00:00I'm Paul Rasmussen. The new Commercial Street Bridge is slowly sliding into place along the
00:05Parkway East. That process started Sunday morning and was paused to pour some concrete.
00:11Gail Wedner was watching from a nearby hill. She shared her thoughts with KDKA-TV.
00:15You know, the fact that they could do this in such a short period of time and move that over,
00:22it's just a remarkable achievement. The move will resume today and PennDOT has a media update set
00:27for 10 a.m. President Trump is calling on grocery chains to lower prices as Americans face an
00:33affordability crisis. News Radio KDKA's Tamira Rush has more in the newsroom. Paul, in a Sunday
00:39True Social post, the president praised Giant Eagle for lowering prices by a lot on more than 300
00:45products through Labor Day. He called the grocer a great American grocery company and urged other
00:50chains to follow suit. A recent survey found 95 percent of Americans believe the country is
00:55facing an affordability crisis as the cost of groceries continues to be a concern for shoppers.
01:02In the newsroom, Tamira Rush News Radio, KDKA. In a related story, gas prices have returned to a
01:08national average of $4 a gallon. That number is $4.28 here in Allegheny County. A year ago, prices were
01:15$3.40 a gallon. Former Pittsburgh area Congressman Tim Murphy has died. He represented Pennsylvania's
01:2118th district from 2003 until 2017. Before that, Murphy served in the state Senate. In a social
01:28media post, the Republican Committee of Allegheny County said it was grateful for the contributions
01:32Murphy made to both his community and the nation. State Senator Devlin Robinson shared his reaction
01:37with KDKA-TV. I was heartbroken, devastated, just in shock. I don't know what to say.
01:46Tim Murphy was 73. Due this hour, cases of Lyme disease are getting close to historic highs in
01:52Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Data from the State Department of Health shows Allegheny County
01:56has 827 cases and Westmoreland County has 498. The general peak of tick activity is June and July and
02:05tick larvae are about to enter their most active stage in August. A code orange air quality alert is in
02:11effect until midnight. Air pollution may become unhealthy today for sensitive groups. The National
02:16Weather Service confirms two tornadoes touched down during Saturday's storms. One was northeast of
02:21Latrobe in Westmoreland County. The other reported near Somerville in Jefferson County. Three U.S.
02:27service members have been killed in renewed hostilities with Iran, the latest casualty in Iraq,
02:32where the military says a service member was killed trying to disarm an Iranian drone. Two other
02:37Americans were killed in an airstrike in Jordan. ABC's Allison Kosick has the latest on the war.
02:43For the ninth consecutive night, the U.S. military has been launching strikes on Iranian targets,
02:49now singling out the Revolutionary Guard, which the U.S. says is responsible for targeting American
02:55troops. Iran striking back on U.S. bases in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain. Video circulating online
03:03appearing to show projectiles raining down on a U.S. base in Jordan. And a U.S. official confirms
03:09F-16s from Germany and F-35s based in Britain are being sent to the region. KDKA Sports brought to
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03:23Esmerlin Valdez's strong start to his major league career continued in Cleveland Sunday. He had a two-run
03:28homer in the ninth inning, 7-1 Pirates victory. Ryan Fox rather won the Open Championship with a birdie
03:35on the last hole. And Spain over Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup Final.
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