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>> unless that's service dragon, you have to take >>ak breg overnight. new dails surrounding the deadly school shooting outside of denver. at least 14 new reports of tornadoes and today,er2 million amans are in the path of severe weather. if you take uber or lyft to work, better make otherns pla today. both companiesti put the brakes over a strike at rush hour. and contempt of congress. can president trump stop them? as the u.s. military buildup ntinues. iran says they will break the deal and alert european
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cosigners. i think george. >> possibly river. >> harry and meghan will face the media in a few hours. >> good moing. i'm fra rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. >> flood levels along the illinois river are predicted to crest at 3700 foot. some of the hardest hit areas have been in tas where flash flooding c warningtinue overnight. we are also seeing several water rescues there too. >> bill kans is busy tracking it for us. >> no reports of injuries or fatalities. we arech watg about 14 tornado reports. we still have a watch in areas of oklahoma and the line of
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storms continue to plague the region and now in san angelo and the dallas area. as we go through the day today, we are going to watch this through the populated areas. we have 32 million people at risk in areas of oklahoma city, dall, san antoniond greater houston area. that area o orange is the eatest chance of tornadoes today. even into tomorrow, we continue the threat into areas of louisiana, little rock and memphis. we are ggeng to t a lot of flooding issues too. >> breaking news this morning, terror just outside of denver after another school shooting erupts in the middle of the day. one student was killed and eight othersed inj authorities swarmed the stem school. gun fire lasted several minutes
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with shots s being fired as deputies entered the school. they have arrested t believed to be students a the that school. frighten students ranging from kindergarten to high school. the shooting happened not far from columbine just a month after e 20th anniversary there. we have the latest. >> reporter: students running for cover, swat teams and tactical team as reiffing within two minutes of theirst 911 call surrounding the stem campus. >> there were a number of studen shot and injured. >> reporter: shortly before 2:00 p.m., two armed students, one with a hand gun entered the hool. when first responders arrived, authorities say shots were still being fired. >> our w officerst in and we engaged the suspects.
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we did struggle to take them into custody and they are in custody right now. >> as the school was being evacuated. the sheriff's department told parents to meet their kids. >> they asked me to pick up the shirt to see if there were two holes. >> there was only one. >> she called me hysterical and told me there had been a shooting. the lockdown had been lifted but students didn't return to classes. >> we do not have any other suspects. we are slowing everything down. >> nervous parents still waiting for any information about the suspects were and how this happened. > the clash over capitol hill and the clash of the senate majority leader is urging congress to move past the mueller report as some democrats wrap up talks of impeachment. we go to peter alexander.
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>> reporter: the message from republicans, enough already. >> there findings a clear. case closed. >> reporter: after the mueller report arguing it is time to move on. >> my democratic colleagues seem to be moving through the five stages of grief. >> that's just not a fact. the case inot closed. >> reporter: elizabeth warren calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. >> we took an oath to protect and serve the constitution of the united states of america. the way we do tt is we begin impeachment proceedings now. > reporter: the latest flash point, the white house directing done mcgahn not tour tver documents. in a letter to judiciary chairman floating possible privilege claim insisting the records remain subject to the control of the white house.
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the president resisting at every turn o handing over the unredacted mueller report and releasing president trump's tax returns. t then issue whether the special council should testify. >> mr. mueller has already spoken at length in his report. if people want to drag this on, they are showing americans who they really are. >> a new disagreement between fbi director and william barr after barr called surveillance of the trump campaign spying. >> i think spying did occur. >> that's not the term i would us >> also grabbing headlines, the dow dropping nearly 500 points after the latest threat to put new tariff's on china accusing the chinese of backtracking and saying those tariffs would go into effect this friday.
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we turn to the intensifying stand offs between democrats and discussinger wheth to hold barr under contempt of congress. the dojni threate executive privilege. tracie potts joins us to break it down. .t appears the conmpt vote is still on for today >> reporter: it is still on and the first step for answers to try to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress for not providing that ful unredacted mueller report. there is a lot of back and forth over this. first the letter that hit capitol hill late in the evening from the justice department. that letter claimg they would exert executive privilege would be compelled toequest the president to evoke it oher t entire mueller report and
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underlying evidence if democrats did not cancel this hearing today. that is not going to happen. take a look at the response from the democratic chair saying the white house waved these privileges long ago. this kind of obstruction is dangerous. we heard from doug collins otying it is illogical that democrats would nook at the latest versin but the want to hold the attorney general in contempt for not providing a version. still line that vote is set to happen today with democrats wantingo hold the attorney general inontempt and republicans saying this whole thing needs to be over. >> tracie potts, thank you. if you rely on uber or lyft to get to work, there will be some big problems on your morning commute today. drivers in more than a dozen cities ain pla to strike. in the no theast,hey are planning to strike from 7:00 to
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9:00 in the morning and longer in other cities. more details on what those drivers want. >> reporter: for passengers who rely on ride sharing apps, their commute will be hectic. drivers plan to strike in several cities, from 7:00 to 9:00 in new york and longer in other places including los angeles, san francisco and atlanta. other cities could see strikes and rallies too. > another will shut off his app. >> i want better earnings and i want them to acknowledge we have a big problem. >> reporter: many drivers say when you add ingas, car maintenance, insurance and other costs, it is tough to make a living. >> the protest said to come when uber goes public. >> uber admits if driver dissatisfaction decreases, they will not be able to recruit
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drivers and that's a problem for the company. >> they are looki to improve driver efteriences. ays driver's hourly h earningsave increased addg they can earn up to $20 an hour. what is unclear is how many drivers plan to hit their pamela anderson is speaking out against the treatment of wikileak leader. she visited assange in a london prison and said he is being treated unfairly. >> he does not deserve to bin a super max prison. >> he's also being held on aar extraditiont to the united states for allegedly hacking into a pentagon computer.
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>> let's look over to bill for the weather. >> travel impacts will be widespread. we have a new tornado warning in areas of west central texas. as far as th airports go, the best chance of cancellations. dallas/ft. worth area and san antonio. same goes for kansas. just showers and a few storms there in chicago. some of the worst drives kansas city to shreveport and oklahoma city to san antonio. now a closer look at the day ahead. the warm side of the storm system. you can see 70s and even 80s today. and it is i cold colorado with highs only in the 40s. there is the severe weather threat through areas of texas and louisiana. we'll talk about the flood threat. that will continue throughout the day. >> a mess and scarey too.
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>> two baby elephants were rescued after struggling for nearly three hours. the calves mothers tried to help them. wild life rescue came andcr ted an escape path. both returned back to the jungle and reunited with their mothers. just ahead, major developments overnight when iras signalhat they are done with the three-year nuclear deaw ho frightening is this? . for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. it captures dust in one swipe. ha! gotcha! and sweeper heavy duty cloths lock away twice as much dirt and dust. it gets stuff deep in the grooves other tools can miss. 'know what? my place...s a lot cleaner now. stop cleaning. start swiffering.
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good morning. >>sions between iran and america have been hatchetingp u on an almost daily basis since president trump took office. ow they've intensified dramatically. u.s. warships and iran becoming increasingly impatent with the deal. iran will begin keeping the excess uranium from the nucle program. under theerms, iran agreed to ship out all that material. this is the first step in a series of measures to roll back commitments to the deal. he said he is setting a 60-day addeline for remaining signatures to implement their promises to protect the oil and banking sector from u.s. nctions if they can't, iran
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good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. under arrest. the man here that was caught at trump international hotel with a gun. >> this morning we have newbo details aut who he is and how caught. chuck, how about our weather? >> good morning, the northeast wind is back. that spells cooler weather for the next couple of days.
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scene. today is the day uber andft drivers going on strike. what this means for you if you are hoping to catch a ride. does your property need a pop? we are talking curb appeal. how to improve the look of your property withog breakin the bank. "news 4 today" stas now. it is 4 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begin with a check on your travel and commute. >> we'll begin with storm team 4 .chuck bell 66 degrees. >> super mild. temperatures never reallydo trended wards and the clouds have helped to hold temperatures mainly in the 60s. as a result, not much of morning chill at all. 50s in the shenandoah mlley. st 60s around most of the city right now. don't plan on much of a warmup today. that northeast wind is setting up sh.
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