York. Hes going to be coming along a little bit later in the show. So Cameron Mathison is here with me now. Im ready. Lets do this. Heres tonights top story. Olympic champ ryan lochte charged in rio. Can the swimmer dance his way out of this . If i told the entire story, none of this would have happened. Ryan was charged by the Brazilian Police for filing a false robbery claim. And look if he was my client, i would say unless youre extradited dont go back, because you could face trial and lose and be stuck in the tank for 18 months. I was highly intoxicated and it was, im human. I made a mistake. He needs to be in the pool and focus on winning again. But ryans smartest move for image rehab could be dancing with the stars. The disgraced swimmer has reportedly signed on for season 23. Which starts in about two weeks. The rumored list of contestants so far include amber rose, im like everyone else. Im calm, i go with the flow. Yes, from paula deen after the n word to Bristol Palin after a
To you, everyone, on this wednesday. On the 24th anniversary of this little show we called world news now. Im kendis gibson. Still called that. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for reena ninan. And weve been asking why you watch this show. We cannot wait to share your responses. And there are so many people who rupp for differere asons. Whether youre still partying or whether or not their kids keeping them awake. Doctors on shift change. Absolutely. So let us know. Also, though, this morning we do start with these recordbreaking floods that are slamming Southern California right now. The first major el nino storm of the season has brought record rain rain. Nearly 1 1 2 inches of rain poured down on los angeles, and more than two inches in pasadena alone. The rain trigyard a collapse of part of the ceiling at a Marriott Hotel in san diego. And farther north the storms caused p pblems at airport in spokane,e,washington. Abcc rob marciano has that story. Reporter scary moments at spokane airport
The south where christmas was ruinin for many americans. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest. Reporter holiday weather for the record books. This Christmas Morning the Weather Threat continues for parts of the south with heavy rain causing flood watches. We woke up to Civil Defense pounding on our door telling us we had 20 minutes to leave our homes. Reporter people evacuated their homes to escape floodwaters from the south the weather turned deadly. More than a dozen killed when 24 tornadoes. And one stretched 150 miles destroying hom and lives. If you look at the damage here, it is as bad as any tornado that weve had and ive reporter in wisconsin, crews are working overtime to restore power after strong winds wreaked havoc in other parts of the midwest, snow and lots of it. Nebraska, caused a traffic nightmare before christmas. Its impossible for me to get there. Its insane. Reporter along the east coast its not a White Christmas but its definitely a warm one. Record highs from florida
In japan. 376 Million People. Good for them. I wonder if they prefer extra crispy or the original. Original. I was always an original person back when i ate the bird. It was good stuff. Love it. Good yard bird there at kfc. Ts is something of a christmas tradition, as well. Water skiing on the potomac neaea the nations capital. Interesting. This is the 30th year st. Nick made the splash joined this year by mrs. Clause, elves, reindeer, frosty the snowman. Surprised he didnt melt in this weather and even the grinch was there. We didnt spot any members of congress out there, but who knows. Cheering them on. There was a grinch you mentioned. So im sorry, kidding. So kids if santa doesnt bring you what you wanted this morning, now you know what he was doing instead. The temperatures in d. C. , yeah, upper 70s. Cant resist. Yesterda\. A lot of sleep in new york truck outside my apartment. Ice cream truck on Christmas Eve. First time ever that has been the cause of a sleepless night in new y
And good morning, america. Dan and paula are off. Im tom llamas with cecilia vega. Someone let us come in this morning. Rachel, good to s see you. You too. Hope you had a happy holiday. Cant leave ron out. We want to start with showing you the incredible video were getting out of Southern California right now. Take a look, the hills blazing, all along this higginbotham, drivers blinded by the thick smoke. The f flames whippedp by strong winds, as well and that firire right now is still growing. Families in the path forced to evacuate. Firefighters cutting short their christmas to fight these flame overnight andabcs Kna Whitworth is righthere in Ventura County with more. Kayna, good morning to you. Reporter cecilia, so we have a very fast winddriven fire that has literally exploded overnight. You can clearly see the dramatic flames behind me and this road is closed buts these cars are firefighters out he, of course, Ventura County sheriffs. It started on the hillside but the wind pushed