Oh, my gosh. And flash flooding. The incredible scenes. Raging water sweeping cars through the streets in baltimore. The current carrying them away. One man desperately trying to hold on. Passengers at this train station stranded. Is the worst over . And highflying competition. Its drone racing. Whoa what oh, my goodness. Rob shows us the ins and outs of the newest extreme sport. Pilots flying these babies at more than 100 miles an hour in a race to the finish. That was unbelievable. Good morning, everyone. We want to thank you for joining us on this sunday. We want to get straight to that disaster in texas. The deadliest hot air balloon accident in history. 16 people dead after a balloon hit a power line and crashed into a field. Federal investigators rushing to the scene 30 miles outside of austin. This lethal incident has people wondering about the safety of these balloon rides now. Well be talking to a former chair of the ntsb who says safety regulations and additional oversight we
Starting line in rio. The olympics Opening Ceremony just hours away. Concerns about safety and illegal doping already overshadowing the games. Is brazil ready for its big moment . Were there live on the ground with the greatest athletes in the world. If i just go out there and do my best to make you guys proud, that is the best feeling i could ever ask for. As team usa gets ready to go for the gold. And we do say good morning, america. So much excitement for the olympics and the fact that dan is here with us in times square. About even on the excitement meter. You see amy there in brazil for the Opening Ceremony just hours away. Amy has her game face on as usual. Take a look at the olympic torch this morning right near the iconic christ the redemer statue in rio and arrived in the city in style on a surfboard which strikes me as a little dangerous when youre carrying fire making its way to the stadium where the nearly fourhour ceremony kicks off and 6,000 performers getting ready for t
Reporter im Darcy Spencer live in Silver Spring with breaking news where a former special education teachers aide has been charged with having inappropriate contact with a 14yearold student right here at the middle school. Now the suspects name is Robert Wilson the iii. Hes 23 years old, charged with sex abuse of a minor and three counts of third degree sex offense. This contact allegedly happened between him and the student between october of last year and march of this year. He was just arrested last night. Now, i justed looked at the corporate documents, they say he confessed to the crimes admitted to having sexual contact in the stairwell of the school out of the sight of security cameras and that there were phone calls and Text Messages exchanged between the two as well. He worked as a special education aide from august 2013, to march 30 when he was transferred over to Food Services to work in the warehouse. Were hold that is a job that he applied for and, again, is no longer work
The hour here in houston. Where floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey may have peaked but new dimensions of the disaster are coming into view and others exploding back to light. Late today the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby was rocked again. You see the fire theres. What began as flooding became a power outage. Cooling equipment shut down. Chemicals heated up and erupted in flames. Thankfully that fire has died down. Officials warn new explosions are about certain. Well have more shortly. It is just one of the string of different developments here tonight that should signal loud and clear this is not over. I know people think the weather is fine and the the rest of the country is moving on. Folks here cant move on. This is not over by any means, including at the airport where gary tuchman discovered an airlift under way. Take a look. It is an emergency airlift. Hurricane victims who have lost their homes, their belongings, everything, bussed to a tarmac at a airport that serves port arthu