The rookie racing winning the indy 500, making it across the finish line on fumes. The risky decision that paid off and his emotional victory. And good morning, america. Happy memorial day. And what a win for rook ie drivr alex rossi beating out the odds at the indianapolis 500. His amazing story coming up. Ginger, you were there. Such a special race. 100th running. Then he ran out of gas. We should also say its great great to have sara haines back from maternity leave. Wearing the hot pink. How are you feeling. Im feeling i have makeup on, clothes that arent sweat. This already made nobodys spit up on you yet. I havent had to solve a world problem like why hes crying again. Were so happy youre back. Pictures coming up later in the broadcast. Also on this memorial day, were remembering those who have sacrificed everything for our country. President obama will lay a wreath there at Arlington Nat n nationnatio national cemetery. Well start with the storic flooding in texas and kansas. Ki
Dangerous summer. And pool shock. The hidden danger. Two holiday swimmers seriously europed after an apparent electric shock. What you can do to make sure this doesnt happen to you or your family. Good evening. Im tom llamas, in for david. Thanks for joining us on this mow more yall day. We begin with deadly flooding in the south, and torrential downpours effecting the holiday up and down the east coast. At least six people are dead in texas and kansas. Flash flooding prompting evacuations and water rescues. Officials keeping a close eye on the brazos river, still rising at this hour. And in colorado, a tornado near the nebraska border. Tonight, several thunderstorm watches in effect in the plains. And in the east, remnants of Tropical Storm bonnie bringing drenching rains so heavy in South Carolina that parts of i95 had a to tempo abcs eva pilgrim gets us started tonight from South Carolina. Reporter tonight, new evacuations in texas. The Colorado River four feet above flood stage and
We say good morning on this holiday. An uneasy holiday in houston. When its all over two people dead and several injured. Nearly 24 hours later, police have so many questions, whether a second gunman was involved and what happened. A peaceful holiday calm shattered by gun fire. A man walked into a auto detail shop and shot a man customer dead. Two men armed with guns, police say at least one of them opening fire in the streets, blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. That began a shooting spree that ended hundreds of rounds later. With the first shooter dead. We have eight victims. Two constables. Reporter police initially thought they were looking for two suspects. Now theyre taking a second look at that second man who was wounded in the hospital. One man apparently opened fire indiscriminantly. A woman shot in her car. It went through that seat and it came back through that seat. Reporter five police cars were shot up. This cruiser was hit 21 times. We dont know if he was ou
Driver just a year ago is now part of auto racing history. Wow. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, memorial day, may 30th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. So crazy. They say he had only been training for three months for that race. Unbelievable. Rookie luck. Well see what he follows up with next year. We begin with the shootout in houston. Two people were killed, six others injured during this wild shooting spree. Even a Police Helicopter came under fire. There are so many questions about this. Even though its been hours since a s. W. A. T. Officer shot and killed the primary shooter, police are not sure exactly what happened or why. Abcs phillip mena reports. Reporter the crackle of gunfire erupting in a houston neighborhood. A quiet morning. One more down at two people down. Reporter 10 15 a. M. Officers arrive to find two men armed with guns. One an ar15 rifle. Police say at least one of the suspects opened fire in the streets, blowing out car windows
Pennypack creek. A child falls victim to the first shark attack of the season. The big news on action news, is Mother Nature spoiling some memorial day plans. The long Holiday Weekend is ending on a gloomy note forcing people to cancel cookouts and moving things indoors. David murphy not a total washout everywhere. Reporter the shore is getting the brunt of this. Whats causing the rain is the combination of the remnants of Tropical Storm bonnie now a depression. In fact the National Hurricane center released an hour ago its final statement on the storm because it is weakening so much and meandering out to see over the next sea over the next couple of days its not much of a factor. With the storm moving in this direction it is pulling the rain over by the coast. As we look at the current view on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan, this is pretty much whether a future tracker has been showing you late last night and this morning. Rain mainly over by the coast, popup showers possible closer