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>> this is so big, phillip. i'll tell you, when i was, during the iraq war 2003-2005 covering it, these women were right side by side with the infantry guys. they roll in on to these explosive, you know, ied attacks. they're right by their side through all of this doing the same things they are. a lot of them are working as translators, but they're not allowed in the infantry, which at the time -- this is like ten years ago during the war -- there were a lot of people in the military saying that they believe that is going to go by the wayside at some point, that as women push their way forward. and this was a huge step. and a lot of people at the pentagon saying overnight that this is a big deal, so much so that they think that it's going to allow even more women to come through. these are just the first two. there's going to be more significantly in the future. >> as it should, as it should. they're willing to serve and they can pass everything the men can, let them do it, you know. >> we could never do it, right? >> never, never. so much respect for them. coming up, it's being called a breakthrough in women's health. the little, pink pill now approved for boosting women's sexual desire, but what are the potential side effects and how much will it cost? and ahead in our next half hour, couples who want to be parents having trouble getting pregnant. how stress can interfere with fertility and some experts' advice on easing all that pressure. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" well, last night a major decision from the fda to approve the so-called female viagra pill. it's a brand name, and it's the first official drug aimed at boosting sexual desire in women. >> and with its approval come warnings of side effects. abc's rebecca jarvis reports on how it works and when it's available. >> reporter: breaking news, the fda deciding to approve flibanserin, dubbed the female viagra, after two failed attempts by developers to bring the drug to market. >> this is the age of taking action. >> reporter: where viagra treats problems with blood flow in men, this drug which deals with chemicals in the brain is specifically aimed at treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder, hsdd, which affects approximately one in ten women, like 52-year-old amanda parrish, who says the drug saved her marriage. >> i will be the first one waiting for my prescription. >> reporter: the once-a-day pill taken at bedtime is the first of its kind available to consumers but may come with side effects, including dizziness, nausea, fatigue, low blood pressure, anxiety and insomnia. doctors also say women taking the pill should limit alcohol intake. the drug's maker, sprout pharmaceuticals, telling abc news the drug will be available october 17th, and with insurance will cost out of pocket $30 to $75 a month, about the same as a typical month's supply of men's viagra. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> big downside, no boozing. they've made it very clear that you cannot drink and use this pill, and you've got to take the pill every single day. i'm out. >> i had no idea this was an issue, to be honest with you. >> really? 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the same time, i kind of think the kid should have had it, maybe. i'm going to back up rubio here a little bit. it's hard to get a good spiral going without the velocity. that's only about a five-yard slant here. >> so, you're calling him out, saying the spiral is just weak? >> i think both are equally accountable. they both made mistakes and wish they could have that one back. >> rubio was in iowa for the state fair. the child, we should say, is okay, even though it looks pretty bad. and rubio did rush to help him out. >> he's fine. he's fine. rub some dirt on it, he'll be fine. all right, let's stick with the sports theme here. redskins fan did not have a lot to cheer about last season, had a pretty bad season, but they added a player who has some flair, and he brought it. he brought it. that right there is ricky jean-francois doing the peanut butter jelly dance. >> peanut butter jelly! >> still have no idea what it is, how it got popular or what, but that dude's getting it. he is getting it. >> he knows how to dance that peanut butter jelly dance. now, i would like to see politicians try to dance peanut butter jelly dance. >> i don't know about that, but if he can play halfway the way he nailed that -- >> yeah, yeah. because it shows he's bringing little bit of spirit. >> oh, yeah, for sure. the nfc east champions right there. >> quite frankly, i think we should choose the next president of the united states based on their peanut butter jelly dance. >> yeah, well, it might come to that. it might come to that. i love older couples who have worked it out long enough to stay together. and this one, this couple, you've got to take a look at them. they're two different fans. this is carol and warner recmyer. they've been together since june 1st, 1952. carol is a giants fan and warren is a cardinals fan. look at this, together since 1952. >> they've got to keep hanging out together, because if they don't, it doesn't make any sense. if they split up, it makes no sense. >> keeps them together. >> one has to stay on the right side. there you go. kids, this mimic what parents do and say, sometimes too much so, but the animal world does the same thing. look at this video right here. this little copycat. >> oh, that is cute. >> she doesn't know why she's doing it or what she's doing. >> she knows mama knows best. >> mama's doing it. >> that is just adorable! oh, see, mama's teaching her how to keep her paws clean this morning on "world news now," historic conditions. the fires burning across several western states. why some firefighters are saying it's the worst they've seen since the 1920s. today's battle and who's ready to help. political fight. hillary clinton and a fox news reporter. a combative exchange. the tough questions and how the democratic front-runner responds. and from a political fight to a courtroom fight. >> new this half hour, a brawl right in front of a judge. what led up to this violent scene? and later, comedy scandal. the funny guy known as big fat jewish accused of stealing. find out who is not laughing in "the skinny" on this wednesday, august 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." hey, good morning, everyone. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's get started this half hour with those wildfires in the west. some of the most serious burning around chelan, washington, where more than 170 square miles have burned and nearly 1,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation. >> and in idaho, fire conditions are said to be their worst since 1926. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: with at least 90 large wildfires now burning in the west, the 30,000 firefighters on the ground are stretched so thin, the army is now being called in for the first time in nearly a decade. >> soldiers, you know, we're hard workers, and it just comes natural to us. >> reporter: 200 active-duty soldiers from joint base lewis-mcchord have been deployed in washington state to battle relentless flames tearing through chelan. here you see a black hawk helicopter crew gathering water and just seconds later making this air drop over a northern california wildfire. that military might also desperately needed to save hundreds of homes threatened in washington. >> we had a really big, big living room. >> reporter: carol jenkins' home is one of dozens destroyed. >> i didn't take any family pictures or anything like that. i did not think anything was going to happen. >> reporter: in northern idaho, more than 40 homes are gone, another two dozen lost in oregon. and in drought-stricken california, where 18 wildfires are tearing through hot, dry terrain, firefighters are using these weather balloons to coordinate their attacks and keep fire crews safe. on top of the army, national guard troops have already been called in to help fight these fires in several states, and there are also talks to ask for assistance from as far as australia and new zealand. phillip and reena? >> turning into an international effort. brandi, thank you so much. there's more rain in the forecast for the southeast today, and there could be more scenes like this one in charleston, south carolina. more than 3 inches of rain clogging the streets there, turning roads into rivers. it was part of a storm system dumping rain as far north as west virginia. and in new york, it was the third straight day of temperatures over 90 degrees, making it the big apple's first official heat wave in more than two years. today's heat indexes could be in the triple digits in the northeast. here's justin povick with the latest from accuweather. good morning, justin. >> phillip and reena, thanks and good morning to you. in the pacific northwest, firefighting conditions unfortunately not looking to improve, but rather, to deteriorate as we go throughout the next couple of afternoons. increasing winds expected over the next 24 to 48 hours along with low humidity and lots and lots of heat, not to mention the extreme drought which continues, so fires will continue to burn from near spokane southbound toward boise. northeast, well, we're looking at more heat and more humidity. that's the big news later on this afternoon. i think it could feel like it's 95 to 100 degrees around our nation's capital, as far north as boston. a few showers and thunderstorms are going to be possible as well. and then we have tropical storm danny, which is in a favorable area to strengthen into a hurricane. phillip and reena, back to you. >> all right, thank you, justin. one more note about those bone-dry conditions in the west. citrus growers squeezed by four years of drought are taking drastic, new measures. they're bulldozing thousands of acres of citrus groves and selling off the trees. in their place, growers are planting less thirsty trees that produce more profitable crops. now to a rough landing aboard a us airways plane in charlotte, north carolina. the 159 people on board are safe but shaken. now investigators want to know what happened. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: a near disaster in charlotte, wind shear slamming a jetliner to the ground. >> we bounced it, went around. he's the one that had tail strike damage. if he had had a tail strike, he might have dropped some pieces all the way down the runway. >> reporter: this is what it looks like when a plane is trying to land and is hit by the sunday downward burst of air. wind shear. it can be sudden and strong. the pilot of the us airways a-321 with 153 passengers on board approaching charlotte from atlanta saturday was hit by wind shear. he aborts the landing, hits the power to go around and try again. >> 1851 and we had about a 20-knot wind shear, loss of speed at about ten feet above. >> reporter: what the pilots don't realize at the time is that they hit some of the landing lights, damaged the underside of their jetliner. >> it tells me this came as close as you possibly can to having a major catastrophe. he hit the ground. he hit the lights. he ran the tail along the ground before he was able to get airborne again. >> reporter: once the jet was on the ground, the damage apparent and the runway with debris from those lights shut down. this is a serious incident. the national transportation safety board is investigating. it already has both black boxes from that aircraft to find out what happened in those last couple of seconds and how the pilots reacted. david kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. target will pay $67 million to visa over that security breach in 2013. the accounts of about 40 million customers were hacked in one of the largest breaches of a u.s. company in history. afterward, many customers asked banks and credit card companies for replacement cards. visa sued target to recover those costs. to presidential politics now and hillary clinton continues to be dogged with questions about her e-mail account as she campaigns. the latest was in las vegas, where she got into a heated exchange with fox news reporter ed henry. >> the fbi believes that you tried to wipe the entire server. did you try to wipe the entire, so that there would be no e-mail, no personal, no official? >> we went through a painstaking process and turned over 55,000 pages of anything we thought could be work-related. >> by the way, donald trump is campaigning today. he is traveling to new hampshire, where he and jeb bush will have dueling town hall meetings. now to the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in charlotte, north carolina. the first full day of deliberations is getting under way this morning in the manslaughter trial of officer randall kerrick. jurors must decide if kerrick used excessive force when he shot jonathan ferrell ten times. prosecutors say ferrell was in a car accident and knocked on a woman's door for help, but she called police. kerrick insists he opened fire to protect himself. a courtroom in chattanooga, tennessee, descended into chaos. watch this. >> get back! stay back. stay back. >> back up, sir! back up, sir! sir, back up. >> probably not the day in court people expected. the man who was attacked there is charged with killing his niece. the guy who went after him was the victim's boyfriend. several people who tried to get into the action were kicked out of the courtroom, which was briefly locked down. the hearing was postponed and will likely be held in a closed court. >> good idea. now to a health alert. as children are about to go back to school, researchers say drug-resistant head lice are spreading. in at least 25 states, they found these superlice with gene mutations that make them resistant to most over-the-counter treatments. their recommendation, switch to stronger prescription medications. in southwest florida, a warning out for a bigger and perhaps scarier critter called the argentine tegu lizard. biologists are calling the four-foot-long reptile public enemy number one. so far, a few have been spotted around ft. myers. they are not known to attack people, but they do upset the ecosystem by eating smaller lizards and birds. well, now the story of a real labor of love from a husband in wisconsin to his late wife. don and babbett were married and she died from cancer last november. >> so, to honor her, don started babbette's seeds of hope. he planted more than four miles of sunflowers an along a highway and all of those sunflowers are blooming this month. >> so, don's plan is to sell the sunflower seeds and then donate a portion of the proceeds to hospitals and cancer research. i love this idea. how many times do you buy flowers for your garden or just a pot to put in your apartment? you can get these seeds apparently from their website. babbettesseedsofhope.com. there's also a facebook page for the whole thing. what a beautiful display of love to honor his wife. i just thought this was a remarkable story. >> absolutely. it's beautiful to look at and is a beautiful gesture, shows how much he loved her. great, great 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back 20 feet by the blast. the flames are now under control. >> good to hear that. now to the frustration of infertility. i tell you, phil, this affects a lot of women of our generation, nearly 7 million, to be exact, each year find themselves unable to conceive. >> and for those who can't, the emotional strain can become almost unbearable. abc's mara schiavocampo has some ways to cope. >> reporter: from headaches to high blood pressure, stress can take a toll, but now there are growing concerns that stress can even affect fertility. a study from ohio state university finding women with the highest stress levels took 29% longer to get pregnant compared to other women and their risk of infertility doubled. >> we're making some progress in recognizing the relationship between stress and infertility. >> dr. alice domar, author of "conquering infertility," treats women struggling to conceive, and stress management is at the core of her practice. >> they want to start looking at their stress levels, their health habits. we challenge some of these automatic negative thoughts. >> reporter: melissa hogan says the struggle to get pregnant brought her stress level to an all-time high. >> the stress of the situation was getting to me so much that it was impacting my life. it was really starting to cause depression. >> reporter: she followed a mind-body regime consisting mainly of relaxation techniques and group support that she says allowed her to let go of the stress she felt for not being able to conceive. she's now expecting a baby boy. >> it was just the right thing at the right time. >> reporter: according to the dr. domar, there are simple ways to reduce stress that could have an impact. separate tackles that need to be done from those that would be nice to be done. control intake that may stress your body. stop smoking and cut back on caffeine and alcohol. practice relaxation methods such as yoga or massage. >> there are a lot of things that they can doing within 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right, we begin with a scandal that is rocking the internet. >> a social media star being called out for plagiarism. the man known as the fat jewish has become famous for posting funny jokes and memes on instagram, his cultural impact so wide-reaching that he's even been interviewed by katie couric. >> but now it seems the tide is turning against the media personality, whose real name is josh ostrovsky. dozens of examples of him reposting material but not attributing the original poster are being discovered, like this picture right here. it's a caption of a bulldog eating with a man. the fat jewish cropping that image. >> but here, the poster even calls him out. ostrovsky told couric that on the internet, everything gets shared. but his critics, which include many comics and comedic writers point to his making a living off of other people's material through sponsored posts, like this one for craftsman tools. the fat jewish currently has 6 million instagram followers. well, moving on to stephen colbert who was on "the howard stern show" yesterday, when the radio host asked colbert about being in a rolling stones cover band when he was younger. >> colbert responded by singing a little of "brown sugar," but he didn't stop there. he got up to show off jagger's signature strut. ♪ brown sugar how come you taste so good ♪ >> keep going. the dancing is great. >> whoo! >> wow! ♪ brown sugar just like a young girl should ♪ >> all right, i had enough of that. >> really? >> wow, that was fantastic! >> am i turning you on? >> he was good. admit it. he really does have moves. >> you got stern and colbert together, it's going to be magic, you know? >> we produced that show, right? colbert said the band was called a shot in the dark, but instead, they changed shot to a similar sounding word. because they were so bad. >> yeah, yeah. we can watch that guy all day long, both of them now. we turn now from the rolling stones to the beatles and their first recording contract that is soon to be up for auction. the six-page document is expected to fetch $150,000 later this month. >> the contract was signed by the band in 1961, including john, paul, george and peter. that's right, not ringo, or officially, richard starkey. the contract included their first drummer, pete best, before he was kicked out. >> people are like, pete who? >> what? >> paul and george were only teenagers at the time and the contract was for a whopping 80 bucks. >> wow, that is a steal. >> 80 bucks. rounding out our british rock theme, an english professor deciding to live life as david bowie. bowie changed rock and roll by incorporating performance art through many of his personas, and the professor, will broker, from kingston university, well, he's going to spend the next year method acting. that's when you really get into character by trying to be somebody else. so, he's going to try to be the elusive rock legend. >> i guess that explains it there. he will only consume media available to bowie back in the '70s. he's really getting into this here. he's dressing as each and every one of david bowie's characters, including the famous ziggy stardust, as you see here with the orange wig and all. that's him right there. he's also posted pics of himself as well as the man who fell to the earth, the thin white duke and aladdin sean. >> is this dude going to blog, this professor? because i really liked him. >> follow him instagram. check him out. check out all his costumes. coming up, the ties that bind. some helpful police officers that tie a boy's tie. you've got to see this one. it's really good. stay with us. got to see this one. it's really good. stay with us. it's the "pungent gym bag stink" neutralizer. and the "prevent mold and mildew on the shower curtain for up to 7 days" spray. it's also the "odor causing bacteria" fighter. and even the "athlete's foot fungus" killer. discover more ways you can use lysol disinfectant spray to help keep your home healthier. what'in your 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and to get the teen's picture taken for his school i.d. the nervous freshman desperate to the fit in fully dressed in his uniform. >> it's really important because if not, you'll look different than anyone else because you're not going to have a tie. you look segregated from everyone else. >> reporter: he was watching online videos as they hurried to school when his mom decided they needed to ask for help. >> of course, we see some cops, and i'm like, son, flag them down. and he's like, they're going to think i'm doing something bad! i'm like, no, just flag them down. >> i was kind of -- i didn't want to do it. >> i heard him say can you help me with my tie? and i heard them say, of course, pull over! and i was like, yes. >> reporter: lapd officers jonathan maldonado and alberto ledesma quickly jumped into action, tying his tie, his mother capturing the kindness on camera, posting it on social media. the pictures quickly going viral. for the two veteran officers, the encounter was about much more than just a tie. >> this goes into having trust in your community and knowing that we are part of the community and that we are there to help, whether it's to tie a young man's tie or to handle the robbery that just occurred. >> reporter: for christopher, the lesson taught him more than just a windsor knot. his outlook towards police changed. >> it's nice to know that some of them are actually nice and will help. >> reporter: his school picture proud proof. >> it felt good, because i was like, yeah, a cop tied my tie. yes. >> reporter: leann suitor for abc news. >> cops can't tie everybody's tie, so phillip's going to show us how to do it. >> we've got about 20 seconds to figure this out. >> show me. >> start with the thin, the thin side on the left, wider side on the right. >> okay. >> wider over the thinner. >> uh huh. >> and then it's under -- not over -- >> what? okay. >> this way. >> yeah. >> and then over that way. see you can see how that works. up under underneath. >> up underneath. >> are we going to get it? >> we're going to get it. >> we've got about five seconds. >> we're going to put this on our facebook account. we're going to get it. >> three, two, one, perfect, nailed it. it takes some work. >> we're going to put the final good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." hillary clinton gets into a testy exchange with a reporter during a campaign stop in las vegas over her e-mails. she reiterated what she did was legally permitted and she said she did not send any e-mails marked classified. target will pay $67 million to visa over that security breach two years ago. it exposed account information of about 40 million customers. just hours after making a public plea about her missing daughter, rosie o'donnell says 17-year-old chelsea has been found safe in new jersey. she had been missing for about a week without the medication she takes for mental illness. and the little, pink pill to enhance women's sex drives will be available for prescription in october. addyi will cost about as much as men's viagra, but women take it and will be told to avoid alcohol. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, august 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ooh, boy was it a heated exchange. she walked away, hillary clinton. >> you're about to see it. she gave the come at me, bro. >> oh, is that what it is? >> that's what it's called universally. >> guys call this the come at me bro? >> apparently so do women. >> we're going to talk about hilary clinton defending her actions over those controversial e-mails. >> it happened during a campaign event in las vegas. clinton got into a testy exchange with a fox news reporter about which messages she turned over and which ones she did not. >> the fbi believes that you tried to wipe the entire server. did you try to wipe the entire -- so that there would be no e-mail, no official, no personal? >> we went through a painstaking process and turned over 55,000 pages of anything we thought could be work-related. thank you all. >> clinton admitted that using a private e-mail account didn't turn out to be convenient at all and she regretted that it had become such an issue during the campaign. >> there it was, the come at me, bro, move. what does that signify, like bring it? >> that's what it looked like, right? bring it. >> i think we're not going to hear the last of this one. the video surfaced of hillary clinton in private talks with activists from the black lives matter movement. abc's tom llamas reports on racial issues and the presidential campaign. >> that's not enough, at least in my book. >> reporter: a candid look at hillary clinton in a very frank conversation with members of black lives matter, a movement protesting police brutality against african-americans. and now disrupting presidential campaign events like this jeb bush town hall in las vegas. >> thank you, seattle! >> reporter: and just over a week ago, black lives matter protesters took over an event for democratic presidential candidate condition bernie sanders, then took his mike. >> solo act of martin luther king reigns high. >> reporter: but clinton did not back down and rejected their claim she's personally responsible for the mistreatment of black people. >> this is and has always been a white problem of violence. it's not -- there's not much that we can do to stop the violence against us. >> well, if that is -- >> the conversation -- >> i understand what you're saying. >> and also respectfully -- >> well, respectfully, if that is your position, then i will talk only to white people about how we are going to deal with -- >> that's not what i mean. >> -- the very real problems. >> that's not what i mean. >> well -- >> what you just said was a form of victim blaming, right? you were saying that what the black lives matter movement needs to do to change white hearts -- >> no, look, i don't believe you change hearts. i believe you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. >> reporter: recently, former president bill clinton apologized for policies he implemented when he said led to mass incarceration, something the black lives matter group alluded to when speaking to hillary clinton, but mrs. clinton didn't apologize, saying different times offer different measures. tom llamas, abc news, new york. in charlotte, north carolina, the manslaughter trial of a police officer behind the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man has gone to the jury. randall kerrick insists he was acting in self-defense when he opened fire on jonathan ferrell two years ago, shooting him ten times. ferrell was in a car crash, prosecutors say, when he knocked on a woman's door for help. she called police, thinking he was trying to break in. kerrick could face up to 11 years in prison. the 15-year-old accuser has taken the stand in that high-profile sex assault case involving a new hampshire prep school. prosecutors say a practice of sexual conquest at the school, known as senior salute, will be central to the case. abc's gio benitez is covering the trial. >> reporter: less than two miles from the campus of their exclusive prep school, 19-year-old owen labrie sitting in court watching his 16-year-old tormer schoolmate accuse him of rape. >> did you live on campus at st. paul's? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: we are not showing you her face, and we're disguising her voice. >> do you see owen in the courtroom today? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: both teenagers agree they did meet up late one night here in an empty room in the science building and that they became intimate. the girl says labrie then became violent and raped her. >> she's a 15-year-old girl without sexual experience. she tried to say no. >> reporter: prosecutors argue the alleged rape was part of that school tradition called the senior salute, senior boys competing to rack up intimate experiences with freshman girls, trying to "slay the most girls by the end of senior year." labrie telling police boys kept a tally written on a wall behind a washing machine, painted over by the school again and again until it was finally moved online. labrie watching as the jury was taken back to the science building. his lawyer says the girl knew all about the senior salute and knew exactly what was going to happen when she met him here that night. and in a letter to parents, st. paul's schools says this -- "current allegations about our culture are not emblematic of our school, our values, our rules." owen labrie will soon take the stand in his own defense. gio benitez, abc news, concord, new hampshire. well, a guilty plea on child pornography charges is expected today from the former spokesman for subway sandwiches. jared fogle is due in an indiana courtroom today to accept a federal plea deal. fogle had been the face of subway since shedding 200 pounds in college. the sandwich chain cut ties with him last month after his hope was raided. the head of his foundation was arrested on child porn charges back in april. to bangkok and the bomb blast that killed 20 people. the shrine where the explosion took place reopened. flowers and messages of unity and hope were left there as police revealed the primary suspect in the bombing may have had help. here's abc's terry moran. >> reporter: that is the prime suspect, authorities say, the man there in that yellow t-shirt, a whole city horrified and on edge as he's caught on camera at the moment he's committing mass murder. arriving on the scene with a backpack, he sits down and removes the pack. then you see him leaving without it. shortly after, the blast. this new cell phone video showing the terrifying incident from a walkway just above the scene. and then, just as calm was returning in the city, another explosion in the water there just a few feet from a busy pedestrian bridge. police say it was a bomb. tnt and ball bearings stuffed into a pipe exactly like the one downtown. no one injured at that bridge. now a nationwide manhunt is on. police scouring the scene for clues, using sniffer dogs to find traces of explosives, while grieving bangkok residents stop to leave flowers, light candles and pray. bang cork is reeling. and even though there has been political unrest there recently, authorities still have no idea yet who is behind these bombings or if more are coming. terry moran, abc news, london. the numbers sum up what difficult conditions firefighters across the west are facing. at least 90 large wildfires are burning there. those fires have burned 1,500 square miles just in the last two weeks. some of the most serious fires are burning around central washington. and in idaho, the fire conditions are said to be the worst since the 1920s. in today's forecast, more heat and windy conditions for the firefighters up in the northwest. heavy rain from 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[ laughter ] >> all right, the question i think was to phillip. >> it is for women. >> i asked him if he was excited about the little, pink pill, and you said? >> not as excited as you might be. >> i like how sometimes when we open the show you have this twinge of like, am i supposed to do this? are we supposed to talk about this? it's okay. >> we're about to talk about that a little bit later. >> you're absolutely right. but we're actually going to start out with politics and an interesting exchange. did you catch this? it was hillary clinton turning defiant over the subject of e-mails during a las vegas event. >> and donald trump travels to new hampshire, where he and jeb bush will have dueling town hall meetings. abc's stephanie ramos has more. >> reporter: the campaign trail led democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to las vegas, where she got into a heated exchange with fox news host ed henry over her e-mail drama. >> what i did was legally permitted. >> reporter: the two then go back and forth with clinton finally saying -- >> we turned over everything that was work-related, every single thing. personal stuff we did not. i had no obligation to do so and did not. >> reporter: clinton then throws her hands up and walks away, appearing exasperated. gop front-runner donald trump may be off the trail but still got an attack out against clinton. trump posting a video on instagram attacking clinton, using her own words while clips of benghazi -- >> it doesn't matter. >> reporter: -- front-page stories about her e-mail drama -- >> what difference at this point does it make? >> reporter: -- flash on screen. meantime, another busy, yet rainy day at the iowa state fair. republican presidential candidate marco rubio taking note of the weather. >> maybe even some lightning later. >> reporter: gop presidential rival scott walker was in minnesota outlining his first major policy initiative of the presidential campaign, saying he will repeal president obama's health care law and replace it with his own plan. >> by repealing obamacare entirely, we're getting rid of the spending and the taxes, which means this ends up being a tax cut. >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush took his campaign to the south, neurosurgeon ben carson to the west. the presidential candidates certainly making the rounds. reena, phillip? now to the difficult conditions facing thousands of firefighters across the west. they're battling at least 90 large wildfires which have scorched more than 1,500 square miles in the last two weeks alone. several intense fires near chelan, washington, have now destroyed more than 70 buildings. resources across the west are so thin, military troops are being trained to help fight the fires. >> soldiers, you know, we're hard workers, and it just comes natural to us. >> when the 200 soldiers being trained are ready, they'll hit the fire line in central washington. an official in idaho says fire conditions there are the worst that they've been since the mid-1920s. >> oh, boy. and the temperatures in the northwest will be around 90 degrees today, making things a little more difficult for fire crews, and there could be more severe storms elsewhere. abc's ginger zee looks at the damage and today's outlook. >> reporter: tornado in eastern iowa. >> get ready. get in the basement. >> reporter: these images just streaming in, reports of trees down, no injuries. that tornado embedded in a strong line of storms stretching from missouri to wisconsin, while in charleston, south carolina, more than 3 inches of rain clogging streets. underpasses under water. neighborhoods passable by stand-up paddle board only. that tornado in southern mississippi monday, an ef-0, winds up to 75 miles per hour. the images of a funnel from colorado and what could have been a tornado not yet confirmed south of denver. damaging winds crumbling silos taking out buildings. so those severe storms will move into the state of michigan on our wednesday here. what we're going to look for in the way of heat out west, still an excessive heat warning at least for another 24 hours or so in las vegas, also portland, oregon. look at those numbers, not helping the fires whatsoever, and yes, still some gusty winds and dry conditions. finally, tropical storm danny has been named and now moving west. it's got winds around 40 miles per hour. it should run into some midlevel dry air. but other than that, it looks like it will make it closer to the eastern caribbean by the end of the weekend. ginger zee, abc news, new york. the fate of a charlotte, north carolina, police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man is now in the hands of a jury. randall kerrick insists he was acting in self-defense when he opened fire on jonathan ferrell two years ago, shooting him ten times. ferrell was in a car crash. prosecutors say when he knocked on a woman's door for help, she called police, thinking he was trying to break in. if convicted of voluntary manslaughter, kerrick could face up to 11 years in prison. it was an emotional day in court as the alleged victim in the new hampshire prep school rape case took the stand. the 15-year-old girl broke down in tears as she pointed out the man she says attacked her. prosecutors say the alleged rape was part of st. paul's school tradition for senior boys to see how many intimate experiences they could have with freshman girls. the defense says the sex was consensual. the former pitchman for subway sandwiches is expected to plead guilty to child pornography charges. jared fogle reportedly due to appear in an indiana courtroom today and accept a federal plea deal. fogle had been a subway spokesperson since shedding 200 pounds in college, but the sandwich chain cut ties with him last month after his home was raided. the head of fogle's foundation was arrested on child porn charges back in april. a very relieved rosie o'donnell says her 17-year-old daughter chelsea has been found safe. the girl had been missing for more than a week without her phone or her medication for mental illness. police found her at a home on the jersey shore. abc's linsey davis has details. >> reporter: the 17-year-old daughter of rosie o'donnell has been found, o'donnell tweeting, "chelsea has been found and is safe in police custody." after an alarming tweet from rosie o'donnell alerting her followers that her 17-year-old daughter chelsea was missing, o'donnell tweeting about her daughter and her therapy dog. "chelsea and her dog, bear, last seen in nyack, new york, may be in new york city." the 17-year-old was last seen a week ago. a missing person's report was filed sunday and o'donnell saying, "chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness. it has been a difficult road for chelsea and her family and they just want her back safe." parents across the country deal with mental illness every day. it's said to affect about 11% of young people between 9 and 17 years old, approximately 4 million people. o'donnell often raises awareness. >> we're dealing with a fairly significant mental illness, which is another horrible crisis in the united states. how do we treat mentally ill children? >> reporter: chelsea was adopted by o'donnell when she was just 2 months old. o'donnell's biggest concern was that chelsea was in need of medication. both o'donnell and the police just saying that they are thankful she is safe. linsey davis, abc news, nyack, new york. now to sports and the courts, starting with tom brady's deflategate scandal. the new england patriots quarterback and nfl commissioner roger goodell could not come to a settlement over brady's four-game suspension during hours of talks yesterday. that means their attorneys will be back in a new york courtroom today making their cases before a federal judge. if a deal cannot be reached, both sides urging the judge to rule in the case by september 4th, less than a week before the patriots' first regular-season game. and in chicago, basketball legend michael jordan was in court defending the use of his image. jordan is suing dominick's supermarket, which is now out of business, for using jordan's image without permission. a jury will decide the fair-market value of dominick's infringement, which it has acknowledged. hackers have made good on their threat to expose millions of people who use a dating website that caters to cheating spouses. personal data stolen from ashleymadison.com has reportedly popped up online, accessible only through a specialized browser. it's said to include names, addresses and credit cards of 32 million users. the site caters to married people seeking affairs. hackers threatened to go public unless the website was taken down. and the autoworkers union is blasting reports that say general motors may iort buicks made in china. the buick envision is a compact crossover made at a plant in beijing. gm would become the first detroit automaker to sell a chinese-made vehicle in the u.s. some buicks have been imported from europe. the issue is certain to be a bargaining chip in upcoming contract talks between gm and the union. boy, that is a big change if that were to happen. >> mm-hmm. right off of china's coast is taiwan, where there's a young woman known as the mcdonald's goddess. she very well may be dishing out big macs, in fact, right now. >> oh, i see why we're calling her the goddess. and there she is. we also know her as wei wei. she became an internet sensation in june when a popular blogger posted pictures of her. >> wei wei is a college student. she worked at the restaurant for five years, and as you can imagine, she does some modeling on the side. she says, though, her manager gets mad when customers come in, take pictures with her and then leave without buying anything. >> oh. how can you be mad at that? she is just stunning. you know, it's a tradition. mcdonald's in taiwan are known for hiring attractive women and encouraging them to dress up as maids or cheerleaders. i didn't know people were into getting their burgers from a maid or a chrleader. >> well, you know, i was wondering about that, why she was dressed up like that, because i think that's a big part of it, is that she's not dressed in typical mcdonald's garb, you know? i mean, because there are plenty of attractive people that work all over this country at mcdonald's, but they're not dressed like that. >> i went to china in june, and i have to say, their mcdonald's, they have macaroons, their mcdonald's, designer macaroons. >> there you go. they've got all sorts of things going on overseas at mcdonald's. >> they do. >> who knew? coming up in "the mix," it sounds all-american, a presidential candidate tossing a football with kids. oh, no, it just did not go well. don't know what to tell you. also ahead, breaking down gender barriers in the military. the two women making history completing a very difficult assignment. and later, pop a pink pill and get in the mood. ladies, find out when you can get a prescription to perk up your sex life. remember, join our discussions on facebook, wnnfans.com, and on twitter, @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." you're watching "world news now." twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you are on a fixed income, learn about affordable whole life insurance that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason. if you did not receive your information, call this number now. your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions. stand by to learn more. >> i'm alex trebek, here to tell you about a popular life insurance plan with a rate lock that locks in your rate for life so it can never increase. did you get your free information kit? 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tonight. in bangkok, residents are leaving flowers and posting messages of hope at the site of the deadly bomb attack. the shrine reopened today for the first time since the bombing. police are looking for a prime suspect who was wearing a yellow t-shirt. just this morning, the police chief said that the bomber did not work alone and was part of a network. the navy could be a step closer to opening its elite s.e.a.l. teams to women. the service's top officer told "the navy times," if women can pass the grueling, six-month s.e.a.l. training, they should be allowed to serve. he made his comments after a comprehensive review of women in combat roles, but a navy admiral tells abc news that no final decision about women in the navy s.e.a.l.s has been made. and a significant step forward in the army, as well. this was way very big one. two women completed ranger school. >> they're history-making soldiers, and they will graduate on friday during ceremonies in georgia. here to talk about it is abc's marci gonzalez. ♪ i want to be a ranger >> reporter: for the first time ever, two women can proudly call themselves army rangers. >> it's history. you know, we're always evolving. the army is number one in making history. >> reporter: earning their place in the elite ranks. >> major! >> reporter: completing the same grueling combat training course as the men being tested right alongside them. >> the standards are exactly the same for both male and female ranger students. >> reporter: they started the notoriously tough ranger test back in april along with 17 other women. the candidates all pushed to their physical and mental limits, tackling obstacle courses, scaling mountains, crossing chest-deep rivers with fully loaded packs, all while tired and hungry. the 62-day course so challenging, only 40% of male students pass each year. >> they have to show grit and determination and put one foot in front of the other each day. >> reporter: the breakthrough for the two women, who have not been identified, comes at a time when each branch of the military is assessing how to integrate women into roles that have historically been reserved for only men. and while the first female rangers will graduate friday and forever wear the prestigious ranger tab on their uniforms, for now, they are still not allowed to serve as rangers. and the secretary of defense has until early next year to decide whether that will change. phillip and reena? >> this is so big, phillip. i'll tell you, when i was, during the iraq war 2003-2005 covering it, these women were right side by side with the infantry guys. they roll in on to these explosive, you know, ied attacks. they're right by their side through all of this doing the same things they are. a lot of them are working as translators, but they're not allowed in the infantry, which at the time -- this is like ten years ago during the war -- there were a lot of people in the military saying that they believe that is going to go by the wayside at some point, that as women push their way forward. and this was a huge step. and a lot of people at the pentagon saying overnight that this is a big deal, so much so that they think that it's going to allow even more women to come through. these are just the first two. there's going to be more significantly in the future. >> as it should, as it should. they're willing to serve and they can pass everything the men can, let them do it, you know. >> we could never do it, right? >> never, never. so much respect for them. coming up, it's being called a breakthrough in women's health. the little, pink pill now approved for boosting women's sexual desire, but what are the potential side effects and how much will it cost? and ahead in our next half hour, couples who want to be parents having trouble getting pregnant. how stress can interfere with fertility and some experts' advice on easing all that pressure. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. well, last night a major decision from the fda to approve the so-called female viagra pill. it's a brand name, and it's the first official drug aimed at boosting sexual desire in women. >> and with its approval come warnings of side effects. abc's rebecca jarvis reports on how it works and when it's available. >> reporter: breaking news, the fda deciding to approve flibanserin, a drug dubbed the female viagra, after two failed attempts by its developers to bring the drug to market. >> this is the age of taking action. >> reporter: where viagra treats problems with blood flow in men, this drug, which works with key chemicals in the brain, is specifically aimed at treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder, hsdd, which affects approximately one in ten women, like 52-year-old amanda parrish, who says the drug saved her marriage. >> i will be the first one waiting for my prescription. >> reporter: the once-a-day pill taken at bedtime is the first of its kind available to consumers but may come with side effects, including dizziness, nausea, fatigue, low blood pressure, anxiety and insomnia. doctors also say women taking the pill should limit alcohol intake. the drug's maker, sprout pharmaceuticals, telling abc news the drug will be available october 17th, and with insurance will cost out of pocket $30 to $75 a month, about the same as a typical month's supply of men's viagra. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> big downside, no boozing. they've made it very clear that you cannot drink and use this pill, and you've got to take the pill every single day. i'm out. >> i had no idea this was an issue, to be honest with you. >> really? >> not at all. not at all. >> phillip, what are you trying to tell us? >> now i know. now i know. i have so much to learn. that's what i've learned. >> phillip's never had an issue with this, ladies. >> didn't know. didn't know. >> didn't know. didn't know. didn't know. to show your roots with roots touch-up from nice'n easy. seamlessly blends with leading shades, even salon shades in just 10 minutes. no roots. no grays. just the most shade choices for natural looking color as real as you are. so go ahead, show the world your roots with america's #1 root touch-up. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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the same time, i kind of think the kid should have had it, maybe. i'm going to back up rubio here a little bit. it's hard to get a good spiral going without the velocity. that's only about a five-yard slant here. >> so, you're calling him out, you're saying his spiral is just weak? >> i think both are equally accountable. they both made mistakes and wish they could have that one back. >> by the way, rubio was in iowa for the state fair. the child, we should say, is okay, even though it looks pretty bad. and rubio did rush to help him out. >> he's fine. he's fine. you've got to rub some dirt on it. he'll be fine. all right, let's stick with the sports theme here. redskins fan did not have a lot to cheer about last season, had a pretty bad season, but they added a player who has some flair, and he brought it. he brought it. that right there is ricky jean-francois doing the peanut butter jelly dance. >> peanut butter jelly! >> still have no idea what it is, how it got popular or what, but that dude's getting it. he is getting it. >> he knows how to dance that peanut butter jelly dance. now, i would like to see politicians try to dance peanut butter jelly dance. >> i don't know about that, but if he can play halfway the way he nailed that -- >> yeah, yeah. because it shows he's bringing little bit of spirit. >> oh, yeah, for sure. the nfc east champions right there. >> quite frankly, i think we should choose the next president of the united states based on their peanut butter jelly dance. >> yeah, well, it might come to that. it might come to that. i love older couples who have worked it out long enough to stay together. and this one, this couple, you've got to take a look at them. they're two different fans. this is carol and warner reckmeyer. they've been together since june 1st, 1952. carol is a big giants fan. warren is a cardinals fan. so, look at this, together since 1952. >> they've got to keep hanging out together, because if they don't, it doesn't make any sense. if they split up, it makes no sense. >> keeps them together. >> one has to stay on the right side. there you go. all right, kids, they mimic what their parents do and say, sometimes too much so, but the animal world does the same thing. look at this video right here. this little copycat. >> aww, that is cute! >> she doesn't know why she's doing it or what she's doing. >> she knows mama knows best. >> mama's doing it. >> that is just adorable! oh, see, mama's teaching her how this morning on "world news now," historic conditions. the fires burning across several western states. why some firefighters are saying it's the worst they've seen since the 1920s. today's battle and who's ready to help. political fight. hillary clinton and a fox news reporter. a combative exchange. the tough questions and how the democratic front-runner responds. and from a political fight to a courtroom fight. >> new this half hour, a brawl right in front of a judge. what led up to this violent scene? and later, comedy scandal. the funny guy known as big fat jewish accused of stealing. find out who is not laughing in "the skinny" on this wednesday, august 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." hey, good morning, everyone. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's get started this half hour with those wildfires in the west. some of the most serious burning around chelan, washington, where more than 170 square miles have burned and nearly 1,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation. >> and in idaho, fire conditions are said to be their worst since 1926. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: with at least 90 large wildfires now burning in the west, the 30,000 firefighters on the ground are stretched so thin, the army is now being called in for the first time in nearly a decade. >> soldiers, you know, we're hard workers, and it just comes natural to us. >> reporter: 200 active-duty soldiers from joint base lewis-mcchord have been deployed in washington state to battle relentless flames tearing through chelan. here you see a black hawk helicopter crew gathering water and just seconds later making this air drop over a northern california wildfire. that military might also desperately needed to save hundreds of homes threatened in washington. >> we had a really big, big living room. >> reporter: carol jenkins' home is one of dozens destroyed. >> i didn't take any family pictures or anything like that. i did not think anything was going to happen. >> reporter: in northern idaho, more than 40 homes are gone, another two dozen lost in oregon. and in drought-stricken california, where 18 wildfires are tearing through hot, dry terrain, firefighters are using these weather balloons to coordinate their attacks and keep fire crews safe. on top of the army, national guard troops have already been called in to help fight these fires in several states, and there are also talks to ask for assistance from as far as australia and new zealand. phillip and reena? >> turning into an international effort. brandi, thank you so much. there's more rain in the forecast for the southeast today, and there could be more scenes like this one in charleston, south carolina. more than three inches of rain clogging the streets there, turning roads into rivers. it was part of a storm system dumping rain as far north as west virginia. and in new york, it was the third straight day of temperatures over 90 degrees, making it the big apple's first official heat wave in more than two years. today's heat indexes could be in the triple digits in the northeast. here's justin povick with the latest from accuweather. good morning, justin. >> phillip and reena, thanks and good morning to you. in the pacific northwest, firefighting conditions unfortunately not looking to improve, but rather, to deteriorate as we go throughout the next couple of afternoons. increasing winds expected over the next 24 to 48 hours along with low humidity and lots and lots of heat, not to mention the extreme drought which continues, so fires will continue to burn from near spokane southbound toward boise. northeast, well, we're looking at more heat and more humidity. that's the big news later on this afternoon. i think it could feel like it's 95 to 100 degrees around our nation's capital, as far north as boston. a few showers and thunderstorms are going to be possible as well. and then we have tropical storm danny, which is in a favorable area to strengthen into a hurricane. phillip and reena, back to you. >> all right, thank you, justin. one more note about those bone-dry conditions in the west. citrus growers squeezed by four years of drought are taking some drastic, new measures. they're bulldozing thousands of acres of citrus groves and selling off the trees. in their place, growers are planting less thirsty trees that produce more profitable crops. now to a rough landing aboard a us airways plane in charlotte, north carolina. the 159 people on board are safe but shaken. now investigators want to know what happened. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: a near disaster in charlotte, wind shear slamming a jetliner to the ground. >> we bounced it, went around. he's the one that had tail strike damage. if he had had a tail strike, he might have dropped some pieces all the way down the runway. >> reporter: this is what it looks like when a plane is trying to land and is hit by the sunday downward burst of air. wind shear. it can be sudden and strong. the pilot of the us airways a-321 with 153 passengers on board approaching charlotte from atlanta saturday was hit by wind shear. he aborts the landing, hits the power to go around and try again. >> 1851 and we had about a 20-knot wind shear, loss of speed at about ten feet above. >> reporter: what the pilots don't realize at the time is that they hit some of the landing lights, damaged the underside of their jetliner. >> it tells me this came as close as you possibly can to having a major catastrophe. he hit the ground. he hit the lights. he ran the tail along the ground before he was able to get airborne again. >> reporter: once the jet was on the ground, the damage apparent and the runway with debris from those lights shut down. this is a serious incident. the national transportation safety board is investigating. it already has both black boxes from that aircraft to find out what happened in those last couple of seconds and how the pilots reacted. david kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. target will pay $67 million to visa over that security breach in 2013. the accounts of about 40 million customers were hacked in one of the largest breaches of a u.s. company in history. afterward, many customers asked banks and credit card companies for replacement cards. visa has sued target to recover those costs. well, to presidential politics now, and hillary clinton continues to be dogged with questions about her e-mail account as she campaigns. the latest was in las vegas, where she got into a heated exchange with fox news reporter ed henry. >> the fbi believes that you tried to wipe the entire server. did you try to wipe the entire, so that there would be no e-mail, no personal, no official? >> we went through a painstaking process and turned over 55,000 pages of anything we thought could be work-related. >> by the way, donald trump is campaigning today. he is traveling to new hampshire, where he and jeb bush will have dueling town hall meetings. now to the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in charlotte, north carolina. the first full day of deliberations is getting under way this morning in the manslaughter trial of officer randall kerrick. jurors must decide if kerrick used excessive force when he shot jonathan ferrell ten times. prosecutors say ferrell was in a car accident and knocked on a woman's door for help, but she called police. kerrick insists he opened fire to protect himself. a courtroom in chattanooga, tennessee, descended into chaos. watch this. >> get back! stay back. stay back. >> back up, sir! back up, sir! sir, back up. >> probably not the day in court people expected. the man who was attacked there is charged with killing his niece. the guy who went after him was the victim's boyfriend. several people who tried to get into the action were kicked out of the courtroom, which was briefly locked down. the hearing was postponed and will likely be held in a closed court. >> good idea. now to a health alert. as children are about to go back to school, researchers say drug-resistant head lice are spreading. in at least 25 states, they found these superlice with gene mutations that make them resistant to most over-the-counter treatments. their recommendation, switch to stronger prescription medications. in southwest florida, a warning out for a bigger and perhaps scarier critter called the argentine tegu lizard. biologists are calling the four-foot-long reptile public enemy number one. so far, a few have been spotted around ft. myers. they are not known to attack people, but they do upset the ecosystem by eating smaller lizards and birds. well, now the story of a real labor of love from a husband in wisconsin to his late wife. don and babbette jaquish were married. she died from cancer last november. >> so, to honor her, don started babbette's seeds of hope. he planted more than four miles of sunflowers along a highway, and all of those sunflowers are blooming this month. >> so, don's plan is to sell the sunflower seeds and then donate a portion of the proceeds to hospitals and cancer research. i love this idea. how many times do you buy flowers for your garden or just a pot to put in your apartment? you can get these seeds, apparently, from their website, babbettesseedsofhope.com. babbettesseedsofhope.com. there's also a facebook page for the whole thing. what a beautiful display of love to honor his wife. i just thought this was a remarkable story. >> yeah, absolutely. it's 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leaking gas line behind the motel, guests were evacuated right away. some firefighters arriving at the scene were blown back 20 feet by the blast. the flames are now under control. >> good to hear that. now to the frustration of infertility. i tell you, phil, this affects a lot of women of our generation, nearly 7 million, to be exact, each year find themselves unable to conceive. >> and for those who can't, the emotional strain can become almost unbearable. abc's mara schiavocampo has some ways to cope. >> reporter: from headaches to high blood pressure, stress can take a toll, but now there are growing concerns that stress can even affect fertility. a study from ohio state university finding women with the highest stress levels took 29% longer to get pregnant compared to other women and their risk of infertility doubled. >> we're making some progress in recognizing the relationship between stress and infertility. >> dr. alice domar, author of "conquering infertility," treats women struggling to conceive, and stress management is at the core of her practice. >> they want to start looking at their stress levels, their health habits. we challenge some of these automatic negative thoughts. >> reporter: melissa hogan says the struggle to get pregnant brought her stress level to an all-time high. >> the stress of the situation was getting to me so much that it was impacting my life. it was really starting to cause depression. >> reporter: she followed a mind-body regime consisting mainly of relaxation techniques and group support that she says allowed her to let go of the stress she felt for not being able to conceive. she's now expecting a baby boy. >> it was just the right thing at the right time. >> reporter: according to dr. domar, there are simple ways to reduce stress that could have an impact. separate tasks that need to be done from those that would be nice to be done. control intake that may stress your body. stop smoking and cut back on caffeine and alcohol. practice relaxation methods such as yoga or massage. >> there are a lot of things that they can doing within their control to increase their chances of getting pregnant. >> reporter: mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> i know a lot of women who have spent so much money on ivf treatments, and finally are lucky enough to have a baby, and then they end up getting pregnant naturally because i think the stress of finally having a baby is off of them, and they've sort of learned to relax in some cases, but it's not always the case for everybody, and there is a lot of pressure that i feel society doesn't acknowledge for women who are trying to -- of child-bearing years -- trying to have kids. and i think it's pretty remarkable that there are these mental exercises that you can do that might take a little bit of that pressure off. >> absolutely, because it takes such a toll on your body. well, coming up, an instagram celebrity gets slammed for stealing material. and stephen colbert shows off his moves like jagger. you've got to see this one. it's in "the skinny," up next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny so skinny all right, we begin with a scandal that is rocking the internet. >> a social media star being called out for plagiarism. the man known as the fat jewish has become famous for posting funny jokes and memes on instagram, his cultural impact so wide-reaching that he's even been interviewed by katie couric. >> but now it seems the tide is turning against the media personality, whose real name is josh ostrovsky. dozens of examples of him reposting material but not attributing the original poster are being discovered, like this picture right here. it's a caption of a bulldog eating with a man. the fat jewish cropping that image. >> but here, the poster even calls him out. ostrovsky told couric that on the internet, everything gets shared. but his critics, which include many comics and comedic writers, point to his making a living off of other people's material through sponsored posts, like this one for craftsman tools. the fat jewish currently has 6 million instagram followers. well, moving on to stephen colbert, who was on "the howard stern show" yesterday, when the radio host asked colbert about being in a rolling stones cover band when he was younger. >> colbert responded by singing a little of "brown sugar," but he didn't stop there. he got up to show off jagger's signature strut. ♪ brown sugar how come you taste so good ♪ >> keep going. the dancing is great. >> whoo! >> wow! ♪ brown sugar just like a young girl should ♪ >> all right, i had enough of that. >> really? >> wow, that was fantastic! >> am i turning you on? >> he was good. admit it. he really does have moves. >> yeah. you've got stern and colbert together, it's going to be magic, you know? >> we produced that show, right? colbert said the band was called a shot in the dark, but instead, they changed shot to a similar sounding "sh" word, because they were so bad. >> yeah, yeah. we can watch that guy all day long, both of them now. we turn now from the rolling stones to the beatles and their first recording contract that is soon to be up for auction. the six-page document is expected to fetch $150,000 later this month. >> the contract was signed by the band in 1961, including john, paul, george and peter. that's right, not ringo, or officially, richard starkey. the contract included their first drummer, pete best, before he was kicked out. >> people are like, pete who? >> yeah, what? >> paul and george were only teenagers at the time and the contract was for a whopping 80 bucks. >> wow, that is a steal. >> 80 bucks. rounding out our british rock theme, an english professor deciding to live life as david bowie. bowie changed rock and roll by incorporating performance art through many of his personas, and the professor, will broker, from kingston university, well, he's going to spend the next year method acting. that's when you really get into character by trying to be somebody else. so, he's going to try to be the elusive rock legend. >> i guess that explains it there. he will only consume media available to bowie back in the '70s. he's really getting into this here. he's dressing as each and every one of david bowie's characters, including the famous ziggy stardust, as you see here with the orange wig and all. that's him right there. he's also posted pics of himself as well as the man who fell to the earth, the thin white duke and aladdin sane. >> is this dude going to blog, this professor? because i really liked him. >> follow him on instagram. check him out. check out all his costumes. coming up, the tie that binds. some helpful police officers that tie a boy's tie. you've got to see this one. it's really good. stay with us. this one. it's really good. stay with us. it's the "pungent gym bag stink" neutralizer. and the "prevent mold and mildew on the shower curtain for up to 7 days" spray. 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kindness from cops to a concerned 14-year-old. >> i didn't know how to tie my tie and i had no one to tie it. >> reporter: christopher cazales and his single mother were rushing to get to high school for oentation and to get the teen's picture taken for his school i.d. the nervous freshman desperate to the fit in fully dressed in his uniform. >> it's really important because if not, you'll look different than anyone else because you're not going to have a tie. you look segregated from everyone else. >> reporter: he was watching online videos as they hurried to school when his mom decided they needed to ask for help. >> of course, we see some cops, and i'm like, son, flag them down. and he's like, they're going to think i'm doing something bad! i'm like, no, just flag them down. >> i was kind of -- i didn't want to do it. >> i heard him say can you help me with my tie? and i heard them say, of course, pull over! and i was like, yes. >> reporter: lapd officers jonathan maldonado and alberto ledesma quickly jumped into action, tying his tie, his mother capturing the kindness on camera, posting it on social media. the pictures quickly going viral. for the two veteran officers, the encounter was about much more than just a tie. >> this goes into having trust in your community and knowing that we are part of the community and that we are there to help, whether it's to tie a young man's tie or to handle the robbery that just occurred. >> reporter: for christopher, the lesson taught him more than just a windsor knot. his outlook towards police changed. >> it's nice to know that some of them are actually nice and will help. >> reporter: his school picture proud proof. >> it felt good, because i was like, yeah, a cop tied my tie. yes. >> reporter: leanne suter for abc news. >> cops can't tie everybody's tie, so phillip's going to show us how to do it. >> we've got about 20 seconds to figure this out. >> show me. >> start with the thin, the thin side on the left, wider side on the right. >> okay. >> wider over the thinner. >> uh huh. >> and then it's under -- not over -- >> what? okay. >> this way. >> yeah. >> and then over that way. see, you can see how that works? up under underneath. >> up underneath. >> are we going to get it? >> we're going to get it. >> we've got about five seconds. four, three -- >> we're going to put this on our facebook account. we're going to get it. >> two, one. perfect. nailed it. it takes some work. >> we're going to put the final product, we're going to practice, put it on our facebook account. >> call th making news in america this morning, severe weather. tornadoes and powerful storms racing across the midwest. causing damage and knocking out power. where this is all heading right now. e-mail investigation. hillary clinton dismissing questions about her private server. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? >> the presidential candidate in the heated exchange. we're live in washington. pink pill. the 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