He heeion, s the nba postponi and overnight athletes in other leagues also walking out. What happens next. Pence in. The Vice President s message to america at the Republican National convention making his case for four more years. This as the Trump Administration comes under scrutiny accused of pressuring the cdc to change coronavirus testing guidelines. Dr. Anthony fauci not signing off. The new details this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Catastrophic, thats the word authorities are using to describe the storm surge pounding the gulf coast right now. Hurricane laura made landfall around 1 00 a. M. Eastern standard time as a strong category 4 storm packing winds up to 150 Miles Per Hour. One of the strongest storms to ever make landfall in the united states. This video overnight from lake charles, the power of the storm on full display as it made landfall as the eye wall came ashore in nearby cameron, louisiana. And now the hurricane is lashing parts of texas. This video ta
Up the hillside surrounding the lick observatory. Positive news from the fire lines in santa clara county. Evacuation warnings lifted this afternoon for parts of morgan hill. Crews are focusing their efforts on digging and shoring up containment lines to trap the flames in the more rural rugged terrain to the east. This entire west flank remains the number one priority of the incident because of the increased threat of Public Safety along populated communities and infrastructure risks as we move further down to the south. Deeper inside the fire lies a very close call high atop mount hamilton. Len ramirez is there. Reporter the views of this once gorgeous california wild land are scenes of devastation. Practically as far as the eyes can see. Fire fighting super tankers come in low over the the of mount hamilton. But the flames and smoke moved farther south revealing devastation all around the lick observatory. Itto see flames, 200foot flames to go through. Site superintendent says the f
Arizona and america has the opportunity to deliver up to their godgiven potential. O matter where they live, kids deserve to grow up healthy with every chance to succeed. That is why it is beyond unacceptable that for the first time ever, congress missed the deadline to reauthorize the Childrens Health Insurance Program. For decades, chip has been a Bipartisan Program and has been reauthorized with broad support until now. It has now been 11 days since chip expired. This is an outrage for children across the nation who depend on the dependable Affordable Care they receive thanks to chip. It is especially troubling for arizona. Arizona has had the unfortunate distinction of being one of the worst states for access to health care for children. Until last year, it was the only state in the entire nation without an active Childrens Health Insurance Program. Arizona froze kids care in 2010. At its height, the waiting list for coverage after the freeze topped 100,000. I repeat, 100,000 becau
World stops its killer wail program. The iconic image of his bedroom. And now you can sleep in it for a price. The flint water crisis is the topic of a fiery hearing on capitol hill today. The star witnesses, michigan governor, rick snyder and the head of the epa. Both had calls for them to resign. Lisa stark has more from washington with more on their testimony reporter tony, with angry lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee who want to know why the state and government officials did not act more aggressively as the water problems in flint mounted, it was a year and a half since the residents began complaining and the officials sounded the alarm. During that time, there was a steady drip of evidence that all was not right. The testimony youre about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Reporter rick snyder and Gina Mccarthy both under fire for the water crisis in flint, trying to deflect blame for the water contamination and th
Trail where the gop candidates are looking west. Ted cruz hitting arizona and utah with backing of lindsey graham. Meanwhile donald trump is gaining another rival. Fox businesss peter barnes joins us with the latest on this one. Peter, who is it . Reporter hey, melissa, it is none other than than harry reid, that democratic leader you were just talking about there. He is blaming the rise of trump on Republican Leaders in congress their strategy of blocking president obama now with this Supreme Court nominee. Reid said their tactics have created an angry electorate. This is exactly the kind of mindless behavior that hollowed out our political debate and created conditions for trump to rise. Republican leaders created drought conditions. Donald trump has simply struck the match. Reporter as for republican candidates there are 98 delegates up for grabs in arizona and utah on tuesday in the republican primary and caucuses out there. The arizona primary is winnertakeall. The real clear poli