The pilot declaring an Emergency Landing. Passengers escaping on emergency slides. But why didnt the oxygen masks drop . New reporting just coming in on what could be the first death in the United States linked to vaping, as authorities try to beat back a growing epidemic. The fires raging in the amazon rainforests, now a global threat. Tonight, the concerns about Climate Change. Brazil declaring they dont have enough manpower to fight the flames. Our correspondent on the ground there. And a tesla driver on a busy l. A. Freeway appearing to be asleep at the wheel. Another driver filming it all. Good evening. Great to have you with us on this busy friday night. Im cecilia vega, in for david. We begin with President Trump escalating his trade war. Just moments ago, taking new, aggressive action against china. The president furious at beijing imposing tariffs on 75 billion of american goods. And he fought back with another tariff hike of his own. He also took aim at the fed chair. The markets responding in real time. The dow closing down 623 points. All of this as president president prepares to leave for the g7 summit in france. Heres kyra phillips. Reporter wall street today sent reeling after a morning tweetstorm from President Trump. The dow diving 623 points after the president tweeted American Companies were, quote, hereby ordered to stop doing business with china. The president has no authority to order private businesses to cut ties with china. And then he took to twitter again, later in the day, to joke about the stock market plunge. For American Farmers like gregg hora in iowa, none of this is funny. China today announced retaliatory tariffs on 75 billion of american goods, including pork. But even before war was hitting him hard. Pig farmers are currently losing about 25 to 30 per pig. And the future, or the next six months, does not look very optimistic. Reporter earlier this week, i asked the president about warning signs the trade war could lead the country into a recession. Is the trade war with china taking america into a recession . Is it worth it . And do americans need to back that up . This is a trade war that should have taken place a long time ago by a lot of other president s. I am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it. So im taking on china. Reporter still, with his eye on reelection, the president declares the economy, quote, fantastic. Blaming any uncertainty on his own handpicked fed chairman jay powell. Hes strong. Hes committed. Hes smart. Reporter but trump is now attacking powell for not further lowering interest rates. Today powell saying the trade war seems to be playing a role in the global slowdown and in weak manufacturing and Capital Spending in the United States. The president , quickly firing back, asking who is our bigger enemy . Jay powell or chairman xi . Kyra joining us live from the white house. The president leaves for the g7 summit in france. But not before firing another big shot in the trade war. Reporter thats right. He announced hes raising tariffs on 250 billion on chinese goods to 30 . As for the impact on american consumers, thats still unknown. But even before todays moves, jpmorgan predicted it will cost American Families an additional 1,000 per years. Thank you. Now to new concerns about the health of Supreme Court justice ruth baden ginsburg. Terry moran with the latest on her condition. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, diagnosed late last month with a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and undergoing three weeks of outpatient radiation treatment at memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in new york city. In a statement, the Supreme Court press office described the tumor as localized, and added it was treated definitively, and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. This is Justice Ginsburgs fourth bout with cancer. Last december, she underwent surgery for lung cancer. In 2009, she had surgery for pancreatic cancer. And in 1999 she was treated for colon cancer. 25, 24. Reporter but the 86yearold ginsburg is famously resilient. When she missed oral arguments in january after her lung surgery, it was the first time in 25 years. And during her treatment this month, she kept up a busy schedule in new york, including a visit to the theater, where she met Kate Mckinnon of saturday night live, who often portrays the justice on the show. You just got ginsburned. Reporter though conservatives have long anticipated her departure from the court, Justice Ginsburg seems to revel in her longevity. There was a senator, after my pancreatic cancer, who announced with great glee that i was going to be dead within six months. That senator, whose name i have forgotten, is now himself dead, and i am very much alive. Terry joins us from the Supreme Court. The court reconvenes in september, will Justice Ginsburg be on the bench . Reporter all signs point to yes. Her doctor says she needs no further treatment. She told students last month at Duke University law school she intends to stay on the court as long as i can do it full steam. Thank you. Now to the dangerous triple Weather Threat heading into the weekend. 51 large wildfires burning in the , forcing thousands to evacuate. The fire destroying several homes. And our team is now tracking a new system off of florida that could become a tropical depressi depression. Heres rob marciano. Reporter tonight, that strong front triggering more damaging and dangerous weather. A swimmer struckghinin north carolina. This after severe storms tore through the new York Metro Area thursday night. On long island, winds gusting above 60 miles per hour, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands. The wall of this Storage Facility collapsing as the system moved through. Cinder blocks crashing down onto the parking lot. You see the many cars that were damaged here, knocking out the windows. Reporter and at the mets indians game, fans warned to shelter in covered areas. The game called early in the eighth inning, after two rain delays totaling more than three hours. Outside phoenix, authorities aiding more than three dozen hikers after several were overcome by heat. And in northern california, more than 500 personnel battling the mountain fire, already burning at least 600 acres amid dry and dusty conditions. 1,000 homes threatened with no rain in the forecast for at least a week. Lets get right to rob with the forecast. Hi, rob. Reporter this front that caused all that weather is barely making it past the mason dixon line. But you can see warnings in virginia. And severe thunderstorm watches. And east of denver, flash flood watches. And in the atlantic, a that at the very least may bring rain, wind, and will be uncomfortably close to the coastline. Rob, thanks. Next to the frightening moments as a passenger plane makes an Emergency Landing in hawaii. Smoke filling the cabin in the last 20 minutes of the flight. Seven people hospitalized. The smoke coming from a faulty engine seal. Why didnt the oxygen masks deploy . Heres david kerley. Reporter with all that smoke, the nearly 200 Hawaiian Airlines passengers tonight are calling their flight frightening. It was a very terrifying moment. And i thought i was going to die. Reporter just 20 minutes before landing in hawaii, an acrid smoke. The cabin just started filling up with smoke. So we all just kind of had to go like this to breathe. Reporter the pilots got a warning of smoke in the cargo hold, not knowing whether or where there might be fire. They decided not to deploy the oxygen masks, which could feed a fire, but they do declare an emergency. Hawaiian 47, visuals four right emergency aircraft. We will be evacuating on the runway. Emergency personnel are standing by. Everyone on board was nervous. Babies and children were crying and screaming. Reporter on the ground. The slides deployed for a quick evacuation of passengers. Seven people, including two children, rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Hawaiian Airlines Says an engine seal failed, and hot oil burned and bled into the air system. Quite a scene there. David, this was just 20 minutes before the landing. What would have happened had this been earlier in the flight when they were over the pacific . Reporter no pilot wants smoke in the aircraft. They would have to diagnose where the smoke was coming from, which engine, and shut off the bleed air that goes into the cabin. Tonight, Hawaiian Airlines apologizing to the passengers. Authorities investigating what could be the countrys first death linked to vaping. An illinois patient dying from a severe respiratory infection. Heres gio benitez. Reporter tonight, a stern warning from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Someone who had been vaping died after being hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. The department saying, quote, using ecigarettes and vaping can be dangerous. Just in the past week, experts say 22 people in illinois, 17 to 38 years old, have experienced respiratory illness after using ecigarettes and vaping, with symptoms ranging from cough, to shortness of breath, to fatigue. They are still looking into where these devices were obtained and what was in them. There are many things we dont know about the ingredients in ecigarettes. Reporter this, on the same day that Public Health officials in ohio announced that six people there experienced severe pulmonary illness after vaping. Earlier this week, we saw this disturbing scene of a texas teenager in a coughing fit after admitting to years of vaping. He was in a medically induced coma for ten days, but survived. The cdc and the fda now investigating at least 193 possible cases of severe lung illness among users of ecigarettes across 22 states since june. Theyre trying to determine role, if any, vaping ing they h played. Thank you. And wildfires raging through the amazon rain forest. Brazil saying it does not have enough manpower to fight these flames. And the rain forest is responsible for 20 of the worlds oxygen supply. Matt gutman on the ground there in sao paulo. Reporter tonight, brazils catastrophic fires smoldering into an international battle. Frances president emanuel macron tweeting, our house is burning, directly blaming the record fires in the amazon on brazilian president Jair Bolsonaros environmental policy. Bolsonaro, often called the trump of the tropics, has accused without evidence brazillian ngos of starting the fires, even mocking a journalist when asked what he should do about it. More than 76,000 fires have ignited in brazil since the crisis began, a new fire starting every minute or so. The vast majority believed to be set by farmers trying to clear land. From the air, the lines of fire chewing up the fort. The area of smoke so large, its visible from space, and could blanket half the United States from detroit to los angeles. The amazon produces 20 of the planets oxygen and helps regulate its temperature. The fires casting a shroud over south americas biggest city, sao paolo, earlier this week. Tonight, President Trump offering u. S. Assistance. As brazils president says he may deploy the military to the amazon. The brazilian president saying he doesnt have enough firefighters to attack the flames. Reporter he may have gone a long way towards refining that message tonight, by deploying the military. Given the vast scope of the fires, any country would have a hard time battling them which is what is so troubling about this, given the importance of the amazon to the planets health. Thank you. And breaking news overseas tonight. North korea reportedly conducting a new missile test today. A projectile reportedly falling into the sea. And a solemn moment at Dover Air Force base today. The remains of two american killed in combat operations in northwest afghanistan. 14 american troops killed in afghanistan so far this year. Still ahead on world news tonight this friday, asleep at the wheel . The alarming new video that appears to show the driver of a tesla sleeping while driving on a california freeway. The Illinois State trooper fighting for his life, shot while attempting to serve a warrant. And it has been the summer of the shark. Tonight, the surfers who had no idea what was lurking right next to them. We have a lot more news coming up. Of 1 2 3 medicines with trelegy. 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And he took them off and he gave them to me. Reporter giving new balance to joe arroyo, in more ways than one. He told me they were size 13. He asked me my size. Reporter this random act of kindness from a barefoot Good Samaritan was caught on camera by a woman who happened to be stopped in traffic. What she didnt catch is the skip in the step this gesture gave to joe. If you give me the chance, ill be the most amazing worker you could have. And i do overtime. People do care. People want to help. Reporter andrew zericka saw the story on wabc. He owns a string of food trucks and believes in second chances. I have openings in three of my restaurants. Wed be happy to have you. Thank you. Thats all i can say. I dont know what i can say. I wanted to hug him, but then a homeless man hugging somebody is not normal out here. Reporter a modern twist on the old adage, walk a mile in someones shoes. In this case, truly a path to redemption. David wright, abc news, new york. Thank you for watching. Im cecilia vega. Have a wonderful weekend. Good night. From abc 7 it is great to be with yall here in San Francisco. Good morning, good afternoon. Thank you for having me. I will be campaigning my ass off for whoever wins the nomination for 2020. Hall of hopefuls. The current candidates and one who just dropped out take the stage at the Democratic Party Summer Convention in San Francisco. Good afternoon, thank you for joining us. Im a. M. I daetz. Im dan ashley. One candidate announced his withdrawal from the raise. Dion lim is outside with the latest. Dion . Reporter a busy day indeed. There were political events all over San Francisco today. We happened to be at the summer meeting where you can see behind me, this is the media room and the staging area where many of the candidates have been streaming in and out all day long. Now, earlier, we heard from senator Bernie Sanders who spoke about College Affordability and student debt which he continued to discuss at a town hall meeting at a Campaign Event downtown. Man of the candidates trying to make their voices heard in a pool of more than 20 people deep. Were going to rise up, rise up. Attendees on this second day of the Democratic National Convention Summer meeting were met by more than 200 demonstrators making their presence and position on Climate Change known. They should vote for it. Yeah. The Environmental Group Sunrise Movement calling for an official dnc debate surrounding the issue of Climate Change. Their demand even louder than yesterday and larger with a banner for all to see. On the hotel grounds, a flurry of attendees and candidates who spent a great amount of time responding to tweets from the president , including this one. Continuing trumps trade war with china calling for American Companies to find alternative countries to work with. 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