Works. A drug bust following a months long adventure on the high seas. A pair of travelers accused of carrying a stash, huge stash, 22 million. Illegal drugs halfway around the world. And good thursday morning to you all. Im diana macedo. And im devin dwyer. He delivered his long awaited speech saying there will be no amnesty and renewed a promise to build a wall and saying mexico will pay for it but just hours earlier in mexico trump said he didnt discuss payment with mexican president pena nieto and the mexican president said he did discuss it and said he wont pay for it. Clinton mocking trump in his lastminute trip calling him the great negotiator who lied about it a new lead over trump has shrunk to two Percentage Points when the last two candidates are included in the point. Kenneth moton joins us from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, it was certainly a he said he said case after donald trump met with mexicos president but overnight trump worked to clear up some of that loss in translation by delivering a forceful speech on immigration. This morning Donald TrumpsSignature Campaign promise. We will build a great wall along the southern border and mexico will pay for the wall, hear me. Reporter in phoenix it was back to the core and tough immigration stance. Day one my first hour in office those people are gone. Zero tolerance for criminal aliens, zero. Zero. I am going to create a special Deportation Task force. Reporter trump adamant to show hes not shifting but just hours before that typically tough talking trump was much softer as he met with mexican president nieto who once compared trump to hitler. We did discuss the wall. We didnt discuss payment. He disputed that tweeting at the begin of the conversation with donald trump i made it clear that mexico will not pay for the wall. Whos going to pay for the wall . Reporter the Hillary Clinton campaign released a new video, when the great negotiator actually went to mexico, he choked. Clinton took the stage in ohio to say trump is not a leader. Takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours and then flying home again. That is not how it works. Reporter clinton treated trump failed his first foreign test. Her campaign saying trump doubled down on his antiimmigration rhetoric and attempted to divide xhooptsdzs and demonized immigrants. Devin and diane. Abcs Kenneth Moton in washington. Thank you. Mexican president pena nieto seems to be backfiring on him on the visit. He repeated his pledge to build a border wall and furious he didnt demand an apology from trump for his previous negative statements. Some are even calling the meeting a national humiliation. Now to severe storms in florida and hawaii. Thats right. Tropical storm hermine is moving and heading for landfall in the Florida Panhandle later tonight. At that point it may be a weak hurricane. That means winds of 74 miles an hour or more. There are hurricane and storm warnings for three other states, as well, but florida is bearing the brunt of the storm right now. All over the state residents boarding up windows checking batteries and supplies securing anything that the winds might pick up. Many schools will be today. Many events also canceled. The governor of florida has declared a state of emergency for more than 40 counties. In the pacific hurricane madeline wakened before drenching parts of hawaii overnight. Parts of the big island will still see as much as ten inches in 24 hours which means a risk of flooding and even mudslides. Lets find out where these Tropical Storms are going. Accuweathers Justin Povick joins us now with more on that. Good morning, justin. Diane, devin, thanks and good morning. Another busy morning especially with regards to the tropics. We have Tropical Storm hermine increasing in speed. Continues will continue to go downhill. More so at their worst later on this evening over the panhandle. Flash flooding, rough surf and gusty winds which could be topping 60 to 70 Miles Per Hour in gusts and concerned about a water level rise on top of the wave heights up to six feet. Thats going to be a possibility. Again, over the panhandle, so coasting flooding is a big concern. Madeline continues to weaken. Still a flooding threat to the big island of hawaii and have to watch out for hurricane lester down the road. Diane, devin, back to you. Thanks. In hawaii president obama arriving just ahead of the storm. Last night he spoke to an environmental conference. Today hell make a rare president ial trip to midway atoll to visit the largest marine monument halfway to asia. Tomorrow obama heads to asia to china for an economic summit. The u. S. And russia are debating over who killed isis leader Abu Mohammad Al adnani. The Russian DefenseMinistry Said a was 1 of 40 killed in syria by russian bomber on tuesday but a u. S. Official calls that claim a joke. Saying Coalition Forces targeted a in a strike. Theres been violent unrest in brazil following the impeachment of president dilma reself. A police suv. Police responded with stun guns and tear gas. At least four arrested. Fossils found in greenland could mean there was once life on mars. If confirmed the earliest fossils on earth, 3. 7 billion years old. Just a little while ago. At the time conditionses on earth and mars were similar so Scientists Say if life existed here it could have existed there. Interesting stuff. Coming up, new hope in the battle against alzheimers disease. An early trial of an experimental drug is showing promise. As millions of us spend more and more time staring at our phones it may not be as bad for us as we think. High seas travelers sitting in prison after months of high Luxury Travel taking selfies along the way. The allegations that have them in big trouble when we come back. Take a look at this rescue off the texas coast. The coast guard picks up two boaters in Galveston Bay including an 18yearold who is enlisting in the coast guard himself. The teens called for help when their boat flipped over, one of them suffering a broken leg, the other teen there is okay. We have new details about the panic at los angeles airport that led to dozens of flight delays. Officials now say it all started with a man in a zorro costume. Police started questioning him. A passenger saw that, notified a tsa agent and the agent then spread word to other terminals. Some passengers in those terminals thought there was an emergency, rushed for the emergency exits and those heavy doors have emergency locks that when they do close they sound like real. Five terminals evacuated. Officers then, of course, went in and found there were no actual gunshots. Theres new hope for the millions of patients diagnosed with alzheimers. Researchers report promising results from an early trial of an experimental treatment. The drug appears to slow development of brain placke which causes the loss of memory in cognitive function. A larger drug trial planned soon but researchers say its too early to tell how effective it will be. The fda has a new warning about the dangers of mixing opioid painkillers with benzos, the agency now requires box warnings on nearly 400 products about the potentially lethal combination. Overdoses from people combining both drugs have nearly tripled in recent years. Theres also an increase in e. R. Visits. Were always told the reasons why staring at our phones is unhealthy. Bad for your neck, eyes but it may be helping your health. Especially now with so many apps diets and physical activity. Researchers found programs with goal setting and selfmonitoring features are especially effective. And this morning instagram users say theyre pretty disappointed with a new feature of the photo app. Many had been asking for this zoom tool to get a closer look at photos and videos and yesterday facebook rolled out the feature on apple devices. But the Image Resolution doesnt change as you zoom in which means the quality just keeps getting worse. Instagram wont say if or when it will fix that. Not good. When we come back what seems to be a growing trend to take pressure off high schoolers, just what should the kid at the top of the class be called . And former congressman Anthony Weiner faces new trouble over that lewd picture that includes his son. Stay with us. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Every great why needs a great how. 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As abcs gio benitez reports theyre accused of smuggling cocaine in their luggage. This vacation landed two women behind bars in an australian jail. 22yearold Melina Roberge and 28yearold Isabelle Lagace posted images showing an extravagant and funfilled cruise on instagram but Authorities Say they discovered 209 pounds of cocaine in their luggage worth a staggering 22 million. This is the of narcotics through a passenger reporter they boared a cruise ship starting in the uk visiting 11 countries until its final destination in sydney where police finally arrested them and a 63yearold man. The seizure of these drugs has disrupted the supply of cocaine on the streets and beyond. Reporter gio benitez, new york. He will have much more on that arrest coming up later on good morning america. Disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner could face legal trouble. He is now being investigated by Child Protective Services after he sent a lewd selfie with his young son right next to him. Caseworkers showed up at weiner and hess estranged wifes Apartment Building on tuesday. Next to a growing trend in Public Schools a district is considering a proposal that would remove the valedictorian award replacing it with a more inclusive system. Schools in North Carolina have done something similar. Critics say competition is healthy and nothing wrong with the best students being recognized. Well, three of the nfls highest profile defensive players have been cleared in a performanceenhancing drug investigation. The league says theres no evidence James Harrison of the steelers, the packers clay matthew and Julius Peppers were used or were provided with prohibited substances. The original allegations against them came as part of an al jazeera documentary. Peyton manning had been cleared of similar allegations made in that same report. Well, its september 1st which means the final full month of baseballs regular season is getting under way. Thats right. One game today. 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Says those passengers walk faster in airports than anywhere else and that they, quote, like babies but bring noise canceling headphones, hint, hint. Critics say it is a flights on the passengers themselves. A Company Executive says the ads are meant to highlight the shared mindset between passengers and employees and he claims american wants to use the ads to raise the level of decorum on aircraft but critics are saying the airlines should be taking responsibility for some of the issues that maybe make passengers i think frequent flyers might say the airline, the employees, the flight attendants, employees, agents need to take some cues from their own campaign, perhaps. Well see. No further comment. Finally Boston Red Sox star david ortiz has been on a seasonlong farewell tour ahead of his retirement but this might be the greatest going away present hell ever get. Check it out thought. Wonder how long it actually took. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a timelapsed video showing us the creation of a lifesized big papi all built out of legos and put in almost 300 hours of work on that. It looks like there are about 35,000 lego bricks that went into that, as well. Theres his face with the glasses. Iconic glasses. Not bad for the big papi. Can he swing the bat . Lego bat as well. Lleen will give us a weather update in just a few moments but first. Here are the top stories we are following right thanks for waking up with us here at good morning washington. Its the first day of september, and what a diffence a day makes. Some rain clouds moving this way, and elsewhere two states are facing much bigger problems. Eilleen will give us a weather update in just a few moments but first. Here are the top stories we are following right now. Several powerful storms bearing down on two states. Much of florida is under a state of emergency this morning as Tropical Storm outer bands already sparking major flooding. Meanwhile hawaii is threatened by hurricane lester and Tropical Storm madeline. All of the big islands schools are closed, as well as the port. Madelines leading edge already brought huge waves and torrential bursts of rain. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen Tropical Storm hermine tracking a little farther east better for us as of this writing, drier in d. C. Both saturday and sunday still could be rainy and windy at the beaches tropical forecast will continue to evolve, so stay with stormwatch7 first day of meteorological fall today today mostly cloudy cooler. Chance of a shower through 5 pm then clearing. Highs 8184 tonight mainly clear and comfortable. Lows 6066 friday mostly sunny and less humid. High clouds arrive late. Highs 7983 beltway 450 breaking metro now investigating a reported Sexual Assault aboard the metro train at Cheverly Metro station. It happened last night around 10pm. There is no word on an arrest and metro says the investigation is ongoing. We are following this story and will bring you more details as they become available. We are learning more this morning about an alleged Sexual Assault at the university of maryland, college park. According to the universitys newspaper the diamond back the assault took place last saturday at the south campus commons. A suspect was arrested a short time later. Now according to the universitys office of civil rights and Sexual Misconduct a total of 37 sexually assault cases were reported during the 2015 school year. And most of those crimes happened right on campus. Its official. Starting next year, all Maryland School children will head back to school after labor day. Thats the new r hogan. The governor is mandating Public Schools to start after labor day and end by june 15. Hogan says hes just giving the people what they want. The governor says a postlabor day start is also good for the states businesses. But theres opposition. Montgomery county schools says starting students later could have a negative impact on their education. The Marine Corps Marathon will look different this year. Runners will take a new route both before and during the race. This year metro will not be opening early on race day because of safetrack. So organizers are trying to limit runners dependency on metro by offering new options. So there will be shuttles for runners and spectators hours before the races and paid Parking Options are being offered. Also the course has changed and the start time for the 10k has been pushe to read details on the adjustments, go to wjla. Com. The Marine Corps Marathon kicks off next month. Its xx and were just getting started. Preparing for the worst. Right now people in 2 different states are bracing for a direct hit in 2 different states are bracing for a direct hit from powerful storms. And one of them may have a big impact on your Holiday Weekend forecast. Good morning washington. Tropical storm hermine tracking a little farther east better for us as of this writing, drier in d. C. Both saturday and sunday still could be rainy and windy at the beaches tropical forecast will continue to evolve, so stay with stormwatch7 first day of meteorological fall today today mostly cloudy cooler. Chance of a then clearing. Highs 8184 tonight mainly clear and comfortable. Lows 6066 friday mostly sunny and less humid. High clouds arrive late. Highs 7983