Hello and thanks for joining us today at noon. I'm Journey Taylor and here are the three things you need to know right now on this Wednesday along a weekend of holiday violence around the nation and here at home, the latest from authorities. In less than two minutes, people across the country are feeling the bite. I'm Donya Backus with what you can do to keep your family safe this mosquito season. Plus, a flash from the past, a new rock dock is coming to a screen near you. The details in our entertainment update at 1222, but also a look at this hump day feeling more like a Monday for a few people. To meteorologist Scott Covert. How's it looking outside now? It's looking really warm out there. Journey. Another summer day in Arkansas. Are temperatures quickly warming up? Some of us already in the 90s, others well on the way to those low 90s again this afternoon. And as we approach and have now moved into the afternoon showers and thunderstorms beginning to pop up around the natural state, nothing severe at the moment, but I do want to point out a couple of these to you. Just to the north of Clinton, we have a nice little thunderstorm that's going to be drifting off towards the east and you can see it's growing. There's some lightning starting to pop up near Danville, another nice little thunderstorm and this storm right here in parts of northern Montgomery, that storm here, not severe but now producing about 40 mile per hour winds and half inch. Hail Now, to become a severe storm, you have to have 60 mile per hour winds and one inch hail. We'll want to keep a close eye on it. It's going to move just to the north of Lake Ouachita, but it's close enough that with that lightning, let's pay close attention to that. All right, popup storms possible this afternoon. We're seeing those develop now. They'll continue to be with us this afternoon. Into this evening. Temperatures today topping out right around 94 degrees. Here's what we're tracking for you this week. More scattered showers and thunderstorms. The heat and the humidity. Well, it's going to be in our seven day forecast as our increasing chances of rain heading into the weekend. I've got new information for you coming up in your 7 day forecast. That's in about 15 minutes. All right. Thanks Scott. Now to a story developing this afternoon. Little Rock police is investigating a late night shooting that left one dead. This comes after police say they received a call regarding a shooting at 38 O1 Baseline Rd. In Southwest Little Rock late last night. The unidentified victim was pronounced dead once authorities arrived there at the scene. 39 year old Ollie Jones has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting. We are still working to learn more about this incident and we'll provide updates on air and on thp11.com and in national news, a mass shooting at a 4th of July block party. In Shreveport, LA, right now we're learning more about the shooting that left at least four people dead. Police say at least seven others are also were also injured, and they're still looking for the shooter. Police said the emergency responders had a hard time getting to the victims because of so many vehicles on the scene. Meanwhile, police in Philadelphia say Monday night's deadly shooting spree there could have been much worse had officers not been able to corner the suspected gunman in an alley. A 40 year old man wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an AR style rifle went on a rampage across four city blocks before he was taken into custody. Them fire also rang out in four fourth Texas, killing three. Police say shots were fired into a crowd of hundreds at the end of a local festival. We have our homicide unit working diligently on this to try to identify and apprehend any suspects. The country has seen more than two dozen mass killings so far this year, and now to a surprising discovery at the White House, a bag of suspicious white powder believed to be cocaine. It was found in an area accessible to tour groups, and the president and his family were out of town at the moment at that time. The Secret Service is investigating, but scholar Henry has the latest from the White House. That substance, which was believed to be cocaine, was found Sunday evening in a routine check by the Secret Service, sparking A precautionary closure of the White House complex altogether. DC Fire was called to investigate and quickly determine the item to be nonhazardous and performed preliminary field test, which positively identified the item as cocaine. The President and his family were not home at the time, having left for Camp David on Friday and returning back here to the White House on. Tuesday, according to two law enforcement officials briefed, the bag of powder was found in a work area of The West Wing that could have been accessible to many people, including staff, visitors and even tourists. Yesterday, the Secret Service issued a statement saying the item was sent for further evaluation, and they are investigating the cause and manner of how it entered the White House. The Secret Service will lead a full review. Which will include consulting cameras and even entrance logs to determine who had access to the space altogether. Skyler, Henry, CBS News, the White House. And there is a glimmer of hope that a prisoner swap with Russia involving jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerskovich could be in the works. Nearly two weeks after the Wall Street Journal reporter last appeared in a Moscow courtroom where he is facing espionage charges, come signs that Russia. May be open to a prisoner exchange. When asked about the possibility Tuesday, the Kremlin spokesman replied There have been certain contacts on the subject, but we don't want them to be discussed in public and quote Russian authorities arrested the reporter in March on charges of espionage, which he denies. What the Russian authorities are saying is is utter nonsense now. Today the US State Department had no comment on any prisoner exchange. Saying only it expected Russia to continue to allow access to the journalists, where a pair of attacks in Israel's second largest city injured at least eight people on Tuesday, a Palestinian militant group called it revenge for Israel's ongoing military operation in the West Bank. Tina Kraus has the attack hit Israel's bustling city of Tel Aviv around lunchtime. Police say a Palestinian man rammed a pickup truck into pedestrians at a crowded bus stop. He got out of his vehicle and began trying to stab the civilians that were around him. Authorities say several people were seriously injured before a civilian shot and killed the attacker. The violence comes on day two of Israel's huge raid in the occupied West Bank. A spokesman for the Palestinian militant group Hamas called the attack heroic revenge for Israel's crimes against innocent people. The large Israeli operation in Janine has left some terrified. More than 3000 Palestinians have fled A refugee camp there. An Israeli army spokesman says forces have come to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and that they're targeting Iranian backed Palestinian militants. Jenin has become a safe haven for terrorists. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says anti terror operations will last as long as required. As Palestinian anger boils over, the national security minister is urging Israeli civilians to carry guns to defend themselves. Tina Kraus, CBS News Whereas the world is pressing Washington for support, the US says Israel has a right to defend its people against terrorist groups that says civilians should be protected. And in tech news, Meta is set to launch a new conversation app called Threats. It's meant to be a space. For real time conversations online, and it appears to have many similarities to Twitter. The launch comes after a chaotic weekend in which Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced a limit to the number of tweets users can view per day. And AT HV11 update, it looks like the Arkansas LEARNS Act is headed back to the state Supreme Court. Attorney General Tim Griffin has now filed an appeal to last week's ruling that delays when the law goes into effect. Records show that appeal was filed on Monday here in Pulaski County Circuit Court. The four page document you see here list several reasons why the state Supreme Court has jurisdiction to take up the appeal. Last Friday, Circuit Court Judge Herbert Wright ruled lawmakers failed to follow the state constitution when voting on laws they want to take effect immediately, and that includes the education plan. So Judge Wright ruled the LEARNS Act can't go into effect until August 1st. Now, you may recall, the justices have already overturned a previous ruling by Judge Wright last month. The cause of a devastating fire that ripped through downtown Fordyce early yesterday morning remains under investigation. The fire destroyed two buildings on Main Street before sunrise on the 4th of July. The owner of a clothing boutique that burned posted these photos showing smoke and flames. Coming from the roof, along with the heartbreaking aftermath, firefighters from 4 Dice and nearby volunteer departments managed to save the historic buildings next door. The search is underway for a new Saline County Attorney. After the current attorney announces he's stepping down, Will Gruber will remain as the Saline County Attorney until July 21st. That's two weeks from Friday. He's leaving to take a job with a software company in Little Rock. Now The resignation comes amid the ongoing dispute between the county's Quorum Court and Library Board, but there's no indication that's what led to his departure. Buzzing, the knowing painful or just some of the things that comes to mind when you think about mosquitoes. We're just ahead. We're sharing tips to combat one of the most troublesome insects in the South. The first something can also be troublesome today. The weather. Scott, what do you know? I know the last couple of days I've watched those showers and storms fizzle out before I got any rain in my garden. Another day, another chance of those hit and miss. Showers and storms. I'm tracking them on radar when we return.
