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Check out. shannon. >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. now a look at stories that are making headlines on the west coast. this is our western roundup. koko, the beloved gorilla, has died. she was the only gorilla ever to own a pet. she asked for a cat for christmas and got a stuffed one after she what she kept deciding that she didn't get a real cat. she was born on the fourth of july, at the san francisco zoo. she was 46. a ban on plastic utilities and straws are set to hit seattle next month. officials say it is a necessary step to prevent water pollution. businesses that do n...

What do you make generally of the rhetoric president trump has used there. >> i think most people agree kim jong-un is a whack job. this guy is willing to use and threaten his neighbor, south korea, home to 300,000 americans, to reduce japan to rubble. this is a crazed maniac at the helm of one of the world's nuclear regions, trying to become a nuclear regime. we shouldn't be in a position of flattery, be in a position to try to honor kim jong-un by bringing him into a conversation with the united states until he meets those obligations and promises. >> you sit on foreign relations with specia...

I'm jody gonzalez, red lobster general manager. it doesn't look risky. i mean, phil, does this look risky to you? nancy? fred? no. well it is. in a high-risk area, there's a 1-in-4 chance homes like us will flood. i'm glad i got flood insurance. fred, you should look into it. i'm a risk-taker. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. visit floodsmart.gov/risk to learn your risk. >> shepard: fox weather alert now, we are tracking a major winter storm about to slam most of washington state. and forecasters are predict it could be one of the worst ever to hit seattle. that's what ...

more than 20 people still unaccounted for. rescuers are blowing holes in the side of the ship to get where they think people might be located. they found five bodies yesterday nap matt c . confirm death toll is 11. the man at the controls that might is now under house arrest today. prosecutors say they are speechless that he's even out of jail. they want to charge him with manslaughter and abandoning his post. we also learned today that it might not be the first time that that same ship was dangerously close to that's land. more in a couple of minutes. but first listen to this passen...