The National Weather Service warned on Twitter this morning about morning snow affecting the morning commute. The Minnesota Department of Transportation's 511 map is showing that roads in the metro are completely covered with snow. We are monitoring crashes on the KARE 11 Traffic map and watching the roads live with Mobile 11 on our Twitter account.
Trump is in North Korea for a second nuclear summit with Kim Jong Un. He is hopeful that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons. Watch kare11.com for live updates. And Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will appear before the House Oversight Committee today. We will hear a testimony from Cohen about the president, Wikileaks, the Clintons and more.
Tonight at the capitol, the MN House Public Safety Committee will hear testimony on bills to require universal criminal background checks for gun purchasers, and to let families and police petition courts to temporarily remove guns from people judged to pose an imminent threat to themselves or others. The committee chairman, Rep. Carlos Mariani, says he intends to pass both bills tonight but will take them up again Thursday evening if necessary. The two bills are a top priority for the new House Democratic majority's agenda. But it's not clear if they'll get anywhere in the GOP-controlled Senate, where Republican leaders have expressed opposition.
