Well good thursday morning to you all. We begin with this wild weather that just will not let up. Rain flooding tornadoes slamming the southern plain as the death roll rises. More than 20 lives lost so far. That number expected to go up as the search for victims intensifies. Block after block of debris piling up. Some rivers are still rising. We get the latest from bazi kanani. Reporter front yards piling high with soggy carpet. People are hoping to salvage the things they cant replace. It was every letter i had written to her for the last 25 years. I didnt know she had kept them. Reporter the National Guard continuing to look for people still missing, including members of three families swept away in a vacation home. One of them Michelle Carrie charba is confirmed dead. Were doing just putting up. Trying to save everything. Reporter many dams and rivers expected to rise again as the storm threat continues. Part of a system spreading more Severe Weather across the nations midsection. T
Officials say theres no risk. This vial is no longer here. Thats because its been sent to the cdc. The university was notified early tuesday for the from the centers for Disease Control about the investigation. Stanford along with 17 other laboratories in nine states and an army lab in south korea received a vile that may have contained very small quantities of live anthrax spores from an Army Laboratory in utah. Stanford Officials Say they did a safety review once they were notified and discovered the material was handled by two individuals under appropriate biosafety guidelines. It was last opened by the lab on july 29th 2014. The cdc told stanford officials the material is very unlikely to pose any risk. And its been ten months since the university did any work with the material. So were well beyond the point that anyone would show symptoms. And the materials been very secure all this time. And it is now being shipped back to the cdc for an analysis. Reporter the Defense Department
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger and against the odds. The former star Football Player told hed never walk again, overcoming a devastating injury. Walking across the stage to receive his college diploma, leaving his wheelchair behind with help from his fiancee. They are both here live this morning, only on gma. Okay, show of hands. Who has goose bumps after seeing that video . What a jolt. Incredible. That were going to share with everybody later this morning. Chris norton was told he had a 3 chance to ever walk again. He proposed the night before to his now fiance. And he said his mantra, faith, family, and friends. Theyre both going to join us live later. So great to see. Theyll be here live. Looking forward to that. Right to the breaking news for the viewers in the west. The waters rising in texas this morning. Crews going house to house, rescuing people right now. Abcs matt gutman is in houston with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, robin. Scenes like th
Dr. Sanjay gupta, at a conference in washington to discuss the virus. There is such a divergence of how people view this. And such a divisiveness that has now crept into the political remember, a little while ago, you know, it depends on whether you wear a mask, on how you feel, politically. Which is completely ridiculous because a mask is a publichealth tool. It doesnt make any difference and, yet, weve gotten into this. So, the atmosphere that we are in right now is not conducive to, you know, to the kinds of things you are talking about. Dr. Fauci had a number of factbased points. We hope the president of the United States hears and listens to. One is about how leaders need to change when the facts change. The true nature of science is that, particularly when youre in evolving situation, youve got to be flexible enough and humble enough to say, you know, two months or three months down the line, were starting to see a different set of data, and a different set of facts. That we may
How people view this and such a divisiveness that has now crept into the political remember a little while ago, you know, it depends on whether you wear a mask on how you feel politically, it was completely ridiculous. Because a mask is a Public Health tool. It doesnt make any difference. And yet weve gotten into this. So the atmosphere were in right now is not conducive to the kinds of things youre talking about. Reporter dr. Fauci had a number of factbased points. We hope the president of the United States hears and listens to. One is about how leaders need to change when the facts change. The true nature of science is that particularly when youre in an evolving situation, youve got to be flexible enough and humble enough to say, you know, two months or three months down the line, were starting to see a different set of data and a different set of facts that we may want to modify a bit the kinds of decisions and recommendations that we make. Humble, those adjectives were not on displ