Dead in americans believed to be among the up to 150 hostages being held by hamas. What the Biden Administration is doing now in hopes of getting them home and what israeli officials are saying about the possible location of the hostages, the chaos on capitol hill, still no speaker of the house by majority leader Steve Scalise, who won the nomination , is coming up short of the votes needed. A major escalation in the auto worker strike. Thousands walking off the job at fords largest plant, producing one of the hugely popular fseries trucks. Youve heard of amber alerts to find missing children. Now the new law established ebony alerts by advocates say its needed to help find missing black children. Breaking overnight, a 1. 7 billion Powerball Lottery winner and a surprise move by taylor swift before taking the red carpet in l. A. From abc news in new york. This is america. This morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im rhiannon ally. Im andrew dymburt. We begin with breaking news. Is
And palestinians losing their loved ones. Six days since the fighting started. Long live speaker scalise. Republicans nominate congressman Steve Scalise to be house speaker. But will he have enough votes to get the job . I was totally caught offguard. A San Francisco pastor gets quite the honor for his service to the community and prayer for peace. Young girls shooting for the stars to reach their basketball dreams. If you are watching, everybody always says theyre going to buy me a truck. Dont forget my truck. If you are dreaming of that lifechanging ticket, it might be over. We now have a winner in the powerball jackpot. Well, it wasnt me. Good morning, im Gianna Franco but congratulations to the newest millionaire in california. Or billionaire. I know. Well, millionaire and billionaire. There were two winners in california. Maybe even some more. Im nicole zaloumis. Reed cowan is off but we did divulge yesterday that it was a scheduled day off. So reed is not the millionaire winner.
Effort to make sure people in the bay already when an earthquake hits. We start this morning with our top stories. Brentwood Police Officer is recovering after being stabbed and a 16yearold boy is in custody. Officers got a call from Brentwood City Park around 5 30 p. M. About someone taunting people with a kitchen knife. Police are when they tried to arrest him the the injured officer is expected to be okay. The teachers that as of unified say they are committed to a negotiating a contract, but they want to be prepared in case talks break down with administrators. They are asking for higher salaries and more manageable workloads. The next bargaining session is set for monday. Negotiations are set to resume later today to try and had off another strike at kaiser permanente. 75,000 workers walked out for three days last week, they say the Healthcare Provider is chronically shortstaffed and has been negotiating in bad faith the next strike would last for eight days and involve more peopl
Peace. Young girls shooting for the stars to reach their basketball dreams. If you are watching everybody always says theyre going to buy me a trucking dont forget my truck. If you are dreaming of that lifechanging ticket. It might be over. We now have a winner in the powerball jackpot. And it was not me. Good morning, im Gianna Franco. Because im here with you but you noah . Where else would i be . Im happy to be here. Is it reed . Because reed is off today. It was a scheduled day off. I dont think reed won unless he was in santa clara because i think we did have a small winner here in the bay area. The big winner down south. All right, jessica, you are a winner every single day because you get to deliver the weather to us here in the bay area. It was the coldest day yet since i have been on this job walking to my car im like i think i need a coat today. Oh absolutely and you know today and tomorrow, the weather is going to kind of stay mild for us. At least you live off in the east b
Leader, but does Steve Scalise have the votes to win the gavel . The fight hes still facing with within his own parti. We have a lottery winner. Someone is waking up 1. 7 billion richer. Where the Winning Ticket was sold. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Israel is tightening the reins around gaza. The humanitarian crisis is growing with electricity shut off and entire neighborhood reduced to rubble. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a new cabinet with a longtime opposition critic. This is a look at gaza on the sixth day of the war. The fighting has claimed at least 2,300 lives on both sides and 22 americans. Shanelle kaul joins us with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. The impact is devastating. The u. N. Says more than 330,000 people have so far been displaced since israel began pummelling gaza. Now with limited commercial flights in the air, the u. S. Is working to get americans out. Six days since the surprise attac