That image is going viral on monday, august 15th. Hes just chilling out front. From abc news, this is world news now. That photographer nailed it. Hes in focus and everyone else is blurry. He has that perfect smile. And the photographer had 9. 8 seconds to get that sort of shot. I want to show you. This is what jamaica looked like overnight. [ cheers ] they had big screen tvs out in kingstontown, and man, they were pretty the announcers compared him to bob marley. Reggae fans would say its impossible to be that big, but you look there and realize, wow, all of jamaica is one with him. And belize must have been so excited at their medal. Belize are one remaining tuesday. Were all going to be cheering for him. There wont be celebrations like that in the capitol. Lets move on to the story thats topping news here in the u. S. We begin this morning with new protests in milwaukee as the black man who was killed by police, that case is touching off some righting there, and that man is being re
The skinny on this monday, august 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im diane macedo. Im kendis gibson. Were going to start with the crisis that is taking place right now in louisiana. Historic flooding. At least five people reported dead. 20,000 rescued from their homes. The governor says 10,000 people are now spending the night in shelters and many drivers are stranded on roads and highways. 1,000 were evacuated fr senate from an interstate, interstate 12. Many having spent more than 24 hours without food or water. Drone video shows the extent of that flooding. Some rivers are crossing overnight. That will mean more flooding. The federal government declared a major disaster for the area. Officials are praising the acts and courage by ordinary citizens. Abcs phillip mena is in the flood zone. Give me a knife. Reporter thousands caught in the flood zone still trying to reporter the convertible sinking by the second. A woman and her dog trapped inside. Nothing is
Reporter Police Arrested 34yearold billy monroe dome, a petty criminal accused of killing a police officer. In a statement arkansass governor says this illustrates the dangers our Law Enforcement officers face to keep us safe every day. Reporting for abc news, atlanta. Investigators in california say faulty wiring in a hot tub is to blame for one of the states most destructive wildfires. The fire roared north of San Francisco destroying more than 1400 homes. The District Attorney is considering criminal charges against the homeowner. After cancelling hundreds of addional flights wednesday, delta hopes to get operations back to normal soon. For some passengers theres no hurry. Thats because the airline on private jets. But delta wont say how the passengers were selected. Thats an upgrade. Just a little bit. Yeah. I wonder if they got peanuts on the flight. Probably pretzels. To the olympics now where u. S. Swimmers are proving dominant in the pools winning more gold last night. The u. S
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