Jacksonville's Morning News Interviews

Alicia reports on the "Grumpy's" fire in Middleburg. The popular restaurant suffered from fire and smoke damage last night. Fortunately, there were no injuries and no adjacent businesses were impacted.

President Biden will likely use today's press conference as an opportunity to (try to) persuade any senators on the fence to support the issue of voting rights reform, as the Senate will likely vote on that issue tonight.

Rich Jones looks at the suspended curbside recycling program, what its suspension means to customers and to the landfill workers, and when/if recycling collection will resume.

Blair previews President Biden's press conference today, scheduled for 4pm this afternoon. WOKV will carry the event live.

BREAKING: Alicia reports from a collision resulting in a gas leak near Philips Hwy and Sunbeam Road. The HazMat team is responding.

Jared looks at the likely progression of the voting rights bills debate in Congress, which is to say that the bills are unlikely to progress between filibuster resistance from the Republican senators, and internal party inconsistency amongst Democrats, where Sens. Manchin and Sinema will not support filibuster reform.

Jessica has an update about a Mandarin apartment structure fire fire from earlier this morning.

Kirstin reports on what’s next for voting rights bills before the Senate. Today, the Senate is scheduled to debate two voting rights bills that Democrats say would make it easier for people to vote and reverse efforts by several states to limit ballot access. This comes after thousands marched led by MLK’s family through DC yesterday on MLK Day, calling on the Senate to take action on these bills.

BREAKING: Jessica reports on an apartment fire on the 11000 block of Old St. Augustine Road. Fortunately, there are no injuries associated with the fire, but Red Cross has been contacted to assist displaced residents. JFRD reports that the fire is under control, and the state fire marshal has been requested to inspect the scene.

Brian joins JMN to discuss the Voting Rights Bill before Congress, and its inevitable failure before the Senate due to a Republican filibuster and internal party dissent among Democrats. Majority leader Schumer is expected to call for a vote on rules changes regarding the filibuster, but that measure too is expected to fail without full party support, as Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Sinema (D-AZ) continue to oppose filibuster reform.