Worlds fastest man yet again. Coming from behind to beat Justin Gatlin in the 100 meters. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. The amazing photo thats going viral this morning of bolt in front of everybody else smiling at the camera. We begin this morning, though, with the massive flooding in southern louisiana, especially around baton rouge. Theres a federal disaster declaration for four parishes with at least five people dead. The body of a woman whose car was swept away was recovered late last night. The numbers are simply staggering. More than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes, and 10,000 spending this morning in shelters. Also rescued the approximately 1,000 drivers and passengers stranded for 24 hours or more on interstate 12. The National Guard used their helicopters throughout the day to deliver food, water, and medicine to those stranded as well as to remove people from their positions and bring th
Monday, august 15, 2016. Thats all there is to it. It doesnt matter who gets a lead. They are going to get caught. And she hammers it home. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer, live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie, live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on this monday morning, another Beautiful Day at the beach, im matt lauer along with hoda kotb. Well check in with savannah in a moment. If you are looking to rub elbows with the greatest swimmers in the world this is where you want to do it today. Yeah, we are talking about the greatest olympian of all time, just arrived here a few minutes ago, Michael Phelps will be with us. Katie ledecky is here, rewriting the record books and Simone Manuel. So many more of those Medal Winners are here from team usa, were going to talk to all of them coming up. Also were going to talk about the scary incident the last 24 hours for another group of swim
Hopefully we wont have to do it, again. Deadly Flooding Forces thousands from their homes in louisiana. The president granted a major disaster declaration. A wildfire has forced 4,000 people from their homes. Look what they have to come home to. A big disruption at jfk airport. Police found no evidence of gunfire. Second sgh violent protests in milwaukee. One person was shot and wounded and a Police Officer was wounded when a rock smashed a patrol car window. Vice President Joe Biden is joining Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time. Meanwhile, donald trump has been warring with the media. I wanted to be able to support our partys nominee, but the barrage of cruel comments really troubled me. New york times reports live former ukraine president. Gold medal winner ryan lochte and three other american swimmers say they were robbed in rio. They are all okay. No halftime show with adele at the 2017 super bowl. Dramatic crash landing in england during an air show. The pilo
That image is going viral on monday, august 15th. Hes just chilling out front. From abc news, this is world news now. That photographer nailed it. Hes in focus and everyone else is blurry. He has that perfect smile. And the photographer had 9. 8 seconds to get that sort of shot. I want to show you. This is what jamaica looked like overnight. [ cheers ] they had big screen tvs out in kingstontown, and man, they were pretty the announcers compared him to bob marley. Reggae fans would say its impossible to be that big, but you look there and realize, wow, all of jamaica is one with him. And belize must have been so excited at their medal. Belize are one remaining tuesday. Were all going to be cheering for him. There wont be celebrations like that in the capitol. Lets move on to the story thats topping news here in the u. S. We begin this morning with new protests in milwaukee as the black man who was killed by police, that case is touching off some righting there, and that man is being re
The skinny on this monday, august 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im diane macedo. Im kendis gibson. Were going to start with the crisis that is taking place right now in louisiana. Historic flooding. At least five people reported dead. 20,000 rescued from their homes. The governor says 10,000 people are now spending the night in shelters and many drivers are stranded on roads and highways. 1,000 were evacuated fr senate from an interstate, interstate 12. Many having spent more than 24 hours without food or water. Drone video shows the extent of that flooding. Some rivers are crossing overnight. That will mean more flooding. The federal government declared a major disaster for the area. Officials are praising the acts and courage by ordinary citizens. Abcs phillip mena is in the flood zone. Give me a knife. Reporter thousands caught in the flood zone still trying to reporter the convertible sinking by the second. A woman and her dog trapped inside. Nothing is