILITY ISSUES YESTERDAY
MORNING . HEY, HIGHS TODAY,
UPPER 40S WITH SUNSHINE.
>> ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY AHEAD.
WELL , BUT THANKS GUYS TOO
ON THIS THURSDAY. GOOD
MORNING TO YOU FOR WAKING
UP WITH US THIS MORNING . THIS
IS A LIVE LOOK IN YOUR CRYSTAL
ROBBINSDALE IF YOU'RE TRAVELING
ONE HUNDRED AT COUNTY ROAD.
EIGHTY ONE ROAD CONDITIONS
IN GREAT SHAPE. LOOK THIS WAY,
METRO WIDE ACCIDENT FREE ALSO
THIS MORNING . SO KNOCK WOOD
FOR THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING
PRETTY METRO WIDE AS WELL ,
LOOKING THE NORTHERN BURBS DRIVE
TIMES ARE ALSO LOOKING AVERAGE.
I'LL BE CHECKING ON THOSE
HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. THANKS,
ALICIA. TODAY WE'LL LEARN MORE
ABOUT HOW MINNEAPOLUS PLANS
TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE DURING
THE DEREK SHERVIN TRIAL DATE
COMES AS WE'RE STILL WAITING
ON A DECISION FROM THE MINNESOTA
COURT OF APPEALS ON WHETHER
TO REINSTATE A THIRD DEGREE
MURDER CHARGE. JENNIFER JOHSON
JOINS US LIVE FROM
THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
>> JENNIFER , GOOD MORNING .
YEAH, GOOD MORNING . WE DON'T
KNOW A WHOLE LOT AT THIS
POINT ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR IS
PLANNING TO SAY OTHER THAN THIS
UPDATE IS HAPPENING AT 11:00
THIS MORNING AND IT
WILL SURROUND PREPRATIONS
THE CITY IS TAKING AHEAD OF THE
KERKHOVEN TRIAL. MEANWHILE,
HERE , THE GOVERNMENT CENTER,
IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THE STEPS
THEY'RE TAKING TO SECURE
THE BUILDING THERE IS BARBED
WIRE FENCING AROUND AROUND
THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. CERTAIN
COUNTY SERVICES NORMALLY INSIDE
THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN MOVED
FOR DURATION OF THE TRIAL AS FAR
AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
IN MINEAPOLIS, CITY LEADERS HAVE
HOSTED SEVERAL MEETINGS
WITH NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRY
TO ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORS TO BE
THE EYES AND EARS FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY AND NOT TO BE OVERCOME
BY FEAR.
BY FEAR.
BY FEAR. >> THE THING I'VE BEEN URGING
EVERYBODY TO DO IS TO REACH OUT
TO EACH OTHER AND FORM COMMUNITY
TO GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS,
TO NOT HIGHTEND THEIR
APARTMENTS, TO BE OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY, TO BE EYES AND EARS
FOR THE COMMUNITY. BACK TO THE
TRIAL ITSELF. WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ALL WEEK ABOUT HOW THERE IS
A CHANCE IT COULD BE DELAYED.
JURY SELECTION IS SCHEDULED
FOR MONDAY, BUT DEPENDING
ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS
APPEAL, WHICHEVER SIDE LOSES
THE APPEAL HAS THE OPTION
OF TAKING IT TO THE
STATE SUPREME COURT. AND IF
THAT HAPPENS, IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE WRAPPED UP BEFORE MONDAY.
SO THERE'S A LOT WE'RE WAITING
TO LEARN HERE IN THE COMING
DAYS. CHRIS INCUE AND EVEN WHEN
THAT JURY SELECTION GETS
UNDERWAY, IT COULD TAKE QUITE
A WHILE.
A WHILE.
A WHILE. >> THANKS A LOT, JENNIFER .
WELL , IN HONOR OF GEORGE FLOYD,
THE US HOUSE JUST PASSED WHAT
COULD BE THE AMBITIOUS POLICE
REFORM MEASURES IN DECADES.
THE MOST AMBITIOUS, THE GEORGE
FOR JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT,
INCLUDES MEASURES LIKE BANNING
CHOKEHOLDS, RACIAL PROFILING
AND SOME NO KNOCK WARRANTS. NOW
LAWMAKERS SAY THE REFORMS
ARE AIMED AT IMPROVING
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE
AND SUNRISERS LIVE FROM THE US
CAPITOL WHERE THAT VOTE WAS
ACTUALLY MOVED TO LATE LAST
NIGHT OVER NEW THREATS
OF VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL.
AND THE CAPITOL HAS BEEN
ON HEIGHTENED ALERT SINCE
JANUARY 6TH ATTTACK. BUT TODAY
HOUSE LAWMAKERS HAVE CANCELED
SESSION AS INVESTIGATORS WARN
OF A POSSIBLE PLOT TO BREACH
THE CAPITOL. THIS ALL COMES
AFTER AN INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
WARNED THAT SOME DOMESTIC
EXTREMIST GROUPS AND CONSPIRACY
THEORISTS LIKE KUHNEN BELIEVE
THAT TODAY IS THE , QUOTE, TRUE
INAUGURATION DAY. MARCH 4TH WAS
THE PREVIOUS INAUGURATION DAY
UNTIL THE 20TH AMENDMENT CHANGED
IT BACK IN THE 1930S. CAPITOL
POLICE ARE LEAVING NOTHING
TO CHANCE AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED
AFTER THE JANUARY INSURRECTION.
THE ACTING CHIEF SAYS THERE'S
BEEN A NINETY THREE % HIKE
IN THREATS TO MEMBERS SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. >> THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIMILAR
INCIDENT OCCURRING IN THE
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS A VERY
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. AS
FOR THAT POSSIBLE ATTACK, SOME
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE DESCRIBING
THE THREATS AS ASPIRATIONAL
RATHER THAN OPERATIONAL.
BUT THEY STILL SAY THAT THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ANY
CHANCES THIS TIME AROUND.
CHRIS , PREPARATION IS KEY.
WE LEARNED THAT FROM THE LAST
INCIDENT. THANKS, FELICIA. NOW
THE SESSION'S CANCELED IN THE
HOUSE WILL NOT IMPACT
THE SENATE'S WORK ON THE
PRESIDENT'S COVID RESCUE BILL.
HERE'S THE THREE THINGS YOU NEED
TO KNOW. THE SENATE WILL DEBATE
ON THE ONE POINT NINE TRILLION
DOLLAR PLAN TODAY. PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS AGREED TO LIMIT DIRECT
PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS EARNING
UNDER EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR
LESS AND COUPLES EARNING TWICE
THAT . THE FIRST SHIPMENTS
OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINES ARE NOW IN MINNESOTA.
GOVERNOR WILO SAYS SHOTS COULD
START GOING INTO ARMS AS EARLY
AS TOMORROW. ALSO HAPPENING
TOMORROW, FAIRVIEW'S NEWEST
VACCINATION SITE WILL OPEN.
IT'S IN MINNEAPOLUS PROSPECT
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SITE
WILL SERVE PEOPLE SIXTY FIVE
AND OLDER.
AND OLDER. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING
THAT SHOT IN THEIR ARM.
IN MINNESOTA. WELL , THE STATE
ADDED ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND
VACCINES SINCE WE REPORTED THESE
NUMBERS YESTERDAY. WE'RE SITTING
AT ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
FOUR THOUSAND MINNESOTANS WHO
ARE FULLY VACCINATED. AND YOU
CAN SEE ALMOST NINE HUNDRED
TWENTY NINE THOUSAND PEOPLE
WITH AT LEAST A DOSE. NOW, THOSE
WITH A SHOT SO FAR MAKE
UP SIXTEEN POINT SEVEN % OF THE
POPULATION. THAT'S UP HALF
A PERCENTAGE POINT . AND THIS IS
OUT OF THE STATE'S FIVE
POINT SIX MILLION PEOPLE CHANGE
IN THE NATIONAL MAP FOR THE
STATES WITH THOSE FULLY
VACCINATED. SO TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS. WISCONSIN HAS NOW TURNED
GREEN WITH MORE THAN NINE %
OF ITS POPULATION WITH TWO
SHOTS. MINNESOTA, THOUGH,
IN BLUE, THAT MEANS SEVEN
TO NINE % OF PEOPLE HAS
OUR FULLY VACCINATED. NOT TOO
FAR BEHIND, THOUGH. IT'S JUST
MORE THAN EIGHT % OF THE
POPULATION RIGHT NOW WITH TWO
DOSES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IOWA
AND ILLINOIS STILL LAGGING
WITH UNDER SEVEN %.
>> NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT
THE DAY'S OTHER TOP STORIES
IN YOUR MORNING RUSH. ONE PERSON
IS DEAD AFTER A HOUSE FIRE
IN BLOOMINGTON. IT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY AROUND NOON ON THE
SEVENTY FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK
OF LANDOW DRIVE. NO WORD YET
ON A CAUSE. MEMBERS
OF MINNESOTA'S NATIONAL GUARD
ARE PREPPING FOR DEPLOYMENT.
ELEVEN HUNDRED TROOPS WILL BE
PART OF A NINE MONTH MISSION
IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PUBLIC
CAN WISH THEM WELL THROUGH
A VIRTUAL SENDOFF CEREMONY
ON SUNDAY. THE HOUSE HAS PASSED
A BILL THAT CHANGES ELECTION
RIGHTS AND ETHICS LAWS BEFORE
THE PEOPLE ACT EXPANDS ACCESS
TO VOTING BY CREATING AUTOMATIC
VOTER REGISTRATION AND EXPANDING
ACCESS TO EARLY AND ABSENTEE
VOTING. THE BILL ALSO CREATES
MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM LAWMAKERS
BY STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT
OF POLITICAL LOBBYING
AND REQUIRING PRESIDENTS
TO RELEASE TAX RETURNS.
AND MEIRE ATHLETES ARE GETTING
THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE LEAGUE.
THE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED
THAT SPRING SPORTS WILL GO ON AS
SCHEDULED FOR NOW AND POLLS
SPORTS THAT WERE POSTPONED,
INCLUDING FOOTBALL, WILL BE ABLE
TO PLAY SHORTENED SEASONS.
>> AND THAT'S YOUR THURSDAY
MORNING RUSH.
MORNING RUSH. >> CHRIS , THANK YOU GUYS
ARE ONE THING WHETHER YOU TAKE
A LOOK AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES
TODAY IN THE UPPER 40S FOR THE
METRO AREA. FORTY SIX
AND WILLMAR, EVEN SOME SPOTS
SOUTHWEST HEADLNE 50.
>> AND YOU WANT ANOTHER SIGN
OF SPRING, FOLKS? HERE IT IS.
CONSTRUCTION CREWS. YES, MEN,
MNDOT CREWS. YOU'RE WORKING
ALONG THE STRETCH OF NINETY
FOUR AND HIGHWAY 610 THIS
MORNING . MIGHT BE A MIGHT CAUSE
SOME SLOWDOWNS, BUT IT'S LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW. THANKS,
LEESHA. NOW TO OUR VERIFY
THE MODERNA AND PFIZER VACCINES
BOTH INCLUDE TWO DOSES
RECOMMENDED TO BE TAKEN THREE
TO FOUR WEEKS APART. THAT'S
RIGHT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU
MISS THAT SECOND SHOT OR IN THIS
SPECIFIC PERSONS CASE OR
SCHEDULED FOR YOUR SECOND SHOT
A FEW DAYS EARLY? WELL ,
WE CHECKED WITH DR. LARRY CHORY
OF THE FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER
RESEARCH CENTER. HE'S
COORDINATING ALL THE VACCCINE
TRIALS IN THE US. DR. COREY SAYS
IT'S YOU DO HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE
WINDOW TO WORK WITH A PLAY
OF ONE WEEK, TWO WEEKS, THREE
WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS, EVEN FIVE
WEEKS IS GOING TO BE FINE.
>> BUT TECHNICALLY, YES, YOU CAN
WAIT LONGER. IN FACT, IN THE
U.K., THEY'VE PURPOSELY DELAYED
BOOSTER SHOTS. AND IN A RECENT
STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE LANCET,
IT INDICATES THAT WAITING
STRENGTHENS THE POWER OF THE
SECOND SHOT. DOCTOR SAYS
THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT IN
OUR COUNTRY YOU SHOULD NOT WAIT,
ESPECIALLY AS THESE NEW VARIANTS
ARE COMING FORWARD AND A LOT
OF THEM HAVE THE START OF SOME
MUTATIONS THAT REQUIRE MORE
ANTIBODIES. I REALLY AM WANTING
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET TWO
DOSES AND SO WE CAN VERIFY YOU
SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER SHOT AS
CLOSE TO THE TARGET DATE AS
POSSIBLE. BUT A FEW DAYS BEFORE
IS OK AND A FEW WEEKS AFTER
SHOULD BE FINE AS WELL .
>> BUT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK OR
YOU WON'T PROPERLY BE PROTECTED.
INTERESTING HOW DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT
GUIDELINES IN ENGLAND ARE SAYING
WAIT LONGER, WAIT AND WONDERING
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT
DATA THEY'RE LOOKING AT VERSUS
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WELL ,
SHOW OF SUPPORT TODAY FOR A
MENTOR TEACHER WHO CAME UNDER
FIRE FOR HIS
MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE HOUSING MARKET IS
FLOURISHING RIGHT NOW, BUT EVEN
WITH SO MANY HOUSES UP FOR SALE,
YOU MUST BE QUICK ON THE DRAW IF
YOU'RE LOOKING TO BUY.
>> AND THIS SEVEN YEAR OLD SAYS
GROWN-UP AREN'T DOING ENOUGH
FOR MIGRANT KIDS SEPARATED FROM
THEIR FAMILIES. SO SHE'S LEADING
A UNIQUE