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Is reaching followers here in this country. Selfie stick rescue. A teenage girl and her father sucked into the ocean by a powerful rip current fighting to swim back to shore. Their entire frightening ordeal caught on a gopro camera. The girl refuses to let go of the selfie stick. They say it saved their lives. And good morning, america. A lot going on this thursday morning. We want to get right to that historic vote in South Carolina. Youre looking live at the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. That Confederate Flag right there will not be flying much longer. It could come down as early as today. And we want to take a look at the scene on the floor of the house after that vote to remove it. As you can see so many people so emotional, some people see the flag as a symbol of hate. Others argued it was part of their southern heritage. It was a bitter battle to the very end and Abcs Steve Osunsami starts us off at columbia South Carolina. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, robin. People who oppose the flag behind me say its part of americas shame. Removing it is a significant moment for the state and many across the country and it could come down as early as today. Gallery will please come to order. Reporter in a vote overnight many thought would never happen South Carolina lawmakers move to bring down the battle flag at the statehouse and debated for nearly 14 hours passionately some with tears in their eyes. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. Reporter lawmakers defending the battle flag argued for something, some nod to the history of so many. I grew up with that flag as a heritage. I didnt see issue and i dont see issue now. Reporter but the deaths of nine People Killed at Emanuel Ame Church in charleston last month loomed large over the statehouse. I attended the funeral of senator Clementa Pinckney and the people of charleston deserve removal of that flag from this grounds. Reporter the feeling here is those deaths should be honored using law to remove the sting of these pictures the alleged gunman seen holding a gun in one hand and a Confederate Flag in the other. We have the ability to set a new image for South Carolina in the world. Reporter the governor who was working behind the scenes has promised to sign this law saying in a statement overnight it is a new day in South Carolina a day we can all be proud of. Im one of the people who was skeptical that lawmakers would ever agree to this. 15 years ago i stood in this very same spot reporting on the boycotts this state faced as a result of this battle flag. Boycotts that have continued until this very day. George and robin. Boy, steve is exactly right. That debate had been going on so long but the flag still flew. Not anymore. As he reported the governor saying a new day, a new day in South Carolina. Okay. Were going to move on to that wave of computer problems across america yesterday. Halting trading on the New York Stock Exchange grounding United Airline flights and shutting down the wall street journals website all blamed on glitches not cyberattacks but many worry that it was not a coincidence. Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross here with the story. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. U. S. Officials say they have no evidence that the computer breakdowns were the result of a massive coordinated cyberattack but some cyberterror experts say it is still far too soon to know that for sure. The official version is it was just a computer glitch that grounded all those United Airlines flights. Let me apologize for the Technology Issues we had this morning. Reporter and that it was just a coincidence when another computer glitch shut down trading at the New York Stock Exchange forcing its president on to the air to calm nerves. It was not external. It was an internal technical problem. Reporter and when a third Computer Program blocked access to the wall street journal that it was just a coincidence. They do happen but its the job of the government to verify whether it was a coincidence or malicious activity designed to look like a coincidence. Reporter boek the Stock Exchange and Major Airlines are designated as critical infrastructure. Right now anybody who says they know for sure what happened before the forensic work has been done is kidding themselves. Reporter the disruptions were serious enough for the president to be briefed. Our Security Posture is continually evolving to reflect the current threat environment. Reporter theres no doubt the cyberworld is an increasingly dangerous place. And whatever happened here and it could take weeks to find out yesterdays computer chaos underscored the fragility of the systems that we rely on and take for granted in everyday life. It does thank you. A different type of technology concern now. A warning from james comey. He says isis is becoming more sophisticated sending secret messages making it harder to track the thousands of suspected followers in this country. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with more on that. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. The fbi director was unusually blunt, sober even making the case hes facing a new unprecedented threat. The fbi director giving congress this chilling warning about how new technology is helping isis. I dont want to scare people by saying im certain people will die, what im certain of is on the current course current course and speed my ability to discharge my number one responsibility will be materially diminished. Reporter hes worried because the slick social Media Campaign by isis has come full circle with 21,000 English Speaking followers worldwide including many inside the u. S. The social Media Campaigns message. Pushing this through twitter so there is a device almost a devil on their shoulder all day long saying kill kill kill kill. Reporter and comey warned that isis now has found a way to hide its communications. If they find someone interested in this we will see them give them directions to a mobile messaging app that is encrypted and tell them contact me here and they disappear. Reporter authorities call it going dark. The result they say of new technology on smartphones and computers which can make them immune to surveillance even with a court order. Comey appeared worries plots are developing in the shadows and that the fbi could miss something. George. Boy, that was such striking testimony, pierre. Okay, thanks very much. Its time for your voice, your vote and more headlines for donald trump. President ial candidate takes a call from the head of the Republican Party as jeb bush scrambles to clarify his latest comments about work in america. Tom llamas covering it and joins us now. Reporter good morning to you. Some of the republican candidates are learning this morning the power of words. Donald trump not backing down and jeb bush now involved in a twitter battle with the Hillary Clinton campaign over something he said yesterday. This morning, abc news has learned the chairman of the Republican National committee is telling donald trump to curb his comments on undocumented immigrants because it will hurt the entire party. Just last night, trump making these comments on cnn. Mexico pushes back people across the border that are criminals, that are drug dealers. Reporter trump also claiming there are 34 million undocumented immigrants in the u. S. The Pew Research Center says that number is closer to 11 million and several studies showed there is no evidence immigrants commit more crimes than native born americans. When pressed about a report in the Washington Post claiming some construction workers at his d. C. Hotel project are undocumented immigrants trump said if its true hed fire them on the spot. You havent shown us anything. I wish theyd give us the names. We would get rid of them immediately. Reporter tripling down on immigration rhetoric as its costing him big bucks. Univision, nbc, espn the nascar macys sealy, all cutting ties with the donald this as jeb bush on the defense after making this statement in new hampshire. Workforce participation has to rise from its alltime modern lows it means that people need to work longer hours. Reporter the democratic National Committee pouncing on the longer hours comment saying its one of the most out of touch comments this cycle but bush firing back saying he was talking about the underemployed, parttime workers, not full time employees. People are struggling so giving people a chance to work longer hours is part of the answer. Reporter even the campaign of fellow republican ted cruz says bush should avoid the comments that led voters to believe that governor romney was out of touch with the economic struggles Many Americans are facing in economy always front and center in president ial campaigns. Thanks very much. Now to the mystery surrounding new york giants star Jason Pierrepaul who was injured in a fireworks dent on july 4th. But this morning were learning it was worse than first thought. One of his fingers had to be amputated. Abcs ryan smith is here with more on that. Good morning, ryan. Good morning to you, robin. Two nfl players becoming a cautionary tale for what happens when you mess with fireworks and with Training Camps weeks away those involves per paul and c. J. Wilson not only costing them their fingers but leaving their playing status in doubt. In football a blairs hands are their livelihood. This morning, two nfl players, new york giants star defensive end jason per paul and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback c. J. Wilson both putting those prime assets in jeopardy. Both losing fingers in firework mishaps over the fourth of july weekend. Per paul severely injuring both hands reportedly while attempting to light fireworks in florida remains hospitalized. Medical charts reportedly showing the twotime pro bowler had his right index finger amputated on wednesday. Before the incident pierrepaul posted this video to Instagram Holding an infant. Talk about fireworks on the ground. He went ahead with this surgery because he thought it would be the quicker way to heal and get on the field this season. Reporter as for wilson the twoyear pro reportedly losing two fingers during a celebration with family and friends. At one of the friends house a bump of them got together just shooting off a bunch of fireworks. Had one explode while he was holding it in his hands. Reporter wilsons agent declining to talk about specifics. His team telling abc news our primary concern at the moment is for his longterm health. Now both players injuries could cost them not only on the field but off it. For pierrepaul, the setback could be a financially costly one. He was offered a 14. 8 million deal for next seeing and was negotiating a longterm deal with the team and that could be in jeopardy. While sources tell espn that he could return sooner than think its unclear when wilson will return. Robin, george. Thank you very much. Michael, i know you want to weigh in. This is just unbelievable whats happening. Yeah i mean ive never, of course experienced anything like this but you need your hands. That is your business. Having a finger amputated, you could play without but theres a sensitivity but never a play at that position you dont need your hands. One of the most essential things. When youre a professional athlete arent you aware of putting yourself youre young. Youre a kid. You dont think its going to happen to you. Its a firework. It doesnt look that dangerous. You probably have done it since he was a kid. Having fun. The usual fun hes always had and it went wrong. The Bottle Rocket wars and what were we thinking . Its insane. Yeah it was but we hope he makes a full recover i. Now to amy with the other top stories. A Southwest Airlines jet had to abort takeoff last night after a passenger saw this out the window. The engine catching fire. More than 140 passengers were on the flight. That was heading to boston. No one was injured and the plane is now being inspected. The passengers took another flight. Family and friends will gather today to remember kate steinle, the woman gunned down in San Francisco by that undocumented immigrant deported to mexico five times and now we are learning how the suspect ended back in San Francisco. The sheriff had been blaming federal authorities but a letter uncovered by abc station kgo shows the request for custody of Francisco Sanchez actually came from that same Sheriffs Department. Sanchez was facing a Marijuana Possession charge from 20 years ago. Community leaders in baltimore are applauding the mayors decision to fire the citys police commissioner. Baltimore has been in turmoil since the death of freddie gray while in Police Custody sparking days of riots in april. And overseas a stunning number the u. N. Now says more than 4 Million People have fled the civil war in syria. It is the worst refugee crisis the world has seen in nearly a quarter century. There is some good news for stocks overnight. The markets in asia rebounded following wednesdays steep losses. Chinas government has taken new action to boost the market banning the largest investors from selling stock for six months. And finally it might be hard to imagine, but flying coach could get even more uncomfortable. One of the top airline seat manufacturers apparently figured out how to cram more people on to a plane so theyve released this sketch of a new seat configuration. Look closely. Every other seat faces the opposite direction. That means a lot of potentially uncomfortable facetoface time with your fellow passengers. Look at that. So far this is only a concept. Lets hope it stays that way but just in case it doesnt, theyre calling this the Economy Class hexagon cabin. So do not pick that seat. If you see that when youre picking hexagon, no. From the beginning when you said i heard ginger go huhuh. People without their shoes on putting their feet up. The story just killed that idea. Lets move on right now. We turn to all those spills at the Tour De France. This year dozens of riders have gone down in spectacular and scary Chain Reaction crashes. Abcs Neal Karlinsky has the story. Reporter this morning, the Tour De France is shedding riders and keeping ambulances on overtime. Bike mounted gopro cameras, a new addition to the tour this year offer a terrifying view of the carnage. Seven crashes on rain slick roads wednesday alone including this huge pileup. Last year overeager fans getting in the way taking selfies crashed riders. This year high speeds up to 40 Miles Per Hour rain and crosswinds more than a half dozen riders already forced out with broken bones. Youve got everybody trying to get up to the front to be ahead of the inevitable crashes. Reporter earlier in the week this highspeed crash, riders famous for their refusal to ever give up the race anyway only to be pulled out later. Australian michael matthewss that been racing with cracked ribs from repeated crashes but he wont give in. My ribs were jumping in and out of place a few times there. Reporter the danger is real. Riders literally putting their lives on the line with only lightweight helmets and skintight spandex for protection and theres still more than two weeks and 1500 miles to go. For Good Morning America, Neal Karlinsky, abc news, seattle. Thats not the only sporting event going on. Lara drew a very tough assignment this morning because shes at wimbledon. So good morning to you, lara spencer. I know. Michael, you know i love tennis and today i have to lower my voice. It is all about the ladies. Both ladies semifinals happening on centre court just over there today. But the one that everybody is talking about, of course serena versus maria. This is a rivalry to be sure but a onesided rivalry a bit. Serena has taken down maria 16 out of 16 of their last outings. But i am telling you, her insiders tell me she does not take it forgranted for a second. In fact the espn analysts were telling me that this is a rivalry sort of in football terps, michael, like michigan versus ohio state. Kind of feel that . Thats what its going to be like. Its going to be fierce. Its going to be fabulous. And i guarantee you its going to be loud. You know whats also going to be news, top news pop news wimbledon style. How will she keep quiet doing pop news . Well find out. Happy out there. You can see all the action at wimbledon on espn this morning. But now to all these damaging storms. There was a tornado in North Carolina just west of charlie lot kings mountain. Philadelphia washington, and scranton in the Severe Weather threat. Reporter good morning, everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. We do have some showers popping through, some of them are producing brief but significant downpours. 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Hey everyone, im Matt Odonnell. 7 26 thursday morning, karen rogers is off. Matt pellman is here. Whats going on the boulevard. Reporter southbound traffic is stacked from broad to the schuylkill expressway joining us with delays on 76. The wet weather not helping out the speeds, either. Elsewhere on route 1 in falls township. Construction northbound near Oxford Valley roadworking on a overpass that was damaged in an accident. Expect locked up traffic from 213 to Oxford Valley road. A crash Hamilton Square road. Sluggish on northbound 42 from 41 to 295. At ben franklin bridge popular westbound from the tolls to th and vine, right lane blocked around the clock because of the construction. Its raining at Philadelphia International airport and other places. Reporter umbrella up on the terrace with light to moderate rain falling. Storm tracker 6 live double scan this is a thin band of rain moring west to east, creeping through, a 20, 30 minute period you could be wet. Every now and then theres a steady downpour. 73 degrees in philadelphia. Roads are wet. You got to slow it down. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast most of the day is dry with a warm and humid day of 89 sun and clouds. Late this afternoon and evening look out a line of potentially strong thunderstorms comes in from the west. Matt where they hit they could produce strong damaging wind gusts. Its indoors on the lower floor for any storms later tonight. G. M. A. Back to that now. Good morning, america. Right now the Confederate Flag could come down from the South Carolina statehouse grounds as early as today after that emotional overnight vote to remove it. Also right now, the chilling new alert from the head of the fbi warning isis is using sophisticated secret messages to tell its followers to attack in this country. And the big push in five states to give bystanders the power to rescue kids left in hot cars. A new experiment shows how quickly it gets dangerous. Good morning, america, also everyone in new york city getting ready for tomorrow especially robin and that huge celebration for the u. S. Womens soccer team. Ticker tape parade robin the emcee. It is an honor and for them for me and for everyone involved thats going to be there because its historic. They will be the first womens team ever to be honored with a new york ticker tape parade and before they hit the canyon of heroes they will be right here on gma. Their first stop on their epic day of celebration. You know michael is over there like hes had the parade. No im telling you but it is one of the most unbelievable things youll ever experience. You always see people on tv on pictures down the treat but you cant see theyre three, four blocks deep. Its incredible. And they deserve it and theyre going to love it. I may sneak on a float just to experience it again. Come on. That is all tomorrow. Right now well switch gears and begin with that terrifying Home Invasion in tennessee. A couple and their infant son abducted by robbers and forced to rob the bank where the husband works and the fbi investigating. Abcs linzie janis here with the latest. Good morning, linzie. Reporter that husband and father, a Vice President at the bank. The fbi says his senior position will is the reason that he and his family were targeted in this elaborate crime involving Home Invasion, kidnapping extortion and robbery. This Morning Police and the fbi looking for two men allegedly responsible for holding this banker his wife and their 5monthold hostage at gunpoint. Forcing the father to rob the very bank he works for. Two males came inside of her garage. They held a gun on her. She does have a baby with her. Reporter it started around 8 00 tuesday morning. Two gunmen Wearing Masks forcing their way into tanner and abbey harris tennessee home blindfolding the couple and handcuffing tanner forcing them and their infant son into the family car. The robbers driving them to the knoxville smartbank where tanner is Vice President. Around 8 45 ordering him to go inside and rob it. Tanner following orders bringing the men an undisclosed amount of cash. The robbers taking it but leaving him in the parking lot and speeding off with his wife and baby. A few minutes later driving mother and son to an abandoned dirt road just a few miles away leaving them unharmed in the family car. Abbey able to drive herself until she found help. She hugged me and started crying saying that somebody was holding a gun to her head. Reporter this kidnapping the second bank boss abduction in the knoxville area this year. In april a credit union ceo and his family were taken from their home around the same time of day, but that ceo was able to warn his colleagues. The wouldbe robbers escaping and with no arrests made the fbi worried the cases could be connected. Both these crimes were well planned. They knew where the individuals lived and were laying in wait for them at their residence. Reporter the fbi now warning Bank Employees to be extra cautious. Authorities noting bank bosses are especially vulnerable. The Bank Executive has access to greater amount of funds within the bank and also prevents him from being on camera so dont go in theyre not filmed. Reporter again, no arrests have been made in either case and the fbi is warning Bank Employees in the knoxville area to watch out for anything unusual. A suspicious car in the neighborhood someone following them even recommending they vary their routes to and from work. Something to keep in mind thank you. The desperate search for Three Sisters who disappeared on a camping trip in wyoming. The experienced hikers were supposed to return on tuesday. Their car has been found. But still no sign of them. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the story for us. Reporter this morning search teams will be back scouring the wyoming wilderness on foot and in the air. Trying to find 25yearold megan andrewssharer and her sisters, 22yearold erin and 16yearold kelp si leaving for a hiking and camping trip outside jackson hole ten days ago. There can be cliffs of course heavily treated areas, all kinds of terrain that these girls can face. Reporter one of the last signs from the women, a ping from one of their cell phones detected back on june 30th. That ping helping narrow the search. Teams finding their car wednesday. Its believed the sisters packed a tent sleeping bags and about five days worth of food. They have been doing back country camping for their entire lives. We all have confidence that they essentially know what theyre doing and know how to survive. Reporter dozens of team members including dogs now searching a huge area roughly 150 square miles. Right now there doesnt look like theres anything that would appear to be nefarious at all. It would appear they got turned around in the back country and now theyre lost. Reporter overnight parishioners at churches back in hair home state holding prayer vigils. Do not be afraid reporter hoping for a safe return. Theyre very capable and i know that theyll work through stuff together. Reporter and the sheriff here tells me there are witnesses who report possible sightings of the sisters over the last several day, those reports are why teams will be shifting focus to a new search area this morning. Robin. All right, clayton, thank you. Were all hoping for their safe return. Sure are. We had hail and flooding from california to the northeast. Ginger i know you keep an eye on this. Across the nation a couple pictures. Th lake tahoe california. Look at the huge hail stones and people in rhode island, this was happening. Flash flooding in the roads. You can see that in the northeast. Flood watches are going on from northeast oklahoma and saint louis and cleveland and providence, rhode island. Theres pockets of rain equity examined in the several days. New york will get into it, too. Thats the big picture, lets get a check closer to home. Reporter for now during, theres showers moving through the region. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows a warm and mucky day, dry most of the day, late in the afternoon and evening look for strong gusty thunderstorms that could produce damaging winds. But still something to look out for as we see that monsoon flow and a couple of lows off the coast in california. Keep an eye on it. Thank you. Much more ahead on gma. Hot car dangers. Gio benitez shows us what its really like inside those closed up cars as the temperatures soar. The new twist in the investigation into tom selleck. Those accusations he stole water for his 60acre estate. Food should be good. Strawberries should sing. Lettuce should be dirty. 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Security guards rushing to the rescue. The mother later coming out of a store begging for her son. The mother pleaded guilty to child abandonment charges. Four states recently passing Good Samaritan laws allowing people to rescue a child from a hot car without facing legal challenges. Five other states are currently working on legislation. Experts say childrens body temperatures rise much faster than adults. Heat up three to five times faster. Reporter and the results can be deadly. To experience the toll it can take on an adult body i teamed up with paramedics in pennsylvania. Paul dunn checks my body temperature. 98. 3. Reporter okay. Textbook perfect. Reporter and hooks me up to a heart monitor before we lock ourselves in this minivan. Im wired up about 90 degrees outside. It didnt take long to feel the heat. Cozy. Youre up to 100. 8 already. Wow, i went from 98. 3 to 100. 8 in like a minute. The temperature inside the van climbing more than ten degrees in a matter of 20 minutes. I mean were just dripping sweat everywhere. Yeah. This is extremely uncomfortable. Reporter 29 minutes in were up to 2. Reporter paul checking the monitor notices ive had two irregular heartbeats. A sign my heart is feeling the heat. 105 so at this point most children would not be sustaining. We would have a critically ill child. Reporter my body temperature of 105 proven to be deadly for children so we play it safe and call it. Opening the door. Oh, thank god. Reporter jeannette fennel says most involve parents forgetting. I think the most important thing to do is realize that this can happen to anyone. Reporter and, remember since the car seat for infants is usually rear facing you might not ever see the baby from the front so you want to end up putting things you usually grab like your purse or even your phone, you want to put those in the backseat so youre always going back here to grab it. Another tip also you want to get a stuffed animal like this and you want to go ahead and put it in the front seat of the car every single time that your baby is in the back. That way when youre driving, you look you see that stuffed animal and you remember your child is in the back robin. All great suggestions and tips. Thank you, gio. Next up pop star Ariana Grande what she said about america that was caught on tape and has a lot of people talking. Come on back. Shopping for a used car is so intimidating. I mean, you feel like you have to be this expert negotiator to get a fair deal. I hate to haggle. When you go to a restaurant you dont haggle over the chicken parmesan. Why cant carbuying be like that . As long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. Lowes presents how to plan for the future. Happy valentines day. Happy birthday. Sorry i forgot our anniversary. Happy mothers day. 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And that trouble for pop star Ariana Grande, apologizing for her comments about hating america that were caught on camera and t. J. Holmes is in the social square with that. Good morning, t. J. Strahan, shes in trouble here, all right, and authorities are investigating, not just because of what she said but because of what she does in this video. She is seen apparently licking doughnuts at a doughnut shop that she then does not buy. Then you hear her i hate america. Right now shes got a pretty good reason to hate surveillance cameras. I got one less problem this morning singer Ariana Grande is waking up with one more problem. Apologizing for this. I hate america. Reporter Surveillance Video surfacing tuesday first obtained by tmz capturing her comments while visiting a doughnut shop in Lake Elsinore made on the fourth of july. What the [ bleep ] is that. I hate america. Reporter its not just the comments. Police working with Public Health officials investigating the video in which they describe her actions as appearing to maliciously lick doughnuts. To me i dont care what she is. What shes doing is wrong. Reporter but its her seemingly unpatriotic words causing the most outrage all over the internet. One person tweeting goodbye Ariana Grande. You dont need to stay in this country. Another writing Ariana Grande you need help packing for russia. In a lengthy apology grapdz telling abc news i am extremely proud to be an american. What i said in a private moment with my friend who was buying the doughnuts was taken out of context. She goes on as an advocate for Healthy Eating food is very important to me and i sometimes get upset by how freely we as americans eat and consume things. However, i should have known better in how i expressed myself. This is the part when i break free reporter hoping to now break free in this latest incident and move forward. Now, in her apology, she didnt address the alleged licking. But strahan, get this we talked about the investigation. Its not her that could be in trouble. Its the restaurant the doughnut shop there are rules, health codes against leaving food out that could be breathed on coughed on sneezed on or licked. The doughnut shop actually lost its a grade and went down to a b. Maliciously licked. Thats a good lesson to keep everything in the case t. J. All right. Well be right back, everybody. Some people may think subway doesnt have enough flavor. Im here to help em think differently. You know that sandwich you always get . I can make it even better. You ever try this toasted with monterrey cheddar . You know what, why not. Ok how about we spice this up a little bit . That sounds amazing. Lets rock this sandwich together. Subway. Eat fresh. From the leader in longwear smudgeproof fadeproof formulas for liferesistant wear. Revlon colorstay collectiontm over 20 new shades revlon. Love is on. 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Im so glad that you guys got the strawberries and keep that i prepared for you this morning, george. Everybody is having them here. It is a gorgeous day in wimbledon. We have so much coming up including a popin from one john mcenroe. Stay with us. Oh wow. Also a spot of tea. A spot of tea too wash it all down. Thank you for that as well. Strawberries and cream is good. We have special guests in the social square. English bulldog king bentley and stella. Theyre in what we consider their own buckingham palace. I hear theyre big tennis fans but like chasing around and grabbing the tennis balls even more than that. Right through the palace. Just came right through the palace gates over the palace wall. Storming the gates. Smelled Something Better than strawberries. We have a lot coming up from wimbledon. Right now the morning rundown from amy. Good morning, guys. The big story this morning a stunning revoersal. Lawmakers in South Carolina have voted to remove the Confederate Flag from the statehouse grounds. The emotional debate lasted 13 hours finally ending overnight with that historic vote. The flag could be removed as early as today. And new details about the glitch that halted trading on the New York Stock Exchange wednesday. It may have been triggered by a software update. Government officials insisting it was not a cyberattack, although some experts say its too soon to say that for sure. Well democrats are criticizing republican president ial candidate jeb bush for saying americans need to work longer hours to grow the economy. Hillary Clintons Campaign reacting quickly saying americans are working pretty hard already. Bush clarified his comments saying he was referring to the underemployed and workers who can only find parttime jobs. Meanwhile, the Republican National committee is urging donald trump to tone down his rhetoric on immigration. Trump has doubled down on his remarks about undocumented mexicans. A dramatic scene caught on camera at a beach in massachusetts. A family was nearly swept out to sea by a rip current. Abcs reena ninan tells us the unusual way they were rescued. Reporter this morning a teen and her father lucky to be alive after getting pulled underwater in a frightening rip current. The entire ordeal caught on a gopro camera attached to the selfie stick. 16yearold aaron johns recording a fun day on a nantucket beach with her family when it all starts to go horribly wrong. Aern and her father derek johns swilling into the waves when suddenly theyre overcome by the riptide. Come on. I cant. Reporter sucked underwater. I inhaled a lot of water at that point and i just i couldnt breathe under there. Reporter never letting go of that selfie stick eventually aerns mother reaches her helping her back on to the beach. Moments later a group of Good Samaritans helping her father out of the surf. Exhausted but alive he collapses on the sand. Overnight derek johns telling abc news they credit the selfie stick with helping rescuers get them out safe and leave them a vacation video theyll never forget. For Good Morning America, reena ninan, abc news, new york. Our thanks to reena for that. And a health alert for pregnant women suffering from depression. A cdc study found zoloft the most commonly used antidepressant does not appear to cause birth defects but researchers say prozac and paxil are linked to specific birth defects. The company that makes paxil says its important for doctors to advise women of the risks but says the benefits can outweigh potential risks. Actor tom selleck may be off the hook. He was accused of stealing truck loads of water from a public hydrant in drought stricken california. The district has filed a lawsuit but the Sheriffs Department has reportedly found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Finally if you have toddlers you know you cannot leave them alone even for a moment and when you do well take a look at what happened in colorado. This girl decided to dunk herself in house paint while her mom was baby nursing her brother. Her parents trying to get the ready red house ready to sell much they have a few more touchups to do. I dont even know how look at her little face. Then the little foot prints not so cute and little mess there on the mantel. Just a bit. Her mom said usually wait till 2 to reach the terrible twos. Hers happened six months ago. You get so annoyed. Look what you have to look forward to. Yay. Mischief. Just the beginning. Lets go to michael in the social square. All right, thank you, george. I think were the only ones laughing. The parents are. Heres a look at whats ahead in the gma morning menu in the social square powered by samsung galaxy. One womans battle against robocalls. Winning a bundle of cash. How you can fight back too. 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Weve all fallen victim to it but this morning one texas woman is cashing in on it. Time warner cable ordered to pay her nearly 230,000 after more than 150 robocalls were made to her cell phone. The judge thought was also particularly egregious was that they kept calling her after she filed a lawsuit against them. Reporter just look at this phone record. Six calls in less than 12 hours. Turns out the calls werent even for her. According to an fcc regulation its actually illegal for companies to robocall personal cell phones without the consumers per politician and if a consumer sue, they can be awarded between 500 and 1500 for each of those calls. 68 of cell phone owners say they receive at least some unwanted calls, a quarter of them say it happens several times a week. This man was called more than 500 times in a year and a half. Hi can i speak to leroy . This is he. Leroy. Yes. Hi may i speak with leroy buchholz. He bother calling me anymore. Reporter he settled for 27 275,000 and this 17yearold High School Student was called 204 times for a debt she didnt owe. They started calling two and three times a call so i just shut the phone off. Stop it today. Reporter the fcc passed new rues just last month making it harder for robocalls to reach you but experts say most consumers still dont know how to fight back. This is what americans will finally know is my right. Its my right to not be harassed by these people. Reporter a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable told us that they are looking into their options to determine how they will proceed. Now, if youre one of those people whos annoyed by robocalls, the lawyer we spoke to said keep a record of the calls, determine the business thats making the calls, tell them you want them to stop calling immediately. If they keep calling you, robin you can sue. All right linsey thank you. So many of us get these calls and they will not stop so we want to know how you can fight back and thats why our legal analyst dan abrams is going to weigh in on this. First of all the legal aspect of it. Our rights . A federal law and it makes it against the law to basically telemarketing purposes robocall automated calls with recorded messages to either a land line or a cell phone. Either one. Either one and it used to be tougher on cell phonesbecause, remember of course it used to be before we had these unlimited plans you had to pay for every call you got so immediately they went after the cell phones say, wait a second i dont want to have pay for these calls sending automated messages. Now youre seeing land lines are catching up to the cell phones. Bottom line it is against the law to do it. So we have our rights here so what do we do. Well first thing you want to do ask the company if youre getting them to stop doing it. You want to wafk to speak to a Customer Service representative and get put on their do not call list. If that doesnt work then you start to take some action. I would say take some notes, for example, on exactly when youre getting the calls, really important to have logs of exactly what time those calls are coming in. And the best thing you could do is try to record the messages. I mean if you can taperecord them then youve got the ultimate piece of evidence because then you can bring it to a lawyer and say, look ive got these logs ive got these 2340e9s. Ive got these unwanted calls. Remember you have to have made it clear that its unwanted and youre talking about 500 to 1500 a call. How about political calls that we receive . Right, so those are sort of a gray area right now and some of these new regulations that linsey was just talking about could make it illegal for pollsters to be doing their kinds of calls, as well. Its kind of a gray area right now particularly in the landlines, but some of the pollsters are concerned that some of these new regulations are going to prevent them from doing what they do. And debt collectors. Debt collectors same thing as telemarketers when it comes to robocalls. Good to know. Thank you. Well move on to the heat index and amy schumer. Comedian is red hot. Got a hit tv show movie on the way and she is as candid as ever in an interview with glamour. Gender double standards and always staying confident. Heres paula faris. Today i get to do a cover shoot for glamour. What a dream day. Reporter amy schumer unplugged. Did we not get the shot yet . I can only make three faces. Reporter Glamour Magazine getting inside the comedians head. The signature look that men cant say no to. Reporter comedys bad girl giving good tips to women in a candid interview conducted by the stars very own sister. I was wondering what advice you would give. Reporter sometimes costar on her hit Comedy Central show inside amy schumer. The selfdeprecating superstar telling the women i want to make women laugh. I want to make them feel beautiful . Their own skin. I want to empower them to use their own voice and not apologize. She says things that youre not thinking. Sometimes you dont know youre thinking them until she says them. Reporter schumer has found Great Success in saying the things that most other women dont dare to. Boo work we hate work. Reporter getting attention recently at the women of the year awards by saying in her out outranges way she has no trouble attracting men. Im like 160 pounds now and i can catch [ bleep ] whenever i want. Thats the truth. Reporter echoing those thoughts in the interview. I have a belly and i have cellulite and i still deserve love. What makes women to amys brand of feminism is that while shes quite often angry at the injustices that she sees you end up watching these videos and thinking okay you know we can all do something about this. Youre kind of laughing with millions of women around the world and thats incredibly powerful. Reporter a woman now making us do much more than laugh. You are welcome. Theres more where that came from. Reporter for Good Morning America, paula faris, abc news new york. She does make us laugh. I cant wait for that movie. Trainwreck. The premiere in akron. Thats going to be great tomorrow. Also burning up the heat index, a story we first saw in the new york times. How you can lose weight without breaking the bank. It turns out the new Health Care Law actually requires Insurance Companies to cover some Weight Loss Programs. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story for us. Lets go. Reporter losing weight. A universal struggle like some contestants on extreme makeover. You better run. Reporter and losing that weight often requires pricey diet programs. But now some weight loss regimens are covered under the Affordable Care act which requires insurers to pay for nutrition and obesity screening. Thats right. They pay you to lose weight. I went to every Weight Loss Program under the sun and it just wasnt working for me. Reporter nanette who says shes struggled with weight most of her life was shocked when her Doctors Program of high protein foods counseling and exercise was reimbursed by her insurance company. Had a 20 deductible and that was nothing compared to what i would have had to pay if i didnt have insurance. Patients are paying you know 40 to 80 less. Reporter today 23 states cover bariatric or gastric bypass surgery and 16 states now include some coverage for dietary and nutritional screening. Counseling and Weight Loss Programs. And you dont have to be so swearly overweight. Youll be covered with a body mass index over 30 or bmi of 27 with obeseity related diseases. Often their hypertension improves. Back pain. Reporter coverage is permitted for doctors and nurses and dietitians but not necessarily jenny craig or Weight Watchers and supplements, pills and shakes are not covered. Although some prescriptions are. There are concerns that it is also creating a financial opportunity for some unproven weight loss methods. There will be people that will offer quick fixes that say, look i can help you lose weight in six months three months 30 days, its just not sustainable. Reporter but for nanette who has lost over 30 pounds and dropped her bmi to 27 it has been life changing. For Good Morning America, Mara Schiavocampo, abc news, new york. Many people didnt realize. Yeah. Now outside to ginger. Good morning, robin. Look at this crude. Despite the drizzle in new york city my new little friend. Your name Seattle Washington has spent 14plus days, at 80 or above. Its going to be another warm one today but then the temperatures drop back to normal. You may see showers late in the weekend there. Looking forward to the change. The fire danger is out for today. Thats a look west to east. Were watching for severe storms from philadelphia to washington d. C. Of thats the big picture, lets get a check closer to home. Reporter thats right, ginger severe storms later today and tonight. Stepping outside we have gray skies, well see sunshine breaking through and staying dry most of the day until late in the day perhaps around dinnertime or early this evening, when a line of powerful thunderstorms comes through. Todays high, 89. Warm and humid ahead of the storm. Take cover indoors if one heads your way. They could be gusty. Of tomorrow, not as humid nicer. Pastel hair. Looks good. Youre right about that. Lets pop across the pond lara in london with a special wimbledon edition of pop news. I was already envious you were there but you got johnny mac with you too. Way to go lara. Robin, talk about the perfect doubles partner for pop news. Are you kidding me . This is hey, robin. How is it going. John is able to do this today because hes kind of all things mens. Youre the analyst for the mens tomorrow. Im super excited about the mens. See if roger can do it. I picked murray and djokovic is playing awesome. A great day tomorrow. But for right now should we serve up some pop. We got to serve it up. Roll it. Prince william and duchess kate made their first appearance at the all England Lawn Tennis Club leaving the little ones at home to cheer on andy murray in his third set victory in the quarterfinals. Kate sporting a new hairdo wore a cardinal red kayla dress from favorite retailer l. K. Bennett. William looked sporty but classic in a suit and tie. Word is the tennis loving couple who are building their very own court to make some wimbledon magic at home rooted for their Hometown Hero with the prince of another sport, David Beckham who brought along a model date. His son romeo. And a gma exclusive on how baby Prince George feels about being left at home to miss the action. I want my party. Reporter in other pop news, one of the big scandals here this year involves the mother of semifinalist andy murray known as the pimms cup. It began when judy tweeted this with what appeared to be an entire branch sticking out. That is a nono at the all england club where pimms are supposed to look like this with the mint as an acutement rather than a horticulture experiment. The people from pimms immediately responding to the tweet ordering all bartenders to restrict the amount of mint leaves to three. The company telling us its of the utmost importance to us that judy murray is drinking her pimms happily. And finally, check out this budding wimbledon star in training. Working on her feline forehand and meowverhand. Shes not so great at sharing the court. And in addition to doubles partners in pop news, we have decided to take on the challenge of making sure that all pimms cups served at wimbledon are regulation. Everybody back in the studio but before we throw back johnny mac wants to tell a story about a big match of course we know the match and go ahead and share. Well first of all mom, its 5 00 somewhere but we know on paper sharapova and williams is onesided but reminds me of my late buddy vitas jeer. He beat the guy and walked in and said vitas, how did he do it he said no one beats vitas 17 times in a row. Maria sharapova lost 16 times in a row so maybe its still possible. Its possible. Anything can happen. And were going to talk to John Johnny Mac tomorrow about the men mens. Cheers. Entire pitcher under her arm. We love it. Thank you, john. I heard him tell that story and vitas did say that. Hysterical. Nobody beats him 17 times. Well be watching and how lara was able to work back in her halloween costume. Still cracks us up. Still funny. Thats why we sent her over there. Still a lot more on this friday eve. The daughter and dad whose beat box battle has taken the internet by storm. Oh well crown the ultimate win they are morning and have deals steals to help you beat the heat, as well. Come on back. A teacher at wal Mercy Academy says she was fired for samesex marriage. The school said they were adhering can to the teachings of the catholic church. Lets go over to matt pellman. Reporter avenue we have the remnant of an accident on the girard point bridge, traffic is jammed solid. I think i would use the schuylkill expressway and the platt bridge instead of this southbound side of i95. Crash on kelly drive where you turning to into the water works at the art museum stay on the mlk drive instead. We have the roadwork going on in bucks county northbound side of route 1 super highway at Oxford Valley road. A lot of people are using i95 thats jammed with speeds like 12 Miles Per Hour. Route 13 would be the better bet. Lets turn to the accuweather forecast and meteorologist david murphy. Reporter matt, warm and muggy, cloudy, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan showing showers east of philadelphia toward the shore. Steadier showers west of atlantic city. 73 degrees and you feel the humidity. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast clouds and sun, a warm, humid high of 89. Late this afternoon and evening look for a line of strong gusty thunderstorms to move through the region. Some of them could be severe, take cover indoors lower floors if thunderstorms head your way today. Thanks, david. Watch action news live at 6abc. Com or through the watch 6abc app. [ beatboxing ] did you guys see this video . Incredible. The father daughter duo. [ beatboxing ] battle. More than a million views for their throwdown. Love it. Daughter nicole in the past but maybe things will change for her dad right here in times square. Thats right. They are here and hes going to get the chance in todays open mike one last shot to claim the crown from his daughter so lets go right outside to michael on military island. All right. All right, thanks, guys. Right now its time for the main event. Gmas ultimate beatbox battle so lets meet our contestants. In this corner attempting to take back his title the man who said he taught his daughter everything she knows. Please give a hand for edward the mentor cage. How are you doing . And the challenger in this corner giving her father one final chance at redemption give it up for nicole the apprentice paris. [ cheers and applause ] hello, nicole. How are you doing. Hey, how you aring do . I have one question you look so proud in the videos with your daughter beatboxing. How did she get so good . I have no idea. She went away to school and came back and was like daddy, come on lets battle and we battled and when i got into bed i looked over at my wife and i said i barely beat her. I beat her. But i barely beat her. You really think. That was that time. He beat you . I mean do you think he beat you. At the time, yes. Come on. At the time. At the time but let me tell you right now, you guys are here to battle it out right now. This is the last time youre going to see this. This is all the marbles right here so are you ready to go . Im ready. Im ready. One round and you both get two turns in this one round, okay. Then the winner will be determined by the crowd here so theres no bias. All right. No bias. And may the best beatboxer win. Now, you are the mentor so the mentor is up first. Ed the floor is yours. Take it away. [ beatboxing ] [ cheers and applause ] all right. All right. Apprentice what you got . What you got . The apprentice. All right. Its all yours. [ beatboxing] [ beatboxing ] [ cheers and applause ] all i got to say is you two, theres some vicious looks going between you two. The vicious looks, were going to determine the winner so when i put my hand above the head of ed the mentor who thought ed the mentor won . [ cheers and applause ] all right. Everybody, give it up for nicole, the apprentice. [ cheers and applause ] the people have spoken. The apprentice is the winner. Here is your beatboxing trophy. Thank you. Put that on the mantel and you know what. [ beatboxing ] back to you, robin. Robin, robin. A runnerup trophy for michael. Very close. Nicole my goodness. Something. Her daddy was so proud. I love that you watched him while she was beatboxing. He was like yeah. My girl. Order on the court. Order on the court, they really play by the rules at wimbledon and that goes for what the players wear and it has to be white. Thats strictly enforced by the fashion police. Lets go to the always fashionable lara spencer at the all england club with more on this. Tough dress code isnt it lara . Its unbelievable robin. For example, how could something so innocent looking cause such problem . Welcome to headbandgate. Whether whacking backhands in australia, forcing forehands in france or serving up slices in the good old u. S. Of a, there is no such thing as a skirt too short or color too bold. For the women, men of professional tennis. Except when it comes to this place. The hallowed halls of tennis where the only thing that matters more than 130 plus years of sporting tradition is the color or lack thereof of your outfit. Just ask this years quarterfinalist nick kqrgios who wore an illegal headband the crime, it was surprised of too much color but whats a player to do when the same illegal headband happens to also be the official tournament headband. Tweeting the official wimbledon headband is too clocheful for wimbledon. Nick kyrgios was forced to turn it inside out. Really. Tom perrotta tweeting its the greatest thing ever that the official wimbledon headband has too much color for wimbledon. 2014 Jeannie Bouchard faced the fashion miss for this infraction. A barely recognizable black bra. The chair ump complaining but the Referees Office ruling there was no violation. If you think its easy to skirt the law here take a look inside the competitors guide that says quote white does not include off white or cream. A single trim of color, no wider than one centimeter is allowed. So when did wimbledon get so picky . It may seem like its been this way for 137 years. But what about mcenroe venus, agassi. They had gotten a little more lenient until these showed up. That was too much and the 2014 it all stopped and it states only all white undergarments apply. Turns out white may just be the new white. They are not kidding around right now agoa radwanska is playing. Pretty boring looking but they do find their way to make their statement. If you look closely on the bottom ooh, shes getting wild with a little bit of lace much thats about as crazy as it gets here, guys. Well have a lot more tomorrow on the womens semifinals and so much more from wimbledon. Ill see you guys tomorrow and save a pimms cup for you. You better do that. Or not. Or not because we saw the pitcher you had earlier and i wonder somebodys official job to check the undergarments. Im not touching that one. Smart, george. Ali has taught you very well. You can watch all the matches from wimbledon on espn this morning. Back out now to ginger again. On this yeah hoed good morning to everybody in washington d. C. Where the temperatures are already into the 70s. Look at whats happening with the numbers, they go into the 90s before the severe storms possible later this afternoon and evening not only washington d. C. , but philadelphia, the prime flet damaging winds. Reporter all weve got on radar ginger is a thin line of thundershowers that push east. Warm and humid high 89. Dry most of the day, but as ginger mentioned late this afternoon and evening strong gusty thunderstorms possible. Have that fintatic sculpture amy, you have a lot more. A heartwarming story about two shark encounter survivors sharing their experiences with one another. A 16yearold bitten off the income it can coast just last month is getting support from someone who knows exactly what hes going through. Abcs t. J. Holmes has the story. Reporter a month after a brutal shark encounter somebody has been attacked by a shark. His arm is gone. Reporter Hunter Treschl is bravely facing a new life without his left arm. And recently hunter got a visit from a big fan. Hello. Hi hunter. Im paul. Nice to meet you. You too. Reporter Discovery Channels marine conservational paul de gelder an Australian Navy diver who lost his right arm and leg to a bull shark. 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M. , into the evening well be on the look out for strong, gusty thunderstorms riding in from the west. Some of them could produce damaging wind gusts take cover indoors when the storms head your way. Tomorrow is better. Next up after the lawmakers voted to remove Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds. Live with kelly and michael is next. Im Matt Odonnell ill see you on action news at noon its live with kelly michael. Today, from the u. S. Womens soccer team, world cup champion carli lloyd. And from the animated hit film, inside out, kyle maclachlan. Love is in the air as we continue lives just kidding week. Plus performing her huge hit, fight song, rachel platten, all next on live. [captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] this is my fight song [applause]