to stop mail-in ballots, which he claims are subject to fraud, saying he has the right to do it, but that he s not there yet. experts say voter fraud is extremely rare with mail-in ballots. many states are actually preparing for an increase in the middle of this pandemic. and any effort the president would take to stop it would likely be challenged in court, david. all right, rachel scott tonight. rachel, thank you. and there are images coming in this evening of a horrible hot air balloon accident. three balloons crashing. several people, including children, rushed to the hospital. here s abc s matt gutman with late reporting. reporter: you can see those three hot air balloons hurtling across the wyoming landscape. the wind driving them into the turf. there s that bounce. oh, my god. reporter: and then, the balloon baskets planted into the mud. and the cries of children. are you okay, my family? reporter: the local sheriff saying 17 people were transported to the hospital
justin hunter. the coronavirus claimed the lives of both of his parents just last week. their temperature skyrocketed. they had headaches, horrible cough. reporter: this antibody treatment is similar to the antibodies that come from blood plasma from people who have donated after they ve gotten sick with the virus. except in this case, the antibodies are created in a lab and tested to see what works. david? that certainly does provide some hope tonight. steve, our thanks to you. as you heard steve report there, what dr. birx said about the virus, now being extraordinarily widespread in this country, in rural areas and urban areas. well, the president lashed out at her, but he was pressed about this late today and here s our white house correspondent rachel scott tonight. reporter: tonight, president trump blasting dr. deborah birx, calling her pathetic, after she warned the pandemic has entered a new phase and the virus is extraordinarily widespread. the virus is receding i
on testing. contradicted admiral brett giroir on hydroxychloroquine. even shutting down a nurse in the oval office in may over the availability of ppe. so ppe has been sporadic, but it s been manageable. sporadic for you, but not sporadic for a lot of other people. oh, no, i agree, mr. president. reporter: wearing a mask in public just three times, the president has fueled an anti-mask movement embraced by republican congressman louie gohmert, who just last week announced he was positive with covid-19. his daughter now pleading with americans, tweeting, my father ignored medical expertise and now he has covid. it s not worth following a president who has no remorse for leading his followers to an early grave. so, let s get right to rachel tonight. we heard the president asked about dr. birx, but he also made news just moments ago, rachel, as you know, on the upcoming presidential election, saying about mail-in ballots, that he has the right to get rid of them? reporter: d
private morta, a spokesperson tells me, has been missing for a day before he was found. authorities say a preliminary autopsy ruled his death a drowning. david? all right, stephanie ramos. steph, thank you. overseas tonight, new questions about whether president trump pressured the uk to move the famed british open to his resort in scotland. abc news confirming tonight ambassador woody johnson allegedly told colleagues the president asked him to convince the british government to make the move. here s our white house correspondent rachel scott tonight. reporter: tonight, new questions about whether the president tried to convince the his turnberry golf resort in scotland. everybody comes here. they all want to come to turnberry. reporter: the new york times reports that in 2018, the president s ambassador to the uk, billionaire woody johnson, told multiple colleagues trump pressured him to try and make the move happen. johnson s former deputy lewis lukens tells abc news he
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