And meet the football coach born with no arms or legs honored with the prestigious award. Who says i cant . Nobody. Yeah his message this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We begin with the line of storms now swirling in the gulf of mexico. Forecasters say the storm system could become a hurricane as early as tomorrow and flooding is a major concern. That system has already triggered this waterspout that touched down on lake pontchartrain. The big question now is whether the postkatrina 14 billion upgrade to the levees around new orleans completed less than a year ago will hold up. Abcs trevor ault begins our coverage. Trevor, good morning. Reporter good morning, janai and kenneth. This very well could be an early start to the Hurricane Season for the gulf. Some areas like in new orleans have seen well over half a foot of rain and thats only from round one in this series of storms. This morning parts of new orleans underwater. Heavy downpours turning the
Major for five years . If ijust lay here would you lie with me and it never reached number one, but this is the most played song of the 21st century on uk radio. And coming up on bbc news. Newcastle have confirmed that steve bruce is their new head coach. In a statement, bruce said newcastle was his boyhood club and it was a special moment for him. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The us house of representatives has voted to condemn President Trump as racist, after he told four non white democratic congresswomen to go back to the countries they came from. Every democrat in the house supported the symbolic resolution, which said the president had legitimised hatred, but only four republicans backed it. Three of the congresswomen involved were born in america, the fourth is a us citizen. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. These comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting and these comments are racist. A row that started in cyberspace
Walking out the door to 70s. So this feels much more refreshing as we go throughout the day, martinez in the upper 50s as you step out the door. Mid70s by early afternoon. Well talk about those cooler temperatures for the weekend and then the hot weather as it returns coming up. Mike, youre checking out the early commute. Yeah. Looking over toward the richmondsan rafael bridge. Minutes ago, a bunch of people were coming through fastrak and the cash lanes. And out to peets coffee shop they back off because they realize were on air. Bay bridge has a few more folks nothing unexpected this ace train is back in service today. Good stuff. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 5 01. We are watching several story lineselat to the game. We are all this ig about the future of the team and oracle today in the bay pete suratos is at oracle as part of our team co raptors executive allegedly pushed a sheriffs deputy. Is that right . Reporter yeah. Good morning to you guys. Probably a lot of emotion wrapped int
Laura garcia. It is going to get hot again. We can enjoy the weekend with the cooler weather next week as we head back to work and maybe have airconditioning at work. You will feel hotter temperatures once again. Heres a look at the way we start out in san jose. If youre on your way out the door, low 60s. It will be a cloudy and our temperatures stay mild. Upper 70s in the south bay. Low 80s for warmer spots inland. In San Francisco, staying in the 60s. Well talk about what else is going on coming up. Mike, youre tracking the concern for the pay bridge commute. I am. Looking at the bay bridge. Backup in the toll plaza. Phraoerting lights turned on at 5 30 or just after that. Fastrak lanes are providing some benefit over the cash lanes. H. O. V. There we go. We have some computers in carpool. Thats what you need to get out of the backup. Thats the only place with the backup. I am concerned about this just off the bay bridge. As you approach the harrison exit, we see a little bit of slow
There live from Moscow International with me kevin or any of this welcome to our 30 minute live news update on this wednesday members of the venezuelan opposition have been implicated in a Corruption Scandal leaks documents appear to reveal that officials from one movement a bit embezzling aide funds for personal use the money was intended for soldiers who defected and fled to neighboring colombia last february. The money part of humanitarian aid it is more a humanitarian robbery all the money from the famous humanitarian aid fund was stolen of take note washington not only are the opposition liars but they are thieves too who stole thousands of dollars from each other no more the allegations here thousands of dollars raised from an aid concert on the colombian border were apparently spent on hotels prostitutes and luxury goods by 2 members of those party they were in charge of overseeing the humanitarian aid side of things heres our Senior Correspondent word of sex drugs and rocknroll