Worlds fastest man yet again. Coming from behind to beat Justin Gatlin in the 100 meters. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. The amazing photo thats going viral this morning of bolt in front of everybody else smiling at the camera. We begin this morning, though, with the massive flooding in southern louisiana, especially around baton rouge. Theres a federal disaster declaration for four parishes with at least five people dead. The body of a woman whose car was swept away was recovered late last night. The numbers are simply staggering. More than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes, and 10,000 spending this morning in shelters. Also rescued the approximately 1,000 drivers and passengers stranded for 24 hours or more on interstate 12. The National Guard used their helicopters throughout the day to deliver food, water, and medicine to those stranded as well as to remove people from their positions and bring th
And apparently confusing one announcer. An entire country this morning thinks the wrong guy won. And later 22 years in the big leagues, and its down to tonight. Alex rodriguez steps to the plate one last time. Who is throwing the Retirement Party . Well tell you in the skinny. First a look at todays forecast. World news now weather brought to you by american advisors group. World news now weather brought to you by american advisors group. Can advisors group. Our machine will eat is convher buddy antonio. Hing so, when its time for his bath. We only trust tide to get rid of the weekold stains and downy to protect him from damage antonio is clean tide and downy. Better together. Its builtin backup wbraid helps stop leaks by channeling them back into the core giving you the best protection at home and onthego tampax. Power over periods. Were celebrating because the samba, they finally retired it. I doubt it. I feel like somewhere in the show were going to samba. All right. It was billed a
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Hes sought more funds and visafree travel from the european union. Lets go to to olympics. A big day for team usa. Big victories in swimming and gymnastics. The americans have won nine gold medals. One more than china. Eight silvers. The most of any country. Japan has one more bronze than the u. S. Overall, were far ahead in the overall medal count with 26. With more on day fours victories and defeats, heres jim ryan. Reporter meet the new golden girls. The u. S. Gymnastics team. Simone biles led with powerful performances in every event, sealing the deal with her floor routine. Her teammates quickly rushed in to celebrate. Now biles and the team captain get ready to compete against each other in the allaround competition. Michael phelps electrifies the signature event, the 200meter butterfly. Touching the wall first and earning his 20th gold medal. After flashing a number one sign and waving his hands as if to say bring it on. An hour later, he joined the 4 by 200meter replay include
Hhs calls the move a shortterm solution. Marijuana may be legal in half the country, but feds are keeping it on the list of the most dangerous drugs. They determined it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. The government will allow more research into the therapeutic effects. Medical or Recreational Marijuana is legal now in 25 states. Now to the olympics and coronation for two of team usas top athletes. Simone biles and Michael Phelps rolled over their competition as they grabbed more gold for the u. S. The americans widened the lead over china in the medal count. The u. S. Now up to 16 golds and 38 medals overall. Abcs jim ryan takes us through a recordsetting day and night in rio. Reporter 19yearold simone biles is the queen of womens gymnastics in rio. On the way to winning gold in the womens individual all around final she mastered the vault, the beam, and the floor. Become womens olympics champion. Teammate aly raisman captured silver. Redemption of sorts af