This way. We move on to miami florida. Good morning. Caller good morning. I wish that we had more shows like this because the country is being bamboozled. I think we have an issue with money in politics and who is funding them. Rather than letting the big Corporations Fund these candidates, the media should research every one of these individuals for their real purpose and with their objectives are so we can see them for who they are. We are buying into whatever they are sending us, and they are buying into the corporations. Host ok. A democrat. Thanks to everybody who called in on this monday morning. Washington journal is back at 7 00 tomorrow. We are going to take you to new york city and the new school, where Hillary Clintons economic speech. We expect her out in a couple of minutes. Scott walker will be out at 6 15 pm eastern time making his formal campaign announcement. We may be on the air prior to 6 15. Look for the governor at 6 15. We now take it to new york for the event wit
Americans who helped subdue a gunman on a parispound train. Spencer stone and Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler and two other men jumped into action to save passengers catching the suspect and beating him until he was unconscious and tieing him up until authorities arrived. Claudio lavangos is live in paris for us this morning. This is a remarkable story. Its heroism really. The three received frances highest honor because of that heroism. Reporter well, that certainly is the highest honor that could get here in france. The legion dhonneur is given to people. This is exceptional circumstances as the president of france holland during the ceremony said with their bravery, they have probably, almost surely, prevented a blood bath, a carnage. I saw he had an ak 47 and it looked like the jammer wasnt working and he was trying to discharge the weapon and we said lets go. Im glad they quickly took action. Belgium authorities identified the gunman as khazzani he was on the watch list but stil
The white house after two weeks vacationing on marthas vineyard. He travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. Weather. Still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in Washington State. Across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. They cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. Abcs Kendis Gibson is there. Reporter tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. Authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. The atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. Reporter thousands of residents under evacuation orders. Mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. Inst
Trillion dollar cap for the entire week and Dow Jones Industrials wiped off 338 billion so a lot of loss across the board and indiscriminate selling across the sector and blue chip names in the dow are in bear market territory with apple down off 21 from recent highs. Walmart is down just about 27 from its high in january. So some real concerns here for investors but we have been talking to analysts all morning and the messages do not panic. A lot of fear being generated around china. But we still have some uncertainty in that region and a lot of people are waiting for the Chinese Central Bank to come in with additional easing measures and that could give markets a bit of a boost. For the moment, it is not looking pretty. Another down day on wall street. Looks like another rough zone for investors who better buckle up. Thank you, nancy. A terrifying scene at Pocono Raceway in california. He hit the wall around 220 miles per hour. He walked out of the car and into an ambulance under his
Vacationing on marthas vineyard. He travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with weather. Still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in Washington State. Across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. They cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. Abcs Kendis Gibson is there. Reporter tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. Authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. The atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. Reporter thousands of residents under evacuation orders. Mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. Instant