Second in line to the presidency. Now possibly headed to prison. Were talking about former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert. Hes agreed on a plea deal in a criminal hush m case linked to sexual misconduct. Brian roz has details. Reporter the decision today by 73yearold Dennis Hastert to plead guilty means there will be no trial, and none of his dark secrets will be exposed in open court. Mr. Speaker. Reporter but in exchange, the former speaker of the house, once second in line to the presidency, may spend time in prison, the first speaker ever to do so. The charges against hastert grow out of his role as a popular Illinois High School wrestling coach in the 1970s. Authorities say hastert sexually abused several teenage boys on the team, and then a few years ago, began to pay one of them more than 1 million in hush money to keep quiet. These boys were 14, 15, 16 years old. Reporter Jolene Burdge told abc news her late brother, steven reinboldt, was one of hasterts victims, something
Improve today in Southern California, but it will be days before the area recovers from a powerful flood producing weather system that swept over the area yesterday. The storm brought nearly an inch and a half of heavy rain during a short period of time, causing intense flooding. Oh, my gosh run for your life about 75 miles north of los angeles, the west coast main north south interstate i5 was run over by mudslides and floodwaters. Another major highway was also closed. No one injured, but hundreds of cars and trucks were stranded trapping some drivers. This morning, parts of the freeway remain closed. Peter dowd of our los angeles station kcbs has our report. Reporter debris flowing out of control over slopes that drought and wildfires have stripped of vegetation. The swift mud and water claiming property both small and large, including this boat. Niland said she had only minutes to rescue 20 horses when her ranch began to flood. We went to pull them out immediately and within 45 sec
Than a dozen people and eight dogs. South of there a vital stretch of interstate 5 could be closed the beginning of the mess left behind. A muddy ms in southern california. Overnight, the cleanup getting under way. Rocks, debris and mud feet deep surround homes and cars. We cant see and it was just like it was just really crazy. Reporter the mudflow miles long stranding drivers for hours cutting off the main artery between los angeles and the central valley. A big rig was sliding towards me. We got back in our cars and after that we just started sliding and boulders started coming so it was quick. It happened quick so it was scary. Reporter one woman forced to lee her vehicle behind wading through a fastumoving muddy rive this intense storm bringing high winds, heavy downpours and hail catching a lot of people off guard. I drove down and then i saw two mudslides i passed the fifit one, the second o o i tried to avoid it but i cant. It was coming down too fast. And more thunderstorms ar
The new hint from joe biden, a top aide sent a letter to former staffers saying if biden enters the race donald trump tweeted, cnbc just agreed the debate would be two hours. Its too long. Officials say he tried to pass personal information of american troops to isis. The flames scorched six square miles destroying homes. The mets are going to the National League championship series. The california target store blasted audio from an xrated movie. What is going on at target right now . All that wide open for the touchdown the saints played a clean game and they win it. Reversed back to hogan. How about this from stanford . Did he catch this . Incredible. The play of the year. Have you ever been in handcuffs . Yes. I dont know exactly what you mean by that. All right. On cbs this morning the democratic debate, that was two hours and it was too long. Everybody was bored at the end. Lincoln chafee is threatening to pull out of the next democratic debate if there are going to be questions.
His big hope for a hollywood comeback. Go go go big or go home the mets getting the best revenge. The big homer slamming the dodgers, the most expensive team in baseball fighting in the dugout. Chase utley came into the game late, not enough. The mets and the cubs now set for an epic showdown. Go go go big or go home good morning, america. How about those mets . [ applause ] yay. What a win. Jumping up and down like that. Did you see the slip and slide champagne toss at the end . It was great. They were partying. It sets up the epic showdown, cubs mets. Brings me back. T. J. Holmes will have a complete wrapup coming up. We begin with the powerful storms slamming california. Triggering those mudslides. Look at the mud. So thick and deep in some areas. Cars were buried. Somehow they managed to open the doors and it is not over. Abcs aditi roy is in lake hughes, california, for us this morning. Good morning, aditi. Reporter good morning, robin. Its a mess out here. Were standing on one of