Some scary moments at the beach in nags head, north carolina, when a swimmer got caught up in high waves and strong rip currents. Kudos to ethan the lifeguard who managed to pull that swim tore safety. This incident, of course, serves as a reminder that swimmers should always learn about rip current conditions, remember to swim parallel to the shore if youre caught up in one, and stay close to lifeguard stands and to ethan as well. Good point. American airlines is apologizing for an incident involving a passenger who was asked to cover up or leave the plane. And this morning were no heres abcs victor oquendo. Reporter this American Airlines passenger is outraged after flight attendants allegedly humiliated her because of what she was wearing. She believes it only happened because shes black. I walked down the aisle with my head down. I didnt want to see another passengers face. It felt like this walk of shame. Reporter dr. Tisha rowe, a Houston Family physician, and her 8yearold son, were returning from vacation, flying from jamaica to miami. The pilot, who was white, authorized her removal from the plane. They had pulled me off the plane to ask three times, do i have a jacket . In a tropical climate . There has to be more to this. Reporter she says the flight attendant, who is also black, told her to cover up. Later posting these images online, drawing immediate backlash against the airline. In a statement American Airlines telling abc, we apologize to dr. Rowe and her son for their experice re their travel. American airlines plans on hiring a chief inclusion and diversity officer. Dr. Rowe says she doesnt want another woman of color to go through what she did. Victor oquendo, abc news, miami. Our thanks to victor. This story, records show that in kingston, jamaica, it was 94 degrees that day, 89 degrees in miami. She says she was asked three times if she had a jacket. A coat. Like, no. Right. I dont. Not to mention she was completely covered up, it was a romper, its summer. That one was a head scratcher, definitely. The airlines is apologizing. Saying theyre taking the steps now. Yeah. So the fight always continues there. Yes, it does. We have an update about jeopardy james. Jeopardy has confirmed that James Holzhauer will return for the next tournament of champions later this year. Holzhauer won nearly 2. 5 million in his 33 jeopardy appearances, though he didnt beat ken jennings. 14 other contestants will take part in the tournament, including chicago librarian Emma Boettcher who ended the recordsetting run. With the return of jeopardy james, you know what that means. What . The return of my song. Here comes jeopardy james here comes jeopardy james here comes jeopardy james he will never lose he lost. Who giggled . Somebody giggled. Coming up, everything you ever wanted to know about how to catch a lobster. Our friend tom kelly is taking us on the ultimate Summer Vacation on the water in maine. The inlaws have moved in with us. And our Adult Children are here. So we save by using tide. Which means we use less. Three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. Anybody seen my pants . 1 stain and odor fighter, 1 trusted. Its got to be tide. This morning we this morning were going on a special excursion and learning all we ever wanted to know about how to catch a lobster. Our friend tom kelly, whos a standup comedian and entertains the audiences at gma, he took a break from all of that to take us to maine. Reporter youve heard of wicked tuna. Take a shot. Reporter battlefish. Whats up, whats up . Reporter deadliest catch. This is not those. Thats to keep the lobster from fighting. Reporter this is world news nowiest catch. We teach people everything they wanted to know about lobster fishing. Summertime in maine is synonymous with lobster. Where do lobsters come from . Under the sea reporter how did it get from the ocean to that sad little tank at the restaurant . And then into my belly . Rock lobster reporter more than 550 million worth of lobster was caught in the United States last year. Threequarters of that was brought ashore in maine. For 35 bucks to teach tourists more about lobstering than you could ever want to know. Im going on a wicked lobster adventure. What we do is anything we catch on the boat we offer up for sale for the boat. You can take it home and cook it howe bring it to the portland lobster company, right next door to where we board. The first step is youve got to get ready. More lobsters, more crabs reporter we didnt have much to show for our first few. Thats it . This one will measure that just misses, a little bit small. Aww take some frozen herring and put it in a bag. Then were going to put this bag into the trap. Reporter lobsters love to eat herring. Me . Not so much. So far we have not caught any lobsters. But we did catch a bald eagle that killed a seagull. Murderer we got our first keeper. He has no claws. So i can hold him like a baby and im going to name him sebastian. What is a clawless lobster really worth . A few dollars anyway. Its so funny. Lobster rolls and things like that. Weve done four, five times, all weve caught is one clawless lobster. This is our last chance. Weve got a keeper a keeper at the last port weve caught a lot of lobsters and made a lot of friends. Are we ready, captain . Ready and three on my three. On my three . Your three . That was just one. Youre going to go on three. This is so confusing. This is why i tell jokes for a reporter for abc news, im tom kelly goodbye, goodbye reporter off the coast of portland, maine. Rock lobster we have the most boston person whos the leader here at world news now. Ken. Hey, ken. You like some wicked lobsters . Lobsters are distantly related to cockroaches. 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This really happened. In japan a bunch of 24 red grapes just sold on the Auction Block for 11,000. 24 grapes. So this is a very special breed of grapes, and they are prized for their high sugar content, low acidity, and juiciness. Juicy fruit. So its not like grapes for wine. No, not at all. The top bidder was a businessman there in japan. Only about 26,000 of these ruby roman grapes are expected to be sold this year. Which made me think about how when you buy grapes at the grocery store, i feel like the prices get higher and higher. For this little bunch . 8 . Because everybody else walked through the store eating all of them. Eating the grapes. Thanks a lot, thieves. Thats a lot for grapes there. So this happened. In australia a man has made friends with a wild crocodile. Friends . Uhhuh. And get this, the 13footlong crocodiles name . Bone crusher. Thats matt wright. Socalled outback wrangler. Theyve been friends for five years. Were told that three years ago their friendship got closer when matt found bone crusher in bad condition with half his jaw missing. Oh no. He helped lead him to food, helping him survive. Bone crusher is probably like, youre my friend. So bone crusher just crushed too much. Yeah, i guess so. Im like, youre never really friends with a croc. Or maybe this croc is misunderstood. Maybe crocs are always misunderstood and we can be friends with all of them. Dont do that. Then youll be on this happened for what happened to you. Dont do it. Youre a meal for the croc. See ya later, alligator. After a while crocodile. This happened. Abandoned iguana rescued after spending days in a franklin tree. It happened in massachusetts there. Franklin resident cynthia says her family spotted the lizard in one of their trees over the weekend. He tried to blend in, though. Really did. But they got the iguana down. Did he want to come down . I doubt that he did. How out of place though, right . And an 11yearold were going to get to this last one. 11yearold versus a panther star outjuked him on the football field there. Whoa got him. That happened. This morning on wor this morning on world news now, bracing for a possible hurricane. Parts of the gulf coast are getting ready. A storm that has already drenched new orleans is predicted to strengthen overnight. We have the latest storm track. Also this morning the security scare at buckingham palace. An intruder hopped the fence while the queen was asleep. Plus the backyard encounter. A bear comes to visit but one neighborhood dog wasnt having its one of the biggest nights in sports, the espys. Superstars from different sports are all together in one place. Bryant, wade, brees, plus the entire u. S. Womens soccer team. Its thursday, july 11th. Good thursday morning. Thanks for joining us. A lot to get to. Yes, the espys were on last night. Apparently it was a really good show. I saw snippets of it. I also saw social Media Chatter being critical of our boy tracy morgan. Clearly there were crickets inside the room. I guess somebody always got something to say. Right, of course, of course. We will get to everything theyre all saying. We do begin with the drenching thunderstorms swamping parts of the gulf coast. The storm system swirling in the gulf has already triggered a state of emergency in louisiana. And the National Hurricane center predicts that system could become a hurricane as early as tomorrow. Torrential rain has unleashed heavy flooding on the streets of new orleans. You see people in boats there. And thats fueling concerns about strength of the levee system rebuilt and repaired after hurricane katrina. Abcs rob marciano is in new orleans with details. Reporter a state of emergency for new orleans. This waterspout spotted marching across lake pontchartrain. The whole bedroom was blown out. My wife and dog were under the rubble. Reporter and flash floods pounding the city, dumping up to half a foot of rain, turning roads into rivers. The famed French Quarter submerged. Drivers forced to abandon their cars. Residents getting around any way they could. This man swimming through deep water. This is ridiculous. This is like venice out here. Everybody need a boat or something. This is really sad. Reporter its only the beginning. Louisiana bracing for a hurricane or Tropical Storm. We dont know yet where this storm is going to land but we know its going to be a big storm, a significant rain and storm surge event. Reporter the people here taking no chances. Theyre stocking up on supplies. In the gulf of mexico, Oil Companies already pulling workers off their rigs. And along the rivers, a scramble to sandbag. The levee system facing one of its biggest tests since hurricane katrina. The mississippi projected to reach 20 feet, highest level in nearly 70 years. Here at the Bonnet Carre Spillway west of new orleans, it has been open for an unprecedented second time this year, diverting about 10 of the Mississippi River water flow, relieving some of the pressures of the levees downstream. But with the amount of rainfall we expect to get, anywhere between 10 and 20 inches, plus the storm surge, the Mississippi River level at new orleans could reach a level where the levees begin to overtop. Rob marciano, abc news, norco, louisiana. Forecasters are calling for significant rainfall in new orleans over the next seven days. Accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins us now with whats ahead today. Were continuing to track this developing storm system over the gulf, likely to become Tropical Storm barry by the end of today or early friday, making a path toward louisiana, making landfall potentially as a category 1 hurricane, continuing to move northward through the Mississippi River valley bringing a significant flooding threat here, especially across louisiana where were talking perhaps up you wards of 8 inches of rainfall if not more than that. Our accuweather local storm maximum in some spots could see upwards of 2 feet of rainfall. This storm is certainly going to be a mess as we head through the weekend and into early next week. Janai, kenneth . Definitely looks like its shaping up to be a mess. A texas man has been charged with threatening to assassinate president trump. Michael getlub was arrested in the dallas area accused of willfully making threats to inflict bodily harm and kill the president. The indictment offered no specific details about the nature of the threats. The suspect is due in court today. A legal victory for president trump. A federal Appeals Court threw out a lawsuit that claimed he violated the constitution by profiting from foreign guests. The suit said the Trump International hotel was siphoning business from local hotels because officials were trying to curry favor with the president by staying at his hotel. Labor secretary alex acosta insists he got the toughest deal he could in the case against wealthy financier jeffrey epstein, accused of molesting dozens of young girls. Acosta said federal prosecutors would have let epstein walk free. The former state attorney involved in the case disputes that claim saying acosta abandoned a 53page indictment after secretly negotiating with epsteins lawyers. Reporter in a press conference wednesday, labor secretary alex acosta defended a controversial plea deal he negotiated with wealthy financier jeffrey epstein. Facts are important, and facts are being overlooked. Reporter acosta stating that the 2008 florida case started at the state level and blamed the state Prosecutors Office for initially negotiating an agreement that would have let epstein walk. Without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away. Reporter the deal acosta helped broker as a u. S. Attorney in florida has come under new scrutiny after epstein was indicted this week by federal prosecutors in new york. According to the indictment, epstein lured teenage girls to his mansions in manhattan and palm beach, florida, allegedly sexually assaulting them in massage rooms. Some of the allegations in the new case are also part of the investigation acosta oversaw. A good prosecutor will tell you these cases are complex, especially when they involve children. Reporter epstein is currently facing up to 45 years in prison on the new charges if convicted. In comparison, under the florida plea deal, kept from his accusers until it was already done, epstein served only 13 months of an 18month sentence in county jail, registered as a sex offender, but evaded federal charges. A judge later deeming the agreement illegal because the victims werent notified in advance. Democrats are demanding acosta step down or be fired. It is now impossible for anyone to have confidence in secretary acostas ability to lead the department of labor. Reporter the president is standing by his labor secretary. I feel very badly, actually, for secretary acosta. Because ive known him as being somebody that works so hard and has done such a good job. Reporter now the democraticled House Oversight committee is looking to question acosta about the epstein case. Chairman Elijah Cummings has invited him to testify on july 23rd. A man is in custody in london for breaking into buckingham palace. Police say the 22yearold climbed over the palaces front gates at 2 00 a. M. Yesterday morning. Queen elizabeth was there at the time. The intruder was not carrying a weapon and Authorities Say the incident is not being treated as terrorism. New york city loves winners and loves parties. The two came together as the big apple celebrated the World Champion u. S. Womens soccer team. Thousands of people lined the streets along manhattans canyon of heroes, cheering from the ground and tossing tons of confetti from the air. The route ended at New York City Hall where cocaptain Megan Rapinoe wowed the crowd even more during the teams introduction. She said the backtoback champs are all about diversity. We have pink hair and purple hair. We have tattoos and dread locks. We got white girls and black girls. And everything in between. Straight girls and gay girls. Hey hey, now. Yep. Rapinoes social message also