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It took a while, but weve got ourselves a winter system, well, possibly two. Please check back for the latest First Alert Weather Story at the top of the KOMU 8 Weather page (komu.com/weather) and in the KOMU 8 Weather App. TUESDAY: STORM MODE 3 Heres a refresher on what our winter storm mode scale looks like (see image). Were in a "weak" three on our zero to five scale because if everything comes together just right, we do expect issues on roads, mainly north of I-70 and west of HWY 63. Will w...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is asking for changes to the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress, leaving the future of the $900 billion stimulus in doubt. Trumps position could threaten to torpedo the carefully drafted bill, which his own administration helped negotiate -- a move that could lead to a government shutdown and send the economy into a tailspin if he carried through with a veto. "Im asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to ...

Temps will be near record highs Thursday afternoon, followed by rain returning to Missouri Friday afternoon. The weekend forecast looks cold rain rainy with breezy winds at times.

As you know its tax cuts, deregulation, unleashing our energy sector, and rebalancing our trade. and the trade issue, erin, as you know, is a big issue. when we run a $500 billion trade deficit with the rest of the world, that basically means were shipping our factories overseas and on the order of three or four million jobs that are there instead of here. so, this is a growth plan the president is pursuing and i think thats the mission and thats whats going on today. >> you know, and look, you ...

>> how much will these tariffs cost you, tim? >> well, the u.s. sells $1 billion worth of products to china. that equates about $7 per head marketed in the united states. so, our foreign markets, that will be $35,000 for our farm. >> $35,000 for his farm, peter, and he went on to say 3,700 jobs could be at risk in his county alone, a county that voted overwhelmingly for president trump. he said his vote is at risk because of these tariffs. what do you say to someone like mr. schmidt? >> well, su...

Abo effectively. >> but you say leave the gun shows out. >> so here is why this is important. because sure you can attempt to pass all of these laws that will make it more quote/unquote are potentially more difficult to get the gun. but what you are doing is making it more difficult for good guys as well. and guns are used roughly 10 to 12 times more often every year to stop crimes, to stop murders and rapes than they are for mass killings. >> but a lot of that statistic goes to guns in the hach...

About better rules, it is about getting rid of the second amendment all-together? do you believe that? a lot of people do. president trump declared in a tweet that the second amendment will never be repealed as much as democrats would like to see this happen. the president is responding to someone who isnt a democrat, a former supreme court justice, john paul stevens, who was actually appointed by a republican, president reagan, but he did put out an op-ed saying that he thinks that repealing th...

Want you to clear it up. the question reads who is going to spend the most time wearing the tiara and ballerina tutu for being the biggest princess? what is that all about? >> the point it made, its a bit of a fun thing weve had along the way. it could be delivered to another team. hes wearing the skirt at the moment! jenna: okay. >> i want to make official mention if i can, we have a -- supplies to new york and i had the pleasure to meet people from pierce & company, jim johnson, tim schmidt, t...

evacuation for all non-residents, meanwhile as the evacuations expand the red cross is preparing to open shelters. lets listen: >> weve got 82 shelters on standby, 15 of those are on immediate standby, which can be up in less than two hours and taking guests. were getting well prepared for whatever earl wants to toss our way. >> reporter: by in large visitors to the outer banks are heeding the mandatory evacuations. as you drive up and down the main strip here, youll notice people pack...