Island still without power. Well look at how much longer residents will have to wait, and how a College Student from pennsylvania is helping to bring aid to the island. Stop me if youve heard this one before. A horse checks into a hotel, and well no joke that actually happened. Well find out why this horse owner tested the limits of the term petfriendly and whether the hotel bed frames are stable enough. Ah, well played. Lots of jokes on this monday, october 16th. Announcer if from abc news, this is world news now. Is it still monkeying around on the bed if its a horse . Wow. Weve got so many of these awesome jokes for you. I can only hope that our two viewers will survive to watch the actual story. All right. Well move on to the news, shall we . Yeah, well get to that. We do have the breaking news from louisiana, that Oil Rig Explosion near new orleans. The rig burning for hours in lake pontchartrain near new orleans clearly visible for miles across that huge lake. So that explosion h
Derailed after alerting pharmaceutical companies about the unusually large shipments of opioids. Tmobile and sprint are planning to announce a merger as they gear up for what could turn into challenging antitrust negotiations with the government. The merger could create the nations thirdlargest mobile business behind verizon and at t. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 16th. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with firefighters finally turning a corner in the battle against californias deadliest wildfires. Fire officials in Northern California say theyve made tremendous progress. With a little help from a shift in the weather. Right now 15 large fires are still burning and even as thousands of residents are allowed to return home, many others remain missing. The death toll has already climbed to at least 40. Abcs linzie janis has more from santa rosa. Reporter flames in every direction. Incinerating this house. Just two blocks from the nearest fire stati
School. It will rain. It will rain all day. And we might have some severe weather, rolling through, we may see a lot of orange on that radar before the day is through. Good day, it is tuesday october 24th, 2017. We will not let rain get us downy dont care about the rain. We had a eagles win. That top on the monitor read purple to me but it is blue. Really. Okay. Anyway. We will get to the bottom of that, more importantly heres the it is raining. Not only that but it is windy. We have a wind advisory for the entire region until 11 00 this morning. We have been seeing wind gusts of Tropical Storm force this morning and that means branch es are down, leaves flying around every where and there could even be a few power lines down this morning. So every county, in our region is affect by this. Oh, my goodness look at bus stop buddy, umbrella blew inside out, oh, no, temperatures in the 60s and 70s, mild morning but it is windy, rainy, and that is why we will only give you a five out of 10,
Convention. And time is money. A lot of money. Details on the historic auction of an oscar winners watch that shattered all records. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This news is big. A federal grand jury approving the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller makes his move. There is a lot of people sweating in the next day or so. You are Paul Manafort or if you are Michael Flynn, i would not want to be either of those guys. Are we concerned or terrified about the trumps tweet storm. Could they put someone in handcuffs as soon as monday, that will blow everything out of the watt. Federal investigators will review a multimillion dollar contract with a montana company. It doesnt look like the headquarters for a Energy Company. It is a night of celebration and protest in barcelona after the Catalonia Parliament voted for their independence. High fly ball to right reddick is there and the astros take game thre
Convention. And time is money, a lot of money. Details on the historic auction of an oscar winners watch that shattered all records. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This news is big. A federal grand jury approving the first charges in the investigation led by special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller makes his move. Theres going go a lot of people sweating in the next day or so. If youre Paul Manafort or you are michael flynn, i would not to be either one of those guys. Are we concerned or terrified about some of President Trumps tweet this morning. If they put somebody in handcuffs monday morning, thats going to blow somebody out of the water. The Montana Power Company got the bid. It doesnt look like the headquarters for an energy company. Its been a night of both celebration and protests in barcelona after the Catalonian Parliament voted independence from spain. High fly ball to right. He gets there, and the astros take in three. A