Terry moran, abc news, on the serbianhungarian border. Thank you so much, terry. And a date has been set for what many are considering the most contentious state dinners in recent history. President obama will host the chinese president at the white house next friday. Thats september 25th. Reciprocating from his trip to beijing last year. The invitation was extended. That was back in february. But both countries have been mum on the details. Some republicans want the dinner called off in protest over issues like human rights and cyber theft. To be a fly on the wall of that state dinner. Or in the oval office if he makes it in the oval office. It would be very interesting. Now that the u. S. And cuba have restored diplomatic ties, raul castro is expected to make his first trip to the United States as president. Hes scheduled to address the annual United Nations gathering of World Leaders later this month. The speech set for the same day as president obamas. Traffic will be perfect in ne
Surrounded by rising waters. At least 12 now dead. The frightening images tonight out of utah. The raging waters. You can see how fastmoving they are. Two cars, families inside both of them, suddenly overwhelmed by the floods. Authorities say washed away by a wall of water 20 feet high. One boys body found more than six miles away from where the families were trapped. And abcs nick watt leads us off from utah. Oh, dear, theres two vehicles. Reporter in those vehicles, three mothers and 13 kids, the youngest just 4 years old. Cut off by the flash flood waters. There goes the fence. Reporter watch as the wall of water and debris blindsides them. Washes them away. Oh, my goodness. It went over. Reporter in just 30 minutes, a staggering one and a half inches of rain fell, flash flash, washing families to their deaths. Further disaster narrowly averted as rescuer rescued women from this vehicle. This afternoon, a 10yearold boy was recovered 6 1 2 miles downstream. I knew the mothers, i knew
The bad news is going on right now. We have a lot of rain and a lot of wind and the possibility of coastal flooding. 51 kingston, 54 around norwalk, 55 around the jersey shore. Look at the wind gusts at 22 miles an hour around laguardia and over towards newark. A tough wind, its rainy and raw. Theres a coastal flood watch for the rest of the area, and thats through saturday as weve got a tough northeast wind coming in today from this really its a noreaster working its way over us. See the rain down the atlantic coast. Were going to be looking at that rain coming up through the day today. Joaquin a category 4 storm. It will begin to eject out today as a category 4 storm. Today you need your rain gear, the warm raincoat, the boots, the umbrella, everything. It will feel like 40s. Heathers got the day off. Shes hiding under her bed. Can you believe that. Debbie duhaime is in the Traffic Center. Well go to the maps and show you whats happening on 287 southbound at 440 and edison. A truck i
Back in the ussr the phantom phone call . Sir elton and president putin in a battle over gay rights. Did the russian leader invite the legendary singer for a summit or was the megastar the victim of a prank . Back in the ussr good morning, america. Happy wednesday. Lets take a look watt some live radar. The weather system doing so much damage in the west this week and you see Salt Lake City and boise there but the kind of down of pour you are seeing in los angeles hardly ever comes this time of year. Once in a lifetime. We have a new look at pictures of that devastating flash flooding in utah. You see the wreckage of the cars, raging water is so powerful. Another storm moving in out west and ginger will start us off with that. We just smashed daily rain records from san diego to los angeles. You can see the highways covered but we have that flash flooding and still warnings already in the northern rockies. The wettest september day in more than 75 years creating a deluge in los angeles
We begin with breaking news, and an evening bike ride turns deadly after a freak accident on Staten Island. One cyclist killed and another seriously hurt after a boat detached from its trailer. Good evening im kristine johnson. And im maurice debois. Story. Reporter more than 3 hours after accident, the truck and the boat involved were finally being prepared for removal from the scene, and a tragic scene, where a 22yearold woman lost her life. What happened . Reporter the driver of the black pickup spent several hours at the scene with investigators before leaving without comment. His truck, pulling this trailer with an 18foot boat. Many how the trailer came unhitched, striking two women on bicycles. One bike was near a telephone pole, and a pair of shoes from one of the victims was near the boat. I said oh my god, oh my god, and the boat was unhinged from the truck. We looked between the second and third lane, and there was a body laying there, and there was another body on the other