Laura tearing through the caribbean, the hurricane now taking aim at texas and louisiana. Winds expected to top 115 miles per hour. Mandatory evacuations under way along the gulf coast right now. Were live from the storm zone tracking the very latest. Fall from grace. Top conservative evangelical leader Jerry Falwell jr. Entangled in a sex scandal. The sordid allegations emerging about he and his wifes alleged relationship with their former pool attendant. Overnight the powerful ally of President Trump, the president of liberty university. The fallout this morning. Back to School Battle. A florida judge striking down the order for schools to physically reopen siding with teachers demanding the right to work remotely. Ive chosen my students over so many difficult things but i cant put my family at risk. Measures to protect their students, and colleges cracking down, shutting down bars after scenes like this in alabama as cases climb to nearly 450 at notre dame. I had a fever. I had ches
Tighfi big surge in cases, axing inperson classes for the next two weeks. More trouble at big name schools. Some unc students packing up after one week, and startling video overnight. Los Angeles Police breaking up this massive Birthday Party for tiktok star bryce hall, and from the initial epicenter of the pandemic these stunning photos of a massive pool party and no masks. All this as coronavirus cases t. Abc news exclusive. The College Football star leading the charge to get the big ten back on the field this season. 270,000 signatures in two days. Ohio state quarterback Justin Fields joins us live only on gma. State of emergency. Dozens o more than 30,000 acres in northern california. Thousands forced to flee their homes, lightning fires super charged tripledigit wetrngatis morning. You got me feeling emotions and all the emotions running high on the court. Trouble in the bubble. Overnight, the top teams falling in two stunning upsets. Powerhouse lebron james playing a historic gam
All safe. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 10th. Thank you for starting your week with us. And we do begin with schools ng a as coravirus cas millionaon be Holding Classes online today and tomorrow, while the building is disinfected following an outbreak among students and staff. In bigtime College Football, the power five conferences may be considering moving their season to the spring. Meantime, the pandemic has prompted some top ncaa players to call for the creation of a union. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has more. Reporter the u. S. Now surpassing 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. Kansas city among nine cities warned by the White House Task force they are in danger of becoming new hot spots. Were seeing a lot of activity that has been against Public Health advice. House parties of up to hundreds of people, a lot of backyard parties. Reporter chicagos mayor threatening to shut down the lakefront, posting these images on social media after witnessing what she
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Overnight, lightning strikes off the coast as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning moves across the bay area. Were bracing for another day of intense recordbreaking heat after more rolling Power Outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, august 16. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Those thunderstorms were seen off the coast of santa cruz, on the peninsula, near pacifica, and all across the bay area overnight. From the lightning to the winds to the heat to now these brush fires were tracking, were following it all. Lets get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at whats happening right now. Lisa . Hey, liz. You know, when we had one of these thunderstorms around fairfield, the temperature went from the 80s to 100. That was a heat burst that came down from the upper levels of the atmosphere with a thunderstorm. Just amazing whether the around here. As we go in c
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Chants and protests fill the streets of oakland again over the Police Shooting of jacob blake. But businesses say theyre getting tired of cleaning up and have one thing for the group of protesters to consider as today supporters of President Trump plan to use a bay area icon as their stage. Good morning, im liz kreutz, thank you for joining us. A quick look at the weather, heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, liz. You have to be in the far east bay or south bay to get a little sun this morning. You also have a little haze. You can see the fog footprint over the bay. Well change that, though. We still have a spare of air alert. Foggy conditions in the city. 55 at downtown San Francisco. 66 in mat view. East bay hills camera,g low d deck reaching into the east bay. 54 san rafael. 62 in concord. Visibility just over a mile in santa rosa, a half mile with the fog. Air quality is poor by the delta, mode