Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. Search crews are racing against time to find survivors of the killer mudslides in southern california. At least 17 people are dead, dozens more injured. And 17 are still missing after a powerful winter storm unleashed mud, boulder, and flash floods into communities that were still reeling from last months massive wildfires. More than 100 homes have been destroyed, and thousands have been forced to flee, including celebrities in the affluent neighborhood of montecito. Tennis legend jimmy conner was evacuated by helicopter. He took to twitter tuesday to thank the u. S. Coast guard for rescuing him. And talc show host Ellen Degeneres was visibly emotional, sharing how she and her wife have evacuated yet again, just days after finally returning home after the massive thomas fire. Sunday night portia and i got a call that were under mandatory evacuation again, with most of the community of montecito. So, again, we eva
Student Xavier Williams says he didnt see this coming. I know the person that was in the incidents im just like, wow, you know, im shocked. Reporter outside the school, police and the ceo of the School System worked to calm the fears of nervous parents who couldnt reach their children after the school was placed on lockdown. Obviously theres no longer a threat because the person was apprehended. Communicate with the parents by way of text message, email, something. Let us know something. The situation is stable. The students have been returned to their classrooms. Reporter police say the incident began with a fight between three male students. Why and how it escalated to the point of a double stabbing is still under investigation. All of the kids involved are expected to be okay. This student wants better security inside of his school. The school doesnt really take a proper precautions of maybe what happens in the school, who has what, whats being brought into the school. So, its reall
Police failed them. And why d. C. Police raced to shut down one of the citys busiest bridges tonight. The news a 11 00 starts now. Up first tonight a yellow weather alert. Rain moved in the chief is keeping an eye on it here with our d. C. s most accurate forecast. I do not need this, but do not leave home without this tomorrow. A yellow weather alert, a couple light showers running through frederick and west of warrenton, but the real activity rolls in tomorrow. What are the risks . A high risk of showers, gusty winds, maybe 20, 25 mileper hour winds, heavy downpours are to a moderate risk and the problem is the ground is still front. So we could see brief flash flood frozen. So we could see brief flash flooding. Thats going to be a high impact and also your date night plans tomorrow looking at high impact there as well. Early in the morning here comes the rain and showers, temperatures crazy, 61 its 62 and by 9 00 its still in the low 60s just about everywhere with rain and showers.
Dollar demand. The new report overnight that one of hollywoods top paid actors said he wouldnt approve Kevin Spaceys replacement for that reshoot until he got a major payday while his female costar got less than 1,000. And overnight, facebook makes a huge change affecting billions of users. What youll see more and less of in your news feed. Good morning, america. Great to have paula here. We hope all of you are well at home. We want to get right to that growing firestorm ignited by vulg gar comments by President Trump about allowing immigrants from africa and haiti into america. Abc news policy is not to repeat the profanity which, of course, trump critics have called racist and unamerican. We will talk more about that later. First jon karl is tracking all the latest fallout from washington. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. Just as the presi bipartisan immigration deal, he blew it all up with a vulgar insult that has struck many as blatantly racist. The president s vul
President s alleged comments coming on social media and also being played out in the headlines of news tapers across the country, some of those headlines tame, others more sensationalized. Take a look at how the new york papers handled it. The daily news putting a poop emoji with orange hair on top of it on the cover. The Philadelphia Daily News as a headline showing the president and reading, looking out for number two. Some papers mention it, others did not cover it on the front page. People have mixed opinions about the coverage and what the president may have said. I suspect that he probably said what everyone says that he said. It is not a good look for us at all as a country. Absolutely offensive. This is something that i thought we turned the page as a nation. It does not look good. Suzanne house did not deny the comments, but today the president says he did use harsh language, but he did not use that vulgar word. Abc7 news. Melanie President Trump canceling an upcoming visit to