You. We begin with the defiant reaction from the nfl hitting back at President Trump with the dramatic show of solidarity. Players across the country got down on one knee, remained seated or stood arm in arm during the national anthem. After the president called on nfl owners to fire those who refused to stand for the anthem in protest. The Oakland Raiders tweeted this photo of their silent protest. Nearly every member of the team took part ahead of last nights game against the redskins. Abcs lana zak has more on the growing backlash. Reporter in games across the country, players in the nfl linked arms or took a knee in protest of racial injustice. What started with Colin Kaepernick has broadened to a response to President Trump and these comments. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [mute] off the field right now, out, hes fired. Reporter this morning he is doubling down. Theyre making a lot of money. Im not begrudging anything. Im just saying they have to respect our flag. Reporter and insists it has nothing to do with race. This has nothing to do with race or anything else. This has to do with respect for our country. Reporter the president s harsh words seemed to do more to unite the nfl. In nashville the anthem blaired over a n steelers were absent during the anthem. Off the field fans in philadelphia clashed. I hate you reporter and even among Trump Supporters in the nfl, there was backlash. I agree with President Trump. I dont think they should be protesting. They have the right to take a knee. They have the right to do whatever they want to do. Reporter patriots owner bob kraft is a well known friend of President Trumps, even flying on air force one, donating 1 million to his inaugural committee. But now he says hes deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments. And hall of fame chiropractory bradshaw says he disagrees with the protest but stands behind protestors rights. If our country stands for anything, folks, its freedom. People died for that freedom. Im not sure if our president understands those rights. Reporter and it seems like the president s comments actually had the opposite of the intended effect. Players who previously decided to stand for the anthem now deciding to either kneel or link arms in solidarity. And kendis and diane, this is not just limited to football. Its now spreading to Major League Baseball and the president continues to be engaged in a twitter feud with some of the biggest names in basketball as well. Those names include lebron james and steph curry who are not fans of the president. You mentioned that it is spreading to other sports. Thanks to lana. So far none of those protests in nascar but some owners are making it clear they wont be tolerating those protests in their sport. Thats right, team owner and former nascar champion Richard Petty was among those siding with President Trump saying he would fire any driver who did not stand for the national anthem, and he suggested that no one protesting in that way doesnt belong in the country. The president s soninlaw may have violated federal rules by using a private email account to communicate with white house officials. Jared kushners Attorney Says the senior white house adviser did use a private account to send governmentrelated messages. Federal rules require that they be part of the government record. Kushners Attorney Says that all those messages used from the private email were forwarded to kushners white house account where they do remain on record. Senate republicans have added more than 14 billion to their Health Care Bill in hopes of saving it. The bill is facing long odds ahead of this weeks expected vote. Senators rand paul and john mccain say they will vote against it. Just one more declared no vote among the republican senators would be enough to kill this legislation. And President Trump has signed off on a new u. S. Travel ban. They replace the controversial restrictions on mostly muslim countries which had expired. The new restrictions add chad and central africa, venezuela and north korea to the original list which included iran, libya, somalia, syria and yemen. Citizens from some of those countries face a full ban. The rules are less severe for others. The new restrictions take effect in midoctober. The u. S. Military put on a show of force against north korea over the weekend. B1 bombers and f15 fighters were flown further north of the korean Demilitarized Zone than any time in two decades. The president said north koreas foreign minister and kim jongun may not be around much longer. Desperation growing in parts of puerto rico devastated by Hurricane Maria. In one area, a weakened dam poses an imminent threat. Families are scrambling to Higher Ground to get away from potentially life threatening flooding if the barrier breaks. 70,000 people are being urged to evacuate. Hundreds of residents and tourists packed the san juan airport. A number of flights were cancelled. Puerto ricos member of Congress Says the destruction from Hurricane Maria has set the island back decades. Today North Carolina may feel the effects of Hurricane Maria now a category 2 storm. On the radar you can see the storm swirling off the southeast coast. A Tropical Storm watch is in effect from surf city up to the North Carolina Virginia State line. Theres also a storm surge effect across portions of the North Carolina coast. The Spaghetti Models show maria gradually weakening as it pushes further north. It will be a category 1 by the time it heads to the atlantic on thursday, late friday. Now lets take a closer look at your weather. Its going to be another warm day in chicago today, nearly hitting the 90s. This after coming off a fifth straight day with some top temperatures there. The ter mom ter rose to 93 on sunday. That made it tough on runners in the citys annual half marathon. It was a warm day in western new york as well as buffalo hit a record of 90. The heat will stick around. Chicago could see another record there before a cold snap comes in with more temperatures like that in minneapolis. 62 there. Still ahead, some of the biggest names in Music Performing overnight in charlottesville. Plus new details on a Deadly Church shooting. The gunman opening fire after sunday services. What were learning about him and the victims. Rescue crews get a new source of hope in the search for survivors in that massive earthquake. The search for survivors and the moment they pull a dog from the rubble alive. Ok, lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. 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For the first time in 50 years, a far right party will have a seat in the german parliament. That party had campaigned against merkels immigration policies and had a strong performance. U. S. Officials are worried about acid attacks here after two in as many weeks in europe. The latest happened in east london after an argument of some sort between two groups of men. Officials do not believe this one or the one last week in france are related to terrorism, but u. S. Homeland security warnings the use of acid may appeal to lone wolf terrorists. The aclu is questioning the use of force by police in arresting protestors at a mall near st. Louis. Demonstrators say an officer choked a pastor as he arrested her but Court Papers Say the woman jumped on the officers back. 22 protestors were released from jail yesterday, at least six face charges of rioting and resisting arrest. The pastor is charged with as a resulting an officer. Thousands gathered for a Charity Concert in charlottesville six weeks after those violent clashes against white supremacists. Performers including justin timberlake, Ariana Grande and the Dave Matthews band. Ferrell williams dropped to his knees saying thats what the flag is for. When we come back, a College Student rescued after spending days in a cave and how he says he ended up there. And a plane crashes in a front yard. See how some quickthinking witnesses saved the pilots life. Just walk right in and pay zero dollars with most insurance. R. Plus, when you get a flu shot at walgreens, you help provide a lifesaving vaccine to a child in need through the un foundation. Its that easy to get your flu shot and make a difference. So swing by your local walgreens today. Walgreens. At the corner of happy healthy. My doctor recommended i switch laxatives. Stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. Miralax is different. 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He said the ships arrival was important because of the citys heavy reliance on tourism. One person is dead and several injured after a gunman opened fire at a nashville church. Police charge the 25yearold suspect with one count of murder but they say it might have been more if not for the courageous actions of an usher. Abcs Adrienne Bankert is there. Reporter this small Tennessee Church ripped apart by a gunman on a deadly shooting rampage. Church the christ, people have been shot at that location. Reporter the first calls came in at 11 15 a. M. As the church let out. Police say the gunman killed one woman in the parking lot, then made his way inside all the way to the pulpit. The guy came from the right side of the church and he was just shooting. He was just shooting. He came right to the middle and shoot more. Reporter minuter va roses dress bloody from helping the pastor, one of seven hurt along with 68yearold linda bush. She was pretending to be dead so he wouldnt shoot her again. Reporter after several minutes of horror, 22yearold robert engle, a church usher, confronts the shooter. He tackled him. Without him and i think it can be worse. Reporter the gunman now identified by police as 25yearold Emanuel Samson was shot during the struggle. Police say that heroic usher saved lives. This church usher, an extraordinarily brave individual. Reporter police are still looking into the shooters motives. Weve learned that he is a former member of this church and weve also learned that the u. S. Attorneys office has opened up a civil rights investigation into the shooting. Adrienne bankert, abcs news. It was a close call for people in a philadelphia suburb last night after a small plane narrowly missed a home in Montgomery County crashing into the front yard. Residents heard a gurgling sound coming from some bushes and thats where they say they discovered the pilot. There was a strap around his neck, one of the straps holding him into the seat. So brian called for scissors. We elevated, tried to get the pressure off his neck because he clearly wasnt breathing auntil we could get the strap cut off. The plane had taken off from a small airfield about a mile away. No word on the pilots condition but thankfully no one on the ground was injured. A College Student in indiana says he was left in a cave for three days. 19yearold lucas cavar is part of the caving club. After being separated from a group of others he was mistakeningly left behind and he couldnt get out of the cave that he was in because of a locked gate. He says he licked the moisture off the cave walls and off the wrappers of energy bars. Lucas was rescued by club leaders who realized days later that they had left him behind. They say safety protocols failed in lucass case. You think . Got to have that checklist looked at again. Missing one, missing one and then remember. Lets just go. 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What did it represent to you holding onto each others arms like that . Just unity, representing that we have our brothers back. We want to let them know that were a unified front. There is no dividing us, you know what im saying . Were all son of a [mute]. Theres a lot of talk of guys staying in the locker room, guys kneeling. We just amongst the team, we just want to do the right thing. Doing the right thing we felt was locking hands. Were not against the flag, you know, were not against the flag, just trying to bring some awareness. You know, you have freedom, your freedom to do whatever you want, express yourself. We have a platform to express ourselves like he has a platform that he can go on tv and call people s. O. B. S. This is for people to tell the world how they feel or whatever. What message do you have for the president . My message is just help make things right. If everyones calling out and theyre trying to fix something, then help it. Lets help the situation and that way we can mitigate anything thats going on within the nfl and the nba instead of making people mad. When you sit up there and say we should be fired, everybodys many saying, thats something out of a horror film. Gio there in the locker room at last nights game. Hell have more on gma about the player reaction. A lot of people are saying its not about race but the president has now attacked steph curry, jemele hill. B good morning it is 4 30 a. M. , monday, september 25. Were following breaking news, a tire on a ambulance is slashed when a brawl breaks out during a routine call. A Small Plane Crashes in a Montgomery County neighborhood. Republicans make a is great bid to save their healthcare overhaul, this week is do you do or die. We start a brand new workweek with david and karen telling us whats going on in weather and traffic. Reporter it was a nice summer weekend in