And flash flood threats. Were live from louisiana tracking the very latest. Overnight, anger and unrest. Of kenosha, wisconsin over the Police Shooting of jacob blake. And the 17yearold suspected shooter accused of killing two people now taken into custody. This morning, the new details about that deadly shooting. New fallout for the falwells. Overnight, the new allegation from an anonymous former Liberty University student claiming he also had a sexual encounter with becki falwell, wife of University President and evangelical leader Jerry Falwell jr. This morning our abc news exclusive with the former pool attendant Giancarlo Granda, who says he had an affair with becki falwell, that falwell watched, meeting the couplehen he was later vacationing and even going into business with them. The falwells now accusing him of extortion. This morning Giancarlo Granda joins us live. Taking over tiktok . The two giant American Companies that could be teaming up to buy the widely popular app as t
Early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. The number of Coronavirus Infections continues to grow as this pandemic rages on there are now over 6 million infections in the u. S. And more than 186,000 covid related deaths the series of International Trials found that treating critically ill covid19 patients with corticosteroids reduces the risk by 20 . Actor and former wrestler the rock johnson is the latest celebrity to be infected by the coronavirus. He announced his wife, two young daughters along with himself all tested positive about three weeks ago. This as a man in his 60s has become the first covid19 death erelated to sturgis in south dakota reporter its the scene they fear will unfold in the days to come from pool side parties to bars and beaches these are the holiday hot spots often behind a spike in coronavirus cases. After memorial day, 4th of july and a motorcycle rally drawing hundreds of thousands, u. S. Health officials sounding th
New outbreaks on College Campuses and race for the vaccine. The new push to rename buildings in washington, d. C. That bear the names of men tied to slavery. Should the names jefferson, franklin and washington be removed . Caught on camera, the massive flood at this busy hospital. Water breaking down the doors, staff describing it like a scene from the titanic. Up, up and away. We take you behind the scenes of David Blaines stunt. The new fight over boneless chicken wings. One mans passionate plea. And a good thursday morning, everyone. Im will reeve in for kenneth. And im mona kosar abdi. We begin with the new move by President Trump to cut off federal funding to cities like new york and seattle. Part of a crack down on riots and looting and what the president described as lawless protesting. The Biden Campaign saying the former Vice President will hold a Community Meeting to discuss the challenges we face, but we begin with that new threat from President Trump. This morning, Presiden
Now from abc7, live breaking news. Wildfires rage on in the bay area, ballooning in size overnight. Right now more than 1 million acres have burned in california. That is the most in state history. And more people are being told they need to evacuate. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. And im eric thomas. This is a quick look at three big fires burning in the bay area. The lnu complex, which is in the north bay, has charred more than 341,000 acres. Its the second largest wildfire in state history. The scu complex which covers parts of alameda, contra costa and santa clara is behind at 339,000 acres. And the s tzu complex is burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. We have Team Coverage for you. Theyre getting ready for more fires. Cornell barnard is in the north bay where the lnu complex keeps growing. We begin with meteorologist drew tuma with a look at the chance of us seeing more lightning strikes tonight. Drew. We were watching live doppler 7 as we see moistu
I want to zoon in on live doppler 7. You can see a pair of returns here thankfully moving into Santa Cruz County. We want to get you an update on the czu complex right now. The statewide situation in california at the moment before we get started here specifically in these two counties. Since saturday, august 15th, we have experienced 615 fires across the state of california, and more than two dozen of those fires have turned into major fires. With that, the second and Third Largest fires in california history are burning around us at the moment in santa clara unit and up in lmu and the lake napa unit. With that, theres over 14,000 firefighters assigned across the state at this moment with this lightning siege. Additionally, theres over 2400 fire engines across california fighting these fires. And cal fire alone has 96 of all firefighting engines committed to an incident somewhere in the state of california at this exact moment with. That, we have 95 aircraft assigned to incidents in c