MetroNews This Morning 8-16-22

We have a comprehensive recap of the flooding in the upper Kanawha Valley on Monday and will bring you stories of residents there who were forced to wade rising waters in the dark to escape their homes. Also, the White House Drug Czar pays a visit to West Virginia today to talk about the opioid epidemic. Governor Jim Justice downplays a proposal by the Democrats to put the abortion question on the ballot before voters in November. Also a Maryland couple arrested in West Virginia for selling Navy Secrets will be sentenced today.

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