Village 19 months of a devastating flash flood here along with the damage serious doubts remain about the official government story about what happened here. Iraqi government is now confident victory in tikrit is days away iraqi army backed by shia malitia and tribesmen on the front and recaptured some of the western neighborhoods and it focuses on the president ial complex and city center and we are live here in the studio and covered iraq for many years, is this battle in tikrit going as quickly as officials tell us . Its certainly going quickly whether its as quickly as the officials are saying earlier in the week they said they would be in charge of the city of tikrit and would have taken it by about wednesday and it has not happened and they are rolling back on that slightly but going quickly for a few reasons, the fact they have a unified Iraqi Security force which is shia malitia and sunni tribes can go in for places under i. S. I. L. Control and the palace and governor building
County border. Our Kristin Fisher is standing by and she has the latest information. Kristin . Reporter well, what happened was three people were in a stolen car and they were driving down wheeler road when they were spotted by police. Now, they just tried to speed off after police tried to pull them over but the police did not pursue them. Still, they kept driving down this road i mean they were zigging and zagging out of traffic. A very dangerous situation. Then they started going so fast that they sped out of control and when they tried to turn here on to southern avue they crashed into a metrobus. You see that one passing right there. And it was a headon crash. So just take a look at what it looked like. I mean, this stolen Nissan Maxima was completely crushed in the front. The bus fared far better but both the driver and one passenger were taken to the hospital with very minor injuries. As for the three people in the stolen car, they have all been arrested. Not only were they flee
Streets of kentucky for 119 consecutive days. Protests over Police Killing of Breona Taylor in march of this year. Much of downtown louisville was closed off to vehicles including with concrete, jersey barriers and store fronts were boarded up. A threenight long curfew was announced. It looks like preparations for hurricane or an in pending flood. There has been protests and arrests. Police are at a large numbers and we are receiving reports just in the last few minutes, preliminary report that a Police Officer may have been shot in downtown louisville. Our nbc affiliate reported that an officer is shot at 8 30 p. M. Well bring you more information and well be going to reporters live on the ground in a moment. All afternoon and evening, reporters on the ground have said there is a sense of anger, grief and disbelief there. All these months into this controversy after a grand jury indicted one of the three officers involved in Breonna Taylors death. Officer Brett Hankison was char charg
Louisville, kentucky. Curfew gone into effect at this hour, it comes at the end of a tense day. Following a tense summer in the city. There has been protests on the streets of kentucky for 119 consecutive days. Protests over Police Killing of Breona Taylor in march of this year. Kentucky attorneyannounced charges brought in the officers involved. Much of downtown louisville was closed off to vehicles including with concrete, jersey barriers and store fronts were boarded up. A threenight long curfew was announced. National guard deployed. It looks like preparations for hurricane or an in pending flood. There has been protests and arrests. Protestors set small fires. Police are at a large numbers and we are receiving reports just in the last few minutes, preliminary report that a Police Officer may have been shot in downtown louisville. Our nbc affiliate reported that an officer is shot at 8 30 p. M. Well bring you more information and well be going to reporters live on the ground in a m
The worst of it but long island and eastern maryland getting hit with snow. People brace for whiteout conditions. Massachusetts is under a travel ban. They expect up to two feet of snow in boston where its coming down faster than crews can remove it. Thats where molly is live right now. How is it going there, molly . Its actually a pretty incredible sight. The travel ban still in effect so cars are not supposed to be out on the street. Theres just the occasional pedestrian. Its really sort of eery to see all the businesses closed down all the coffee shops closed down this morning. But with any luck well be able to start getting back to normal as the day continues. The snow is still coming down. That doesnt make things easier. One thing that does the bright spot in all of this, despite the snow, its pretty fluffy. Its not all pactful stuff. Its really light and fluffy like this still 30,000 Power Outages despite that light fluffy snow. Majority of the nantucket, off the coast of massach