Donald trump still leading the republican pack. Those polls were taken after his controversial comment that john mccain was not a war hero. And the polls are becoming increasingly important because only the top ten candidates will be allowed to participate in the first republican debate. That is set for next week in cleveland. New world record. Weve been talking about this on the show. We need a world record of some kind. We wouldnt have been able to do this one. The largest balloon sculpture ever created. Lets show it to you. Its a huge inflatable dogging ing whatting . Thats lying on its side. I dont make it out just yet. There we go. I see it. It reminds me of a poodle. Measures about 65 feet by 32 feet. The artist who created it an is a guy named jerry tellford. Took him around 80 hours, over four days to create this thing. We have got to find a world record to do. Yeah. This one looks like pink zwr ujubes. Okay. That could be a record. How quickly can you pop the dog . Its still i
Stemming from nearly two dozen recalls. Those involve some 11 million vehicles including some of the companys most popular models. Those are some of your top stories on this monday july 27th. From abc news this is world news now with t. J. Holmes and reena ninan. Good morning. We begin this half hour with a battle against wildfires. 24 major fires burning in five states this morning. Four of them near sacramento california. Hundreds of families have been forced from their homes. Hundreds of others are ready to go. Abcs Clayton Sandell on then already tough fire season. Reporter an air war. Planes and helicopters knocking back flames in hard to reach terrain 45 miles northeast of sacramento. Burning so hot, you can see it from space. Were hitting it with everything we have. Reporter firefighters are working to protect about 2,000 structures, hundreds of people told to evacuate their homes. We decide to get home start packing and loading up the camper. This is always going to be our get
Ordered to buyback hundreds of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. And the companys being fined a record 105 million. We have more now from kris van cleave. Reporter this Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after a plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. It was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. But nhtsa says Fiat Chrysler was slow to notify consumers over 17 months just 3 of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were f transportation secretary anthony foxx. It is not a Good Business decision to try to skate the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. Its a better practice to do the right thing make the recalls work make them effective and move on. Reporter todd andersons son skyler died when his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire. Anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. There was no way had i known that there was this risk he would be driving that vehicle. Rep
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the death toll from sundays alshabaab suicide bombing in somalias capital rose today to 15. The facade of the fivestory hotel in mogadishu was sheared off when a car packed with explosives rammed into its front gate. In neighboring ethiopia today president obama said the islamic Militants Attack underscored the need to push back against violent extremism. Yesterdays bombing in mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like alshabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. Weve got more work to do. Ifi
Robert menendez. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to upclose. Im bill ritter in for diana williams. Onecenturyold tunnel with just two tracks. You dont have to have an engineering degree to know that that is a formula for a headache. And thats exactly what amtrak and new Jersey Transit rely on every day to transport hundreds of thousands of passengers. The u. S. Transportation commissioner anthony foxx expected to meet with new jersey governor christie and new york Governor Cuomo to discuss alternatives. One plan is the socalled gateway project to build a new tunnel that would run parallel to the current one. It was once bodyslammed, if you remember, back in 2010 by governor christie, who didnt want new jerseyites to pay their share of it. So why is it any different this time . Could it be that because one of them is running for president , governor christie . This is a huge issue. Joining us this morning from washington, d. C. , to talk about this and other things pertaining to the gov