And at 70, hes not slowing down. Meet the pilot with a fistful of speed records and a handful of hand built planes. All this and more on cbs this morning saturday, may 10th, 2014. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We also have a great lineup of guests for you this morning including chef zack polaccio from the food network. Hes become a leader chef. Plus a very talented mom. Shes here with a mothers day performance and her grammywinning son. Thats ahead. First, the top story this morning. A fiery crash of a hot air balloon in virginia. Witnesses say they took photos and saw flames and heard screaming screaming. Police say the balloons gondola caught fire after it hit a power line. Police worked overnight to try to find the wreckage. Good morning. Reporter good morning. At daybreak the search zone expanded for the crash site as well as the pilot and the two women aboard. The area here is h out the day, making memories with their family and then not coming home. Reporte
Reported more than 1100 new deaths in total. More than 154,000 americans have been killed by covid. Add to that the economic strain and the fears millions of people are feeling. I know we throw numbers out at you, look at what is on your screen. This that is a line of people who waited seven hours for groceries at a los angeles food bank. As theyre standing in line, theres still no sign of a deal when it comes to relief from washington, d. C. Republicans and democrats will be continuing their talks today. Were going to start here with isaias, the Tropical Storm. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is with us. Allis allison, where is it . Tropical storm isaias, winds are 65 Miles Per Hour sustained. But the gusts are 75 Miles Per Hour. I want people to understand, if sustained winds were that high, this would be a hurricane. Your gusts are up around hurricane strength, even though the sustained winds dropped down. To the northwest at 9 Miles Per Hour, this is a major limiting factor with
The storm is this added source of stress during the pandemic. The u. S. Adding more than 58,000 new coronavirus cases on saturday, reported more than 1100 new deaths and total more than 154,000 americans have now died because of the virus. And add that to the economic strain. Millions of people are feeling, youre looking at this line here, people waited sevengrocer. This is at a los angeles food bank. Thats indicative of how desperate some people are and yet no deal on any new relief from washington, d. C. Republicans and democrats will be back at the negotiating table, however, today. Were going to start this morning with the latest on isaias, just in from the National Hurricane center. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is with us. What have you learned . So it is still a Tropical Storm, as of now. With sustained winds 65 Miles Per Hour. But they are gusting to 75. Thats considered hurricane strength. So keep that in mind, your sustained winds may be a high end Tropical Storm, but th
Than 154,000 people who have died. When you add the economic strain to that, i want to stop talking about numbers for a second and just look at this line of people. Thats what these numbers are, theyre people. They waited for seven hours, were told, seven hours just to get groceries at a los angeles food bank. Where is the help . No sign of a deal yet. Republican and democratic staffers will continue talks today. So were going to get back to this conversation, but i want to check in on whats happening with isaias and go to cnns randi kaye live in palm beach in florida. The wind has been consistent. The rain sporadic. Whats happening there now, randi . A short time ago we had another band of rain come through. The winds, as you said, they are pretty steady. Still the ocean behind me is rocking. Those waves have been going all morning. Yesterday people were surfing and swimming and sunning themselves on the beach. What a difference a day makes. Were dealing in florida, as you both know,
Are campaigning in key battleground states. Joe biden set to speak in North Carolina while President Trump is holding a rally in nevada. This comes tonight heels of two backtoback rallies last night in wisconsin and michigan, where there was littletono social distancing. You see some people behind him Wearing Masks, many not despite a spike of the coronavirus cases in the midwest. In michigan, trump spoke for more than 90 minutes on a lot of topics, including joining a crowd in a lock her up chant for the governor of michigan, who by the way is the victim in a frightening kidnapping plot by terrorists. What youre doing in michigan has been amazing. Now, youve got to get your governor to open up your state, okay. [ cheers and applause ] and get your schools open. Get your schools open. The schools have to be open, right . [ chanting lock her up ] lock em all up. In the meantime, early voting is underway in more than 40 states. As of this morning, more than 24 million ballots have alread