Her beloved husband passed away. Her powerful tribute this morning. Oh, that was wonderful to see celine back on the stage last night. Good morning, america. Two big stories to get to, the big win for donald trump and those severe storms, sam, overnight. At least three dead, 27 tornadoes in 5 gulf coast states and well show you where theyre going today. First the race for the white house. Its your voice, your vote and the biggest win yet for donald trump. More than 20point victory in nevada last night. Trump has won in the east, the south and now the west and join us live in a moment. Runnerup marco rubio here too but first the latest from nevada from abcs tom llamas in las vegas, good morning, tom. Reporter good morning. [ can. Reporter last night he won by such a large margin he was in the victory stage hours before they could figure out second and third. Thank you. Reporter this morning, donald trump winning the nevada caucuses and heading into super tuesday with real momentum. We w
Nats fire chief a 911 call was received around 330 this afternoon that there was a fire at the old dan river plant, Randall Johnson is the fire marshall for campbell county. He says there are about 7590 firefighters on scene battling the flames. Johnson says this fire is unusual because of how massive it is, its engulfing the 355 thousand square foot facility. The biggest challenge to fight the fire getting resources like water to put it out. Randall johnson campbe ll county fire chief because we are limited to hydrants there are none in the factory in a proper it itself and also in the beginning we had several small spot fires that started in the grass surrounding the plant that we had to deal with, johnson says right now he feels there arent any toxic chemicals in the former site. The property was a textile plant. But was shutdown. For the past six months a recycling plant has been in the process of tearing it apart. Piece by piece. Cross after today i dont think they are going to ha
Spot in the building where we can contain the fire and keep it from spreading through the rest of the plant. Reporter what is your plan of action . To keep the fire contained in the spot that we have it. Its not under control but its not moving further in the building. Reporter what made this different than the average fire . The building was under demolition so there were some structural things we were worried about. All our operations were outside. Water. How are you working through that process . We had a secondary water source at the boat ramp in conjunction with the hydrant. Reporter and how have you been keeping everybody warm and dealing with the the local businesses have been great with getting us warm food and coffee. And the School System provided us with a school bus to get the firefighters a warm place to go and have a bite to eat. Reporter and is there a cause of this fire . Its still under investigation and theres done. Reporter marissa para will be here in just a second.
Courtney two weeks ago rose received a check for 25 thousand dollars. Money begin to her by the state for unforgiven debt. I went to the doctor and said i have to have it done. Courtney the 74 year old was one of thousands that received forced sterilization after the state deemed her unfit to have children. Institutionalized was the worse time in her life. I was happy to get away. Changed. With her family she contacted the executive director of the christian law institute. I said, will you help me. Heed i will do what i can. Courtney he helped rose and 13 others receive restitution. Each has a different name but share a similar story. We are look for thester ize thesterizization summary. Hundreds that yet to receive justice. Why . So they dont get it. Courtney to right that wrong law makers proposed an amendment to the original 400 thousand dollar a lotment for survivors. They are asking for 800 thousand dollar to compensate an additional 32 victim s ands and 80 thousand dollars. Like
And thats because vdot is distributing brine. It will help keep snow from sticking sticking to the highways. A spokesperson for vdot says that no one will stop them from being on the roads. Well be at work. It doesnt matter the holiday. We dont stop because of the holiday. Its our job. Were out here to make sure that people are safe on the roadways. Mark vdot will have a Skeleton Crew this weekend and will continue to monitor the situation. Robert trent is charged with production of child porn, taking indecent liberties with a child under 13 and using a computer or Communication System in the commission of its a multiagency investigation. He is currently being held without bond at the lynchburg detention center. The rubble at the dan river plant are still smoldering. Crews worked overnight and into the morning putting out those flames. The Campbell County School System provided two School Busses so firefighters could get out of the cold and rest up. The verdict is in. Ashley white is g