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00:00days before the tornadoes hit. We gave you the first alert right now. We're
00:05going with the first alert weather day for saturday days in advance. We saw
00:09this storm system coming and we don't say it's a throwaway. We want to make
00:13sure that you're thinking ahead of time, you're getting your family
00:16prepared. This is why we first alert this video from a W. S. And before
00:21viewer shows a possible tornado from Rip Steel Road in Columbia and
00:26elsewhere in Murray County. We're seeing this stunning video from Spring
00:30Hill. This is a tornado here caught on camera crews are all across the
00:34midstate here bringing you our team coverage of these storms. At least one
00:38person has died and officials say multiple people have critical injuries.
00:43And that's when I hollered at everybody to get in the closet and the next
00:46thing we know we heard just just seen sky. My house is gone.
00:51Could tell something important was inside that camper and then we see him
00:55come out with that dog and he said he just did what he had to do. So long as
00:59he's fine, that's all I care about. Everything else can be replaced. If
01:03there was ever a question what 140 mile per hour winds could do, just look
01:07behind me. There's a 36 ft RV that's laying on its side tonight. We saw the
01:13storm kind of shift our direction. That's why we're watching you is
01:18because you've got a radar that's right on time and kept buzzing for him. I
01:24told my wife to go to the closet, grab our motorcycle helmets because you
01:28preach, grab a helmet and that probably saved a lot of people. I'm glad you
01:33were watching that night for sure.
01:35Thankful for you and Channel four helping us get through.
01:41There's something so uniquely sinister about him.
01:47I also kept my socks as DNA evidence and I still don't know what happened to
01:55that evidence. Obviously there has been a breach in public safety. People like
02:02me are falling through the cracks. This story made the news in terrorists
02:05hometown. They had so many case files on this guy and they just allowed him to
02:11keep going. Do you feel that police ultimately failed you? I do. They failed
02:16a lot of us. What do you say to those women that would never get justice?
02:21There's nothing you can say. This person was a predator. I think he's a
02:27predator. I had no idea I was going to a predator.
02:36911. What is the address of your emergency?
02:40Hi. Um, I don't have an address. I'm trying to file a missing persons report.
02:44We're here on a fraternity formal trip. It's one of my good buddies. His name
02:48is Riley Strain. Riley, we're still here, Bubba. We're coming for you. Just
02:53help us find you. Surveillance video shows college student Riley Strain
02:58stumble away from Broadway alone. It has been four nights now since the 22
03:03year old went missing after a night out in downtown Nashville. People working
03:07at this smoke shop say they saw him walk by. His mother was here. She asked
03:12me. She was crying. She asked me about him. If I seen him, I told her I seen
03:16him outside. Crews are analyzing newly released video of a missing college
03:21student, and you're looking at it here. It shows Riley Strain talking briefly
03:26with a Metro police officer on the night he disappeared. How you doing,
03:30sir? Good. My company works on the river. I have just found a dead body.
03:38I believe it could be Riley. We are on top of breaking news right now. Crews
03:43have pulled a body from the river that they say belongs to Riley Strain.
03:48I just ask that you mom is out there. Hug your baby's tight tonight, please.
03:55Please for me, because you have your two year old with you guys out here
03:59while you guys are panhandling. That is a big no, no. She could run inside the
04:03street and she can get hit. They're panhandling with small kids in tow. And
04:09as our cameras captured, they're not the only ones. Do you think that's safe?
04:13It's not your problem. I say, please go. It's a different day, but the same
04:17intersection. I don't need nothing. We found another pair of adults with a
04:21small child, and again, they are just feet away from multiple lanes of
04:26traffic. Here's another example. A woman holding a baby close to cars driving
04:31off 4 40 in Hillsborough Pike, while a man panhandles nearby. Your heart kind
04:36of aches for these Children. Very much so. Very much so. Kate Greer works for
04:42the Tennessee Department of Children's Services. She says, while this would
04:46warrant a response, more would be needed for a DCS investigation in itself.
04:52Poverty needing money, wanting money in that manner is not necessarily abuse or
04:58neglect, nor is it against the law. We look at things like, are they being
05:01harmed? You know, are they being neglected? Are they supposed to be in
05:04school? When DCS does respond to these cases, they say their goal is to offer
05:10help. But this panhandler told us he didn't want help. It's not your problem.
05:15I say, please go. Leave me alone, please. Is there a way we can help you? No,
05:19nothing. I don't need nothing. Thank you. But your sign says you need help.
05:23So is there a better way to help by saying that? Go. Is there a better way
05:27to help? Nothing. The unthinkable happens. Arrested and charged for
05:33drunk driving, but completely sober. You're making a mistake. I have not been
05:37drinking. And if you thought this was a rare event, you'd be wrong. They have
05:40traumatized my son. They have traumatized me. Chief Investigator
05:44Jeremy Finley uncovers case after case of wrongful DUI arrests by local police
05:49departments and reveals the devastating effects it's had on lives.
05:52This has destroyed my life. Watch WSMV four news thursday at six.
06:00One look at how William Rose performs on his field sobriety test and you can see
06:05why he's in trouble. But I was scared to death, scared and confused because
06:10Rose was completely sober. I kept telling him, Mr sir, you're making a
06:14mistake. I have not been drinking. I'm not, you know, I'm not impaired. So you
06:19may be thinking it's a rare case, except it also happened to bill shank in
06:24Clarksville. His DUI arrest was plastered all over a local media outlet.
06:29It feels surreal. It's like a joke. And to Katie Slayton in Franklin, she was
06:36arrested in front of her child's daycare. Sober middle Tennesseans
06:40arrested for DUI. And as a result, they say their lives are ruined tonight. A
06:47TBI investigation is underway into the death of workers at a plastics plant.
06:51Employees say they were not allowed to leave at enough time to escape the
06:55floodwaters. Now this comes as state officials face questions of why so many
06:59people were caught off guard by the floodwaters, including hospital workers
07:02trapped on a roof. Courtney Allen is in Unicoi County where several workers
07:06died at a plastics factory and our chief investigative reporter Jeremy
07:10Finley is looking into how soon people were warned about the storm. The road to
07:15the plastics plant is closed, but we did talk to an employee who says he was
07:18swept away by the floodwaters and was able to get to the top of a semi truck
07:23to get to higher ground. He believes this all could have been prevented if
07:27the company acted sooner.
07:31This was the moment Jacob Ingram was rescued by a helicopter waiting as
07:35others were hoisted up. The only five of us made it. He says he was with
07:39co workers from impact plastics friday.
07:44They had been at the factory that day when Hurricane Helene floodwaters came
07:48through. I actually asked one of the higher ups and they told me no, not yet
07:53that they had to ask someone
07:55before we was able to leave, even though it was already above the doors
07:58and the cars and everything else. We've now talked to the family of one of the
08:02missing employees. She says her cousin called saying the water was reaching
08:07them at the factory, but by the time they were allowed to leave, it was too
08:12late.
08:14Karina Alonso hasn't heard this laugh since friday.
08:19She was so loving
08:21and the last time her cousin was seen was in these photos. 29 year old Rosa
08:26Andrade is on the left as floodwaters began to rise around impact plastics.
08:31She just said that when they let them out, it was already too late because
08:35cars were moving away with the water and that's where she just lost it. She
08:39knew that maybe she wasn't going to be able to get out, especially if she
08:43doesn't know how to swim. She doesn't know how to smell. Multiple employees
08:47are dead. Others like Andrade are still missing and the factory impact plastics
08:52is now being investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Our
08:55analysis found that when the actual warning from the National Weather
08:59Service went out to people to evacuate, it was simply too late for many to
09:03escape.
09:05It's one of the images now synonymous with the East Tennessee flooding.
09:09Hospital workers trapped on the roof having to be rescued by a helicopter. A
09:15review of warning data by W. S. And before investigates shows how quickly
09:19it happened. Covenant families have been pushing for change since last year's
09:23shooting.
09:25March 27th was nothing short of a life changing event. And some covenant
09:30parents are very clear when they say we are not okay. We've seen several
09:34families begin to become politically active and two covenant mothers shared
09:39with our Amanda Harrah new ways that their Children are struggling both
09:43physically and emotionally. Some photographs are worth 1000 words, but
09:49this one will leave you speechless. You were one of the only parents who was
09:54able to reunify with your child before the actual reunification at the nearby
10:01church. As I was peering through the glass of the fire station, he caught
10:05eyes with me and he ran up to the window
10:09and he screamed. He said, Mom, come inside. He said, Please, Mom, I said,
10:14put your hand right here. And so we held hands through that glass and
10:19that's how we were reunited with one another
10:23from tornadoes. This is it. This is it on the ground. There it is. That's the
10:28tornado on the ground to powerful floods. She's devastating to watch
10:33your lives go away in dumpsters to the underestimated dangers of lightning.
10:38Severe weather impacts us all tonight. We're taking a closer look at severe
10:43weather in middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky from how it forms to
10:47how to stay safe. The W. S. M. V. For first alert weather team presents
10:52surviving the storm
10:55over the next 30 minutes. Our goal is to show you what to expect this severe
10:59weather season and what to do to get ready. The rotation actually starts
11:03horizontally. It doesn't start vertically until we introduce a
11:07thunderstorm into the mix. The National Weather Service will issue a tornado
11:12emergency. These are more rare to see, but they require immediate action.
11:18Trusting your child to a daycare can be hard. I feel like I let my daughter
11:22down. And one family wonders if serious violations are being missed by the
11:26agency that's supposed to help keep your child safe. I'd rather have my
11:30daughter here with me 24 7 knowing that she's well taken care of. W. S. M. V.
11:35Four's Amanda Harrah uncovers multiple issues that could leave parents in the
11:39dark and reveals why you may want to do more research before choosing a
11:43daycare for your child. Thursday at six on W. S. M. V. Four. This is day three
11:49of the massive search. Time is of the essence here. There is significant
11:53concern tonight about this sudden drop in temperatures. It is very cold.
11:59Sebastian has autism and he's gone without his medication this whole time.
12:04And since then, authorities have searched by air by foot and on horseback
12:08helicopters, drones and dive teams have also been brought in to try to find
12:12him today. His parents spoke exclusively to our Holly Thompson. She's live
12:16tonight in Sumner County. Holly, I imagine it was quite an emotional
12:20interview.
12:22Certainly was. It is hard for any of us to imagine the emotions that this
12:27family is going through right now. Chris and Katie tell me they've been
12:31harassed people pointing fingers at them. Are you both in the clear? I can
12:36tell you that mom, myself and the father have worked very fully. Even
12:43though Sebastian does have autism, he is a smart teenager. He is highly
12:48functional. They say if you see him say his name, say Sebastian and he'll
12:54respond. Join W. S. M. V. Four and celebrating Black History Month. Black
12:59artists are putting out some of the most critically acclaimed and best
13:03selling country music, but many are saying they're not getting the support
13:07they need from their own community. Country music as an industry has made
13:11it clear that it was not meant for a black audience to consume, even though
13:17black artists help create this genre of music Friday at six on W. S. M. V.
13:22Four.
13:26It's a legacy. The first black woman master blender in the U. S. Is working
13:30to keep intact. We believe in pulling as we climb. If we don't bring others
13:37up, then we have not done what we set out to do. Remembering the godfather of
13:42Tennessee whiskey and how one of his descendants is keeping his spirit alive
13:47one sip at a time. Plus, it's really personal to me that in music city that
13:52students have access to music education, but then they also have quality music
13:58education. The sound of music in Nashville schools will meet the man
14:02that's building on the footprint that ignited his passion and how he's
14:06setting the tone for students and her impact in her platform makes this such
14:12a huge deal. I mean, she's the first in many regards. She's talking about
14:16Beyonce, who's making an iconic mark in the country music industry. Hear how
14:20the superstars roll out could help bring visibility to other black country
14:24artists. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Marius Peyton. We are in the
14:30civil rights room at the main downtown library in Nashville, built just blocks
14:35from where the legendary Nashville sit ins occurred in the city's segregated
14:39lunch counters. In this black history special, we're recognizing the
14:43contributions African Americans in Nashville have made since then. That
14:47includes the work that still needs to be done to establish equality
14:51throughout the many facets of life.