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Q: Why did WPXI Channel 11 morning news switch to a separate anchor for reporting the “breaking news” in the mornings? Michelle, Penn Hills
Rob: Stations monkey around with format changes like this with some frequency, sometimes for practical reasons but also often to differentiate a newscast and potentially make it more promotable.
You could see a station making the change Michelle describes as a physical distancing precaution during covid-19 but this change pre-dates the pandemic, according to WPXI news director Scott Trabandt.
there was a 1996 news report indicating that he served in the army national guard, as a private, after attending a local high school there in virginia. so that is as much as we know at this point. we also know that the police are at his home, in virginia beach, standard procedures here, probably waiting for a search warrant so they can search his home. we now know who the shooter is, don. as we get this information, so shimon prokupecz is joining us at the breaking news desk. you said it s dwayne craddock. you said he s 40 years old? that s right. 40 years old. also from a local news report ha he served in the army national guard as a private after attending denbig high in newport news. that s right. and tell us, do we know anything about the guns that he carried in? were they registered to him? have you found out any of that information? we have learned that the weapons were purchased legally, we re told as the police mentioned at the press conference, that they did find
much mag msaid he couldn t unit conference sufficiently. he took himself out of the running. no other candidate came close to having the 200 plus votes kevin mccarthy had. thank you. what he indicated, what darrell issa indicated is kevin mccarthy had 200 plus votes and clearly, jason chaffetz, the other declared candidate, did not. chris? he was close but you have 40 to 50 members of the freedom caucus, you need 218, they are short 29. those people have to go home to their constituents. i said it s the loudest voice at the next town meeting has more influence on them than anybody else. they don t want to be known as traitors. their definition of traitor is compromiser. they do not want to compromise. they went for somebody who was less than a freedom caucus member, somebody on the hard right. having said that, i think paul ryan can be the savior here if he s willing to take this sacrificial decision and take the leadership. brian williams joins us from the breaking news desk in
we are working now with our sources to confirm this information. but louisiana governor bobby jindal spend og aught tweet. prayers for lafayette at grand theater. talking to state police colonel about shooting in lafayette. trace gallagher join us live from the breaking news desk. trace? reporter: there th is at the grand theater, during the 7:00 showing of trainwreck. the daily advertiser, the local newspaper in lafayette, 20 minutes into the show an older white man should up and started firing. they said it sounded like fire crackers an he was shooting from the back of the theater towardí# the front of the theater. they ran out. we are fold from fire officials confirmed. six people have been injured. we have a producer on the ground in new orleans who is hearing from an official close to bobby
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