That image is going viral on monday, august 15th. Hes just chilling out front. From abc news, this is world news now. That photographer nailed it. Hes in focus and everyone else is blurry. He has that perfect smile. And the photographer had 9. 8 seconds to get that sort of shot. I want to show you. This is what jamaica looked like overnight. [ cheers ] they had big screen tvs out in kingstontown, and man, they were pretty the announcers compared him to bob marley. Reggae fans would say its impossible to be that big, but you look there and realize, wow, all of jamaica is one with him. And belize must have been so excited at their medal. Belize are one remaining tuesday. Were all going to be cheering for him. There wont be celebrations like that in the capitol. Lets move on to the story thats topping news here in the u. S. We begin this morning with new protests in milwaukee as the black man who was killed by police, that case is touching off some righting there, and that man is being re
The skinny on this monday, august 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im diane macedo. Im kendis gibson. Were going to start with the crisis that is taking place right now in louisiana. Historic flooding. At least five people reported dead. 20,000 rescued from their homes. The governor says 10,000 people are now spending the night in shelters and many drivers are stranded on roads and highways. 1,000 were evacuated fr senate from an interstate, interstate 12. Many having spent more than 24 hours without food or water. Drone video shows the extent of that flooding. Some rivers are crossing overnight. That will mean more flooding. The federal government declared a major disaster for the area. Officials are praising the acts and courage by ordinary citizens. Abcs phillip mena is in the flood zone. Give me a knife. Reporter thousands caught in the flood zone still trying to reporter the convertible sinking by the second. A woman and her dog trapped inside. Nothing is
A woman in Critical Condition after an alligator bite. Tonight new details about that desperate moment and who helped pull her to safety. The 11second victory lap. Katie ledecky shatters a world record. Tonight the final swim from Michael Phelps and simone manuel. The gold rush is on for team usa. Good evening and thank you for jo im cecelia vega and we begin with two major and deadly threats tonight. Dangerous heat for millions in the east and in the deep south historic flooding. Louisiana in a state of emergency at this hour. This is the scene near baton rouge. More than two feet of rain falling in 24 hours. Entire neighborhoods now under water. The National Guard called in. More than 1,200 rescues. Residents say they barely had time to escape. 136 degrees, more than 50 million americans under a heat alert tonight. But now the biggest threat those rivers are still rising and rising fast. Abcs phillip mena starts us off from hardhit baton rouge. Reporter flood waters ravaging louisian
Oped that suggests a landslide defeat is possible. It says hes not listening to advice to focus on the issues and Hillary Clinton, and hes not brushing up on key subjects hell need to understand as president. It comes after he blasted the New York Times for an article talking about turmoil in his campaign. The newspaper is go going to hell. Maybe well think about taking their press credentials from him. Trumps Campaign Manager is now the focus of another york times article. Investigators in the ukraine told the times they found secret ledgers showing 12. 7 million in undisclosed payment for paul manafort. His lawyer is denying his client received any such cash payments. Hillary Clintons Campaign is calling for trump to disclose any ties his staff may have with russian or prorussian entities. To argue trump is the most least prepared president ial nominee in history. To the olympics. Frightening moments for ryan lochte and three teammates who were victims of a robbery at teammate. The u
Uninjured. A woman in Critical Condition after an alligator bite. Tonight new details about that desperate moment and who helped pull her to safety. The 11second victory lap. Katie ledecky shatters a world record. Tonight the final swim from Michael Phelps and simone manuel. The gold rush is on for team usa. Good evening and thank you for im cecelia vega and we begin with two major and deadly threats tonight. Dangerous heat for millions in the east and in the deep south historic flooding. Louisiana in a state of emergency at this hour. This is the scene near baton rouge. More than two feet of rain falling in 24 hours. Entire neighborhoods now under water. The National Guard called in. More than 1,200 rescues. That heat, take a look at this, the sidewalks here in new york, 136 degrees, more than 50 million americans under a heat alert tonight. But now the biggest threat those rivers are still rising and rising fast. Abcs phillip mena starts us off from hardhit baton rouge. Reporter floo