More than 1,000 americans are among those being rescued. Were following it all on this monday, september 11. From abc news, this is world news now. And we do say good morning. Hurricane irma is pounding western and central florida. Its now to a category one storm, but were still getting very high wind speeds reported in. They can be felt from quite a distance from the center. More than 4. 5 Million People are without power. Even eastern Florida Communities like Daytona Beach are seeing strong wind and rain. Miami escaped a direct hit, but the storm turned streets there into what looked like rivers. The main road in one of miamis busiest neighborhoods is full of three feet of water and fallen debris. And Emergency Responders are urging people to stay out of the water. The focus is on the tampa st. Petersburg area. Marci gonzalez has been there all morning long. The eye of the storm passed some 25 miles east where she is. Marci, whats the situation . Reporter guys, this is the calmest we
You know who paid me, who signed my checks. What a typical day was like. Who i took my orders from. They wanted to know everything. According to declassified report issued in january. U. S. Intelligence analysts concluded sputnik was part of the massive russian intelligence campaign to spread misinformation during the 2016 election. Investigators believe there was a combination of Covert Intelligence operations. Paid social media trolls. And, state funded media. All of which is now under investigation by special Council Robert mueller. Sputnik did not respond to numerous requests for comments but told yahoo news it was a News Organization dedicated to accurate news reporting. Is it russian propaganda . Yes. Fineberg took the job believing he would be allowed to report freely. After four months he was fired for refusing to do a story he thought was wrong. Sputnik alleges it was over his performance. But fineberg says he has prove of meddling by moscow in the 6,000 emails handed to the f
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Face setting up their own health systems. The estimate could the a blow to republican attempts to round up enough votes to get the bill on the senate floor next week. The white house says it did not sign off on what had been two dozen jet trips made by hhs secretary tom price. He took 24 flights on private planes since he became a cabinet secretary in february. The Health Department defended the trips saying his schedule was difficult and his workdays long. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia live from new york. With 30 minutes from the closing bell and u. S. Stocks take a long weekend. Trading unchanged in the close. Miss . Hatd you scarlet Angela Merkel made that to her tenure but at what cost . Ise lithium battery si led. Lit. Julia senator john mccain saying he would oppose the latest Obamacare Repeal measure and that deals a major deal to blow. Is it came over . Game
Tonight, the manhunt is still on. This was the scene of the mangled cars and debris that police say a driver ran from early this morning after he slammed his car into another. Killing one woman inside. Wow thats crazy. I hope they do find the guy. Nobody deserves that for a car wreck. Brianne d. C. Police say it happened after midnight along suitland parkway. Authorities tell abc7 the driver of this volvo was speeding toward the city when he struck this chrysler trying to make a left turn on first sterling avenue. When police got on scene the driver was gone. Police say one of the two passengers in that volvo also tried to flee. He didnt make it far because of the injuries. He was stopped. He had a weapon. Placed under arrest. Brianne the four people inside the chrysler were trapped. A passenger yet to be identified died at the hospital. The other three people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. People dont care about one another today. Bad situation. Brianne this interse