i've heard from respected business leaders of major businesses in the houston area.eaders of this chamber of commerce that they've requested that the leadership meet and that they hold a vote to decide whether or not the chamber itself will come out in opposition to these voting bills. the response was, no vote will be held. they'll have a meeting tomorrow. a discussion meeting but they are not going to be allowed to vote on possibly taking a stand. so it is voter suppression on top of voter suppression. it does make you wonder if you have to sup press the vote less you come out against this here, what are you doing here? these single out harris county. republicans as well as democrats used in record numbers. they are attacking my constituents, my community, the community this chamber and businesses are meant to represent. that's why it is so ironic and we need to get everybody to continue taking a stand. >> harris county judge, executive of the county there, thank you for your time. we are watching this closely as well as other states around the country. in texas, i

which is in part by yesterday, 175 business leaders, from the houston area, sent a letter to the republicant, as you can see from the houston chronicle headline there, one key group was missing, the greater houston progression. which is the region's largest chamber of commerce. >> there is a group, sticking out like a sore thumb. for failing to speak up, at a time of enormous consequence. right now, voting rates are falling like dominoes, in faiths across the country. from georgia to arizona. to right here in texas. in yet, the largest chamber of commerce, in the houston area, is silent. >> that is the top elected official in harris county texas. singling out the largest chamber of commerce in the houston area, for their silence, and texas republicans attacking voting rights, even when so many other texas business leaders are standing up saying they will not abide by them. joining us now is harris county -- the chief executive of harris county, the most populous county in texas. judge, it's nice to see you, thanks for making time. thank you. how important is business support for voting righ

stopping the things the county put in place to make it easier to vote. 175 business leaders from houston areahy they oppose those bills, but as you can see from the houston chronicle headline there, one key group was missing, the largest chamber of commerce. >> there's a group sticking out like a sore thumb for failing to speak up at a time of enormous consequence, right now voting rights are falling like dominos in states across the country from georgia to arizona to right here in texas. and yet the largest chamber of commerce in the houston area is silent. >> that is the top elected official in harris county, texas, judge lena hidalgo today, singling out the chamber when so many other business leaders are standing up and saying they will not abide us. joining us now is the judge hidalgo of the most populous county in texas. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> how important is business support for voting rights going to be in the end? as republicans in the legislature really take aim at voting rights statewide and seem to be aiming specifically at places like your county? >> it's very im

the severe weather rolled through texas and left several residents without power in the houston areais not over yet as they are bracing for more wet weather tom yamas has more. >> reporter: frances, parts of baton rouge look more like this. the apartment complex is completely flooded the storm took them by surprise and it was like nothing they had ever seen before parts of the gulf coast bracing for more flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes. this after a powerful storm took many by surprise killing up to 4 people and leading to hundreds of rescues, including this baby rescued in the rain. >> it is so fast, i couldn't believe it, you know you know it was pouring. >> in baton rouge rescuers worked around the clock. residents trapped in homes and apartment buildings reachable only by boat. >> this is the worst you've ever seen. >> this is the worst i've ever seen here. it's crazy. >> reporter: a driver drowning under this overpass. lake charles, louisiana, also slammed with rain. a 100 year rain event for a city still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes last year frances, it's

more intense with climate change and with an expected 30 centimetre rise in sea level around the houston areald see potential disruption in the major league baseball season with the astros stadium potentially flooded. winter sport could be badly affected as well. the skiing world cup had to be cancelled in recent years due to a lack of snow. by 2050, the average temperature is expected to rise by 3.9 degrees in the alps. that would mean an increase in the day where the temperature does not get below freezing from 5—16 days, november to mid—december. severely impacting the amount of snow. simon king there. it's perhaps no surprise then that many clubs across the country, are making efforts to become more sustainable. the club named by bbc sport as the greenest in the premier league this year was tottenham and their england midfielder eric dier has been telling us about the work they're doing. the club is really doing lots to try and be as sustainable as possible. we went on the buggy around the training ground and they showed me everything from what they do when we are redoing the pictures her

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of the weekend and that's why excessive rain continues to be in place for lake charles into the houston area where some of these areas have already seen s inches of rain the better news, the severe weather risk has moved out of that area an talking about near 90 degrees this afternoon 101 for phoenix and higher for flagstaff. now we do have a tropical disturbance. we'll talk about that in atlantic coming up. >>> fast forwarding into your thursday the house has overwhelmingly passed an antiasian hate crime bill 62 republicans have voted for it president biden has pledged his support. >>> support for the universal hip-hop museum it is set to open in 2024. >>> america's terminator, arnold schwarzenegger is in talk with netflix. he'll produce the eight episode series. >>> a high note for music city inside nashville's covid recovery. >>> pint size the problem. why even one drink might be bad for your health. >> come on now st spray, wipe an. why even one drink might be bad for your health. >> come on now problem why even one drink might be bad for your health. >> come on now problem why even one

. >> and a bengal tiger is still missing in the houston area. newsroom starts right now. >>> good morning, and thank you for joining us. it is saturday, may 15th. i'm boris sanchez. >> it is the middle of the month. good morning to you. i'm amara walker. you are in the "cnn newsroom." good morning. >> and we begin with breaking news in the escalating conflict between israelis and palestinians. moments ago an israeli air strike destroyed a 12-story building in gaza that was housing several news outlets, including the associated press and al jazeera. >> and residential apartments were also in that building. cnn's nic robertson joins us near the gaza border. al jazeera says it was warned to evacuate about an hour before the strike took place. what are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, well, hamas is saying that they will retaliate. they're saying they will retaliate against tell a viv. that's a warning they're putting out to residents, they say because of the targeting of that building that was used by media, by al jazeera, the associated press. the

these 90 people were smuggled into the houston area.t street. imagine your kids riding their bikes back and forth along that block how dangerous that is for neighborhoods and then there's 90 people in a small family home, probably being extorted, probably being human trafficked and if you've got 90 people just crossed the border illegally there's at least a handful of them that had criminal records, and so it's an unsafe and unsanitary condition for those individual migrants to be in, but it's also a danger to that community, and an example of what happens when we don't have sufficient resources and control of the border. neil: all right, now, i do know the administration will tap the agriculture department to provide personnel to help. i don't know specifically if it's going to be at the border, ron, we just hear up to 500 individuals. i'm not sure it's going to work with the agriculture department ever signed up for that but what do you make of that? >> yeah, this was done before in the 2014 surge as well. you're looking for governmen

situation before and flooding is going to be a huge concern through friday and saturday around the houston areaou up to date but people need to be on alert for flooding in the area. here's your forecast today, we are getting warm across the upper midwest and the great lakes, 81 in atlanta, 81 in houston, 83 in miami and the potential for heavy rain, forecast highs for the day and remaining warm the next couple days in much of the country with the exception of the northwest where we are feeling like summertime in the next couple weeks. that is exciting for you. todd: i got bad news on that front. jillian: now to this, opening statements begin today in the trial for the illegal immigrant accused of killing iowa college student molly tibbetts. todd: ashley strohmeyer joins us with what we can expect. >> reporter: good morning, opening statements start this morning at 8:30 this morning. the jury was selected, 8 women and 7 men they were told there would be graphic images shown of stab wounds of molly tibbetts, they want to be prepared for that. christian rivera is an illegal immigrant in the us and

congress in the greater houston area against in 2022.it. >> thank you. >> if you. >> because texas is so amazing, we have gained two congressional districts, one that california, just throwing that out there, the addition of those two districts in texas will be pivotal in preserving our republic and democracy for the future, thank you for giving me the platform. pete: this is first congressional run announcement we had on my program. i love it. >> hopefully not the last. pete: amen to that. >> more veterans the better. >> real quick. i have a filing there will be -- feel that there will be people watching that like what you say. what is the web site. >> westley for texas. .com and they want to know if you will make another cool video like you did with dan crenshaw. >> i can not confirm or deny so yes. >> you are in. >> talk to me about the race in georgia. >> pete thank you for having me with these fellow warriors, it had been a blast, we saw georgia for better or worse of became political epicenter of the nation last year we lost u.s. s

border patrol saying here in the rio grande valley sector, an active ms-13 member wanted in the houston areahild and the same day wednesday in browns v.i.p.-- brownsville, a mexican migrant crossed and had a murder charge. if they don't get them. they're right into the united states, griff. griff: that's such a good point, bill. i was thinking with fox and friends, the gang member out of el salvador, a confirmed gang member in a group of i believe 75, 77 and they have to then sort them out. are you getting the sense that that is a frustration for cvp and border patrol to figure out who is who? >> yeah, absolutely. when we were in del roux he -- del rio, the border patrol was frustrated with that, feeling more like a welcoming committee than a border patrol. they found the man 30 minutes southeast of where we were in hidalgo, 71 migrants came across and family units, people looking for a better life, but sometimes as we've seen there are some bad apples mixed in there and they ran a background check on one man, i believe in his 30's, came back he has an active warrant harris county, active ms

beginning when people thought it would collapse the opposite was happening the storms lake charles and houston areaastated by multiple storms back-to-back-to-back-to-back we are in lake charles in december they were out of power for about a month in certain parts any indication this is going to get better any time soon >> you bring that up we were on the way to recovery to that and then the big freeze in february in houston 48 hours below zero. that knocked had to restart. we are in the process of getting back we need good weather months to get through the summer to start to rebuild inconvventory fo restocking and we can see lower pricing possibly toward the second half of the year. that is a huge if. we are going to summer we're going back into hurricane season. >> yeah. let's hope that, to your point, it is a boring summer, with the weather. the backlog and the prices are stunning jeremy pafford, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me >> yu ou're welcome. >>> let's step outside with headlines. a tragedy with the overpass collapse phillip mena is in new york with more >> brian, good morni

the houston area. again, just highlighting the security concerns. coming in when the groups cross the border. we will send it back to you. arthel: thanks, bill. eric. eric: well, that was amazing, the video of them running across, wow, that was just vividly shows exactly the situation there. well, meanwhile across the country mask rules are easing in some places but you know some vaccinated americans are still becoming infected with coronavirus. so what should you do to protect yourself, we will have that next as fox news live continues. ♪ ♪ me♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yum yum yum ♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yum yum ♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yuuum yum yum yum yum yum yum yuuum ♪ ♪ yum ♪ ♪ yum yum (clap, clap) yum yum (clap) yum yum ♪ people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may o

that was something that was done in harris county in the houston area.ose things that has come under fire from republican lawmakers here in this state. a short while ago, the texas house of representatives, basically along party lines, passed this bill. and democrats say that this is an effort to find out -- to root out phantom problems, that there is no problem with election law and election integrity here in the state. democrats firing back on the republicans, pushing for this measure here this afternoon. >> you have your vote. you have your majority. but guess what, i look forward to seeing you in federal court. what i know from my days of voting rights in this chamber, you may have the vote today, but we are all equal in federal court. and history's on our side. intent is on our side. please do not delete any emails. >> this bill, it may have my name on it. it may have some members of this committee, some members of this body, it may have senator hughes' name on it, but it doesn't belong to me, it doesn't belong to him. this bill belongs to texans. i

. >> this is one of the several incidents of human smuggling in the houston area, and december more thanple were found in a small home with the windows boarded up and dead bolt locks on the inside doors. >> kristin: david miller, thank you. another battle over first amendment rights, a former college football coach suing to get his job back after he was fired for posting a tweet mocking stacey abrams, our night court convenes next. start your day with secret. secret stops sweat 3x more than ordinary antiperspirants. the new provitamin b5 formula is gentle on skin. with secret, outlast anything! no sweat. secret ♪ ♪ >> kristin: it is time now for night court. a former college football coach who was fired for incendiary tweets about georgia politician stacey abrams is suing to get his job back. chris malone says he was forced to resign earlier this year from the chattanooga offensive line coach for comments the school says do not represent the values of its football program but malone argues he should never have been fired for what he considers exercising his first amendment rights. let's

voters, specifically voters of color, such as the voting expansions that were pioneered in the houston area such as drive-through voting, 24-hour voting, and kind of the pro-valid sending out of applications. >> so this isn't over, right? this effort is still going to move forward at some point here. explain to us this special session the governor is talking about. >> right. texas knew we had a special session coming. whether he's talking about that special session or that there will be an earlier one just to handle this or other issues, we still don't know. >> taylor, we certainly appreciate you telling us a little bit about what is going on with the situation. taylor goldenstein with the "houston chronicle." thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >>> joining me now, joe moody, who was one of the members who walked off the house floor. representative, thanks so much for being with us. when did this go down? how did you know that this was the plan? >> look. the idea of you can break quorum is always out there. when you're pushed to extreme, you respond to that with extreme. so we always h

. >>> police say a bengal tiger is somewhere at large in the houston area.h the big cat is now behind bars. victory hugo cuevas was taken into custody friday, after a judge revoked a separate unrelated charge from 2017. cuevas' lawyer said he is not the tiger's owner. investigators believe the tiger has been moved to as many as eight different locations since sunday. if ever the world needed joe exotic the time is now. >> right. >>> an update for you on say case that complicates congressman matt gaetz. a close confidant of gates has struck a deal over sex trafficking charges. >> joel greenberg plans to plead guilty on six separate charges including sex trafficking of a child. gaetz has yet to be charged in the investigation and denies he did anything wrong. but cnn's paula reid has more on why this latest development could be trouble for the florida lawmaker. >> reporter: well, good morning, boris and amara. joel greenberg, the former florida tax collector has struck a deal with prosecutors where he agrees to cooperate fully with them and plead guilty to six

it won't be the first time they met with him before george floyd's funeral in the houston area last year. including with their young daughter with, george floyd's judge daughter who was on video in the immediate aftermath of her own dad's death saying daddy changed the world. the symbolism of george floyd is unquestionable but now comes the hard part. catching policy to reality. kate? >> that's right. thank you. >> in minutes, members of george floyd's family will be meeting with nancy pelosi in washington and then other members of congress this afternoon just as lawmakers are still negotiating a police reform bill that bears george floyd's name. they are missing the hope for deadline to reach a deal, to reach an agreement by today, by this anniversary. they still do remain far apart it appears on several issues including the sticking point of qualified immunity for officers. jessica dean is joining me now on capitol hill. jessica, how do you describe where negotiations stand? they have been optimistic that they could reach a bipartisan deal. they're not there. >> they are not there. loo

the audience you're seeing is composed of clergymen of the houston area who have been invited by the association. typical reverend will introduce the presidential candidate. the meeting is about to be called to order by the president, reverend george wreck. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order. let us stand for prayer. god be merciful onto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us. god shall bless us and all of the ends of the earth shall praise him. with these words of the psalmist, we stand before the god as our only sovereign lord. give us good, lord, and show us mercy. let the grace rest upon our nation and do not take the gospel from us. show us always the truth that makes and keeps men free. in the name of our lord jesus christ, we pray, amen. >> we are very happy that so many of you ministers are present at this meeting. the treasurer of our association has wondered to me if some of you would not like to pay your dues for this time. this year, which begins the september. i'm sure he will be in the lobby after

arrested an active ms-13 gang member with an active criminal warrant out of harris county the houston area, for sexual assault of a young child it was a man in el salvador thankfully able to catch him in a group of 70 migrants even further south, down in brownsville same day on wednesday, border patrol had a mexican national with a 2006 conviction for murder, that 15 years behind bars here in the state and was deported apparently come back border patrol reporting since october, they have apprehended more than 1,100 criminal aliens right here in rio grand valley sector. back to you. arthel: very concerning there at the southern border in texas. thank you. eric. eric: tragedying apparent road rage shooting if in southern california. caused a six-year-old his life -- little aidan was killed when he was on his way to school on friday morning. little boy was shot in the back we're told by someone who was driving in another vehicle. this reportedly happened after there was a confrontation between aidan's mother and a driver who cut her off wheel they were driving on the freeway. aidan older sist

they operate in 14 states from the houston area all the way up to new jersey and services seven airports. that's a lot of land in the united states. how much of a ripple effect could have shutdown have nationwide? >> depends on one question, one point, jake. how long it lasts. three to five days you're okay. you've got limited response. you've got strategic reserves. you've got oil that's stored right the way up that length. 65 million barrels or so stored up in the northeast of the united states across the region, so three to five days you have pressure but you're okay. once you're going longer, if colonial keeps what they say and it's up and running by later this week, that you won't notice a mega effect. if they find serious things wrong with the pipe or they can't open for whatever reason then the ripple effects will begin and then, jake, you'll start to notice a much greater effect in the market. at the moment it's really a case of hold your breath and wait to see what happened. >> for those not in the united states, we are heading into lots of travel time. we have memorial day week

arrested here in the rio grand valley sector actor gang member with a criminal warrant out of the houston area for sexual assault of a child down in brownsville a man convicted of murder in 2006. he spent 15 years in prison was deported evidently, he decided to come back. send it back to you. jon: bill in the rio grand valley of texas, thanks. >> now this fox news alert a man hunt underway for suspect in an apparent road rage shooting that turned deadly in southern california. six-year-old aidan killed in a car with his mom on the way to school in yorba linda friday morning when he was shot in the back by someone in another vehicle. it reportedly took place after a confrontation between the boy's mother and another driver who cut her off on the freeway. >> well police unions ripping new york's attorney general for her proposal to substantially curb officers use of deadly force. could this put officers in danger? that's next. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with pepto bismol chews. want to make a name for yourself i

. >> this is all part of that system that moved through the houston area now. so that moisture dragon little for the east and expecting more heavy rainfall. in fact, flash flood watches are up again as we head through much parts texas, louisiana, as we're going to see some more heavy rain. maybe another 2 to 4 inches of rain. you see those areas shaded in red. those are along many of the tributaries and rivers where they continue to see some flooding already. all right. let's get you back out. west. we're watching this area of low pressure doesn't look like much of your it is spinning around there, but that low is going to be one that's going to drop in to bring us more winds for tomorrow. not only that we'll see those windy conditions here in the sierra nevada. they're going to see a lot of snow. something else. if you're headed up there, be careful you're going to need and be prepared for the cold snow that is going to be moving in. we've got winter weather advisories that are going up likely to become mornings, maybe 2 to 4 inches of snow across the higher p

and that gang member actually had an active war out of terrace county out of the houston area with a sexual assault of a child. then later that same day on wednesday, down in brownsville, border patrol arrested a mexican national who came across who had a murder conviction from back in 2006 . was sentenced to 30 years but was deported after 15 years. and apparently he is now tried to go back into the united states. back to you. eric: convicted murderer, didn't want to be there, wanted to come back and leasee was caught. thank you bill. >> thank you and as the cease-fire holds between israel, israel's prime minister is announcing a stark warning against any new rocket attacks. that is next. you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. oh um, doug can we talk about something other than work, it's the weekend. yeah, yeah. [ squawk ] hot dog or... chicken? [ squawk ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i'm really nervous. i don't know what i should wear. just wear something not too crazy, remember it's a b

yeah, those storm system is going to be rolling in continue to move through the houston area tonightorts of a couple possible tornadoes down in texas tonight as well. get your for closer. look at. you can see this frontal boundary making its way toward galveston. watch out there about to experience all that heavy rain starting to see that moving in behind that. you're seeing things taper off a bit. but there have been reports of some very gusty winds and trees coming down just kind of a mess there. you get that kind of rain right. there's certainly some flash flooding. all right. let's get you back out west. we're talking about dry conditions and waiting for those winds. we've seen those kind of wrapping up. we'll see more of that on the way looking out toward the golden gate bridge tonight. the camera kind of rock in just a little bit in the wind out there now. but by tomorrow afternoon it's really going to get going. temperature wise got 63 degrees. unconquered unclear 15 clear in pacifica 53 a bit breezy in the san francisco 56 in the napa valley still 65 in saint lena temperature

actually apprehended an active ms-13 gang member who had a criminal warrant out for his arrest in the houston area for the sexual assault of a young child. he came across with a group of 70 other migrants. that same day, border patrol reports they also apprehended a mexican national, again in this sector, who had a conviction for murder in harris county in 2006. he was deported after 15 years in prison and decided evidently now is the time he wanted to try to cross back into the u.s. again. we'll send it back to you. >> bret: bill melugin in texas along the border. bill, thanks. up next, the pushback against the education department support for critical race theory. we will bring you that first with some other fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as mayor bill de blasio says public schools will reopen with in person classes only in september. the mayor saying remote learning will not be an option for students and families. fox 35 in orlando as florida plans to stop providing $300 a week in additional federal unemployment benefits. state and business officials h

so you've got the entire houston area now keeping an eye out tell tiger. yeah. pretty crazy. 7.56 the time. coming up in the next hour, governor newsom promising more money to help improve water systems and a drought emergency. >> is extended. we'll have all that coming up. in a minute. we also have nearly 700% more acres burning so far this year. then compared to last year. so cal fire bracing for a much worst fire season this time around. we'll take a look at also happening today, teenagers can get vaccinated and get a special tour of the forty-niners locker room facilities at levi stadium. we'll explain all that coming up in a live report. stay tuned. the kron 00:00am morning news at 8. we'll be right back. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 00:00am morning news. >> and thanks for joining our party. i'm darya and i'm james on this tuesday morning. it is 08:00am and we're looking at temperatures today that. >> it was too hot for you yesterday. >> probably going to be the same to. yeah. i probably should a heatproof maybe i'll start

there's no evidence he's been roaming around or left the houston area. that's good.. find him, again, see if he has the tiger. and then, we don't have to be on bolo because that is never good to see in your neighborhood. we'll be right back. from fidelity keep you tuned in all day long. so when something happens that could affect your portfolio, you can act quickly. that's decision tech, only from fidelity.

a bengal tiger remains on the loose somewhere in the houston area hasn't been seen since sunday nighthugo cuevas was the man arrested for trying to escape with that tiger in his car now we know he doesn't own the car or the cat that's according to his lawyer cuevas, by the way, is also a murder suspect who was out on bond the man's attorney says his client knows the real owner and knows who he is and has been helping investigators. he also revealed the tiger's name, india, nine months old state and federal authorities now on the case. >>> 45 seconds on a race to the finish the attack on the largest fuel pipeline in the united states has led to long lines and panic buying at gas stations in the southeast. energy secretary says no reason to hoard gasoline. >>> the conflict between israel and gaza keeps escalating with more air strikes and rocket attacks today. growing concern now that the violence could get worse. >>> and house republicans set to vote tomorrow to remove congresswoman liz cheney from her gop leadership after she called out the former president's big lie on the election a

another story for you here, a tiger that was spotted wandering around the houston area was finally foundd india appears to be unharmed. thankfully victor quit. this is in police custody right now. he ran from police with that tiger when it escaped from his house davis claims he didn't own india, but the tigers been connected to his wife. police say a friend of the wife tipped off police about the tigers location on saturday. she then surrendered the tiger to police that tiger by the way, in escape from his home last weekend been missing people in know where it was and we're worried it was just wandering on the loose potentially ready to pounce on somebody. but today was dropped off safely and healthy at animal sanctuary where it will live out the rest of its life. >> well, coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news new guidelines from the cdc on face masks causing confusion all around. who can make the ultimate decision here. plus, it's back to work for employees at cells force. more on that at a live report and fire crews are working to put out another fire at a building in c

a separate group of houston area business leaders sent a letter to the texas house speaker warning thates and workers if they become law. last week senator ted cruz wrote woke ceos would face consequences if they flagrantly try to protect our elections. ceos are speaking out without alienating customers or sparking a backlash from politicians and regulators. >>> a tennessee lawmaker under fire for his impassioned offense of one of the more racist deals in american history, the three-fifths compromise. >> we did it to lay the foundation for all this that we enjoy in this country, for as much as we scream and fight and argue there is no place in this world that i would rather live and call home. the three-fifths compromise was a direct effort to ensure that southern states never got the population necessary to continue the practice of slavery everywhere else in the country. >> that was republican representative justin lafferty on the floor of the tennessee state house clearly confused about the purpose of the three-fifths compromise of 1787. he went on to claim that the deal was about end

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this is ben crump, the civil rights attorney with local houston area representatives in congress. ahead and indicted four minneapolis police officers in the death of george floyd so this goes way beyond derek chauvin here. they're saying that justice must prevail here and all the officers involved deprived george floyd of the right to unreasonable-- or to be free from unreasonable seizure, including the right to be free from the use of unreasonable force from a police officer. again, this targets not only the officer directly involved, derek chauvin last time, but the three other officers who were involved in the arrest and later death of george floyd at the time left here. we'll have more after this. >> all right. just want to keep you up-to-date on this busy news morning here, right? and this is the colonial pipeline, the largest in the u.s. right now shut down as it has been now for hours on a cyber attack that started with ransomware push on those who orchestrated it demanding money. they could compromise and were hoping to compromise the entire system. and folks at colonial h

this couple came down from the houston area with the sole purpose to smuggle migrants to houston.e at the right time and able to recover the migrants at that time. arrested the driver and female passenger for smuggling. >> bill: keep it clear. another video. smugglers using to get people. what does that mean? what happened here, sir? >> we have a smuggler who is pretty much bold in what he is doing and advertising and showcasing his criminal activity on social media by driving by a trooper who was stopped with another vehicle and showcasing that he is smuggling migrants inside his vehicle as he drives by the trooper so that's very bold for those smugglers to show that activity post it on social media. >> bill: certainly is. happens every day, doesn't it? for how many longer. >> it is not slowing down, bill. it will continue to increase. the numbers show it and we're doing the best we can to provide the resources for our federal partners. >> bill: sir, thank you for your time. be well out there. thanks. >> sandra: get ready. tax hikes are coming as the biden administration looks to

two years ago in the houston area, loki was abandoned in a cage months ago, elsa was being kept as afrom the bitter cold the humane society of the united states says more than 400 dangerous incidents involving big cats have occurred nationwide since 1990. >> it is incredibly inhumane to have tigers in your house. >> reporter: and those who watched it, too close for comfort. >> we're in a lot of shock >> to be clear here, this tiger is still on the lamb and there's probably some confusion out there. owning one of these big cats, that's legal in texas? >> reporter: yeah, depends on where you are, craig as of right now, the whereabouts of that tiger still unknown. it's illegal to own a tiger in houston city limits. you can own one outside in the outlying county areas, but you have to register it with animal control, have a proper enclosure, and make sure you're 1,000 feet away from a school, day care, or residential area. there is a bipartisan bill in the senate right now that would ban private ownership of these big cats humane society tells us not just a good idea for the health of th

national who is a convicted murderer as well as a gang member with an assault on a child in the houston areaa, and hidalgo. highlighting some of the security concerns and if we can pull up video from lahoya, texas. this happens like clock work every morning. migrant families come out of the brush. they come out and present themselves to the border patrol. many from triangle countries, honduras, el salvador and this is from alex hogan and her crew out here a couple of days ago. take a look at video from the rio grande. at night come across in the dead of night and migrant families coming across on rafts in the middle of night sometimes led by coyotes, and presenting themselves to border patrol as well. many of them coming with children. we'll talk about this year. this is texas democrat gonzalez, he's got a little criticism from the biden administration, at least questions for them. he says some of the border money that the biden administration is supposed to be sending to the local municipalities to get this problem under control, it needs to be kept track of better and some of that money mi

more rain on the way, houston area itself could pick up another 4 inches, saturated upon saturated.hat tuesday trivia now sponsored by consumer cellular. >>> good morning, i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco, increasing sunshine today but cooler breezes will keep temperatures down from yesterday's highs, mostly clear tonight for the full moon and the lunar eclipse and summer begins this weekend and it's going to feel like it. 50s along the coast today in san francisco, 60s around the bay and 70s inland, cooler tonight thanks to a >>> we'll be right back. if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes! over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra, noooo! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda-approved non-steroid treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one

there was some damage in the houston area with some thunderstorms that had winds over 60 miles an hourll see damaging wind, large hail and isolated tornadoes. >>> good morning, and welcome to a wind whipped wednesday. the winds are dangerous starting at 5:00 this evening through 5:00 tomorrow morning. that wind advisory in affect. so breezy the next couple days. cooler than average and warmer starting this weekend. mud to upper 50s along the coast into san francisco. 60s around the bay and a few 70s inland as temperatures are below average. tonight how about 40s out pseudo. my act weather seven day fofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofo ♪ofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofo >>> to you to our series "second time around." one of my fave song, shlimar. how one couple gave love a second chance after divorce. meet steven and violet. they found each other in college and married soon after. but their marriage hit a breaking .20 years in. >> we weren't there for each other as we shoul a so it was say , conscis uncoupling. >> reporter: the pair deciding to divorce but remaining close as friends which made

is very diverse and you do not have as much as the smaller towns around houston or outside the houston areabut you still -- area, but going to louisiana, he will still run across this. -- you will still run across this. when i first started driving going to louisiana, they thought you were selling drugs if you had a nice car. they would stop you. they would take the seats out of your car, everything, just make your car apart. -- break your car apart. they would tell you to put your car back together. they are crooked. the police today is the new kkk. host: there in houston, texas. allison in maryland, good morning. caller: good morning. i appreciate the previous color, that was remarkably -- the previous caller. i am a combat veteran too and i have been a police -- i have worked with police officers. i want to point some thing out and that is -- there are times when you have concerted colors and you tend to call them -- cut them up earlier than you do -- conservative callers and you tend to cut them off earlier. you tend to ask supportive questions. just be aware of it, i am not trying to b

>> yes, i will be running for united states congress here in 2022, in the greater houston area, and io longer with us and all the men and women that have sacrificed to wake up in the morning and breathe free sovereign american air and i am proud to continue to serve this country and i look forward to running again for the united states congress here in 2022. will: well that is a reason to serve. rachel: definitely. >> thank you. thank you very much god bless you all. rachel: god bless you too. will: let's turn to meet rolfe gist adam klotz, with our fox weather forecast. adam? >> adam: hey, good morning guys and what a beautiful morning it is and what a scene to be doing the forecast from where i have the six marines over my shoulder that iconic image of them holding up the flag for world war ii, and just a good reminder that we really paid a lot of costs for our freedoms, and to enjoy all of the freedoms today and it's for a lot of folks going to be a beautiful day diving into that forecast, temperatures fairly widespread across the country a little bit warmer here on this monday, th

there is a look at dealing with the worst of the rainfall for parts of texas, including the houston area watching over the next couple of days, steve. the rest of the country looks pretty good. especially the east coast where we are going to enjoy a warm-up over the next day or two. all right, steve, back to you. steve: thank you, j.d. meanwhile, moving on talk about the northern plains, two students from the university of northwestern saint paul, minnesota. are calling on faith based school to turn away from critical race theory by launching a petition to warn their community about what they say are deceptive concepts taught in the curriculum. joining us right now two of the people behind the petition university of northwestern saint paul student joshua and recent graduate haley cheda both are campus reform. >> good morning. >> good morning. steve: haley, start with you. petition calls for the university to turn away from the falsehood of critical race theory. explain what that means. >> as christian, we believe that our primary call is to share the gospel and we firmly believe that cri

year, for example, exxonmobil announced a $100 billion carbon capture and storage project in the houston area otherwise known as the energy capital of the world. this would create a carbon capture innovation zone to significantly reduce carbon emissions. exxonmobil estimates this project has the potential to store up to a hundred million metric tons of carbon per year by the year 2040. a decade later carbon -- houston could be carbon neutral. these kind of developments think are incredibly exciting, and they showcase once again the power of innovation not by the government but by the private sector. if we're able to reduce emissions without harming our energy security, raising taxes, or killing high-paying jobs or driving up costs to consumers on a fixed income, why wouldn't we? breakneck changes in technology have fueled our economy, propelled the communications sector, and completely transformed our daily lives. it's time to harness american ingenuity to revolutionize the energy sector. smart policies can't prioritize only conservation, productivity, or economic power. we need to strike a b

to space out students will be in better shape than some of our schools here in lower income areas of houstonhat do not have modern day ventilation, but there are other things in terms of guidance for assisted living homes and nursing homes that could be quite effective. that was early on in the pandemic and we now know that we have gotten more vaccines to those locations, so the story has changed there. host: what are some of the unintended consequences of the lockdowns? guest: some of the unintended consequences, it is interesting that it has been only recently that the cbc has relaxed its -- the cdc has relaxed its guidance on wearing masks outdoors and i remember having great concern, we needed to have those protests regarding the death of george floyd early on in the pandemic, but there were a lot of researchers that were concerned about what that would mean in terms of the spread of the virus, but interestingly, there have been other studies of that and when you looked at the timing of the protests a different cities, you did not see a correlation between that and an increase in the spr

time-lapsed video shows a funnel cloud forming about 100 miles from houston, a severe thunderstorm hit the area but no reports of damage. more rain is expected there today. conditions will be more severe along the gulf coast where thunderstorms could drop another three inches of rain. more flooding is possible. there's also light rain and snow in the northern rockies. checking today's high temperatures, 70s on the west coast, 60s from texas to new england, 89 in miami. 99 in phoenix. 66 in dallas. >>> coming up, taxpayer outrage. the severance pay for a school official recently indicted. >>> but first the worker at a v.a. hospital who murdered seven patients. what she was watching on netflix during her shift. >>> later, we'll lighten things up with the best news blooper that we've seen in a long time. dignity. it demands a rapid covid test, because we all deserve an answer. it demands your heart stays connected to your doctor, so you know it's beating as it should. and a rapid test to help evaluate concussion, in case something were to happen. at abbott, we fight for these moments, developing l