holmes. here are some of the top headlines we re following this morning on world news now. investigators say it was not terrorism and it wasn t hacking that shut down the new york stock exchange for much of yesterday. it was a computer glitch. traders managed to go about their business as new details coming in about what caused the crash. the fbi chief is warning that isis is using twitter and encryption technology to recruit thousands of english speaking terrorists. he says hi-tech tools used by law enforcement to intercept messages is ineffective. the unruly passenger who caused a houston bound flight to make an unexpected stop in boston will be arraigned today. he started screaming on the british airways plane and was restrained by passengers. he was arrested. more bad news for jason
m this morning on world news now, demanding answers from united airlines after the latest in a series of computer melt downs impacting hundreds of flights in a matter of hours. wall street shutdown, the nation s other computer glitch impacting the stock market. new details on how traders did their job. digital dependency, blaming forgetfulness on all the information stored in smartphones. from phone numbers, addresses and even birthdays. and under investigation, ariana grande s doughnut licking stunt. the video going viral and her unsavory comments. why police are getting involved, that s in the skinny on this thursday, july 9th. from abc news, this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. and good morning to you all.
th this morning on world news now, demanding answers from united airlines after the latest in a series of computer melt downs impacting hundreds of flights in a matter of hours. wall street shutdown the nation s other computer glitch impacting the stock market. new details on how traders did their job. digital dependency, blaming forgetfulness on all the information stored in smartphones. from phone numbers, addresses and even birthdays. and under investigation, ariana grande s doughnut licking stunt. the video going viral and her unsavory comments. why police are getting involved that s in the skinny on this thursday, july 9th. from abc news, this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan.
pierre paul. his right index finger was amputated after a fireworks accident. the giants pulled a multiyear $60 million contract offer. those are some of our top stories on this thursday july 9th. from abc news, this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. we begin with breaking news just going down a short time ago. a historic vote in south carolina after flying on the state house grounds for more than 50 years, the confederate flag will be coming down. state lawmakers in the house have voted to remove the flag. the 93-27 vote came after marathon debate sparked by a renewed push to take down the flag after the church massacre. but supporters of the flag dug in their heels for 13 hours. our heritage with the flag that s out front has been hijacked. it hurts me and pains me those outside forces are coming down in a couple weeks to march here. there s the other side of it
with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. good morning. look who s joined us back this morning. good to be back. good to see you. quick trip. good trip. i ll tell you more about that out to l.a. you were able to make it back despite the issue with the flights. got off a united airlines flight. you did not. i swear to you, within an hour heard about the glitches. it was you. i didn t think about that. first thing i thought about. we ll get into that later. everything is good now with united we re told that everything is good. welcome back. good to be back. our top story is the flash flood watches in 15 states with downpaurs drenching up to 25 million americans. in texas, a man and his dog were swept off a bridge over a rising creek. this is in brownwood, texas, yesterday. nearly 5 inches of rain fell on the central texas community and rivers and creeks still rising there. in oklahoma runoff from the heavy rain damaging roads and sewers. historical records wer