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Nobody gives a hoot if youre a democrat or a republican. They care about making sure theyre getting the dry wall out. Reporter the dry wall is already out at karls house in denim springs. He says its time the president showed up. Youre our president. You should be here getting things moving. Reporter with the fema inspector asesing his damage, his neighbor says anything that keeps the spotlight here is good. As long as theyre thats all that matters. Reporter more than 110 people have asked for assistance. It will take three months to clean up the debris, and schools are delaying opening until next month. No to wildfires in the northwest. About 50 campers were forced to evacuate in northeast wyoming. Shut down an opening to the park. Its a similar story in Eastern Washington. Several fires are burning. Firefighters have made progress, but the dry weather and rough terrain are posing problems. Theyve declared a state of emergency for 20 counties. An explosion is under investigation this morning. Tuesdays blast sent smoke in the Florida Power and lights substation. No one was injured. More than 10,000 customers power. Service was restored by the end of the day. The blast site is about five miles from the Miami International airport. Tourists love frolicking with dolphins. The problem is the species are noctur nocturnal. It deprives the dolphins of sleep and makes them stressed theyre trying to sleep. Exactly. From that to a dog. A special dog. Newly reelected mayor of a small town. This is the third time duke has been elected during the annual festival. The first time was a fluke. Only 12 votes were cast. He won this year in a landslide getting all but one of the votes. With hair to love . Of course. Duke is not yet declared his position on immigration or email or trade. I imagine go duke. Thats the way. Hes got to have a dog thought on public urination. He thinks people should be free to do it. Big proponent of that. Coming up, were going to chow down on a very Important National good day. And well tell you which one. Linda thompson. She was married to Caitlyn Jenner, back then known as bruce. Shes opening up about the marriage in an interview. You can find us on facebook, wnnfans. Com. Youre watching world news today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. Youre looking at pictures of an earthquake that hit in were told its a 6. 2 magnitude quake. You can see some of the damage. Were getting reports of people trapped under the rubble. The power is out. There are reports of gas lines ruptured and phone lines out. The usgs says theres been at least seven aftershocks. The quake taking place in the middle of the night while many were sleeping. A lot of the towns youre looking at were built in the 12th century. You can understand many of the buildings and homes and businesses are fragile. This area is known for very strong earthquakes. There was one in 2009 that killed hundreds of peep. Well continue to follow the developments and look out for the latest pictures there. Moving on. Pressure on the drug Company Mylan is growing over the soaring price on ep pen. Congress started asking questions. Reporter it can happen in an instant. A life in danger after an allergic reaction. And growing outrage over the skyrocketing cost of epipens. Pricing jumping from about 100 in 2009 to more than 600 today. During that time same, the drug makers ceo compensation rose from 5 million to 19 million. This is a life or death medicine. Weve had t if we had been without, she may not be sitting next to me. The maker of epipens being questioned on capitol hill. A House Oversight committee is in direct contact with the drug maker. And they could be called to defend their price hike. Reporter the drug maker blaming the higher deductibles patients. Some families having to choose between paying their mortgage and buying life saving medicine. Were going to switch gears now and talk about quite a move by a seal. It happened in the waerters in canada. The squeal squeezes it way on a boat to get away from killer whales looking for a meal. He fell off the boat but scrambled back on. He went back into the water. A smart seal. People on the boat probably thought he wants to hang out. Nope. Hes using you. Trying not to be food for the day. Coming up, wait until you hear from Caitlyn Jenners exwife. Linda thompson talks about her major with bruce jenner and then Caitlyn Jenner, and her . One of his best up tempo tunes. Appropriate for the next story. Its about a woman who dated Elvis Presley. Look she dated Elvis Presley and was married to bruce, now Caitlyn Jenner. Linda thompson. Our Chris Connelly sat down with her. Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Presley and bruce jenner have left the building. Reporter but shes here, lin Linda Thompsons memoir. Empathy and deep feeling. Her intimate times with elvis i think more than anything its been a relief for caitlyn to be able to emerge as her true self. And for the rest of us, we love her. When i first met her, she was in a bruce jenner body. He was just an incredible person. Still is. I have since said to her, you know, youve got to give yourself credit. You kicked manhoods butt. Reporter wed in 81. By 1985 they were sons here in malibu. My happiness was complete until my kids were 18 months and 3 dmaef, and my remarkable husband said i need to tell you something about myself. Reporter she feared it was an affair. It proved more kwoconsequentialr that. He said i identify as a woman. What does that mean. He said i am a woman. The exterior, because ive always been female on the inside. It was earth shattering. It was devastating. People cant understand you must have had some kind of idea. No. Never. Nothing. Reporter she says therapy sessions would bring her greater understanding. My deeper compassion went to bruce for her to have felt so trapped in the wrong body. It broke my heart to think he struggled so long reporter i guess in some ways you met caitlyn on a trip to new york. Yes. I was trying to understand this thing called transgender and when bruce said come to new york and be with your husband, husband was the word i was looking for. I went to new york, knocked on the door fully anticipating wed have a lovely romantic weekend. Reporter she was unprepared i crumbled. I went oh, no. I started crying. And she said im so sorry. I just thought it was very important that you see who i authentically am. And not until that moment did it sink into my mind that that truly was who caitlyn felt she was. And i had to respect that and honor that and move on with my life. Reporter shed grown up as a pageant stand out in memphis where in 1972 she met movie theater. Reporter you cant remember the movie . No. Would you be able to if elvis were standing next to you macing on you. Reporter she was his lover, confessor and care giver for four and a half years. My son brody when he grasped the impact of me living with him, he said mom, you know, hes the mix is next. Well be right back. Nice long. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Ave you in outofpocket medical costs. Call now to request your free decision guide. Ive been with my doctor for 12 years. Now i know ill be able to stick with him. 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Today is National Waffle day, ladies and gentlemen. Yep. Dig in deb doesnt care. We have fun facts for you. About waffles. First patent for a waffle iron, august 24th, 1869, hence, National Waffle day. Okay. And apparently Thomas Jefferson brought you know how i am with the food. Of course im going to eat all of it. Dig in. Lets see it. Waffle iron over from france. Im just going to go with this. And, you know, the waffle has had many copiers since. The waffle robe. The waffle fries. Everybody is trying somebody take a bite. Were talking. How is it . Is it good . Yeah. There are a lot of places all over today you can celebrate National Waffle day. We encourage you to go out and help thats really good. Take a bite of your waffle. I love that youve even the entire thing in the course of this. All right. Was it really good . Lets move on. Speaking of luck. No. Im trying to get rid of carbs. Every day im like Pumpkin Spice cereal. Eat the waffle. Do we have the photos of this woman who was really lucky. In the penny slots. She won in the penny slots. Shes trying to remain anonymous. We know shes from hawaii. Kendis is waiting for us to go to commercial so he doesnt have to eat the waffle. But its not. Just eat the waffle. Whats the problem . Okay. She won 1 million. Hows thats amazing on the penny slots. 10 million bucks, really. Nearly 11 million. It happened at the mega bucks win wheel. Its a custom game. Wow. That was good. You are such a liar. You deserve to be locked in your room, young man. Locked in your room, and this was the parents came up with. Breaking news this morning on world news now. Deadly earthquake italy. The 6. 2 magnitude tremor felt throughout the region near rome. Some victims out in the streets as others are trapped under the rubble. Well have a live report. Hillary clinton opens a huge lead over donald trump. Issue to battle clinton over. Well have the latest from the campaign trail just ahead. And new this half hour, the recovery of a young boy receiving transplants for both of his hands. Hear the heart warming moment he tried to convince his mom to let him play football. It is wednesday, august 24th th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Were going to get to the top story, the devastating earthquake thats developing overnight in italy. Most residents were asleep. Some were buried in the collapsing buildings. The epicenter is about 100 miles north of rome. Because theres only six miles deep, it was felt over a wide area off a large portion of central italy. The greatest damage was in the centl where many buildings collapsed. Were going to get a better idea of the extent of the damage as the sun comes up over there. Already one mayor says more than half his town is gone. A bridge is danger of collapse. There were some deaths but the number is not known. One report says a family of four was killed while they were sleeping. Electricity, gas and phone and roads are blocked by debris. They had an earthquake three years ago. The state department is asking people to contact their family and friends as soon as possible, checking in on social media as well. You look at some of these early images that were getting. Youre getting a sense this was a devastating earthquake for central italy. The Civil Protection agency there is already calling the quake severe, 6. 2 magnitude. The usgs is saying seven aftershock sometimes the aftershocks can be nearly as damaging or sometimes more than the quake itself. A very developing story here for you. Well continue to monitor it for you. Well switch gears and move to politics. Hillary clinton has opened up a 16 point lead over donald trump in the key Battle Ground state of virginia. Trump is hoping to gain ground as he has a string of attacks accusing clinton for swapping access to her what is the latest in this . It seems to be a lot of emails going back and forth. This is Donald Trumps new favorite topic. His assault on Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. He suggested high dollar donors got time with secretary clinton during her time as secretary of state. More than half of clintons meetings outside the government were held w Clinton Foundation. Heres what trump had to say to that. It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. It is now abundantly clear that the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. The Clinton Campaign is disputing the report saying, quote, this story relies on it cherry picked a limited subset of secretary clintons schedule to give a distorted portrayal of how often she crossed paths with individuals connected to charitable donations. Questions continue to mount about it. You get a sense hes going to continue to hammer home on that topic. A lot of people are talking about his immigration policy and it seems to be signaling a change in the policy. Thats right. Overnight he said he is considering softening his stance. He also has said he wants to enforce the current laws, but that the process of creating new laws could be brutal. One thing to point out is hes talking about this in interviews. At his campaign rallies, hes stayed away from talking about any type of policy shift. Well have to see in the coming weeks what he might unveil about that. We will. Thank you for being with us. Health officials in the tampa bay area are on alert after the first case of locally transmitted zika virus was they were diagnosed, but the exact location wont be revealed unless there are more cases. Officials have already started aggressive spraying for mosquitos. The total number of locally transmitted zika cases in florida is 42. Researchers in brazil say the damage to a babys brain from the disease may be more extensive. Doctors released the new brain scan images. It showed the range of destruction. Half a dozen brain defects were found in nearly all the babies in the zika virus study. Doctors are crediting divine intervention after a teen survived a brain eating infection which is fatal nearly 100 of the time. This 16yearold is a walking miracle. I had to tell them reporter even his doctors initially prepared his family you see, sebastian was diagnosed with a rare infection caused by a brain eating amoeba. Of the 138 cases reported in the last 50 years, only three survived. We decided to take it out, and within hours he spoke. Sorry. Reporter and with that, sebastian became the fourth survivor and his family couldnt be more grateful. And we are so thankful for the gift of life. Reporter the amoeba is found in fresh water lakes, ponds and rivers. Usually deadly when it travels to the brain. In his case, what made the difference was how quickly he was diagnosed and treated. If you have kids with the signs, headache, fever, nausea, neck, and mention any warm body of water, i would be concerned. Reporter not only was it imperative he got to the hospital when he did, but also working in his favor, the drug used to treat the infection is manufactured in orlando, and it was delivered in minutes. The Agricultural Department is taking a big bite out of the countrys cheese surplus. It is buying 11 Million Pounds to distribute to food banks across the country. Theres a global milk glut and falling prices, and the cheese stock prices are at record levels. And the stock price for dominos opens at an all time high. They are successfully courting millennials. Custers can order by text or tweet. Digital. Other pizza chains are doing well as well such as papa johns and pizza huts parent company. Dominos had that track your pizza app. I think they were the first ones to have that out, i heard. A friend told me. A story out of russia shows us adoption knows no boundaries, including those between species. This 16yearold has herself a new little monkey. Monkey was abandoned by his mom. He was paired with the cat who never had kids herself, and the two have been inseparable. How can you not think that monkey is adorable . And hes clinging to her back. Im thinking i need to get this monkey off my back. No. She loves the company. Look at her. Thats your happy moment of the day, i guess. Take a look at that. Coming up, well check in on a brave little guy who has made remarkable progress. And how Ryan Reynolds is dealing with rude tweets being sent from alleged fans. First, a look at todays forecast. World news now weather brought to you by american advisors group. World news now weather brought to you by american today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. Introducing new ky touch gel cr . Me. For massage and intimacy. Every touch, gently intensified. Ky touch. Hit. It hit around 3 30 a. M. Local time. Theres a 6. 2 magnitude quake. About an hour later the first aftershock hit. At least seven aftershocks have hit the area. Residents are using shovels and bulldozers to try to look for victims. There are reports of people trapped under the rubble. Power out. Phone lines out. Gas lines interrupted as well. The government has activated emergency procedures and is sending aid. Rescue teams are having a tough only accessible by long, winding roads. Landslides are likely among the mountain roads. Well continue to monitor this throughout the morning. And flash flooding slams an area of colorado. This is in canyon city about 90 miles south of denver. No homes have been affected. The ground had already been scorched by the hayden pass a Lightning Strike sparked the fire last month. The blue cut fire has finally been contained. The fire forced about 300 structured were destroyed. A third of those were home. They are asking for the Publics Health in finding out what sparked the fire. This is a Progress Report were happy to tell you about. This little guy, nineyearold a year ago he went under a double hand transplant. Yesterday we heard from him his hands, feet, and kidney had to be replaced because of a serious infection. Yesterday we heard from him and his mother about his rehab. They said hes doing great and his doctors agreed. And the little boy made it clear he wants to do what a lot of other little kids want to do. She wont let me try out for no. Were going to start with baseball. Why not . Too dangerous. Theyre little kids. Kids are not professionals. Well have this argument later. And i will always lose. At least he knows. Good tactic. Try to persuade mom in public. Goo no dice. Mom is banning him from the football, but t not stopping him. A reporter asked him what his next goal is. Heres what he had to say about that. Convince mom to let me play football. If he does keep insisting, you never know. He might be allowed out there. One of his doctors says he has coped with the surgery better than many adults handle simpler procedures. Or not want to do his physical therapy. Such a cool kid there. Now, what a great spirit he has. We should mention zion lost his feet to the same infection. He wears prosthetics that allow him to walk. Just unbelievable that he stays so bright and cheery. Ready to conquer the world. The doctors said hes a remarkable human being. An inspiration for us all. When we come back, the hump day skinny. Todays hollywoods highest paid actresses. . . Its skinny time. We start with leading ladies. Theres the annual list of the highest paid actresses. This proves the point stars are like us. Scarlett johansson made 205 25 million over the past year before taxes, we should note. Most of it is from acting. She also has an endorsement deal with dolce and ga ban in a. 33 million. She designs her own clothing line. And once again, jlaw is number one. She brought in 46 million. It included a big profit from the final installment in the hunger games. And lawrence is also the youngest actress on that list. Good for them. Scott eastwood, the son of clint eastwood. He opened up about the death of his former girlfriend in an interview with gq australia. She died in a car accident. The air bag in the car she was driving had been recalled. Eastwood said it exploded with too much force. He said he still hasnt called her father about it because he hasnt found the right words. Eastwood also talks about his father saying clint got physical at least once while growing up. He said his dad slammed him into a wall and punched him in the sister at a party. Ryan reynolds obviously having some fun with some people who are getting in touch with him on social media. Like plenty of hunks he gets questions about doing wild and unspeakable things on twitter. Were not going to show you them. This is a family show. We can tell you about reynolds polite replies. In resp about a certain sex act, reynolds said sorry, just holding my infant niece in my arms for her baptism right now. A similar request had him respond, oops, im helping my nana take her diabetes medication right now. And he has his own theory about who is behind the weird tweets. Im pretty sure its my wife who she was like oh, oh. And finally british actor and producer saying hes fulfilling a lifelong ambition by training for a real kick boxing match. Hes 43. Thats not stopping him from getting in the ring. His yearlong training journey will take him to the far east. Its all for a series that will be called idris elba fire. It will air early next year. He did kick boxing training in his 20s but never competed in a match. He says thats a challenge hes wanted to take on for some time. I like that. I think i want to do Something Like that. He still looks pretty good. Is he still on your vote for bond . Yes. I want to see him be bond, and then i want him to teach me how i dont like your form. Its pretty good. Why are you moving away . Theres an end to this island. I want to see if he falls off. Backing down the plank. Im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. For medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesnt pay. And could save you in outofpocket medical costs. Ive been with my doctor for 12 years. Now i know ill be able to stick with him. 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For massage and intimacy. Every touch, gently intensified. . . Yes, it is. I feel like youre going to knock me out. Usually when we hear this song, we think of the holiday season. But thats not the case. No, it aint. This most wonderful time of the year is when pumpkin flavor begins to dominate our taste buds. Some investigative reporting. Here. This is great. Reporter its back. And earlier than ever. You can see the flavors. Pumpkin spice everything coming together. And you get the latte. Reporter its really good. The only part is its talking after you eat it. Pumpkin spice, the beloved fall flavor ushering a taste of from coffee cups to cereal bowls. A cereal bar in times square, the tasty treat will have a spacing up a classic. Theres a Pumpkin Spice miniwheats. Its one of the hottest summers. Its august. Reporter other retailers like mcdonalds and duncan donuts rolling out their Pumpkin Spice products. Starbucks made it popular. In 2003. Keeping its release date a carefully guarded secret. For those who just cant wait, this bowl could be the newest early way to satisfy that Pumpkin Spice craving with ground espresso and White Chocolate chips. Speechless. Reporter this is really good. This limited edition bowl even comes with this instagram worthy twist. How cool. Our logo on it. Its the season. You covered the coffee and cereal, but you missed pumpkin flavored beer. The most important thing. Exactly. Youre partial. I am. However, even i think its a little early. I cant do it until at least september. Oh. We forgot the best part of the pumpkin season. Never too early for that. Never too early for a pumpkin onesie. It is a tutu. Look at the pointed toes. Why isnt the tutu bigger than that . Beautiful form. This is abcs world news now informing insomniacs for two decades. This is abcs world news now informing insomniacs for says federal rules are forcing the city to close its yard waste dump. Mark rice told the city council this week that he plans to close the site next month, and the city must make other plans for collecting autumn leaves. The army corps of engineers says the yard waste site near waterloos Sewage Treatment plant is encroaching on a flood levee overflow channel. And that could drop the citys Flood Control system from the federal rehabilitation program. More good morning. Im diane macedo. And im kendis gibson. Here are some of the top headlines this morning on world news now. In breaking news, a major earthquake heting central italy. Some residents were killed by collapsing buildings. Others may be trapped right now. The magnitude 6. 2 was felt as far hackers targeted the New York Times. Theyre believed to be the same that infiltrated Democratic Party computers. Theres no evidence the hack was a success. And windy dry conditions forced evacuations in the northwest. A main road that leads into yellow stones South Entrance was closed and campers were ordered to leave. And the next few days, active weather systems in the another system isnt named but appears to be headed toward florida this weekend. Those are some of the top stories on this wednesday, august 24th. Hello. Well get started with the breaking news in europe right now. A devastating earthquake. It hit as most italians were asleep. It sent residents running into the streets. We are tracking the storm from our london bureau. Reporter good morning. The magnitude 6. 2 quake struck about 3 30 in the morning. The epicenter was about 100 miles from rome. Because it was only six miles deep, it was felt over an extensive area. Buildings swayed for 20 seconds. The greatest damage was in central italy. Extent of the damage as the day progresses. Already one mayor says more than half of his town is gone. And a bridge is in danger of collapse. There were deaths. But the number is not yet known. One report says a family of four was killed while it slept. Electricity, gas and phone service, as you can imagine, are out for much of the area, and some roads are blocked by debris. This region suffered the last major earthquake around seven years ago. Then more than 300 people were today the state department is asking americans in italy to contact their family and friends as soon as possible by checking into social media. Jennifer, as you take a look at many of the early images coming in, youre well familiar with this area. I can imagine its heart wrenching looking at these. Absolutely. Reporter the fact that it happened in the middle of the night when people were sleeping and also during this peek holiday season. The last two weeks in august is relatives visiting people in the mountains. This is a mountainous central part of italy among the mountains and on either side of the mountains. People traditionally go to the beach in the summer and also the mountains where its much cooler. Youll have many families, extended families there. And the great challenge is the location and getting there. Thats the big issue right now. Because so many roads have been blocked due to Falling Rocks and downed trees. Bridges collapsing. This is going a major challenge for rescue workers to get to these areas on time. How equipped are they to deal with this again . They are much better than they were seven years ago where they came under tremendous criticism for not being ready for such a tremendous natural disaster. I mean, italy gets thousands of tremors every year. Its on a major fault line. For it. And after that 2009 earthquake, a great deal of money was put into infrastructure projects. They should, in theory, have the means to rescue people in terms of heavy diggers. Its how theyre going to get there and how much time it will take to get there. A developing story. Well continue monitoring. Jennifer for us in london. Thank you. For the first time donald trump is acknowledging that he may be ready to scale back the controversial immigration plan primary. But he is insisting that protecting our borders is still a top priority for him. We have the details on what he is saying this morning. Good morning. We are 75 days out from the election. And donald trump is just now suggesting he could soften his hard line approach on immigration. One top advisor says the gop nominee is wrestling over that decision. Reporter donald trump may be toning down his tough talk on during a town hall trump said he may soften his position. Is there any part of the how law in a that you might be able to change that would accommodate those people that contribute to society, have been lawabiding and have his here in. There can be a softening. Were not looking to hurt people. We want people. We have some great people in this country. Reporter the gop nominee postponed a speech detailing the immigration plan. He wants to enforce current immigration laws but had this to say about creating new ones. If you try to make new laws in this country, its a process thats brutal. Reporter mike pence said the proposal is a work in progress. Can you explain what tough and fair means when it comes to deportation . Those are issues that will continue to be worked out in days ahead. Reporter one supporter said trump is struggling with his with that issue. We must address one of the most vital issues of all. Border security. Reporter rallying a crowd in austin, he made no mention about the shift. He stuck to his immigration script. We are going to build the wall. And who is going to pay for the wall . Reporter and hammered Hillary Clinton over the Clinton Foundations ties to the state department. It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. It is now abundantly clear that the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. Reporter trumps latest attack is over a report that found that more than half of clintons meetings outside of government when she was secretary of state were with top donors of the clinton the clintons say it cherry picked her schedule and offered a distorted portrayal. All right. Thank you for that report. Were moving to another developing story from overnight. Turkey is making a push to clear isis forces from a Syrian Border town. The Turkish Special forces are supported by Coalition Air strikes. Turkey attack that killed dozens of people. And breaking news from north korea. After the successful test firing of a missile from a submarine officials in south korea say the missile was capable of reaching much of their country. And it was a significant improvement over previous attempts by the north. The missile flew about 300 miles before landing in the sea of japan. The japanese Prime Minister called it a grave threat. Video of a 2014 arrest is raising questions about sentencing in a case of alleged police brutality. Heres a man held on the ground he is not armed and appears to be kicked in the head. Officer Richard Garcia faced up to three years in prison for felony assault but received a plea deal that keeps him out of jail. Advocates for the deaf and a victims family are wanting. A full accounting for what led to the death in north carolina. Linsey davis with more. Reporter officials are searching through Police Dashboard and body camer man was shot to death by police feet away from his home. Police say they were trying to pull him over for speeding. But he didnt stop for seven miles until he made it home and got out of his car. Why harris didnt stop is unclear. Eyewitnesss suggest he may have been using hand gestures or soon language with police. He was deaf. He didnt even hear the siren. He didnt hear anything. By a single gunshot, according to authorities. His brother who is also deaf says police arent trained enough in dealing with deaf people. If the officer had known he was deaf, it would have ended differently. Reporter at a vigil, mourners wrote in chalk along his street, justice for danielle. Authorities say they need more time. So many officers responded to the scene. And theres a tremendous amount of Video Evidence to pore through. On sunday the city of rio passed the olympics flag to tokyo to prep for the 2020 summer games in that. Flag is now in japan. Tokyos governor waved the olympics symbol as she and her delegation returned home wednesday morning. Construction is set to begin at the end of this year. This is tokyos second summer games. The first was in 1964. Im not sure if the japanese Prime Minister was dressed as not as cool of an entrance. Will haze is reaping the rewards of being a believer. The Los Angeles Rams defensive end said he believes in mermaids. He knows at least one of them believes in him now. A fan dressed as ariel from the Little Mermaid showed him he had support under the sea. Under the sea. He even got a hug. Now its interesting that he believes in mermaids but does not believe in dinosaurs. Its one of the talking points during hard knocks. Those werent real. Dinosaurs . No. What were the movies based on . Ariel. Okay. Coming up, well continue to cover the breaking news. A report from our producer in the region of italy. The daytime breaking show celebrates 20 years on the air. First a look at todays high temperatures. World news now weather brought to you by my pillow. World news now weather the roses are blooming in herbal essences hair is delightfully fragranced with notes of moroccan rose and the freshness of springtime unforgettable, wherever you go from herbal essences, blooming now question, are my teeth yellow . Have you tried the tissue test . Ugh, yellow. What do you use . Crest whitestrips crest 3d whitestrips whiten. Oh yeah. Crest whitestrips are the way to whiten as the sun comes up in italy, rescue workers are starting to look for survivors overnight in central italy. These are live pictures coming in right now. You can see the effort that is taking place to try to find people who are buried under the rubble. A huge undertaking. Details are still coming in. Megan williams is in italy and has more on that. Reporter there are three towns hardest hit in central italy. The mayor in one said at one there have collapsed. Ive certainly seen Police Trucks race by me. So there is a sense that authorities are headed for that area. Its a very mountainous area. The roads arent easy. Its not an easily accessible area of italy. It will take a while, i imagine, for rescuers to get there. The mountains and windy roads are making it difficult for rescuers to get to victim. Reports of victims under the rubble. The power is out. There are reports of gas lines being ruptured. Phone lines are down. Many challenges including the fact that on top of the quake, the usgs reports at least seven aftershocks. And several powerful aftershocks. I want to go back to the live picture. The mayor of this town said many of his residents were buried by and you can understand why he said that. He also said half his town is gone. This is going to be an amazing humanitarian effort thats going to last days if not weeks. This struck north of rome. It spread across a fairly wide area. It hit four different regions in that area of central italy. It was felt as far away as rome. And why the buildings are fragile. These towns were built and created in the 1200s. Manyf old and why a lot of them came down this morning. A developing story well be following for you all morning. Stay with us. Much like world news now, the view was unique in the time slot when it debuted in 1997. The ladies are set to begin their 20th season. You cant dispute its rarely been boring. Dan harris with the details. Reporter the view has become famous for those unforgetably outrageous moments. I gave you an opportunity to you didnt give me anything. Reporter and to celebrate the premier of their 20th season, behind the scenes stories youve never heard rosie said i want you on the show every day. I said no, youre crazy. More than 4000 episodes and some 25,000 hot topics. The view has had quite a run. It all started back in 1997 with barbara walters. Daytime Network Executives came to me and said got my ideas for a daytime program . Ive always wanted to do a show with women of different generations, backgrounds and views. Nobody thought it would be very successful. Reporter their multihost format was the first of its kind. Nobody was doing panel talk shows before the view. Reporter from race. To pretend it didnt say that. Reporter nothing was off limits. Perhaps the most controversy generated during the run occurred during rosie her epic rant against donald trump. There he is with his hair. Everyone deserves a second chance. Hes the moral authority. Left the first wife had an afire. Reporter and then there was bill oreillys explosive appearance. Its a progressive show. Listen to me. Youll learn. He started really talking about this sweeping generalizations about muslims. Why arent we saying its inappropriate. Why . 9 11. Oh, my god. I felt my behind being propelled out of the seat. You know, like a poltergeist. Reporter politics has been one of the hallmarks of the view. I think the view opened politicians to thinking womens audience. Any candidate worth their salt shouldnt be afraid to come on this show. Thats the biggest pile of shows like this rather than meet the press . Meet the press is easy. Youre tough. Do you think being on the show with a bunch of women who never shut up is going to be calming . Look, i was trying to find a show that michelle actually watched. And so i thought that this is it right here. Not a lot of shows stay on the air for 20 years that are driven by women. Thats really worth celebrating. I give that credit to especially to barbara for having her vision. Take a little time every day to enjoy the view. This is perfect. Reporter dan harris, abc news, new york. Cool. Were around here, especially excited for the 20th season. Our alum from world news now is going to be there. She was part of the new video they debuted last night. Thats right. It featured mary j. Blige and all the new cohosts. Dave, im sorry to interrupt. I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil severe the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. Today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. 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And in gladiator, check out this air cylinder. They didnt have nose in ancient rome. And a Storm Trooper hits his head, and when we still cant believe. Thats Luke Skywalker calling for carrie, as in his costar, carrie fisher. T. J. Holmes, new york. I didnt know that one. Through. Theres one in free willie. Hes riding on the whale wet. Next scene, dry. Thats the news for that half this morning on world news now, a deadly earthquake hit central italy. The 6. 2 quake striking north of rome. Causing buildings to crumble. One mayor saying his town and donald trump admits he may be softening his stance on immigration. Hes not softening his stance on hillary cl now calling for an investigation into her foundation. He managed to praise president obama. Well tell you why. And just in time, the thrilling moments for some boaters when a seal pops up on deck. They quickly discover the reason for the visit. Some other Party Crashers looking for a meal. It is wednesday, august 24th. Abc news, this is world good wednesday morning. Im kendis gibson. Im diane macedo. We begin with breaking news. A deadly earthquake caused significant damage in central italy. This is the epicenter of the quake about 100 miles northeast of rome. It was felt across a broad section of central italy including the capital. Heres what were learning. The quake struck in the middle of the night, about 3 30 in the morning local time. Theyre six hours ahead of the east coast of the united states, by the way. Many residents ran into the streets and spent the rest of the night outside as several aftershocks rocked the area. Other people were caught in collapsing buildings. There are deaths, we should tell you. Its too early for the exact numbers at this point. The Italian Government says the damage is severe. And they are sending heavy equipment to clear the debris. One mayor says half his town is gone. On twitter the state department is urging americans in italy to check in on social media to destination. Especially for italians seeking Cool Mountain air at the height of summer. The last major quake in italy was in 2009, also in the center part of the country, killing more than 300 people. Of course well follow the developments as they wake up on the other side of the world and we start to see the damage reports and possibility of casualties come in. Were already hearing settled. Well hold off on reporting them for a little bit. Lets move to politics. Donald trump admitting for the first time that he may be open to softening his stance on immigration. Trump is not backing away from his promise to build a wall. At a late night rally in austin, texas, he brought out Border Control agents and mothers whose children were murdered by illegal immigrants. Hes hammering clinch on foundation and the state department. We get the latest from abc. Reporter an aboutface on immigration from donald trump. During a town hall, the nominee said this there can be a softening because were not looking to hurt people. We want people we have some great people in this country. Reporter a hard turn from trumps hardline on immigration throughout the campaign. With plans to build that border wall and promises to remove all undocumented immigrants, including families. Were going to have a Deportation Force and do it humanely. Reporter within the last week that stance slowly disappearing. At one point trump seeming to praise president obama. Obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country. Bush, the same thing. Lots of people brought out of the country with the existing laws. Im going to do the same thing. Reporter at the same time, trump opening up a new line of attack against Hillary Clinton, calling for special prosecutor to investigate her dealings with Clinton Foundation donors while she was secretary of state. With 85 donors who gave a campaigned 156 million in donations. The foundation dismisses the report saying it depends on utterly flawed data, cherrypicked to give a distorted portrayal. She posed with hosts Justin Timberlake and jessica biel at fundraisers. Make sure im alive. Theres nothing there. Reporter trump is trying t make up for lost ground. Even campaigning in the red state of texas, normally a sure thing for republicans. While Hillary Clinton is also taking aim at red states, setting up shop in salt lake city. The state hasnt been blue in nearly 50 years. All right. Our thanks there. Breaking news from north korea the government has fired a missile from a submarine capable of reaching much of south korea. The missile brew that 300 miles before falling into the sea of japan. Launch so far of a submarine based ballistic missile. The united states, japan, and south korea strongly condemned the launch overnight. The United Nations is worried about the civilian impact of the fight to drive isis out of iraqs second largest city. Iraqi troops are going to mosul. They vow to liberate the city by the end of the year. The Refugee Agency says fighting could impact more than one million people. Shelter assistance is being set up to help thousands who are trying to flee that area. The fbi is investiga attempted cyberattack on the New York Times and possibly other news organizations. The times says hackers targeted its Moscow Bureau but adds theres no evidence that they were successful in compromising its systems. Sources say investigators are blaming the same Russian Hackers who infiltrated the Democratic National committee. Turning to weather, and the atlantic is especially active. It will stay out to sea. Another system in the caribbean is approaching the northeastern caribbean islands and appears headed for the coast this weekend. This is likely to become another tropical storm. In baton rouge, officials are providing new numbers 53,000 homes and nearly 4,000 commercial buildings damaged. And outside the city the numbers are more dramatic. President obama visite 107 million in disaster relief. Heres phillip mena. Reporter president obama reassuring the victims of the louisiana flood. What i want the people to know is youre not alone on this, even after the tv cameras leave. Reporter touring the devastation, he met with officials and residents. Dismissing criticism for not cutting his vacation short last donald trump visited days ago. Obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. Nobody gives a hoot if youre a democrat or a republican. They care about making sure theyre getting the drywall out. Reporter the drywall is already out at karls house in denim springs. He says its time the president showed up. Youre our president. You should be here getting things moving. Reporter with the fema inspector assessing his damage, his neighbor says anything that keeps the spotlight here is good. As long as theyre here, thats all that matters. Matters. Reporter more than 110 people have asked for assistance. Officials estimate it will take three months to clean up the debris, and schools are delaying opening until next month. Abc news, phillip mena. Now to wildfires in the northwest. About 50 campers were forced to evacuate in northeast wyoming. Another fire in yellowstone that goes into the park. A similar story in Eastern Washington where several fires are burning. Firefighters have made progress, but the dry weather and rough terrain are posing problems. Theyve declared a state of emergency for 20 counties. The National Guard is on standby. An explosion that rocked a miami power station is still under investigation this morning. Tuesdays blast sent smoke in the Florida Power and lights substation. No one was injured. More than 10,000 customers lost power. Service was restored of the day. The blast site is about five miles from the Miami International airport. Service was not impacted. Tourists love frolicking with dolphins in hawaii. Apparently its not so much fun for the mammals. Federal regulators want a ban on swimming with hawaiis spinner dolphins. The problem is the species are nocturnal. The daytime play deprives the dolphins of sleep and makes them stressed out. It would impact dozens of tour theyre trying to sleep. We dont know what thats like. No, not at all. And from that to a dog. A special dog. Newly reelected mayor of a small town. So happy hes wagging his tail. You got it right. This is the third time duke has been elected during the annual festival. The first time was a fluke. Only 12 votes were cast. He had enough writins. He won this year in landslide getting all but one of the votes. With hair like that, whats not to love . Of course. Duke is not yet declared his position on immigration or email or trade. I imagine go, duke thats the way. Hes got to have a dogma on public urination. He thinks people should be free to do it. Big proponent of that. Coming up, were going to chow down on a very important later, the incredible life of linda thompson. First she was elvis girlfriend, then married to Caitlyn Jenner, back then known as bruce. Shes opening up about the marriage in an interview. You can find us on facebook, wnnfans. Com. Twitter at abcwnn. Youre watching world news today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. Youre youre looking at pictures of an earthquake that hit in were told its a 6. 2magnitude quake. You can see some of the damage. Were getting reports of people trapped under the rubble. The power is out. There are reports of gas lines ruptured and phone lines out. The usgs says theres been at least seven aftershocks. The quake taking place in the middle of the night while many were sleeping. A lot of the towns youre looking at were built in the 12th century. You can understand many of the buildings and homes and businesses are fragile. Susceptible to this sort of strong earthquake. This area is known for very strong earthquakes. There was one in 2009 that killed hundreds of people. Well continue to follow the developments and look out for the latest pictures there. Moving on. Pressure on the drug Company Mylan is growing over the soaring price on epipen. The Company Stock took a hit yesterday as congress started asking questions. Adrienne bankert has more. Every sick minutes, lifethreatening Food Allergies send someone to the hospital. Reporter a life in danger after an allergic reaction. And growing outrage over the skyrocketing cost of epipens. Pricing jumping from about 100 in 2009 to more than 600 today. During that same time, the drugmakers ceos total compensation rose, too, from 5 million to 19 million. This is a life or death weve had to use the epipen. If we had been without, she may not be sitting next to me. Reporter the maker of epipens being questioned on capitol hill. A House Oversight committee is in direct contact with the drug maker. And they could be called to defend their price hike. In a statement, the drugmaker blaming the changing health care some families having to choose between paying their mortgage and buying lifesaving medication. Abc news, capitol hill. Were going to switch gears now and talk about quite a move by a seal. It happened in the waters off of british columbia, canada. The seal squeezes its way on a boat to get away from killer whales looking for a meal. He fell off the boat but scrambled back on. Didnt stay on once the orcas gave up, he went back into the water. A smart seal. People on the boat probably thought he wants to hang out. Nope. Hes using you. Trying not to be food for the day. Coming up, wait until you hear from Caitlyn Jenners exwife. Linda thompson talks about her marriage to Caitlyn Jenner and her relationship with elvis. World news now continues after this from our abc stations. Caitlyn jenner, and h . One of his best uptempo tunes. Appropriate for the next story. Its about a woman who dated Elvis Presley. Look at that. She dated Elvis Presley and was married to bruce, now Caitlyn Jenner. Linda thompson. Our Chris Connelly sat down with her. Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Presley and bruce jenner have left the building. Reporter but shes here, Linda Thompsons memoir, a Little Things called life, with elvis and the person we now know as Caitlyn Jenner. I think more than anything its been a relief for caitlyn to be able to emerge as her true self. And for the rest of us, we love her. When i first met her, she was in a bruce jenner body. He was just an incredible person. Still is. I have since said to her, you know, youve got to give yourself credit. You kicked manhoods butt. Reporter wed in 81. By 1985 they were raising their sons here in malibu. Until my kids were 18 months and 3 and a half, and my remarkable husband said, i need to tell you something about myself. Reporter she feared it was an affair. It proved more consequential for that. He said i identify as a woman. Those words, excuse me, what does that even mean, you identify as a woman . He said, i am a woman. The exterior, because ive always been female on the inside. It was earth shattering. It was devastating. People cant understand you must have had some kind of idea. No. Never. Nothing. Reporter she says therapy sessions would bring her greater understanding. My deeper compassion went to bruce for her to have felt so trapped in the wrong body. It broke my heart to think he st reporter i guess in some ways you met caitlyn on a trip to new york. Yes. I was trying to understand this thing called transgender and when bruce said, come to new york and be with your husband, husband of the word i was looking for. I went to new york, knocked on the door fully anticipating wed have a lovely romantic weekend. Reporter in that 80s encounter, linda was unprepared for who she said she saw, i think i fell down in the hall. I went oh, no. I started crying. She said, im so sorry. I just thought it was very important that you see who i authentically am. And not until that moment did it sink into my mind that that truly was who caitlyn felt she was. And i had to respect that and honor that and move on with my life. Reporter shed grown up as a pageant standout in memphis where in 1972 she met elvis at a movie theater. Reporter you cant remember the movie . No. Would you be able to if elvis was sitting next to you macking on you . Reporter 24 7, linda was his lover, connecticbb confidant caregiver for 4. 5 years. 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And apparently Thomas Jefferson brought you know how i am with the food. Of course im going to eat all of it. Dig in. Thomas jefferson brought a waffle iron over from france. Im just going to go with this. And, you know, the waffle has had many copiers since. The waffle robe. The waffle fries. Everybody is trying somebody take a bite. Were talking. How is it . Is it good . Yeah. There are a lot of places all over today you can celebrate National Waffle day. We encourage you to go out and help celebrate. Thats really good. Take a bite of your waffle. I love that youve eaten the entire thing in the course of this. All right. Was it really good . Lets move on. Speaking of luck. No, lets not move on. Im trying to get rid of carbs. Every day im like Pumpkin Spice all right. So theres a lucky woman. Do we have the photos of this woman who was really lucky. In the penny slots. She won in the penny slots. Shes trying to remain anonymous. We know shes from hawaii. Kendis is waiting for us to go to commercial so he doesnt have to eat the waffle. But its not. Just eat the waffle. Whats the problem . Okay. She won 1 million. Slots. 10 million rather. Nearly 11 million. It happened at the mega bucks win wheel. Its a custom game. Built specifically in las vegas. Wow. That was good. You are such a liar. You deserve to be locked in your room, young man. Locked in your room, and this was the parents came up with. As a cold front approaches tonight storms develop. Heavy rain is possible overnight with the storms winding down during the morning hours. The front will still be in the vicinity of southern iowa later on wednesday bringing a chance for thunderstorm redevelopment in the Late Afternoon and evening. Two comfortable days of weather to end the work week proceed a night. Making news in america this morning breaking right now, a powerful earthquake hits central italy. A mayor has described his town as no longer there. As rescuers try to get to the people trapped in the rubble. Were live with the latest. Donald trump softening his stance on a controversial policy. What he said at a late night rally about immigration as he steps up attacks on Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. A teenager makes a rare recovery. See how he survived a braineating infection that is fatal nearly 100 of the time. A seal jumps on a boat. It turns out to be a smart move. Well tell you why. Good morning, everyone, on a very busy wednesday morning

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