after buying two of everything, it was nice to only need one security system adt. [ male announcer ] get adt installed for just $99. and ask about adt pulse, advanced home management here today. adt. always there. good morning to you. it is thursday, july 21st. 25th, rather. this lady survived a 40-foot plunge into the chesapeake bay after a truck slammed into her car. this morning, we have new video of the woman s struggle to get to safety moments after the crash. an incredible story. president obama blaming phony scandals for preventing him from focusing on the economy. republicans firing back. there is nothing phony about four murdered americans in benghazi. there s nothing phony about irs targeting people based on ideology. do these really sound like mere distractions? we report, you decide.
fires in los angeles, more than a dozen in just the past four hours. houses, cars, nothing is safe. we re talking live with the l.a. fire department tonight. students on a wilderness adventure attacked by a grizzly bear and one of her cubs bites and puncture wounds and the latest on their conditions. plus there. therefore, by the powers vested by me by the state of new york i pronounce you both married. [ cheers and applause ] history is made in new york. same-sex marriages, even new york city s mayor gets involved by performing a ceremony. i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. if you weren t paying close attention to the deficit and the debt ceiling talks in washington, you really need to now. a sunday filled with tv talking points. fa face-to-face meetings and party conference calls brought the debt ceiling debate back to the very beginning. a little stalemate tonight and traders worldwide are surely taking notice, several overseas markets have opened lower
i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. if you weren t paying close attention to the deficit and the debt ceiling talks in washington, you really need to now. a sunday filled with tv talking points face-to-face meetings and party conference calls brought the debt ceiling debate back to the very beginning. a little stalemate tonight and traders worldwide are surely taking notice, several overseas markets have opened lower in monday trading and the u.s. stock futures and trending they re trending lower right now. in washington this hour, power brokers from the president to the house speaker are standing firm unwilling to abandon their positions. our correspondent, our congressional correspondent kate bolduan has been tracking the events for us all day in d.c. and joins me now. kate, where do we stand right now. reporter: bottom line, don, after a long weekend of work and of meetings and a lot of negotiating there is no deal between congressional leaders and the white
this morning on world news now, record heat. it is not only oppressive, it is daerous and deadly. the giant dome of heat that is baking a huge portion of the country is now blamed for nearly two dozen deaths. it s thursday, july 21st. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. and i m peggy bunker. chicago may be suffering the most in this intense heat. at one point, thousands ofof customers had no power at all. and that, of course, means no air conditioning. as demand for electricity went skyrocketing through the roof, now that hellish air mass is heading east to bake millions of people on our part of the coast. new york s going to be rough today. it is. maybe heat index 110 or something like that. it s not so bad when you get
this morning on world news now, insider threat. the federal government s serious new concerns about terrorists sabotaging power plants here in the u.s. and also why new warnings are linked to what osama bin laden may have been planning on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. it s thursday, july 21st. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. and good thursday morning. i m rob nelson. and i m peggy bunker. there have been previous incidents not linked to al qaeda that show just how vulnerable power plants and water utilities can be. now you re going to see why federal agents are concerned about terrorists actually getting inside these plants. we re talking about people who actually apply and get employment at some of these facilities which can really be a threat. and that s what s jarring is what s going on with the background checks that these