developer forced to sell the house he bought in december of 2014 because i couldn't get online, he lives in kitsap county. an upscale county near seattle. the story is hardly unique. roughly 1 in 10 households in pasadena california and cambridge massachusetts home to harvard and mit don't even have computers. this is the digital divide. the internet is basically a great economic equalizer. it is a kind of superhighway that can carry almost anybody to a better life. knowing how to use it qualifies you to work in a professional setting like this but for those who can't get onto that superhighway they end up stuck in neutral. their chance to make money is simply less without broadband access at home. broadband is an income multiplier. a recent study by the consult be firm aksen accenture the government doesn't probably the basic connectivity that makes that possible. internet access moatsly and sometimes exclusively -- mostly and sometimes exclusively relies on data companies we're not talking about updating your facebook status, your economic status itself is often defined by whether you have acces

it's believed to be just the second tornado ever to touch down in kitsap county. (pam) turning now to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.(ken) lawrence was it rare for a tornado to show up there lawrence karnow: it was partly cloudy and cool after patchy dense fog this morning. storm clouds brought a tornado near seattle today causing damage to homes and trees. doppler is still seeing some rain in far northern california. on the satellite you can see the weak high pressure keeping the storms mainly to the north. dense fog will fill the bay and the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning before giving way to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend. still ahead at 8 a close call on a california road.on a california a close call at 8 still ahead close call on a california road. what happened when a toddler ran out into the street. plus. a woman going blind .... goes missing in south america. details on the last moments she was

man coming from his summer home on kitsap peninsula heading to tacoma. had his cocker spaniel in the car and by the time he got to the most severely moving part of the bridge deck, he couldn't maneuver and he jumped out and ran and got off the bridge. and for the next 30 or 40 minutes the bridge went into just a violent -- just movement that no one had seen before and all of the crowds on both sides all sort of closed in to just watch. i think everyone started to suspect that impossible was about to happen, the bridge was going to give it up, was going to fail. with no one really on the bridge strangely enough a university professor who had worked on trying to solve the puzzle -- it was enough time for people to get out there and heres rar university of washington professor actually ran on to the bridge trying to get the dog out of the car and there's great footage of him. it looks like steven spielberg movie and you watch that footage and cannot imagine it was tearing deck. he got out there the dog was too terrified so he strolled back, was knocked down

-1930's there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the kitsap peninsula. opened july 1 in 1940 after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is also a bit of a wind tunnel. people working on the deck again to notice movement. and almost like airplane wing lift in the bridge. movement theytal began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center stand area is -- center stand. there was no suspension bridge anything like this anywhere in anywhere of the world in the pacific northwest. there was an unfamiliarity with how a big thing like this was supposed to behave so people excited about it, there is a certain musical gracefulness about a bridge like this so people just wanted to think it was not anything wrong, that it was normal and once they get the concrete down they thought it would go away. as we went out of summer and began to get into fall and the winds except a little bit, the prevailing wind out of the southwest was those almost or the on -- across the bridge deck, they began to notice that there was an undulation i

a man with lis coming from his summer home over on kitsap peninsula headed towards tacoma. had a cocker spaniel with him in the car and by the time he got to the most severely moving part of the bridge deck, he couldn't control the automobile. so the car swung just screeched around and sort of ended up kind of diagonally across both lanes on the bridge and he jumped out and ran and got off the bridge. and then for the next 30 or 40 minutes, the bridge went into just a violent just movement that no one had seen before. and all of the crowds on both sides all sort of you know, closed in to just watch. so there was i think everyone started to suspect that the impossible was about to happen, that the bridge was going to give it up, was going to fail. with no one really on the bridge strangely enough, a university professor who had worked on trying to solve the puzzle, there was enough time for people to be able to get out there and here's a university of washington professor far quarson ran out onto the bridge trying to get the dog out of the car. and there's great foot and of

it's believed to be just the second tornado ever to touch down in kitsap county. joining us now is chief meteorologist lawrence karnow... lawrence karnow: it was partly cloudy and cool after patchy dense fog this morning. storm clouds brought a tornado near seattle today causing damage to homes and trees. doppler is still seeing some rain in far northern california. on the satellite you can see the weak high pressure keeping the storms mainly to the north. dense fog will fill the bay and the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning before giving way to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend. (vick) 4 your health tonight... you can now add cauliflower can now add tonight... you health 4 your (vick) weekend. (vick)(vick) (vick) 4 your health tonight... you can now add cauliflower and other types of lettuce, to the e-coli concerns.(grant) the southern california farm linked to the áácurrent romaine lettuce recall -- adam brot

show you the radar image right around 1:45 when this storm moved over the olympic mountains over the kitsap peninsula on the other side of puget sound from seattle. very rare does washington get a tornado especially in washington, compare washington state three tornadoes per year to the state of texas, 155 tornadoes per year. most of the ones that occur in washington state occurred on the other side of the mountains in central or eastern washington, so a picture like this incredibly rare anywhere in the state of washington but especially in the seattle suburbs but it happened today and that same storm caused a major snowstorm in the mountains less than one hour later. strange weather, we'll talk about the weather around here and the chance of rain coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> new details on the hit-and- run that killed a 58-year-old woman in san francisco. it happened last wednesday on bush and leavenworth. police now say the suspect vehicle is a dark-colored 27 or 2008 honda fit. the suspect in the hit-and-run was caught on surveillance video, the woman stopped briefly but

oren, but the mine was found a few -- or not, but the mine was found a few miles south of naval base kitsap and a testing range. >>> senator mccain will lie instate at the arizona state capitol tomorrow on what would have been his 82nd birthday. it will be the beginning of several days of tributes. he will then lie instate in the u.s. capitol rotunda on friday and be eulogized at a service at the national cathedral on saturday. >>> people from around the country are in detroit to say good-bye to the queen of soul. cbs reporter kenneth craig is in aretha franklin's hometown with how her music touched so many lives. >> reporter: music filled the air as thousands of fans stood in line to pay their respects and celebrate the legacy of aretha franklin. sir diego brazil flew from miami to be here. he said the queen of soul's music gave him hope. >> her music literally saved my life in 1997 when i was contemplating suicide. >> reporter: fans like la tanya mcintyre started lining up yesterday afternoon outside the charles h. wright museum of african american history in detroit for franklin's public

david lynam/kitsap county fire marshal -- it's a tough the pieces that once were in the house are now scattered pretty much over an acre. the propane that was the main source of heat for the home is in tact, but firefighters haven't examined it yet. as of right now, they don't believe there was any criminal activity here... it appears to be a tragic accident. right now... people in the south are bracing for round two of dangerous tornadoes. 20 million people are in the danger zone. two people were killed in louisiana, and one in mississippi. several others were injured in florida. dozens of homes were destroyed. trees and power lines ripped down. take a look at this gym in louisiana. the twister took the roof right off. thankfully, none of the people inside were hurt. the owner says the gym has only been open for 2 months. back-vo just into our newsroom this morning.. we're getting a look at some video of celine dion's emotional return back to the stage. she performed for the first time since her husband's rene anglelil's death. the show started with a special tribute to him. manager.

and so i'm not surprised that somebody from kitsap county has written in to "the kitsap sun" and basically said i voted for trump but i certainly did not vote for a government takedown of my state's most important asset, our water and our economy. that doesn't surprise me that that's what somebody in kitsap county said. not somebody in poulsbo. you should just go look it up, if people are listening. if anybody is there listening tonight to this from other parts of the united states. go look up poulsbo, washington. a beautiful community that is all about what puget sound can deliver for us. and they will be the first part of our state to tell you what ocean acidification is doing in hood cam to impact our fisheries. they'll be the first people. they know, because this has been part of their livelihood. so, mr. president, i want to close tonight -- this morning, i should say, with just saying i hope our colleagues will at least consider the facts that we are raising concerns because we have great concerns about our economy of the future, and that economy of the future depends on clean air an

local time, in kitsap county, washington, about 45 miles west of seattle. roofs were ripped off several homes. even a wal-mart was damaged. there is debris and downed trees everywhere in the path of the tornado. according to our seattle affiliate, kiro-tv, some of the debris was actually lofted at lyast 6,000 feet into the atmosphere. the national weather service says based on radar and video evidence, they can confirm it was a tornado. rney just don't know how strong it was, and really won't know until tomorrow. moso, the local police chief says, at this point, no injuries hi the area. there are some reports of gas gaks, jeff. ad what makes this interesting t that apparently the tornado was on the ground, jeff, then out and gone, before a warning could even be issued. >> glor: all right, david begnaud, our thanks to you for that breaking news, the tornado just outside seattle. we move now to a bizarre day in dayral court. president trump's former dvmpaign adviser and former yational security adviser michael flynn was supposed to hear his sentence today for

it's believed to be just the second tornado ever to touch down in kitsap county. (ken) we're joined now by chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. the national weather service says tornadoes in washington in december are extremely rare --- what's going on here lawrence lawrence karnow: it was partly cloudy and cool after patchy dense fog this morning. storm clouds brought a tornado near seattle today causing damage to homes and trees. doppler is still seeing some rain in far northern california. on the satellite you can see the weak high pressure keeping the storms mainly to the north. dense fog will fill the bay and the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning before giving way to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend. (pam) (pam) the city of san francisco announced a lawsuit today ... against a litany of prescription drug makers and distributors -- for their role in the opiod epidemic. the suit was filed on behalf of the cit

. >> narrator: scott lindquist was the head of public health for kitsap county. alarmed by the growing epidemic, he approached the mayor about starting a clinic. >> he told me that people were living normal lives by having a treatment that they had to go in and have it administered. he said it was anyone that had a normal life that had gone through an addiction to heroin. i think i didn't realize how much controversy would be generated. i didn't look at any other unintended consequences. so we moved forward in that capacity. >> narrator: robert parker, who owned a shop in the area, woke up one morning to the headline in the local paper. >> "methadone clinic coming to bremerton." and i went, "what? wait a minute, we can't put in a facility that's selling meth or giving meth out." >> narrator: josh farley, a reporter at the kitsap sun, wrote the article. >> for a lot of people, it's really hard to wrap your mind around words like "opiate" and "methadone maintenance." and then the very base of the word "methadone" i think probably confused some people thinking that

the national weather service is investigating a tornado that damaged homes in kitsap county washington. severe weather was moving to that area. this is video from a fox affiliate 213 in seattle. the tornado touched down just south of port orchard, just before 2:00 in the afternoon. the agency says it is now working with local authorities to confirm the extent of the damage. >>> i can tell you that i was looking at it. you can see behind me here, this is the actual cell at the time of this tornado occurred. the shows to show that this can be any cell. they are talking about damage to houses, powerlines dad. very, very scary situation there. as we take a live look at the radar now, this is just to the west of seattle. and, to the south. if you look, it is to the south , it is -- they still have thunderstorms rolling to the now. the national weather service will go out tomorrow, and they will start to survey the area to see what has happened. i believe we have some pictures as well we will show right now. do we have that? of some of the damage? okay. we can look at some of the pictures of

the u-s navy, coast guard and kitsap county emergency management found the wayward mine in the water near brownsville marina. emergency alerts and warnings went out to residents to leave the shoreline or shelter in place... as authorities were afraid the mine could go off. they managed to tow it away safely, and set it off in the middle of the harbor...evacua ted residents and boater watched as it exploded.... (vicki) people were allowed back to the marina around seven last night... it's unclear where the mine came from. navy officials say it appeared to have decades worth of marine growth on it. (grant) a frightening tractor-trailer crash caught on camera in new jersey.... and authorities say it might be a case of road rage. reporter natalie dudd-ridge has more.(pkg) dash cam video shows a tractor tr

closed was because of its proximity to a submarine base, likely the sensitive nuclear subbase on the kitsap peninsula in washington state. putin is quickly ramping up his navy's submarine fleet and intelligence veterans say that u.s. base and other facilities near seattle are a gold mine. >> the goal is for those people who have access to collect information, to steal secrets, and then pass them back to the russians, which the russian government will then use to advance their interests and to the detriment of ours. >> experts say the microsoft facility near seattle would likely have been a target for russian spies, for cyber attacks and surveillance. air eric o'neill is a former counterintelligence officer who helped capture robert hanson. o'neill is played lie ryan phillip phillippe. he said one of the key missions of russian spies in seattle is to recruit people to spy for the russians. >> what are the methods they use to recruit spies? >> there are a number of methods to recruit spies in the traditional sense. that means actual face-to-face recruitment. i give you money, you give me secr

but a senior administration official would not confirm whether russians actually spied on naval base kitsap. >> i think they're quite concerned about this unity. it was not easy to get all that unity, add it troubles the kremlin because that is a real problem for their diplomacy. it's a real problem for a lot of other things that could come. >> in washington, i'm natasha chen reporting. >>> to new york where wall street's fear of a trade war seemed to ease up a little today. the dow surged with the third biggest point gain in history. investors were heartened by signs that the united states and china are talking, at least behind the scenes. the wall street journal reports that negotiations to avoid a clash between the world's two biggest economies began quietly. stocks took a beating last week after president trump announced plans to impose stiff new tariffs on about $50 billion of chinese goods. >>> just ahead, one medical group calling on its doctors across the country to make drastic changes in its prescriptions for opioids. ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no ex

a bear hunt in kitsap county -- >> reporter: i should explain these dogs are helping the people of suburban, seattle, deal with a growing problem. bears on the loose. >> this black bear that was on the run was about 200 pounds. >> reporter: wildlife officials here used the dogs to chase the bears up into a tree so the bears can then be tranquilized. >> but finally dropped out of the branches. >> reporter: and once the bear is in captivity -- wildlife officials then release the animal back into the wild, using the dogs once again to scare the bear even more and also firing bean bags at the animal. so the bear knows never to come back near people again. while this is no fun for the bears, it is definitely in their best interests. because before this, bears were not set free. they were put down. >> we don't want to kill bear anymore, we want to save bear. >> reporter: wildlife officials are now using the dogs to teach communities how to be bear-smart. but not leaving out the garbage, for example. of course, when you're teaching bear safety you need somebody to play the bear. they put me in a b

. >> breaking news, a bear hunt in kitsap. >> reporter: these dogs are now helping the people of suburban seattle deal with a growing problem, bears on the loose. >> this black bear that was on the run was about 200 pounds. >> reporter: wildlife officials use them to chase them into a tree so they can be tranquilized. >> finally dropped out of the branches. >> reporter: once the bear is in captivity, wildlife officials then release the animal back into the wild using the dogs, once again to scare it more and firing beanbags at the animal so he knows never to come back at people once again. no fun for the bear, it is definitely in their best interest because before this bears were not set free, they were put down. we don't want to kill bear anymore. >> reporter: wildlife officials are using the dogs to teach communities how to be bear smart by not leaving out the garbage, for example. of course, when you're teaching bear safety you need somebody to play the bear. >> like that. >> reporter: i don't feel like a bear right now but now i do. >> reporter: i was told to try my best to be a convi