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Her during a photo shoot, but hes counter suing her for gettg hem fired from his job gm is recalling nearly ry. 700,000 silverados and sierra trucks. The automaker says the vehicles may have a Software Problem that can cause them to lose electrical power steering assistance. Those are some of the top stories on this monday august 7th. From abc news, this is world news now. Were going to start this half hour with what is a massive cleanup effort taking place in tulsa, oklahoma, new orleans and parts of the midwest after a particularly destructive set of storms this weekend. Currently they are over the ohio valley and pushing eastwards toward the east coast. Abcs Richard Cantu has the latest. Reporter the ef2 tornado ripped through tulsa in the middle of the night with winds over 110 Miles Per Hour. Twister roaring into a Shopping Mall with three stores still open. Dispatch started getting calls of people who were trapped in the restaurants, because the roofs had started collapsing in on them. Reporter in the Greater Tulsa area, at least 30 people hospitalized, two with lifethreatening injuries. Daylight revealing extensive damage, windows blown out, power lines down. Some residents reporting that they received mobile warnings, but the sirens remained silent. Tornado warning, but no sirens. Reporter in new orleans, nine inches of rain dropped in just a few hours. Many residents surrounded by several feet of water. Im just stuck here. Im stuck. I cant go nowhere. Reporter the only way getting out, by boat. We all need boats, and we all need to be able to use them at times like this. Reporter and in kansas city, torrential rain slashing windshields and flooding road ways. Parts of that storm now hitting the northeast. Richard cantu, abc news, new york. And those storms are on the move with much of the mid atlantic and east coast in the cross hairs. Paul williams from accuweather is tracking them. Good morning, paul. Good morning, kendis and diane. Heavy rain with localized flash flooding affecting i81, 95 from d. C. To the boston area, up towards portland, courtesy of this low pressure system. And were expecting widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms throughout the Tennessee Valley region, the southeast, affecting houston, memphis, new orleans, atlanta, norfolk, jacksonville to miami. And in the northwest, a bit of a problem. Were looking for the heat to kickback in. We are going to see thunderstorms in salt lake and albuquerque. But the problem will be air quality concerns with smoke from wildfires and elevated ozone levels. Kendis, diane . Another hot week ahead for portland. Paul, thank you. And turning now to President Trump on an extended get away from the white house. After a turbulent First Six Months in office, the president has retreated to his private golf course and club in new jersey. But he insists hes not on vacation. Meantime, the russia investigation is still looming large. Abcs dad wright has the test reporter this weekend, the esident litely spared a moment. Everyone having a good time . Reporter to greet some wedding guests at his golf club. But he insists hes busy, working in bedminster, new jersey as construction is being done at the white house he tweeted. This is not a vacation, meetings and calls. He has ground to make up. Trumps agenda held hostage. Are there any russians here tonight . Any russians . Reporter by the relentless focus on russia. The president has said the entire investigation is fabricated, that this is a conclusion in search of evidence. Theyve come up with nothing. We know right now, we know now what has come up in just the last few weeks is that don junior responded to an email saying that he was going to get russian government information on hillary clinton. That was not out during the campaign. That was revealed just in the last several weeks. Right, but what came of that meeting . Nothing. Reporter Kellyanne Conway admitted trump is now starting to lose some of his core group of supporters. His Approval Rating among conservative trump voters is down slightly. It needs to go up. They are telling him, just enact your program. Reporter the Deputy Attorney general who appointed special counsel mueller warned there are limits to the investigation. The special counsel is subject to the rules and regulation of the department of justice and we dont engage in fishing expeditions. Reporter George Stephanopoulos pressed Kellyanne Conway. Does the president commit to not firing Robert Mueller . The president has not even discussed that. The president is not discussing firing Robert Mueller. Will he commit not to firing him . Hes not even discussed, hes not discussed firing bob mueller. Thats not what im asking. Reporter but just in case the president is thinking of firing mueller, a Bipartisan Group of senators is drafting a bill to ensure trump cant do so on a whim. Republican thom tillis is one of the sponsors. We dont want to restrict the administrations authority or the department of justice from removing a counsel, we just want to make sure to the American People they can be convinced it was done for the right reasons. Reporter amid all the turmoil in the Trump Administration, a growing number of republicans are gearing up for possible president ial runs themselves in 2020. And there have been reports that Vice President pence might be among them. While he has now issued a report categorically denying that, calling any suggestion thats mounting his own campaign laughable and absurd. David wright, abc news, with the president in bedminster, new jersey. Meanwhile, russia is signaling its ready to engage further with the United States even as it faces new sanctions. And expels american diplomats. The secretary of state has set a date to issue an official u. S. Response. We are joined now with the overnight developments. We have Arlette Saenz with more. Good morning. Good morning. September 1st. Thats the date that Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Will respond to russias recent call to drastically cut its diplomatic presence in russia. Last week, the russians said the u. S. Must slash its embassy and consulate staff by around 750 people. Heres what tillerson told reporters in the philippines this morning. We have not made a desion regarding how we will responto russias request to remove u. S. Diplomatic personnel. We add, i asked several clarifying questions just to ensure i understood their thinking behind the diplomatic note we received. But told him we would respond by september 1st. Reporter yesterday tillerson sat down with his russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov for the First Time Since those sanctions were signed. Tillerson said while the russian hacking during the 2016 election caused serious mistrust, the Trump Administration wants to move forward in its relationship with russia because the u. S. Cant cut off everything over one issue. You know, youre a nice, wonderful person. We love having you here. Youre here with us all week long. So last week, we were a little thrown back when we saw a little clip from the white house. Take a look. [ applause ] on transgender people in the military . Shes very rude. You can hear him. The president saying shes very rude. And that was you right there. That was me. You have a lot of projection in that voice. You carried. I was a cheerleader in high school. So i had to learn to shout across far distances. Little did you know it prepared you. Did everybody else give you props for that . People turned around, and we were kind of silent, we surprised with how he reacted. Awesome. I guess he never answered the question. He hasnt really said how that policys going to go into effect yet. Kellyanne conway was asked about that today by George Stephanopoulos. She couldnt name the military advisers he said he consulted. People are still waiting. We are in new york city right now. You can yell out a question right now to bedminster, new jersey. He might hear you. He might hear but that voice. So the president of france is under fire for a move to give his wife a formal position as first laid e more than 150,000 people have signed a petition against providing an office, staff and other perks for his wife. Macron promised to create the role for his wife. This comes as he faces a plunge in popularity. And we are getting new details this morning about the cause of that deadly ohio fair accident. The makers of the fire ball accident say excessive corrosion caused the ride to break apart last month. Tyler jarrell died from Blunt Force Injuries after being tossed into the air. Seven others were injured and four others remain hospitalized. The ride was 18 years old. Australian authorities have released a man arrested in connection with a terror plot to bring down a plane. The suspect was charged with possession of a weapon and granted bail. He was not charged with any terrorrelated offenses. Now police say the plot involved the sophisticated attempt to get a device containing militarygrade explosives on board a flight last month. And investigators are trying to unravel the apparent kidnapping of a british model, 20yearold chloe ayling says she was handcuffed and stuffed into the car in italy. She says she was going to be sold as a sex slave. This in an online auction. A polish citizen is under arrest. She meets gone with police tomorrow. There are two massive lottery jackpots up for grabs this week. The combined megamillion powerball adds up to 653 million. Powerball is 347 million. The next megamillions drawing is tomorrow. If you win both, the combined lump sum amount, 409 million. Im told that the odds of winning both is much better than the odds of winning one. Oh, really . Then obviously, we have to play both then. Yeah. If youve been wondering how to get your outofshape dog into prime condition, problem solved. The muttville senior dog rescue has come up with muttsercise. You can see its the volunteers doing the work, actually. They say theyre keeping the dogs in shape for prospective new owners. Thats kind of cute. Its adorable. I bet the volunteers are getting in good shape. Our exercise regimen is more like the dogs. Yeah, i want to be the dog as someone else does the exercise. Coming up, the extreme turbulence that hit without warning, crew and passengers tossed around. What were learning about that incident this morning. And the super sized sinkhole swallowing more and more of this florida neighborhood. Hear why so many surrounding residents are on edge this morning. First, heres a look at todays high temperatures. World news now weather, brought to you by buyleesa. Com. Buyleesa. Com. Tired of wrestling with seemingly impossible cleaning tasks . Using sprays in the bathroom can be ineffective. Try mr. Clean magic eraser. Simply add water, to remove soap scum and grime. Try mr. Clean magic eraser. With pantene 3 minute miracle daily conditioner. S. A super concentrated prov formula makes hair stronger in just 3 minutes. So its smoother every day. Because strong is beautiful. Take a look at this b. A. S. E. Jumper, soaring through the air, inches away from jagged cliffs and right through a water fall in norway. The australian, chris burns wearing a wing suit reportedly hit speeds of more than 180 Miles Per Hour before he deployed his parachute and landed safely on the ground. Wow. And at least one passenger is calling it terrifying after her American Airlines flight was rocked by extreme turbulence before landing in philadelphia. That turbulence striking just after drinks had been served, tossing crew and passengers. Heres abcs eva pilgrim. There was slight turbulence for a few minutes and it felt like we were in free fall. Reporter terrifying turbulence tossing passengers and crew around the flight. At least ten people taken to the hospital. There was a good ten seconds where it felt like bad news for sure. Reporter 299 people were on board flight 759, traveling from athens, greece to philadelphia when it hit rough air. It started shaking and did a big drop, babies screaming, people in front of us hitting the ceilings. Reporter passengers tweeting, showing the planes ceiling covered in drinks, while the turbulence was short, it was scary. I was grabbing my family around me. Reporter the plane safely landing just after 3 00 saturday. Among those injured on board, three passengers, seven crew. One of the flight attendants dislocated his left shoulder, we decided to put his arm in a makeshift sling made out of an airline blanket. Reporter the seat belt sign was on at the time, we are taking care of our passengers and crew members at this time and want to thank our team members for keeping our passengers safe. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Always a good tip to keep your seat belt on no matter what. I was thinking about turbulence the last time i had a flight. I had a glass of water on the table. I thought in bad turbulence, you could spill water everywhere. I then went to the bathroom and when i came back, i hit my tray table, spilled water everywhere, no turbulence needed. I would have been fine with that, but if, like, you know, the wine got tossed. No, that was just water. The wine was in my hand. You created your own turbulence on that flight. All right, coming up, the massive sinkhole in florida getting even bigger. Two more homes have been condemned. The question is, can they save this neighborhood . Well talk about that next on world news now. S mak ne hood . Well talk about that next on world news now. When i have an asthma attack. I feel like a fish with no water. Learn how to prevent your childs next asthma attack. Because even one attack is one too many. Strummed guitar you cant experience the Canadian Rockies through a screen. You have to be here, with us. Strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. With a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. Canadas Rocky Mountains await. Call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. In florida, a sinkhole emergency. It just keeps getting worse with more homes condemned this weekend. So, can they save the neighborhood . Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter its the super sized sinkhole that keeps swallowing this florida block. Another two homes deemed unsafe, in all, six homes have been destroyed or condemned on ocean pines drive in land olakes florida. Growing to 225 feet in just a few hours. This weekend, drone video shows the sinkhole has now expanded to 260 feet at its widest point. More than three quarters the length of a football field and 50 feet deep. Residents nearby remain on edge. I think that the surrounding area cant help but feel questionable and unsafe, because there is no guarantee. Reporter demolition crews say they expected to see some erosion as they work, a ten by 80 foot section of earth collapsing saturday. But it proved so dangerous, crews had to leave, returning to work from inside the sinkhole by boat. United way is helping some homeowners. Some residents were allowed to return back to their properties, but because the sinkhole is still unstable, if they need to evacuate, theyll hear a knock at the door. Adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. Crazy developments in florida. When we come back, what a catch. Two lobster men and their incredible catch, next. This clean was like pow everything well . My teeth are glowing. They are so white. Step 1 cleans. Step 2 whitens. Crest [hd]. 6x cleaning , 6x whitening a i would switch to crest [hd] over what i was using before. Because your carpet theres resolve carpet care. It lifts more dirt and pet hair versus vacuuming alone. Resolve carpet care with five times benefits whatits up to you, like with tampax pearl. Od . You get ultimate protection on your heaviest days, and smooth removal for your lightest. Tampax pearl. And pocket pearl, for on the go. Su a cold, a bug, a flu when school was back in session those germs were shared with you each year kids miss 22 Million School days due to illness. But lysol kills 99. 9 of cold and flu viruses. I want to fly like an eagle to the sea fly like an eagle let my spirit carry me i want to like steve miller sings, we dont normally think of eagles flying high above the sea. Yes, which is why a couple of fishermen from maine knew something was unusual when they saw an eagle in the sea. It was a catch of a lifetime. Here is abcs tom llamas. Reporter in Acadia National park in maine there are ma majestic sights. Two lobstermen saw an unbelievable sight. A bald eagle struggling to stay afloat. Ive never experienced anything like that. Ive been on the water since i was a little kid with my father and grandfather. Ive never seen anything like it before. Saw something floating in the water, flopping around, pulls up next to it. Turns out to be an american bald eagle, trying to take flight, but he was waterlogged. Reporter the two men jumped into action, turning a piece of wood into a tiny boat, the eagle hopped on. And the lobsterman pulled it in. I was holding on to the board. He was looking at me, i was looking at him, figuring out what are we going to do with him now. Reporter the eagle got up on the stern waiting for its wings to dry, looking at the men who just saved it. There was no way we werent going to rescue him at all. Reporter as their boat headed back to land, they turned on handing him over to the game warden. But the eagle had other plans, looking back at the men one last time and flying off, landing safely on nearby rocks. Its the american bald eagle that represents the United States of america. It was a proud moment. Reporter tom llamas, abc news, new york. How cool. Just got to dry these puppies out. Ill be out of here in a few minutes. What a great story. Before we go, we have another sighting on the open sea over the weekend. What in the world . Thats one ms. Diane macedo. Someones been perusing my instagram account. This morning on world news now. Getting north korea to stop its missile program. President trump weighing in overnight about the United Nations slamming the north with tough new sanctions, at secretary of state addressed the issue, just hours ago. Were following the developments. And a nationwide manhunt is expanding this morning for an accused rapist who made a dramatic escape from an ohio prison. He overpowered a deputy while shackled. And a dangerous storm system moving into the northeast this morning, expected to bring heavy rain and high winds, left plenty of destruction across the midwest, including a powerful twister in tulsa that caught many by surprise. And finally, the latest way to spend money on your pets. Audio books. Its true. Well tell you why having somebody read to your dog is apparently the best thing for them when you leave the house. And theres even one company with a celebrity endorsing them. What will fido be reading or listening to, rather, a little war and peace . Fifty shades of grey maybe . Well dig deep into this one on this monday, august 7th. From abc news, this is world news now. Well, hopefully its one of those nice books, not one like where, the dog dies in the end. No marley and me is not recommended. It might be too rough on them. Ruff. Or old yeller, you know, something more poetic than that. Lassie. Nice and warm. Lets start this hour with the president overnight. President trump praising tough new sanctions against north korea after getting a boost from china. So the president on a working vacation, he says in new jersey, cheered the move to punish the north as his strategy to enlist chinas help appears to be paying off. After speaking with the south korean president , President Trump tweeted overnight, very happy and impressed with 150 United Nations vote on north korea sanctions. And another member of the administration is now weighing in on this, and we are tracking those new developments. We have Arlette Saenz with more. Good morning, arlette. Reporter President Trump is praising those sanctions approved by the u. N. Security council and this morning in the philippines, Rex Tillerson said the next step will be ensuring they follow through with the sanctions. Tillerson said it will take time to feel the effects of the sanctions to north korea. But he said the unanimous approval, which includes an okay from russia and china sends a strong signal that the International Community is united against north koreas missile tests. The secretary of state also offered the most specific outline to date for what it would take to start negotiations with north korea. Here he was speaking to reporters this morning. The best signal that north korea could give us that theyre prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches. You know, weve not had an extended period of time where they have not taken some type of provocative action by launching ballistic missiles. So i think that would be the first and strongest signal i think could send to us, is just stop these missile launches. Reporter tillerson did not specify how long north korea would need to stop these tests before talks can begin in earnest. He said it wont be a matter of days or weeks, but the u. S. Will know it when we see it. Diane and kendis . Arlette, thank you. And the search for three marines missing off the coast of australia has shifted from rescue to recovery mode. 23 marines were rescued after the osprey was trying to land in the sea. One of the missing is Benjamin Cross of maine. The osprey, which lands like a helicopter but flies like an airplane has been involved in a number of crashes in recent years. The governor of minnesota is calling an explosion at a mosque near minneapolis an act of terrorism. Investigators say an improvised explosive device was thrown through a window just before worshippers gathered for prayers. No one was hurt. The fbi has joined that investigation. The eiffel tower in paris was the scene of a knife attack. Authorities say a 19 year old man who recently had been discharged from Psychiatric Hospital tried to breach security. No one was injured, but a close source said he had been in contact with someone from isis. A fashion nationwide search is under way for a rape suspect who overpowered a sheriffs deputy and took hisun. He escaped while being transported from a Psychiatric Hospital in ohio. Police say he is very dangerous. Ron claiborne has more. Reporter a desperate manhunt in ohio and beyond, for an escaped inmate, armed with a deputys gun. Weve yet to find him. He has a possession of a firearm, up to 30 rounding of ammunition. Hes got to be getting cold and hungry. Reporter brandon powell, accused of rape escaped friday while being transported from a hospital near toledo after being treated for injuries from a Suicide Attempt while in jail. These security images show powell just before his escape being led to a vehicle by the officer. Powell is in handcuffs attached to a belt. His legs shackled. While sitting in the back of the vehicle, powell somehow put the deputy a head lock. The inmate forced the officer to unlock his shackles. Forgs forcing him to the steering wheel. He took his cell phone, wallet and ammunition and disabled his radio in car. Powell fled on foot. You dont take a pistol from one of my deputies and threaten him with it. Hes going to be held accountable. Reporter the fbi and federal marshals joining the manhunt. All for the armed and dangerous escapee. If you see him, call the police. Dont get near him. Reporter police are still trying to figure out how powell with his hands cuffed managed to get his arms around that officers neck. There was no partition between the front seat and the back seats of that vehicle. That will now change. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. A cleanup is under way after a Chemical Spill at the fort of long beach. 6,000 gallon container started leaking on the ship. 12 people, including several dockworkers were injured and treated at the scene. The leak was contained, but its not clear how much toxic material was released. Extreme turbulence on an American Airlines flight sent ten people to the hospital. It was heading to philadelphia from greece when it experienced turbulence. All just before landing. Witnesses say fellow passengers were hitting the ceiling and the plane was dropping in altitude. A reporter on the flight said there was no warning and the whole thing was terrifying. All of those hospitalized have been released. Now to the Severe Weather that slammed parts of the midwest and is on the way east. This morning that storm zone is pushing into the ohio vaey wi hea rains and strong winds and should reach the east coast by later today. That spawned a powerful ef2 tornado, blowing out windows in a tulsa high rise and covering a path of destruction through other parts of the city. Look at the images coming in overnight. At least 30 people were injured, but none of those injuries are life threatening. And further south, up to ten inches of rain flooded new orleans, prompting scenes like this. A kayaker tries to navigate streets that were turned into rivers. Many say it was reminiscent of some scenes they had from katrina so many years ago this august. You have the same people dealing with that all over again. Its like they dont get a break. Well, a footrace in maine ended with a photo finish, but not for the usual reason. The first two runners did finish at virtually at the same time. But its how they finished is getting a lot of attention. In the final few yards, thats robert gomez helping jessie oreck acro the finish line. Oreck had been leading the race but collapsed from heatstroke with 100 yards to go. Gomez was in second and stopped to help oreck the rest of the way. They both finished, 31 31. He said oreck deserved to finish the race. They interviewed him. He said you know what . He was giving it more than i was. I thought he deserved to cross that finish line. Good moves. Coming up later. Audio books for dogs. Well tell you why. But first, the manhunt after a double murder at a popular resort. The suspect caught on Surveillance Video. Plus, some sports on your monday. Steph curry, back on the court. And remember to find us on facebook, wnnfans. Com and twitter abcwnn. Youre watching world news now. Chin rld two men were shot and killed during a 72hour ceasefire effort in baltimore over the weekend. Community organizers trying to stem the tide of record levels of violence and homicide adopted the motto over the weekend, nobody killed anybody. They have a Record Number of 208 homicides already this year. This weekends shootings will not stop their mission. After a nationwide manhunt, a northwest professor is behind bars. Wyndham lathem turned himself in on friday, along with andrew warren. Theyre expected to be extradited to chicago to face charges in the murder of a 26yearold hairdresser. Lathem reportedly had a relationship with the victim who police say was stabbed so violently, the blade of the knife was broken. Wow. Now to anoer manhunt, this one taking place in florida. For an armed killer who killed two people at a resort. Investigators are now using fingerprints, shell casings and Surveillance Video to try to track that suspect down. Erielle reshef has the latest. Reporter a desperate search under way for a suspect caught in Surveillance Video moments before a coldblooded double murder. Anytime we have individuals out there capable of this kind of crime, other people may be at risk. Reporter this idyllic florida resort a crime scene. Early friday morning, hotel cameras capture the masked man walking through the lobby holding a gun. He makes an ominous gesture, swiping his hand across his throat. Moments later, he gunned down 51yearold kevin carter and 59yearold front desk clerk, Timothy Hurley and leaving with drawers from the cash register. This robbery is extremely violent. This guy killed two people and maybe got 900. Reporter a short time later, a guest at the hotel discovering the bodies of the two men and calling police. Families of the victims in disbelief. He was just a good guy, heart of gold. Reporter vacationers told to pack their bags and stay elsewhere. Crazy. The last place youd expect it. Reporter the quiet town of seaside of Long Boat Key shocked after the first murder here in 15 years. People who commit these types of robberies in my view, not sophisticated. Became megaviolent, killed two people, got a few hundred dollars are probably going to get caught. Reporter erielle reshef, abc news, new york. Police havent ruled out that other suspects may be involved in this case as well. The resort is now open to the public. Coming up in the next half hour, taylor swift heading to court today. Shes accusing a former deejay of a groping her. So why is she being sued . First, the emotional moment at the pro football hall of fame. Youre watching world news now. So lets be clear clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. Tha. Oh, burnton gravy . Ie. Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. New cascade platinum powers through. Even burnton gravy. Nice. Cascade. 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. This is deep. Jay, way back there at the wall, grand slam oh, thats not how they wanted it to end there in chicago. That swing by washingtons matt weeders, the grand slam helped lift the nats to a 94 win in what could be a playoff preview. A good way to break a tie. The nationals and cubs are leading their divisions, but right now the National League is all about l. A. The dodgers are on pace to win 115 games this season. Theyve been pretty hot, especially after the allstar break. And the new york mets couldnt do anything to stop them. The big leagues best tes in action a 50 lead in the third and the mets managed one hit. One hit. Not even a run. So they got a hit. No. Thats not going to cut t. World track and Field Championships in london ended with a photo finish, giving the u. S. The win in the womens 100 meters. Check out tori buoy. She leaned across the finish line, even fell face first. She took the race by. 01 of a second. It gave the u. S. The first sweep at the worlds since 2005. It was huge. Justin gatlin upset usain bolt the night before. And there you go. The stars and stripe the flying there in london. And the patriots are keeping it in the family. This weekend we learned that owner, robert kraft gave the new England Patriots tom bradys mom a super bowl ring. She was right there for her son toms championship win in february while battling cancer. Last night he posted this photo on instagram. Thanking her and saying, you are my champ. And pro football welcomed the newest members to its hall of fame this weekend. Seven men received a bust in canton, ohio. Morton anderson, turrell davis, kenny easley and jerry jones as well as laadainian tomlinson. Look at that bust. And tomlinson enjoyed his speech quite a bit. 26 minutes. Oh, okay. That was the acceptance speech generating the most attention. And he touched on race, equality, politics and unity. It was 26 minutes. I grew up on the land of a former slave plantation, and although i didnt know this as a child, it is where my great great great great grandfather tilled the soil. Im of mixed race and i represent america. My story is americas story. All our ancestors, unless were american indian, came from another country, another culture. Football is a microcosm of america. All races, religions, and creeds living, playing, competing side by side. On americas team, lets not choose to be against one another. Lets choose to be for one another. My great, great, greatgrandfather had no choice. We have one. America is the land of opportunity. Lets not slam the door on those who may look or sound different from us. Rather, lets open it wide for those to believe in themselves. That anything is possible. When we open the door for others to compete, we fulfill the promise of one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Forget 26 minutes, can we give him the rest of the hour . Im expecting him to announce 2020. Hes ready to run for office. He sounded great. Yes. Beautiful speech. So he finished by saying, im asking you to believe in your ability to bring about change, to hold fast to the faith and the idea whispered by slaves. Yes, we can. So a little obamaesque in that message. Finally, steph curry facing his biggest opponents yet. Yep, giant inflatable defenders. This is in south korea during something called the infinite challenge on a game show. But curry pulls it off. Kind of. Backboards and 12foot blowup dolls, what in the world . He played along side his brother seth. Were not sure if the currys won the challenge, but were very entertained watching them. Tc he all right, it is time now for the mix. We have a big announcement for pet owners. A new product out there, audible is coming out with a whole new service, audible for dogs. Its a real thing, and heres why. Apparently, the folks at audible are teaming up with cesar milan. Who says the best way to calm your dogs when you are not home is to have them listen to an audio book. Its not to put on animal plan planet . No. Some people put on tv. The best thing is to listen to an audio book. Not just any audio book, try to look for books that are narrated by people who share the same gender as the dogs most common master of the house. A voice that sounds like you. So Gilbert Godfrey . Yes. And theyve titled dogfriendly books and creating books especially for dogs, how about that . That sounds amazing, if it works. I wonder if it works for spouses, too. Could i find books that sound like my husband and books that sound like me when im gone . Are you calmer now, honey . No, it will be the same as if youre there, turn this off. So theres this little kid in florida and his parents who have an amazing goal right now. This is 3yearold owen, theyre from wellington, florida. They decided to try their hand at filming his golfing success. Hole in one mini golfing success, scoring a hole in one at mini golf clubs all over florida and beyond. Theyre hoping for 100 holes in one. Theyre about halfway through. It was inspired by a real pro who shot some real holes in one. Wow, hes got the skills, huh . And for a 3yearold, not bad. Good training, i like it. From hole in ones to a new goal. Check out tucker gott in new jersey. He came up with a new use for his paramotor. Think about paragliding with a fan behind you. Is he going to school . Hes clearly in a rush to get somewhere. Practice . And he found this was the most efficient mode of transportation to get where he needed to go. Is he late for work . When i paraglided, the goal was to get to the bottom of a volcano. For him it was to get to mcdonalds. A very important goal. Mission accomplished. A man after our own heart. Speaking of mcdonalds, you know senior photos are all the rage. A young lady in mississippi decided to do her senior photo at mcdonalds, those are french fries. Did she take a paramotor . Did she take a paramotor . No, she took a uber. The Apartment Building where the fire was. When things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. Hi. Red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. Were strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ] this morning on world news now. Tough new sanctions for north korea. The secretary of state arriving in the region overnight. Addressing the crisis with north korea moments ago. Plus, the bombshell report. Is the Vice President planning to run against the president in 2020 . Our reporters standing by right here. Severe weather that slammed parts of the plains and midwest over the weekend is pushing to the east as a massive cleanup is under way in tulsa. And new this half hour, taylor swifts courtroom showdown beginning today. The bad blood between the tentime grammy winner and the radio deejay shes accusing of groping her. Hear why he is suing her. Is it hot in here or is it just vlad without his shirt. Hes still too sexy for his shirt. Trust me, the pictures you have to see that you wont forget. Oh, it is monday august 7th. From abc news, this is world news now. Vladimir putin enjoying the warm weather. It was actually 10 degrees in siberia there. Doesnt matter. He doesnt like his shirt. I wonder if they will update the Vladimir Putin calendar now. Is it socially awkward that i was a little turned on . We will have more on that hardhitting news. Can i exit left right about now . But we have an important story were talking about, the mounting pressure on north korea, facinthe rongest u. N. Sanctions in a generation. President trump is praising the decision to puni pyongyang as the secretary of state discusses what Diplomatic Options may come next. Meanwhile, the president is spending time away from the white house. But dont call it a vacation. He says that hes conducting business as usual. We are joined now with the latest. Arlette saenz has more. Good morning, arlette. Good morning, guys. Weve reached that time in the summer when president s pack up and head out of washington for a bit of a break. And President Trump is no different. Hes spending the next two weeks at his golf club in bedminster. Reporter President Trump on a twoweek vacation at his jersey golf club. One thing hes not taking a break from . Twitter. Are you having a good time . Yes, sir. Reporter the press stressed in a tweet, this is not a vacation. Meetings and calls. One of those calls was with the president of south korea. President trump tweeting, very happy and impressed with 150 United Nations vote on sanctions. They approved sanctions on north korea after its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test last month. And we hope again that this ultimately will result in north korea coming to the conclusion to choose a different pathway. Reporter this morning in manila, secretary of state Rex Tillerson laid out the preconditions for potential talks with north korea. The best signal that north korea could give us that theyre prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches. Reporter back home, the president still dogged by the russia investigation. And one Top White House adviser guaranteed the president wont fire the man leading that probe. The president has not discussed that. The president is not discussing firing bob mueller. Will he commit to not firing. Hes not discussed firing bob mueller. Thats not what im asking. Hold on. Im not the president s lawyer here. But i will tell you as his counselor. He is not discussing that. With speculation, the president could oust Robert Mueller. A Bipartisan Group of senators unveiled a bill to prevent him from doing so without good cause. Congress is also out on its august recess, so its unlikely it will pass anytime soon. Lets talk about the Vice President for a second. With the president on vacation, the New York Times is reporting that mike pence is laying the ground work for a run in 2020. Whats going on with that . The Vice President is out there flatly denying that. He put out a statement on white house letterhead, saying that he stands by the president and his efforts to advance his agenda and see the president reelected in 2020. He called the suggestion both laughable and absurd, this message not just a message to those reporters but directly to the president. That im standing by you as your vp. It was a denial of the story, but he didnt say he wasnt making those particular moves. Weve seen him doing speeches and fundraising, but he says its for the president and advancing him in the 2020 election. Interesting denial there. Arlette, thank you. Opposition leaders in venezuela are calling for renewed protests after an attack on an army base. Troops killed two antigovernment fighters. And venezuelas president is vowing to hit the other attackers with the maximum penalty. A small uprising erupted as the nations Constitutional Assembly is getting to work following an election widely viewed as fraudulent. A nationwide manhunt is under way for a suspected rapist who escaped from police in ohio. U. S. Marshals and the fbi are part of the search for brandon lee powell. Surveillance images show him handcuffed shortly before he overpowered a deputy. He got away with the deputys gun and ammunition. The officer suffered minor injuries. And police are looking for three people after a shooting on a washington metro train. A teenager was shot in the stomach sunday afternoon. He did survive, but the alleged attackers escaped by jumping on another train heading in the opposite direction. This is the second shooting on board a train in the past two years. Police in north texas are searching for a driver behind a shocking road rage incident. The suspect is captured on video brazenly pointing a gun at a passing car in lancaster. The video and other images were posted to facebook and have been viewed nearly 3 million times. A dangerous storm system that pummeled parts of the plains is on the move, pushing into the ohio valley and the east coast. That system spawned a porful etornado and cut a path through tulsa, blowing out windows, uprooting trees and injuring at least 30 people. Further west, strong winds are working against firefighters battling a its grown to 94 square miles. Accuweathers Paul Williams joins us now with the latest. Good morning, paul. Good morning, diane, kendis. We have a low pressure system settling itself and pitching a tent so to speak in the ohio valley. Its going to cause widespread showers for the east coast. And midatlantic and southeast will have problems with rain as well. But this low pressure system is going to bring with if a significant amount of Stormy Weather with localized flash flooding, travel disruptions along i95, as well as problems along 80 and 81. The area thats going to be targeted for the worse of the worse is d. C. , covering all of North Carolina with damaging winds and the likelihood of hail. Now heat stays away from the central part of the country, but brace for thunderstorms in denver as well. Kendis, diane. Quite a stormy day in the u. S. Paul, thank you. Excessive corrosion is being blamed for the deadly accident in the fireball ride. Decay in the support beam weakened the ride. Tyler jarrell died after the ride broke apart last month. Seven people were injured and four are still hospitalized. Including one woman who remains in a coma. Gm is recalling thousands of trucks over a possible steering defect. The automaker says they may have a Software Problem that can cause them to lose their electric power steering assistance. More than 690,000 vehicles, model year 2014 silverados and sierra trucks are affected by the issue. Owners should go to their dealers to fix it. Middle school is a tough time for kids and a prime time to be bullied. An 11yearold in indiana got serious back up. 50 bikers escort him to his first day of sixth grade. Phils mom says he was picked on in Elementary School and often talked about ending his life. A biker friend neil offered his strength and show of support. Phil was ecstatic. Thats one way to make you comfortable going to school in the morning. At least phil will be comfortable. Do not mess with phil in middle school. Memo received. Coming up, the courtroom showdown kicking off today thats pinning taylor swift against a former radio deejay. Hear why he is turning the legal tables on her. And later in the skinny, the count down to Mayweather Mcgregor, fight night in vegas, but more important, whos headlining the afterparties. Youre watching world news now. World news now weather, brought to you by carfax. Com. To y carf. Used uld your seaat tnew carm that might help. Show me the carfax . Now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. Show me used minivans with no reported accidents. Boom. Love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. Start your used car search and get free carfax reports at the allnew carfax. Com. 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. Then i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. 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Plus, he also signaled properly when changing lanes. In the same direction of the nozzle. Maybe he was trying to go back to the gas station to return it. So another fox news personality has been taken off the air amid Sexual Harassment allegations. It suspended eric bolling, the cohost of the Late Afternoon program the specialist. Theyre investigating allegations that he sent a lewd photograph to three female colleagues. His attorney is denying the allegation. Ury selectionegin in denver for a trial in the taylor swift Sexual Assault case. Taylor swift is set to testify that the deejay sexually assaulted her when they posed for a photo. But he says shes one thats lying and hes counter suing her. Heres clayton sandell. Reporter the hottest taylor swift ticket in town this week isnt a concert. Knew you were trouble when you walked in reporter but a courtroom showdown in denver between the super star and a former radio deejay she accuses of assault. We got bad blood reporter it allegedly happened backstage before swifts denver concert in 2013. Key evidence, this photo obtained by tmz. In my opinion, this photograph is not conclusive. Its not definitive. Reporter swift claims david muller took his hand and put it up my dress, grabbing her backside, saying it was completely intentional and ive never been so sure of anything in my life. Shes very sure about being a victim of this groping, and she wants to prove that she has not fabricated this. Reporter in Court Documents and a radio interview last year, muller denies groping swift. My hand was never under her skirt. I never grabbed her. Reporter muller is suing her for 3 million in damages, claiming the singers reps pressured the Radio Station to fire him. I think its extremely difficult to prove. Taylor swift did not know him. She had no reason to want him fired. Reporter swift is counter suing for assault and battery. Reporter the main audience for this nineday trial, a jury of eight. Swift herself is expected to take the stand. Clayton sandell, abc news, denver. Of course well be following it all week long. When we come back, the president of russia takes it all off. The skinny is next. Next. E the same omega3 power. Megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. So one softgel has more omega3 power than three standard fish oil pills. Megared advanced triple absorption. Ito become dangerous. D for an everyday item new tide pods child guard pack. Helps keep your laundry pacs safe and your child safer. Ign, press and unzip. snaps, clatters that sounds awful. music stops but a lot better than last week. rock music playing we werent born to follow. Im too sexy for my shirt it is summertime, which means many of us are too sexy for our shirts this team of year. Woo, including that young man named vlad, the president of russia. He likes long walks, he likes fishing. He likes to be topless. So the pics that weve all hoped for, sexy vlad is back, the outdoorsman. There he is on vacation in southern siberia, just doing a little fishin and flexin, there you go. Look at that. Hes totally flexing his triceps as he grabs the pecs there. Look at the dancing. Oh, boy, wow. Is he moving those . Oh, of course he is. Those fish are jumping out there, so are the pecs. That is his defense minister next to him. A little camo pants. A very sporty look for both of them. Nothing says defense like shirtless men. The internets enjoying this. There have been a couple memes coming out. There he is riding the wall street bull. And there he is on the iron throne on game of thrones. And magic putin. And channing tatum. Lady, he is singlesque, his profile already updated. There you go. Got to get at that updated. We go from that to steamy las vegas gearing up for one of the biggest fights ever, the Mayweather Mcgregor fight. On saturday, august 26th. They have been trash talking each other relentlessly, but the real battle is already under way with vegas nightclubs trying to book the biggest names while everyones in town. Some of the biggest names are calvin harris, jay cole and perhaps the biggest name, fitty cent. Hell be throwing a party with gee zee. I do like gee zee. Hes not the only legend of hiphop in town. On saturday, diddy throwing a pool party. Were sure this is happening this year and not ten years ago . It really does seem like this is early 2000. We didnt dig up an old script . So diddy will be in the daytime. Okay. And then youve got the fight. And then after that, you have the edm boy band. The chainsmokers. [ laughter ] so they will work their way beat. Ross,eejay mustard on the and the most interesting note of all, mcgregor is booked to appear at a club named surrender. Oh. Doesnt that sound like a little bit of a jinx maybe, foreshadowing . Hes going to lose anyway, so its okay. No. Didnt you see his suit . Next to beyonce having fun over the weekend roller skating. She posted this to instagram after spending time at a skating rink in venice, california, out and about with jayz after giving birth to their twins rumi and sir. He has been releasing a video which reimagines friends with a black cast, featuring desiree and carmichael plays off the widelyheld notion that the original friends was a ripoff of living single, a show of six africanamerican friends living in new york. It ran for five seasons. And we have breaking news for the skinny this morning. Anna faris and chris pratt have announced theyre separating. In other news, love is dead. Faris posted a note saying the couple tried for a long time but they will always love each other and their son has two parents who love him very much. We dont want to end on a sad note. So how about we check out chris pratts guardians of the galaxy costar. Hasselhoff. In this bizarre music video. Bizarre for hasselhoff. Thats saying a lot. 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The dark tower, topping the box office in what really was a relatively slow weekend. It pulled in 19. 5 million with dunkirk pulling in 17. 6 million on its third weekend and the emoji movie hangs on with 12. 4 million. All those bad reviews. The emoji movie still hangin in. And some dogs like to catch a ball. Some like to catch a frisbee, but for this group of dogs in california, its all about catching the wave. They are hanging ten and then some. Janai norman gives us the look at the world championships. Reporter off the leash and on the beach. A bunch of hounds hitting the waves along the sandy shores of san francisco. [cheers and applause] the theme of the day, hanging ten with mans best friend. For the annual world dog surfing championships. He was just riding a great wave. Reporter the dogs scored by how long they ride, how big the wave, confident, and those tricks. A bonus. You know what . The better surfer among the two of us has got to be abbey. Reporter but it was no walk in the park. The competition was stiff. Once hes on the board hes very serious and very competitive. He loves the applause. Theres a good rivalry among the dogs. Reporter even in the dogeatdog surfing competition, the rivalry sometimes turned to teamwork. [cheers and applause] its always a fun thing to watch when these impromptu tandem sessions happen. Reporter but in the end, there could only be one top dog. Number one, abbey reporter janai norman, abc news, los angeles. How cute is that . They go backwards very impressive. But some of us can hang onto that. Yeah, like this. If thats what you mean by that. There you go. Oh, frank frank the bun. This is an actual photo. Oh, yeah. He loves to surf. Actually, i think. Is that like body boarding . Making news in america this morning, President Trump is facing serious foreign challenges during his working vacation. North korea is expressing anger overnight after ing hit with new International Sanctions and there is a new u. S. Response to russias diplomatic demands. Plus, the Vice President s strong response to a report about his own white house ambitions. What hes saying about a president ial run in 2020. Were live in washington. A powerful storm is barreling towards the east coast right now leaving behind damage from tornadoes and flooding. We have the forecast coming up. And chalk this up as a case of the mondays. The officer driving that car clearly forgetting something after stopping to get some gas