Pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca pausing phase three its global trials because of an unexplained illness in one of its volunteers. The company now has to determine whether its vaccine might cause widespread adverse reactions. Nic robertson starts us off from london. What more do we know about this . Reporter well astrazeneca is saying this is routine and thats what the medical experts are saying when you have a case like this, where theres an unexplained so far illness among people who are going through trials then you put it on paw. This is a pause while they examine the safety implications. Theres been a lot invested in this here in the uk by the Deontay Coston not just politically, by championing getting this study up and running. This was late april this year. Emotionally the british people are very invested because they had seen this as a way out of the, you know, of all the confines of covid19 and the restrictions of a lockdown, et cetera. And politically the government has put a
Also breaking tonight, three climbers killed in mt. Everest. Five deaths, including an american. The image showing the dangerous gridlock at the top of the worlds tallest mountain. Deadly mistake. You remember the woman who called 911 for help shot by an officer. We see the moments after the shooting, the officer who pulled the trigger and what he was told at the scene. Announcer this is abc world news tonight with david muir. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a busy friday night. Im tom llamas in for david. As we comen the air right now, we are getting reports of tornadoes on the ground. Tornadoes hitting all day. This as nearly 43 million americans travel this holiday week. Tornado now in three states and oklahoma has a state of energicy. This twister in canadian, texas, one of more than 100 across the country this week and this one in table grove, illinois, one of several reported just today. The severe threats and rain. Neighborhoods in tulsa completely under water. Th
And trying to pick up the pieces they are after a tornado ravaged the area this week. Now they are briefing for rising floodwaters with the missouri river. The highest level in decades. Joining me is Jefferson City Commission Obrien from fox affiliate daf, high hi, shannon. We are 10 miles south of the capital Jefferson City. The flood is pretty bad with the crews to get the power back on because there is a lot of roads but impeding the recovery effort from this tornado and the flooding that is happening. The damage behind me with the roof just blowing right off. There is a house next to it but you cannot see it because it is gone. I got a call yesterday from a company that said there is a church on the highway that is gone. And i was surprised when i got here to see this. This is what is left the house of refuge church. This is the sanctuary where they used to worship and pastor, there is the stage that you use to preach from. What is it like for you to see that the way it is now . It
Describe what happened. Saw likemother and her two grandchildren who describe what happened. Saw like a pinch of something flipping on our trailer and i felt like a big shake and i fell over next to him. It just got real dark real fast and everything started shaking violently. After everything was over and all the shaking and jarring and everybody landing on the floor, the sirens went off. I was thinking we were all going to die, we were not going to survive. We heard screaming, children and adults both. I was the first one out. I was walking over and i had blood on me. I had a little blood on me, but it wasnt mine, it was his. My dad looked at part of a trailer and roof of a trailer. He was scared. Im glad we were not dead. And im praying that god blesses us again if it happens. With us on the phone right now is matt white, he is the mayor of el reno. Mr. Mayor, thank you for being with us. Unfortunately under these is circumstances. Now, of course life is the First Priority here. You
From atlanta. Im naturally alie allen. And im george howell. Newsroom starts right now. 4 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast and 5 00 p. M. In tokyo where air force one has just touched down. Beginning a four day state visit for u. S. President donald trump. The trip offers a brief respite as you can imagine from mr. Trumps deepening political problems back home, including growing calls for his impeachment. And just hours ago, a federal judge put the brakes on President Trumps plan to use pentagon funds to build sections of a southern border wall in mexico. The judge granted the preliminary injunction on the grounds the President Trump was attempting to by pass congress. And there is a political firestorm over the president granting extraordinary powers to his attorney general to declassify sensitive u. S. Intelligence about the russia investigation. For more about it, here is cnns pamela brown. Reporter facing mounting pressure after a week of multiple court losses and a public bra