WCBI New at Six - 10/03/2020

WCBI New at Six - 10/03/2020

Just more than a month out from the election and one race will be familiar to mississippians---the u-s senate race between cindy hyde-smith and mike espy.

You've likely started seeing the ads---mike espy describing what he believes to be cindy hyde-smith's shortfalls and displaying crossover support from republcians.

And hyde-smith focusing on her record in washington the last two years.

Courtney ann jackson has the latest on the senate race.

Take a look.

Campaigning looking much different this go around in the senate race 2.0 for cindy hyde-smith and mike espy.

The latest poll by the tyson group shows a 41-40 percent split with hyde-smith narrowly leading.

Espy seizing the chance to tell supporters he believes a win is possible.

Hyde- smith not expressing concern.

"it's showed up in the polls.

I hope you've seen them.

We're still now just down one point."

"we feel really good about this.

Don't have a lot of confidence in that poll to be quite honest with you."

Espy has been holding events around the state--many outdoors.

Hyde- smith hasn't had any public campaign events in recent months.

Saying friday she'll be traveling around the state this weekend before returning to d.c.

Here's what she said when asked if she'd debate espy.

"i don't know if the schedule will allow that.

I don't mind debating him at all.

We've already done that.

But i am more concerned right now with the issues in front of us than i am a debate.

But i wouldn't mind doing it at all if the schedules allows that."

But espy warns that he believes momentum is on his campaign's side.

"if you hear noise, if it's coming from behind you...you might better look behind you cause it might be an oncoming train."

In 2018, jackson state professor dr. d'andra orey noted that the results bucked the historical trends with mike espy taking 46 percent of the vote.

"bill clinton received 44 percent of the vote when he ran in 1996 as a native son of the south and then you had barack obama who received 43 percent and from there it's down to about 40 percent of average that a democrat receives."

This year will have additional turnout factors---including the presidential race.

Pleasantly quiet weather is here to stay for the next several days.

Aside from a sprinkle or two on sunday, most of us won't see rain this week.

Temperatures will slowly warm up closer to normal by wednesday as skies remain mostly sunny to partly cloudy.

Saturday night: mostly clear, cool, and quiet.

Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s with a calm wind.

Sunday: we'll be feeling a little warmer on sunday with temperatures climbing back into the mid and upper 70s.

Skies will remain mostly sunny to partly cloudy with a sprinkle or two possible in the morning and afternoon.

However, most of us won't see any rain, so don't let it ruin your day.

Monday-thursday: most of the week will feature partly cloudy skies with highs back into the low and mid 80s by the middle of the week.

President trump tweeted saturday that he is feeling well as he undergoes treatment for the coronavirus.

The president's physician said he's doing "great" &but there are conflicting reports about the president and new questions about the timeline of his diagnosis.

Natalie brand reports from walter reed national military medical center in maryland.

The president's physician and a team of doctors from walter reed said saturday the president is doing well& he's in exceptionally good spirits the quote he left us with was, 'i feel like i could walk out of here today,' and that was a very encouraging comment from the president.

But a source familiar with the president's health told reporters "vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care,'' adding quote ''we're still not not on a clear path to a full recovery."

Cbs news has also confirmed the president was administered supplemental oxygen at the white house friday ábefore he was flown to walter reed in the evening.

It is not clear if the president was having trouble breathing at that time.

President trump's physician, dr. sean conley, deflected questions on that topic.

11;43;48;05 he's not on oxygen right now, that's right.

11;43;52;08 q: he's not received any at all?

11;43;54;21''he's not needed any this morning, today, at all, that's right.'' and new questions are now emerging about the timeline surrounding the president's diagnosis.

11:40:44 am just 72 hours into the diagnosis now.

In a white house statement issued shortly after, conley said he áincorrectly used the term 72 hours and should have said ''day three,'' adding that the president tested positive thursday night.

Earlier that same day-he attended a fundraiser in new jersey&he traveled to minnesota the day before.

It's still unclear exactly when the president began displaying symptoms and doctor conley declined to answer a question about when president trump last tested ánegative for the virus.

''i'm not goin to get into testing going back, but he and all staff routinely tested" as the white house continues contact tracing&the list of those in the president's circle who have now tested positive has grown.

Chris christie&is among the latest.

He's now one of 8 people who attended last saturday's white house ceremony for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett..who have since tested positive.

Natalie brand/cbs news/bethesda,mar yland senators-mike lee and thom tillis have also tested positive and attended the supreme court nominee ceremony one week ago mississippi state department of health reports 609 new cases of covid-19 with 16 new deaths.

There are 32 new cases among long term care facilities within the state.

There are 122 active outbreaks.

411 people are currently hospitalized with confirmed or suspected covid-19 symptoms. right now, more than 3 thousand people have died from coronavirus in mississippi.

It's presumed that more than 89 thousand mississippians have recovered from the virus.

Unity park in starkville played host to a unity rally earlier today.

The event was put together by the education association of east oktibbeha county schools.

This group is made up of alumni from the old moor high school.

For the past several years, members have been trying to obtain to the rights to utilize the old moor high school building.

Right now, the facility is vacant, but members of the e-a-e-o-c-s, hope to change that.

When oktibbeha county and starkville consolidated school districts, they stopped using moor high school.

Moor alumni now want to use the old building for community purposes, like preserving history, remediation and enrichment programs for students and teachers, fitness programs, and possibly even a community storm shelter.

The purpose of todays rally, was to spread awareness for this project.

An 18 wheeler carries food boxes to feed dozens of families in a nearby community.

These pictures on your screen are from a food giveaway in sulligent alabama earlier today.

The event was partnered through the usda food for families program.

Today was the third round of donations.

Each box included meat and cheese.

The event took place this morning at the greater victory church of god.

A monroe county deputy continues his path to recovery, with a little help from family and friends.

More on that story after the break, a monroe county deputy is recovering from an on duty accident with help from his family and friends in amory.

Chad groening joined them earlier today as they raised money for the road ahead.

It was perfect day to take to the links at the riverbirch golf course.

And if you weren't into golf, how about a cornhole tournament?

It was all for the benefit of monroe county deputy zack wilbanks.

Wilbanks was injured by a driver during a safety checkpoint the night of july 25th that killed his partner deputy dylan pickle.

Lee myatt was the event organizer.

"i think it's very very very important especially the way things are today, anytime we can support law enforcement i think that's a great thing to do."

And amory is a special community isn't it?

"it absolutely is.

We're very tight knit, most everybody around here is."

There were about 50 teams that participated in the cornhole tournament which was put on by pro- south cornhole, owned by johny box.

"of course i think all the law enforcement are important and you know they put their life on the line you know for us so it just seems like it's just a small contribution to come out here and support all i would assume medical bills or anything he has."

One of the participants in this weekend's golf tournament was wilbank's pastor lloyd sweatt, from amory's meadowood baptist church "i know when the accident happened we were praying for dylan and for zack and sheriff crook called and told me all the things that were going on and i know our church started praying.

And we've tried our best to encourage him since that time and he's done remarkably well, getting stronger and hasn't missed church and been there and his whole family.

Monroe county sheriff kevin crook has been impressed with the way the community has once again come together to support wilbanks.

"we greatly appreciate everybody that's chipped in and pitched in to help this happen and the sponsors and everybody that took the time even just orginally tossed around the idea of having this thing today and the turnout has been great.

The weather's been great and it's been for a great cause and so again our community has just come out and showed out and has blessed us and blessed their family and we are very grateful."

Wilbanks was very appreciative of this weekend's participation as he continues to mend from his injuries.

"its' just overwhelming continued support that i've talked about before you know and it's just more motivation to get back to work which is fastly approaching right now."

How are doing?

How is recovery going?

"so far i'm waiting for my leg to heal and i'm deaf in my left ear waiting on a hearing aid for that and this tournament's going to be support to that hearing aid.

But besides that that's pretty much it, the leg and the hearing."

Chad groening, wcbi news, amory.

Wilbanks says there is no definite time frame on when he will able to return to full duty.

Pleasantly quiet weather is here to stay for the next several days.

Aside from a sprinkle or two on sunday, most of us won't see rain this week.

Temperatures will slowly warm up closer to normal by wednesday as skies remain mostly sunny to partly cloudy.

Saturday night: mostly clear, cool, and quiet.

Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s with a calm wind.

Sunday: we'll be feeling a little warmer on sunday with temperatures climbing back into the mid and upper 70s.

Skies will remain mostly sunny to partly cloudy with a sprinkle or two possible in the morning and afternoon.

However, most of us won't see any rain, so don't let it ruin your day.

Monday-thursday: most of the week will feature partly cloudy skies with highs back into the low and mid 80s by the middle of the week.

Overnight lows will be in the 40s and 50s.

Rain chances remain at zero through thursday.

Friday-saturday: with hurricane season continuing, we'll be watching a disturbance in the caribbean carefully.

Depending on the exact path, we could see some rain from a tropical system by friday and saturday.

For now, we're going to put in a 20% chance until we are more confident.

We could see some steady rain or we could see a whole lot of nothing.

Stay tuned for more updates through the week.

To get the latest forecast anytime, download the wcbi news app or visit our website at wcbi.com/weather.

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Pleasantly quiet weather is here to stay for the next several days.

Aside from a sprinkle or two on sunday, most of us won't see rain this week.

Temperatures will slowly warm up closer to normal by wednesday as skies remain mostly sunny to partly cloudy.

Saturday night: mostly clear, cool, and quiet.

Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s with a calm wind.

Sunday: we'll be feeling a little warmer on sunday with temperatures climbing back into the mid and upper 70s.

Skies will remain mostly sunny to partly cloudy with a sprinkle or two possible in the morning and afternoon.

However, most of us won't see any rain, so don't let it ruin your day.

Monday-thursday: most of the week will feature partly cloudy skies with highs back into the low and mid 80s by the middle of the week.

Overnight lows will be in the 40s and 50s.

Rain chances remain at if you're a big gamer, there are some pretty exciting new consoles coming out later this fall.

Let's check them out.

I'm emily cassulo, and this is tech byte.

New game consoles out later this fall / tech byte we're in a new season, and that means new video game consoles to take advantage of, as the temperatures drop, and we spend more time indoors.

You can now preorder microsoft's new xbox series s and x consoles.

And you better do it soon!

They're already out of stock at most retailers.

Microsoft says the x console is its fastest, most powerful xbox.

The x may be true 4k gaming, but microsoft says it should still work with thousands of games from four generations of xbox.

The price runs at about $500.

You can pay about $200 less for a less powerful, and smaller version of the x console - xbox series s.

It's so small, this is actually the smallest xbox you can get.

For that reason, there's no disc drive, so you'll have to stick with digital downloads for your games.

Both xbox series x and s will be available november 10.

If the xbox isn't exactly your style, there's also another new gaming console to choose from - the playstation 5.

Sony's ps5 also comes in two versions, and works with a 4k tv.

The more expensive one at about $500 has a blu-ray drive.

The cheaper console - which is $100 less - only uses digital downloads.

This playstation also features exclusive games, like "marvel's spider-man: miles morales."

It comes out november 12.

If you're not ready to splurge on the new xbox or playstation just yet, you could always wait a couple more weeks to see what black friday deals are out there.

Especially on an older version of the console.

I'm emily cassulo, and that's this week's tech the second week of s-e-c football is officially underway ole miss and first year head coach lane kiffin faced the rebels first test on the road against kentucky ole miss still looking for the team's first win the match-up between the rebels and the wildcats was just sent into overtime here's the score at the end of regular....tied up at 35 also..matt corrals stats through the first four quarters....23- 28...317 yards and 3 touchdowns quarters....23- 28...317 yards and 3 touchdowns mississippi state and head coach mike leach officially getting the bulldogs 2020 debut in starkville this afternoon if you're looking to watch the bulldogs and the hogs face-off this evening you can turn over to the s- e-c alternate channel again, kick-off just getting underway over in starkville if you can't tune-in you can always join us at 10 for the highlights right here on wcbi sports over in tuscaloosa...alaba ma facing the crimson tide's first top twenty five test hosting 13th ranked texas a&m 1st quarter...quarterb ack mac jones drops back....finds john metchie iii for a 78-yard touchdown crimson tide up early, 7-0 after the extra point later in the first...crimson tide in the red zone...bama rb najee harris runs into the endzone for the 6-yard score... alabama now up 14- 0 under two minutes remaining in the 1st...texas a&m looking to answer...qb kellen mond drops it off to rb ainais smith...stays just inside to pick up the 47-yard touchdown here's the replay for a second look...touchdown is confirmed after the review...aggies cut the tides lead to one touchdown trailing 14-7 2nd quarter...after an alabama turnover...mond drops back...connects with te ryan renick for a 17-yard touchdown game all tied up at 14 later in the 2nd...mond throws....it's picked off by d-b daniel wright...wright able to return it 47 yards for a pick six...alabama regains the lead the crimson tide would lead 35-14 at the crimson tide would lead 35-14 at halftime... over in the n-f-l, covid-19 outbreaks continue throughout the league former rebel and current kansas city chiefs quarterback jordan ta'amu was one of the players to test positive for covid-19... the patriots chiefs matchup tomorrow will be pushed back after multiple positive results... the other was patriots qb cam newton..

Espn's adam schefter reported the game is likely to be played tuesday