For nearly ten minutes missing after going into the deep. The urgent search right now. Good morning america. It is a busy wednesday morning and a lot to get to. So much of the country still being hit hard by severe weather. That is the most powerful storm on the planet right now churning in the pacific and ravaged a u. S. Island. We begin with that news just breaking this morning. The man who helped that minnesota dentist kill cecil the lion speaking out for the first time this morning after appearing in court. He faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly having that illegal hunt. The dentist is still in hiding. His home vandalized and abcs david wright has been following the story and starts us off this morning. Reporter professional hunter wore dark glasses to court. He lost his hunting license and now faces criminal charges for allegedly luring cecil the lion out of the safety of Hwange National park by dragging a dead animal from his car as bait. Speaking to reporters bronkhorst
Some benefits to all this heat. Nothing like a cool breeze on a hot day, even the seagulls on city island know where to go to get their feathers ruffled. For others, relief is spelled san d, in this case orchard beach, the trick to getting a jump on a 90degree plus day, get there early. We opened the beach this morning reporter first ones . Yeah, we was the first ones here. You get a better spot and look for all the crowds. Reporter in this kind of summer swelter, hitting the market before the sun is too high is also a smart idea, as is eating and drinking to beat the heat. I get lettuce, radish rad dish radish and all that stuff. The heat is not all bad. All that cheap Fresh Produce just one of the pluses of the dog days of summer. We have more time to be outside and to exercise and to socialize with people and that sunlight builds strong bones and also decreases the chances of people who have mood problems during the winter months. Reporter yeah, we know about that seasonal effective
Hot zone as soldiers join the battle against the Deadly Wildfires in Washington Stated, we show you the front Line Technology to stop the flames. Plus, Todd Rundgren, singer, songwriter, superstar producer opens up about his extraordinary life of music. We begin with plunging oil prices in new fears of a Global Market crisis. Here the in United States wall street experienced its worst single day in more than a year and a half. Stocks are falling, and so is the price of oil. Whats driving both is chinas economic slowdown. Patty is here with that. Patty. John, this is about fear over the health of Global Economy and what the Federal Reserve will do about Interest Rates. Stocks around the globe were hammered thursday. Here in the u. S. The s p 500, a ga gauge for the health of your 401 k , erased all the gains for a year and the dow jones lost 350 points. It was set overnight in china. The shanghai composite index fell 3. 4 . Now, the recent turmoil in chinas stock market combined with th
Thank you for joining us, im ken rosato, and you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Good morning everybody. Happy friday. If youre about to head out the door, grab your umbrella. You are going to need that. We have rain across the area, we have temperatures in the upper 70s. Its a morning where we start out with a muggy morning out here and a morning where were looking at whats going to be these showers and thunderstorms. 76 right now and passing through the area, its muggy. Were looking at the line from kingston to poughkeepsie down the toms river. Western jersey is shower free now and so is manhattan. Theres a little shower coming across Staten Island heading towards brooklyn and queens. Theres showers and thunderstorms up there at newburgh, and those are heavy along 84 and 87 and back to our west, drier, cooler air for tomorrow, which will be delightful. Well talk about that coming up in just a moment. Im doing okay. Southern state parkway, different story,
The president and his team set to dine with the two top dems tonight. Power lun power lunch starts right now welcome, everybody, to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Stocks are trading in a very narrow range the s p did hit another intraday high the best performing sectors, tech and materials, the biggest drags. Check out some movers. Up 6 . Leading the s p 500. The Company Buying new York Health Insurer fidelis care for 2. 7 billion take a look at dolby labs. Apple tv will support dolby vision here is what else is happening. Democratic senator, mark warner, asking the federal trade commission to investigate equifax Data Security practices and Customer Security response following the recent attack. Target getting ready for the crucial season hiring about 100,000 seasonal workers. That is a big jump from last year viacoms mtv seeing its first summer ratings growth in six years. Brian . Charlie, thank you. We begin with apple and its big event 24 hours ago in cupertino. Apple announcing three