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Okay. From what we understand, two structures threatened and again, fear about the fire spreading into these subdivisions. Media briefing is about to get under way. I hope to get more information for you and to be able to bring that back to you later in the show. Reporting live out here in dublin, Lesley Brinkley, abc7 news. Thank you. We will check back with you. Numerous abc7 viewers provided video of this afternoons grass fire. It put up smoke visible for miles. It spread quickly which is why...

welcome to your "new day". >> im whitney wild. >> im boris johnson. why officials are telling people to stop coming to the site. >> the white house is slamming the bussing of migrants to the democratic-led states as a cruel, political stunt. how theyre planning to fight back even as gop governors vowed to continue sending migrants elsewhere. >> plus updated covid booster shots are rolling out across the country even as the world health organization says the end of the pandemic is in si...

June 1st, 24 states showing doubledigit declines in new cases compared to the prior week. Now almost the entire country is the exact opposite. Look at that. The explosion is forcing 19 states to now pause or roll back reopening plans. One of them is california where the governor is said to announce new restrictions a little later today. In california, leading states with the number of new cases, just over 7,500. Texas, florida, arizona and georgia rounding out the top five. And as the nation beg...

On the righthand side of your screen, american deaths, today its more than 162,000 people. That number also going up, and its crucial to remember its not just a number. It represents our loved ones, friends and family members who perished because of this virus Public Health professionals plead with people to wear masks in public. The president himself saying it is a patriotic thing to do, but still so many refuse. Doctors say dont go to crowded beaches, dont have house parties, but people still ...

Insisting against all evidence that he won states like pennsylvania. Even though pennsylvania, of course, has certified joe biden is, in fact, the winner. And who ill the war from the white house may be lost, the battle for georgia is heating up. We know President Trump will be in georgia next weekend to campaign for Kelly Loeffler and david purdue. We are learning Vice President pence will go there as well. The stakes for republicans couldnt be higher. Lose those two senate seats and they lose ...

Country with covid19. Thats a record number. And this week the virus was the leading cause of death here in the United States and while so much help has been invested in a vaccine that could be available in just a matter of weeks, state Health Departments from around the country are now warning that those initial doses ween p wont be enough to vaccinate everyone in socalled top priority groups. As the country is living through some of the darkest moments in our recent history with millions of am...

And thats nearly half the average 25 shares he paid when he first invested and that investment was originally made in 2010. U. S. Government and swiss banks near tax probe deal. The goj expects to announce a new Program Within days. The program would allow some swiss banks to avoid or at least defer prosecution under a probe of offshore tax dodging by americans, but it will exclude 14 swiss banks that are already under investigation. Joe, i dont know where that leaves you with your account. I ha...

Survivors and the stories of heroism. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin with breaking news in the 2020 lead. Cnn has projected that joe biden has won the state of maine pushing the delegate lead further. This is the Vice President taking ten states last night in a dramatic monumental shift, and former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg is out, and he has endorsed biden. Bloomberg saying moments ago that his focus is going to turn to biden defeating President Trump. And he also says ...

That there are now more than 200,000 confirmed cases around the world. And at least 8,000 people have died worldwide. Here in the u. S. , there are now confirmed cases in all 50 states. And washington, d. C. More than 6,000 total cases, thats a 37 increase from just yesterday. If there were adequate testing, the numbers would be a lot higher. So far, at least 112 americans have died. Our own dr. Sanjay gupta warns that every american should act as if they have the virus. Stay home in order to fl...

Homeland Security Preparedness quote said this is going to be the disaster that defines our generation. The secretary of health tells cnn, quote, we are a couple days away of being out of masks. We are buying gowns on ebay. We are in the middle of a dire situation, hospitals in the u. S. Are becoming overwhelmed as an emergency physician told cnn, the sickest patients are terrified. They are air hungry, dropping their oxygen and confused, distressed. We can never show that, but it is terrifying....