We chart her evolution from baby one more time teeny bopper to vegas sensation. But first the nightline 5. Hey, need fast heartburn relief . Try cool mint zantac. It releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. Zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. Nexium can take 24 hours. Try cool mint zantac. No pill relieves heartburn faster. Owe with a dramatic transformation. With olay you age less, so you can be ageless. Test text1 underline test text1 underline headlines in the world of president ial politics. Donald trump raising the ire of many. Key republicans breaking ranks to endorse hillary clinton. Trumps own running mate publicly disagreeing with him. Are fractures in the Republican Party beyond repair . Heres abcs david wright with your voice, your vote. What a crowd, what a crowd reporter today in florida, donald trump insisted his campaign is firing on all cylinders. The campaign its never been so well united. Reporter an incredible statement, considering some of his strongest supporters are practically begging him to rein it in. You have one person to attack. Hillary clinton. Reporter other prominent republicans are jumping ship altogether. You know, look. Im an american before im a republican. And for me, you know i cant get there on a nominee that will denigrate somebody that is standing up honoring their son, disabled, somebody that wants to get cozy with vladimir putin. Reporter the representative isnt alone. Today hewlettpackard Ceo Meg Whitman announced shell vote and raise money for hillary clinton. There are a lot of folks in the Republican Party who may not have loved donald trump, but had convinced themselves that hes better than hillary clinton. But over the last couple of days, his actions have caused a lot of folks to question those assumptions. Reporter this after a week of trumpinflicted wounds. H slow down, really learn some new lessons. This is a little bit like the apprentice. Reporter we all know what happens when the apprentice doesnt measure up. Youre fired. Reporter tonight the Trump Campaign strongly denies reports that top supporters are planning some sort of intervention this weekend. Were hearing in the media today about some type of intervention thats going on in the Trump Campaign . The intervention is the reporter trump is in danger of tarnishing his partys image with key constituencies. His trouble with veterans started when he picked a fight with the grieving parents of a fallen soldier. They criticized him first. At the Democratic National convention. You have sacrificed nothing he said, you wouldnt even have let his son in america. He doesnt know that. Reporter trump pushed back hard, accusing them of viciously attacking him. Tonight at the way he went after the khan family . A little because its a gold star family. Its one of those that theyre pretty much sacred in our country. Reporter trump came of age during the vietnam war and went to military school, but never actually served in the military. He avoided the draft thanks to a series of deferments. I had a minor melody ferment for feet for a bone spur of the foot, which was minor. Reporter critics say its something very nice just happened to me. A man came up to me, and he handed me his purple heart. Reporter case in point, a generous gesture by Lieutenant Colonel lewis dorfman, avid trump supporter. He gave the candidate the purple heart he received after being wounded in baghdad. I wanted him to have something to remember all the veterans, not just the ones that are in the the real one . Or is that a copy . And he said, thats my real purple heart. Reporter except trump couldnt resist making a wisecrack. I always wanted to get the purple heart. This was much easier. Reporter as any veteran would tell you, theres nothing easy about the purple heart. Trump off the cuff made a wisecrack. Of context. I mean, its one of those that, hey, i didnt work that hard to receive this medal. I understand that. Hes being selfdeprecating . Trump sought to set the record straight insisting he meant no disrespect. I said, i cant believe this. Its truly one of the most beautiful things that ive ever received. And from the heart. Reporter hes well aware this is sensitive stuff. Were writing as a matter of honor, not a matter of politics. Reporter today a families wrote trump an impassioned open letter. We ask that you demonstrate the character demanded of the office that you seek and apologize for what youve said. Reporter zach iscoll is a former marine who served in iraq. I just wanted the khan family to know more than anything that they had our support that that support transcended race, ethnicity, religion, background, that our community was behind them. Period. Reporter james waters, a navy s. E. A. L. Platoon commander mr. Trumps actions in attacking a gold star family was inappropriate, immoral, unethical. A lot of discerning veterans who would normally remain on the sidelines have now been inspired to get involved. Reporter war heroes arent the only ones taking offense at trumps rhetoric. Women too are crying foul. Over this moment from a rally in virginia. I have the biggest b new york. The biggest in the world, a chinese bank. Dont worry about that baby, i love babies. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, i like it. The moms running around like, dont worry about it, you know . Its young and beautiful and healthy and thats what we want. Reporter trump initially seemed to empathize with the babys mother. Then two minutes later he turned on her. Actually, i was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. Thats all right. I think she really believed me that i love having a baby crying while im speaking. Reporter that outburst flies in the face of one of the oldest rules of american politics, kissing babies. A president ial cliche. Theres a reason why politicians like to kiss babies. Trump included. Because its supposed to make them seem nurturing and trustworthy. Trump now doesnt seem so kidfriendly. Throwing a baby out of a rally, all of these things that during the primary campaign kep that may have actually helped him become the republican nominee are actually getting him offcourse. Reporter tonight he blamed the media for feeding the narrative he has a woman problem. In doing so brought up once again last years feud with megyn kelly. Like shes got the one with blood coming out of her eyes, i meant her nose or her ears or her mouth. But these people are perverted and they think it was another location. Are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Do you have any qualms about supporting trump . I have not one iota of qualms of supporting mr. Trump. Not one bit. And you, no reservations . Well, some reservations. Because no one is perfect. When he said a couple of months ago he could stand at fifth avenue and shoot someone and his supporters would stay with him, we are getting closer being a theory he is testing out. Reporter trump hasnt just been willing to risk alienating veterans and women, hes also picking fights with top republicans. He says he hasnt yet decided if hell endorse House Speaker paul ryan, or arizona senator john mccain, in their reelection bids. Trumps running mate did endorse ryan. Governor mike pence told fox news he did so with trumps blessing. I believe we need paul ryan in leadership in the congress of reporter at this point, Party Leaders tell abc news they are actively exploring a possible plan b. For what its worth theres no real clear replacement for trump waiting in the wings. Reporter like it or not, theyre stuck with him. Im david wright for nightline in jacksonville, florida. 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Reporter theres something magical in these wds. Elliot reporter it isnt just a mystical dragon named elliot. Oh, yeah, elliot and i are very good friends, yeah. We have really good chemistry. Reporter here on the set of the new film petes dragon, the adult cast willfully suspends disbelief. Dragon isnt always there because he can only work a certain amount of hours per day. He really only likes pete. Really only lets pete see him for the most part. Have you met elliot . Yes. Yes. Hes the nicest guy youll ever meet. Really . Nicest dragon ive ever met, yeah. Reporter maybe its the whimsical story of a friendship between a boy and his dragon. Or perhaps its the mythical location. Because if dragons were real, this is where youd expect to find them. Weve come to the remote redwood forest film set in new zealand. I think theyre shooting right now. So come on. For an exclusive behind the scenes peek at the newest summer follow that dragon reporter petes dragon was shot entirely on location in new zealand. The pristine natural landscape and awardwinning Film Industry making it one of the most desirable filming location in the world. Known for the hobbit and lord of the rings trilogies and James Camerons avatar. And bryce dallas howard. I have never seen a dragon. Reporter the real stars are oaks begley as pete. And his best friend elliot, who happens to be a giant green magical dragon. Oaks went through weeks of specialized training with a Movement Coach to convincingly portray an orphan who grows up in the woods. Is that your animal look . That was impressive. You look like my chihuahua. The ground . Action yeah, it was a little hard to learn like how exactly pete moves. Compared to how i move. Because its theres definitely a difference. But i havent been out in the forest for six years. Are you guys excited to finally see this movie . Youre only shooting in pieces. So excited. Very much. Is elliot a good actor . Is he cute . I think he looks cute. If you get him angry i dont think so. If he starts breathing fire, its not very cute. Yeah. Its all fun and games until the dragon breathes fire. Yeah. Reporter elliot is the cgi creation of new zealands own visual effects powerhouse weda digital. I heard there were times where they put a tennis ball on the end of a stick for an because the technology in film has just become beyond our wildest dreams, honestly. And this dragon is like nothing anyone has ever seen before. Its a unique dragon. Hes so awesome. Hi, elliot reporter you may remember the 1977 movie by the same name. The original, a singalong musical that combined live action with an unmistakably cute animated dragon. Whisper sweetly . Do you remember the original petes dragon . Of course, yeah. Its one of those early films parents allowed their children to watch. It was definitely something that i watched a ton when i was a kid. Reporter david lowery directs the new film. All you do here is run up the bank and disappear. Wait reporter and set out to completely reimagine the story. Weve got this title. The title says that the ch has a dragon. Well take those facts and run with them and tell a different story. Hes bleended realism with magic which is another value i think weve kind of lost in our culture. Just because you dont see something doesnt mean its not there. Thats where she walks through reporter this is lowerys first bigbudget studio film. Having made a name for himself directing independent features are you made small films, this yeah, its weird. The nuts and bolts of it are still like you know, you get a camera and couple of actors and figure out how to shoot a scene and what angles work the best and what the emotion of it is. And then you call action and watch it happen. Action what are you going to be shooting today . Wait today is a really fun scene. This is the scene that leads up to us all seeing and meeting pete for the first time in the forest. Its a pivotal scene for sure. Cut. That was great. I am determined to find him. Reporter even though i couldnt spot elliot as i explored the forest set, i did find myself swept up in the imaginative fairy tale world the cast and crew worked so hard to deposit tour. Im sarah haines for nightline in new zealand. New album. Im mary ellen, and i quit smoking with chantix. I have smoked for 30 years and by taking chantix, i was able to quit in 3 months and that was amazing. Along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. It absolutely reduced some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. Some had seizures while taking chantix. If you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. 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Hit me baby one more time . Reporter just to make us feel old, consider this. Baby one more time was released almost two decades ago. Reporter since then shes been a slave for you, and a doting mom of two. And oh, yeah, she has that other job on the vegas strip. Her piece of me show scoring her a reported 35 million contract. . But now im stronger . Reporter she just seems to keep getting stronger. She did it again. Thanks for watching abc news. Join us for good morning abcnews. Com and our Nightline Facebook page. Good night, america. Today on the Meredith Vieira show president obama is weighing in on the president ial debachlt he has harsh words for the candidates. And why some say it should be and how to protect yourself from an attacker. Right now on meredith. . Meredith hello, everybody. How are you . [applause] meredith we have a great show today. Thank you you see much. 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