Escaped Alabama prisoner recaptured in Texas

BRYCE. THANK YOU. WELL, RIGHT NOW, A MARION COUNTY INMATE IS BACK IN CUSTODY AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT ON THE RUN. OFFICIALS SAY PEARSON ANTHONY WAS CAPTURED IN MELISSA, TEXAS, A LITTLE BEFORE TWO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMES AFTER HE ESCAPED A WORK RELEASE CENTER YESTERDAY IN HAMILTON, ALABAMA. ANTHONY WAS SENTENCED TO SERVE TIME IN 2020 AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. IT IS UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW HOW HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS. ONE WEEK INTO HIS SECOND TERM, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS OVERHAULING THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN ADDITION TO MASS DEPORTATIONS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. TRUMP TOSSED OUT TWO LEGAL PATHWAYS EXPANDED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH THE GOAL OF DISCOURAGING ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO TELLS US WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THOSE MIGRANTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP ARGUES THAT THESE PAROLE PROGRAMS WERE UNLAWFUL FROM THE START. NOW, UNDER A NEW DIRECTIVE, MIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED HERE ORIGINALLY WITH PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNMENT APPEAR TO BE AT RISK OF EXPEDITED REMOVAL. I SPOKE TO ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES WITH AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. HOLA, JESUS. KEN ALLEN IS BUILDING A FUTURE FOR HIS FAMILY, WITH ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY AFTER FLEEING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS IN HIS HOME COUNTRY, VENEZUELA. THAT WAS TOO DIFFICULT TO FIND FOOD AND TO FIND EVERYTHING. ACTUALLY, KEN ALLEN IS AMONG MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM CUBA, HAITI, NICARAGUA AND VENEZUELA WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES USING HUMANITARIAN PAROLE, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THE BIDEN ERA PROGRAM ALLOWS MIGRANTS WITH A U.S. SPONSOR TO FLY INTO THE COUNTRY LEGALLY AND OBTAIN A WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR TWO YEARS. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS PAROLE PROGRAM HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFE? ABSOLUTELY. THE PROGRAM, NOT ONLY MY LIFE, MY FAMILY LIFE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I AM WORKING. I CAN HELP MY WIFE, MY BABY, BUT ALSO I CAN HELP MY MOM. BUT HIS INITIAL PAROLE RUNS OUT IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. WE ARE WORRIED. ACTUALLY, WE ARE REALLY WORRIED BECAUSE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING THE PROGRAM, MAKING GOOD ON HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE. I WILL STOP THE OUTRAGEOUS ABUSE OF PAROLE AUTHORITY. IN A STATEMENT, TRUMP’S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAID THIS ACTION WILL RETURN THE HUMANITARIAN PAROLE PROGRAM TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF LOOKING AT MIGRANTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND IT’S JUST ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY MAKING. THEY ALSO TERMINATED A BORDER APPOINTMENT APP CALLED CBP ONE, WHICH ALLOWED MIGRANTS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY WITH TEMPORARY PAROLE PROTECTIONS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME INTO THE COUNTRY AND NOW HAVE THIS PRECARIOUS STATUS. IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE NOW GEARING UP FOR A LEGAL BATTLE. WE ARE READY, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO PREPARE OUR FAMILIES. WHILE FAMILIES LIKE SCANLAN’S ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER PATHWAYS TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES, WE ONLY WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY HERE. LEGAL AND TO PUT GOOD VALUE TO THAT COUNTRY. NOW, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED FOR ASYLUM, WHEREAS THE FAMILY THAT I SPOKE TO IS BANKING ON ANOTHER PROGRAM CALLED TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. NOW, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION EXTENDED THAT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN ITS FINAL DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2026. BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT TOO IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. AND AS JACKIE JUST SAID, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE GEARING UP FOR A LEGAL BATTLE. WELL, THAT IS HAPPENING AS CHICAGO IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS YESTERDAY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS PLANNED DEPORTATION RAIDS IN THE CITY ARE RETALIATORY, TARGETING CHICAGO BECAUSE OF ITS SANCTUARY STATUS. THEY ALSO CLAIM IT BREAKS THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE. MEANTIME, BACK HERE AT HOME, ALABAMA LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING TO PREVENT FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS FROM OWNING AMERICAN FARMLAND. THIS, AS SOUTHERN RANCHERS SAY IT, IS GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTS THAT CHINA OWNS AROUND 300,000 ACRES OF U.S. FARMLAND. AS WE APPROACH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, REPRESENTATIVE DALE STRONG IS REINTRODUCING A BILL THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT. ALABAMA CATTLE FARMER SHANE SOUTHERN SAYS FOREIGN INVESTORS DRIVE UP THE COST OF LAND PRICING. LOCAL FARMERS OUT. IF THEY DON’T HAVE THE LAND TO PUT ALL THEIR CROPS ON, THEN THEY’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY MONEY. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, ON THE CATTLE SIDE, IF THEY’RE NOT MAKING CORN, BEANS, COTTON, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ON THEIRS, THEN I’M GOING TO STRUGGLE COMING UP WITH A FEED TO FEED MY CATTLE. STATE LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO CITING NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS AS A REASON FOR THE BILL. SIMILAR LEGISLATION FAILED TO PASS IN THE SENATE LAST YEAR. LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING THEIR PART TO RAISE AWARENESS. THIS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. FIVE INTERSTATES RUN THROUGH OUR STATE, WHICH MAKES FOR TRAFFICKING HUBS BETWEEN ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM, MONTGOMERY AND OTHER MAJOR U.S. CITIES. EACH YEAR, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED HOLDS A FORUM TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR AND HOW TO GET HELP. MONTGOMERY, CHIEF OF POLICE, SAYS THIS ALSO HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACK DOWN ON THESE CRIMES. ARE THEY GETTING NEW PHONES OR MONEY THAT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE NO EXPLANATION OF WHERE THAT MONEY CAME FROM? OR HERE’S ANOTHER THING. STRANGE NEW TATTOOS. YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. OTHER WARNING SIGNS INCLUDE SPENDING TIME WITH MUCH OLDER PEOPLE OR CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR. AUTHORITIES ALSO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR CHILDREN’S ONLINE ACTIVITY. HAPPENING TOMORROW, OFFICIALS WITH A BLOUNT COUNTY COMPANY WILL GET TO HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT. THE OWNERS OF BABBIE TIRE HOPE TO OPERATE AN ADDITIONAL TIRE LANDFILL IN A NEIGHBORING CITY. THE COMPANY APPLIED FOR A PERMIT TO BUILD IN CLEVELAND LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS DENIED. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE ONE LOCATION OFF HIGHWAY NINE AND HAYDEN. TOMORROW’S HEARING WILL LOOK AT THEIR REQUEST TO HAVE THAT DENIAL REVERSED. IT’S SET FOR 1030 INSIDE THE BLOUNT COUNTY COURTHOUSE. WELL, I AM SURE YOU HAVE SEEN THE ADS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. IT’S NEARLY TIME TO GET YOUR TAXES IN ORDER. IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR THE IRS WILL START ACCEPTING 2024 FEDERAL TAX RETURNS TOMORROW. THE DEADLINE TO FILE IS APRIL 15TH. THE AGENCY’S DIRECT FILE PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE OPEN IN 25 STATES. IF YOU’RE ELIGIBLE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO FILE YOUR TAXES DIRECTLY WITH THE IRS FOR FREE. WELL, TOMORROW MARKS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. SOME OF THE FEW REMAINING SURVIVORS OF AUSCHWITZ WILL GATHER AT THE SITE OF THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP. AS THE WORLD MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS LIBERATION. IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF WORLD WAR TWO. NBC’S JAY GRAY HAS MORE FROM AUSCHWITZ. WELL, ON THE EVE OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THIS DEATH CAMP, THERE ARE NO TOURS TODAY. NO OUTSIDERS ALLOWED INSIDE THIS SACRED GROUND, INSTEAD RESERVED TODAY FOR THOSE WHO ESCAPED THE SURVIVORS GETTING SOME PRIVATE TIME INSIDE, MANY WITH THEIR FAMILIES. TOMORROW, CROWDS WILL AGAIN GATHER HERE, INCLUDING DIGNITARIES, LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO LISTEN AS THOSE SURVIVORS SHARE MEMORIES OF THEIR HORRIFIC TIME. HERE. AROUND 50 HAVE MADE THE TRIP. THAT NUMBER DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. MANY STRESSING IT’S IMPORTANT TO SHARE FIRSTHAND THE ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WHILE THEY CAN, AS WELL AS TO REMEMBER MORE THAN A MILLION OF THEIR FELLOW PRISONERS WHO NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE. THAT’S THE LATEST FROM HERE AT AUSCHWITZ. I’M JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS. JAY. THANK YOU. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN TOMORROW TO WVTM 13. AS WE AND OUR FRIENDS AT THE TODAY SHOW, HONOR AND REMEMBER WHAT WILL BE A VERY SPECIAL DAY IN POLAND. ONE ORGANIZATION IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BY KEEPING MOTHER EARTH CLEAN. THAT INCLUDES RIGHT HERE IN THE MAGIC CITY. I SAY WOW. WORKS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BY CLEANING AROUND COMMUNITIES. TODAY, VOLUNTEERS WITH THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH KEEP BIRMINGHAM BEAUTIFUL TO LEAD A CLEANUP OF VETERANS PARK. VOLUNTEER JASMINE HOLLIS SAYS IT’S ALL PART OF THE GREEN EARTH CAMPAIGN. SO I SAID, WELL, HOLD REGULAR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUPS AROUND THE WORLD TO PURIFY THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLLUTION. LET’S MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THROUGH CLEANING UP. SO FAR, THE GREEN EARTH CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN 30 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE, INVOLVING NEARLY 30,000 PARTICIPANTS. STILL AHEAD, THE TROUBLE CONTINUES FOR COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING THOSE MAJOR WILDFIRES. HOW SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST RETURNING HOME. STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK. AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. PARTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARE STILL SMOLDERING FROM WILDFIRES, AND NEW FIRES CONTINUE TO FLARE UP LAST WEEK. MUCH NEEDED RAIN IS NOW COMING TO THE REGION, BUT WITH SO MUCH VEGETATION DESTROYED, OFFICIALS NOW ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. JENN SULLIVAN HAS DETAILS ON HOW OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR THE NEW WEATHER THREAT. CREWS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESPERATELY DIGGING TRENCHES AS THE FIRE RAVAGED REGION NOW PREPARES FOR A NEW THREAT. FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. THE FIRE BASICALLY CAUSES IT TO BE A LOT MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EROSION. THIS GROUP OF NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WERE CALLED TO HELP FIGHT THE FIRES. NOW, THEIR TEAM IN L.A. COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ARE CREATING GIANT DITCHES TO HOLD WATER AS LOS ANGELES COUNTY BRACES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWEETING THE THREAT IS HIGH ENOUGH TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND WHILE THE RAIN IS MUCH NEEDED FOR THESE AREAS SCARRED BY WILDFIRES, THE GROUND IS SO DRY THAT EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF WATER CAN CAUSE A LOT OF FLOODING. THERE’S NOTHING LEFT HOLDING THE SOIL IN PLACE. SO EVEN ONE DROP OF RAIN WILL COME DOWN SEVEN TIMES FASTER THAN IT TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE PRIOR TO THIS FIRE. OVER A 16 DAY PERIOD THIS MONTH, FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY HAVE BATTLED TEN DIFFERENT FIRES. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE THE PALISADES AND EATON FIRES, WHICH COMBINED TORCHED MORE THAN 40,000 ACRES. THAT WATER COMES RIGHT INTO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE SO DEVASTATED BY THESE TRAGIC FIRES. EVEN FOR HOMES THAT WERE SPARED BY THE FIRES, THOSE HOUSES COULD NOW EXPERIENCE FLOODING, WHICH COULD CAUSE A WHOLE NEW ISSUE FOR HOMEOWNERS AND INSURANCE CLAIMS. THE FLOOD IS NOT COVERED BY YOUR BASIC HOME INSURANCE POLICY EITHER, AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE THEY WOULDNK THEY MIGHT NEED A FLOOD POLICY. I’M JEN REPORTING. JENN. THANK YOU. IN ADDITION TO RAIN, PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE EXPECTING SNOW WITH SOME AREAS GETTING UP TO 14IN. EXCLUSIVE LIVE RADAR TRACKING STORMS SO YOU’LL KNOW. FIRST, THIS IS WVTM 13 WEATHER. WELL, AFTER A CLOUDY DAY, THE RAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO ENTER ALABAMA. WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW IN TUSCALOOSA, WHERE WE SEE PLENTY OF RAINDROPS HERE ON THE TOWERS APARTMENTS. SKY CAMERA. TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING AT 48 DEGREES RIGHT NOW, SO A BIT CHILLY IN THE AIR, BUT AROUND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE’RE LOOKING AT WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER AND WE ARE TRACKING SOME SHOWERS. RAIN AND MUCH OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AS WE SPEAK FROM TUSCALOOSA DOWN TOWARDS I-20, TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT, NORTHPORT INDIAN HILLS AS FAR NORTH AS FLATWOODS CHURCH, HUNTINGTON PLACE, LAKE LURLEEN ALONG HIGHWAY 171, HIGHWAY 43, AND HIGHWAY 69, BUT TUSCALOOSA AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AREN’T THE ONLY ONES SEEING RAIN RIGHT NOW. MUCH OF WEST ALABAMA IS SEEING JUST THAT, EXTENDING AS FAR EAST AS PARTS OF BLOUNT COUNTY, SAINT CLAIR COUNTY, DOWN TOWARDS TALLADEGA COUNTY, SOON TO ENGULF ALL OF CHILTON COUNTY AND JUST CONTINUE PUSHING EASTWARD FARTHER SOUTH. IF YOU’RE DRIVING ALONG I-20 OR EVEN I-65, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW ON THE ROADWAYS WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO EXPECT ALL OF THIS RAIN TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE FUTURECAST. THIS IS 10:00 TONIGHT, AND WE’RE STILL SEEING A GOOD SWATH OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF ALABAMA. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT 7 A.M. MONDAY. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING ANY THUNDERSTORMS, BUT WE COULD SEE THE OCCASIONAL DOWNPOURS, ESPECIALLY THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU ARE. AS OF 7 A.M., IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SOME OF OUR NORTH AND WESTERN COUNTIES EXTENDING FROM MARION, WINSTON, CULLMAN COUNTY, LAMAR, FAYETTE, JASPER COUNTIES. YOU GUYS COULD BE DRY AT THIS POINT. AND THEN BY 10 A.M., I THINK MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE DRY. THEN COOLER, DRIER AIR IS GOING TO COME IN FROM THE NORTH. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE 50S ACROSS THE BOARD FROM 48 AND TO 48. ONEONTA TO 56. IN SYLACAUGA TO 54. IN ALEXANDER CITY. BUT THAT COOLER, DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST REALLY STARTS TO COOL US DOWN OVERNIGHT. AND THIS IS TUESDAY MORNING, 6 A.M. TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING. I THINK MOST SPOTS WILL STAY ABOVE FREEZING, BUT WE COULD GET AS LOW AS 30 IN GADSDEN 30 AND ANNISTON 32, IN ALEXANDER CITY, 31 IN CALERA AND 31 DEGREES IN TUSCALOOSA. THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE THE COOLEST OF THE WORKWEEK. AND THEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WE’LL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE, BUT THE WARM, MOIST AIR COMES BACK INTO PLAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT OVERCAST SKIES. CAN’T RULE OUT A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT NOT TALKING ABOUT A WASHOUT. AND THEN WE HAVE A HIGHER RAIN CHANCE AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO FRIDAY, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN SATURDAY MORNING TOO, WHEN EVERYTHING IS ALL SAID AND DONE. WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER, BUT WE COULD SEE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS EXTENDING FROM AN INCH IN EAST ALABAMA ALL THE WAY UP TO OVER TWO INCHES IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST ONE MORE TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE, RAIN CHANCES NEXT WEEKEND. BUT BY SUNDAY WE SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE. HIGHS ABOVE AVERAGE IN THE MID 60S. JULIAN. NEXT IN SPORTS. NATO HAS SHOWN THIS SEASON HE WILL SWITCH LINEUPS AROUND LAST NIGHT. HE SET MARK SEARS FOR THE SECOND HALF. WE’LL HEAR FROM HIM ON THAT DECISION PLUS. WELCOME BACK. TONIGHT BREWTON BRUCE PEARL SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON HIS STAR’S RETURN AFTER THE BREAK. NOW WVTM 13 SPORTS. IT’S STILL LIVE AND AUBURN IS GOING TO WIN IT. AUBURN FINDS A WAY. WHAT A WIN IN THE JUNGLE. WHAT’S GOING ON FRIENDS I’M JULIA MITCHELL. THE AUBURN TIGERS ARE STILL UNBEATEN IN T