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Shelters in Kansas City, Missouri, have adjusted their procedures in order to better help those experiencing homelessness find protection from the elements during record-breaking cold temperatures.

/ A man who identified himself as Jason found some shelter Thursday morning in an alcove outside Auditorium Plaza Garage. He spent the night in Bartle Hall but was uncertain where he would go during the day to keep warm and was unaware of the extreme cold heading this way. People experiencing homelessness are under added pressure to find safe shelter as temperatures drop well below zero degrees. A brutally cold blast of air will grip the Kansas City metro for several more days —potentially br...

With dangerously cold temps, homeless shelters expect to be busy City opened a warming shelter at Bartle Hall to help more homeless stay warm Share Updated: 9:23 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 City opened a warming shelter at Bartle Hall to help more homeless stay warm Share Updated: 9:23 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THERE WITHOUT YOUR HANDS. JUST FREEZING UP. TONY. TEMPLE IS OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE. TOLL ON OTHER HOMELESS AND HIS FEET WAS ACTUALLY BLACK FR...

Shelter KC officials say they expect to house more than 100 people

Organizations helping the homeless are trying to balance the need to protect people from the freezing temperatures while abiding by COVID-19 protocols.

The las vegas massacre will have a huge impact on the music industry and the staging of concerts and music festivals. earlier i spoke with eric burger, singer/song writer for the animals. thank you for joining us. you reached out to me about this because you feel so passionate after this happened. what did you want to speak about? >> i was wondering if my point of view as a performer and the things that i see leading up to a performance, and other people in performance like friends of mine who w...

Flack jackets, helmets, and armed with machine guns. weve just become used to it. weve let -- weve let it become the norm. and its not the norm. we have to get -- we have to back up and realize this is not normal. >> eric, music heals. how do we move forward? how can music help with this? >> first of all, open-air concerts youre asking for trouble. any guy who has ill feelings in his heart towards gatherings of people, the open-air concert is just handing him a shooters gallery on a platter. and...

People get to keep all that money and they are guaranteed to get $50 for six hours work and the homeless say they very much appreciate it. listen: >> everybody thats got a job will come together and grab 12 or grab two at a time, then you might not have a homeless problem. you will have working citizens, paying taxes, and living life. >> reporter: ah, but critics claim this practice is shameful, they say its dehumanizing, distopian. eric burger writes, and im quoting, it has to do with digital d...