On high alert. Nasty storms from kansas to new york. This tornado touching down in missouri and flash floods in pennsylvania overnight, emergency rescues, animals struggling to escape Rushing Waters, now more flooding and hail on the way. This is what you came for battle of the pop stars. Taylor swifts ex calling her out publicly after she reveals she wrote part of his song. Calvin harris blasts the superstar, saying shes trying to bury him. So, will she be able to shake it off . And good morning, america. What a night at the espys last night. Always so much fun. Always a huge spectacle. Last night something unexpected. Something very powerful. Yeah, it was a powerful moment, indeed. The nba stars taking the stage in the wake of that deadly gun violence and racial tension. Were going to have much more on what they had to say later on. That is coming up. First, we have breaking news the race for the white house, speakers for the Republican National Convention Just released as Donald Tru
Good morning from the quicken loans arena in cleveland. The Gop Convention opens here tomorrow, and donald trump may break tradition again by taking the stage on the conventions first night. It would be just the latest surprise in the most unpredictable president ial race we have ever seen, and this convention, this entire city braced for more. Cleveland is armed to the teeth barricaded block by block in the wake of recent terror attacks here at home and abroad, orlando and dallas, nice, france, and now turmoil in turkey. That terror, the anxiety and anger it is creating may well define this race, and for the brandnew republican ticket, the stakes of this convention are sky high. Donald trump likely bought some peace with his new party by picking conservative favorite mike pence to be his running mate but that rollout was pure trump. After a 28minute riff on everything from Hillary Clinton to his new hotel in washington, d. C. , trump turned over the stage to the man he called his firs
And we do say good friday morning, everyone. Well begin with the grand finale to the grand ole party convention. Donald trump now the nominee. Trump painted a bleak portrait of the country and the world placing the blame on Hillary Clinton and president obama, but he declared hes the one who can fix it. Right after the speech, trump and running mate mike pence signed the official papers formally accepting their nominations in writing. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is live in cleveland for us this morning. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter kendis and diane, good morning. The crowd here last night was energized. We heard familiar chants, we saw Standing Ovations and donald trump hitting up terrorism, poverty and Hillary Clinton during one of the longest Convention Speeches in decades. Donald trump sealing the deal. I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. Reporter on the final and biggest night of the Republican National convention, the billionaire b
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. On one side of the bay Police Continue to search for the gunman who fired on one of their own. While on the other, officers prepare to leave for a memorial to their colleagues in baton rouge. Good evening. Im eric thomas. In both cases the bottom line is officer safety. It is why local departments are on high alert. Abc7 News Reporter joins us live now with more on the story. Sergio . The officer who was fired upon last night in oakland has been released from the hospital. Unfortunately the person who fired at her is still on the loose. The radio calls from the Oakland Police officer who was shot at are startling. I just got shot at. I cant get out of the car. Witnesses describe a frantic scene after the officer crashed into another vehicle. And i can see people running toward the scene yelling hitandrun. Then you hear a gunshot. Police have not released details on exactly what happened. But the mayor describes an attack that is d
That breaking news is out of louisiana this morning, where four Police Officers have been shot near the Baton Rouge Police headquarters. At least three fatally. Severalthers have been injured. This is a live look at the scene in baton rouge. It happened around 5 45 our time, less than a mile from the Police Department. Officers from on duty. Police say one suspect is down. It is unclear exactly what that means. The crime scene is still active. A local hospital says it is dealing with a multiple casualty event. Police Community Relations have been tense since the shooting of alton sterling, a black man killed by white Police Officers nearly two weeks ago. That shooting was captured on camera. The video has gone viral. Again, two baton rouge officers have been shot, or three shot and killed this morning, about half an hour ago, abc chief George Stephanopoulos talked with the chief police. It was a situation where by our officers responded to shots being fired, and when the officers respo