Beaches, pools, parks and restaurants. Many do not appear to be heeding social distancing guidelines or recommendations about wearing masks. This comes after the fda commissioner warned the virus is not contained. And dr. Deborah birx emphasized that social distancing is absolutely critical right now. Contrast that with a stunning image like this one. The front page of yesterdays New York Times which displays just a few names of the nearly 100,000 americans who have died from this virus so far. Then there are the images of President Trump today honoring the lives of the men and women who died while serving in the military doing so after days of viciously attacking his perceived political enemies. At times with baseless conspiracy theories, all as he pushes for the country to quickly reopen. Today he threatened to pull the Gop Convention from North Carolina unless the governor assured republicans that hed allow the event to be fully occupied. The political turbulence of the moment also
A frightening scene at a North Carolina beach. Two swimmers losing an arm each in separate attacks a short time apart. A 13yearold girl attacked then less than 90 minutes later, a 16yearold boy suffers another attack. Officials are not certain if both attacks were by the same shark. Coming over with the whitewash. Coherent took it clean off. I saw what was left of what he had. Reporter helicopters air lifting both victims to the hospital both critical. They sustained lifethreatening injuries. Each having an arm amputated. The girl sustaining damage to her leg. They are in fair condition. I have been here 16 years. This is the first time something as major as this happened. Both happening at high tide near ocean crest pier a popular destination. Officials say the beaches will be open today with the Sheriffs Department monitoring the coastline. Its still a safe place. We monitor the situation. This is highly unusual. Maybe be a little more beach oriented until we get a better handle on t
To rescue and rebuild our economy and your hard work and resilience, americas leading again. Hmm. But are we really better off . Because more than onethird of americans say they are worse off than they were five years ago, according to a new Federal Reserve report. Less than half those surveyed said they couldnt even cover a 400 expense without borrowing or selling something. In a recent poll shows 76 of adults lack confidence that their kids will have a better life than they do. Are we all better off with president obamas which he . Ask yourself that question, eric. I see what you did there. Its labor day. Youre talking about jobs, right . Thats very good, k. G. Did you know 109 million americans actually get some form of welfare . Clearly one in three americans are somehow getting something from the government. Social security net . Im including everything. 109 million americans getting something. Talking about welfare. Not social security, okay. So that coupled with 63 Labor Partici
Economy and your hard work and resilience, americas leading again. Hmm. But are we really better off . Because more than onethird of americans say they are worse off than they were five years ago, according to a new Federal Reserve report. Less than half those surveyed said they couldnt even cover a 400 expense without borrowing or selling something. In a recent poll shows 76 of adults lack confidence that their kids will have a better life than they do. Are we all better off with president obamas which he . Ask yourself that question, eric. I see what you did there. Its labor day. Youre talking about jobs, right . Thats very good, k. G. Did you know 109 million americans actually get some form of welfare . Clearly one in three americans are somehow getting something from the government. Social security net . Im including everything. 109 million americans getting something. Talking about welfare. Not social security, okay. So that coupled with 63 Labor Participation rate, one of the lo
And the 4yearold with the big voice. Im going to let it shine now a big internet hit. He had the whole church on its feet. Hey, everybody. Im on abc news. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. On this unofficial first weekend of summer, we begin with dangerous weather wreaking havoc in so much of the country. Torrential rain in parts of texas. This pickup truck there, no match for the saturated road in magnolia, texas, historic rain triggered damaging floods. This suv washed away. This is how it came to a standstill. Now a Tropical Storm warning in the atlantic as millions are at the beach this holiday, rip current dangers from florida to North Carolina. Your holiday forecast in a moment. And we have Team Coverage on it all, but first, abcs phillip mena with those flood rescuers in woodlands, texas. Reporter tonight outside houston, neighborhoods under water, residents scrambling to get out any way they can. Were just watching the water. We have n