Dominic thiem of austria is the new u. S. Open mens champion. Thiem came from two sets down against Alexander Zverev to capture his first grand slam title. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, september 14th. Thank you for joining us on this monday. We begin with the race for the white house as President Trump continues his Campaign Swing through the west. The president is heading to california today for a briefing on those wildfires, as joe biden addresses the fires from delaware. Last night the president held his first indoor rally in three months, disregarding local restrictions as he was cheered on by thousands of supporters. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has more. Reporter President Trump in las vegas sunday holding his first indoor Campaign Rally since an event in tulsa this past june. They had me standing over the grave, and the graves of our Fallen Heroes from many years ago. Its called disinformation. Reporter the Biden Campaign releasing this ad, alleging the president cal
Plus, called out by kaepernick. Why the former quarterback is slamming the nfl for its new campaign in support of racial justice. Rachael ray takes us inside her kitchen for a first look inside her home after a devastating fire. Later the new music trend setting a retro record. Announcer from abc news in new york this is america this morning. Good monday morning. We begin with this historic Hurricane Season spawning another major threat to the gulf coast. Tropical storm sally is expected to grow into a rran states of emergency have been declared in louisiana and mississippi. New orleans is bracing for the possibility of a direct hit. The big concern is just how slow the storm is moving. This morning millions of people along the gulf coast bracing for a new round of dangerous winds and deadly flooding. Lld to make landfall early tomorrow as a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in mississippi and louisiana with the storms new path putting new orleans in th
Tonight, try pure zzzs all night. Unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer. And longer. Zzzquil pure zzzs all night. Aeep. More than 200,000 acres are on fire in california. Record heat, statewiildfires wde forcing the governor to declare a state of emergency. Experts say air quality in some areas may be worse today as winds carry smoke across fema is stepping in to help crews in a number of counties. Many of the 30plus fires are less than 50 contained. A bear decided to take a break from the recordbreaking california heat in a familys pool. They stayed inside the arcadia home while the animal took a dip. Scientists in Washington State say theyve captured one of those feared socalled murder hornets. Theyre the real de, a male asian giant hornet. They say this catch could be a positive development in the fight against these monster insects. Heres abcs Kayna Whitworth with more. Hornet invasion in Washington State. This was a little bit of a surprise
Treat the most severely ill patients. Our kron fours gayle ong joins us now live bill you spoke with a doctorate stanford has been studying this drug is it is it all that. They can grant a stanford has 2 Clinical Trials of from disappear the focus is on the safety account actually safety accountability and efficacy and this was passed in record time. He tells us that. The pandemic is affecting all of us and we really needed something that will work doctor runa superman, ian is leading one of stanfords Clinical Trials does of air the drug that can help treat covid19 specifically the drug blocks an enzyme. The virus needs to replicate friday. The food and Drug Administration approved the drug on an emergency basis. It is not the same as a full fda approval, but assigned the fda believes the benefits far outweigh its risks. In certain patients even if its not perfect even if its not a magic bullet, its nice to have something that improves the overall situation since midmarch stanford has
Even socially distancing practices, hes been at least 6 feet of space in between you and others at the beach so. Heres images of the beach this morning you can see. The Service Looking there are lot of people out there enjoying the water but heres what you should do if you are going decide to go out to the beach you want to make sure that youre keeping at 6 feet of space you want to avoid large crowds. So if you arrive at a beach and its too many people getting your car turn around go home now remember Health Officials also say because of those really coastal winds. Its one of the more high risk places that you can be since you just cant control the flow of the wind as youre out so you want to keep that in mind before you leave your house. Now last weekend a police on here pacifica issue hundreds of violations for people. Leaving their homes and be more than 5 miles away from their houses to frequent the beach so again if you are going to come out just people out here are doing a good