There are more than 400 National Parks across america covering over 85 million acres of land with locations at every state. More than 325 Million People visited the sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland at Cayuga National park. Situated a along the river will learn how the canal system here plays a role in the expansion during the 18 thirties and forties. The ohio eerie canal is part of the two canal system. That was actually put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832, and basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies also tweeted right along the atlanta seaboard. And our leaders at the time saw a problem. That problem was we needed the country to expand westward
Were getting our first look at this incredible video from a Home Invasion in indiana. There are four armed suspects there who burst into a home in south bend. They point a gun at a woman and a child picks up an object right there and throws it at one of the gunmen to try to make them go away. This happened two weeks ago. No one was hurt. The suspects are still on the loose. This morning were hearing about the first case in the u. S. Of a patient getting reinfected with covid it comes as Johnson Johnson taps the brakes on its vaccine trials. I spoke earlier with dr. Amok patel. Dr. Patel, lets begin with two big headlines in the race for a vaccine. To half the 215,000 covid deaths here in the u. S. Could have been prevented there had been an appropriate response to the pandemic. Now, what do you think researchers mean by an appropriate response . Researchers mean by appropriate response is a centralized universal protocol and us not only having a good shortterm response but longterm as
A driver drove into this Outdoor Dining area, injuring several people. New details tonight about what led to this San Francisco firefighters death. More in my story. After a beautiful weekend, were tracking warmer weather and gusty winds for the week ahead. Ill have all the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. I said, oh, my god, the car is running to us. It is so scary. Two people have lifethreatening injuries after an suv crashes into some outdoor seating as diners were eating lunch this afternoon in the south bay. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Eight diners were hurt and they were seated outside grand century mall in san jose. We do know the driver was also taken to the hospital and police say he may have been having a medical episode. Abc7 News Reporter luz pena is following this developing story for us. And, luz, youve spoken to some w
Otherwise its clear this morning. 61 degrees as we look down from sutro tower across the bay bridge and into parts of berkeley and oakland. Heres todays temperatures, 52 to 57 this morning. 60s along the coast all day today. The and then look at that, 74 to 77 bay and inland at noon. 81 to 85, not much of a difference. We expect that this time of the year, back into the 60s and 70s at 7 00. More on the potential for unhealthy air today and tomorrow and that fire weather on the way coming up. Back to you guys for some news. Thank you. This morning there are multiple road closures as San Jose Police investigate a deadly shooting. Jobina fortson is looking at that from the live desk. Jobina . Thank you. San jose police say a man was shot and killed just before 3 00 this morning. This happened near the shell gas station off of story road. Parts of king and story are closed as Police Continue to investigate. If this is a part of your morning commute, please take alternate routes. As of righ
The ohio and erie canal is part of a two can now system that was canal system that was put in place in the early years of america, between 1825 and 1832. It is a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Time saw a at that problem. The problem was, we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle the appalachian amount. Fountains. Mountains. Our first president happened to be a canal engineer. He had an idea. To create this transcontinental water transportation route using two canals, the erie canal, the , that woulde ultimately connect the era canal, lake erie, the ohio where have river all the way , to the gulf of mexico. In the early days we did not have a big federal government. In terms of implementing the canal, it depended on the states. Fortunately, the state