Boy, thats one way to protest a lot of things, indeed. Good monday morning. We do want to start with extreme weather thats causing a lot of problems right now. The threat coming in several different forms. Mandatory evacuations were ordered overnight in Washington State after dry and windy conditions fueled wildfires. This new video just in shows flames burning a hillside there and this is just one of three wildfires burning near spokane. The fires have destroyed several buildings including homes. And the cleanup is under way in tex a torrential downpours, nearly 9 inches of rain in four hours. Plus, the Severe Weather moving east overnight a Tornado Warning issued outside of boston. That same system has already spawned at least nine twisters in the midwest. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the details. Reporter overnight growing washington wildfes. More than a dozen fires are burning thousands of acres across the state sparking emergency evacuations. Near spokane drivers encountered thick plume
Fiddle to beyonce. Well have the glamour shots later for you to see in the skinny, on this august 22nd. From abc news, this is world news now. Lets get started with the storms that have made for a rough weekend. Leaving a trail of damage in the midwest. At least six tornadoes reported from grand rapids. Thousands left in the dark. Rooftops were ripped off of homes, trees shattered. The cleanup is underway in san antonio, texas after a round of downpours. Nearly nine inches of rain in four hours, unbelievable. At least 30 to 40 high water rescues were reported in texas. And baton rouge, louisiana, is reeling from historic and deadly flooding there and yet again dealing with more rain. Our senior meteorologist has the reporter at least nine tornadoes reported from michigan to kentucky. If thats not a tornado, i dont know what is. Reporter what looks like a twister in delaware, ohio, appearing in front of this highway. And a confirmed tornado outside of grand rapids, michigan. The same sy
Flag has been passed on. Athletes looking ahead to tokyo in 2020. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 22nd. From abc news, this is world news now. Counting down to the games in tokyo. Only 1,400 days to go, plus. We begin with politics, and donald trump. His latest effort to reset his campaign. With only 77 days to go before election, trump is heading to ohio this evening after what his campaign and Top Republican leaders are calling a great week. Trump has used his last few rallies to reach out to African Americans, but his choice of words not really sitting well with many black voters. Its your voice, your vote. Heres mary bruce. Reporter donald trump refining his message to minority voters. I want our party to be the home of the African American voter once again. Reporter after this pitch to African Americans sparked outrage. Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . R
Boy, thats one way to protest a lot of things, indeed. Good monday morning. We do want to start with extreme weather thats causing a lot of problems right now. The threat coming in several different forms. Mandatory evacuations were ordered overnight in Washington State after dry and windy conditions fueled wildfires. This new video just in shows flames burning a hillside there and this is just one of three wildfires burning near spokane. The fires have destroyed several buildings including homes. And t in texas after a round of torrential downpours, nearly 9 inches of rain in four hours. Plus, the Severe Weather moving east overnight a Tornado Warning issued outside of boston. That same system has already spawned at least nine twisters in the midwest. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the details. Reporter overnight growing washington wildfires. More than a dozen fires are burning thousands of acres across the state sparking emergency evacuations. Near spokane drivers encountered fastmoving fire
Of kin not being notified yet. We dont know if it was the suv or motorcycle here at crestline and buckley, but crestline is reopened to go south on buckley from this intersection. Northbound, they are still loading that motorcycle up, the suv still rrmaining in the front yard here. The coroner arrived and they did remove a body from outside a vehicle, so we are who that is. Right now the scene is starting to clean up a little bit. Crime scene investigators are done and were being told in the next few minutes they believe buckley road will be the weather is looking nice to start the day. We have a mix of sun and clouds, some shower activity down to the south. This will eventually clear out throughout the morning hours. Clear conditions. Currently outside Grand Junction 66, 49 in aspen, lower 50s in eagle and denver at 62 right now. As the kids head out today, Denver Public schools are back in session. 66 heading out the door, and it will be hot today, temperatures in the upper 80s to lo