Explore our nations past on American History tv, every weekend on cspan3. The Cuyahoga River as most think of it. The brown stream that meets lake erie. An industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories. Its channel filled with ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River as it reaches lake erie after a 100 mile at which timing and turning journey from its head waters is an exhausted stream. Abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of clevelandakron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio. And so man came and continued coming. Until today nearly 2 Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a
The reaction around the world right now. International murder mystery. The newly released Surveillance Video of that Young American woman and her boyfriend shortly before they were killed in canada and now the possible connection to another death. Police warning tourists to be vigilant. Abc news exclusive. The best friend of that fake german heiress now breaks her silence. How she was duped. I believe shes a sociopath. The luxury trip that turned into a 62,000 bill and how the soho scammer was finally caught. And to the rescue. The moment this pickup truck flips over on the highway trapping the driver inside. The Good Samaritans jumping into action racing to pull him free. Now that drivers message this morning only on gma. And good morning, america. Hope you all are doing well this morning. It is such a wet morning here in the northeast. It really is. Waquite a nit here in new rks well. Take a look at the scene that happened overnight. That woman braving floodwaters in brooklyn. Thats
United kingdoms next Prime Minister early today starts right now good morning im marlie hall. And im dara brown. Hundreds of people will have some relief this morning from sweltering temperatures after an extreme heat wave settled across 40 states for several days in some places it felt like 110 degrees. As many as seven heatrelated deaths have been reported. Authorities in arkansas say 32yearold former new york giants player mitch petris died from heat stroke while working in the triple digit temperatures the blistering heat is finally breaking along the east coast after some areas of new york matched record highs about 44,000 new yorkers lost power overnight and mayor bill de blasio says power was temporarily cut to several neighborhoods so repairs could be made. Power was expected to return to 500 customers at aw jersey, a crane collapsed onto a house and Apartment Building causing major damage to both the storm swept through the area also bringing down trees and power lines. There
Hello and welcome to world news today. Storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter americas gulf coast for some time to come. The storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. These are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching. The state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. In new orleans, the mayor Latoya Cantrell has urged residents to stay vigilent. We are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of new orleans, although barry has slowed, it has also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight and sunday. Sophie long is in canal street in new orleans. We know that it has slowed down, but it is still packing a punch, isnt it . Yes, and people in morgan city are filling that punch at t
Simona halep wins herfirst wimbledon title, beating Serena Williams in straight sets. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter americas gulf coast for some time to come. The storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. These are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching. The state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. In new orleans, the mayor, latoya cantrell, has urged residents to stay vigilant. We are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of orleans. Although barry has slowed, its also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight, and sunday. Our correspondent sophie longs in new orleans, i asked her whether people there were heeding those warnings