Awards. She won eight awards including one for top artist. The evening capped off by a hard to see and hard to hear performance by kanye west. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 18th. From abc news this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with that Severe Weather stretching some 1200 miles across the middle of the countries. As storms here dumping torrential rains and spawning dozens of tornadoes, this morning flash flooding is still a major concern. Lets start our coverage with rob marciano. Violent storms bringing rain and rescues. This man and this woman are in this home that is totally surrounded by water. Including this one in Johnson County texas. Unfolding on live tv. First responders using a drone to send a rescue line to a stranded couple. Then paddling toward them in a rescue raft. Homeowner bill talking to dallas station wffa. Theyre trying to figure out how to get the boat over here. Reporter the sound of debris waking them up. That c
What its based on how we passed the point of no return europes last june. The sets of stairs to get the latest news headlines. These are the headlines. A plaque is in the philippines is still struggling to reach people affected pipeline feeding her and according to the un there are less than canadians. When not to blame divisions between western power was on the grounds Prime Minister hit back at john kerrys claim that iran was im able to accept a new kit deal to me that. The kids had a generation is at stake says. Also known as fronds which will help to combat youth unemployment the president of the philippines says the death toll from typhoon her and is closer to two thousand and ten thousand speaking to us media baby. No actually not so said the government still has to contact about twenty nine municipalities full ban on this. Many people surviving high and was just the beginning of that battle and its nice if theyd and cleaner water shortages the us economy says residents of crappy
Good morning, everyone. Im brian shactman. We want to begin with the breaking news out of austin, texas. At least two people are dead after a suspected drunk Driver Fleeing Police crashed through barricades at the popular south by southwest festival. Police say 23 others have been taken to area hospitals with injuries. Five of them in critical condition. Youre taking a look at some the first amateur video coming from the scene. It happened just after midnight last night, local time, outside the popular mohawk bar at the corner of 10th and red river. Authorities say the driver killed a man and woman who were riding on a moped and plowed no two dozen pedestrians leaving a concert at the festival. The driver is in Police Custody after officers shocked him with a stun gun. Though an identity has not been made public. Austins police chief says the man faces two counts of capital murder. Now, to the deepening mystery of the missing passenger plane. Did Malaysia Flight 370 fly for four hours
Opening in august. The fire destroyed a years worth of work in two hour. The whole thing utterly destroyed by flachls. Leslie brinkly is live from the scene of the fire. Reporter thats right. This is still an actual fire scene, dan. They are still working as you see here. They have been spraying water on whats left of this building. A lot of progress until nightfall. They uncovered pockets of blame that flared up. Fire crews were busy 24 hours now since this fire began. You can see what was left of the Apartment Building this afternoon. The walls frail and dangerous, threatening neighboring structures. Demolition crews used an exka sait tore. The sevenstorey tower gave way, reinvigorateing the display. The fire is contained, as i said, still not under control. As for the investigation. The structure is totally unsafe for us to gain entry in there. So from his observations and from the observations within we first arrived, they first kind of pinpointed the area where the fire started. S
Education landscape. First, we are opening the phone lines to ask for your ideas on the best way to improve education in the United States. Atents and students can call 202 5853880. Educators can call at 202 5853881. You can catch up with us on all of your social media pages on twitter. You can send us an email. A good Tuesday Morning to you. Taste of the backtoschool stories. Heres the front page of the richmond times. Local children in the richmond, Virginia Area head back to school today. The front page story ahead of the class, students head back to school. Sandpoint high school being highlighted in that story. The atlantic journalconstitution talked about the end of year testing. Here is the press telegram out of long beach and california. School uniforms still in style after 20 years is one of the headlines. New are being conversation on schools is being sought. There is an aim of encouraging more factbased National Discussion about the challenges of Public Education and possible