Of people their power. The controlled takedown of three cooling plants went a little out of control when some of the debris hit a power line. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 19th. So here we are. Trevor ault, first time on the anchor desk. Yeah. How do you feel . I feel great. For the fact that weve got a combined half a week of experience on this show anchoring today, i think things are going pretty well. Whoohoo yeah. I was just going to say, were getting to know each other a little better. From ohio, from philadelphia. Neither of us parents. End of list. Pretty good, though. There you go, welcome. Thank you, appreciate it. Lets get to all the stories happening and were going to begin this half hour with the mass shooting threats and the concerns of copycat attacks following the el paso and dayton attacks. Tristan wicks was arrested after he allegedly sent a series of Text Messages threatening a mass shooting. Police say they got a tip from an exgirlfriend and that same day James Reardon was taken into custody for allegedly threatening a different shooting at an Ohio Jewish Community center. Here is zachary kiesch. Reporter this man is under arrest. Police saying this disturbing video posted online by James Reardon jr. Showing him firing a semiautomatic weapon with sirens blaring, was a mass shooting threat. A chilling comment next to the post saying, Police Identify the shooter of a Youngstown Jewish Family Center as a local white nationalist. The fbi raiding reardons house. They say they found a large collection of semiautomatic rifles, dozens of rounds of ammunition, a gas mask, and bulletproof armor. That kicked off an intense investigation, a very rapidly evolving investigation, because of the way the world is. Reporter the 20yearold has been charged with menacing. In their affidavit the police also claiming reardon attended the deadly 2017 charlottesville unite the right rally, citing he spoke to National Geographic about his beliefs. I want a homeland for white people and i think every race should have a homeland for their own race. Reporter following the deadly mass shooting in el paso, the fbi has been asking for the publics help fighting a rise in domestic terrorism. Less than two weeks ago, federal agents in las vegas arresting 23yearold conor climo, accused of plotting to blow up a synagogue or gay bar. In florida, 26yearold Richard Clayton arrested after this Facebook Post saying three more days of probation left, then i get my ar15 back. Dont go to walmart next week. Both have alleged ties to white supremacist ideology. Reardon was arrested shortly after the raid on his home. Hes being held on 250,000 bond, and hell appear in court on monday morning. Zachary kiesch, abc news, new york. Our thanks to zachary. We want to move to the weather and specifically the severe thunderstorms in the northeast. Lightning hit a tree at a swim club near philadelphia, sending the tree crashing down onto a tent pavilion. Nine people were injured, three of them seriously. Seven of the victims were children. And more storms are on the way to the northeast. Lets get the forecast from accuweathers mark mancuso. Thanks, trevor and elizabeth. Well, it was a stormy sunday afternoon across the northeast united states. A lot of reports of high winds and hail, tree limbs coming down, power knocked out for some. Monday looks hot in the northeast. A hot and humid day. Rivaling records, places like boston, new york, philadelphia, baltimore, and washington, d. C. Find yourself a way to keep cool. Another place thats pretty hot across the Southern Plains into the southwest. Temperatures will be rivaling records here too from west texas up to colorado. Nearrecord heat in denver. Back to you, trevor and elizabeth. Mark, thank you. President trump is pushing back against growing fears that the country is facing a recession. After last weeks steep drop on wall street, the president and his top economic advisers say they dont see a recession, and they insist the economy is doing very well. Theyre also defending the trade war. After delaying new tariffs on certain goods from china, the president says china is ready to make a deal but claims he is not ready. The u. S. Is calling for an acceleration of ongoing talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan after the latest horrific attack on civilians. A suicide blast ripped through a wedding hall in kabul packed with 1,200 people, bringing the joyous celebration to a tragic end with dozens dead and many more wounded. We get more now from abcs julia macfarlane. Reporter that most universal, joyful celebration of love. Turning into tragedy. A wedding in kabul followed by funerals. After a suicide bomber surrounded by families with their children detonated his explosives by the stage. More than 60 lives lost in that moment. And nearly 200 injured. The groom devastated. Ive lost hope, ive lost my brother, my friends who came to join my wedding party, he said. Isis claiming responsibility for the attack that came just a day after President Trump hosted a meeting in bedminster with his afghan envoy and top cabinet official on the current negotiations with the taliban. Were there for one reason, we dont want that to be a laboratory, okay . Cant be a laboratory for terror. Reporter President Trump has been pushing to significantly draw down troop levels in afghanistan. But as this weekend proves, a deal with the taliban may not necessarily bring peace to afghanistan. As isis footholds in iraq and syria are all but wiped out, thousands of battlehardened terrorists have been regrouping in afghanistan. Julia macfarlane, abc news, london. The governor who led louisiana through Hurricane Katrina has died. Kathleen babineaux blanco, a democrat, was the states first woman governor. The hurricane struck less than two years into her tenure. One historian says she did the best she could. Blanco died from complications of melanoma. She was 76. In texas, two mounted Police Officers who led a man in handcuffs down the street with a rope will not face a criminal investigation. Images and video of the arrest for trespassing in galveston went viral. Officials have decided no criminal investigation was needed. The police chief says the only mistake the cops made was in how they took the mentally ill man to a staging area. The cdc is investigating the possible link between long illnesses and ecigarette use. Since june 28th, at least 94 cases have been reported across several states of people with severe pulmonary disease possibly linked to vaping. Most of those cases involved teenagers and young adults. About 30 of those cases were reported in wisconsin. A new york city condo owner has been busted for apparently squeezing a very tight housing market. He reportedly divided his 630 square foot duplex into 11 micro apartments. Reports say some units had ceilings just 4 1 2 feet high. Nine people were living in the condo. Officials shut down a similar unit in the same building that had seven residents. Even for new york, too much. Today is day five of the Little League world series, and one player has already made a mark in the history books. 12yearold maddie freaking of minnesota is the first girl to reach williamsport in five years and the 19th overall. Yesterday she became the sixth girl to pitch in the series. And then there is the batting stance of the weekend from the venezuelan player nicknamed chicken little. Take a look at that low to the ground hes going to shrink that strike zone down. It did not work. That looks like a strike but you cant fault him for trying. The curveball, he got hung up by the curveball, elizabeth. Thats exactly what i was going to say. Got frozen by the curveball. They always get you. Can we talk about maddie, though . Id love to. Oh my goodness, good for her. I was going to say, monet davis, im referring to our notes because our producers are awesome. Maddie is the first girl to play and pitch since monet davis in 2014. I remember she made Amazing Stories and rightfully so. So this is great to see. Another monet in the works here. Absolutely, super cool. Coming up, the art behind selling some of the most Expensive Properties in the country. But first the latest details in that soccer riot in honduras that left at least four people dead. And another shark attack off the florida coast. This morning were hearing from the latest victim, a 9yearold girl, in water that was only knee deep. 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That game was canceled because of the rioting. Back here at home, we are hearing from the latest victim of a shark attack at the socalled shark bite capital of the world. Thats not a good reputation to have. This is a 9yearold girl playing in kneedeep water. She says all of a sudden she felt a slight tugging on her leg. Abcs Stephanie Ramos picks up her story. Reporter 9yearold maggie crum demonstrating incredible bravery on a floor family vacation. I was kneedeep. And then i saw the sand swirl. Didnt know what it was. I thought it was kind of like a big fish. Reporter in New Smyrna Beach, kneedeep water. Turns out it was a shark. It bit me but it almost felt like a grab at first, then it felt like a bite. I kind of like tugged my leg away but it let go pretty quick. Reporter maggie getting treated immediately by rescue crews on the beach. Her mother in disbelief. She goes, mom, i got bit. And i was like, you got bit . Like what did it feel like . And even the lifeguard didnt believe it at first. And she looked down and she was like, oh my gosh and she kind of freaked out too. Reporter New Smyrna Beach is known as the shark bite capital of the world. There have been three other attacks there within the last month. Just up the florida coastline, a shark bite caught on camera as a surfer is attacked. According to the florida Museums International shark file, the u. S. Had the largest number of unprovoked attacks in the world last year. 32. We want to avoid areas such as inlets, areas next to channels where theres a deep dropoff from shallow to deeper water, areas that sharks tend to go to, to make their living. Thanks to our Stephanie Ramos there. The good news, little maggie is expected to make a full recovery. Shes a tough gal. And it says, apparently they werent supposed to be there. I just read that. Supposed to go to North Carolina and the hotel burned down they were going to stay at, unbelievable. Youre a tough young lady. Coming up next, we have the art of the deal. The overthetop lengths that Real Estate Agents are going to, to sell overthetop properties. Its so lightweight. I love it. Im busy philipps, and im fearless to face anything. Come on to my house at my house im going to give you candy im going to give you apricot and plum it apparently takes more than candy and apples and plums and even apricots to entice wouldbe buyers into some of americas most expensive homes. I dont know, how about original works of andy warhol . Or even his rollsroyce . Heres abcs Marci Gonzalez. Reporter it is a wild night in beverly hills. Music pumping on the dance floor. Exotic poolside performances. Yeah, whoo reporter but this andy warholthemed bash isnt just for fun, and it is a lot of fun. This event has one goal, sell this brandnew 15. 6 million house. I think a wine and cheese openhouse is circa 1990. We never do that. In this market, you really want to make your house stand out. You want to keep the buzz going. Reporter there is a building boom in los angeles. Mansion size, with multimillion dollar spec homes springing up all over l. A. s poshest neighborhoods. Right now there are 60 homes on the market that cost more than 20 million. Id say in the 10 million to 20 million range, you probably have about 60 or so coming on in the next 18 months. And i would say in the 20 million and up you probably have 30, maybe 40 coming on in the next 18 months. Lets get to work reporter theyre stars of the netflix reality show selling sunset. We are far and away the Number One Real Estate Team in west hollywood. What are some of the craziest things that you have seen people put into homes . I just saw a 40 million home on the street that i used to live on, and it has an s and m room, and thats unique. Reporter others offer extravagant extras that are more mainstream. Jason takes us for a drive. So do you take all your clients out in a rollsroyce . Reporter to one of their properties theyre selling weve arrived. Reporter this five bedroom, nine bath, 40 plus dream home in the hollywood hills. This is the view that 40 million will get you. The house comes fully furnished, complete with a 175footlong pool. This pool wraps around the entire house. Reporter its own spa. This is better than a hotel. Youve got your dry sauna, your wet sauna, you go get your massage, youve got your cold plunge and your hot plunge all looking over the city. Reporter and a place to keep a dozen cars that looks more like a museum. This is the garage . Its amazing. Reporter but nothing is for sure in the real estate market. This 12 bedroom, 21 Bathroom Home in bel air used to be the most expensive home for sale in the u. S. Two years later, the house is still for sale. With a 100 million price cut. Back at the andy warhol house, they are pulling out all the stops to entice buyers. Even throwing in five of the Iconic Artists prints. Every piece has a story when it comes to warhol and thats what i love about andy warhol. Reporter the only car he ever owned, this 1974 rolls royce. And you can get this house, all the art, and the car, for a mere 17. 75 million. Its a bargain. Its a bargain. It sounds crazy to us but in this luxury space, a lot of the homes we sell are bought with the furniture and the art. Its hard to go to galleries and amass your own collection. So this home comes turnkey. Reporter for those who can afford to live large, the party so to speak is far from over. For nightline, im Marci Gonzalez in los angeles. Do you prefer the dry sauna or the wet sauna when you get your massages in your milliondollar home . Both. Why have to choose . Of course, thats true, youve got plenty of time. 17 million. Its a bargain, trevor. Right, because the best way to enhance your Art Collection is to buy a house. Absolutely. Fun assignment. I love these pieces. But my goodness. Yeah. Who lives in these places . 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Those are the good boys and they are cleaning up this weekend at the box office, exceeding expectations and collecting more than 21 million in their opening weekend. And rounding out this weekends top three, hobbs and shaw and our Parent Company disneys the lion king. Have you seen any of them . That was my question for you. No, i have not. No, not yet. I havent either. Lion king. Youve seen the original, though. Of course, of course. How could you not . Love, love. Yes, i am looking forward to watching that. Not only because the lion king, yeah its our Parent Companys film, weve got to be good company employees. Its also been a wild weekend on the small screen for news headlines. Here now is our weekend rewind. Watch the heartstopping moment Dale Earnhardt jr. s plane engulfed in flames, the door popping open and a man scar legends baby gl. Micuusly, all five people on board surviving without any serious injuries. At least two people were killed when a small plane crashed into a home in new york state. The plane carrying three people slamming into the home and then bursting into flames. I was in my house and i heard boom, boom. The ntsb now investigating to find out exactly what went wrong. Three adults and two children had to be rescued after their boat capsized in the merrimack river. The body flipped over when it collided with a fishing vessel. Were remembering an icon of the 60s counterculture, peter fonda. The 79yearold actor lost s baleng cy ip in 1969s easy rider. The family tonight calling his death one of the saddest moments of our lives. 50 years ago jerry and judy griffin thought they were going to woodstock for the music event of a lifetime. Instead they found the romance of a lifetime. Jerry and judy had no photographs of that special time until just recently, when they saw themselves in the trailer of a pbs documentary. It was just so accidental. The griffins recreated that shot in an exclusive for people magazine. Sometimes really good accidents happen. And it was thats the memory. And those were the headlines. Right. And now were going to talk about, you know, im kind of bummed. You are . Today is national soft ice cream day. Oh, yeah. Its an empty desk, thats right. This is rookie hazing for the new anchors. I think thats fair. Not nice. Well, thats the news for this half hour. Yeah, thanks everybody for watching. Thanks for your help, elizabeth. This morning on world news now, severe storms leaving people injured. Several children and adults were hurt when lightning struck down a tree, and that same storm is on the move with more Severe Weather in the forecast today. Also this morning the president is back at the white house after his working vacation, and hes opening up about a series of issues, dismissing recession concerns and talking about that plan to buy greenland. Developing now, a desperate search at sea. A pair of firefighters havent been heard from since friday. How their family is holding out hope. And surprise, its not kidney stones, its triplets. Thats right, a woman unknowingly pregnant gave birth to three babies. Well hear from her on this good mday rnin im Elizabeth Hur in for janai norman and hi, im trevor ault in for kenneth moton. Yes. Weve seen you on abc news, but this is your first time here on the desk . Thats right, the brandnew debut. Ive waited for that smooth jazz for a really long time. So youre the veteran welcoming me, having done this how many times . The veteran whos done this three times. It looks like were seeing some video of you on the job. Oh, okay. This is what were familiar with. This is you working in front of the camera. But the story that i wanted to share with our viewers . Okay. I know technically, officially, we met just about an hour ago. Yes. But my first time seeing you here in the building, not today. Interview for the job. Oh, boy. And i happened to be in the building working in the newsroom. Okay. And everyone buzzing, hey, have you seen this new guy . Hes here interviewing for the job, he looks like tom brady jr. , tom brady jr. and im like, really . So here we are. Oh, wow. Oh, thats very flattering. I kid you not, thats when you happened to walk right by me and i remember turning to my cubicle buddy and i said, oh, hes getting this job. Oh, boy. And here you are. Thats i i was told that day the tom brady comparison, ive never gotten it any other time in my life. Never before . No, only at the interview here. Are you being modest . No, im not, which is a sign the interview probably went okay, if nothing else i had that. Well, thank you. I guess well see from our viewers think. Thank you. Its only downhill. No, were going to have fun. And we are going to begin on a serious note. The Severe Weather in the east. So the hardest hit was the philadelphia area. Thats where nine people were injured by a falling tree. It hurt seven children as well. The tree had been hit by lightning. It fell onto a tent pavilion at a swim club and other trees at the swim club were also toppled. Storms uprooted trees in charlotte. One fell onto cars in a driveway, another crashed onto mobile homes there. Overnight we have dangerous storms moving through western tennessee, the ohio valley, along the appalachians up into new england. Abcs rob marciano has more. Reporter severe thunderstorms bringing damaging winds and torrential rains to millions. In kansas, watch this Lightning Storm caught on camera. A Lightning Strike blamed for this house fire in overland park. In walton, ferocious winds of more than 70 Miles Per Hour derailing dozens of cars off this train. In North Carolina, strong gusts brought down trees across charlotte this weekend. Watch as surveillance cameras capture this tree falling onto a car. Officials say one person suffered traumatic injuries when another tree slammed onto a mobile home. Heavy rains blamed for this 50car pileup outside durham. Traffic backed up for miles. In millvale, pennsylvania this Home Security video obtained by wtae shows trash cans sweeping across the yard, branches torn off trees, sparks from a utility pole. This is one of the worst ive ever seen. Reporter a microburst tearing through an eightblock radius, destroying parts of this building. This billboard smashing right into it. The storm toppling power lines, leaving many without power. Rob marciano, abc news, new york. So plenty of areas that are being hit by this weather but as rob mentioned the focus is on the northeast. Lets get the complete forecast from accuweathers mark mancuso. Thanks, elizabeth and trevor. Well, we had a lot of ferocious storms on sunday. Widespread severe storms in the interior of the northeast. A lot of problems of high winds knocking out power, knocking down tree limbs, a lot of Property Damage here. Now looking at monday its going to be hot and humid in the northeast. Yes, there will be a few thunderstorms firing up. Certainly not as active a day. And as we take a look at the heat advisories, theyre in effect around the northeast, around new york city. Temperatures will be rivaling records, rivaling records in boston, philadelphia, baltimore, and washington. Back to you, elizabeth and trevor. Mark, thank you. Now to the string of arrests involving mass shooting threats. A 20yearold white supremacist was arrested for allegedly threatening to attack a Jewish Community center in ohio. Police say James Reardon posted this video to instagram, him firing a semiautomatic weapon, and authorities found a large collection of rifles, dozens of rounds of ammunition, a gas mask, and bulletproof armor after raiding the suspects home. Reardons due in court this morning. This comes amid heightened concern about domestic terrorism in the u. S. After the el paso shooting. Police arrested conor climo for alledgedly planning to blow up a synagogue or a gay bar. And that wasnt the only one. Richard clayton was arrested in florida after posting this on facebook, quote, three more days of probation left then i get my ar15 back, dont go to walmart next week. He too is a follower of while supremacist ideology. Thats according to police. Now to a haunting image from el paso. 22 hearses representing the 22 victims of that shooting, they carried thousands of floral arrangements from around the world for the funeral of margie reckard, killed during the rampage. Thousands turned out for her funeral over the weekend. Her husband invited the public because he has no living relatives. Stock market opening back up, wall street is bracing for more volatility as President Trump is playing down fears that a recession may be imminent. The president and his senior economic advisers are painting a rosy picture, insisting the economy is doing very well. The democrats looking to replace him are telling a much different story. Abcs Chuck Sivertsen has the details. As he traveled back to washington on sunday, the president insisting hes not concerned about the strength of the u. S. Economy. We have the strongest economy by far in the world. Reporter his top economic advisers seem to agree. I think were in pretty good shape, and i want to just say, you know, we should not be afraid of optimism. Reporter but stalled trade negotiations with china is rattling wall street. The stock market seeing its biggest oneday drop of the year last wednesday. The economy is in a very risky place right now. And every day that goes by, donald trump makes it worse. Reporter the president saying china is ready to make a deal, but hes not there yet. I mean, if i wanted to make a bad deal and settle on china, the market would go up. But it wouldnt be the right thing to do. Im just not ready to make a deal yet. China would like to make a deal, im not ready. Reporter last weeks inverted yield curve, when the yield on longterm bonds dips below the yield on shortterm bonds, is seen by many economists as a predictor of a recession. But white house trade adviser has a different take. You have to have a significant spread between short and longrange rates. All we have is a flat reporter despite those warning signs and market slides the president remains bullish on the economy. I dont think were having a recession, were doing tremendously well. Reporter democrats addressing the issue on the campaign trail over the weekend. The economy is falling apart on his watch. Reporter saying american businesses and consumers are concerned theyll be paying the price of this trade war. Im concerned for this country, im concerned for working families. It is hurtling this country and the World Economy towards recession. Reporter Chuck Sivertsen, abc news, new york. And then theres this. President trump confirmed that he has discussed the idea of buying greenland, comparing the prospect to a large real estate deal. The president cited greenlands strategic benefits, but he said purchasing it is not a priority. Greenland is a semiautonomous part of the kingdom of denmark. The president claims it is costing denmark a lot of money. But officials in greenland have made it clear it is not for sale. All right, moving to the middle of the country, a south dakota woman, she diagnosed herself with kidney stones. And then after she went to seek treatment, she has been given some sleepless nights filled with changing diapers. What a story. Earlier this month, denette was rushed to hospital with severe pains in her back and gut. Then she left a few days later with triplets. Blaze, gypsy, and nikki, they were born nine days ago to the surprise of their mom and dad. Their mother has had kidney issues and kids in the past, and she says this case was a shocker. Started getting pains. Figured it was kidney stones. Because i went through them before. Trust me, we know what you mean. Like i go to the doctor thinking ill have surgery for kidney stones, end up going into labor with a csection that night. Its crazy. Its crazy, and get this, once doctors figured out danette was pregnant, they told her to prepare for twins. They discovered the third baby while she was in labor. Her husbands reaction was, excuse me . Put it back. What is your return policy . I know, no refunds allowed. Are you a father . I am not a father. Okay. This is how new we are to each other. I was just going to say, we just met. Not a mother, never had kidney stones. Yeah. I mean, ive never been pregnant. But id like to think i would pick up on it if i was carrying triplets. You would think. But im not a mother so i guess i dont get to pass judgment. I was going to say, no judging, no ones judging. Incredible story nonetheless. Coming up, how to beat the sunday scaries. 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A spokesperson says the woman was being escorted by a Family Member when she accidentally fell in. Everybody said to be okay. A deadly plane crash is under investigation in delaware. Both people on board were killed when a singleengine aircraft went down just after taking off from wilmington airport. Police say there was a distress call shortly before that plane crashed. Reports say the pilot was a retired member of the army air cavalry. Were hearing new details about the urgent search in the waters off of florida for two missing firefighters. The two men embarked on a fishing trip but never returned. Heres abcs Stephanie Ramos. Reporter the desperate search intensifying in florida for two firefighters missing at sea. Friends brian mccluneny and Justin Walker havent been heard from since they left on a fishing trip friday morning. The coast guard released this image of the pair putting their boat into the waters of port canaveral. Their families holding out hope. I hoped that daylight would bring us something, but i know currents, i understand that, i understand it is like a needle in a haystack. But these two men are probably the most resourceful men. Reporter mcclunenys brother says the boating trip had sentimental meaning to brian. Their father had just passed away leaving behind the boat. Brian was taking it out for one last trip. Hes been fishing out here his whole life. Justin goes out with brian every chance he gets. Reporter their families, surrounding communities, and local firefighters all searching beaches along the coast for any sight of the men. Were going to start walking the beach and looking for debris all up and down, all up and down the beach. Just looking for anything that may have drifted ashore. Reporter the coast guard tells us crews have searched more than 4,000 miles by air and sea. Were also told 15 boats have been launched from st. Augustine still searching for the men. Stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. Coming up in our next half hour, the dramatic fivecar smashup at an indy car race. The crash involved five of the 22 drivers and sent at least one of those drivers to the hospital. First, were facing down the sunday scaries. Why so many of us really dread mondays. Its not just garfield anymore. Why so many of us really dread mondays. Its not just garfield anymore. 60 of women wear the wrong size pad, and can experience leaks. You dont have to with always my fit try the next size up and get up to 20 better coverage day or night because better coverage means better protection always. Just another manic monday wish it were sunday just another manic monday wish it were sunday cause thats my fun day so a friendly reminder, it is monday. And did you know a growing number of americans are apparently dreading the arrival of monday . A huge amount. According to a new survey, more than 4 out of 5 americans say they experience whats being called the sunday scaries, the anxiety that sets in ahead of the new workweek. Heres abcs rebecca jarvis. Reporter Lori Bergamotto is a busy mom of two. From appearing on gma to her fulltime job as style director for Good Housekeeping magazine. Lori tries to relax with her family on weekends. But when sunday rolls around hello from sunday night, its almost 11 00, i have the scaries, i know that i wont be able to sleep tonight. Reporter the sunday scaries hit. That anxiety that creeps in before the start of a new week. A phenomenon experienced by 81 of americans, according to one survey. Whats the worst part of the sunday scaries . I either cant go to sleep until well after midnight, or ill fall asleep and wake up around 1 00 and then ill just be up until 4 00 a. M. Did i respond to emails i need to respond to, are there things i can do tonight for the week to go smoother, for monday morning to be a little bit easier . Just literally every single thing that can happen, for some reason sunday night is when i think about it. Reporter we brought in michelle bombaysy, the healthy monday adviser from Columbia University medical center, to help lori tackle the dread. We like to look at this in three ways. Lifestyle modifications, mind body practices, and incorporating the healthy monday reset. Reporter first up, get off your technology. We know what the biggest invader to our weekend is, our electronic devices. Try to resist the urge, or commit to powering down by 5 00 p. M. So that you allow relaxation time on sunday. The second one is try to get a good nights sleep. And really creating a sleeptime ritual for yourself. Reporter michelle suggests setting a Blue Light Filter on your phone, limiting tv time before bed, and deep breathing exercises. Breathe in through your nose and exhale out through your mouth. And youre going to focus on your breath, breathing in for four. One, two, three, four. And exhale through the mouth. Reporter finally, get a new perspective. Instead of looking at monday as a day to dread, we look at it as an opportunity to restart and refresh. Like 52 mini resolutions. Okay, so i actually am grabbing for my phone here because the first thing that stuck out to me, turn these off at 5 00 p. M. . Right, yeah, i dont know if we can do that with our job. I know, so bad. I found the most efficient way to eliminate a sunday anxiety spike is just to be anxious every day of the week. Thats one way to look at it. Just the allweek scaries. Allweek scaries. Not sure im going to buy into that, no. Again, its all mental. You have to think positive. Its not just monday. The way i see it, every day is a pleasant day. Of course. To be happy. Thats great. Unfortunately, were learning if youve ever cried at work, it doesnt get better after sunday, youre not alone, a lot of people have done this. Theres a new survey from monster. Com that says 8 of 10 admit that they have cried, 10 admit they have, and almost half say its because of their bosses or colleagues. Only a handful say the flood was started by workload. 1 in 7 employees say they break down at work at least once a week. Analysts at monster says all that crying is a sign of toxic work environments. No kidding. Guilty. Not every week . Not every week but ive done it. You can, with bounce dryer sheets. Simply toss two sheets in the dryer to iron less. We dried one shirt without bounce, and an identical shirt using bounce. The bounce shirt has fewer wrinkles, less static, and more softness and freshness. For extra large or wrinkly loads, toss in three sheets. Dermatologist tested bounce free and gentle is free of dyes and perfumes. Bounce out wrinkles, bounce out static. 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And the official explainer here is that, quote, during the demolition, a large section of debris protection material became detached, blah, blah, blah. Bottom line, all that debris flew everywhere. And knocked out power to thousands of homes. It looked like it hit some power lines. Quite a few power lines, i imagine. Thats probably part of it. It looks really cool, though. Very cool. Ive covered several of these demolition works. They always happen on sunday, i dont know why, during my local News Coverage days. Its amazing video. Thankfully theyve all gone well on my watch. Good, then you can take the credit for that. Weve got a world record here. A world record video of chip stacking. Take a look at this wild, wild video. So what we have here is david rush from idaho, hes got a bunch of Guinness World records, more than 100 of them. Hes teamed up here and theyve broken the record for most chips stacked in 30 seconds and most chips stacked in one minute. So its reasonably high. So 30 seconds, 69 chips in 30 seconds. 69, okay. And 106 chips in one minute. And if that doesnt wow you, they shattered the previous records by more than 10 each time. Wow. Yeah. Although is it bad of me thinking, wait, we can do that, no . Oh, i dont think i could do that. Oh. I dont have steady hands. Okay, fine, neither do i. Well, i just thought teambuilding exercise. I was just going to say. Maybe we can do it. The next video i cant wait to see, i havent seen it. Basically this is where dogs, a bunch of dogs, they were the audience at A Billy Elliot show. Look at those pooches. So whats happening here, they are actually guide dogs. And Officials Say its important to prepare the dogs for any activity that the handler may like to attend. And they were trying to train them, these dogs, to ignore oh, look at that pic. The show went on with those dogs watching on. Can you imagine . Oh, man. This is what they do when theyre done playing poker, they all go to a movie together. Lets go to the last one. Were going to take you to australia. This is a guy whose name is charles cream. Heres some noise afterwards. And its a koala. A koala visitor, of course. For australia in terms of critters, thats relatively manageable. Absolutely, and thats the news for this half hour. Toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaching into the environment. Its happening right where we live, work and play. Everywhere. Cigarette butts are toxic waste. Lets stop the toxic litter. Learn more at rethinkbutts. Org this morning on world news now, all eyes on wall street as the stock market gets ready to open. Hear why President Trump says the economy is doing well despite the dows 800point dive last week. Also this morning, Cedric Benson, the former texas star and nfl running back, tragically passed away this weekend. New this half hour, Colin Kaepernick taking a jab at jayz. The former 49ers quarterback isnt happy with the rapper saying, weve moved past the kneeling. What he is encouraging players in the nfl to do. And stars are just like us. Hear how Young Children are making Hugh Jackmans life difficult after the greatest showman. Those darn kids. Its monday, august 19th. This is the greatest show good morning, everyone. Im Elizabeth Hur in for janai norman. Im trevor ault in for kenneth moton. Were going to begin this half hour with President Trump looking to dismiss the fears the country is headed for a recession. After a wild week on wall street and worry over tariffs, the president and his Economic Team are striking an optimistic tone but his 2020 rivals are joining the growing chorus of criticism, sounding the alarm about an impending economic downturn. Rachel scott has more. Reporter President Trump insisting he has no concerns about the strength of the u. S. Economy. We have the strongest economy by far in the world. Reporter but the stalled negotiations with china rattling investors. And the president trying to downplay some economists fears. I dont see a recession. First of all, i dont see a recession. Reporter his top economic advisers backing him up. I think were in pretty good shape and i want to just say, you know, we should not be afraid of optimism. I can tell you with certainty that were going to have a Strong Economy through 2020 and beyond. Reporter just a day after wall streets biggest drop of the year, President Trump warning supporters the markets will crash if they dont reelect him. You have no choice but to vote for me because your 401 k s, down the tubes. Everythings going to be down the tubes. So whether you love me or hate me, youve got to vote for me. Reporter and after delaying those tariffs on certain goods, the president saying china is ready to make a deal. But hes not there yet. I mean, if i wanted to make a bad deal and settle on china, the market would go up. But it wouldnt be the right thing to do. Im just not ready to make a deal yet. China would like to make a deal, im not ready. Reporter his 2020 rivals saying american businesses and consumers are concerned that theyll be paying the price of the trade war. Im concerned for this country, im concerned for working families. It is hurtling this country and the World Economy toward recession. The economy is in a very risky place right now. And every day that goes by, donald trump makes it worse. The economy is falling apart on his watch. Reporter the president arguing, thats not the case. Were not paying for the tariffs, china is paying for the tariffs for the 100th time. In the case of china, china is eating the tariffs. Reporter at the very least we know the two sides are still talking. Theres a teleconference meeting planned for later this month and the president says if that goes well, chinese officials will travel to the u. S. To continue negotiations. But the bottom line straight from the president , as of right now, still no deal. Rachel scott, abc news, berkeley heights, new jersey. Rachel, thank you. Now to another round of Severe Weather for millions today. A summer day at the pool near philadelphia left nine people hurt. Lightning struck a tree there at the Dolphin Swim Club in feasterville. The tree fell onto a tent pavilion and seven of those injured were children. The most severely injured was an adult and the severe storms that rolled through the area also knocked over some other trees at the club as well. Overnight there is still a storm system in the area, but an Even Stronger line of storms is heading that way from the ohio valley. We also see Severe Weather in western tennessee and in new england. Sad story from over the weekend. One of the best running backs in College Football history is dead after a motorcycle crash. Former university of texas star Cedric Benson and a female passenger died saturday night in midland, texas and two other people were injured. Benson was voted College Footballs top running back in 2004. He helped chicago reach super bowl xli in 2007. A number of current and former players and coaches have reacted to bensons death on social media. Cedric benson was 36. The u. S. Envoy in talks with the taliban is calling for steppedup negotiations after a deadly blast at a wedding in kabul. A suicide bomber set off the explosion in the middle of the celebration packed with families. More than 60 people were killed and nearly 200 injured, making it the deaiestttac the u. S. Is hoping the taliban will curb the rise of isis, which has claimed responsibility, but theres no guarantee afghan civilians will be protected. Also happening overseas, hong kong is preparing for more protests this week. This after thousands defied Police Orders not to gather on sunday. The prodemocracy protesters took over the streets but unlike previous weekends there were no bloody clashes. Abcs ian pannell is in hong kong with more. Reporter protesters young and old, a sea of citizens beneath a sea of umbrellas. Out in force, braving the rain, and defying Police Orders not to march through the heart of hong kong. Roads and sidewalks overflowing. Organizers claim it was at least 1. 7 million strong, nearly onequarter of the entire population here, marching for thr nst growing chinese influence. Protesters making five key demands centered around the decisionmaking and freedoms for the citizens of this Global Financial center. And our demand is crystal clear. We hope president xi could realize that sending troops to hong kong is not the way out. Reporter the threat of military intervention looming. Beijing warning they can stop this at any moment. Are you afraid that the chinese will send troops or Police Across the border . Yes, of course we will be afraid. Reporter hong kongs beijingbacked government saying rebuilding social order is the highest priority when everything calms down. The question is how and when that will happen. No ones ready to back down here. This protest was a huge success and peaceful. You know whats remarkable, theyre not unafraid, but they are determined its now or never. So the chinese have a dilemma. If they offer concessions, theyre resetting a dangerous precedent for a oneparty communist state that depends on authoritarian rule, and if they crack down the world is watching and can respond economically. President trump linking the possibility of a trade deal with china with their capacity to respond to the crisis here humanely. Ian pannell, abc news, hong kong. Thanks to ian. An awardwinning sportscaster, jack whitaker, has died. He covered just about every sport, including the first super bowl, secretariats triple crown. He spent most of his career at cbs but he reported on the 1984, 1988 olympics for us at abc. Whitakers personal favorite was golf. Hes being remembered most for his essays and commentaries. Whitaker died of Natural Causes at the age of 95. Federal agents say a shipment of jalapeno peppers was more than just spicy. They found nearly four tons of marijuana hidden inside. Agents in san diego made the find after flagging a truck at a Border Crossing thursday. The drugs are worth an estimated 2. 3 million. The same facility also stopped a fiveton marijuana shipment last week. I mean, i lived in portland, so ive seen some unique marijuana pairings. Because its legal there. Not because ive i was just going to say, tell us more. Because its business there. Gotcha, gotcha. I imagine portlands going to have some ideas after this. I was going to say, have you heard in marijuana in jalapeno peppers . Theyll put it in anything. Weve heard quite a few. From drugs now lets talk about sex. We talk about everything on world news now. A town in wales has come up with a plan to address the ageold problem of people having sex in public bathrooms. Officials are considering installing Violent Movement sensors in the stalls so any excessive activity would cause the doors to open and sound a highpitched alarm, then trigger jets of water. The bathrooms would also have weightsensitive floors to make sure only one person could be in a cubicle at a time. What is happening in porthcawl, that this is that much of a problem that they need the latest technology . I was going to say, the technology, you dont know whats possible. But this . Of all the problems that we need to solve. Yes. Thanks to our producers here, we are learning there is some concern with those weight sensors. Some residents are concerned about users who may be heavier or parents who take their children to the bathroom. Then you end up getting the treatment, the sex launch. Yeah. So theres a lot of holes in this, porthcawl. We wouldnt need to worry about that. Dont know why i went there youre right, yes, i agree. Okay. Another tease. Please do. Coming up, how some heros in blue made the first day of kindergarten less scary for one of their own. First the nfl showdown that is heating up off of the field. Why Colin Kaepernick is facing off against jayz over his new partnership with the nfl. And later in the skinny, how mariah carey is helping a schoolteacher rack up 1 million likes. You are watching world news now. Ouncer and welcome back. Patti, its your turn. patti um, now i pick numbers eight and one. announcer when you are age 50 to 85 and looking for affordable Life Insurance, you want a good match. patti oh oh, okay. Give me seven and, uh, three announcer coverage thats simple to get. patti i pick four and six. announcer . At an affordable rate. patti yes i will go with nine and two. announcer . That will never increase. The answer is Colonial Penns number one most popular whole Life Insurance plan. Hi, im jonathan, a manager here at Colonial PennLife Insurance company. 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Four others were treated at the scene. Turning now to the growing controversy over rapper jayzs new partnership with the nfl. Yeah, this has a prominent player calling foul here. Joining us with the latest is our own will ganss. Hey, good morning, you guys, nice to be here with you. Finally somebody with experience. Yes, yes. Yeah, im an old veteran, yeah, right. Anyways, you guys, the online firestorm growing this morning. Many people angry at jay for flipflopping, once taking a stand against the nfl, and now striking a deal with them. An nfl matchup involving some major names this morning. But this conflict is brewing off the field. Just days after jayz announced a partnership with the nfl, Colin Kaepernick is weighing in. The former 49ers quarterback posting an instagram sunday celebrating the players who continue to protest. Writing that they, quote, have never moved past the people. Kaepernick seemingly firing back at this comment from jayzs press conference with nfl commissioner roger goodell. Okay, i think were past kneeling. I think its time to go into actionable items. Reporter kaep made headlines in 2016 kneeling during the to social injustices in minority communities. In the past jayz has been a vocal supporter of him. Iconic figure for the rest of your life. Reporter now many criticizing the rappers decision to work with the nfl, including kaepernicks girlfriend who wrote on instagram, its typical for the nfl to buy different pr looks to cover up their dirt, thats nothing new. What is disgusting and disappointing is jayz let them use him. But several celebs have come to jayzs defense. Cardi b saying shes hopeful jayz can leverage the partnership to, quote, bring back kaepernick. Back kaepernick. Jayz saying the nfl has a great big platform, they were willing to do some things to make some changes that we can do some good. So it seems like the twitter backlash is so severe for this, you know. So many folks kind of calling him out for, as we said, flipflopping on something that he has been such a vocal proponent of for so long. Of course, yeah. Openly turning down the nfl at first, now working with them directly. And Colin Kaepernick still not on an nfl team. Not yet. Exactly, since 2016. And i think i read that he philly, eagles fans, were upset they didnt pick him up. So thank you for that. Of course. Good to see you, will. When we come back, why hugh jackman is singing the blues. Also, marcel the monkey, remember him . Hes back on tv. The skinny coming up next. The skinny coming up next. Er him . Hes back on tv. Hes back on tv. The skinny coming up next. Lockin moisture technology. Toh skin is petal smooth. Because your best skin starts with olay. [female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know youre pregnant. Tell me do you want to go great song, great movie. Time now for the skinny starting with a major revelation from hugh jackman. This is the first time im hearing the greatest showman soundtrack. Its got some bop to it. Oh my goodness. So because of this, the greatest showman, hugh jackman is singing the blues this morning over how difficult his life has become because of his portrayal of p. T. Barnum. Hugh jackman tells the herald sun the 2017 movie has made him so famous with kids it has made it difficult for him to take his 14yearold daughter to dancing school. Jackman says nobody cared when he took his daughter to her dance classes before, but now when he goes songs from the greatest showman are playing in nearly every class. I dont know how i feel about this. Its a good problem to have. I was just going to say, if that is your concern, that too many people recognize you . We should all be so lucky, yeah. And i was just going to say, going back to you havent heard the soundtrack, great soundtrack. Im hearing it, yeah. So one endorsement from elizabeth. Moving on to the schoolteacher who is getting highcaliber help with his homework. Twitter user tanya a. Posted this video of her teacher dancing to Mariah Careys upset saying, our teacher says if this gets 1 million likes we will get extra credit. Hes got some moves. Mariah carey herself retweeted that video, saying lets go mr. H. , extra credit for all. So far the video has 1. 3 million views but still only about 100,000 likes. So it does look like tanya and mr. H. Do have their work cut out for them. Apologies to mr. H. I was just going to say, that many views but so little likes. I guess he could work on his moves but hes trying. He gave it his all. Not that i can dance any better, but oh my gosh, come on. If youre watching and you want to help this class, click like. Yeah, you could. He could work a little bit harder. So how about we move on to a couple of highprofile celebrity birthdays. Madonna turned 61 years old on friday. She posted this video from inside her dressing room. Happy birthday to me. Wishing herself happy birthday. Followed by video from a lavish party with friends and family here in new york city. The Material Girl reportedly partied all night long with 150 guests. At one point four of madonnas kids belted out elton johns your song in honor of their mom. I hope you dont mind i hope you dont mind that i put down into words how wonderful life is while youre in the world i wanted to get to this, how dare you interrupt me . But good for her. 61. Yeah, daughters got some piano skills too, thats amazing. We want to keep it in birthday news. Even though it was her birthday a few weeks ago, Jennifer Lopez is giving fans something to celebrate this morning. J. Lo posted this photo. Hey, there. To instagram, showing off her famous curves, well call them, with the caption i love summertime. One fan commented, this is 50 . I need what j. Lo is having. I thought about this and ive elected not to comment on this photo. And finally, one of the stars of friends may be making a big return to the small screen, its not jennifer aniston, its not courtney cox. Were talking about marcel the monkey. What . The capuchin katie the monkey has been cast in the last man on earth, a show coming to fx next year. An executive says katie the monkeys time on friends really paid off, calling her an expert actor who really knows how to hit her mark. In case youre wondering, capuchins in captivity can live up to 45 years. Lly knows he in case youre wondering, capuchins in captivity can live up to 45 years. Its time to switch off and catch up. Enjoy me time, and we time. 40 winks or 8 hours solid. 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The four reusables come in a range of common colors and textures so that sensoryfocused kids can feel their parents easy love through a tactile experience. Thats really cool, i like that a lot. Were hearing about a very special little boy who started his first day of kindergarten after suffering a devastating loss. But he was given an extraordinary show of support from some heroes in blue. Heres abcs whit johnson. Reporter like any 5yearold, for jake neely, first day of kindergarten is a big deal. Im going to shine. Reporter its also a day his dad had hoped to see. Before my husband passed away, it was something he thought a lot about that he wasnt going to be with jake on his first day of kindergarten. Reporter sergeant bill neely of the West Palm BeachPolice Department lost his battle with cancer last year. One of his final wishes was for his work family to take care of his family at home. He asked if we could take jake to his first day of school. Reporter so when jake and his mom heather showed up at Crystal Lakes elementary call last week this line of blue was waiting to cheer jake on. His dads fellow officers accompanying jake to his classroom. Crush it, jake reporter highfiving him along the way. I want to say thank you for bringing me to my first day of school. I think that it made him feel special. Which means the world to me. Reporter for sergeant neelys blue family, this is just the beginning. They already told me they plan on coming and having lunch with him a bunch of times this year. Reporter vowing to be there for important milestones in the years ahead. Were hoping that by the time jake graduates well all be back here. Some of us will be probably retired by then, but nonetheless, well be back. Reporter honoring their friend bill and that special promise. I think brought a little tears to peoples eyes today. I know hes looking down on us right now, we hope we made him happy. These stories, so heartbreaking but so heartwarming at the same time. Kind of hard to watch, but a pretty beautiful story. We want to thank the station wpbf for helping with that. We also know neely has another son who is starting high school, theyre going to be there for him too. Dont miss our updates on wnnfans. Com. 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. Like that this is how ill do it. Sarah there you go. Happening now in america this morning, severe summer storms to start the workweek. When the tree fell, everybody started screaming. A Lightning Strike sends a tree crashing onto a tent. Children are among the victims as we hear from the man in this video just inches away from that bolt of lightning. The new storms today, and the extreme heat on the way. The nation on edge. Authorities reveal at least three new mass shooting threats, including a plot targeting a Jewish Center in ohio while were learning about the suspects past. Weight watchers under fire. The controversial new diet app for children. Why some parents are calling for a boycott. Plus, President Trump speaks out for the first time on a potential deal to buy greenland even though its not for sale