Coronavirus battleground. Doctors being called out of retirement. Hundreds of volunteers being rushed in. The number of deaths there now the himornin overnight, a scandal brewing on capitol hill. Some prominent u. S. Senators dumped millions in stock after getting official briefings about the coronavirus pandemic before the markets tanked. Are they guilty of Insider Trading . Lawmakers at home closer to a massive trilliondollar stimulus. The latest on the plan to put a 1,200 check into the hands of millions of americans. And everyday heroes. How a 20yearold College Student assembled thousands of volunteers in just under a week to support those who need it the most. And what celebrities like Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon and frozens josh gad are doing to help out millions of parents. Gondola. Gondola. Good morning, america. Its great to be with you on this friday morning, and josh gad makes you smile. Always. It does, and its great to see so Many Americans stepping up right now, tr
Changing his name to poison no, just ivy. Heres a surprise on your birthday. Is her birthday. Roll the tape. Happy birthday alex, this is, grand pop, thinks your day , you deserve a celebration , so, have fun. I love you. Hope to see you soon. Happy birthday alex, with love from mother and dad. We wishing you on this special day nothing but peace and joy. Have fun today, and remember we both you love you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. I love it. They are still singing. Im sorry, i didnt mean to cry, but that is my family in texas. It can be hard on days like this to be away from family. I would imagine this is one of the first time your family has not been with you. Usually they fly out and we spend it together but because they came last weekend with my grand pop here we were like it would be too much. So, it is so sweet. Who is cute little boy. That is my little cousin. We call him h2 because i he is junior. So, that is my uncle, my uncle s kid. It is wonderful. My parents ca
Might soon shoot at that get away car and its not a bullet. Good evening in for diane. Its great to have you on a thursday night. We begin with that scare playing out in atlanta tonight, the cdc asking how could this happen, one of their own workers making a huge and dangerous mistake, potentially exposing his coworkers to live anthrax. Heres the latest at this hour. Were learning 75 cdc employees may have been exposed, those workers being treated at this hour. Tonight theres now an investigate under way into how this happened. Abcs chief medical editor, dr. Richard besser who spent many years at the cdc got the call today, his source in the lab telling him he was, quote, devastated. So he lead off with dr. Besser. Reporter the cdc is telling us tonight that something went terribly wrong. Live anthrax was passed along to labs that werent equipped to handle it. Between june 6th and 13th, 75 people without the needed protective gear may have breathed it and become infrequented. The bio l
The king of pop taking us to a place with no name. Twitter with a blockbuster new debut overnight,. A rare behind the scenes video of Michael Jackson now revealed. Dont stop until you get enough. It is a good morning on this friday eve and the hits, they just keep coming. Incredible thing about Michael Jackson, right. Makes us a little sad we dont have him anymore but we have his music. Yeah. This video created using rare footage from when he shot, remember, in the closet. So they took outtakes from that and put it all together and well talk about that more. Were going to get to so much this morning. Beginning with that flash flooding. Two months worth of rain fall overnight in some areas and i know youve been tracking this, ginger. If you add july and august their average is up. In portland, maine, thats what fell in hours overnight so this is the scene there. Look at this from rhode island. Water rescues going on so many places in new england, receiving anywhere from 3 to, yes, over
At 26th and market streets in oakland. Theres cell phone video taken by witnesses who say they saw mayor jean quan run a red light and cause this crash. Evidently the sun wasnt in her face because we were all standing by on this block right here and we actually seen her run the red light. Reporter margaret thought the mayor was on her cell phone and says if thats the case, why hasnt she learned her lesson . I would not expect this from her if you just give a speech on how to stop and apparently youre paying attention to Something Else when youre driving which is apparently much more important than you looking at the road and she could have prevented this whole accident. Reporter the Mayors Office categorically denies the mayor was on the phone at the point of the accident. At the point of the accident. Its a legalout come. Just take care of the family and the car that was totaled. That was it. Reporter rich rich, eyewitness news. Mayor quan gave her version of events saying quote d to