But on the other hand, or paw, theres things you should anticipate to keep your pets safe this summer. Dr. Gerard at north Shore Animal League of America Teaching us the tricks to make sure your friends stay cool for the summer. First things first you have to know your dog. Not every dog can tolerate the heat like every other dog. So your brachiocephalic breeds, the ones with short noses reporter like pugs or frenchies. Your dogs with medical conditions, older geriatric dogs, overweight dogs, they cant tolerate the heat. They can overheat very quickly. Reporter how do you know if they are overheating . Understand the signs. The excessive panting. Difficulty recovering. On to things like vomiting, diarrhea. Ataxia, where they become wobbly, know that you have a situation on your hands, that you need to address that. Reporter at that point cool your dog off with water and call your vet. Lucky for us its easy to prevent all of that. His tips . Always supervise your pets when theyre outside. Give them plenty of shade, clean water to drink and play in like these kiddie pools, and never leave your pet in the car. If your dog does want to go for a walk, early mornings and late evenings are best. Wed recommend that people actually place your hand on the pavement first. Most recommendations are between five and seven seconds. If you can leave your hand on the asphalt for that period of time, its probably safe for your pet. Reporter or give them fashionable booties. And one more doggone detail . Your pet can get a sunburn . Oh, yes. We definitely recommend sunscreen. Dont use the one that youre using on yourself, get one thats labeled for a pet. Reporter there you have it. Heres to a pawfect summer day with your best friend. And one final summer safety tip for your pets. If youre going boating, the most likely member of your family to jump out of a moving boat, your dog. So get him a life jacket. So important to remember, pets. Also thinking about people in this heat. For instance, in madison, wisconsin, homeless shelters are going to be open and they wont turn folks away even if theyve reached capacity. In d. C. , shelters will be open 24 7. Theyre going to keep area pools open late to help people beat the heat. Parents, playgrounds, one area that gets so hot, those slides, swings, the metal, think about kids. Great, great, great points. Protect the humans and animals. Everybody. Thank you, will ganss, appreciate it. A florida restaurant is delivering some hope with its meals. A pizza shop outside West Palm Beach is putting pictures of lost pets on its delivery boxes. Pet owners can drop off flyers. The service is free. The pizza stores parent restaurant is in new jersey and is providing the same service. This is great. We have another story in the show about West Palm Beach officials doing something that is not really too cool with the homeless. Right. This one, on the other hand, good job. Very cool, yes. And of course homeless, i mean, people without places to go in this heat, youve got to think about them too. Knowing that those shelters will be open late, wont be turning people away. Watching out for everybody. Yes. Stay with us, giz wiz up next. Want to freshen your home without using heavy, overwhelming scents . Introducing febreze one. It eliminates odors with no heavy perfumes, so you can feel good about using it in your home. For a light, naturalsmelling freshness, try new febreze one. tiffany ask yourself what your children or cigarettes. For as long as i can remember, my mother smoked. She died from lung cancer when i was 16. I could not take the chance of continuing smoking and not being here for my daughter. I know how much i needed my mom still, and i didnt realize it until i had lost her. You can quit. For free help, call 1800quitnow. Welcome back. So you dont have to spend a lot to find cool new tech gadgets. In fact, you only need to spend a few bucks. The giz wiz Dick Debartolo joins us now. As usual you found good things. Some fun stuff. I asked greg, how about tech under 10 . He said, is there any . Is there . These are great. Little flexible usb l. E. D. Lamps. Any place you have a usb port, like in your laptop, plug it in the side. I have a little external phone charger here. Plug it in. Genius. You have a little lamp. You can put it on at the hotel, plug it in the laptop, fold it over, and you can see the keyboard. 8. And you get five of them. Five for 8 bucks . What are you going to do with five of them . 1. 60 each. Not bad. Theres a store called five below where everything is 5 bucks or less. I bought this virtual car. I am terrible at this but i made a video of how bad i am. Download an app. The app gives you a little course for you to drive. And you put your car on it. Then you wow. Push on the roof, then that starts the car going. And then you theoretically are avoiding crashing. Thats cool. Of course i pretty much hit every single oncoming car. So finally i ended up that the app actually broke my screen, pretend. Yeah, and youre a way better driver in real life, im sure. I dont drive. Oh. I see why. Yes. I got maybe 30 seconds of play out of it. That was 5 bucks. Do you want to play a game . So this goes behind it wont go over your head, it goes behind your neck. Then ive got to press on a little button here. These are the sports fan. Then you just bend them. Youre sure theyre not beyonce fans . I think thats what it is. I bought mine for 11 because i got them the next day. Yeah, wow. If you dont mind, on ebay you can get them for 8. Okay. This is wow, i think i need it. I think i need it, yeah, uhhuh. So that is the sports fan. Yeah, thats cool. Its great. Just hold the button down for three seconds and that will shut them off. Okay, charging cables. These are charging cables that do a little light show. Ill just turn on the charger here. Wheres the on this guy here, all right. Looks like you just turned down these lights. They did that so we can see better. They did that so we can do that. Why is this little guy not coming on . All right. Oh fancy. So what this is when this guy sits here for a little while, it shuts itself off. Not only do you have glowing charging lights, but there are little buttons here so you can make them go faster. Yeah. You can freeze them. Have them be one color. Have them blink or go backwards. 8 each. Okay, not bad. Two for 16. The tin can robot. This looks cool. This is great fun. I dont have the intelligence. Its 8 and up so i couldnt do it. But this is what it looks like. All you add is a battery and a can. The motor, Everything Else, is in there. And you make a little walking funny little robot. And that this is good, it gets the kids brain thinking. Exactly. Its a fun they learn and have fun. And you recycle a can. Not bad. Under 10 bucks. Getting your own can and your own aa battery, Everything Else in the box. All of this under 10 . Yes. You have done it again. I have a card outside. For more details on all these items check out dicks website at gizwiz. Biz. S. Ck, thank you so much for all st with ure watching world news now. Dear phyllis, last year i lost my loving husband of 40 years. The pain of this loss was only made worse by the cost associated with his death, like his medical and funeral bills. I dont want to leave my children with the same cost. Do you know if theres a Life Insurance company that could provide me with affordable coverage at my age . Im 68. Sincerely, overwhelmed in ohio. phyllis dear overwhelmed in ohio, im so sorry to hear of the loss of your husband and the financial burden that followed. My mother had similar concerns and she found a plan she liked, so she called Colonial PennLife Insurance company. She said theyve been providing people age 50 to 85 with guaranteed acceptance whole Life Insurance for over 60 years. narrator phyllis is right, and with Colonial Penns guaranteed acceptance whole Life Insurance, you cant be turned down for any health reason. Coverage options start at just 9. 95 a month. And with their rate lock guarantee, your rate can never increase. phyllis oh, i want to share one more thing. When you call Colonial Penn now, you also get a free beneficiary planner. This is their tollfree number, so give them a call yourself to learn more. Your friend, phyllis. tranquil music just between us, you know whats better than mopping . Anything at the end of a long day, its the last thing i want to do. Well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. Its an allinone so its ready to go when i am. The cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. And the pad absorbs it deep inside. So, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. 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Oh, hey, you are home, okay, ill come on up. Im coming. Whoo wow. Incredible animals, those bears. Yeah, just fast r uhhuh. But this guy, he thought he had an intruder. Okay. Turns out it wasnt an intruder at all. It was wait for it oh all right. Yep. Thats his German Shepherd there. Joe corsi got an alert from his Home Security system, and it was just sasha the dog. Aww. Snout. Look at sasha, huh, huh . Saying, if anything, thats your reallife security system. Yeah. Protecting your home right there. Its me, its me. Oh, adorable. That happened. Adorable. Hey, also, this happened. At Citizens Bank park. Philadelphia. Oh a fan at the dodgers versus phillies decided to use the tarp and slide on across the field. Hes in trouble. Hes in trouble. Security, theyre trying to run them down. Im just trying to have some fun. Like he takes off real fast. Is he going to slide again . Whoo, having a good time. All right, they got him, they got him. Slip n slide there. I mean, he got some good fun out of it before they caught up to him, right . He definitely did. I mean, thats a way to handle a rain delay, right . That is one way to handle it. Right. And so from having fun on the field to having fun in the stands. A barehanded catch, watch this man. Wait for it. There it is. Did he get it . Beer in hand. Okay. Caught the ball barehanded. Humble about it too. Handed it to a kid. How about that. Watch this again. Hard to see. Nabs it with his hand. With the beer in the other hand. Um its a good thing he has the beer. Because hes going to feel that later. Right. At least he was paying attention, didnt get hit. Thats true. Be careful out there. Stay cool out there. They dont help single moms. Hi. Hi. What happened to our house last year . It flooded. And the water flooded out. Yeah. The red cross arranged the hotel for us. They gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and. Take care of them, you know . I feel like weve come full circle. Ket this is how ill do it. Sarah there you go. This morning on world news now, the heat is on. Millions of us are coping with dangerous tripledigit heat. More than two dozen states are under a heat alert. Well tell you how long well have to sweat it out for. Omar has a history of launching vicious antisemitic screeds. Send her back, send her back President Trump at his latest Campaign Rally not backing down from his racist attacks against four congresswomen of color as his supporters are heard backing him up. Back in washington the house kills a resolution to introduce an article of impeachment. Risky rescue. A pair of window washers dangling high in the sky. See how this came to an end. The pintsized pitchman getting attention of police. It wasnt all it seemed. Details on this thursday, july 18th. Good morning, everyone. Yes, it is the middle of summer but it is hot out there. Hot. And you saw yesterday steaming. Yesterday we celebrated National Hot Dog day. I decided to grill out on the roof in those temperatures. You guys see on instagram the last time he grilled out with those drumettes . And people loved them. I had my sweat rag, everyone knows as a southerner, if youre barbecuing, you need a sweat rag. I had the nerve to go running and i was like lord, dont let me pass out. We do begin this half hour with the blistering, oppressive, possibly recordbreaking heat gripping at least 28 states and likely lasting through the weekend. In washington, d. C. , for example, forecasters predict temperatures will hit 113 degrees saturday. Thats just 3 degrees cooler than death valleys forecast for the same day. So Health Officials are warning that so much tripledigit heat poses an extreme danger to public health, especially for children and the elderly. Heres abcs alex perez. Reporter from the east coast to the plains, more than half the country in the midst of what forecasters are calling the most dangerous heat wave in years. Oppressive humidity gripping the Delaware Valley today. It is hot, hot, hot out there and it is going to only get hotter. Reporter in richmond, virginia, the heat turning deadly tuesday. A 10monthold girl left in a hot car dying at the hospital. The heat index was 103. In 1995, a heat wave here in chicago killed more than 700 people. Emergency rooms are on alert, bracing for an influx of heatrelated emergencies. So someone comes in, we think that its heatstroke about four, six of us will actually put the individual into this ice bucket for 10 to 15 minutes to get their body temperature down as fast as possible. Reporter and in new york city, after that weekend blackout plunged a section of manhattan into darkness, fears that tripledigit temperatures this weekend could bring more outages. And well continually remind people to only use the energy they need. Reporter here in chicago were bracing for temperatures that will feel like 105 degrees the next few days. The emergency room doctor i talked to says even if youre staying hydrated, you can still be susceptible to heatstroke. The key, he says, is to get out of the heat and somewhere cool. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. Good reminders there from alex. One factor thats going to make this heat wave especially brutal is forecasters say temperatures wont be cooling down much after dark. Accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins us now with details. Good morning. Another hot and humid day across the plains into the midwest. Dangerous heat with high temperatures near 100. You factor in the humidity, Accuweather Realfeel temperatures in those darkest spots of red upwards of 110. Into the northeast, not as hot, still very humid. Watch out for spotty, heavy downpours. A couple of storms possible from the great lakes into the Northern Plains as well. Some of those storms could have some heavy downpours and gusty winds as well. All right, thank you, adam. Turning to President Trump reveling in his attacks on four congresswomen of color, calling them out one by one. The president took aim at the freshmen lawmakers at a rally last night in greenville, North Carolina. As he slammed Representative Ilhan Omar the crowd booed and chanted send her back. It came hours after the house voted to kill an effort to impeach the president in part over his racist comments about the congresswoman. Abcs terry moran has more from greenville. Reporter President Trump heading out for a Campaign Rally in North Carolina confident that the racial firestorm hes sparked with his tweets is stoking his base. Im enjoying it because i have to get the word out to the american people. Reporter he says its a political fight hes winning. So these congresswomen, their comments are helping to fuel the rise of a dangerous militant hard left. But thats okay because were going to win this election like nobodys ever seen before. Reporter its now days since trump tweeted in the kind of brutally bigoted language no president has used for decades that four liberal democratic congresswomen should go back to the countries they came from, even though three were born in the usa. And a new chant about Representative Ilhan Omar. Send her back, send her back reporter his White House Team defending him. If the president was not telling these four congresswomen to return to their supposed countries of origin, to which countries was he referring . Whats your ethnicity . Why is that relevant . It is because youre asking about he said originally. Reporter the battle turned to the house floor. Every Single Member of this institute, democratic and republican, should join us in condemning the president s racist tweets. Reporter every democrat but just four republicans voted to condemn the president s comments. Some of the president s democratic rivals say all this furor is just what he wants. This president purposely, i believe, distracts and attempts to distract by flame throwing. Reporter mary bruce asked Speaker Pelosi about that. Are you concerned that the president is goading you . With all due respect, lets not waste our time on that. Were not having him set our agenda, were setting our own agenda. Trump 2020 reporter here in greenville many backing his claim its not about race at all. What do you think of Speaker Pelosi saying what he said was racist . I dont believe hes a racist, period. You dont . I dont. On what do you base that. It had nothing to do with race, it has to do with our own values and whether you want to be an american or not. Reporter house of representatives voted to kill an effort to impeach President Trump over those tweets. 95 democrats voted to consider impeachment, 137 voted against. That shows just how divided this party is. Meanwhile, President Trump is sitting back enjoying the show. He believes his strategy is working perfectly. Terry moran with the president in greenville, North Carolina. House democrats have voted to hold attorney general william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross in criminal contempt. Barr and ross refused to comply with subpoenas stemming from their failed effort to add a Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. The white house says its another attempt to harass the president and his administration. The move is largely symbolic because the Justice Department is not expected to prosecute them. Federal prosecutors in new york have closed their investigation into hush money payments arranged by former trump fixer Michael Cohen and the judge has ordered the government to release search warrant records and other documents related by this morning. The closure of the probe appears to suggest no one other than cohen will be charged. Cohen said he paid off porn star Stormy Daniels and former playboy model karen macdougal. Calls for the resignation of puerto rico governor are growing. Pop star ricky martin was among thousands of protesters marching to the governors residence in san juan saying theyre outraged about a government they call corrupt and not responsive to the people. That outrage has intensified since the leak of online chats showing rossello making ethnic slurs. In new york city, they marched in support. Rossello and his administration have been under fire since the aftermath of Hurricane Maria two years ago which destroyed the islands electrical system and left thousands of people dead. Financier Jeffrey Epstein attends a Court Hearing today in new york. Hell find out if he will be granted bail or remain behind bars until his trial on federal sex trafficking and other charges. Epstein has pleaded not guilty. Also new video shows epstein partying with donald trump in a room full of cheerleaders at maralago back in 1992. At one point trump appears to make epstein, you see there, double over with laughter. Since epsteins legal troubles emerged, the president has distanced himself saying he wasnt a big fan of Jeffrey Epstein. Well have more coverage of the story coming up in our next half hour. A special guest dropped by the obama foundations chicago headquarters. The namesake. Look at that, the former president himself surprised 13 teenagers taking part in the organizations youth job corps program. The teens thought they were supposed to be talking about their experiences with some of the foundations top officials, one said she was determined not to cry in front of mr. Obama. Id do the same thing. Right . Thinking about people i might run into who i really, really, really, really like. Yeah. Like you know who. Right. Beyonce. Of course. And im like, dont cry, dont cry. So yes. So the president obviously gave an inspiring message to these young people. Yeah, a really good message here. He said we should all make smart failures. Love that, all make smart failures. Obviously were all going to fail at some point multiple times. Make smart failures. President obama said we should know well be okay after making choices, mistakes are part of being human. Those faces in that video, they were surprised. Coming up, debating pizza. Crust or no crust . Or just crust . Huh . Thats ahead in the mix. Plus for years shes tackled the taboo, talking about sex. All the details on dr. Ruth, the famous therapist, who has used sex as part of her success. First what led to a what led a judge to drop all the charges against kevin spacey next on world news now. Next on world news now. Sun care is self care. I used to not love wearing an spf just because i felt like it was so oily and greasy. But with Olay Regenerist whip spf 25, its so lightweight. I love it. Im busy philipps, and im fearless to face anything. girl my mom washes the dishes before she puts them in the dishwasher. So what does the dishwasher do . vo cascade platinum does the work for you. Prewashing and removing stuckon foods, the first time. mom wow thats clean vo cascade platinum. A frightening day on the job a frightening day on the job ended well for two window washers in san francisco. They were trapped ten stories above the ground on the scaffolding yesterday afternoon. Fire crews managed to get them safely to get to them safely, and no one was hurt. Former drug lord el chapo may already be at the federal super max prison. Hes been sentenced to life behind bars. A federal judge in new york added 30 years to that life sentence and ordered Joaquin Guzman to pay more than 12 billion in restitution. Before being led away el chapo told the judge he was denied a fair trial, and he called conditions in jail total torture. He also mentioned like a loud air vent, needing to use toilet paper as ear plugs there. Tough life in jail. Actor kevin spacey is no longer charged with indecent assault and battery in massachusetts. Those charges stem from an alleged groping incident at a bar in nantucket three years ago. The decision by massachusetts prosecutors to drop the sex crime charge comes after a stunning moment in court last week. All of those were deleted from the screen shots, missing from the screen shots that you sent to officer kelly, is that right . Yes. Reporter spaceys accuser answered questions, then invoked his fifth amendment rights. When asked about whether he knew it was illegal to delete Text Messages before turning evidence over to police in a criminal case. Spaceys lawyer immediately called for the case to be dismissed. Hes the sole witness that can establish the circumstances of his allegation on the night in question. Reporter the accuser was 18 years old when he says the oscar winner groped him at a piano bar in nantucket in 2016. The case unraveled after the young mans phone disappeared. His mother admitted she deleted a few things before turning it over to police. There were just a couple of things that concerned me. Two weeks ago the accuser dropped civil charges against spacey. Corey atchison hugged his daughter for the first time as he walked out of prison in tulsa. 28 years ago he was convicted of killing a man. Two years ago the prime witness in the case admitted he was pressured into identifying atchison as a suspect. He says he holds no hard feelings. I cant hold no grudge. I got lifes too short. You know, i got i got i got some time with this little guy. You know what im saying . To make him into a man. Me and you against the world. Atchison spent about 10,000 days behind bars. His brother was also wrongfully convicted, wrongly convicted, in an unrelated murder case. He was released from prison in 2016 after serving 20 years behind bars. This storys incredible. I read up on it. And the former District Attorney there, the d. A. At the time of the conviction, is defending the work that was done, saying that this is absurd. But a private investigator on both cases for his brother and this man told the Washington Post a spate of convictions with long sentences that have been overturned in oklahoma in recent years, and hes expecting more to be reversed. Incredible. Two people wrongfully convicted on two separate in two separate cases in the same family. Coming up next half hour, the app that makes you look old, decades older, is a hit this week. Hear why the government may investigate. First, one on one with the legendary dr. Ruth. The 91yearold sex therapist still not afraid to get real. Still not afraid to get real. Did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes . Try dawn ultra. Dawn is for more than just dishes. With 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease on a variety of surfaces. Try dawn ultra. Dr. Ruth has been giving advice on sex for decades on tv and radio. And now a new documentary is giving us an intimate portrait of the legendary sex therapist. Here is linsey davis. You said you wanted to show me this, sex for dummies. Is that a message for me . I could see how your face lit up. Reporter dr. Ruth can still talk about sex morning, noon, and night. I can look at people and i know if they have good sex or not. Reporter with her distinctive accent lets agree to disagree, and lets have good, terrific sex. Reporter and diminutive frame. Dr. Ruth westhymer is a pioneer. And then let him insert his penis into the vagina from behind. Reporter the 91yearold has been americas most famous and trusted sex therapist for generations. I would like us all together to say right here whether withdrawal method is a method of contraception. Reporter her life story now a documentary on hulu, ask dr. Ruth. Before i started to do television, the most important thing for me was education. Reporter an indepth look at the woman whos talked openly about sex for decades. It all began with her radio show, sexually speaking, in 1982. I do hope that you do masturbate, that you bring yourself to Sexual Satisfaction did you realize in the moment how groundbreaking what you were doing was . I did realize that nobody talked about orgasm, nobody talked about premature ejaculation. I did not realize of how successful the Radio Program was. Its good that i didnt realize, maybe i would have been more uptight if i had known that everybody listened to me. Sunday nights from 10 00 to 12 00. I say dont just engage in reporter her willingness to talk publicly about what many had limited to private pillow talk launched her into the mainstream. Ive never heard women tell the truth about sex before in public in my life. Reporter unafraid to discuss difficult subjects, she was one of the first people to use her platform to address the aids epidemic. It was a very unpopular topic. Not only were they a minority, they were despised. Reporter with all she has accomplished, she says its life itself thats been the greatest gift. The thing youre most proud of . Yes. Four grandchildren. Hitlers dead and my grandchildren are alive, and im very successful. Reporter for nightline, im linsey davis in new york. Incredible woman whos done incredible work. One of a kind. Like his medical and funeral bills. I dont want to leave my children with the same cost. Do you know if theres a Life Insurance company that could provide me with affordable coverage at my age . Im 68. Sincerely, overwhelmed in ohio. phyllis dear overwhelmed in ohio, im so sorry to hear of the loss of your husband and the financial burden that followed. My mother had similar concerns and she found a plan she liked, so she called Colonial PennLife Insurance company. She said theyve been providing people age 50 to 85 with guaranteed acceptance whole Life Insurance for over 60 years. narrator phyllis is right, and with Colonial Penns guaranteed acceptance whole Life Insurance, you cant be turned down for any health reason. Coverage options start at just 9. 95 a month. And with their rate lock guarantee, your rate can never increase. phyllis oh, i want to share one more thing. 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After the picture was shown of the pizza that he orders, people started reacting on twitter. So he gets it with just the crust, essentially. The middle of the pizza is cut out. See right there . Marinara sauce. Somebody said they didnt even cut the crust into sections so he has to bite the whole thing by holding it like a steering wheel. Someone else naturally commented and said, somebody tell jadakiss about bread sticks. Yeah. Bread sticks. But thats so true that no one like how do you even begin . I actually you just get right in there. Yeah. I will show you i got right in there, and this is how my pizza looks right now. Jack . How would you eat this pizza . I think youve got to get right in there put it in your mouth and feel it. I bet new yorkers are like, what . You murdered that pizza. Yeah. Thats a travesty right here. But this crust yeah. We didnt order it this place that he does, but the crust is top notch. I actually dont eat the crusts. Its a thing. Because im always on a thing. Also a thing, cow cuddling you never eat the crust . Never eat the crust. Never eat the crust. Its just why would no. Im so done. Can we move on to cow cuddling . Fine, go ahead. Its a thing. At 75 an hour to the owner of Mountain Horse farm bed and breakfast in upstate new york told gma the farm has offered cow cuddling since soon after the cows arrived last spring. So its not a petting zoo. Cuddle some cows. The last time we had an animal story and invoked our friends at p. E. T. A. For a comment, they did email us. So p. E. T. A. Were good this time. P. E. T. A. , is this okay . Is this safe for the cows . How do the cows feel . A long email in my inbox. Let us know. Were just looking out for the animals just like p. E. T. A. And Police Looking out for the community from a little boy with a curious sign. Free not free. Ice cold beer. So police went to go check on him to see about this ice cold beer this kids selling. They then posted, yep, hes selling beer, root beer, that is. I guess just above the beer it says root in very small print. Speaking of police, scarecrow . Yeah. Cop . Thats a nice surprise, right . Wait. Is this legal . Good question. This morning on world news now, embattled financier Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump. Were seeing newly discovered video of the two back in the 90s ahead of epsteins critical day in court today. Breaking overnight, thousands of people came together to demand the resignation of puerto ricos governor. Among those hitting the streets on the island, artist ricky martin, bad bunny, and el residente. Swept out to sea. The terrifying moments when a couple was caught by a wave, nearly drowning. See who came to their rescue. Were going to take our horse to the old town road. So is a major country singer. Find out which superstar may be recording a new version of this hip song. Thats in the skinny on this thursday, july 18th. I been in a valley you aint been up off that horse been up off that horse cant nobody tell me nothing catchy. So is it going to be taylor . Is it going to be beyonce . Who will it be . We will let you know later this half hour. But we do begin on a very serious note with financier Jeffrey Epstein at a Court Hearing today in new york. Hell be either granted bail or told to wait behind bars for his trial on federal sex traveling and other charges. Epstein has offered his manhattan mansion and private plane as collateral. In the meantime, a new video has surfaced showing epstein hanging out with donald trump decades ago. Abcs Kyra Phillips reports. Reporter the video shows them partying like pals. President trump and Jeffrey Epstein at maralago in a room full of cheerleaders. The video shot by nbc in 1992, unearthed by them. Donald, donald reporter trump seeming to point one woman out on the dance floor. The future president making epstein double over with laughter. In a 2002 profile of the financier, trump called epstein a terrific guy, adding, it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side, no doubt about it, acsed steiof s his social life. Uallary siyex abusing them when they were teenagers, but a controversial plea deal landed him in county jail for just 13 months. Now hes back behind bars facing federal sex trafficking charges and the president is distancing himself. I havent spoken to him in probably 15 years or more. I wasnt a big fan of Jeffrey Epstein, that i can tell you. Did you have any suspicions that he was molesting young women, underage women . I had no idea. I havent spoken to him in many, many years. Kyra phillips, abc news. President trump rallied in North Carolina overnight deepening his feud with four democratic congresswomen after an impeachment resolution failed. The house killed an effort to impeach the president over a including his racist tweets urging the minority lawmakers to go back to where they came from. Last night trump intensified his attacks targeting the four women one at a time, relying on unsubstantiated claims and misconstrued facts. When he went after Representative Ilhan Omar the crowd chanted send her back. Omar has a history of launching vicious antisemitic screeds. Send her back, send her back omar responded with a verse from a maya angelou poem, you may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still like air i rise. Some of puerto ricos most famous performers joining those demanding the governors resignation. In new york hamilton creator Linmanuel Miranda joined protesters who say theyre fed up with the governor, especially after newly leaked chats showed him and key aides mocking women and Hurricane Maria victims. Abcs Victor Oquendo has details. Reporter Puerto Ricans continuing their call for embattled Governor Ricardo Rossello to step down. I think we need to clean house. Reporter days of unrest at times turning violent. Protesters hurling projectiles. Police in riot gear responding with tear gas and pepper spray. Trust in the governor has been broken. If he had a drop of dignity, he would resign. At a rally in new york city, protesters joining in those calls for rossellos resignation. Actor Linmanuel Miranda, a staunch advocate for puerto rico following Hurricane Maria, joined in that rally. Were behind you. Puerto rico needs rebuilding. Puerto rico needs so much in its recovery. Hes become an impediment to that. Reporter anger erupting after a leaked group chat between the governor and several top aides, nearly 900 pages laced with sexist and homophobic language criticizing opposition leaders and celebrities. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria one aide appearing to mock dead bodies piled at a morgue. Several officials have already resigned but the governor remains defiant. I apologize for what ive done. But again, i need to move forward and continue on the work that is in progress. Reporter the situation now having an economic impact. Two Royal Caribbean cruise ships diverted from the island, fearing those protests could escalate. Victor oquendo, abc news, san juan. And the oppressively hot weather thats been making life miserable for millions of americans is just getting started. Srintthtrleigs and possibly lasting through the weekend, outdoors activities may not be the best idea. Finding ways to cool off will be a challenge for animals living outdoors in part because temperatures forecasters say temperatures wont be cooling off much after dark. Today those sizzling temperatures will hit the eastern third of the country with the realfeel conditions well over 100 degrees. So please stay safe out there. New jerseys highest court is taking action against two judges who have been criticized for their comments in Sexual Assault cases. First its recommending that superior court judge john russo be removed from the bench. He was under fire for asking a woman if she could have prevented an assault by closing her legs. Also judge james troianos temporary assignment was terminated because he declined to order a teenage rape suspect to be tried in adult court because the 16yearold came from a good family. Concern about listeria has forced a hummus company to recall nearly 100 products. Pita pal foods is recalling products made in june because listeria was found at one of its manufacturing facilities. The bacteria was not found in any finished pita pal products and no illnesses have been reported. You can find a list of the recalled products on our website. A man in Eastern Kentucky is recovering after a tick made its way into one of his eyes. Electric Company Worker chris prater noticed something was wrong after cutting down a tree on the job. A trip to the optometrist revealed a bug on his eyeball and praters manager posted a picture online. The doctor took it out and prater is on antibiotics. Ugh, just that picture makes me squirm. As a country boy here we go, here we go. Those ticks, they can get into a lot of places. Thats all ill say. Okay. All right. All right. Here we go. Moving on. Officials in West Palm Beach, florida are using a shark to try to solve a homeless situation. Theyre trying to keep people from sleeping in a park across from a highend banquet hall. The plan is to play a continuous loop of two childrens songs, baby shark and raining tacos all night to keep Homeless People away by annoying them. The musical aversion therapy is only considered a temporary fix. So 15 years ago, to drive violent drug dealers from an area, the West Palm BeachPolice Department played Classical Music from rooftop speakers. That ended with somebody smashing the Electrical Equipment that housed the speakers. You know, this is a crazy idea. But also maybe there could be just a really good investment in ideas just to help the homeless . Yeah. Right . Right . Instead of just yeah. One for kenneth. Ahead this morning, faceapp. The app that makes you look decades older is getting federal attention. Well explain why. Also coming up, the joy of reading. Meet the sisters who are reading bedtime stories to children across america. Plus we have all the gossip on gossip girl. I thought that was gone. Well well. Are the wealthy teens behaving badly in nyc coming back . You know you love me, xoxo. The pain of this loss was only made worse by the cost associated with his death, like his medical and funeral bills. I dont want to leave my children with the same cost. Do you know if theres a Life Insurance company that could provide me with affordable coverage at my age . Im 68. 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So what does the dishwasher do . vo cascade platinum does the work for you. Prewashing and removing stuckon foods, the first time. mom wow thats clean vo cascade platinum. New video is showing the frightening moment when a couple in hawaii was swept out to sea. The two tourists were taking pictures along a lookout in honolulu when the tide moved them farther and farther out. A rescue team responded in less than ten minutes and pulled them from the ocean. Theyre both expected to be okay. Incredible images from Northern California show police making a heroic rescue. Officers in san jose dragged a man out of a burning van seconds before it exploded. Adding to the drama, police say the man appeared to be living in the van and refused to leave. They had to tase him to get him out. Both the man and the officers are okay. A man from idaho says he has a new beginning after being exonerated in a 23yearold murder. Christopher tapp is officially no longer a convicted killer. He went to prison after confessing to killing 18yearold angie dodge in 1996. Dna proved he didnt do it and the judge ruled the confession was coerced. Tapp hopes no one else ever has to go through this ordeal. I hope that things get learnt from this mistake. And i hope things get changed and things get better. That theres never another mistake like this ever happens again in this community or in this state. Tapp was released from prison two years ago. The exoneration wiped out a second conviction connected to the case. Dna also led to the arrest of another man in the killing. Its so interesting hearing this story. Later this morning were talking about two brothers from oklahoma, both wrongfully convicted and exonerated in two separate cases, and of course this comes after netflix shining a light on that central park five case. It just lets you know what can happen and would love to see it never happen again. We turn next to faceapp, the photo app going viral, able to age you by years. There are concerns about the russianmade app leading the Senate Minority leader calling for the fbi to investigate. Heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter the Democratic National committee sending a warning to the 2020 president ial candidates urging them not to use this popular app from a russian company. The socalled faceapp uses Artificial Intelligence to allow users to alter their appearance, including making their faces younger or older. Its been a viral sensation with celebrities from lebron james to the Jonas Brothers to kevin hart all giving it a try. A dnc Security Director tells campaigns in a letter this novelty is not without risk, faceapp was developed by russians. Burned by the russian hack of the dnc during the 2016 election, the democrats are taking no chances. The dnc Security Director warning candidates that there are significant concerns about the app having access to your photos. Its not clear at this point what the privacy risks are. But what is clear is that the benefits of avoiding the app outweigh the risks. But the faceapp ceo is attempting to ease concerns, noting the app only uploads a single photo the user wants altered. He said even though the companys Core Research and Development Team is located in russia, the user data is not transferred to russia. But the concerns are high enough at the dnc that Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer is asking the fbi to investigate. Pierre thomas, abc news, washington. And faceapp does confirm to abc news they will remove any images stored by them if asked. Its convoluted, though. I read up on this about like you have to go you did it yesterday . I did it, i had to make sure all my information wasnt being swept up in something. Then i thought, this is very interesting. This really opens up the conversation about what all of these apps are doing when it comes to google play, whatever they call it, im the old man right now, whatever they call it, and apple as well. When you accept these things, when you download instagram, facebook, what information if you say accept, even accepting cookies, for all those who know, cookies tracking data, et cetera, blah, blah, blah, this opens up that whole conversation about privacy and what exactly were giving to these app developers. Completely. And honestly, im a skeptic, so that is part of the reason i did not want to do that yesterday. I dont like those online challenges like that. Part of that, that privacy, those concerns is why my husband and i dont show pictures of our son on social media. I will say im not that concerned. I think people should be aware and have the knowledge. But for me doing that im not concerned. Number one, i did on it my work phone, and we all know thats sanitary, theres nothing crazy on that one. Thats true. If you want to steal his identity dont even put that out there. Im sorry. When we come back, guess which country superstar may be recording a new version of old town road. And the superstar celebrity couple that took a trip to the strip club. And the superstar celebrity couple that took a trip to the strip club. Heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Ausea, vo try new pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultracoating. flight attendants nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. vo get powerful relief with new pepto bismol liquicaps. Skinny just gimme the skinny skinny time and we start with the groundbreaking news that gossip girl is coming back. So im really excited because this is a guilty pleasure of mine. The classic cw show that aired from 2007 to 2012 is ready for a reboot. Hbo max announcing a 10episode series about a new group of manhattans most elite and wealthy kids. No word yet on whether any of the original cast will come back, but much of the Creative Team is on board. The reboot will pick up eight years after the original and set to, quote, address just how much social media and the landscape of new york itself has changed in the intervening years. And you know this started out as a book. Thats where i first found out about it. Im going to admit something. What . You watch it too . Weve been talking about it here at the show, janais been so excited about it. And ive been sitting here very quietly. You watch it . Like every episode. Yes thats hilarious. Oh, no, no, no. Chuck bass and the whole group, i know them all. You really didnt say anything. I didnt say a word. You didnt say anything. Now i know. I was like, theyre going to judge me, theyre going to judge me. It actually was a very, very good show. It was. So funny. So much drama, so much drama. You did that well. Now to the song we cant seem to get enough of. Old town road has been number one on the billboard charts for 15 weeks in a row. It shows no signs of slowing down. Mariah carey has hinted mariah . Yeah, that shed be down for a remix. Most recently, lil wayne said hes already worked on a remixed version of the song. And now the dolly parton. Dolly, the dolly . The dolly tweeting her interest too, responding to little nas x asking if shed record a version. She responded with this pic. We assume shes the pink and blond horse, right . Yeah, from that out of this world collaboration to this latest music video from little nas x for the same song, the rapper getting into the area 51 hype with this animated video. Little nas x, theres a big warning out, the air force says, we aint playing with you. Hes so good at trolling people online, so good. He really is. Master. Air force is saying, dont show up here, people, dont storm area 51. Uhuh, authorized to shoot you down. If watching bachelorette isnt enough for you, you can live like her. We remember hannahs infamous review of her night in the windmill. I didnt just go to the fantasy suite, i [ bleep ]ed in a windmill. And guess what, we did it a second time. Yeah, well, the rustic windmill in greece is available to rent on airbnb for just 56 a night. The property offers breakfast for guests in the morning as well as a full kitchen. Jack, anything you want to add . Nope. Yep, thats that. Right. Now to Jennifer Lopezs latest gig, the singer starring in the upcoming movie hustlers playing career stripper. The director said she was impressed with lopezs dedication to the character. J. Lo trained physically for the role and did onlocation research, even bringing her man arod with her to the strip club. J. Lo sharing what she learned with the director and her starstudded cast. Okay, all right. Yeah. Pretty cool. So well get to see. We sure will. Coming up, two sisters on a very special mission. Reading to every corner of america. Im not picking it up. You pick it up im not picking it up. Ill pick it up theyre clean cuz my hineys clean. Oh yeah im charmin clean. Charmin ultra strong just cleans better. Enjoy the go with charmin. Two sisters with a love of reading are on a mission to help busy parents all over the country. Theyve committed to reading a bedtime story to children every single night. Abcs david muir shares their story. Reporter meet 8yearold Hailey Willard of dover, delaware. Hi, everyone. Im hailey. Reporter hailey is about to read a bedtime story. Today ill be reading lola gets a cat. Reporter lola gets a cat and her viewers get a story. Shes not alone. Im zaria. Reporter thats her older sister, zaria, 13 years old. Every night they read stories live on their Facebook Page on instagram 2. Today i will be reading who loves me . Reporter what they love are books. It was last february they had an idea, to read bedtime stories to children their age who might not have anyone else to read to them. Today i will be reading how Jelly Roll Morton invented jazz. Reporter they say they know parents work late, have many other things to do, and we watched as they went back to their Public Library to select their next few books. And lets just say they were a little excited to fill us in. Im zaria. And im hailey. Reporter they told us what theyll be reading. Tonight well be reading i got the rhythm. Boom, boom, boom. Live on our facebook and Instagram Page at 8 30 p. M. Eastern. See you guys there, bye adorable. And last night hailey did just that. Yes, she read as promised to their facebook and instagram followers. Very impressive. Ill be reading. Like you heard on the news, probably. I got that rhythm. Because i do got that rhythm. Boo boo boo i shook over them with my hips, shake, shake. Well, im surprised, none of the boys dont really dance that much. Love her. Love it. You can follow them on instagram and facebook at zariaxhailey. They dont have a ton of followers yet. Theyre just starting out, though. Im sure after all this news attention theyll have a lot more. Theyll get there. Depending what time theyre doing that, maybe thats what we could start doing at night. Having them i thought thats what we did right now, we read stories. Thats her checking out how many followers she has, tuning in to see. So adorable. Got a couple more now. Using social media for good. Happening now in america this morning, lifethreatening heat. A potentially recordbreaking summer scorcher on the way. 170 million americans, more than half the country, under heat alerts. Several children at this camp sent to the hospital. Just how hot it will get and how doctors, Power Companies and police are bracing for the worst. Breaking news, at least a dozen people are feared dead as fire rips through this animation studio. Was the fire deliberately set . The new rallying cry in the race for 2020. [ chanting send her back ] the crowd chanting send her back as President Trump escalates his attacks on a minority congresswoman he says unfairly