Good monday morning. We begin with a big announcement from texas senator ted cruz. The president ial race is officially taking shape now. Cruz, a republican, announced his candidacy after midnight eastern title time becoming the first person to make it official from any party. Susan, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and t. J. Just three years ago cruz was an underdog in his campaign for the senate. Now he has eyes on the white house. The official kickoff of the 2016 president ial race has begun with a tweet from ted cruz. Of texas. Tea party favorite. His appeal came with a video message. Its going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make America Great again. Reporter cruz is the first politician to declare a run for president in 2016. He spent some of yesterday preparing to officially announce his bid later today at liberty university. Up until now, cruz has been best known as a divisive figure who spear headed the fight against obamacare that led to
A surfers daring dive after a boat is whacked by a massive wave. Good monday morning. Im marci gonzalez. Reena ninan is on assignment. Im t. J. Holmes and beginning with the new indiana law sparking an outcry. Supporters say it protects religious liberty. But protesters say it discriminates against homosexuals. Indianas governor says the law may be clarified but wont changed. Abc has the latest. Our state reporter after a weekend of protests and heated debate this morning the firestorm over indianas new religious freedom law rages on allowing businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. The man who signed the measure into law thursday indiana governor defend it and his state in an exclusive interview with abcs george stephanopoulos. This is not about discrimination. This is about protecting the religious liberty of every faith. The law would allow businesses to refuse service to customers based on religious conviction regarding sexual orientation. He would not answer directly
Nbc 10 news starts now. I heard a bang, like a big bang. A small plane comes crashing down many a Chester County neighborhood. Tonight two men are dead and the investigation into what caused that crash is just beginning. Good evening. Im george spencer. The pilot appeared to lose control of that plane just before it went down. It crashed near saunders lane in west goshen township. Thats about two miles from Brandywine Airport, where it took off. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live at the airport. And what are investigators saying tonight, randy . Reporter well george they confirmed two men were on board the aircraft, both of them killed. One of them lives here in Chester County. Now aircraft come in and out of Brandywine Airport every single day. This is the first time in some ten years theyve had a deadly accident in this case right after takeoff. When you live next to an airport, you get used to the sounds of takeoffs and landings. So when the small piper aircraft started making strange
Was measured in a harbor close to the epicenter but it was much smaller elsewhere. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted the alert after a few hours. Seven months after the south napa earthquake customers of a Storage Facility are still unable to get their belongings out. The city has declared part of the napa selfstorage unsafe to center. The owners told customers theyd have to pay most of the costs to retrieve belongings. Otherwise the building will be demolished with all the contents still inside. Its expected to cost about 167,000 to shore up that building. Meanwhile, Property Owners have until tomorrow to apply for aid from the Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief fund. They are available to Property Owners who didnt qualify for disaster loans or people whose loans didnt cover all their expenses,. They have a wonderful wonderful weekend but some changes in store huh . Slightly cooler today and most notably will be the winds. They will begin to increase this afternoon out of t
Van crashed into a canal in florida killing eight people including the driver. It happened about 80 miles west of palm beach. Police say the driver of the van passed through a stop sign and careened across several lanes of a highway before crashing into the canal. The ten other people on board were taken to the hospital. Take you outside and a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge on what looks like a little dew and a little fog out there. But cars seem to be moving right along. On your morning commute. Lets check and see if thats the case. Liz . Its unfortunately not everywhere it looks as great as the Golden Gate Bridge right now. If youre traveling anywhere through the Livermore Valley area, continue to mention it because its a really bad hot spot. Its because of an Early Morning wreck. A multivehicle crash involving a big rig right around the dublin interchange. On westbound 580. You get a little bit of clearing just past the Altamont Pass. But then youre socked right into all that t