High stakes fight. The parents battling in court for custody of their 4yearold taken away after they refused to give him chemo, treating his cancer with cbd instead. A new juul lawsuit. The 19yearold taking on the hugely popular ecigarette maker and a tobacco giant accusing them of racketeering. Rushed by a rhino. The heartpounding moments caught on camera. Tourists on a safari when this massive rhino chases them down. The driver who kept his cool and kept everyone safe. And good morning, america. Hope you are well this tuesday morning. Pretty special morning for robin and me. Why is that . Because for the first time were sharing the anchor desk with t. J. Holmes. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you for sharing. Just a little piece, though. But, no consider it a belated birthday gift. It was your birthday was yesterday. Yes, it was my birthday. This is the real gift to already be back at work and with you two today. No, this is great. Look what happened. I didnt get chased by a rhino but this was some scary stuff here. These things, as big as they are, they can actually go 30 plus miles an hour. You cannot outrun one but these tourists luckily were in a vehicle and they were able to outrun him. A full two minutes. Well get to that ahead. First we begin with millions in the path of severe storms right now. Take a look at the scene on a beach in delaware where 60mileanhour winds sent these umbrellas flying. Now, another round of Severe Weather is moving in. You know ginger will start us off with the latest. Good morning, ginger. Good morning to you, robin. We had ugly skies all the way from georgia up to maine and even here in raleigh, north carolina. You know when the plants are starting to go you better get inside. That flag ripped from the pole. We had 145 severe storm reports that took down power lines. They burst into flames. This is morristown, new jersey. There were some reports of 75 plusmileperhour winds within that. So, today, i do think we see that again. But its going to be this area. Its going to end up being illinois, iowa, down to, say, kentucky, even cincinnati, and this is just the beginning. Tomorrow it moves into new england. So keep an eye tomorrow afternoon anywhere from new york up through vermont and even maine again. George . Another tough one. Okay, ginger, thanks very much. We go to the white house now where President Trump and his team now considering new measures to boost the economy and forestall a recession ahead of next years election. Senior National Correspondent terry moran is tracking the latest. One of the big questions, will the president propose new tax cuts . Reporter not right now, george. Good morning. But youre absolutely right. In public the president and his team have been talking up the economy. Theyre pointing to continued Economic Growth, strong Consumer Spending and the like, but they can see the warning signs around the world and the u. S. And they want to be ready just in case, especially in an Election Year so what are we talking about . Theyre looking apparently at tax cuts for investors as well as some tax cuts perhaps payroll tax cuts for ordinary consumers. Thats the fastest way to get cash into americans pockets. What no one is talking about right now is the deficit. Its ballooned under President Trump and in a recession it would grow considerably. So that is something that also looms ahead. Theres no question about that, terry. Meantime, in the wake of those twin shootings in el paso and dayton a couple of weeks ago we remember the president coming out, it seemed to be, quite strong for the idea of new background checks. Want to take a look at that. Theres a great appetite and i mean a very strong appetite for background checks and i think we can bring up background checks like weve never had before. Background checks that weve never had before a couple of weeks ago. But here was the president late sunday when he got back from his vacation. Its the people that pull the triggers, not the gun that pulls the trigger. But just remember we already have a lot of background checks. Pretty familiar pattern there, terry. Reporter very familiar, george. We heard it after parkland and after other american massacres on this president s watch. Once donald trump supported the assault weapons ban and longer background checks and waiting periods, but that was before he became a president , a politician, seeking the nras endorsement. The nra flooded the white house and the congss with calls and right now basically both sides are at a standstill. The president saying its up to congress. Congress saying its up to the president. Nothing will likely get done. The cycle repeats itself so many times. Thank you, terry. Also in Congress Fallout is growing over israels decision to restrict the visit of two Democratic House members and in an Emotional Press Conference they blasted israeli Prime Minister netanyahu and also President Trump. Our senior Political Correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning. The congresswomen were supposed to be overseas but instead they are here speaking out. They are slamming israeli Prime Minister netanyahu for barring them after they were critical of his government and theyre taking on the president in this unprecedented use of his power after he warned netanyahu that letting in these Congress Women would show great weakness. Unable to hold back tears, michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib told reporters why she turned down israels offer from seeing her grandmother days after she was denied entry. We decided as a family that i could not go until i was a free American United states congresswoman coming there, not only to see my grandmother, but to talk to palestinian and israeli organizations that believed that my grandmother deserved Human Dignity as much as anyone else does. Reporter talib explaining her decision using her grandmothers own words. She said, im her dream manifested. I am her free bird. So why would i come back and be caged and bow down . Reporter tlaib and congresswoman ilhan omar ripped into President Trump for pressuring israel to cancel their planned visit. Donald trump would love nothing more than to use this issue to pit muslims and jewishamericans against each other. The Muslim Community and the Jewish Community are being othered and made into the boogeyman by this administration. Repor the muslim congresswomen have both publicly criticized israels policies concerning palestinians and support boycotts against the country. Now congresswoman omar is calling into question the billions of aid that the u. S. Provides to israel each year suggesting that aid should be tied to israels treatment of the palestinians. George . Even though shes gotten support from fellow democrats that could put democrats in a tough position. Reporter george, it does put a lot of democrats in a really tricky spot because on the one hand they want to support and defend their democratic colleagues but Many Democrats here simply dont agree with all of their positions and dont want to be seen as rebuking their strong support for israel. Mary bruce, thanks very much. T. J. . Now we turn to new developments in the eric garner investigation. Officer Daniel Pantaleo is fighting now to rejoin the force after being fired for the chokehold death of garner. New yorks police union was outraged over the decision to fire him in the first place. Garners family says theres still more to be done. Abcs eva pilgrim downtown at the First Police Precinct with the very latest. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, t. J. This was a decision that surprised many inside nypd. Some of the top brass learning about the firing by watching it on tv. Ultimately this was the Police Commissioners decision, one he says he knew may not be popular with his brothers and sisters in blue. This morning, the officer fired for the chokehold death of eric garner filing an appeal to get his job back. Five years after garner died on a new york street, Daniel Pantaleo fired. Every time i watch that video i say to myself as probably all of you do to mr. Garner, dont do it. Comply. To officer pantaleo, dont do it. Reporter the Police Commissioner making the final call after an nypd judge recommended pantaleo be terminated despite his denials he used a banned chokehold. The judge finding his actions reckless during garners arrest for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. That move triggering a fatal asthma attack. I cant breathe. Reporter garners final words, i cant breathe uttered 11 times becoming a battle cry for the black lives matter movement. [ chanting ] reporter mayor de blasio putting pressure on the commissioner to act while on the president ial campaign trail, now saying the commissioner made the right decision. Members of the nypd learned the lessons of this tragedy. They acted on it. They did something about it. Reporter but an outraged police union accusing the commissioner of bowing to public pressure. The leadership has abandoned ship and left our Police Officers on the street alone. Reporter pantaleos firing a measure of justice for the Garner Family who pushed for years but never saw charges filed against that officer. Yes, hes fired, but the fight is not over. We will continue to fight. I lost my son. You cannot replace that. You can get another job. Maybe at burger king, okay . Reporter and the family is pushing for the other officers involved to be disciplined. This as they are fighting for an eric garner law that would make Police Chokeholds illegal. Robin . That is their hope. All right, eva, thank you. Now to new details about what happened in the days before Jeffrey Epsteins death. The convicted sex offender signing a will for his multimillion dollar estate. Linsey davis has been tracking this case and joins us now with the latest. Good morning, linsey. Good morning. This robin were learning the late financier Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before he took his own life in a manhattan prison. Court papers filed last week say his estate valued at more than 577 million including more than 56 million in cash. His collection of valuable fine arts, antiques and collectables will also be subject to appraisal while the beneficiaries are still not named. The will seeks to appoint two of his longtime attorneys as executors. The will only names one heir, his brother mark. Several attorneys representing his alleged victims are vowing to go after those assets saying they should be distributed to their clients since epsteins death means there will be no trial on criminal charges against him. Just two days before he took his life. Just two days. He signed the will august 8th, was found dead august 10th. And his only living heir is his brother. His brother mark. Well see. Thanks, linsey. George . New trouble for juul. A 19yearold has filed a lawsuit against the ecigarette making and a tobacco company, accusing them of racketeering. Gio benitez has details. Good morning, gio. Hey, george, good morning. Weve heard the growing questions over these devices. It was just days ago when the fda began investigating the potential link between ecigarettes and seizures and in june San Francisco banned ecigarette sales entirely. Now this new lawsuit. Reporter this morning juul the popular ecigarette maker and tobacco giant Philip Morris are facing a new lawsuit in federal court after a 19yearold said he became addicted to nicotine and had worsening asthma symptoms after he began using a juul device three years ago. According to the lawsuit, the companies illegally marketed the devices to minors and deceived the public about the risks of vaping. The lawsuit says defendants prey on youth for financial gain. And because the Philip Morris subsidiary altria is an investor in juul, the lawsuit argues the allegedly deceptive marketing constitutes racketeering. Both companies saying the claims have no merit. In a statement juul writing they have launched an aggressive action plan to combat underage use which included shutting down their facebook and Instagram Accounts and enhancing online age verification. Juul also denies marketing to youth saying the product was always intended for adults. Meanwhile, that 19yearold who filed this lawsuit says he seeks to represent all illinois minors who use these devices. Could you have a big impact. Gio, thanks very much. We turn to an urgent manhunt under way in california for the suspect in a brazen College Campus stabbing. 57yearold steven chan was working on campus as a consultant. He was killed on the first day of classes. Police believe the victim and suspect knew each other and that this was a targeted attack. They are now using every available resource to try to track down that killer. Oh, my goodness. Now we have new clues in the urgent search for a pair of firefighters who vanished during a fishing trip off the coast of florida. Rescuers racing to the spot where some gear was found. Victor oquendo is in miami and has the latest for us. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, robin. That tackle bag giving crews a muchneeded lead. Its also a sign of hope for their families as the search now enters day four. This morning, the search for two missing boaters off the florida coast intensifying. Overnight authorities zeroing in on the area where this fishing bag with gloves and gear was recovered about 50 miles off st. Augustine. Brian mccluneys wife stephanie writing she believes they threw it overboard to say we are here, come find us. He strategically took out he heavy items. There were no pliers, no heavy tackle, no weights in it, only had things that he knew we could identify. We could definitely identify the bag. It was his fathers so it is a huge deal. Reporter mccluney and Justin Walker both firefighters havent been heard from since they left on a fishing trip friday morning. The coast guard releasing this surveillance image of the pair putting their boat into the waters of port canaveral. My brother and justin are very resourceful, very well trained. They know what theyre doing. If there is a way to get found theyll make that as easy as possible for us. Reporter the search spanning nearly 50,000 square miles from Cape Canaveral up to charleston, south carolina. Dozens of boats, six aircraft and nearly 150 people looking for the firefighters by air and sea. Those numbers likely growing as authorities are asking for anyone with a boat to help. Were going to find these guys and its just a matter we finally started zeroing in a little bit today and well find them. Reporter and because both men are firefighters the fire and rescue chief says they have the experience and the skill set to survive. At this point this is still a rescue mission. George . Okay, victor, thank you very much. We move overseas to the mystery surrounding that Deadly Nuclear blast in russia. Reports that two radiation monitoring stations have gone silent are raising new concerns and our Foreign CorrespondentJames Longman is back from russia with the latest. Good morning, james. Reporter yeah, good morning. Thats right. When i was there people told me they were mostly concerned because they werent getting enough information and now these radiation systems have gone offline. The picture isnt getting any clearer. This morning, russias radiation mystery deepens. Since that Nuclear Missile malfunction nearly two weeks ago Radiation Detection sites across the country are going silent. According to an International Nuclear watchdog two bases went dark august 10th, then three days later two further sites stopped transmitting. Why . Russia wont say. But its possible authorities are trying to hide data that these sites could have detected following the nuclear blast. That killed five russian scientists and two military personnel and prompted an evacuation that was later canceled. Speaking yesterday, Vladimir Putin said there was no contamination risk or danger of radiation. But given this concern is a top secret missile project much of what happens remains a mystery and russia has sought to hide Nuclear Accidents before. This is on a totally different scale to the chernobyl disaster. Its the coverup in which some see parallels. The tragedy surged back into the global spotlight thanks to the popular hbo series. And all this comes as a u. S. Russian Nuclear treaty fell apart earlier this month. Though not nuclear, the u. S. Is now testing Missile Systems not seen since the cold war. You have to ask are we on the brink of another arms race . Guys . Could be a dangerous system. James, thanks very much. T. J. . Turning to not too dangerous of a situation. Man versus squirrel. Who wins that fight . Squirrel . What about squirrel versus 25 men . 25 men in a dugout. This is at the Minnesota Twins game last night. A squirrel gets behind home plate but then goes into the dugout and these grown men go scrambling. Okay,