Want somebody thats going to shortcircuit. All this as we learn about the results of a new abc Washington Post poll that points to good news for clinton. And going for gold. Victories for team usa on the first day of competition. The teenager taking aim and stealing the spotlight. And the swimmers adding to our medal count, as gma sits down with Serena Williams. I have so much fun playing with venus. Her big hopes at the big games. Good morning, everyone. Great to have you with us. Were going to get to all of the olympic action coming up. Including key u. S. Victories on the court and the field. Both the Mens Basketball Team and u. S. Womens soccer teams off to a strong start. Usa. They are off to strong starts. Were starting with the breaking news involving the disgraced former olympian, Oscar Pistorius. Were learning this morning he was sent to the hospital after being found in his prison cell with injuries to his wrists. Hes denying it was a suicide attempt. Either way, it is a shoc
Now, to Amy Hollyfield. She is in downtown lower lake this morning. You can see the destruction is massive. Amy . Yes, look behind me at this rubble. This is where a two Story Office Building sued on main street the can you see the stairs are Still Standing but nothing else. This is next to the habitat for humanity Office Building which was also destroyed. Here is a look at the fire burning yesterday that tore through the town of lower lake and it burned cars and businesses and homes. Firefighters have not assessed how many or specifically which buildings. They say that will take them some time. 4,000 people have been evacuated, people here say that it was amaze telling see this huge fire invade their town. Ait is Something Else to see this in person and be here and see a fire kick up from a grass fire and jump down interest a building and leap over buildings and catch another building on fire. Fires say that 3,000 acres have burned and it is 5 contained. Those are the numbers from las
County will fix the problem or buy their homes. Plus smallpox and hundreds of contagious viruses uncovered and unprotected at nih. What else was in that storage room. The new option unveiled by Prince Georges County officials tonight still requires engineers to shore up and stablize this slow moving landslide behind me, but instead of buying out all 28 displaced homeowners under the new option most homeowners would be allowed to remain in their homes. The new 15 million plan unveiled for Prince Georges County homeowners would stablize piscataway drive landslide and would buy and condemn six houses in the neighborhood. On this unstable ground Prince Georges County says theyre aiming for the middle ground. For us it stinks. We still lose our house. Reporter previous county options include buying and condemning all 28 houses. That is still being considered, so is the less likely 22 million option of stablizing the ground and keeping all the residents in their homes, less likely because th
Starting off on our beautiful michael son camera. By this afternoon temperatures are going to warm up by 20 degrees. Another day with southerly winds at 13 Miles Per Hour right now. So breezy at times. High pressure to the east feeling the srl winds setting the stage for showers and storms this afternoon. Ill track them for you coming up. In the meantime grab the umbrella and your high today 88. Larry, over to you. Thanks. Metro riders off to a good start. The trains and buses running on schedule. Its in lanham where we have an issue this morning. Two lanes blocked on the outer loop of the beltway. Our Traffic Camera shows the delays in that area. That is the situation here. You see police on the scene traffic being able to get by. Looks like one lane closed at this point but still expect some delays out in that area. Sky 9 is over the scene of a fatal accident, this out in greenbelt where we have two right lanes blocked, traffic getting by on the lefthand side so were asking drivers t
Investigators in san diego are trying to determine this morning what led a small plane to crash land in a parking lot of a busy shopping center. That crash killed one woman on board and seriously injured another occupant. The frightening incident happened last night. The single engine plane there crashed near parked cars and caught on fire. Officials say two witnesses were treated for minor burns. Captured. A man on the fbis ten most wanted list is in custody this morning. Jose Manuel Garcia guevaro was extradited from mexico yesterday. Hes accused of breaking into the home of this woman wanda barton where he raped and stabbed her to death. Her son was home at the time but he was not harmed. As the ebola epidemic deepens, the u. S. Is on alert. This after two victims came in contact with a victim. At u. S. Airports the feds are keeping an eye on international passengers. Anyone showing signs of the virus will be quarantined. A plan to keep the virus from spreading. Schools have been sh