Start of the deadly wildfire on maui. A new court ruling on the abortion pill, what it means for womens access to the drug. An Urgent Health warning, three deaths now linked to a flesh eating bacteria infected after eating raw oysters or swimming in saltwater. Why doctors are seeing more cases. Forget the murder hornet. Theres a new bug in town where the invasive yellow legged hornet was found for the first time. And we have a winner. Meet the kid crowned mullet champion. And what he plans to buy his sister with the prize money. Its thursday august 17th from abc news in new york. This is a merica this morning. Good morning, everyone. Im andrew dymburt. Good thursday morning. A Morgan Norwood in for rhiannon. And we begin with two major midair mishaps that left passengers frightened. Flames shot out of a planes engine as it left houston, forcing an emergency landing. And horrifying witnesses on the ground. And during a flight from miami to santiago. A pilot suffered a medical emergency
Been made illegal. And the latest from hawaii as the death toll continues to climb. And officials begin to ask if there was anything more they could have done to save at least some of those lives. But we begin tonight with a question that i will bet you have never thought of but that the latest Trump Indictment got me thinking about it. It is this. What is a gang . Really, what is it . And what pops into your head when you think of the word. Our friends at merriamwebster define it as a group working to unlawful or antisocial ends, especially a band of antisocant adolescents. There have been many definitions. In the early 1900s, they were rowdy kids. On tv, our gang, otherwise known as the little rascals, spanky, alfalfa, and the bunch. There were the sharks and jets in west side story for those of you who love musical. In the modern era, people probably think of the crips or bloods or ms13, but the gangs that were most famous and notorious were the Mafia Families of the 1940s through t
A subtle change is expected with temperatures ranging in the afternoon, upper 60s at the coast, upper 80s for our inland cities. We are starting out with just a little bit of patchy fog out there and partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. A better look at the Current Conditions, the afternoon highs for today and what you can expect for the rest of the weekend coming up. All right, rosemary, thank you. Well, the parents and the brother of a man reported missing here in the bay area have flown from new york to San Francisco. Now to search for him. Just two weeks ago, the missing 22 year old man started a new job at netflix. Jana katsuyama tells us about evidence that the family says was found at a popular land park in San Francisco. Im heartbroken. Johannes cadens family is terrified. His parents and older brother joseph flew in from new york wednesday after they suddenly lost touch with the 22 year old. They say johannes had just graduated from cornell in may and was starting a
The head of Hawaiian Electric told house lawmakers the cause of the wildfire that spread has not been determined pinpointing because it could take several months to more than a year. She pledged cooperation of multiple ongoing investigations into what exactly happened. Energy and commerce subcommittee hearing is just over two hours. [background noises] [background noises] before we get started went to take a brief moment of point of personal privilege and the cardinal nooses mind is an article about virginias connection with hawaii and its history. Some of which is good some is not one of the interesting points as a congressman from the ninth district of virginia at the district that currently represent a democrat but the name oftl jennings was the only virginian to vote for hawaiian statehood. Until we are kind of a proud of that our section of the state is little different than other of the state sometimes good sometimes bad but mostly good with that being said vulvar gas would pleas
I want to take a moment of personal privilege. It is an article about hawaii and its history, some is good and some is not. The ninth district in virginia currently represent jennings was the only printing to vote so were kind of proud of that, its a little different than the rest of the state, sometimes good, sometimes bad but mostly good. Please take your seats. The subcommittee to order and i now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. August 7 and eighth, a series of the out of maui and hawaii, including one that devastated the town of lahaina on the west coast of maui. When electric came in to dispute facts surrounding this event, one thing is important, its catastrophic to the state of hawaii and we must make every effort to be vigilant and prevent a similar disaster from striking again. Lahaina fire took at least 97 lives and burned thousands of acres cost billions and damage, destroyed landmarks. I am saddened to hear the stories of those who survived awaiti