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MORNING, FRANCINE ROARS ASHORE AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. THE FLOOD EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA. POWER OUTAGES, HIGH WATER RESCUES AND WHERE THE STORM HEADS NEXT. >> A NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WILDFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL, DESTROYING DOZENS OF HOMES. THE SMOKE NOW SPREADING TO LAS VEGAS. THE BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS. >> FALLOUT FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THE NEW MOVES BY HARRIS AND TRUMP RETURNING TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY, AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER TRUMP CLAIMING THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, THE CITY MANAGER NOW SPEAKING OUT. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLE FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS. A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT HE DENIED A WOMAN FOOD AND SLEEP. THE SUIT, COMING DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HOW DIDDY IS RESPONDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND KIDS. >> A NEW LAW THAT WOULD PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN USING APPS. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. THE TOP MOMENTS AND BIGGEST PERFORMANCES AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, AND WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID TO MAKE THE CROWD GO WILD. AND LATER, THE DAREDEVIL BIKER RIDING ON WATER. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M RHIANNON ALLY. >> AND I'M LIONEL MOISE. IN FOR ANDREW. WE BEGIN WITH THE FLOOD EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT AFTER FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THE STORM, NOW MOVING NORTH THROUGH LOUISIANA WITH WATER RESCUES ACROSS THE STATE, AND WINDS UP TO 100MPH. NEW ORLEANS IN THE STORM'S PATH AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. >> OVERNIGHT, FRANCINE, PACKING A PUNCH AS IT SLAMMED SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THESE CARS IN NEW ORLEANS SUBMERGED. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DECLARED IN THE CITY. SEVERAL SURROUNDING PARISHES REPORTED DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN JEFFERSON PARISH. OFFICIALS WARNED THE SEWAGE SYSTEM WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY FLOODWATER AND COULD BACK UP INTO HOMES. THIS VIDEO, TAKEN FROM INSIDE A SHRIMP BOAT IN DULAC, LOUISIANA, WHERE HEAVY RAIN QUICKLY FLOODED ROADS. LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS, WITH SOME AREAS BRACING FOR TEN FEET OF STORM SURGE. >> OVERWHELMED, SCARED. >> EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS BEFORE, I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME A STORM COMES. >> ABC'S MATT RIVERS WAS IN NCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THIS WAS A BIT OF A DOOZY. WE HAD WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. WE TOOK A LITTLE TOUR JUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. WE SAW LOTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES. WE SAW POWER LINES SPARKING IT WAS A PROBLEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS OUT OF POWER. >> UP TO A FOOT OF RAIN COULD FALL. AND TODAY, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE PUSHES INLAND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES FROM MISSISSIPPI TO TENNESSEE. AND SOME PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS BRIEFLY REPORTED PROBLEMS CALLING 911, BUT THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. FRANCINE IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM. WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. >> WELL, CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURN OUT OF CONTROL. THREE FIRES IN THE REGION HAVE CONSUMED MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES. THAT IS NEARLY 160MI■!S. THE SMOKE IS NW REACHING LAS VEGAS. MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY. DELAYING FLIGHTS. THE LARGEST FIRE IS THE SO-CALLED BRIDGE FIRE. IT HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST 33 HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED, BUT GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL POSE PROBLEMS. THE FLAMES TURNING THE SKY RED OVER THE TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD. ABOUT 2500 BUILDINGS ARE STILL THREATENED. >> TURNING NOW TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, NEW FALLOUT FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. CITY OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ARE REACTING TO CLAIMS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN THAT CITY. MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS ANSWERING CRITICS WHO HAVE ACCUSED HER OF TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE MEDIA. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS ALL THE DETAILS. CHRISTIANE, GOOD MORNING. >> LIONEL. GOOD MORNING. WITH 54 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION, THE CANDIDATE'S RETURN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY. EACH FACING QUESTIONS AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. THIS MORNING, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HEADS TO NORTH CAROLINA, KICKING OFF WHAT SHE'S CALLING HER NEW WAY FORWARD TOUR. THE CAMPAIGN, FACING CRITICISM THAT HARRIS HAS BEEN AVOIDING INTERVIEWS, IS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO BATTLEGROUND ARIZONA TODAY, INSISTING HE WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE BUT REFUSING TO COMMIT TO ANOTHER. >> I ENJOYED IT. ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? I JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. >> THE TWO CANDIDATES SHOOK HANDS AT THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL YESTERDAY, BUT THE SEEMINGLY BIPARTISAN TRUCE WAS PUNCTUATED BY CONTROVERSY AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INVITED NINE OVER 11 CONSPIRACY THEORIST LAURA LOOMER AS HIS GUEST. TRUMP, ALSO FACING FALLOUT FOR THIS COMMENT DURING THE DEBATE ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. >> THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS. THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY'RE EATING THE CATS. THEY'RE EATING. THEY'RE EATING THE PETS. >> OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, INSIST THOSE CLAIMS ARE FALSE. >> IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT SOME OF THE NARRATIVES SURROUNDING OUR CITY HAS BEEN SKEWED BY MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY POLITICAL RHETORIC. >> OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION GROWTH IN SPRINGFIELD IS CAUSING CHALLENGES, BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THEIR CITY BEING THE SUBJECT OF PARTIZAN RANCOR. 11 YEAR OLD AIDEN CLARK DIED IN A SCHOOL BUS CRASH INVOLVING A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A HAITIAN IMMIGRANT. AIDEN'S PARENTS ACCUSED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OF USING THEIR SON'S DEATH TO DISPARAGE MIGRANTS. >> WE HAVE TO GET UP HERE AND BEG THEM TO STOP USING AIDEN AS A POLITICAL TOOL IS, TO SAY THE LEAST, REPREHENSIBLE. DON'T SPIN THIS TOWARDS HATE. >> WHILE MANY PUNDITS AND VOTERS SAY IT'S CLEAR HARRIS WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE, MANY VOTERS ACCUSE HER OF FALLING SHORT ON POLICY DETAILS, ESPECIALLY ON THE BORDER AND INFLATION. >> THE ECONOMY IS SOMETHING THAT I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY INTERESTED IN AS A MILLENNIAL. OF COURSE, HOUSING AND FOOD IS AT THE TOP OF MY MIND. I DON'T THINK THE CANDIDATES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT ADDRESSING THOSE VERY REAL ISSUES. >> HARRIS PICKING UP TAYLOR SWIFT'S ENDORSEMENT AFTER THE DEBATE. JD VANCE IS DOWNPLAYING SWIFT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. >> WE ADMIRE TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC, BUT I DON'T THINK MOST AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY LIKE HER MUSIC, ARE FANS OF HERS OR NOT, ARE GOING TO BE INFLUENCED BY A BILLIONAIRE CELEBRITY WHO I THINK IS FUNDAMENTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERESTS AND THE PROBLEMS OF MOST AMERICANS. >> BUT SWIFT IS ALREADY HAVING AN IMPACT VOTE, GOVERNOR SAYS LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHE POSTED HER LINK ON INSTAGRAM, THEY HAD MORE THAN 300,000 VISITORS TO THEIR SITE. RHIANNON. ALL RIGHT. >> CHRISTIANE CORDERO, LIVE FOR US IN WASHINGTON. THANK YOU. INFLATION IS NOW AT A THREE YEAR LOW. CONSUMER PRICES IN AUGUST WERE UP 2.5% FROM A YEAR AGO. BUT GAS PRICES ARE DOWN. GROCERY PRICES ARE LEVELING OFF, BUT RISING HOUSING COSTS ARE THE BIG DRIVER OF INFLATION. IN RESPONSE, ANALYSTS EXPECT THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO CUT INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER POINT NEXT WEEK AND A MASSIVE STRIKE IS LOOMING AT BOEING. UNION MEMBERS WILL VOTE TODAY ON A CONTRACT OFFER THAT INCLUDES A 25% PAY RAISE OVER FOUR YEARS. WORKERS COULD WALK OFF THE JOB TOMORROW IF THEY REJECT THE DEAL. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLES FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS FACING A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT JUST DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEAN DIDDY COMBS IN A NEW LAWSUIT, DON RICHARD, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMBS FORMED GROUP DANITY KANE, ACCUSES HIM OF TERRORIZING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER FOR YEARS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS, IN MY OPINION, THE NUMBER ONE WORST INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL ABUSE. THE METOO MOVEMENT LARGELY BYPASSED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> RICHARD AND COMBS WORKED TOGETHER ON MTV'S MAKING THE BAND THREE AND FOUR. IT WAS THEN THAT RICHARD SAID COMBS DEPRIVED MISS RICHARD AND HER DANITY KANE BANDMATES OF BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS ADEQUATE FOOD AND SLEEP. RICHARD ACCUSES COMBS OF KEEPING SOME OF HER EARNINGS AND SUBJECTING HER TO YEARS OF INHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED GROPING, ASSAULT, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AMONG OTHER VIOLATIONS. RICHARD IS THE EIGHTH PERSON TO ACCUSE COMBS OF ABUSE. SHE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE WITNESSED HIM BEATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA, WHO LAST YEAR SUED COMBS, CLAIMING PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWED COMBS ATTACK VENTURA AT A HOTEL IN 2016. COMBS SETTLED THAT LAWSUIT WITHIN A DAY, WITH NO ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING. IN MARCH, FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED HIS HOMES IN LA AND FLORIDA. SOURCES SAY IN CONNECTION TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION. AS FOR RICHARD'S ACCUSATIONS, COMBS SAYS HE'S INNOCENT, SAYING SHE MANUFACTURED A SERIES OF FALSE CLAIMS, ALL IN THE HOPES OF TRYING TO GET A PAYDAY CONVENIENTLY TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH HER ALBUM RELEASE AND PRESS TOUR. COMBS WAS ALSO RECENTLY ORDERED TO PAY $100 MILLION TO A MICHIGAN INMATE, WHO SUED HIM FOR AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN 1997. COMBS DENIES THE ACCUSATIONS AND SAYS HE'LL APPEAL THE DEFAULT JUDGMENT. RHIANNON LIONEL. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR THURSDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, NOW TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE IS BRINGING A TORNADO RISK ON THE EAST SIDE TO ALABAMA AND NEARBY STATES AND FLOODING RAIN WILL POOL NORTH THROUGH MORE AND MORE OF MISSISSIPPI, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS MEMPHIS. THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE COULD SEE 4 TO 8IN OF RAIN THERE, AND PLACES LIKE MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 2 TO 4IN OF RAIN. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE WEST. FIRE DANGER IS DECREASING SLIGHTLY IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IS ESCALATING INTO AREAS NEAR THE HIGH PLAINS. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, THE DELICATE RESCUE OPERATION TO SAVE A HUMPBACK WHALE. >> ALSO AHEAD, ONE STATE TRYING TO RESTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY CHILDREN. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. >> AND THE PILOT OF THAT PASSENGER JET THAT LOST A DOOR PANEL IN MID-FLIGHT, SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel, a nation at war. After that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground. 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Well, how about everything you need to know your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food style coming up on J and a fairy you're gonna love it will see you then. Three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So Jordan afternoon her everything you need to know. You 24, he's 54. Yeah, it just seemed like I had met my soul mate. You fired four times, 2020 is all new the 32 year old former ballerina. The center of the so-called Black Swan trial. Here we go. You haven't spoken out before. Why did you decide to talk now? The stunning all-new 2020 premieres Friday at 9/8 Central on ABC. Every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have it's time to buy the right. Stop and Save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA. You're gonna love it. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> RESCUE CREWS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FREED THIS HUMPBACK WHALE THAT WAS ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR, POSSIBLY FOR MONTHS. THEY SPENT FOUR DAYS CUTTING THE LINES BEFORE THE WHALE WAS ABLE TO SWIM AWAY. THEY SAY WITHOUT THAT INTERVENTION, THE WHALE COULD HAVE DIED. >> WE TURN NOW TO AN AIRLINE PILOT INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR SCARE THAT TRIGGERED A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION. >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE AIRPLANE UNTIL WE LANDED. >> AN ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT IS NOW DESCRIBING THE MOMENT A DOOR PANEL BLEW OFF HER PLANE BACK IN JANUARY, AT 16,000FT. >> THE FIRST INDICATION WAS IT WAS AN EXPLOSION IN MY EARS. AND THEN A WHOOSH OF AIR. MY BODY WAS FORCED FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. >> SHE TELLS CBS SHE FELT THE CABIN QUICKLY DEPRESSURIZED AND KNEW IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> YES, WE ARE. EMERGENCY. WE ARE DEPRESSURIZED. WE DO NEED TO RETURN BACK TO. AND I LOOKED AT MY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? >> AND IN THAT RESPONSE, I HEARD WHOLE FOR FIVE EMPTY SEATS AND INJURIES. >> THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM PORTLAND, WITH NEARLY EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED. BUT REMARKABLY, NO ONE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THAT DOOR PANEL. I WAS SO THANKFUL I WAS IN SHOCK. >> I DISBELIEF EVERYBODY WAS THERE. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PLANE LEFT THE FACTORY WITHOUT FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DOOR PANEL IN PLACE. THE INCIDENT PROMPTED A WIDE SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO BOEING, INCLUDING WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS ABOUT MANUFACTURING ISSUES, AND RUSHED PRODUCTION SCHEDULES. BOEING INSISTING IT'S MADE CHANGES, SAYING SAFETY IS ITS TOP PRIORITY. THE NTSB INVESTIGATION INTO THAT DOOR PANEL BLOWOUT IS STILL ONGOING. >> A JUDGE HAS TEMPORARILY BLOCKED UTAH FROM IMPLEMENTING A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS LAW AIMED AT PROTECTING CHILDREN. THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION AND FORCE MINORS TO GET PARENTAL CONSENT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA. A TRADE GROUP CLAIMS IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THE JUDGE RULED THE STATE HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HURTS CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. >> COMING UP, SINGER BON JOVI COMES TO THE RESCUE ON A BUSY BRIDGE. >> ALSO AHEAD, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES NOW OPENING UP ABOUT WHY SHE THINKS SHE WAS STRIPPED Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this The question is, why was Matthew Perry doing ketamine? How did he get it? And who is to blame for his death? In the case of Matthew Perry, it was kind of the perfect storm in September and October 20 23. He was getting six to eight shots of ketamine a day. Five people including two, doctors, all arrested Matthew Perry, was a money stream for everybody involved. 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But first, before TV's biggest night, it's crazy. I was shocked, yes, chef come, see incredible Emmy special care about that. Ladies and gentlemen, the 76th Emmys a night of Firsts with Robin Roberts. It'll be a crazy good sign. So crazy ID night at 8:00, 7:00 Central on what network are we on ABC? ABC. Oh my God, how do you spell that ABC? . >> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH ROCK STAR JON BON JOVI AND HIS ASSISTANT. LISTEN TO THIS. HELPING AN APPARENTLY DISTRESSED WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF A BRIDGE IN NASHVILLE. THEY HAD BEEN FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO NEARBY WHEN THEY CONVINCED HER TO CLIMB BACK DOWN TO SAFETY. SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. ANYONE IN TROUBLE IS URGED TO CALL 988. SINGER JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE HAS REACHED A DEAL IN HIS DRUNK DRIVING CASE. HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY, THOUGH TO A LESSER OFFENSE. POLICE ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, SAY HE SMELLED OF ALCOHOL, BUT HIS LAWYER DENIES TIMBERLAKE WAS DRUNK. HE WILL NOW PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPAIRED DRIVING AND WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. >> GYMNASTICS STAR JORDAN CHILES, NOW SPEAKING OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT HER MEDAL CONTROVERSY AT THE PARIS GAMES, AND SHE CLAIMS RACE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR. THIS MORNING, AN EMOTIONAL JORDAN CHILES SPEAKING OUT IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE BEING STRIPPED OF HER OLYMPIC MEDAL. >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS TAKEN FROM ME WAS. THAT IT WAS THE RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS NOT LIKE MY NOT JUST MY SPORT, BUT MY PERSON. LIKE THE PERSON I AM. >> CHILES INITIALLY PLACED FIFTH FOR THIS FLOOR ROUTINE, BUT HER COACHES THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED A HIGHER DIFFICULTY SCORE, SO THEY APPEALED TO THE JUDGES WHO AGREED AND AWARDED HER AN EXTRA POINT, ENOUGH TO EARN THE BRONZE. BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION LATER VOIDED THAT DECISION, SAYING THE COACH'S APPEAL WAS FILED FOUR SECONDS LATE, AND CHILES MEDAL WAS INSTEAD AWARDED TO A ROMANIAN ATHLETE, >> I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME. I FELT LIKE I WAS REALLY LEFT IN THE DARK. >> LAST MONTH, USA GYMNASTICS SAID AFTER THE RULING, CHILES RECEIVED CONSISTENT, UTTERLY BASELESS AND EXTREMELY HURTFUL ATTACKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDAL. IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MY SKIN COLOR. >> I GOT YOU SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOU. >> AT THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS LAST NIGHT, OLYMPIC SUPERFAN FLAVOR FLAV PRESENTED CHILES WITH ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE CLOCKS. THE COLOR OLYMPIC BRONZE. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELL, USA GYMNASTICS SAYS IT DOES HAVE PROOF THAT THE APPEAL IN PARIS WAS MADE IN TIME, BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION WOULD NOT RECONSIDER THE DECISION. >> NICE TO SEE HER SMILING LAST NIGHT. COMING UP, A BIG CHANGE THAT COULD BE COMING TO MCDONALD'S. >> PLUS WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS THAT MADE THE CROWD GO WILD Tonight, the track of Francine the damage as Millions, feel the impact. 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You're gonna love it. You 24, he's 54. Yeah, it just seemed like I had met my soul mate. You fired four times, 2020 is all new the 32 year old former ballerina. The center of the so-called Black Swan trial. Here we go. You haven't spoken out before. Why did you decide to talk now? The stunning all-new 2020 premieres Friday at 9/8 Central on ABC. Reporting from the floating Pier off the coast of Gaza. I'm Martha raddatz, wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> TIME NOW TO CHECK THE POLLS. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH THE NFL'S BLOCKBUSTER OPENING WEEK RATINGS. >> 29 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE RAVENS CHIEFS SEASON OPENER, AND NEARLY 24 MILLION TUNED IN FOR TOM BRADY'S FIRST GAME IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH. >> INSIDERS SAY THE RATINGS SHOW THAT FANS WILL WATCH NO MATTER WHERE THE GAME IS BROADCAST. THE BILLS PLAY THE DOLPHINS TONIGHT ON PRIME VIDEO. NEXT, THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WERE LAST NIGHT AND KATY PERRY WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR, PICKING UP THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD. SHE ENTERED THE ARENA BY FLYING ABOVE THE STAGE DURING A LASER SHOW. SHE SANG A MEDLEY OF HER HITS THROUGHOUT THE NEARLY TEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE. AND TAYLOR SWIFT WAS SEEN DANCING TO PERRY'S TEENAGE DREAM. SWIFT WON VIDEO OF THE YEAR FOR HER SONG FORTNITE, AND SHE GAVE A VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT WHILE ACCEPTING THE AWARD. >> AND THAT THAT ONE PERSON WAS MY BOYFRIEND, TRAVIS. EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN AND MAGIC. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM. >> EMINEM OPENED THE SHOW, BRINGING BACK HIS PLATINUM HAIRED ALTER EGO, SLIM SHADY. NEXT, BIG CHANGES AT MCDONALD'S. >> YES, SOME LOCATIONS ARE GETTING SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY TO STREAMLINE THE ORDERING PROCESS. NEW KIOSKS WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO PLACE ORDERS, PAY, AND EVEN GET CHANGE, BYPASSING CASHIERS. BUT DON'T WORRY, THOSE CASHIERS WILL BE REASSIGNED. NEXT, A MASSIVE LOTTERY JACKPOT REMAINS UNCLAIMED SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DRAWING. >> SOMEONE IS HOLDING A WINNING MEGAMILLIONS TICKET. WORTH OVER $1 BILLION, IT WAS PURCHASED IN NEW JERSEY BACK IN MARCH, BUT THE WINNER STILL HAS SIX MORE MONTHS TO CLAIM IT. >> OTHERWISE, THAT MONEY GOES BACK TO THE STATES. >> FINALLY, MOTORCYCLES AREN'T JUST FOR THE ROAD ANYMORE. >> A PROFESSIONAL RIDER IS TAKING HIS MODIFIED BIKE ONTO THE BLACK SEA. FITTED WITH HANDMADE SKIS THAT CAN GLIDE. >> YEAH, HE DROVE It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food style coming up on J and a fairy you're gonna love it will see you then. Three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So Jordan afternoon her everything you need to know. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". 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It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this . >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCINE ARE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM WITH WINDS UP TO 100MPH, CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN NEW ORLEANS. >> THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE NOW BURNED MORE THAN 160MI■!S, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. >> A COLORADO HOMEOWNER IS UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A TEENAGER IN THE FACE. THE 17 YEAR OLD SAID HE AND A FRIEND WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TAKE HOMECOMING PICTURES. HE SAID THEY JUMPED OVER A FENCE TO ASK PERMISSION, BUT RETURNED TO THEIR CAR WHEN IT APPEARED NO ONE WAS HOME. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY A MAN OPENED FIRE THROUGH THEIR WINDSHIELD. >> THE CEO OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD HAS BEEN FIRED OVER AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH AN EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN FIRED. THE CEO HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS. >> TODAY'S WEATHER WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE BRINGS RAIN TO TENNESSEE. SUMMERLIKE HEAT IN THE MIDWEST. STORMS INCLUDING SNOW IN THE ROCKIES. >> AND FINALLY, THE WALRUS CALF GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. >> DANNY. NEW SHOWS US. >> THIS WALRUS CALF DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET, BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST CALL HER OH MY GOODNESS, SO CUTE! >> I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. >> OH OH, SAVANNAH HERE IS ONE OF THE ANIMAL CARE SPECIALISTS AT THE ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER, WHICH RECEIVED A CALL IN LATE JULY THAT THIS LITTLE 140 POUND LADY WAS FOUND ALL BY HERSELF ON THE BEACH. >> THIS IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BECAUSE AT THIS AGE, MOM SHOULD BASICALLY BE HOLDING THIS CALF FOR LIKE THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. >> SHE CAME IN EXPERIENCING MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION, INFECTION, AND THESE WOUNDS YOU CAN SEE ON HER FACE. BUT THANKFULLY WITH THE TEAMS 24 OVER SEVEN CARE SIX WEEKS LATER, WE CAN SAY RIGHT NOW SHE IS DOING ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. NOW, DURING THIS TIME, THE SEALIFE CENTER HAS KEPT THEIR THOUSANDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS UPDATED AND NATURALLY THEY HAVE BECOME QUITE SMITTEN, LEAVING COMMENTS LIKE OH SO ADORABLE AND HOW TO DONATE OH SO MUCH. >> HE'S LIKE OH, BUT WHAT PROBABLY REALLY WON THEM OVER WERE VIDEOS LIKE THESE BECAUSE EARLY ON, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE HER SOCIAL NEEDS, THIS SEA PUPPY, MEDICALLY SPEAKING, NEEDED CONSTANT CUDDLES. >> SHE HAS NO QUALMS GOING UP TO US IF WE'RE NOT SITTING RIGHT BESIDE OF HER AND JUST GOING, OH MAN, I SHOULD HAVE MAJORED IN SEA STUFF. >> BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN UPDATE AS BABY WALRUS CALF HAS BEEN NURSED BACK TO HEALTH AND GROWN FROM 141 POUNDS TO MORE THAN 200. SHE IS ALSO KIND OF MOVED PAST THE CUDDLING PHASE TO NOW FINALLY BEING READY TO SWIM IN THE BIG POOL. >> SHE USED TO LIKE SITTING WITH US ALL THE TIME, BUT NOW SHE'S JUST LIKE, YOU HAVE MY BOTTLE. OKAY, GREAT, I'M GOING TO GO SWIM NOW. BYE >> AND FOR THE RECORD, GUYS, THERE IS A NAME COMING. SAVANNAH SAYS THE PLAN IS TO WORK WITH THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY TO PICK OUT A FITTING NAME FOR THE SPECIES THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ARCTIC CULTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DANNY. SHE WILL NOT BE RELEASED INTO THE RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA. THIS MORNING, FRANCINE ROARS ASHORE AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. THE FLOOD EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA. POWER OUTAGES, HIGH WATER RESCUES AND WHERE THE STORM HEADS NEXT. >> A NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WILDFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL, DESTROYING DOZENS OF HOMES. THE SMOKE NOW SPREADING TO LAS VEGAS. THE BIGGEST CONRN TODAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS. >> FALLOUT FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THE NEW MOVES BY HARRIS AND TRUMP RETURNING TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY, AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER TRUMP CLAIMING THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, THE CITY MANAGER NOW SPEAKING OUT. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLE FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS. A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT HE DENIED A WOMAN FOOD AND SLEEP. THE SUIT, COMING DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HOW DIDDY IS RESPONDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND KIDS. >> A NEW LAW THAT WOULD PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN USING APPS. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. THE TOP MOMENTS AND BIGGEST PERFORMANCES AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, AND WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID TO MAKE THE CROWD GO WILD. AND LATER, THE DAREDEVIL BIKER RIDING ON WATER. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M RHIANNON ALLY. >> AND I'M LIONEL MOISE. IN FOR ANDREW. WE BEGIN WITH THE FLOOD EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT AFTER FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THE STORM, NOW MOVING NORTH THROUGH LOUISIANA WITH WATER RESCUES ACROSS THE STATE, AND WINDS UP TO 100MPH. NEW ORLEANS IN THE STORM'S PATH AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. >> OVERNIGHT, FRANCINE, PACKING A PUNCH AS IT SLAMMED SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THESE CARS IN NEW ORLEANS SUBMERGED. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DECLARED IN THE CITY. SEVERAL SURROUNDING PARISHES REPORTED DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN JEFFERSON PARISH. OFFICIALS WARNED THE SEWAGE SYSTEM WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY FLOODWATER AND COULD BACK UP INTO HOMES. THIS VIDEO, TAKEN FROM INSIDE A SHRIMP BOAT IN DULAC, LOUISIANA, WHERE HEAVY RAIN QUICKLY FLOODED ROADS. LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS, WITH SOME AREAS BRACING FOR TEN FEET OF STORM SURGE. >> OVERWHELMED, SCARED. >> EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS BEFORE, I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME A STORM COMES. >> ABC'S MATT RIVERS WAS IN HOUMA YESTERDAY WHERE FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THIS WAS A BIT OF A DOOZY. WE HAD WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. WE TOOK A LITTLE TOUR JUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. WE SAW LOTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES. WE SAW POWER LINES SPARKING IT WAS A PROBLEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS OUT OF POWER. >> UP TO A FOOT OF RAIN COULD FALL. AND TODAY, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE PUSHES INLAND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES FROM MISSISSIPPI TO TENNESSEE. AND SOME PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS BRIEFLY REPORTED PROBLEMS CALLING 911, BUT THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. FRANCINE IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM. WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. >> WELL, CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURN OUT OF CONTROL. THREE FIRES IN THE REGION HAVE CONSUMED MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES. THAT IS NEARLY 160MI■!S. THE SMOKE IS NW REACHING LAS VEGAS. MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY. DELAYING FLIGHTS. THE LARGEST FIRE IS THE SO-CALLED BRIDGE FIRE. IT HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST 33 HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED, BUT GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL POSE PROBLEMS. THE FLAMES TURNING THE SKY RED OVER THE TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD. ABOUT 2500 BUILDINGS ARE STILL THREATENED. >> TURNING NOW TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, NEW FALLOUT FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. CITY OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ARE REACTING TO CLAIMS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN THAT CITY. MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS ANSWERING CRITICS WHO HAVE ACCUSED HER OF TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE MEDIA. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS ALL THE DETAILS. CHRISTIANE, GOOD MORNING. >> LIONEL. GOOD MORNING. WITH 54 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION, THE CANDIDATE'S RETURN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY. EACH FACING QUESTIONS AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. THIS MORNING, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HEADS TO NORTH CAROLINA, KICKING OFF WHAT SHE'S CALLING HER NEW WAY FORWARD TOUR. THE CAMPAIGN, FACING CRITICISM THAT HARRIS HAS BEEN AVOIDING INTERVIEWS, IS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO BATTLEGROUND ARIZONA TODAY, INSISTING HE WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE BUT REFUSING TO COMMIT TO ANOTHER. >> I ENJOYED IT. ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? I JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. >> THE TWO CANDIDATES SHOOK HANDS AT THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL YESTERDAY, BUT THE SEEMINGLY BIPARTISAN TRUCE WAS PUNCTUATED BY CONTROVERSY AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INVITED NINE OVER 11 CONSPIRACY THEORIST LAURA LOOMER AS HIS GUEST. TRUMP, ALSO FACING FALLOUT FOR THIS COMMENT DURING THE DEBATE ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. >> THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS. THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY'RE EATING THE CATS. THEY'RE EATING. THEY'RE EATING THE PETS. >> OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, INSIST THOSE CLAIMS ARE FALSE. >> IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT SOME OF THE NARRATIVES SURROUNDING OUR CITY HAS BEEN SKEWED BY MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY POLITICAL RHETORIC. >> OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION GROWTH IN SPRINGFIELD IS CAUSING CHALLENGES, BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THEIR CITY BEING THE SUBJECT OF PARTIZAN RANCOR. 11 YEAR OLD AIDEN CLARK DIED IN A SCHOOL BUS CRASH INVOLVING A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A HAITIAN IMMIGRANT. AIDEN'S PARENTS ACCUSED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OF USING THEIR SON'S DEATH TO DISPARAGE MIGRANTS. >> WE HAVE TO GET UP HERE AND BEG THEM TO STOP USING AIDEN AS A POLITICAL TOOL IS, TO SAY THE LEAST, REPREHENSIBLE. DON'T SPIN THIS TOWARDS HATE. >> WHILE MANY PUNDITS AND VOTERS SAY IT'S CLEAR HARRIS WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE, MANY VOTERS ACCUSE HER OF FALLING SHORT ON POLICY DETAILS, ESPECIALLY ON THE BORDER AND INFLATION. >> THE ECONOMY IS SOMETHING THAT I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY INTERESTED IN AS A MILLENNIAL. OF COURSE, HOUSING AND FOOD IS AT THE TOP OF MY MIND. I DON'T THINK THE CANDIDATES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT ADDRESSING THOSE VERY REAL ISSUES. >> HARRIS PICKING UP TAYLOR SWIFT'S ENDORSEMENT AFTER THE DEBATE. JD VANCE IS DOWNPLAYING SWIFT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. >> WE ADMIRE TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC, BUT I DON'T THINK MOST AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY LIKE HER MUSIC, ARE FANS OF HERS OR NOT, ARE GOING TO BE INFLUENCED BY A BILLIONAIRE CELEBRITY WHO I THINK IS FUNDAMENTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERESTS AND THE PROBLEMS OF MOST AMERICANS. >> BUT SWIFT IS ALREADY HAVING AN IMPACT VOTE, GOVERNOR SAYS LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHE POSTED HER LINK ON INSTAGRAM, THEY HAD MORE THAN 300,000 VISITORS TO THEIR SITE. RHIANNON. ALL RIGHT. >> CHRISTIANE CORDERO, LIVE FOR US IN WASHINGTON. THANK YOU. INFLATION IS NOW AT A THREE YEAR LOW. CONSUMER PRICES IN AUGUST WERE UP 2.5% FROM A YEAR AGO. BUT GAS PRICES ARE DOWN. GROCERY PRICES ARE LEVELING OFF, BUT RISING HOUSING COSTS ARE THE BIG DRIVER OF INFLATION. IN RESPONSE, ANALYSTS EXPECT THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO CUT INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER POINT NEXT WEEK AND A MASSIVE STRIKE IS LOOMING AT BOEING. UNION MEMBERS WILL VOTE TODAY ON A CONTRACT OFFER THAT INCLUDES A 25% PAY RAISE OVER FOUR YEARS. WORKERS COULD WALK OFF THE JOB TOMORROW IF THEY REJECT THE DEAL. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLES FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS FACING A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT JUST DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEAN DIDDY COMBS IN A NEW LAWSUIT, DON RICHARD, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMBS FORMED GROUP DANITY KANE, ACCUSES HIM OF TERRORIZING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER FOR YEARS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS, IN MY OPINION, THE NUMBER ONE WORST INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL ABUSE. THE METOO MOVEMENT LARGELY BYPASSED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> RICHARD AND COMBS WORKED TOGETHER ON MTV'S MAKING THE BAND THREE AND FOUR. IT WAS THEN THAT RICHARD SAID COMBS DEPRIVED MISS RICHARD AND HER DANITY KANE BANDMATES OF BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS ADEQUATE FOOD AND SLEEP. RICHARD ACCUSES COMBS OF KEEPING SOME OF HER EARNINGS AND SUBJECTING HER TO YEARS OF INHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED GROPING, ASSAULT, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AMONG OTHER VIOLATIONS. RICHARD IS THE EIGHTH PERSON TO ACCUSE COMBS OF ABUSE. SHE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE WITNESSED HIM BEATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA, WHO LAST YEAR SUED COMBS, CLAIMING PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWED COMBS ATTACK VENTURA AT A HOTEL IN 2016. COMBS SETTLED THAT LAWSUIT WITHIN A DAY, WITH NO ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING. IN MARCH, FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED HIS HOMES IN LA AND FLORIDA. SOURCES SAY IN CONNECTION TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION. AS FOR RICHARD'S ACCUSATIONS, COMBS SAYS HE'S INNOCENT, SAYING SHE MANUFACTURED A SERIES OF FALSE CLAIMS, ALL IN THE HOPES OF TRYING TO GET A PAYDAY CONVENIENTLY TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH HER ALBUM RELEASE AND PRESS TOUR. COMBS WAS ALSO RECENTLY ORDERED TO PAY $100 MILLION TO A MICHIGAN INMATE, WHO SUED HIM FOR AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN 1997. COMBS DENIES THE ACCUSATIONS AND SAYS HE'LL APPEAL THE DEFAULT JUDGMENT. RHIANNON LIONEL. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR THURSDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, NOW TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE IS BRINGING A TORNADO RISK ON THE EAST SIDE TO ALABAMA AND NEARBY STATES AND FLOODING RAIN WILL POOL NORTH THROUGH MORE AND MORE OF MISSISSIPPI, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS MEMPHIS. THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE COULD SEE 4 TO 8IN OF RAIN THERE, AND PLACES LIKE MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 2 TO 4IN OF RAIN. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE WEST. FIRE DANGER IS DECREASING SLIGHTLY IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IS ESCALATING INTO AREAS NEAR THE HIGH PLAINS. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, THE DELICATE RESCUE OPERATION TO SAVE A HUMPBACK WHALE. >> ALSO AHEAD, ONE STATE TRYING TO RESTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY CHILDREN. 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I'm Maggie Rulli, wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> RESCUE CREWS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FREED THIS HUMPBACK WHALE THAT WAS ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR, POSSIBLY FOR MONTHS. THEY SPENT FOUR DAYS CUTTING THE LINES BEFORE THE WHALE WAS ABLE TO SWIM AWAY. THEY SAY WITHOUT THAT INTERVENTION, THE WHALE COULD HAVE DIED. >> WE TURN NOW TO AN AIRLINE PILOT INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR SCARE THAT TRIGGERED A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION. >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE AIRPLANE UNTIL WE LANDED. >> AN ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT IS NOW DESCRIBING THE MOMENT A DOOR PANEL BLEW OFF HER PLANE BACK IN JANUARY, AT 16,000FT. >> THE FIRST INDICATION WAS IT WAS AN EXPLOSION IN MY EARS. AND THEN A WHOOSH OF AIR. MY BODY WAS FORCED FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. >> SHE TELLS CBS SHE FELT THE CABIN QUICKLY DEPRESSURIZED AND KNEW IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> YES, WE ARE. EMERGENCY. WE ARE DEPRESSURIZED. WE DO NEED TO RETURN BACK TO. AND I LOOKED AT MY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? >> AND IN THAT RESPONSE, I HEARD WHOLE FOR FIVE EMPTY SEATS AND INJURIES. >> THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM PORTLAND, WITH NEARLY EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED. BUT REMARKABLY, NO ONE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THAT DOOR PANEL. I WAS SO THANKFUL I WAS IN SHOCK. >> I DISBELIEF EVERYBODY WAS THERE. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PLANE LEFT THE FACTORY WITHOUT FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DOOR PANEL IN PLACE. THE INCIDENT PROMPTED A WIDE SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO BOEING, INCLUDING WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS ABOUT MANUFACTURING ISSUES, AND RUSHED PRODUCTION SCHEDULES. BOEING INSISTING IT'S MADE CHANGES, SAYING SAFETY IS ITS TOP PRIORITY. THE NTSB INVESTIGATION INTO THAT DOOR PANEL BLOWOUT IS STILL ONGOING. >> A JUDGE HAS TEMPORARILY BLOCKED UTAH FROM IMPLEMENTING A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS LAW AIMED AT PROTECTING CHILDREN. THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION AND FORCE MINORS TO GET PARENTAL CONSENT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA. 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HE WILL NOW PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPAIRED DRIVING AND WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. >> GYMNASTICS STAR JORDAN CHILES, NOW SPEAKING OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT HER MEDAL CONTROVERSY AT THE PARIS GAMES, AND SHE CLAIMS RACE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR. THIS MORNING, AN EMOTIONAL JORDAN CHILES SPEAKING OUT IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE BEING STRIPPED OF HER OLYMPIC MEDAL. >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS TAKEN FROM ME WAS. THAT IT WAS THE RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS NOT LIKE MY NOT JUST MY SPORT, BUT MY PERSON. LIKE THE PERSON I AM. >> CHILES INITIALLY PLACED FIFTH FOR THIS FLOOR ROUTINE, BUT HER COACHES THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED A HIGHER DIFFICULTY SCORE, SO THEY APPEALED TO THE JUDGES WHO AGREED AND AWARDED HER AN EXTRA POINT, ENOUGH TO EARN THE BRONZE. BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION LATER VOIDED THAT DECISION, SAYING THE COACH'S APPEAL WAS FILED FOUR SECONDS LATE, AND CHILES MEDAL WAS INSTEAD AWARDED TO A ROMANIAN ATHLETE, >> I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME. I FELT LIKE I WAS REALLY LEFT IN THE DARK. >> LAST MONTH, USA GYMNASTICS SAID AFTER THE RULING, CHILES RECEIVED CONSISTENT, UTTERLY BASELESS AND EXTREMELY HURTFUL ATTACKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDAL. IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MY SKIN COLOR. >> I GOT YOU SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOU. >> AT THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS LAST NIGHT, OLYMPIC SUPERFAN FLAVOR FLAV PRESENTED CHILES WITH ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE CLOCKS. THE COLOR OLYMPIC BRONZE. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELL, USA GYMNASTICS SAYS IT DOES HAVE PROOF THAT THE APPEAL IN PARIS WAS MADE IN TIME, BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION WOULD NOT RECONSIDER THE DECISION. >> NICE TO SEE HER SMILING LAST NIGHT. COMING UP, A BIG CHANGE THAT COULD BE COMING TO MCDONALD'S. >> PLUS WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS THAT MADE THE CROWD GO WILD It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? 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We just saw where no one has seen before it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this. You 24, he's 54. Yeah, it just seemed like I had met my soul mate. You fired four times, 2020 is all new the 32 year old former ballerina. The center of the so-called Black Swan trial. Here we go. You haven't spoken out before. Why did you decide to talk now? The stunning all-new 2020 premieres Friday at 9/8 Central on ABC. Reporting from the Republican National Convention here in Milwaukee. I'm Cana Whitworth wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> TIME NOW TO CHECK THE POLLS. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH THE NFL'S BLOCKBUSTER OPENING WEEK RATINGS. >> 29 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE RAVENS CHIEFS SEASON OPENER, AND NEARLY 24 MILLION TUNED IN FOR TOM BRADY'S FIRST GAME IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH. >> INSIDERS Y THE RATINGS SHOW THAT FANS WILL WATCH NO MATTER WHERE THE GAME IS BROADCAST. THE BILLS PLAY THE DOLPHINS TONIGHT ON PRIME VIDEO. NEXT, THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WERE LAST NIGHT AND KATY PERRY WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR, PICKING UP THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD. SHE ENTERED THE ARENA BY FLYING ABOVE THE STAGE DURING A LASER SHOW. SHE SANG A MEDLEY OF HER HITS THROUGHOUT THE NEARLY TEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE. AND TAYLOR SWIFT WAS SEEN DANCING TO PERRY'S TEENAGE DREAM. SWIFT WON VIDEO OF THE YEAR FOR HER SONG FORTNITE, AND SHE GAVE A VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT WHILE ACCEPTING THE AWARD. >> AND THAT THAT ONE PERSON WAS MY BOYFRIEND, TRAVIS. EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN AND MAGIC. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM. >> EMINEM OPENED THE SHOW, BRINGING BACK HIS PLATINUM HAIRED ALTER EGO, SLIM SHADY. NEXT, BIG CHANGES AT MCDONALD'S. >> YES, SOME LOCATIONS ARE GETTING SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY TO STREAMLINE THE ORDERING PROCESS. NEW KIOSKS WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO PLACE ORDERS, PAY, AND EVEN GET CHANGE, BYPASSING CASHIERS. BUT DON'T WORRY, THOSE CASHIERS WILL BE REASSIGNED. 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ABC News honored for excellence with 40 Emmy nominations mornings evenings late night weekend screaming 24/7 40 Emmy nominations. Thank you for making ABC News America's number one news. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S What will they be wearing on TV's biggest night, the fashion, the style, and the Stars tomorrow Robinson Hollywood with a fashion preview at the Emmys. Plus a first look at her, any special so crazy tomorrow in DNA, Betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome. This is her knight in shining armor. Everything felt right all the sudden. I found this hidden folder. I opened it. I don't think I can say I'm sorry shocking my stomach just dropped. He just really didn't think I had it in me Lisa. So I did betrayal a father's secret the all new season on Hulu. . >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCINE ARE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM WITH WINDS UP TO 100MPH, CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN NEW ORLEANS. >> THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE NOW BURNED MORE THAN 160MI■!S, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. >> A COLORADO HOMEOWNER IS UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A TEENAGER IN THE FACE. THE 17 YEAR OLD SAID HE AND A FRIEND WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TAKE HOMECOMING PICTURES. HE SAID THEY JUMPED OVER A FENCE TO ASK PERMISSION, BUT RETURNED TO THEIR CAR WHEN IT APPEARED NO ONE WAS HOME. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY A MAN OPENED FIRE THROUGH THEIR WINDSHIELD. >> THE CEO OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD HAS BEEN FIRED OVER AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH AN EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN FIRED. THE CEO HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS. >> TODAY'S WEATHER WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE BRINGS RAIN TO TENNESSEE. SUMMERLIKE HEAT IN THE MIDWEST. STORMS INCLUDING SNOW IN THE ROCKIES. >> AND FINALLY, THE WALRUS CALF GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. >> DANNY. NEW SHOWS US. >> THIS WALRUS CALF DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET, BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST CALL HER OH MY GOODNESS, SO CUTE! >> I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. >> OH OH, SAVANNAH HERE IS ONE OF THE ANIMAL CARE SPECIALISTS AT THE ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER, WHICH RECEIVED A CALL IN LATE JULY THAT THIS LITTLE 140 POUND LADY WAS FOUND ALL BY HERSELF ON THE BEACH. >> THIS IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BECAUSE AT THIS AGE, MOM SHOULD BASICALLY BE HOLDING THIS CALF FOR LIKE THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. >> SHE CAME IN EXPERIENCING MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION, INFECTION, AND THESE WOUNDS YOU CAN SEE ON HER FACE. BUT THANKFULLY WITH THE TEAMS 24 OVER SEVEN CARE SIX WEEKS LATER, WE CAN SAY RIGHT NOW SHE IS DOING ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. NOW, DURING THIS TIME, THE SEALIFE CENTER HAS KEPT THEIR THOUSANDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS UPDATED AND NATURALLY THEY HAVE BECOME QUITE SMITTEN, LEAVING COMMENTS LIKE OH SO ADORABLE AND HOW TO DONATE OH SO MUCH. >> HE'S LIKE OH, BUT WHAT PROBABLY REALLY WON THEM OVER WERE VIDEOS LIKE THESE BECAUSE EARLY ON, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE HER SOCIAL NEEDS, THIS SEA PUPPY, MEDICALLY SPEAKING, NEEDED CONSTANT CUDDLES. >> SHE HAS NO QUALMS GOING UP TO US IF WE'RE NOT SITTING RIGHT BESIDE OF HER AND JUST GOING, OH MAN, I SHOULD HAVE MAJORED IN SEA STUFF. >> BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN UPDATE AS BABY WALRUS CALF HAS BEEN NURSED BACK TO HEALTH AND GROWN FROM 141 POUNDS TO MORE THAN 200. SHE IS ALSO KIND OF MOVED PAST THE CUDDLING PHASE TO NOW FINALLY BEING READY TO SWIM IN THE BIG POOL. >> SHE USED TO LIKE SITTING WITH US ALL THE TIME, BUT NOW SHE'S JUST LIKE, YOU HAVE MY BOTTLE. OKAY, GREAT, I'M GOING TO GO SWIM NOW. BYE >> AND FOR THE RECORD, GUYS, THERE IS A NAME COMING. SAVANNAH SAYS THE PLAN IS TO WORK WITH THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY TO PICK OUT A FITTING NAME FOR THE SPECIES THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ARCTIC CULTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DANNY. SHE WILL NOT BE RELEASED INTO THE RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA. THIS MORNING, FRANCINE ROARS ASHORE AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. THE FLOOD EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA. POWER OUTAGES, HIGH WATER RESCUES AND WHERE THE STORM HEADS NEXT. >> A NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WILDFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL, DESTROYING DOZENS OF HOMES. THE SMOKE NOW SPREADING TO LAS VEGAS. THE BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS. >> FALLOUT FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THE NEW MOVES BY HARRIS AND TRUMP RETURNING TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY, AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER TRUMP CLAIMING THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, THE CITY MANAGER NOW SPEAKING OUT. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLE FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS. A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT HE DENIED A WOMAN FOOD AND SLEEP. THE SUIT, COMING DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HOW DIDDY IS RESPONDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND KIDS. >> A NEW LAW THAT WOULD PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN USING APPS. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. THE TOP MOMENTS AND BIGGEST PERFORMANCES AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, AND WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID TO MAKE THE CROWD GO WILD. AND LATER, THE DAREDEVIL BIKER RIDING ON WATER. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M RHIANNON ALLY. >> AND I'M LIONEL MOISE. IN FOR ANDREW. WE BEGIN WITH THE FLOOD EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT AFTER FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THE STORM, NOW MOVING NORTH THROUGH LOUISIANA WITH WATER RESCUES ACROSS THE STATE, AND WINDS UP TO 100MPH. NEW ORLEANS IN THE STORM'S PATH AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. >> OVERNIGHT, FRANCINE, PACKING A PUNCH AS IT SLAMMED SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THESE CARS IN NEW ORLEANS SUBMERGED. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DECLARED IN THE CITY. SEVERAL SURROUNDING PARISHES REPORTED DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN JEFFERSON PARISH. OFFICIALS WARNED THE SEWAGE SYSTEM WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY FLOODWATER AND COULD BACK UP INTO HOMES. THIS VIDEO, TAKEN FROM INSIDE A SHRIMP BOAT IN DULAC, LOUISIANA, WHERE HEAVY RAIN QUICKLY FLOODED ROADS. LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS, WITH SOME AREAS BRACING FOR TEN FEET OF STORM SURGE. >> OVERWHELMED, SCARED. >> EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS BEFORE, I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME A STORM COMES. >> ABC'S MATT RIVERS WAS IN HOUMA YESTERDAY WHERE FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THIS WAS A BIT OF A DOOZY. WE HAD WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. WE TOOK A LITTLE TOUR JUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. WE SAW LOTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES. WE SAW POWER LINES SPARKING IT WAS A PROBLEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS OUT OF POWER. >> UP TO A FOOT OF RAIN COULD FALL. AND TODAY, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE PUSHES INLAND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES FROM MISSISSIPPI TO TENNESSEE. AND SOME PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS BRIEFLY REPORTED PROBLEMS CALLING 911, BUT THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. FRANCINE IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM. WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. >> WELL, CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURN OUT OF CONTROL. THREE FIRES IN THE REGION HAVE CONSUMED MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES. THAT IS NEARLY 160MI■!S. THE SMOKE IS NW REACHING LAS VEGAS. MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY. DELAYING FLIGHTS. THE LARGEST FIRE IS THE SO-CALLED BRIDGE FIRE. IT HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST 33 HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED, BUT GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL POSE PROBLEMS. THE FLAMES TURNING THE SKY RED OVER THE TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD. ABOUT 2500 BUILDINGS ARE STILL THREATENED. >> TURNING NOW TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, NEW FALLOUT FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. CITY OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ARE REACTING TO CLAIMS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN THAT CITY. MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS ANSWERING CRITICS WHO HAVE ACCUSED HER OF TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE MEDIA. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS ALL THE DETAILS. CHRISTIANE, GOOD MORNING. >> LIONEL. GOOD MORNING. WITH 54 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION, THE CANDIDATE'S RETURN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY. EACH FACING QUESTIONS AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. THIS MORNING, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HEADS TO NORTH CAROLINA, KICKING OFF WHAT SHE'S CALLING HER NEW WAY FORWARD TOUR. THE CAMPAIGN, FACING CRITICISM THAT HARRIS HAS BEEN AVOIDING INTERVIEWS, IS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO BATTLEGROUND ARIZONA TODAY, INSISTING HE WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE BUT REFUSING TO COMMIT TO ANOTHER. >> I ENJOYED IT. ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? I JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. >> THE TWO CANDIDATES SHOOK HANDS AT THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL YESTERDAY, BUT THE SEEMINGLY BIPARTISAN TRUCE WAS PUNCTUATED BY CONTROVERSY AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INVITED NINE OVER 11 CONSPIRACY THEORIST LAURA LOOMER AS HIS GUEST. TRUMP, ALSO FACING FALLOUT FOR THIS COMMENT DURING THE DEBATE ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. >> THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS. THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY'RE EATING THE CATS. THEY'RE EATING. THEY'RE EATING THE PETS. >> OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, INSIST THOSE CLAIMS ARE FALSE. >> IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT SOME OF THE NARRATIVES SURROUNDING OUR CITY HAS BEEN SKEWED BY MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY POLITICAL RHETORIC. >> OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION GROWTH IN SPRINGFIELD IS CAUSING CHALLENGES, BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THEIR CITY BEING THE SUBJECT OF PARTIZAN RANCOR. 11 YEAR OLD AIDEN CLARK DIED IN A SCHOOL BUS CRASH INVOLVING A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A HAITIAN IMMIGRANT. AIDEN'S PARENTS ACCUSED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OF USING THEIR SON'S DEATH TO DISPARAGE MIGRANTS. >> WE HAVE TO GET UP HERE AND BEG THEM TO STOP USING AIDEN AS A POLITICAL TOOL IS, TO SAY THE LEAST, REPREHENSIBLE. DON'T SPIN THIS TOWARDS HATE. >> WHILE MANY PUNDITS AND VOTERS SAY IT'S CLEAR HARRIS WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE, MANY VOTERS ACCUSE HER OF FALLING SHORT ON POLICY DETAILS, ESPECIALLY ON THE BORDER AND INFLATION. >> THE ECONOMY IS SOMETHING THAT I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY INTERESTED IN AS A MILLENNIAL. OF COURSE, HOUSING AND FOOD IS AT THE TOP OF MY MIND. I DON'T THINK THE CANDIDATES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT ADDRESSING THOSE VERY REAL ISSUES. >> HARRIS PICKING UP TAYLOR SWIFT'S ENDORSEMENT AFTER THE DEBATE. JD VANCE IS DOWNPLAYING SWIFT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. >> WE ADMIRE TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC, BUT I DON'T THINK MOST AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY LIKE HER MUSIC, ARE FANS OF HERS OR NOT, ARE GOING TO BE INFLUENCED BY A BILLIONAIRE CELEBRITY WHO I THINK IS FUNDAMENTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERESTS AND THE PROBLEMS OF MOST AMERICANS. >> BUT SWIFT IS ALREADY HAVING AN IMPACT VOTE, GOVERNOR SAYS LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHE POSTED HER LINK ON INSTAGRAM, THEY HAD MORE THAN 300,000 VISITORS TO THEIR SITE. RHIANNON. ALL RIGHT. >> CHRISTIANE CORDERO, LIVE FOR US IN WASHINGTON. THANK YOU. INFLATION IS NOW AT A THREE YEAR LOW. CONSUMER PRICES IN AUGUST WERE UP 2.5% FROM A YEAR AGO. BUT GAS PRICES ARE DOWN. GROCERY PRICES ARE LEVELING OFF, BUT RISING HOUSING COSTS ARE THE BIG DRIVER OF INFLATION. IN RESPONSE, ANALYSTS EXPECT THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO CUT INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER POINT NEXT WEEK AND A MASSIVE STRIKE IS LOOMING AT BOEING. UNION MEMBERS WILL VOTE TODAY ON A CONTRACT OFFER THAT INCLUDES A 25% PAY RAISE OVER FOUR YEARS. WORKERS COULD WALK OFF THE JOB TOMORROW IF THEY REJECT THE DEAL. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLES FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS FACING A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT JUST DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEAN DIDDY COMBS IN A NEW LAWSUIT, DON RICHARD, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMBS FORMED GROUP DANITY KANE, ACCUSES HIM OF TERRORIZING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER FOR YEARS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS, IN MY OPINION, THE NUMBER ONE WORST INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL ABUSE. THE METOO MOVEMENT LARGELY BYPASSED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> RICHARD AND COMBS WORKED TOGETHER ON MTV'S MAKING THE BAND THREE AND FOUR. IT WAS THEN THAT RICHARD SAID COMBS DEPRIVED MISS RICHARD AND HER DANITY KANE BANDMATES OF BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS ADEQUATE FOOD AND SLEEP. RICHARD ACCUSES COMBS OF KEEPING SOME OF HER EARNINGS AND SUBJECTING HER TO YEARS OF INHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED GROPING, ASSAULT, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AMONG OTHER VIOLATIONS. RICHARD IS THE EIGHTH PERSON TO ACCUSE COMBS OF ABUSE. SHE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE WITNESSED HIM BEATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA, WHO LAST YEAR SUED COMBS, CLAIMING PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWED COMBS ATTACK VENTURA AT A HOTEL IN 2016. COMBS SETTLED THAT LAWSUIT WITHIN A DAY, WITH NO ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING. IN MARCH, FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED HIS HOMES IN LA AND FLORIDA. SOURCES SAY IN CONNECTION TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION. AS FOR RICHARD'S ACCUSATIONS, COMBS SAYS HE'S INNOCENT, SAYING SHE MANUFACTURED A SERIES OF FALSE CLAIMS, ALL IN THE HOPES OF TRYING TO GET A PAYDAY CONVENIENTLY TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH HER ALBUM RELEASE AND PRESS TOUR. COMBS WAS ALSO RECENTLY ORDERED TO PAY $100 MILLION TO A MICHIGAN INMATE, WHO SUED HIM FOR AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN 1997. COMBS DENIES THE ACCUSATIONS AND SAYS HE'LL APPEAL THE DEFAULT JUDGMENT. RHIANNON LIONEL. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR THURSDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, NOW TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE IS BRINGING A TORNADO RISK ON THE EAST SIDE TO ALABAMA AND NEARBY STATES AND FLOODING RAIN WILL POOL NORTH THROUGH MORE AND MORE OF MISSISSIPPI, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS MEMPHIS. THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE COULD SEE 4 TO 8IN OF RAIN THERE, AND PLACES LIKE MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 2 TO 4IN OF RAIN. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE WEST. FIRE DANGER IS DECREASING SLIGHTLY IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IS ESCALATING INTO AREAS NEAR THE HIGH PLAINS. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, THE DELICATE RESCUE OPERATION TO SAVE A HUMPBACK WHALE. >> ALSO AHEAD, ONE STATE TRYING TO RESTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY CHILDREN. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. >> AND THE PILOT OF THAT PASSENGER JET THAT LOST A DOOR PANEL IN MID-FLIGHT, SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food style coming up on J and a fairy you're gonna love it will see you then. Three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So Jordan afternoon her everything you need to know. Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this Tonight, the track of Francine the damage as Millions, feel the impact. Plus the historic debate, new numbers and more Fallout World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast What will they be wearing on TV's biggest night, the fashion, the style, and the Stars tomorrow Robinson Hollywood with a fashion preview at the Emmys. Plus a first look at her, any special so crazy tomorrow in DNA, Pro-palestinian demonstration on the Streets of Philadelphia. I'm Trevor alt wherever the story is, will take you there. They're streaming, ABC News live. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> RESCUE CREWS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FREED THIS HUMPBACK WHALE THAT WAS ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR, POSSIBLY FOR MONTHS. THEY SPENT FOUR DAYS CUTTING THE LINES BEFORE THE WHALE WAS ABLE TO SWIM AWAY. THEY SAY WITHOUT THAT INTERVENTION, THE WHALE COULD HAVE DIED. >> WE TURN NOW TO AN AIRLINE PILOT INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR SCARE THAT TRIGGERED A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION. >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE AIRPLANE UNTIL WE LANDED. >> AN ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT IS NOW DESCRIBING THE MOMENT A DOOR PANEL BLEW OFF HER PLANE BACK IN JANUARY, AT 16,000FT. >> THE FIRST INDICATION WAS IT WAS AN EXPLOSION IN MY EARS. AND THEN A WHOOSH OF AIR. MY BODY WAS FORCED FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. >> SHE TELLS CBS SHE FELT THE CABIN QUICKLY DEPRESSURIZED AND KNEW IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> YES, WE ARE. EMERGENCY. WE ARE DEPRESSURIZED. WE DO NEED TO RETURN BACK TO. AND I LOOKED AT MY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? >> AND IN THAT RESPONSE, I HEARD WHOLE FOR FIVE EMPTY SEATS AND INJURIES. >> THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM PORTLAND, WITH NEARLY EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED. BUT REMARKABLY, NO ONE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THAT DOOR PANEL. I WAS SO THANKFUL I WAS IN SHOCK. >> I DISBELIEF EVERYBODY WAS THERE. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PLANE LEFT THE FACTORY WITHOUT FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DOOR PANEL IN PLACE. THE INCIDENT PROMPTED A WIDE SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO BOEING, INCLUDING WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS ABOUT MANUFACTURING ISSUES, AND RUSHED PRODUCTION SCHEDULES. BOEING INSISTING IT'S MADE CHANGES, SAYING SAFETY IS ITS TOP PRIORITY. THE NTSB INVESTIGATION INTO THAT DOOR PANEL BLOWOUT IS STILL ONGOING. >> A JUDGE HAS TEMPORARILY BLOCKED UTAH FROM IMPLEMENTING A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS LAW AIMED AT PROTECTING CHILDREN. THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION AND FORCE MINORS TO GET PARENTAL CONSENT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA. A TRADE GROUP CLAIMS IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THE JUDGE RULED THE STATE HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HURTS CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. >> COMING UP, SINGER BON JOVI COMES TO THE RESCUE ON A BUSY BRIDGE. >> ALSO AHEAD, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES NOW OPENING UP ABOUT WHY SHE THINKS SHE WAS STRIPPED Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel, a nation at war. After that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground. In Ukraine reporting from Lewiston. Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC, News, live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile, strike and inebriate. Ukraine reporting for the earthquake in turkey and Rolling Fork. This Tornado tore through this little town, from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign. Rail and Iceland. Let's go traveling with the president in Mexico City, wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside. 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HE WILL NOW PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPAIRED DRIVING AND WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. >> GYMNASTICS STAR JORDAN CHILES, NOW SPEAKING OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT HER MEDAL CONTROVERSY AT THE PARIS GAMES, AND SHE CLAIMS RACE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR. THIS MORNING, AN EMOTIONAL JORDAN CHILES SPEAKING OUT IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE BEING STRIPPED OF HER OLYMPIC MEDAL. >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS TAKEN FROM ME WAS. THAT IT WAS THE RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS NOT LIKE MY NOT JUST MY SPORT, BUT MY PERSON. LIKE THE PERSON I AM. >> CHILES INITIALLY PLACED FIFTH FOR THIS FLOOR ROUTINE, BUT HER COACHES THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED A HIGHER DIFFICULTY SCORE, SO THEY APPEALED TO THE JUDGES WHO AGREED AND AWARDED HER AN EXTRA POINT, ENOUGH TO EARN THE BRONZE. BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION LATER VOIDED THAT DECISION, SAYING THE COACH'S APPEAL WAS FILED FOUR SECONDS LATE, AND CHILES MEDAL WAS INSTEAD AWARDED TO A ROMANIAN ATHLETE, >> I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME. 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A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN NEW ORLEANS. >> THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE NOW BURNED MORE THAN 160MI■!S, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. >> A COLORADO HOMEOWNER IS UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A TEENAGER IN THE FACE. THE 17 YEAR OLD SAID HE AND A FRIEND WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TAKE HOMECOMING PICTURES. HE SAID THEY JUMPED OVER A FENCE TO ASK PERMISSION, BUT RETURNED TO THEIR CAR WHEN IT APPEARED NO ONE WAS HOME. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY A MAN OPENED FIRE THROUGH THEIR WINDSHIELD. >> THE CEO OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD HAS BEEN FIRED OVER AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH AN EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN FIRED. THE CEO HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS. >> TODAY'S WEATHER WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE BRINGS RAIN TO TENNESSEE. SUMMERLIKE HEAT IN THE MIDWEST. STORMS INCLUDING SNOW IN THE ROCKIES. >> AND FINALLY, THE WALRUS CALF GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. >> DANNY. NEW SHOWS US. >> THIS WALRUS CALF DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET, BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST CALL HER OH MY GOODNESS, SO CUTE! >> I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. >> OH OH, SAVANNAH HERE IS ONE OF THE ANIMAL CARE SPECIALISTS AT THE ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER, WHICH RECEIVED A CALL IN LATE JULY THAT THIS LITTLE 140 POUND LADY WAS FOUND ALL BY HERSELF ON THE BEACH. >> THIS IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BECAUSE AT THIS AGE, MOM SHOULD BASICALLY BE HOLDING THIS CALF FOR LIKE THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. >> SHE CAME IN EXPERIENCING MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION, INFECTION, AND THESE WOUNDS YOU CAN SEE ON HER FACE. BUT THANKFULLY WITH THE TEAMS 24 OVER SEVEN CARE SIX WEEKS LATER, WE CAN SAY RIGHT NOW SHE IS DOING ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. NOW, DURING THIS TIME, THE SEALIFE CENTER HAS KEPT THEIR THOUSANDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS UPDATED AND NATURALLY THEY HAVE BECOME QUITE SMITTEN, LEAVING COMMENTS LIKE OH SO ADORABLE AND HOW TO DONATE OH SO MUCH. >> HE'S LIKE OH, BUT WHAT PROBABLY REALLY WON THEM OVER WERE VIDEOS LIKE THESE BECAUSE EARLY ON, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE HER SOCIAL NEEDS, THIS SEA PUPPY, MEDICALLY SPEAKING, NEEDED CONSTANT CUDDLES. >> SHE HAS NO QUALMS GOING UP TO US IF WE'RE NOT SITTING RIGHT BESIDE OF HER AND JUST GOING, OH MAN, I SHOULD HAVE MAJORED IN SEA STUFF. >> BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN UPDATE AS BABY WALRUS CALF HAS BEEN NURSED BACK TO HEALTH AND GROWN FROM 141 POUNDS TO MORE THAN 200. SHE IS ALSO KIND OF MOVED PAST THE CUDDLING PHASE TO NOW FINALLY BEING READY TO SWIM IN THE BIG POOL. >> SHE USED TO LIKE SITTING WITH US ALL THE TIME, BUT NOW SHE'S JUST LIKE, YOU HAVE MY BOTTLE. OKAY, GREAT, I'M GOING TO GO SWIM NOW. BYE >> AND FOR THE RECORD, GUYS, THERE IS A NAME COMING. SAVANNAH SAYS THE PLAN IS TO WORK WITH THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY TO PICK OUT A FITTING NAME FOR THE SPECIES THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ARCTIC CULTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DANNY. SHE WILL NOT BE RELEASED INTO THE >> IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. WELL, THAT WAS INTERESTING. SHOULD WE TRY IT AGAIN? WE START HERE. AFTER WHAT CRITICS CALLED A DEBATE DRUBBING, DONALD TRUMP CHANGES HIS TUNE ON A REPEAT PERFORMANCE. >> ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? >> I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY. ANY TIME, ANY PLACE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN WAY TO ONE AND DONE. MEANWHILE, HOW'S THIS FOR A SEPTEMBER? THE CLOCK IS VERY MUCH RUNNING OUT. IF VOTERS WEREN'T TIRED OF WASHINGTON ALREADY GET SET FOR A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND IT'S A WHOLE COUNTRY FULL OF SINGLE ISSUE VOTERS. >> HOW IS IT INTERESTING? A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT UKRAINE. DIPLOMATS ARRIVE IN UKRAINE AS ITS PRESIDENT WAITS FOR ANSWERS FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS START HERE I'M BRAD MIELKE. >> TUESDAY NIGHT MARKED THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS THAT TWO LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAD DONE SO MUCH AS SHAKING HANDS AHEAD OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. >> KAMALA HARRIS. SO GOOD TO BASICALLY HAVE FUN. >> THANK YOU. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, UNDER MUCH MORE SOMBER CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY DID IT AGAIN. >> THEY WERE TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS AND JUST A FEW FEET APART, REACHING ACROSS AND A CORDIAL HANDSHAKE JUST HOURS AFTER SPARRING ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WERE BOTH ON HAND IN NEW YORK CITY YESTERDAY, ALONG WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE, FOR THE ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH. >> THERE WERE NO SPEECHES, NO POLITICS, JUST PRAYERS AND THE SOLEMN READING OF NAMES. >> AND MY GRANDFATHER, FDNY CAPTAIN JAMES J. CORRIGAN, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. AND MISS YOU SO MUCH. ME AND MY THREE SISTERS WISH WE GOT TO MEET YOU. AND THIS KIND OF PAUSE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THIS POLITE SMILE AND SMALL TALK BELIED THE FACT THAT JUST HOURS PRIOR THEY HAD TAKEN PART IN THEIR MOST ADRENALINE FILLED, MOST SCRUTINIZED PERFORMANCES OF THIS CAMPAIGN. SO FAR. BOTH OF THEIR BASES WERE FIRED UP AND LOTS OF DECISIONS FROM LAWMAKERS TO DONORS TO THE CAMPAIGNS THEMSELVES WILL NOW BE FILTERED THROUGH THAT LENS OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED AT THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WE GOT SOME INSTANT REACTION YESTERDAY, BUT NOW, WITH 24 HOURS OF PERSPECTIVE BEHIND US, LET'S LOOK AHEAD WITH ABC'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF, THE MAN WHO OVERSAW BIG PARTS OF THIS DEBATE. RICK KLEIN JOINS US NOW. RICK, WHAT IS THE REACTION BEEN LIKE ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPHERE SINCE? >> TRUMP AND HARRIS WENT HEAD TO HEAD. WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHED FOR STARTERS, OF SETTING MODERN RECORDS IN TERMS OF VIEWERSHIP . AND THE QUESTION OF HOW IT PLAYS OVERALL IN THE POLLS WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS TO PLAY OUT. BUT I THINK PRETTY CLEARLY THE CONSENSUS IS THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAD A VERY STRONG NIGHT. >> WHAT THE WHARTON SCHOOL HAS SAID IS DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY EXPLODE THE DEFICIT, THAT SHE WAS THERE TO KIND OF BEAT DONALD TRUMP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THAT DONALD TRUMP TOOK THE BAIT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE OF BOTH IN THAT DEBATE. >> I WENT TO THE WHARTON SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANY OF THOSE PROFESSORS, THE TOP PROFESSORS, THINK MY PLAN IS A BRILLIANT PLAN. IT'S A GREAT PLAN. IT'S A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BRING UP OUR WORTH, OUR VALUE AS A COUNTRY. >> AND FROM THE TRUMP CAMP'S PERSPECTIVE, YEAH, THEY'RE STILL KIND OF SMARTING FROM THE FACT THAT THEIR CANDIDATE GOT FACT CHECKED A FEW TIMES. >> I THINK THE MODERATOR HAS BEEN VERY UNFAIR. >> I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST AVERAGE. >> THEY'RE SMARTING FROM THE FACT THAT HARRIS KIND OF DODGED AND WEAVED SOME QUESTIONS AND THAT THEY THINK THE QUESTIONS WERE A LITTLE BIT TILTED AGAINST THEM. WE NEED A UNBIASED MEDIA THAT HOLDS BOTH SIDES EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO FACT CHECK ONE CANDIDATE, YOU'RE GOING TO FACT CHECK THE OTHER, HE SAID. THAT'S THE TOUGH QUESTIONS OF ONE CANDIDATE. ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS. SHE MINDLESS EATING IS NOT TRUE. >> BUT THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT TRUMP SUPPORTERS I'VE TALKED TO THAT TRUMP MISSED SOME BIG OPPORTUNITIES TO TO QUESTION HARRIS MORE DIRECTLY. >> I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB IN THE FIRST DEBATE. THE SAME THING. I THINK THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND TO STAY GROUNDED TO FACTS BECAUSE HE WENT TO SOME KIND OF WILD CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS EATING PETS OR EXECUTING BABIES, SUGGESTING THAT MIGHT BE LEGAL IN SOME STATES OR EVEN TALKING ABOUT FALSELY CLAIMING THAT HE THAT HE WON THE LAST ELECTION. I THINK THERE IS SOME DISAPPOINTMENT IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES. THEIR EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS DOESN'T FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE A CLOSE RACE THAT WILL REMAIN VERY CLOSE, ALMOST CERTAINLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> BUT IT DOESN'T MASK THE FACT THAT THIS IS SEEN AS KIND OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS. AND IF WAS WASTED ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES OR ON PERSONAL BOASTS, THEN THAT'S JUST TIME YOU DON'T GET BACK. WHAT YOU MENTIONED SOME CRITICISM, RICK. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO SAY, HEY, WHY IS TRUMP THE ONLY ONE GETTING FACT CHECKED IN REAL TIME BY THE MODERATORS? LIKE, WHY IS WHY ARE MODERATORS ONLY INTERRUPTING HIM TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE AUDIENCE AND NEVER KAMALA HARRIS? >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? YEAH. I THINK IF I WERE TO CHARACTERIZE GENERAL ATTITUDE WE HAD TOWARD TOWARD FACT-CHECKING IS THAT IT WAS MORE ABOUT FACTS THAN IT WAS ABOUT THE THE CONCEPT OF FACT CHECKS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT OUR JOB IS TO INFORM THE AUDIENCE AND I THINK DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS FELT STRONGLY THAT WE'RE THERE TO NOT JUST ASK QUESTIONS, BUT TO ENGAGE IN A WAY THAT GIVES PEOPLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S REAL, OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CAMPAIGN AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY. >> HER VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK SAYS ABORTION IN THE NINTH MONTH IS ABSOLUTELY FINE. HE ALSO SAYS EXECUTION AFTER BIRTH, IT'S EXECUTION NO LONGER ABORTION BECAUSE THE BABY IS BORN. >> WHEN SOMETHING GETS SAID OR WAS SAID THAT WAS, IN THEIR JUDGMENT, IN THE MOMENT, FALSE IN A WAY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING OR JUST WRONG. THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD AN OBLIGATION TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. >> THERE IS NO STATE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO KILL A BABY AFTER IT'S BORN. >> JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THAT FROM DONALD TRUMP AND NO INSTANCES THAT ROSE TO THAT LEVEL IN THEIR MINDS IN THE MOMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DONALD TRUMP SAID DID NOT DESERVE A FACT CHECK OR DID NOT WAS NOT NECESSARILY WRONG. IN FACT, A LOT OF INDEPENDENT FACT CHECKERS FOUND LOTS OF THINGS THAT HE SAID THAT WERE DOWNRIGHT MISLEADING WERE JUST FALSE. >> AND IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING KAMALA HARRIS SAID WAS WAS 100% TRUE. IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE WERE FEW TARGETED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COURSE OF A 90 MINUTE DEBATE WHERE OUR MODERATORS FELT LIKE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL FACTS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO THE AUDIENCE TO HELP CLARIFY THE STAKES AND CLARIFY THE ISSUES OF THIS RACE. >> WELL, AND TALK ABOUT UNEXPECTED MOMENT. IT KIND OF CONTINUED ON AS EVEN AFTER THE DEBATE WAS OVER. RIGHT. BECAUSE IN THE SPIN ROOM THAT YOU GUYS SET OUT, THAT'S USUALLY FOR SURROGATES. YOU HAD NOT JUST A SURROGATE, YOU HAD DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF WALKED OUT THERE TO TAKE EVEN MORE QUESTIONS FROM OTHER REPORTERS IN CASE HE HADN'T GOTTEN ENOUGH CHANCES TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF ON THE DEBATE STAGE. WHAT DID YOU TAKE FROM THAT AS FAR AS HOW TRUMP HIMSELF SEEMED TUESDAY NIGHT? >> WELL, LOOK, IT'S ALMOST A UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT IF A CANDIDATE SHOWS UP IN THE SPIN ROOM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT DEBATE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO THEMSELVES SPIN WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE. >> THIS WAS MY BEST DEBATE. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD. I THOUGHT SHE WAS VERY WEAK ON FOREIGN POLICY. SHE WAS VERY WEAK IN THE BORDER . >> THE DEBATE IS THE BIG OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S WHERE IN THIS CASE, TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE TUNING IN. AND IF YOU DID A GREAT JOB, YOU WANT THAT TO BE THE LAST TASTE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR MOUTHS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS AS IT GETS RECYCLED IN THE NEWS CYCLE, IF YOU'RE NOT THRILLED WITH IT AND YOU WANT TO TALK AND SPIN IT, YOU'RE OUT THERE SPINNING IT YOURSELF. AND PARTICULARLY FOR DONALD TRUMP, WHO HAS LONG KNOWN THE POWER OF HAVING SOMETHING FRESH TO SAY AND SOMETHING SURPRISING AND NEW TO SAY. IF HE LOVED WHAT HE SAID IN THE DEBATE, HE WOULDN'T BE OUT THERE THE NEXT DAY AND THE DAY AFTER. AS MUCH AS HE HAS BEEN. I'VE LONG WONDERED IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE WHO ADMITS THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AFTER INCLUDING JOE BIDEN, WHO HAD A TERRIBLE NIGHT BACK IN JUNE AND DIDN'T ADMIT IT IMMEDIATELY. >> IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR EVEN TO SAY, YEAH, I HAD A I HAD A NOT SO STRONG EVENING, BUT YOU TRY TO SPIN IT, YOU TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AND THEY'VE DONE. AND I THINK THE APPEARANCE IN THE SPIN ROOM IS A PIECE OF IT. >> DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SECOND DEBATE? AND WHAT IS THE CALCULUS FROM THE CAMPAIGNS AS THEY THINK ABOUT THAT? >> TOTALLY UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT, BRET. I MEAN, CANDIDATES DEBATE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO DEBATE. >> FRANKLY, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A CIVIC OBLIGATION FOR IT. THERE'S NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. IT'S A TRADITION, BUT IT'S A TRADITION THAT CAN EASILY GET SKIPPED. AND THE FACT THAT THAT BOTH TRUMP AND BIDEN WANTED TO DITCH THE OLD FORMAT IS IS A STATEMENT AROUND THAT. REMEMBER, BACK IN MAY, JOE BIDEN CHALLENGED DONALD TRUMP TO TWO DEBATES. HE SAID ONE WOULD BE IN JUNE, ONE WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER. THE CNN DEBATE HAPPENED, THE SEPTEMBER DEBATE OF SEPTEMBER 10TH WAS THE DATE THAT ABC LOCKED IN RIGHT AT THE TIME. BRAD AND. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP IT GOING ONCE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BECAME THE NOMINEE. BUT THERE WAS NO PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THAT SAID, THERE WILL BE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OCTOBER 1ST. IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME FROM BOTH CAMPAIGNS, THEY'D BE KIND OF WEIRD IF THE LAST WORD ON DEBATES WAS BETWEEN THE NUMBER TWOS AND NOT THE NUMBER ONES, ESPECIALLY WITH A WHOLE MONTH GOING BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST AND ELECTION DAY. SO THERE'S A BIG WINDOW WHERE SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN. >> ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? I JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'LL THINK ABOUT. >> THERE ARE PROPOSALS OUT THERE FROM MULTIPLE OTHER NETWORKS. LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HOST A DEBATE LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO WORK IF IF ALL THE STARS ALIGN. >> IF BOTH CANDIDATES AGREE THAT THEY WANT A DEBATE AND AGREE WHERE THAT DEBATE SHOULD BE. >> I WOULD DO NBC. I DO FOX NEWS. I DO FOX NEWS. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO. >> WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT LAST NIGHT. DONALD TRUMP HAS LONG BEEN SAYING HE WANTS IT TO BE ON FOX NEWS FRIENDLIER TERRITORY THAN MANY OTHER OUTLETS THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE AND CAPABLE OF PULLING OFF A DEBATE. >> HARRIS HAS SAID THAT'S A NONSTARTER. BUT THEN TRUMP IS SAYING, WELL, I DON'T LIKE THE MODERATORS THAT FOX HAS PUT FORWARD. SO THAT WOULD SEEM TO TO BE A STEP BACKWARD. HARRIS HAS SAID THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION WITH NBC FOR A DEBATE. SO THE DEBATE OVER DEBATES NOW ,WELL BEYOND THE TIME THAT THE SECOND DEBATE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> AND JUST TO MAKE THINGS JUST PUT THINGS A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ,RIGHT. IF THIS HAD BEEN A QUOTE UNQUOTE, NORMAL YEAR OF THE COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES HELD THEIR SCHEDULE TOGETHER, NEXT WEEK WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST OF THREE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. SO WE'RE STILL PRETTY EARLY. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TIME FOR SOMETHING TO COME TOGETHER, BUT IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF BOTH CANDIDATES AGREE, YOU KNOW WHAT? >> WE NEED THIS. YEAH, GREAT POINTS. ALL AND REALLY JUST A VALUABLE DEBATE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO SEE AND JUST TREMENDOUS WORK BY SO MANY PEOPLE IN REAL TIME. RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HEY, THANK YOU, BRET. >> SO AS THE POLITICAL WORLD EXAMINES THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TUESDAY'S DEBATE, THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNING ROLLS ON. IN FACT, SOME DECISIONS BEING MADE ON THE HILL RIGHT NOW COULD VERY MUCH IMPACT HOW AMERICANS SEE WASHINGTON HEADING INTO NOVEMBER. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN AND COVERS THE CAPITOL. CONGRESS HAD TECHNICALLY JUST RETURNED FROM ITS SUMMER BREAK AND WE'RE ALREADY HEARING CONCERNS ABOUT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. IS THIS FOR REAL? >> THEY HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH, BRAD, NOW TO PREVENT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TO PASS THE BILLS THAT THEY NEED TO PASS TO EITHER TEMPORARILY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHILE THEY OUT A WAY TO FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR TO FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. REMEMBER, A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTS PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE APPARATUS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ABOUT 4 MILLION PEOPLE WORK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OCCURS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GOING JUST FULLY WITHOUT PAY, BEING TOLD NOT TO GO TO WORK AND THEREFORE NOT GETTING PAID, OR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO SHOW UP TO WORK, BUT THEY DON'T GET PAID UNTIL FINALLY THE GOVERNMENT GETS FULLY FUNDED. NOT TO MENTION, BY THE WAY, THE IMPACTS OF THE SERVICES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY. AND ONE OF THOSE KEY ASPECTS OF THE U.S. ECONOMY, WHICH IS TRUST IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO ITS JOB AND TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. SO THERE'S A LOT ON THE LINE IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN. SO HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HAS THIS PLAN FOR A TEMPORARY FUNDING OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ESSENTIALLY KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHILE THEY WORK OUT THE BROADER PLAN ON HOW TO PASS THE NECESSARY SPENDING BILLS THAT CONGRESS HAS TO PASS TO ACTUALLY FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THERE WAS A SERIOUS SETBACK YESTERDAY BECAUSE MIKE JOHNSON'S PLAN HAS FALLEN APART. >> NO, NO VOTE TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE CONSENSUS BUILDING BUSINESS HERE IN CONGRESS WITH SMALL MAJORITIES. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. HERE'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I BECAME SPEAKER. >> HE PULLED IT FROM A VOTE THAT WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE IT WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES RIGHT NOW IN HIS OWN PARTY OR REALLY ACROSS THE AISLE TO GET HIS VISION FOR WHAT THIS TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE DONE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY BACK TO SQUARE ONE. WE WHY DID HE PULL THIS CRUCIAL VOTE THEN, JAY, WHAT IS SO CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT IT? >> SO MIKE JOHNSON'S PLAN HERE IS NOVEL. REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY DEMOCRATS WOULD SAY IT'S JUST UNCALLED FOR. WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S A TEMPORARY FUNDING MEASURE CALLED A C.R. REMEMBER, A CONTINUING RESOLUTION. IT'S THOSE TWO LETTERS YOU HEAR THROWN AROUND ALL THE TIME WHEN THERE'S AN IMPENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. MIKE JOHNSON WANTS TO HAVE A C.R. THAT KICKS THE CAN. THE ROAD KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT OPEN AT ITS CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS UNTIL ABOUT MARCH. THAT'S KIND OF A LONG TIME. THE C.R. IS USUALLY ONLY GO UNTIL THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS, AND IT JUST BUYS CONGRESS A FEW EXTRA WEEKS TO ACTUALLY FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS C.R. WOULD EXTEND FUNDING THAT ENDS REMEMBER, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, IN SEPTEMBER, ALL THE WAY TO MARCH. THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT, WHICH IS MIKE JOHNSON HAS ATTACHED WHAT'S CALLED THE SAVE ACT TO THIS TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE. THE SAVE ACT IS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOUR PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP BEFORE SOMEONE VOTES. IT'S AIMED AT TRYING TO PREVENT NONCITIZENS, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FROM VOTING. AND SO HERE'S THE THING, MIKE JOHNSON HAS SAID HE WANTS THIS SAVE ACT ON THE RECORD. >> AND I WANT ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN EITHER PARTY TO EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHY WE SHOULD NOT ENSURE THAT ONLY U.S. CITIZENS ARE VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS. >> WHEN HE WENT OUT AND SPOKE TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY AND SAID ,LOOK, HE'S GOING TO PULL THE BILL BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES RIGHT NOW, HE SAID HE WANTS PUT BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ON THE RECORD AS TO WHERE THEY STAND ON WHAT HE BELIEVES IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION INTEGRITY. >> WE HAVE TWO OBLIGATIONS RIGHT NOW. CONGRESS HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT TWO PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS, THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE GOVERNMENT AND MAKE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE FREE AND FAIR AND SECURE. >> DEMOCRATS WOULD TELL YOU THIS IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE FIRST, NONCITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY. EVERY AND AGAIN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU MIGHT SEE A HEADLINE ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BEING ABLE TO VOTE. THOSE ARE, EVEN IF THEY EXIST, MUNICIPALITY AND CITIES AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN SELECT AREAS WHERE THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THOSE CITIZENS THERE PASS ORDINANCES ACCORDINGLY. YOU CANNOT VOTE IF YOU'RE NOT A U.S. CITIZEN IN A FEDERAL ELECTION, MEANING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, FOR EXAMPLE. SO DEMOCRATS SAY, LOOK, NON-CITIZENS ARE ALREADY PREVENTED FROM VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. AND ALSO, IF THEY WANT TO TRY TO DO THAT FOR SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THERE ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THAT. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE NOT A U.S. CITIZEN, IT'S NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN A FEDERAL ELECTION. ALL OF THAT TO SAY, MIKE JOHNSON WOULD SAY YES. BUT ALSO I WANT THESE VOTER I.D. AND OTHER PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS SO THAT IF SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT DOCUMENTED, WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN WERE TO SHOW THEY WOULD BE STOPPED RELATIVELY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. DEMOCRATS ESSENTIALLY SAY, LOOK, THIS IS A SOLUTION IN WANT OF A PROBLEM. WE HAVE STEPS IN PLACE TO STOP THIS. AND BY THE WAY, THERE ISN'T THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IF IT HAPPENS, IT'S THIS TINY, TINY FRACTION THAT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY RACE. >> WELL, IF ANYTHING, THEY SAY THAT COULD JUST SCARE OFF U.S. CITIZENS LIKE THE RIGHTFUL VOTERS FROM SHOWING UP TO THE POLLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HARASSED AND HARANGUED BY IT BY OVERSEAS JEALOUS OFFICIALS. >> BUT ISN'T THE OTHER ISSUE. THIS ISN'T A BUDGET PROPOSAL, RIGHT? I FEEL LIKE THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A BIG BUDGET ARGUMENT IS LAWMAKERS KNOW LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING TO GET PASSED HERE. I WANT MY PET PROJECT TO BE ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE PASSED. >> SO THEY ADD ALL THESE THINGS UNTIL FINALLY SOMEONE IS LIKE, NO, WE CAN'T PASS THAT THING. SO DOES THE BRINKSMANSHIP HERE ALL COME DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? BECAUSE USUALLY ONE PARTY GETS BLAMED MORE THAN THE OTHER. >> IS THAT ALL PART OF THE CALCULUS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. MIKE JOHNSON DID NOT WANT TO PASS ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE, EVEN A TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE, WHICH A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DON'T LIKE. AND IT'S WHY JOHNSON DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THIS AND HAD TO PULL IT OFF THE FLOOR YESTERDAY. HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT, DOESN'T WANT TO PASS ANY KIND OF FUNDING MEASURE WITHOUT SOME KIND OF CONSERVATIVE RED MEAT THING IN IT. THAT'S WHY THIS SAVE ACT, THIS NONCITIZEN VOTING LEGISLATION, WAS PUT INTO IT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING, REALLY BOTH PARTIES OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THERE HAS BEEN THIS BRINKSMANSHIP, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE REALITY IS, DESPITE ALL OF THAT BRINKSMANSHIP, THE CLOCK IS VERY MUCH RUNNING OUT. >> GOVERNMENT FUNDING ENDS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER A AND B, WHILE THAT IS A CONVOLUTED PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF, AND AS WE SAID, IT'S OFTEN DONE DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT'S VERY MUCH COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDST OF A CHAOTIC MUST WATCH, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO WHAT HAPPENS HERE POTENTIALLY IS IF THERE IS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, OR YOU HAVE VOTERS IN BATTLEOUND STATES GOING TO THE POLLS, POSSIBLY CASTING THEIR BALLOTS IN EARLY VOTING OR VOTING BY MAIL, WHILE THERE IS THIS POTENTIAL SPECTER OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SO I'VE HEARD FROM SOURCES ON CAPITOL HILL WHO SAY THAT ADDS AN ADDED SENSE OF URGENCY, MEANING THEY WANT TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE. BUT IT ALSO COMPLICATES THE POLITICS AT PLAY HERE. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY OFTEN IT'S RISKY FOR THE PARTY IN CHARGE, BUT THEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE WHO'S IN CHARGE, LIKE WITH BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION GET BLAMED FOR KIND OF THE DYSFUNCTION OR WOULD BE THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE OR WHAT WOULD IT BE. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE EACH PARTY KIND OF BARRELING AHEAD WITH THIS. OKAY. JAY O'BRIEN THERE AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, RED. >> BY THE WAY, WE TALK ABOUT DEBATE AS A CHANCE FOR AMERICAN VOTERS TO SEE THEIR CHOICES SIDE BY SIDE, TO PICTURE THEMSELVES UNDER A FUTURE ADMINISTRATION. BUT IT'S NOT JUST AMERICANS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS. THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED ABOUT SEVERAL FOREIGN CONFLICTS. WELL, WILL THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THESE CONFLICTS FIRSTHAND HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS CAMPAIGN AS CLOSELY AS MANY AMERICAN VOTERS. YESTERDAY, THE DAY AFTER THIS DEBATE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR ZELENSKYY, ON THE PHONE. HE ALSO SENT SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN TO KYIV DISCUSS THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. LET'S TAKE YOU THERE NOW. ABC'S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IAN PANEL IS IN KYIV. >> IAN THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR IN THE DEBATE AND YOU ACTUALLY SPOKE TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. >> BRIEFLY, WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, I'D ACTUALLY MET ONE OF HIS ADVISORS THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE THE DEBATE, AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE STAYING UP TO WATCH IT AND ASKED WHETHER PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WOULD. >> AND HE SAID, WELL, IF HE IF HE HAS THE TIME, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS A GRUELING SCHEDULE TRYING TO MANAGE A WAR WHICH IS NOW DRAGGING ON TWO AND A HALF YEARS. >> SO, YES, IT WAS ACTUALLY A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS TO MARK THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA BY RUSSIA BACK IN 2014. AND THE MODERATOR BASICALLY CALLED AN END AND DIDN'T DIDN'T CALL ON ME TO TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT I RATHER RUDELY SHOUTED OUT MY QUESTION TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >> PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER TO THAT PRESS CONFERENCE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT. AND WHAT WAS ASSESSMENT WHAT YOU SAW. I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T WATCH. OKAY. THE SYMPOSIUM ON UKRAINE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER I WILL SEE SOME SOMETHING, SOME BRIEF. AND I SAID, HOW IS IT INTERESTING? >> IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT UKRAINE. HE INTERRUPTED ME AND SAID, OKAY, DON'T TELL ME HOW IT ENDS. AS IF IT WAS A TV SHOW. SO I SAID, OH, NO, NO PLOT SPOILERS, BUT I THINK HE WAS JUST BEING DIPLOMATIC, TO BE HONEST. I MEAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE. YOU KNOW, HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT AMERICA IS AS ITS STRONGEST ALLY, ITS MOST IMPORTANT ALLY. I THINK HE'S JUST BEING PRUDENT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEEM TO BE GETTING INVOLVED IN U.S. DOMESTIC POLITICS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE WISE AND, OF COURSE, FOR THE UKRAINIANS. AGAIN, THE THE ADVISER TO ZELENSKYY DESCRIBED IT AS CRITICAL THIS ELECTION. THEY KNOW ITS IMPORTANCE. I'D PUT A NUMBER OF POINTS FROM THE CANDIDATES TO HIM, ONE BEING OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UNVERIFIED CLAIM THAT HE COULD END THE WAR IN JUST ONE DAY, EVEN BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE. SO WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH DISMISSED OUT OF HAND BY THE ADVISER AS NOT POSSIBLE. BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE CONCERNED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT BOTH CANDIDATES WERE ASKED VERY CLEARLY WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED THE UKRAINIAN VICTORY. AND WHEREAS KAMALA HARRIS SAID, ABSOLUTELY SHE DOES. >> THE ALLIANCES WE HAVE AROUND THE WORLD ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NOT FAVOR OUR ENEMIES. BECAUSE YOU ADORE STRONGMEN. INSTEAD OF CARING ABOUT DEMOCRACY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, EVEN THOUGH DAVID MUIR PRESSED HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THAT. >> DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S IN THE U.S. BEST INTEREST FOR UKRAINE TO WIN THIS WAR? >> YES, I THINK IT'S THE U.S. BEST INTEREST. >> GET THIS WAR FINISHED AND JUST GET IT DONE. AND U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, WHO CAME HERE TO KYIV WITH HIS BRITISH COUNTERPART, DAVID LAMMY, WHEN HE STARTED HIS PRESS CONFERENCE. >> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS WE WANT UKRAINE TO WIN AND WE'RE FULLY TO KEEP MARSHALING THE SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS FOR ITS BRAVE DEFENDERS AND CITIZENS TO DO JUST THAT. >> HE MADE IT CLEAR, PICKING UP FROM THAT THEME ON THE DEBATE, BY SAYING THAT HE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTS THE UKRAINIAN VICTORY. >> HEY, IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE IS DIPLOMACY TO BE HAD HERE, RIGHT IN THE LAST FEW ,WE'VE HEARD MORE AND MORE INSISTENCE FROM THE UKRAINIANS THAT THEY NEED TO BE GIVEN SORT OF A GREEN LIGHT TO FIRE THESE AMERICAN MADE MISSILES FURTHER . RUSSIA NOT JUST DEFENSE, BUT KIND OF OFFENSE. HOW IS BLINKEN RESPONDING THAT? >> YES, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN SOME SENSE, IT'S NOT TO DENIGRATE HIM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S A MESSENGER. AND HE SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE THE MESSAGE FROM ZELENSKYY BACK TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND ZELENSKYY SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO SEE PRESIDENT LATER ON THIS MONTH AT THE NATO SUMMIT. BUT -- BUT, YES, I MEAN, THE UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY FEEL IT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A GAME CHANGER IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TARGET ,FIRSTLY THE PLACES WHERE RUSSIA LAUNCHES ATTACKS INTO UKRAINE FROM. SECONDLY, ITS ITS OWN FUEL DEPOTS, WHICH WOULD BE DAMAGING TO THE ECONOMY AS WELL AS ARTILLERY AMMUNITION STORAGE AREAS. >> BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT TRYING TO UNSETTLE THE RUSSIAN POPULATION WHO HAVE BEEN LARGELY INSULATED FROM THIS WAR. AND AGAIN, THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE CLEAR OBJECTIVES THAT THEY THINK WILL CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF THIS CONFLICT. >> THE UKRAINIANS HAVE COME UP WITH QUITE A DETAILED PLAN OF WHAT TARGETS THEY WANT TO HIT. THEY WANT TO USE THE AMERICAN SUPPLIED MISSILES, THE BRITISH ONES AS WELL. AND SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE ALL HIS MESSAGES BACK TO WASHINGTON, TO HIS BOSS ,PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHICH THEN RAISES THE STAKES FOR THIS DIPLOMACY WITH THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE AND, OF COURSE, RAISES THE STAKES ON EVERYTHING LOOKING FORWARD PAST NOVEMBER. ALL RIGHT, IAN PANNELL. THEY ARE IN KYIV RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, BRAD. AND ONE LAST THING. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC BRANDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> YOU CAN HAVE CAMPBELL SOUP BECAME FOR ITS SIMPLE, LONG LASTING TOMATO SOUP ON THE SHELVES. >> AND THEN LATER ITS WHOLESOME AD CAMPAIGNS LIKE ITS RED AND WHITE CANS, ARE SO CLEAN AND EVOCATIVE THAT ANDY WARHOL USED THEM AS ART JUST CAMPBELL SOUP. >> BUT YESTERDAY, THAT COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT'S CHANGING ITS NAME. >> FROM NOW ON, CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMPANY WILL JUST BE KNOWN AS CAMPBELL'S SOUP. >> IT'S A SUBTLE CHANGE, BUT ONE THAT CEO MARK CLOUSE SAYS WILL REFLECT THE FULL BREADTH OF THE COMPANY'S PORTFOLIO. AFTER ALL, HE SAYS, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN SOUP NOW THEY OWN GOLDFISH CRACKERS. >> OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S A BAD EXAMPLE BECAUSE CRACKERS JUST MAKE YOU THINK OF SOUP. BUT THEY ALSO OWN PREGO PASTA SAUCES, MILANO COOKIES, PASTE, SALSA. AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST AMERICAN COMPANY TO TRY TO SLIM DOWN ITS NAME. >> REMEMBER DUNKIN DONUTS? AMERICA RUNS ON DUNKIN AS TRY TO APPEAL TO MORE HEALTH CONSCIOUS AMERICANS JUST LOOKING FOR A QUICK CUP OF COFFEE ELSE. THAT COMPANY IS NOW JUST DUNKIN, KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN TRIED TO FOCUS LESS ON THE FRIED CHICKEN AND MORE THE KENTUCKY. THEY WENT WITH KFC. KFC FAMOUS ARE ONLY THREE, BUT KFC IS ALSO A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE RISKS HERE. BUSINESS PROFESSORS SAY THE DOWNSIDE IS ALIENATING YOUR CURRENT FANS OR MAKING YOURSELF UNRECOGNIZABLE OR EVEN SUSPICIOUS TO NEW ONES YEARS AFTER CHRISTENING ITSELF. KFC HAD TO QUELL UNFOUNDED INTERNET RUMORS THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER SERVING MEAT THAT COULD LEGALLY BE CALLED CHICKEN. >> THAT WASN'T TRUE. 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Plus a first look at her, any special so crazy tomorrow in DNA, I'm will reave reporting from Panda Ridge at the San Diego Zoo where ever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live. RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA. THIS MORNING, FRANCINE ROARS ASHORE AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. THE FLOOD EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA. POWER OUTAGES, HIGH WATER RESCUES AND WHERE THE STORM HEADS NEXT. >> A NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WILDFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL, DESTROYING DOZENS OF HOMES. THE SMOKE NOW SPREADING TO LAS VEGAS. THE BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS. >> FALLOUT FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THE NEW MOVES BY HARRIS AND TRUMP RETURNING TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY, AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER TRUMP CLAIMING THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, THE CITY MANAGER NOW SPEAKING OUT. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLE FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS. A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT HE DENIED A WOMAN FOOD AND SLEEP. THE SUIT, COMING DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HOW DIDDY IS RESPONDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND KIDS. >> A NEW LAW THAT WOULD PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN USING APPS. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. THE TOP MOMENTS AND BIGGEST PERFORMANCES AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, AND WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID TO MAKE THE CROWD GO WILD. AND LATER, THE DAREDEVIL BIKER RIDING ON WATER. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M RHIANNON ALLY. >> AND I'M LIONEL MOISE. IN FOR ANDREW. WE BEGIN WITH THE FLOOD EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT AFTER FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THE STORM, NOW MOVING NORTH THROUGH LOUISIANA WITH WATER RESCUES ACROSS THE STATE, AND WINDS UP TO 100MPH. NEW ORLEANS IN THE STORM'S PATH AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. >> OVERNIGHT, FRANCINE, PACKING A PUNCH AS IT SLAMMED SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THESE CARS IN NEW ORLEANS SUBMERGED. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DECLARED IN THE CITY. SEVERAL SURROUNDING PARISHES REPORTED DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN JEFFERSON PARISH. OFFICIALS WARNED THE SEWAGE SYSTEM WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY FLOODWATER AND COULD BACK UP INTO HOMES. THIS VIDEO, TAKEN FROM INSIDE A SHRIMP BOAT IN DULAC, LOUISIANA, WHERE HEAVY RAIN QUICKLY FLOODED ROADS. LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS, WITH SOME AREAS BRACING FOR TEN FEET OF STORM SURGE. >> OVERWHELMED, SCARED. >> EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS BEFORE, I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME A STORM COMES. >> ABC'S MATT RIVERS WAS IN HOUMA YESTERDAY WHERE FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> THIS WAS A BIT OF A DOOZY. WE HAD WIND GUSTS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. WE TOOK A LITTLE TOUR JUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. WE SAW LOTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES. WE SAW POWER LINES SPARKING IT WAS A PROBLEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS OUT OF POWER. >> UP TO A FOOT OF RAIN COULD FALL. AND TODAY, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE PUSHES INLAND WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES FROM MISSISSIPPI TO TENNESSEE. AND SOME PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS BRIEFLY REPORTED PROBLEMS CALLING 911, BUT THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. FRANCINE IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM. WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. >> WELL, CALALDECLARED AN EMERGS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURN OUT OF CONTROL. THREE FIRES IN THE REGION HAVE CONSUMED MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES. THAT IS NEARLY 160MI■!S. THE SMOKE IS NW REACHING LAS VEGAS. MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY. DELAYING FLIGHTS. THE LARGEST FIRE IS THE SO-CALLED BRIDGE FIRE. IT HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST 33 HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED, BUT GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL POSE PROBLEMS. THE FLAMES TURNING THE SKY RED OVER THE TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD. ABOUT 2500 BUILDINGS ARE STILL THREATENED. >> TURNING NOW TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, NEW FALLOUT FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. CITY OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ARE REACTING TO CLAIMS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN THAT CITY. MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS ANSWERING CRITICS WHO HAVE ACCUSED HER OF TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE MEDIA. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS ALL THE DETAILS. CHRISTIANE, GOOD MORNING. >> LIONEL. GOOD MORNING. WITH 54 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION, THE CANDIDATE'S RETURN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY. EACH FACING QUESTIONS AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. THIS MORNING, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HEADS TO NORTH CAROLINA, KICKING OFF WHAT SHE'S CALLING HER NEW WAY FORWARD TOUR. THE CAMPAIGN, FACING CRITICISM THAT HARRIS HAS BEEN AVOIDING INTERVIEWS, IS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO BATTLEGROUND ARIZONA TODAY, INSISTING HE WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE BUT REFUSING TO COMMIT TO ANOTHER. >> I ENJOYED IT. ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? I JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. >> THE TWO CANDIDATES SHOOK HANDS AT THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL YESTERDAY, BUT THE SEEMINGLY BIPARTISAN TRUCE WAS PUNCTUATED BY CONTROVERSY AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INVITED NINE OVER 11 CONSPIRACY THEORIST LAURA LOOMER AS HIS GUEST. TRUMP, ALSO FACING FALLOUT FOR THIS COMMENT DURING THE DEBATE ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. >> THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS. THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY'RE EATING THE CATS. THEY'RE EATING. THEY'RE EATING THE PETS. >> OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, INSIST THOSE CLAIMS ARE FALSE. >> IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT SOME OF THE NARRATIVES SURROUNDING OUR CITY HAS BEEN SKEWED BY MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY POLITICAL RHETORIC. >> OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION GROWTH IN SPRINGFIELD IS CAUSING CHALLENGES, BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THEIR CITY BEING THE SUBJECT OF PARTIZAN RANCOR. 11 YEAR OLD AIDEN CLARK DIED IN A SCHOOL BUS CRASH INVOLVING A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A HAITIAN IMMIGRANT. AIDEN'S PARENTS ACCUSED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OF USING THEIR SON'S DEATH TO DISPARAGE MIGRANTS. >> WE HAVE TO GET UP HERE AND BEG THEM TO STOP USING AIDEN AS A POLITICAL TOOL IS, TO SAY THE LEAST, REPREHENSIBLE. DON'T SPIN THIS TOWARDS HATE. >> WHILE MANY PUNDITS AND VOTERS SAY IT'S CLEAR HARRIS WON TUESDAY'S DEBATE, MANY VOTERS ACCUSE HER OF FALLING SHORT ON POLICY DETAILS, ESPECIALLY ON THE BORDER AND INFLATION. >> THE ECONOMY IS SOMETHING THAT I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY INTERESTED IN AS A MILLENNIAL. OF COURSE, HOUSING AND FOOD IS AT THE TOP OF MY MIND. I DON'T THINK THE CANDIDATES DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT ADDRESSING THOSE VERY REAL ISSUES. >> HARRIS PICKING UP TAYLOR SWIFT'S ENDORSEMENT AFTER THE DEBATE. JD VANCE IS DOWNPLAYING SWIFT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. >> WE ADMIRE TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC, BUT I DON'T THINK MOST AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY LIKE HER MUSIC, ARE FANS OF HERS OR NOT, ARE GOING TO BE INFLUENCED BY A BILLIONAIRE CELEBRITY WHO I THINK IS FUNDAMENTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERESTS AND THE PROBLEMS OF MOST AMERICANS. >> BUT SWIFT IS ALREADY HAVING AN IMPACT VOTE, GOVERNOR SAYS LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHE POSTED HER LINK ON INSTAGRAM, THEY HAD MORE THAN 300,000 VISITORS TO THEIR SITE. RHIANNON. ALL RIGHT. >> CHRISTIANE CORDERO, LIVE FOR US IN WASHINGTON. THANK YOU. INFLATION IS NOW AT A THREE YEAR LOW. CONSUMER PRICES IN AUGUST WERE UP 2.5% FROM A YEAR AGO. BUT GAS PRICES ARE DOWN. GROCERY PRICES ARE LEVELING OFF, BUT RISING HOUSING COSTS ARE THE BIG DRIVER OF INFLATION. IN RESPONSE, ANALYSTS EXPECT THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO CUT INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER POINT NEXT WEEK AND A MASSIVE STRIKE IS LOOMING AT BOEING. UNION MEMBERS WILL VOTE TODAY ON A CONTRACT OFFER THAT INCLUDES A 25% PAY RAISE OVER FOUR YEARS. WORKERS COULD WALK OFF THE JOB TOMORROW IF THEY REJECT THE DEAL. >> NEW LEGAL TROUBLES FOR MUSIC MOGUL SEAN DIDDY COMBS FACING A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT JUST DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEAN DIDDY COMBS IN A NEW LAWSUIT, DON RICHARD, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMBS FORMED GROUP DANITY KANE, ACCUSES HIM OF TERRORIZING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER FOR YEARS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS, IN MY OPINION, THE NUMBER ONE WORST INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL ABUSE. THE METOO MOVEMENT LARGELY BYPASSED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> RICHARD AND COMBS WORKED TOGETHER ON MTV'S MAKING THE BAND THREE AND FOUR. IT WAS THEN THAT RICHARD SAID COMBS DEPRIVED MISS RICHARD AND HER DANITY KANE BANDMATES OF BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS ADEQUATE FOOD AND SLEEP. RICHARD ACCUSES COMBS OF KEEPING SOME OF HER EARNINGS AND SUBJECTING HER TO YEARS OF INHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED GROPING, ASSAULT, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AMONG OTHER VIOLATIONS. RICHARD IS THE EIGHTH PERSON TO ACCUSE COMBS OF ABUSE. SHE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE WITNESSED HIM BEATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA, WHO LAST YEAR SUED COMBS, CLAIMING PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWED COMBS ATTACK VENTURA AT A HOTEL IN 2016. COMBS SETTLED THAT LAWSUIT WITHIN A DAY, WITH NO ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING. IN MARCH, FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED HIS HOMES IN LA AND FLORIDA. SOURCES SAY IN CONNECTION TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION. AS FOR RICHARD'S ACCUSATIONS, COMBS SAYS HE'S INNOCENT, SAYING SHE MANUFACTURED A SERIES OF FALSE CLAIMS, ALL IN THE HOPES OF TRYING TO GET A PAYDAY CONVENIENTLY TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH HER ALBUM RELEASE AND PRESS TOUR. COMBS WAS ALSO RECENTLY ORDERED TO PAY $100 MILLION TO A MICHIGAN INMATE, WHO SUED HIM FOR AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN 1997. COMBS DENIES THE ACCUSATIONS AND SAYS HE'LL APPEAL THE DEFAULT JUDGMENT. RHIANNON LIONEL. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR THURSDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, NOW TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE IS BRINGING A TORNADO RISK ON THE EAST SIDE TO ALABAMA AND NEARBY STATES AND FLOODING RAIN WILL POOL NORTH THROUGH MORE AND MORE OF MISSISSIPPI, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS MEMPHIS. THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE COULD SEE 4 TO 8IN OF RAIN THERE, AND PLACES LIKE MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 2 TO 4IN OF RAIN. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE WEST. FIRE DANGER IS DECREASING SLIGHTLY IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IS ESCALATING INTO AREAS NEAR THE HIGH PLAINS. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, THE DELICATE RESCUE OPERATION TO SAVE A HUMPBACK WHALE. >> ALSO AHEAD, ONE STATE TRYING TO RESTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY CHILDREN. WHAT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECIDED. >> AND THE PILOT OF THAT PASSENGER JET THAT LOST A DOOR PANEL IN MID-FLIGHT, SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. 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THEY SAY WITHOUT THAT INTERVENTION, THE WHALE COULD HAVE DIED. >> WE TURN NOW TO AN AIRLINE PILOT INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR SCARE THAT TRIGGERED A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION. >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE AIRPLANE UNTIL WE LANDED. >> AN ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT IS NOW DESCRIBING THE MOMENT A DOOR PANEL BLEW OFF HER PLANE BACK IN JANUARY, AT 16,000FT. >> THE FIRST INDICATION WAS IT WAS AN EXPLOSION IN MY EARS. AND THEN A WHOOSH OF AIR. MY BODY WAS FORCED FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. >> SHE TELLS CBS SHE FELT THE CABIN QUICKLY DEPRESSURIZED AND KNEW IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> YES, WE ARE. EMERGENCY. WE ARE DEPRESSURIZED. WE DO NEED TO RETURN BACK TO. AND I LOOKED AT MY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? >> AND IN THAT RESPONSE, I HEARD WHOLE FOR FIVE EMPTY SEATS AND INJURIES. >> THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM PORTLAND, WITH NEARLY EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED. BUT REMARKABLY, NO ONE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THAT DOOR PANEL. I WAS SO THANKFUL I WAS IN SHOCK. >> I DISBELIEF EVERYBODY WAS THERE. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PLANE LEFT THE FACTORY WITHOUT FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DOOR PANEL IN PLACE. THE INCIDENT PROMPTED A WIDE SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO BOEING, INCLUDING WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS ABOUT MANUFACTURING ISSUES, AND RUSHED PRODUCTION SCHEDULES. BOEING INSISTING IT'S MADE CHANGES, SAYING SAFETY IS ITS TOP PRIORITY. THE NTSB INVESTIGATION INTO THAT DOOR PANEL BLOWOUT IS STILL ONGOING. >> A JUDGE HAS TEMPORARILY BLOCKED UTAH FROM IMPLEMENTING A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS LAW AIMED AT PROTECTING CHILDREN. THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION AND FORCE MINORS TO GET PARENTAL CONSENT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA. A TRADE GROUP CLAIMS IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THE JUDGE RULED THE STATE HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HURTS CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. >> COMING UP, SINGER BON JOVI COMES TO THE RESCUE ON A BUSY BRIDGE. >> ALSO AHEAD, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES NOW OPENING UP ABOUT WHY SHE THINKS SHE WAS STRIPPED Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel, a nation at war. After that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground. In Ukraine reporting from Lewiston. Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC, News, live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile, strike and inebriate. Ukraine reporting for the earthquake in turkey and Rolling Fork. This Tornado tore through this little town, from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign. Rail and Iceland. Let's go traveling with the president in Mexico City, wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside. 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Would you I hated the breadth of what a disaster. Why did we take it as an offense to say we were the Beatles? Well, we didn't fail Shea Stadium 1985. I think we could The question is, why was Matthew Perry doing ketamine? How did he get it? And who is to blame for his death? In the case of Matthew Perry, it was kind of the perfect storm in September and October 20 23. He was getting six to eight shots of ketamine a day. Five people including two, doctors, all arrested Matthew Perry, was a money stream for everybody involved. It is very odd to live in a world where if you died it would shock people but surprised no one what happened to Matthew Perry now streaming on Hulu. . >> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH ROCK STAR JON BON JOVI AND HIS ASSISTANT. LISTEN TO THIS. HELPING AN APPARENTLY DISTRESSED WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF A BRIDGE IN NASHVILLE. THEY HAD BEEN FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO NEARBY WHEN THEY CONVINCED HER TO CLIMB BACK DOWN TO SAFETY. SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. ANYONE IN TROUBLE IS URGED TO CALL 988. SINGER JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE HAS REACHED A DEAL IN HIS DRUNK DRIVING CASE. HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY, THOUGH TO A LESSER OFFENSE. POLICE ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, SAY HE SMELLED OF ALCOHOL, BUT HIS LAWYER DENIES TIMBERLAKE WAS DRUNK. HE WILL NOW PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPAIRED DRIVING AND WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. >> GYMNASTICS STAR JORDAN CHILES, NOW SPEAKING OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT HER MEDAL CONTROVERSY AT THE PARIS GAMES, AND SHE CLAIMS RACE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR. THIS MORNING, AN EMOTIONAL JORDAN CHILES SPEAKING OUT IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE BEING STRIPPED OF HER OLYMPIC MEDAL. >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS TAKEN FROM ME WAS. THAT IT WAS THE RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS NOT LIKE MY NOT JUST MY SPORT, BUT MY PERSON. LIKE THE PERSON I AM. >> CHILES INITIALLY PLACED FIFTH FOR THIS FLOOR ROUTINE, BUT HER COACHES THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED A HIGHER DIFFICULTY SCORE, SO THEY APPEALED TO THE JUDGES WHO AGREED AND AWARDED HER AN EXTRA POINT, ENOUGH TO EARN THE BRONZE. BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION LATER VOIDED THAT DECISION, SAYING THE COACH'S APPEAL WAS FILED FOUR SECONDS LATE, AND CHILES MEDAL WAS INSTEAD AWARDED TO A ROMANIAN ATHLETE, >> I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME. I FELT LIKE I WAS REALLY LEFT IN THE DARK. >> LAST MONTH, USA GYMNASTICS SAID AFTER THE RULING, CHILES RECEIVED CONSISTENT, UTTERLY BASELESS AND EXTREMELY HURTFUL ATTACKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDAL. IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MY SKIN COLOR. >> I GOT YOU SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOU. >> AT THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS LAST NIGHT, OLYMPIC SUPERFAN FLAVOR FLAV PRESENTED CHILES WITH ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE CLOCKS. THE COLOR OLYMPIC BRONZE. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELL, USA GYMNASTICS SAYS IT DOES HAVE PROOF THAT THE APPEAL IN PARIS WAS MADE IN TIME, BUT A COURT OF ARBITRATION WOULD NOT RECONSIDER THE DECISION. >> NICE TO SEE HER SMILING LAST NIGHT. COMING UP, A BIG CHANGE THAT COULD BE COMING TO MCDONALD'S. >> PLUS WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT SAID AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS THAT MADE THE CROWD GO WILD Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this Hi, I'm Andy and I'm Sabrina and we're mom juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what? We love really love Pop Culture. So listen now to our new podcast pop culture mom's wherever you get your podcast. Tonight, the track of Francine the damage as Millions, feel the impact. 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I'm ABCs Faith the boob a reporting on Tropical Storm Debby as it rolls towards Florida, wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> TIME NOW TO CHECK THE POLLS. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH THE NFL'S BLOCKBUSTER OPENING WEEK RATINGS. >> 29 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE RAVENS CHIEFS SEASON OPENER, AND NEARLY 24 MILLION TUNED IN FOR TOM BRADY'S FIRST GAME IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH. >> INSIDERS SAY THE RATINGS SHOW THAT FANS WILL WATCH NO MATTER WHERE THE GAME IS BROADCAST. THE BILLS PLAY THE DOLPHINS TONIGHT ON PRIME VIDEO. NEXT, THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WERE LAST NIGHT AND KATY PERRY WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR, PICKING UP THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD. SHE ENTERED THE ARENA BY FLYING ABOVE THE STAGE DURING A LASER SHOW. SHE SANG A MEDLEY OF HER HITS THROUGHOUT THE NEARLY TEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE. AND TAYLOR SWIFT WAS SEEN DANCING TO PERRY'S TEENAGE DREAM. SWIFT WON VIDEO OF THE YEAR FOR HER SONG FORTNITE, AND SHE GAVE A VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT WHILE ACCEPTING THE AWARD. >> AND THAT THAT ONE PERSON WAS MY BOYFRIEND, TRAVIS. EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN AND MAGIC. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM. >> EMINEM OPENED THE SHOW, BRINGING BACK HIS PLATINUM HAIRED ALTER EGO, SLIM SHADY. NEXT, BIG CHANGES AT MCDONALD'S. >> YES, SOME LOCATIONS ARE GETTING SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY TO STREAMLINE THE ORDERING PROCESS. NEW KIOSKS WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO PLACE ORDERS, PAY, AND EVEN GET CHANGE, BYPASSING CASHIERS. BUT DON'T WORRY, THOSE CASHIERS WILL BE REASSIGNED. NEXT, A MASSIVE LOTTERY JACKPOT REMAINS UNCLAIMED SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DRAWING. >> SOMEONE IS HOLDING A WINNING MEGAMILLIONS TICKET. WORTH OVER $1 BILLION, IT WAS PURCHASED IN NEW JERSEY BACK IN MARCH, BUT THE WINNER STILL HAS SIX MORE MONTHS TO CLAIM IT. >> OTHERWISE, THAT MONEY GOES BACK TO THE STATES. >> FINALLY, MOTORCYCLES AREN'T JUST FOR THE ROAD ANYMORE. >> A PROFESSIONAL RIDER IS TAKING HIS MODIFIED BIKE ONTO THE BLACK SEA. FITTED WITH HANDMADE SKIS THAT CAN GLIDE. >> YEAH, HE DROVE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight, clashing over National Security. What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? The worries, on Wall Street, fast, straight forward with some fun in between catching up on sleep. During the weekend could be good for your heart. Non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities. That's the spirit America This Morning. America's number one, early morning news on, ABC News live. The question is, why was Matthew Perry doing ketamine? How did he get it? And who is to blame for his death? In the case of Matthew Perry, it was kind of the perfect storm in September and October 20 23. He was getting six to eight shots of ketamine a day. Five people including two, doctors, all arrested Matthew Perry, was a money stream for everybody involved. It is very odd to live in a world where if you died it would shock people but surprised no one what happened to Matthew Perry now streaming on Hulu. . >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCINE ARE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM WITH WINDS UP TO 100MPH, CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN NEW ORLEANS. >> THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE NOW BURNED MORE THAN 160MI■!S, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. >> A COLORADO HOMEOWNER IS UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A TEENAGER IN THE FACE. THE 17 YEAR OLD SAID HE AND A FRIEND WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TAKE HOMECOMING PICTURES. HE SAID THEY JUMPED OVER A FENCE TO ASK PERMISSION, BUT RETURNED TO THEIR CAR WHEN IT APPEARED NO ONE WAS HOME. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY A MAN OPENED FIRE THROUGH THEIR WINDSHIELD. >> THE CEO OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD HAS BEEN FIRED OVER AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH AN EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN FIRED. THE CEO HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS. >> TODAY'S WEATHER WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE BRINGS RAIN TO TENNESSEE. SUMMERLIKE HEAT IN THE MIDWEST. STORMS INCLUDING SNOW IN THE ROCKIES. >> AND FINALLY, THE WALRUS CALF GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. >> DANNY. NEW SHOWS US. >> THIS WALRUS CALF DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET, BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST CALL HER OH MY GOODNESS, SO CUTE! >> I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. >> OH OH, SAVANNAH HERE IS ONE OF THE ANIMAL CARE SPECIALISTS AT THE ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER, WHICH RECEIVED A CALL IN LATE JULY THAT THIS LITTLE 140 POUND LADY WAS FOUND ALL BY HERSELF ON THE BEACH. >> THIS IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BECAUSE AT THIS AGE, MOM SHOULD BASICALLY BE HOLDING THIS CALF FOR LIKE THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. >> SHE CAME IN EXPERIENCING MALNUTRITION, DEHYDRATION, INFECTION, AND THESE WOUNDS YOU CAN SEE ON HER FACE. BUT THANKFULLY WITH THE TEAMS 24 OVER SEVEN CARE SIX WEEKS LATER, WE CAN SAY RIGHT NOW SHE IS DOING ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. NOW, DURING THIS TIME, THE SEALIFE CENTER HAS KEPT THEIR THOUSANDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS UPDATED AND NATURALLY THEY HAVE BECOME QUITE SMITTEN, LEAVING COMMENTS LIKE OH SO ADORABLE AND HOW TO DONATE OH SO MUCH. >> HE'S LIKE OH, BUT WHAT PROBABLY REALLY WON THEM OVER WERE VIDEOS LIKE THESE BECAUSE EARLY ON, IN ORDER TO STIMULATE HER SOCIAL NEEDS, THIS SEA PUPPY, MEDICALLY SPEAKING, NEEDED CONSTANT CUDDLES. >> SHE HAS NO QUALMS GOING UP TO US IF WE'RE NOT SITTING RIGHT BESIDE OF HER AND JUST GOING, OH MAN, I SHOULD HAVE MAJORED IN SEA STUFF. >> BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN UPDATE AS BABY WALRUS CALF HAS BEEN NURSED BACK TO HEALTH AND GROWN FROM 141 POUNDS TO MORE THAN 200. SHE IS ALSO KIND OF MOVED PAST THE CUDDLING PHASE TO NOW FINALLY BEING READY TO SWIM IN THE BIG POOL. >> SHE USED TO LIKE SITTING WITH US ALL THE TIME, BUT NOW SHE'S JUST LIKE, YOU HAVE MY BOTTLE. OKAY, GREAT, I'M GOING TO GO SWIM NOW. BYE >> AND FOR THE RECORD, GUYS, THERE IS A NAME COMING. SAVANNAH SAYS THE PLAN IS TO WORK WITH THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY TO PICK OUT A FITTING NAME FOR THE SPECIES THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ARCTIC CULTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DANNY. SHE WILL NOT BE RELEASED INTO THE >> IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. WELL, THAT WAS INTERESTING. SHOULD WE TRY IT AGAIN? WE START HERE. AFTER WHAT CRITICS CALLED A DEBATE DRUBBING, DONALD TRUMP CHANGES HIS TUNE ON A REPEAT PERFORMANCE. >> ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? >> I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY. ANY TIME, ANY PLACE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN WAY TO ONE AND DONE. MEANWHILE, HOW'S THIS FOR A SEPTEMBER? THE CLOCK IS VERY MUCH RUNNING OUT. IF VOTERS WEREN'T TIRED OF WASHINGTON ALREADY GET SET FOR A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND IT'S A WHOLE COUNTRY FULL OF SINGLE ISSUE VOTERS. >> HOW IS IT INTERESTING? A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT UKRAINE. DIPLOMATS ARRIVE IN UKRAINE AS ITS PRESIDENT WAITS FOR ANSWERS FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS START HERE I'M BRAD MIELKE. >> TUESDAY NIGHT MARKED THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS THAT TWO LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAD DONE SO MUCH AS SHAKING HANDS AHEAD OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. >> KAMALA HARRIS. SO GOOD TO BASICALLY HAVE FUN. >> THANK YOU. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, UNDER MUCH MORE SOMBER CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY DID IT AGAIN. >> THEY WERE TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS AND JUST A FEW FEET APART, REACHING ACROSS AND A CORDIAL HANDSHAKE JUST HOURS AFTER SPARRING ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WERE BOTH ON HAND IN NEW YORK CITY YESTERDAY, ALONG WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE, FOR THE ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH. >> THERE WERE NO SPEECHES, NO POLITICS, JUST PRAYERS AND THE SOLEMN READING OF NAMES. >> AND MY GRANDFATHER, FDNY CAPTAIN JAMES J. CORRIGAN, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. AND MISS YOU SO MUCH. ME AND MY THREE SISTERS WISH WE GOT TO MEET YOU. AND THIS KIND OF PAUSE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THIS POLITE SMILE AND SMALL TALK BELIED THE FACT THAT JUST HOURS PRIOR THEY HAD TAKEN PART IN THEIR MOST ADRENALINE FILLED, MOST SCRUTINIZED PERFORMANCES OF THIS CAMPAIGN. SO FAR. BOTH OF THEIR BASES WERE FIRED UP AND LOTS OF DECISIONS FROM LAWMAKERS TO DONORS TO THE CAMPAIGNS THEMSELVES WILL NOW BE FILTERED THROUGH THAT LENS OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED AT THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WE GOT SOME INSTANT REACTION YESTERDAY, BUT NOW, WITH 24 HOURS OF PERSPECTIVE BEHIND US, LET'S LOOK AHEAD WITH ABC'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF, THE MAN WHO OVERSAW BIG PARTS OF THIS DEBATE. RICK KLEIN JOINS US NOW. RICK, WHAT IS THE REACTION BEEN LIKE ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPHERE SINCE? >> TRUMP AND HARRIS WENT HEAD TO HEAD. WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHED FOR STARTERS, OF SETTING MODERN RECORDS IN TERMS OF VIEWERSHIP . AND THE QUESTION OF HOW IT PLAYS OVERALL IN THE POLLS WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS TO PLAY OUT. BUT I THINK PRETTY CLEARLY THE CONSENSUS IS THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAD A VERY STRONG NIGHT. >> WHAT THE WHARTON SCHOOL HAS SAID IS DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY EXPLODE THE DEFICIT, THAT SHE WAS THERE TO KIND OF BEAT DONALD TRUMP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THAT DONALD TRUMP TOOK THE BAIT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE OF BOTH IN THAT DEBATE. >> I WENT TO THE WHARTON SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANY OF THOSE PROFESSORS, THE TOP PROFESSORS, THINK MY PLAN IS A BRILLIANT PLAN. IT'S A GREAT PLAN. IT'S A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BRING UP OUR WORTH, OUR VALUE AS A COUNTRY. >> AND FROM THE TRUMP CAMP'S PERSPECTIVE, YEAH, THEY'RE STILL KIND OF SMARTING FROM THE FACT THAT THEIR CANDIDATE GOT FACT CHECKED A FEW TIMES. >> I THINK THE MODERATOR HAS BEEN VERY UNFAIR. >> I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST AVERAGE. >> THEY'RE SMARTING FROM THE FACT THAT HARRIS KIND OF DODGED AND WEAVED SOME QUESTIONS AND THAT THEY THINK THE QUESTIONS WERE A LITTLE BIT TILTED AGAINST THEM. WE NEED A UNBIASED MEDIA THAT HOLDS BOTH SIDES EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO FACT CHECK ONE CANDIDATE, YOU'RE GOING TO FACT CHECK THE OTHER, HE SAID. THAT'S THE TOUGH QUESTIONS OF ONE CANDIDATE. ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS. SHE MINDLESS EATING IS NOT TRUE. >> BUT THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT TRUMP SUPPORTERS I'VE TALKED TO THAT TRUMP MISSED SOME BIG OPPORTUNITIES TO TO QUESTION HARRIS MORE DIRECTLY. >> I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB IN THE FIRST DEBATE. THE SAME THING. I THINK THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND TO STAY GROUNDED TO FACTS BECAUSE HE WENT TO SOME KIND OF WILD CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS EATING PETS OR EXECUTING BABIES, SUGGESTING THAT MIGHT BE LEGAL IN SOME STATES OR EVEN TALKING ABOUT FALSELY CLAIMING THAT HE THAT HE WON THE LAST ELECTION. I THINK THERE IS SOME DISAPPOINTMENT IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES. THEIR EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS DOESN'T FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE A CLOSE RACE THAT WILL REMAIN VERY CLOSE, ALMOST CERTAINLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> BUT IT DOESN'T MASK THE FACT THAT THIS IS SEEN AS KIND OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS. AND IF WAS WASTED ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES OR ON PERSONAL BOASTS, THEN THAT'S JUST TIME YOU DON'T GET BACK. WHAT YOU MENTIONED SOME CRITICISM, RICK. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO SAY, HEY, WHY IS TRUMP THE ONLY ONE GETTING FACT CHECKED IN REAL TIME BY THE MODERATORS? LIKE, WHY IS WHY ARE MODERATORS ONLY INTERRUPTING HIM TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE AUDIENCE AND NEVER KAMALA HARRIS? >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? YEAH. I THINK IF I WERE TO CHARACTERIZE GENERAL ATTITUDE WE HAD TOWARD TOWARD FACT-CHECKING IS THAT IT WAS MORE ABOUT FACTS THAN IT WAS ABOUT THE THE CONCEPT OF FACT CHECKS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT OUR JOB IS TO INFORM THE AUDIENCE AND I THINK DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS FELT STRONGLY THAT WE'RE THERE TO NOT JUST ASK QUESTIONS, BUT TO ENGAGE IN A WAY THAT GIVES PEOPLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S REAL, OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CAMPAIGN AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY. >> HER VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK SAYS ABORTION IN THE NINTH MONTH IS ABSOLUTELY FINE. HE ALSO SAYS EXECUTION AFTER BIRTH, IT'S EXECUTION NO LONGER ABORTION BECAUSE THE BABY IS BORN. >> WHEN SOMETHING GETS SAID OR WAS SAID THAT WAS, IN THEIR JUDGMENT, IN THE MOMENT, FALSE IN A WAY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING OR JUST WRONG. THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD AN OBLIGATION TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. >> THERE IS NO STATE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO KILL A BABY AFTER IT'S BORN. >> JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THAT FROM DONALD TRUMP AND NO INSTANCES THAT ROSE TO THAT LEVEL IN THEIR MINDS IN THE MOMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DONALD TRUMP SAID DID NOT DESERVE A FACT CHECK OR DID NOT WAS NOT NECESSARILY WRONG. IN FACT, A LOT OF INDEPENDENT FACT CHECKERS FOUND LOTS OF THINGS THAT HE SAID THAT WERE DOWNRIGHT MISLEADING WERE JUST FALSE. >> AND IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING KAMALA HARRIS SAID WAS WAS 100% TRUE. IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE WERE FEW TARGETED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COURSE OF A 90 MINUTE DEBATE WHERE OUR MODERATORS FELT LIKE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL FACTS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO THE AUDIENCE TO HELP CLARIFY THE STAKES AND CLARIFY THE ISSUES OF THIS RACE. >> WELL, AND TALK ABOUT UNEXPECTED MOMENT. IT KIND OF CONTINUED ON AS EVEN AFTER THE DEBATE WAS OVER. RIGHT. BECAUSE IN THE SPIN ROOM THAT YOU GUYS SET OUT, THAT'S USUALLY FOR SURROGATES. YOU HAD NOT JUST A SURROGATE, YOU HAD DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF WALKED OUT THERE TO TAKE EVEN MORE QUESTIONS FROM OTHER REPORTERS IN CASE HE HADN'T GOTTEN ENOUGH CHANCES TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF ON THE DEBATE STAGE. WHAT DID YOU TAKE FROM THAT AS FAR AS HOW TRUMP HIMSELF SEEMED TUESDAY NIGHT? >> WELL, LOOK, IT'S ALMOST A UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT IF A CANDIDATE SHOWS UP IN THE SPIN ROOM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT DEBATE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO THEMSELVES SPIN WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE. >> THIS WAS MY BEST DEBATE. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD. I THOUGHT SHE WAS VERY WEAK ON FOREIGN POLICY. SHE WAS VERY WEAK IN THE BORDER . >> THE DEBATE IS THE BIG OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S WHERE IN THIS CASE, TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE TUNING IN. AND IF YOU DID A GREAT JOB, YOU WANT THAT TO BE THE LAST TASTE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR MOUTHS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS AS IT GETS RECYCLED IN THE NEWS CYCLE, IF YOU'RE NOT THRILLED WITH IT AND YOU WANT TO TALK AND SPIN IT, YOU'RE OUT THERE SPINNING IT YOURSELF. AND PARTICULARLY FOR DONALD TRUMP, WHO HAS LONG KNOWN THE POWER OF HAVING SOMETHING FRESH TO SAY AND SOMETHING SURPRISING AND NEW TO SAY. IF HE LOVED WHAT HE SAID IN THE DEBATE, HE WOULDN'T BE OUT THERE THE NEXT DAY AND THE DAY AFTER. AS MUCH AS HE HAS BEEN. I'VE LONG WONDERED IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE WHO ADMITS THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AFTER INCLUDING JOE BIDEN, WHO HAD A TERRIBLE NIGHT BACK IN JUNE AND DIDN'T ADMIT IT IMMEDIATELY. >> IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR EVEN TO SAY, YEAH, I HAD A I HAD A NOT SO STRONG EVENING, BUT YOU TRY TO SPIN IT, YOU TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AND THEY'VE DONE. AND I THINK THE APPEARANCE IN THE SPIN ROOM IS A PIECE OF IT. >> DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SECOND DEBATE? AND WHAT IS THE CALCULUS FROM THE CAMPAIGNS AS THEY THINK ABOUT THAT? >> TOTALLY UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT, BRET. I MEAN, CANDIDATES DEBATE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO DEBATE. >> FRANKLY, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A CIVIC OBLIGATION FOR IT. THERE'S NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. IT'S A TRADITION, BUT IT'S A TRADITION THAT CAN EASILY GET SKIPPED. AND THE FACT THAT THAT BOTH TRUMP AND BIDEN WANTED TO DITCH THE OLD FORMAT IS IS A STATEMENT AROUND THAT. REMEMBER, BACK IN MAY, JOE BIDEN CHALLENGED DONALD TRUMP TO TWO DEBATES. HE SAID ONE WOULD BE IN JUNE, ONE WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER. THE CNN DEBATE HAPPENED, THE SEPTEMBER DEBATE OF SEPTEMBER 10TH WAS THE DATE THAT ABC LOCKED IN RIGHT AT THE TIME. BRAD AND. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP IT GOING ONCE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BECAME THE NOMINEE. BUT THERE WAS NO PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THAT SAID, THERE WILL BE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OCTOBER 1ST. IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME FROM BOTH CAMPAIGNS, THEY'D BE KIND OF WEIRD IF THE LAST WORD ON DEBATES WAS BETWEEN THE NUMBER TWOS AND NOT THE NUMBER ONES, ESPECIALLY WITH A WHOLE MONTH GOING BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST AND ELECTION DAY. SO THERE'S A BIG WINDOW WHERE SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN. >> ARE WE GOING TO DO A REMATCH? I JUST DON'T KNOW. WE'LL THINK ABOUT. >> THERE ARE PROPOSALS OUT THERE FROM MULTIPLE OTHER NETWORKS. LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HOST A DEBATE LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO WORK IF IF ALL THE STARS ALIGN. >> IF BOTH CANDIDATES AGREE THAT THEY WANT A DEBATE AND AGREE WHERE THAT DEBATE SHOULD BE. >> I WOULD DO NBC. I DO FOX NEWS. I DO FOX NEWS. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO. >> WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT LAST NIGHT. DONALD TRUMP HAS LONG BEEN SAYING HE WANTS IT TO BE ON FOX NEWS FRIENDLIER TERRITORY THAN MANY OTHER OUTLETS THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE AND CAPABLE OF PULLING OFF A DEBATE. >> HARRIS HAS SAID THAT'S A NONSTARTER. BUT THEN TRUMP IS SAYING, WELL, I DON'T LIKE THE MODERATORS THAT FOX HAS PUT FORWARD. SO THAT WOULD SEEM TO TO BE A STEP BACKWARD. HARRIS HAS SAID THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION WITH NBC FOR A DEBATE. SO THE DEBATE OVER DEBATES NOW ,WELL BEYOND THE TIME THAT THE SECOND DEBATE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> AND JUST TO MAKE THINGS JUST PUT THINGS A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ,RIGHT. IF THIS HAD BEEN A QUOTE UNQUOTE, NORMAL YEAR OF THE COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES HELD THEIR SCHEDULE TOGETHER, NEXT WEEK WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST OF THREE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. SO WE'RE STILL PRETTY EARLY. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TIME FOR SOMETHING TO COME TOGETHER, BUT IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF BOTH CANDIDATES AGREE, YOU KNOW WHAT? >> WE NEED THIS. YEAH, GREAT POINTS. ALL AND REALLY JUST A VALUABLE DEBATE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO SEE AND JUST TREMENDOUS WORK BY SO MANY PEOPLE IN REAL TIME. RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HEY, THANK YOU, BRET. >> SO AS THE POLITICAL WORLD EXAMINES THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TUESDAY'S DEBATE, THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNING ROLLS ON. IN FACT, SOME DECISIONS BEING MADE ON THE HILL RIGHT NOW COULD VERY MUCH IMPACT HOW AMERICANS SEE WASHINGTON HEADING INTO NOVEMBER. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN AND COVERS THE CAPITOL. CONGRESS HAD TECHNICALLY JUST RETURNED FROM ITS SUMMER BREAK AND WE'RE ALREADY HEARING CONCERNS ABOUT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. IS THIS FOR REAL? >> THEY HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH, BRAD, NOW TO PREVENT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TO PASS THE BILLS THAT THEY NEED TO PASS TO EITHER TEMPORARILY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHILE THEY OUT A WAY TO FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR TO FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. REMEMBER, A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTS PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE APPARATUS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ABOUT 4 MILLION PEOPLE WORK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OCCURS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GOING JUST FULLY WITHOUT PAY, BEING TOLD NOT TO GO TO WORK AND THEREFORE NOT GETTING PAID, OR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO SHOW UP TO WORK, BUT THEY DON'T GET PAID UNTIL FINALLY THE GOVERNMENT GETS FULLY FUNDED. NOT TO MENTION, BY THE WAY, THE IMPACTS OF THE SERVICES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY. AND ONE OF THOSE KEY ASPECTS OF THE U.S. ECONOMY, WHICH IS TRUST IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO ITS JOB AND TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. SO THERE'S A LOT ON THE LINE IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN. SO HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HAS THIS PLAN FOR A TEMPORARY FUNDING OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ESSENTIALLY KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHILE THEY WORK OUT THE BROADER PLAN ON HOW TO PASS THE NECESSARY SPENDING BILLS THAT CONGRESS HAS TO PASS TO ACTUALLY FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THERE WAS A SERIOUS SETBACK YESTERDAY BECAUSE MIKE JOHNSON'S PLAN HAS FALLEN APART. >> NO, NO VOTE TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE CONSENSUS BUILDING BUSINESS HERE IN CONGRESS WITH SMALL MAJORITIES. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. HERE'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I BECAME SPEAKER. >> HE PULLED IT FROM A VOTE THAT WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE YESTERDAY AFTERON BECAUSE IT WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES RIGHT NOW IN HIS OWN PARTY OR REALLY ACROSS THE AISLE TO GET HIS VISION FOR WHAT THIS TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE DONE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY BACK TO SQUARE ONE. WE WHY DID HE PULL THIS CRUCIAL VOTE THEN, JAY, WHAT IS SO CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT IT? >> SO MIKE JOHNSON'S PLAN HERE IS NOVEL. REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY DEMOCRATS WOULD SAY IT'S JUST UNCALLED FOR. WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S A TEMPORARY FUNDING MEASURE CALLED A C.R. REMEMBER, A CONTINUING RESOLUTION. IT'S THOSE TWO LETTERS YOU HEAR THROWN AROUND ALL THE TIME WHEN THERE'S AN IMPENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. MIKE JOHNSON WANTS TO HAVE A C.R. THAT KICKS THE CAN. THE ROAD KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT OPEN AT ITS CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS UNTIL ABOUT MARCH. THAT'S KIND OF A LONG TIME. THE C.R. IS USUALLY ONLY GO UNTIL THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS, AND IT JUST BUYS CONGRESS A FEW EXTRA WEEKS TO ACTUALLY FULLY FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS C.R. WOULD EXTEND FUNDING THAT ENDS REMEMBER, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, IN SEPTEMBER, ALL THE WAY TO MARCH. THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT, WHICH IS MIKE JOHNSON HAS ATTACHED WHAT'S CALLED THE SAVE ACT TO THIS TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE. THE SAVE ACT IS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOUR PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP BEFORE SOMEONE VOTES. IT'S AIMED AT TRYING TO PREVENT NONCITIZENS, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FROM VOTING. AND SO HERE'S THE THING, MIKE JOHNSON HAS SAID HE WANTS THIS SAVE ACT ON THE RECORD. >> AND I WANT ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN EITHER PARTY TO EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHY WE SHOULD NOT ENSURE THAT ONLY U.S. CITIZENS ARE VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS. >> WHEN HE WENT OUT AND SPOKE TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY AND SAID ,LOOK, HE'S GOING TO PULL THE BILL BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES RIGHT NOW, HE SAID HE WANTS PUT BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ON THE RECORD AS TO WHERE THEY STAND ON WHAT HE BELIEVES IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION INTEGRITY. >> WE HAVE TWO OBLIGATIONS RIGHT NOW. CONGRESS HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT TWO PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS, THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE GOVERNMENT AND MAKE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE FREE AND FAIR AND SECURE. >> DEMOCRATS WOULD TELL YOU THIS IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE FIRST, NONCITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY. EVERY AND AGAIN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU MIGHT SEE A HEADLINE ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BEING ABLE TO VOTE. THOSE ARE, EVEN IF THEY EXIST, MUNICIPALITY AND CITIES AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN SELECT AREAS WHERE THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THOSE CITIZENS THERE PASS ORDINANCES ACCORDINGLY. YOU CANNOT VOTE IF YOU'RE NOT A U.S. CITIZEN IN A FEDERAL ELECTION, MEANING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, FOR EXAMPLE. SO DEMOCRATS SAY, LOOK, NON-CITIZENS ARE ALREADY PREVENTED FROM VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. AND ALSO, IF THEY WANT TO TRY TO DO THAT FOR SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THERE ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THAT. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE NOT A U.S. CITIZEN, IT'S NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN A FEDERAL ELECTION. ALL OF THAT TO SAY, MIKE JOHNSON WOULD SAY YES. BUT ALSO I WANT THESE VOTER I.D. AND OTHER PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS SO THAT IF SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT DOCUMENTED, WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN WERE TO SHOW THEY WOULD BE STOPPED RELATIVELY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. DEMOCRATS ESSENTIALLY SAY, LOOK, THIS IS A SOLUTION IN WANT OF A PROBLEM. WE HAVE STEPS IN PLACE TO STOP THIS. AND BY THE WAY, THERE ISN'T THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IF IT HAPPENS, IT'S THIS TINY, TINY FRACTION THAT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY RACE. >> WELL, IF ANYTHING, THEY SAY THAT COULD JUST SCARE OFF U.S. CITIZENS LIKE THE RIGHTFUL VOTERS FROM SHOWING UP TO THE POLLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HARASSED AND HARANGUED BY IT BY OVERSEAS JEALOUS OFFICIALS. >> BUT ISN'T THE OTHER ISSUE. THIS ISN'T A BUDGET PROPOSAL, RIGHT? I FEEL LIKE THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A BIG BUDGET ARGUMENT IS LAWMAKERS KNOW LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING TO GET PASSED HERE. I WANT MY PET PROJECT TO BE ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE PASSED. >> SO THEY ADD ALL THESE THINGS UNTIL FINALLY SOMEONE IS LIKE, NO, WE CAN'T PASS THAT THING. SO DOES THE BRINKSMANSHIP HERE ALL COME DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? BECAUSE USUALLY ONE PARTY GETS BLAMED MORE THAN THE OTHER. >> IS THAT ALL PART OF THE CALCULUS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. MIKE JOHNSON DID NOT WANT TO PASS ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE, EVEN A TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE, WHICH A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DON'T LIKE. AND IT'S WHY JOHNSON DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THIS AND HAD TO PULL IT OFF THE FLOOR YESTERDAY. HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT, DOESN'T WANT TO PASS ANY KIND OF FUNDING MEASURE WITHOUT SOME KIND OF CONSERVATIVE RED MEAT THING IN IT. THAT'S WHY THIS SAVE ACT, THIS NONCITIZEN VOTING LEGISLATION, WAS PUT INTO IT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING, REALLY BOTH PARTIES OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THERE HAS BEEN THIS BRINKSMANSHIP, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE REALITY IS, DESPITE ALL OF THAT BRINKSMANSHIP, THE CLOCK IS VERY MUCH RUNNING OUT. >> GOVERNMENT FUNDING ENDS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER A AND B, WHILE THAT IS A CONVOLUTED PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF, AND AS WE SAID, IT'S OFTEN DONE DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT'S VERY MUCH COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDST OF A CHAOTIC MUST WATCH, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO WHAT HAPPENS HERE POTENTIALLY IS IF THERE IS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, OR YOU HAVE VOTERS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES GOING TO THE POLLS, POSSIBLY CASTING THEIR BALLOTS IN EARLY VOTING OR VOTING BY MAIL, WHILE THERE IS THIS POTENTIAL SPECTER OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SO I'VE HEARD FROM SOURCES ON CAPITOL HILL WHO SAY THAT ADDS AN ADDED SENSE OF URGENCY, MEANING THEY WANT TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE. BUT IT ALSO COMPLICATES THE POLITICS AT PLAY HERE. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY OFTEN IT'S RISKY FOR THE PARTY IN CHARGE, BUT THEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE WHO'S IN CHARGE, LIKE WITH BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION GET BLAMED FOR KIND OF THE DYSFUNCTION OR WOULD BE THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE OR WHAT WOULD IT BE. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE EACH PARTY KIND OF BARRELING AHEAD WITH THIS. OKAY. JAY O'BRIEN THERE AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, RED. >> BY THE WAY, WE TALK ABOUT DEBATE AS A CHANCE FOR AMERICAN VOTERS TO SEE THEIR CHOICES SIDE BY SIDE, TO PICTURE THEMSELVES UNDER A FUTURE ADMINISTRATION. BUT IT'S NOT JUST AMERICANS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS. THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED ABOUT SEVERAL FOREIGN CONFLICTS. WELL, WILL THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THESE CONFLICTS FIRSTHAND HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS CAMPAIGN AS CLOSELY AS MANY AMERICAN VOTERS. YESTERDAY, THE DAY AFTER THIS DEBATE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR ZELENSKYY, ON THE PHONE. HE ALSO SENT SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN TO KYIV DISCUSS THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. LET'S TAKE YOU THERE NOW. ABC'S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IAN PANEL IS IN KYIV. >> IAN THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR IN THE DEBATE AND YOU ACTUALLY SPOKE TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. >> BRIEFLY, WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, I'D ACTUALLY MET ONE OF HIS ADVISORS THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE THE DEBATE, AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE STAYING UP TO WATCH IT AND ASKED WHETHER PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WOULD. >> AND HE SAID, WELL, IF HE IF HE HAS THE TIME, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS A GRUELING SCHEDULE TRYING TO MANAGE A WAR WHICH IS NOW DRAGGING ON TWO AND A HALF YEARS. >> SO, YES, IT WAS ACTUALLY A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS TO MARK THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA BY RUSSIA BACK IN 2014. AND THE MODERATOR BASICALLY CALLED AN END AND DIDN'T DIDN'T CALL ON ME TO TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT I RATHER RUDELY SHOUTED OUT MY QUESTION TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >> PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER TO THAT PRESS CONFERENCE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT. AND WHAT WAS ASSESSMENT WHAT YOU SAW. I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T WATCH. OKAY. THE SYMPOSIUM ON UKRAINE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER I WILL SEE SOME SOMETHING, SOME BRIEF. AND I SAID, HOW IS IT INTERESTING? >> IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT UKRAINE. HE INTERRUPTED ME AND SAID, OKAY, DON'T TELL ME HOW IT ENDS. AS IF IT WAS A TV SHOW. SO I SAID, OH, NO, NO PLOT SPOILERS, BUT I THINK HE WAS JUST BEING DIPLOMATIC, TO BE HONEST. I MEAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE. YOU KNOW, HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT AMERICA IS AS ITS STRONGEST ALLY, ITS MOST IMPORTANT ALLY. I THINK HE'S JUST BEING PRUDENT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEEM TO BE GETTING INVOLVED IN U.S. DOMESTIC POLITICS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE WISE AND, OF COURSE, FOR THE UKRAINIANS. AGAIN, THE THE ADVISER TO ZELENSKYY DESCRIBED IT AS CRITICAL THIS ELECTION. THEY KNOW ITS IMPORTANCE. I'D PUT A NUMBER OF POINTS FROM THE CANDIDATES TO HIM, ONE BEING OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UNVERIFIED CLAIM THAT HE COULD END THE WAR IN JUST ONE DAY, EVEN BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE. SO WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH DISMISSED OUT OF HAND BY THE ADVISER AS NOT POSSIBLE. BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE CONCERNED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT BOTH CANDIDATES WERE ASKED VERY CLEARLY WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED THE UKRAINIAN VICTORY. AND WHEREAS KAMALA HARRIS SAID, ABSOLUTELY SHE DOES. >> THE ALLIANCES WE HAVE AROUND THE WORLD ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NOT FAVOR OUR ENEMIES. BECAUSE YOU ADORE STRONGMEN. INSTEAD OF CARING ABOUT DEMOCRACY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, EVEN THOUGH DAVID MUIR PRESSED HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THAT. >> DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S IN THE U.S. BEST INTEREST FOR UKRAINE TO WIN THIS WAR? >> YES, I THINK IT'S THE U.S. BEST INTEREST. >> GET THIS WAR FINISHED AND JUST GET IT DONE. AND U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, WHO CAME HERE TO KYIV WITH HIS BRITISH COUNTERPART, DAVID LAMMY, WHEN HE STARTED HIS PRESS CONFERENCE. >> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS WE WANT UKRAINE TO WIN AND WE'RE FULLY TO KEEP MARSHALING THE SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS FOR ITS BRAVE DEFENDERS AND CITIZENS TO DO JUST THAT. >> HE MADE IT CLEAR, PICKING UP FROM THAT THEME ON THE DEBATE, BY SAYING THAT HE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTS THE UKRAINIAN VICTORY. >> HEY, IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE IS DIPLOMACY TO BE HAD HERE, RIGHT IN THE LAST FEW ,WE'VE HEARD MORE AND MORE INSISTENCE FROM THE UKRAINIANS THAT THEY NEED TO BE GIVEN SORT OF A GREEN LIGHT TO FIRE THESE AMERICAN MADE MISSILES FURTHER . RUSSIA NOT JUST DEFENSE, BUT KIND OF OFFENSE. HOW IS BLINKEN RESPONDING THAT? >> YES, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN SOME SENSE, IT'S NOT TO DENIGRATE HIM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S A MESSENGER. AND HE SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE THE MESSAGE FROM ZELENSKYY BACK TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND ZELENSKYY SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO SEE PRESIDENT LATER ON THIS MONTH AT THE NATO SUMMIT. BUT -- BUT, YES, I MEAN, THE UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY FEEL IT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A GAME CHANGER IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TARGET ,FIRSTLY THE PLACES WHERE RUSSIA LAUNCHES ATTACKS INTO UKRAINE FROM. SECONDLY, ITS ITS OWN FUEL DEPOTS, WHICH WOULD BE DAMAGING TO THE ECONOMY AS WELL AS ARTILLERY AMMUNITION STORAGE AREAS. >> BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT TRYING TO UNSETTLE THE RUSSIAN POPULATION WHO HAVE BEEN LARGELY INSULATED FROM THIS WAR. AND AGAIN, THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE CLEAR OBJECTIVES THAT THEY THINK WILL CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF THIS CONFLICT. >> THE UKRAINIANS HAVE COME UP WITH QUITE A DETAILED PLAN OF WHAT TARGETS THEY WANT TO HIT. THEY WANT TO USE THE AMERICAN SUPPLIED MISSILES, THE BRITISH ONES AS WELL. AND SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE ALL HIS MESSAGES BACK TO WASHINGTON, TO HIS BOSS ,PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHICH THEN RAISES THE STAKES FOR THIS DIPLOMACY WITH THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE AND, OF COURSE, RAISES THE STAKES ON EVERYTHING LOOKING FORWARD PAST NOVEMBER. ALL RIGHT, IAN PANNELL. THEY ARE IN KYIV RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, BRAD. AND ONE LAST THING. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC BRANDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> YOU CAN HAVE CAMPBELL SOUP BECAME FOR ITS SIMPLE, LONG LASTING TOMATO SOUP ON THE SHELVES. >> AND THEN LATER ITS WHOLESOME AD CAMPAIGNS LIKE ITS RED AND WHITE CANS, ARE SO CLEAN AND EVOCATIVE THAT ANDY WARHOL USED THEM AS ART JUST CAMPBELL SOUP. >> BUT YESTERDAY, THAT COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT'S CHANGING ITS NAME. >> FROM NOW ON, CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMPANY WILL JUST BE KNOWN AS CAMPBELL'S SOUP. >> IT'S A SUBTLE CHANGE, BUT ONE THAT CEO MARK CLOUSE SAYS WILL REFLECT THE FULL BREADTH OF THE COMPANY'S PORTFOLIO. AFTER ALL, HE SAYS, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN SOUP NOW THEY OWN GOLDFISH CRACKERS. >> OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S A BAD EXAMPLE BECAUSE CRACKERS JUST MAKE YOU THINK OF SOUP. BUT THEY ALSO OWN PREGO PASTA SAUCES, MILANO COOKIES, PASTE, SALSA. AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST AMERICAN COMPANY TO TRY TO SLIM DOWN ITS NAME. >> REMEMBER DUNKIN DONUTS? AMERICA RUNS ON DUNKIN AS TRY TO APPEAL TO MORE HEALTH CONSCIOUS AMERICANS JUST LOOKING FOR A QUICK CUP OF COFFEE ELSE. THAT COMPANY IS NOW JUST DUNKIN, KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN TRIED TO FOCUS LESS ON THE FRIED CHICKEN AND MORE THE KENTUCKY. THEY WENT WITH KFC. KFC FAMOUS ARE ONLY THREE, BUT KFC IS ALSO A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE RISKS HERE. BUSINESS PROFESSORS SAY THE DOWNSIDE IS ALIENATING YOUR CURRENT FANS OR MAKING YOURSELF UNRECOGNIZABLE OR EVEN SUSPICIOUS TO NEW ONES YEARS AFTER CHRISTENING ITSELF. KFC HAD TO QUELL UNFOUNDED INTERNET RUMORS THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER SERVING MEAT THAT COULD LEGALLY BE CALLED CHICKEN. >> THAT WASN'T TRUE. THEY JUST LIKE THE NAME MORE AND IT SEEMS LESS OF A CONCERN WITH CAMPBELL'S, WHOSE NAME IS ALREADY SO EMBEDDED IN AMERICAN NOSTALGIA . AS LONG AS IT CONTINUES TO BE THE ULTIMATE SIDEKICK TO A GOOD GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH, IMAGINE THEIR CUSTOMERS WILL STILL THINK OF THEM AS GOOD. WHO'S ALWAYS WATCHING THOSE CAMPBELL'S CHUNKY SOUP COMMERCIALS BEING LIKE MRS. MCNABB. YOU DO NOT WANT TO SHOW UP IN AN NFL LOCKER ROOM AFTER LIKE, WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF UNREST YOUR SON IS GOING TO BE AND JUST HAVE HIM EAT HIS SOUP IN THE CAR, LIKE JUST IT IN A THERMOS OR SOMETHING. WEREN'T ALL THESE STORIES ON ABC NEWS LIVE? IN FACT, I'LL ON ABC NEWS LIVE THIS MORNING AROUND 930 EASTERN BREAKING DOWN SOME OF OUR FAVORITE ONE LAST THINGS OF THE WEEK. I'M BRAD MIELKE SEE TOMORROW TOMORROW It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? 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America's number one streaming news, anytime anywhere streaming 24/7 straight to you for free. Thank you for making ABC News line, America's number one streaming news. I'm ABCs Melissa Dawn in Corpus Christi, Texas tracking tropical storm and Banfield wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live . HI, I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, FRANCINE IS SLAMMING THE GULF COAST AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDERWATER. WE HAVE THE TRACK ON WHERE THE STORM'S HEADING NOW AND THE NEW WEATHER THREAT FOR LOUISIANA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS ARE RAISING FEARS THAT WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD CLOSER TO LOS ANGELES. WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING WILL HELP THEM GAIN THE UPPER HAND. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. THEN, A REACTION TO THEIR DEBATE AS THE NOMINEES TO SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE. AND HISTORY MADE IN OUTER SPACE. THE FIRST ALL CIVILIAN SPACEWALK. AND WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED ON THEIR OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD ADVENTURE. WE BEGIN WITH FRANCINE NOW MOVING INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AS A DANGEROUS TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THE STORM MADE LANDFALL YESTERDAY AT 5 P.M. LOCAL TIME AND TERREBONNE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. IT BROUGHT 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS RIPPING THE ROOFS, HOMES OFF BUSINESSES, ROOFS, RATHER, OFF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. >> IT ALSO TOPPLED TREES AND UTILITY POLES, FOR INSTANCE. STILL ON THE MOVE NOW POSING A MAJOR THREAT OF FLOODING IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL ARE NOW APPROACHING TEN INCHES NORTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND NEARLY 300,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TRACKING IT ALL FOR YOU THIS MORNING. LET'S GO TO ABC'S MATT RIVERS IN HOUMA, LOUISIANA. >> THERE YOU GO, FRANCINE. >> PACKING A PUNCH, SLAMMING INTO SOUTHERN. FLASH FLOODING IN NEW ORLEANS, LEAVING CARS SMERGED. DRIVERS WALKING THROUGH FLOODED STREETS WITH FLASHLIGHTS AND SHOES IN HAND. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DECLARED LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY. >> FLOODWATERS STILL A PROBLEM . FRANCINE STRONG WINDS KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MORE THAN 100,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES. TREES FALLING POWER LINES AS WHIPPING WINDS IGNITE THE LINES. YOU CAN SEE POWER LINES CRACKING, CRASHING AS CARS NAVIGATE THE STREETS AFTER THE CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE MADE A DIRECT HIT. >> LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN SOME AREAS, BRACING FOR TEN FEET OF STORM SURGE. VIDEO CAPTURED ACCUWEATHER SHOWING THE INTENSITY OF THE WINDS SCATTERING DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THIS PARKING LOT. >> I WAS ON THE COAST JUST AS FRIENDS SCENE MADE LANDFALL. >> WELL, THIS HURRICANE COMING ASHORE AS WE SPEAK RIGHT IN THE EYEWALL. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORM WITH WINDS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES GOING UP BY THE MINUTE. IT'S OUT OF ZONE DESPITE BEING BOARDED UP WINDS TAKING SIDING OFF AND SENDING THE INSULATION FLYING IN. JEFFERSON PARISH OFFICIALS WARNED THE SEWAGE SYSTEM WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY FLOODWATER AND COULD BACK UP INTO HOMES. >> OVERWHELMED, SCARE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS BEFORE. I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME A PHONE. >> AND THEN AT THE MOMENT THERE'S ROUGHLY 400,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE STATE, LOUISIANA. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS STORM HAS COME THROUGH THIS AREA AND LEFT HEADING NORTH, THE IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM ARE GOING TO BE FELT FOR, IF NOT WEEKS TO COME DOWN. ALL RIGHT. ABC'S MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. >> AND ABC'S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE JOINS US WITH THE LATEST ON THE STORM'S PATH. >> HI, GINGER. HEY, DIANE. SO FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ALL OVER MISSISSIPPI RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD TORNADO WARNINGS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS THING IS FAR REACHING, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS DROPPED TO A DEPRESSION. THAT DOESN'T MATTER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WIND ISSUES AND FLASH FLOODING. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S WELL OF NEW ORLEANS. >> IT'S ACTUALLY NEAR JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, AND IT'LL KEEP MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. IT'S GOING TO GET SLOWER AND THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY EXPAND ALL OF ALABAMA AND A FLOOD WATCH, BUT ALSO WIND ALERTS THAT GO UP TO TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WIND GUSTS WATCH AS WE GO THROUGH. THE TIMING HERE COULD BE UPWARDS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR. LOOK AT TUPELO. THEY'RE AT 3 P.M., 58. 55 FOR MEMPHIS. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT, EVEN GETS INTO THE GUSTS TO 40 PLUS. SO THIS IS THE TYPE THAT CAN STILL TAKE DOWN TREES AND CHALLENGE POWER LINES EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEEING DWINDLE, IT'S GOING TO SLOW ENOUGH THAT IT'S GOING TO DROP A LOT OF RAIN. WE'RE TALKING LIKE 4 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME OF THE BIGGER BANDS. AND LOCALLY COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES BIRMINGHAM. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK, THEY FLOOD EASILY AND WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. AND ALSO A LOT OF THIS AREA HAS BEEN IN. SO THEY NEED IT, BUT THEY DON'T NEED IT IN 5 HOURS. AND THEN LOOK AT THIS. SO INSTANCE, THE DEPRESSION. BUT WE DO HAVE MANY OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST. AND BY EARLY WEEK WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER NAMED STORM OFF THE COAST AND, MORE IMPACTING NORTH CAROLINA OF VIRGINIA. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. DIANE WRIGHT, ABC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE. >> THANKS, GINGER. AND WHILE FRANCINE MOVES NORTH, RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE NOW BEGINNING CLOSER TO WHERE IT CAME ASHORE. >> THE TOWN OF THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA, WAS HIT, PARTICULARLY HARD. MORE THAN 26 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM FLOODWATERS SO FAR. LET'S IN THE MAYOR, KEVIN CLEMENT, FOR MORE. MAYOR CLEMENT, THANK YOU FOR. COMING ON. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LIKE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES YOU'RE FACING? >> WELL, WITHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY WAS WITHOUT POWER. IT STARTED LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN THE WINDS PICKED UP. WE DID START LAST NIGHT WITHOUT TYPICAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR TYPICAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY STARTED CLEARING OUT ROADS, MAJOR ROADS, FIRST OF TREES AND JUST DEBRIS, MAKING THINGS SAFE. WE ARE STILL UNDER OUR CURFEW TILL 10 A.M. THIS MORNING, CENTRAL TIME AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB STAYING OFF THE ROADS. NO POWER LINES DOWN, NO MAJOR TELEPHONE POLES DOWN WE KNOW OF AS OF YET. WE DID HAVE WATER IN LAST NIGHT AND WE DID HAVE TO RESCUE SOME SOME RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOUSES THAT WE BROUGHT THEM TO SHELTERS. HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS GO AS PLANNED. AND WE STILL IN THE ASSESSMENT PHASE AS WE SPEAK, WE WERE UP THIS MORNING WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT, ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MEET AT 9:00 WITH OUR STAFF AND DECIDE WITH A PLAN. I DID. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MY REPRESENTATIVES, ALL MY STATE SENATORS, PARISH AND SHERIFFS. WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO KNOW PEOPLE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY WANT YOU TO SUCCEED AND RECOVER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> AND SO ON THAT NOTE, MAYOR, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES YOU NEED IN THIS RECOVERY PROCESS RIGHT NOW? YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE JUST NEED ENTERGY TO FLIP THE SWITCH AND GET US BACK. GET US, GET US OUR POWER BACK. I THINK PEOPLE WERE PREPARED FOR THIS STORM. CERTAINLY THE CITY OF TIVERTON WAS PREPARED FOR THIS STORM. BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST, THIS ONE PACKED A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER OF A PUNCH AND, MORE RAIN THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED LATE, LATE LAST NIGHT. IT SEEMED LIKE THE WATER JUST CONTINUED TO COME DOWN AND THE WIND CONTINUED TO WHIP. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ENTERGY HAS IS SITE RIGHT NOW AT OUR HEARING AUDITORIUM. THEY ARE SETTING UP A TENT WITH FACILITIES, WITH FOOD AND RESTROOM FACILITIES. THEY'RE USING US AS A STAGING AREA. SO THEY ARE THEY HAVE BEEN POPPING LINES BACK UP AND FIXING TRANSFORMERS, WE SPEAK. HOPEFULLY THEY GET THAT STRAIGHT. RIGHT NOW, THAT'S OUR MAJOR GETTING THE POWER BACK ON FOR RESIDENTS. >> SO HOW DOES THE STORM COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ONES YOU LIVED THROUGH? >> YEAH. SO NATURALLY YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO RATE IT AGAINST IDA. KATRINA. IDA WAS IDA WAS MUCH MORE DAMAGE, MUCH MORE DAMAGE WITH IDA. BUT FRANCINE SEEMED HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER THAN IDA. THE WINDS WERE A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER THAN THEY JUST DIDN'T LAST AS LONG. WE WERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF FRANCINE LAST NIGHT THAT EASTERN NORTH EITHER EASTERN EYE WALL AND THAT PASSED THINGS GOT THINGS, GOT TIME. RELATIVELY QUICK. YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY ALL OUR SOLICITATIONS ARE WORKING ALL OUR PUMPING STATIONS ARE ACTUALLY FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE FUNCTIONING ON GENERATOR POWER. BUT THE THINGS ARE WORKING WELL . IDA JUST SEEMED TO CAUSE A LOT MORE DESTRUCTION. MANY MORE ROOFS, MUCH MORE POWER LINES, TREES ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS ONE, WHILE IT WILL BE A JOB, IT'S MORE OF A THREE OR FOUR DAY VISIT, RATHER THAN A TWO OR THREE MONTH EVENT. >> AS AS IDA WAS. >> ALL RIGHT. MAYOR OF THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA, KEVIN CLEMENT. KEVIN, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIANE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. IT'S OUR PLEASURE. >> STAY SAFE HERE. AND CONCERNS ARE GROWING ABOUT STRONG WINDS FURTHER SPREADING. THOSE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. NOW, FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING INCOMING LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL HELP THEIR BATTLE. >> ABC'S MOLA LENGHI HAS THE LATEST. >> COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER FORCEFUL WILDFIRES SCORCHED OVER 100,000 ACRES NEAR LOS ANGELES IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. A CAR COLLECTION MELTED BY THE FAST MOVING FIRE. MORE THAN 19,000 RESIDENTS THERE ARE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS. >> THE DEVASTATING AIRPORT FIRE FORCING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO FLEE. >> SOME COMING HOME TO FIND NOTHING LEFT. WE PACKED UP THE KIDS AND GOT OUT OF THERE. NOT. COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, WE WE HEARD OUR HOUSE IS JUST LEVELED. >> JOE CARUSO AND HIS FAMILY LOST THE HOME HE GREW UP IN, BUILT BY HIS FATHER IN THE EIGHTIES. >> JUST SEEING THE BURNT OUT SHELL WHEN THE VIDEO PASSED OVER ON THE NEWS WAS. YEAH, IT JUST YOU GOT A SINKING FEELING IN YOUR HEART. >> SCORCHING TEMPERATURES. MAKING THIS A COMPLICATED JOB FOR FIREFIGHTERS. BUT IT COOLED DOWN TODAY HOPING TO AID THE FIGHT. IN HIGHLAND BURT LAND ACROSS HILLSIDE THIS HOME NOW JUST ASH ON ITS FOUNDATION THE LINE FIRE WITH MORE THAN 36,000 ACRES BURNING AT 18% CONTAINMENT, DISPLACING OVER 100,000 PEOPLE. >> EVEN THE ASH WAS FALLING AND. >> IT WAS JUST HARD TO BREATHE . ABC'S MOLA LENGHI JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. WHAT'S THE LATEST? WELL, DIANE, FIREFIGHTERS STILL BATTLING DESPERATELY TO TRY TO GET THE HAND ON THESE FAST MOVING FIRES THAT SPANNED FOUR COUNTIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FUELED BY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION, HEAT. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE GOVERNOR DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY THROUGHOUT SEVERAL COUNTIES HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AFTER. THE FIRES HAVE DESTROYED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF HOMES, REDUCING THEM TO RUBBLE, FORCING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE. SO THE BRIDGE FIRE IN, LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, THAT IS THE LARGEST ACTIVE FIRE IN THESE THREE FIRES. THAT REMAINS 0% CONTAINED. THE LINE FIRE WITH MORE THAN 36,000 ACRES BURNING IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THAT'S DISPLACED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE. THAT SITS AT 18% CONTAINMENT THIS MORNING. AND THE AIRPORT FIRE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THAT ALSO EXTENDS INTO ORANGE COUNTY, THAT'S INJURED ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE. IT'S AT 5% CONTAINMENT. SO FIREFIGHTERS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, STILL HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL FIGHTING THESE FIRES. BUT THEY ARE HOPING WITH SOME FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, THEY CAN MAKE SOME MORE PROGRESS. DIANE. >> AND NEARLY 6000 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THERE ON THE FIRE LINES. AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE AIRCRAFT ALSO. SO WHAT MORE CAN THEY DO AT THIS POINT? MOHLER TO TRY TO GET THIS FIRE UNDER CONTROL? >> YES, DIANE, A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS THAT FIREFIGHTERS FACING. THOSE CONDITIONS WILL OBVIOUSLY IMPACT THE FIRES AND FIREFIGHTERS ABILITY TO CONTAIN AND CONTROL THOSE. FIRE CREWS, AS WE MENTIONED, HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS HERE IN THE LAST 24, 36 HOURS WITH SOME TEMPERATURES, SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES AFTER WE SAW EXTREME PRIOR TO THAT, THE DAYS IN THE INITIAL DAYS OF THE FIRES, WHICH REALLY LED TO THE EXPLODING FOOTPRINT OF FIRES INITIALLY. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME TRIPLE DIGIT HEATS THROUGHOUT THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, MAKING FOR SOME VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS HERE ON THE GROUND FOR FIREFIGHTERS. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO COOL DOWN. HOPEFULLY WILL MAKE FOR SOME FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS. WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING INCREASED WINDS, WHICH, OF COURSE, DIANE, COULD HELP SPREAD FLAMES. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC'S MOLA LENGHI STAY SAFE FROM ALL A THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR MUSIC MOGUL. SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS, A NEW SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT INCLUDING CLAIMS HE DENIED A WOMAN FOOD AND SLEEP. PLUS, HOW HE'S RESPONDING RESPONDING WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS . WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY FROM, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM FBI. REPORTING FROM THE U.S. IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. IT'S LUNCH IN AMERICA. >> SO WHY DON'T WE SERVE THAT? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING? >> NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS. MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> WE HAVE THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS MATTHEW PERRY DOING KETAMINE? >> HOW HE GET IT AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH? IN THE CASE OF MATTHEW PERRY, IT WAS KIND OF THE PERFECT STORM IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2023, HE WAS GETTING 6 TO 8 SHOTS OF KETAMINE A DAY. FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO DOCTORS, ALL ARRESTED. MATTHEW PERRY WAS A MONEY STREAM FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. >> IT IS VERY ODD TO LIVE IN A WORLD IF YOU DIED, IT WOULD SHOCK PEOPLE. BUT SURPRISE, NO ONE WHAT HAPPENED TO MATTHEW PERRY NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, FORMER PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE HEADING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY'RE ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE WITH STOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, TRUMP HEADING TO ARIZONA AND NEVADA AS HE CALLS THE DEBATE HIS BEST EVER . ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. HEY, DIANE, GOOD MORNING. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA AND DONALD TRUMP ARE BACK OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FACING OFF ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. THE TWO DID MEET AGAIN JUST HOURS AFTER THEY GOT OFF THE STAGE, SHARING A VERY HANDSHAKE AT GROUND ZERO AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING THE VICTIMS, THE 911 ATTACKS. TODAY, TRUMP WILL TRY TO TURN THE PAGE HE IS STILL INSISTING THIS WAS HIS GREATEST DEBATE EVER. BUT HIS ALLIES OVER ON CAPITOL HILL SEE THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY. THEY CALLED THIS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUMP. THEY WANTED HIM TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES ON POLICY. SENATOR KEVIN CRAMER SAID THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT INSTEAD TREATED IT LIKE A MINI CAMPAIGN RALLY. TODAY, TRUMP WILL BE OUT WEST. HE'LL BE HOLDING AN EVENT IN. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS TWO RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. THAT'S A STATE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WANTS TO HANG ON TO IN ORDER TO CLINCH THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. HARRIS STILL FACES THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO DEFINE HERSELF TO VOTERS WHO WANT LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HER. BUT SHE IS HOPING TO SEIZE ON ANY FROM THAT DEBATE AND ESPECIALLY THAT ENDORSEMENT FROM TAYLOR. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LINK THAT TAYLOR SWIFT POSTED DRIVING PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE GOT MORE THAN 300,000 VISITS. SO IF NOT ONLY SAYING THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET, BUT SHE'S ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HER YOUNGER FANS, TO GET OUT AND REGISTER AND VOTE. DIANE. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT THANK YOU. AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, MERRICK GARLAND, IS VOWING NOT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SET TO DELIVER REMARKS TO THE DEPARTMENT AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNS THAT IF HE'S ELECTED, HE PLANS TO PROSECUTE SCORES OF PEOPLE HE CLAIMS ARE CORRUPT. ABC NEWS JUSTICE REPORTER ALEX MALLIN JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. ALEX MERRICK GARLAND SET TO SPEAK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WORKFORCE TODAY. WHAT SHE EXPECTED TO SAY AND WHY NOW. >> YEAH, DIANE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SPEECH ALL ABOUT WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ARE JUST DOJ NORMS, WHICH HE SAYS IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ISOLATED FROM THE POLITICS OF THE THAT IT IS NOT TO BE TAMPERED WITH OR AFFECTED BY ANY OR ANY OTHER POLITICAL PERSON. THEY ESSENTIALLY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS GOING TO GO OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOJ WORKFORCE TODAY. AND IT'S AN ANNUAL HE GIVES, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT. JUST MONTHS AWAY FROM THE 2024 ELECTION. AND IT COMES OBVIOUSLY AS, WE'VE HEARD IN RECENT WEEKS THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES RAMPING UP THIS IDEA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE ONCE HE RETURNS TO POWER . HE'S REELECTED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AS A TOOL TO GO AFTER IN POLITICAL WAYS. >> BASICALLY THE TRUTH, SOCIAL POST OVER THE WEEKEND I THINK REFLECTS ON THAT, WHERE HE SAID THAT HE WOULD BE SEEKING LONG TERM PRISON SENTENCES FOR ELECTION OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN WHAT HE CALLS CHEATING IN THE 2020 AND 2024 ELECTION. AND I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL COMING OUT TODAY OBVIOUSLY IS A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT. AND BEING A FORMER JUDGE THAT HE IS YOU KNOW, HE SPEAKS VERY PURPOSEFULLY WITH ALL OF THESE WITH ANY THAT HE UTTERS FROM A PUBLIC PODIUM. >> DIANE AND ALEX IN TUESDAY'S DEBATE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN ACCUSED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF BEING WEAPONIZED AGAINST HIM. HAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RESPONDING TO THAT? WELL, IN THIS SPEECH TODAY, HE'S SET TO REBUKE PEOPLE WHO HE SAYS ARE SPREADING CONSPIRACIES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN DIRECT THREATS AGAINST THE LIVES OF CAREER DOJ OFFICIALS. AND REGARDLESS OF WHO TAKES POWER COME THIS NOVEMBER, WHO IS WHO IS ELECTED IN THIS ELECTION, THESE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOJ CAREER OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO REMAIN IN THE DEPARTMENT. HE'S GOING TO TRY AND ASSURE THEM AGAIN, YOU MAY CONFRONT ISSUES WHERE YOU KNOW YOUR CHALLENGE PROFESSIONALLY, BUT IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT STICKING TO THE NORMS. AND HE'S CONSTANTLY RESPONDED TO ATTACKS ON DOJ, SAYING IT'S POLITICIZED BY POINTING TO THE FACT THAT WAS A SPECIAL COUNSEL THAT PROSECUTED THE PRESIDENT'S SON, HUNTER BIDEN. TWO CASES THAT WERE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM, AND ALSO CASES LIKE THE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST NEW JERSEY. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ . THOSE ARE INSTANCES IN WHICH HE MAINTAINS THAT IT SHOWS PROOF THE DOJ IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE POLITICAL STRIPES OF THE PEOPLE, THAT IT PROSECUTES DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS JUSTICE REPORTER ALEX MALLIN. >> ALEX, THANK YOU. COMING UP, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES IS SPEAKING OUT IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE BEING STRIPPED OF HER BRONZE MEDAL. WHAT SHE THINKS IS REALLY BEHIND THE DECISION. >> AND A GREAT MORNING AMERICA. WOW. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. OH, YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. >> A LOT GOING ON HERE. >> EVERY DAY YOU DON'T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I'M IN. I'M IN. I'M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO HAPPY I'M HERE. I KNEW MICHAEL FOR, LIKE, WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND WITH SCOUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. TONIGHT THE TRACK OF FRANCE SEE THE DAMAGE AS. MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. WHY SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> IT'S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. >> SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY ,BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON, "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU THAT THREE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT TOO. >> HI, I'M ANDY. >> AND I'M SABRINA AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY DAY, LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOVE REALLY? >> WE LOVE POP CULTURE. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP MOMS. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. I'M ERIELLE RESHEF IN NORWALK, CONNECTICUT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, DISGRACED MUSIC MOGUL SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS IS FACING NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS. A MEMBER OF COMBS, HIS 25 GIRL GROUP, DANITY KANE, IS ACCUSING HIM OF ABUSING HER FOR YEARS. IT COMES DAYS AFTER A $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN A SEPARATE CASE. ANDREA FUJII HAS MORE DETAILS. >> NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS IN A NEW LAWSUIT. >> DON RASHAD, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE COMBS, FORMED A GROUP DANITY KANE ACCUSES HIM OF TERRORIZING AND ABUSING HER FOR YEARS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS, IN MY OPINION, THE NUMBER ONE WORST INDUSTRY FOR WHEN IT COMES TO ABUSE. THE METOO MOVEMENT LARGELY BYPASSED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> RASHAD AND COMBS WORKED TOGETHER. >> MTV'S MAKING THE BAND THREE AND FOUR. IT WAS THEN, RASHAD SAID. COMBS DEPRIVED MS.. RASHAD AND HER DANITY BANDMATES OF BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS ADEQUATE FOOD AND SLEEP. RASHAD ACCUSES COMBS OF KEEPING SOME OF HER EARNINGS AND SUBJECTING HER TO YEARS OF INHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED GROPING AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AMONG OTHER VIOLATIONS. RASHAD IS THE EIGHTH PERSON TO ACCUSE COMBS OF ABUSE. SHE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE WITNESSED HIM BEATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, CASSIE VENTURA, WHO LAST YEAR SUED COMBS, CLAIMING PHYSICAL AND ABUSE. SECURITY VIDEO SHOWED COMBS ATTACK VENTURA AT A HOTEL 2016. COMBS SETTLED THAT LAWSUIT WITHIN A DAY WITH NO ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING. IN MARCH, FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED HIS HOMES IN L.A. AND FLORIDA, SOURCES SAY, IN CONNECTION TO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION. AS FOR RASHAD'S ACCUSATIONS, SAYS HE'S INNOCENT, SAYING SHE MANUFACTURED A SERIES OF FALSE ALL IN THE HOPES OF TRYING TO GET A PAYDAY. CONVENIENTLY TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH HER ALBUM RELEASE AND PRESS TOUR. ANDREA FUJII, THANK YOU. AND OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING STRIPPED OF A BRONZE MEDAL FROM THE PARIS GAMES. SHE'S OPENING UP ABOUT WHY SHE BELIEVES IT WAS TAKEN AWAY AND NOW SHE'S VOWING TO FIGHT TO KEEP THAT MEDAL. ABC'S EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. >> IT WAS THIS FUN, EXCITING FLOOR ROUTINE THAT ENDED IN CONTROVERSY AND DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER JORDAN CHILES BRONZE MEDAL WAS STRIPPED. >> THE BIGGEST THING I WAS SEEING FROM ME WAS THAT IT WAS A RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS. >> CHILES NOW SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HER OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE. >> TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDAL . IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MY SKIN COLOR. >> CHILES EARNING HER SPOT ON THE MEDAL STAND IN AN EXTREMELY CLOSE FINISH. >> HER COACHES FILING AN INQUIRY INTO HER DIFFICULTY. SCORE TO THE JUDGES WHO DETERMINED SHE SHOULD BE AWARDED AN EXTRA 10TH. ENOUGH TO PUSH FROM FIFTH PLACE TO THIRD. OVER TO ROMANIA. GYMNAST. BUT THE COURT OF ARBITRATION AVOIDING THAT INQUIRY DUE TO A TIMING TECHNICALITY, SAYING HER APPEAL TO CHANGE HER DEGREE IN DIFFICULTY SCORE WAS FILED 4 SECONDS TOO LATE, GIVING THE BRONZE MEDAL TO ROMANIA'S ANA BARBOSU. I JUST FELT LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME WHO I THAT COULD SUPPORT ME IN THAT SITUATION. MEANWHILE, CHARLES'S TEAMMATES HAVE ALSO COME TO HER DEFENSE, SIMONE BILES SAYING SHE WANTS JUSTICE FOR JORDAN. >> THIS NOT THE FIRST TIME. THE ISSUE OF RACE AND INEQUALITY IN SCORES HAS BEEN RAISED. UCLA GYMNAST NIA DENNIS MARK Z A FRAZIER CANDID ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY ARE SUBJECTIVITY IN THE SPORT. >> BEING A BLACK WOMAN IN GENERAL, YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO RAISE THE BAR FOR YOURSELF HIGHER THAN MOST TO GET HALF AS FAR AS YOUR WHITE COUNTERPARTS. BUT IN A TOUCHING MOMENT AT LAST NIGHT'S VMAS, RAPPER FLAVOR GIVING JORDAN HIS OWN MEDAL BEFORE THE TWO INTRODUCED THE AWARD FOR BEST COLLABORATION. I GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM USA GYMNASTICS AS IT SUPPORTS CHILES AND SAYS IT PLANS TO APPEAL TO THE SWISS FEDERAL TRIBUNAL. DIANE? >> ALL RIGHT, EVA PILGRIM, THANK YOU. COMING UP, NEW DETAILS IN JUST TIMBERLAKE'S DWI CASE, WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE POP STAR'S PLEA DEAL. >> ALSO AHEAD, A FIRST LOOK AT OPRAH'S CRASH COURSE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WHAT TOP TECH LEADERS ARE TELLING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A.I.. PLUS, JON BON JOVI'S ROCK STAR RESCUE, HOW HE SAVED A WOMAN IN DISTRESS ON THE LEDGE OF A BRIDGE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET, FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA. THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHAT? LET'S GO. THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOD. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN ARMOR ARMOR EVER. IT DOESN'T ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS? >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> ABC NEWS. THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE WHENEVER, WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, EVOLVED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. THANK YOU. BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN, ABC NEWS LIVE FROM WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE QUESTION IS WHY WAS MATTHEW PERRY DOING KETAMINE? HOW DID HE GET IT? AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH? IN THE CASE OF MATTHEW PERRY, IT WAS KIND OF THE STORM. IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2023, HE WAS GETTING 6 TO 8 SHOTS OF KETAMINE A DAY. FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO DOCTORS, ALL ARRESTED. MATTHEW PERRY WAS A MONEY FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. IT IS VERY ODD TO LIVE IN WORLD WHERE IF YOU DIED IT WOULD SHOCK PEOPLE. BUT SURPRISE ONE WHAT HAPPENED TO MATTHEW PERRY? >> NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR. STREAMING WITH US HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS THURSDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE'S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. FRANCINE IS MOVING NORTH AFTER LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH LOUISIANA. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AFTER MAKING LANDFALL NEAR MORGAN CITY AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. CARS WERE STRANDED IN NEW ORLEANS AMID HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE WITHOUT POWER. NOW, EIGHT STATES ACROSS THE SOUTH ARE UNDER AND FLOOD ALERTS FROM LOUISIANA TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES DEBATE. HARRIS IS SET TO HOLD TWO RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA TOMORROW, AS HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE. MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS HEADING OUT WEST. SPEAKING AT AN EVENT IN ARIZONA TODAY BEFORE A RALLY IN NEVADA TOMORROW. SENTIMENT PRODUCTS ARE BEING RECALLED IN AT LEAST FIVE STATES DUE TO ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD. CONSUMER REPORTS FOOD SCIENTIST TESTED 36 GROUND CINNAMON PRODUCTS IN SPICE BLENDS AND FOUND ELEVATED OF LEAD IN 12 OF THEM. >> EXPERTS SAY REPEATED LEAD EXPOSURE CAN HINDER DEVELOPMENT AND CAUSE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE. IT'S MOST DANGEROUS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN. FDA SAYS ANY RECALLED ITEMS SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT IMMEDIATELY. NOW, SOME BRANDS ARE ALSO VOLUNTARILY PULLING THEIR PRODUCTS FROM SHELVES. AND JON BON JOVI AND HIS ASSISTANT ARE BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING WOMAN'S LIFE. THE ROCK STAR HELPED AN APPARENTLY DISTRESSED WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF THIS BRIDGE IN NASHVILLE. THEY HAD BEEN FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO NEARBY WHEN SPOTTED HER AND CONVINCED HER TO CLIMB BACK TO SAFETY. ON THE SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, WE DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS, INCLUDING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, SUBSTANCE USE OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS TEXTER, DIAL NINE EIGHT, EIGHT. FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE 24/7. >> OPRAH WINFREY'S INTO THE WORLD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A NEW SPECIAL AIRING TONIGHT ON. THE STAR SHARES HER FEARS ABOUT A.I. WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS BEHIND THE MOVEMENT. SHE'S ALSO TESTING OUT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY HERSELF. >> REBECCA JARVIS SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. TAKE A LOOK. IN YOUR SEVEN DECADES HERE ON EARTH. WHERE DO YOU PUT A.I., REBECCA? WE ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF OUR LIVES IN AN ALL NEW PRIMETIME SPECIAL A.I. IN THE FUTURE OF US. OPRAH WINFREY IS TAKING DEEP DIVE INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LIFE FOR ALL OF US IS ABOUT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT. >> I REALLY THINK YOU ARE A GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR THIS TOPIC BECAUSE. YOU CAN COME AT IT FROM A VERY REAL AND CURIOUS POINT OF VIEW. >> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS MYSELF AS THE SURROGATE VIEWER. I KNOW I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I KNOW THAT THE OTHER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ARE ,FEELING THE SAME. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A.I.? WELL, I HAVE TO SAY I HAD NO ENCOUNTER WITH A.I. UNTIL MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH SAM ALTMAN. >> JUST TAKE ME TO 2035. >> I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY WHERE ALL THIS CAN GO WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON. >> AND AFTER HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT ALL THE THINGS IT COULD DO, I'M SAYING, OKAY, DON'T BE SCARED. >> DON'T BE SCARED. YOU CAN GET THE CHATGPT APP. AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS ASKING A.I. FOR AIRBNB LISTINGS, AND IT WAS MIRACULOUS TO ME THAT BEFORE YOU CAN PRACTICALLY FINISH THE REQUEST ,THE ANSWER HAS COME BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU USE CHATGPT. DO YOU SAY PLEASE? YESTERDAY I WAS ASKING A QUESTION AND. I SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE RING? AND I REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY PLEASE. >> YEAH, I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. YEAH, WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN THE ROBOTS TAKE OVER, THEY WILL REMEMBER YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS. >> WHILE MANY EMBRACE AI. 52% OF AMERICANS ARE MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED ABOUT IT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO ARE PROBABLY AND HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY USED IT IN A KNOWING WAY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHOULD HONOR IT AND HAVE A REVERENCE FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND RESPECT, BECAUSE I THINK GOING TO CHANGE IN WAYS THAT ARE UNMATCHED MINEABLE FOR THE GOOD. AND JUST AS THERE IS FOR THE GOOD THERE'S THE YIN AND YANG OF EVERYTHING. AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. >> NOW IS THE TIME. >> A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION. SUCH A BIG, BIG TOPIC. AND YOU CAN SEE AI AND THE FUTURE OF US ON OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL TONIGHT AT EASTERN ON ABC. AND MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH TONIGHT ON "NIGHTLINE". >> DIANE REBECCA JARVIS, THANK . >> AND ABC'S CONTRIBUTOR GROUP TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. >> MIKE SO MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO THIS WHERE YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IT MAYBE YOU CAN USE IT A LITTLE BUT YOU KNOW YOU COULD BE DOING SO MUCH MORE WITH IT. >> AND YET WHO HAS TIME TO START TAKING COURSES AND SO ON. >> SO WHAT'S YOUR QUICK TIP? SORT OF HOW TO LEARN THE RIGHT WAY TO USE A.I. AND MAKE THE OF IT? >> DIANE I THINK NOW AMERICA WILL GET IT. I'VE BEEN TELLING AMERICANS NOT TO BE SCARED, BUT I'M SURE NOW THAT OPRAH SAYS IT, AMERICA'S NOT GOING TO BE SCARED. AMERICA, I'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME NOW. I THINK THEY REALLY DO HIGHLIGHT WHAT OPRAH JUST SAID IS NOT TO BE SCARED OF IT. USE IT WITH DISCIPLINE. I'VE BEEN SAYING MAKE SURE THAT GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATIONS PUT GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT AIR DOESN'T GET OFF GUARDRAILS. LIKE YOU SAID, DIANE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE CLASSES. BUT HOW I WILL ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO THINK ABOUT IS WHEN DO YOU HAVE A MAYBE A DEFICIT IT RIGHT. MAYBE YOU'RE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND YOU MAY HAD THE BUDGET OR THE CAPITAL TO DO STATISTIC MARKETING ON YOUR OWN . WHY NOT THINK ABOUT IT FROM A MARKETING PLACE TO THE COSTS OF YOUR MARKETING BUDGET? IF YOU ARE A LOVED ONE THAT HAS MAYBE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY, HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT THE AID TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN ENHANCE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE AND LIFESTYLE? USING A.I. MAYBE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY YOURSELF. HOW CAN YOU USE A.I. TOOLS TO HELP MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE FUNCTIONAL? BOTH AND MORE INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY? IN PARTICULAR IN AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ADA MEASURES? >> MIKE I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU THE SPOT HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OR JUST ONE HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS HERE, EXAMPLE, BUT THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT I'LL MAKE YOUR IPHONE OR YOUR GOOGLE PHONE IN PARTICULAR THAT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE YOU RECOGNIZE WHEN OBJECTS AT YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED THAT WILL RECOGNIZE WHEN OBJECTS ARE IN YOUR WAY AS YOU'RE WALKING. IT CAN ALSO TO HELP YOU IF YOU HAD HEARING CHALLENGES. IT WILL HELP YOU WITH AUDIO, WITH VISUAL CUES TO ASSIST AND OFFSET THE VISUAL THAT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE HAVING. AND SO THOSE ARE TOOLS AND FUNCTIONALITY THAT CAN HELP WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING PLANS. YOU CAN USE A CHATGPT AND YOU CAN PUT IN THE INPUT, SAY THINGS LIKE HI, I HAVE A BAKERY, I HAVE A SPECIFIC GERMAN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE, I KNOW MY DEMOGRAPHIC. THIS ZIP CODE LIKES CHOCOLATE. >> CAN YOU HELP ME CREATE A DIGITAL AD CAMPAIGN AND A CAPTION THAT WILL APPEAL TO THAT ZIP CODE? >> SPECIFICALLY THAT CAN USE YOUR TEACHING TARGETING TO GET THEM TO WANT TO COME INTO MY BAKERY PHYSICALLY OR TO ORDER ONLINE. AND IT'LL JUST SPIT OUT THAT MARKETING PLAN FOR YOU. FASCINATING MIKE WE ALSO HEARD OPRAH TALK ABOUT THIS YIN AND YANG TO EVERYTHING. SO WHAT KIND OF TRADEOFFS ARE THERE WHEN IT COMES TO USING A.I.? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER? WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF PRIVACY OTHER CONCERNS WHILE ALSO KNOWING HOW MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO IF YOU DO EMBRACE THIS TECHNOLOGY? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. WHEN YOU ARE INPUTTING THINGS INTO GENERATIVE AI PRODUCTS, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AT CHATGPT, YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT YOU DON'T PUT PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DATA INTO INTO PRODUCTS. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME POSSIBLY JUST YOUR FIRST NAME IN A LAST INITIAL. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR STREET ADDRESS RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS WOULD BE CAPTURED. AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS NO PERSONAL DEMOGRAPHIC. AND ALSO TO THE MOST IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL, DIANE, THAT AS OF NOW NOT ALL A.I. PRODUCTS ARE MADE THE SAME. AND SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WHAT THE A.I. IS SPITTING OUT TO ENSURE ITS ACCURACY. >> AGAIN, BECAUSE NOT ALL A.I. PRODUCTS ARE MADE THE SAME. >> ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR GOOGLE TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I DIANE AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A TRAFFIC VIOLATION IN HIS DWI CASE. THE POP STAR'S ATTORNEY INITIALLY SAID HE WOULD FIGHT THE CHARGES. NOW HE'S SET TO TO THE HAMPTONS TO APPEAR IN COURT. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT HAS THE LATEST. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO CATCH UP. >> MEGASTAR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SHOOTING UP, RECORD PREPARING TO TAKE A PLEA DEAL AT HIS HIGHLY PUBLICIZED DWI CASE. >> SO IF I COULD JUST. >> SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS TIMBERLAKE APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE ON FRIDAY TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A LESSER TRAFFIC INFRACTION. HE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO PAY A FINE BUT AVOID ANY MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. INITIALLY, HIS ATTORNEY SAID TIMBERLAKE WOULD VIGOROUSLY CONTEST HIS DWI. >> HE WAS NOT INTOXICATED. I'LL IT AGAIN. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WAS NOT INTOXICATED. >> SO WE KNOW THAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S LEGAL TEAM PLANNED TO FIGHT THE CHARGES. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FIGHTING THE CHARGES STARTS BEFORE TRIAL. IF THERE'S A WAY TO RESOLVE IT AMICABLY, THEN THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS GOING TO DO THAT. >> BACK IN MID-JUNE, THE TEN TIME GRAMMY WINNER HAD BEEN OUT AT HAMPTONS HOTSPOT, THE AMERICAN HOTEL. HE GOT INTO HIS GRAY BMW CAPTURED HERE ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. BUT HE HE RAN A STOP SIGN AND SWERVED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. POLICE QUOTED HIM SAYING I HAD ONE MARTINI AND I FOLLOWED MY FRIEND'S HOME. BUT AN OFFICER TIMBERLAKE'S EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS EMANATING FROM HIS BREATH. POLICE SAID TIMBERLAKE WAS UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET AND PERFORMED POORLY ON A SOBRIETY TEST. HE REFUSED A CHEMICAL TEST. PHOTOS FROM DAILYMAIL.COM SHOW TIMBERLAKE BEING LED IN A COURT IN HANDCUFFS AFTER HE SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL. >> IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK. >> THE SINGER SONGWRITER WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORLD TOUR TO PROMOTE HIS LATEST ALBUM, EVERYTHING. I THOUGHT IT WAS ADDRESSING THE CONTROVERSY ON STAGE IN RECENT TIMES, OF WHICH HE CALLED LOVELY LOVING ME FOR GOOD TEN, 12 YEARS. >> HE WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST POP STARS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. BUT THINGS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT. AND WHENEVER ANYBODY'S FAMOUS, THERE TENDS TO BE A BACKLASH, WHICH THERE HAS BEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE DWI CASE DIDN'T REALLY HELP THE INFRACTION TIMBERLAKE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TYPICALLY REQUIRES A 30 DAY LICENSE SUSPENSION AND A FINE. DIANE REACHED OUT TO TIMBERLAKE'S LAWYER, WHO TOLD US HE'S NOT YET READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLEA DEAL EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY. >> DIANE SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY CIVILIANS. THE HISTORY MAKING MOMENT A BILLIONAIRE AND ENGINEER CLIMBED OUT OF AN OPEN HATCH AND STEPPED OUT. THIS WORLD. >> TONIGHT, THE TRACK AND SEE THE DAMAGE. MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST? >> WHAT WILL THEY BE WEARING ON TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT? THE FASHION, THE STYLE AND THE STARS TOMORROW. ROBINS IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A FASHION PREVIEW AT THE EMMYS. PLUS, A FIRST LOOK AT HER EMMYS SPECIAL. SO CRAZY TOMORROW ON, "GMA". >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER, THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU SEE NEWS LINE YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN CATCHING UP SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. >> NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY IT'S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HEALTH, YOUR MONEY, BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE, THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS, AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. THAT'S COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL FIGURE THAT. THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> THREE TO. WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE FOR A SPACIOUS EXCUSE ME SPACEX HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS. TECH BILLIONAIRE ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER SARAH GILLIES PERFORM THE FIRST PRIVATE SPACEWALK WALK HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE EARTH. IT'S A HIGH RISK ENDEAVOR. PREVIOUSLY RESERVED FOR PROFESSIONAL ASTRONAUTS. >> ABC'S TREVOR AULT HAS THAT STORY. >> THERE IS OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE FORWARD HISTORY IN SPACE EXPLORATION WITH THE FIRST SPACEWALK FROM A COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. >> BACK AT HOME WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO FROM HERE. >> BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER SARA GILLIES, THE FIRST HUMANS ON A PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT TO WALK IN SPACE. PART OF THE POLARIS DAWN SPACE MISSION PARTNERSHIP WITH ELON MUSK, SPACEX, THE OFFICIAL LAUNCHING FROM SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER UNFAVORABLE WEATHER. >> WEEKS OF DELAYS. VERY, VERY EXCITED TO FLY ON MY FAVORITE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. >> A FOUR PERSON TEAM HEADING UP INTO SPACE ALONG WITH AND GILLIS MEDICAL OFFICER AND AND MISSION PILOT SCOTT PETITE ALSO ON BOARD AND AROUND 7 A.M. THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZING. >> HISTORY WAS MADE AND A HATCH IS OPEN ISAACMAN AND GILLIS FLOATING OUT ALONG THAT EXTENDED SKYWALKER JUST BESIDE THE CAPSULE. MEN IN AND PETITE INSIDE TO ENSURE EVERYTHING RAN ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE DRAGON CAPSULE HAS NO AIRLOCK, SO ALL FOUR CREW MEMBERS WERE EXPOSED TO VACUUM OF SPACE. THE POLARIS MISSION ALSO MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE SPACE X ENGINEERED EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY SPACESUITS OR EVA HAVE BEEN TESTED IN SPACE, WITH HOPES THAT ONE DAY WE COULD USE THEM FOR MISSIONS TO MARS. THE SPACE COMPANY SAYS ON THEIR WEBSITE, BUILDING A BASE ON THE MOON AND A CITY MARS WILL REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF SPACE SUITS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUIT AND THE EXECUTION OF THE EVA WILL BE IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARD A SCALABLE DESIGN FOR SPACESUITS ON FUTURE LONG DURATION. AND DIANE, BECAUSE THIS IS A CIVILIAN OF THIS FOUR PERSON TEAM, JARED ISAACMAN, THE BILLIONAIRE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD EVER BEEN TO SPACE BEFORE. IN FACT, TWO OF THE CREW MEMBERS, THE TWO WOMEN ON BOARD. THEY HAD SPENT YEARS TRAINING OTHER ASTRONAUTS, BUT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN. >> WHAT A TRIP. ABC'S TREVOR ALL THANK YOU AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR RETIRED ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> KATIE, THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE EVER CONDUCTED A SPACEWALK AND ARE ONE OF THEM. SO WHAT IS IT LIKE? >> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY ACTUALLY I HAVE TRAINED FOUR SPACEWALKS AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE QUALIFIED IN SPACEWALKING THAT I COULD GO ON A SPACE STATION MISSION. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WAS SO HARD DO WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT SPACESUITS TO FIT ME. AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT TODAY ALL ABOUT. >> NOW, THESE COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS WERE CONDUCTING A SERIES OF SUIT MOBILITY TESTS KIND OF TO THAT POINT. THE ENTIRE CAPSULE AT ONE POINT WAS EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. HOW RISKY IS A MISSION LIKE THIS? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK SPACEX IS HOPING TO LEARN FROM IT? I THINK THAT THEY'VE DONE A BUNCH OF WORK TO GET TO GET SOME OF THE BASICS OF HOW DO WE DESIGN NEW SUITS? THINKING, HOW CAN WE MAKE MORE OF THEM? I MEAN, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'VE WE MEANING NASA'S I'M RETIRED FROM THERE NOW BUT YOU KNOW HAVE STRUGGLED AND NOW YOU KNOW IN THE MAKING OF THE NEW SUITS FOR THE MOON PROGRAM THEY'RE WORKING AT MAKING THEM MORE MOBILE, MORE ABOUT PEOPLE. >> I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THIS IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN APPROACH OF HOW CAN WE BUILD THE MOBILITY INTO THAT SUIT USING THING, THE WAY THE FABRIC ITSELF IS SEWN TO EACH OTHER AND CAUSE A SPACESUIT, A SPACESUIT FOR SPACEWALKING THAT IS YOUR OWN PRIVATE SPACE SHIP IN THE IN THE SHAPE OF A HUMAN. >> AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR LIFE SUPPORT. AND WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS DEMONSTRATION IS THAT YOU CAN I MEAN, TO DEMONSTRATE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. ONCE YOU'RE THAT SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO WORK. IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK, CHANGE THE DESIGN. AND IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, HOW WAS MOBILITY? COULD WE MOVE? AND ALSO CAN THE SYSTEMS TAKE IT, WHICH DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO IF WE DEPRESSURIZE THE SPACE CAPSULE SO THAT WE CAN DO THIS WORK. SO WE LEARNED A LOT. IT'S NOT SORT OF SEXY IN A WAY, BUT THERE WERE REALLY BASIC THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT MORE DATA ON THAT ARE IMPORTANT. >> SO WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THIS NOW BEING DONE BY NON-PRO ALL ASTRONAUTS? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND SPACE TOURISM? >> WELL I'M I MEAN, I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN IN SPACE AND SPENT ALMOST SIX MONTHS UP ON THE SPACE STATION AND THIS I MEAN, IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US AND THAT VIEW OF THE EARTH AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. YOU HEARD GERARD WHEN HE SAID WHEN HE, YOU KNOW, CLIMBED OUT THE DOOR THERE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EARTH LOOKS PERFECT FROM HERE. BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT VIEW AND COME BACK HERE AND DO THE WORK. THEY KNOW CAN DO. AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED ALL ASPECTS OF SPACEFLIGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE MECHANIZED AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES OFTEN CAN TAKE BIG LEAPS WITH HARDWARE THAT THE FEDERAL HAS A HARDER TIME DOING, AND BY DOING THAT, THEY ACTUALLY LEAPFROG ALL OF US AHEAD. >> ALL RIGHT. RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN. CADY, THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU. >> IT'S COOL TO SEE. IT IS. THAT'S FOR SURE. COMING. >> THE SHOWSTOPPING PERFORMANCES AT THE VMAS, SABRINA CARPENTER WENT OUT OF THIS WORLD. KATY PERRY WENT FLYING HIGH. AND TAYLOR SWIFT IS MAKING HISTORY AGAIN. WILL GANSS AND MEGAN RYTE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MTV'S BIG NIGHT. >> WHENEVER NEWS WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK AS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE, ABC NEWS EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO BACK ON THE 24 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ,ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. IT'S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT DO WE SERVE IT THAT WELL? HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY? >> BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. THAT'S COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL FIGURE THAT. THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA", THE AFTERNOON. SO JOINING AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> THREE, TWO. LET'S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A FICTION MOVIE WE JUST SAW WHERE NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. >> BUT I LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WOW. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE EDGE. AND THIS TONIGHT, THE TRACK OF FRANCINE, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHAT WILL THEY BE WEARING ON TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT? >> THE FASHION, THE STYLE AND THE STARS TOMORROW. ROBBINS HOLLYWOOD WITH A FASHION PREVIEW AT THE EMMYS. PLUS, A FIRST LOOK AT HER. ANY SPECIAL SO CRAZY TOMORROW, "GMA" REPORTING FROM ARIZONA STATE CAPITAL, I'M ELIZABETH SALZMAN. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE MUSIC WORLD IS ABUZZ TODAY AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. >> FROM WINNERS TO THE PERFORMANCES, IT WAS A STAR STUDDED AFFAIR CELEBRATING THE MOST POPULAR OF THE YEAR AND THE LAST FOUR DECADES. LARA SPENCER HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS THE CROWD ASKING THE REAL SLIM SHADY TO PLEASE STAND UP AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE MOON MAN, SABRINA CARPENTER GAVE AN OUT THIS WORLD PERFORMANCE TO SAME WITH EXTRA TERRESTRIAL, AND SHE TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR SONG OF THE YEAR . >> I JUST FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE BEST, TRULY THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CHEESY, BUT I LOVE YOU, POP. PRINCESS TAYLOR SWIFT DID NOT PERFORM, BUT SHE SURE DANCE ALONG WITH CAROLE JEAN DE SINGING I DID NOTHING WITHOUT HER. SEVEN MOON MAN MADE HISTORY, OFFICIALLY MAKING HER THE MOST DECORATED SOLO ARTIST IN VMA HISTORY. >> THE MAN I, TAYLOR SWIFT, WINNING THE VIDEO OF THE YEAR AWARD. >> SHE THANKED HER SPECIAL SOMEONE I WOULD ALWAYS JUST HEAR LIKE SOMEONE LIKE, LIKE CHEERING AND LIKE, OH, THAT ONE PERSON WAS MY BOYFRIEND, TRAVIS. EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN AND MAGIC. >> LOVE WAS CLEARLY IN THE AIR. SHE LOVES THAT WHOLE HALL, AND IT'S KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE. >> ORLANDO BLOOM, KATY PERRY WITH THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD, PERRY PERFORMING A MEDLEY OF HER CHART TOPPING HITS. YOU THE FIREWORK SINGER THANKING ALL OF THOSE WHO HELPED HER THROUGHOUT HER DECADES LONG CAREER. THANK YOU TO MYSPACE, WARPED TOUR AND ALL THE BYGONE PLACES WHERE I FOUND THE VOICE, 26-YEAR-OLD CHAPEL ROOM TAKING HOME BEST NEW ARTIST CAN. YOU BELIEVE IT? WE'RE AT THE VMA AND THEE STALLION SERVING AS HOST. HER ATTEMPT AT PAYING HOMAGE. VMA QUEEN BRITNEY SPEARS DIDN'T QUITE GO AS I'LL GET THIS MAKE I KNOW THIS, MAKE THIS SMACK DOWN ON ME. >> OH, MY GOD. >> BUT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH HER ELECTRIC PERFORMANCE. >> SHE KNOWS WHO I AM. I HAVE TO SAY MY NAME. ROCK. GOD. KRAVITZ PUTTING A NEW SPIN ON ONE OF HIS HEADS WITH QUAVO AND L.L. COOL J. HOW YOU GO CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF DEF JAM RECORDS ALONGSIDE FLAVOR FLAV AND CHUCK D DOUBLE HEADER? >> IT WAS A KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE. SEE WHAT I DID THERE? LARA SPENCER. THANK YOU. AND ABC'S WILL GANSS AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ AND RADIO PERSONALITY MEGAN RYTE ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS AND TO MAKE FUN OF MY CHEESY PUNS. MEGAN, LET'S START WITH EMINEM, RIGHT? HE HAD THIS NOSTALGIC OPEN AND AT ONE POINT I HAVE TO SAY HE HAD ALL THESE LOOK ON STAGE AND WHEN HE STOOD STILL COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BUT AT ONE POINT HIS LOOK ALIKE WAS KIND OF MOVING AND IT TOOK A SECOND TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE REAL SLIM SHADY ACTUALLY WAS. SO WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS PERFORMANCE, GIVEN HIS LONG HISTORY WITH THE VMAS? ALL RIGHT, SO I FEEL LIKE I AM AT THIS AGE WHERE THE NOSTALGIA OF PERFORMANCES GIVE ME ALL OF THE FEELS. AND, YOU KNOW, EMINEM HAD A LONG HISTORY WITH THE VMAS, IS STARTING BACK IN 1999. BUT IT WAS HIS 2000 PERFORMANCE WHERE HE DEFINITELY WAS DRAWING INFORMATION, I'M SORRY, INSPIRATION FROM. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHEN I BECAME FAN, I REMEMBER JUST BEING SUPER YOUNG. I THINK I WAS LIKE 12 YEARS OLD AND I WAS WATCHING THIS PERFORMANCE AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS EVERYTHING HE GETS ON STAGE, WHICH A BUNCH OF LOOK ALIKE EMINEM'S, WHICH MAKES SENSE WHILE HE'S DRAWING FROM THAT PERFORMANCE FOR THIS YEAR'S VMAS BECAUSE HIS ALBUM IS THE DEATH OF THE REAL SLIM SHADY. SO HE PERFORMED HOUDINI. OF COURSE. NOW WE'VE GOT WIGS, SO YOU COULD TELL THINGS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE NOW IN 20, 24. BUT IT DEFINITELY WAS A CLASSIC MOMENT PERFORMING THAT AND SOMEBODY SAVE ME. FEATURING JELLY ROLL. JELLY ROLL WAS NOT. BUT YOU COULD SEE HIM ON THE BIG SCREEN. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY JUST AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE. >> EMINEM DID HIS THING. WELL, THERE WERE ALSO COUNTLESS NODS TO BRITTANY SPEARS, BOTH ON THE RED CARPET AND IN THE PERFORMANCES MEGAN THEE STALLION EVEN CAME OUT WITH THE SNAKE, THOUGH I THINK SHE MAY HAVE REGRETTED THAT ONE. BUT NO BRITTANY HERSELF. NO BRITTANY HERSELF. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN CELEBRATION OF 40 YEARS OF THE VMAS, YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE VMAS AND NOT THINK ABOUT BRITTANY SPEARS, WHETHER IT'S THE SNAKE, WHETHER KISSING MADONNA ON STAGE, WHETHER IT'S ALL OF HER FABULOUS OUTFITS, THE OUTFIT, OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN. >> BEDAZZLED BODYSUIT. SO, OF COURSE, WE DID SEE MEGAN LAST NIGHT. WE ALSO SAW TATE MCRAE DRESSED IN THAT 2001 LOOK. WE SAW SABRINA PERFORMING ON STAGE AND SABRINA SAMPLED THAT THAT ICONIC OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN. >> I THOUGHT THE OLD LADY DROPPED IT IN THE OCEAN LIKE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE. AND THEN THE KISS WITH THE ALIEN WAS A REFERENCE TO THE MADONNA THING AS WELL. SO PAYING HOMAGE, THE CURRENT PRINCESSES OF POP AND ALL OF THESE GENRES KIND OF PAYING TO THE QUEEN, WHO DID IT FOR SO MANY YEARS IN THE EARLY 2000. >> OH, AND WE'RE STILL ALL HOPING TO SEE HER DO IT AGAIN. MEGHAN, L.L. COOL J ALSO WAS THERE CELEBRATING DEF JAM 40 YEARS. HE'S THE FIRST RAP ARTIST TO RECEIVE THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD IN 1997. HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS IT TO SEE HIM BACK ON THAT STAGE, COMMEMORATING THIS LEGACY WITH SO MANY OTHER RAPPERS ALONGSIDE HIM? >> OH, IT WAS A BIG DEAL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS DIANE, BUT I LL COOL J COINED THE TERM GOAT. YOU KNOW, WE THROW AROUND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE GOAL. THIS PERSON IS THE GOAT. BUT HE COINED THAT TERM AND HE WHY HE STILL IS. THIS PERFORMANCE TO ME WAS REALLY A MASTERCLASS ON LIKE HE DID NOT MISS A BEAT. HE PERFORMED SOME ALONG WITH BRINGING OUT FLAVOR FLAV. WE TO SEE FLAVOR FLAV AND CHUCK D AND ALSO SOME NEW MOMENTS. HIS ALBUM, THE FOURTH, THE FOURTH. AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING MOMENT FOR HIP-HOP. >> ALL RIGHT. AND QUICKLY, WILL GANSS KATY PERRY, THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD, WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT MOMENT? I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S SORT OF REMINDER, WHILE KATY HAS HAD SORT OF A TUMULTUOUS LAST COUPLE OF ALBUM ROLLOUTS AND A TUMULTUOUS SUMMER, THIS REALLY REMINDED FOLKS THAT, OKAY, SHE IS SUCH A POWERHOUSE IN THE POP SPACE, ALL RIGHT? >> WILL GANSS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ, RADIO PERSONALITY, MEGAN RYTE. >> THANK YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO THE NEWS NEVER AND NEITHER DO WE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. STICK AROUND. TONIGHT THE TRACK FRENZY, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR. IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHAT WILL THEY WEARING ON TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT? >> THE FASHION, THE STYLE AND THE STARS TOMORROW. ROBINS IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A FASHION PREVIEW AT, THE EMMYS. PLUS, A FIRST LOOK AT HER EMMYS SPECIAL. SO CRAZY TOMORROW ON "GMA". >> IT'S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHY DON'T WE SERVE THEM UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? >> YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY? BREAKING NEWS, POP WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE. GOOD FOOD ALL COMING UP ON JULY. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> THREE, TWO. IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE, THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD HAVE BRAT PACK MAY NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I THE BRAT PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? LIKE I SAY, WE WERE THE BEATLES. WELL WE DIDN'T FAIL SHEA STADIUM, 1985. >> I THINK WE COULD HAVE. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS. >> THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. REPORTING FROM CAPITOL, I'M GIO BENITEZ. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOUR STREAM ABC NEWS WALL. I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, FRANCINE IS SLAMMING THE GULF COAST AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY STORM. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDERWATER. WE HAVE THE TRACK ON WHERE THE STORM IS HEADING NOW. AND THE NEW WEATHER THREAT FOR LOUISIANA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS ARE NOW RAISING FEAR WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD CLOSER TO LOS ANGELES. WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING WILL HELP THEM GAIN THE UPPER HAND. AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. THE NEW REACTIONS TO THEIR DEBATE AS THE NOMINEES PREPARE TO SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE. >> BUT WE BEGIN, FRANCINE, NOW MOVING INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AS A DANGEROUS TROPICAL. THE STORM MADE LANDFALL IN TERRIBLE PARISH, LOUISIANA YESTERDAY AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. IT BROUGHT 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS RIPPING THE ROOFS OFF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND TOPPLING TREES AND UTILITY POLES. >> NOW, FRANCINE POSING A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE SOUTHEAST. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED NEARLY TEN INCHES OF RAINFALL. MORE THAN 300,000 HOMES ACROSS LOUISIANA ARE WITHOUT POWER, WHILE MISSISSIPPI REPORTS MORE THAN 50,000 CUSTOMERS THERE HAVE NO POWER. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING WITH ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST. STANDING BY WITH THE STORM'S TRACK. SO IKE THIS WAS NOT A DIRECT ON NEW ORLEANS BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. WHAT ARE CONDITIONS LIKE THERE NOW? >> YES, IT WAS CLOSE. WHAT WE SAW ESSENTIALLY HAPPENED THAT CENTER OF THE STORM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE OVER NEW ORLEANS. IT ESSENTIALLY DISSIPATED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT GOT HERE. AND WE WERE REALLY LEFT WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE ALMOST A CRESCENT MOON SHAPE OF THAT AFFECTING NEW ORLEANS. AND THAT REALLY BROUGHT THOSE STRONG AND RAIN. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE TIME THAT STORM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER, NEW ORLEANS WAS ESSENTIALLY CUT DOWN, WHICH IS WHY THE DAMAGE IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA ISN'T AS SEVERE AS OTHER PARISHES AROUND THE AREA. NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY, I WAS YOU THE AREA BACK BY BEHIND ME WAS ESSENTIALLY A GHOST TOWN. LOOK AT IT THIS MORNING. THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE STREETS. THERE ARE OUT HERE, OBVIOUSLY, NO RAIN AND NO WIND. THIS STORM IS EFFECTIVELY OUT THE AREA. AND THE FRENCH QUARTER HERE IS REALLY BACK TO NORMAL. BUT JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER WE GOT OFF AROUND 730, THAT'S WHEN WE START STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF THE DAMAGE HAPPENING. WE WERE TOLD BY FIRST RESPONDERS THAT 26 PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY RESCUED, THAT WERE TRAPPED INSIDE A HOUSING UNIT IN THIBODAUX AS A RESULT OF THOSE RISING FLOODWATERS. IN TERMS OF POWER OUTAGES, WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, THERE'S ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER CREWS ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS OFFICIALS WANTING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE WATER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTROL THOSE SEWAGE LEVELS, BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT ANY OF THAT SEWAGE COMING IN TO HOMES. >> AND SO SOME ARE WHERE THIS STORM HEADED NOW. >> YEAH. SO IT'S MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT'S HEADED FURTHER INLAND. RIGHT NOW. IT'S SPINNING OVER THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. BUT LOOK, FAR-REACHING. >> THE BANDS ARE SO WE'RE SEEING HEAVY RAIN RIGHT NOW FROM THE SAME SYSTEM IN PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ANTICIPATING HEAVY RAIN SPEWING INTO PARTS LITTLE ROCK THROUGH THIS MORNING, CONTINUING THROUGH THIS MORNING. SO HERE ARE THE ALERTS THAT WERE LEFT WITH A LOT OF THE ALERTS HAVE BEEN LIFTED IN PARTS OF LOUISIANA. >> BUT THEY'RE LIGHTING UP THE BOARD FOR PLACES LIKE HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, MEMPHIS, TUPELO, MONTGOMERY, EVEN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. THEY'RE TIMING THIS OUT. HERE WE GO. PUSHING FORWARD IN TIME THIS 3 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. LOOK AT WHERE THE SPIN IS. THE WINDS, THE RAIN, A LOT OF IT OVER MEMPHIS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE STRONGEST WINDS. PARTS OF TUPELO. WELL. LITTLE ROCK, YOU CAN SEE MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, PICKING UP HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS AS WELL. AND THAT IS THROUGH THIS. AND BY THIS EVENING, THIS PUSHES EVEN FARTHER NORTH. SO KENTUCKY GOING TO GET IN ON SOME OF THIS. WE'LL BE SEEING SOME HEAVY RAIN IN FAR KENTUCKY AND NASHVILLE, ALL BECAUSE OF FRANCINE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS TO BE, THOUGH, IN CENTRAL ALABAMA, RIGHT ALONG I-20. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE. WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET. WE'RE TRACKING ANOTHER POTENTIAL THREAT. SO THERE'S A LOT TALK ABOUT DIANE FOR NOW. >> BACK TO YOU. IKE EJIOCHI SOMARA THEODORE, THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND WHILE THIS STORM IS STILL AN ACTIVE THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTH, RECOVERY EFFORTS HAVE STARTED IN PARTS OF LOUISIANA. LET'S GO TO MIKE STEELE, SPOKESMAN FOR THE LOUISIANA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. MIKE, I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME, SO THANKS FOR COMING ON. WHAT'S THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOCUSED ON AT THIS STAGE IN THE DISASTER RESPONSE. >> SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY. WE NEED TO HELP THEM KIND OF MOVE OUT OF THE RESPONSE PHASE AND INTO THE RECOVERY PHASE. SO OVERNIGHT, THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY. YOU HAD EVERYTHING FROM THE SURGE PROBLEMS ALONG THE COAST TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF THE THE METRO ORLEANS AREA. AND THEN YOU HAD A LOT OF WIND DAMAGE ONCE YOU GOT NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS AND EAST OF BATON ROUGE, KIND IN THE NORTH SHORE AREA OF THE NEWARK, THE NORTH SHORE AREA OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MOORE, PAUL. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER FACTORS KIND OF IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED REPORTS OF DEATHS. A LOT OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION THAT WERE CONDUCTED, OUR OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO HANDLE A LOT OF THAT. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UTILITY CREWS JUST IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA RIGHT NOW THAT ARE AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM ON THE ROADS KIND OF GOING OUT TO SOME OF THESE IMPACTED AREAS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BE PATIENT. THEY STILL NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ON THE ROADWAY IF DO HAVE TO TRAVEL. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO 511 L.A. .ORG. IT'S A WEBSITE OUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION USES TO UPDATE ROAD CLOSURES AND ROAD PROBLEMS. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST ASKING EVERYBODY TO BE PATIENT, LET THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS AND CREWS GOING TO GET OUT AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. >> AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE WITHOUT POWER. YOU HAVE MASSIVE FLOODING ACROSS THE STATE. WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR PLANNING TO DO TO ADDRESS ISSUES? >> SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A UNIFIED COMMAND GROUP MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND WITH GOVERNOR LANDRY AND ALL THE CABINET SECRETARY IS UNDER ALL THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MEETING. WE GET REPORTS IN FROM OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE GOVERNOR IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING DOWN TO TERREBONNE PARISH, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. BUT HE'S ALSO GOING TO FLY OVER SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONS THAT WERE IMPACTED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE IS BASICALLY TO SUPPORT THOSE PARISHES. YOU KNOW, EXCEEDS THEIR CAPACITY TO HANDLE. THAT'S WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO HELP. AND WE ALSO HAVE FEMA ON THE GROUND WITH US. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT EVERYTHING, GETTING THOSE BIG IMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTS IN FROM OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AND KIND OF DETERMINING A PATH FORWARD. AFTER THAT, WE WE ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO DAMAGE DOT L.A. DOT GOV TO REPORT ANY DAMAGE. THAT WILL HELP EVERYONE KIND CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT FEDERAL ASSISTANCE MAY BE AVAILABLE. AND OF COURSE, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TO FIRST FILE THEIR CLAIMS WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY. >> BUT THEN WILL DETERMINE THE PATH FORWARD WITH RECOVERY AFTER THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. SPOKESMAN THE LOUISIANA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MIKE STEELE. >> MIKE, THANK YOU. STAY SAFE. YOU BET. THANK. >> AND CONCERNS ARE GROWING ABOUT STRONG WINDS FURTHER SPREADING MAJOR WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. NOW, FIREFIGHTERS HOPING INCOMING LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL HELP THEIR BATTLE. ABC'S JOHN JOINS ME NOW FROM WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. MELISSA, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE CONTAINMENT HERE AND HOW CONCERNED ARE FIREFIGHTERS WITH, THESE STRONG WINDS? DEFINITELY DAN, THE GOOD NEWS AS FAR AS CONTAINMENT GOES, WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS. THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT. THOSE NUMBERS INCREASING. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE FIREFIGHTERS LOOK RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO WINDS. THAT WAS THE BIG, BIG THREAT WITH THOSE RED FLAG WARNINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BUT THEN RIGHT NOW, REALLY, WE'RE GETTING A GOOD SENSE OF SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE. AND THIS IS A HERE ONE OF THOSE HOMES FOR THE BRIDGE FIRE, DIANE. THIS IS BETWEEN SAN BERNARDINO AND LOS ANGELES MOUNTAINS. THIS MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY, 30 PLUS HOMES DESTROYED, INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT WE SEE HERE. AND IT IS IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND THAT THIS IS WHAT THE OTHER CHALLENGES IS, THE TERRAIN, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE'RE WALKING UP. IT'S A PRETTY STEEP HILL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE NOTICED SO MUCH FROM THAT FIRE PATTERN . WHEN WE NOTICE THAT SO MUCH OF THOSE BLAZES RIPPED THROUGH ,IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY, AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST THREAT. BUT YOU CAN TELL A GOOD FEEL HERE THAT YOU SEE THE DAMAGE OF THAT HOME, HOW IT RIPPED THROUGH HERE, DESTROYING THEN ALL OF THIS THIS CAR INCINERATED. THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE. BUT FORTUNATELY, DIANE, NO REPORTS OF PEOPLE INJURED AND NO REPORTS OF DEATH. DIANE. ALL RIGHT NEWS THERE. ABC'S MELISSA. DAN, THANK YOU. AND BATTALION CHIEF FOR CAL FIRE BRITT PASQUA JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. BRITT AGAIN I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME SO THANKS FOR COMING ON. TALK ME THROUGH THE CHALLENGES YOU AND YOUR TEAM FACING RIGHT NOW. >> YES, THE CHALLENGE IS WORKSTATION. GOOD MORNING, DIANE. IS, YOU KNOW, THE STEEP, ROCKY TERRAIN ALL IN THIS AREA IS KNOWN FOR BEING EXTREMELY STEEP. SO TEMPERATURES ARE HELPING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOWERING. BUT THAT STEEPNESS THE TERRAIN WITH THE STEEP CANYONS, IT CREATES ITS OWN WING. WHEN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. SO WEATHER'S HELPING AND BUT LOCAL FACTORS ARE STILL MAKING THIS A DIFFICULT FIREFIGHT. AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE GETTING A CRASH COURSE IN FIREFIGHTING THIS WEEK. >> WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL AND HOW WILL THEY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ON THE LINES? >> YEAH, THAT ENTAILS HOW TO BE SAFE ON A WILDLAND FIRE. THE BASICS CUT IN LINE, WHAT TO LOOK FOR, WHAT DANGERS TO LOOK FOR, JUST JUST ALL IN ALL, HOW TO GET OUT ON THE FRONT LINES, COME SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH AND GIVE US A HAND. >> AND SO WHAT DO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA? WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW? WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW SHOULD SAY ABOUT THESE FIRES AND THE KIND OF HELP YOU NEED RIGHT NOW ? SO AS FAR AS THE FIRES GO, LAST WEEK, THE WEATHER WAS SO HOT, SO DRY. WE HAD THREE MAJOR FIRES BREAK OUT. AND THEY'RE ALL DOING, YOU KNOW ,THEY'RE OFF TO THE RACES RIGHT NOW. THE JACKETS ARE STARTING TO COME OUT. THE HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY AND THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SUCH BIG HELPING HAND THIS WEEK. SO I THINK WE'RE ONTO THE UP AND UP ON ALL THESE FIRES. >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE CONTAINMENT GROW. >> ALL RIGHT. BATTALION CHIEF FOR CAL FIRE, BRITT PASCO. GOOD LUCK, BRITT. STAY SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIANE. >> COMING UP, CHINA IS NO LONGER ALLOWING FOREIGNERS ADOPT CHILDREN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR HUNDREDS OF PLANNED ADOPTIONS HERE IN THE U.S. U.S.. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT THERE, EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEED UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET'S GO BACK TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT COMING FBI. BEFORE HE PUT THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THERE YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE. IT HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS. A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED. WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON, THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC. THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. >> THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. THE YEARS BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST. >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. EMMY SPECIAL. >> FOR THAT, LADIES, IS THE SHOWER AT THE 76TH EMMYS. >> A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO CRAZY. FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK ARE WE ON? ABC? ABC? >> OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE HARRIS ARE HEADING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES DEBATE. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY'RE ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE WITH STOPS NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS HEADING TO ARIZONA AND NEVADA AS HE CALLS THE DEBATE HIS BEST EVER ABC'S. >> SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. >> HEY, DIANE, GOOD MORNING. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP ARE BACK OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FACING ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. THE TWO DID MEET AGAIN JUST HOURS AFTER. THEY GOT OFF THE STAGE SHARING A VERY POLITE HANDSHAKE AT GROUND ZERO AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. TODAY, TRUMP WILL TRYO TURN THE PAGE. HE IS STILL INSISTING THIS WAS HIS GREATEST DEBATE EVER. BUT HIS ALLIES ON CAPITOL HILL SEE THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY. THEY CALL THIS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUMP. THEY WANTED HIM TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES ON POLICY. SENATOR KEVIN SAID THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT INSTEAD TREATED IT LIKE A MINI CAMPAIGN RALLY. TODAY, TRUMP WILL BE OUT WEST. HE'LL BE HOLDING AN EVENT IN ARIZONA. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS TWO RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. THAT'S A STATE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT REALLY WANTS TO HANG ON TO IN ORDER TO CLINCH THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. HARRIS STILL FACES THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING DEFINE HERSELF TO VOTERS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT. BUT SHE IS HOPING TO SEIZE ON ANY MOMENTUM FROM THAT DEBATE AND ESPECIALLY THAT ENDORSEMENT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LINK THAT SWIFT POSTED DRIVING PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE GOT MORE THAN 300,000 VISITS. SO IF NOT ONLY SAYING THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE TICKET, BUT SHE'S ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HER YOUNGER FANS, TO GET OUT AND REGISTER AND VOTE. DIANE. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. >> AND LAWMAKERS CAPITOL HILL HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH TO PREVENT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SPEAKER JOHNSON POSTPONED A VOTE YESTERDAY ON A TEMPORARY SPENDING BILL THAT WOULD KEEP FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS FUNDED FOR SIX MONTHS. DEMOCRATS ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO REJECT THE INCLUSION OF THE SAVE ACT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE. >> A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO THEY OPPOSE THE MEASURE. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN IS ON CAPITOL WITH THE LATEST. JAY, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VOTE? WHEN IS IT EXPECTED HAPPEN? >> IS IT EXPECTED TO PASS? WALK US THROUGH THIS. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS. DIANE, WHEN THIS COULD EVEN BE BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE BECAUSE MIKE JOHNSON, AS YOU SAID, HAS PULLED HIS RECENT PLAN BECAUSE HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES FOR IT, AS YOU SAID. >> THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THE SAFE ACT? I THINK IT'S A SOLUTION IN OF A PROBLEM. THERE ISN'T WIDESPREAD NON-CITIZEN VOTING AND THERE ARE ALREADY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, DEMOCRATS SAY, TO PREVENT THAT. MEANTIME, ON JOHNSON'S RIGHT FLANK, THERE ARE FURTHER RIGHT REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR TEMPORARY KIND OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE FUNDED. SO MIKE JOHNSON IS AT AN IMPASSE. HE WAS BETWEEN REALLY A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE IN THE HOUSE IS IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN WHILE JOHNSON DECIDES DOES HE WANT TO TRY TO WORK ON REPUBLICANS HIS RIGHT FLANK AND MAYBE TRY TO MAKE THEM MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR A TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE THAT HAS THAT NONCITIZEN VOTING PROVISION IN IT? THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. THE SPENDING HAWKS ARE LIKELY TO STAY. OR DOES HE TAKE OUT THE NON-CITIZEN VOTING AND TRY TO DO SOME KIND OF A DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS. THAT'S POLITICALLY MORE LIKELY, BUT IT INVOLVES MIKE JOHNSON MAKING A SERIOUS CONCESSION THAT DOES THAT ALL COME DOWN THE ELECTION IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT TIMING CRITICAL HERE FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. >> MIKE JOHNSON HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT IN SOME KIND OF CONSERVATIVE RED MEAT INTO THESE GOVERNMENT FUNDING NEGOTIATIONS, AND SO FAR IT'S BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. >> THINK BACK TO THE LAST, YOU KNOW, IMPENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THAT WE ALMOST HAD THAT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AND IT WAS OVER IMMIGRATION. RIGHT. MIKE JOHNSON WANTED, TO PUT IN THAT HARD LINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISION INTO THAT TEMPORARY FUNDING LEGISLATION. AND THAT DIDN'T SUCCEED. AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S ESSENTIALLY TO DO HERE WITH THIS NONCITIZEN VOTING PROVISION. AND CHUCK SCHUMER SAID ESSENTIALLY WARNING MIKE JOHNSON THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO SOME KIND OF A DAY SCENARIO AND REPEAT WHAT SCHUMER SAYS ARE JOHNSON'S MISTAKES OF THE PAST. BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THE REASON WHY JOHNSON IS LOOKING SO STERNLY AT THIS NONSENSE IN VOTING IS A, HE BELIEVES IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY TO PASS BEFORE THE ELECTION BUT B, IT'S A SERIOUS CONSERVATIVE PRIORITY THAT HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO POINT REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO AND SAY, LOOK WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, LOOK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE WHILE WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO KEEP THE ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> AND A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON FEDERAL PAYROLL, AS WELL AS ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY. SO HOW MUCH PRESSURE LAWMAKERS ARE UNDER TO GET THIS PASSED AND FIND A RESOLUTION HERE? >> AND THEY'RE UNDER SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE. >> THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO PULL THIS OFF. AND THAT IS A VERY LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONGRESS, BECAUSE CONGRESS TAKES A LOT OF BREAKS, TOO. FOR INSTANCE, THE HOUSE IS FLYING OUT TODAY. THE HOUSE IS NOT GOING VOTE COME THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY DON'T COME BACK UNTIL NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WORK TOMORROW, FRIDAY, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON MAYBE THE NEGOTIATIONS, TRYING GET THE VOTES THEY NEED, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON ANY LEGISLATION ON FRIDAY. AND SO THREE WEEKS LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME. AND DON'T FORGET THAT ALSO, IT COMES DURING THIS CHAOTIC, TENSE ELECTION PERIOD THAT RATCHETS UP THE TENSIONS IN CONGRESS. SOMETIMES IT LIGHTS FIRE UNDER CONGRESS TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SO CLOSE TO AN ELECTION. AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT EITHER PARTY COULD BE BLAMED. BUT ALSO IT MAKES THESE NEGOTIATIONS MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE. AGAIN, THIS IS A TIME WHERE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CHALLENGING EACH OTHER NOT JUST ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT IN VARIOUS CONGRESSIONAL RACES, THE COUNTRY. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN. THANK YOU. >> AND CHINA SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER ALLOW FOREIGNERS TO ADOPT CHINESE CHILDREN. THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS WHILE CHINA APPRECIATES THE LOVE AND KINDNESS THAT FOREIGN PARENTS AND GOVERNMENTS HAVE SHOWN IN THE PAST, CHINA WILL NO LONGER SEND ITS CHILDREN ABROAD FOR ADOPTION. NOW HUNDREDS OF PLANNED ADOPTIONS FOR AMERICAN WOULD BE PARENTS ARE BEING THROWN INTO CHAOS. ABC'S BRAD MIELKE HOST OF THE "START HERE" PODCAST JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. >> BRAD, THIS WAS LIKE A SWITCH FLIP. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO PHASE IT OUT. THEY'RE SAYING NO, NO, STARTS NOW. >> SO WHY DO THIS NOW? AND WHAT WENT INTO THIS? I MEAN, THIS WAS A TECTONIC EVENT IN THE WORLD OF ADOPTIONS, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE OUTSIZED ROLE THAT CHINA HAS PLAYED IN ADOPTIONS FOR SO LONG. REMEMBER THAT FOR 25 YEARS, CHINA'S HAD THAT KNOW THAT ONE CHILD POLICY IN WHICH PARENTS WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO ONE PREGNANCY TO TERM AND KEEP THAT CHILD THAT WENT FROM THE 1980S THROUGH 2015, 2016 OR SO. >> AND SO THAT MEANT THAT THERE WAS A GENERATION THEN WHEN CHILDREN WERE IT'S LED TO MASS ABORTIONS, THAT'S LED TO INFANTICIDE, THAT'S LED TO MILLIONS OF CHINESE CHILDREN, YOUNG GIRLS BEING SENT TO ORPHANAGES. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU HAD THIS NEED FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU HAD CHILDREN THAT WERE IN WANT OF A HOME. AND SO THAT BECAME THAT THE COUNTRY THAT SO MANY AMERICAN PARENTS AND PARENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WERE FINDING THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILDREN. NOW, YOU KNOW, SPOILER ALERT, CHINA'S POPULATION IS ACTUALLY DECLINING. IT'S NOT RISING ANYMORE. THEY'VE GOTTEN RID OF THAT ONE CHILD POLICY. AND SO NOW THEY SAY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, WE'RE NO LONGER USING FOREIGN ADOPTIONS AT ALL. >> AND THAT APPLIES TO ADOPTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. >> DIANE SO THAT'S THE TRICKY PART BECAUSE WHAT THIS MEAN FOR THESE WOULD BE PARENTS WHO WERE ALREADY, IN SOME CASES PAIRED WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILDREN. >> YEAH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THEM IN THE U.S. ALONE, ALSO IN EUROPE, ALSO IN PLACES LIKE AUSTRALIA. >> AND SO NOW THEY'RE BEING TOLD LIKE GAME'S OVER. AND WHAT'S EXTRA CRUEL ABOUT THIS TO THESE FAMILIES IS THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD ACTUALLY DELAYED THEM FROM SEEING THEIR CHILDREN WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE THEIR CHILDREN FOR YEARS. SO THERE WERE PARENTS WHO IN 2019 WERE TOLD, WE'VE PAIRED YOU WITH YOUR ADOPTIVE CHILD, WE'VE FOUND A MATCH FOR YOU, BUT THERE'S NO TRAVEL ALLOWED RIGHT NOW. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT. JUST KEEP WAITING. AND THOSE PARENTS OBEDIENTLY WAITED FOR YEARS, ONE YEAR THAN TWO YEARS AND THREE YEARS. THEY'VE TOLD THEY'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD OUR KIDS NAME, WE'VE SENT GIFTS TO OUR KID. THAT KID KNOWS OUR NAME. RIGHT. AND THIS RELATIONSHIP, WHICH THESE PARENTS BEEN TRYING TO FOSTER NOW FOR YEARS IS BEING SEVERED AT THE LAST MOMENT, AS CHINA SAYS, LISTEN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THESE AMERICAN. THERE'S ALSO SOME NATIONAL PRIDE HERE ON THE LINE AS WELL, THAT CHINA ISN'T SAYING THIS OUT LOUD. BUT THINK ABOUT IT. FOR YEARS, CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE HAD TO KIND OF JUSTIFY TO THEIR PARTIES THERE. YOU KNOW WHY THERE ARE SO MANY THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES, THESE RICHER FOREIGNERS SWOOPING IN AND TAKING CHINESE CHILDREN CREATING THIS GENERATION OF CHINESE BORN CHILDREN. AND NOW CONSIDER PLACES LIKE THE U.S. AND EUROPE, THEIR HOMES. SO THAT'S CLEARLY PART OF IT FROM THE CHINESE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. >> SO HOW ARE ADOPTION AGENCIES AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONDING? IS THERE ANYTHING THE STATE DEPARTMENT CAN DO HERE FOR THESE FAMILIES WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROCESS HERE TO TAKE THE STATE DEPARTMENT PRETTY OFF GUARD. THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LANGUAGE IN THE NEW CHINESE POLICY. THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN FURNISHED ALL THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE EMBASSY IN BEIJING TO TRY TO GET SOME ANSWERS ON WHETHER ANY OF THIS CAN BE SORT OF AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT HAVE NECESSARILY THE SAME TONE OF ANIMOSITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CASES IN THE PAST. REMEMBER THAT RUSSIA ENDED ADOPTIONS, THE U.S. THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO THE U.S., THAT WAS A PUNITIVE MEASURE, A PUNISHING MEASURE MEANT TO KIND OF TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SHAKE UP FOREIGN POLICY. CHINA SAYING THIS TO EVERY COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT THAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, ADOPTION NOT ABOUT ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT QUITE SEEING THE SAME SORT OF VITRIOL YOU'RE SEEING. BOTH OF THESE COUNTRIES ARE SAYING, LOOK, LET'S JUST TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS. >> BUT FOR THOSE FAMILIES, IT'S REALLY, REALLY PAINFUL. ALL RIGHT, BRAD MIELKE, THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO THAT. AND TO HEAR BRAD DIVE INTO MORE LIKE THESE, CHECK OUT THE "START HERE" PODCAST. NEW EPISODES DROP WEEKDAY MORNINGS AT 6:00 EASTERN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. COMING UP INSIDE THE WORLD OF KETAMINE TRAFFICKING IN THE FINAL DAYS OF MATTHEW PERRY'S LIFE, THE NEW DETAILS WE'RE LEARNING NEARLY ONE YEAR SINCE THE FRIENDS ACTORS DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE ,THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER. THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE FOR STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE THE BRAT PACK IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAT PACK MAY NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED IT. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? >> LIKE I SAY, WE WERE BEATLES . WELL, WE DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. >> BUT TONIGHT THE TRACK A FRENZY, THE DAMAGE. AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS, MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS START. TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS, HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY "NEW YORK TIMES" CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WHAT WILL THEY WEARING ON TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT? THE FASHION, THE STYLE AND THE STARS TOMORROW. ROBINS IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A FASHION AT THE EMMYS. PLUS, A FIRST LOOK AT HER EMMY SPECIAL SO CRAZY TOMORROW. >> AND YOU MAY. >> REPORTING FROM THE VOLCANO ERUPTION IN GREENSBURG, ICELAND ,MARCUS MOORE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE. STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SUDDEN DEATH OF MATTHEW PERRY. POLICE SAY THEY'VE NOW EXPOSED AN UNDERGROUND WORLD, DRUG DEALING AND GREED THAT LED TO THE STAR'S OVERDOSE. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN TAKES AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE WORLD AND THE FINAL DAYS OF PERRY'S AND THIS WEEK'S "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" EPISODE. TAKE LOOK. >> KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS CHANDLER BING ON FRIENDS ON CHANDLER. >> I MAKE JOKES WHEN I'M UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT IN ONE OF HIS LAST INTERVIEWS EVER, HE TOLD DIANE SAWYER ABOUT THE ABUSE DISORDER THAT WOULD HOLD HIM IN ITS GRASP UNTIL THE VERY END. >> HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT? >> OKAY. IF I SAY I'M JUST GOING TO CHILL ALONE AT HOME TIME AND PART TWO. THE OTHER THING IS, IF I EVER SAY I'M CURED, STRUGGLING WITH DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND ULTIMATELY IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS, KETAMINE. >> SO WHAT DOES KETAMINE FEEL LIKE? IT'S LIKE AN INSTANT BLISS, INSTANT DISCONNECT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. >> IT'S A POWERFUL DRUG, SOMETIMES LEGALLY PRESCRIBED FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. POPULAR AMONG THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE, FROM CHRISSY TEIGEN TO SHARON OSBORNE. >> THAT KETAMINE TREATMENT HELPED ME. IT CALMED ME WAY BECAUSE I WAS JUST, LIKE, HYPERVENTILATING ALL THE TIME. >> HARRY'S DEATH IGNITING A SWEEPING, MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION INTO TWO SEPARATE DRUG RINGS. WE CHARGE FIVE DEFENDANTS IN THIS MATTER. THESE DEFENDANTS TOOK ADVANTAGE MR. PERRY'S ADDICTION ISSUES TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. >> YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTHEW PERRY? CHEF PERRY'S DEMISE ULTIMATELY EXPOSING AN ELABORATE WEB OF DEATH. DOCTORS AND DEALERS. THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS MATTHEW PERRY DOING? HOW DID HE GET IT? AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH? MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF MATT'S FULL REPORT ON THIS EPISODE OF "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE". WHAT HAPPENED TO MATTHEW PERRY THAT'S ONLY ON HULU. >> NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY THURSDAY. I'M DIANE MACEDO THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. YOU CAN FIND ABC NEWS LIVE ANYWHERE. YOU STREAM LIVE NEWS ON THE ABC NEWS APP OR ON ABC NEWS.COM AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEWS FOR YOU RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? OPERATION BEGAN AFTER ISIS PLUNDERED COMBAT OPERATIONS AND WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE FLAG. THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR YOU TO JUST LABEL RIGHT HERE. MAYBE WITH A LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. >> YOU'RE PROUD OF IT. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU? APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE INFORMATION. ISMAIL, DAVID, NATHAN. YES. YES. I'M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. WHEN EVERY NEWS BREAKS WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT, 10 DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LOG, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> THE COUNTDOWN, THE EMMYS IS ON. >> LOVE IT. OH, YES. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. THE CURSE BEFORE TV'S NIGHT. >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF. COMES THE INCREDIBLE. >> ANY SPECIAL CALL FOR THAT? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 76TH EMMYS, A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO PREVIEW FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK ARE WE ON ABC? >> ABC? OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC, ABC NEWS, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. HERE'S A LOOK AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS THURSDAY. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE'S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. FRANCINE IS MOVING NORTH AFTER LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH LOUISIANA. A STORM HAS WEAKENED AFTER MAKING LANDFALL NEAR MORGAN CITY AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. CARS WERE IN NEW ORLEANS AMID HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. RESIDENTS ARE WITHOUT POWER. NOW EIGHT STATES ACROSS THE SOUTH ARE UNDER WIND AND FLOOD ALERTS FROM LOUISIANA TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. FORMER TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES DEBATE. HARRIS IS SET TO HOLD TWO RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA TOMORROW, AS HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE. MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS HEADING OUT WEST, SPEAKING AT AN EVENT IN ARIZONA TODAY BEFORE A RALLY IN NEVADA TOMORROW. CINNAMON PRODUCTS ARE BEING RECALLED IN AT LEAST FIVE STATES DUE TO ELEVATED LEVELS. LEAD. CONSUMER REPORTS FOOD SCIENTIST TESTED 36 GROUND CINNAMON PRODUCTS IN SPICE BLENDS AND FOUND ELEVATED OF LEAD IN 12 OF THEM. >> EXPERTS SAY REPEATED LED CAN HINDER DEVELOPMENT AND CAUSE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE . IT'S MOST DANGEROUS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN. FDA SAYS ANY RECALLED ITEMS SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT IMMEDIATELY. NOW, SOME BRANDS ARE ALSO VOLUNTARILY PULLING THEIR PRODUCTS FROM SHELVES. AND JON BON JOVI AND HIS ASSISTANT ARE BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING WOMAN'S LIFE. THE ROCK STAR HELPED AN APPARENTLY DISTRESSED WOMAN ON THE OF THIS BRIDGE IN NASHVILLE. THEY HAD BEEN FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO NEARBY WHEN THEY SPOTTED HER AND CONVINCED HER TO CLIMB BACK TO SAFETY. AND ON THE SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, WE DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS, INCLUDING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, SUBSTANCE USE OR EMOTIONAL. TEXTURE, DIAL NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT. FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE 4/7 AND OPRAH WINFREY IS DIVING INTO THE WORLD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, A NEW SPECIAL AIRING TONIGHT ON ABC. THE STAR SHARES HER FEARS ABOUT A.I. WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS BEHIND THE MOVEMENT. SHE'S ALSO TESTING OUT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY HERSELF. >> REBECCA JARVIS SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. >> TAKE A LOOK. >> IN YOUR SEVEN DECADES HERE ON EARTH. WHERE DO YOU PUT A.I., REBECCA? WE ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF OUR LIVES IN AN ALL NEW PRIMETIME SPECIAL A.I. IN THE FUTURE OF. >> OPRAH WINFREY IS TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LIFE FOR ALL OF US. >> IT'S ABOUT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT. I REALLY DO THINK YOU ARE A GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR THIS TOPIC BECAUSE YOU CAN AT IT FROM A VERY REAL AND CURIOUS POINT OF VIEW. WELL, I'VE ALWAYS SEEN MYSELF AS THE SARAH GOOD VIEWER. I KNOW IF I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS, IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I KNOW THAT THE OTHER MILLIONS PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ARE FEELING THE SAME. WHAT? YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A AI? WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, HAD NO ENCOUNTER WITH AI UNTIL MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH SAM ALTMAN. >> JUST TAKE ME TO 2030 FIVE. >> I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY ALL THIS CAN GO WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON. >> AND AFTER HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE THINGS IT COULD DO, I WAS SAYING, OKAY, DON'T BE SCARED. GO DON'T BE SCARED. YOU CAN GET THE CHATGPT APP. AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS ASKING A.I. FOR AIRBNB LISTINGS . AND IT WAS MIRACULOUS TO ME THAT BEFORE YOU CAN PRACTICALLY FINISH THE REQUESTS, THE ANSWER HAS COME BACK TO YOU. WHEN YOU USE CHATGPT, DO YOU SAY, PLEASE YESTERDAY I WAS ASKING A QUESTION AND I SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE? >> AND I REALIZED YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY PLEASE. YEAH, I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. YEAH. WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN THE ROBOTS TAKE OVER, THEY WILL REMEMBER YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS. WHILE MANY EMBRACE AI. 52% OF AMERICANS ARE MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED ABOUT IT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. >> THERE WERE A LOT PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO ARE PROBABLY SCARED AND HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY USED IT IN A KNOWING WAY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHOULD HONOR IT AND HAVE A REVERENCE FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND RESPECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN WAYS ARE UNIMAGINABLE FOR THE GOOD. AND JUST AS THERE IS FOR THE GOOD, THERE'S THE YIN AND YANG OF EVERYTHING. AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. >> NOW IS THE TIME A. A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ON SUCH A BIG BIG TOPIC. AND YOU CAN SEE AI AND THE FUTURE OF US AND OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL TONIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN ON ABC AND MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH TONIGHT ON "NIGHTLINE". >> DIANE REBECCA JARVIS. >> THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, GROUP TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. MIKE, SO MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO THIS WHERE YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IT, MAYBE EVEN USE IT A LITTLE. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE DOING SO MUCH MORE WITH IT AND YET WHO HAS TIME TO START TAKING COURSES AND SO ON. SO WHAT'S YOUR QUICK TIP ON SORT OF HOW TO LEARN THE RIGHT WAY TO USE A.I. AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT? >> DIANE I THINK NOW AMERICA WILL GET IT. I'VE BEEN TELLING AMERICANS NOT TO BE SCARED, BUT I'M RIGHT. NOW THAT OPRAH SAYS AMERICA IS NOT GOING TO BE SCARED. AMERICA, I'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME. NO, I THINK THE REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT WITH OPRAH JUST SAID IS NOT TO BE SCARED OF IT. USE IT WITH DISCIPLINE. I'VE BEEN SAYING MAKE SURE THAT GOVERNMENT INCORPORATE AND PUT GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT AIR DOESN'T GET THE GUARD RAILS. LIKE YOU SAID, DIANE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE CLASSES, BUT HOW I WILL ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO THINK ABOUT IS WHEN DO YOU HAVE A MAYBE A DEFICIT, RIGHT? MAYBE YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND. YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE BUDGET OR THE CAPITAL TO DO STRATEGIC MARKETING ON OWN. WHY NOT THINK ABOUT IT FROM A MARKETING PLACE TO OFFSET THE COST OF YOUR MARKETING BUDGET? IF YOU ARE A LOVED ONE THAT HAS MAYBE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT THE TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN ENHANCE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE AND LIFESTYLE? USING A TOOLS. MAYBE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY YOURSELF. HOW CAN YOU USE A.I. TOOLS TO HELP MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE FUNCTIONAL, MORE AND MORE INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR IN AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ADA MEASURES? >> MIKE I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OR JUST ONE HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES. BUT UNLIKE YOUR IPHONE OR YOUR GOOGLE PHONE IN PARTICULAR ,THAT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE YOU RECOGNIZE WHEN OBJECTS, IF YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, THAT WILL RECOGNIZE AN OBJECTS ARE IN YOUR WAY AS YOU'RE WALKING. IT CAN ALSO TO HELP YOU. IF YOU HAD HEARING CHALLENGES, IT WOULD HELP YOU WITH AUDIO, WITH VISUAL CUES TO ASSIST AND OFFSET THE VISUAL CHALLENGES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE HAVING. AND SO THOSE ARE TOOLS AND FUNCTIONALITIES THAT CAN HELP WHEN COMES TO MARKETING PLANS, YOU CAN USE A CHATGPT AND, YOU CAN PUT IN THE INPUT, SAY THINGS LIKE, HI, I HAVE A BAKERY, I HAVE A SPECIFIC GERMAN CUPCAKE, I KNOW MY DEMOGRAPHIC AND THIS ZIP CODE LIKES CHOCOLATE. >> CAN YOU HELP ME CREATE A DIGITAL AD CAMPAIGN AND A CAPTION THAT WILL APPEAL TO THAT ZIP CODE? >> SPECIFICALLY THAT CAN USE YOUR TEACHING TARGETING TO GET THEM TO WANT TO COME INTO MY BAKERY, BASICALLY, OR TO ORDER ONLINE. AND IT'LL JUST SPIT OUT THAT MARKETING PLAN FOR YOU. FASCINATING. >> MIKE, WE ALSO HEARD OPRAH TALK ABOUT THIS YIN AND YANG TO EVERYTHING. SO WHAT KIND OF TRADE OFFS ARE THERE WHEN IT COMES TO USING A.I.? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER? WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF PRIVACY OTHER CONCERNS WHILE ALSO KNOWING HOW MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO IF YOU DO EMBRACE THIS TECHNOLOGY? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. WHEN YOU ARE ENTERING THINGS INTO GENERATIVE A.I. PRODUCTS, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A CHATGPT, YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL. YOU DON'T PUT PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DATA INTO YOUR INTO THE PRODUCT. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME, POSSIBLY MAYBE JUST YOUR FIRST NAME IN THE LAST INITIAL. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR ADDRESS RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS WOULD BE CAPTURED AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS NO PERSONAL DEMOGRAPHIC. AND ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL, DIANE, THAT AS OF NOW, NOT ALL A.I. PRODUCTS ARE MADE THE SAME. AND SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WHAT THE A.I. IS SPITTING OUT TO ENSURE IT'S ACCURACY. AGAIN, BECAUSE NOT ALL A.I. PRODUCTS ARE THE SAME. >> ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, GOOGLE TECH POLICY FELLOW, MIKE MUSE, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I AM. >> AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A TRAFFIC VIOLATION IN HIS DWI CASE. THE POP STAR'S ATTORNEY INITIALLY SAID HE WOULD FIGHT THE CHARGES. NOW HE'S SET TO RETURN TO THE HAMPTONS TO APPEAR IN COURT. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS THE LATEST. >> I CAN'T WAIT. >> IT'S MEGASTAR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SUITING UP, RECORD PREPARING TO TAKE A PLEA DEAL AT HIS HIGHLY PUBLICIZED DWI CASE. >> SO IF I COULD JUST. >> SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS TIMBERLAKE APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE ON FRIDAY TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A LESSER TRAFFIC INFRACTION, AND HE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO PAY A FINE BUT AVOID ANY MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. INITIALLY, HIS ATTORNEY SAID TIMBERLAKE WOULD VIGOROUSLY CONTEST HIS DWI. >> HE WAS NOT INTOXICATED. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WAS NOT INTOXICATED. >> SO WE KNOW THAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S LEGAL TEAM PLANNED TO FIGHT THE CHARGES. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FIGHTING THE CHARGES STARTS BEFORE TRIAL. IF THERE'S A WAY TO RESOLVE IT AMICABLY. THEN DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS GOING TO DO THAT. >> BACK IN MID-JUNE, THE TEN TIME GRAMMY WINNER HAD BEEN OUT AT HAMPTONS HOTSPOT, THE AMERICAN HOTEL, BEFORE HE GOT INTO HIS GRAY BMW CAPTURED HERE ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. BUT HE SAID HE RAN A STOP SIGN AND SWERVED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. POLICE QUOTED SAYING I HAD ONE MARTINI AND I FOLLOWED MY FRIEND'S HOME. BUT AN OFFICER SAID TIMBERLAKE'S EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS EMANATING FROM HIS BREATH. POLICE SAID WAS UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET AND PERFORMED POORLY ON A SOBRIETY TEST. HE REFUSED A CHEMICAL TEST. PHOTOS FROM DAILYMAIL.COM SHOW TIMBERLAKE BEING IN A COURT IN HANDCUFFS AFTER HE SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL. >> IT'S BEEN A TOUGH. THE SINGER SONGWRITER WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORLD TOUR TO PROMOTE HIS LATEST ALBUM, EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS. ADDRESSING THE CONTROVERSY ON STAGE AND LISTENING TO ONE PART LOVE THE KEEP ON LIVING ON THE ROAD FOR GOOD. >> TEN 12 YEARS. HE WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST POP STARS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. BUT THINGS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT. AND WHENEVER ANYBODY'S THAT FAMOUS THERE TENDS TO BE A BACKLASH, WHICH THERE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE DWI CASE, DIDN'T REALLY HELP THE INFRACTION. TIMBERLAKE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TYPICALLY REQUIRES A 30 DAY LICENSE SUSPENSION AND A FINE. DIANE, WE REACHED OUT TO TIMBERLAKE'S LAWYER WHO TOLD US HE'S NOT YET READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLEA DEAL EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY. >> DIANE, SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY CIVILIANS, THE HISTORY MAKING MOMENT. BILLIONAIRE AND ENGINEER CLIMBED OUT OF AN OPEN HATCH AND STEPPED OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD HAVE THE BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE BREATH. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? >> LIKE I SAY, WE WERE BEATLES, RIGHT? WELL, WE DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 85. I THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD. >> BUT WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> EVERY FRIDAY, HOTTEST TRENDS, DIALS AND MUST HAVE. IT'S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME. >> THE RIGHT STUFF FRIDAYS AND JENNY, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR A SPACE THIS EXCUSE ME SPACE SIX HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS. TECH BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER SARAH GILLIES PERFORMED THE FIRST PRIVATE SPACEWALK WALK HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE EARTH. IT'S A HIGH RISK ENDEAVOR. PREVIOUSLY FOR PROFESSIONAL ASTRONAUTS. >> ABC'S TREVOR AULT HAS THAT STORY. >> THERE IS OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE FORMER TECH HISTORY IN SPACE EXPLORATION, THE FIRST SPACEWALK FROM A COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT THAT'S AT HOME. >> WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT SOME YEARS OLD BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER SARAH GILLIES, THE FIRST HUMANS ON A PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT TO WALK SPACE PART OF THE POLARIS DAWN SPACE MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ELON MUSK'S SPACEX X THREE TWO POSITION, LAUNCHING FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER UNFAVORABLE WEATHER. >> WEEKS OF DELAYS. VERY, VERY EXCITED TO FLY ON MY FAVORITE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. >> A FOUR PERSON TEAM HEADING UP INTO SPACE, ALONG WITH ISAACMAN AND GILLIS, MEDICAL OFFICER AND EMBEDDED MISSION PILOT PETITE ALSO ON BOARD AND AROUND 7 A.M. THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZING HISTORY WAS MADE AND HATCH IS OPEN ISAACMAN AND GILLIS FLOATING ALONG THAT EXTENDED SKYWALKER JUST BESIDE THE CAPSULE. THEN AN AND PETITE INSIDE TO ENSURE EVERYTHING RAN ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE CAPSULE HAS NO AIRLOCK, SO ALL FOUR CREW MEMBERS WERE EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. THE MISSION ALSO MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE SPACE X ENGINEERED EXTRA ACTIVITY. SPACESUITS OR EVA HAVE BEEN TESTED IN SPACE WITH HOPES THAT ONE DAY WE COULD USE THEM FOR MISSIONS TO MARS. THE SPACEX COMPANY SAYS ON THEIR WEBSITE, BUILDING A BASE ON THE MOON AND A CITY ON MARS WILL REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF SPACE SUITS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUIT AND THE EXECUTION OF THE EVA WILL BE IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARD A SCALABLE DESIGN FOR SPACESUITS ON. >> FUTURE LONG DURATION MISSIONS. AND I BECAUSE THIS IS A CIVILIAN MISSION OF THIS FOUR PERSON TEAM, JARED ISAACMAN, THE BILLIONAIRE, IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD EVER BEEN TO SPACE BEFORE. IN FACT, TWO OF THE CREW MEMBERS, THE TWO WOMEN ON BOARD, THEY HAD SPENT YEARS TRAINING OTHER ASTRONAUTS ,BUT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN. >> WHAT A TRIP. ABC'S TREVOR ALL, THANK YOU. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. KATIE, LESS THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE EVER CONDUCTED A SPACEWALK AND YOU WERE NEARLY ONE OF THEM. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE? WELL, I HAVE TO SAY ACTUALLY, I HAVE TRAINED FOUR SPACEWALKS AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE QUALIFIED IN SPACEWALKING SO I COULD GO ON A SPACE STATION MISSION. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WAS SO HARD TO DO WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT SPACESUITS TO FIT ME. >> AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT TODAY WAS ALL ABOUT. NOW, THESE COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS WERE CONDUCTING A SERIES OF SUIT AND MOBILITY TESTS. KIND OF TO THAT POINT, THE ENTIRE CAPSULE, ONE POINT, WAS EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. HOW RISKY IS A MISSION LIKE THIS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SPACEX IS HOPING TO LEARN FROM IT? >> I THINK THAT THEY'VE DONE A BUNCH OF WORK TO GET TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THE BASICS OF HOW DO WE DESIGN NEW SUITS, THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE MORE OF THEM? I MEAN, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'VE WE MEANING NASA'S I'M RETIRED FROM THERE NOW BUT YOU KNOW HAVE STRUGGLED WITH AND NOW YOU KNOW IN THE MAKING OF THE NEW SUITS FOR THE MOON PROGRAM, THEY'RE WORKING AT MAKING THEM MORE MOBILE AND MORE ABOUT PEOPLE. >> BUT THERE'S I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THIS MISSION IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN APPROACH OF HOW CAN WE BUILD THE MOBILITY INTO THAT SUIT USING THE WAY THE FABRIC ITSELF IS SEWN TO EACH OTHER. AND BECAUSE A SPACESUIT SPACESUIT FOR SPACEWALKING THAT IS YOUR OWN PRIVATE SPACESHIP IN THE IN THE SHAPE OF A HUMAN. >> AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR LIFE SUPPORT. >> AND WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS DEMONSTRATION IS THAT YOU CAN'T I MEAN, TO DEMONSTRATE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. >> ONCE YOU'RE THAT SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO WORK. IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE DESIGN AND. IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW WAS THE MOBILITY? COULD WE MOVE? AND ALSO CAN THE SYSTEMS TAKE IT, WHICH THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO, IF WE DEPRESSURIZE THE SPACE CAPSULE SO THAT WE CAN DO THIS WORK. SO THEY LEARNED A LOT. IT'S NOT SORT OF SEXY IN A WAY, BUT THEY WERE REALLY THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT MORE DATA ON THAT ARE IMPORTANT. SO WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THIS NOW BEING DONE BY NONPROFESSIONAL ASTRONAUTS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT AND SPACE TOURISM? >> WELL, I'M I MEAN, I FEEL PRIVILEGED, HAVE BEEN IN SPACE AND SPENT ALMOST SIX MONTHS UP ON THE SPACE STATION. >> AND THIS I MEAN, IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US. AND THAT VIEW OF THE EARTH AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. YOU HEARD GERARD WHEN HE SAID WHEN HE CLIMBED OUT THE DOOR THERE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EARTH LOOKS PERFECT FROM HERE. BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT VIEW AND COME BACK AND DO THE WORK THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO. AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED ALL ASPECTS OF SPACEFLIGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE MECHANIZED. >> AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES OFTEN CAN TAKE BIG LEAPS WITH HARDWARE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A HARDER TIME DOING. AND BY DOING THAT, THEY ACTUALLY LEAPFROG ALL OF US. >> I HAD RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN. KATIE, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S COOL TO SEE. IT IS. THAT'S FOR SURE. >> COMING UP, THE SHOWSTOPPING PERFORMANCES AT THE VMAS. SABRINA WENT OUT OF THIS WORLD. KATY PERRY WENT FLYINGNG HISTORY AGAIN. WILL GANSS AND MEGAN RYTE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MTV'S BIG NIGHT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT? THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET, FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT, THE TRACK FRENZY, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS, MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE. IT HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS. A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING EVIDENCE THAT. >> COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. HER LAST HOURS, THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC. >> THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. YOU FIRED FOUR TIMES FRIDAY. >> THE 32 YEAR OLD FORMER BALLERINA AT THE CENTER OF THE SO-CALLED BLACK SWAN TRIAL. YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN OUT BEFORE. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TALK NOW? >> 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC REPORTING FROM OUTSIDE WEMBLEY STADIUM, SURROUNDED BY SWIFTIES AS TAYLOR SWIFT IS SET TO KICK OFF FIVE SOLD OUT CONCERTS. >> I'M MAGGIE RULLI YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST, THE MUSIC WORLD IS ABUZZ TODAY AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. FROM THE WINNERS TO THE PERFORMANCES, IT WAS A STAR STUDDED AFFAIR CELEBRATING MOST POPULAR TRACKS OF THE YEAR AND THE LAST FOUR DECADES. LARA SPENCER HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> THE CROWD ASKING, THE REAL SLIM SHADY TO PLEASE STAND UP AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE MOON MAN. SABRINA CARPENTER GAVE AN OUT OF THIS WORLD PERFORMANCE WITH EXTRA TERRESTRIAL, AND SHE TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR SONG OF THE YEAR. >> I JUST FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE BEST TRULY THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CHEESY, BUT I LOVE YOU. >> POP PRINCESS TAYLOR SWIFT DID NOT PERFORM, BUT SHE DID DANCE ALONG WITH CAROLE G. >> DEE DEE DEE AFTER HER SEVEN MOON MAN MADE OFFICIALLY MAKING HER THE MOST DECORATED SOLO ARTIST IN VMA HISTORY. >> ME AND MY SO TAYLOR SWIFT WINNING THE VIDEO OF THE YEAR AWARD. SHE THANKED HER SPECIAL. I WOULD ALWAYS JUST HEAR, LIKE SOMEONE LIKE LIKE, CHEERING AND LIKE, OH, THAT ONE PERSON WAS MY BOYFRIEND, TRAVIS. EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN AND MAGIC. LOVE CLEARLY IN THE AIR. >> SHE LOVES WITH HER WHOLE HEART AND. IT'S KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE. ORLANDO BLOOM PRESENTING KATY PERRY THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD . KERRY PERFORMING A MEDLEY OF HER CHART TOPPING HITS YOU THE FIREWORK SINGER THANKING ALL OF THOSE WHO HELPED THROUGHOUT HER DECADES LONG CAREER. THANK YOU TO MY SPACE WALK TOUR AND ALL THE BYGONE PLACES WHERE I FOUND THE VOICE, 26-YEAR-OLD CHAPEL ROAD TAKING HOME BEST NEW ARTIST. CAN BELIEVE IT. WE'RE AT THE VMA AND MEGAN THEE STALLION SERVING AS HOST. HER ATTEMPT AT PAYING HOMAGE TO VMA QUEEN BRITNEY SPEARS DIDN'T QUITE GO AS PLANNED. I'LL GET THIS SNAKE. I KNOW THIS SNAKE TO SMACK DOWN ON ME. >> OH, MY GOD. BUT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH HER ELECTRIC PERFORMANCE. >> AND I HAD TO SAY MY NAME. ROCK GOD. LENNY KRAVITZ PUTTING A NEW SPIN ON ONE OF HIS HEADS WITH QUAVO AND L.L. COOL J. HOW DID IT GO? >> CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF DEF JAM RECORDS ALONGSIDE FLAVOR FLAV AND CHUCK D? >> CALL IT A COMEBACK. IT WAS A KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE. SEE WHAT I DID THERE? LARA SPENCER. THANK YOU. AND ABC'S WILL GANSS AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ AND RADIO PERSONALITY MEGAN RYTE ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS AND TO MAKE FUN OF MY PUNS. MEGAN, LET'S START WITH RIGHT HERE. THIS NOSTALGIC OPEN AND AT ONE POINT I HAVE TO SAY HE HAD ALL THESE LOOKALIKES ON STAGE. AND WHEN HE STOOD STILL. I COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BUT AT ONE POINT HIS LOOKALIKE WAS KIND OF MOVING AND IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE REAL SLIM SHADY ACTUALLY WAS. SO WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS PERFORMANCE, GIVEN HIS LONG HISTORY WITH THE VMAS? ALL RIGHT. SO, DIANE, I FEEL LIKE I AM AT THIS AGE WHERE THE NOSTALGIC PERFORMANCES GIVE ME ALL OF THE FEELS. AND, YOU KNOW, EMINEM HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY WITH THE VMAS STARTING BACK IN 1999. BUT IT WAS HIS 2000 PERFORMANCE WHERE HE DEFINITELY WAS DRAWING INFORMATION. I'M SORRY, INSPIRATION FROM. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHEN I BECAME A FAN. I REMEMBER JUST BEING SUPER YOUNG. I THINK I WAS LIKE 12 YEARS OLD AND I WAS WATCHING THIS PERFORMANCE AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS EVERYTHING HE GETS ON STAGE, WHICH A BUNCH OF LOOK ALIKE EMINEM, WHICH MAKES SENSE WHILE HE'S DRAWING FROM THAT PERFORMANCE FOR THIS VMAS BECAUSE HIS ALBUM IS THE DEATH OF THE REAL SLIM SHADY. >> SO HE PERFORMS WHODINI, OF COURSE. NOW WE'VE GOT THESE WIGS, SO YOU COULD TELL THINGS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE NOW IN 2024. BUT IT DEFINITELY WAS A CLASSIC MOMENT PERFORMING THAT. AND ALSO SOMEBODY SAVE ME FEATURING JELLY ROLL. JELLY ROLL WAS NOT THERE, BUT YOU COULD SEE HIM ON THE BIG SCREEN. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY JUST AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE. EMINEM DID THING. >> WELL, THERE WERE ALSO COUNTLESS NODS TO BRITTANY SPEARS, BOTH ON THE RED CARPET AND IN THE PERFORMANCES. MEGAN THEE STALLION EVEN CAME OUT THE SNAKE, THOUGH I THINK SHE MAY HAVE REGRETTED THAT ONE. BUT NO, BRITTANY HERSELF. NO BRITTANY HERSELF. BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN CELEBRATION OF YEARS OF THE VMAS, YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE VMAS AND NOT THINK ABOUT BRITTANY SPEARS. IT'S THE SNAKE. WHETHER IT'S KISSING MADONNA ON STAGE, WHETHER IT'S ALL OF HER FABULOUS OUTFITS, THE DENIM OUTFIT. >> OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN. >> BEDAZZLED BODYSUIT. EXACTLY. SO, OF COURSE, WE DID SEE MEGAN LAST NIGHT. WE ALSO SAW TATE MCRAE DRESSED IN THE 2001. LOOK, WE SAW SABRINA PERFORMING ON STAGE, AND SABRINA SAMPLED THAT THAT ICONIC OOPS, DID IT AGAIN. >> I THOUGHT THE OLD LADY DROPPED IT IN THE OCEAN. LIKE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE. >> AND THEN THE KISS WITH THE ALIEN WAS A REFERENCE TO THE MADONNA THING AS WELL. SO PAYING HOMAGE, THE CURRENT PRINCESSES OF POP AND ALL OF THESE GENRES KIND OF PAYING HOMAGE TO THE QUEEN, WHO DID IT FOR SO MANY YEARS IN THE EARLY 2000. >> OH, AND WE'RE STILL ALL HOPING TO SEE HER DO IT AGAIN. MEGHAN, L.L. COOL J ALSO WAS THERE CELEBRATING DEF JAM'S 40 YEARS. HE'S THE FIRST RAP ARTIST TO RECEIVE THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD IN 1997. HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS IT TO SEE HIM BACK ON THAT STAGE COMMEMORATING THIS LEGACY WITH SO MANY OTHER RAPPERS THERE ALONGSIDE HIM? >> OH, IT WAS A BIG DEAL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS DIANE, BUT L.L. COOL J COINED THE TERM GOAT. YOU KNOW, WE THROW AROUND THERE, THE GOAT, THIS PERSON IS THE GOAT. BUT HE COINED THAT TERM. HE SHOWED WHY HE STILL IS THIS PERFORMANCE, WHICH TO ME WAS REALLY A MASTERCLASS ON PERFORMING LIKE HE DID NOT MISS A BEAT. HE PERFORMED SOME CLASSICS ALONG WITH BRINGING OUT FLAVOR FLAV. WE LOVE TO SEE FLAVOR FLAV AND CHUCK D AND ALSO SOME NEW MOMENTS FROM ALBUM, THE FOURTH, THE FOURTH, AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING MOMENT FOR HIP-HOP. >> ALL RIGHT. AND QUICKLY, WILL GANSS KATY PERRY WINS THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT MOMENT? I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND IT'S SORT OF A REMINDER, WHILE HAS HAD SORT OF A TUMULTUOUS LAST COUPLE OF ALBUM ROLLOUTS AND A TUMULTUOUS SUMMER, THIS REALLY REMINDED FOLKS THAT, OKAY, SHE IS SUCH A POWERHOUSE IN THE POP SPACE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ, RADIO PERSONALITY, MEGAN RYTE THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. STICK AROUND. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET, WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION EVEN AFTER ISIS'S BLUNDERED COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATING NUCLEAR REACTORS, THREE OF A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE? THE USA. >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE THIS GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU. THANK YOU. ISMAIL. >> DAVID. DAVID? >> YES. YES, I'M DAVID, YOU ARE. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> HI, I'M MANDY. AND I'M SABRINA. AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOVE? REALLY LOVE POP CULTURE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES? BEING A MOM, YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST POP CULTURE MOMS. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, I'M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE ABC NEWS LIVE. I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST BREAKING NEWS, AN EARTHQUAKE ROCKED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE ARE LIVE WITH THE LATEST. PLUS, FRANCINE IS SLAMMING THE GULF COAST AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDERWATER. WE HAVE THE TRACK ON WHERE THE STORM IS HEADING NOW. AND A NEW WEATHER THREAT FOR LOUISIANA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS ARE RAISING FEARS WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD CLOSER TO LOS ANGELES, BUT FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING WILL HELP THEM GAIN THE UPPER HAND. >> AND A NEW INDICTMENT FOR DISGRACED MOVIE PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN WITH THE CHARGES MADE FOR HIS UPCOMING CRIMES TRIAL. >> WE BEGIN WITH FRANCINE NOW MOVING INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AS A DANGEROUS TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THE STORM MADE LANDFALL IN TERREBONNE PARISH, LOUISIANA, YESTERDAY AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. IT BROUGHT 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS RIPPING, THE ROOFS OFF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. >> IT ALSO TOPPLED TREES AND UTILITY POLES. NOW, FRANCES POSING A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE SOUTHEAST. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN NEARLY TEN INCHES OF RAIN. MORE 300,000 HOMES ACROSS LOUISIANA ARE WITHOUT POWER, WHILE MISSISSIPPI REPORTS MORE THAN 50,000 CUSTOMERS HAVE NO POWER. ABC'S MATT RIVERS IS IN LOUISIANA. >> FRANCINE PACKING A PUNCH, SLAMMING INTO SOUTHERN. FLASH FLOODING IN NEW ORLEANS, LEAVING CARS SUBMERGED, DRIVERS WALKING THROUGH FLOODED STREETS WITH FLASHLIGHTS AND SHOES IN HAND. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DECLARED LAST IN THE CITY. FLOODWATERS STILL A PROBLEM, FRANCINE. STRONG WINDS KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MORE THAN 100,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES. TREES ONTO POWER LINES AS WHIPPING WINDS IGNITE THE LINES. YOU CAN SEE POWER LINES CRACKING AND CRASHING AS CARS NAVIGATE THE STREETS AFTER THE CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE MADE A DIRECT HIT. >> LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WITH SOME AREAS BRACING FOR TEN FEET OF STORM SURGE. VIDEO CAPTURED BY ACCUWEATHER SHOWING THE INTENSITY OF THE WINDS SCATTERING DEBRIS THROUGHOUT THIS PARKING LOT. I WAS ON THE COAST JUST AS FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL. >> WELL, THIS HURRICANE COMING ASHORE AS WE SPEAK, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE EYEWALL THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORM WITH WINDS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES GOING UP BY MINUTE. THIS SORT OF ZONE DESPITE BEING BOARDED UP, WINDS TAKING SIDING OFF AND SENDING THE INSULATION FLYING. >> IN JEFFERSON PARISH, OFFICIALS WARNED THE SEWAGE WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY FLOODWATER AND COULD BACK INTO HOMES. >> OVERWHELMED, SCARED, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS BEFORE. I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME A PHONE CALL. >> AND DIANE, AT THE MOMENT, THERE'S ROUGHLY 400,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE STATE, LOUISIANA. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS STORM HAS COME THROUGH THIS AREA AND LEFT HEADING NORTH, THE IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM ARE GOING TO BE FELT FOR, IF NOT WEEKS TO COME. DIANE? ALL RIGHT. MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. AND LET'S BRING IN ABC'S METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE AS. WHERE IS THIS STORM HEADED NOW? WELL, IT'S ZOOMED TO MISSISSIPPI AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE GRAVITY, THE SYSTEM HERE, HOW FAR REACHING THE IMPACTS ARE. WE'RE SEEING RAIN ALL THE DOWN IN TALLAHASSEE, IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND AS FAR NORTH AS MEMPHIS. AND ROCK. THIS STORM SYSTEM NOW THE CORE OF IT, DRIVING THROUGH JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI STILL LIGHTING UP THE BOARD AS WELL WITH MULTIPLE WATCHES, WARNINGS AND ALERTS. WE HAVE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS JUST NORTH OF JACKSON, NORTH OF I-20 IN MISSISSIPPI. FLOOD WATCHES ALL IN GREEN AND WIND ALERTS FOR MOBILE AND PENSACOLA AS THIS STORM CONTINUES ITS TRAJECTORY NORTHWARD. WE ANTICIPATE NOT ONLY HEAVY RAIN, BUT STRONG WINDS. THIS IS THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. LOOK AT THE WIND GUSTS, FOUR OR THE WINDS, SHOULD I SAY, FOR LIKE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, 50 MILES PER HOUR. SO WHILE LOSES ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, WHILE IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE, IT'S STILL MAINTAINING ITS ZEAL, BRINGING PLACES LIKE MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK, TUPELO, HUNTSVILLE, EVEN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SOME STRONG, GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN. THERE'S ALSO A VERY SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE THAT SET UP IN MEMPHIS, I-40, BUT WE REALLY HAVE IT, THIS RED BULL'S EYE OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM IN PARTICULAR, TAKING I-20. THERE IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE WORST OF THE RAIN. SO THAT'S GOING BE SOMETHING WE'RE MONITORING. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TROPICS. YOU KNOW, DIANE. HURRICANE SEASON DOESN'T OFFICIALLY ENDED TILL NOVEMBER 30TH AND THE TROPICS IN THE ATLANTIC ARE COMING ALIVE. ALL RIGHT, SOMARA THEODORE, THANK YOU. AND LET'S GO NOW TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST HANNAH LIZZIE WITH IN NEW ORLEANS WITH MORE. HANNAH, THANKS FOR COMING ON. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING AS THIS STORM MOVES NORTH REALLY ALL OUT OF THE DIRECT IMPACTS FROM THE STORM AND WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT RECOVERY PHASE. SO WE'RE STILL SEEING AREAS OF WATER, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST, HAVING SOME COASTAL FLOODING THAT WILL HANG AROUND HERE FOR ANOTHER DAY OR SO. >> SO, HANNAH, FRANCES IS NO LONGER, BUT IT IS STILL DANGEROUS. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST THREATS THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS? >> YES. SO AS FRANCINE AWAY DOWN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, THE BIGGEST IMPACTS ARE GOING BE THAT HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. SO THOSE AREAS UP THERE IN TENNESSEE, NORTH OF OUR AREA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS ARE REALLY JUST GOING TO WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT RISK OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. ALL RIGHT. METEOROLOGIST FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, HANNAH LISTENING, HANNAH, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND CONCERNS ARE ABOUT STRONG WINDS FURTHER SPREADING. THOSE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. AND WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE USGS SAYING A 4.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE AREA WITH AN EPICENTER NORTH OF MALIBU. ABC'S MELISSA DAN JOINS ME NOW FROM WHITEWOOD, CALIFORNIA. >> MELISSA, LET'S START WITH THE EARTHQUAKE. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THAT ? YES. SO, DIANE, INITIALLY WE GOT REPORTS OF A 5.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT CAME IN. IN FACT I'M OUT HERE COVERING THE WILDFIRES. AND SO WE WERE UP IN THE MOUNTAIN AND WE'VE MOVED DOWN HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, KIND OF SOME OF THE FOOTHILL AREAS. AND I GOT AN ALERT ON MY PHONE. THAT'S MY SHAKE UP THAT, ALERTED ME THAT AN EARTHQUAKE WAS HAPPENING. AND THEN, IN FACT, OF COURSE, THAT'S WHEN THE REPORTS STARTED COMING IN, STARTED HEARING ONLINE OF THE CHATTER OF EXACTLY WHERE WE SAW THIS EARTHQUAKE. BUT THEN WE'VE SEEN THE REPORTS NOW GET DOWNGRADED OF THE MAGNITUDE AND SIZE OF THAT EARTHQUAKE, ABOUT ABOUT 4.1 THAT WE'RE READING. SO THAT'S GOING. BUT IT WAS HITTING IN MALIBU. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING, DIANE, EVEN WHERE THE EPICENTER IS READY, WENT DOWN FROM MALIBU. WE HAD REPORTS ALL THE COAST HERE UP THROUGH LOS ANGELES, EVEN DOWN TO LONG BEACH OF PEOPLE FEELING IT. AND THEN IN SOME OF THE INLAND COMMUNITIES, IT COULD BE KIND OF POWERFUL AT WHAT POINT WHERE YOU ARE THAT YOU CAN FEEL A QUAKE. >> SO WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE CONTAINMENT OF THESE FIRES NOW AND HOW CONCERNED? ARE FIREFIGHTERS ABOUT THE STRONG WINDS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, DIANE. SO THE OTHER BIG THREAT THAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING ARE THESE MAJOR WILDFIRES. THE GOOD NEWS REALLY HERE IS THAT THOSE HIGH WINDS HAVE REALLY LET UP. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD. IT'S BEEN A HUGE RELIEF KNOW WE DEALT WITH THAT INTENSE HEAT WAVE THAT FINALLY HAS BEEN SUCH A RELIEF TO FEEL THESE TEMPERATURES DROPPING. AND THEN THE WIND WE WERE TO SEE EVEN MORE POWERFUL WINDS. BUT IT REALLY GOES TO SHOW JUST HOW WELL FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN THESE BLAZES IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING OUT TO ALL OF THIS. THERE'S JUST SUCH BIG PRESENCE INTO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL WELL STOCKED AND EQUIPPED TO BASICALLY HANDLE THAT. IT'S GOOD, BUT STILL, WE NEVER WANT TO GET OUR OUR, YOU KNOW, THREAT LEVEL DOWN BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD OF SPARK IN AN INSTANT. DIANE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD ADVICE, MELISSA. >> DAN, THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, HARVEY IS NOW FACING NEW CRIMINAL CHARGES IN NEW YORK. A GRAND JURY RETURNED A NEW INDICTMENT AGAINST WEINSTEIN TODAY AS THE MANHATTAN D.A.'S OFFICE PREPARES TO RETRY THE DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL AFTER THE REVERSAL OF HIS RAPE CONVICTION EARLIER THIS YEAR. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY IS HERE WITH THE LATEST ON THAT STORY. ERIN, WHAT DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT ABOUT THESE CHARGES AND WEINSTEIN'S ARRAIGNMENT? >> WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT CHARGES BECAUSE THE INDICTMENT REMAINS UNTIL WEINSTEIN DOES APPEAR FOR ARRAIGNMENT. HE HAD EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SO HE WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY. BUT WHEN THE JUDGE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CASE, PROSECUTORS REVEALED THAT THEY HAD SECURED A NEW INDICTMENT. AND WHILE WE DON'T KNOW THE CHARGES, WE KNOW THAT PROSECUTORS HAD PRESENTED EVIDENCE OF THREE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULTS BY THREE DIFFERENT WOMEN, VARYING TIME PERIODS THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES. AND THOSE LOOK LIKE, THEY COULD FORM THE BASIS OF THESE NEW CHARGES, ERIN. >> ONCE WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY DUE TO A HEART ISSUE. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT? >> THEY HAD A STENT PUT IN IT. HIS LAWYERS SAID, AND NOW GOING TO BE MOVED ON A SEMI-PERMANENT BASIS FROM RIKERS ISLAND, THE BIG JAIL COMPLEX IN NEW YORK CITY TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE CITY RUN HOSPITALS WHERE THERE'S A PRISON WARD. AND HE'S GOING TO BE HELD THERE. THE JUDGE SAID JUST FOR HIS OWN GOOD CARE, HE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE TO HAPPEN TO HIM AND NO SENSE IN MOVING HIM WHEN IT BECOMES APPROPRIATE. TENTATIVELY, PERHAPS AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, HE'LL APPEAR IN COURT AS HIS ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTORS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS. AND IF HE DOES APPEAR, THAT'S WHEN HE WOULD BE ON THE NEW CHARGES AND THEY'LL BE REVEALED PUBLICLY. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATOR CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. THANKS, ERIN. COMING UP, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KEY BATTLEGROUNDS STATES. THE NEW REACTIONS TO THEIR DEBATE AS THE NOMINEES PREPARE TO SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSION STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII, FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT, 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? >> TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART GONE ALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICAN THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. >> BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT, IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. >> YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE EMMY SPECIAL CAROL. FOR THAT, LADIES AT THE 76TH EMMYS, A NIGHT OF FIRSTS. ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO CRAZY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. ON WHAT NETWORK ARE WE ON? ABC? >> ABC? OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HEADING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES DEBATE. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY'RE ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE WITH STOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS HEADING TO ARIZONA AND NEVADA AS HE CALLS THE DEBATE HIS BEST EVER. ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> KAREN, WHAT IS THIS NEW, QUOTE, AGGRESSIVE STAGE LOOK LIKE FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN? >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE PRESIDENT HARRIS, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, THEIR TOP SURROGATES OUT IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES AGGRESSIVELY OVER THE COMING WEEKS AS. EARLY VOTING STARTS TO GET UNDERWAY AND WE GET CLOSER TO ELECTION DAY. DIANCHI IS IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, PENNSYLVANIA TOMORROW, VERY CRITICAL STATES. >> WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING TO SEE HER DO MORE MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS, WHICH CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL SAYS WILL FOCUS ON LOCAL MEDIA IN THOSE BATTLEGROUND STATES AND ALSO REACHING OUT TO KEY VOTING GROUPS IN THE BATTLEGROUND. NOW, THE CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT THEY HAD A DECISIVE VICTORY, THAT DEBATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT, AND THEY'D LIKE TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THE MOMENTUM. BUT ULTIMATELY, THEY SAY THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS RACE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE FROM ONE DEBATE. KAMALA HARRIS HERSELF SAID IT IN A FUNDRAISING THAT YOU DON'T WIN AN ELECTION BECAUSE OF A DEBATE, BUT THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM COMING OUT OF THAT AND THEY'D LIKE HER TO CAPITALIZE THAT, THAT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THEY SAY THEY HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK TO DO BECAUSE. THE POLLS SHOW A VERY TIGHT RACE NATIONALLY AND IN THOSE KEY BATTLEGROUND. >> NOW, SOME TRUMP ALLIES ON CAPITOL HILL SAY THE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND THAT THEY WANTED HIM TO STAY MESSAGE. >> IS THIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGING CHANGING NOW AFTER THE DEBATE? OF COURSE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE WON THAT DEBATE. >> IT WAS HIS BEST EVER. AND THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANOTHER, HE SAYS, IS BECAUSE HE WON. AND HARRIS CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR A SECOND DEBATE IS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT SHE LOST. IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING, THOUGH, ALLIES OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THEY WANT HIM TO STAY ON MESSAGE. THEY WANT HIM TO BE OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY, THE BORDER, IMMIGRATION, CRIME AND SAFETY, WHERE POLLS SHOW HE HAS AN EDGE OVER VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. THEY HIM TO DO THAT IN THE DEBATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. AND HE DID NOT. A BIG PART OF THE MESSAGE THEY'D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR IS HIM TYING HER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE THIS BEFORE? HE DID IN THE CLOSING STATEMENT, BUT HE DID NOT IN THE REST OF THE DEBATE. >> AND BIDEN PENNED AN OP ED FOR GLAMOUR TITLED MY LONG FIGHT TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. IT COMES ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. WHAT STUCK OUT TO YOU FROM HIS MESSAGE THERE? YEAH, WE HAVE A VERY BIG EVENT HERE LATER TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH LAWN ADVOCATES, ALLIES, PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE. THE PRESIDENT. HE WAS A SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION BACK WHEN HE WAS A SENATOR 30 YEARS AGO. AND HE IN THAT OP ED, HE SAID THAT DOMESTIC BACK THEN IN THE 1990 WAS CONSIDERED A FAMILY MATTER IN SOCIETY, LARGELY TURNED A BLIND EYE, DISMISSED CRIES FOR, HELP OR BLAME THE CRITICS. THE PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS WRONG. SO TODAY, GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIS WORK ON THIS, WHAT IS STILL BEING DONE TODAY THROUGH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT? DIANE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERLINE HOW MUCH THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN THIS ELECTION. IT GIVES HIM A CHANCE AND, POTENTIALLY REACH OUT TO THEM AND HELP HIS VICE PRESIDENT A LITTLE BIT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS, THANK YOU. AND ON CAPITOL HILL, HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH TO PREVENT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON POSTPONED A VOTE YESTERDAY ON A TEMPORARY SPENDING BILL WOULD KEEP FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS FUNDED FOR SIX MONTHS. DEMOCRATS ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO REJECT THE INCLUSION OF THE SAFE ACT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE. A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO SAID THEY OPPOSE THE MEASURE. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN IS IN D.C. WITH THE LATEST. JAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS VOTE? WHEN IS IT EXPECTED AND WILL IT PASS? >> WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT VOTE COME OR IF THERE WILL BE A VOTE ON THIS AT ALL, BECAUSE MIKE JOHNSON, AS YOU SAID, PULLED IT. HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT ON THE FURTHER RIGHT OF HIS PARTY WITH FURTHER RIGHT REPUBLICANS. THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANY KIND OF TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT MEASURE BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RUN A GOVERNMENT FUNDING, REMEMBER, EXPIRES IN JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW. AND OF COURSE, ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THINGS, THE SAFE ACT, THAT NONCITIZEN LEGISLATION. DEMOCRATS SAY IT'S A SOLUTION IN WANT OF A PROBLEM. IF YOU ARE A NON-CITIZEN, YOU ALREADY CAN'T VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS AS IT IS. AND SO THEY SAY MIKE JOHNSON IS ESSENTIALLY PLAYING POLITICS WITH THIS ISSUE, ATTACHING IT TO MUST PASS GOVERNMENT FUNDING LEGISLATION. SO BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WON'T SUPPORT IT AND BECAUSE HE'S GOT REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THEY WON'T IT EITHER FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, MIKE JOHNSON JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES TO THIS TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE DONE. >> THAT'S WHY HE PULLED IT. THAT'S HE HAS SAID NOW REPUBLICANS ARE ESSENTIALLY REASSESSING WHAT SUPPORT THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY COULD BRING TO THE FLOOR. AND THE HOUSE IS IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN. >> SO HOW MUCH OF A ROLE IS THE TIMING OF THE ELECTION PLAYING HERE? IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AWAY NOW. IS THAT COMPLICATING THINGS? >> IT ABSOLUTELY IS. AND MIKE JOHNSON PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE TACKED ON NON-CITIZEN VOTING LEGISLATION TO THIS GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE IF THERE WEREN'T AN ELECTION COMING. HE SAYS IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE THE ELECTION IS COMING. AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, DEMOCRATS SAY THIS IS A SOLUTION IN WANT OF A PROBLEM. MEANTIME, IT ALSO COMPLICATES THE POLITICS AT PLAY HERE BECAUSE THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING, AS WE'VE SAID. AND OF COURSE, TENSIONS ARE HIGH BETWEEN. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS NOT JUST AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, BUT ALSO WITH DOWN BALLOT RACES, HOUSE RACES, SENATE RACES, ETC.. AND SO THAT COMPLICATES THE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT ALSO WHAT IT DOES IS IT CREATES THIS SENSE OF URGENCY, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN JUST WEEKS OUT FROM AN ELECTION WHICH COULD OCCUR AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. SO WHILE IT COMPLICATES THE NEGOTIATIONS, IT ALSO ADDS THIS ADDED URGENCY. BUT STILL, WE HAVEN'T SEEN BOTH PARTIES GET CLOSE TO ANY KIND OF A FINALIZED. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED. PLAN. THE SENATE HAS SAID TO MIKE JOHNSON JUST PASSED TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING. TAKE OUT THIS NONCITIZEN VOTING THING AND DEMOCRATS WILL GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT THAT THEY THAT YOU NEED. MIKE JOHNSON HAS YET TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT HE'S GOING TO GO FOR THAT. >> AND THEN SPEAKER JOHNSON HAS SAID THAT HE WANTS TO GET THE SAVE ACT ON RECORD. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE STRATEGY HERE? >> WHAT'S AT STAKE IF THE SPENDING BILL DOESN'T PASS? WELL, WHAT HE WANTS IS ESSENTIALLY A VOTE FOR BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO SAY THIS IS WHERE WE LAND ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE ALLOWS REPUBLICANS TO ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT THOSE WHO DON'T VOTE FOR THIS ARE NOT ARE IN FAVOR, AS REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID OF NON-CITIZENS VOTING. DEMOCRATS WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE ARE ALREADY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PREVENT NON-CITIZENS FROM VOTING. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY ACCUSE MIKE JOHNSON OF PLAYING POLITICS HERE. IF DOESN'T GO THROUGH, IF THERE ISN'T SOME KIND OF A FUNDING DEAL, IF THERE'S NOTHING IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE DOESN'T STEP IN TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN WHICH THEY COULD DO AT THE 11TH HOUR AND THEY MIGHT DO AT THE 11TH HOUR, THEN OF COURSE, THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO WILL EITHER HAVE TO WORK WITHOUT PAY OR JUST NOT SHOW UP AT ALL. THERE ARE GOVERNMENT SERVICES THAT WOULD GRIND TO A HALT. IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON MILITARY PAY. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY BECAUSE TRUST IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THIS COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. SO DEVASTATING IMPACTS IF THERE IS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN? >> AS YOU KNOW, DIANE, WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSE BEFORE AND CONGRESS HAS BEEN ABLE TO NARROWLY AVOID A SHUTDOWN. TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME. >> AND NOW THEY'VE GOT TO TRY AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. >> ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN. THANKS, JAY. THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL IS ACCUSING ISRAEL OF VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. THE U.N. SAYS AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SIX OF ITS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY EMPLOYEES, WERE KILLED WHEN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT A SCHOOL WHERE CIVILIANS WERE SHELTERING . THE IDF SAYS THE SCHOOL IN CENTRAL GAZA WAS TARGETED BECAUSE IT WAS A HAMAS COMMAND . THIS IS THE FIFTH ATTACK ON THAT SCHOOL IN 11 MONTHS. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, FOR MORE MATT, THE U.N. CHIEF CALLS THESE STRIKES TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. HOW ARE ISRAELI OFFICIALS RESPONDING TO THAT? ISRAEL HAS SAID THAT IT WENT AFTER HAMAS MILITANT AND IT SAID THAT THE REASON THAT IT HAS CONTINUOUSLY STRUCK MOSQUES AND SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS IN THE GAZA STRIP OVER THE PAST MONTHS IS BECAUSE HAMAS HAS BEEN CYNICALLY USING THOSE PLACES WHERE ARE TYPICALLY SHELTERING AS COMMAND POSTS, AS CENTERS OF OPERATION. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING AFTER THEM. THE NUMBER, ACCORDING TO OUR PRODUCER IN GAZA, OF DEAD THERE ,IS NOW OVER 20, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY. AND THE U.N. SAYS THAT SIX OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE HAMAS OR U.N. OPERATIVES. >> THEY WORKED FOR THE U.N.. ISRAEL COUNTERS BY SAYING THEY MAY BE THEY WORK FOR THE U.N. OR MOONLIGHTED FOR THE N, BUT THESE PEOPLE WERE HAMAS MILITANTS. SO THIS IS THE KIND OF GIVE AND TAKE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR MANY MONTHS NOW. ISRAEL STRIKING WHAT IT CONSIDERS TO BE CIVILIAN LOCATIONS. THE U.N., OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUTRAGE, SAYING YOU CAN'T KEEP HITTING SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. ISRAEL SAYING, WELL, THAT'S WHERE HAMAS MILITANTS ARE. AND WE DEDICATED AT THIS POINT TO HAMAS'S DESTRUCTION. BUT DIDN'T, OF COURSE, ACCOUNT FOR THE CIVILIANS WHO WERE KILLED ALONGSIDE THOSE MILITANTS DIANE. >> MEANWHILE, MATT, ISRAELI PRIME BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS ACCUSING HAMAS OF BLOCKING A CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE DEAL. >> WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THOSE NEGOTIATIONS? THEY APPEAR TO BE STALLED. WE KNOW THAT AGAIN, FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AFOOT BY THE U.S. AND EGYPTIAN AND QATARI BROKERS TO TRY NUDGE THIS FORWARD. NOW, AT THIS POINT, I UNDERSTAND FROM U.S. SOURCES ,PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN TO NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN. IT'S HAMAS THAT'S MOVING THE GOALPOSTS A LITTLE. AND HAMAS IS ACCUSING ISRAEL OF ALSO MOVING THE GOALPOSTS JUST OVER PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS SAID THAT WE ACTUALLY NOT WILLING TO PULL ALL OF OUR TROOPS OUT OF THE GAZA STRIP. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN PRESENCE IN WHAT'S CALLED PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR. IT'S A VERY NARROW STRIP OF LAND AT THE VERY SOUTHERN PART OF THE GAZA STRIP, SNUG UP AGAINST THE EGYPTIAN BORDER RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOWN OF RAFAH THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT FOR SO MANY MONTHS. ISRAEL, OR AT LEAST NETANYAHU, SAYS THAT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE SMUGGLING OF WEAPONS INTO GAZA FOR HAMAS HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND THEY NEED TO SHUT THAT DOWN. AND TO SHUT IT DOWN, THEY NEED A PERMANENT PRESENCE. BUT THE IDF AND THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT HAVE BEEN SAYING TO ME AND PUBLICLY AT THIS POINT THAT THEY DO NOT NEED TO CONTINUE HOLD PHILADELPHIA. IN FACT, IN OVER TWO MONTHS OF BEING THERE, THEY HAVE NOT A SINGLE OPERATIONAL WEAPONS SMUGGLING TUNNEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND. THEY DESPERATELY WANT ISRAEL TO MOVE WITH A CEASE FIRE AND HOSTAGE DEAL AND ARE PUTTING INCREASING ON NETANYAHU TO AGREE TO IT. SO IT SEEMS THAT IF THE DOES COME, DYAN, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME MORE INTERNALLY ISRAELI SOURCES THAN EXTERNALLY FROM THE U.S. OR QATAR OR EGYPT . MATT GUTMAN IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. THANKS, MATT COMING UP, THE PILOT SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE MOMENT A DOOR BLEW OFF AN ALASKA AIRLINES JET. WHAT SHE'S SAYING ABOUT THE ORDEAL AS BOEING FACES A POSSIBLE STRIKE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? >> OPERATION AFTER FIGHTERS COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE, WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OPERATION NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU WITH? >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU? IT'S VERY INTERESTING. IT'S LYLE. >> DAVID. >> YES. YES. I'M. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAT NAME NOT EXIST. I CREATED THE. >> WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? >> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WERE BEETLES OR ANYTHING. WELL, WE DIDN'T. SHEA STADIUM, 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. BUT WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? >> THIS IS START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST START HERE, COVERING THE VERY LATEST ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER IN EL PASO. I MEAN, WHEREVER THE STORY, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A PILOT IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE MOMENT A DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF AN ALASKA AIRLINES JET MID-FLIGHT. THE PILOT TELLS CBS NEWS SHE HEARD AND FELT BLOWOUT AS IT HAPPENED BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL THEY LANDED. THE INCIDENT HAS BOEING UNDER MAJOR SCRUTINY AND NOW THE COMPANY IS FACING A POTENTIAL STRIKE. >> ABC NEWS ERIELLE RESHEF HAS THE LATEST. >> IT WAS THE TERRIFYING MIDAIR MALFUNCTION PUT BOEING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A HOLE THE AIRPLANE UNTIL WE LANDED. >> AND THIS MORNING, ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT WHITBREAD SPEAKING OUT TO CBS NEWS DESCRIBING THE MOMENT THE DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF HER AIRCRAFT. >> BACK IN JANUARY THE FIRST INDICATION WAS IT WAS AN EXPLOSION IN MY AND THEN A WASH OF AIR. MY BODY WAS FORCED FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. >> WE'RE PROUD, SAYS CABIN QUICKLY DEPRESSURIZED. AND SHE AND HER CAPTAIN KNEW THE WAS DIRE. >> WE ARE EMERGENCY. WE ARE DEPRESSURIZE. >> WE DO NEED TO RETURN BACK. BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY MANAGED TO SAFELY LAND THAT PACKED PLANE THAT THEY REALIZED EXACTLY HAD HAPPENED. >> AND I OPENED THE FLIGHT DECK DOOR AND. I SAW CALM, QUIET, HUNDREDS OF EYES STARING RIGHT BACK AT ME. AND I LOOKED AT MY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? AND IN THAT RESPONSE, I HEARD WHOLE. FOUR, FIVE EMPTY SEATS AND INJURIES TO THE 737 MAX 9 JETLINER TOOK O FROM PORTLAND WITH NEARLY EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED. 171 PASSENGERS AND SIX CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD. REMARKABLY, NO ONE WAS SEATED NEXT TO THAT DOOMED DOOR. >> AND I REMEMBER NOT TAKING VERY LONG FOR US TO CONFIRM. WE HAD 177 SOULS ON BOARD. I WAS SO THANKFUL. I WAS IN SHOCK, DISBELIEF. >> EVERYBODY WAS THERE. THE INCIDENT PROMPTING, A WIDE SCALE PROBE INTO BOEING, THE MAKER OF THE AIRCRAFT. AND AFTER WHISTLEBLOWER WARNINGS ABOUT MANUFACTURING ISSUES IN JUNE, THE COMPANY'S CEO GRILLED BY LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL, APOLOGIZING TO THE FAMILIES OF THE 346 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE 2018 AND 2019. 737 MAX JETLINER CRASHES IN COLORADO. NOW BOEING FACING A LOOMING STRIKE BY ITS EMPLOYEES, 33,000 THREATENING TO WALK OFF THE JOB ,DEMANDING 40% HIGHER WAGES, BONUSES AND PENSIONS. >> ABC ERIELLE RESHEF. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEWS FOR YOU RIGHT AFTER? >> THE BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, DUVALL DE TEXAS, EDINBURGH REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT, THE TRACK OF FRANCINE, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE WOULD HAPPEN TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY BOUND? AND KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS . >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY HULU. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. LOVE IT. YES. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT. >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY, INCREDIBLE ANY SPECIAL COUNSEL THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT IS 7/6 EMMYS, A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO CRAZY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK? ON ABC. ABC OH, MY GOD. >> HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC. ABC NEWS. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. I AM DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, FRANCINE IS SLAMMING GULF COAST AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM. HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDERWATER. WE HAVE THE TRACK WHERE THE STORM IS HEADING NOW. AND THE NEW WEATHER THREAT FOR LOUISIANA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS ARE NOW FEAR WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD CLOSER TO LOS ANGELES. WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING WILL HELP THEM GAIN THE UPPER HAND. AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. IN A REACTION TO THEIR DEBATE AS THE NOMINEES TO SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE, WE BEGIN WITH FRANCINE NOW MOVING INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AS A DANGEROUS TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THE STORM MADE LANDFALL IN TERRIBLE PARISH, LOUISIANA YESTERDAY AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. IT BROUGHT 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS RIPPING THE ROOFS OFF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND TOPPLING TREES AND UTILITY POLES. NOW, FRANCINE IS POSING A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE SOUTHEAST. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY NEARLY TEN INCHES OF RAINFALL. MORE THAN 300,000 HOMES ACROSS LOUISIANA ARE WITHOUT POWER, WHILE MISSISSIPPI REPORTS MORE THAN 50,000 CUSTOMERS THERE HAVE NO POWER. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING WITH ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST. >> STANDING BY WITH THE STORM'S TRACK. SO IKE THIS WAS NOT A DIRECT HIT ON NEW ORLEANS BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. WHAT ARE CONDITIONS LIKE THERE NOW? YES, IT WAS CLOSE. WHAT WE SAW ESSENTIALLY HAPPENED WAS THAT CENTER OF THE STORM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE OVER NEW ORLEANS. IT ESSENTIALLY DISSIPATED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT GOT HERE. AND WE WERE REALLY LEFT WHAT LOOKED LIKE ALMOST A CRESCENT MOON SHAPE OF THAT STORM AFFECTING NEW ORLEANS. AND THAT REALLY BROUGHT THOSE STRONG WINDS AND RAIN. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE TIME THAT STORM SUPPOSED TO BE OVER NEW ORLEANS WAS ESSENTIALLY CUT DOWN, WHICH IS WHY DAMAGE IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA ISN'T AS SEVERE AS OTHERS PARISHES AROUND THE AREA. NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY I WAS SHOWING YOU THE AREA BACK BY BEHIND ME WAS ESSENTIALLY A GHOST TOWN. LOOK AT IT. THIS MORNING. THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE STREETS. THERE ARE CARS OUT HERE. OBVIOUSLY NO RAIN AND NO WIND. THIS STORM IS EFFECTIVELY OUT OF THE AREA AND. THE FRENCH QUARTER HERE IS REALLY BACK TO NORMAL. BUT JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER WE GOT OFF AROUND 730, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE A LOT OF THE DAMAGE HAPPENING. WE WERE TOLD BY FIRST RESPONDERS THAT 26 PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY RESCUED THAT WERE TRAPPED INSIDE, A HOUSING UNIT IN THIBODAUX AS A RESULT OF THOSE RISING FLOODWATERS IN TERMS OF POWER OUTAGES. WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW HERE IN NEW ORLEANS IS ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. CREWS ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS OFFICIALS, PEOPLE TO CONSERVE WATER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTROL THOSE SEWAGE LEVELS, BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT, ANY OF THAT SEWAGE COMING INTO HOMES. >> SO SOME ARE WHERE IS THIS STORM HEADED NOW? YEAH, SO IT'S MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT'S HEADED FURTHER INLAND. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SPINNING OVER THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. >> BUT LOOK HOW FAR REACHING THE BANDS ARE. SO WE'RE SEEING HEAVY RAIN RIGHT NOW FROM THE SAME SYSTEM IN PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATING HEAVY RAIN SPEWING INTO PARTS OF LITTLE ROCK THROUGH MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH THIS MORNING. SO HERE ARE THE ALERTS THAT WERE LEFT WITH. A LOT OF THE ALERTS HAVE BEEN LIFTED IN PARTS OF LOUISIANA. BUT THEY'RE LIGHTING UP THE BOARD FOR PLACES LIKE HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, MEMPHIS, TUPELO MONTGOMERY, EVEN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. THEY'RE TIMING THIS OUT. HERE WE GO, PUSHING FORWARD IN TIME. THIS IS 3 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. LOOK AT WHERE THE SPIN IS, THE WINDS, THE RAIN, A LOT OF IT OVER MEMPHIS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE STRONGEST WINDS, PARTS OF TUPELO AS WELL. LITTLE ROCK, YOU SEE MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, PICKING UP SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS AS WELL. AND THAT IS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND BY THIS EVENING. THIS PUSHES FARTHER NORTH. >> SO KENTUCKY IS GOING TO GET IN ON SOME OF THIS. WE'LL BE SEEING SOME HEAVY RAIN IN FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NASHVILLE ALL BECAUSE OF THE BRAND SEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS TO BE, THOUGH, IN CENTRAL ALABAMA, RIGHT ALONG I-20. AND WE'RE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE. WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET. WE'RE TRACKING ANOTHER POTENTIAL THREAT. SO THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, DIANE, FOR NOW. BACK TO YOU, IKE EJIOCHI. THANK YOU BOTH. AND WHILE THIS STORM IS STILL AN ACTIVE THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTH, RECOVERY EFFORTS HAVE STARTED IN PARTS OF LOUISIANA. GO TO MIKE STEELE, SPOKESMAN FOR THE LOUISIANA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. MIKE, I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME, SO THANKS FOR COMING ON. WHAT'S THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOCUSED ON AT THIS STAGE IN THE DISASTER RESPONSE? >> SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS. WE NEED TO HELP THEM KIND OF MOVE OUT OF THE RESPONSE PHASE AND INTO THE RECOVERY PHASE. SO OVERNIGHT, THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY. YOU HAD EVERYTHING FROM THE SURGE PROBLEMS ALONG THE COAST TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF THE THE METRO ORLEANS AREA. AND THEN YOU HAD A LOT OF WIND DAMAGE ONCE YOU GOT OF NEW ORLEANS AND EAST OF BATON ROUGE. KIND OF BEEN THE NORTH SHORE AREA OF THE NORTH, THE NORTH SHORE AREA OF LAKE AND LAKE MOORE, PAUL. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FACTORS KIND OF IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF DEATHS. A LOT OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS THAT CONDUCTED OUR OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO HANDLE A LOT OF THAT. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UTILITY CREWS JUST IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA RIGHT NOW THAT ARE. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM ON THE ROADS KIND OF GOING OUT TO SOME OF THESE IMPACTED AREAS . WE'RE JUST ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BE PATIENT, BUT WE STILL NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ON THE ROADWAY IF THEY DO HAVE TO TRAVEL. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO 511 L.A. NORTH. IT'S A WEBSITE OUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION USES, TO UPDATE ROAD CLOSURES AND ROAD PROBLEMS. AND SO, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST ASKING EVERYBODY TO BE PATIENT, LET THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS AND UTILITY CREWS KIND OF GET OUT AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. >> AND, MIKE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE WITHOUT POWER. YOU HAVE MASSIVE FLOODING ACROSS THE STATE. WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR PLANNING TO DO TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES? >> SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A UNIFIED COMMAND GROUP MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND WITH GOVERNOR LANDRY AND ALL OF THE CABINET SECRETARIES UNDER ALL THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MEETING. WE GET REPORTS IN FROM OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE GOVERNOR IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING DOWN TO TERRE MARTIN PARISH, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. BUT HE'S ALSO GOING TO FLY OVER SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONS THAT WERE IMPACTED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE IS BASICALLY TO SUPPORT THOSE PARISHES, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER EXCEEDS THEIR CAPACITY TO HANDLE. THAT'S WHEN WE'RE HERE TO HELP. AND WE ALSO HAVE FEMA ON THE GROUND WITH US ALREADY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT EVERYTHING, GETTING THOSE BIG IMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTS IN FROM OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AND KIND OF DETERMINING A PATH FORWARD. AFTER THAT, WE WE ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THE DAMAGE LAID OUT, GO TO REPORT ANY DAMAGE. THAT WILL HELP EVERYONE KIND OF CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT FEDERAL MAY BE AVAILABLE. AND OF COURSE, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TO FIRST FILE THEIR CLAIMS WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY. BUT THEN WILL DETERMINE THE PATH FORWARD WITH RECOVERY AFTER THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. SPOKESMAN FOR THE LOUISIANA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MIKE STEELE. >> MIKE, THANK YOU. STAY SAFE. YOU BET. THANK YOU. >> AND CONCERNS ARE GROWING ABOUT STRONG WINDS FURTHER SPREADING THIS MAJOR IN CALIFORNIA. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. NOW, FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL HELP THEIR BATTLE. ABC'S MELISSA JOHN JOINS ME NOW FROM WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. >> MELISSA, WHAT'S THE LATEST, THE CONTAINMENT HERE AND HOW CONCERNED ARE FIREFIGHTERS WITH THESE STRONG WINDS. DEFINITELY, DIANE. THE GOOD NEWS WITH AS FAR AS CONTAINMENT GOES, WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS. THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT SEEING THOSE NUMBERS INCREASING. AND THEN FAR AS THE FIREFIGHTERS LOOK RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO WINDS. THAT WAS THE BIG BIG THREAT WITH THOSE RED FLAG WARNINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING THROUGHOUT DAY. BUT THEN RIGHT NOW, REALLY, WE'RE GETTING A GOOD SENSE OF SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE. AND THIS IS RIGHT HERE, ONE OF THOSE HOMES WHERE FOR BRIDGE FIRE, DIANE, THIS IS BETWEEN SAN BERNARDINO AND LOS ANGELES MOUNTAINS. THIS MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY, 30 PLUS HOMES DESTROYED, INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT WE SEE HERE. AND IT IS IN THESE COMMUNITIES, DIANE, THAT THIS WHAT THE OTHER CHALLENGES IS THE TERRAIN, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE'RE WALKING UP. IT'S A PRETTY STEEP HILL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE NOTICED SO MUCH FROM THAT FIRE PATTERN WHEN WE NOTICE THAT SO MUCH OF THOSE BLAZES RIPPED THROUGH THIS, IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST THREAT. BUT LOOK, YOU CAN TELL A GOOD FEEL HERE THAT YOU SEE THE DAMAGE OF THAT HOME, HOW IT RIPPED OUT THROUGH DESTROYING THEN ALL OF THIS THIS CAR INCINERATED. THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE. BUT FORTUNATELY, DIANE, NO REPORTS OF PEOPLE INJURED AND NO REPORTS OF DEATH. DIANE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD NEWS THERE. ABC, MELISSA. >> DAN, THANK YOU. AND BATTALION CHIEF FOR CAL FIRE BRITT SQUIRE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. BRITT, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME, BUT FOR COMING ON, TALK ME THROUGH THE CHALLENGES YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. >> YES. THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. AND GOOD MORNING, DIANE. YOU KNOW, THE STEEP, ROCKY TERRAIN ALL IN THIS AREA KNOWN FOR BEING EXTREMELY STEEP. SO OUR TEMPERATURES HELPING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOWERING. BUT THAT STEEPNESS OF THE TERRAIN WITH THE STEEP CANYONS, IT CREATES ITS OWN WEIGHT. WHEN DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. SO WEATHER'S HELPING AND BUT THE LOCAL FACTORS ARE STILL MAKING THIS A DIFFICULT FIREFIGHT. >> AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE GETTING A CRASH COURSE IN FIREFIGHTING THIS WEEK. >> WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL AND HOW WILL THEY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ON THE FRONT LINES ? YEAH, THAT ENTAILS HOW TO BE SAFE ON A WILDLAND FIRE. THE BASICS CUT IN LINE, WHAT TO LOOK, WHAT DANGERS TO LOOK FOR. JUST. JUST ALL, ALL HOW TO GET OUT ON THE FRONT LINES. COME SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH US AND GIVE A HAND. >> AND SO WHAT DO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW? WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW? I SHOULD SAY, ABOUT THESE FIRES AND THE KIND OF HELP YOU NEED RIGHT NOW? SO AS FAR AS THE FIRES GO, LAST WEEK, WEATHER WAS SO HOT, SO DRY, WE HAD THESE THREE MAJOR FIRES BREAK OUT AND THEY WERE ALL DOING YOU KNOW, THEY WERE OFF TO THE RACES. RIGHT NOW, THE JACKETS ARE STARTING COME OUT. THE WEATHER HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY AND THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SUCH A BIG HELPING HAND THIS WEEK. SO I THINK WE'RE ON THE UP AND UP ON ALL THESE FIRES. >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE CONTAINMENT GROW. >> ALL RIGHT. BATTALION CHIEF FOR CAL FIRE PASCO. GOOD LUCK, BRITT. STAY SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIANE. >> COMING UP, CHINA IS NO LONGER ALLOWING FOREIGNERS TO ADOPT CHILDREN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR HUNDREDS OF PLANNED ADOPTIONS HERE IN THE U.S.. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE ,THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> TONIGHT, THE TRACK OF FRANCINE, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> AND THEY LIKE THE STORIES THAT SHE WANT THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE. JEREMY STUNNING. EMPOWERING SEAN TRUMP THE MOST POWERFUL OF OUR TIME IN MY LIFE ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU. WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, EVOLVED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC LIVE PRIME. >> WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS. WHEREVER YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WILL THEY BE WEARING ON TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT? THE FASHION, THE STYLE AND THE STARS TOMORROW. ROBBINS AND HOLLYWOOD WITH A FASHION PREVIEW AT THE EMMYS. PLUS, A FIRST LOOK AT HER. ANY SPECIAL SO CRAZY TOMORROW AND WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT'S THE PART, THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, YOU'RE WATCHING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS MY REPORTING BREAKING EXCLUSIVES, STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR HIS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE HARRIS ARE HEADING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES DEBATE. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY'RE ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE WITH STOPS NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS HEADING TO ARIZONA AND NEVADA AS HE CALLS THE DEBATE HIS BEST EVER. >> ABC SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. >> HEY, DIANE, GOOD MORNING. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP ARE BACK OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FACING OFF ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. THE TWO DID MEET AGAIN JUST HOURS. THEY GOT OFF THE STAGE SHARING A VERY POLITE HANDSHAKE AT GROUND ZERO AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. TODAY, TRUMP WILL TRY TO TURN THE PAGE. HE IS STILL INSISTING THIS WAS HIS GREATEST DEBATE EVER, BUT HIS ALLIES OVER ON HILL SEE THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY. THEY CALLED THIS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. TRUMP THEY WANTED HIM TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES, ON POLICY. SENATOR KEVIN CRAMER SAID THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT INSTEAD TREATED IT LIKE A CAMPAIGN RALLY. TODAY, TRUMP WILL BE OUT WEST. HE HE'LL BE HOLDING AN EVENT IN ARIZONA. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS TO IN NORTH CAROLINA. THAT'S A STATE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT REALLY TO HANG ON TO IN ORDER TO CLINCH THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. HARRIS FACES THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO DEFINE HERSELF TO VOTERS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HER. BUT SHE IS HOPING TO SEIZE ON ANY MOMENTUM FROM. THAT DEBATE AND ESPECIALLY THAT ENDORSEMENT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LINK THAT TAYLOR SWIFT POSTED DRIVING PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE GOT MORE THAN 300,000 VISITS. SO IF NOT ONLY SAYING THAT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET, BUT SHE'S ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, HER YOUNGER FANS, TO GET OUT AND REGISTER AND VOTE. DIANE, ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH TO PREVENT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON POSTPONED A VOTE YESTERDAY ON A TEMPORARY BILL THAT WOULD KEEP FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS FUNDED FOR SIX MONTHS. DEMOCRATS ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO REJECT THE INCLUSION OF THE SAVE ACT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE. A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO SAID THEY OPPOSE THE MEASURE. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH THE LATEST. JAY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VOTE. WHEN IS IT EXPECTED TO HAPPEN? IS IT EXPECTED PASS? >> WALK US THROUGH THIS. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS, DIANE, WHEN THIS COULD EVEN BE UP FOR A VOTE BECAUSE MIKE JOHNSON, AS YOU SAID, HAS PULLED HIS RECENT PLAN BECAUSE HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE VOTES FOR IT, AS YOU SAID. THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THE SAFE ACT. I THINK IT'S A SOLUTION IN WANT OF A PROBLEM ISN'T WIDESPREAD NON-CITIZEN VOTING. AND THERE ARE ALREADY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, DEMOCRATS SAY, TO PREVENT THAT. MEANTIME, ON JOHNSON'S RIGHT FLANK, THERE ARE FURTHER RIGHT REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR ANY TEMPORARY OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT BE FUNDED. SO MIKE JOHNSON IS AT AN IMPASSE. HE WAS BETWEEN REALLY A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE IN THE HOUSE IS IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN. WHILE JOHNSON DOES HE WANT TO TRY TO WORK ON REPUBLICANS ON HIS RIGHT FLANK AND, MAYBE TRY TO MAKE THEM MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR A TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FUNDING MEASURE THAT HAS THAT NONCITIZEN VOTING PROVISION IN IT THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. THOSE SPENDING HAWKS ARE LIKELY TO STAY OR DOES HE TAKE OUT THE NONCITIZEN VOTING AND, TRY TO DO SOME KIND OF A DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS THAT'S POLITICALLY MORE LIKELY, BUT IT INVOLVES MIKE JOHNSON MAKING A SERIOUS CONCESSION THAT DOES THAT ALL COME DOWN TO THE ELECTION IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT TIMING CRITICAL HERE FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. >> MIKE JOHNSON HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT SOME KIND OF CONSERVATIVE RED MEAT INTO THESE GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS. >> AND SO FAR IT'S BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THINK BACK TO THE LAST, YOU KNOW, IMPENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THAT WE ALMOST HAD THAT NARROWLY AVOIDED. AND IT WAS OVER IMMIGRATION. RIGHT. MIKE JOHNSON WANTED TO PUT IN HARD LINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISION INTO THAT TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION, AND THAT DIDN'T SUCCEED. AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO DO HERE WITH THIS NONCITIZEN VOTING PROVISION. AND CHUCK SCHUMER HAS SAID ESSENTIALLY WARNING MIKE JOHNSON THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO SOME KIND OF A GROUNDHOG DAY SCENARIO AND REPEAT WHAT SCHUMER SAYS ARE JOHNSON'S MISTAKES OF THE PAST. BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THE REASON WHY JOHNSON IS LOOKING SO STERNLY AT THIS NONSENSE IN VOTING IS A, HE BELIEVES IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY TO PASS BEFORE THE ELECTION. BUT B, IT'S A SERIOUS CONSERVATIVE PRIORITY THAT HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO AND SAY, LOOK WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE, WHAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO KEEP LIGHTS ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> AND A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON FEDERAL PAYROLL, AS WELL AS ASPECTS THE ECONOMY. SO HOW MUCH PRESSURE LAWMAKERS ARE UNDER TO GET THIS PASSED AND FIND A RESOLUTION HERE AND THEY'RE UNDER SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE. >> THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO PULL THIS OFF. AND THAT IS A VERY LIMITED PERIOD OF. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONGRESS, BECAUSE CONGRESS TAKES A LOT OF BREAKS, TOO FOR INSTANCE, THE HOUSE IS FLYING OUT TODAY. THE HOUSE IS NOT GOING TO VOTE COME THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY DON'T COME BACK UNTIL NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WORK TOMORROW FRIDAY. THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON MAYBE THE NEGOTIATIONS, TRYING TO GET THE VOTES NEED, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON ANY LEGISLATION ON FRIDAY. AND SO THREE WEEKS LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME. AND DON'T FORGET THAT IT COMES DURING THIS CHAOTIC, TENSE ELECTION PERIOD THAT RATCHETS UP THE TENSIONS IN CONGRESS. SOMETIMES IT LIGHTS A FIRE UNDER CONGRESS TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CLOSE TO AN ELECTION AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT EITHER PARTY COULD BE BLAMED. BUT ALSO IT MAKES THESE NEGOTIATIONS MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE, AGAIN, IS A TIME WHERE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CHALLENGING EACH OTHER NOT JUST ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT IN VARIOUS CONGRESSIONAL RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN. THANK YOU. >> AND CHINA SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER ALLOW FOREIGNERS ADOPT CHINESE CHILDREN. THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS WHILE CHINA APPRECIATES LOVE AND KINDNESS THAT FOREIGN PARENTS AND GOVERNMENTS HAVE SHOWN IN THE PAST, CHINA WILL NO LONGER SEND ITS CHILDREN ABROAD FOR ADOPTION. NOW, HUNDREDS OF PLANNED ADOPTIONS FOR AMERICAN WOULD BE PARENTS ARE BEING THROWN INTO CHAOS. ABC'S BRAD MIELKE HOST OF THE "START HERE" PODCAST JOINS ME NOW. >> MORE ON THIS. BRAD, THIS WAS LIKE A SWITCH FLIP. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO PHASE IT OUT. >> THEY'RE SAYING NO AND NO STARTS NOW. SO WHY DO THIS NOW. AND WHAT WENT INTO THIS DECISION? I MEAN, THIS WAS A TECTONIC EVENT IN THE WORLD OF ADOPTIONS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE OUTSIZED ROLE THAT CHINA HAS PLAYED IN ADOPTIONS FOR SO. REMEMBER, DIANE, THAT FOR 25 YEARS CHINA'S HAD THAT NOTE THAT CHILD POLICY IN WHICH PARENTS WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO CARRY PREGNANCY TO TERM AND KEEP THAT CHILD THAT WENT FROM THE 1980S THROUGH 2015, 2016 OR SO. AND SO THAT MEANT THAT THERE WAS A GENERATION THEN WHEN CHILDREN WERE LED TO MASS ABORTIONS, THAT'S LED TO INFANTICIDE. THIS LED TO MILLIONS CHINESE CHILDREN, MAINLY YOUNG GIRLS, BEING SENT TO ORPHANAGES. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU HAD THIS NEED FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU HAD CHILDREN THAT WERE WANT OF A HOME. AND SO THAT BECAME THE COUNTRY THAT SO MANY AMERICAN AND PARENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WERE FINDING THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILDREN. NOW, YOU KNOW, SPOILER ALERT, CHINA'S POPULATION IS ACTUALLY DECLINING. IT'S NOT RISING ANYMORE. THEY'VE GOTTEN RID OF THAT ONE CHILD POLICY. AND SO NOW THEY SAY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, WE'RE LONGER USING FOREIGN ADOPTIONS AT ALL. AND THAT APPLIES TO ADOPTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. >> DIANE SO THAT'S THE TRICKY PART BECAUSE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THESE WOULD BE PARENTS WHO WERE ALREADY IN SOME PAIRED WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILDREN? >> YEAH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THEM. THE U.S. ALONE ALSO IN EUROPE, ALSO IN PLACES LIKE AUSTRALIA. >> AND SO NOW THEY'RE BEING TOLD LIKE GAMES OVER AND WHAT'S EXTRA CRUELLA ABOUT THIS TO THESE FAMILIES IS THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD ACTUALLY DELAYED THEM FROM SEEING THEIR CHILDREN WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE THEIR CHILDREN FOR YEARS. SO THERE WERE PARENTS WHO IN 2019 WERE TOLD, WE'VE PAIRED YOU WITH YOUR CHILD, WE'VE FOUND A MATCH FOR YOU, BUT THERE'S NO TRAVEL ALLOWED RIGHT? SO YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT. JUST KEEP WAITING. AND THOSE PARENTS OBEDIENTLY WAITED FOR FOR ONE YEAR THAN TWO YEARS AND THREE YEARS. THEY TOLD THEY'VE SAID YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD OUR KIDS NAME, WE'VE SENT GIFTS TO OUR KID. KID KNOWS OUR NAME. RIGHT. AND THIS RELATIONSHIP WHICH THESE OF BEEN TRYING TO FOSTER NOW FOR YEARS IS BEING SEVERED AT THE LAST AS CHINA SAYS. LISTEN IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THESE AMERICAN PARENTS. THERE'S ALSO SOME NATIONAL PRIDE HERE ON THE LINE AS WELL, THAT CHINA SAYING THIS OUT LOUD. BUT THINK ABOUT IT. FOR YEARS, CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE HAD TO KIND JUSTIFY TO THEIR PARTIES THERE. >> YOU KNOW WHY THERE ARE SO MANY THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES, THESE RICHER FOREIGNERS, SWOOPING IN AND TAKING CHINESE CHILDREN, CREATING THIS GENERATION OF CHINESE CHILDREN, AND NOW CONSIDER PLACES LIKE THE U.S. AND EUROPE, THEIR HOMES. SO THAT'S PART OF IT FROM THE CHINESE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. >> SO HOW ARE ADOPTION AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONDING? >> IS THERE ANYTHING THE STATE OF? I I'M DEVASTATED. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND IS SPEAKING TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EMPLOYEES ABOUT ESCALATING ATTACKS AND THREATS AND HIS VOW TO NOT ALLOW THE DOJ TO BE USED AS A, QUOTE, POLITICAL WEAPON. LET'S LISTEN IN. >> EARLIER THIS SPRING AND I'M THINKING OF HEROES, COMEY'S FAMILY WHO HAVE MADE THE KIND OF SACRIFICE THAT NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO MAKE. >> IN ADDITION TO SEEING HOW YOU HAVE OPERATED IN THE FACE OF DANGERS LIKE VIOLENT CRIME AND TERRORISM, I HAVE ALSO SEEN HOW YOU HAVE BRAVELY CARRIED ON IN THE FACE OF AN UNPREPARED ENDED SPIKE IN THREATS TARGETING A RANGE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OVER THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN AN ESCALATION OF ATTACKS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S CAREER LAWYERS, AGENTS AND OTHER PERSONNEL THAT GO FAR BEYOND SCRUTINY, CRITICISM AND THE LEGITIMATE AND NECESSARY OVERSIGHT OF OUR WORK. THESE ATTACKS HAVE COME IN THE FORM OF CONSPIRACY CONSPIRACY THEORIES, DANGEROUS FALSEHOODS EFFORTS TO BULLY AND INTIMIDATE CAREER PUBLIC SERVANTS BY REPEATEDLY AND PUBLICLY SINGLING THEM OUT AND THREATS OF ACTUAL VIOLENCE. THROUGH YOUR WORK, YOU HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED THESE ATTACKS. BUT IT IS DANGEROUS AND OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU HAVE TO ENDURE THEM. IT IS DANGEROUS TO TARGET AND INTIMIDATE INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYEES OF THIS DEPARTMENT SOLELY FOR DOING THEIR JOBS. AND IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU HAVE TO FACE THESE UNFOUNDED ATTACKS BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW. YOU DESERVE BETTER. YOU DESERVE GRATITUDE FOR THE NOBLE AND DIFFICULT YOU DO . YOU DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THE INTEGRITY AND SKILL WITH WHICH DO THAT WORK. YOU DESERVE TO BE HONORED THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND THE WAY YOU THAT WORK MAKES CLEAR THAT THE PUBLIC SERVANTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DO NOT BEND TO POLITICS AND THAT THEY WILL NOT BREAK UNDER PRESSURE. >> CHOICES YOU MAKE IN EVERY THE AND IMPARTIAL APPLICATION OF THE LAW MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT AND OUR DEMOCRACY WORTHY OF THE WE SERVE. AND FOR THAT YOU DESERVE, AS I HOPE YOU ALREADY KNOW, YOU HAVE MY WHOLEHEARTED. YOU HAVE MY PROMISE THAT NOTHING WILL EVER STOP ME FROM DEFENDING THIS DEPARTMENT AND DEFENDING THE EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. I CAME BACK TO DOJ AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, BELIEVING THAT OUR NORMS ARE SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS WE HAVE TO ENSURE OUR ADHERENCE TO THE RULE OF LAW. HAVING NOW SERVED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT OUR NORMS MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND TO OUR DEMOCRACY . I ALSO BELIEVE NOW MORE THAN EVER, THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ARE THE DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. AS WE WROTE IN THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF FEDERAL PROSECUTION, QUOTE, IMPORTANT THOUGH, THESE PRINCIPLES ARE TO THE PROPER APPLICATION OF OUR FEDERAL PROSECUTORIAL SYSTEM, THE SUCCESS OF THAT SYSTEM MUST RELY ULTIMATELY ON THE CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, SENSITIVITY AND COMPETENCE OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE SELECTED TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS. IT IS WITH THEIR EFFORTS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THESE PRINCIPLES WILL BE ACHIEVED. CLOSE QUOTE. >> I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT WHY THE WORK OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY. I'VE OFTEN SHARED THAT I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTRY AND TO THE SYSTEM LAWS THAT TOOK MY GRANDPARENTS IN AND PROTECTED THEM WHEN THEY HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. THAT PROTECTION IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES AMERICA FROM SO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. THE PROTECTION OF THE LAW. THE RULE OF LAW IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. >> OUR DEMOCRACY RELIES ON AN INDEPENDENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ENSURE THOSE PROTECTIONS. >> AND CRITICALLY, OUR DEMOCRACY DEPENDS PEOPLE WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES AND THEIR CAREERS TO ENSURING THOSE PROTECTIONS. PEOPLE LIKE ALL OF YOU, PROTECTING THE RULE OF LAW IS THE OBLIGATION. EVERY GENERATION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THIS TIME AND PLACE THAT IS YOURS AND, IT IS MINE. I KNOW WE ARE UP TO IT. I AM GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS DEPARTMENT, TO THE NORMS THAT SUSTAIN IT AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE ALL SERVE. >> THANK YOU. WE'VE JUST BEEN WATCHING ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND SPEAKING TO OF JUSTICE EMPLOYEES ABOUT ESCALATING ATTACKS AND THREATS ON OFFICIALS. HE'S ALSO VOWING TO NOT ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON AND EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THOSE WORKERS FOR THE, QUOTE, NOBLE WORK YOU DO. SAYING OUR NORMS MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER AND THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. >> NEITHER DO WE. SO WE HAVE MORE OF ABC'S LIVE COVERAGE RIGHT NOW, STARTING TODAY WITH SOME BREAKING. FRANCINE IS SLAMMING THE GULF COAST AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY STORM. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER. MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNDERWATER. WE HAVE THE TRACK ON WHERE THAT STORM IS HEADING NOW. AND THE NEW WEATHER THREAT FOR LOUISIANA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS RAISING FEARS THAT WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD CLOSER TO LOS ANGELES. WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING WILL HELP THEM GAIN THE UPPER HAND. AN EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE AREAS THAT FELT IT AND THE AFTERSHOCK THAT HIT MINUTES LATER. AND A NEW INDICTMENT FOR DISGRACED MOVIE PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN WITH THE CHARGES FOR HIS UPCOMING SEX CRIMES TRIAL. >> WE BEGIN WITH FRANCINE. THAT STORM IS NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION POSING A MAJOR THREAT AS IT HEAD TOWARDS MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. >> FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL IN TERREBONNE PARISH, LOUISIANA YESTERDAY AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. >> IT BROUGHT 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS RIPPING, THE ROOFS OFF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND TOPPLING TREES AND UTILITY . NOW, FOR INSTANCE, POSING A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE SOUTHEAST. >> SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED NEARLY TEN INCHES OF RAINFALL. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI ARE WITHOUT POWER. AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI IS LIVE NEW ORLEANS AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MA THEODORE IS STANDING BY WITH THE STORM'S TRACK IKE WHAT'S THE LATEST. >> WELL HERE IN NEW ORLEANS WERE RIGHT BY THE FRENCH QUARTER. DIANE AND I WILL SAY THIS PART IS A LITTLE ELEVATED THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SO IN TERMS OF FLOODING, THIS PARTICULAR WAS SPARED. AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE ARE HAVE COME OUT HERE ON THE SHORE. THEY TO WALK AROUND, THINGS ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL HERE. BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARISHES OUTSIDE OF THIS ONE SPECIFIC AREA. JEFFERSON PARISH RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY INUNDATED WITH FLOODWATERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA. WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT AROUND 730 LAST NIGHT, 26 PEOPLE HAD TO BEEN RESCUED FROM A HOUSING UNIT WAS IN THIBODAUX AS A RESULT FROM THOSE FLOODWATERS. AND RIGHT NOW, JEFFERSON PARISH, ACTUALLY JEFFERSON, ORLEANS PARISH, THEY'RE CALLING FOR CONSERVATION. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THOSE WATERS ESSENTIALLY AFFECTED THE SEWER SYSTEM AND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT. OFFICIALS RATHER, IS THEY DON'T WANT THAT SEWAGE WATER TO BACK UP INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES. SO THEY'RE SAYING LIMIT YOUR WATER USAGE, TRY TO TAKE VERY SHORT SHOWERS, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN, LIMIT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH WATER SO THE PUMPS CAN START WORKING TO GET THAT WATER OUT OF THE SEWAGE SYSTEM SO THEY CAN GET IT BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS TO PREVENT ANY KIND ISSUES ARE MOVING FORWARD. NOW, IN TERMS OF THE POWER, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED IN THIS RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO POWER. THE MOMENT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO ENTERGY. THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN REALLY PRECIPITOUSLY EVER SINCE THE MORNING STARTED. THE CREWS ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT POWER IS TO THIS AREA. BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, JEFFERSON PARISH IS WHERE WE'RE A MAJORITY OF THAT FLOODING IN THIS AREA, WHERE THAT WATER HAS ESSENTIALLY INTO THOSE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FLOODED OUT. SEVERAL OF THOSE STREETS, RATHER, THIS MORNING. I KNOW OUR ABC AFFILIATE HERE, WGN, KNOW THEY WERE TALKING TO SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ESSENTIALLY HAD TO ABANDON THEIR CARS. THERE'S JUST ONE CAR THAT WAS ABANDONED BECAUSE THE FLOODWATERS WERE GETTING A LITTLE TOO HIGH FOR COMFORT. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA DEALING WITH THOSE FLOODWATERS. BUT AGAIN THE RECOVERY IS ONGOING AND THE CREWS ARE OUT NOW MAKING SURE THEY CAN GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL. >> ALL RIGHT, SOMARA, WHERE IS THIS STORM HEADED NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? >> I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS FOR FLOODING FURTHER INLAND. SO THIS STORM WHEN IT MADE LANDFALL, WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 17 MILES PER HOUR. >> THAT'S A RELATIVELY ZOOMER OF SYSTEM. >> SO IT ZOOMED INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. BUT LOOK HOW, FAR-REACHING. THE RAIN BANDS ARE ALL THE WAY INTO AREAS LIKE THE PANHANDLE WE'RE SEEING HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF ARKANSAS AS WELL, AND EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS MEMPHIS AND TUPELO. NOW, RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BATTER PLACES LIKE BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY AS A RESULT. THE BOARD IS LIT UP. WE'VE GOT FLOOD WATCHES, WIND FOR MOBILE AND PENSACOLA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THROUGH PARTS OF LOUISIANA. TIMING THIS OUT. YOU'LL SEE THE CORE OF THIS STORM BY THIS IS NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO MEMPHIS. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS SYSTEM IS GOING TO START TO CONTINUE TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. >> BUT MAINTAIN WIND SPEEDS 50 MILES PER HOUR IN MEMPHIS. >> THAT COUPLED WITH THAT MUCH RAIN, A CITY THAT'S MORE PRONE TO FLOODING. WE COULD SEE A LOT OF DOWNED TREES. SO I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. POWER OUTAGES FURTHER INLAND AS WELL. BEFORE THAT, BEFORE WE SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE NORTH. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK TODAY FOR PLACES BIRMINGHAM, DIANE IKE EJIOCHI, SOMARA, THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. THE USGS SAYS A 4.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE AREA WITH AN EPICENTER NORTH OF MALIBU. ABC'S MELISSA JON JOINS ME NOW FROM WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. MELISSA, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THIS EARTHQUAKE? YES DIANE SO AT FIRST IT CAME IN EARLIER THIS MORNING HERE OVER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS A MAGNITUDE FIVE EARTHQUAKE. A LOT OF US GOT ALERTS. WE WERE ALL LOOKING INTO. EXACTLY. THIS WAS WHO FELT IT. WIDE RANGING FOLKS THAT FELT THE SHAKING FROM ALL ACROSS FROM THIS IS FROM MALIBU AREA IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALL THE WAY SOUTH. EVEN PARTS OF LONG BEACH ALONG THE COAST AND EVEN IN SOME OF THE INLAND COMMUNITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES NOW. AGAIN, THAT EARTHQUAKE WAS DOWNGRADED TO A 4.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY REPORTS, ANY DAMAGES. SO THAT IS KIND OF BEING STILL CHECKED OUT. SO FAR, THOUGH, NO REPORTS OF THAT YET. BUT DEFINITELY FOLKS FEELING THAT SHAKING ACROSS AND DIANE, THAT'S COMING, OF COURSE, AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THESE WILDFIRES. RIGHT. AND THAT'S SO TOP OF MIND FOR FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE OUT HERE BY THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. WE DIDN'T FEEL IT, BUT MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE FEELING SO WORRIED AND STRESSED REALLY THEIR HOMES. AND THIS AREA, DIANE AND I CAN SEE THE SMOKY SKIES BEHIND YOU. >> MELISSA, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT WINDS SPREADING THOSE WILDFIRE EVEN FURTHER IN CALIFORNIA? >> ABSOLUTELY, DIANE SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SMOKE IS REALLY THICK IN THE AREA AND THIS IS THAT WE'VE MOVED FURTHER AWAY FROM SOME OF THOSE AFFECTED AREAS OF THAT. AND WE STILL SEE IT IN THE AIR. IT IS INCREDIBLY HAZY AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY THICK. WHEN WE GET BACK IN THERE. WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE MOST CONCERNED OF IS UNTIL THAT RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES, THEY'RE NOT LETTING THEIR GUARD DOWN. A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING ESSENTIALLY IS JUST SETTING UP PERIMETERS AROUND HOMES TO SURE THAT YOUR ALL BURNS, BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL JUST FROM AROUND US THAT VEGETATION IS JUST SO THICK. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST WIDESPREAD HERE AND THAT'S BEEN JUST EASY FOR THINGS TO BURN. AND THESE REALLY, REALLY FAST MOVING WILDFIRES. SO WE'LL BE DEFINITELY MONITORING THIS, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC'S MELISSA ADAM, THANK YOU. AND ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND IS VOWING NOT TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT JUSTICE TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. >> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SPOKE DIRECTLY HIS EMPLOYEES IN THE WAKE OF ESCALATING ATTACKS AND THREATS ON DOJ OFFICIALS. >> TAKE A LISTEN. WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS DEPARTMENT TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. AND OUR NORMS ARE A PROMISE THAT WE WILL ALLOW THIS NATION TO BECOME A COUNTRY WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TREATED AS AN APPARATUS OF POLITICS. THE ADDRESS COMES AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNS THAT IF HE'S ELECTED, HE PLANS PROSECUTE SCORES OF PEOPLE HE CLAIMS ARE CORRUPT. GARLAND'S ALSO EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THOSE WORKERS FOR THE, QUOTE, NOBLE WORK YOU DO. SAYING OUR NORMS MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER. AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS NOW FACING NEW CRIMINAL CHARGES IN NEW YORK. A GRAND JURY RETURNED A NEW INDICTMENT AGAINST WEINSTEIN TODAY AS. THE MANHATTAN D.A.'S OFFICE PREPARES TO RETRY THE DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL AFTER REVERSAL OF HIS RAPE CONVICTION EARLIER THIS YEAR. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY IS HERE WITH THE LATEST ON THAT STORY. ERIN, WHAT DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT ABOUT THESE CHARGES AND WEINSTEIN'S ARRAIGNMENT? >> WE DON'T KNOW THE CHARGES BECAUSE THE INDICTMENT REMAINS SEALED UNTIL WEINSTEIN DOES APPEAR FOR ARRAIGNMENT. HE HAD EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SO HE WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY. BUT WHEN THE JUDGE FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CASE, PROSECUTORS REVEALED THAT THEY HAD SECURED A NEW INDICTMENT. AND WHILE WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT CHARGES, WE KNOW PROSECUTORS HAD PRESENTED EVIDENCE OF THREE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULTS BY THREE DIFFERENT WOMEN OF VARYING TIME PERIODS OVER THE LAST COUPLE DECADES. AND THOSE LOOK LIKE THEY COULD FORM THE BASIS OF THESE NEW CHARGES, ERIN WEINSTEIN, WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY DUE TO A HEART ISSUE. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT? HE HAD STENT PUT IN. HIS LAWYERS SAID AND HE'S NOW GOING TO BE MOVED ON A SEMI-PERMANENT BASIS FROM RIKERS ISLAND, THE BIG JAIL COMPLEX OF NEW YORK CITY TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE CITY RUN HOSPITALS WHERE THERE'S A PRISON WARD. AND HE'S GOING TO BE HELD THERE. THE JUDGE, JUST FOR HIS OWN GOOD CARE, HE DIDN'T ANYTHING ELSE TO HAPPEN TO HIM AND NO SENSE IN MOVING HIM WHEN. IT BECOMES APPROPRIATE. TENTATIVELY, PERHAPS AS SOON AS NEXT, HE'LL APPEAR IN COURT AS HIS ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTORS NEXT STEPS. AND IF HE DOES APPEAR, THAT'S WHEN HE WOULD BE ARRAIGNED ON THE NEW CHARGES. >> THEY'LL BE REVEALED PUBLICLY. ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. THANKS, ERIN. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS NOW. NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD KAIVON IS STEPPING DOWN AMID AN ONGOING CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INTO THE ERIC ADAMS ADMINISTRATION. KAIVON CELL PHONES WERE CONFISCATED. A FEDERAL RAID ON TOP OFFICIALS IN THE ADMINISTRATION LAST WEEK. PROSECUTORS HAVEN'T DISCLOSED MANY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING, BUT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS ONE FOCUS INVOLVES CITY CONTRACTS AND A SECOND INVOLVES THE ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING BARS AND CLUBS. CAPONE'S RESIGNATION TAKES EFFECT TOMORROW. >> COMING UP, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. THE REACTIONS TO THEIR DEBATE AS THE NOMINEES PREPARE TO SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON, THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP . IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI BEFORE HE IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S ONE STREAMING NEWS . >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY. 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER TERRIFIC. THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. >> ONLY ON HULU. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. >> LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. >> THE CURSE BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT. IT'S CRAZY. >> I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. EMMY. SPECIAL CAROL. >> FOR THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 76TH EMMYS, NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO, PREVIEW NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL ON WHAT NETWORK WILL? >> ABC. ABC. OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC? WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST, LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH TO PREVENT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON POSTPONED A VOTE YESTERDAY ON TEMPORARY SPENDING BILL THAT WOULD KEEP FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS FUNDED FOR MONTHS . DEMOCRATS ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO REJECT THE INCLUSION OF THE SAVE ACT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE. A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE ALSO SAID THEY OPPOSE THE MEASURE. AND I WANT TO BRING IN CONGRESSWOMAN KATHERINE CLARKE OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE SECOND HIGHEST RANKING DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE, FOR MORE ON THIS. CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON. YOU KNOW, SPEAKER JOHNSON IS DARING DEMOCRATS IS HIS WORDS. >> HE'S DARING DEMOCRATS TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY WANT ILLEGALS VOTE IN THESE ELECTIONS. >> WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? KNOW SPEAKER JOHNSON IS TRYING TO COVER UP FOR THE FACT THAT HE PUT FORWARD A BILL, A BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT SLASHED $12 BILLION FOR OUR VETERANS, PUT THEIR DISABILITY CHECKS IN DANGER, MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT SENIORS TO ACCESS THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS. AND HE SAID IT'S ALL BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SPEAKER JOHNSON IS FULLY AWARE THAT IT IS IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND THAT ONLY AMERICAN CITIZENS CAN VOTE. LET'S GET BACK TO THE BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT THAT WE MADE OVER A YEAR AGO THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW THAT SETS OUT OUR BUDGET REQUIREMENTS AND TOP LINES. THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THEY HAVE THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND IS CHAOS AND PARTISAN INFIGHTING IN THEIR OWN PARTY RATHER THAN WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> THAT'S A CONGRESSMAN. IT IS TWO MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION. WE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP FOR LOTS OF THINGS AND IT FOR LOTS OF THINGS. WHY VOTERS HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AT THE POLLS. >> YOU KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND THERE IS NOWHERE IN ANY STATE LAW THAT SAYS ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY . AND WHAT WE REALLY HAVE HERE IS GOP THAT WANTS TO FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION, BUT JUST ROLL THE CLOCK BACK ABOUT SIX MONTHS. WE CAME TO A BIPARTISAN DEAL ON HOW TO HAVE SECURITY AT OUR BORDERS, HOW HAVE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT WORKS NOT ONLY FOR THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES BUT WORKS FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A WORK FORCE? AND WHAT DID THE REPUBLICANS DO? INSTEAD OF SAYING TO A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT? THEY LISTENED TO DONALD TRUMP, WHO SAID, I WANT TO POLITICK ON THESE ISSUES INSTEAD OF FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT MOVE US FORWARD. >> SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN. THEY ARE TAKING A NON-ISSUE, A FALSE FLAG AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REASON WE CAN'T PROCEED WITH A BUDGET AGREEMENT. WE ALREADY NEGOTIATED AND CAME TO BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ON TO THIS GAME. IT IS ABOUT THEIR POLITICS INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY FOR THEM. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. THEY DON'T SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED. AND NOT ONLY IS IT IRRESPONSIBLE AND PURPOSELY MISLEADING, IT IS DANGEROUS PRECEDENT TO BE THREATENING SHUTDOWN AT THIS POINT IN NOT ONLY OUR POLITICAL CYCLE. BUT IN OUR BUDGET CYCLE. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SAY YES TO THE BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT THEY ALREADY SIGNED INTO LAW. >> AND, CONGRESSWOMAN, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT ELECTION STUFF, BUT QUICKLY, DO YOU THINK THERE IS A WAY FORWARD TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN? HERE IS THE LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH PARTIES TALKING TO EACH OTHER. >> YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THERE'S A WAY FORWARD. YOU, LIKE I SAID, WHEN THEY MANUFACTURED THE DEBT CEILING CRISIS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE CAME TOGETHER. SPEAKER MCCARTHY AT THAT TIME DEMANDED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED WHEN THEY TOOK OUR ECONOMY HOSTAGE. THE PRESIDENT DID THAT. WE HAVE A DEAL. WE HAVE THE TOP LINES. >> WE MADE THIS AGREEMENT. AND SO IT'S ALL THERE SAY YES TO. BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED FROM THE MINUTE WE TOOK THAT BIPARTISAN VOTE TO HONOR THAT. AND DEMOCRATS, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MAKING SURE WE'RE LOWERING THEIR COSTS, GROWING MIDDLE CLASS, PROTECTING OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS. THEY WANT PLAY THE POLITICAL GAMES. IN THE END, ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL BE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM PUTTING THE VOICES OF, PEOPLE AT HOME INTO THE PROCESS HERE AND FULFILLING THIS FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PASSING A BUDGET ON TIME. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ELECTION NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME. IN TUESDAY'S DEBATE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAID THAT WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO PUT BACK INTO PLACE THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V WADE, SHE WILL PROUDLY IT INTO LAW IF ELECTED. HOW REALISTIC IS THAT TO GET KIND OF A BILL PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS? I THINK IT IS VERY REALISTIC. WE HAVE SEEN THE HOUSE COME TOGETHER WHEN DEMOCRATS IN THE MAJORITY AND PASS IT TWICE. >> AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SENATE THAT WILL ALSO PASS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONLY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS STAKE HERE. YOU KNOW, AS I TRAVEL THIS COUNTRY, MY OWN STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BUT ALSO ACROSS COUNTRY, IN RED STATES, BLUE STATES, PURPLE STATES. THIS ISSUE RESONATES BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT MAKING THE DECISION ABOUT ITS WHEN HOW TO HAVE CHILDREN. THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR FAMILIES NEEDS THEIR DOCTORS ADVICE AND WHAT THEIR FAITH. AND SO THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT INTRUSION IS BEING REJECTED. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE RESULTS NOVEMBER, AND THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO RECORD A FIGHT ROE V. WADE AND THE PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY INTO LAW. YOU NEED TO WIN THE DOWN BALLOT RACES IN ORDER TO GET IT DONE. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? VICE HARRIS CANDIDACY HAS DONE FOR THOSE DOWN BALLOT CANDIDATES? AND HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT DEMOCRATS CAN TAKE BACK THE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER? HER CANDIDACY HAS ENABLED US TO SEE THE MOMENTUM THAT WE ALREADY HAD AS HOUSE CANDIDATES, EVEN INCREASE . AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN A RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE COMING OUT MAKING THOSE PHONE CALLS, KNOCKING ON THOSE DOORS. WE'RE SEEING THAT IN SMALL FIRST TIME DONORS. WHEN SOMEONE SENDS YOUR CAMPAIGN TEN OR 15 OR $20, THAT'S A VOTE. AND THAT IS THE KIND OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE KAMALA HARRIS AT TOP OF THE TICKET. SHE IS EXCITING NOT ONLY THE BASE OF DEMOCRATS, BUT THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING AT DONALD TRUMP AND SAYING I MAY HAVE EVEN SUPPORTED HIM IN THE PAST, BUT THIS IS THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP, HIS PROJECT 2025 AGENDA THAT DOESN'T SEE ME OR MY FAMILY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING INDEPENDENTS AND REPUBLICANS COMING OUT PUBLICLY ENDORSING AND QUIETLY SHOWING UP AT RALLIES AND EVENTS THAT I'M ATTENDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SWING STATES AND BEYOND. THAT IS THE CONNECTION SHE IS MAKING WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE'S GOING TO HELP LIFT. DOWN BALLOT WITH HER. ALL RIGHT. HOUSE MINORITY WHIP KATHERINE CLARK, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON. THANK. >> THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, THE SPRINGFIELD CITY MANAGER IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT MISINFORMATION. IT COMES AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ECHOED A FALSE RUMOR ABOUT IMMIGRANTS EATING PETS. THERE AT TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. >> LISTEN. IN SPRINGFIELD, THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS. THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN THERE EATING, THE CATS, THEY'RE EATING, THEY'RE EATING THE PETS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING OUR COUNTRY. >> AND IT'S A SHAME. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY HERE. YOU BRING UP SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, AND ABC NEWS DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER THERE. HE TOLD US THERE HAD BEEN NO CREDIBLE REPORTS OF SPECIFIC CLAIMS OF PETS HARMED, INJURED OR ABUSED BY INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. >> AND THAT CITY MANAGER NOW TELLS ABC NEWS, QUOTE, IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT SOME OF THE NARRATIVES SURROUNDING OUR CITY HAVE BEEN SKEWED BY MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL AND FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY POLITICAL RHETORIC IN CURRENT HIGHLY CHARGED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER EMMANUELLE SALIBA COVERS MISINFORMATION FOR US AND SHE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. >> WHEN OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ACTUALLY NOW INVESTIGATING A BOMB THREAT, THE CITY'S COMMISSION OFFICE THIS MORNING. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. WE DON'T WHETHER THIS THREAT IS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THAT FALSE RUMOR, THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS AT THE DEBATE. >> BUT YOU SAY THERE IS PRECEDENT OF MISINFORMATION LIKE THIS LEADING TO THREATS OF VIOLENCE OR ACTUAL. ABSOLUTELY. SOME OF US MAY THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A HARMLESS RUMOR. BUT IN FACT, IT'S NOT. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF EXAMPLES THAT SHOW THAT THIS TYPE OF MISINFORMATION CAN REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES. AND THERE ARE REPORTS, LOCAL REPORTS RIGHT NOW OF HAITIAN FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD BEING TOO SCARED TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. THEY'RE BEING INTIMIDATED. SOME HAVE HAD THEIR CAR VANDALIZED. AND SOME ARE CONSIDERING NOW LEAVING THE COMMUNITY, EVEN IF THEY'VE THERE FOR SIX PLUS YEARS. >> AND SO IT'S HAVING REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES. WE SAW THIS HAPPENING RECENTLY IN THE U.K. WHERE A TRAGIC, TRAGIC INCIDENT WAS TAKEN. THE SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED ONLINE. IT WAS INFLAMED AND USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. AND THEN IT LED TO RIOTS, TO VIOLENT RIOTS. SO WE KNOW THIS HAS CONSEQUENCES ON THE GROUND AND IT CAN BE HARMFUL TO PEOPLE. >> AND NOW, TRUMP'S ABOUT EATING PETS HAVE LONG BEEN USED TO STOKE FEARS OF IMMIGRANTS. >> SO HOW DID THESE FALSE RUMORS START AND HOW DID THEY REACH THIS LEVEL WHERE YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THEM ON THE NATIONAL STAGE? IT'S A BIT LONG AND COMPLEX, BUT I'LL TRY AND BREAK IT DOWN SIMPLY. ESSENTIALLY, WE BELIEVE THAT IT STARTED ON A LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUP, A SMALL RUMOR POSTED BY SOMEONE ALLEGEDLY FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING THEY HAD HEARD FROM A NEIGHBORS FRIEND'S DAUGHTER THAT HER CAT HAD DISAPPEARED AND THAT IT HAD SHE HAD FOUND IT SHE HAD FOUND IT HANGING FROM A TREE. >> SO A RUMOR HEARD BY FROM A THIRD PARTY, THE SISTER OF THE NEIGHBOR THAT. SO HARD TO STAND UP THEN THAT POST CIRCULATED ON X I WAS PUSHED OUT BY A CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNT ON THE PLATFORM KNOWN AS TWITTER, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER. IT KIND BLEW UP THERE, ALONG WITH ANOTHER IMAGE OF A MAN, A GOOSE. I TRACKED DOWN THAT IMAGE. IT'S A REAL IMAGE, BUT IT WAS TAKEN IN COLUMBUS IN JULY AND THE MAN SAID, HE HAD NO INDICATION THAT THE MAN HE TOOK THE PHOTO OF WAS A HAITIAN IMMIGRANT. AND SO IT'S ALL OF THIS SORT OF VISUAL EVIDENCE BEING USED TO PROP UP A RUMOR, BUT THE VISUAL EVIDENCE HAS BEEN DEBUNKED WAS ALSO A VIDEO THAT SOCIAL MEDIA USERS WERE POINTING TO CAM FOOTAGE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS CROSSED YOUR FEET. YOU, YOU KNOW, OUR VIEWERS AT HOME. AND IT SHOWED A WOMAN WHO WAS BEING ARRESTED, ALLEGEDLY HAVING KILLED AND EATEN A CAT. >> THIS WAS IN CANTON, NOT IN SPRINGFIELD, WHICH IS 3 HOURS AWAY. AND THE WOMAN WAS A U.S. CITIZEN. AND SO IT'S AGAIN, THESE THREE PIECES OF OF VISUAL OF CONTENT THAT ARE BEING USED AS VISUAL EVIDENCE THAT ARE FALSE, THAT HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED . AND SINCE THIS RUMOR STARTED IN AND DURING WEEKEND, THERE HAS BEEN NO CREDIBLE REPORTS AND NO DOCUMENTATION OF THIS EVER HAPPENING. INTERESTING. SOMETIMES THE TRICKY THINGS WITH THESE THINGS IS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE NUGGETS THAT APPEAR TO BE TRUE, A PHOTO, A VIDEO, AND THEN YOU THE DETAILS ARE NOT HOW THEY APPEAR AND HOW THEY'RE BEING PAINTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YES. MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE AMPLIFIED. ALL RIGHT. SENIOR REPORTER EMMANUELLE SALIBA, GREAT WORK, AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. THANKS. >> COMING UP, MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE. THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL IS ACCUSING ISRAEL OF VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITY AND LAW . >> TONIGHT, THE TRACK OF FRENZY, THE DAMAGE, MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT", DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SHOULD YOU WANT THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE TO A STUNNING, EMPOWERING SHONDA WRITES THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT AND STREAMING ON HULU. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY . WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND. BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF. CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT. AMERICAN. THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE, EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY THE SECRETARY GENERAL IS ACCUSING ISRAEL OF VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. THE U.N. SAYS AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SIX OF ITS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY EMPLOYEES, WERE KILLED WHEN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT A SCHOOL WHERE CIVILIANS WERE SHELTERING. THE IDF SAYS THE SCHOOL IN CENTRAL GAZA WAS TARGETED BECAUSE IT WAS A HAMAS COMMAND CENTER. THIS WAS THE FIFTH ATTACK ON THIS SCHOOL IN 11 MONTHS. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN HAS THE LATEST. >> DAN, THE U.N. CONDEMNING THIS LATEST ATTACK ON WHAT HAD BEEN A U.N., A U.N. RUN SCHOOL ,HAD TURNED INTO A SHELTER. LIKE SO MANY U.N. SCHOOLS IN GAZA RIGHT NOW, OVER THE PAST 11 MONTHS, ISRAEL HAS ALSO HIT MOSQUES AND HOSPITALS AND, OF COURSE, SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN DOUBLING AS SHELTERS. ISRAEL SAYS THAT THE REASON STRIKING THESE TARGETS IS BECAUSE THESE PLACES, MOSQUES, SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO HAMAS COMMAND POSTS TO CENTERS, AND THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO IN THERE AND STRIKE THOSE FACILITIES. THE U.N. SAYS SIX OF ITS WORKERS WERE KILLED IN THIS LATEST STRIKE. 18 PEOPLE IN TOTAL. MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN WOUNDED. ISRAEL SAYS THAT AT LEAST NINE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WERE NOT U.N. WORKERS. THEY WERE HAMAS OPERATIVES. SOME OF THEM, ISRAEL ALLEGES, WERE BOTH U.N. WORKERS AND, THEN MOONLIGHTED AS HAMAS OPERATIVES, SOME OF WHOM WERE RESPONSIBLE, INVOLVED IN THE OCTOBER 7TH RAMPAGE INSIDE ISRAEL. SO ISRAEL IS DISPUTING WHAT THE HAMAS AND RUN HEALTH MINISTRY IS SAYING IN GAZA AT THIS POINT. AND ALL OF THIS IS COMING AS THE BACKDROP OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A CEASEFIRE AND A HOSTAGE RELEASED ARE STILL PLAYING OUT. WE KNOW THAT BOTH SIDES, ISRAEL, HAMAS, THE QATARI, U.S. AND EGYPTIAN MEDIATORS HAVE BEEN MEETING, TRYING TO JUMPSTART NEGOTIATIONS YET AGAIN AT THIS POINT. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS BLAMING HAMAS FOR ADDING SOME ELEMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL MAKING IT HARDER TO GET ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. AND HAMAS IS BLAMING NETANYAHU FOR ALSO MOVING THE GOALPOSTS HERE. NOW, HE HAS BEEN SAYING THAT ISRAEL HAS TO MAINTAIN AN ISRAELI MILITARY PRESENCE IN WHAT'S CALLED THE PHILADELPHIA ROUTE. THAT IS A VERY NARROW OF LAND AT THE VERY SOUTHERN PART OF BOTH OF THE GAZA BORDER, SNUG UP AGAINST ITS BORDER WITH EGYPT. NETANYAHU SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT IN ORDER TO PREVENT TUNNEL TUNNELS FROM BEING DUG BENEATH GAZA AND BRINGING IN WEAPONS TO HAMAS IN GAZA. THE IDF TELLS ME THAT THEY'VE FOUND 200 TUNNELS IN THE AREA OF RAFAH IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF, GAZA. NINE OF THEM SEEM TO GO UNDER THE BORDER, BUT OF THEM HAD BEEN BLOCKED BY EGYPT OR DIDN'T ACTUALLY MAKE ALL THE WAY UNDER THE BORDER. THEY HAVE NOT FOUND, THEY SAID, A SINGLE OPERATING. AND WHAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THAT THEY'RE DISPUTING NETANYAHU VERSION OF EVENTS HERE. THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT IN COUNTRY ARE PUSHING VERY HARD FOR A HOSTAGE DEAL TO BE DONE AS AS POSSIBLE. AND IT SEEMS, ACCORDING TO THEM AND DEFENSE SOURCES HERE, THAT NETANYAHU WHO IS PUSHING BACK ON THAT? >> DIANE? ALL RIGHT, MATT, THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO THE NEWS STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEWS FOR YOU RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. STAY US WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORWARD THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERY IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET, FOREVER THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. 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CARS WERE STRANDED IN NEW ORLEANS AMID HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE WITHOUT POWER NOW. EIGHT STATES ACROSS THE SOUTH ARE UNDER WIND AND FLOOD ALERTS FROM LOUISIANA TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THEIR HIGH STAKES DEBATE. HARRIS IS SET TO HOLD TWO RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA TOMORROW AS. HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE. MEANWHILE TRUMP IS HEADING OUT WEST, SPEAKING AT AN EVENT IN ARIZONA TODAY BEFORE A RALLY IN NEVADA TOMORROW. CINNAMON PRODUCTS ARE BEING RECALLED, AT LEAST FIVE STATES DUE TO ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD. CONSUMER FOOD SCIENTIST TESTED 36 GROUND CINNAMON PRODUCTS AND SPICE AND FOUND ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD IN 12 OF THEM. EXPERTS SAY REPEATED LEAD EXPOSURE CAN HINDER DEVELOPMENT AND CAUSE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE. IT'S MOST DANGEROUS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND PREGNANT. FDA SAYS ANY RECALLED ITEMS SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED AND, SHOULD BE THROWN OUT IMMEDIATELY. NOW, SOME BRANDS ARE ALSO VOLUNTARILY PULLING PRODUCTS FROM SHELVES. AND JON BON JOVI AND HIS ASSISTANT BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING A WOMAN'S LIFE. THE ROCK STAR HELPED, AN APPARENTLY DISTRESSED WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF THIS BRIDGE IN NASHVILLE. I BEEN FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO NEARBY WHEN THEY SPOTTED HER AND CONVINCED HER TO CLIMB BACK TO SAFETY. AND ON THE SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, WE DO WANT TO REMIND IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS, INCLUDING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE USE OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS TEXTURE, DIAL NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT. >> FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE 24/7 . >> OPRAH WINFREY'S DIVING INTO THE WORLD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A NEW SPECIAL AIRING TONIGHT ON ABC. THE STAR SHARES FEARS ABOUT A.I. WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS BEHIND THE MOVEMENT. >> SHE'S ALSO TESTING OUT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY HERSELF. REBECCA JARVIS SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. >> TAKE A LOOK. >> IN YOUR SEVEN DECADES HERE ON EARTH, WHERE DO YOU PUT A.I., REBECCA? WE ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF OUR LIVES IN AN ALL NEW PRIMETIME SPECIAL A.I. IN THE FUTURE OF. OPRAH WINFREY IS TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LIFE FOR ALL OF US. >> HE'S ABOUT TO VERY DIFFERENT. I REALLY DO THINK YOU ARE A GREAT ENTRY FOR THIS TOPIC BECAUSE YOU CAN COME AT IT FROM VERY REAL AND CURIOUS POINT OF VIEW. WELL, I'VE ALWAYS SEEN MYSELF AS THE SURROGATE VIEWER. I KNOW. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I KNOW THAT THE OTHER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ARE FEELING THE SAME. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH AI? WELL, I HAVE SAY I HAD NO ENCOUNTER WITH AI UNTIL MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH SAM ALTMAN. >> JUST TAKE ME TO 2035. I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY WHERE ALL THIS CAN GO WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON. AND AFTER HE WAS TELLING ME ALL THE THINGS IT COULD DO, I'M SAYING, OKAY, DON'T BE SCARED. >> DON'T BE SCARED. YOU CAN GET THE CHATGPT APP. AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS ASKING A.I. FOR AIRBNB, AND IT WAS MIRACULOUS TO ME. BEFORE YOU CAN PRACTICALLY FINISH THE REQUEST, THE ANSWER HAS COME BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU USE CHATGPT. DO SAY PLEASE. YESTERDAY I WAS ASKING A QUESTION AND I SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE? BECAUSE I REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY PLEASE. >> YEAH, I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. YEAH, WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN THE ROBOTS TAKE OVER. >> THEY WILL. REMEMBER, YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS. WHILE MANY EMBRACE AI. 52% OF AMERICANS ARE MORE CONCERNED AND THAN EXCITED ABOUT IT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO ARE PROBABLY SCARED AND HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY USED IT IN A KNOWING WAY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHOULD HONOR IT AND HAVE A REVERENCE FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND RESPECT ,BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN WAYS THAT ARE UNIMAGINABLE FOR THE GOOD. AND JUST AS THERE IS FOR THE GOOD, THERE'S THE YIN AND YANG, EVERYTHING. AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW. >> SOCIAL MEDIA. YEAH. NOW IS THE TIME. A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ON SUCH A BIG BIG TOPIC. AND YOU CAN SEE A.I. AND THE FUTURE OF US AND OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL TONIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN ON ABC AND MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH TONIGHT ON "NIGHTLINE". >> DIANE REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU. >> AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. MIKE, SO MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO THIS WAR. YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IT, MAYBE EVEN USE IT A LITTLE. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE DOING SO MUCH MORE IT AND YET WHO HAS TIME TO START TAKING COURSES AND SO ON SO. WHAT'S YOUR QUICK TIP ON SORT OF HOW TO LEARN THE RIGHT WAY TO USE A.I. AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT? >> DIANE I THINK NOW AMERICA WILL GET IT. I'VE BEEN TELLING AMERICANS NOT TO BE SCARED, BUT I'M SURE NOW THAT OPRAH SAYS IT, AMERICA'S NOT GOING TO BE SCARED. AMERICA, I'VE BEEN HERE WHOLE TIME NOW. I THINK THE REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT WITH JUST SAID IS NOT TO BE SCARED OF IT. >> USE OF A DISCIPLINE. I'VE BEEN SAYING MAKE SURE THAT GOVERNMENT INCORPORATE AND PUT GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT AIR DOESN'T GET OFF THE GUARD RAILS. LIKE YOU SAID, DIANE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE CLASSES, BUT I WILL ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO THINK ABOUT IS WHAT DO YOU HAVE A MAYBE A DEFICIT, RIGHT. MAYBE YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE BUDGET OR THE CAPITAL TO DO THE TEACHING MARKETING YOUR OWN. WHY NOT THINK ABOUT IT FROM A MARKETING PLACE TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF YOUR MARKETING BUDGET? IF YOU ARE A LOVED ONE THAT HAS MAYBE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT THE AID TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN ENHANCE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE AND LIFESTYLE? USING A TOOL. MAYBE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY YOURSELF. HOW CAN YOU USE A.I. TOOLS TO HELP MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE FUNCTIONAL? BULK AND MORE INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR, IN AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ADA MEASURES? >> MIKE I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OR JUST ONE HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAKE YOUR IPHONE OR YOUR GOOGLE PHONE IN PARTICULAR THAT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE YOU RECOGNIZE WHEN OBJECTS YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED THAT WILL RECOGNIZE AN OBJECT ARE IN YOUR WAY AS YOU'RE WALKING. IT CAN ALSO TO HELP YOU. IF YOU HAD HEARING CHALLENGES, IT WOULD HELP YOU WITH AUDIO VISUAL CUES TO ASSIST AND OFFSET THE VISUAL CHALLENGES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE HAVING. AND SO ARE TOOLS AND FUNCTIONALITIES THAT CAN HELP WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING PLANS. YOU CAN USE A CHATGPT AND YOU CAN PUT IN THE INPUT THINGS LIKE, HI, I HAVE A BAKERY, I HAVE A SPECIFIC GERMAN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE. I KNOW MY DEMOGRAPHIC IN THIS ZIP CODE LIKES CHOCOLATE. >> CAN YOU HELP CREATE A DIGITAL AD CAMPAIGN AND A CAPTION THAT WILL APPEAL TO THAT ZIP CODE SPECIFICALLY THAT CAN DO STRATEGIC TARGETING TO GET THEM TO WANT TO COME INTO MY BAKERY, BASICALLY, OR TO ORDER ONLINE. >> AND IT'LL JUST SPIT OUT THAT MARKETING PLAN FOR YOU. >> FASCINATING. MIKE, WE ALSO HEARD OPRAH TALK ABOUT THIS YIN AND YANG TO EVERYTHING. SO WHAT KIND OF TRADEOFFS THERE WHEN IT COMES TO USING A.I.? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER? WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF PRIVACY, OTHER CONCERNS, WHILE ALSO KNOWING HOW MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO IF YOU DO EMBRACE THIS TECHNOLOGY. >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. WHEN YOU ARE INPUTTING THINGS INTO GENERATIVE AI PRODUCT, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A CHATGPT, YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT YOU DON'T PUT PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DATA INTO YOUR INTERNET PRODUCTS. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME POSSIBLY MAYBE JUST YOUR FIRST NAME IN A LAST INITIAL. YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR STREET ADDRESS RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS NO PERSON DEMOGRAPHIC. AND ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE MINDFUL, DIANE, THAT AS OF NOW, NOT ALL A.I. PRODUCTS ARE MADE THE SAME. AND SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WHAT THE A.I. IS SPITTING OUT TO ENSURE ITS ACCURACY. >> AGAIN, BECAUSE NOT ALL A.I. PRODUCTS ARE MADE THIS WAY. >> ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR GOOGLE TECH POLICY, MIKE MUSE, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU, MIKE. >> THANK YOU. BECAUSE I AM. >> AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A TRAFFIC VIOLATION, HIS DWI CASE. THE POP STAR'S ATTORNEY INITIALLY SAID HE WOULD FIGHT THE CHARGES. NOW HE'S SET TO RETURN TO THE HAMPTONS TO APPEAR IN COURT. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS THE LATEST. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO CATCH UP. >> MEGASTAR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SHOOTING UP RECORD PREPARING TO TAKE A PLEA DEAL IN HIS HIGHLY PUBLICIZED DWI CASE. >> SO IF I COULD JUST. >> SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS TIMBERLAKE WILL APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE ON FRIDAY TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A LESSER TRAFFIC INFRACTION. HE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO PAY A FINE BUT AVOID ANY MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. INITIALLY, HIS ATTORNEY SAID TIMBERLAKE WOULD VIGOROUSLY CONTEST HIS DWI. >> HE WAS NOT INTOXICATED. I'LL IT AGAIN. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WAS NOT INTOXICATED. >> SO WE KNOW THAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S LEGAL TEAM PLANNED TO FIGHT THE CHARGES. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FIGHTING THE CHARGES STARTS BEFORE TRIAL. IF THERE'S A WAY TO RESOLVE IT AMICABLY, THEN THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS GOING TO DO THAT. >> BACK IN MID-JUNE, THE TEN TIME GRAMMY WINNER HAD BEEN OUT AT HAMPTONS HOTSPOT, THE AMERICAN HOTEL, BEFORE HE GOT INTO HIS GRAY BMW CAPTURED HERE ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. WELL, HE SAID HE RAN A STOP SIGN AND SWERVED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. POLICE QUOTED HIM SAYING, I HAD ONE MARTINI AND I FOLLOWED MY FRIENDS HOME. BUT AN OFFICER SAID TIMBERLAKE'S EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS EMANATING FROM HIS BREATH. POLICE SAID WAS UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET AND PERFORMED POORLY ON A SOBRIETY TEST. HE REFUSED A CHEMICAL TEST. PHOTOS FROM DAILYMAIL.COM SHOW TIMBERLAKE BEING LED IN A COURT IN HANDCUFFS AFTER HE SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL. >> IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK. >> THE SINGER SONGWRITER WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORLD TOUR, PROMOTE HIS LATEST ALBUM, EVERYTHING. I THOUGHT IT WAS ADDRESSING THE CONTROVERSY ON STAGE IN RECENT TIMES. I LOVE YOU TO KEEP ME AND MY LOVE FOR A GOOD TEN 12 YEARS. >> HE WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST POP STARS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. BUT CAUGHT UP WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT. AND WHENEVER ANYBODY'S THAT FAMOUS THERE TENDS TO BE A BACKLASH, WHICH THERE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE DWI CASE, DIDN'T REALLY HELP THE TIMBERLAKE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TYPICALLY REQUIRES A 30 DAY LICENSE SUSPENSION AND A FINE. DIANE WE REACHED OUT TO TIMBERLAKE'S LAWYER, WHO TOLD US HE'S NOT YET READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLEA EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY. >> DIANE SENIOR, INVESTIGATIVE AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY CIVILIANS. THE HISTORY MAKING MOMENT BILLIONAIRE AND ENGINEER CLIMBED OUT OF AN OPEN HATCH AND STEPPED OUT THIS WORLD. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING, IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU. >> I HATED IT. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BEETLES OR ANYTHING. >> WELL, WE DIDN'T FILL SHEA STADIUM 19 85. I THINK WE COULD HAVE IT. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE TO BE IN THE MIRROR AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST, HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> YOU'RE WATCHING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVES LIVE REPORTING ACROSS THE GLOBE. KEEP WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST BASIS EXCUSE SPACEX HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS TECH BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER SARAH GILLIES PERFORM THE FIRST PRIVATE SPACEWALK HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE. IT'S A HIGH RISK ENDEAVOR PREVIOUSLY RESERVED FOR PROFESSIONAL. >> ABC'S TREVOR AULT HAS THAT STORY. THERE IS OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE FORMER CHURCH HISTORY IN SPACE EXPLORATION WITH THE FIRST SPACEWALK FROM A COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT THAT'S AT. WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO FOR YEARS SERVICE BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER GILLIES, THE FIRST HUMANS ON A PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT TO WALK IN SPACE, PART OF THE POLARIS DAWN SPACE MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ELON MUSK. >> SPACEX, THE MISSION LAUNCHING FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CAUSED WEEKS OF DELAYS . >> VERY, VERY EXCITED TO FLY ON MY FAVORITE DRAGON SPACECRAFT, A FOUR PERSON TEAM HEADING UP INTO SPACE ALONG WITH ISAACMAN GILLIS, MEDICAL OFFICER AND A MAN IN AND MISSION PILOT SCOTT PETITE ON BOARD. >> AND AROUND SEVEN AM THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZING HISTORY WAS MADE AND A HATCH IS OPEN ISAACMAN AND GILLIS FLOATING OUT ALONG THAT EXTENDED SKYWALK HERE JUST BESIDE THE CAPSULE MEN IN AND PETITE INSIDE TO ENSURE EVERYTHING RAN ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE DRAGON CAPSULE HAS NO AIRLOCK. ALL FOUR CREW MEMBERS WERE EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE THE POLARIS MISSION. ALSO MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE SPACE X ENGINEERED EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, SPACESUITS OR EVA HAVE BEEN IN SPACE WITH HOPES THAT ONE DAY WE COULD USE THEM FOR MISSIONS TO MARS, THE SPACEX COMPANY SAYS ON THEIR WEBSITE. BUILDING A BASE ON THE MOON AND A CITY ON MARS WILL REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF SPACE SUITS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUIT AND THE EXECUTION OF THE EVA WILL BE IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARD A SCALABLE DESIGN FOR SPACESUITS ON LONG DURATION MISSIONS AND BECAUSE THIS IS A CIVILIAN MISSION OF THIS FOUR PERSON TEAM, JARED ISAACMAN, THE BILLIONAIRE, IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD EVER BEEN TO SPACE. IN FACT, TWO OF THE CREW MEMBERS, THE TWO WOMEN ON BOARD, THEY HAD SPENT YEARS TRAINING OTHER ASTRONAUTS, BUT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO DIAM WHAT A TRIP. ABC'S TREVOR ALL THANK YOU ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR NASSAU ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. KATIE, THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE EVER CONDUCTED A SPACEWALK AND YOU WERE NEARLY ONE OF THEM. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE? WELL I HAVE TO SAY ACTUALLY, I TRAINED FOUR SPACEWALKS AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE QUALIFIED IN SPACEWALKING SO THAT I COULD GO ON A SPACE STATION MISSION. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WAS SO HARD TO DO WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT SPACESUITS TO FIT, AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT TODAY WAS ALL ABOUT. NOW, THESE COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS WERE CONDUCTING A SERIES OF MOBILITY TESTS. KIND OF TO THAT POINT, THE ENTIRE CAPSULE AT POINT WAS EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. HOW RISKY IS A MISSION LIKE THIS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SPACE IS HOPING TO LEARN FROM IT? >> I THINK THAT THEY'VE DONE A BUNCH OF WORK TO GET TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THE BASICS OF HOW WE DESIGN NEW SUITS, THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE MORE THEM. I MEAN, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'VE WE MEANING NASA'S I'M FROM THERE NOW BUT YOU KNOW HAVE STRUGGLED WITH AND NOW YOU KNOW IN THE MAKING THE NEW SUITS FOR THE MOON PROGRAM THEY'RE WORKING AT MAKING THEM MORE AND MORE ABOUT PEOPLE. >> I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THIS MISSION IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN APPROACH OF HOW WE BUILD THE MOBILITY INTO THAT SUIT. >> USE THE THING THE WAY THE FABRIC ITSELF IS SEWN TO EACH OTHER AND CAUSE A SPACE SUIT OR A SPACESUIT FOR SPACEWALKING THAT IS YOUR OWN PRIVATE SPACESHIP IN THE IN THE SHAPE OF A HUMAN. AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR LIFE SUPPORT. >> AND WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS DEMONSTRATION IS THAT, I MEAN, TO DEMONSTRATE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. ONCE YOU'RE THAT SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S TO WORK. IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE DESIGN. AND IN THIS CASE, THERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, HOW WAS THE MOBILITY? >> COULD WE MOVE? AND ALSO CAN THE SYSTEMS TAKE IT, WHICH THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND SEE IF WE DEPRESSURIZE THE SPACE CAPSULE SO THAT WE CAN DO THIS WORK? THEY LEARNED A LOT. IT'S NOT SORT OF SEXY IN A WAY, BUT THERE WERE REALLY BASIC THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT MORE DATA ON THAT ARE IMPORTANT. >> SO WHAT'S REACTION TO THIS NOW BEING DONE BY NONPROFESSIONAL ASTRONAUTS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT AND SPACE TOURISM? >> WELL, I'M I'M I MEAN, I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN TO SPACE AND SPENT ALMOST SIX MONTHS UP ON THE SPACE STATION. >> AND THIS I MEAN, IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US. AND THAT OF THE EARTH AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. YOU HEARD GERARD WHEN HE SAID SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, CLIMBED OUT THE DOOR THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EARTH LOOKS PERFECT FROM HERE. BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT VIEW AND COME BACK HERE AND DO THE WORK THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO. AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED ALL ASPECTS OF SPACEFLIGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE MECHANIZED. >> AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES OFTEN CAN TAKE BIG LEAPS WITH HARDWARE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A HARDER TIME DOING. AND BY THAT THEY ACTUALLY LEAPFROG ALL OF US. >> I HAD RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN. CADY, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S COOL TO SEE IT. THAT'S SURE. >> COMING UP, THE SHOWSTOPPING PERFORMANCES AT THE VMAS. CARPENTER WENT OUT OF THIS WORLD. KATY PERRY WENT FLYINGKING HISTY AGAIN. WILL GANSS MEGAN RYTE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MTV'S BIG NIGHT. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, UNKNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY BOUND? KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. >> ONLY ON HULU. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. >> LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. THE YEARS BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT. >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. ANY SPECIAL CAROL FOR THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CAROL IS 76TH EMMYS. >> A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO PREVIEW FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. ON WHAT NETWORK ARE WE ON? ABC? >> ABC? OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC REPORTING FROM SPARTANBURG, PENNSYLVANIA I'M STEPHANIE RAMOS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. HISTORY ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE MUSIC WORLD IS ABUZZ TODAY AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. FROM THE WINNERS TO THE PERFORMANCES, IT WAS A STAR STUDDED AFFAIR CELEBRATING THE MOST POPULAR TRACKS OF THE YEAR AND THE LAST FOUR DECADES. LARA SPENCER HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> THE CROWD ASKING THE REAL SLIM SHADY TO PLEASE STAND UP AT THE VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE MOON MAN. SABRINA CARPENTER GAVE AN OUT THIS WORLD PERFORMANCE WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL PDA, AND SHE TOOK HOME THE AWARD FOR SONG OF THE YEAR. >> I JUST FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE BEST, TRULY THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CHEESY, BUT I LOVE YOU. POP, PRINCESS TAYLOR SWIFT DID NOT PERFORM, BUT SHE SURE DID DANCE ALONG WITH CAROLE G. >> YOU DID NOTHING WITHOUT HER. SEVEN MOON MAN MADE HISTORY, OFFICIALLY MAKING HER THE MOST DECORATED SOLO ARTIST IN VMA HISTORY. >> THE MAN THAT GOT SO TIRED OF WINNING THE VIDEO OF THE YEAR AWARD, SHE THANKED HER SPECIAL SOMEONE. >> I WOULD ALWAYS JUST HEAR LIKE SOMEONE LIKE. >> LIKE CHEERING AND LIKE, OH, THAT ONE PERSON WAS MY BOYFRIEND, TRAVIS. EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN. >> AND MAGIC. LOVE WAS CLEARLY IN THE AIR. SHE LOVES WITH HER WHOLE HEART. >> AND IT'S KIND OF IRRESISTIBLE. ORLANDO BLOOM PRESENTING PERRY WITH THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD. PERRY PERFORMING A MEDLEY OF HER CHART TOPPING HITS. YOU SEE THE FIREWORKS SINGER THANKING ALL OF THOSE WHO HER THROUGHOUT HER DECADES LONG CAREER. THANK YOU. TO MYSPACE, WARPED TOUR AND ALL THE BYGONE PLACES WHERE I FOUND THE VOICE. >> 26-YEAR-OLD CHAPEL ROOM TAKING HOME BEST NEW ARTIST. >> CAN YOU BELIEVE WAS AT THE VMA AND MEGAN THEE SERVING AS HOST. HER ATTEMPT AT PAYING HOMAGE TO VMA BRITNEY SPEARS DIDN'T QUITE GO AS PLANNED. GET THIS SNAKE. I KNOW THIS SNAKE. THE SNAKE DON'T KNOW ME. OH, GOD. >> BUT THERE WERE NO ISSUES. >> HER ELECTRIC PERFORMANCE. YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I HAD SAY MY NAME. ROCK GOD. LENNY KRAVITZ. PUTTING A NEW SPIN ON ONE OF HIS HITS WITH QUAVO AND L.L. COOL J. GO. CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF DEF JAM RECORDS ALONGSIDE FLAVOR FLAV AND CHUCK D, CALL IT A IT WAS KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE. >> SEE WHAT I DID THERE? LARA SPENCER. THANK YOU. AND ABC'S WILL GANSS AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ AND RADIO PERSONALITY ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS AND TO MAKE FUN OF MY CHEESY. MEGAN LET'S START WITH EMINEM RIGHT. HE HAD THIS NOSTALGIC OPEN. AND AT ONE POINT I HAVE TO SAY HE HAD ALL THESE LOOKALIKES ON STAGE. AND WHEN HE STOOD STILL, I COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BUT AT ONE POINT HIS LOOK ALIKE WAS KIND MOVING, AND IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE REAL SLIM SHADY ACTUALLY WAS. SO WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS PERFORMANCE, GIVEN HIS LONG HISTORY WITH THE VMAS. ALL RIGHT. SO, DIANE, I FEEL LIKE I AM AT THIS AGE WHERE THE NOSTALGIC PERFORMANCES GIVE ME ALL OF THE FEELS AND, YOU KNOW, EMINEM HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY WITH THE VMAS STARTING BACK IN 1999. BUT IT WAS HIS 2000 PERFORMANCE WHERE HE DEFINITELY WAS DRAWING INFORMATION I'M SORRY, INSPIRATION FROM. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHEN I BECAME A FAN, I REMEMBER JUST BEING SUPER YOUNG. I THINK I WAS LIKE 12 YEARS OLD AND I WAS WATCHING THIS PERFORMANCE. I WAS LIKE, THIS IS EVERYTHING. HE GETS ON STAGE, WHICH A BUNCH OF LOOK ALIKE EMINEM'S, WHICH MAKES SENSE WHILE HE'S DRAWING FROM THAT PERFORMANCE FOR THIS YEAR'S VMAS BECAUSE HIS ALBUM IS THE DEATH OF THE REAL SLIM SHADY. SO HE PERFORMS WHODINI, OF COURSE. NOW WE'VE GOT THESE WIGS, SO YOU TELL THINGS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE NOW IN 2024. BUT IT DEFINITELY WAS A CLASSIC MOMENT PERFORMING THAT. AND ALSO SOMEBODY SAVE ME. FEATURING JELLY ROLL. JELLY ROLL WAS NOT THERE, BUT YOU COULD SEE HIM ON THE BIG SCREEN AND IT WAS DEFINITELY JUST AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE. >> DID HIS THING. WELL, THERE WERE ALSO COUNTLESS NODS TO BRITTANY, BOTH ON THE RED CARPET AND IN THE PERFORMANCE. MEGAN THEE STALLION, EVEN OUT WITH THE SNAKE, THOUGH I THINK SHE MAY HAVE REGRETTED THAT ONE. BUT NO, BRITTANY HERSELF. NO BRITTANY HERSELF. BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN CELEBRATION OF 40 YEARS OF THE VMAS, YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE VMAS AND NOT THINK ABOUT BRITTANY SPEARS. IT'S THE SNAKE. WHETHER IT'S KISSING MADONNA ON STAGE, WHETHER IT'S ALL HER FABULOUS OUTFITS, THE DENIM OUTFIT. >> OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN. >> BEDAZZLED BODYSUIT. EXACTLY. SO, OF COURSE, WE DID SEE MEGAN LAST. WE ALSO SAW TATE MCRAE DRESSED IN THAT 2001 LOOK. WE SAW SABRINA PERFORMING ON STAGE, AND SABRINA SAMPLED THAT ICONIC OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN. >> I THOUGHT THE OLD LADY DROPPED IT IN THE OCEAN LIKE YOU HEARD BACK BEFORE. AND THEN THE KISS WITH THE ALIEN WAS A REFERENCE TO THE MADONNA THING AS WELL. SO PAYING HOMAGE, THE CURRENT PRINCESSES OF POP AND ALL OF THESE GENRES KIND OF PAYING HOMAGE TO THE QUEEN, WHO DID IT FOR SO MANY YEARS IN THE EARLY 2000. >> OH, AND WE'RE STILL ALL HOPING SEE HER DO IT AGAIN. MEGHAN, L.L. COOL J ALSO WAS THERE CELEBRATING DEF JAM'S 40 YEARS. HE'S THE FIRST RAP ARTIST TO RECEIVE THE VIDEO AWARD BACK IN 1997. HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS IT TO SEE HIM BACK ON THAT STAGE, COMMEMORATING THIS LEGACY WITH SO MANY OTHER RAPPERS THERE ALONGSIDE HIM? OH, IT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, DIANE, BUT I LL COOL J COINED THE TERM GOAT. YOU KNOW, WE THROW AROUND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE GOAT. THIS PERSON IS THE GOAT. BUT HE COINED THAT TERM AND HE SHOWED WHY HE STILL IS THIS PERFORMANCE, WHICH TO ME WAS REALLY A MASTER CLASS ON PERFORMING LIKE HE DID NOT MISS A BEAT. HE PERFORMED SOME CLASSICS ALONG WITH, BRINGING OUT FLAVOR FLAV. WE LOVE TO SEE FLAVOR FLAV AND CHUCK D AND ALSO SOME NEW MOMENTS FROM HIS ALBUM, THE FOURTH, THE FOURTH. >> AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING, YOU KNOW, A MOMENT FOR HIP-HOP. ALL RIGHT. >> AND QUICKLY, WILL GANSS KATY PERRY WINS THE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD. DO YOU MAKE OF THAT MOMENT? I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND IT'S SORT OF A REMINDER, WHILE KATY HAS SORT OF A TUMULTUOUS LAST COUPLE OF ALBUM ROLLOUTS AND A TUMULTUOUS THIS REALLY REMINDED FOLKS THAT, OKAY, SHE IS SUCH A POWERHOUSE IN THE POP SPACE. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOWNS, NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ, RADIO PERSONALITY, MEGAN RYTE, THANK YOU BOTH. AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. STICK AROUND. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE. THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET, FOREVER ,THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE FOR STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> TONIGHT THE TRACK OF FRANCINE, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SCHEDULE WHAT COULD SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING AND TOWERING ,JAW DROPPING THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ON WHETHER TO AND STREAMING ON HULU. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN. NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. HI, I'M MANDY AND I'M SABRINA AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF DAY LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOVE REALLY LOVE POP CULTURE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE ,WITH BEING A MOM? YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, I'M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FRANCINE SLAMMING INTO LOUISIANA MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AMID WIDESPREAD RAIN, WIND AND FLOODING. WE'LL LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND THE STORM IS HEADED NOW. STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. WINDS MOVING DEADLY WILDFIRES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO L.A. WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW FROM THE GROUND. DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT'S BIG DEBATE. THEIR MESSAGE, 53 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. HURRICANE FRANCINE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE STORM NOW OVER MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AFTER LEAVING DAMAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. THAT STORM INITIALLY MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE JUST MILES OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS. 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN LASHED OUT ON LOUISIANA, RIPPING THE ROOFS OFF OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN IGNITING THEM. RIGHT NOW, 400,000 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT SERVICE ACROSS LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. >> THE HAS BEEN SCARY UNKNOWN BECAUSE IN TERRIBLE PARISH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS BASICALLY GET OURSELVES BACK TOGETHER. >> SINCE HURRICANE IDA, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL NOT COMPLETELY UP AND RUNNING. SO THEN THERE'S THE PANIC OF, OH, IS THIS ANOTHER IDA? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? DO YOU STAY IN KIND OF WORK? >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE US OFF . MATT RIVERS, HE'S THERE ON THE GROUND IN KENNER, LOUISIANA. ALSO, OUR METEOROLOGIST, SOMARA THEODORE HAS BEEN TRACKING ALL THE EXTREME WEATHER. SO, MATT, YOU ARE RIGHT, SET IN NEW ORLEANS THERE. I KNOW. WELL, LOTS OF FRIENDS ARE STILL LIVE THERE. I'VE CHECKED IN WITH THEM. THEY'RE DOING OKAY. BUT WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM THE GROUND? YEAH, I IF YOU CHECK IN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW HERE, KYRA, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I THINK COLLECTIVELY PEOPLE HAVE GENERALLY, GENERALLY A SIGH OF RELIEF. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE THAN IT WAS GIVEN PREDICTIONS THAT WE WERE SEEING, GIVEN HOW LONG IT LINGERED, GIVEN HOW MUCH RAIN FELL HERE IN KENNER, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LOCALIZED AREAS, ABOUT A TEN INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, MORE OR LESS. THAT'S A TON OF RAIN. AND THERE WAS FLOODING HERE IN KENNER, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT IT DIDN'T THE KIND OF LEVELS WHERE IT WAS SUSTAINED FLOODING AS FLASH FLOODING MADE LIFE TRICKY OVERNIGHT. BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE SUN IS OUT. PEOPLE ARE BACK OUT ON THE ROADS. LIFE IS SLOWLY RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. I THINK BY TOMORROW, THINGS WILL REALLY RESEMBLE THE KENNER THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL HERE. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT THE MAIN ISSUE REMAINS POWER OUTAGES AT THIS POINT, NEARLY 400,000 STATEWIDE. AND THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT LIKE AT INTERSECTIONS HERE BEHIND, ME. EVERYONE'S COOPERATING, BUT THAT IS THAT LIGHT IS NOT WORKING AT THE MOMENT. AND SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE TIME AND AGAIN AROUND THIS AREA. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT REMAINS EVEN AS THE FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED. WELL, IT LOOKS GOOD FROM WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO KENNER SEAFOOD. TRUST ME, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. MATT AND SOMARA GIVE US THE LATEST ON THE STORM'S TRACK AND TIMING RIGHT NOW. OH, IT SOUNDS DELICIOUS, KYRA. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S DO IT. FRANCINE, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, A DEPRESSION, NO LONGER A TROPICAL STORM. YOU CAN JUST HOW FAR REACHING THE RAIN BANDS ARE. >> LOOK AT THAT RAIN ALL THE WAY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BUT THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE SYSTEM IS WHIPPING BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN INTO PLACES LIKE LITTLE ROCK, MEMPHIS, TUPELO. >> AS A RESULT, THE BORDERS LIT UP. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS WIND ALERTS AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. FLOOD WATCHES IN HUNTSVILLE AND BIRMINGHAM. AS WE MOVE THROUGH TIME, THIS IS THE FUTURE CAST. IT'S TELLING US WHERE THE RAIN IS GOING TO BE AS WE MOVE THROUGH TIME THIS EVENING. THIS IS 5% TIME. NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE HEAVY PUSHING THROUGH MEMPHIS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE, BUT ALSO THE WINDS. SOMEHOW, FRANCINE HAS HELD ON TO THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS AND WE COULD SEE WINDS AS HIGH AS 50 MILES PER HOUR IN PARTS OF MEMPHIS, 24 MILES PER HOUR BY 10 P.M. IN LITTLE ROCK. >> THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN PARTS OF ALABAMA. >> THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD RISK FOR THOSE LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM, CENTRAL ALABAMA, ALONG I-20, WHERE WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN STUCK HERE AT THIS POINT. THE BIG CONCERN REMAINS FLOODING INLAND AFTER FRANCINE HAS HIT THE COAST. >> ALL RIGHT, SOMARA THEODORE RIVERS, THANK YOU BOTH. WE'LL TALK MORE. WE ALSO WANT TO CHECK IN A NEW ORLEANS RESIDENT THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YESTERDAY, JACOB LINKER AND HIS ACTUALLY CHOSE TO HUNKER DOWN AT THEIR HOME. MACK LOUIS, LOUISIANA BEER ROSE AND HOPE THAT THEIR HOME ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NEW ORLEANS, THEY'RE IN THE IRISH AREA RIGHT ALONG LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, WOULD SURVIVE YET ANOTHER STORM. JP JACOB AND HIS FAMILY ARE NO STRANGER TO RIDING OUT. HIS HOME HAS BEEN HOLDING UP EVER SINCE HIS DAD BUILT IT IN THE 1980S. >> JACOB, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> HOW WAS YOUR ROAST AND HOW WAS YOUR NIGHT ARMS? IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. WE EAT DINNER. THAT'S A KIND OF SETTLE DOWN BEFORE OUR BEFORE THE WORST OF THE WEATHER CAME. AND IT STARTED PICKING UP PRETTY STRONG. I'D SAY AROUND 9:00, 830, 9:00, AND WE ENDED UP LOSING POWER AROUND 1130 OR SO. BUT MAN ENERGY THAT GAVE THEM THEIR PROPS, THEY COME OUT HERE WHEN IT CALMED DOWN THIS MORNING, DAYLIGHT MAKE OUT US SHOOT. I SAW ONE TRUCK DRIVE BY AND I GOT HOOKED UP IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN TOO BIG OF ISSUE. OH, MY GOSH. >> ALL RIGHT. KIND OF. I SEE THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THIS IS GREAT. I'M KIND OF GETTING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW HERE OF WHAT YOU DEALT WITH. ARE YOU ABLE TO MAYBE SHOW ME AROUND YOUR HOUSE THERE? JUST THE DAMAGE, MAYBE ON THE STREET BEHIND YOU. I CAN SEE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN RIGHT THERE BEHIND YOU. KIND OF GIVE ME A LITTLE ASSESSMENT, JACOB, OF WHAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE NIGHT. >> YEAH, I MEAN, RIGHT BEHIND ME, THAT'S MY MY SHED STREET BEHIND ME, MY NEIGHBOR'S BOAT DOCK WHERE THAT'S WHERE THE SHED AND TANKS ARE. BUT THE WATER, I MEAN, RIGHT THERE, CENTER OF HIGHWAY RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. WATER GOT RIGHT IN THE RIGHT WAY. I RESPECT THAT. I WAS LIKE I WAS EXPECTING IT TO GET RIGHT TO ABOUT THE CROWN OF THE HIGHWAY AND THAT'S RIGHT WHERE IT HIT. AND I PROBABLY PUTS US NEAR ABOUT SIX FOOT ABOVE REGULAR TIDE HEIGHT. SO I'VE RAISED EVERYTHING PERFECT TO WHERE NOTHING GOT WET LIKE MY FREEZERS, REFRIGERATORS. I GOT OUTDOORS AND, STUFF GOT WET. AND WE WAS ABLE TO KIND OF WAIT OUT. IT BLEW. WE PROBABLY HAD 4 HOURS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, ANYWHERE FROM EAST TO WHERE IT SWITCHED TO THE SOUTH. IT HUNG SOUTH FOR A LONG TIME. THE WAY IT KIND OF JOGGED OVER THE LAKE BEFORE IT WENT NORTH. AND THEN WE GOT TO NICE LIKE 15 TO 20 MILE AN HOUR WEST BREEZE RIGHT NOW. WELL, DEFINITELY DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE AS BAD AS SOME FOLKS THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. I KNOW YOU YOU HAD FAITH. EVERYTHING GOING TO BE OKAY. I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU, JACOB. GLAD EVERYTHING IS GOOD. MINOR PICK UP IN DAMAGE THERE. BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH. >> APPRECIATE YOU, JACOB. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, FROM HURRICANES TO WILDFIRES NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE FIRES CURRENTLY BLAZING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, SAN BERNARDINO, ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE. THIS COMES AS CALIFORNIA RELEASES SOME PRETTY EYE OPENING STATS TO THIS YEAR ALONE. MORE THAN 6000 FIRES HAVE BURNED NEARLY A MILLION ACRES. NOW THAT'S ALREADY 700,000 MORE ACRES THAN ALL OF 2023. THE BRIDGE FIRE IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST IS THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN THE STATE, DESTROYING MORE THAN 30 HOMES AND SCORCHING MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. NOW, CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS, WHILE THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THE HIGH WINDS, THE LOW HUMIDITY, WILL CAUSE THESE FIRES TO SPREAD FURTHER NOW. AND RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY EVACUATED JUST COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THEIR HOMES WERE DESTROYED. >> TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS. >> POLICE CAME TEARING UP THE DRIVEWAY AND TOLD US THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. SO WE PACKED UP THE KIDS, GOT OUT OF THERE. >> COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, WE HEARD OUR HOUSE IS JUST LEVELED . OUR MELISSA DON IS RIGHT THERE AT THE BRIDGE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. >> JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON ALL OF THIS. SO, MELISSA, LET'S TALK ABOUT I GUESS FIRST, HOW CONTAINED ARE THESE FIRES AT THE MOMENT, THE LATEST? ABSOLUTELY, KYRA. SO SOME GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME PROGRESS. WE'RE FINALLY SEEING CONTAINMENT LEVELS WHEN IT COMES TO THE AIRPORT FIRE AND THE LINE FIRE. THOSE ARE THE ONES OVER IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY. SO THAT'S SOME GOOD FINALLY SOME FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BUT WE'RE OVER HERE FOR THIS BRIDGE FIRE, THAT MASSIVE 50,000 ACRE FIRE OVER HERE, THE ROADBLOCK HERE. AND IT IS STILL FIREFIGHTERS HAVE NOT REACHED ANY CONTAINMENT LEVELS. WE'RE HOPING, THOUGH, THAT THERE IS SOME PROGRESS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE'RE FINALLY SEEING THIS BREAK FROM THAT INTENSE HEAT. BUT AGAIN, HERE ARE THE THREAT OF THESE WINDS ARE STILL LOOMING US. >> RIGHT. AND HOW MANY HOMES WOULD YOU SAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED SO FAR FROM ALL THESE FIRES, MELISSA? EXACTLY, KYRA. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTING NOW TO GET ASSESSMENTS FROM EACH OF THOSE FIRES. AND SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT WE KNOW FAR, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS NUMBER COULD GROW JUST BECAUSE THE STRENGTH OF SOME OF THESE FIRES AND BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL EARLY, THE ASSESSMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST 50 STRUCTURES, THAT'S INCLUDING HOMES OR MANY BUSINESSES OR OUTHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A HUGE CONCERN, FOR INSTANCE, HERE AT THIS ROADBLOCK, THEY'RE SET UP. THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HERE, TOO, BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE STILL NOT BACK IN. THESE EVACUATION ORDERS AND MANDATES ARE IN PLACE. THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE STILL TO HOLD BACK AND THEY DON'T WANT COMING OVER YET TO CHECK OUT ANY OF THE DAMAGE OR ANY CONDITIONS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S SAFETY. SO THIS STILL A PRESSING MATTER KYRA. ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, DON, IN WRIGHTWOOD FOR US. >> MELISSA, THANK YOU. >> AFTER MEETING FACE TO FACE THE PAST TWO DAYS, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS NOW AS THEY SPRINT TO ELECTION DAY. VICE HARRIS HOLDING TWO RALLIES TODAY IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S LOOKING TO PUT THAT STATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC COLUMN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK ON THE TRAIL IN ARIZONA A STATE THAT HE LOST FOUR YEARS AGO. WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN JOINS ME NOW, ALONG WITH WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS. SO RICK, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS TODAY IS PART OF A MORE AGGRESSIVE PART OF THEIR CAMPAIGN. SO WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING FROM HER AND DO WE THINK THAT SHE'LL FINALLY HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE MAYBE SOON? THAT IS UNCLEAR. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS. SHE DID THE ONE WITH CNN AND OBVIOUSLY THE ABC DEBATE THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT. WE'LL SEE IF THIS PART OF THE NEW PHASE. IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT MORE TRAVEL. THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENCE WITH EITHER HARRIS OR WALLS AND ALL SEVEN OF THE MAJOR BATTLEGROUND STATES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND WE EXPECT A LOT MORE. IT MAKES SENSE. WE'RE EIGHT WEEKS OUT. WE ARE IN AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT NOW. BUT IT IS STRIKING TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN SEASON IS KNOWING THAT THERE JUST AREN'T ANY MORE MAJOR EVENTS. NOW THAT THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS BEHIND US, THERE IS A VP DEBATE COMING AHEAD. THE CAMPAIGNS ARE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK TO CREATE SOME MOMENTS GOING FORWARD AND DO WHAT THEY CAN. BUT IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THAT MEANS A LOT MORE MEDIA INTERVIEWS OR PRESS CONFERENCES, AS YOU REFERENCED. >> SO, KAREN, CONGRESS IS FACING AN OCTOBER 1ST DEADLINE TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT. WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS DURING THE WEEK. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PRESSURING REPUBLICANS NOT TO MAKE A DEAL. IT INCLUDES ABSOLUTE ASSURANCES ON ELECTION SECURITY. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE NOW? YEAH, THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING THAT REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE HAVE TO STOP PLAYING GAMES AND JUST GET A CLEAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILL THROUGH TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THIS SIX MONTH GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILL THAT WOULD INCLUDE THAT POLICY RIDER THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE. THE WHITE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL SAYING THAT IS JUST NOT NECESSARY AND IT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL FOR THEM. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY WOULD VOTE FOR THIS. SO THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO CALL FOR HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUST TO PUT UP A STRAIGHT FUNDING BILL TO GET PAST THAT DEADLINE. THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF TIMELINE THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE, WHETHER THAT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR COULD YOU GET IT TO SIX MONTHS. BUT LAST WEEK, WHEN I ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT IN THIS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON CAPITOL HILL, IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAD GOTTEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS JUST YET. BUT CERTAINLY OFFICIALS HERE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH CAPITOL HILL TO TRY AND ENSURE THERE ISN'T A SHUTDOWN. BUT, KYRA, THERE IS LITTLE APPETITE IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN ON OCTOBER 1ST. AND, RICK, WE KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL DEBATE NEXT MONTH FOR SURE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. BUT ANY CHANCE THAT HARRIS TRUMP WILL SHARE THE STAGE AGAIN? JASON MILLER WAS OUT THERE THE DAY AFTER THE DEBATE. THEY DID AGREE TO ANOTHER DEBATE. THERE'S A CHANCE. WE'LL SEE IF THE CANDIDATES NEED IT OR WANTED IT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEBATE OVER DEBATES DOES CONTINUE. WE KNOW THAT TRUMP IS ACCEPTED ADDITIONAL DEBATES, INCLUDING ONE ON FOX NEWS. HARRIS HAS REJECTED THE IDEA OF ONE ON FOX. SHE'S FLOATED ONE MAYBE ON NBC. THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SET UP A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO MEET. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BEFORE THE VP DEBATE OCTOBER 1ST. COINCIDENTALLY THE SAME DAY IS THE THE DEADLINE SET TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. AND I ALSO DON'T THAT IT IS GOING TO GET SETTLED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE BASICALLY ALL THE STARS HAVE TO ALIGN IN A WAY TRUMP IS EVEN SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT CHOICE OF MODERATORS. AND SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS. I'VE KIND OF THINKING NOT, BUT WE'LL YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF BOTH CANDIDATES THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE BOTH AS CONFIDENT IN THEIR PERFORMANCE AS THEY SAY THEY WERE, THINK THEY'D WANT ANOTHER ONE. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THEM. ALL RIGHT, KAREN, APPARENTLY THERE'S AN UPDATE, A NEW SWIFT REPORT NOW THAT TAYLOR SWIFT HAS ENDORSED HARRIS RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE, WHICH I KNOW JAY AND I KIND OF CHUCKLED ABOUT AND DIDN'T REALLY TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. BUT APPARENTLY 330,000 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED THE VOTERS LINK. NOW, THAT'S WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT'S SHARED ON INSTAGRAM IN JUST LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHE MADE THAT ENDORSEMENT. SO ARE WE KIND OF IGNORING A BIG FORCE THAT COULD HELP THIS ELECTION IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE DA GOV. OF COURSE, DRIVING TRAFFIC THERE BECAUSE OF TAYLOR SWIFT LINKING TO THAT THROUGH HER INSTAGRAM CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE PREVIOUS WEEK HAD BEEN TO THAT WEBSITE. OUR COLLEAGUE MOLLY NAGLE CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS FOR US AND FOUND THAT THAT WEBSITE HAD RECEIVED THOUSAND VISITORS A DAY IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE DEBATE, BEFORE THAT POST. TAYLOR AND THEN THAT SKYROCKETED WHEN SHE PUT IT OUT THERE. HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WILL IT MAKE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL ELECTION? WE'LL SEE. ARE THOSE PEOPLE REGISTERING TO VOTE? WHO ARE THEY VOTING FOR? SHE, OF COURSE, HAS COME OUT AND SAID SHE IS SUPPORTING HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. WILL THAT TRANSLATE TO VOTES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC? WE WON'T KNOW THAT FOR SOME TIME. I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY HOPING THAT NOT JUST GOING TO DO ONE INSTAGRAM POST, BUT ACTUALLY DO SOME EVENTS MAYBE GO OUT THERE AND TALK ABOUT HER AT HER CONCERTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION DAY OR DO SOMETHING SPECIFIC WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT TO REV UP VOTERS AND TRY AND DRAW THEM TO HER SIDE KYRA. WELL, KAREN AND RICK, I REMEMBER WHEN THE RUMORS WERE SWIRLING THAT SHE MIGHT PERFORM AT THE DNC AND WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THERE WERE A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED DELEGATES. I CAN TELL YOU OUT THERE IN THE CROWD, YOU GUYS KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. SO YOU HEARD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATEN TO PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES IF HE WINS IN NOVEMBER. BUT NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS APPARENTLY BACK SPEAKING TO THE DOJ WORKFORCE. AG MERRICK GARLAND ACTUALLY GOT A STANDING OVATION WHEN HE VOWED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WILL NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON, SOMETHING MANY REPUBLICANS CLAIM IS ALREADY HAPPENING WITH THE CASES AGAINST TRUMP. GARLAND ALSO PRAISING DOJ PROSECUTORS AND PERSONNEL FOR THEIR WORK AMID WHAT HE CALLED AN ESCALATING NUMBER OF ATTACKS OVER THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. >> OUR NORMS ARE A PROMISE THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS NATION TO BECOME A COUNTRY WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CREATED AS AN APPARATUS OF POLITIC. OUR JUSTICE REPORTER ALEX MALLIN JOINING ME NOW. SO ALEX, I MEAN. GARLAND SURE RALLIED HIS TROOPS TODAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT HIS EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, CHEERED OUT LOUD DURING HIS REMARKS. >> YEAH, I MEAN, HE IS A JUDGE, SO HE SPEAKS, YOU KNOW, RATHER SOFTLY BUT HIS WORDS, AS YOU HEAR, KYRA, ARE VERY MEASURED. >> AND THEY ARE ALSO INTENDED TO, YOU KNOW, SEND A MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS SPEECH TO ROUGHLY 113,000 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TODAY. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND OBVIOUSLY GETTING, I THINK, THE MOST APPLAUSE. WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM THERE ON THAT LINE, WHEN YOU HEARD HE SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW DOJ BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. AND THEN ON THE SECOND LINE WHERE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE DOJ EMPLOYEES DURING HIS TENURE HAVE SUFFERED A ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF THREATS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT HAVE BEEN GINNED UP AGAINST THEM, AND ALSO JUST A DIRECT ATTACKS ON SOME OF THE LINE PROSECUTORS WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH'S INVESTIGATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND IT COMES OBVIOUSLY, ALL THIS AS THE SPEECH COMES AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES ARE REALLY RAMPING UP THEIR RHETORIC AND PREVIEWING THE POTENTIAL FOR PROSECUTING HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES SHOULD HE BE ELECTED, TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024. WE SAW IN A TRUE SOCIAL POST, FOR INSTANCE OVER THE WEEKEND THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYING THAT HE WOULD BE PROMISING LONG TERM PRISON SENTENCES FOR PEOPLE LIKE ELECTION OFFICIALS WHO HE SAID WERE INVOLVED IN CHEATING IN THE 2020 AND 2024 ELECTIONS. AGAIN KYRA. NO ALLEGATIONS CREDIBLE THAT THERE'S ANY CHEATING GOING ON THAT WOULD AFFECT EITHER ELECTION AT THIS POINT. >> SO IF TRUMP WINS IN NOVEMBER, THOUGH, ALL OF WHAT GARLAND IS SAYING COULD JUST GO THE WINDOW, RIGHT? >> YEAH, EXACTLY. I THINK THAT WHAT WE SAW, ESPECIALLY THE SUPREME COURT'S IMMUNITY RULING BACK IN JULY AND FORMER PRESIDENT FEDERAL ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE IS IF THE SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLY THE IDEA THAT A PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE COMPLETE AND UNFETTERED OVER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THAT THERE IS NO CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR GOING AND DIRECTING PROSECUTIONS IF THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO DO WHEN HE COMES INTO OFFICE, KYRA. ALL RIGHT. ALEX MALLIN, THANKS SO MUCH. COMING UP, OPRAH ON AI AND IT'S NO DEEPFAKE. >> OUR NEW SPECIAL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AIRS TONIGHT AND WE'VE GOT A SNEAK PEEK. >> WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSION STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI, REPORTING FROM THE U.S. IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER . THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU'RE ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAT PACK IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAT CRITICS AIDED THE BRAT PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY? WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY BEATLES. WELL, IT IS CALLED SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD ABC NEWS LIVE HONORED WITH EIGHT EMMY NOMINATIONS MORE THAN ANY OTHER STREAMING NEWS NETWORK AND ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS, THE FIRST AND ONLY STREAMING SHOW NOMINATED FOR BEST OUTSTANDING LIVE PROGRAM. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU FOLLOWED FOUR TIMES FRIDAY . THE 32 YEAR OLD FORMER BALLERINA THE CENTER OF THE SO-CALLED SWAN TRIAL. >> YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN OUT BEFORE. WHY DID YOU TO TALK NOW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT ABC. GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US, OPRAH WINFREY MEETS A I IN A NEWS SPECIAL AIRING TONIGHT ON ABC. >> THE MEDIA MOGUL SHARES HER FEARS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. SOME OF THE TOP LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS, REBECCA JARVIS, HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH HER VERY GO. IN YOUR SEVEN DECADES HERE ON EARTH WHERE DO YOU PUT AI REBECCA WE IN FOR THE RIDE OF OUR LIVES IN AN ALL NEW PRIMETIME SPECIAL A.I. IN THE FUTURE OF US, OPRAH WINFREY IS TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO ARTIFICIAL AND LIFE FOR ALL OF US IS ABOUT TO VERY DIFFERENT. I REALLY DO THINK YOU ARE A GREAT ENTRY FOR THIS TOPIC BECAUSE YOU CAN COME AT IT. A VERY REAL AND CURIOUS POINT OF VIEW. WELL, I ALWAYS SEEN MYSELF AS THE SURROGATE VIEWER. I KNOW I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. IF I DON'T THE ANSWER. I KNOW THAT THE OTHER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ARE FEELING THE SAME. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A.I.. WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, HAD NO ENCOUNTER WITH A.I. UNTIL MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH SAM ALTMAN. >> JUST TAKE ME TO 2030 FIVE. >> I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY ALL THIS CAN GO WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON. AND AFTER HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE THINGS IT COULD DO, I WAS SAYING, OKAY, DON'T BE SCARED, DON'T BE SCARED. YOU CAN GET THE CHATGPT APP. AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS ASKING A.I. FOR AIRBNB LISTINGS ,AND IT WAS MIRACULOUS TO ME THAT BEFORE YOU CAN PRACTICALLY FINISH THE REQUEST, THE ANSWER HAS COME BACK TO YOU. WHEN YOU USE CHATGPT DO YOU SAY PLEASE? YESTERDAY I WAS ASKING A QUESTION AND I SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE? >> BECAUSE I REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY PLEASE. YEAH, I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. YEAH, WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN THE ROBOTS OVER, THEY WILL REMEMBER YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS. WHILE MANY EMBRACE A.I. 52% OF AMERICANS ARE MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED ABOUT IT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, THERE WERE A LOT PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO ARE PROBABLY SCARED AND HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY USED IT IN A KNOWING WAY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHOULD HONOR IT AND HAVE A REVERENCE FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND RESPECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN WAYS ARE UNIMAGINABLE FOR THE GOOD. AND JUST AS IS FOR THE GOOD, THERE'S THE YIN AND YANG OF EVERYTHING AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. >> YEAH, NOW IS THE TIME REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ON SUCH A BIG TOPIC. AND YOU CAN SEE AI AND THE FUTURE OF US AND OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL TONIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN ON ABC AND MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH TONIGHT ON "NIGHTLINE". KYRA CAN'T WAIT. I'LL BE WATCHING. >> THANKS SO MUCH, REBECCA JARVIS APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, COMING UP, NEW FOR DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN. WE'VE GOT THE DETAILS NEXT. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION CAPITALIZES ON COMBAT OPERATIONS ON. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATING ON A NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG. THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE MADE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? >> YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE YOU APPRECIATE? >> ISMAIL. DAVID. DAVID? YES. YES. >> I'M DAVID YORK. I KNOW YOU. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER. YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAT PACK IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST. >> WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE PRESS. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? >> AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BEETLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN'T KILL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. BUT WHY DO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE. >> TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW LAWRENCE. SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO YOU. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS. START HERE. REPORTING FROM JOINT BASE IN XINJIANG. BENITEZ WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES. WE'RE TRACKING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. DISGRACED MOVIE PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN INDICTED ON NEW CHARGES BY A NEW YORK GRAND JURY. IT COMES MONTHS AFTER HIS 2020 RAPE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. WEINSTEIN RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY AND WAS NOT IN COURT. THE INDICTMENT STILL SEALED. SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THOSE CHARGES. THE GOVERNMENT IMPOSING SANCTIONS AGAINST 16 ALLIES OF NICOLAS MADURO FOLLOWING VENEZUELA'S DISPUTED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TARGETING THE HEAD OF THE COUNTRY'S HIGH COURT. LEADERS OF THE STATE SECURITY FORCES AND OTHERS SAY THEY OBSTRUCTED THE VOTE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. THE U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE RECOGNIZED OPPONENT AS THE WINNER OF THIS ELECTION. BEARING DOWN ON BUCKINGHAM PALACE IMPACTING HEARTS OF THE KING'S GUARD, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAYS THE PRICE OF ICONIC BEARSKIN CAPS HAVE SOARED MORE THAN 30%, NOW COSTING ABOUT $2,600. PETA IS CALLING IT AN INHUMANE WASTE OF MONEY AND IS CALLING ON THE PALACE TO SWITCH TO FAUX FUR. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. YOU COULD BUY THIS ANYWHERE. STREAM LIVE NEWS. AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GO, WE ARE ON THE ABC NEWS APP ABCNEWS.COM, TOO. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. SO GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. >> A LOT MORE NEWS. UP NEXT, DON'T GO FAR. WHY DO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH. LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> IT A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS. A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD BE INVOLVED. WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS, THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL CAN GO. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. >> THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU TONIGHT TO TRACK A FRENZY. THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WORLD, THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING AND TOWERING, JAW DROPPING WOMEN'S STORIES OF OUR TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE STREAMING ON HULU. >> THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. >> LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT, IT'S CRAZY. >> I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. EMMY, SPECIAL CAROL. >> FOR THAT, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AT THE 76TH EMMYS, NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO PREVIEW FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. ON WHAT NETWORK ARE WE? >> ABC, ABC. OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE FRANCINE SLAMMING LOUISIANA, MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AMID, WIDESPREAD RAIN, WIND AND FLOODING. WE'LL LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE STORM HEADED NOW. STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS MOVING WILDFIRES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO L.A.. WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW FROM THE GROUND. DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS BACK ON THE TRAIL AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT'S BIG DEBATE. THEIR MESSAGE 53 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. HURRICANE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE STORM NOW MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AFTER LEAVING DAMAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. THAT STORM INITIALLY MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE JUST MILES OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS. 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN LASHED OUT ON LOUISIANA, THE ROOFS OFF OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES. AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN IGNITING THEM. RIGHT NOW, NEARLY 400,000 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT SERVICE ACROSS LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. >> THE HURRICANE HAS BEEN SCARY UNKNOWN BECAUSE IN TERRIBLE PARISH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS, BASICALLY GET OURSELVES BACK TOGETHER. SINCE HURRICANE IDA, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL NOT COMPLETELY UP AND RUNNING. SO THEN THERE'S THE PANIC OF, OH, IS THIS ANOTHER IDA? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? DO YOU STAY? AND IT KIND OF CAME QUICK. >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE STARTING US OFF. MATT RIVERS, HE'S THERE ON THE GROUND IN KENNER, LOUISIANA. ALSO, METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE HAS BEEN TRACKING ALL THE EXTREME WEATHER. SO, MATT, YOU ARE RIGHT, SET IN NEW ORLEANS THERE. I KNOW KENNER. WELL, LOTS OF FRIENDS ARE STILL LIVE THERE. I'VE CHECKED IN WITH THEM. THEY'RE DOING OKAY. BUT WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM THE GROUND? YEAH, I THINK IF YOU CHECK IN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW HERE, KYRA, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I THINK COLLECTIVELY PEOPLE HAVE GENERALLY, GENERALLY A SIGH OF RELIEF. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE THAN IT WAS GIVEN THE THAT WE WERE SEEING, GIVEN HOW LONG IT LINGERED, GIVEN HOW MUCH RAIN HERE IN KENNER. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LOCALIZED AREAS OF UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. MORE OR. THAT'S A TON OF RAIN. AND THERE WAS FLOODING HERE IN KENNER, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT IT DIDN'T REACH THE KIND OF LEVELS WHERE IT WAS SUSTAINED FLOODING. THE FLASH MADE LIFE TRICKY OVERNIGHT. BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE SUN IS OUT. PEOPLE ARE BACK OUT ON THE ROADS. LIFE IS SLOWLY RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. I THINK BY TOMORROW THINGS WILL REALLY RESEMBLE THE THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL HERE. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT THE MAIN ISSUE REMAINS POWER OUTAGES. AT THIS POINT, NEARLY 400,000 STATEWIDE. AND THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT LIKE AT INTERSECTIONS BEHIND ME. EVERYONE'S COOPERATING, BUT THAT IS THAT LIGHT IS NOT WORKING AT THE MOMENT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE TIME AND AGAIN AROUND THIS AREA. SO THAT'S OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT REMAINS EVEN AS THE FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED. WELL, IT LOOKS GOOD FROM WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO KENNER SEAFOOD. TRUST ME, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED, MAN. AND SOMARA, GIVE US THE LATEST ON THE STORM'S TRACK AND TIMING RIGHT NOW. OH, IT SOUNDS DELICIOUS, KYRA. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S DO IT. FRANCINE, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, DEPRESSION NO LONGER A TROPICAL STORM. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW FAR REACHING THE RAIN BANDS ARE. LOOK AT THAT RAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BUT THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE SYSTEM IS WHIPPING BANDS OF HEAVY INTO PLACES LIKE LITTLE ROCK, MEMPHIS, TUPELO. >> AS A RESULT, THE BORDERS LIT UP. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS, WIND ALERTS AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. FLOOD WATCHES IN HUNTSVILLE AND BIRMINGHAM AS WE MOVE THROUGH TIME. THIS IS THE FUTURE CAST AND IT'S TELLING US WHERE THE RAIN IS GOING TO BE AS WE MOVE THROUGH TIME THIS EVENING. THIS IS 5 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE HEAVY RAINS PUSHING THROUGH MEMPHIS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE WINDS. SOMEHOW FRANCINE HAS HELD ON TO STRENGTH OF THE WINDS AND WE COULD SEE WINDS AS HIGH AS 50 MILES PER HOUR IN PARTS OF MEMPHIS, 24 MILES PER HOUR BY 10 P.M. IN LITTLE ROCK. THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN PARTS OF ALABAMA. THERE A FLASH FLOOD RISK FOR THOSE LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM, CENTRAL ALABAMA, I-20, WHERE WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN. SO HERE AT THIS POINT, THE BIG CONCERN REMAINS FLOODING INLAND AFTER FRANCIN HAS HIT THE COAST. ALL RIGHT, SOMARA THEODORE MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU BOTH. WE'LL TALK. WE ALSO WANT TO CHECK IN WITH A NEW ORLEANS RESIDENT THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YESTERDAY. JACOB LINKER AND HIS FAMILY ACTUALLY CHOSE TO HUNKER DOWN AT THEIR HOME, MAKE A LUI LOUISIANA BEER ROSE AND HOPE THAT THEIR HOME ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NEW ORLEANS THERE IN THE IRISH BAYOU AREA RIGHT ALONG LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN WOULD SURVIVE YET ANOTHER STORM. JP JACOB AND HIS FAMILY ARE NO STRANGER TO RIDING OUT HURRICANES. HIS HOME HAS BEEN HOLDING UP EVER SINCE HIS DAD BUILT IT BACK IN THE 1980S. >> JACOB, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. HOW WAS YOUR ROAST AND HOW WAS YOUR NIGHT? IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. WE GOT TO KIND OF SETTLE DOWN BEFORE OUR BEFORE THE WORST OF THE WEATHER CAME AND IT STARTED PICKING PRETTY STRONG, I'D SAY AROUND 9:00, 830, 9:00. AND WE ENDED UP LOSING AROUND 1130 OR SO. BUT MAN ENERGY THAT GAVE THEM THEIR PROPS WHEN THEY COME OUT HERE, WHEN CALMED DOWN THIS MORNING, DAYLIGHT NEGATIVE SHOOT. I SAW TRUCK DRIVE BY AND I GOT HOOKED UP IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN TOO BIG OF ISSUE. >> OH, MY GOSH. ALL RIGHT. KIND OF. I SEE THAT. I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE. THIS IS GREAT. I'M KIND OF GETTING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW HERE OF WHAT YOU DEALT WITH. ARE YOU ABLE TO MAYBE SHOW ME AROUND YOUR HOUSE THERE? JUST THE DAMAGE. MAYBE ON THE STREET BEHIND YOU, I CAN SEE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN RIGHT BEHIND YOU. KIND OF. GIVE ME A LITTLE ASSESSMENT, JACOB, OF WHAT HAPPENED, THROUGH THE NIGHT? >> YEAH. I MEAN, RIGHT BEHIND ME, THAT'S MY SHED STREET BEHIND ME, MY NEIGHBOR'S BOAT DOCK WHERE? THAT'S WHERE THE SHED AND TANKS ARE. BUT THE WATER, I MEAN, RIGHT THERE, CENTER OF HIGHWAY RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. WATER GOT RIGHT OUT RIGHT WHERE I HAVE EXPECTED. I WAS LIKE I WAS EXPECTING IT TO GET RIGHT TO ABOUT THE CROWN OF THE HIGHWAY. AND THAT'S RIGHT WHERE IT HIT. AND I PROBABLY PUTS US NEAR ABOUT SIX FOOT ABOVE REGULAR TIDE HEIGHT. SO I RAISED EVERYTHING PERFECT TO WHERE NOTHING GOT WET LIKE MY FREEZERS, REFRIGERATORS. I GOT OUTDOORS AND STUFF GOT WET AND WAS ABLE TO KIND OF WAIT IT OUT. IT BLEW. WE PROBABLY HAD 4 HOURS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ANYWHERE FROM EAST TO WEST SWITCHED TO THE SOUTH FOR A LONG TIME. THE WAY IT KIND OF JOGGED OVER THE LAKE BEFORE IT WENT NORTH. AND THEN WE GOT TO NICE LIKE 15 TO 20 MILE AN HOUR WEST BREEZE RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE AS BAD AS. SOME FOLKS THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. I KNOW YOU YOU HAD FAITH EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU, JACOB. GLAD EVERYTHING IS GOOD. MINOR PICK UP IN DAMAGE THERE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE. >> WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH. APPRECIATE YOU, JACOB. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, FROM HURRICANES TO WILDFIRES NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE FIRES CURRENTLY BLAZING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, SAN BERNARDINO, ORANGE COUNTY, RIVERSIDE. THIS COMES AS CALIFORNIA RELEASES SOME PRETTY EYE OPENING STATS TO THIS YEAR ALONE. MORE THAN 6000 FIRES HAVE BURNED NEARLY A MILLION ACRES. NOW, THAT'S ALREADY 700,000 MORE ACRES THAN ALL OF 23. THE BRIDGE FIRE IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST IS THE LARGEST ACTIVE WILDFIRE IN THE STATE, DESTROYING MORE THAN 30 HOMES AND SCORCHING MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. NOW, CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS, WHILE THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THE HIGH WINDS, THE LOW HUMIDITY, WILL CAUSE THESE FIRES TO SPREAD FURTHER NOW. AND RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY EVACUATED JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THEIR HOMES WERE DESTROYED. >> TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS. >> POLICE CAME TEARING UP THE DRIVEWAY AND TOLD THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. SO WE PACKED UP THE KIDS AND OUT OF THEIR LOT. COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, WE WE HEARD OUR HOUSE IS JUST LEVEL. OUR MELISSA DON IS RIGHT THERE AT THE BRIDGE FIRE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON ALL OF THIS. SO, MELISSA, LET'S TALK ABOUT I GUESS FIRST, HOW CONTAINED ARE THESE FIRES AT THE. >> WHAT'S THE LATEST? ABSOLUTELY, KYRA. SO SOME GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE SOME PROGRESS. WE'RE FINALLY SEEING CONTAINMENT LEVELS. IT COMES TO THE AIRPORT FIRE AND THE LINE FIRE. THOSE ARE THE ONES OVER IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. FINALLY, SOME FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT WE'RE OVER HERE FOR THIS BRIDGE FIRE, THAT MASSIVE 50,000 ACRE FIRE OVER HERE BY THE ROADBLOCK HERE. AND IT IS STILL FIREFIGHTERS HAVE NOT REACHED ANY CONTAINMENT LEVELS. WE'RE HOPING, THOUGH, THAT THERE IS SOME PROGRESS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE'RE FINALLY SEEING THIS BREAK FROM THAT INTENSE HEAT. BUT AGAIN, HERE ARE THE THREAT OF THESE WINDS ARE STILL LOOMING AROUND US. >> RIGHT. AND HOW MANY HOMES WOULD YOU SAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED SO FAR FROM ALL THESE FIRES, MELISSA? EXACTLY, KYRA. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTING NOW TO GET THOSE ASSESSMENTS FROM EACH OF THOSE FIRES. AND SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR BECAUSE, OF COURSE, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS NUMBER COULD GROW JUST BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF SOME OF THESE FIRES AND BECAUSE THEY'RE EARLY ON THE ASSESSMENT . WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST 50 STRUCTURES. THAT'S INCLUDING HOMES OR MANY BUSINESSES OR OUTHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A HUGE CONCERN. FOR INSTANCE, HERE AT THIS ROADBLOCK, THEY'RE SET UP THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HERE, TOO, BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE STILL NOT ALLOWED BACK. THESE EVACUATION ORDERS AND MANDATES ARE STILL IN PLACE ,ASKING PEOPLE STILL TO HOLD BACK AND THEY DON'T WANT THEM COMING OVER YET TO CHECK OUT ANY OF THE DAMAGE OR ANY CONDITIONS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S SAFETY. SO THIS IS STILL A PRESSING MATTER, KYRA ALL RIGHT, MELISSA. DON IN WRIGHTWOOD FOR US. MELISSA, THANK YOU. AFTER MEETING FACE TO FACE THE PAST TWO DAYS, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS NOW AS THEY SPRINT TO ELECTION DAY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HOLDING TWO RALLIES TODAY IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S LOOKING TO THAT STATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC COLUMN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK ON THE TRAIL IN ARIZONA, A STATE THAT HE LOST FOUR YEARS AGO. WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN JOINS ME NOW, ALONG WITH WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS. SO, RICK, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS TODAY IS PART OF A MORE AGGRESSIVE PART THEIR CAMPAIGN. SO WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING FROM HER? AND DO WE THINK THAT SHE'LL FINALLY HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE MAYBE SOON. THAT IS UNCLEAR. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS SHE DID. THE ONE WITH CNN AND OBVIOUSLY THE ABC DEBATE THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT. WE'LL SEE. THIS IS PART OF THE NEW PHASE. IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT MORE TRAVEL. THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENCE WITH EITHER HARRIS OR WALLS AND ALL SEVEN OF THE MAJOR BATTLEGROUND STATES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND TO EXPECT A LOT MORE. IT MAKES SENSE. WE'RE EIGHT WEEKS OUT. WE'RE IN AN ABSOLUTE SPRINT RIGHT NOW. BUT IT IS STRIKING TO THINK ABOUT HOW SHORT THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN SEASON IS, KNOWING THERE JUST AREN'T ANY MORE MAJOR TENTPOLE EVENTS NOW THAT THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ARE BEHIND, THERE IS A VP DEBATE COMING AHEAD. >> THE CAMPAIGNS ARE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK TO CREATE SOME MOMENTS GOING FORWARD AND DO WHAT THEY CAN. BUT IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THAT MEANS A LOT MORE MEDIA INTERVIEWS OR PRESS CONFERENCES, AS YOU REFERENCED . SO, KAREN, CONGRESS IS FACING AN OCTOBER 1ST DEADLINE TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT. WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS DURING WEEK. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PRESSURING HE'LL REPUBLICANS NOT TO MAKE A DEAL UNLESS IT INCLUDES ABSOLUTE ASSURANCES ON ELECTION SECURITY. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE NOW? YEAH, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THAT REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE HAVE TO STOP PLAYING GAMES AND, JUST GET A CLEAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILL THROUGH TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT. THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THIS SIX MONTH GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILL THAT WOULD INCLUDE THAT POLICY RIDER, THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE. THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL SAYING THAT IS JUST NOT NECESSARY AND IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL FOR THEM. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY WOULD VOTE FOR THIS. SO THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO CALL FOR HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUST TO PUT UP A STRAIGHT FUNDING BILL TO GET PAST THAT DEADLINE. THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF TIMELINE THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE, WHETHER THAT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR COULD YOU GET IT TO SIX MONTHS. BUT LAST WEEK, WHEN I ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S IN THIS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON CAPITOL, IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAD GOTTEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS YET. BUT CERTAINLY OFFICIALS HERE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH CAPITOL HILL TO TRY AND ENSURE THERE ISN'T A SHUTDOWN. BUT, KYRA, THERE IS LITTLE APPETITE IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN ON OCTOBER 1ST. AND RICK, KNOW, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL DEBATE NEXT MONTH FOR SURE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. BUT ANY CHANCE THAT HARRIS AND TRUMP WILL SHARE THE STAGE AGAIN? JASON MILLER WAS OUT THERE THE DAY AFTER THE DEBATE SAYING THEY DID AGREE ANOTHER DEBATE. THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE WE'LL SEE THE CANDIDATES NEED IT OR WANTED AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEBATE OVER DEBATES DOES CONTINUE. WE KNOW THAT TRUMP HAS ACCEPTED ADDITIONAL DEBATES, INCLUDING ONE ON FOX NEWS. HARRIS HAS REJECTED THE IDEA OF ONE ON FOX. SHE'S FLOATED ONE MAYBE ON NBC. THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT'D BE WILLING TO SET UP A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO MEET, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE V.P. DEBATE OCTOBER 1ST, COINCIDENTALLY, THE SAME DAY AS THE DEADLINE SET TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. AND I ALSO DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS GOING TO GET SETTLED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE BASICALLY ALL THE STARS HAVE TO ALIGN IN A WAY TRUMP EVEN SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE FOX CHOICE OF MODERATORS. AND SO SEE IF THAT HAPPENS. I'M KIND OF THINKING NOT. BUT WE'LL YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF BOTH CANDIDATES THINK THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE BOTH AS CONFIDENT IN THEIR PERFORMANCE AS THEY SAY THEY WERE, YOU'D THINK THEY'D WANT ANOTHER ONE. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THEM . ALL RIGHT, KAREN. APPARENTLY, THERE'S AN UPDATE A NEW SWIFT REPORT NOW THAT TAYLOR SWIFT HAS ENDORSED HARRIS RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE, WHICH I KNOW, JANE, I KIND OF CHUCKLED ABOUT AND DIDN'T REALLY TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. BUT APPARENTLY 330,000 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED THE VOTERS REGISTRATION LINK. NOW, THAT'S WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT'S SHARED ON INSTAGRAM IN JUST LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SHE MADE THAT ENDORSEMENT. SO ARE WE KIND OF IGNORING A BIG FORCE THAT COULD HELP THIS ELECTION IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, POTENTIALLY? >> ALI, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE, GUV, OF COURSE, DRIVING TRAFFIC THERE BECAUSE OF TAYLOR SWIFT LINKING TO THAT THROUGH HER INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE PREVIOUS WEEK HAD BEEN TO THAT WEBSITE, OUR COLLEAGUE MOLLY NAGLE CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS FOR US AND FOUND THAT THAT WEBSITE HAD RECEIVED 30,000 VISITORS A DAY IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE DEBATE BEFORE, THAT POST FROM TAYLOR, AND THEN THAT SKYROCKETED WHEN SHE PUT IT OUT THERE. HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WILL IT MAKE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL ELECTION? WE'LL SEE. ARE PEOPLE REGISTERING TO VOTE? WHO ARE THEY VOTING FOR? SHE, OF COURSE, HAS COME OUT AND SAID SHE IS SUPPORTING KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. WILL THAT TRANSLATE TO FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET? WE WON'T KNOW THAT FOR SOME TIME. I THINK DEMOCRATS REALLY HOPING THAT SHE'S NOT JUST GOING TO DO ONE INSTAGRAM POST, BUT ACTUALLY SOME EVENTS, MAYBE GO OUT THERE AND TALK ABOUT HER AT HER CONCERTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION DAY OR DO SOMETHING SPECIFIC WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT TO REV UP VOTERS AND TRY AND DRAW THEM TO HER SIDE KYRA. WHILE KAREN AND RICK, I REMEMBER WHEN THE RUMORS WERE SWIRLING THAT SHE MIGHT PERFORM AT THE DNC AND WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THERE WERE A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED, I CAN TELL YOU OUT THERE IN THE CROWD, YOU GUYS KNOW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. SO YOU HEARD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENED TO PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES. HE WINS IN NOVEMBER, BUT NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS APPARENTLY BACK SPEAKING TO THE DOJ WORKFORCE. AG MERRICK GARLAND ACTUALLY GOT A STANDING OVATION WHEN HE VOWED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WILL NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BE USED A POLITICAL WEAPON, SOMETHING MANY REPUBLICANS CLAIM IS ALREADY HAPPENING WITH THE CASES AGAINST TRUMP. GARLAND ALSO PRAISING DOJ PROSECUTE AND PERSONNEL FOR THEIR WORK AMID WHAT HE CALLED AN ESCALATING NUMBER OF ATTACKS OVER THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. >> OUR NORMS ARE A PROMISE THAT WE NOT ALLOW THIS NATION TO BECOME A COUNTRY WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TREATED AS AN APPARATUS OF POLITICS. >> OUR JUSTICE REPORTER ALEX MALLIN JOINING ME NOW. SO ALEX, I MEAN. GARLAND SURE RALLIED HIS TROOPS TODAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT HIS EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, CHEERED OUT LOUD DURING HIS REMARKS. >> YEAH. I MEAN, HE IS A JUDGE, SO HE SPEAKS, YOU KNOW, RATHER SOFTLY. BUT HIS WORDS, AS YOU HEAR, KYRA, ARE VERY MEASURED. >> AND THEY ARE ALSO INTENDED TO SEND A MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS SPEECH, TO ROUGHLY 113,000 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TODAY. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND OBVIOUSLY GETTING, I THINK, THE MOST APPLAUSE. WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM THERE ON, THAT LINE WHEN YOU HEARD, HE SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW DOJ TO BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. AND THEN ON A SECOND LINE WHERE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT DOJ DURING HIS TENURE HAVE SUFFERED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF THREATS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT HAVE BEEN GINNED UP AGAINST THEM, AND ALSO JUST A DIRECT ATTACKS ON SOME OF THE LINE PROSECUTORS. WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH'S INVESTIGATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND IT COMES OBVIOUSLY, ALL THIS THE SPEECH COMES AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES ARE REALLY RAMPING UP THEIR RHETORIC AND PREVIEWING THE POTENTIAL FOR PROSECUTING HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. SHOULD HE BE ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024. WE SAW IN A SOCIAL POST INSTANCE OVER THE WEEKEND THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYING THAT HE WOULD BE PROMISING TERM PRISON SENTENCES FOR PEOPLE LIKE ELECTION OFFICIALS WHO SAID WERE INVOLVED IN CHEATING IN THE 2020 AND 2024 ELECTIONS. AGAIN, KYRA, NO ALLEGATIONS CREDIBLE THAT. >> THERE'S ANY CHEATING GOING ON THAT WOULD AFFECT EITHER ELECTION AT THIS POINT. SO IF TRUMP WINS IN NOVEMBER, THOUGH, ALL OF WHAT GARLAND IS SAYING COULD JUST GO OUT THE WINDOW, RIGHT? >> YEAH, EXACTLY I THINK THAT WHAT WE SAW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S IMMUNITY ROLLING IN JULY AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FEDERAL ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE IS THAT THE SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLY ENDORSED THE IDEA THAT A PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE COMPLETE AND UNFETTERED CONTROL OVER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THAT THERE IS NO CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR GOING AND DIRECTING PROSECUTIONS IF THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO DO WHEN HE COMES OFFICE KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT. ALEX MALLIN, THANKS SO MUCH. >> COMING UP. OPRAH ON AI AND IT'S NO DEEPFAKE. OUR NEW SPECIAL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AIRS TONIGHT AND. WE'VE GOT A SNEAK PEEK TONIGHT . THE TRACK OF FRENZY, THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL, THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS, MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. AND "NIGHTLINE". THE STORIES THAT SHE'LL WANT THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE. JOINING A STUNNING EMPOWERING SHOW AND THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU. IT'S IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING? >> YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HEALTH, YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS. MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. IT'S ALL COMING UP ON, "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. SEE ALL THREE? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US. AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. >> THAT'S ME TOO. WHAT DOES TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA TODAY? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION TO SERVE COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIRECTIONS, NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO EVEN A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED LIKE A FLAG. AND YOU THOUGHT THAT MADE THE U.S. GREAT. >> I THINK IT'S REAL. DAVID, I'M DAVID. >> YOU KNOW YOU ARE HERE EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. OPRAH WINFREY, A AND NEWS SPECIAL AIRING TONIGHT ON ABC. THE MEDIA MOGUL SHARES HER FEARS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS. OUR REBECCA JARVIS HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH HER. >> HERE YOU GO. IN YOUR SEVEN DECADES HERE ON EARTH, WHERE DO YOU PUT AI, REBECCA? WE ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF OUR LIVES IN AN ALL NEW PRIMETIME SPECIAL A.I. IN THE FUTURE OF US, OPRAH WINFREY IS TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND LIFE FOR ALL OF US IS ABOUT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT. >> I REALLY DO THINK YOU ARE A GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN COME AT IT FROM A VERY REAL AND CURIOUS POINT OF VIEW. WELL, I'VE ALWAYS SEEN MYSELF AS THE SURROGATE VIEWER. I IF I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS, IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, I KNOW THAT THE OTHER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ARE FEELING THE SAME. WHAT WAS YOUR ENCOUNTER WITH A.I.? WELL, I HAVE TO SAY. I HAD NO ENCOUNTER WITH A.I. UNTIL MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH SAM ALTMAN. >> JUST TAKE ME TO 2030 FIVE. >> I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY WHERE ALL THIS CAN GO WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON. >> AND AFTER HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT ALL THE THINGS IT COULD DO, I'M SAYING, OKAY, DON'T BE SCARED. DON'T BE SCARED. YOU CAN GET THE CHATGPT APP. AND MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS ASKING A.I. FOR AIRBNB, AND IT WAS MIRACULOUS TO ME THAT BEFORE YOU CAN PRACTICALLY FINISH THE REQUEST, THE ANSWER HAS COME BACK TO YOU WHEN YOU USE CHATGPT. DO YOU SAY PLEASE? YESTERDAY I WAS ASKING A QUESTION AND I SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE? BECAUSE AND I REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY PLEASE. >> YEAH, I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. YEAH, WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN THE ROBOTS TAKE OVER, THEY WILL REMEMBER, YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS. >> WHILE MANY EMBRACE AI. 52% OF AMERICANS ARE MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED ABOUT IT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WHO ARE PROBABLY SCARED AND HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY USED IT IN A KNOWING. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHOULD HONOR IT AND HAVE A REVERENCE FOR WHAT IS COME AND RESPECT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN WAYS THAT ARE UNIMAGINED MINEABLE FOR THE GOOD. AND JUST AS THERE IS FOR THE. THERE'S THE YIN AND YANG OF EVERYTHING. AND SO WE NEED TO DO WE CAN SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. NOW IS TIME. >> REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ON SUCH A BIG TOPIC. AND YOU CAN SEE I AND THE FUTURE OF US AND OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL TONIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN ON ABC. AND MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH TONIGHT ON "NIGHTLINE" KYRA. CAN'T WAIT. I'LL BE WATCHING. THANKS SO MUCH, REBECCA JARVIS. APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, COMINGGOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN. WE'VE GOT THE DETAILS NEXT. >> THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT, IT'S CRAZY. >> I WAS SHOCKED. >> YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. ANY SPECIAL HELP WITH THAT, LADIES? >> AT THE 76TH EMMYS, A NIGHT OF FIRSTS. ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO CRAZY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK? ONLY ON ABC. ABC C OH, MY GIRL. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC. THEY SAY SHE'S A FANTASY. WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THEME SONG AND ALSO WILD TIME. >> AND I A WILD CHICK IRAN AND JASON MOMOA EXPLODED. >> CARMEN WAS A BOMBSHELL. ANDERSON WAS AN ICON REALLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING I'VE DONE ALMOST "BAYWATCH" IT WAS A WHIRLWIND OF EPIC AND LOWS. EVERYONE LIKES TO WATCH SEXY THINGS. IT'S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY? BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. TWO, THREE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOINING AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT THREE TO REPORTING FROM CARGO SHIP FIRE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. I'M AARON KATERSKY. WHEREVER STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES WE'RE TRACKING FOR YOU THIS. DISGRACED MOVIE PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN INDICTED ON NEW CHARGES. A NEW YORK GRAND JURY. IT COMES MONTHS AFTER HIS 2020 RAPE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. WEINSTEIN IS RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY AND WAS NOT IN COURT. THE INDICTMENT IS STILL SEALED. SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THOSE CHARGES. THE GOVERNMENT IMPOSING SANCTIONS AGAINST 16 ALLIES OF NICOLAS MADURO FOLLOWING VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TARGETING THE HEAD OF THE COUNTRY'S HIGH COURT. LEADERS OF THE STATE SECURITY FORCES AND OTHERS, THEY OBSTRUCTED THE VOTE AND COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. THE AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE RECOGNIZED MADURO'S OPPONENT AS THE WINNER OF THIS ELECTION. INFLATION BEARING DOWN ON BUCKINGHAM PALACE IMPACTING THE HEARTS OF THE KING'S GUARD . THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAYS THE PRICE OF THE ICONIC BEARSKIN CAPS HAVE SOARED MORE THAN 30%, NOW COSTING ABOUT $2,600. PETA IS CALLING IT AN INHUMANE WASTE OF MONEY AND IS CALLING ON THE PALACE TO SWITCH FAUX FUR. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. YOU CAN BUY THIS ANYWHERE YOU STREAM LIVE NEWS AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GO, WE ARE ON THE ABC NEWS APP AND ABC NEWS.COM TWO. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. SO GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. A LOT MORE NEWS UP NEXT. DON'T GO FAR. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? >> AN OPERATION PICKING UP HER LICENSE TO FIND COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO WE HAVE COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS NAVAL RIGHT HERE TO USA? >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? IT'S VERY INTERESTING. IT'S DAVID. >> DAVID? YES. YES. >> I'M DAVID. ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE BRAT PACK MAY NOT EXIST. >> WOULD YOU? >> HMM. I HATED IT. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY? >> WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE WERE THE BEATLES. >> WHAT WE DID WAS PHIL SHEA STADIUM, 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. REPORTING FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, I'M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS. FRANCINE SLAMMING INTO LOUISIANA MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AMID WIDESPREAD RAIN, WIND AND FLOODING. WE'LL LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NOW. STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS, DEADLY WIRED WILDFIRES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO L.A. WHERE THINGS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. AND RUSSIA LAUNCHING A MAJOR COUNTEROFFENSIVE AS UKRAINIAN AS UKRAINE URGES THE U.S. PERMISSION TO STRIKE FURTHER INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON BUT DR. PATEL JOINS ME LIVE THIS HOUR. HURRICANE FRANCINE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE STORM IS NOW MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AFTER LEAVING DAMAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. FRANCINE INITIALLY MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING, LASHING OUT ON LOUISIANA, RIPPING THE OFF OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. WELL, HURRICANE FORCE WIND KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES AND IN SOME CASES IGNITED THEM. NOW OFFICIALS IN LOUISIANA ARE CLEANING UP. GOVERNOR LANDRY CONFIRMING THERE HAVE BEEN NO FATALITIES DUE TO THE STORM AND THAT NO RESCUES WERE EVEN NECESSARY, MAKING IT EASY NOW FOR TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO CLEAR UP DEBRIS. LET'S BRING IN OUR METEOROLOGIST, METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE WITH THE LATEST ON THE TRACK AND TIMING SOMARA. WHAT DO KNOW? ALL RIGHT, KYRA. WELL, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS DRIVING WELL INTO THE HEART OF MISSISSIPPI AND EVEN FARTHER NORTH AND THE RAIN BANDS ARE REACHING AS FAR EAST AS GEORGIA, PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THERE YOU CAN SEE TALLAHASSEE GETTING LOTS OF RAIN. BUT THE CORE THE STORM SITTING JUST OVER JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. SO IT'S LIKELY VERY WINDY THERE WITH A LOT OF THE RAIN FARTHER NORTH INTO PLACES LIKE TUPELO AND MEMPHIS. WE HAVE ALERTS LIGHTING UP THE BOARD IN GREEN AND RED AND ORANGE HERE DENOTING THE WIND ALERTS, FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD WATCHES THAT EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO PARTS OF WESTERN GEORGIA. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER TIME. THIS IS 6 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, 7 P.M. ON THE EAST COAST. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, IS IN THE THICK OF IT. 50 MILE PER HOUR WINDS, HEAVY RAIN. PARTS OF THE CITY PRONE TO FLOODING COULD SEE THAT FLOODING GROUNDS COMPLETELY SATURATED COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN STORE FOR OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MEMPHIS. LITTLE ROCKY, BUT AND EVEN INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA AFTER WHICH POINT OVERNIGHT PLACES LIKE CAPE GIRARDEAU AND PADUCAH THEY WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE AND LIKELY HEAVY BANDS OF RAIN THROUGH THE AREA. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING TODAY ALONG I-20. WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN AND THAT COULD LEAD TO THE FLASH FLOODING. GOT TO BE VERY MINDFUL FOR THE THREAT FOR ANY STORMS LEADING TO AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY EVEN AFTER FRANCINE HAS MADE LANDFALL. AND, KYRA, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOSING A LOT OF ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY LOSING ITS ZEAL AND ITS PUNCH. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY A LOT OF FOLKS VERY FAR FROM THE COAST HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT AND MINDFUL IN THE HOURS TO COME. ALL RIGHT, SOMARA, THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO DID SLIDELL FARE WITH FRANCINE MAYOR GREG CROMER? JOINING ME ONCE AGAIN FOR UPDATE. MAYOR, I KNOW SLIDELL HAD A BUNCH OF PLANS IN PLACE WHEN WE YESTERDAY. >> CAN YOU ASSESS THE DAMAGE FOR ME? YES MA'AM, WE WE DODGED A BULLET. ESSENTIALLY. WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING LAST NIGHT IN THE 10 TO 12:00 TIMEFRAME. BUT THE MOST OF THE RAIN PUSHED THROUGH BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT, A LITTLE AFTER. AND THEN THE DRY SIDE OF THE STORM, THE WESTERN SIDE. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY WAS DRY, AS YOU GUYS HAVE PROJECTED. BUT WE DID GET SOME WIND GUSTS 40, 35, 45 MILES AN HOUR WITH SOME PEAK WINDS AROUND, THE 55 MILE. WE HAD A FEW TREES THAT WERE DOWN IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. POWER'S OUT AND ABOUT 20% OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. BUT THE CREWS ARE ON THE GROUND WITH THE POWER COMPANIES AND EXPECT TO GET MOST OF THAT RESTORED WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT TO PICK UP, BUT OUR STREETS ARE CLEARED NOW. A FEW OF THE LOW LYING AREAS, WE STILL HAVE A STORM SURGE FROM THE LAKE THAT WILL PROBABLY ON INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. AND UNTIL THE SOUTHWEST WINDS BLEW OUT OF HERE THAT ARE KEEPING THE WATER IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND PUSHED UP AGAINST THE NORTH. >> ALL RIGHT. SO HOW ARE YOUR RESIDENTS HOLDING UP? WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE JUST TO HELP. HOW DO THEY FIND WHAT THEY CAN, HOW THEY CAN GET WHAT THEY NEED? >> SURE. THEY ALWAYS CAN GO TO THE CITY. WEBSITE, MICELOTTA .ORG AND TO THE CITY OF FACEBOOK PAGE OR SEVERAL OTHER FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE WEBSITES SET UP AROUND THE AREA HERE. BUT RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT PEOPLE NEED, THEY HAD THEY WERE PREPARED AND ARE TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES. WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN TODAY, GROCERY STORES ARE OPEN. GAS STATIONS ARE OPEN. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY HURRICANE THAT WE HAVE FACED IN THE PAST WHERE WE WOULD BE OUT OF COMMERCE FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, MINIMAL, WHERE WE'RE FAST BACK UP AND RUNNING. WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE TYPE OF DAMAGE THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS SOUTH AND WEST OF US HAD. AND WE FELT VERY, VERY WELL. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE BE BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU TODAY UNDER REGULAR POWER SITUATIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. SO NOAH IS NOW FORECASTING WHAT IT'S CALLING AN EXTRAORDINARY 2024 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. SO WHAT CONCERNS YOU THE MOST NOW FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD? YES, GETTING THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF TO GET TO THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER WITHOUT ANY MORE OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE SUFFERED A TWO TORNADO HERE IN SLIDELL LAST APRIL APRIL 10TH. I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT WE HAD BEEN SPARED MOTHER NATURE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAD THIS LITTLE SETBACK THIS YESTERDAY, TONIGHT, LAST NIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DODGE THAT. WILL IT? BUT IF ANYTHING WERE TO OCCUR AND WE'VE GOT PROVISIONS IN PLACE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE DURING THIS STORM, THAT WILL BE EASY TO TO TO STAGE THEM AND MUSTER THEM BACK TOGETHER AND PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE. AND WE'RE WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE VERY, VERY WELL PREPARED FOR MUCH WORSE TO HAPPEN THAN WE SAW LAST NIGHT. MAYOR GREG CROMER, GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GLAD YOU DODGED A BULLET THERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU BET. FROM HURRICANES NOW TO WILDFIRES, WE WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE FIRES CURRENTLY BLAZING ACROSS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, SAN BERNARDINO ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE. THIS COMES AS CALIFORNIA RELEASES SOME PRETTY OPENING STATS NOW THIS YEAR ALONE. MORE THAN 6000 FIRES HAVE BURNED NEARLY A MILLION ACRES. THAT'S ALREADY 700,000 MORE ACRES THAN ALL OF 2023. THE BRIDGE FIRE IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST IS THE LARGEST ACTIVE WILDFIRE IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW, DESTROYING MORE THAN 30 HOMES AND SCORCHING MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS CONCERNED THAT HIGH WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE THE FIRES TO SPREAD EVEN FURTHER. AND RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY EVACUATED A COUPLE OF HOURS JUST BEFORE HOMES WERE DESTROYED. >> IT WAS A REAL HUMBLING, SAD, DARK, EMPTY EXPERIENCE. BUT ALSO, I LOOK AT THOSE TWO VEHICLES PACKED WITH MY KIDS, MY ANIMALS AND MY MY LIFE, LIKE MY WHOLE LIFE IN THOSE TWO VEHICLES IN THAT TRAILER. AND THEN YOU REALIZE HOW FORTUNATE YOU ARE AT THE SAME TIME OF TIMES. >> COMPREHEND WHAT A HUGE LOSS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE. OUR MELISSA DON IS THERE AT THE BRIDGE FIRE IN SAN BERNARDINO AND BRINGS US THE LATEST DETAILS. >> MELISSA AKIRA WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME GOOD PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE WILDFIRE FIGHTS IN ALL THREE OF THESE WILDFIRES SPREADING ACROSS FOUR COUNTIES HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHILE THE CONTAINMENT LEVELS IS A POSITIVE SIGN, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CAL FIRE IS LETTING THEIR GUARD DOWN. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING ESSENTIALLY TO SET UP PERIMETERS AROUND HOMES AS THEY'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THEY DO NOT LOSE ANY MORE PROPERTIES AS WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF FIGURING OUT AND ASSESSING DAMAGE. EARLY REPORTS ALREADY SHOWING AT LEAST 50 STRUCTURES, INCLUDING HOMES OR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN COMBINATION OF AT LEAST ALL THREE OF THESE MAJOR WILDFIRES. BUT AT THIS POINT HERE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, THERE'S NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS THAT ARE HERE. THEY STILL HAVE THEIR MANDATORY EVACUATIONS AND ORDERS IN PLACE . THEY'RE STILL ASKING RESIDENTS TO STAY BACK AND HEED THE WARNINGS. THIS IS BECAUSE ESPECIALLY BATTLING THE BRIDGE FIRE, THE LARGEST ONE HERE, MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. THE BIGGEST CONCERN HERE IS THAT WINDS COULD STILL BE A THREAT AT THEIR CONTAINMENT LEVELS. IT JUST STILL NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE'RE STILL MONITORING TO MAKE SURE NOTHING ELSE POPS OUT. BUT AGAIN, RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW . ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE WORRIED, STRESSED, HOPING THAT THEY CAN BACK HOME TO THEIR HOMES, FEED MAYBE SOME OF THEIR CATTLE THAT LEFT BEHIND. A LOT OF WORRY, SOME HERE, BUT NEIGHBORS TELLING ME, THEY'RE HOPING TO PULL TOGETHER AND THEN REALLY HELP ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST OUT ALL OF THEIR HOMES AND BELONGINGS TO THESE WILDFIRES. >> HERO. MELISSA, THANK YOU. >> WELL, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS AFTERNOON. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HOLDING TWO RALLIES TODAY IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO CARRY THE STATE SINCE BARACK OBAMA IN 2008 FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. BACK ON THE TRAIL IN ARIZONA AS HE TRIES TO PUT THE STATE BACK IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN IN NOVEMBER AFTER IT FOUR YEARS AGO. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS JOINING, ME NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> SO KAREN HARRIS' TEAM SAYS THAT THE DEBATE IS OVER. IT'S THE START OF A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE NOW OF HER CAMPAIGN. SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WE HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES MORE AVAILABILITY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BATTLEGROUND STATE TRAVEL. AND HER CAMPAIGN SAYS SHE'LL DO MORE MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS. BUT, KYRA, THAT MIGHT NOT MEAN PRESS CONFERENCES OR BIG NATIONAL INTERVIEWS. LIKELY WE'LL SEE HER FOCUS ON LOCAL MEDIA IN THE CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND. TODAY, SHE IS IN NORTH CAROLINA. TOMORROW SHE'LL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA. VERY IMPORTANT STATE, OF COURSE, FOR HER CAMPAIGN AND HER STRATEGY TO WIN 270 ELECTORAL VOTES. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE DEBATE IT'S IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOW IT IS A SPRINT TO ELECTION DAY. AND VOTING GETS UNDERWAY VERY SOON AS BALLOT START TO GO OUT. SO FOR THE CAMPAIGN, THEY'RE CALLING THIS A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR WALZ, THEIR SPOUSES AND TOP SURROGATES REALLY HITTING THE BATTLEGROUND STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND WEEKS. BUT ALSO, I THINK SEEING HER DO MORE ENGAGING WITH ENGAGING WITH VOTERS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THE POLLS ARE SHOWING THAT PEOPLE STILL WANT TO SEE HER DO AND THEY WANT TO SEE HER TALKING MORE ABOUT HER POLICIES AND HER PROPOSALS. I THINK BIG QUESTION IS, DID THEY GET THEIR ANSWERS FROM THAT DEBATE? WE'LL SEE WHEN THE NEXT ROUND THE POLLS COME OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WELL, HARRIS IS USING THE DEBATE AS PART OF A NEW CAMPAIGN, AN AD THAT WAS PRETTY CLEVER. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US THAT? YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TWEETED THE OTHER NIGHT THAT THERE WAS NEW CAMPAIGN AD AND THEY DID A LINK TO BASICALLY THE ENTIRE DEBATE. I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOW THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAD A DECISIVE VICTORY IN THAT DEBATE OVER DONALD TRUMP ON TUESDAY NIGHT. BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY IS A 32ND AD CALLED LEADERSHIP, WHICH THEY SAY SHOWS A CONTRAST HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND A PAST AND BACKWARD LOOKING VISION FROM DONALD TRUMP. THEY'RE TAKING QUOTES FROM THE DEBATE FROM BOTH OF THEM. IT ALL FITS INTO KAMALA HARRIS' CAMPAIGN MESSAGE OF A WAY FORWARD. TRYING TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST AND SAYING WE'RE NOT BACK TO THE FOUR YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP. REMEMBER, KEIR, WE HEARD GOING INTO THE DEBATE THAT THEY WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE DONALD TRUMP WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY BELIEVE THERE'S A BIT OF A TRUMP AMNESIA AMONG. THIS AD, OF COURSE, IS TRYING TO DO THAT. IT'S A DIGITAL AD, BUT THEY HAVE A BIG, BIG AD SPENDING PLAN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. NEARLY $400 MILLION THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THE BATTLEGROUND STATES COMING SOON. WELL, WE KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO DEBATE NEXT MONTH. BUT ANY CHANCE THAT MAYBE HARRIS AND TRUMP WILL TAKE A GO AT IT AGAIN? IF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' CAMPAIGN HAS HER WAY, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DEBATE. IT WAS JUST MINUTES AFTER THE DEBATE ENDED ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND HER CAMPAIGN PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING, LET'S GO FOR ROUND TWO. THEY WANT TO DO ANOTHER ONE IN OCTOBER, CHALLENGING TO A SECOND DEBATE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HIS PUBLIC COMMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS HAS INDICATED HE'S NOT INCLINED TO DO ONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE FEELS HE HAD A GREAT NIGHT ON TUESDAY. HE WON THAT DEBATE. SO HE DOESN'T NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE NOW. BEFORE THE DEBATE, HE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING ONE ON FOX NEWS. THAT WAS A NONSTARTER FOR THE HARRIS. THERE'S TALK ABOUT MAYBE ONE ON NBC, BUT RIGHT NOW NOTHING SCHEDULED. NOTHING IS OFFICIALLY IN THE BOOKS. BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON OCTOBER AND THEN SEE IF THEY CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. LIKE I SAID, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WANTS TO DO ONE. ALL INDICATIONS RIGHT NOW FROM THE TRUMP SIDE ARE, THOUGH, HE HE WON AND DOESN'T NEED TO DO A SECOND ONE. >> ALL RIGHT. STAY TUNED. KAREN TRAVERS, THANK YOU. AND COMING UP, BETTER, BETTER BENEFITS. THOUSANDS OF BOEING WORKERS SET TO GO ON STRIKE MIDNIGHT. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE TROUBLED AIRPLANE MAKER NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE. ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE, THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII, FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP, IN BEIRUT, FROM THE REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT WAS A REGULAR FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE. HAD TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS AND NO ONE SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY A KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL CONTROL, POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. >> ONLY ON HULU. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. LOVE IT. OH. OH, MY GOD. >> THIS IS GREAT. BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST . >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. EMMY SPECIAL HERE FOR THAT LADIES WHO WERE AT THE 76TH EMMYS, A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. >> IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO CRAZY. FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK WILL ABC, ABC OH, MY GOD. >> HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC RELIGION. WELL, MORE TROUBLE FOR BOEING. MORE THAN 30,000 UNION WORKERS COULD WALK OFF THE JOB IF THEY DON'T REACH A DEAL. BOEING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING FOR PENSIONS TO BE RESTORED FOR BETTER PAY AND FOR INCENTIVE BONUSES TO BE REMOVED. TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY JOINING ME NOW TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. SO, SAM, TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE MAIN STICKING POINT IN DEAL RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, THESE WORKERS ARE FED UP, AS YOU SAID. THEY WANT THEIR PENSIONS BACK THAT WERE TAKEN AWAY ABOUT A DECADE AGO, BUT THEY ALSO WANT A 40% INCREASE IN PAY. THEY'VE NEGOTIATED A 25% INCREASE IN PAY. AND UNION LEADERS HAVE ENCOURAGED WORKERS NOT TO GO ON STRIKE. THEY SAY THAT IS LIKELY THE BEST OUTCOME THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET. THEY WERE HAPPY WITH, BUT THE WORKERS THEMSELVES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT. AND THERE'S BEEN CHAOS ALL WEEK AS BOEING TRIES TO INFORM AND EDUCATE OF THESE EMPLOYEES ON WHAT'S AT STAKE IF THEY WALK OFF THE JOB COULD COST BOEING UP TO $100 MILLION PER DAY. THESE WOULD ONLY BE ENTITLED TO ABOUT $150 OF THEIR PAY. AND SOME OF THESE STRIKES IN THE PAST HAVE LASTED FOR 50, 60 DAYS OR LONGER, WHICH WOULD TAKE THESE EMPLOYEES INTO THE HOLIDAYS WITH VERY LITTLE PAY. SO THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE . AND THEY NEED TWO THIRDS OF THE EMPLOYEES TO VOTE ON A STRIKE FOR IT TO FORWARD. AND WE COULD LEARN THE OUTCOME OF THAT VOTE TONIGHT AT AROUND MIDNIGHT TIME. >> SO IF BOEING EMPLOYEES GO ON STRIKE, WILL THAT IMPACT AIRPORTS AT ALL? YOU THINK IT WON'T IMPACT AIRPORTS OR AIRLINE PASSENGERS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MANUFACTURER BUILDING THESE PLANES. AND BY THE TIME IT TRICKLES DOWN, THAT WOULD BE A LONG TIME FROM NOW. SO IT WON'T HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT. BUT OVERALL, WHEN YOU START MAKING AIRPLANES AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXPORTERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IT HAS IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY FOOD FOR THESE FACTORIES ALL THE JOBS THAT TOUCH BOEING, NOT JUST HERE IN THE US BUT AROUND THE WORLD. >> AND SO THIS IS THE LATEST BLACK EYE FOR BOEING. CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HAD A ROUGH AT IT EVER SINCE. THEY'VE HAD ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT DOOR FLYING OFF OF THE BOEING PLANE MID-FLIGHT A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE TESTIMONY UP ON THE HILL. I MEAN, IS THIS JUST ANOTHER SIGN THAT BOEING IS IN BIG TROUBLE? THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR BOEING. AND KEEP IN MIND, THEY JUST A BRAND NEW CEO. HE'S BEEN IN THE JOB LESS THAN A MONTH. AND THIS IS HIS BIG FIRST CHALLENGE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T NEED ANY MORE PROBLEMS. THEY ALREADY HAVE A BACKLOG OF AIRCRAFT. AIRLINES ARE UPSET WITH THEM. THEY ARE WAITING ON THEIR AIRPLANES. TRAVEL HAS NEVER BEEN POPULAR. YOU KNOW, MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF MILLION TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE FLYING EVERY SINGLE DAY. AIRLINES WANT THEIR PLANES. AND ANY WORK STOPPAGE IS GOING TO PUT THAT BEHIND AND COST THE COMPANY MILLIONS, IF NOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT GOES ON FOR SAM SWEENEY, THANKS SO MUCH. WE'LL TRACK IT. COMING UP, VLADIMIR PUTIN WITH A WARNING TO THE U.S. UKRAINE STRIKES DEEPER INSIDE RUSSIA. HE SAYS NATO'S IS INVOLVED IN THIS WAR. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? THE STATE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORWARD. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER, THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE FOR STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> TONIGHT THE TRACK OF FRANCE SEE THE DAMAGE AS. MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT", DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WORLD, THAT SHAPE LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING AND TOWERING JAW. THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. NIGHTMARE ON LAND IN KENYA AND STREAMING ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH. LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER, GET YOUR PODCAST. >> START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD. SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND. BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICAN THIS MORNING AMERICA'S ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT REPORTING IN MOSCOW, IDAHO. I'M KAYNA WHITWORTH WHEREVER STORY IS WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. SECRETARY OF ANTONY BLINKEN IN KYIV TODAY PLEDGING ANOTHER $700 MILLION IN AID TO UKRAINE. AND IT COMES AMID A GROWING DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE U.S. SHOULD GIVE PERMISSION UKRAINIAN FORCES TO ACTUALLY USE AMERICAN WEAPONS TO STRIKE INSIDE RUSSIA. JOINING ME NOW, DR. PATEL PRINCIPAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT. JOHN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GIVEN THE RECENT ESCALATIONS BY RUSSIA, YOU KNOW, IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RECONSIDERING ITS STANCE NOW ON AMERICAN BEING USED TO HIT RUSSIA OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS SINCE RUSSIA IS ONSET OF THEIR BARBARIC INVASION OF UKRAINE, THE KIND SUPPORT THAT WE'VE PROVIDED OUR UKRAINIAN PARTNERS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND THAT OF INCLUDES SECURITY ASSISTANCE OR UKRAINIAN PARTNERS CAN DEFEND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND SOVEREIGNTY. AND THAT WAS MUCH AT THE CORE OF THIS VISIT BY THE SECRETARY IS TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS, UKRAINE, ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED, WHAT THEIR APPROACH ,THE BATTLEFIELD IS GOING TO BE, HOW THEY INTEND TO AND PLAN AROUND SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES. IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THESE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE UNITED STATES HAS BASED ON THE THREAT FROM RUSSIA. ADJUSTED AND CHANGED AND OFFERED NEW SYSTEMS TO OUR UKRAINIAN. AND SO I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT PROCESS. BUT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THESE VERY REAL CHALLENGES, OF COURSE, WAS AT THE CORE OF THIS TRIP. BUT BEYOND JUST MAKING SURE THAT UKRAINE CAN STAND ON ITS FEET MILITARILY, WE ARE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT UKRAINE CAN STAND STRONGLY ON ITS FEET ECONOMICALLY AND, DEMOCRATICALLY. AND WE'RE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS SECURE THAT THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED ON FURTHER EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION. FURTHER INTEGRATION INTO NATO'S IS POSSIBLE. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT BLINKEN COULD DISCUSS APPROVING AMERICAN WEAPONS, THAT THE UKRAINIANS COULD USE RUSSIA? >> SO THE SECRETARY IS WRAPPING UP HIS TRIP. HE'S ON HIS WAY BACK FROM POLAND. HE WAS IN YESTERDAY AND HE WAS IN KYIV YESTERDAY WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY LAM FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. AND I IMAGINE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE SECRETARY AND FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL RESPECTIVELY REPORT BACK ON THEIR TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRIME MINISTER STARMER, WHO I THINK IS GOING BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TOMORROW. AND OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IS A KEY ASPECT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED. >> OKAY, GOT IT. SO TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE, I'M SURE YOU SAW IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS THAT THE UKRAINE WAR WOULD END ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE IF INDEED HE IS REELECTED. YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS WAR FIRSTHAND. COULD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTUALLY DO THAT IN THIS WAR? >> FIRST DAY IN OFFICE? SO LOOK, I DON'T DO POLITICS IN MY ROLE IN FROM THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT CURRENTLY THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO ENDING THIS WAR IS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS THEIR PRESENCE ON UKRAINIAN LAND AND UKRAINIAN TERRITORY THEIR ILLEGAL AND JUST INVASION OF THAT TERRITORY AND ANY AMERICAN WOULD BE COMMITTED, SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THIS WAR CAN END AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NOT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, NOT SEVEN MONTHS FROM NOW, NOT IN JANUARY BUT TODAY. AND THE WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT TODAY IS IF RUSSIAN FORCES WOULD JUST LEAVE UKRAINE. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THEY ARE THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO PEACE IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE, THOUGH, TO GET THEM TO DO THAT? AND WHO IS THE PRESIDENT THAT CAN THAT CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN? TRUMP CONTINUES TO MAKE THAT CLAIM THAT HE COULD DO IT IMMEDIATELY. LET'S MOVE ON TO "THE WASHINGTON POST". NEW REPORTING TODAY CHALLENGING THE IDF'S NARRATIVE THAT ITS KILLING OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IN THE WEST BANK WAS UNINTENTIONAL. PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING THE SHOOTING UNACCEPTABLE. >> DOES THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE A RESPONSE? SO, LOOK, OUR OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL, THE IDF HAS PUT OUT AN INITIAL INITIAL ASSESSMENT. THEY'VE ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY ARE OPENING UP A CRIMINAL INQUIRY. AND WE, OF COURSE, ARE GOING TO LET THAT PROCESS PLAY OUT. BUT AS SECRETARY BLINKEN SAID IN LONDON EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WHAT THIS INCIDENT ON IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THE IDF OPERATES, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST BANK, THAT THEIR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT PERHAPS NEED A CLOSER LOOKING AT AND WE'LL ENGAGE WITH PARTNERS IN ISRAEL DIRECTLY ON THIS. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR LIFE AT RISK FOR SIMPLY, PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, FOR SIMPLY EXPRESSING THEIR POINTS OF VIEW . AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO THE SECRETARY, DEEPLY PERSONAL TO THE PRESIDENT. WE, OF COURSE, ARE TALKING ABOUT AN AMERICAN. AND SO WE'LL ENGAGE ON THIS DIRECTLY AND WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE BEEN ABLE REALLY TO GET ON THIS, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THE FIRST AMERICAN CITIZEN TO BE KILLED BY ISRAEL AMID THIS WAR. AND THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS OUT THERE, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS SWIRLING. WILL THERE BE ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR ISRAEL KILLING AMERICANS CITIZENS? >> THERE, OF COURSE, IS NO DOUBT BASED ON THIS INCIDENT THAT, AS I SAID, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLOSER LOOK. THE CONDUCT OF SECURITY FORCES IN THE WEST BANK AND THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLOSER LOOK AT RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. SOMETHING LIKE THIS SIMPLY SHOULD NOT BE PEOPLE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING SHOULD NOT BE SHOT AT. SO WE ARE GOING TO LET THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT. BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT IS HIGH TIME SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES HERE. >> BUT DR. PATEL, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. >> YOU BET. NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. LOT MORE NEWS STRAIGHT AHEAD. BUT BEFORE WE GO, WHY DON'T WE TAKE ANOTHER LIVE LOOK, MOTHER EARTH FROM THE ESSENTIAL. WE CAN NEVER UP THESE COOL PICTURES WHENEVER, WHEREVER BREAKS. >> IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BARCELONA, OF ALL DE TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAM WARNING US ONLY ON ABC LIVE TONIGHT. >> THE TRACK OF FRANCINE THE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. WORLD TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE ABOUT. THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS, ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS. >> NO ONE SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL CAN GROW. POLICE WILL FINDUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. YOU FIRED FOUR TIMES FRIDAY. >> THE 32 YEAR OLD FORMER BALLERINA, THE CENTER OF THE SO-CALLED BLACK SWAN. YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN OUT BEFORE. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TALK? >> 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON NBC NEWS RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FRANCINE SLAMMING INTO LOUISIANA MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE POWER AMID WIDESPREAD RAIN, WIND AND FLOODING. WE'LL LOOK AT DAMAGE AND WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NOW. STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA HIGH WINDS MOVING DEADLY WIRED WILDFIRES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO L.A. WHERE THINGS STAND ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. AND RUSSIA LAUNCHING A MAJOR COUNTEROFFENSIVE AS UKRAINIAN AS UKRAINE URGES THE U.S. FOR PERMISSION TO STRIKE FURTHER INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON BO DR. PATEL JOINS LIVE THIS HOUR WORKING. FRANSON WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE STORM IS NOW MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AFTER LEAVING DAMAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. FRANCINE INITIALLY MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING, LASHING OUT ON LOUISIANA, RIPPING THE ROOFS OFF OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. WELL, HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES AND IN SOME CASES IGNITED THEM. NOW OFFICIALS IN LOUISIANA ARE CLEANING UP. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CONFIRMING THERE HAVE BEEN NO FATALITIES DUE TO THE STORM. AND NO RESCUES WERE EVEN NECESSARY. MAKING IT EASY NOW FOR TEAMS THE GROUND TO CLEAR UP DEBRIS. LET'S BRING IN OUR METEOROLOGIST, METEOROLOGIST, THE LATEST ON THE TRACK AND TIMING SOMARA. WHAT DO WE KNOW? ALL RIGHT, KYRA WELL, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS DRIVING WELL INTO THE HEART OF MISSISSIPPI AND EVEN FARTHER NORTH. AND THE RAIN BANDS ARE REACHING AS FAR EAST AS GEORGIA, PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THERE YOU CAN SEE TALLAHASSEE GETTING LOTS OF RAIN. BUT THE CORE OF THE STORM SITTING JUST OVER JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. SO IT'S LIKELY VERY WINDY THERE WITH A LOT OF THE RAIN FARTHER NORTH IN PLACES LIKE TUPELO AND MEMPHIS. WE HAVE LIGHTING UP THE BOARD IN GREEN AND RED AND ORANGE HERE. THE WIND ALERTS, FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD WATCHES THAT EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO PARTS OF WESTERN GEORGIA. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER TIME? THIS IS 6 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, 7 P.M. ON THE EAST COAST. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, IS IN THE THICK OF IT. 50 MILE PER HOUR WINDS, RAIN. PARTS OF THE CITY PRONE TO FLOODING COULD SEE THAT FLOODING GROUNDS COMPLETELY SATURATED COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN STORE FOR OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. LITTLE ROCK, EVEN AND EVEN INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA, AFTER WHICH POINT OVERNIGHT, LIKE CAPE GIRARDEAU AND PADUCAH, THEY WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE, LIKELY HEAVY BANDS OF RAIN WHIPPING THROUGH THE AREA. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING TODAY ALONG I-20. WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN AND THAT COULD LEAD TO THE FLASH. GOT TO BE VERY MINDFUL FOR THE THREAT FOR ANY STORMS LEADING TO TORNADOES AS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY EVEN AFTER FRANCINE HAS MADE LANDFALL. AND, KYRA, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOSING A LOT OF ITS TRAPP TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY LOSING ITS ZEAL, ITS PUNCH. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY A LOT OF FOLKS VERY FAR FROM THE COAST HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT AND MINDFUL IN THE HOURS TO COME. ALL RIGHT, SOMARA, THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DID SLIDELL FARE, FRANCINE MAYOR GREG CROMER. JOINING ME ONCE AGAIN FOR AN UPDATE. MAYOR, I KNOW SLIDELL HAD A BUNCH OF PLANS IN PLACE WHEN WE TALKED YESTERDAY. >> CAN YOU ASSESS THE DAMAGE FOR ME? YES, MA'AM. WE WE DODGED A BULLET. ESSENTIALLY. WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING LAST NIGHT IN THE 10 TO 12:00 TIMEFRAME. BUT THE MOST OF THE RAIN PUSHED THROUGH BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT, A LITTLE AFTER. AND THEN THE DRY SIDE OF THE STORM, THE WESTERN SIDE, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY WAS DRY AS. YOU GUYS HAVE PROJECTED. BUT WE DID GET SOME WIND GUSTS 35, 45 MILES AN HOUR WITH WITH SOME PEAK WINDS AROUND THE 55 MILE. WE HAD A FEW TREES THAT WERE DOWN IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. POWER'S OUT AND ABOUT 20% OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. BUT THE CREWS ARE ON GROUND WITH THE POWER COMPANIES AND EXPECT TO GET MOST OF RESTORED WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT TO PICK UP. OUR STREETS ARE CLEARED NOW. A FEW OF THE LOW LYING AREAS, WE STILL HAVE A STORM SURGE FROM. THE LAKE THAT WILL PROBABLY LINGER ON INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. AND SO THE SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH OUT OF HERE THAT ARE KEEPING THE WATER IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND PUSHED UP AGAINST THE NORTH SHORE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO HOW ARE YOUR RESIDENTS HOLDING UP? WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE? JUST TO HELP? HOW DO THEY FIND OUT WHAT THEY CAN, HOW THEY CAN GET, WHAT THEY NEED? >> SURE. THEY ALWAYS CAN GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE MICELOTTA OF DOT ORG AND TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR SEVERAL OTHER FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE WEBSITES SET UP AROUND THE AREA HERE. BUT RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT PEOPLE NEED, THEY HAD THEY WERE PREPARED AND ARE TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES. WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN TODAY. GROCERY STORES ARE OPEN. GAS STATIONS OPEN. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY HURRICANE THAT WE HAVE FACED IN THE PAST WHERE WE WOULD BE OUT OF COMMERCE FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, MINIMAL. WE ARE WE'RE FAST BACK UP AND RUNNING. WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE TYPE DAMAGE THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, SOUTH AND WEST OF US HAD. AND WE FARED VERY, VERY WELL. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU TODAY UNDER REGULAR POWER SITUATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO NOAH IS NOW FORECASTING WHAT IT'S CALLING AN EXTRAORDINARY 2024 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. SO WHAT CONCERNS YOU THE MOST NOW FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD? >> YES, GETTING THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF TO, GET TO THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER WITHOUT ANY MORE OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE SEPARATELY HAVE TWO TORNADO HERE IN SLIDELL LAST APRIL, APRIL 10TH. I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT WE HAD BEEN SPARED MOTHER NATURE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAD THIS LITTLE SETBACK THIS YESTERDAY, TONIGHT, LAST NIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DODGE THAT BULLET. BUT IF ANYTHING WERE TO OCCUR AND WE'VE GOT PROVISIONS IN PLACE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE DURING THIS STORM, THAT WILL BE EASY TO TO TO STAGE THEM AND MUSTER THEM BACK TOGETHER AND PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE. AND WE'RE WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN. BUT WE ARE VERY, VERY WELL PREPARED FOR MUCH WORSE TO HAPPEN THAN WE SAW LAST NIGHT. >> MAYOR CROMER, GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GLAD YOU DODGED A BULLET THERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU BET. FROM HURRICANES NOW TO WILDFIRE ,WE WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE FIRES CURRENTLY BLAZING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, SAN BERNARDINO, ORANGE COUNTY AND. THIS COMES AS CALIFORNIA RELEASES SOME PRETTY EYE OPENING STATS NOW THIS YEAR ALONE. MORE THAN 6000 FIRES HAVE BURNED NEARLY MILLION ACRES. THAT'S ALREADY 700,000 MORE ACRES THAN ALL OF 2023. THE BRIDGE FIRE IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST IS THE LARGEST ACTIVE WILDFIRE IN THE STATE, NOW, DESTROYING MORE THAN 30 HOMES AND SCORCHING MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS CONCERN THAT HIGH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE THE FIRES TO SPREAD EVEN FURTHER. AND RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY EVACUATED A COUPLE OF HOURS JUST BEFORE THEIR HOMES WERE DESTROYED. >> IT IS A REAL HUMBLING SIDE AND THE EXPERIENCE. BUT ALSO I LOOK AT THOSE TWO VEHICLES PACKED WITH MY KIDS, MY ANIMALS AND MY MY LIFE, MY WHOLE LIFE, AND THOSE TWO VEHICLES AND THAT TRAILER. AND THEN YOU REALIZE HOW FORTUNATE YOU ARE AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO COMPREHEND WHAT A HUGE LOSS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE. >> OUR MELISSA DON IS THERE AT THE BRIDGE FIRE SAN BERNARDINO AND BRINGS US THE LATEST DETAILS. MELISSA AKIRA WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME GOOD PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE WILDFIRE FIGHTS IN ALL THREE OF THESE WILDFIRES SPREADING ACROSS FOUR COUNTIES HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHILE THE CONTAINMENT LEVELS IS A POSITIVE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CAL FIRE IS LETTING THEIR GUARD DOWN. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING ESSENTIALLY TO SET UP PERIMETERS AROUND HOMES AS THEY'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THEY DO NOT LOSE ANY MORE PROPERTIES, AS WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES, TOO, OF FIGURING OUT AND ASSESSING DAMAGE. EARLY REPORTS ALREADY SHOWING AT LEAST 50 STRUCTURES, INCLUDING HOMES OR BUSINESSES, OUTHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN COMBINATION OF AT LEAST ALL THREE OF THESE MAJOR WILDFIRES. BUT AT THIS POINT HERE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, THERE'S NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS THAT ARE HERE. THEY STILL HAVE THEIR MANDATORY EVACUATIONS AND ORDERS IN PLACE ,STILL ASKING RESIDENTS TO STAY BACK AND HEED THE WARNINGS THAT IS BECAUSE ESPECIALLY BATTLING THE BRIDGE FIRE, THE LARGEST ONE HERE, MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. THE BIGGEST CONCERN HERE IS THAT WINDS COULD STILL BE A THREAT AT THEIR CONTAINMENT LEVELS. IT JUST STILL NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE'RE STILL MONITORING THAT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING ELSE POPS OUT. BUT AGAIN, RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE WORRIED, STRESSED, HOPING THAT THEY CAN COME BACK TO THEIR HOMES, FEED MAYBE SOME OF THEIR CATTLE THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND. A LOT OF WORRY, SOME HERE, BUT NEIGHBORS TELLING ME THEY'RE HOPING TO PULL TOGETHER THEN REALLY HELP ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST OUT, ALL OF THEIR HOMES AND BELONGINGS TO THESE WILDFIRES. HERO MELISSA, THANK YOU. >> WELL, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BACK THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS AFTERNOON. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HOLDING TWO RALLIES TODAY IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO CARRY THE STATE SINCE BARACK OBAMA IN 2008. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BACK ON THE TRAIL IN ARIZONA AS HE TRIES TO PUT THE STATE BACK IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN IN NOVEMBER AFTER LOSING IT FOUR YEARS AGO. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS JOINING ME NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> SO, KAREN HARRIS, THIS TEAM SAYS THAT THE DEBATE IS OVER. IT'S THE START OF A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE NOW OF HER CAMPAIGN. SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, WE HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES MORE AVAILABILITY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BATTLEGROUND STATE TRAVEL. AND HER CAMPAIGN SAYS SHE'LL DO MORE MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS. KYRA, THAT MIGHT NOT MEAN PRESS CONFERENCES OR BIG NATIONAL INTERVIEWS. LIKELY WE'LL SEE HER FOCUS ON LOCAL MEDIA IN THE CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES. TODAY, SHE IS IN NORTH CAROLINA TOMORROW. SHE'LL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA, A IMPORTANT STATE, OF COURSE, FOR HER CAMPAIGN AND HER STRATEGY TO WIN 270 ELECTORAL VOTES. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE DEBATE. >> IT'S IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOW IT IS A SPRINT TO ELECTION DAY. AND EARLY VOTING GETS UNDERWAY VERY SOON AS BALLOTS START TO GO OUT. SO FOR THE CAMPAIGN, THEY'RE CALLING THIS A MORE AGGRESSIVE STAGE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR WALZ, THEIR SPOUSES AND TOP SURROGATES REALLY HITTING THE BATTLEGROUND STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND WEEKS BUT ALSO, I THINK SEEING HER DO MORE ENGAGING WITH ENGAGING WITH VOTERS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THE POLLS ARE SHOWING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE HER DO AND THEY WANT TO SEE HER TALKING MORE ABOUT HER POLICIES AND HER PROPOSALS . I THINK A BIG QUESTION IS, DID THEY GET THEIR ANSWERS FROM THAT DEBATE? WE'LL SEE WHEN THE NEXT ROUND THE POLLS COME OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WELL, HARRIS IS USING THE DEBATE AS PART OF A NEW CAMPAIGN AD THAT WAS PRETTY CLEVER. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TWEETED THE OTHER NIGHT THAT THERE WAS A NEW CAMPAIGN AD AND THEY DID A LINK TO BASICALLY THE ENTIRE DEBATE. I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOW THAT THEY THAT THEY HAD A DECISIVE VICTORY IN THAT DEBATE OVER DONALD TRUMP ON TUESDAY NIGHT. BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY IS A 32ND AD CALLED LEADERSHIP, WHICH THEY SAY SHOWS A CONTRAST BETWEEN HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND A PAST AND BACKWARD LOOKING VISION FROM DONALD TRUMP. THEY'RE TAKING QUOTES FROM THE DEBATE FROM BOTH OF THEM. IT ALL FITS INTO KAMALA HARRIS' CAMPAIGN MESSAGE OF A NEW WAY FORWARD, TRYING TO THAT CONTRAST AND SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO THE FOUR YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP. REMEMBER, KEIR, WE HEARD GOING INTO THE THAT THEY WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY BELIEVE THERE'S A BIT OF A TRUMP AMNESIA AMONG VOTERS. THIS AD, OF COURSE, IS TRYING TO DO THAT. IT'S A DIGITAL AD, BUT THEY HAVE A BIG, BIG AD SPENDING PLAN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. NEARLY $400 MILLION THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THE BATTLEGROUND STATES COMING . >> WELL, WE KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO DEBATE NEXT MONTH. BUT ANY CHANCE THAT MAYBE HARRIS AND TRUMP WILL TAKE A GO AT IT AGAIN IF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, HIS CAMPAIGN HAS HER WAY THERE, WILL BE ANOTHER DEBATE. IT WAS JUST MINUTES AFTER THE ENDED ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND HER CAMPAIGN PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING, LET'S GO FOR ROUND TWO. THEY WANT TO DO ANOTHER ONE IN OCTOBER, CHALLENGING HIM TO A SECOND DEBATE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HIS PUBLIC OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS HAS INDICATED HE'S NOT INCLINED TO DO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE FEELS HE HAD A GREAT NIGHT ON TUESDAY. HE WON THAT DEBATE. SO HE DOESN'T NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE NOW. BEFORE THE DEBATE, HE HAD TALKED DOING ONE ON FOX NEWS. THAT WAS A NONSTARTER FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. THERE'S ABOUT MAYBE ONE ON NBC, BUT RIGHT NOW NOTHING IS SCHEDULED. NOTHING IS OFFICIALLY IN THE BOOKS. BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON OCTOBER 1ST AND THEN SEE IF THEY CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES . LIKE I SAID, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WANTS TO DO ONE. ALL INDICATIONS RIGHT NOW THE TRUMP SIDE ARE, THOUGH, HE FEELS HE WON AND DOESN'T NEED TO DO A SECOND ONE. ALL RIGHT. STAY TUNED. KAREN TRAVERS, THANK YOU. AND COMING UP, BETTER PAY, BETTER BENEFITS. THOUSANDS OF BOEING WORKERS SET TO GO ON STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE TROUBLED AIRPLANE MAKER NEXT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION REPLACES COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATING A NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF TOWN. YOU CAN JUST LABEL RIGHT HERE? >> THE U.S.A.. LOOK HERE. SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? YOU. >> IT'S MALE DAVID. YES. YES. I'M DAVID. >> YOU ARE? I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD HAVE THE BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED IT. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? AND I SAY, WERE THE BEATLES RIGHT? >> WELL, WE DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 19 85. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. WORTHLESS. TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> ABC NEWS. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE>> RELIGION. WELL, MORE TROUBLE FOR BOEING. MORE THAN 30,000 UNION WORKERS COULD WALK OFF THE JOB IF THEY DON'T REACH A DEAL WITH BOEING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING FOR PENSIONS TO BE RESTORED FOR BETTER PAY AND FOR INCENTIVE BONUSES TO BE REMOVED. TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY JOINING ME NOW TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. SO, SAM, LET'S TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE MAIN STICKING POINT IN THIS RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, THESE WORKERS ARE FED UP, AS YOU SAID. THEY WANT THEIR PENSIONS BACK THAT WERE TAKEN AWAY ABOUT A DECADE AGO, BUT THEY ALSO WANT A 40% INCREASE IN PAY. THEY'VE NEGOTIATED A 25% INCREASE IN PAY. AND UNION LEADERS HAVE ENCOURAGED WORKERS NOT TO GO ON STRIKE. THEY SAY THAT THIS IS LIKELY THE BEST OUTCOME THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET. THEY WERE HAPPY IT, BUT THE WORKERS THEMSELVES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT. AND THERE'S BEEN CHAOS ALL WEEK AS BOEING TRIES TO INFORM, EDUCATE SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES ON WHAT'S AT STAKE IF THEY WALK THE JOB, IT COULD COST BOEING UP TO $100 MILLION PER DAY. THESE WORKERS WOULD ONLY BE ENTITLED TO ABOUT $150 OF THEIR PAY. AND SOME OF THESE STRIKES IN THE PAST HAVE LASTED FOR 50, 60 DAYS OR LONGER, WHICH WOULD TAKE THESE EMPLOYEES INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH VERY LITTLE PAY. SO THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE. AND THEY NEED TWO THIRDS OF THE EMPLOYEES TO VOTE ON A STRIKE FOR IT TO GO FORWARD. AND WE COULD LEARN OUTCOME OF THAT VOTE TONIGHT AT AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME. >> SO IF BOEING EMPLOYEES GO ON STRIKE, WILL THAT IMPACT AIRPORTS AT ALL? YOU THINK IT WON'T IMPACT AIRPORTS OR AIRLINE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MANUFACTURER BUILDING THESE PLANES? AND BY THE TIME IT TRICKLES DOWN, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME FROM NOW. >> SO IT WON'T HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT. BUT OVERALL, WHEN YOU START MAKING AIRPLANES, YOU ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXPORTERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT HAS IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY FOOD FOR THESE FACTORIES ALL JOBS THAT TOUCH BOEING, NOT JUST HERE IN THE US, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. >> AND SO THIS IS THE LATEST BLACK EYE FOR BOEING. CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HAD A ROUGH GO AT IT EVER SINCE. THEY'VE HAD ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT DOOR FLYING OFF OF THE BOEING PLANE MID-FLIGHT A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE TESTIMONY UP THE HILL. >> I MEAN, IS THIS JUST ANOTHER SIGN THAT BOEING IS IN BIG TROUBLE? THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR BOEING. AND KEEP IN MIND, THEY JUST GOT A BRAND NEW CEO. HE'S BEEN IN THE JOB LESS THAN A MONTH. AND THIS IS HIS BIG FIRST CHALLENGE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T NEED ANY MORE PROBLEMS. THEY ALREADY HAVE A BACKLOG OF AIRCRAFT. AIRLINES ARE UPSET WITH THEM. THEY ARE WAITING ON THEIR AIRPLANES. TRAVEL HAS NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR. YOU KNOW, MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF MILLION TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE FLYING EVERY SINGLE DAY. AIRLINES WANT THEIR PLANES. AND ANY WORK STOPPAGE IS GOING PUT THAT BEHIND AND COST THE COMPANY MILLIONS, IF NOT BILLIONS DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT GOES ON FOR. >> SAM SWEENEY, THANKS SO MUCH. WE'LL TRACK IT. COMING UP, VLADIMIR PUTIN, WITH A WARNING TO THE U.S. IF UKRAINE STRIKES DEEPER INSIDE RUSSIA, HE SAYS NATO'O'LY DOES ? THE STATE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS NEXT. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON IN BUFFALO, EVOLVED IN TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING MISSISSIPPI UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW, WE'RE HEADING TO A COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. GETTING YOU BEHIND STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE, PRIME WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAM YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT? THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST, STRAIGHT WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND. BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHILE IT A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE IT HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS ALL THESE KINDS OF LEAVE NO SERIAL KILLER IN THE AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED. WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL CONTROL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. >> THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. YOU FIRED TIMES FRIDAY. >> THE 32 YEAR OLD FORMER BALLERINA, THE CENTER OF THE SO-CALLED BLACK SWAN. YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN OUT BEFORE. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TALK NOW? 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT HERE AT ABC, REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA. I'M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN IN KYIV TODAY PLEDGING ANOTHER $700 MILLION IN AID TO UKRAINE. AND IT COMES AMID A GROWING DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE U.S. SHOULD GIVE PERMISSION FOR UKRAINIAN TO ACTUALLY USE AMERICAN WEAPONS TO STRIKE DEEPER INSIDE RUSSIA. JOINING ME NOW, DR. PATEL PRINCIPAL DEPUTY FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT. JOHN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GIVEN THE RECENT BY RUSSIA, YOU KNOW, IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RECONSIDERING ITS STANCE NOW ON AMERICAN WEAPONS BEING TO HIT RUSSIA OVER THE COURSE THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS SINCE RUSSIA IS OF THEIR BARBARIC INVASION OF UKRAINE. THE OF SUPPORT THAT WE'VE PROVIDED OUR UKRAINIAN PARTNERS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. THAT, OF COURSE, INCLUDES SECURITY ASSISTANCE OR UKRAINIAN PARTNERS DEFEND THEIR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND SOVEREIGNTY. AND THAT WAS MUCH AT THE CORE OF THIS VISIT BY THE SECRETARY IS TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS IN UKRAINE ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED, WHAT THEIR APPROACH TO THE BATTLEFIELD IS GOING TO BE, HOW THEY INTEND TO STRATEGIZE AND PLAN AROUND SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES. IMPORTANT TO ALSO REMEMBER IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THESE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE UNITED STATES HAS, BASED ON THE THREAT FROM RUSSIA, ADJUSTED, CHANGED, OFFERED NEW SYSTEMS TO OUR UKRAINIAN PARTNERS. AND SO I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT PROCESS. BUT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT, THESE VERY REAL CHALLENGES, OF COURSE, WAS AT THE CORE OF THIS TRIP. BUT BEYOND JUST MAKING SURE THAT UKRAINE CAN STAND ON ITS FEET MILITARILY, WE ARE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT UKRAINE CAN STAND STRONGLY ON ITS FEET ECONOMICALLY AND DEMOCRATICALLY AND WE'RE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS SECURE PATH THAT THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED ON FURTHER EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION INTO NATO'S IS POSSIBLE. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT BLINKEN COULD DISCUSS APPROVING AMERICAN WEAPONS THAT THE UKRAINIANS COULD USE INSIDE RUSSIA? SO THE SECRETARY IS WRAPPING UP HIS TRIP. HE'S ON HIS WAY BACK FROM POLAND. HE WAS IN KYIV YESTERDAY AND HE WAS IN KYIV YESTERDAY WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY LAMY FROM THE UNITED. AND I IMAGINE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE SECRETARY AND FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL RESPECTIVELY REPORT BACK ON THEIR TRIP TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRIME MINISTER STARMER, WHO ARE BOTH GOING TO BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, OUR UNWEIGHTED SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IS A KEY ASPECT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED. >> OKAY. GOT IT. SO TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE, I'M SURE YOU SAW IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS THAT THE UKRAINE WAR WOULD END ON HIS DAY IN OFFICE IF INDEED HE IS REELECTED. YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FIRSTHAND. COULD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTUALLY DO THAT IN THIS WAR, FIRST DAY IN OFFICE? >> SO, LOOK, I DON'T DO POLITICS IN MY ROLE IN FROM THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT CURRENTLY THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO ENDING THIS WAR IS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. IT IS THEIR PRESENCE ON UKRAINIAN LAND IN UKRAINIAN TERRITORY. THEY'RE ILLEGAL AND, JUST AN INVASION OF THAT TERRITORY. AND ANY AMERICAN WOULD BE COMMITTED, SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THIS WAR CAN END AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NOT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, NOT SEVEN MONTHS FROM NOW, NOT IN JANUARY, BUT TODAY. AND THE WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT TODAY IS IF RUSSIAN FORCES WOULD JUST LEAVE UKRAINE. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THEY ARE THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO PEACE IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW. >> THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE, THOUGH, TO GET THEM TO DO THAT? AND WHO IS THE PRESIDENT THAT CAN THAT CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN? TRUMP CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT CLAIM THAT HE COULD DO IT IMMEDIATELY. LET'S MOVE ON TO WASHINGTON POST. NEW REPORTING TODAY CHALLENGING THE IDF'S NARRATIVE THAT ITS KILLING OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IN THE WEST BANK WAS UNINTENTIONAL. PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING THE SHOOTING TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. >> DOES THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE A RESPONSE? SO, LOOK, OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL, THE IDF, HAS PUT OUT AN INITIAL INITIAL ASSESSMENT. THEY'VE ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY ARE OPENING UP A CRIMINAL INQUIRY. AND WE, OF COURSE, ARE GOING TO LET THAT PROCESS PLAY OUT. BUT AS SECRETARY SAID IN LONDON EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WHAT THIS INCIDENT DRAWS ON IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW IDF OPERATES, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST BANK, THAT THEIR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT PERHAPS NEED A CLOSER LOOKING AT AND WE'LL ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL DIRECTLY THIS. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR LIFE AT RISK FOR SIMPLY PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, FOR SIMPLY EXPRESSING POINTS OF VIEW. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL, THE SECRETARY DEEPLY PERSONAL TO THE PRESIDENT. WE, OF COURSE, ARE TALKING ABOUT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. AND SO WE'LL ENGAGE ON THIS DIRECTLY AND. >> WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE BEEN ABLE REALLY TO GET ON THIS BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THE AMERICAN CITIZEN TO BE KILLED BY ISRAEL AMID THIS WAR . AND THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS OUT THERE, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS SWIRLING THERE BE ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR ISRAEL KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> THERE, OF COURSE, IS NO DOUBT BASED ON THIS INCIDENT, THAT, AS I SAID, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLOSER LOOK. THE CONDUCT OF SECURITY FORCES IN THE WEST BANK, AND THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLOSER LOOK AT RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. SOMETHING L BE HAPPENING. PEOPLE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING SHOULD NOT BE SHOT AT. SO WE ARE GOING TO LET THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT. BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT IS HIGH TIME FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES HERE. >> BUT DR. PATEL, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET. >> NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. A LOT MORE NEWS STRAIGHT AHEAD . BEFORE WE GO, WHY DON'T WE TAKE ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT MOTHER EARTH FROM THE ISIS SHELL? WE CAN NEVER PASS UP THESE CALL PICTURES. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC LIVE YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA AMERICA? AN OPERATION? I THINK AFTER I COMBAT OPERATIONS AND WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW, MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IN THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? >> YOU'RE PROUD OF IT. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HEY, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> IT'S LYLE. DAVID. >> YES. YES, I'M ARE. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> HI, I'M MANDY. AND I'M SABRINA. AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY DAY LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOVE? REALLY LOVE POP CULTURE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES? BEING A MOM, YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. I'M MOLA LENGHI AT THE PARK FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS, A LOT RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FRANCINE SLAMMING INTO LOUISIANA LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AMID WIDESPREAD RAIN, WIND AND FLOODING. WE'LL AT THE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NOW. STATE EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA, HIGH WINDS MOVING DEADLY WILDFIRES CLOSER CLOSER TO L.A. WHERE THINGS STAND ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. AND ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND THE NYPD COMMISSIONER, EDWARD COMMAND, RESIGNS AMID A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. WE'VE THE DETAILS THIS HOUR. HURRICANE FRANCINE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THAT'S OUR TOP STORY HOUR. THE STORM NOW MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND, THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, AFTER LEAVING DAMAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. FRANCINE INITIALLY MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. RAIN AND FLOODING LASHED LOUISIANA, RIPPING THE ROOFS OFF HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHILE HURRICANE FORCE GUST WINDS KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES AND IN SOME CASES ACTUALLY IGNITING THEM. LOUISIANA NOW IN CLEANUP MODE. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CONFIRMING THERE HAVE NO FATALITIES AND NO RESCUES EVEN NEEDED, MAKING IT EASY, TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO CLEAR UP THE DEBRIS. WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE STARTING OFF OUR IKE EJIOCHI THERE ON THE GROUND IN NEW ORLEANS. AND ALSO METEOROLOGIST, SHE'S TRACKING THE STORM. >> SO IKE, THIS LOOKS LIKE NEW ORLEANS AFTER A STORM FOR SURE. CLEARLY IS SOME FLOODING AND SOME CARS STRANDED. THAT'S RIGHT, KYRA. RIGHT NOW WE ARE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND THIS IS GENERAL DE GAULLE DRIVE, THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE RIGHT BEHIND ME. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN THE OFFICIALS SAY FLASH FLOODING, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE CARS STILL SUBMERGED HERE, OVER THERE, OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER. THAT'S A FORD ESCAPE TIPPED ON ITS SIDE, HALF OF IT SUBMERGED IN WATER RIGHT. ME IS A DODGE CHARGER, ESSENTIALLY COVERED IN WATER. AND TO MY LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, A VERY BIG CAR HALF OF IT ALL UNDERWATER. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER HAS ESSENTIALLY COME UP RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WHEEL WELLS. AND IF YOU WANT SOME EXPLANATION OF HOW BIG THAT IS, THAT COMES OUT TO A RIGHT ABOUT MY WAIST RIGHT HERE. THESE ARE COUPLED 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER RIGHT HERE IN GENERAL DE GAULLE DRIVE. AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS HERE IS BECAUSE IN THIS PORTION OF GENERAL DE GAULLE DRIVE, IT ESSENTIALLY ACTS LIKE A PIT. THE WATER HAS ESSENTIALLY GATHERED IN WHAT'S LIKE A BULL LIKE STRUCTURE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY. AND IT'S CAUSED THIS ENTIRE AREA TO FLOOD OUT. IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO SEE IF THE CAMERA CAN ZOOM IN. THERE'S A PARK BENCH RIGHT OVER THERE AND OVER MY LEFT HAND SHOULDER. YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT TO THAT GARBAGE CAN COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. THIS IS WHAT OFFICIALS ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. THESE FLOODWATERS COME IN SO RAPIDLY, SO QUICKLY. BUT IT CAN SURPRISE DRIVERS. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WE KNOW THE STATUS OF THE OWNERS OF THESE THREE VEHICLES BEHIND ME, BUT CLEARLY THEY LEFT THEM BEHIND IN ORDER TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND AND GET TO SAFETY. NOW, THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS BLOCKING THIS ENTIRE DRIVE OFF, MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE COMES THROUGH THIS AREA. BUT ALL OVER THIS PORTION OF NEW IN THE LOWER PART OF THE CITY, WE'RE SEEING SCENES JUST LIKE THIS WHERE THOSE FLOODWATERS FROM FRANCE SEEN IS GATHERED AND ESSENTIALLY MADE THIS ROAD COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE HERE. SOMARA LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LATEST NOW ON THE STORM'S TRACK AND TIMING. >> LET'S IT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS MOVING THROUGH THE CORE OF IT, SHOULD I SAY, IT'S MOVING THROUGH MISSISSIPPI, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING RAIN AS FAR EAST AS GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. THE REDS AND ORANGES IN THE YELLOW DENOTING THE HEAVIER RAINFALL THAT'S FALLING RIGHT NOW FOR FRANCINE. WE ALSO ARE SEEING FRANCINE LIGHT UP THE BOARD WITH MULTIPLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES THAT ARE STILL IN EFFECT. YOU CAN SEE HEAVY RAIN RIGHT NOW MOVING TO PLACES LIKE TUPELO. SORRY, I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS CLICKER AGAIN. GOING TO STEP OFF FOR A MOMENT TO SWITCH THAT OUT. >> YEAH. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE ALERTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING OFF IN GREEN. WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES IN THE ORANGE IS WE HAVE WIND ALERTS. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS. WE HEAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. SO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, THAT'S A SPOT COULD BE PRONE TO FLOODING IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. HEAVY RAIN IS GOING TO MOVE THROUGH AS THEY'RE HEADED HOME, GETTING OFF WORK. 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS TO ACCOMPANY THAT. PLACES LIKE LITTLE ROCK ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND RAIN. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, PARTICULAR HAS A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK TODAY RIGHT ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR HITTING I-20, BIRMINGHAM HEADED TOWARDS ATLANTA. WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN LOCALLY AND THAT COULD LEAD MORE FLASH FLOODING. SO THE RAMIFICATIONS, THE IMPACTS OF FRENZIED WIDE REACHING HERE. WE'RE NOT DONE YET AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO. THAT FLOOD THREAT SWEPT ALL THE WAY NORTH INTO PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALL RIGHT, IKE SOMARA, THANKS, GUYS. LET'S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAVE WELL, IT'S NOT JUST EMERGENCY CREWS ON THE GROUND IN THE GULF COAST. THERE'S A MASSIVE PART OF THE CLEANUP AND RECOVERY THAT'S TAKING PLACE. AND IT'S HELPING NEIGHBORS. SEVERAL VOLUNTEER AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE JUMPING INTO ACTION, AND THAT INCLUDES THE UNITED CAJUN NAVY. JOINING ME NOW, ITS PRESIDENT, TODD TYRRELL. SO TIGHT I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH YOUR DEPUTY YESTERDAY, THRASHER. HE WAS COORDINATING ALL THE EFFORTS THERE WITH THE TEAM NEW ORLEANS. >> HOW ARE THINGS TODAY AND HOW DID YOU RESPOND? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASED OUT OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, WITH OUR MAIN. WE HAVE SUPPLIES HERE. AND WE FROM HERE WE CAN KIND OF COORDINATE THE SOUTH OF LOUISIANA. WE'RE SENDING A LOT OF SUPPLIES OUT. ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IS A LOT OF THE FLOODING OF THE CARS THAT WENT ON. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, IN HOSPITALS AND STUFF THAT GETTING OFF OF WORK OR GOING TO WORK. AND THEY ENCOUNTERED THE FLASH FLOODING. SO THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW THEY HAD TO BE SOME RESCUES MADE. SO THAT WAS MOST OF THE RESCUES MADE. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO HOSPITALS. SO THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD REPORTS THAT DID NOT HAVE TO DO ANY RESCUES. WHAT ABOUT YOU? >> WE DID ABOUT SEVEN LAST NIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY WASN'T THAT BAD OF RESCUES BECAUSE THEY WERE ABOUT THREE FOOT OF WATER. THERE'S NO REASON THEN TO MOBILIZE THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR STUFF THAT. WE HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT CAN HANDLE IT. WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE OFFICIALS WHOLE TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LIKE, IF Y'ALL CAN GET TO THEM BEFORE WE CAME, LET'S DO. >> THAT'S AMAZING. LET'S TALK MORE, TOO, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAD TO DEPLOY. WHAT TYPES OF EFFORTS, ASSETS, RESOURCES. >> SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A LOT OF THESE SMALL TOWNS DO LIKE CHAUVIN. YOU KNOW, COCODRIE LAFAYETTE, A LOT OF THESE SMALL TOWNS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN. THEY'RE GOOD, HARD WORKING PEOPLE, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, BOATS AND STUFF. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW IN CHAUVIN, LOUISIANA. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OFFICIALS DOWN THERE TO THEM FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. IF WE CAN HELP THE FIRST RESPONDERS BE ABLE TO BE COMFORTED, HAVE FOOD AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOUSES, THEN THEY CAN GO OUT AND HELP THE COMMUNITY EVEN MORE. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY SAY NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST HELPING EACH OTHER SO WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB. THIS IS A THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK CALL. >> I THINK WE LUCKED OUT. THE STORM COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT, LOT WORSE. AGREED AND THIS IS JUST THE LOUISIANA WAY. AND WE HAD THE OF LIVING THERE AND WORKING THERE. AND IT REALLY IS AMAZING HOW ALL OF YOU COME TOGETHER, ALL YOUR YOUR RESOURCES TO HELP EACH OTHER. AND THE DANGER IS NECESSARY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. WE HAD GUYS THAT HAD SHRIMP BOATS THAT LOADED THEM UP WITH FUEL. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOADING FUEL OFF THE SHRIMP BOATS ONTO GENERATORS AND STUFF. SO THE LOCALS CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUEL ANYWHERE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. SO IT'S JUST A YOU HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. YOU PITCH IN AND HELP. AND WE DON'T WAIT FOR THAT HELP. WE OUGHT HELP. >> SO TRUE. AND MY GUESS IS THE SHRIMP WILL BE COMING IN TO YOU'LL BE HAVING A BIG BOIL THIS WEEKEND. >> TODD, GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU BET. WELL, FROM HURRICANES TO WILDFIRES WE NOW TAKE YOU OUT TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE THREE FIRES CURRENTLY BLAZING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN L.A. SAN ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE. OFFICIALS IN SAN BERNARDINO ACTUALLY ANNOUNCING CHARGES TODAY AGAINST THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF STARTING THAT MASSIVE LINE FIRE. >> THESE CHARGES ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE LINE FIRE. AND ALL THREE OF THOSE EVENTS, WE BELIEVE, BASED ON EVIDENCE, ARE CONNECTED TO THIS ARSONIST THAT ONE WOULD COVER TEN YEARS TO LIFE. AND THEN THE OTHER ADDITIONAL COUNTS WOULD BE DETERMINED IN TERMS POSSIBLY COULD GET UP TO 11 YEARS. THE SUSPECT BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL AND IS SET APPEAR IN COURT LATER TODAY. >> WELL, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN CLAIMING THAT HE WON OUR ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE DESPITE A PERFORMANCE THAT EVEN SOME REPUBLICAN ALLIES SAY WASN'T REALLY HIS BEST. TRUMP IS MAKING THOSE COMMENTS ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM AS HE GETS READY FOR A RALLY IN ARIZONA. VICE HARRIS ABOUT TO HOLD THE FIRST OF TWO CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN, NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S HOLDING A RALLY IN CHARLOTTE LATER THIS HOUR. WE'LL DIP IN THERE AND SEE HOW THAT'S GOING AS SOON AS SHE STARTS SPEAKING. ALSO, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GETTING READY FOR A RALLY IN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN ON THAT AS WELL. JOINING NOW, NPR CORRESPONDENT, AN ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, ASMA KHALID. ASMA. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO WE EXPECT? BOTH CAMPAIGNS FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD NOW THAT THE DEBATE IS OVER? MAYBE FOCUS IS ANOTHER DEBATE. >> YEAH. TO SOME DEGREE, RIGHT. I MEAN, HARRIS CAMPAIGN WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE THAT. THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ANOTHER. THEY SEE THAT TO HAVE BEEN A BIG WIN. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM THE HARRIS NOW IS TRYING TO KIND OF CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENTUM. THEY SAW THE DEBATE AS A BIG WIN. THEY'VE BEEN CUTTING ADS FROM THE DEBATE PLAYING SOME OF THOSE. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO TRANSLATE THE MOMENTUM SHE HAD INTO VOTES. I MEAN, THIS RACE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLLS, IS STILL INCREDIBLY INCREDIBLY TIGHT. YOU MENTIONED NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S CAMPAIGNING THERE. HER TEAM SAYS THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING SOME MORE RETAIL STOPS. SHE'LL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA, ANTICIPATE DOING SOME LOCAL MEDIA INTERVIEWS AS WELL. SHE'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS NEXT WEEK. >> SO IT'S A LOT OF SORT OF RETAIL POLITICS GETTING HERSELF OUT THERE. >> IN TERMS OF THE TRUMP TEAM, LOOK, I MEAN, THE DEBATE BY, I WOULD SAY MOST OBJECTIVE MEASURES WAS NOT A REAL GREAT NIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP. THE HE HAS IS TRYING TO FOCUS ON POLICIES. AND THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE FROM HIM. YOU MENTIONED THAT SPEECH IN ARIZONA THE EVENT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE ECONOMY. NOW, IF DONALD TRUMP CAN REALLY KEEP THE MESSAGE ON THE ECONOMY, THAT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR HIM. IT'S AN ISSUE WHERE REPUBLICANS TEND TO DO BETTER THAN DEMOCRATS. IT'S A REAL FOR KAMALA HARRIS. BUT THE CHALLENGE WITH TRUMP IS THAT HE DOESN'T OFTEN STAY ON MESSAGE. >> WELL, ONE THING THAT HE DID STAY ON MESSAGE DURING THE DEBATE WHEN HE WAS TALKING TARIFFS AND J.D. VANCE IS NOW DEFENDING HIM ON THIS PLAN TO IMPOSE MORE TARIFFS IF HE WINS IN NOVEMBER, IN NOVEMBER. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS? YEAH, SO TARIFFS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL SORT OF REAL PERSONAL ABOUT BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DIGGING INTO ECONOMIC POLICY. I HAVE VISITED FACTORIES WHERE, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE REAL CONFLICTED FEELINGS ABOUT THE TARIFFS BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THESE WORK IS THAT IN THEORY, AS TRUMP SAYS, HE BILLS THIS AS BEING COST FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA IN PARTICULAR. THAT'S NOT THE REALITY. RIGHT. A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU'LL SORT OF MIDDLE MAN MANUFACTURERS SAY A COMPANY THAT MAKES SOUNDS SYSTEMS THE SCREWS, THE PARTS THAT THEY IMPORT FROM CHINA, THAT'S WHAT IS FACING A TARIFF. SO IT'S THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OFTEN END UP PAYING THE TARIFFS, AND THEY CAN EITHER EAT THOSE COSTS OR THEY CAN THEM ON TO CONSUMERS. AND A LOT OF COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PASSING THEM ON TO CONSUMERS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ECONOMISTS REPORTS ON THIS, THE BULK OF THE TARIFFS THAT DONALD TRUMP PUT IN PLACE ON CHINA THAT JOE BIDEN HAS KEPT IN PLACE HAVE BEEN PAID FOR BY AMERICAN CONSUMERS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A MESSAGE THAT IS TOUGH ON CHINA. THE REALITY IS THOSE COSTS ARE OFTEN PAID BY AMERICANS. ASMA KHALID, GREAT TO SEE YOU. ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. >> COMING UP, PUTIN WARNING IF YOU CREATE ATTACKS DEEPER RUSSIA, IT MEANS NATO'S HAS ENTERED THIS WAR. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN, UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERY DAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY. WHEREVER THE IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP, BEIRUT FOR THE FBI. REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE, 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ,ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. CLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY . >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD. BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT THAT COUNTDOWN THE EMMYS IS. >> I LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT. >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY, INCREDIBLE SPECIAL CALL FOR THAT, LADIES, IS OUT OF THE AT SEVEN SIX EMMYS, A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO PREVIEW NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL ON WHAT NETWORK OYO ABC ABC. >> OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, JUST IN THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL OF KEY ACTUALLY PLEDGING $700 MILLION IN MILITARY AID. THIS COMES AMID A GROWING DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE U.S. SHOULD ALLOW UKRAINIAN FORCES STRIKE DEEPER INSIDE RUSSIA WITH AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL JOINS ME NOW FROM EASTERN UKRAINE. SO, IAN BLINKEN SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS LIMITS ON UKRAINIAN STRIKE LINES WITH PRESIDENT. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? I JUST HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT THIS COULD BE A DISCUSSION, THE TABLE THAT AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS COULD POSSIBLY USED INSIDE RUSSIA. YEAH, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY MET WITH SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN IS THAT HE GAVE THEM EFFECTIVELY A LIST OF TARGETS, IN OTHER WORDS, TRYING TO PROVIDE REASSURANCE TO THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY WON'T BE USED RANDOMLY, THAT IN PARTICULAR, IT'S NOT NOTHING TO DO WITH CRIMEA OR RUSSIAN FORCES ELSEWHERE, IS IN PARTICULAR TRYING TO TARGET THOSE AREAS FROM RUSSIA FROM WHICH ATTACKS AGAINST UKRAINE AND LAUNCH WEAPONS DEPOTS, FUEL STORAGE, THOSE KIND OF SITES, AND ALSO TO TRY AND UNSETTLE, I THINK, THE RUSSIAN PSYCHE. I THINK THEY FEEL THAT MANY RUSSIANS BEEN INSULATED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR AND THIS COULD CHANGE THE OF POLITICAL DIPLOMATIC NARRATIVE THAT THE UNITED STATES BEEN FAIRLY CLEAR, THAT IT WON'T LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE UNITED WHO PROVIDES THESE WEAPONS. THE UNITED KINGDOM DOES AS WELL. THE STORM SHADOW MISSILES, IT'S CONCEIVABLE THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF FUDGE DEAL WHEREBY THE UNITED KINGDOM WOULD LIFT RESTRICTIONS WITH THE, SAY, WITH THE NOD OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS ABSOLUTELY. BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL AGREE TO. BUT OF COURSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ARE GOING TO MEET AT THE UPCOMING NATO'S SUMMIT. >> SO PUTIN WARNED THAT USING THESE LONG RANGE WEAPONS WOULD MEAN NATO IS INVOLVED IN THIS WAR. CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT FOR MINUTE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD HAVE IF INDEED THAT HAPPENS? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT IS A VERY STRIDENT STATEMENT FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN, CHARACTERISTICALLY. SO IT'S NOT THAT HE ISN'T GIVEN TO MAKING THESE. REMEMBER, THIS IS A MAN WHO BACK IN MAY, WHEN PRESIDENT MACRON OF FRANCE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FRENCH COMING HERE TO UKRAINE TO HELP TRAIN UKRAINIAN FORCES. PRESIDENT PUTIN THAT TIME WARNED ABOUT WORLD WAR THREE. IN THE PAST, HE'S TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR WAR IF CERTAIN RED LINES WERE CROSSED. AND THOSE RED LINES HAVE BEEN WELL AND TRULY CROSSED. WHAT DO YOU WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID TODAY WAS, IF IT HAPPENED, THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED, IT WOULD MEAN THAT NATO COUNTRIES, THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WOULD BE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA AND THEN ISSUED THIS KIND OF FAIRLY THINLY VEILED SAYING WE WOULD BEGIN TO MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS BASED ON THE THREATS THAT WILL BE CREATED FOR US. CLEARLY TRYING TO INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS, I THINK, IN THE WEST TO NOT GO AHEAD WITH THAT. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE RUSSIAN RESPONSE WOULD BE. AND WE'VE KIND OF SEEN THIS PATTERN THROUGHOUT WAR. YOU KNOW, THE MANY WEAPONS THAT THE WEST DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE UKRAINE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD PROVOKE VLADIMIR PUTIN. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT F-16S AT ONE POINT THAT WAS A RED LINE THAT THEY FELT THEY COULDN'T CROSS. I THINK FOR THE UKRAINIANS, THEY FEEL IF THEY CAN TARGET THESE SITES WITHIN RUSSIA, IT WILL UNSETTLE THE RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE. IT WILL DENY THEM, FOR INSTANCE, EASY ACCESS TO AMMUNITION TO FUEL, BUT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE RUSSIAN POPULATION AND CREATE POLITICAL FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THE UKRAINIAN OCCUPATION OF THIS KURSK REGION ALSO UNSETTLED KREMLIN. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY HOPE. WHAT CAN THE WHAT CAN RUSSIA REALLY DO? WELL, IT'S HARD TO SEE, REALLY. I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY STRETCHED . THE WAR HERE. OF COURSE, THERE IS ALWAYS A NUCLEAR OPTION. I DON'T THINK REALLY THINKS THAT'S POSSIBLE. BUT NEVER SAY NEVER WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> THAT'S TRUE. IAN PANNELL. AND YOU KNOW BEST. THAT'S FOR SURE. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. BACK AT HOME, NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD KWAN STEPPED DOWN TODAY. AN ONGOING CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INTO THE ERIC ADAMS ADMINISTRATION. GABON'S CELL PHONES WERE CONFISCATED IN A FEDERAL AS NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS SAID EARLIER TODAY THAT HE ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION AND WISHED HIM WELL. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. SO, ERIN, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS DECISION TO STEP DOWN? >> IN AN EMAIL TO THE RANK AND FILE, KYRA, EDWARD CUBAN SAID HE HAD BECOME A DISTRACTION BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. HIS ATTORNEYS HAVE SAID THAT HE IS NOT TARGET OF THAT INVESTIGATION, BUT HIS BROTHER MIGHT BE. AND HE SIMPLY SAID THE THE WORK THE NYPD IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO TO BE THE KIND OF DISTRACTION HE FEELS HE NOW IS. SO HE SAID FOR THE GOOD THE DEPARTMENT, HE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO RESIGN EFFECTIVE TOMORROW. AND AS YOU SAY, MAYOR ERIC ADAMS WAS QUICK ACCEPT THAT RESIGNATION. ALTHOUGH EARLIER THIS WEEK, KYRA, HE SAID HE WAS NOT FORCING CARBON OUT. >> SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE ALLEGATIONS SWIRLING AROUND HIM? WELL, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW BECAUSE NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE THROUGH THROUGH SOURCES TO TO PUT TOGETHER SOME BITS, PIECES. WE THINK FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK WITH THE FBI AND THE IRS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE LOOKING INTO CITY CONTRACTS, PERHAPS BID RIGGING ,AND ALSO IN PARTICULAR WITH THE NYPD NIGHTLIFE ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER KEN BURNS, BROTHER OWNS, A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY THAT PROVIDES NIGHTCLUBS AND RESTAURANTS AND BARS WITH SECURITY. PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT THE FEDS HAVE LATCHED ON TO. WELL, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION JUST OVERALL INTO THE MAYOR HIMSELF? >> WELL. THIS SEEMS CENTERED AROUND HIS FUNDRAISING FROM HIS 2021 CAMPAIGN AND WHETHER HE INAPPROPRIATE HE ACCEPTED FOREIGN MONEY FROM TURKEY AND THAT INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AT LEAST NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. DIFFERENT AGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAYOR HAVE HAD THEIR HOMES RAIDED. THE MAYOR HIMSELF HAD HIS PHONE SEIZED, AND THEN RECENTLY, IN ADDITION TO THE PHONE OF COMMISSIONER CABAN, THE PHONES, A NUMBER OF OTHER TOP POLICE OFFICIALS. TWO DEPUTY MAYORS HAD THEIR HOMES RAIDED. THE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR SAYS HIS PHONE WAS TAKEN. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE THE TARGET OF THIS INVESTIGATION, BUT IT HAS BEEN SWEEPING ACROSS CITY HALL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CLOSE TOUCHING EVER CLOSER TO MAYOR ADAMS AND HIS INNER CIRCLE. >> AARON KATERSKY. >> THANK YOU. AND COMING UP, LIVIN ON A PRAYER JON BON JOVI TO THE RESCUE. >> REALLY? STICK AROUND. YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR THIS STORY . WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION TO COUNTER ISIS'S COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OPERATION NUCLEAR REACTOR RECEIVED A COUPLE OF AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. 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IT'S AN INSTANT BLISS AND INSTANT DISCONNECT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. >> IT'S A POWERFUL DRUG, SOMETIMES LEGALLY PRESCRIBED FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS POPULAR AMONG THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE, FROM CHRISSY TEIGEN TO SHARON OSBORNE, THAT KETAMINE TREATMENT HELPED ME. IT CALMED ME WAY DOWN BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, HYPERVENTILATING ALL THE TIME. PERRY'S DEATH IGNITING A SWEEPING, MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION INTO TWO SEPARATE DRUG RINGS. WE CHARGE FIVE DEFENDANTS IN THIS MATTER. THESE DEFENDANTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MR. PERRY'S ADDICTION ISSUES TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. >> YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTHEW PERRY'S DAMAGE. PERRY'S DEMISE ULTIMATELY EXPOSING AN ELABORATE WEB OF DEATH. DOCTORS AND DEALERS. THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS MATTHEW PERRY DOING KETAMINE? HOW DID HE GET IT? AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR DEATH? WELL, THANKS TO MATT GUTMAN. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF HIS REPORT ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF IMPACT BY "NIGHTLINE". HAPPENED TO MATTHEW PERRY. ONLY ON HULU. 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TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER. >> EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHY IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. >> ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS. NO SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE. >> COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC. >> THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. YOU'RE FIRED FOUR TIMES. >> FRIDAY, THE 32 YEAR OLD FORMER BALLERINA, THE CENTER OF THE SO-CALLED BLACK SWAN. YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN OUT BEFORE. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TALK? >> 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT IN D.C. RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FRANCINE SLAMMING INTO LOUISIANA MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AMID WIDESPREAD RAIN, WIND AND FLOODING. WE'LL LOOK THE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NOW. STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. HIGH WINDS MOVING DEADLY WILDFIRES CLOSER AND CLOSER. L.A. WHERE THINGS STAND ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. AND ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND THE NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD KEVAN, RESIGNS AMID A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. WE'VE GOT THE DETAILS THIS HOUR . HURRICANE FRANCINE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THAT'S OUR TOP STORY HOUR. THE STORM NOW MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND, THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, AFTER LEAVING DAMAGE ALONG THE GULF COAST. FRANCINE INITIALLY MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING LASHED LOUISIANA, RIPPING THE ROOFS, HOMES AND BUSINESSES AS WELL. HURRICANE FORCE GUSTY WINDS KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES AND IN SOME CASES ACTUALLY IGNITING THEM. LOUISIANA NOW IN CLEANUP MODE. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CONFIRMING THERE HAVE BEEN NO FATALITIES AND NO RESCUES EVEN NEEDED, MAKING IT EASY. TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO CLEAR UP THE DEBRIS. WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE STARTING OFF OUR IKE EJIOCHI THERE ON THE GROUND IN NEW ORLEANS. AND ALSO METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE, SHE'S TRACKING THE STORM. >> SO IKE, THIS LOOKS LIKE NEW ORLEANS AFTER A STORM FOR SURE. CLEARLY THERE IS SOME FLOODING AND SOME CARS STRANDED. THAT'S RIGHT, KYRA. RIGHT NOW WE ARE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND THIS IS GENERAL DE GAULLE DRIVE, THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE RIGHT BEHIND ME. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN THE OFFICIALS SAY FLASH FLOODING, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. A LOOK AT THE CARS STILL SUBMERGED HERE, OVER THERE, OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER. THAT'S A FORD ESCAPE ESSENTIALLY TIPPED ON ITS SIDE, HALF OF IT SUBMERGED IN WATER. RIGHT BEHIND ME IS A DODGE CHARGER, ESSENTIALLY IN WATER. AND TO MY LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, A VERY BIG CAR, HALF OF IT ALL UNDERWATER. YOU SEE THE WATER HAS ESSENTIALLY COME UP RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WHEEL WELLS. AND IF YOU WANT SOME EXPLANATION OF HOW BIG THAT IS, THAT COMES OUT TO A RIGHT ABOUT MY WAIST RIGHT HERE. THESE ARE COUPLE 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER RIGHT HERE IN GENERAL DE GAULLE DRIVE. AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS HERE IS BECAUSE IN THIS PORTION OF GENERAL DE GAULLE DRIVE, IT ESSENTIALLY ACTS LIKE A PIT. THE WATER HAS ESSENTIALLY GATHERED IN WHAT'S LIKE A BOWL LIKE STRUCTURE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY. AND IT'S CAUSED THIS ENTIRE AREA TO FLOOD OUT. AND IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO SEE IF THE CAMERA CAN ZOOM. THERE'S A PARK BENCH RIGHT OVER THERE AND OVER MY LEFT HAND SHOULDER. YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT NEXT TO THAT GARBAGE CAN COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. THIS IS WHAT OFFICIALS ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. THESE FLOODWATERS COME IN SO RAPIDLY, SO QUICKLY BUT IT CAN SURPRISE DRIVERS. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WE DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THE OWNERS OF THESE THREE VEHICLES BEHIND ME, BUT CLEARLY THEY LEFT THEM BEHIND IN ORDER TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND AND GET TO SAFETY. NOW, THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS BLOCKING THIS ENTIRE DRIVE OFF, MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE COMES THROUGH THIS AREA. BUT ALL OVER THIS PORTION OF NEW ORLEANS, THE LOWER PART OF THE CITY, WE'RE SEEING SCENES JUST LIKE THIS WHERE THOSE FLOODWATERS FROM FRANCE SEEN IS GATHERED AND ESSENTIALLY MADE THIS ROAD COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE HERE. >> WELL, SOMARA, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NOW ON THE STORM'S TRACK AND TIMING. LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT SO WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS MOVING THROUGH THE CORE OF IT, SHOULD I SAY IT'S THE WEAKER MISSISSIPPI, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING RAIN BANDS AS FAR EAST AS GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. THE REDS AND THE ORANGES IN THE YELLOW DENOTING THE HEAVIER RAINFALL FALLING RIGHT NOW FOR FRANCINE. WE ALSO ARE SEEING FRANCINE LIGHT UP THE BOARD WITH MULTIPLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES THAT ARE STILL IN EFFECT. YOU CAN SEE HEAVY RAIN RIGHT NOW MOVING TO PLACES LIKE TUPELO. SORRY, I'M HAVING ISSUES AT THIS CLICKER AGAIN. GOING TO STEP OFF FOR A MOMENT. JUST SWITCH THAT OUT. >> YEAH. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLE ALERTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING OFF IN THE GREEN WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES IN THE ORANGE. WE HAVE WIND ALERTS. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS AS WE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, THAT'S A SPOT THAT COULD BE PRONE TO FLOODING IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. HEAVY RAIN IS GOING TO MOVE THROUGH AS THEY'RE HEADED HOME, GETTING OFF WORK. 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS TO ACCOMPANY THAT. PLACES LIKE LITTLE ROCK ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND RAIN. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, IN PARTICULAR HAS A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK TODAY RIGHT ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR HITTING I-20 BIRMINGHAM, HEADED TOWARDS ATLANTA. WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN LOCALLY AND THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING. SO THE RAMIFICATIONS, THE IMPACTS OF FRENZIED ARE WIDE REACHING KYRA. WE'RE NOT DONE YET AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE FLOOD THREAT SWEPT ALL THE WAY NORTH INTO PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALL RIGHT, IKE SOMARA, THANKS, GUYS. LET'S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAVE. WELL, IT'S NOT JUST EMERGENCY CREWS ON THE GROUND IN THE GULF COAST. THERE'S A MASSIVE PART OF THE CLEANUP AND RECOVERY THAT'S TAKING PLACE. AND NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. SEVERAL VOLUNTEER AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE JUMPING INTO ACTION, AND THAT INCLUDES THE UNITED CAJUN. >> JOINING ME NOW, ITS PRESIDENT, TODD TYRRELL. SO TIRED I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH YOUR DEPUTY YESTERDAY, BRIAN THRASHER. HE WAS COORDINATING ALL THE EFFORTS THERE WITH THE TEAM IN NEW. >> HOW ARE THINGS TODAY AND HOW DID YOU RESPOND? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASED OUT OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, WITH OUR MAIN. WE HAVE SUPPLIES HERE. AND WE FROM HERE WE CAN KIND OF COORDINATE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH OF LOUISIANA. WE'RE SENDING A LOT OF SUPPLIES OUT. ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IS A LOT OF THE FLOODING OF THE CARS WENT ON. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, IN HOSPITALS AND STUFF THAT WERE GETTING OFF OF WORK OR GOING TO WORK. AND THEY ENCOUNTER FLASH FLOODING. SO THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO BE SOME RESCUES MADE. SO THAT WAS MOST OF RESCUES MADE. IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO HOSPITALS. >> SO THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD REPORTS THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DO ANY RESCUES. WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS? >> WE DID ABOUT SEVEN LAST NIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY THAT BAD OF RESCUES CAUSE THEY'VE ABOUT THREE FOOT OF WATER. THERE'S NO REASON TO MOBILIZE THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR STUFF LIKE THAT. WE HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE CAN HANDLE IT. WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE OFFICIALS THE WHOLE TIME. AND YOU, THEY WERE LIKE, IF Y'ALL CAN GET TO THEM BEFORE WE CAME, LET'S DO IT. >> THAT'S AMAZING. LET'S TALK MORE, TOO, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAD TO DEPLOY, WHAT OTHER TYPES OF EFFORTS, ASSETS, RESOURCES. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A LOT OF THESE SMALL TOWNS DO LIKE CHAUVIN, YOU KNOW, COCODRIE, LAFITTE, A LOT OF THESE SMALL TOWNS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN AND THEY'RE GOOD HARDWORKING PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT IN BOATS AND STUFF. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW IN CHAUVIN LOUISIANA, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OFFICIALS DOWN THERE TO GET THEM FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. IF WE CAN HELP THE FIRST RESPONDERS BE ABLE TO COMFORTED, HAVE FOOD AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOUSES, THEN THEY CAN GO OUT AND HELP THE COMMUNITY, EVEN MORE. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY SEE NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST HELPING EACH OTHER SO WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB. THIS A THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK CALL. I THINK WE LUCKED OUT. THIS STORM COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT, LOT WORSE. >> AGREED. AND THIS IS JUST THE LOUISIANA WAY AND WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LIVING THERE, WORKING THERE. AND IT REALLY IS AMAZING HOW ALL OF YOU COME TOGETHER WITH ALL YOUR YOUR RESOURCES TO HELP EACH OTHER. AND THE DANGER IS NECESSARY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. WE HAD GUYS HAD SHRIMP BOATS. IT LOADED THEM UP WITH FUEL. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOADING FUEL OFF THE SHRIMP BOATS ON THE GENERATORS AND STUFF SO THE LOCALS CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUEL ANYWHERE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. SO IT'S JUST YOU HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. YOU PITCH IN AND HELP. AND WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE HELP. WE OUGHT TO HELP. >> SO TRUE. AND MY GUESS IS THE SHRIMP WILL BE COMING INTO YOU'LL BE HAVING A BIG BOIL THIS WEEKEND. >> TODD, GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK. ALL RIGHT. YOU BET. WELL, FROM HURRICANES TO WILDFIRES, WE TAKE YOU OUT TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE THREE FIRES CURRENTLY BLAZING ACROSS CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN L.A., STANFORD ANDINO, ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE. OFFICIALS IN SAN BERNARDINO ACTUALLY ANNOUNCING CHARGES TODAY AGAINST THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF STARTING THAT MASSIVE WILDFIRE. >> THESE CHARGES ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE LINE FIRE AND ALL THREE OF THOSE EVENTS, WE BELIEVE, BASED ON EVIDENCE, ARE TO THIS ARSONIST. >> COUNT ONE WOULD COVER TEN YEARS TO LIFE. AND THEN THE OTHER ADDITIONAL COUNTS WOULD BE DETERMINED TERMS THAT POSSIBLY COULD GET UP TO 11 YEARS. THE SUSPECT BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT LATER TODAY. >> WELL, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN CLAIMING THAT HE WON. OUR ABC NEWS DEBATE DESPITE A PERFORMANCE THAT EVEN SOME REPUBLICAN SAY WASN'T REALLY HIS BEST. TRUMP IS MAKING THOSE COMMENTS ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM AS HE GETS READY FOR A RALLY IN ARIZONA. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ABOUT TO HOLD THE FIRST OF TWO CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S HOLDING A RALLY IN CHARLOTTE LATER THIS HOUR. WE'LL DIP IN THERE AND SEE HOW THAT'S GOING AS SOON SHE STARTS SPEAKING. ALSO, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GETTING READY FOR A RALLY IN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN ON THAT. WELL. JOINING ME NOW, NPR CORRESPONDENT AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR ASMA KHALID. ASTHMA. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO WE BOTH CAMPAIGNS TO FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD NOW THAT THE DEBATE IS OVER, MAYBE THE FOCUS IS ANOTHER DEBATE. >> YEAH, TO SOME. RIGHT. I MEAN, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE. THEY SEE THAT TO HAVE BEEN A BIG WIN. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THE HARRIS TEAM NOW IS TRYING TO KIND OF CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENTUM. THEY SAW THE DEBATE AS A BIG WIN. THEY'VE BEEN CUTTING ADS FROM, THE DEBATE PLAYING SOME OF THOSE. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO TRANSLATE THE MOMENTUM SHE HAD INTO VOTES. I MEAN, THIS RACE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLLS, IS STILL INCREDIBLY TIGHT. YOU MENTIONED NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S THERE. HER TEAM SAYS THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING SOME MORE RETAIL STOPS. SHE'LL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY ANTICIPATE DOING SOME LOCAL MEDIA INTERVIEWS AS WELL. SHE'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS NEXT WEEK. SO IT'S A LOT OF SORT OF RETAIL POLITICS GETTING HERSELF OUT THERE. >> IN TERMS OF THE TRUMP TEAM. LOOK, I MEAN, THE DEBATE BY WOULD SAY MOST OBJECTIVE MEASURES WAS NOT A REAL NIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP. THE CHALLENGE HE HAS IS TRYING TO FOCUS ON POLICIES. AND THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE FROM HIM. YOU MENTIONED THAT SPEECH IN ARIZONA, THE EVENT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE ECONOMY. NOW, IF DONALD TRUMP CAN REALLY KEEP THE MESSAGE ON, THE ECONOMY, THAT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR HIM. IT'S AN ISSUE WHERE REPUBLICANS TEND TO DO BETTER THAN DEMOCRATS. >> IT'S A REAL VULNERABILITY FOR KAMALA HARRIS. BUT THE CHALLENGE WITH TRUMP IS THAT HE DOESN'T OFTEN STAY ON MESSAGE. >> WELL, ONE THING THAT HE DID STAY ON MESSAGE DURING THE DEBATE WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT TARIFFS AND J.D. VANCE IS NOW DEFEND HIM ON THIS PLAN TO IMPOSE MORE TARIFFS IF HE WINS IN NOVEMBER, IN NOVEMBER. >> WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS? YEAH, SO TARIFFS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL SORT OF REAL PERSONAL ABOUT BECAUSE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DIGGING INTO ECONOMIC POLICY. I HAVE VISITED WHERE, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE REAL CONFLICTED ABOUT THE TARIFFS BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THESE WORK IS IN THEORY AS TRUMP SAYS, HE BILLS THIS AS BEING A COST FOR COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA IN PARTICULAR. >> THAS NOT THE REALITY. A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU'LL SEE SORT OF MIDDLE MANUFACTURERS SAY A COMPANY THAT MAKES SOUND SYSTEMS, THE SCREWS, THE PARTS THAT THEY IMPORT FROM CHINA. THAT'S WHAT IS FACING A TARIFF. SO IT'S THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OFTEN END UP PAYING THE TARIFFS. AND THEY CAN EITHER EAT THOSE COSTS OR THEY CAN PASS THEM ON TO CONSUMERS. AND A LOT OF COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PASSING THEM ON TO CONSUMERS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ECONOMISTS REPORTS ON THIS, THE BULK OF THE TARIFFS THAT DONALD TRUMP PUT IN PLACE ON CHINA, THAT JOE BIDEN KEPT IN PLACE HAVE BEEN PAID FOR BY AMERICAN CONSUMERS. YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A MESSAGE THAT IS TOUGH ON CHINA. THE REALITY IS THOSE COSTS ARE OFTEN PAID BY AMERICANS. >> ASMA KHALID, GREAT TO SEE YOU. ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. COMING UP, PUTIN WARNING IF YOU CREATE ATTACKS DEEPER INSIDE RUSSIA, IT MEANS NATO'S HAS ENTERED THIS WAR. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES NEXT. TONIGHT, THE TRACK OF FRANCE SEE THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL ,THE IMPACT. PLUS, THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS, MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. AND BY THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WORLD, WHICH SHAPE YOUR LIFE? JOINING THAT STUNNING, EMPOWERING SHOW ON FRIDAY, THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ON AT KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. CLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN, CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND, PUTTING FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICAN THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY? WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS THE START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW WARS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. WORTHLESS NING. TO START HERE, ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN JUST IN THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL OF KEY ACTUALLY PLEDGING ANOTHER $700 MILLION IN MILITARY AID. THIS COMES AMID A GROWING DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE U.S. SHOULD ALLOW UKRAINIAN FORCES TO STRIKE DEEPER INSIDE RUSSIA WITH AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL JOINS ME NOW FROM EASTERN UKRAINE. SO, IAN BLINKEN SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS LIMITS ON UKRAINIAN STRIKE LINES WITH. PRESIDENT BIDEN. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? I JUST HAD A CHANCE TO TALK REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT THIS COULD BE A DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE, THAT AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS COULD POSSIBLY BE USED INSIDE RUSSIA. >> YEAH, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY MET WITH SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN IS THAT HE GAVE THEM EFFECTIVELY A LIST OF TARGETS. IN OTHER WORDS, TRYING TO PROVIDE REASSURANCE TO THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY WON'T JUST BE USED RANDOMLY. THAT IN PARTICULAR, IT'S NOT NOTHING TO DO WITH OCCUPIED CRIMEA OR RUSSIAN FORCES ELSEWHERE. >> THIS IN PARTICULAR TRYING TO TARGET THOSE AREAS FROM RUSSIA FROM WHICH ATTACKS AGAINST UKRAINE AND LAUNCH WEAPONS DEPOTS, FUEL STORAGE, THOSE KIND OF SITES. >> AND ALSO TO TRY AND UNSETTLE I THINK THE RUSSIAN PSYCHE. I THINK THEY FEEL THAT MANY RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN INSULATED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR. AND THIS COULD CHANGE THE KIND OF POLITICAL, DIPLOMATIC NARRATIVE. NOW, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN FAIRLY CLEAR THAT IT WON'T LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES WHO PROVIDES THESE WEAPONS. THE UNITED KINGDOM DOES AS WELL. THE STORMS SHADOW MISSILES. IT'S CONCEIVABLE THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF FUDGE DEAL WHEREBY THE UNITED KINGDOM WOULD LIFT RESTRICTIONS WITH THE, SAY SO WITH THE NOD OF THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS ABSOLUTELY KEY. BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL AGREE TO. >> BUT OF COURSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ARE GOING TO MEET AT THE UPCOMING SUMMIT. >> SO PUTIN WARNED THAT UKRAINE USING THESE LONG RANGE WEAPONS WOULD MEAN NATO'S IS INVOLVED IN THIS WAR. CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT FOR A MINUTE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT? YOU KNOW, THIS COULD HAVE IF INDEED THAT HAPPENS? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A VERY STRIDENT STATEMENT FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN, CHARACTERISTICALLY. SO HE'S NOT THAT HE'S GIVEN TO MAKING THESE. REMEMBER, THIS IS A MAN WHO BACK IN MAY WHEN PRESIDENT MACRON, FRANCE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FRENCH TROOPS COMING HERE TO UKRAINE TO TRAIN UKRAINIAN FORCES. PRESIDENT PUTIN AT THAT TIME WARNED ABOUT WORLD WAR. IN THE PAST, HE'S TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR IF CERTAIN RED LINES WERE CROSSED. AND THOSE RED LINES HAVE BEEN WELL AND TRULY CROSSED. WHAT DO YOU WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID TODAY WAS, IF IT HAPPENED THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED, IT WOULD MEAN THAT NATO COUNTRIES, THE U.S. AND, EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WOULD BE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA AND THEN ISSUED THIS KIND OF FAIRLY THINLY VEILED THREAT, SAYING WE WOULD BEGIN TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE THREATS THAT WILL BE CREATED FOR US. >> CLEARLY, TO INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS, I THINK IN THE WEST TO NOT GO WITH THAT. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE RUSSIAN RESPONSE WOULD BE AND KIND OF SEEN THIS PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE WAR. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY WEAPONS THAT THE WEST DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE UKRAINE WITH BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD PROVOKE VLADIMIR PUTIN. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT F-16S NOW. AT ONE POINT THAT WAS A RED LINE THAT THEY FELT THEY COULDN'T CROSS. I THINK FOR THE UKRAINIANS, THEY FEEL IF THEY CAN TARGET THESE SITES WITHIN RUSSIA, IT WILL UNSETTLE THE RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE. IT WILL DENY THEM, FOR INSTANCE, EASY ACCESS TO AMMUNITION AND TO FUEL, BUT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE RUSSIAN POPULATION, CREATE POLITICAL PRESSURES FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE UKRAINIAN OCCUPATION OF THIS KURSK REGION ALSO THE KREMLIN. >> SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY HEY, EVERYONE, I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. WE TAKE YOU NOW TO CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS HOLDING HER FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY SINCE OUR ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. SHE IS GREETING THERE ON STAGE A BIG CROWD OF SUPPORTERS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE. SHE VERY MUCH HOPES TO SWING THIS ELECTION NOW JUST LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY. SUSIE TASTIC CROWD AS SHE TRIES TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENTUM FROM DEBATE. A NEW POLL OUT JUST TODAY SHOWS THAT SHE DID HAVE A LEAD AMONG VOTERS WHO WATCHED THAT DEBATE. LET'S LISTEN IN NOW TO VICE KAMALA HARRIS. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT HAS BEEN A LET OUT AND OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'LL GET WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO . I ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? >> NORTH CAROLINA? YEAH. IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO BE BACK IN SOUTH. >> AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR STACEY FOR TELLING? INCREDIBLE. >> AND CAN WE PLEASE THANK THAT INCREDIBLE ANTHONY HAMILTON FOR HIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE? I LOVE AP OUTLETS. IT OH, AND IT IS SO GOOD. >> I LOVE YOU VERY. >> OH AND WE HAVE SO MANY OUTSTANDING LEADERS TODAY, INCLUDING MY FRIEND GOVERNOR ROY COOPER. YOUR NEXT AND YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN. >> AND HERE WITH US, YOUR NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONGRESSMAN JESSE JACKSON JACKSON MAY ALLOWS MY DEAR FRIEND, THE COUNCIL OF CANDIDATES AND ALL THE LEADERS WHO ARE WITH US TODAY, I THANK YOU ALL, EVERYONE, EVERYONE HERE FOR TAKING TIME AND DOING THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S THE THING. OKAY. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. OKAY, SO NORTH, YOU PROBABLY KNOW. >> PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. IF YOU HAVE A CHAIR. TWO NIGHTS AGO, DONALD TRUMP AND I HAD OUR FIRST DEBATE, AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE BECAUSE THIS ELECTION AND WHAT IS AT STAKE COULD NOT BE. MORE IMPORTANT ON TUESDAY NIGHT ,I TALKED ABOUT ISSUES THAT I KNOW MATTER TO FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA LIKE, BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING, INVESTING IN AMERICA'S BUSINESSES, PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND KEEPING AND KEEPING OUR NATION SAFE AND, SECURE. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP. >> INSTEAD, IT WAS THE SAME OLD SHOW THAT SAME TIRED PLAYBOOK THAT WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS WITH NO PLAN FOR HOW HE WOULD ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM. IT'S NOT ABOUT. WELL, FOLKS, I SAID THEN I SAY IT NOW IT'S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE TURN THAT PAGE IF YOU BECOME TO YOUR POINT, TO YOUR POINT, AMERICA IS READY A NEW WAY FORWARD. >> WE ARE READY FOR A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP THAT IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER. THAT IS WHY DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE SUPPORTING OUR CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN. OVER 200 PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH, JOHN MCCAIN AND MITT ROMNEY HAVE ENDORSED ME FOR PRESIDENT PRESIDENT. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY ARE SUPPORTING ME AS WELL, BECAUSE, AS THEY SAID, WE A DUTY AS CITIZENS TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTISANSHIP AND DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. >> AND THAT IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU . I WILL ALWAYS PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND. >> I WILL BE A PRESIDENT. I WORD WE IT'S FINE TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARD. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE A FUTURE WITH AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE PAID LEAVE AN AFFORDABLE HEALTH, A FUTURE WHERE WE BUILD WHAT I CALL OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. SO EVERY AMERICAN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HOME, TO BUILD WEALTH, TO START A BUSINESS. >> AND, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER NIGHT. >> I LOVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. I REALLY DO. I LOVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. >> BUT I AND THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE HERE. AND THE THING ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, MY SO FIRST OF ALL, MY MOTHER WORKED VERY HARD AND THERE WAS A LADY WHO HELPED RAISE WHO WAS A SECOND MOTHER TO US. WE FELT IF SHE WAS A SMALL BUSINESS AND I GREW UP AND UNDERSTANDING OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THEIR THEIR THEIR LEADERS, THE COMMUNITY, THE CIVIC LEADERS THEY HIRE LOCALLY. THEY MENTOR. THEY'RE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA'S ECONOMY. SO MY PLAN IS TO GIVE A $50,000 TAX DEDUCTION TO START SMALL BUSINESSES, CAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY STARTED OUT WITH $400 MILLION ON A SILVER PLATTER AND THEN FILED FOR SIX TIMES. BUT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE INGENUITY THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THE WORK ETHIC AND THE AMBITION TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK AND JUST NEED TO BE SEEN AND SUPPORTED FOR WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO FOR ALL OF US AND OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IN AMERICA. >> AND SO WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME AUDIO ISSUES OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' REMARKS. WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A BETTER FEED OF THE AUDIO THAT WILL NOT BREAK UP. SO LET'S LISTEN BACK IN NOW. I HAVE A PLAN TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING FOR AMERICA'S FAMILIES ON EVERYTHING FROM HEALTH TO GROCERIES. UNDER MY PLAN, MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS WILL GET A TAX BREAK AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY WILL GO BACK INTO YOUR POCKETS, INCLUDING $6,000 DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF A CHILD'S. AND I WILL ALWAYS PUT MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING FAMILIES FIRST. >> I UP A MIDDLE CLASS KID. I WOULD MY MOTHER WHO SAVED UP AND BY THE TIME I WAS A TEENAGER, SHE WAS ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY OUR FIRST HOME. >> I UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE WORK AND HAVE DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND NEED TO BE PUT FIRST. UNDERSTANDING AGAIN. >> WHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS IS STRONG, AMERICA IS STRONG AMERICANS. >> BUT DONALD TRUMP, WELL, HE HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN JUST TO GO JUST GOOGLE PROJECT 2025 . IT A DETAILED AND DANGEROUS BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT HE WILL DO IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. DONALD TRUMP WILL GIVE BILLIONAIRES AND BIG CORPORATIONS MASSIVE TAX AND CUT CORPORATE TAXES BY OVER $1,000,000,000,000 EVEN AS THEY PULL IN PROFITS, HE WILL ADD MORE THAN $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HOLDING HER FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY SINCE THAT ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT. >> SHE IS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SAYING THERE ARE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. THIS IS AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAID HE WOULD NOT BE DOING ANOTHER DEBATE. HARRIS SAID THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER AND SHE REPEATED MANY OF THOSE, SHE SAID AS SHE FACED OFF WITH DONALD TRUMP TUESDAY NIGHT, SAYING HE REPEATED THAT SAME TIRED PLAYBOOK. AND IT IS TIME. TURN THE PAGE. LET'S BRING IN OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG, WHO IS TRAVELING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT. SHE'S IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. HARRIS IS SET TO SPEAK THERE AT A RALLY LATER TONIGHT. SELINA, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU IN THIS CAMPAIGN EVENT? THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD HER, THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SINCE TUESDAY'S DEBATE? >> YEAH, ELIZABETH. WELL, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SHE'S TRYING TO BUILD OFF OF THAT MOMENTUM AFTER THAT DEBATE. THE CAMPAIGN IS FEELING THAT SHE D EXTREMELY WELL. SHE BEAT DONALD TRUMP IN THAT DEBATE. BUT THEY INSIST THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY VICTORY LAPS, THAT THEY'RE HARD TO WIN THIS RACE. THEY STILL BELIEVE THEY'RE THE UNDERDOGS HERE. AND CAMPAIGN SOURCES TELL ME THAT FUNDAMENTALLY THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS RACE HAS NOT CHANGED, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY CLOSE AND THE POLLS HAVE SO FAR SHOWED THAT THIS RACE IS ESSENTIALLY LOCKED IN A DEAD HEAT. AND ELIZABETH, IT IS NOTABLE THAT SHE IS CHOOSING NORTH CAROLINA AS HER FIRST CAMPAIGN STOP AFTER THAT DEBATE WITH DONALD TRUMP. SHE'S MAKING TWO STOPS, FIRST IN CHARLOTTE, THEN IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, SHE'LL BE HERE IN. >> GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, IS A STATE THAT HAD REALLY FALLEN OUT OF REACH. BIDEN WAS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, BUT NOW WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS THE NOMINEE, THE CAMPAIGN BELIEVES THEY HAVE A REAL CHANCE HERE THAT NORTH CAROLINA COULD BE VIABLE. NOW, THIS IS A CRITICAL STATE, HAS NOT GONE DEMOCRATIC SINCE OBAMA IN 2008, BUT THEY'RE SEEING NEW MOMENTUM HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG AND VOTERS OF COLOR. ELIZABETH AND SELINA HEARD AT THE VERY TOP OF THE VICE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS, HER SAYING THAT OWE TO THE VOTERS. HER CAMPAIGN, OF COURSE, CALLED FOR ANOTHER DEBATE RIGHT AFTER. HER PERFORMANCE TUESDAY. HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT WE SEE THAT AT THIS POINT? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE CHANCES THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN, THAT SHE FACES AGAIN ON THE STAGE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT? YEAH, WELL, ELIZABETH, LOOK, THE VICE PRESIDENT, SHE CALLED FOR THAT THIRD DEBATE PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT DEBATE WITH, TRUMP WRAPPED UP. THEY KNEW THAT SHE NAILED THAT DEBATE. NOW, DONALD TRUMP IS JUST SAYING ON HIS OWN SHOW THAT THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. AFTER THAT DEBATE. OF COURSE, HE WENT TO THE SPIN ROOM IMMEDIATELY TO SAY THAT HE BELIEVED SHE HAD PERFORMED WELL. BUT OF COURSE, MANY REPUBLICAN EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE MISSED A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE. THAT HE TOOK THE BAIT EVERY SINGLE TIME HARRIS TRIED TO UNDER HIS SKIN. SO DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW IS ON DEFENSE, IS ON THE BACK FOOTING. AND CLEARLY IT TURNED SOCIAL, SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER DEBATE. BUT OF COURSE, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THEIR TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR ANOTHER DEBATE. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO DONALD TRUMP. THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY DESERVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THESE TWO CANDIDATES BE SIDE SIDE AND REALLY FLESH OUT WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE. NOW, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AT THIS NEWS, MORE AGGRESSIVE PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN. THEY ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP AND NOT JUST MAKE THIS ABOUT DEFINING HARRIS, BUT ALSO REMINDING AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT ANOTHER DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY COULD MEAN. AND THEY'RE PAINTING IT AS A DARK AND DIVISIVE FUTURE. ELIZABETH RYAN OF COURSE, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS WE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN, THE DEBATE WAS THAT SHE DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAILS OF HER PLANS. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH SHE DOES GIVE AS SHE LAYS OUT THOSE POLICIES IN THESE RALLIES AND IN THE DAYS AHEAD. SELINA WANG OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT THERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE DO HAVE MUCH MORE NEWS AHEAD . WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ISIS'S PLUNDERED COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED. BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU WITH THEY LOOK HERE, SMILE. >> YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHERE ARE YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. IT'S DAVID. >> THEY. >> YES, YES, I'M DAVID. >> ARE I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT ON ABC'S "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURE . BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. THE CRITICS AGREE AND HATED THE GRAPHIC. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE AFTER A SINGLE BEATLES. WELL, WE DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE, THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LOVE AMERICA. >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS I'M ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY REPORTING ON TROPICAL STORM DEBBY AS IT ROLLS TOWARDS FLORIDA >>> WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW ON ""GMA" 3", FRANCINE ON THE MOVE THE TRACK AND TIMING AND THE WILDFIRES IN THE WEST, THE NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY. >>> SEAN DIDDY COMBS DENYING NEW ACCUSATIONS A FORMER BAND MATE ACCUSING HIM OF TERRORIZING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER. OUR TEAM WITH THE "GMA" 3 DEEP DIVE. >>> AND ACTIVIST TIM TEBOW SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. THE WORK HE'S DOING NOW AND HOW YOU CAN HELP. >>> WHO IS THIS GUY? >> HE'S NOT REALLY BIG ON EYE CONTACT OR TALKING, BUT HE'S A REALLY SWEET GUY. >> THE HILARIOUS LEWIS BLACK AS "INSIDE OUT 2" HERE WITH A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. >>> AND SCAM ALERT. EVER GET A TEXT FROM AN UNFAMILIAR NUMBER SAYING, HELLO. SOME VERY GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER ANSWER IT. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT WITH WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE SCAM KNOWN AS THE CRYPTO CON. >> NO, YOU DIDN'T. >> WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL THE OTHERS? >> NOTHING. SHE'S ACTUALLY DEAD. >> THE PRESTIGE ACTOR SO GOOD HE'S UP FOR TWO EMMYS. WE SIT DOWN WITH THE LEGENDARY STAR JONATHAN PRYCE. >> BACK AT HOME, WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. >> THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES JUST COMING IN. THE FIRST CIVILIANPACE WALK IN HISTORY. PART OF THE POLARIS DAWN SPACE MISSION. >>> AND THE HIGH-FLYING VMA HIGHLIGHTS. KATY AND A TENDER SHOUTOUT. >> EVERYTHING THIS MAN TOUCHES TURNS TO HAPPINESS AND FUN ASK MAGIC. >> NOW, FROM TIMES SQUARE, DeMARCO MORGAN AND EVA PILGRIM WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON WHAT YOU LIKE TO CALL IT, BABY FRIDAY. >> A LITTLE MAGIC. >> WE'RE ALL SO HAPPY FOR TAYLOR SWIFT. LET'S GET TO SOME HEADLINES. WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. LET'S TURN TURN TO WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST HEADLINES. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, PERRY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. WE BEGIN WITH FRANCINE MARCHING NORTH AND THE HIGH-FLOOD RISK. >> FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL 19 HOURS AGO, AND WITH IT CAME THE SURGE, FLASH FLOODING, TORNADOES, ALL OF THE THINGS WE KNEW WERE COMING WITH IT, BUT NOW IT'S STILL AROUND. EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT TROPICAL STORM CONSTITUTION ANY LONGER, YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF FLOOD WATCHES, WIND ADVISORIES THAT GO THROUGH ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI. BUT I WANTED TO MENTION SPECIFICALLY BIRMINGHAM, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH SIDE, FLOODS SO EASILY, SO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK. THE WHOLE STATE OF ALABAMA AND TOMORROW IT MOVES INTO GEORGIA. >> AND EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA AS MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES ARE DESTROYED BY FAST-MOVING WILDFIRES NEAR LOS ANGELES. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES FORCED LEAVE THEIR HOMES. COOLER WEATHER TODAY MAY HELP. OFFICIALS IN JEFR COUNTY, COLORADO, SAY A HOMEOWNER IS UNDER ARREST FOR SHOOTING A 1-YEAR-OLD FOR TRESPASSING. THE INJURED TEEN WERE LOOKED TO SEE IF THEY COULD USE THAT LOCATION FOR HOME COMING PHOTOS. NO WORD ON THE CONDITION. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. >>> AND WHILE FILM ING WITH THE VIDEO CREW IN NASHVILLE, JOHN BON JOVI HELPED SAVE A LIFE. HE PULLED A 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WAS DISTRAUGHT AT THE TIME OFF THE BRIDGE. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, CALL OR TEXT THE NATIONAL LIFELINE AT 988. >>> SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC SHINING E ING BRIGHTLY. HOT TO GO FAME WINNING BEST NEW ARTIST TAYLOR SWIFT TAKING HOME SEVEN AND BECOME ING THE MOST DECORATED SOLO ARTIST IN VMA HISTORY. SHE'S NOW TIED WITH BEYONCE FOR THE MOST OVERALL VMAs. >> THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. >>> TURNING NOW TO A NEW MEDICAL STUDY LOOKING AT VISION PROBLEMS AND DEMENTIA. HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN IS NEUROLOGIST DR. LEAH CROWE. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> TELL US ABOUT THIS STUDY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? >> WE KNOW DEMENTIA IS A HUGE PROBLEM. 55 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE LIVING WITH IT. BUT WHAT WE'RE LEARNING LATELY IS THAT SO MANY OF THOSE CASES ARE ACTUALLY PREVENTABLE. AND THIS STUDY IS TEACHING US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. SO THIS STUDY LOOKED AT COGNITIVE AND VISION ASSESSMENT DATA FROM ALMOST 3,000 AMERICANS AGES 65 AND UP AND FOUND THAT UP TO 19% OF DEMENTIA CASES COULD BE LINKED TO VISION IMPAIRMENT. NOW BREAKING THAT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER, 15% OF DEMENTIA CASES COULD BE LINKED TO ISSUES WITH CONTRAST SENSITIVITY, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SHADES AND COLORS, 10% COULD BE LINKED TO ISSUES WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT AND 5% LINKED TO ISSUES WITH DISTANCE VISION I WANT PARMT. SO PUTTING THAT ALTOGETHER, 1 IN 5 CASES ARE POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE BY TREATING VISION ISSUES. >> ALL I'M HEARING IS PREVENTABLE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO US? >> TWO JOBS. NUMBER ONE IS STAY ON TOP OF YOUR YEARLY EYE EXAM. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT SCREENING DONE. AND NUMBER TWO, BE AWARE AS WE GET OLDER, VISION PROBLEMS TEND TO COME WITH THAT. SO DON'T WAIT, DON'T LET PROBLEMS FESTER, BE PROACTIVE ABOUT GETTING CHECKED OUT. 90% OF VISION PROBLEMS ARE TREATABLE. >> SO AMAZE ING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD RIGHT HERE ON ""GMA" 3." THE NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEAN DIDDY COMBS. >>> PLUS THE FORMER ATHLETE STEPPING UP TO STOP THE EXPLOY TOIGS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ONLINE. WHAT'S DRIVING TIM TEBOW, IN THIS FIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK. It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. What will they be wearing on TV's biggest night, the fashion, the style, and the Stars tomorrow Robson Hollywood with a fashion preview at the Emmys. Plus a first look at her, any special so crazy tomorrow in DNA, Tonight, the track of Francine the damage as Millions, feel the impact. Plus the historic debate, new numbers and more Fallout World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast The countdown to the Emmys is on, love it. Oh my God, this is great. But first, before TV's biggest night, it's crazy. I was shocked, yes, chef come, see incredible Emmy special care about that. Ladies and gentlemen, the 76th Emmys a night of Firsts with Robin Roberts. It'll be a crazy good sign. So crazy ID night at 8:00, 7:00 Central on what network are we on ABC? ABC. Oh my God, how do you spell that ABC? >>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." SEAN DIDDY COMBS IS FACING A NEW LAWSUIT FROM A FORMER BAND MATE. >> THE LAWSUIT FROM A MEMBER ACCUSES HIM OF TERRORIZING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER. SHE CLAIMS SHE WITNESSED DIDDY BEATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND. JOINING US TO DISCUSS IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTEOR AND ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMEYER AND OUR FRIEND AND HOST MIKE MUS. GOOD TO SEE YOU. A CONTESTANT IN THE BAND SHOW, WALK US THROUGH THE ALLEGATIONS. >> I WOULD DIVIDE THE ALLEGATIONS INTO TWO CATEGORIES. ONE INVOLVING HER WORK AS A COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN. YOU'RE GET TING THE BREACH OF CONTRACT, THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, BUT THE MORE SALACIOUS CATEGORY THAT INVOLVES ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. SHE'S MAKING AELLEGATIONS THAT DID SHE WITNESS SOME OF THE MOST HORRIBLE ALLEGATIONS, BUT SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO HER OWN SEXUAL ABUSE WHEN SHE WAS IN A CHANGING ROOM NAKED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN HELPING HER GET COSTUME CHANGES FOR EVENTS THAT SEAN COMBS WOULD COME IN AND GROPE HER IN THE BUTT TOX AND BREAST AREA. AND WHEN SHE WAS PUT IN A VEHICLE WITH NO LOCKS ON THE INSIDE AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT WAS BY CALLING HER FATHER FROM BALTIMORE WHEN SHE WAS IN NEW YORK AND HE HAD TO DRIVE UP AND RESCUE HER FROM THIS. ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING HER TIME WITH SEAN COMBS THROUGHOUT HER PERFORMANCES AND HER WORK WITH HIM. >> DIDDY'S LAWYER HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, MR. COMBS IS SHOCKED AND DAYS POINTED BY THIS LAWSUIT. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REWRITE HISTORY, DAWN RICHARD HAS NOW MANUFACTURED A SERIES OF FALSE CLAIMS ALL IN THE HOPES OF TRYING TO GET A PAYDAY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SHE'S CAST THEIR 20-YEAR FRIENDSHIP ASIDE TO TRY TO GET MONEY FROM HIM. MR. COMBS IS STANDING ON TRUTH AND LOOKS FORWARD TO PROVING THAT IN COURT. HOW IS THE MUSIC WORLD RESPONDING TO THIS? >> THE MUSIC WORLD IS RESPONDING IN THE WAY THAT THERE'S NO LONGER A SHOCK. THE MUSIC WORLD IS BEGINNING TO ARE THE ACTS THAT SEAN COMBS HAS DONE INTO THE FULL LIGHT OF WHAT IT IS. I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONTINUOUSLY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT THEY ARE HEARING AND SEEING, BUT ARE NO LONGER SURPRISED OR SHOCKED AT THIS. THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS THANKFUL IN SUPPORTING THESE BRAVE WOMEN WHO ARE COMING OUT IN FULL SUPPORT OF THESE WOMEN. >> DIDDY FACES EARLIER LAWSUITS INVOLVING SEX TRAFFIC KING. WE REMEMBER THAT VIDEO RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT APPEARS TO SHOW DIDDY ATTACKING HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND CASSIE WHO SUED HIM FOR RAPE AND ABUSE. WHAT DOES THIS NEW LAWSUIT MEAN? >> UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE CIVIL CASE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. AS I'M READING IT HERE, I'M THINKING THAT THE FEDS ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS ANOTHER POTENTIAL WITNESS. THESE ARE LEADS WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH. SHE'S EITHER GOING TO CORROBORATE THE EVIDENCE THAT SHE PRESENTED THEM IN INTERVIEWS OR GRAND JURY, AS WE MIGHT SUGGEST MIGHT BE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO THE FOR HERSELF. SO WE MIGHT SEE RICHARD IN A FUTURE INVESTIGATION, MAYBE IN A GRAND JURY AS WE'RE SEEING THIS CONTINUE. >> THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE STRONG AND VERY SERIOUS. THANK YOU BOTH. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> COMING UP NEXT ON "GMA3," THE FORMER NFL STAR ON A CRITICAL NEW MISSION. >> TIM TEBOW IS HERE ON HIS ACTIONS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM The stories that shape your world that shape your life dramatic stunning empowering genre the most powerful stories of our time Nightline on right after Kimball and streaming on Hulu. Whenever Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo Uvalde. Texas, Edinburgh, Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork. Mississippi the cranium refugees here in Warsaw committing to a small community outside of Mexico. City getting you behind the stories as they happen, ABC. News live Prime will take you there stream ABC News live weeknights wherever you stream, your news only on, ABC, News live. 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ONE ATHLETE IS USING HIS VOICE IMAGES OF CHILDREN FROM BEING SHARED ONLINE. >> IT'S AMAZING WORK HERE. THE TIM TEBOW FIRSTOUNDATION LAUNCHED THE RENEWED HOPE ACT OF 2024 AND IT'S PICKING UP STEAM IN CONGRESS. THE EFFORT AIMS TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG VICTIMS AND STOP EXPLOITATION IN ITS TRACKS. JOINING US NOW IS THE MAN HIMSELF TIM TEBOW. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY LIVES THAT ARE ON THE LINE. >> HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? WHEN DID THIS BECOME YOUR MISSION? >> WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR OVER A DECADE, BUT THIS FIGHT AGAINST EXPLOITATION FOR US ESCALATED UNDER FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN ONE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS, HE'S BEEN IN THE SPACE FIGHTING FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I SAID WHAT BREAKS YOUR HEART THE MOST. SHE WROTE DOWN THE NUMBER 20,000. I SAID WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT? SHE SAID THAT REPRESENTS THE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN SEE IN ABUSE AND RAPE VIDEOSES, BUT THEY HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY THEM. SO WE CONVENED A MEETING OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS IN THIS SPACE AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND FOUND IT'S NOT 20,000. IT'S OVER 50,000 BOYS AND GIRLS. >> THAT'S IN ONE DATABASE. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT. WE KNOW THAT'S THE BOYS AND GIRLS THEY CAN SEE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S SO MANY MORE THAT HAVE YET TO SEE. FROM OPERATION RENEWED HOPE WAS AN OPERATION AROUND A YEAR AGO WHERE 316 BOYS AND GIRLS WERE IDENTIFIED. ONE OF THE SWEET GIRLS THAT WAS RESCUED WHEN THEY WENT IN AND FOUND THE OFFENDER AND LOOKED AT HIS MATERIAL THROUGH THAT, THEY FOUND EIGHT OTHER KIDS THAT WERE BEING ABUSED. SO WE KNOW THAT THROUGH GETTING TO ONE, WE CAN GET TO SO MANY MORE. >> WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO IDENTIFY AND FIND THESE CHILDREN? >> BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WITH THE GOAL TO DO EVIL, NUMBER ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, WORK TOGETHER MANY TIMES BETTER THAN THE GOAL TO DO GOOD. THE WAY THEY COACH AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, THE WAY THEY TALK AND UNDERSTAND RULES, THE WAY WE HAD THE CHANCE TO READ TO A FEW MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA A FEW DAYS AGO A CHAT WHERE THEY WERE TALKING AND ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER. I CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO ABUSE YOUR DAUGHTER AND GET AWAY WITH IT. I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THIS. THIS IS SO THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT. THAT'S WHY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONGRESS AND ALL OF US, AN ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO GOOD TO PROTECT THE NEXT GENERATION HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO GOOD. WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IS WHY WE DON'T IS PEOPLE CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT THE CREDIT INSTEAD OF THE MISSION. BUT WHAT IF CREDIT DIDN'T MATTER. WHAT IF IT WAS ONLY ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS. WHAT IF THAT WAS IT? WHAT IF IT WASN'T ABOUT WHO GETS THE PACE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MISSION. CAN IT GET DONE. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO DO IT BETTER THAN THOSE WITH THE GOAL TO DO EVIL. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE? >> SO WE CAN GET BILLS LIKE THIS PASSED. SO WE CAN GET THE MAN POWER, THE ARMY AND THE EQUIPPING OF THAT ARMY. RIGHT NOW AT THE CYBER CRIMES CENTER, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN, BUT THERE'S SEVEN IDENTIFICATION SPECIALISTS. THEIR GOAL IS TO GO THROUGH THE WORST MATERIAL TO LOOK AT IT AND IDENTIFY THESE BOYS AND GIRLS. YOU'RE PUTTING THIS ON SEVEN INDIVIDUALS. NO, WE NEED AN ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO GO DO IT. AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THIS BILL DOES. IT GIVES HSI THE ABILITY THE TO HIRE MORE VICTIM IDENTIFICATION SPECIALISTS AND ENLIST INVESTIGATORS TO BE ABLE TO GO AFTER AND PROTECT AND RESCUE THESE BOYS AND GIRLS. >> WHAT CAN PARENTS DO? >> I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, PARENTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR BOYS AND GIRLS. THEY NEED TO TALK TO THEM AT THE DUNNER TABLE. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND EVERY TIME THEY GET ON THE INTERNET IT IS AS DANGEROUS, IF NOT MORE DANGEROUS, THAN BACK IN THE DAY WHEN A BOY OR GIRL WOULD WALK INTO A MALL. YOU'D NEVER SAY, HEY, GO WALK INTO A MALL AND TALK TO STRANGERS. YOU WOULD THE NEVER SAY THAT. EVERY TIME WE GO ON THE INTERNET, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PERPETRATORS AND OFFENDERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. THEY WORK TOGETHER ON HOW TO LURE AND GROOM THEM TO BRING THEM OVER. THEY FIND A WEAKNESS. THEY FIND A VULNERABILITY. THEY FIND SOMEONE THAT'S UPSET AND LURE THEM INTO IT. UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ONLINE. THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN HELP. THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT APPS. THAT'S A PIECE OF THIS. BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, NOT EVERYBODY OUT THERE ACTUALLY INTENDS TO DO GOOD FOR YOU. AND I HATE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT KIDS TO FEEL NEGATIVE, BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO BE PROTECTED. >> WHAT A WAY TO USE YOUR PLATFORM PROTECTING OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. >> WE'RE TRYING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON GU"GMA" THE HISTORIC MOMENT IN SPACE. >> THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES JUST COMING IN. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. "GMA3" CONTINUES AFTER THE BREAK. First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened ove, , , clashing over National Security. What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? The worries, on Wall Street, fast, straight forward with some fun in between catching up on sleep. During the weekend could be good for your heart. Non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities. That's the spirit America This Morning. America's number one, early morning news on, ABC News live. It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. The countdown to the Emmys is on, love it. Oh my God, this is great. But first, before TV's biggest night, it's crazy. I was shocked, yes, chef come, see incredible Emmy special care about that. Ladies and gentlemen, the 76th Emmys a night of Firsts with Robin Roberts. It'll be a crazy good sign. So crazy ID night at 8:00, 7:00 Central on what network are we on ABC? ABC. Oh my God, how do you spell that ABC? >>> MENOPAUSE AND THE BRAIN, THIS IS REAL. >> THIS IS REAL. SO MENOPAUSE AND THE HORMONAL CHANGES THAT COME WITH THAT CHANGE OUR BRAIN'S STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, CHEMISTRY, ENERGY, METABOLISM. THERE'S SO MANY MUCH THAT GOES INTO MENOPAUSE FAR BEYOND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OVER TWO-THIRDS OF WOMEN WILL EXPERIENCE NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS WITH MENOPAUSE. THIS IS SOMETHING I HEAR FROM PATIENTS ALL THE TIME. AND I OFTEN FIND THEM IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE ALMOST QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. IT'S SOMETHING SO MANY OF US CAN RELATE TO AND SO I WANT TO START BY SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I SAY TO MY PATIENTS, WHICH IS TAKE IT FROM A NEUROLOGIST. THIS IS REAL BIOLOGY. >> WHEN SHOULD YOU START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOUR DOCTOR? >> IT'S REASONABLE WHENEVER YOU'RE NOTICING SYMPTOMS THAT ARE START INING TO BOTHER YOU A INTERFERE WITH YOUR DAILY LIFE. YOU MAY NOT IMMEDIATELY BE AWARE IT COULD BE RELATED TO MENOPAUSE. THE SYMPTOMS MAYBE RELATED TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THINGS LIKE BRAIN FOG, MEMORY DIFFICULTIES, ISSUES WITH CONCENTRATION, MOOD SWINGS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY GET IN YOUR WAY. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS THE REASONABLE TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOU THROUGH THAT. >> IS IT JUST A MENOPAUSE THING? I FOOEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN ON A HORMONAL ROLLER COASTER MY WHOLE LIFE. >> YOU'RE NOT WRONG. >> A CIRCLE OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE LIFE IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON BRAIN CIRCUITS. THE BRAIN CIRCUITS DRIVE THE ACTIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. SOS ARE LINKED. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A ROERL WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S If you were coming of age in the 1980s, the brat pack was here the center of your cultural awareness, but for those of us experiencing it from the inside the brat pack was something very different the critics agree hated the breathitt. What a disaster. Why did we take it as an offense Beatles? Right? Well, we didn't fail Shea Stadium 1985. I think we could First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight, clashing over National Security. What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? The worries, on Wall Street, fast, straight forward with some fun in between catching up on sleep. During the weekend could be good for your heart. Non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities. That's the spirit America This Morning. America's number one, early morning news on, ABC News live. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE. >> EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHAT WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. >> MORE TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> HEY, EVERYONE, I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES THAT WE'RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE AT THIS HOUR. BOTH A DEBATE ABOUT DEBATES JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THEY MET FACE TO FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME. FORMER DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT HE WILL NOT TAKE THE STAGE AGAIN WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. TRUMP POSTING TO HIS TRUE SOCIAL PLATFORM AFTER ANOTHER POST WHERE HE CLAIMED VICTORY IN THE DEBATE DESPITE MANY REPUBLICAN ALLIES SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT HIS BEST PERFORMANCE. HERE'S HARRIS WEIGHING IN ON THAT POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER SHOWDOWN AT A RALLY THIS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. >> IT'S SO NICE TO GO. DONALD TRUMP AND I HAD OUR FIRST DEBATE AND. I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE BECAUSE THIS ELECTION AND WHAT IS AT COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. TRUMP IS SET TO HOLD A RALLY ARIZONA IN THE NEXT HOUR. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE WHEN HE STARTS SPEAKING. A STATE JUDGE IN NORTH NORTH DAKOTA HAS STRUCK DOWN THE STATE'S STRICT NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BAN, SAYING THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION CREATES A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO ACCESS ABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY. LAST YEAR, NORTH DAKOTA'S REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR AMENDED THE STATE'S LAWS TO RESTRICT NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS. THE JUDGE TODAY RULED THAT THAT LAW WAS TOO VAGUELY WORDED. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL THAT DECISION. HURRICANE FRANCINE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NOW MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FRANCINE INITIALLY MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. TORRENTIAL AND FLOODING LASHED LOUISIANA. WELL, HURRICANE FORCE WIND KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES AND RIPPED THE ROOFS OFF HOMES. LOUISIANA IS NOW IN CLEANUP MODE. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CONFIRMING THERE BEEN NO FATALITIES AND NO RESCUES WERE NECESSARY, MAKING IT EASY FOR TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO START CLEARING UP THAT DEBRIS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE IMPACTS OF FRANCINE, IS READY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN ANY WAY. THANK YOU. STREAMING WITH US. I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME. THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABC. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. >>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. THE OUT OF THIS WORLD IMAGES COMING IN. THE FIRST HUMANS ON A PRIVATE SPACE FLIGHT TO WALK IN SPACE. BILLIONAIRES MAKING HISTORY. THEY ARE LAUNCHING FROM FLORIDA. GOT TO LOVE IT. IT LOOKS COOL. >> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH DR. LEAH CRAWL. SHE'S LOOKING AT SOME QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS. THIS ONE IS FROM JOY. WHY CAN'T I GET CERTAIN SONGS OUT OF MY HEAD? HOW CAN I TRAIN MY BRAIN TO FORGET THEM? >> THAT HAPPENS WHEN I GO TO SLEEP. I SWEAR IT'S LIKE A SONG ON REPEAT. >> ALL MORNING LONG, THIS IS CALLED AN EAR WORM PHENOMENON. IT RELATES TO THE WAY THE BRAIN PROCESSES MUSIC, WHICH IS SO INTEREST ING. IT INVOLVES THE EMOTIONAL AND MEMORY CENTERS IN THE BRAIN. AND SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT MAY MAKE YOU MORE LIKELY TO GET A SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD. ONE IS THE TEMPO IS REALLY FAST OR IF IT HAS A LOT OF LONG SUSTAINED NOTES. ALSO IF YOU HAVE AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO THE SONG. THEN IF IT'S A SONG YOU'RE HEARING FREQUENTLY. IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY ON A FEW DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. HERE'S SOME IDEAS FOR YOU. SOME PEOPLE SAY JUST SCRATCH THAT COGNITIVE ITCH. LISTEN TO THE SONG IN FULL. SEE IF THAT RELIEVES THE PRESSURE. SOME PEOPLE SAY TRY TO DISTRACT THE BRAIN BY LISTENING TO OTHER SONGS. SEE IF YOU CAN REPLACE IT. TRY TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT WON'T ALLOW YOUR MIND TO WANDER SO MUCH. NOT GIVING YOURSELF THAT MENTAL SPACE TO HAVE SOMETHING STUCK IN YOUR HEAD. IF ALL ELSE FAILS, THERE'S A STUDY THAT SUGGESTS THAT CHEWING GUM IS ACTUALLY VERY EFFECTIVE FOR STOPPING THIS. >> WE'LL HAVE TO TRY THOSE. HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS. SHE SAYS I'M REALLY NERVOUS TO GET AN MRI. WHAT CAN I EXPECT AND WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE IT LESS UNCOMFORTABLE? >> YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN HAVING FEAR ABOUT THAT. MRIs ARE SCARY. IT'S A THE REALLY LOUD MACHINE. IT'S ALSO A VERY CONFINED, SMALL SPACE THAT YOU'RE IN. SO MANY PATIENTS ARE VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS UNDERSTANDABLY SO. THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE. I ALWAYS SAY WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING. BRING EAR PLUGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE FOR YOU. WHEN YOU GET TO THE MRI FACILITY, ASK THEM WHAT RESOURCES THEY CAN OFFER. MANY WILL HAVE NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES OR WEIGHT THE BLANKETS. I ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP THEM TO FOCUS ON BREATHS. REMEMBER, IT'S DANGEROUS TO BRING YOUR PHONE IN THERE. AT LEAST ENJOY THAT TIME WHERE YOU'RE UNPLUGGED AND UNBOTHERED. AND THEN FINALLY, IT IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO HAS A HISTORY OF SERIOUS REACTION SS TO MRIs OR SEVERE CLAUSTROPHOBIA, TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFOREHAND. >> I LIKE THAT FOCUSING ON BREATHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I USE ALL OF MINE. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH ALL YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS. STILL AHEAD, WATCH OUT FOR A NEW SCAM ALERT. IT STARTS WITH A HARMLESS TEXT, BUT IT CAN COST YOU YOUR SAVINGS. >>> AND THE ONE AND ONLY SO FUNNY AND SO ANGRY IN THE MOVIE HIT. HE'S HERE WITH A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE'RE BACK IN A BIT. It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. What will they be wearing on TV's biggest night, the fashion, the style, and the Stars tomorrow Robinson Hollywood with a fashion preview at the Emmys. Plus a first look at her, any special so crazy tomorrow in DNA, Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen, ABC News live Prime will take you. There streaming free on ABC News live. What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded a ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there's not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you're proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I'm David. ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. The countdown to the Emmys is on, love it. Oh my God, this is great. But first, before TV's biggest night, it's crazy. I was shocked, yes, chef come, see incredible Emmy special care about that. Ladies and gentlemen, the 76th Emmys a night of Firsts with Robin Roberts. It'll be a crazy good sign. So crazy ID night at 8:00, 7:00 Central on what network are we on ABC? ABC. Oh my God, how do you spell that ABC? >>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." NOW TO A TEXTING SCAM COSTING VICTIMS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORLDWIDE. IT STARTS WITH AN INNOCENT TEXT YOU MAY RECEIVE FROM A RANDOM PERSON, WHICH CAN THEN LEAD TO A LONGER CONVERSATION. >> IT'S FRIGHTENING TO SAY THE LEAST. AT SOME POINT, THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END COULD PERSUADE YOU INTO A BOGUS SCAM. WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRYPTO CON. >> IF YOU OWN A CELL PHONE, CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE RECEIVED A TEXT THAT SEEMS RANDOM, A SIMPLE WRONG NUMBER. IT STARTS WITH AN INNOCENT MESSAGE LIKE, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN AWHILE. IF YOU RESPOND, THEY WILL TEXT YOU FREQUENTLY BUILDING TRUST. THEY LIVE WELL. THEY MAY TELL YOU HOUSES, CARS, BOATS, AND IF YOU BRING UP MONEY, THAT'S WHEN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES COME UP. >> THEY ARE 100% MASTERFUL. THEY THOUGHT THROUGH ALL THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TIPS AND TRICKS INTO HOW TO ENTICE SOMEONE TO GIVE UP THEIR MONEY. >> IT'S A SCHEME SO RUTHLESS IT'S KNOWN BY A HORRIBLE NAME. PIG BUTCHERING. >> IT'S THE CONCEPT OF CONSUMING THAT VICTIM FROM SNOUT TO TAIL, TAKING EVERYTHING THAT VICTIM HAS LEAVING NOTHING LEFT BUT THE BONES. >> FOR A SINGLE DAD, IT WAS HIS LIFE SAVINGS AFTER A WOMAN HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH CONVINCED HIM TO INVEST IN AN INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT SITE. >> SHE WAS BASICALLY JUST KIND OF INCHING ME SAYING IF IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN, SEE WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU. I MADE A DECISION TO ESSENTIAL LY PUT IN MY LIFE SAVINGS. >> AFTER A COUPLE SMALL WITHDRAWALS, THE SCAM OPERATION BLOCKED THE INVESTMENT SITE, WHICH PREVENTS THE ABILITY TO PULL MONEY OUT. S HE CUT OFF CONTACT WITH THE THE WOMAN HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN LOVE WITH. LOSS SES TO INVESTMENT SCAMS RO FROM $3 BILLION IN 2022 TO $4.5 BILLION IN 2023. >> THIS HAS LED TO TRAGIC SITUATIONS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. >> BUT THE FBI AND OTHER AGENCIES INVESTIGATING THIS FRAUD HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THERE'S TYPICALLY A VICTIM ON THE OTHER END OF THE MESSAGE. SCAM COMPOUNDS ARE CROPPING UP IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, PARTS OF AFRICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA. ABC NEWS OBTAINED PHOTOS FROM THE U.N. AND FORMER VICTIMS. >> YOU'RE A SURVIVOR OF A SCAM COMPOUND. THIS 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WE'RE CALLING SARA BELIEVES SHE WAS TAKEN A CUSTOMER SERVICE JOB IN THAILAND. INSTEAD SHE WAS TAKEN ACROSS THE BORDER WHERE SHE WAS GOING TO BE FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SCAM. >> I REALIZED FROM THAT MOMENT THAT ACTUALLY I WAS BEING KIDNAPPED. >> SHE WAS HELD FOR NINE MONTHS. SHE TOOK THIS PHOTO OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND BEFORE HER PASSPORT AND PHONE WERE CONFISCATED. SHE HAD TO READ FROM A SCRIPT TO ENGAGE WITH STRANGERS TO BUILD A RAP PORT AND CONVINCE THEM TO INVEST. >> HOW WERE YOU TREATED IN THAT NINE MONTHS? >> VERY BADLY. I USED TO WORK FOR LIKE 20 HOURS. SOMETIMES I WAS NOT GIVEN A MEAL. >> SHE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE WHEN A FELLOW VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING TRANSFERRED MONEY INTO HER CRYPTO ACCOUNT TO PAY HER RANSOM. >> THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF VICTIMS. AND IT'S TRUE THAT VICTIMS ON BOTH ENDS OF THE TREND HAVE REALLY DEALT WITH A LOT OF REPERCUSSIONS. >> WE FOUND SCAM VICTIMS NATIONWIDE. IN CHICAGO A WOMAN LOST NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS. >> I HAD NOTHING LEFT. >> IN SAN FRANCISCO -- >> THEY ENTICE YOU TO GIVE MORE AND MORE MONEY UNTIL THEY PULLED OUT MY 401(k). >> IN RALEIGH. >> YOU FEEL PRETTY ASHAMED OF YOURSELF WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. >> THE CHANCES OF RECOVERING MONEY ARE SLIM. >> IT IS A SOPHISTICATED, WELL-ARMED, WELL-FINANCED, ENTRENCHED OPERATION THAT REALLY HASN'T GOT MUCH FRICTION AGAINST IT. THAT'S THE TRAGEDY OF ALL OF THIS. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST. VICTIMS ON BOTH SIDES. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE? >> THERE'S NOT MUCH RECOURSE. THE FBI IS GETTING BETTER AT TRACING MONEY THAT'S BEEN STOLEN. OCCASIONALLY, THEY CAN CLAW BACK SOME, BUT WE MET VICTIMS WHO LOST EVERYTHING. THE SCAMMERS OFTEN FIND A WAY TO STAY AHEAD. AS SOON AS THEY HAVE MONEY IN HAND, THEY FIND A WAY TO MOVE IT AROUND, MOVE IT AROUND THE INTERNET SO IT CANNOT BE TRACED OR FOUND. PEOPLE ARE OUT OF LUCK. >> THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF VICTIMS IN THAT STORY. HOW CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES. >> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IS ACTUALLY LEGIT. YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK. VERIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. BEWARE OF SITES THAT MAY IMPERSONATE LEGITIMATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, DON'T DOWNLOAD ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS. AND BE CAUTIOUS OF GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES. AND ALL THE THAT SOUNDS FINE, UNTIL YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO WAS LOOKING FOR ROMANCE OR FRIENDSHIP, THOUGHT HE HAD FOUND IT AND THE WOMAN TURNS OUT TO JUST BE A FIGMENT WHO IS ON THE OTHER END OF A SCAM. >> IT'S ALSO PROOF IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. >> YOU SAW GUYS, WOMEN, ALL AGES, BUT IT PARTICULARLY TARGETS PEOPLE WHO MAYBE VULNERABLE. THE SCAMMERS ARE TROLLING DATE ING SITES LOOKING FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT FALL VICTIM. >> ERIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> COMING UP NEXT, HE MAKES ANGER FUNNY. LE HIS ROLE ON "INSIDEAY WITH U. Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. Hi, I'm Andy and I'm Sabrina and we're mom juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what? We love really love Pop Culture. So listen now to our new podcast pop culture mom's wherever you get your podcast. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. What will they be wearing on TV's biggest night, the fashion, the style, and the Stars tomorrow Robinson Hollywood with a fashion preview at the Emmys. Plus a first look at her, any special so crazy tomorrow in DNA, America's number one source >>> WE ARE JUST SUPER JAZZED TO BE HERE. WHERE CAN I PUT MY STUFF? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE? >> I WISH I WAS AS TALL AS ALL OF YOU. >> I'M ENVY. LOOK AT YOUR HAIR. >> OH YEAH, NOT HAPPENING. >> OKAY, WHO IS THIS GUY? >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BIG FELLA? >> THAT'S EMBARRASSMENT. HE'S NOT BIG ON EYE CONTACT OR TALKING, BUT HE'S A REALLY SWEET GUY. >> THAT WAS A SCENE FROM "INSIDE OUT 2", THE SUMMER'S BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER. IT TAKES AUDIENCES BACK TO THE WORLD OF EMOTIONS. >> ALL THE FEELS HERE. HERE TEED TO TODAY SO SHARE EXCITING NEWS IS ANGER HIMSELF. PLEASE WELCOME LEWIS BLACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON. >> MY PLEASURE. >> LET'S GET TO IT. >> BIG NEWS THAT I'M PRESENTING IS IN MY NORMAL VOICE IS THAT ON SEPTEMBER 25th, WE WILL BEGIN STREAMING "INSIDE OUT 2" ON D DISNEY PLUS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY TO GET IT. JUST TO GET DISNEY PLUS. GET IT NOW. LET ME CHECK MY CONTRACT TO SEE IF I GET MY MONEY FROM THAT. IF NOT, IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT. PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO SEE. I HAVE SAID THIS TIME AND AGAIN. I THINK IT IS THE EASIEST PRESS I HAVE EVER DON'T DONE. WHEN I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TOURING AS A COMIC, IT'S NOT AS MUCH. THIS IS FUN. I REALLY THINK IT'S A TERRIFIC PIECE OF WORK. >> YOU SAID YOU HAD FUN ON THE FIRST ONE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET TO COME BACK? ALSO YOU'RE ANGER SO I HAVE ALL THE THOUGHTS. THE ROLE THAT YOU'RE PLAYING, TO DO IT AGAIN. >> IT WAS GREAT. IT REALLY IS. THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY ME TOMENT COME IN AND YELL AND SCREAM, REALLY? AND I GET TO WORK WITH REALLY GREAT PEOPLE. PIXAR IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO WORK. IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. THEIR ACTORS ARE REMARKABLE. >> HOW HAS PLAYING AN EMOTION KEPT YOU IN TOUCH WITH YOUR OWN EMOTIONS? >> IT HASN'T. A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S HELPED. I NEEDED THIS FILM. I NEEDED THIS ANIMATION WHEN I WAS 7. IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE. I HAVE ALL OF MY EMOTIONS BASICALLY BEATING EACH OTHER UP EVERY DAY. ONE IS TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE OTHER. >> WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION FROM PARENTS WHO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO GO SEE IT? >> IT'S AMAZING. THE PEOPLE WHO CAME, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WRITING ARTICLES ABOUT US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND DO LIKE AN INTERVIEW EVERY SIX MINUTES, IT'S LIKE I LOVE THIS THING. I LOVE THIS THING. I GO DO SHOWS AND PARENTS BRING THEIR KIDS TO MEET ANGER. THEN I YELL AT AN AUDIENCE. IT'S COMPLETELY NUTS. I YELL AT AN AUDIENCE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. ONE MORE TIME FOR LEWIS. I BY THE WAY, HE SAID IT. CATCH "INSIDE OUT 2" STARTING SEPTEMBER 25th. CHECK IT OUT. >>> AND ANOTHER ACTING LEGEND JOINS US NEXT. >> THE ONE AND ONLYN PRYCE SITTING DOWN WITH US WHEN WE COME BACK. First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight, clashing over National Security. What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? 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I was shocked, yes, chef come, see incredible Emmy special care about that. Ladies and gentlemen, the 76th Emmys a night of Firsts with Robin Roberts. It'll be a crazy good sign. So crazy ID night at 8:00, 7:00 Central on what network are we on ABC? ABC. Oh my God, how do you spell that ABC? >>> YOU EVER THBEEN THERE? WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL ROSE? >> SHE'S ACTUALLY DEAD. >>. >> SOME GOOD ACTING THERE. >> THAT WAS A CLIP FROM SEASON 4 OF THE EXCITING BRITISH SPY DRAMA "SLOW HORSES" IT'S BEEN NORMINATED FOR NINE EMMYS INCLUDING OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES. >> THE SHOW FOLLOWS A DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAM OF MI-5 AGENTS AND THEIR OBNOXIOUS BOSS. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SEASON IS JONATHAN PRYCE. TELL US ABOUT SEASON 4. >> I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS HERE TO DO A SEGMENT WITH LEWIS BLACK. >> WHICH EMOTION WERE YOU GOING TO BE? >> IT WAS TWO GRUMPY MEN. IT'S NOT HAPPENING. I'M DISAPPOINTED. I CAN'T TELL YOU VERY MUCH ABOUT THE NEW SEASON BECAUSE I HAVE ONLY SEEN EPISODE ONE. I'M WATCHING IT AS THE AUDIENCE. I THINK I'M GOING TO WATCH EPISODE TWO TONIGHT. I LIKE IT THAT WAY. I COULD HAVE BINGED ON IT, BUT FROM THE START OF THE SHOW, I FELT I'M PART OF THE AUDIENCE. MOSTLY BECAUSE I ONLY EVER GOT TO WORK WITH JACK. >> CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE TEASE? >> THE SAD PART FOR MY CHARACTER IS HIS DI MENT SHA IS GROWING. HE'S ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE FEAR BECAUSE HE WAS ONCE THE HEAD OF MI-5, AND HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BBURIED, HE WOULD START TALKING INAPPROPRIATE LY. WE HAVE YET TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. ALSO, HIS PARANOIA IS BUILDING. YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AS PARANOIA FROM HIS DEMENTIA, BUT IT REALLY IS HAPPENING. SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO KILL HIM. SOMEBODY IS FOLLOWING HIM. AND HE GETS TO WIELD HIS SHOTGUN ONCE MORE. >> I HEAR YOU'RE GIVING GOOD GRANDFATHER THESE DAYS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> I'M A GRANDFATHER IN "THE CROWN." I'M A GRANDFATHER IN "SLOW HORSES." SADLY, I'M NOT YET A GRANDFATHER IN REAL LIFE, BUT I GET TO PRACTICE ON THE SHOWS. >> WE ALSO THE HAVE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR A COUPLE EMMYS THIS YEAR. "THE CROWN", "SLOW HORSES" IS ALSO NOMINATE D. THAT HAS TO FEEL REALLY NICE. >> IT'S GREAT. I ALWAYS SAID WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS GOING TO QUIT WHEN I WAS 60. BECAUSE I THOUGHT 60 WAS OLD. AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE OLD ACTOR ON THE SET WHO WAS PAT NEWSED BY THE YOUNGER ACTORS. HEARING SOMEBODY SAY YOU DO REALIZE WHO HE WAS. HE WAS ON "THE CROWN." BUT IT DOESN'T HA. I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME. GREAT TIME WORKING WITH YOUNGER ACTORS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ALL MY ANECDOTES. >> I'M IN MY ANECDOTE. >> WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE GOT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. AND YOU CAN CATCH EPISODES OF "SLOW HORSES" EVERY WEDNESDAY ON APPLE TV PLUS. >> AND CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY. 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AND RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE, HURRICANE FRANCINE PUMMELING THE SOUTH BEFORE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION STORM'S TRACK AND FORECAST AND HOW THOSE ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH ARE STAYING OUT OF HARM'S WAY. KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP ARE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OUR ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. TRUMP SAYING TODAY HE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER DEBATE WITH HARRIS. HOW SHE'S NOW RESPONDING WITH JUST 53 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION AND ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. SPACEX BREAKING BARRIERS IN OUTER SPACE, THIS TIME CONDUCTING THE FIRST TIME ALL FIRST ALL CIVILIAN SPACEWALK. HOW THEY MADE HISTORY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION. WE BEGIN WITH THE EXTREME WEATHER IN THE SOUTH, FRANCINE, IS NOW WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT MAKES ITS WAY INLAND. IN LOUISIANA, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WOKE UP TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN AND. WIND GUSTS AFTER FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL THERE AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, BRINGING WITH IT 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS THAT RIPPED THE ROOFTOPS FROM BUILDINGS AND, BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND UTILITY POLES ALONG WITH A DANGEROUS STORM THAT TRAPPED PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR HOMES. THE STORM'S DESTRUCTION STILL POSING A THREAT ACROSS EIGHT STATES, INCLUDING MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI JOINS US LIVE FROM THE GROUND IN NEW ORLEANS WITH MORE ON THIS. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE THERE. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AT THIS HOUR? WELL, ELIZABETH, RIGHT NOW, AS WE TALK, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IS ABOUT 43,000 PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS ALONE. NOW, THAT'S DOWN FROM ABOUT 60,000 IN JUST ABOUT A FEW HOURS AGO. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THIS ROAD COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. BUT YOU SEE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT'S BLINKING THAT JUST CAME ON. THIS HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY A DEAD ZONE, THIS ENTIRE INTERSECTION. NOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY STILL OUT, BUT THE LIGHT AND THE POWER IN THIS ONE SECTION OF NEW ORLEANS HAS MANAGED ACTUALLY COME BACK ON. AND THAT'S THE SCENE THAT WE'RE SEEING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE. DOZENS, DOZENS OF CREWS OUT THERE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, FIXING THOSE POWER LINES, REMOVING THE DOWNED TREES FROM THOSE POWER LINES AND ESSENTIALLY WORKING NIGHT AND DAY, 24 HOURS, ESSENTIALLY TO BRING THE POWER BACK TO THESE CUSTOMERS. I THINK YOU CAN I MEAN, YOU CAN REALLY GET A SENSE OF THE CLEANUP EFFORT THERE BEHIND YOU IN THOSE CARS STILL SUBMERGED UNDER WATER. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CLEANUP AND HOW EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE STILL RESPONDING NOW AT THIS HOUR? WELL, RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE THE EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE DOING IS ESSENTIALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, JUST THE CLEANUP PROCESS, BUT IT'S A MULTIFACETED CLEANUP PROCESS . NOW, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THIS MASSIVE AREA. WE'RE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE WEST BANK HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND THIS PARTICULAR PORTION IS ESSENTIALLY IT ACTS LIKE A BOWL. THE ROADS HERE CURVE IN ESSENTIALLY CREATING THIS CONCAVE SECTION, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO EASY FOR WATER TO FILL UP HERE. NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVER THERE IN THE I WILL SAY THE WATER IS STARTING TO RECEDE BECAUSE THE WATER UP TO THE TAIL LIGHTS. AND YOU CAN SEE NOW THAT THE WATER LEVELS WELL BELOW IT. NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TOW TRUCKS RATHER THAT ARE CIRCLING THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET IN HERE. OBVIOUSLY, THEY NEED TO WADE INTO WATER, COMES DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO GET THESE CARS OUT OF HERE. BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING CREWS MORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SECTIONS OF NEW ORLEANS. IF YOU GO OVER TO THE FAR THE FRENCH QUARTER RIGHT NOW AND GO IN THROUGH THOSE STREETS, YOU KNOW, AROUND BOURBON STREET, THERE IS SO MUCH DEBRIS IN THOSE AREAS AND THE HOMES, THAT AREA. WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS A LOT OF THE CREWS WITH THOSE VESTS ON ESSENTIALLY SWEEPING UP THOSE LARGE PIECES OF DEBRIS. WE'RE ALSO SEEING COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING TOGETHER, HELPING EACH OTHER OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE FROM THE DEBRIS THAT'S BEEN FALLING ON THE BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING LIKE WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY IS NO STRANGER TO STORMS. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING RESIDENTS THERE ABOUT THE DAMAGE THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD TO THEIR HOMES AND HOW THEY'RE FORWARD PICKING UP THE PIECES? WELL, THE DAMAGE IS ALL ABOUT THE WATER, ELIZABETH. THERE'S ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT OUR ABC AFFILIATE WGN ACTUALLY SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY, AND HE SAID THAT HE WATCHED THAT WATER LITERALLY COME UP TO HIS DOORSTEP. NOW, THANKFULLY IT STOPPED RIGHT BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS HOUSE, BUT HIS FRONT LAWN WAS COMPLETELY RUINED, COMPLETELY DAMAGED. THAT'S A LOT OF THE SCENES THAT SEEING HERE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE CLEANUP FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDPOINT OF, FRANCINE. NOW, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF COMMUNITY ACTION. EVERYONE'S COMING TOGETHER AND IT'S REALLY AN ENTIRE CITY WIDE TO GET THESE STREETS BACK TO WORKING ORDER. ELIZABETH IKE EJIOCHI, APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE FOR US. THANK YOU. FOR MORE ON THIS, LET'S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE WHO IS TRACKING THE STORM IS HEADED RIGHT NOW. >> HEY, SOMARA. ELIZABETH WELL, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE HAS DRIVEN THROUGH THE HEART OF MISSISSIPPI NOW HAS ITS EYES SET ON PARTS OF KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE ARKANSAS ,EVEN DOWN TOWARDS BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. AND THIS IS TIMING THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. WE SEE HOW WINDS ARE PICKING UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR IN MEMPHIS. AND THEN BY 10 P.M., PADUCAH, 40 MILES PER HOUR. NASHVILLE SEEING, HEAVY RAIN AS A RESULT OF THE REMNANTS OF FRANCINE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WE HAVE LEFT IS THIS THREAT FOR FLOODING. SEE? WE COULD SEE AN ELEVATED FLASH FLOODING RISK FOR ANY CITY THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD RISK THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF OUR THURSDAY ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR FROM BIRMINGHAM TO HUNTSVILLE, WHERE WE COULD SEE UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN. FRANCINE, IT MAY BE LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. IT'S STILL PACKING A PUNCH, BRINGING WITH IT STRONG, GUSTY WINDS AS A RESULT. WE DO HAVE WIND ADVISORIES IN PLACE AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MILES PER HOUR. >> ELIZABETH SMART, THANK YOU FOR TRACKING ALL OF THAT FOR US. LET'S TURN NOW TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. TRUMP NOW SAYS HE WILL NOT IN ANY MORE DEBATES. HARRIS RESPONDING A RALLY IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO. SURE. NIGHTS AGO, DONALD TRUMP AND I HAD OUR FIRST DEBATE, AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT IS BACK IN NORTH FOR THE NINTH TIME THIS YEAR, SET TO HOLD A SECOND RALLY LATER TONIGHT IN GREENSBORO. HER CAMPAIGN HOPES TO TURN THAT SWING STATE BLUE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008. TRUMP IS VISITING MARKING HIS THIRD VISIT THERE SINCE JUNE. IT'S A STATE HE IN 2016 BUT LOST TO PRESIDENT BIDEN IN 2020. LET'S BRING IN ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG IS TRAVELING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN. STEPHEN, I'LL START WITH YOU. WE JUST GOT A NEW REUTERS IPSOS POLL REVEALS 53% OF VOTERS BELIEVE HARRIS WON TUESDAY DEBATE. ONLY 24% SAY TRUMP TURNED THAT INTO BETTER PERFORMANCE. WE'RE GETTING THIS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM. TALK TO US ABOUT THIS NEWS FROM HARRIS SAYING SHE THEY OWE IT TO THE VOTERS FOR DEBATE. AND WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS DEBATES ARE NOT HOW SHE CAN TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THE MOMENTUM SHE SAW TUESDAY NIGHT. >> YEAH, EXACTLY. I MEAN, THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN STRATEGIZING ON JUST HOW DO THAT HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS POST-DEBATE MOMENTUM. AND SOURCES TELL ME THAT THEY'RE NOW ENTERING THIS NEW, MORE AGGRESSIVE PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN. THEY INSIST THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY VICTORY LAPS HERE, THAT SHE MAY HAVE DONE WELL DURING THAT DEBATE. BUT DEBATES DO NOT DECIDE AND THEY REMAIN. THEY INSIST THAT THIS REMAINS A VERY TIGHT RACE. THIS RACE IS STILL LOCKED IN A DEAD HEAT. SO THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERING THEMSELVES UNDERDOGS HERE. AND ELIZABETH, IT IS NOTABLE THAT HARRIS IS CHOOSING NORTH CAROLINA TO MAKE TWO STOPS AFTER THAT DEBATE AS HER FIRST CAMPAIGN STOPS, FIRST IN CHARLOTTE, THEN SHE'LL BE HERE IN GREENSBORO AND JUST AN HOUR OR SO. AND THIS IS A STATE THAT WAS REALLY OF DEMOCRATS GRASP WHEN BIDEN WAS STILL AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. THIS IS A STATE THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE OBAMA DID IN 2008. BUT NOW WITH HARRIS IN THIS RACE, THEY BELIEVE THERE'S NEW MOMENTUM HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG VOTERS AND VOTERS OF COLOR. THEY NOW BELIEVE THE STATE IS VIABLE. ELIZABETH CAN HEAR SOME OF THAT ENTHUSIASM THERE BEHIND YOU IN GREENSBORO SELINA. OLIVIA, WE KNOW THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IN ARIZONA, WE ARE WATCHING TO SEE WHEN HE IS SET TO START THOSE REMARKS SHORTLY IN ARIZONA AT THAT RALLY. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR SOURCES ABOUT THEIR REACTION TO HIS PERFORMANCE? HE'S OBVIOUSLY SAYING IT WAS HIS BEST PERFORMANCE EVER. ARE YOU HEARING THE SAME THING IN PRIVATE AS THAT PUBLIC MESSAGE FROM FROM? >> WELL, DONALD TRUMP IS CERTAINLY TELLING EVERYONE WHO WILL LISTEN THAT HE THE DEBATE AND HIS IT WAS ONE OF HIS BEST, BUT THE BEST EVER. THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. AND, YOU KNOW, PRIVATELY, OF COURSE, SOME OF HIS ALLIES ARE THE SAME THING. KNOW, I SPOKE TO ONE PERSON WHO SAID THAT DONALD DOMINATED ON THE DEBATE STAGE. SO YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR A LOT OF. BUT, YOU KNOW, FORGET WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING PRIVATELY. THERE ARE SOME DONALD TRUMP'S ALLIES WHO ARE SAYING PUBLICLY THAT POTENTIALLY IT WASN'T BEST NIGHT. THINK ABOUT RFK JR. THIS IS SOMEONE THAT DROPPED OF HIS OWN CANDIDACY, ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP AND THEN WENT ON FOX NEWS YESTERDAY TO SAY THAT KAMALA CLEARLY WAS THE ONE WHO WON THE DEBATE IN TERMS OF HER MESSAGING, IN TERMS OF HER ATTITUDE, AND THAT SAYING THAT DONALD TRUMP GOT DISTRACTED. THOSE ARE REALLY REMARKABLE STATEMENTS, ELIZABETH, FOR SOMEONE THAT IS IN DONALD CORNER AND WAS AT THE DEBATE IN THE SPIN ROOM FOR HIM PUSHING HIS MESSAGE. OLIVIA WE ALSO ARE JUST GETTING THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE. THE JUDGE THROWING OUT SEVERAL COUNTS FROM THAT INDICTMENT, INCLUDING AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. BRING US UP TO SPEED THERE. REMIND US EXACTLY WHAT THAT INDICTMENT WAS. THIS IS THE INDICTMENT, ELIZABETH, AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS IN GEORGIA FOR TRYING TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S NARROWLY ELECTION RESULTS THERE THAT SAW JOE BIDEN WIN BY JUST ABOUT 11,000 VOTES. REMEMBER, DONALD TRUMP CALLED THE SECRETARY OF STATE THERE, BRAD RAFFENSPERGER ASKING HIM TO HELP HIM FIND THE VOTES HE NEEDED TO WIN. HE GOT INDICTED FOR THAT CALL AND OTHER. BUT THIS TODAY ORDER, ELIZABETH, A CLEAR WIN FOR DONALD CAN'T SPIN IT EITHER WAY. HE LOST TWO COUNTS. HE WAS FACING 13 NOW FACES EIGHT BECAUSE THE JUDGE HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY DISMISSED THREE MORE COUNTS HERE TODAY. THE JUDGE FOUND THAT THOSE TWO COUNTS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP ESSENTIALLY WERE ALLEGED CRIMES AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAD NO AUTHORITY TO BRING THOSE CHARGES. AS SUCH, THEY ARE DISMISSED. BUT AGAIN, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE OVERALL RACKETEERING CHARGE, THE BIG ONE THAT TRUMP AND OTHERS ARE FACING DOWN THERE, IS STILL INTACT, THOUGH, AGAIN, THAT CASE AGAINST TRUMP IS PAUSED AS HE APPEALS, TRYING TO GET THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY KICKED OFF THE CASE. THERE, THOUGH NEWS HE WILL CELEBRATE GETTING THOSE TWO COUNTS THROWN OUT. OLIVIA RUBIN AND, SELINA WANG, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. ALSO TODAY IN WASHINGTON, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST REPUBLICAN CLAIMS THAT THE FEDERAL IS POLITICIZED . ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND VOWING TO THE DOJ FROM BEING USED AS A, QUOTE, POLITICAL WEAPON. OUR NORMS ARE A PROMISE THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS NATION TO BECOME A COUNTRY WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT TREATED AS AN APPARATUS OF POLITICS. GARLAND STANDS COMES AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENED TO PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES IF HE WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. ABC NEWS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORTER ALEX MALLIN JOINS ME NOW. ALEX, ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS APPLAUDED BY DOJ STAFF AFTER THOSE REMARKS. >> DO YOU MAKE OF THE TIMING OF THIS SPEECH AND THE MESSAGE THAT HE'S TRYING TO SEND? YEAH, BUT THAT WAS IN THE ROOM FOR THOSE REMARKS AND THE TWO BIGGEST APPLAUSE LINES CAME WHEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FIRST SAID THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON, THAT THE CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS WHO WHO WORK AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ,MORE THAN 113 THOUSAND, WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT. >> AND THE SECOND APPLAUSE LINE THAT GOT THE MOST ATTENTION WAS HIS REPUDIATION OF PEOPLE WHO HE SAYS HAVE DIRECTED CONSPIRACY TO ATTACK JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, WHICH HE SAYS HAS RESULTED IN SKY HIGH THREATS AT A LEVEL THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY WANTED TO GO OUT THERE AND CONVEY TODAY, THAT BOTH IN THIS POLITICIZED ENVIRONMENT, HE WANTS TO TRY AND STRESS THAT THE DOJ NORMS SHOULD STICK, THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARE NOT INTERPOL. OPTICS DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AMERICAN POPULACE SEE THEIR DECISIONS BEING POLITICALLY BIASED. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A LOT OF HIS ALLIES RAMPING UP IN RECENT WEEKS SAYING THAT THEY DO INTEND TO USE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT POTENTIALLY TO GO AFTER THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS. AND REALLY, I THAT ONE POINT THAT GARLAND DOES NOT TOUCH ON IN THESE REMARKS THAT IS KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, IS THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT CAN BE IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S JULY IMMUNITY RULING AND TRUMP'S ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE. THEY REALLY DID HAND THE POWER OF, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, BACK TO THE PRESIDENCY, MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO CRIMINAL LIABILITY AND THAT A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER OF THE PRESIDENT AS ONE OF HIS CORE OFFICIAL POWERS. REALLY FASCINATING. AFTER SO MANY YEARS, WE SAW IT OPERATE REALLY TO TO SEE THAT KIND OF SHIF YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE ALSO LEARNING THAT DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S NOW IN STATING MEASURES TO SECURE THE ACT, CERTIFYING THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH, THEY ARE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED THE JANUARY SIX ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNT AS A NATIONAL SECURITY SPECIAL EVENT. THIS IS THE DESIGNATION WE GIVE TO THINGS LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, EVEN THE SUPER BOWL. IT JUST MEANS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A HEIGHTENED PRESENCE AND EXPECT THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN ,ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT WE SAW DURING THE JANUARY SIX, 2021 CERTIFICATION, WHEN OBVIOUSLY THAT PRO-TRUMP MOB OF THOUSANDS ,THE FORMER PRESIDENT SUPPORTERS STORMED THE BUILDING, SENT LAWMAKERS THERE WAS NO CHANCE THAT THE SECRET SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND, WAS GOING TO RISK ANY KIND OF EVENT LIKE THAT REOCCURRING DURING THIS YEAR'S CERTIFICATION WAS A BIT HARD TO IMAGINE WILL BE 4 TO 4 YEARS OUT FROM THAT SO SOON. ALEX MALLIN APPRECIATE ALL YOUR REPORTING ON THIS, THANK YOU. A JUDGE IN NORTH DAKOTA STRUCK DOWN THE STATE'S NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BAN, RULING THAT THE STATE ALLOWS FOR THE PROCEDURE UP UNTIL FETAL VIABILITY. THE COURT FOUND THAT THE BAN PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY GOVERNOR AND DONALD TRUMP, ALLY DOUG BURGUM BACK IN APRIL WAS OF LAST YEAR. IT WAS TOO VAGUELY WORDED. THE DECISION MAKES ABORTION LEGAL IN NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR. THE COURT'S RULING IS EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT WITHIN 14 DAYS AND WILL LIKELY BE APPEALED. TURNING NOW TO ISRAEL, SIX UNITED NATIONS RELIEF WORKERS WERE KILLED YESTERDAY IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON A SCHOOL IN GAZA. IT WAS THE DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK INVOLVING U.N. WORKERS SINCE THE START OF THE. 18 OTHERS WERE ALSO KILLED. MEANTIME, MULTIPLE SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT THE IDF HAS FOUND NO OPERATIONAL TUNNELS BETWEEN EGYPT AND GAZA UNDERNEATH THE SO CALLED PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS LONG CLAIMED THAT ISRAEL NEEDS TO MAINTAIN A MILITARY PRESENCE IN THAT AREA TO PREVENT HAMAS FROM SMUGGLING WEAPONS THROUGH TUNNELS THERE. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN HAS THE LATEST. >> THAT'S RIGHT, ELIZABETH. THE U.N. EXPRESSING OUTRAGE OVER THE DEATH OF SIX OF ITS WORKERS IN THIS REFUGEE CAMP IN IRAQ AT A SCHOOL THAT RUN BY THE U.N.. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OTHER CASUALTIES, BOTH KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THAT STRIKE. THE U.N. SAYS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND IT'S ILLEGAL, THAT ISRAEL IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETING CIVILIAN AREAS RUN BY THE U.N. ISRAEL A STATEMENT SAYING THAT IT WAS TARGETING A HAMAS COMMAND POST AND KILLED NINE HAMAS MILITANTS WHO WERE HOLED UP THERE. AND OVER PAST 11 MONTHS, ISRAEL HAS STRUCK SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP BECAUSE IT SAYS HAMAS HAS BEEN USING THOSE PLACES CYNICALLY AS COMMAND POSTS AND OPERATION CENTERS AND USING THE CIVILIANS HUMAN SHIELDS. OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING GETS THE BACKDROP OF THE EFFORT BY THE UNITED STATES TO TRY TO JUMP START YET AGAIN. THESE NEGOTIATIONS, THEY APPEAR TO BE CLOSE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THEN IT SEEMS THAT BOTH SIDES MOVED THE GOALPOSTS. I UNDERSTAND FROM U.S. SOURCES THAT HAMAS ADDED A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL DEMANDS. AND, OF COURSE, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU LAST WEEK ANNOUNCING THAT HE NEEDS TO MAINTAIN A MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE SO-CALLED PHILADELPHIA ROUTE THAT IS THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF GAZA STRIP, A NARROW RIBBON OF LAND ON THE BORDER BETWEEN GAZA AND EGYPT THAT ISRAEL HAS CLAIMED HAMAS HAS BEEN USING TO SMUGGLE WEAPONS INTO GAZA. BUT THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHED AND SOURCES WITHIN THEM HAVE BEEN TELLING ME OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS THAT PHILADELPHIA IS NOT NECESSARY. THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A SINGLE SMUGGLING TUNNEL THAT WAS OVER THE PAST TWO PLUS MONTHS OF BEING THERE. AND THAT ISRAELI TROOPS COULD EASILY PULL OUT. THEY ARE TRYING TO PRESSURE NETANYAHU AND DOING SO NOW PUBLICLY TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS FIRE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL. THEY SAID ISRAEL NEEDS IT THE PALESTINIANS NEED IT. THEY NEED TO GET IT DONE ALREADY. ELIZABETH MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORTING THERE. DISGRACED PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN. WEINSTEIN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON NEW CHARGES BY A NEW YORK GRAND JURY. IT COMES MONTHS AFTER HIS 2020 RAPE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. WEINSTEIN IS RECOVERING EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY AND WAS NOT IN COURT. THE INDICTMENT SEALED. SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE CHARGES, BUT HE HAS DENIED ANY. AND HIS TRIAL IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THIS FALL. WE ARE GOING TO TURN NOW TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPEAKING IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, HIS FIRST RALLY SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL. >> LET'S LISTEN IN. AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN. >> MEANWHILE, KAMALA HARRIS SHOWED UP SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC, THE SAME OLD LIES, MEANINGLESS PLATITUDE OFFERING, NO PLANS, NO POLICIES, AND NO DETAILS WHATSOEVER, NOTHING. THE TWO ANCHORS, DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS, SAT THERE AND ONLY CORRECTED ME ON THINGS WHERE I WAS RIGHT BUT DIDN'T CORRECT KAMALA ON PROJECT 25 THAT I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT. OH, THE BLOODBATH HOAX THAT HAS BEEN TOTALLY DEBUNKED, WHICH HAD TO DO THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY THAT IS GOING TO BE DYING. IT'S DYING UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION. THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE OUT TO CHINA AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY MAKING AUTOMOBILES. VOTE FOR TRUMP. WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK THAT . THESE PEOPLE ARE KILLING IT. SHE TALKED ABOUT KNOWING IT WAS AWFUL. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE CHARLOTTESVILLE HOAX AND THESE PEOPLE DID NOTHING ABOUT IT, WHICH HAS BEEN TOTALLY, AS THEY SAY, BY SNOPES AND SNOPES AND EVERYBODY, HEY, GO LOOK IT UP. GO TO WHATEVER THE HELL THAT IS . NOW, I HEAR THAT'S A LIBERAL SITE. AND THEY CAME OUT TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF ME. THAT'S GOT TO BE A BAD THING. BUT THEY SAID THEY GAVE TOTAL PHONY STORIES. KAMALA HARRIS SAID THAT NO STATE ALLOWS IN THE NINTH MONTH, WHICH IS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL LIE. THEY DIDN'T THEY DO. AND AFTER BIRTH, IN SOME CASES, SHE CLAIMED, I WANT A MONITOR, WOMEN'S PREGNANCIES. I DON'T WANT ONE. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I KNOW IT'S A TOTAL I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WOMEN, I WON'T BE FOLLOWING YOU AROUND TO THE HOSPITALS MONITORING. NO, SHE MADE IT UP. SHE'S A LIAR. SHE DOESN'T WORK AT MCDONALD'S. SHE SAID SHE WORKED AT MCDONALD'S. THAT RIGHT? >> SHE WORKED AT MCDONALD'S. SHE WAS WORKING SO HARD. THERE'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM. SHE WORK AT MCDONALD'S. >> SHE'S A LIAR. LIAR. >> SHE CLAIMED THAT. I WANT TO DENY IVF TREATMENT WHEN IN FACT I WANT TO REQUIRE INSURANCE TO PAY FOR. >> AND I CAME OUT TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF IVF. THAT'S FERTILIZATION FOR THE MEN IN THE AUDIENCE OF WHICH WE GET A LOT OF TOUGH ONES HERE. SHE CLAIMS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BAN FRACKING. SHE SAID REPEATEDLY OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, I WILL HAVE FRACKING. THEN ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, SHE GOES, I'D LOVE TO HAVE FRACKING. >> HER POSTER CAME BACK AND, SAID, THIS IS NOT GOOD IN PENNSYLVANIA. YOU WANT TO BAN FRACKING? NOT SO GOOD. THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO. RIGHT. AND SHE CAME BACK. SHE CAME BACK ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE THOUGHT FRACKING WAS WONDERFUL. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION, SHE GOES BACK TO WHERE SHE WAS. >> SHE CLAIMS SHE SUPPORT MASS GUN CONFISCATION WHEN IN SHE SUPPORTED IT ENTIRELY AND THREW HER ENTIRE CAREER. I THINK OF THAT. SHE WANTS TO CONFESS GET YOUR GUNS. DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE A GUN, RAISE YOUR HAND. >> WOULD YOU MIND IF THIS LUNATIC KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR? HELLO. I'D LIKE TO TAKE AWAY YOUR GUN. IS THAT OUR ESPECIALLY THAT WOMEN WON'T ALLOW IT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. >> WHAT IS THAT? ABOUT 100% OF THE AUDIENCE. LET'S GO. >> DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE NOT HAVE A GUN? WAIT, THERE'S SOMEONE SOMEONE. >> SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR GUN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF IT. >> YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR GUN FOR TRUMP. >> OKAY. I PROMISE PROMISE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE SOMETHING EVEN WORSE THAN THAT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? SHE WAS LEADER OF A THING CALLED THE MOVEMENT DEFUND THE POLICE. >> HOW ABOUT SHE WAS THE LEADER ,THE MOVEMENT TO DEFUND THE POLICE. NOW THINK OF IT. ANYBODY WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE. THAT'S CALLED. SHE'S DOWN. DIRTY LEFT. OKAY, THAT'S DOWN AND DIRTY. IF SHE'S IN THERE FOR A WEEK AT DEFUND THE POLICE, WE DON'T HER TO BE PRESIDENT. >> WE DON'T WANT HER FOR ANYTHING, FRANKLY. BUT OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE'S. >> NO, I NEVER SAID IT. YOU KNOW, SHE ACTUALLY GOES AROUND SAYING SHE NEVER SAID IT, BUT GOT LIKE TEN YEARS OF TAPES WHERE SHE'S SAYING IT WITH THE GUNS, WITH THE FRACKING, WITH EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED SHE HAD MANY YEARS OF TAPES, BUT THE PUBLIC WAS NOT FOOLED. THEY SAW RIGHT THROUGH IT. KAMALA'S LIES AN UNPRECEDENTED INTERFERENCE OF TWO LOWLIFE ANCHORS, LOWLIFES FOR THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DID, AND THEY WOULDN'T CORRECT HER ON PROJECT 25. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IT IS. I PURPOSELY HAVE NOT READ IT. I COULD, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD MY AUTHORIZATION. >> AND FOR THEM TO ALLOW TO GET AWAY WITH ME, EVERYTHING I SAID, WELL, DON'T THINK IT SURE LIKE THE CRIME STATISTICS, THE FBI DIDN'T REPORT THE MOST CRIME RIDDEN CITIES DIDN'T DO IT. THEY LEFT OUT LARGE NUMBERS OF AREAS WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF CRIME. >> SO THE NUMBERS CAME IN. THEY WEREN'T UP TO MUCH. AND IF ANYBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE DOESN'T THINK THERE'S CRIME NOW, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE CRIME NOW. >> BUT THEY FALSE AND FRAUDULENT NUMBERS, THEY DID IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE. 818,000 JOBS. >> THINK OF IT. THEY SAID THEY HAD 818,000 JOBS THAT DIDN'T EXIST. SO YOUR JOBS NUMBERS LOOK BETTER. BUT NOW THEY HAD TO DO WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY WOULD TAKE IT AWAY BY L.A. USUALLY I DON'T LIKE LAKERS, BUT I LIKE THIS PARTICULAR LEAGUE. >> WHOEVER WON. BUT WHEN A PRIZEFIGHTER LOSES A FIGHT, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF FIGHTS, RIGHT? THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF THAT FIGHTER'S MOUTH. I WANT A REMATCH. I WANT A REMATCH. AND THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. I WANT A REMATCH. PAUL SLOWLY THAT I WON THE DEBATE AGAINST COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS. >> AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, BECAUSE KNOW WHEN YOU SAY HARRIS, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO HARRIS IS? NOW, KAMALA IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF A WORD. NICE NAME. VERY NICE NAME. BUT YOU KNOW HER AS GOVERNOR. YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIS HARRIS WHEN YOU SAY HARRIS, EVERYBODY SAYS, WHO THE HELL IS THAT? >> RIGHT. BUT SHE IMMEDIATE WE CALLED FOR A SECOND DEBATE, WHICH MEANS THAT SHE WAS LIKE A PRIZEFIGHTER THAT LOST A FIGHT. WE HAD TWO DEBATES. SO I HAD A DEBATE WITH CROOKED JOE BIDEN. RIGHT. AND I HAD ANOTHER WITH HER. SHE AND CROOKED JOE HAVE DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY WITH MILLIONS OF CRIMINALS AND, MENTALLY DERANGED PEOPLE POURING INTO THE USA, TOTALLY UNCHECKED, UNVETTED AND WITH INFLATION BANKRUPTING OUR MIDDLE CLASS, IT HAS GOTTEN BAD EVERYONE KNOWS THIS AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY KAMALA AND JOE, IT WAS DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL DURING THE FIRST DEBATE WITH JOE IN THE SECOND DEBATE WITH COMRADE HARRIS, SHE WAS A NO SHOW AT THE FOX DEBATE. YOU KNOW, FOX INVITED HER. SHE WAS A NO SHOW. I SAT WITH THE GREAT SEAN HANNITY. >> DOES ANYBODY KNOW SEAN HANNITY? GOOD MAN. HE'S THAT GOOD MAN. >> AND I SAID, WHERE IS SHE? SHE DIDN'T SHOW. SO WE DID A HALL AND HE GOT GREAT RATINGS AT THAT TOWN HALL. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. GOT REALLY GREAT. LED ALL OF TELEVISION FOR THE WEEK. THAT BAD, SIMPLE TOWN HALL TURNED OUT TO BE A IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TOWN HALL FROM WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP AND REFUSED ALSO TO DO NBC'S AND CBS. SHE WENT OVER TO ABC, WHICH IN OPINION HAS TAKEN A BIG HIT BECAUSE THESE TWO PEOPLE WERE BAD NEWS. THEY KEPT SCREAMING AT ME. I SAID, WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING? I'VE SAID, SO I'M LOOKING TO I ALWAYS LIKED HIM. I'M NOT GOING TO WATCH ANYMORE . >> I'M NOT GOING TO WATCH HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT WHAT HE DID. I'M NOT GOING TO WATCH HIM. >> AND HIS HAIR'S NOT AS GOOD AS. >> IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, KAMALA SHOULD FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEAR PERIOD. SHE KEPT COMPLAINING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M IN, I'M GOING DO THIS AND I'M GOING TO DO THAT. >> AND AT THE END OF DEBATE, I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO IT? YOU COULD LEAVE RIGHT NOW. WHY DON'T YOU DO IT? I I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO THAT AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO AND THAT THAT REMEMBER AT THE CONVENTION WHEN SHE OUT THEY NOMINATED RUBIO, SHE GOT NO VOTES. >> THEY NOMINATED NO, SHE CAME IN LAST PLACE IN THE PRIMARIES . AND THEN SHE GOT AND THEN SHE SAID DONALD TRUMP IS A THREAT. DEMOCRACY? NO, SHE'S A THREAT, BUT SHE IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. BUT YOU REMEMBER WHEN SHE WENT OUT AND SHE SAID, THANK YOU. DO YOU REMEMBER? IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING. AM I WRONG? BECAUSE THEY WERE SAYING AND I ARE WEIRD? >> NO, WE'RE VERY SOLID PEOPLE. SHE'S WEIRD. AND THAT VICE PRESIDENT OF HERS IS REALLY WEIRD. HE'S REALLY THAT WAS A SOUND BITE. >> YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, OH, HE'S WEIRD. THAT IN OTHER WORDS, THEY GAVE IT TO THEIR FRIENDS IN THE FAKE NEWS. WEIRD SOMETHING I'VE NEVER CALLED HAD BEEN CALLED A LOT OF BAD THINGS, BUT NOT WEIRD. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE WENT OUT AND THE PEOPLE WERE APPLAUDING STUFF AND SHE GOES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> I THINK SHE WENT NUTS. THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY, TUCSON, ARIZONA. TRUMP IMMEDIATELY COMING OUT SWINGING AT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, REPEATING FALSE CLAIMS THAT HE SAID DURING TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. HE SAID POLLS SHOW THAT HE WON THAT DEBATE WE DO HAVE A NEW REUTERS IPSOS POLL THAT SHOWS AMONG THOSE WHO HAD HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT TUESDAY'S DEBATE. 53% SAID HARRIS WON, 24% SAID TRUMP WON, THOUGH REPUBLICAN VOTERS AROUND HALF FELT THAT TRUMP HAD WON. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALSO REPEATED FALSE CLAIMS THAT DEMOCRATS AND VICE HARRIS SUPPORT ABORTION AFTER BIRTH. AS YOU HEARD IN OUR THAT WAS FACT CHECKED BY OUR OUR ABC NEWS TEAM. WE KNOW THAT NO STATE ALLOWS ABORTIONS AFTER BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES. I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S REMARKS WITH OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG AND WITH ABC NEWS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN. PAULINA, WHAT STANDS OUT TO IN THESE ATTACKS FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT? HARRIS REALLY GETTING PERSONAL AS HE DID SO OFTEN DURING THAT DEBATE. YEAH, WE'VE SEEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT REALLY STRUGGLE TO STICK TO THE ISSUES, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HIS AIDES WANTED HIM TO DO ON THAT DEBATE NIGHT AND TODAY DURING HIS COMMENTS. YOU HEARD HIM TRY TO STICK TO THE ISSUES, BUT THAT HE WOULD GO BACK AND REVERT TO ATTACKING HARRIS WITH PERSONAL INSULTS AS WELL AS ATTACKING THE MODERATOR OF THE DEBATE. NOW, WHAT'S NOTABLE THAT HE CALLED THAT DEBATE A VICTORY FOR HIM. THIS IS DESPITE ELIZABETH, EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS CLOSE TO DONALD TRUMP SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT HIS BEST PERFORMANCE. HE HAD MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT HE TOOK THE BAIT EVERY TIME VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TRY TO GET UNDER HIS SKIN AND. NOW, TODAY, THE PRESIDENT IS INSISTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS INSISTING THAT THERE BE NO THIRD DEBATE. AT THE SAME TIME, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE. AND I CAN TELL YOU, ELIZABETH, TALKING TO VOTERS HERE WHO ARE VERY FIRED UP AHEAD OF THIS HARRIS RALLY, SAY THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER DEBATE. HARRIS DID FACE SOME THAT SHE DIDN'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT HER POLICY PLANS FOR THE AND SOME OF THE VOTERS HERE TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM VICE PRESIDENT. OF COURSE, THIS CAMPAIGN IS KEENLY AWARE THAT A LOT STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER. THEY WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LAY OUT A LOT OF HER POLICY VISION, VISIONS. ELIZABETH, OLIVIA RUBIN, I WANT TO GET MORE ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S STRATEGY IS HERE, CONTINUING TO TOUT HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE ,EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF HIS ALLIES HAVE SAID, FRANKLY, IT COULD BEEN BETTER. WELL, IT'S CLASSIC DONALD TRUMP IN THAT WAY. YOU KNOW, HE IS, OF COURSE, GOING TO SAY THAT HE HAD A WONDERFUL DEBATE PERFORMANCE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT HE WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM THAT MESSAGING. ELIZABETH BUT IT IS SORT OF INTERESTING IN LISTENING TO THE POINTS THAT DONALD TRUMP DID JUST HIT IN THOSE REMARKS, TALKING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. IN SOME WAYS, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE POINTS THAHE SHOULD BE HITTING IN ORDER TO TRY TO WIN THIS ELECTION. HE TALKED ABOUT THE POLICY ISSUES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DONALD CAMPAIGN WANTS TO HIT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SAYING KAMALA HARRIS DOESN'T HAVE A POLICY THAT IS A FREQUENT TALKING THAT WE HEAR FROM HIM. HE TALKED ABOUT HER FLIP FLOPPING ON, THE HER ONE SUPPORT TO BAN FRACKING. NOW SHE THAT SHE DOESN'T. SO HE HIT THAT POINT. HE HIT ANOTHER POINT TRYING TO PAINT HER AS SOFT ON CRIME. ANOTHER TALKING POINT THAT HE SHOULD BE HITTING IF HE WANTS TO WIN. SO AGAIN WE DID JUST FROM HIM SOME OF THOSE COMMON POINTS. AGAIN BUT ADVISERS WANT HIM TO BE HITTING POTENTIALLY THAT HE SHOULD HAVE HIT MORE OF DURING THE DURING THE DEBATE. NOW TRYING TO SORT OF CIRCLE BACK AND SNEAK THOSE BACK IN AS HE'S TRYING TO WEAVE THIS MESSAGING THAT IT WAS HIM WHO WON THE DEBATE AND NOT. HARRIS RIGHT. AND WE DID HIM SAY WHY DIDN'T HARRIS DO IN THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS WHAT SHE SAYS SHE'S GOING TO DO? WE KNOW THAT'S MESSAGE THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS HERE ON CAPITOL HILL, A LOT OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISERS HAVE BEEN REPEATING. OLIVIA, DO YOU EXPECT THE PRESIDENT TO AT ALL CHANGED HIS TUNE AGAIN TODAY? HE SAYS NO MORE DEBATES. DO YOU SEE THAT CHANGING? DOES HE HAVE ANY REASON TO GO FACE TO FACE, HEAD TO HEAD AGAIN WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT? I THINK YOU KNOW, WE NEVER COUNT ANYTHING OUT WITH DONALD TRUMP. OF COURSE, HE COULD WAKE TOMORROW AND CHANGE HIS MIND AND DECIDE THAT HE WANTS TO DEBATE HER. AND AGAIN DONALD TRUMP IS SOMEONE THAT SEES HIMSELF AS A VERY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR, SOMEONE THAT IS HIS OWN BEST MESSENGER. SO, OF COURSE, HE COULD DECIDE THAT HE WANTS TO DEBATE HER AGAIN, CERTAINLY. BUT IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE WHY HE IS SPINNING THE REASONING THAT HE WON'T. HE IS TRYING TO SAY THAT ONLY THE LOSER OF A DEBATE ASKS FOR A DO OVER AND IS TRYING TO FRAME IT AS HARRIS BEING THE LOSER, WANTING TO DEBATE AGAIN AND HIM BEING THE WINNER, SEEING NO NEED TO DEBATE AGAIN AFTER DEBATING JOE BIDEN AND THEN OF COURSE DEBATING HARRIS ON. BUT AGAIN, THAT MESSAGING COULD ALWAYS CHANGE. ELIZABETH. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IT DOES. AND SO AND ONLY SO MANY DAYS LEFT FOR THE CANDIDATES HERE TO GET THEIR MESSAGES THAT WERE 53 DAYS OUT FROM ELECTION DAY. SELINA WANG AND OLIVIA RUBIN, YOU BOTH THANK YOU. >> WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE NEWS AHEAD HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THIS SPECIFIC MOMENT DURING OUR WEDDING, I LOOKED AT JASON AND I REALIZED THIS WAS REAL. THIS WAS OUR FAMILY. THIS IS HER KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR. EVERYTHING FELT RIGHT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FOUND THIS HIDDEN. I OPENED IT AND I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY I'M SORRY. SHE PUT HER TO HER MOUTH AND MIKE GASPED. JASON WOULD KILL ME BEFORE HE WOULD LET ME TELL ANYONE. PART OF HIM ISN'T SO MUCH FRICKIN TRIBAL. I REMEMBER JUST FEELING WHAT THE HELL THAT WAS MY DAD. WHAT IS GOING ON? THAT'S WHEN THAT FIRE INSIDE OF ME SHIFTED TO, LIKE, A FLAME. I WAS, LIKE, ON THE TRAIL IS ONE OF THE HARDEST TYPES OF TRAUMA TO OVERCOME. HE DIDN'T THINK I HAD IN ME TO DO SOMETHING, SO I DID. BETRAYAL. A FATHER'S SECRET. THE ALL-NEW SEASON ONLY ON HULU . YOU'RE 24. HE'S 54. >> YEAH. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE I HAD MET MY SOULMATE. >> YOU'RE FIRED FOUR TIMES NOW. >> FRIDAY, 2020 IS ALL NEW. THE 32 YEAR OLD FORMER BALLERINA, THE CENTER, THE SO-CALLED BLACK SWAN TRIAL. >> HERE WE GO. IT HASN'T SPOKEN OUT BEFORE. >> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TALK NOW? THIS ALL NEW 2020. PREMIERES FRIDAY AT NINE M CENTRAL ON ABC. >> THE COUNTDOWN TO THE IS ON. LOVE IT. OH, MY GOD. THIS IS GREAT. BUT YEARS BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT. >> IT'S CRAZY. I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE EMMY SPECIAL CAROL FOR THAT LADY WHO GOT THE SEVEN SIX EMMYS A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS, IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO PREVIEW FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK? ONLY ON ABC. ABC OH, MY GOD. >> HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC. WELCOME BACK. MOMENTS AGO, WE HEARD FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD. HE IS IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, TALKING ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE, THE DEBATE SAYING HE WON THE DEBATE. AND THE POLLS SHOW THAT WE WERE TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE NEW POLL RESULTS. NOW WITH OUR NEW BIG STORY. LET'S BRING IT ALL HERE. COME ON, GUYS. WE ARE ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST, MIKE MUSE, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA, HEIDI HEITKAMP, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN AND, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SENIOR EDITOR AT THE DISPATCH. SARAH ISGUR. GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS ALL HERE . SARAH, WANT TO START WITH THIS NEW POLL WE GOT FROM REUTERS IPSOS TODAY THAT WAS CONDUCTED AFTER THE DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT. IT SAID 53% OF VOTERS SAID HARRIS WON THE DEBATE, THOUGH, INTERESTINGLY, AMONG REPUBLICAN VOTERS, ABOUT HALF SAID TRUMP WON. TRUMP'S NOW SAYING HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANY MORE DEBATES. IS THAT THE RIGHT CALL? AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE THOSE RESULTS, SARAH? >> WELL, IT GOES TO THE POINT THAT WE SO OFTEN COVER WHO WON THE DEBATE OR WHO LOST THE DEBATE. AND IT'S REALLY THE WRONG QUESTION TO BE ASKING. THE QUESTION TO BE ASKING IS FOR VOTERS WHO HADN'T MADE UP THEIR MIND, DID THIS HELP THEM? DID THIS MOVE NUMBERS WERE UNDECIDED VOTERS WATCHING THIS DEBATE IN TERMS WHETHER HE SHOULD DO A SECOND DEBATE. THAT'S TOUGH, RIGHT? HE DIDN'T WIN THIS. >> BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT THESE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AFTER IF HARRIS YOU KNOW, BY WHAT I WOULD THINK HER METRIC OF SUCCESS, IF SHE PREVENTED HIM FROM GETTING MOMENTUM AFTER THIS DEBATE, BASICALLY KEEPING THE POLLS AT A PLATEAU, THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR HER. >> I WOULD TELL DONALD TRUMP YOU PROBABLY SHOULD DEBATE AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO SEEN ONE LOPSIDED, YOU KNOW, DEBATE MAYBE IN 2012 WITH OBAMA AND ROMNEY TURN THE OTHER WAY IN THE NEXT DEBATE. JUST NEVER KNOW. WELL, AND I THINK YOU RAISE A GREAT POINT. THE RESULTS, THE POLLS, ANALYSTS, PUNDITS VIEWS ON WHO WON ONE THING. BUT MIKE MILLS, WE DID SEE THIS PRETTY HEFTY ENDORSEMENT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT COME OUT RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE. AND SHE LINKED HER SUPPORTERS. SHE, OF COURSE, ENDORSED KAMALA HARRIS AND THEN SHE LINKED HER SUPPORTERS TO VOTE DOT GOV. AND WE NOW KNOW THAT ABOUT 400,000 PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO THAT WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE. SO IS THAT A SIGN THAT, IN FACT ,YOU KNOW, THIS IS TURNING OUT VOTES, THAT THERE WILL BE AN ACTUAL TANGIBLE RESULT AMONG VOTERS FROM THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, ELIZABETH SCHULZE THOSE ARE SOME NUMBERS I HAVE DONE. VOTER DRIVES IN MY DAY AND IT IS SO HARD TO TURN IN THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE. THAT IS ONE SIGN. ANOTHER SIGN IS VERY INTERESTING IS THAT TAYLOR SWIFT MADE THAT ENDORSEMENT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DEBATE, WHICH IF THERE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WATCH DATE, THEY AT LEAST HAVE WATCHED CLIPS OF IT. A THIRD THING THAT I FIND FASCINATING, TOO, AS WE TALK ABOUT MOMENTUM NOT ONLY IS A POLL SUGGESTING THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS WON, IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE SOCIAL MEDIA NARRATIVE AND DISCOURSE ONLINE RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE MEANS, THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY IN SUPPORT OF PARIS AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF THE MISSED BETS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MENTIONED. SO I THINK WHEN YOU PUT ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, I CAN SEE WHY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULDN'T WANT TO DEBATE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AGAIN, BECAUSE SHE SHOWED SO MUCH COMPETENCE IN HANDLING. ACTUALLY, ELIZABETH, HIS STYLE OF DEBATE THAT HE'S USED TO BEING IN CONTROL. SHE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO BEAT HIM IN HIS OWN GAME. IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A STYLE WISE PERSPECTIVE, HEIDI. >> CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE STRATEGY IS FOR THESE CANDIDATES NOW AS WE ENTER WHAT WILL SOON BE THE HOMESTRETCH SOON OF THE CAMPAIGN? HOW DO THEY TURN THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE AND REALLY THAT OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF A HUGE TO GET THE VOTE, TO GET THE WORD OUT AND WHEN YOU SEE BOTH OF THEM IN SWING STATES TODAY, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO TURN INTO PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOWING UP ON ELECTION DAY? >> DONALD TRUMP NEEDS TO SHOW THAT HE'S NOT AS CRAZY AS HE SEEMED. THE NIGHT OF THE DEBATE AND THE CLIP THAT I JUST SAW HERE TELLS US THAT HE HAS MODERATED HOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT STILL HAS THE KIND OF TRUMP TRUMP ATTITUDE. BUT HE'S SAYING YOU HAD FOUR YEARS, YOU DIDN'T DO IT. HE'S HITTING THE MARKS. AND SO HE NEEDS TO RECOVER SOME LEVEL OF SAYING THAT MAYBE HE CAN LEAD THE COUNTRY. SHE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, SHE HAD A GOOD DEBATE PERFORMANCE, BUT NOW SHE'S GOT TO SEAL THE DEAL. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH SARA THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO PERSUADE VOTERS. 68 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED HOW MANY WERE UNDECIDED. I THINK THE TAYLOR KID, IF CAN JUST SAY THE TAYLOR SWIFT THING, THOSE ARE PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW. NOBODY ON THE CAMPAIGN KNEW. NOW THEY'RE REGISTERED. AND YOU REACH OUT AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. >> TRICIA, I WANT GET YOUR TAKE ON ONE OF THE CLAIMS WE ARE HEARING NOW FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT. STILL IN THE WAKE OF THAT DEBATE, YOU USED TO WORK FOR REPUBLICAN OHIO MIKE DEWINE. TODAY HE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE BASICALLY TO DISPEL THOSE RUMORS THAT TRUMP AND HIS RUNNING MATE, J.D. VANCE, ARE SPREADING ABOUT MIGRANTS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, STEALING AND EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. THE FBI'S ACTUALLY NOW PARTNERING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SPRINGFIELD BECAUSE THEY'RE CITY HALL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE EVACUATED DUE TO BOMB THREATS. THERE TODAY. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF TRUMP AND VANCE CONTINUING TO SPREAD THOSE THOSE DISPELLED RUMORS, FALSEHOODS? >> WELL THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A CRISIS GOING ON IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. >> I MEAN, I'M FROM OHIO. SPRINGFIELD IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE I WAS RAISED. AND THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT 20,000 MIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN MOVED TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. YOU TAKE THEY MIGHT BE FROM HAITI, BUT YOU TAKE 20,000 PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY OF 60,000, TAKE 20,000 FROM CALIFORNIA. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY DON'T HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES. >> THE COMMUNITY PLANNING IS COMPLETELY OVER RUN. >> SO I THINK THAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS VERY, VERY BROKEN RIGHT NOW. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THIS. BUT I THINK I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE REUTERS POINT, ELIZABETH, BECAUSE I THINK A VERY POINT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THAT MAYBE THE CHATTERING CLASS BELIEVES THAT KAMALA HARRIS WON THE DEBATE. BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS NUMBERS FROM THE UNDECIDEDS. AND REUTERS FOUND THAT 60% OF UNDECIDED VOTERS POST-DEBATE WERE EITHER LEANING NOW TOWARD DONALD TRUMP OR GOING TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. THAT IS WHAT MATTERS. AND THE REASON WHY IS PROBABLY THE FIRST 30 SECONDS, WHICH WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ECONOMY, WHICH KAMALA HARRIS DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> SHE DIDN'T SAY IF AMERICANS BETTER OFF OR WORSE OFF IN FOUR YEARS. OKAY, I HEAR YOUR POINT ON ON FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES. WE KNOW IMMIGRATION AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT TO VOTERS. BUT HOW TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE EATING PETS, THE WAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT ISSUE, SURELY YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SHOULD BE SPREADING TO MAKE HIS POINT ON IMMIGRATION. >> IT'S NOT THE FRAMING I WOULD HAVE HAD ON THE DEBATE STAGE, ELIZABETH, BUT I MEAN, YOU SAW THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS JUST AS MUCH AS I DO WHERE THOSE CITIZENS WERE GIVING THEIR TESTIMONY THAT THEY SAW SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING. SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, WHAT I BRING IT OUT ON THE DEBATE STAGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY TESTIFIED. >> AND YET HERE WE THEY'RE STILL BRINGING IT UP A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. STORY NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO BE BROUGHT UP, IT'S PART OF THE CITIZENS MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS. DIDN'T THINK THIS WOULD BE THE ONE WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT TWO DAYS AFTER THE DEBATE. TRICIA, MIKE, HEIDI, SARA, STICK AROUND. GOT A LOT MORE TO COME. COMING UP IN THE SPOTLIGHT, TALK ABOUT TOP EXECUTIVES AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHO THEY SPOKE TO AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR BIG TECH. EVERYONE'S GOING TO WEIGH IN COMING UP. >> THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS MATTHEW PERRY DOING KETAMINE? HOW DID HE GET IT? AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH IN THE CASE OF MATTHEW PERRY? IT WAS KIND OF THE PERFECT STORM IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 23. HE WAS GETTING 6 TO 8 SHOTS OF KETAMINE A DAY. FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO DOCTORS, ALL ARRESTED. MATTHEW PERRY WAS A MONEY SCREAM FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. IT IS VERY ODD TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IF YOU DIED, IT WOULD SHOCK PEOPLE. BUT SURPRISE, NO. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO MATTHEW PERRY? NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHAT WILL THEY BE WEARING ON TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT? >> THE FASHION, THE STYLE AND THE STARS TOMORROW. ROBBINS IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A FASHION PREVIEW AT THE EMMYS. PLUS, A FIRST LOOK AT HER EMMYS SPECIAL SO CRAZY TOMORROW. >> AND YOU MAY. LET'S GO. THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. WE LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN'T GET ANY CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE OF LEAVE NO SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY, BONNIE, KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH . HORRIFIC. THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. >> ONLY ON HULU. AND IN THE CASE OF MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. YOU DON'T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I'M IN. I KNOW I'M IN. I'M IN. YOU. I'M IN. I'M IN. TO BE HERE NOW, WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY? >> FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START HERE TO BE IN THE NEW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE HERE . I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHOULD HONOR IT AND HAVE A REVERENCE FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND RESPECT ,BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN WAYS THAT ARE UNIMAGINABLE FOR THE GOOD. THAT WAS, OF COURSE, OPRAH WINFREY SPEAKING OUR VERY OWN REBECCA JARVIS ON THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR SPOTLIGHT TODAY. A.I. LEADERS MET WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY. THEIR DISCUSSION FOCUSING ON A.I. ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO POTENTIALLY BUILD DATA CENTERS. ALL OF THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN THE BACKDROP OF GROWING DEBATE ON WHETHER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POSES A THREAT TO WHILE MANY AMERICANS EMBRACE IT. 52% ARE MORE CONCERNED THAN EXCITED ABOUT A.I. IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, ACCORDING TO A NEW RECENT PEW RESEARCH POLL. LET'S BRING BACK OUR PANEL THIS MIKE, HEIDI, TRICIA AND SARA. MIKE, I THINK A LOT OF US CAN RELATE TO THIS. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT A.I., YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT, BUT WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY. YOU ARE PROBABLY MORE ADVANCED IN A LOT OF US ON THIS. SO GIVE US KIND OF ONE ON ONE. >> I LOVE THAT OPRAH NOW SAYING NOT TO BE AFRAID OF IT. ELIZABETH, YOU AND I, I'VE BEEN SAYING SO LONG, WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF A.I., BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE USING RESPONSIBLE THE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO, TOO, FROM A PRIVATE COMPANY. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WHAT OPRAH IS SAYING IS REALLY KIND OF GETTING TO USE CASES, BUT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IS THAT IF I WERE TO LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A WAY TO MAKE UP FOR THINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE A DEFICIT FOR, FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS COMPANY, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPITAL RESOURCES TO DO A MARKET CAMPAIGN. YOU CAN USE A.I. NOW TO SUPPLEMENT A BUDGET THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IN ORDER TO DO STRATEGIC MARKETING. IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO HAS DISABILITY. YOU CAN NOW USE A.I. TOOLS TO OVERCOME OF THE DISABILITY AND CHALLENGES THAT YOU MAY FACE WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT IN SOCIETY AND PARTICULARLY IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT. AND SO THAT IS HOW I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT IS INTELLIGENCE IN WAYS OF HOW CAN IT BE AN ADDITIVE IN OUR LIVES. >> AND GIVEN THAT THERE IS A YIN AND YANG TO EVERYTHING AT LEAST ACCORDING TO OPRAH. SO WHAT, HEIDI, DO YOU SEE AS KIND OF THE HOW DO WE ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES AND CONCERNS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME EMBRACING THE PROS OF AI THAT MIKE'S ABOUT? >> WELL, I THINK THE FIRST THING IS YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF IT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HERE. WE'RE SEEING THE TRANSFORMATION. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING. THE TRAJECTORY IT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS A ENERGY STATE, THIS IS WE ARE NOT FOR A.I. AND BIG DATA IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING OUT AN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER AN AIR, WHICH NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT. >> YEAH, REALLY FASCINATING HOW. MUCH POWER IT TAKES TO POWER. ALL OF THOSE ALGORITHMS AND MODELS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE A.I. WORK. WHAT DO YOU THINK, TRISH? ARE YOU A REGULAR USER OF A.I. THESE DAYS OR ARE NOT QUITE ON THE BANDWAGON YET? >> I'M ON THE BANDWAGON, WHICH I AM A LIKE I DON'T I'M NOT INTO. SO THIS IS VERY NEW FOR ME, BUT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE I MEAN, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS FOR EVERY SPHERE OF OUR LIFE FROM, YOU KNOW, JOB REPLACEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL CHANGE, BIASES, HEALTH CARE, BUT ALSO DEFENSE. YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR, ELON MUSK AND A BUNCH OF TECH LEADERS SIGNED A PLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD NOT GO INTO RESEARCHING OR ANY SORT OF LETHAL AUTONOMOUS DEFENSE. I'M CURIOUS, SEE WHAT SHE COVERS ON THAT FRONT, OPRAH. >> YEAH, AND SARA, CURIOUS, YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT WE DO SEE THE WHITE HOUSE HAVING MEETINGS WITH EXECUTIVES. SAM ALTMAN. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE HERE? AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY ARE THEY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CURVE? >> NO. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THE GOVERNMENT WADING INTO SOMETHING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE SITTING IN 1945 OR SO AND TALKING ABOUT HOW COMPUTERS WILL LOOK 2024. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EVERY INDUSTRY. WE DON'T HOW YET. SO TREAD LIGHTLY WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING, SOME ROBOT WILL LOOK ON THIS CONVERSATION OF US AND SAY THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BACK THEN, I'M SURE. MIKE, PATRICIA, SARAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND DON'T FORGET TO OUR ALL NEW PRIMETIME SPECIAL I AND THE FUTURE OF US AIRING TONIGHT EIGHT THAT IS SEVEN CENTRAL ON ABC. COMING UP IN OUR LAST CALL, KATY PERRY SOARS AND TAYLOR SWIFT TRIUMPHS. >> WE'RE GOING TO SHARE OF OUR FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S VMAS. >> SAY WHAT SHE'S A FANTASY WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THEME SONG. >> YOU BET, KYLE. TIME AND I WAS A WILD CHICK, THEIR ONE AND JASON MOMOA EXPLODED AND WAS BOMBSHELL. >> ANDERSON WAS AN ICON, REALLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING I'VE DONE ALMOST "BAYWATCH" WAS WHIRLWIND OF EPIC HIGHS AND LOWS EVERYONE LIKES TO WATCH SEXY THINGS AND THEY LIKE THE STORIES THAT SCHEDULE WHAT WOULD SHAPE YOUR LIFE DURING THAT STUNNING AND TIRING SHORT DRIVE? THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. NIGHTMARE ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU TONIGHT THE TRACK OF FRANCINE. THE DAMAGE AS MILLIONS FEEL THE IMPACT. PLUS THE HISTORIC DEBATE. NEW NUMBERS AND MORE FALLOUT. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT", DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. LET'S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW IT IN NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. >> BUT LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE. HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER DOESN'T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE IN THIS. >> HI, I'M MANDY. AND I'M SABRINA, AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY DAY. LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE LOVE? REALLY LOVE POP CULTURE. SO WHAT? WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES WITH BEING A MOM, YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> THE COUNTDOWN TO THE EMMYS IS ON. LOVE IT. OH, YES. OH, MY GOD. >> THIS IS GREAT. BUT FIRST, BEFORE TV'S BIGGEST ,IT'S CRAZY. >> I WAS SHOCKED. YES, CHEF RAMSAY. INCREDIBLE. EMMY SPECIAL CALL FOR THAT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 76TH EMMYS. >> A NIGHT OF FIRSTS WITH ROBIN ROBERTS. IT'LL BE A CRAZY GOOD TIME. SO CRAZY. FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL. >> ON WHAT NETWORK ARE WE ON? ABC ABC? >> OH, MY GOD. HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? ABC REPORTING FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. I'M VICTOR OQUENDO. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC LIVE. IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR LAST CALL. TAYLOR SWIFT MAKING HISTORY WITH HER SEVENTH WIN LAST NIGHT AT THE 40TH MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. SHE'S NOW THE SOLO ARTIST WITH THE MOST VMA WINS IN HER CAREER FROM THE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCES TO THE WINNING MOMENTS OF THE FASHION, IT WAS A STAR STUDDED NIGHT, THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF THE YEAR, AND, OF COURSE, THE PAST FOUR DECADES. >> LET'S BRING BACK OUR PANEL TO RECAP IT ALL. MIKE, VMA WINNING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CULTURAL DEFINING, CULTURALLY DEFINING MOMENTS OVER THE YEARS. >> WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU LAST NIGHT? I THINK MAKING THE TIME AN INCREDIBLE HOST. I LOVE HOW THE VMAS REMADE SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST MOMENTS. I LOVE THE VANGUARD MOMENT WITH KATY PERRY. SHE ROCKED IT. ELIZABETH, AS SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, WE USED ATTEND THE VMAS REGULARLY. I FEEL LIKE THE VMAS BACK. WE WENT TO A PERIOD WHERE I THOUGHT THE VMAS JUMPED THE SHARK. THAT WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING. AND ALSO TO THE POINT WHERE ARTISTS TRY TO BE TO LIMIT IT, TO GIMMICKY, TO MAKE VIRAL MOMENTS HAPPEN. NOW THEY'RE LETTING THE ARTIST AND THE ARTISTRY IN THE FUN LEAD NOT PLAYING INTO THIS ANYMORE. WE'RE WATCHING VIDEOS NOW MORE THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE, THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THE I REALLY CAN OFFICIALLY DECLARE ELIZABETH ARE BACK AND I MAY ACTUALLY WANT TO GO NOW NEXT YEAR. >> YOU HEARD IT RIGHT HERE FROM MIKE USED THE VMAS ARE BACK. TRICIA, I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO SOME OF THOSE VINTAGE LOOKS THAT WE LAST NIGHT, SABRINA CARPENTER WORE THE SAME DRESS, THE MADONNA AWARD, THE OSCAR, A 1991 MEGAN THEE STALLION CHANNELED AN ICONIC BRITTANY VMA LOOKS EVEN MORE THAT SNAKE THAT BRITTANY, BRITTANY WORE OUT AND INTERVIEWS VIDEOS. WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FASHION ? >> ANY AWARDS SHOW? I'M ALL FOR THE LOOKS. I'M ALL THE BEST DRESS. COMPLETELY AGREE, MEG. THE STALLION KILLED IT. SABRINA CARPENTER, SHAWN MENDES, SHOUT OUT AND QUAVO AS WELL. >> THEY REALLY BROUGHT UP HEIDI. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DID YOU WATCH AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS TRANSFORMATION OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS? >> YEAH, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PART OF THE PANEL IS WAY TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THE EARLY DAYS OF MTV. THESE VIDEOS THAT THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTING AND THAT THEY'RE AWARDING ARE WORKS OF ART AND EVERYBODY SHOULD WATCH THEM. IT HAS GONE WAY BEYOND IT WAS I WAS IN MY TWENTIES AND MTV CAME TO THE FOREFRONT. SARAH, IS YOUR FINAL WORD OVER TO YOU ON THIS ONE? >> I DON'T KNOW. I JUST REMEMBER WATCHING THE VMAS