immigrants smuggled in the back of the tractor-trailer claims bradley was unaware his track was packed with 920 people. a baby hospitalized in britain, earlier today charlie gard s parents dropped the battle to send their child to the u.s. for treatment. monsoon storms dropped inches of rain in tucson, arizona. now we will take you back to hardball. you re going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost. and it s going to be so easy. president obama has been the most ignorance president in our history. he has been a disaster as a president. he will go down as one of the worst presidents in the history of our country. nobody knows the system better than me. which is why i alone can fix it.
them all away. two children are among the dead. four of the family members were rescued. the national weather service says monsoon storms are expected into the middle of the week. a grieving family is trying to come to terms with their teenage daughter s suicide p they believe she was challenged to kill herself by someone online. this is an important story because there were some warning signs the family tragically missed. they want others to know about it, talk to us. the signs were everywhere, on the walls of this teen s bed room, on her art work, in her sketch back. this family has no idea the significance of the blue whale came to have to their daughter. reporter: she was young, beautiful and playful. the family wants to share the story but conceal her identity. a funny girl that like to make silly faces. the puppy face when she want
reporter: record rains devouring parts of the southwest. this phoenix highway now an eerie water filled graveyard of abandoned cars. firefighters trudging through helping children out of day care and into the arms of their parents. so many neighborhoods on edge. that is going to be close. oh. don t move that car. reporter: just waiting to see how high the water would rise. in this park, kayaking almost rim high through the basketball hoops. more than three inches of rain falling. the most phoenix has ever recorded in one day. we had calls in the hundreds of people stranded, flooding out cars, accidents. people sliding off the roadway. reporter: not just phoenix. deadly flash floods near tucson. a woman caught in her car in a wash. flood submerging cars as far west as palm desert, california. remnants of norbert fueling remarkable monsoon storms. all while flood watches are in effect, and the remnants with flash-flood watches in parts of california all the way to colorado in t
available in africa. and 99-year-old ida keeling set a new record for the 100-yard dash. she turns 100 next may, and has no plans of ending her running career. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you. great to have you with us this thursday morning. we begin with the epic rainfall saturating much of the northeast. one suburban new york town here getting hit by more than 13 inches of rain in just a matter of hours. that s right. also wet and wild in the southwest. the skies opened up over albuquerque. monsoon storms triggering floodwaters that swept away several people. including a man who was pulled to safety. abc s gio benitez has more on the rain across the country. reporter: flash flood chaos,
that remains the question, even though there are those proposed cease-fire talks, the exchange of fire between israel and hamas is as intense as ever. martha raddatz, abc news, jerusalem. now to the extreme weather affecting millions of americans. in phoenix there were multiple water rescues after monsoon storms hit the area. heavy rain and mud caused several motorists to be stranded. the fire department helped several drivers trapped in their cars. severe thunderstorms are forecast through tomorrow. and the east coast is bracing for another day of wild storms after being pummeled by torrential downpours and powerful winds. the heavy rain moved in from deep down south to new england. you can see it here swarming new jersey, flooding homes and burying cars underwater. the nation s capital was also hit pretty hard. lightning lit up the skies as severe thunderstorms rolled in. one bolt was captured on camera actually hitting the dome of the library of congress just right behind the u.