vermont some areas seeing 9 inches. higher than hurricane irene. i don t know anymore. the pga tour and saudi backed liv golf teed up for a merger. congress is stepping in. 9/11 families blasted the potential sports alliance. complete betrayal to the community. to deep left field. puts the national league in front. potential game-winning homer. ramirez swings and misses. the national league is finally back on top. good morning, everybody. it is 1:01 p.m. in the afternoon there in lithuania and we start with a fox news alert. president biden is set to attend a north atlantic council meeting in about half an hour on day two of the nato summit there in lithuania. brian: also set to meet with volodymyr zelenskyy as tensions rise after the war torn country s bid to join the alliance is denied. no blueprint seems to be offered. ainsley: jacqui heinrich is live with the latest for us. good morning to you guys. that s right. president zelenskyy did not hide his ou
his top military adviser says a hold on military promotions by one republican senator is having a negative impact not just on those officers but their families. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown is up for the chair chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking more than 250 military promotions over opposition to the pentagon s abortion policy. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight with that from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon said this months long standoff with the senator from alabama is now threatening readiness and benefiting russia and china. general c.q. brown is the president s pick to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs but his confirmation and that of 265 senior officers are being held up by one senator tommy tuberville of alabama. for the first time in 150 years, the marine corps is without a come dantd because of
major tournament. a bbc news investigation has uncovered the abuse and neglect of disabled people in institutions in ukraine. more than 100,000 children and young people live in facilities across the country, most of them do have families, but poor community services mean the youngsters end up in a system that can t meet their needs. the country may be at war, but this is a problem that predates russia s invasion. human rights investigators say ukraine shouldn t be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes this system. i must warn you, this report by our correspondent danjohnson and producer ruth clegg does contain distressing images. far from the front line. i ve been to hundreds of institutions and i get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. ..international investigators eric and halyna are uncovering ukraine s most shameful secret. the abuse and neglect of disabled people. look into these cots, and you see the smothered potential and stunted growth of lives stolen by a s
Of governors was currented about, quote, civil rights protections in North Carolina. As mentioned, a total of seven championships will now take place in other states. That includes the division i mens Basketball Championship set to take place in greensboro. The state Democratic Party wasted no time in releasing statement which reads in part, what a disappointment for basketball fans. Add this to thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of Discrimination Bill have cost North Carolina. Gubernatorial candidate roy cooper had this to say. It seems that almost every day we learn of a new consueeqe of house bill 2. The executive director for the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance estimated an economic boost of about 5 million when recally hosted the mens basketball regional in 2014. I reached out to governor mccrory for his response to this latest news an we have not statement saying in part, under the ncaas logic, colleges should make cheerleader and Football Players share bathrooms, showers
We have pretty sunrises out there this morning. Some of you are blanketed in clouds and others have a little bit of cloud cover and that make for a little a nice sunrise. No rain in the forecast for the morning commute. It will likely stay dry for us today with some showers our coast t it does feel good outside. This afternoon, temperature will be warming up after this nice start in the 106. Well warm in the 60s. Well warm up to the 80s by lunchtime. And then a cold front arrives coming up in just a few minutes. And now it is time to take a look at the roads. It is a pleasant september morning on the roads this morning. A couple of accidents but not causing any problems in the raleigh area. Traffic moving along nicely. Here is the im not quite sure where that is but i got the wrong camera this. We wanted to look at 440. Not sewing any problems on the beltline this morning. A 60 minute trip from 42 to the beltline split. And because i like to pretend im a weather man, here a look at the