Has been named the new miss america. The third year in a row a candidate from new york state has walked away the winner. Those are some of our top stories today, september 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. We begin with the nation divided by weather extremes. In the west, scorching temperatures, tinder, dry conditions fueling wildfires there, including this fire in oakhurst, california Near Yosemite National Park triggering up to 1,000 evacuations and threatening 400 structures. Elsewhere the mercury is plunging. Heres abcs rob marciano. Reporter in california, a fierce battle hundreds of firefighters attacking a Massive Wildfire in close to triple digit heat. Dozens of houses threatened. Hundreds without power. Were probably going to lose everything in the refrigerator and freezer. Reporter all as temperatures are set to climb higher, possibly reaching 105 degrees in the coming days. Meanwhile it may still be summer, but the big chill came early. Snow i
Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Im dan kloeffler. Talking about the talent competition from miss america last night. The big winner crowned. Well have that later an. Were kind of surprised because we might be able to one up this talent on you think so . Possibly. We may be stopping in the kitchen if thats a hint for what this talent may be. Im curious. A lot to get to. We begin with the growing scandal surrounding the nfl. Yet another pro Football Player has been benched amid an expanding controversy over domestuc violence. Finding himself in the red zone. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell, this banner flown over Metlife Stadium yesterday by a womans Rights Group Says it all. Goodellmust go. Heres abcs ryan smith. Reporter another nfl star player sidelined. Just before kickoff, the Carolina Panthers deactivating defensive end greg hardy. Hardy convicted of assaulting his girlfriend in july. This chilling 911 call came from a neighbor. We need
U. S. Energy independence. A new study says absolutely not. Is the controversial outlook right . Well drill down on that one. Even when they say its not it is always about money melissa first lets take a look at the days market headlines. Stocks look exhausted after a week of fiscal cliff fueled volatility. The major indices swayed between positive and negative territory closing the day mixed. The dow eked out three points, three. While closing out the month of november down half a percent. You know the Global Economy is in trouble when even taco bell and kfc have trouble making money, right . Shares of their Parent Company yum brands dove nearly 10 today. The company warned Fourth Quarter sales in china, their single best market, would likely slide. U. S. Consumer spending fell for the First Time Since may. The 0. 2 decline in october partially being blamed on the impact of superstorm sandy. Why not. Starting off tonight, taxes are the talk of the town and have been for daze. Seems li
U. S. Energy independence. A new study says absolutely not. Is the controversial outlook right . Well drill down on that one. Even when they say its not it is always about money melissa first lets take a look at the days maet headlines. Stocks look exhausted after a week of fiscal cliff fueled volatility. The major indices swayed between positive and negative territory closing the day mixed. The dow eked out three points, three. While closing out the month of november down half a percent. You know the Global Economy is in trouble when even taco bell and kfc have trouble making money, right . Shares of their Parent Company yum brands dove nearly 10 today. The company warned Fourth Quarter sales in china, their single best market, would likely slide. U. S. Consumer spending fell for the First Time Since may. The 0. 2 decline in october partially being blamed on the impact of superstorm sandy. Why not. Starting off tonight, taxes are the talk of the town and have been for daze. Seems like
Right before the testimony started there was a new layer of intrigue to it. And, of course, the democrats were trying to show that barr was in cahoots with, get this, the president of the United States to somehow block a report thats already been out. Ainsley new this morning, he is supposed to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee. He says he will not do that he is not going to comply with that and not going to supply with the subpoena because these lawmakers want staffers to ask questions. He said i didnt agree to too that. Steve look, the democratsen the House Along Party lines voted yesterday and they changed the rules. They voted to add an extra hour at the end of the hearing which was going to be today so that house judiciary lawyers could question mr. Barr. Heres the questions that a lot of people are saying why would they need to have lawyers do it . On the House Judiciary Committee on the democratic side there are 24 members. 18 of them have law degrees. So why do