victoria spartz is now a u.s. representative from the great state of indiana, and she joins us now.first as a member of congress? what does it mean to you, the idea of independence day? >> well, thank you so much for having me. i'll tell you, this is a very special day the for me -- day for me. i actually came to the united states 21 days ago july 2nd -- 21 years ago july 2nd because i wanted to make sure i could celebrate july 4th. i grew up in an interesting time, in the soviet union, but also i went to college, and we had a battle of ideas. so i fell in love, you know, with founding fathers and john locke and on this classical liberalism. and for me, this is what's so energizing, mesmerizing. but i came here with one suitcase 21 years ago. i had very idealistic idea about our republic, and i think that can be continued for young people. david: well, the fight is still continuing, with by the way. what do you make of the woke crowd that ridicule the achievement of the american revolution? >> well, if you think about it, you know, we created something, the remix that's never existe

causes and the corrective actions that should be recommended indiana republican congresswoman victoria spartz supports the goal. but not the process need to be done by law enforcement. but in a political way, you know, we can politicized and every issue work could start as early as next week. reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. britain's court of appeal has cleared 3 black men who were convicted of robbery nearly 50 years ago. >> it is the latest in a series of cases which have been overturned because they relied on the testimony of a corrupt police officer who later died in prison today. the court reversed the convictions of courtney harriet paul green cleveland davidson. they were all between 1720 when accused of trying to rob a plainclothes detective on the london underground train the man had always insisted they were innocent. >> this is a vindication that is a vindication that we we were innocent at the time he was on a young man. we did nothing. it was it. it was a total stitch them with total states you know, we was frame up from nothing and but it for 50 is it affect me? >> a p

causes and the corrective actions that should be recommended indiana republican congresswoman victoria spartz supports the goal. but not the process they need to be done by law enforcement. but in a political way, you know, we can be politicized and every issue work could start as early as next week. reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. >> and more national news. tropical storm elsa is reaching hurricane strength and will likely become hurricane elsa again before making landfall in florida in preparation. tampa international airport has closed down today to brace for the storm travelers are being told to check with their airlines over the next couple of days. also slammed cuba yesterday forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes. time now to check in with our meteorologist dave spahr for a check on elsa's track. where is she right now, dave. >> in the gulf of mexico. noel watching its trajectory to the north. max winds at 70. it's really teetering on becoming a hurricane. we look for him to be beyond 74 miles per hours a definition and in for tampa, we just talked about that's u

causes and the corrective actions that should be recommended indiana republican congresswoman victoria spartzpports the goal. but not the process need to be done by law enforcement. but the political way, you know, we can be politicized and every issue work could start as early as next week. >> reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. u.s. representative andy kim meantime, is donating his suit from the day of the attack to the smithsonian. >> the suit was made famous in a photograph of the new jersey congressman cleaning up the u.s. capitol rotunda after the riot. he says he's honored to provide a piece of history to help tell the story of that day saying it must never be forgotten. the blue suit will be featured in a collection of artifacts that the smithsonian is gathering about the political history of 1/6/2021, now to the 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside of the bay bridge and the embarcadero and lawrence is standing by with details on what's ahead for wednesday. that fog has been around here. keep things very damp. >> along the coastline, even parts of the bay and tonig

causes and the corrective actions that should be recommended indiana republican congresswoman victoria spartz supports the goal. but not the process need to be done by law enforcement. but in a political way, you know, we can politicized and every issue work could start as early as next week. reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a garbage can full of fireworks set off outside the home of the bay area council member will tell you why he thinks it wasn't just vandalism that could have been racially motivated. america's best tasting original oatmilk silk ♪ >> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news 6.30, right now and you will drive looks like into the fog. if you go from and disappear begun that fog to come back. once we get into the weekend because temperatures are going to be skyrocketing on us once i got is that the problem? we not have the fog over the weekend when it's like a 100. >> yeah. our inland areas definitely was they won't be tapping into any of that ocean. cool there. and that's why so many of us further inland are in for this start

causes and the corrective actions that should be recommended indiana republican congresswoman victoria spartzthe goal. but not the process they need to be done by law enforcement. but in a political way, you know, we can politicized and every issue work could start as early as next week. the committee rules allow house gop leader kevin mccarthy to select 5 members of his own party to join the committee. >> but so far he has a named anyone or confirmed he has plans to do so in the near future reporting in washington. i'm kelly meyer. >> time for another look at the forecast we're looking live over the golden gate it's foggy, but calm here. not calm, not so much from but talk about also whipping up some winds get also becoming a hurricane early on this evening and has maintained that hurricane ever so slowly working its way. >> to the north now. but you can already all those strong bands of rain. moving on shore. very heavy bands and within that maybe 5 inches, maybe even get stuck. you get under 15 inches of rain and we're talking about some flooding. so the western half of florida really gett