Covers into the air. Flames shooting out of the ground. What set off these shocking explosions . The king of pop taking us to a place with no name. Twitter with a blockbuster new song. Michael jackson now revealed. Dont top till you get enough. Take me it is a good morning on this friday eve and the hits, they just keep coming. Incredible thing about Michael Jackson, right. Makes us a little sad we dont have him anymore but we have his music. Yeah. This video created using rare footage from when he shot, remember, in the closet. So they took outtakes from that and put it all together and well talk about that more. We will weigh get to so much. Beginning with that flash flooding. Two months worth of rain fall overnight in some areas and i know youve been tracking this, ginger. If you add july and august their average is up. In portland, maine, thats what fell in hours overnight so this is the scene there. Look at this from rhode island. Water rescues going on so many places in new england, receiving anywhere from 3 to, yes, over 6 inches, so this same system that weve been talking about for days has now done its job and its moved out for most people. Look at this. Some of the totals went from 6 down here, 13. 27 is what ended up in parts of long island. And you were just seeing pictures where they were scooping the water out in portland, maine, right there, their total, 6. 43, the accumulated rainfall. Heres what you have yet to see that lopez system still up in canada. Really driving the cold front all that heat and moisture up there. Were going to be slightly drier and certainly cooler. If you have not yet walked ow the door in the northeast, get ready. It feels a little more like fall this morning. A few showers behind it. Either way getting rid of that thing and saying goodbye. Were done with you. All right, ginger. Well turn to that other breaking story, the vice erupting on the streets of st. Louis. These were incredible pictures coming in. Police in riot gear firing tear gas to break up protesters angry over the death of an unarmed teenager. The police chief weighing in on whether or not to reveal the officer who shot him injured in the accident and we get his condition. Abcs Steve Osunsami is in ferguson, missouri, with the very latest for us, steve. Reporter there are many who believe the police could use a lighter hand and arrested two reporters last night and an elected official they say because they didnt move fast enough. A state senator says she had tear gas thrown at her and she approves the budget for the state patrol. Even president obama has been briefed on the developments here. Overnight, protests turned violent again on the streets of ferguson, missouri. Police responded with tear gas sending the crowd running. As civil Rights Groups protest the Police Shooting that killed 128yearold Michael Brown and the lawsuits mount, the chief of Police Telling abc news his officer was hurt in the incident. Authorities say either brown or his friend fought with the policeman before the shooting. His face was swollen so hed obviously been hit or punched or Something Like that. Reporter he says he and his officers are getting Death Threats daily and says he wont release the name of the officer involved in the shooting unless his officers charged with a crime or a court makes him then he could always appeal. Prosecutors say it could takes weeks before they decide if the shooting is a crime. We have difficulty reaching a lot of witnesses. They dont contact the police. You know, were having trouble locating them. Reporter they are talking with Dorian Johnson who was walking with brown when he says the officer tried to get them off the street. He tried to force his door open. It ricocheted and bounced back to him and i guess that, you know, got him a little upset. Reporter take a look at this exclusive video from the scene. Theres the officers suv. Police say he started shooting from inside. Shot eight times. Reporter listen as this neighbor describes what she saw. The first shot he shot out of the car. The other shots he stood over him and pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow. Reporter for now the concern is that racial tensions here are about to explode. Theres been a lot of talk about whether Michael Brown had a record which his family feels is an offensive question but this morning st. Louis county says, no, no arrests, no convictions. David. All right, Steve Osunsami. Hes been there every step of the way. And hell stay there. To the crisis in iraq american troops on the ground assessing the situation where refugees are trapped by militant extremists and were learning the situation on the ground may not be as bad as first thought. Abcs Martha Raddatz has the very latest. She joins us this morning from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This morning the pentagon says those air strikes and humanitarian airdrops with another one overnight have broken the siege on that mountain where so many have been stranded, meaning that potential rescue which could have involved u. S. Ground troops has been put on hold. A small u. S. Team of marines and special forces landed on mt. Sinjar wednesday to assess the options for a rescue. But what they found, far fewer refugees than expected and many in much better shape. While there were fears that tens of thousands were trapped on the mountain, with the iraqi rescues and people making their own way down the mountain, the number is now believed to be only in the thousands and the pentagon says all have access to the food and water from those u. S. Airdrops. Air strikes too diminishing the number of isis militants surrounding the mountain. The white house acknowledging the u. S. Was considering sending u. S. Forces to help with what could have been a dangerous rescue. Although insisting they would not be combat troops. But the apparent success of the airdrops does not mean the crisis is over. To the east of the mountain in erbil illequipped Kurdish Forces are struggling to halt forces from isis forces armed with heavy weapons stolen from Iraqi Security forces. Isis tanks, their artillery they captured from the iraqi army depots, they cannot match up to that outgunned after overmatched. Reporter the u. S. Is providing weapons, but not fast enough for the forces on the ground. As for that potential rescue, the u. S. Has Surveillance Aircraft in place and if the situation deteriorates, the military could move in. David. Ready at a moments notice. All right, Martha Raddatz with us live this morning, martha, thanks. Well turn now to that awkward meeting last night between Hillary Clinton and her former boss, president obama, the former secretary of state saying she want to hug it out with the president at a party on Marthas Vineyard. It comes after some very critical remarks about his foreign policy. Our chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl on the vineyard for us this morning. Jon . Reporter good morning, she came of they met, they partied. We still dont know if they actually hugged. All the white house will say is that the obamas enjoyed spending time with the clintons and, quote, the menu quizzed of surf and turf and pastas. The obamas danced nearly every song of the a good time was had by all. Before the party mrs. Clinton sought to smooth things over at a book signing here on Marthas Vineyard but look what happened when i asked her specifically about the president s handling of iraq. Do you think he was handling the situation in iraq right now i mean, would you be doing it differently. Im excited about signing books. [ laughter ] always fun when jon shows up. Did you get a signed book. Reporter i did not and as you can see she was not too into answering any questions but she did sign a lot of books, just not one for me, david. Dont hold your breath. Jon karl this morning. Thanks. Well get over to amy robach who is tracking the other headlines overnight. Good morning, everyone. We begin with pope francis making history. This morning he became the first pope to visit south korea in 5 years. As he arrived, north korea fired several shortrange missiles into the sea. The pope later telling the crowd in seoul that peace requires forgiveness and mutual respect. But on social media today, far more people were talking about the humble car the pope chose for his visit. Thats a small kia appropriately named the soul. Also happening, israel and hamas agreed to extend their ceasefire for five days giving both a chance to continuing negotiating a longterm truce. Progress has been made, this he say. Back at home a scare at sea for people riding a ferry from cape cod to boston. A massive wave sent water crashing into the windows and through the ceiling. Abcs paula faris shows us the damage. The boat is sinking. Reporter terrifying moments caught on tape. 42 passengers rocked by a giant wave that slammed into this ferry. It was insane at some point i thought i was going to die. Reporter shattering these windows 0 feet above sea level. This morning we spoke to ariel shrum who was on that fateful excursion. First thing that went through my mind was actually the titanic. Watch as frightened passengers rushed to put on life vests as water pours in. Everyone is freeing out as the water starts to pour in. Many knocked around from the rough surf feeling the effects shortly after. People around me became seasick and i started playing my trumpet. Reporter as arielle plays his trumpet to help calm passengers, the boat regains power and slowly makes its way to boston with a coast guard escort. The captain suffered cuts to his hand. Luckily, no one else was seriously injured. It looks like that scene in the perfect storm. For good morning america, paula faris, abc news, new york. So glad everyone is going to be all right. It was a fiery scene in nashville. A attacker overturned spilling fuel bursting into flames, some of the fuel then spilled into the sewer s setting off a strin of explosions sending manhoes into the air. Look at that. This is incredible. No one, no one was seriously injured. Comcast is once again apologizing for a Customer Service snafu thats gone viral. A man from the chicago area says he was put on hold and there ins the prove for 3 1 2 hours while trying to cancel his tv. So long they actually closed while he was on hold. Comcast calls this unacceptable. Well, a backtoschool surprise near houston. Yep, that is a large alligator. And it was caught lurking right on the front doorstep of a middle school. It took a while but officers were finally able to safely remove him. All right. Finally, a thief in North Carolina decided to steal a safe from a local store. But then he had the problem of trying to figure out how he was going to get said safe home. His decision, not a smart one. We love dumb criminals. He tied the 100pound safe to his car, dragged it down the street to make his getaway. Things were going swell for two miles until he drove by a Police Officer because you are looking at dash cam footage there of said safe being dragged behind passing a Police Officer. Oh, no. Needless to say he got caught. He passed on a double yellow line, too. Come on. Hey there, officer. Dont mind me. Thats a safe behind me. And the double line thing, i mean what was he thinking . Massive violation. All right. Thanks there. Now to the New Hampshire girl who returned home last month nine months after vanishing. Her lawyer is speaking out revealing disturbing new details about her abduction and abcs ryan smith is with us and has more on this. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, robin. Since she returned home to her family a few weeks ago after disappearing for nine long months neither abigail or her family representatives have spoken publicly about what she says she endured until now. Overnight, the lawyer for abigail hernandez, the 15yearold allegedly snatched off the street last october, as she walked home from school disappearing for nine months, speaking to abc about the teens ordeal. She was violently abducted by a strange man. Reporter and hinting at the traumama she says she suffered. She is a young child who has suffered really unspeakable acts of vice. Reporter hernandez was last seen in the public eye here at the arraignment for 34yearold Nathaniel Kibby just days after she returned home. Flanked by her family, never making eye contact with her alleged abductor. He was charged with felony kidnapping. Kibby has not yet entered a plea. While prosecutors havent ruled out additional charges hernandezs lawyer thinks more are coming. When the investigation concludes, and all of the evidence is presented to the grand jury, that we would expect itll be additional charges filed. Reporter now hernandezs lawyers say abby and her family want to deal with the speculation ha abby went will g willingly after meeting kibby on line. They had no relationship. She had no knowledge who he was. She didnt know who he was. She was abducted. Reporter authorities continue to search kibbys home in gorham, New Hampshire, including this shipping container which prosecutors say was split into three sections but wouldnt elaborate further. Meanwhile, her Attorney Says abby faces a tough road ahead. What she needs is some time to be able to work with her professionals and have some time to become physically and emotionally stronger. Reporter neither her lawyer or authorities are disclosing specific details about how she returned home or what kibby did to her. Her lawyer saying he didnt want to compromise the case and thats not unusual in ongoing investigations but more is likely to come out during the preliminary hearing where prosecutors must present enough evidence to bind kibby over for trial, robin. The family thought it was important to get out in front and say, hey, wait a minute, everything people are thinking his point was if it was your daughter you wouldnt want these things said about her so please respect their privacy. That was key. Thank you. Well turn to that deadly collision on the racetrack involving nascar champ tony stewart, kevin ward jr. Will be laid to rest today and his father is now speaking out this morning for the first time. He was at the track when all that happened. Angry about what he witnessed with the fans there and abcs gio benitez has more. Reporter this morning, kevin ward jr. s father is speaking out after his son was struck and killed saturday night on the racetrack by nascar great tony stewart. The senior kevin ward telling the syracuse post standard tony stewart was the best damn driver by far on the track that night. Why he had to go up as high as he did and hog my son, there is no reason for it. After an initial accident with stewart ward jr. Got out of his sprint car during that race. You can see him right there in this Youtube Video pointing his finger angrily apparently at stewart. But seconds later, the right side of stewarts car hit ward killing him. One of the other drivers who was racing on that dark track telling abc news, he saw ward get out of the car. I saw right away that he was really mad and he was pointing at my car at that point because it looked like he was looking for someone. Reporter wards father telling the post standard apparently tony stewart was the only one driving out there who didnt see him. Stewart has not spoken publicly since releasing a statement earlier this week saying there arent words to describe the sadness i feel. Wards family now preparing for todays funeral as investigators keep looking for evidence. They have not ruled out criminal charges against stewart. In fact, experts say if prosecutors believe stewart recklessly caused the death of another person, he could still be charged with Second Degree manslaughter. For good morning america, gio benitez, abc news, new york. Every time you see that video, we continue to think of the family especially today. Right. Now to lara in the social square. That new megahit from the king of pop. Yeah, robin, this one will get you moving. Major news for Michael Jacksons millions of followers overnight. Youre hearing his never before released single a place with no name and a brandnew video for the song off his album xscape made its big debut on twitter last night. Take a listen. Take me to a place without no name so good. Take me already getting retweeted more than 25,000 times. The video features never before seen footage of the pop star shot during production of his 1991 hit in the closet and was released by the Jackson Estate and epic records to jacksons more than 1. 4 million twitter followers. Jackson still hugely popular around the world. We want you to take a look at this map. Twitter put it out overnight showed his most tweeted about song, america and a lot of other countries are blue meaning they love tweeting about thriller. Brazil is green for jacksons hit song bad and portugal goes yellow for billie jean. We want to hear what your favorite Michael Jackson song is. Tweet us with the socialsquare. Right now im grooving and sending it back to the desk. Were trying to think of our favorite song. Its almost up possible with Michael Jackson. Pretty young thing. I do like that. Well work on it this morning. Let us know. Tweet us. Share it with us. Ginger will take us to a place with no name. Oh. But it does have a name. It does. I love pyt. Surf city, the sunrise, how beautiful is that. That cooler, drier air filtering through the midsouth and southeast. Look what you wake up to in asheville at 54. 62 for leggsing ton. 53 in detroit and definitely drier all over from the midwest through the northeast. Real quick, a storm starting in the southwest. Well be talking about it more in denver and kansas city by the weekend. Your local forecast coming up in 30 seconds. First sunny cities brought to you by macys. Good morning, washington. A beautiful start here this morning. Temperatures a little on the cold side. 64 in gaithersburg. 54 in gaithersburg. This afternoon, a few clouds roll in. Maybe a sprinkle west of d. C. As a weak cold front crosses the region. Temperatures between 8085. More from ginger coming up. Also ahead shocking murder in paradise. A chicago socialite killed. Why her daughter and the girls boyfriend have now been detained. The dramatic 911 call from a radio host who shot his wife. He claims it was an accident. Plus, gma investigates hot playground, a danger this summer when your kids just want to have fun. We put the equipment to the test to show you how your kids can get burned. Why do you want a tablet that has free data virtually anywhere you go . Alright, now watch. Whats that . That is a tautline hitch. Whats that . Thats the yellow warbler. Wow whats that . That is poison ivy. Ohh. I put it in my mouth. Because you need to know what youre getting yourself into, screams while you are getting yourself into it. Get the trio tablet powered by tmobile. Just 179 with free data for life. The tech you want, only at walmart and walmart. Com and then theres juicy chicken. The difference is hellmanns. Hellmanns is the secret to making parmesan crusted chicken so juicy and so delicious. You can make dinner disappear. Hellmanns. Bring out the best. You can make dinner disappear. So i can reach ally bank 24 7, but there are24 7branches . Its just im a little reluctant to try new things. Whats wrong with trying new things . Feel that in your muscles . Yeah. I do. Try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. Much thought to the acidity in any foods. Never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. It never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. My dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, its kind of a onetime shot and you have to care for it. He told me to use pronamel. Its gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. It allows me to continue to drink my coffee and to eat healthier, and it was a real easy switch to make. Keep t e change. At Famous Footwear were not just selling back to school shoes, were selling straight up confidence. Weve done our homework to find the hottest shoes to send your kids back in style. Like our exclusive shimmer print converse hightops. Anybody sitting here . Only at Famous Footwear. Famous footwear. Victory is yours. And discover an exciting combination of tastes. Rich, dark chocolate covering soft centers. Flavored with exotic fruit juices. Its chocolate and fruit flavors like youve never experienced before. Discover brookside. Work hard for you. Give them the edge they deserve. New edge, from osteo biflex® with joint shield™ helps strengthen your joints. it works as hard for your joints, as they do for you. Get the added benefits. Of joint muscle and joint energy. New edge from osteo biflex®, so youre always ready for action. Find it in your vitamin aisle. Dont blame him. Instead, rely on frontline plus. It kills adult fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae, destroying future generations. Ask your vet about frontline plus. Destroying future generations. Walmarts new savings catcher. My mom just cant stop talking about you enter your receipt and it compares prices to top stores in our area. If theres a lower advertised price on an item i bought, walmart gives me the difference. Its so easy, even a parent can do it. Go to walmart. Com savingscatcher and enter your receipt. Live from the abc seven broadcast center, this is an abc 7 news update. Good thursday morning. It is 7 26. It has been one of those mornings when weve had a couple of things going on. The problem is in virginia trying to move from warrenton to centerville on 29 northbound. The first crash near Broad Run Church road. Ask an activity at stone roadblocks your left turn lane. Accent activity at stone road blocks your left turn lane. Mess with off and on delays. Grab your sunglasses before your drive. It will be bright all morning long. 66 is our temperature. A bit on the cl side. Strong upper low remains over canada. High temperatures in the low to mid 80s. A finally tonight in the district. D. C. And are investigating to two doublegs shootings overnight. One on minnesota avenue. The victims were taken to the hospital and one is listed in Critical Condition this morning. We will have another news update coming up at 7 56. Have a great day. All of me loves all of you love your curves one of my favorite song, im telling you. Every time you hear it. John legend were talking about, of course, and his beautiful wife chrissy teigen. Such a romantic song, music video for all of you. Whats really fueling the popularity of superstar pairings like john legend and chrissy teigen. Turns out they may have each other to thank for being superstars and theyre not the only ones. Well discuss that later. When hes not serenading her, theres something else. It is not what you think. Its a morning show. Where are you going with had . Youll see. Okay. All right. Tweeting. Tweeting. Just want to put it out there. Also ahead this half hour, shocking murder in paradise, that headline out of chicago we were talking about, it was a socialites grisly death while on vacation. Why her daughter and the girls boyfriend are being detained right now. Plus, gma investigates hot playgrounds. Those jungle gyms and swings heating up in the summer sun so we put them to the test to help protect your kids from serious burns even when its not that hot outside. Yeah, can be really dangerous. Then celine dions shocking announcement. Shes canceling all upcoming concerts. A health scare that has her focusing on family. Speaking of her family, well begin, though, with that murder in paradise. A mother killed while on a tropical vacation. Her body stuffed in a suitcase. Police detaining the womans daughter and the girls boyfriend and alex perez has the ory for us. Reporter this morning, a gruesome discovery near the upscale st. Regis bali resort is sending shock waves interest there all the way here to chicago. Authorities finding the body of vacationing american 62yearold sheila von weise mack stuffed inside this silver suitcase. The luggage left in the trunk of this cab. Detained for questioning no cameras. Reporter mac mks own 19yearold daughter henry boyfriend tommy schaefer. They told investigators they had escaped after being kidthatted by armed gang members who murdered her mother. But investigators say Surveillance Video shows the mother and daughter arguing in the hours before the murder. Later, police say the young couple called for a taxi placing several Suitcases Inside before going back in the hotel to check out, they said, when they didnt return, Hotel Security discovered the suitcase. Its just really sad. Sheila mack lived for years in this suburban mansion near chicago. Former neighbors say Police Became a familiar sight here. The Oak Park Police department saying they were called 86 times over the last decade. Mostly for domestic disturbances, those who live on this block say the mother and daughter had a troubled relationship, arguing often and that sheila hoped the recent move to this downtown highrise would help. Every family has got its issues and you just hoped this move was going to make things better. Reporter in a facebook post, schaefer, a selfproclaimed rapper wrote leaving august 4th for indonesia. Might not come back. Mack and schaefer arent charged but are refusing to answer questions until they have an attorney. As investigators work to figure out how an exotic Family Vacation ended in such tragedy. For good morning america, alex perez, abc news, chicago. All right, alex, thanks so much. We turn to that radio talk show host charged with shooting his wife with a rifle during an argument outside their home in an ohio suburb and frantically called 911 claiming it was an accident but what are police saying this morning about this . Abcs Mara Schiavocampo is here with us. Good morning. David, good morning. Police say that talk show host is trying to talk his way out of a shooting but theyre not buying it and he now faces criminal charges. I was taking my rifle out of the trunk and it shot my wife. Reporter its a frantic plea for help. Okay, where did she get shot at . I dont know reporter local ohio talk show host Blake Seylhouwer telling a 911 dispatcher he shot his wife by accident injuring her. Okay, you said the gun accide accidentally went off inside the vehicle and it shot her in the head . No, no, i was taking it out of the trunk and it went off and i went off. Reporter this Morning Police say they do and its nothing like seylhowers version of the story. Through the investigation we determined that it was thought an depth. Reporter Law Enforcement officials claim 36yearold seylhower and his wife misty were arguing outside their home in an upscale cincinnati suburb tuesday afternoon when they say he intentionally took a rifle out of his trunk and fired a shot on purpose hitting the driveway. Police say shrapnel from the bullet and concrete hit misty in the leg, side and head. All while the couples two Young Children ages 4 and 13 months were inside the house. The only thing that ive been told was said by her is he shot me, get him away from me. Reporter seylhower hosts a sunday morning show Small Business sunday on local talk Radio Station 55krc. The new voice for cincinnati Small Businesses weve got a jampacked show today. Reporter his wife reportedly an executive producer at the station. Now this radio host is a defendant appearing in Court Wednesday facing charges of assault and domestic violence. Im so sorry. Reporter seylhower has pleaded not guilty saying the whole thing was a mistake. Sticking to the story he told dispatchers. We believe the facts will ultimately show that there was no intent to do any harm. Reporter now misty seylhower checked out of the hospital wednesday afternoon and she is expected to make a full recovery. In addition to the charges, Blake Seylhouwer now also has a restraining order against him protecting his wife and the kids. We should mention the kids were not hurt that incident. They are safe with relatives and okay. Glad shes okay too. Mara, thanks. Feeling badly for people ending their summer with vacations in florida because ginger said its rough going. A little stormy especially south of the stationary front but a good start to the day in a lot of places like orlando even though its hot and steamy. So florida in august. You see plenty of sunshine from wf tv, our affiliate but you will see storms build and certainly in central all the way here you can see the model kind of popping out storms through southern florida, as well. 89, ft. Myers, 91, miami. 92 for jacksonville so thats south of that stationary front then we wanted to mention there is an air quality alert for four cities in texas including austin, dallas, houston and san antonio, very warm and youve got that suppressed air so kind of keeps it down and keeps you not good for anyone with sensitivities to the air quality. There 7 37 and 66 degrees in d. C. Right now. A Beautiful Day to look forward to. A few clouds roll in this afternoon. Perhaps even a stray sprinkle. All that weather brought to you by the home depot. Overall, though, we dont feel so bad for floridians in yen. In general, exactly. On balance. Yes. Thinking the same thing. Coming up, gma investigates playgrounds. How your children can get burned on the equipment even when its not that hot outside. What you need to know this morning. Then that shocking antiobesity campaign sparking so much backlash. Are parent, mops to blame when their kids grow up to be overweight . Lets make an entrance. Lets go against the grain. This way. That way. Even up that way. Lets review this. Workshop that. Lets save, and then. Lets get down to it. Lets make your home feel like this and make you feel like this. Lets do this. More saving. More doing. Thats the power of the home depot. Marazzi montagna woodlook tile flooring is now just 2. 39 sq. Ft. Guess the mcmuffin doesntthe think hashbrowns matter. Its ok, hashbrowns. We still love you. The new am crunchwrap from taco bell. Eggs, bacon, cheese, plus a very meaningful hash brown inside. Wrapped and grilled to go. [bong] wrapped and grilled to go. The worlds most entertaining device with a color. Colorfully brilliant screen that blows the competition out of the water. Hey, hey, what is this . I thought i was doing the announcing. Sleek and slim, with an outstanding screen and powerful processor. Ah i was literally about to say that. Samsung continues to differentiate itself. By offering free and exclusive content. See. They. Those people get it. The gorgeous screen, made even more impressive when you realize its not a battery drain. Those are those are the words. A stunner. Yeah. I mean, i wish someone would say that about me. It certainly has the best screen of any samsung tablet. Yes, and i would add. Or of any tablet, period. Or of any tablet, period. See, buddy. Teamwork. Introducing the galaxy tab s with twice the resolution of hdtv. Get it now at best buy and download the hunger games movie pack app, featuring movies and exclusive content for galaxy owners. Yep, what he said. Make sure the second hug the feels just as good. Ou. Huggies gentle absorb liner. Draws more mess away than pampers swaddlers. Ill take care of you. I promise. Welcome to the corner of and getting major kudos. Just look at you. Youre being healthy, even in little ways. Thats worth celebrating. Thats why walgreens created the First Program that gives you rewards points just for healthy behavior. So stick with it. Youve got a lot of people cheering you on. Download the app and start getting rewarded today. At the corner of happy and healthy. [ male announcer ] give extra. Get extra. Were back now at 7 41, robin. Thats right with gma investigates. Hot playgrounds and a warning to parents on these warm summer days, it doesnt have to be scorching outside to heat up the equipment on your childs playground. Abcs bazi kanani has all those details for us. Reporter summer sun means summer fun for kids everywhere but bare skin and hot playground equipment can lead to serious burns. Im going to get you. Reporter on five days this summer using an infrared thermometer at the hottest time of day gma investigates tested playground equipment across the country recording the highest temperatures. This metal surface in l. A. , 129 degrees. This baby swing in houston, 138 degrees. This swing if phoenix, 150. The blacktop at the same playground, a whopping 185 degrees and on the plastic slides we tested, 158 to an unbelievable 189 degrees. At 140 degrees it can take as little as three seconds for a child to get a Second Degree burn and five seconds to get a thirddegree burn but if you think the temperature outside has to be sweltering for playground equipment to heat up, think again. When this woman took her kids to the annapolis zoo it never crossed her mind to check the temperature of the equipment. Her then 22monthold girl continuely headed straight for the slide. She scooted forward. As she scooted forward it was she stopped. She screamed really loud. Something i had never heard before in my life. As i grabbed her, her skin stayed with the slide. Reporter that slide baking in the sun. She says doctors at the er told her it gave her a near thirddegree burn. It was april and it was 72 degrees. It was the first day it had hit 70 and just blew my mind. Reporter a year later she still has a scar and refuses to go down slides. You done . Yeah. Reporter the zoo told gma investigates the incident was the first of its kind and we have since implemented a policy of regularly inspecting slide temperatures. Which children are most at risk . Its really children who are 2 and younger because younger childrens skin is thinner and more delicate and they may not have the reflex to move their body part away from the heat. Reporter we tested even more equipment at a d. C. Playground with Rachel Weintraub from the Consumer Federation of america. Weve got a thermal imaging camera and thermal thermometer to check out how hot it gets. On a slightly overcast 85degree day with many kids playing we measure the slide. At first its a mild 86 degrees but watch what happens after just two minutes of sun exposure. Almost up to 100 degrees now. And after ten minutes and 133. Thats definitely hot enough to burn a child. For good morning america, bazi kanani, abc news, washington. And we reached out to the international play equipment manufacturer association. They told us they urge its members to warn parents about the hazards much burns and to take steps to reduce the risk including using cooler materials and increasing shady areas much as a young child growing up on the mississippi coast, i can remember the metal slides. Always the legs. 1 3 degrees. I didnt realize it doesnt even have to be that hot for that to happen. Coming up, why a beauty pageant contestant is doing a perpwalk instead of a catwalk. Oh, my. The surprise announcement from celine dion, the health scare that has the superstar canceling all of her concerts. A lifechanging decision. Yeah at university of phoenix, we we know going back to school is a big decision. Thats why we offer many first year students with limited to no College Experience a riskfree period. So you can commit to your education with confidence. Get started at phoenix. Edu so ally bank really has no hidden fethats right. Accounts . Its just that im worried about you know hidden things. Ok, whys that . No hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. Ive been claritin clear for 8 days. At the first sign of your allergies, doctors recommended taking one claritin every day of your allergy season for continuous relief. 21 days 14 days of continuous relief. Live claritin clear. Every day. Wella, wella, wella, uh tell me more, tell me more. Twizzlerize your summer fun with twizzlers. The twist you cant resist. Verizons 4g lte network . Latest phones on aw man. Not again. Oh yes. Again. Because you need performance when it really matters. Get the best devices on verizon, americas largest and most reliable network. At walmart. Lara, were back at 7 48. Thank you, robin roberts. Youre welcome. We continue now with things getting pretty ugly for one beauty queen. She was caught competing in high heels, get this, after alleging to have badly injured a toe to collect workers comp. Abcs nick watt has the story. Reporter there she is, miss toyota long prix wannabe Shawna Palmer. She wasnt just standing on a stage but preening an the stage looking graceful. Reporter but . But at the same time, she was illegally collecting workers comp claims that totaled over 24,000. Reporter palmer, 22 of riverside, california, had been working at a supermarket before claiming she hurt her little toe so bad she couldnt walk or wear shoes. A legitimately injured toe, you know, there may be some complications from that. Reporter but palmer was apparently entering fashion show, squeezing that apparently injured toe into shes and on the strength of this evidence, she was arrested and thrown in jail. People would laugh and roll their eyes but this is serious. Workers compensation fraud is a multibillion dollar drain on the economy. Reporter remember kathy cashwell spinning the we will with verve on the price is right while also claiming workers comp for a shoulder injury . Shes on three years probation and had to pay back 30,000. Shawna now faces similar censure. She certainly possessed a certain amount of beauty and had a certain amount of bravado to try to pull off this scam but when it came to the brains department, i think shes a little bit lacking. Reporter to add insult to an allegedly faked injury, Shawna Palmer didnt win other even place. For good morning america, nick watt, abc news, los angeles. All right. Thank you, nick. We made several attempts to contact Shawna Palmer and her family but got no response. Coming up here we have a special edition of deals steals. Backtoschool time and also jessica alba is with us. Stay tuned. Hello coming up gmas deals steals backtoschool series is brought to you by bank of america. Use your bankamericard cash rewards credit card for these deals and earn cash back. He paid for ya. Its a german luxury sedan. But its still an audi. The audi a4. Performance with the right attitude. Get exceptional offers on the audi a4 during the summer of audi event. Visit audioffers. Com today sfx rings sound design. The bhersheys smores, together is hothe unmistakable taste that reminds us that life is delicious. [ male announcer ] update your home. Get 10 off all major appliances 399 or more at lowes. Oh, of course meet maggie. Smile woah, this takes really good pictures maggie wants some handson experience. Handson experience. With samsung. But shes been going about it all the wrong way. I have . Yeah, you have. Luckily for maggie, there is a place for her to touch, try and play with all of the devices shes been dying to get her hands on. The Samsung Experience shop, only at best buy. Trade in any working smartphone and get 50 towards the purchase of select Samsung Galaxy smartphones. Energy energy, energy, energy. Its inside of all of us. Even gary here. [applause] berocca has guarana and caffeine to support mental sharpness. Oh yeah Early Morning meeting . No problem. [applause] plus, berocca has bvitamins to support physical energy. Some Assembly Required . Awww. Cherished memory. [awwwwww] im bringing down the house [applause. Laughs] two things. One package. Beroccaaaaaaaa now why didnt we think of that . This mom made millions with one simple idea. I never thought about creating that. Learn her secret and see her booming business turn around her struggling town tonight on world news with diane sawyer on abc. Good morning america is brought to you by berocca. Live from the abc seven broadcast center, this is an abc 7 news update. Now 7 56. He want to get a check on the morning commute we want to get a check on the morning commute. It is not all that bad. A couple of things to watch out for. The google delays on 95 toward georgia avenue. Typical delays on 95 toward georgia avenue. The first crash northbound is starting to clear out of the road. Second accident before 66 on stone road. Police were involved in this crash, but it is minor. We have slow traffic trying to get toward at the Woodrow Wilson bridge. On the delay the sunshine will be here all morning long. A couple of clouds moving in. 66 degrees as our wakeup temperature here at Reagan National airport. 55 at dulles airport. 59 degrees anin quantico. A pew clouds rolling in and a stray spin cold stray sprinkle may be possible. A former Church Leader who molested three boys will be convicted today. The incidents happened while he worked at Covenant Life Church in gaithersburg. Use channel 8 will have a full report coming up in a few minutes on his sentencing. We will have another news update coming up at eight good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. And superstar celine dion cancels all her concerts, the titanic move shes making to support her husband and their family. What shes saying this morning it started with a whisper the shocking video going viral of her mom feeding her kids fries and suggest parents are responsible for their childs obesity. The big backlash as people on both sides weigh in. And popularity times two. Are the new Power Couples making each other even more social from jon and chrissy to kim and kanye, the new network getting them more face time. Over my head all that and a blockbuster deals steals event. Plus, jessica alba and kellan lutz are here in times square as we say good morning, america. What a final half hour or hour that we have for you. Look at everybody lining up here. Theyve been here way early this morning for that man right there. Kellan lutz signing autographs, taking selfies. Were looking forward to spending tile with him and bright and early he arrived. Nothing like doing that without makeup. You roll up here early in the morning, its like, okay, gee, thanks. But if youre kellan, can you do it. Yes, he can. Coming up, august nearing middle summer, an end, lines at food trucks and we have the Great Food Truck Race host. Two local trucks. Morris Grilled Cheese and the taco truck competing. We are starving. All right. So 8 01, time to reveal the secret ingredient and lift that dome. Are you guys ready to go . One, two, three. Bacon. Yeah. Bacon. Ready to go . Lets go. Lets go. Go, go, go. [ applause ] yeah. Theyre going head to head. Team morris, team taco. Well put 30 minutes on the clock. They are going to have us judge. Thats a tough one. Ready . Here we go. Its a win win. Grilled cheese. I tried to grab some bacon on the way by. Ginger was like not yet. Hold off. You have no idea how hungry this woman is right here. Ive been eyeing this food truck all morning long. I cannot wait. But first the news. Indeed, good morning, robin. Good morning, everyone. We begin with the violent protests in suburban st. Louis. Tensions are so high there, the first day of school has actually been pushed back to monday. Chaos erupted for the fourth consecutive night. Demonstrators facing tear gas and for some people but the American Heart Association disputes that and still recommends 1500 milligrams per day. And finally, in these dog days of august, heres proof that your kids arent the only ones who love cooling off in the sprinkler. Take a look at this guy. Thats a moose in utah stopping by to get some relief. Forget about that lake you see in the background. Hes a sprinkler guy, lays down next to the sprinkler sen picks it up in his mouth drinking right from the tap. Who is going to stop him. Really cute. Hes thirsty tired and a little hot. Oh, my gosh. Cool off. Thanks, amy. Appreciate it. Now to the surprise announcement from celine dion. The superstar singer canceling shows to spend time with her husband who has been ill and to spend time with her family and focus on her own health. Abcs juju chang has the story. Reporter shes the unstoppable vocal powerhouse hitting every high note as she unstoppable vocal powerhouse hitting every high note as she [ male announcer ] give extra. Get extra. Savings is in session starting thursday. Find favorites from nike and step it up with converse. Laidback looks for women and game winners for the guys. Plus, shop late friday and early saturday. Find your yes, kohls. Frbladder medicine not working . Cant handle the side effects . Botox® treats symptoms of leaking, going too often, and the strong sudden need to go. Ask your urologist if botox® can help calm your bladder. And reduce your daily leakage episodes. The effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. Alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, loss of bladder control. Or muscle weakness can be a sign of a lifethreatening condition. Dont take botox® if you cant empty your bladder or cant or wont self catheterize if needed or have a urinary tract infection, or uti. A person or thing that is spectacularly unsuccessful or disorderly. Especially when george says hot mess you know its a problem. You know. A real hot mess. Love it. Yolo which is it of course means you only live once and for those who dont have time to say full words there is adorbs and cray. As thats what my daughter says, adorbs and craycray. Mom, get with it. The secret language of preteens. Youre so craycray. And youre so adorbs. And youre a hot oh oh. No, you didnt im going to break out one of those words they also included that i wasnt going to rnlts finally, everybody in pop news we all know that dogs can like change your mood for the better in an instant and those in need of a little lo, makes s it is nice and that song just i know. So beautiful. Also this morning, never forget someone you meet. A new app launching today called human promises to keep you in the know wherever you go by making it easier to search for the people youve met on your mobile phone. The app updates your contacts list by not only storing a persons name and number but also by keeping context clues like where you met and the mutual friends you have so now when you bump into someone at the supermarket and cant remember the name search for the one thing you do remember about hem. This is smart. It really is. Yeah i car pool with this person and you out that information in and the name will come up or sometimes you remember their name but you cant remember where you met so you put the name in and the information where you met. I love that. Its great. Theres an app for that. Whats the name of the app. Human, human. Its pronounced human. Hi, my name is robin. We met, good morning america. Hold on one contributor, doctorfer. Ill go with it. In the new dictionary. Behind acquihire. Where does the responsibility lie in your opinion . Its a little bit like looking into a medical crystal ball when youre talking about someone living with morbid obesity this is the outcome that we see in our doctor brains, you know, that train only goes usually in one direction, unfortunately. Now, as a mom, theres more than enough guilt to go around. We all know that and we dont need one more reason but i do think it is a reminder there are things under our control for at least some amount of time and thats what we should try to do you think its a good way to get the message out or is this fatshaking as some have said. I did a year of research working with morbidly obese patients and saw a lot of fatshaming and sometimes even from within the medical community and thats wrong. Either way. But i think that the real issue or problem with this video is th rat iank from 22 to 32 slashed in half to 11 bugs. A good range of colors and styles. Last but certainly not least. Weve got a really fun assortment of lunch boxes and weve got a special one right down there. Look at that one really close up. Weve got you get to put your picture on a lunch box or you can do monograms. Look at that. Thats the one that i would take to school with me. Normally 25, these are slashed in half from shutterfly, 12. 50 plus three super bonus deals and again at goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo thank you to all the companies. Gmas deals steals backtoschool series is brought to you by bank of america. Use your bankamericard cash rewards credit card for these deals and earn cash back. Irror and shes going to talk about her new movie and talk about the other role she loves, being a new mom. Uhhuh. So great. Then we have kellan lutz hanging out in the social square as well. Hes at the spotify machine checking it out. Cant wait to talk to him. Does he know the camera is on him . Hes just very cool. We wanted to congratulate this one returning as the cohost of the miss America Pageant in atlantic city, 2015. I am. Along with the one, the only Chris Harrison so very excited to join him again for the pageant. Yeah. Celebrity panel of judges this year including marc cherry, former dancing with the stars winner and super bowl champion donald driver. We have former supermodel ceo Kathy Ireland and olympic Gold MedalistShawn Johnson and actress lee meriwether. Entrepreneur and author gary bitterjock and the highly decorated army general ann mcdonald so a lot of very exciting names. But, wait, theres restaurat getting out there and doing it themselves. If you believe in business, man, the Great Food Truck Race is a fantastic show to watch. I encourage young chefs, somebody has to win this thing. The winner right now i think its the taco truck, man. Yay really, really tasty, man. Yeah. Yeah. You can catch the season premiere of the Great Food Truck Race sunday on the foot networork. Now over to ginger for a final check of the weather so i can eat. Eat, amy, eat. All week weve been doing the Discovery Channel shark week exclusive clips and previews and now we have our very own shark family joining us. Thank you, guys for dressing up. Sharkabilia, nick, amy, lily and darla right in there and theyre going to help me check the forecast because thats what so many of us want to see including those beautiful photo, one from chicago. One catching the storms there in northern idaho. The lightning from a gopro and quick look at the storms to come all throughout the west, the rain in the next three d being successful, im married. I have friends now. I was working so much i didnt really even have real friendships the way that i do now and i just have so much thats so important to me that i love and it allows me when im working, when im acting to really be free and take risks and go to that next level. It comes across that way too and mickey rourke. Mickey rourke. He gave you high praise. I was nervous. Were you . I was because hes a real actor in the best sense of the word and he comes from the Actors Studio in new york and he studied and he takes his craft very seriously and so i was i just didnt want him to be upset with me or disappointed and he wasnt. It was pretty cool. No one is going to be disappointed. Always a delight to spend time with you. Thank you. Thank you, all the best. Im so glad you liked the movie. I do. Frank first twilight came out and wasnt able to do that due to the shooting of new moon then the third one came around so the girls had grown up with the twilight franchise and walked into slys door and, hey, do you mind taking a picture with my daughters. This hes huge twilight fans. Yes. I do this for him and he did it for me. We have a clip where it really shows all of the action. Let me try to describe it. You and sly, hes in the building taking down a bad guy. Youre on a motorcycle and here is the stunt. Take a look, everybody. Pretty much. Thats awesome. What didnt we see there . How does that all happen . You know, im a announcer its live with kelly and michael. Today we get a visit from Anne Hathaway and latenight talk show Host Jimmy Kimmel and things get wild with peter gros and his exotic animals all next on live [applause] [captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] now, here are kelly ripa and Michael Strahan [applause]