With byron pitts. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight, with just 83 days left until election day, Presumptive Democratic of candidate for president , joe biden and Kamala Harris stepping out for the first time and already on the offensive. Heres janai norman. This is a moment of real consequence for america. Everything we care about, its all on the line. Reporter this afternoon in delaware, the official debut of the joe bidenKamala Harris ticket. The former Vice President and hi his historymaking choice. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. But today, today just maybe theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Joe, im so proud to stand with you. And i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Whose sacrifice, determination and resilience makes my presence here today even possible. Reporter the candidates walkin
Test test ne nest cam video shows a singleengine plane crash in southern california. It went down at an Elementary School playground near santa maria airport and caught fire. The pilot died. The plane and a parachute came down near a basketball court. No one on the ground was hurt. Turning now to the nations pandemic racial divide with the coronavirus hitting communities of color particularly hard. One of the most urgent concerns in Rural America is the Navajo Nation, where there are almost no medical facilities at all. Abcs matt gutman is there. Reporter before covid ripped her family of 11 apart, Dorothy Scott had lived in this hut. She shuffled toward the traditional navajo hogan but couldnt bear to go inside. Her son had been the first to die. And she was standing oaf his open grave when she got the call that her husband had also passed. I couldnt move. Its my husband. I know he was okay when i left. Reporter in all, eight in the immediate family testing positive. Dorothy and sever
Take a look at this. A small private plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing on interstate 470 in missouri. The pilot reported a loss of engine power. Fortunately no one was hurt. An emissions plunge is one side effect of the coronavirus lockdown. Carbon emissions are at their lowest level since 2006 after falling 17 globally compared to last year. Still, thats not expected to have a big impact on climate change. This year is on pace to be one of the five hottest on record. Turning now to a growing danger thats another apparent byproduct of the lockdowns, speed demons tempted by all those empty highways. It has police and Safety Experts sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in reckless driving. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter as we head toward memorial day weekend, an urgent new warning. With more and more dangerous scenes like these, watch as cars speed through red lights, causing crash after crash. Concerns that street racing is also up in parts of the country. Just this weeken
How farrow is responding. Also this morning, help for parents. The new option for parents desperate for day care. New video as playful dolphins put on a spectacular show in the pacific. And the second grade class and i think to myself what a Wonderful World proving it really is a Wonderful World. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with that breaking news, a state of emergency has been declared in michigan. More than 10,000 people are being forced to flee their homes after floodwaters broke through two dams, and now theres concern that one city could be inundated with several feet of water. This morning, catastrophic flooding threatening to swallow an entire town. Downtown midland could be under approximately nine feet of water. Reporter a major dam in michigan failing late tuesday. The moment water gushed through the barrier. Caught on camera, you can see as more and more water starts sweeping through the gaps. Soon after a torrent of muddy lake water formed a massive hole maki
[applause] wed take you to right now, president obama will give an update on the situation in missouri. Erguson, ive been following closely. Our Ongoing Operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. With respect to iraq, we continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support Iraqi Government and combat a threat from the terrorist group isil. First, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. They have successfully pushed back the terrorists. Meanwhile, we have provided arms and assistance to iraqi forces, it including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. Today, with our support to my the iraqi and Kurdish Forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. It fell under terrorist control earlier month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. If that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that wouldve threatened