Hiphop festivals in the world. Amazing rescue and reunion. The california mother who vanished while camping saying she was chased by a man with a knife now finally found. Shes telling her story on gma this morning. How she survived. Chicago on edge as authorities search for chance the snapper. First seen a week ago, now missing for days. The area shut down and a florida trapper called in. And jumbo jelly. The stunning sight in the sea. The moment a diver runs into this rare giant jellyfish and how she kept her cool. My goodness. Good morning, america. And it is a big morning. The emmy nominations are going to be coming out and its a big year for your show. We certainly hope it is. Winter may have come and gone but tis the season for awards. Yes, i think the emmy should go to game of thrones. Well see what happens. We knew that vote was coming. Those awards coming up later this morning. First, the fallout from the president is not backing down as democrats prepare to vote to officially condemn his comments. Were covering all the angles this morning. Cecilia vega starts us off at the white house. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter not only is the president not backing down he is reupping his attacks to those four american congresswomen. His message is Crystal Clear if you dont like it here, leave. The four democratic congresswomen at the center of a political firestorm this morning are firing back. This is the agenda of White Nationalists. Whether it is happening in chat rooms or its happening on national tv and now its reached the white house garden. Reporter the group united against the president and his co back where they came from. Sadly, this is not the first nor will it be the last time we hear disgusting bigoted language from the president. Reporter all all american citizens, three of them born in the united states. Congresswoman ilhan omar, a somali refugee, has lived in this country since she was 12 years old and in the wake of his attack, she turned it back on the president. It is time for us to stop allowing this president to make a mockery out of our constitution. Its time for us to impeach this president. Reporter but President Trump is not backing down either. At the white house, he dug in. They hate our country. They hate it, i think, with a passion. As far as im concerned, if you hate our country, if youre not happy here, you can leave. Thats what i said in a tweet which i guess some people think is controversial. A lot of people love it, by the way. A lot of people love it. Reporter among those who love it, White Nationalists who are now praising the president s tweets, but President Trump said he doesnt mind. Does it concern you that many people saw that tweet as racist and that White Nationalist groups are finding common cause with you on that point . It doesnt concern me because many people agree with me. Reporter the congresswomen accusing the president of trying to distract from the issues facing the country. This is a distraction and we should not take the bait. Reporter congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez offering a stark message to the next generation. I want to tell children across this country that no matter what the president says, this country belongs to you, and it belongs to everyone. Reporter so this firestorm is not likely to die any time soon. The president heads to North Carolina on wednesday for a campaign rally. He clearly plans to make this controversy part of his argument to say that democrats are attacking his base on this one and one Campaign Aide tells us that the president s strategy is to point out that Many Democrats say terrible things about this country and, george, we can very much expect this one to be part of this race for 2020. Yeah, the president wants us to keep on going and pretty distinct contrast to how the administration dealt with inside the president s comments after charlottesville. This time, it appears at least that the president s team seems to have embraced these racist remarks as an effective political tactic. Reporter well, heres what i can tell you. Publicly or privately im not talking to anyone here in this white house in this administration who will offer a forceful defense of what the president said but no one is willing to go on the record and say that these are racist and that tells you a lot also. There was very much a sense here yesterday that the president wanted to get out in front of this one. You can see from this Washington Post picture his talking points that he brought with him out to the white house lawn. On those talking points, he said that this and i should say this was an event about made in america, the president came out there prepared to address these in these tweets, he wanted to stress that the women have a record of saying antisemitic and antiamerican things. You can see that there on that picture, george. Okay, cecilia, thanks very much. Lets bring in our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce for more on this. Mary, we know House Speaker nancy pelosi going to put a resolution on the floor today to condemn the president s remarks. Reporter george, House Democrats are trying to send a very clear message here. They do plan to vote tonight on this resolution that, quote, strongly condemns President Trumps racist comments, saying they have, quote, legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new americans and people of color. Now, this is largely a symbolic move and while republicans some say the democrats here are simply playing politics, democrats say they feel the need to send that strong message and they are trying to get republicans to go on the record here to force them to say where they stand on the president s remarks. Republicans have not wanted to speak out on this at all. Reporter george, we have reached to every single republican in congress and so far the majority of them still are not commenting and those who are are offering a pretty muted response. Just a handful of republicans here have been willing to condemn the president s remarks, even fewer are calling them racist. Tim scott, the partys only africanamerican in the senate, called them unacceptable and racially offensive. Mitt romney says they are deruivdaer mcconnl, the top republan in the senate, george, still has not said a word about the president s remarks. Now, that is expected to change at his press conference here this afternoon. Show how farhirepublican party has now lined up behthey it is his party. Mary bruce, thanks very much. Robin. George, as we heard, White Nationalists are praising the president. Chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more on that. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. Today, theres evidence that sinister organizations are embracing the president s comments and trying to use them to energize their movement. The Antidefamation League tracks their movement and they have identified a number of leaders in these hate groups who were very animated on social media about the president telling these four women of color to leave the country. One such leader was thrilled by the president s tweet saying, quote, this is the kind of White Nationalism we elected for. All this as fbi officials tell us that since october theres been a 30 increase in terror cases involving people who advocate for the supremacy of the white race, robin. Many keeping an eye on that. Turning to immigration, we know that the Trump Administration is issuing a new rule that could in place that would effectively end asylum claims for a vast number of migrants arriving to the u. S. From mexico . Reporter thats right, it tells immigrants coming from Central America that they must seek asylum in at least one country as they travel north before they can apply for asylum here in the u. S. Expect another legal fight over this one, robin. Thank you. Amy. Were going to turn to that slowmoving storm, barry, causing problems as it heads north and this morning, were also watching extreme heat on the way from the plains to the midwest to the east coast. Ginger is tracking it all. Good morning, ginger. Good morning, amy. A lot to cover this morning. We begin with pictures out of louisiana. Now we know that theres been almost two feet of rain that has fallen, more than 23 inches. You can see the result there, just neighborhoods fully underwater. Thats with the tail of this system. Barry still moving north. The center now up in missouri and you can see the tail with a flash flood emergency. Nashville, arkansas, has had eight inches of rain already. Highways are covered in water this morning and we have flash flood warnings all the way up and watches up to illinois and even paducah, kentucky. Keep an eye on the water there in the middle of the country but watch this. The jet stream is high and thats going to allow heat to build anywhere from los angeles where its very hot to chicago where you could see your hottest stretch of 100 plus in seven years. Look at the feelslike. 106 on thursday. Kalamazoo, michigan, 100. 100, birmingham. Washington, d. C. , could see the hottest stretch theyve had in three years, and were going to keep it. Look it, through saturday is when the core of this heat settles in, philadelphia, 106, new york city, on saturday could feel like 109 degrees. This after the blackout of last weekend, con ed is worried that this will be affecting a lot of peoples air and electricity so please take it down a degree or two, guys. Will do. Ginger, thank you. Now to that massive fire sparking evacuations at a Music Festival overseas. 10,000 concertgoers forced to flee the flames in croatia at one of the most popular hiphop shows in the world. Diane macedo has those details for us. Good morning, diane. Reporter robin, good morning. That fire broke out outside the fresh island festival in croatia. Its the biggest hiphop beach festival in europe. Cell phone video shows concertgoers running from the beach as flames light up the sky behind them. But getting all those people back to their hotels was extra hard because as the festival tweeted they had to shut down the road to town and wouldnt let the buses through. Concertgoers instead were sent to a parking area but thankfully fire Officials Say that fire is now under control. The roads are open, everyone is safe and nobody was even injured, robin. Great to hear that. But what about the festival . What happens now . The organizers tweeted that theyll update everyone as soon as possible. Tyga was among those set to perform yesterday. Organizers are hoping that the show can go on. They want to make sure its safe. The other big question is what caused this fire. Officials dont know yet, but an investigation is under way. Good to hear. Diane, thank you. A scary scene. We move to that dramatic bail hearing for Jeffrey Epstein where he came facetoface with two women accusing him of sex trafficking. They pleaded with the judge to deny bail, keep epstein behind bars and tom llamas has details. Reporter a judge says he will deliver his final decision on thursday whether Jeffrey Epstein gets bail but some stunning moments inside of court. Two accusers, as you mentioned, facing off with epstein as prosecutors revealed new information, some of which rocked the courtroom. Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein may be spending more time behind bars. His legal team arguing the multimillionaire who has pleaded not guilty is not a flight risk. But in court, prosecutors responding with a bombshell. They say when federal agents safe piles of cash, dozens of diamonds and an expired foreign passport with epsteins picture but a different name and a stated residence in saudi arabia. The defense pressing on, stating epsteins wealth is not a reason to keep him locked up, citing Ponzi King Bernie Madoff and former enron ceo Jeff Skillings as highprofile megarich defendants getting bail. But the judge pointed out this case is different, allowing two of epsteins alleged victims to testify in court. Courtney wild saying she was sexually abused when she was 14 and that hes, quote, a scary person to have walking the streets. Its about your voice being heard, its about people being held accountable for their actions, you know, justice being served and doing it for yourself. Reporter annork. He then paid for her to travel to new mexico where on his sprawling esta these were girls who were procured, transported across state lines. This was as commercial a sex trafficking operation as you can imagine. Reporter now, one of epsteins biggest clients for years was the ceo of elle brands which owns victorias secret, and bath and body works, billionaire les wexner sent this internal memo to employees, quote, when mr. Epstein was my personal money manager, he was involved in many aspects of my financial life. But let me assure you that i was never aware of the illegal activity charged in the indictment. We learn more about mr. Epsteins personal life. He was not a billionaire but a wealthy man. This was sealed this was unsealed yesterday so were getting a closer look at how much hes worth but this financial form was described as cursory because it lacked so much detail. Interesting points, hes worth more than 500 million. This according to him. Some points of reference, he has more than 56 million cash on hand. Nearly 200 million invested with hedge funds and one of his islands remember, he has two, but one of his islands, little saint james, has a value of 63 million. What a dramatic moment in the courtroom when that passport is revealed. Hard to imagine hes getting bail after you see that. The courtroom and the overflow courtroom were both stunned. You could hear like, whoa, like nobody could believe when prosecutors revealed that. It also shows prosecutors have a couple aces up their sleeves that they have not revealed yet. More to come. Tom llamas, thanks very much. Amy . Now to protests erupting in puerto rico. Thousands taking to the streets calling for their embattled governor to resign as he faces accusations of corruption. Police firing tear gas and pepper spray at the crowd. The protest came hours after hundreds of pages of a private chat were leaked showing the governor making profane and sexist comments. This also comes amid growing frustration over the governments handling of hurricane maria. The governor, however, says he will not resign. Very tense times there. Going to turn now to a big morning for entertainment. The emmy nominations are today and the final season of game of thrones expected to get plenty of nods. Already has amys nod. Chris connelly is in l. A. With a preview for us. Good morning, chris. Reporter good morning, robin. You know, the sheer volume of shows in this era of peak tv means that standing out is harder than ever. Still, look for a flock of buzzed about newcomers to join those familiar performers and shows when the emmy nominations are announced today. Its end of season storytelling swerve didnt delight everyone, but even so, past winner game of thrones should rack up a best drama series nomination for its blooddrenched farewell with peter dinklage, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington among those in the mix for acting nods. Peabody award winner pose could earn its first nomination. Were about to go mainstream. Reporter last years winner, the marvelous mrs. Maisel, likely to get another bite of the apple along with the final season of veep. Star Phoebe Wallerbridge likely to stand alongside moms Allison Janney and emmy o. G. Julia louisdreyfus as best comedy actress. The chinese are ready to fix this whole damn election. Reporter best comedy actor, returning champ bill hader from barry may vie against don cheadle from black monday and Anthony Anderson of blackish. Im proud of you and your new summer job as a twitter nerd. Reporter can sandra oh from killing eve win best actress . Laura linney from ozark wasnt mentioned. Heres a knife fight with haunting chernobyl. Ava duvernays instant sensation when they see us and the dazzling fosse verdon all eligible. One name that no one has heard yet, that of a host for the emmys, leading to speculation the Television Academy may take a page from the oscar script and just do without. And remember that the handmaids tale, Stranger Things and Big Little Lies not eligible for series nominations this year, because they each debuted their new seasons after the end of may. A few guest performances from handmaids tale could grab a nom or two. Which categories which we may see new faces do you think . I think the drama categories are wide open. You have all those shows that arent up this year, the crown, the americans and that opens it up for shows like pose or succession. Well see what happens. It should be fun. It always is. It always is with you, chris. Were following a lot of stories this morning. Coming up next, this mother who went missing while hiking was lost in the wilderness for days. She will tell her story on gma saying she escaped a man with a knife and also tells us how her dog helped keep her alive. And the search for the gator thats putting chicago on edge. First lets go back to ginger. Seems wrong, doesnt it . Okay, so lets go ahead and start with something that is so normal for this time of year in minnesota, and that would be severe weather. There was actually a tornado reported and then this damage in belle plaine, minnesota. That was likely from winds but theyre going to do the survey today. You can look for more of that action out in the plains, anywhere from rapid city to pierre, scotts bluff included today for damaging wind. Just wanted to note before the heat comes whats left of barry and a front, a lot of rain, two to four inches in connecticut, rhode island and, of course, new york. Your local weather in 30 seconds. Thanks for starting your good Tu