right now, the nation s crucial debt ceiling talks or on hold. and wall street appears to be on edge. as we barrel towards a possible economic catastrophe. house republicans in the biden white house have stalemate this weekend. with no future meetings slated to hammer out a debt ceiling deal with a projected deadline just 12 days out. meanwhile, the 2024 electoral picture is sharpening in focus. and growing in size. south carolina s senator, tim scott, making it official yesterday. that he is running for the presidency next year. and so far, the lone rank republican in an already crowded gop field that is about to get even more crowded. with florida governor, ron desantis, expected to make his announcement next week, that he will seek the republican nomination for the white house. as a high-profile democratic victory, in desantis backyard, snatches yet another big city office of the mayor from the gop. i ll talk to a florida democratic party chair, nikki freed, in just a mome
was. does he wait to get into the race? because there is, i think a benefit to focusing on his agenda and also staying above the fray when it comes to a lot of the republican politics that are playing out. but at the same time, and i think the reason they re trying to announce as early as next week is because they want to get this fundraising operation underway and they really want to start energizing voters around him, especially those who are skeptical about his age and also whether he s progressive enough to continue in the white house. that was going to be one of my questions, which is what changes on tuesday. like what will change for all of us? how will we see we see something different? you know, it s a great question. i think that his his team is trying to figure out how to change president biden and the man in the white house and to campaign biden. i know that the dnc is very involved in trying to make sure that his image is as great as it can be, and also to try and
Beginning. She just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. Shes knocking on our window saying shes a cop. For some, road rage can be the ending. She had every opportunity to change her mind and not chase my brother across two freeways. In just the last 24 hours, a new assault with two Deadly Weapons, a pickup truck and a gun. A promising young life cut short. This is now a murder case. Tonight, freeway fury. Hello, im elizabeth vargas. David is away tonight. Take a look at that. All the traffic and tail liglig. This weekend, its going to be worse. Experts say more than 44 Million People are expected to be on the roads. And with all that traffic, there are bound to be flaring tempers. How does road rage start . What should you do if you get caught up in it . Heres eva pilgrim. Reporter we all have it in us, even if we dont know exactly where it is. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. Reporter a limit, a breaking point. A dark place where civilization ends and animal instinct takes over. And there
Beginning. She just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. Shes knocking on our window saying shes a cop. For some, road rage can be the ending. She had every opportunity to change her mind and not chase my brother across two freeways. In just the last 24 hours, a new assault with two Deadly Weapons, a pickup truck and a gun. A promising young life cut short. This is now a murder case. Tonight, freeway fury. Hello, im elizabeth vargas. David is away tonight. Take a look at that. All the traffic and tail liglig. This weekend, its going to be worse. Experts say more than 44 Million People are expected to be on the roads. And with all that traffic, there are bound to be flaring tempers. How does road rage start . What should you do if you get caught up in it . Heres eva pilgrim. Reporter we all have it in us, even if we dont know exactly where it is. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. Reporter a limit, a breaking point. A dark place where civilization ends and animal instinct takes over. And there
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Now at 11 00, rush hour chaos. The bay area evening commute comes to a halt. Sky 7 shows the scene. Countless drivers were going nowhere. This is the reason why. Gunfire broke out on a busy freeway. The Highway Patrol says this was a targeted shooting. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. It 80 reopened around 9 00 after a fivehour closure. The shooting happened at 3 30 on eastbound 80 near san pablo avenue and richmond 80. Were live in richmond with the developing story, cornell in. Reporter traffic is flowing on i80 again tonight. Three men are being questioned by Richmond Police about the shooting which targeted two motorists. Sky 7 shows the shattered window of this honda minute vee van, fired by a passing car, eastbound 80 in richmond at the start of the commute, forced the closure of the freeway for hours. The man and woman inside were body shot. His multiple gunshot wounds so critical an air ambulance had to land on the freeway to t