MY.
MY. WE
MY. WE HAVE A LOT OF STORIES TO GET TO THIS MORNING, BUT LET'S
START YOU OFF FIRST, WHERE
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO
DETERMINE A MOTIVE BEHIND THAT
MASS SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY, WHICH LEFT THREE
PEOPLE DEAD AND FIVE PEOPLE HURT
. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT TOOK
HIS OWN LIFE AS HE WAS
CONFRONTED BY POLICE OFF CAMPUS
NEARBY LANSING. THOSE FIVE
PEOPLE WHO WERE HEARD ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING
, AND STATE. LOCAL AND FEDERAL
OFFICERS ALSO RESPONDED TO THE
SHOOTING COORDINATED EFFORT. IN
FACT, THE FBI SAYS IT IS
ASSISTING THE INVESTIGATION AT
THIS TIME AS AUTHORITIES WORK
AROUND THE CLOCK TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHY THIS HAPPENED,
AND A VIRAL VIDEO TAKEN IN
WATERBURY HAS SPARKED QUITE A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN POLICE,
NAACP AND THE COMMUNITY. BACK ON
FEBRUARY, 2ND JAMES THOMAS WAS
ARRESTED AND THERE'S SOME BODY
CAM FOOTAGE HERE AS YOU SEE OF
THE SITUATION AS IT UNFOLDED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS
REACHING FOR A GUN WHEN POLICE
BROUGHT HIM DOWN. ONE OFFICER
ENDED UP PUNCHING THOMAS IN THE
FACE. LAST NIGHT, A FORM ABOUT
THE ARREST WAS HELD. AND SOME
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT POLICE USED
EXCESSIVE FORCE. HOWEVER
INVESTIGATORS SAY, GIVEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE
INCIDENT, THE ACTIONS WERE
APPROPRIATE. LOADED NINE
MILLIMETER HANDGUN IN HIS RIGHT
FRONT WAISTBAND AND EXTENDED 30
ROUND MAGAZINE LOADED IN HIS
BACKPACK, AS WELL AS AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HEROIN AND
FENTANYL, BOTH IN BAG FORM FOR
STREET SALE AND IN RAW FORM.
POLICE ALSO SAID THAT THE USE OF
LESS LETHAL FORCE SUCH AS TASERS
ARE FOUND INEFFECTIVE IN THE
WINTER DUE TO HEAVY CLOTHING
SUCH AS BULKY JACKETS.
ORGANIZERS ARE PROMISING TO HOLD
MORE FORUMS LIKE THIS IN THE
FUTURE, AND A MAN WHO POLICE SAY
WAS HIGH ON PCP IS NOW UNDER
ARREST AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF
ATTACKING MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND AN
OFFICER IN WEST HARTFORD, AND WE
WANT TO WARN YOU THAT SOME
VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS VIDEO
PRETTY DISTURBING, OLICE SAY.
39 YEAR OLD SAMUEL RIVAS LUNGED
AT AN OFFICER SUNDAY RIGHT
OUTSIDE OF THE PRICE RIGHT AFTER
ATTACKING SEVERAL SHOPPERS,
INCLUDING AN ELDERLY WOMAN. WHO
ENDED UP FALLING TO THE GROUND
AND HITTING HER HEAD. GOOD
SAMARITAN JUMPED IN TO HELP THE
OFFICER WHO WAS HELD DOWN
HOLDING REVIS DOWN. THAT IS
UNTIL HE WAS CUFFED. HE NOW
FACES SEVERAL CHARGES AND IS
BEING HELD ON A $250,000 BOND
AND CONCERNED PARENTS IN
MANCHESTER ARE TALKING PUBLICLY
ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY AFTER
NUMEROUS INCIDENTS DURING THE
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY,
FAMILIES SAY THAT THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS SAFETY
AFTER REGULARLY HEARING ABOUT
NOT ONLY FIGHTS BUT BULLYING AND
OTHER DANGEROUS SITUATIONS
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS
PAST FRIDAY AND ASSISTANT
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS PAST FRIDAY AND ASSISTANT-
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS PRINCIPAL Y AND ASSISTANT-
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS PRINCIPAL WAS D ASSISTANT-
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS PRINCIPAL WAS SHOVED TANT-
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS PRINCIPAL WAS SHOVED BY T-
WITHIN THE SCHOOL'S WALLS. THIS PRINCIPAL WAS SHOVED BY A-
STUDENT AND HOSPITALIZED IN
JANUARY, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
BROUGHT A LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL,
AND IN DECEMBER, A STUDENT
BROUGHT A SPLAT OUR BALL GUN AND
NOT TO MENTION NUMEROUS FIGHTS
HAVE BROKEN OUT. PARENTS ARE NOW
PUSHING OTHERS TO LISTEN TO
THEIR KIDS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON AT SCHOOL, AND THE BOARD
HEARD OTHER ISSUES ON TEACHERS,
SAFETY AND STUDENTS MENTAL
HEALTH AS WELL, BUT HAVE NOT YET
OFFERED UP ANY SOLUTIONS TO
THESE MATTERS. THIS MORNING, A
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT WILL BE
RECONSIDERING A LAWSUIT THAT
CHALLENGED CONNECTICUT'S POLICY
ALLOWING TRANSGENDER GIRLS
ATHLETES TO COMPETE AS FEMALES.
AND WE LEARNED LATE LAST NIGHT
THAT A MAJORITY OF JUDGES HAVE
AGREED TO RE HEAR THIS CASE. THE
ISSUE WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO COURT
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER BY A
CONSERVATIVE GROUP. IT SAID THAT
THE POLICY TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER
GIRLS TO COMPETE AS FEMALES WAS
DISCRIMINATORY. THREE HEARING OF
THIS CASE HAS NOT YET BEEN
SCHEDULED, BUT WE WILL BE SURE
TO KEEP YOU POSTED WHEN A DATE
IS ANNOUNCED, AND SOME
CONNECTICUT LAWMAKERS ARE
LOOKING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
BIRTH CONTROL. TWO REPUBLICAN
SENATORS ARE PROPOSING A BILL
THAT WOULD ALLOW PHARMACISTS TO
DESCRIBE THE DRUG AND RIGHT NOW
IN OUR STATE, ONLY A PHYSICIAN
CAN PRESCRIBE BIRTH CONTROL.
HOWEVER MILLIONS OF WOMEN LACK
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. OR HAVE
TO WAIT FOR AN APPOINTMENT. AND
STATE SENATOR HEATHER SUMMERS
SAYS MANY WOMEN NEED TO BE ABLE
TO RECEIVE THEIR PRESCRIPTION IN
A FAST, FASTER TIMELINE. IT
COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE YOU GET
IN, AND THEN MANY TIMES THEY
CANCEL AND RESCHEDULE YOU
BECAUSE OF STAFFING ISSUES. SO
WHY SHOULD WE LET A WOMAN GO
WITHOUT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL
DURING THAT TIME THAT SHE CAN'T
SEE A PHYSICIAN. SENATOR SUMMERS
, SUMMERS SAYS WOMEN CAN STILL
SEE THEIR DOCTOR, BUT THIS WOULD
SERVE AS ANOTHER WAY TO CREATE
ACCESS ABOUT 20. OTHER STATES
HAVE PASSED SIMILAR LEGISLATION
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SCOTT
THANKS, NICOLE. HEY WE'VE GOT A
GREAT DAY FOR YOU FOR
VALENTINE'S DAY. LOVE IS IN THE
AIR, AND THAT'S JUST ABOUT IT A
LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE. BUT
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TODAY.
HI, EVERYBODY 704 ON THIS
TUESDAY IT IS VALENTINE'S DAY,
FEBRUARY 14TH COUPLE OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS. MAYBE A
SNOWFLAKE OVERNIGHT THAT IS NOW
GONE, AS YOU CAN SEE. JUST
ENOUGH CLOUD COVERAGE OUT THERE
THIS MORNING TO MAKE FOR A
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL START.
ROADS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DAMP
AT THAT WIND IS OUT THERE DRYING
THINGS OFF FROM THOSE SCATTERED
SHOWERS. LITTLE CONDENSATION
MOISTURE ON THE ROADS THIS
MORNING, BUT NOT A BIG DEAL.
VISIBILITY AT A PERFECT 10 AND
ACCORDING TO EARLY WARNING
FUTURECAST TOMORROW'S WEATHER
TODAY. JUST ABUNDANTLY SUNNY.
LOOK AT THIS. I JUST RAN THE
CLOCK DOWN. IT'S NOT BROKEN.
THERE'S JUST NOTHING ON IT
THROUGH FIVE P.M. TONIGHT,
LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASING
CLOUD COVERAGE. HERE WE GO. THIS
IS TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL
WAKING UP TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
AND THEN, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
OF A BREAK IN THE ACTION BY LATE
MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON, SO WE'LL GO. MOSTLY
CLOUDY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
TOMORROW. AND THEN THURSDAY
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD AS WELL WITH
INCREASING CLOUDS AND SOME RAIN
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ALL
RIGHT NOW, IN THE MEANTIME,
ENJOY THESE TEMPERATURES.
REMEMBER 20 IS THE NUMBER YOU
SHOULD BE SEEING IN THIS COLUMN.
39 IN EAST GRANBY, 38 IN STORES
35 IN KENT AND WOLCOTT AT 36.
WHOA! WHOA! THAT IS GORGEOUS.
ISN'T THAT WOW, COULD THIS IS
HAPPENED? IT IS AS 43 DEGREES
NICOLE AND SAINT PETER. I THINK
YOU MIGHT. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE,
REALLY IS WHOA! HELLO NEW HAVEN
JUST GORGEOUS 44 DEGREES IN NEW
HAVEN THIS MORNING, A LITTLE BIT
OF A BREEZE OUT THERE. ALL
RIGHT, SO WE HAVE AGAIN
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
THIRTIES LOW FORTIES THIS
MORNING. THERE IS A TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENTIAL UP FROM YESTERDAY
ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 7 DEGREES TO
EIGHT DEGREES WARMER AT BRADLEY
AND WE WERE UP YESTERDAY FROM
THE DAY BEFORE, SO WE'RE
BUILDING ON THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS
. HERE'S THE SUSTAINED WIND. TO
20 MILES AN HOUR IN CHESTER.
THAT'SA SUSTAINED. THAT'S NOT A
GUST. LET'S CHECK IN WITH 37
MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS AND
CHESTER WE YEAH, THAT'LL MAKE
THINGS FEEL A LITTLE BIT COOLER
LIKE IT'S 32 IN CHESTER INSTEAD
OF LOW FORTIES UPPER TWENTIES
LOW TO MID THIRTIES, SO GRAB A
LIGHT JACKET. GRAB A WINDBREAKER
AS YOU'RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR
THIS MORNING. LOVE IS IN THE AIR
, EVERY SIGHT AND EVERY SOUND
BEAUTIFUL START SUNNY AND BREEZY
TODAY. AND AGAIN, THE ONLY THING
YOU'LL FIND IN THE SKIES, SUN
AND LOVE 46 TO 51 NICE START
SUNNY AND BREEZY. HERE'S THE
TEMPERATURE TREND TODAY CLOSE TO
50 DEGREES IN INLAND CONNECTICUT
AND RIGHT AT 50 DEGREES FOR THE
SHORELINES SO ONCE AGAIN GET OUT
THERE AND ENJOY ALL OF THIS
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. DON'T FORGET
SUNGLASSES, SO I'M GLAD COULD
REPRESENT A LITTLE BIT OF A
PROBLEM ON THE ROADS THIS
MORNING. ABUNDANT SUN BREEZY
SUMMERS UP AT 6 48 TONIGHT,
CLOUDS INCREASED A LITTLE
COOLER. AND THEN TOMORROW MOSTLY
CLOUDY DAY, MAYBE SOME PARTIAL
CLEARING LATE IN THE DAY AND
THEN INCREASING CLOUDS THURSDAY
THURSDAY NIGHT RAIN INTO FRIDAY
FRIDAY IT LOOKS LIKE IT RAINS
UNTIL ABOUT ONE OR TWO O'CLOCK
IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN WE
SEE PARTIAL CLEARING AS THE
TEMPERATURES DROP THE WIND IS
GOING TO BE CRANKING. 40 MILE AN
HOUR PLUS WIND GUSTS EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY AND THEN SATURDAY, STILL
BREEZY BUT COOLER SUNDAY WE
REBOUND TO 49 MONDAY UP TO 53
WHAT A REMARKABLE FORECAST
ALL RIGHT +708 NICOLE BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, SCOTT
HAPPENING TODAY IN RESPONSE TO
THE UPTAKE AND WRONG WAY CRASHES
, BOT WORKERS WILL BEGIN
INSTALLING SPECIAL REFLECTORS
RIGHT ON 84 WESTBOUND TODAY,
RIGHT ON AND OFF THE RAMPS FROM
EXITS 29 TO 32. THESE REFLECTORS
WILL GLOW RED WHEN TRIGGERED BY
WRONG WAY DRIVERS. THIS
DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, COMES
SHORTLY AFTER A WRONG WAY.
DRIVER CRASH HAPPENED ON 84
WESTBOUND, SERIOUSLY INJURING
TWO DRIVERS SATURDAY MORNING,
AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
PLANS TO FILL THE SEAT OF THE
LATE REPRESENTATIVE QUENTIN
WILLIAMS, A STATE LAWMAKER WHO
WAS KILLED BY A WRONG WAY DRIVER
LAST MONTH IN CROMWELL. FIVE
SCHOOLS IN MIDDLETOWN WILL BE
CLOSED FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION ON
FEBRUARY 28. THOSE SCHOOLS ARE
SEEN ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, AND
SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE DAY OFF
WILL BE TREATED LIKE A SNOW DAY
AND MADE UP IN JUNE. VOTERS WILL
VOTE TO FILL REPRESENTATIVE
WILLIAMS SEAT IN THE 100
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. IF YOU
REMEMBER WILLIAMS WAS KILLED
BACK ON JANUARY, 5TH JUST HOURS
AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN FOR HIS
THIRD TERM. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TUNING INTO EYEWITNESS NEWS
ON THIS SWEETHEART'S DAY,
REMEMBER, YOU CAN GET NEWS AND
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OUTSIDE. ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL
DAY. BE HEALTHY. STAY POSITIVE,
AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE