Vaccine in just months, not years. And gametime decision. Well take you inside the huddle with nfl commissioner Roger Goodell about when america might be ready for some football again. After last nights drafrkt, people are excited. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. So well see what happens. I told him very distinctly, i said mike was there. I said you do what you think is best. Several Southern States moving forward with plans to reopen businesses, even as the death toll continues to grow. This is a reckless step that will lead to more infections and unfortunately more preventable deaths. With Small Businesses still left waiting for help, Congress Approves hundreds of billions of dollars in additional funding. At the White House Briefing, President Trump said the u. S. Is doing a, quote, great job on testing. The president also suggested using disinfectants as a treatment. Sounds interesting to me, so well see. But the whole concept of the way it goes in one
second day in a row. the man accused of murdering his wife and one of his sons took to the stand, saying it wasn t him, but people who hated his son, paul. disgraced attorney alex murdaugh spent six hours on the stand friday, admitting he lied, had a drug problem, but believes the deaths of his wife, maggie, and son, paul, stemmed from someone who had it out for paul. the person, or people, who did what i saw on june the 7th, they hated paul murdaugh and they had anger in their heart. paul is facing charges in the february 2019 boating wreck that killed 19-year-old malory beach. murdaugh clarifying he didn t think anyone on the boat that night was responsible, but someone who had heard about it. because i did not and would not hurt my wife and my child. but prosecutors pressed murdaugh about trying to manufacture an alibi, which he denies. they then reminded him there is evidence he lied to police about where he was on the night of the murders. other than lying to t
Netanyahu meeting with troops as his country gets ready for battle. Gearing up for a fight. Abc getting a closeup look at how israel is preparing for its ground strategy with the country relying on its iron dome to fend off the expected intense enemy rocket fire. The human toll. Hundreds of thousands of palestinians heeding warnings to flee south, only to find the egypt border closed and basic necessities like food and water are running low. President biden speaking with israeli and palestinian leaders as diplomatic outreach intensifies. Plus, the new u. S. Naval forces heading to the region. Back to work on capitol hill. Congress returning this week, facing gridlock over the choice of a new House Speaker as the clock ticks on another possible Government Shutdown next month. Escape plot . Allegations the woman accused of murdering a professional cyclist had been planning this escape from authorities for months. Best buy says byebye to dvds. Could that box of dusty discs in your parents
Straight to olympic city where we find melissa ageary. Still at 11 00, so busy. Reporter thousands of people are still here milling about at olympic park, and taking pictures and exploring the park. We have swimmers in the pool right now, and tonight all eyes are going to be on copacabana beach because of beach volleyball, and you can imagine the rivalry tonight between usa and brazil when those teams hit the sand. And for santa clara native, kerri walsh. Kerri Walsh Jennings making her fifth appearance, but this time with a new partner, april ross. Walsh says she is excited to play on copacabana beach. Its electric to play in copacabana and i cant wait to give the fans the best show in the world. And partner ross says she is ready to rumble. I am not going to hold back at all and get out there and unleash the beast. Reporter were going to see her unleash the beast tonight. That match is tonight, copacabana, it starts at midnight. Now, if when all of these matches are over kerri Walsh
Phelps out of retirement, competitively coming back in 200 fly and reclaiming the title he owned in 04 and 08 was a big deal to him. Tonight he became the oldest swimmer male or female to win individual gold medal in olympic history. We take one more look at Michael Phelps latest remarkable showing. So long from rio. Take your mark. Kenderesi in lane four. Cseh in lane three. Everybody on the planet has been talking about phelps and leclos. The other two swimmers have a great chance to win. Kenderesi probably because he is so young might not be able to do it. Phelps had a great turn in the middle of the pool. Cseh had the lead at the turn. Michael phelps in lane five looks like he is going to have the lead here at the half way point. Phelps in lane five looking really good early on. That is a little long on that turn. Not too bad. But out very quickly. He was 53 flat when he went 164. Had half second lead on leclos. Now they are inching up a little bit. Cseh two lanes above him. Leclos