Thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with breaking news. With the election just five days away, zeta, the storm that roared ashore on the gulf coast as a hurricane wednesday night is wrecking havoc up and down the east coast tonight, and throwing a wrench in the final days of the campaign. As we come on the air, at least six people are dead and millions are without power after zeta ripped through homes in louisiana overnight, reports tearing across the south today. Wind gusts in North Carolina are forcing President Trump to postpone a planned rally in that battleground state. Power outages in georgia pushed early voting sites in 17 counties to shorten their hours or shut down. And, louisianas governor now says he is making restoring power at polling places there a priority. While the weather didnt stop President Trump and joe biden from holding headtohead rallies in a sunny tampa, florida, today, going after each other and the few voters who still havent made up thei
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And birthday blastoff. The out of this world surprise for this little boy in lockdown. Good friday morning, everyone. Memorial day weekend is here and more of america is opening up. As more people venture out to the beach or parks, some states are relaxing their rules against large gatherings. Dr. Anthony fauci who has been out of the spotlight recently now says hell likely be more visible in the coming days. Hes warning states to be on alert for possible spikes in the number of coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, new evidence of the Economic Impact of this crisis, 47 of u. S. Households say theyve lost some form of employment income. Nearly 40 million americans are out of a job. And this morning President Trump is explaining his decision not to wear a mask during part of his factory tour in michigan thursday. But we begin our coverage with preparations for the holiday. This morning, dr. Anthony fauci is encouraging americans to go out for the Holiday Weekend while taking precautions. I
Check futures, dow futures right now in the red to the tune of 360 points, nasdaq futures down 110 and s p futures lower by 40. Oil prices under pressure this morning. The International Energy agency warning that demand could plummet to less than 25 years. Airlines reaching a deal for Financial Aid. Mornings with maria live. Striking a deal Oil Producing countries agreeing to cut output by 9. 7 millionbarrels a day in an effort to stabilize the price of crude. President trump weighing in on much anticipated agreements. Countries around the world will cut Oil Production by approximately 20 millionbarrels. People are saying 10 million but we think the number that theyll actually hit is closer to 20 millionbarrels a day. This historic action will help americans supported by the oil and gas industry. Saudi minister say the cuts will amount to 20 million a day and confirmed what President Trump just said when taking into account policemens by other g20 nations and preserves. Prince abdulazi
on january 7th. the city of memphis reacting today to the big announcement that the police scorpion unit the, one that is involved in the deadly beating, would be disbanded. here s what shelby county district attorney stephen mulroy told me in the last hour. i have heard that a number of citizens making complaints about the scorpion unit. i know that units of that kind sometimes can both in memphis and around the country sometimes breed a culture of over aggressiveness. i think it s probably a healthy thing of the units that disbanded. also new today. city officials cleaning up the discrepancy between the number of officers on the scene of the meeting. and the number body camera videos released. officials telling abc news some police body cameras were turned off during the beating and nichols. that when police first of nicholas, one of the three officers involved did not activate his camera. another turned it on but the camera fell off immediately. only two officers