Back to that breaking news out
of Minneapolis, where a police
standoff is happening right now.
Yeah, it's unfolding near 21st and E.
Franklin, which is just across the
highway from Oxford University.
That is where we find Jennifer
Austin live right now.
From the scene with the very latest.
Yeah, and Alicia within the last half
hours when we told you that we could see
a police start to allow people to walk
back in the direction of that apartment
building and that is significant because
for much of the overnight residents
of that building have been evacuated.
They've been keeping them away from
the building and media away from
the building as well,
which is why we're staged right
here about a block away.
Again from that apartment building.
Still no word yet from police,
though about the status of this standoff,
they had been focused on one person who
had barricaded himself in an apartment.
Unit within that building we want to show
you video now from earlier in the night.
Not long after this all began around
9:30 and that is when officers
responded to a report of shots
being fired inside the building.
When they got there,
MPD says one of those officers or says
those officers rather heard more gunfire.
Police began moving people who
live in the building who they
believed were in danger to safety.
At last check,
MPD says no one has been injured.
However,
it's been about 2 hours now
since our last update.
From MPD and we did see an ambulance
leave the scene with its lights on.
We do not know, however,
whether anyone was inside.
We spoke to someone who lives in that
building and told us what he saw going on.
I just wanted to go home, go to bed.
Here I am like 6 1/2 hours,
nearly seven hours later and
just playing the waiting game
again. We were told the focus of all
of this was on one person barricaded
inside an apartment within that building
still ongoing as far as we know,
at this hour police said that they
had all available resources out here.
They had negotiators and we can
still see the SWAT team on scene.
All right. Jim, we know,
of course you're going to
stay on top of it for us.
We'll check back soon. Thanks.
Also, developing Minneapolis for
people recovering this morning
after a shooting on the Northside.
Investigators say a fight.
Ended in gunshots at a gas
station near Lowry and Knox,
three men and one woman were shot.
All are expected to be OK.
These stories will be developing all
morning long, so make sure you're
staying with us for the very latest.
Also, be sure to check your social
media and our website for updates
throughout the day and taking.
You live over Minneapolis
this morning in just hours.
The trial for Jamal Smith,
the accused Hwy.
169 shooter picks back up
in the County Courthouse.
Smith's girlfriend taking the
stand in the case last summer,
Rundell Hardin was helping police.
She revealed she's still dating
Smith and talks with him everyday.
She admitted to confronting Smith about
the shooting and says he responded
that police don't have any evidence.
Hardin also claims she wanted to
come forward to police but was
afraid of Smith finding out Smith
is charged with murder in the death
of youth baseball coach Jay Bowden.
This morning, abortion
rights in the spotlight here at
home and in our nation's capital.
We are live over Saint Paul
and Washington DC right now.
Right now, a huge rally pushing for
abortion access is being planned
for our capital city this weekend.
And before that House lawmakers
expected to pass two abortion
access bills tomorrow morning.
One would protect a woman's right
to travel to get an abortion.
The other calls for making
abortion rights a federal law.
Neither are expected to
make it through the Senate.
In a few hours, Governor Walz and
Lieutenant Governor Flanagan are
meeting with state law enforcement.
They're talking about working to address
the state's crime and gun violence.
Throughout the summer,
there will be more state troopers
on the streets around Minneapolis.
The BCA is helping with
investigations into gun crimes,
shootings and carjackings.
We're tracking developing news about a
Minneapolis business owner stolen trailer.
He used a GPS tracker to locate it in a
north Minneapolis homeless encampment,
Jerry Yang.
Says his Apple Air tag is still there,
but the trailer is not.
Police didn't get the trailer from the
encampment because they say officers
have been attacked there before.
2 zoo workers in Stearns County
are recovering this morning
after being bit by a camel.
This happened at Hemker Park and Zoo.
The camel bit both the workers heads
and dragged one of them 15 feet.
The camel was being prepared
to move to a different location
when the attack happened,
the twins getting a day off today
after splitting their border.
Battle with the Brewers.
Things were all tied up in the night
before the twins knocked in three
unanswered runs for a four one victory.
Twins take on the Chicago White Sox tomorrow,
first pitch in that one at 6:40.
CC here at the live desk just
into The Newsroom this morning,
40 people are missing right now in
Virginia after horrendous flooding.
Take a look. We got this new drone
video into The Newsroom this morning.
It's a video of the rising water.
You can see some homes ripped
completely off their foundations,
intense rain just LED up in
the region after two days.
A 26 room boutique hotel,
a restaurant and coworking space
have been proposed for the old Yacht
Club building here in Spring Park.
The Spring Park Planning Commission
voted to amend the zoning restrictions
for this area for that hotel to move
forward and the City Council is set to
vote to approve the hotel Monday afternoon.
This morning, another option
to keep you safe from COVID
as closer to going into arms.
The FDA just authorized
a vaccine from Novavax.
Its protein based in older technology,
widely used in other shots.
It's an alternative for fizzers
and modernas M RNA versions.
The CDC still has to sign off and
they're meeting about it next Tuesday.
Meantime,
the worst and most infectious variant
of COVID is not the dominant strain
infecting people in the US and
getting the vaccine and boosters
according to health leaders.
Is your best bet to stay safe?
There's also fatigue, sore throat,
headache, and adorally.
We're seeing some of this more with BA5,
immunity against infection, Wayne's pretty
quickly, and it goes way,
way down less than 35% of people
able to get a booster habit.
According to the CDC. Right now,
the FDA is considering expanding access.
Let's talk money right
now. You're looking live at the pre
markets on the big board Wall Street,
deep in the red and right now they were
reacting to June inflation numbers.
They've now soared to a 41 year high.
Tom Costello shows us what
this all means for you. Good
morning, you don't need economic stats
to tell you what you see every day
in the store that we are paying more
for everything for food, groceries.
Of course, gasoline, housing, healthcare,
travel, airlines, you name it,
the the number was absolutely off the charts.
Nine point 1% increase that the biggest
increase in inflation since 1981.
And now the Fed is under pressure.
Even more pressure to tame the
economy to cool it.
It can only do one thing.
Raise interest rates.
And while your mortgage rates are
not directly tied to what the Fed does.
They are certainly influenced by
the Fed and therefore if you're
in the market for a new House,
thinking about a new a new loan,
you may want to take that out as fast
as you can lock in the rate because
rates are likely to move even higher.
Coming up on the Today show,
we're going to talk about how all of
this affects real Americans everyday.
Americans and families literally
pulling the plug on their vacation
because it's getting too expensive.
Our new this morning.
Take a look at your screen
right now of the Super Moon.
New pictures coming in.
That's guy Brown giving us
a nice howl this morning.
We have to give a Howell
though to Joyce Watts.
From Buffalo she shared these on her.
That's so Minnesota page.
This is a good picture of the moment
you get a bit of the leaves
on the one side of it.
There's a little of that.
Uh, maybe a little eerie feeling.
I love it. It was so clear this morning.
You guys you could see the
craters like really well you
look so huge from that photo too.
So thank you for sharing that photo.
Of course you can share them.
Anytime or that's so Minnesota
Facebook page or text them to us too.
Yeah, and check that Facebook page or cause
the photos on there absolutely incredible.
People aren't talented.
Yeah, mine are really bad.
I took one on the moon and
it still looks a little.
Yeah, well, you're banned from the
Facebook page because yeah yeah,
because of the photos you're,
yeah, terrible, my horrible photos,
but we want your photos for sure.
Alright? Well, sunshine,
clear skies right now.
Temperatures
in the 60s. You got 63 nice and comfortable
with dew points in the upper 50s,
so getting out of the door this morning.
I think a lot of you will be satisfied.
With the weather for now,
with sunshine now you will notice increasing
clouds a little bit later this morning,
but by the afternoon evening hours
mostly cloudy to partly sunny skies with
temperatures warming up to the mid 80s,
some areas could squeeze the upper
80s right around 88 degrees later
on this afternoon and evening.
Now tonight we're still mainly dry for
any dinner plans that you may have.
Maybe if you want to bring dinner outdoors,
you're good.
Or maybe if you have any workout plans
later on this evening by 8:00 o'clock,
a nice, comfortable 82.
However, after midnight I am
tracking some showers and storms.
Storms will still linger into the
commute this time tomorrow morning
with temperatures in the 70s.
So come back and join us on sunrise.
I'll be tracking out and tie me out.
Those storms on radar.
So here's a look at your three day forecast.
88 today we're going to still be
heating up throughout the weekend
with dew points on the rise,
so we'll get that sticky and muggy feeling,
especially by tomorrow.
Isolated storm Saturday morning.
Not a washout Saturday.
Just isolated during the morning hours.
Very hit or miss.
So coming up here in about 10 minutes,
I'll be breaking down that slight
risk for severe thunderstorms
across western Minnesota.
I'll also be tracking out that
wet start to your day tomorrow,
and hot and humid conditions return
this weekend into early next week.
That's
all coming up alright guys. Thank
you so I know you're you.
Live in the city and you're
surrounded by great restaurants.
How often do you go to eat?
No, like twice a week. Twice a week.
Yeah, that's pretty often
alright in 5 minutes.
Which Group A new survey says is
actually dining out less these days,
plus a Minneapolis man is bringing the heat
to a new PBS cooking show at 616. Here his
unique story and
how it's inspiring
his style in the kitchen
and inflation is hurting all
of us right now. But if you're
looking to save some money, stick
around at 6:38. We have tips to cut
the cost on your next grocery bill.
And daddy's home.