in wuhan they re testing all 11 million residents. they ve had several confirmed cases. you may look at those numbers and say altogether they ve got since july 20th, several hundred cases. compare that to the rest of the world. doesn t even rank. however here in china they have this zero case goal. they re determined to meet that. even if it means reverting to these extreme measures which are playing out right now. the claim is this is all coming from an imported case from russia. they say it s linked to the delta variant. dates back to july 10th. a plane from moscow landed in china. an airport worker getting sick. that spread out from there. you have to remember the timing of all this. it s summer travel. you have people coming together. all of the tour sights for the most part are starting to shut down. they re taking this very seriously. the timing needs to be noted
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airport worker steal a plane and take off in this post-9/11 world? fighter jets scrambled, the recordings, what he said in the air before crashing. the stand your ground case tonight. a white customer angry with a black couple over where they parked. the black father pushing back, the father was then shot and killed. at first, no charges. authorities said it was stand your ground. the major reversal tonight. and the new reports this evening about aretha franklin and her health. prayers from fans around the world for the queen of soul. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a very busy monday night. and we re going to begin tonight with the flash flood emergency playing out in the northeast as we come on tonight. rescue teams responding to several major flood emergencies, those water rescues under way. water rushing through benton, pennsylvania, fishing creeks spilling out over its banks, flooding parts of the surrounding community there.
otezla. show more of you. we turn next tonight to the passenger plane stolen at sea-tac airport. tonight, we ve now learned how that airport worker towed the plane out and then flew it, taking off right from the runway. authorities taking questions today, and abc s clayton sandell is in seattle. reporter: a stunt-filled, suicidal joyride oh, my god! oh, my god, is he okay? reporter: tonight raising big questions about airport security. friday night, investigators say horizon air ground employee richard russell tows an empty turboprop out of parking, starts the engines and barges onto a runway. this is probably jail time for life, huh? reporter: f-15 fighters race to intercept. but 75 minutes after takeoff, a fiery crash. russell passed background checks for his job, but told air traffic controllers he d snapped. just a broken guy. i got a few screws loose, i guess.
but the fbi has just issued a statement, basically saying the firing was done by the book. david? pierre thomas on a monday night. pierre, thank you. and we re following late developments in the paul manafort trial tonight. prosecutors with robert mueller s team resting their case against president trump s former campaign chairman. he s accused of bank fraud and failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts, they say. the defense has not said if manafort will take the stand. he s facing a possible life sentence if convicted. there is still a lot more ahead on world news tonight this monday. the new reports tonight about aretha franklin and her health. of course prayers coming in from all over the country and the world. also, the major headline after a baltimore police officer was caught on camera, you can see him here, repeatedly punching a man in the head. and what the commissioner said about this today. the urgent search tonight after a young wom