Its not for colds. Its not for pain. Its just for sleep. Because sleep is a beautiful thing™. Zzzquil™. The nonhabit forming sleepaid from the makers of nyquil®. Hello, everybody. At the top of the hour we begin with a breaking story and tragedy this our out of. This is coming from brazil. Hundreds are dead in an overnightline club fire. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. She is off and im in for her. This is in the city of santa maria on the top southern tip. Police searched the club and recovered 245 bodies. They are working to try to identify all of these victims. There was an estimated 900 people inside the nightclub at the time. Officials say the club had only one working exit. Most of the victims, they say, were trampled as they attempted to get out. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. This again is a developing story we have been following the past several hours. A breaking story we will keep our eyes on and certain we will give you updates as it warrants.
male announcer live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. Kron 4 news at 7 starts now. Top stores were following this friday, february 15th. The passengers on the cruise ship stranded in the gulf mexico for five days a back on dry land this morning. We will hear from some of the passengers coming up. And touched the people injured by a mere right. The amazing pictures just coming in. And the crash overnight in hayward leaves one person dead. The tester ahead. Beautiful traffic conditions to mask the weather. Perhaps a lot of people anticipating a monday holiday are getting an early jump. Light traffic around the bay area. Very light traffic all round bay area. New video in this morning showing passengers cheering on board a Carnival Cruise ships child as it made its way back to thailand last night. The ship docked just after 8 00 our time, but it took about four hours for everyone to get off. Passengers get to wake up in hotels with hot showers and working toilets this mor
On election day with new rules in place and who is behind it. Hey, there, everyone, welcome to weekends with alex witt. With two days to go and the balance of power in the senate at stake. Miami herald. Polls show rick scott and Charlie Crist in a dead heat. As vote nears, ernst takes sevenpoint lead. The advocate, fighting for control. And in wisconsin, the leader telegram, simply capturing the view from the publics perspective in the race for governor. Its our turn. From washington to georgia, kansas and to iowa, we have reporters in place for you with the latest on all of the closest races. Well get to all of them in a moment. But first, i want to bring in nbc news Political Editor and senior Political Editor here in studio with me. So glad to have you there. Its so exciting. You can feel it, cant you . Absolutely. Its so electric right now. Talk about this new poll we have out there today. A lot of good info in here. Starting in kentucky. We have republican senator Mitch Mcconnell,
What this signals for the rest of the president s campaign team. All that coming up. But up first, President Trump attacks former president barack obama over russia election meddling while the president has yet to confront russia or condemn Vladimir Putin. The president pointed fingers at the obama administration, tweeting this. I have been much tougher on russia than obama. Just look at the facts. In an earlier post he tweeted, quote, obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election so why didnt he do something about russian meddling, closed quote. In fact, president obama personally warned putin against interfering with the election, posed sanctions on russian individuals and entities, expelled 35 Russian Diplomats and closed two russian diplomatic compounds here in the United States. On the other hand, trump refuses to condemn russian interference and has not imposed sanctions overwhelmingly approved by the house and the senate. Signed into law by the president himself. Lets b
And new world order in the oval office. And a report that says more jobs are on the chopping block. We begin with a live picture of the white house. And the big question this morning is exactly how is President Trump going to respond to the longawaited interview with Stormy Daniels that airs tonight. The adult film actress telling the Washington Post in an interview last night that working in the industry prepared her for the public scrutiny shes faced since filing the lawsuit against donald trump to talk about their alleged affair. Meanwhile, heightened pressure on lawmakers after the march for our lives that drew hundreds of thousands across the country and 800,000 in the nations main event. Kate snow spent the day at the who test a protest and has the story. Welcome to the revolution. Reporter a sea of young people, parents and teachers shoulder to shoulder filled pennsylvania avenue. Get ready to get voted out. Reporter talk of changing laws, voting out politicians who support the