Close in 2020. Big day yesterday. Autonomous chaos meanwhile. Seattle looking to dismantle the capitol hill occupied protests as new one pops up in washington, d. C. Plus, back to the ball game, Major League Baseball looks to assure season this year but the players still need to get on board. More on sports talk, stay with us next hour tennis pro joining me live to talk about future of u. S. Open and new bourbon venture. We will talk with one ceo who kept employees on the payroll and bringing new ones on, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria european markets are seeing uptick this morning. The ftse 100 up 65, cac quarante in paris up 72 and dax index in germany high by 76. In asia green across the board. The japanese nikkei average overnight up half of 1 . Now the top stories that we are watching this morning. Major unrest on nations capitol as protestors attempt to create what they are calling a black house autonomous zone right outside of the white house with large garbage ca
Wear a mask. One Alabama High School is not cancelling its Graduation Ceremony going full cap and gown with social distancing and fish tails in maryland where they take their six feet of safety to a whole new level good thursday morning im Frances Rivera im david gura. In Central Michigan hundreds of homes and businesses are under water after torrents of rain overtook two dams triggering catastrophic flooding now theyre trying to figure out how to evacuate while remaining safe amid the pandemic reporter david, good morning. The flooding broke a 34year record and on a normal day this would be an open park but am standing in several feet of water. Its been so destructive that the geography of the area could be permanently reshaped. The water came fast and furious, a pair ef zof dams failing send water gushing into homes and businesses massive amount of debris there. Reporter reducing much of this dam to rubble i never thought my life that dam would break. Reporter the flooding catastroph
The flames, which burned about seven acres so its not just the fire danger but hot days like this when everyone is stuck inside their homes and it causes a lot of problems as well. We will bring in nbc bay area robert handa who joins us in concord. Well, it was hot, all day, and it is still pretty hot right now. That caused a lot of problems, big and small. The biggest, more fuel for fires. Its been a tough week for firefighters in contra costa county. There were several fires in the clayton area alone. And cal fire says the current heat wave isnt helping. It is really turning very quickly. So that makes it a little leery for the coming fire season. The fuels are drying quick limit our ground moisture is disappearing. For many people in had concord neighborhood, an extra challenge on the hottest day when were all asked to stay in our homes, people are cutting off their, have their power cut off to install Safety Equipment and they are trying to cut the power remotely during high fire d
And im alma daetz. The daily dramas from the white house are testing the patients of republicans in congress. Today is no exception. Abc news confirms james comey documented some of his interactions with President Trump. There is clear evidence the president tried to influence the Fbi Department and the investigation into the russia investigation. Abc reporter vega is at the white house. Reporter abc news confirms President Trump suggested james comey shut down his investigation into normer National Security advisor michael flynn. A source close to comey tells abc news wrote a letter the day he was fired. I hope you can let this go, he allegedly told comey. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this g. The New York Times who first reported the memo says it was part of a paper trail comey wanted to leave behind as evidence of what he called improper influence into his investigation. The times did not view a copy of that memo, but says associates of comey read it to a reporter. Tonight th
The breaking news, new details about jacob blake, the 29yearold black man shot seven times in the back by police in wisconsin. Blake is now cuffed to his hospital bed, blakes family telling this is insult to injury. Hes paralyzed, cant walk, and they have him cuffed to the bed. Why . Asked about that, the governor of wisconsin said he couldnt imagine why yang would be cuffed to the bed. Blakes first question after he woke up was, quote, daddy, why did they shoot me so many times. Andrew yang is going to be with us in just a few moments and you will hear what blakes father wants you all to know. We are awaiting answers on blake is constrained to his bed and why he was shot so many times. We are waiting for the president to say something. He has said nothing about this, today he was asked repeatedly about the case. [ inaudible question ] i want to note the reporter there did mistakenly say blake had been killed, but the president , as you saw, would not respond to anything there. Blake i