From the nations capitol. Th odonnell good evening, and thank you so much for joining us, we will begin tonight with breaking news because hundreds of americans exposed to the coronavirus areback in the u. S. , evacuated by the state department from a cruise ship in japan. Today a top government scientist right here in washington said shey were rescued because the quarantine on board the diamond princess failed. He of those americans tested positive for the virus. They were kept separate from the other passengers and are now being treated at u. S. Hospitals, nearly doubling the number of americans with coronavirus. The rest of those air lifted home are now in quarantine at f. S. Military bases. Tonight the number of cases worldwide tops 73,000, with more than 1,800 deaths. Carter evans leads off our coverage tonight. Reporter crews in protective suits greeted the americans as the two charter flights landed in texas and Travis Air Force base in california. U. S. Officials said the quara
Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We ask your special blessing upon the members of this peoples house. They face difficult decisions and difficult times. With many forces and interests demanding their attention. In these days, give wisdom to all members that they might execute their responsibilities to the benefit of all americans. Bless them, o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands aproved. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, ademand a vote on agreeing to the speakers apursuant to the rule of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal, those in favor say aye, those opposed, no. The journal stands approved. For what purpose
Coats. Heavy rain moving into the area. Same system bringing rain is also picking packing high winds could bring down trees and power lines, roads damp. Live look at the ben franklin bridge. You need the wipers and headlights and caution, this is a big noreaster making its way up the east coast im lucy noland, fortunately warm enough that the precipitation were seeing will be for most of it. Whats interesting here, is that one year ago on this very night, another major noreaster was slamming philadelphia. That night, as much as two feet of snow fell in some place, meteorologist is here to tell us what exactly were dealing with this time around. Kathy . This time, its all going to be liquid in the Delaware Valley but snow is possible as you head toward the poconos, believe it or not. You can see on ultimate doppler we have waves of light rain moving in this is the wind direction persistent east, northeasterly wind. That will be a major issue tomorrow. Its not a noreaster yet but moving
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And googles new attempt to find out what ails you more informative and less terrifying. Nightly news begins now. Good evening. We begin with deadly fire and flooding on opposite sides of the country. In West Virginia, historic flooding has killed 24 people. Tonight search and rescue missions are active as noud thousands are cut off from power and supply. And the erskine fire is claiming at least two lives. We have reports on both stories and Morgan Radford starts us off in West Virginia. Reporter thomas, good evening. This used to be a dairy queen. You could still see unopened cones beside roofs that are uprooted. So far 24 people are pronounced dead and now federal assistance is on the way. An entire town submerged. This in one of 44 West Virginia counties under a state of emergency. The governor asking for forward assistance from fema. The search continuing for those still unaccounted for. The National Guard is out cleaning up destroyed neighborhoods across the state where more than