We begin with the devastating flooding in colorado. The rain is still falling in the floodravaged Rocky Mountain foothills. Were getting a unique perspective on the disaster. Theyre using a boulder companys drone to survey the damage. The cameras capturing amazing video, showing rivers so high, theyre almost touching the bottom of bridges. Its giving rescuers a sense of the destruction theyre dealing with. Here are the latest numbers. At least five people confirmed dead. More than 1200 unaccounted for. Nearly 12,000 evacuated. 19,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Reporter the flooding is spreading across parts of 15 counties. Stretching almost 200 miles from north to south. Some 15 inches of rain over the course of a week has saturated the ground so much it forced a mudslide in boulder that split this Office Building right in half. Leaving about ten feet of mud behind. I woke up this morning and looked out our backyard to make sure how it was raining. There was a guy kayaking right outsi
We begin this thursday with highlevel white house meetings on shutdown. President obama and top lawmakers talking behind closed doors last night. For many angry and frustrated americans, it looked like a omising step. Abcs Tahman Bradley is joining us from washington with more on how those talks turned out. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, diana. Good morning, john. The good news is, at least all of the key players here in washington are talking again. The bad news, theyre not any closer to striking a deal. The Government Shutdown enters a third day after a meeting between president obama and congressional leaders yielded no sign of progress. We are locked in tight on obama care. All were asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American People under obama care. Reporter president obama says he wont negotiate with republicans until they agree to fund the government with no strings attached. In an interview on cnbc, the president blames Speaker Boehner for the st
Shutdown. And the ripple effects are being felt across the nation. Despite the growing sense of anger and frustration on the part of americans, no new talks are scheduled. The republicans are set to try a plan that would fund only certain parts of the government. Abcs Tahman Bradley is live at the capitol for us this morning. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, diana and john. Theres no sign of compromise here on capitol hill. And it doesnt look like anything is going to get done. In fact, both sides are bracing for this shutdown to go on for a while. Meanwhile, the public is fed up. The Government Shutdown enters its second day with no end in sight. Across the country, anger is growing. I think its crazy. I think the whole holding the government hostage over obama care is ridiculous. A bunch of jerks running the show up there. Reporter 800,000 federal workers will stay home again today without pay. About 6,700 of them civilian workers at this military base in central new jers
And good wednesday morning. We begin with breaking news. That massive weather system along the eastern seaboard has 135u7bed what appears to be a tornado in north carolina. At least two injuries right now in moorehead city. Pictures coming out of the area, showing downed trees, downed power lines. Roofed ripped off buildings. Minor damage at a hospital. 12 people had to be evacuated from a condo along the beach. And the storm thats caused this damage is affecting millions of people, stretching from south florida all the way up to maine. Its happening on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Abcs Tahman Bradley is live in a rainy washington, with all of the delays there and holiday headache. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, diana. Good morning, john. People not already hat grandmas house are going to have a hard time getting there. Its a mess, on roads and highways and at airports across the country. It came at the worst time. A ferocious storm system on one of the bus
In washington. The Social Security administration, warning that checks to millions of americans may be in jeopardy unless the debt ceiling is raised. Just over 2 billion will be lost in worker productivity will be lost by the end of today. And the plan to give back pay to furloughed federal workers has stalled in the senate. Abcs Tahman Bradley is tracking it all for us from washington. Reporter good morning. This is getting dangerous. In just nine days, the country will run out of money to pay its bills unless congress acts. And that, of course, is just one problem in washington. The other, getting the Government Back up and running. President obama upped the pressure on House Speaker john boehner to hold a vote on a clean bill that would extend government funding. The reason that Speaker Boehner hasnt called a vote on it is because he doesnt apparently want to see the Government Shutdown end at the moment. Reporter the speaker says a funding bill cannot pass unless republicans get th