Residents in the l. A. Suburb of norwalk, california, to be on the lookout for a large animal on the prowl. Experts say it could be an african lion, someones pet that somehow escaped. Those are our top stories on monday, august 4th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. We begin with that water crisis in toledo, ohio. Since saturday, residents have been told not to use the tap water. Tests showed the water was toxic likely because of algae in the nearby lake erie. Abcs lindsay linzie janis is there. Reporter its all hands on deck. Volunteers passing out cases and cases of free water. Nice and tight reporter members of a High School Football team lending a hand too. The National Guard helping people fill up containers with as much water as they can carry. The governor of ohio and the mayor of toledo saying new tests on the water show improvement but theyre not ready to lift the ban. One thing people here need to know is everybody is on this. Theres nobody asleep at
Glor good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor and we learned tonight israel is withdrawing most of its Ground Troops from gaza as an operation that has lasted nearly a month winds down. Still, strikes continue from both sides. The one that got the most attention today was an attack near a u. N. School, ten palestinians were killed. This afternoon the u. S. State Department Released a harsh statement saying, quote the United States is appalled by todays disgraceful shelling, the coordinates of the school have been repeatedly communicated to israelly defense forces. Late today, israel declared a seven hour humanitarian truce for tomorrow. We begin with charlie dagata. Once again, people who thought they were safe at a u. N. School paid with their lives. An israeli air strike targeting three wanted Hamas Terrorists on a motorcycle struck near the school instead. More than ten civilians were killed. Speaking to cbs news before the incident, Israeli Military spokesman peter learner defended s
Message from michael. Anything is absolutely possible. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Dave muir is off tonight. Im cecilia vega. We begin with hundreds of thousands of people in ohio without water for a second day. Theyre having to live without the most basic necessities. Limited showers and no washing dishes. You can see right there. Lines of people forming waiting to get their hands on a limited supply of bottled water. Public water fountains off limits because theyre unsafe to use. The National Guard on the scene filling tankers with water to give away. Abc is in ohio covering it for us tonight. Reporter on day two of the water crisis, its all hands on deck. Volunteers passing out cases and cases of free water. Keep going in nice and tight. Reporter members of a High School Football team lending a hand. Youre using your football muscles to get cases of water into peoples cars . Its a workout for the day. Reporter the National Guard helping people fill up containers with
This barn is very hard to defend. reporter: firefighters warned joan windsor her home was threatened for the second time. over there was just a wall of smoke just being blown this way. and it was fast. reporter: and it s not just fires out west. powerful flash floods have turned streets into raging rivers in albuquerque and phoenix. the record-breaking rainfall also flooding dozens of homes in new mexico. and it s not over. at least six states are now under a flash flood watch. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. the water crisis in toledo, ohio, entering its third day with people unable to use their tap water. everyone in the city was warned not to drink the water early saturday. people were forced to use bottled water to wash their dishes, even brush their teeth. tests reveal the presence of a toxin in the water supply. it might come from algae on lake erie but the mayor says experts