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what does it matter at the waffle house in gainesville, georgia. i go into the waffle house and say, the chevron doctrine is hurting your business. joanne, did you know that? i tell her your business is going to be good, i'm a republican, vote for me. she'sing look at me like, chevron, what's wrong with chevron? i just stopped at the gulf station down the road. we don't understand it anymore. i think conservatives are speaking languages that people understand. so what a better idea would be to go in and say, you know something, over this administration, the trump administration has cut regulation. made it better that the only thing we can do is businesses operate more officially. get the regulatory out of the problem. operate the way they should. i have never met a business in my life that actually wanted to hurt their employees. that wanted to hurt their bottom line. if they did, they didn't stay in business long. let's go into the same agenda, same people, and say, you know why we talk about deregulation in washington, d.c.? last week, i talked t

what does it matter at the waffle house in gainesville, georgia. i go into the waffle house and say, the chevron doctrine is causing your business problems. joanne, did you know that? it is tough. joanne is having a great awful, she doesn't care. i tell her your business is going to be good, i'm a republican, vote for me. easy vote. she is looking at me like, chevron, i just stopped at the station down the road, what's wrong with chevron? we don't understand it anymore. i think conservatives are speaking languages that people understand. so what a better idea would be to go in and say, you know something, over this administration, the trump administration has cut regulation. made it better that the only thing we can do is businesses operate more efficiently. get the regulatory out of the problem. let them operate the way they should safely and economically. let them do things the way business should do. i have never met a business in my life that actually wanted to hurt their employees. i have never met a business in my life that wanted to hurt the

omni ride has a double decker bus in gainesville. >> that is where we find news 4's meghan fitzgerald. good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, good morning to you. right now omni ride has about 100 of its regular commuter ses in its fleet that take people from the prince william county area up to the d.c. area. this doubleus decker b which we're on now will hol even more ople. tight bus. there's a staircase that leads to the second deck. this holds 83 people including the 56 up stairs. for the next week and a half this ride is free. what they're asking peo fill out a survey. asking them to fill out questions about their ride. what is it like getting out of the staircase. thank you so much for joining us this morning. can you talk to me a little bit 'rout why y doing this? >> we're testing out the capacity of the vehicle, testing out the feasibility of running a double deck bus versus our normal commuter buses. checking for height clearances, comfortbility and from that we'll evaluate if this but fits into our organization. >> reporter: when will you know whether or not you're going

in>>o >>> new viout of gainesville. that is a bear coming out from behind the tree. >> that is not good >> outor a late-night stroll in the gainesville area. this is the timeea of y black bears are waking up from hibernation. guess what -- they're hungry. animal control experts s you should put away anything in your yard that make smell like food to a bear. that could be anything. that could be you. you need to stay away and keep all the doors closed. >> how do we do ithis? >>on't know. that's a big bear. summer isn't even here yet, but if you're looking ahead to football season, it is time to mark your calendars. we're all skins fans here. >> okay. the redskins have releaseddu thr sche last night. they did this. the highlights -- beginning with an opening game against the eagles., okay's going to be happening up in philly september 8th. our home opener is against thew cos. >> uh-huh. >> coming up the following weekend. >> then tom brady and his super bowl champions, patriots come to fedex. wah, wah, wah. that'sctober 6

the bus will depart from th cushing road commuter lot in gainesville just after 6:00 a.m. and traveling towards d.c. and arrive at the state department. instead of paying, passengers will be asked to fill out a survey. >>> new overnight. surprising announcement, magic johnson said he is resigning as the lakers' president of basketball operations. he spoke to the media just before last night's home game. >> i want to go back to having fu i want to go back to who i was before taking on this job. also, all of the -- what i didn't le is the backstabbing, the whispering. i don't like that. you know, i don'tike a lot of things that went on but didn't have to go non. >> l.a. says this is all the more surprising because johnson's announcement came p withoutor notice to the team owner, general manager, head coach or even starebron james. there are a lot of expectations when lebron moved to the lakers. there you go. >>> well, to football. we have a better ideaow of the 'skins will start their preseason. they will kick things off with t visi cleveland to face the browns. then they'll

. >>> a stunning site in gainesville, florida.aptured the moment this light streaked through the sky. the national weather service confirmed using their satellite that maps lightening mass lightening storms it was a meteor coming into the earth's atmosphere on saturday night. sightings were reported throughout northern florida. >> how terrifying to be close to that. >>> tinder is taking the dating game to new heights. this is what we are talking about. a height verification tool for men. they said, it's come to our attention most of you 5 '10" are actually 5'6", the which raid must stop. if they put in the right number, they get a height verify badge on their profile users. >> who knew it was such a big deal. >> apparently, it is. >>> it's april fools' day. >> i'm marlie hall, thanks for watching "early today." >>> breaking news. gunned down in cold blood, popular rapper nipsey hussle killed in a shooting outside his los angeles store. the suspect remains at large. >> former vice-president joe biden responds to allegations of an a

a driver's dashboard camera recorded the bright green light above gainesville.eather service says a satellite lightning tracker confirmed the meteor, and sightings were reported across florida. >>> a grandmother has given birth to her granddaughter, and the murder of a rap artist is under investigation. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "los angeles times" reports grammy nominated winner nipsey hussle was shot and killed outside the clothing store he operated outside los angeles. the 33-year-old rapper was shot at close range yesterday by a young man who ran to a waiting getaway car. two ores are involved. waiting car. sources are calling it a gang-related shooting. hussle was said to be known as much for his work in the community as his music. >>> "the new york times" reports georgia is the latest to enact a fetal heartbeat law. state lawmakers narrowly passed a bill banning abortions after a fetal heart beat can be defected if an embryo. that can happen as early as six weeks, for some women, even before they know they're pregnant. i

rare giant bird killed at 75 year-old owner after the owner fell in the backyard of his home in gainesville florida. the castle worry which is there. it is right there. it's closely related to the emo it has long claws on each foot. officials say they were surprised to hear the birds could be privately owned and that was actually capable of killing someone cassowaries are native to australia and papa new guinea, people who live there say that they're always told to stay away from the birds because of their aggressive nature. >>apparently they can be pretty aggressive if they feel threatened and aig they had this nasty toe that they can kick with with very strong kicked the cause that can literally got you because they can jump over 4 feet in the air and that can hit about anybody in the mid section. >>while a man did die of his injuries at the hospital is family will decide what to do with that aggressive. >>and that is horrifying and as basically a dinosaur ah, yes, the good grief. ok we're going to turn our attention to 4 zone forecast a tragedy. no doubt as large cargo joins us end this

ou >>> back now at 4:42 with some new video out of gainesville, virginia. look -- that is a bear. you see him? >> i sm. hi >> casually out for a late-night stroll in the hopewells landing neighborhood. the nest camera caught the bear in action. that's pretty big. sopparently this is the time of year black bears awaken from hibernation, and they're hungry. can you imagine a bear coming out of hibernation near your house? >> just strolling along like i know this neighborhood yeah. >> experts say to put anything away that my smell like food to a cbear. thatould be anything -- that could be your pet. you have to just take precautions, yikes. i wouldn't want to see a bar be in my yard like that. >>> summe isn't even here yet, but if you're already looking ahead to football season, it is time to mark your calendars. >> football ason? okay. i know. the redskins -- >> you have to win the stanley cup first. i mean, can we get that don first? my husband loves the redskins. football is his thing. the redskins, theyth released r schedule last night. the highlights begin with an opening game a

> an exotic bird described as the most dangerous bird in the world attacked and killed a man in gainesville, florida. authorities say the 75-year-old tripped and fell on his farm, and the bird known as the cassowary, attacked him. the bird is native to australia and new guinea. the victim was breeding them. they have knife-like claws and can stand 6 feet tall. >>> delta is making a new change. they are reducing how much it can recline your seat. it's hoping the two-inch reduction will give people sitting behind the reclining passenger more space for their knees or computer, and it's making the a-320 jets. >>> lawmakers in california may soon ban a popular travel perk. the little bottles of hotel shampoo. supporters of the bill say those tiny bottles create a huge amount of waste. some hotels are shifting to bulk dispensers. marriott says that will save an average of 250 pounds of plastic per hotel per year. big savings there. >> what will i take from the hotel? >> you don't need the shampoo. >>> coming up, the dog rescue you have to see. >>> also ahead, the unexpected rising star on the cam

centreville, stbound 66 between the beltway and gainesville, that's cleared out of the way. two right lanes were blocked with the mobile work zone. a that's gone. aaron? >> thank yo >>> as melissa mentioned, a portion of northbound indian head highway between fort washington and old fort road is back open after a water main break. this is video from yesterday showing the water shooting up into the air. look in the distance there. it'sstaffecting more than drivers, too. >> right now, 23,000 customers are under a boil water visory. this is a map here. if you live in the area west of indian head highway to the potomac river and from the d.c. line south to piscataway you will need to boil your water. >>> the power is back on for some folks in bethesda. the montgomery county fire department says a tree fell on mcarthur boulevard and maryland avenue yestery. this is video from the area. you can't see the treeecause lice closed off the boulevard. the tree knocked down lanes and daged a-- down lines and damaged a utility pole. >>> prince george's county a aare -- prince george's pic

hailstorms hitting north texas in gainesville, forced airlines to suspend hundreds of flights. it appears the worst is over for now. >>> let's take a closer look at your thursday forecast. >> good morning. we're looking for a combination of stormy weather, severe storms and the likelihood of flash flooding in some areas, targeting the lower mississippi valley region, the tennessee valley region, along the gulf coast and eastern portions of texas. we're looking at target area of throughout the day, covering up nashville, i-40 and in portions of alabama with urban flash flooding and the possibility of tornadoes. looking for stagnant showers in parts of the northeast. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> coming up, a very new kind of potato chip. see if you've tried it. >>> but first -- word of another staff shakeup in the trump administration. >>> and new research on screen time and kids. just how much of a problem it can become. >>> and more on this shocking crash. a family barely avoids getting killed outside of a restaurant. we'll hear from that mom, next. >>> back

marvin hajos died after he was attacked by the cassowary in gainesville. the flightless bird is available for auction. >> trevor: quick question: why are they auctioning off the killer bird? ( laughter ) like, who's bidding on that? is there someone out there showing up like, "$200. i'll fight that bird!" ( laughter ) and people are like, this bird, i can't believe it. but let's be fair, people-- we murder birds every day, like hundreds of thousands of them. yeah. so life really is about perspective. we call this bird a murderer. but chickens locked up in farms everywhere, they're like, yo, that's our malcolm x.that's correct what that is. that's revenge." they're getting tattoos of that bird on themselves right now. and florida or not, it is shocking to hear that there's a bird that can kill people. it's like finding out there's a gerbil that commits arson. mr. snickers, no! all right, that's it for the headlines. let's move on to our main story, president trump. he's obviously a very busy man, but in between rounds of golf and shredding his tax returns,

. >>> a streaking meteor lighting up the sky, captured on the dash board cam in gainesville late saturdayight. look at that, the national weather service confirming it was indeed a meteor. sightings of the shooting star were reported across northern florida. it is not known if the space rock landed or broke up from impact. >>> chris rock ripping "empire" star jussie smollett at the naacp image awards. smollett was a no show. look to rock pulling no punches when he took to the stage. >> they said no jussie smollett jokes. i know. i know. what a waist of ligste of light know. you know what i can do with that light skin. what the he willl was he thinki. from now on, you're jesse from now on. you don't even get the you no more. >> smollett lost to grey's anatomy star jesse williams. >> what is that? >> i don't know, i think it's a bag of clues. >> jussie, please, don't. >> look guys, the killer, he left me a bunch of clues. >> what killer? >> you're still alive, jussie. >> only because i fought back because i'm the guy mike tyson. >> jussie, please, just stop. >> okay. another k? three k's? l

a green fireball lit the sky near gainesville saturday.l weather service says it was a meteor. it isn't clear if it completely burned or if pieces ended up falling to the ground. sounds like "stranger things" in slow motion. an increased risk of sneaker waves and really energized waves. don't turn your back on the ocean if you're heading there today. kids that do have school this week, very mild. low to mid-50s for most of us at 7:00. 59 to 65 at 11:00. a stray shower. upper 60s elsewhere. look at these 80s in los angeles and palm springs. from chico northward, a chance of rain and that does include tahoe today with a temperature of 49 degrees. a wintry mix tuesday. more rain and snow thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. >>> thank you, mike. developing news out of los angeles involving the murder of grammy-nominated rapper nipsey hussle. >> fans of the 33-year-old rapper say he did a lot for the community. our sister station kbc is live for us in los angeles right now with more this morning. hi, mark. >> reporter: yeah, jessica and reggie,

she said she heard a noise outside her home in gainesville earlier this week when she looked out herw, she saw a man in his boxers, only, trying to break into her car, that's when she grabbed her baseball bat and opened her front door she said the suspect ran at her, then she took her swing. >> i took that bad and hit him upside the head and said piya! he better be glad i didn't have a gun. >> wow, stay away from grandma, don't mess with that lady. police say the man ran to a nearby mobile park but was quickly found by the police, he was charged with attempt did her glory and possession of a controlled substance. >>> a jeopardy contestant is breaking his own record. >> all right, you are going to add some more money, you have just set a one-day record, again. $131,000. >> he's good. james is his name, and he broke his single day record by $20,000 by last night's episode, he went 4440, he has won nearly $700,000, can jennings holds the record of $2.5 million, thanks to a 74 game winning streak, he lives in las vegas and makes a living as a professional gambler. smart guy, too, the new

that will depart from the cushing road commuter lot in gainesville. it will travel towards d.c. ending at the state department. instead of paying, passengers will just be asked ao fill out survey. coming up in a few minutes, news ha4's m fitzgerald will join us live from the new bus. >>> also new overnight, the nba off the court. in a surprising announ magic johnson said he is resi resigning as the laker's president of basketball operations. >> i want to go back to having fun. i want to go back to who i was. >> what i didn't like is the backstabbing and whispering. i don't leak that. i don't like a lot of the things that went on that didn't have to go >>on. nbc l.a. says this is all the more surprising because johnson's announcement came without prior notice to the team owner, general manager, head coach, even star lebron james. so that's a big change for the lakers. >> such a nic i guy. know. >> all right. 5:50. >> mr. bell, a little cooler start but an overall a plusday. >> absolutely. great weather f anyone who wants to go outside today. actically snowing yesterday. the petal

. >>> active day of severe weather in texas and here is some video about 9:00 yesterday in gainesvilleat, nonstop hail, nonstop lightning. good news most of that hail remained a quarter inch or smaller so it didn't cause much damage and the winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour. that's about the threshold you want. you get any faster than that then you start to see some damage. more of this system is going to move into more of the country. back here at home. the sharks are down 3-1. 65 degrees.utside roo camera. uv index will be very high, burn time less than 15 minutes. back to the pollen high through the weekend f. you're out and about for easter, temperatures in the mid-40s to around 50 during the afternoon hours we'll hit the 60s. low to mid-70s, breezy. at least it will be warmer and brighter than saturday. here is sue with a look at the commute. >> i think i said it was friday on my last break. i was wishful thinking. it's thursday not friday light here at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's not even thursday light. metering lights were on a half hour ago. expect delays of about ten m

know, more and more of these states like florida are controlled by the metropolitan areas, like gainesvillemiami which are very, very blue. and the other 85% of the state is red. so yeah, that's a concern. i might have to move again. costa rica or something. david: good luck. nothing short of a media meltdown after the mueller report virtually destroyed the collusion narrative. will the media ever move on? we'll debate that coming next. ♪ xfinity watchathon week has sadly come to an end. what, what, what! no! but don't let that stop you from watching the best shows and movies from showtime, hbo, epix... jesus, what happened? ...and more. it's just the tip of the iceberg. upgrade now to get more into what you're into. thanks! just say "watchathon" into your x1 voice remote to upgrade and keep getting more of what you love. >>> making the case that the president tried to collude open makes a detailed case of how he tried to obstruct. >> if there was no chargeable election conspiracy why would the president do so many things that would amount to evidence of obstruction. >> i look at this evide

that moved to the slourld and caused a slowdown toward gainesville. you'll find on the metro blue and yellow line residual delays in both directions from an earlier track problem at international airport. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:23. if you filled up the tank thi weekend, you know the pain many are feeling at the pump. >> if you think there's not a lot you can do, guess again. megan mcgrath is working 4 you showing all the ways to save at e pump. >> reporter: the honeymoons over. gas prices have soar, and drivers are feeling it in their wallets. >> fill up -- no one fills up anymore. you get enough. >> it hurts your pocket. >> gas prices have increased 5 cents a gallon since the first day of the year. and they are trending higher. >> reporter: the reality is most of us have to drive. so what can we do to save a buck? first of all, consider where you're buying your gasoline. joining a warehouse club might make sense. as a member,ou get discounted gas. or you could shop around. >> there are some gas stations that offer special incentives on a tu

a meteor streaking across the sky over gainesville, florida, just before midnight.e national weather service confirmed on twitter that a meteor was recorded on its lightning mapper around the same time. the meteor likely broke up as it moved through the earth's atmosphere. what an incredible sight there. >>> and thank you so much for joining us. i'm rosemary church. we'll be back with another hour of news right after this short break. you're watching cnn, the world's news network. these days we're (horn honking) i hear you, sister. that's why i'm partnering with cigna to remind you to go in for your annual check-up. and be open with your doctor about anything you feel. physically, and emotionally. body and mind. a little anxious sometimes. these days we all feel so i'm partnering with cigna, to remind you that how you're doing emotionally affects you physically. go for your annual check-up and be open with your doctor about anything you're feeling. physically, and emotionally. body and mind. >>> u.s. president trump and his administration not backing down, saying th

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government is doing everything that it can there was an episode of the podcast the daily about a gainesville, florida, police officers who was shocked by the murder of heather heier and was concerned spencer was going to go to the university of florida, and he tried to prevent violence in gainesville and found a complete lack of intelligence reports on the alt-right from government sources. the fbi didn't have helpful information for him. then you look at the -- about the department of homeland security, and they focused on the thread from home-grown violent extremists, share that information and that group was was eliminated, the analysts were reas signed, but the question that i think both of these get at is, since the adl tracks and reports on extremism if you could tell us what you think the government can be doing more of in order to track and respond to these kinds of threats, and whether the kinds of reporting like the one that "new york times" reported on last year, or this article just a week or so ago accurately reflect a sense -- what more should the government be doing? >> thank

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this is just one of many hailstorms hammering north texas, this one pelting gainesville. has forced airlines to suspend hundreds of flights at least until later today. >> here is a live look at dallas which is right in the middle of this system's pathway. you can see plenty of cars out there right now, though. accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us now with more. paul, good morning. >> good morning janai, kenneth. we're looking for a round of thunderstorms that are going to become very dangerous and nothing to play with. severe storms from portions of missouri all the way down towards new orleans. and here's what we're watching out for. damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour. tornados. urban and flash flooding. travel disruptions throughout the deep south. with the highest risk of tornados targeting louisiana, mississippi, and down towards mobile, alabama. a round of scattered showers throughout the northeast and a set of thunderstorms throughout the great lakes region for thursday. then on friday watching out for another round of heavy rain for the

a couple of questions, there was an episode of the podcast of a gainesville florida police officer who was shot and concerned because richard spencer was going to be coming to the university of florida and he reviewed the websites online and found a complete lack of intelligence reports from government sources state police and the fbi didn't have helpful information for them then you look at the story and that was focused on the justice department and you look at the story from a week or so ago about the department of homeland security and the branch of analysis in the office of intelligence analysis to share that information with state and local law enforcement and that group, that focused on domestic terrorism was eliminated in the analysts and explanations were given as to why that was, but the question that i think both of these get passed is since they track and report extremism, if you can tell us whether what you think the government in particular the justice department of homeland security can be doing more of in order to track and respond to these kind of threats and whether t

he reviewed the website's videos online trying to prevent violence in gainesville and found a complete lack of intelligence reports on the alt-right from government sources. state police and f.b.i. did not have information for him. then you look at the story, that was focused on the justice department, then you look at the story from a week or so ago about the department of homeland security and the branch of analysis and the office of intelligence, focused on the threat from home-grown violent extremists and domestic tourists, sharing that information with state and local law enforcement, and that group -- that branch focused on domestic terrorism was eliminated and the analysts were reassigned, and with no explanation given as to why that was. the question i think was of thee get at is, organization tracks and reports on extremism. if you could tell us what you think the government in particular the justice department, the department of homeland security, can be doing more of in order to track and respond to these kinds of threats, and whether the kinds of reporting like the one that