Walk away from this completely 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 joining us on this saturday. 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 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
A crash landing. The plane demolished. How a family of four managed to walk away from this completely 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 joining us on this saturday. 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. Iss 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. Time to escape. 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
Reporter trump will try to get back to the issues today delivering a detailed policy outlining his plan to tackle terrorism. As one Campaign Source tells us, trump needs to focus on beating hillary clinton. Mary bruce. Joe biden is joining clinton clont on the campaign trail for the first time. Theres a rally in scranton, pennsylvania. He plans to declare that donald trump is the most uninformed president ial nominee ever. Biden is also expected to argue that trp americans less safe. A man hunt underway in georgia following the deadly shooting of a Police Officer in the town of eastman. The gunman should be considered armed and dangerous. Hes accused of killing an officer as the officer got out of a patrol car. The son of a chicago Police Officer is the latest victim of deadly violence in the city. He was home from college in sick mother. He was celebrating someones birthday when a gunman opened fire. Investigators say they think it was a case of mistaken identity. Terrifying use about
Justin gatlin in the 100 meters. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. The amazing photo thats going viral this morning of bolt in front of everybody else smiling at the camera. We begin this morning, though, with the massive flooding in southern louisiana, especially around baton rouge. Theres a federal declaration with five people dead. The numbers are simply staggering. More than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes, and 10,000 spending this morning in shelters. Also rescued the approximately 1,000 drivers and passengers stranded for 24 hours or more on interstate 12. The National Guard used their helicopters throughout the day to deliver food, water, and well as to remove people from their positions and bring them back to a place of safety. The governor says he wont say the flooding is worse than a hurricane but says its very bad. Thousands of people are without power, and thousands of at t cell phones aren
From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im diane macedo. Im kendis gibson. Were going to start with the crisis in louisiana. Historic flooding. At least five people reported dead. 20,000 rescued from their homes. 10,000 people are now spending the night in shelters and many drivers are stranded on roads and highways. 1,000 were evacuated from an 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. Give me a knife. Reporter thousands caught in the flood zone still trying to escape. Were breaking the window. Reporter the convertible a woman and her dog trapped inside. Nothing is working. Finally david fung jumps in pulling her out by her arm. My dog. Get my dog. Reporter seconds later, fishing her dog out too. Homes