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 a 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 opp
Here. I believe that we just won. The coasttocoast celebration of their victory about to kick off right here in new york. Abby carli, christine and the entire team theyre the best of the best and before they make history one more time this morning, theyre joining us live on gma right now. You Better Believe we say good morning america. Here they come team usa arriving at times square all 23 players and the coaches. A great turnout here. Fans hoping to see their favorite players this morning. The fans pumped up. The players pumped up and what a day it is going to be just the first stop heading downtown for that ticker tape parade. Robin going to emcee. First same a womens team has been honored this time. Renaming it the canyon of heroines this morning and confetti to tons will rain down on team usa this morning. Its going to be a great morning. A lot more but well begin with that Severe Weather overnight. Storms hitting 30 million americans, two tornadoes touch down. That school in hamb
Faraway icy world. The interstellar driveby nearly a decade and more than 4 billion miles in the making and what people are seeing on the surface of the former planet this morning. Good morning america. Lets take a look at those photos. As you said nearly ten years in the making. There is pluto. Former planet. Its not a planet right . Not a planet but look at those photos. 13 hours for those to get back to nasa. Huge cheers when it happened. Theres bill nye. That is so incredible. Were going to have so much more on those stunning images. We begin with a fourth straight day of Severe Weather thats been tearing a path across the country. 23 states hammered by those storms and nearly 900 storm reports in just the last 48 hours. Ginger has been following all of it for us. One of those states arc a. More than 80mileperhour winds knocking over trucks certainly tree limb a lot of folks without all that power and its hot too in a lot of these places. Almost 400 severe storm reports in just the
And heros welcome. The superstar surfer returns home overnight after that shark scare. Now a worldwide phenomenon and opens up about that Close Encounter to friends and family joking about why he was targeted. As the internet goes into overdrive with its new hero. Im glad he can joke about a shark attack right now but were all going to have to get into the water to escape the heat. Im telling you. Well begin with the sizzling heat. Millions under heat warnings and advisories. It was the hottest day of the year in major cities across the northeast and temperatures could top 90 degrees again. Ginger where else would she be but outside in the heat for us this morning . Oh good morning, to you, robin. This is supposed to be the hottest time of year and, boy, is it turning out to be. Already in the low 80s this morning. One of the issues. The temperatures are not dropping. The other issue, a lot of moisture in the air. Look at some of the heat indyices and feels like 90. You have the heat a
Police swarming a quiet area in herndon this morning. Reporter this is an active investigation right now. Police have put up crime scene time blocking out of a perimeter. Theyve been out here since about 7 30 when the call came in. They say the building was found next to the parking structure and now theyre working to determine now the woman died. If youre familiar with the area around dulles station boulevard you know its a quiet community. Its a great community. Reporter which is why crime scene tape and investigators are unusual and startling. This is kind of scary because its very quiet. Reporter this is a spokeswoman for the fair fax Police Department who says they discovered a body tuesday morning. At this point a Death Investigation is underway. Its not clear exactly what happened. Reporter she says police are in the early stages of the investigation so they cant confirm if the death was a homicide or a suicide at this point but nevertheless, its a sight neighbors around here sa