Day event, when this highflier hits a power line. What went wrong. And wild ride. The competition heating up for the scariest roller coaster on earth. Why this new one is unlike any you have seen. Wish me luck. Our reporter faces her fear to find the best ride of the summer. Hey, good morning. Lets get straight to our top story, that historic washout in the South Central u. S. And this is an unprecedented, fluid and extremely dangerous situation throughout the region. Were seeing hundreds of homes under water and flash flood warnings in effect. Were also seeing evacuations and water rescues. In fact, one firefighter in oklahoma was swept away and died while attempting a rescue on the front lines. Incredibly sad. Heres whats causing this right now, a line of strong, slowmoving storms dumping massive amount of rain. These storms are on the move right now. We will get the forecast from rob in just a minute. But we want to kick off our coverage right now with abcs phillip mena whos in wich
Good morning, im jonathan karl. Its great to have you with us on this memorial day weekend. We are tracking several developing stories this morning, including a middle of the night scramble in the senate, the patriot acts Domestic Surveillance Program is now in doubt. And the isis threat, they have captured key territory and is now making a startling new claim about Nuclear Weapons. But we start with protests growing in cleveland after a white Police Officer was acquitted in the deaths of an unarmed black couple. Ohio Governor John Kasich joins us momentarily. First, lets get the latest from abcs alex perez. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, jon, authorities here today bracing for possibly another day of protests. Now, demonstrators took to the streets immediately following the judges decision saturday, to acquit cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo in the shooting deaths back in 2012. Both were unarmed. The couple led police on a nearly 25minute car chase. Once cornered, se
Wild ride. A crashfilled indy 500 after a dangerous week on the track. Drivers colliding just seconds in. Cars ripped to shreds. Even an accident on pit road. And the winner of the indianapolis 500 is juan Pablo Montoya. And the heartpounding end to the greatest spectacle in racing. And good morning, america. From all of us on this memorial day, we want to join in honoring our troops this morning. Those who have sacrificed everything for our country. Thats right. In fact, we want to take a live look there at Arlington National cemetery. President obama will be there later this morning laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. And bob woodruff will be here. But we begin with the flooding in the south. Thousands forced to evacuate. Dozens rescued from raging waters and abcs phillip mena is in one of the hardest hit areas, wimberley, texas. Good morning. Reporter where im standing was completely submerged. Floodwaters were this high and rushed with so much force that they ripped
Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We will get to the latest on that verdict in cleveland in just a moment. But, first, to Severe Weather developing at this hour. Memorial day may be the unofficial start of summer but for so many millions of americans this Holiday Weekend will be no picnic. More than 20 Million People bracing for flash floods from this home right there. Amarillo, texas already under water. Many rivers still rising, rain turning to slush, too. That is hail flowing down the street in colorado. And in the northeast, cold. Snow covering this backyard in maine, unusually late, even for that state. Rob marciano will join us in a moment but first, phillip mena leading us off in texas tonight. Reporter in texas tonight, a race against time. 100 airmen from Sheppard Air Force base forming sandbagging brigades to help shore up the banks of the Wichita River. Weve been out here for a few hours right now. Right now we have no end in sight. Re
What went wrong. And wild ride. The competition heating up for the scariest roller coaster on earth. Why this new one is unlike any you have seen. Wish me luck. Our reporter faces her fear to find the best ride of the summer. Hey, good morning. Lets get straight to our top story, that historic washout in the South Central u. S. And this is an unprecedented, fluid and extremely dangerous situation throughout the region. Were seeing hundreds of homes under water and flash flood warnings in effect. Were also seeing evacuations and water rescues. In fact, one firefighter in oklahoma was swept away and died. Incredibly sad. Heres whats causing this right now, a line of strong, slowmoving storms dumping massive amount of rain. The forecast from rob in just a minute. But we want to kick off our coverage right now with abcs phillip mena whos in wichita falls, texas. Good morning. Reporter dan, good morning. This memorial day weekend storm was long and wide, bringing with it heavy rain and dest