The night belonged to taylor swift at the Billboard Music awards. She won eight awards including one for top artist. The evening capped off by a hard to see and hard to hear performance by kanye west. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 18th. From abc news this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with that Severe Weather stretching some 1200 miles across the middle of the countries. As storms here dumping torrential rains and spawning dozens of tornadoes, this morning flash flooding is still a major concern. Lets start our coverage with rob marciano. Violent storms bringing rain and rescues. This man and this woman are in this home that is totally surrounded by water. Including this one in Johnson County texas. Unfolding on live tv. First responders using a drone to send a rescue line to a stranded couple. Then paddling toward them in a rescue raft. Homeowner bill talking to dallas station wffa. Theyre trying to figure out how to get the boat over
Awards. She won eight awards including one for top artist. The evening capped off by a hard to see and hard to hear performance by kanye west. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 18th. From abc news this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with that Severe Weather stretching some 1200 miles across the middle of the countries. As storms here dumping torrential rains and spawning dozens of tornadoes, this morning flash flooding is still a major concern. Lets start our coverage with rob marciano. Violent storms bringing rain and rescues. This man and this woman are in this home that is totally surrounded by water. Including this one in Johnson County texas. Unfolding on live tv. First responders using a drone to send a rescue line to a stranded couple. Then paddling toward them in a rescue raft. Homeowner bill talking to dallas station wffa. Theyre trying to figure out how to get the boat over here. Reporter the sound of debris waking them up. That c
Kevin writes on our twitter page. Ets go to diane in texas. Caller good morning. Yesterday the president was saying that he has given the green light on the Affordable Care act. What i would like to know is how could anybody trust that man . He said admittedly on jay leno that he doesnt know math. He couldnt even help his daughter with math. How could he possibly fix an economy and get jobs created when he doesnt know math . Hes ill lit rat in it. He should come out right now and explain to us the truth about whats going on. Tell us that host can i ask you whats your Health Care Situation and does any of the Affordable Care act has it affected you . Guest oh, yes. Host how so . Caller you could ask cast row here. Host how has it impacted you personally . Caller for 21 2 months all i did every day was go on the website. I called up the attorney general when it switched me over to expeerion. I went out of my mind. I a dope addict answered the phone. I couldnt believe it. And i called the
[applause] more than 35 million americans lame irish ancestry. America is richer for every murphy, kelly, and osullivan. I should have said mccain. [laughter] [applause] well, i just did. Happy st. Patricks day to everybody. Tens of millions of americans trace their roots back to the emerald isles. On st. Patricks day, many millions more claim to. [laughter] president obama imposed sanctions on russia and and ukrainian officials leaning russias military intervention in crimea. Including two top aides to russian president vladimir putin. Speaking from the white house, the president warned russia could face penalties if it does not pull back from crimea. Good morning, everybody. Citizens of ukraine have made their voices heard. He had been guided by a fundamental principle. The future of ukraine must be decided by the people of ukraine. That means ukraines sovereignty and integrity must be respected. International law must be upheld. Russias decision to send troops into crimea has drawn
Lose. Reporter did bart cave . Bart ultimately did cave, given the stamps it set out. Reporter as for the long term aftermath of the strike could there be fallout from this in other bond and pension measures locally and statewide . Absolutely. That he was my concern all along. When you brand test in polling to get revenue in the bay area, bart has to be at about 70 . I cant imagine that barts brand if you asked the public right now what their favorable rating is i assume its in the 20s. Reporter as for who came out the loser, well, the bart riders. They are the ones who had to put up with two strikes and possibly down the line have to put up can covering the cost of this new deal. Liz . Phil, you alluded to this in your story, how this negotiation will ultimately or could ultimately affect other unions and their negotiations. Talk about ac transit. Do you think the effects of this contract could have an effect on their talks . Reporter i asked him about that, as well. He said of course