And backstreets back in a big way. Nick carter blowing the doors off the ballroom with a performance that had the entire audience on its feet. Bindi irwin with an emotional tribute to her father. And gary busey says goodbye to the ballroom and opens up just to gma this morning. When you made me cry and good morning, america. A lot to get to this tuesday. Thank goodness the rain has stopped in the carolinas. But the threat has not passed. Take a look at this drone video right here. It shows just how powerful these floods are. You know, nine dams have been breached already. Many neighborhoods still underwater. It is causing billions of dollars in damage. As you know, george, the water is still rising this morning. And will be for days. You see the map showing the flood warnings right now. Our extreme weather team covering it all. And we start with abcs alex perez in columbia. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, robin. Take a look at this incredible scene behind me. The heavy rain
The mcdonalds menu change today thats got the internet buzzing right now. Good tuesday morning. We begin with South Carolina under water. The historic rainfall has finally tapered off but the chaos continues. Rivers are still rising and dams are breaching forcing more people from their homes. At least 13 people are dead this morning. Clean Drinking Water is in short supply. Hundreds of roads and bridges remain closed, completely shutting off some towns. And president obama has signed a disaster declaration releasing federal aid for the relief effort. Were going to get the latest right now from abcs lana zak. Reporter the rains have slowed, but after a virtual fire hose of water was turned on South Carolina, the state remains waterlogged today. Just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. Reporter you can see from these aerial shots where roads have simply succumbed. Even after avoiding Hurricane Joaquin, Officials Say this destruction is as bad as when hurric
The ivory dealing is depth a final blow. A new law banning all sales is signed by the governor. Good evening im betty yu. Im bryan holaday. Maria is in chinatown to explain. Reporter a loophole made it okay to buy and sell old ivory but thats about to change. San francisco is the second largest market in the u. S. For ivory trip kepts. Its way too much poaching going on and got to take care of. Reporter governor jerry brown signed a law that will dramatically impact many stores in San Franciscos chinatown. Where is that ivory from . Reporter a about kpix5 news investigation found they were selling ivory illegally. Is that mammoth. No this is ivory. Oh, really. Reporter that loop home is now gone with the new state law that goes into effect july 1st making it illegal to buy or sell elephant and rhinos russ tusks no matter how old it is. Its very valuable. Reporter alice supports the new law but many elderly chinese including her parents see ivory as a status symbol. It comes from kingdo
The stroke of pane. Good evening. Im brian hackett. And im betty yu. Maria medina live on closing the loophole that allows some ivory to be bought and sold legally. Marie i cant. Reporter betty, the law allows you to bay and sell old ivory but now this new law changes that. Here in chinatown it wasnt difficult finding stores that sell is ivory night. Think its a great thing. Theres way too much poaching going on. Reporter in San Franciscos chinatown we found several is Stores Selling ivory. The owners say theyre selling it legally because it was made before the 1989 global ban on elephant ivory imports. And where is that ivory from . Reporter an investigation found San Francisco is the second largest market in the country for ivory trinkets. It should have been stopped a long time ago. Reporter today jerry brown closed that loophole. The new law will jut law the purchase or sale of elephant ivory Rhinoceros Horn in the state after july 1st. The owner of this store told us she will cont
Island near the bahamas thursday. The same island where debris was found saturday. A coast guard crew recovered a lifeline from the ship called el farro, search teams have searched a debris field that could be from the ship, 33 people were on board. Heavy rain storms are expected to continue today in South Carolina, the coast guard and local agency made hundreds of rescues including that of a woman and her 15monthold they be. They had gotten trapped in fast moving flood waters near charleston yesterday. Rainfall totals over the weekend ranged from 14 to 24 inches and some roads were no match for all that water. We havent seen this level of rain in the low country in 1000 years. Thats how big this is. At least five storm related deaths have been reported in South Carolina, in the capital, columbia, a dam break flooded major thoroughfares. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for many areas because more rain is in the forecast today. Time for our weather and a little traffic, i woke up