A woman in Critical Condition after an alligator bite. Tonight new details about that desperate moment and who helped pull her to safety. The 11second victory lap. Katie ledecky shatters a world record. Tonight the final swim from Michael Phelps and simone manuel. The gold rush is on for team usa. Good evening and thank you for jo im cecelia vega and we begin with two major and deadly threats tonight. Dangerous heat for millions in the east and in the deep south historic flooding. Louisiana in a state of emergency at this hour. This is the scene near baton rouge. More than two feet of rain falling in 24 hours. Entire neighborhoods now under water. The National Guard called in. More than 1,200 rescues. Residents say they barely had time to escape. 136 degrees, more than 50 million americans under a heat alert tonight. But now the biggest threat those rivers are still rising and rising fast. Abcs phillip mena starts us off from hardhit baton rouge. Reporter flood waters ravaging louisian
Good monday morning, everyone. Its been a busy overnight hours for us. Were following several breaking news stories starting with the epic floods in southern louisiana expected to get worse today. Overnight the number of people being rescued nearly tripled in size to 20,000. Parts of the area received over 20 inches of rain since friday. And this new video, take a look. A boat full of people making its way through a flooded street. Only car roofs peeking above the water. Abcs ray raimundi has the latest. Reporter this drone video giving a snapshot of parts of baton rouge, louisiana, submerged underwater. I roger that. Reporter u. S. National guard helicopters swooping in to rescue this man and this little boy from the rising floodwaters, just 2 of the more than 20,000 rescued in southern louisiana. The federal government officially declaring louisiana as a major disaster. Obviously this remains a very flooding, and it remains ongoing. Reporter cars submerged underwater. Im going to bre
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is a western edition of our broadcast. The teleprompter was gone today. Donald trump spoke off the cuff and took his campaign off the rails, again. This time, it was a remark that some took as a threat of violence against Hillary Clinton or the Supreme Court justices she might appoint if elected president. Here was trump in North Carolina hillary wants to abolish essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick booing if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although, the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I dont know. Pelley, of course, the Second Amendment establishes the right to bear arms. The Clinton Campaign said trump was inciting violence. Trumps campaign had another major . Reporter scott, Donald Trumps first impulse was to put out a statement that blamed the dishonest media. In it, the trump camp felt no need to explain what trump meant and address accusations that
The coast guard on the scene. What sparked the blaze . And overnight, the sweet sweep at the olympics. One, two, three for the americans. The u. S. Women making history taking gold, silver and bronze in the 100meter hurdles as usain bolt strikes again on the track and team usa dominating on the court. Rolling over argentina with gold medal glory in sight. Now, former olympic Champ Lebron James is here live talking the games, his nba title and the mvp is now on a mission telling all on gma. Good morning, america. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. Good morning, lebron, and good morning, america. What a night again for team usa, the womens track team making history with that sweep in the 100meter hurdles. Wow, it was such an amazing stealing the show nia alis son. Who made it out on the track for that ultimate photo finish. Can i just say i need to up my game around here. You look stunning. King james is coming around. So thats what it is. An
Mosquitoes in the u. S. But like many pregnant women woulds if it is safe to use insect repellant. A ive dont think it is necessary for me to douse myself in chemicals. Reporter the cdc said there are insect repel anlts safe to use for pregnant women and refers them to a list by the epa. Dana vogel head the commission and the Health Effects of insecticides. What we found for deet there its no extra sensitive tee for pregnant women or children from exposure to deet. Awe. Reporter because of ethical considerations most research has been done on animals. However one study looked at pregnant women during the second and third trimester and found using 20 deet daily was staff for both mother and baby. No products put on the market unless safety evaluation is done and fund to be safe. She understands some womens fears around using repellants, but is confident in the science. Having been pregnant at one point in time. I would use a repellant. I know theyre safe for use as i participated in the