to you, everyone, on what's turning out to be a busy thursday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm erielle reshef in for diane macedo this morning. we begin with new reaction to the announcement senator john mccain is battling brain cancer. >> doctors found a tumor last week while they were removing a blood clot located above mccain's left eye. they have managed to remove all of the tumor that at least was visible on scans. abc's amna nawaz joins us now with more. good morning, amna. >> reporter: good morning, guys. john mccain has built a career as a fighter, as a prisoner of war on capitol hill even in past battles with skin cancer. his new fight now, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. >> if we're going to stay here to work, then let's get some work done. >> reporter: just one week ago a fiery mccain urged his senate colleagues to fight for their priorities. the very next day he flew home to arizona for surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye. that trip thwarted republicans' plans to vote on health care reform but led to this diagnosis from the mayo clinic in phoenix. a brain tumor, known as glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer. the former presidential candidate has battled cancer before including three surgeries to remove four melanomas between 1993 and 2002. this latest diagnosis for the 80-year-old republican unleashed an immediate flood of support from across the political spectrum. >> we talked about five minutes, you know. it's going to be a tough way forward but he says i've been through worth. this disease has never had a more worthy opponent. >> reporter: everyone from president trump and his senate colleagues to former presidents bush, clinton and obama, who warned, quote, cancer doesn't know what it's up against. give it hell, john. cindy mccain posted their wedding photo on instagram along with the pledge that the family will face this next hurdle together. and in her own heartfelt tribute, daughter megan confessed her fears of losing her father but echoed the conviction of others writing, quote, cancer may afflict him in many ways but it will not make him surrender. nothing ever has. now, with this type of cancer the five-year survival rate over the age of 55 is just 4%. but mccain's doctors saying his underlying health is excellent and that they're now working out a treatment plan for the senator. >> all right. well, ted kennedy and beau biden, both of them passed away as a result of this type of cancer. we wish the senator the best. thank you, amna. a top cabinet member was criticized by the president. >> the president suggesting he regrets choosing jeff sessions as attorney general and abc's emlay rah has the bombshell details. >> reporter: good morning, erielle and kendis. in "the new york times," the president takes aim at the competition of several top officials including jeff sessions. the president still fuming over the attorney general's decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. he calls that decision very unfair to the president and says if he knew of his recusal, he would have nominated someone else for the job. >> sessions gets the job. right after he gets the job, he recuses himself. >> was that a mistake? >> well, sessions should have never recused himself, and if he would -- if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job, and i would have picked somebody else. >> reporter: the president complained that sessions' decision led to the appointment of a special counsel that should not have happened. president trump also expressed frustration with the deputy attorney general and the fbi director, the acting fbi director. he also slammed james comey, the former fbi director, who he fired in may saying comey's testimony on capitol hill was, quote, loaded with lies. now, in a lighter moment, the president also addressed that lengthy handshake with the french president emmanuel macron saying, quote, he is a great guy, smart, strong and loves holding my hand. he noted that he enjoyed the bastille day military parade in paris and would like to see something similar on pennsylvania avenue. yep. >> emily rau there in washington. the president becoming pretty known for his handshakes. firm handshakes. >> also interesting during the interview his granddaughter walked in and spoke chinese. ivanka's daughter, a pretty interesting moment there. one of the president's closest confident is heading to capitol hill as the russia probe moves forward. the president's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is set to appear before the senate intelligence committee on monday behind closed doors. and the senate judiciary committee has asked donald trump jr. and former campaign chairman paul manafort to testify next week, but they haven't said if they'll appear. lawmakers want to know more about their meeting with the russian lawyer and any other russian contacts. republican senators gathered again last night to talk about health care but failed to resolve their differences. the late night meeting came hours after a white house lunch to discuss the same issue. president trump has repeatedly changed his position on how to move forward with health care as several republican plans were rejected. he's now turning back to his original plan to abolish obamacare. we should repeal and replace, and we shouldn't leave town until this is complete, until this bill is on my desk. >> more than 150 protesters were arrested on capitol hill as they rallied against the push to get rid of obamacare. the latest report from the congressional budget office says a repeal only bill would leave 32 million more people uninsured over the next decade, and average premiums would double. a massive wildfire in california is growing, but it is moving away from yosemite national park. thousands of residents in the central valley have been evacuated. the detwiler fire as it's called has already destroyed more than two dozen homes and threatens hundreds of others. today's dry conditions won't help firefighters. other parts of the u.s., however, will be too wet. here now is the thursday forecast. good morning. severe weather along with flooding, that's going to be the concern throughout the plains states but also into the upper midwest as we go throughout the daytime hours and, again, many of these same areas experienced and are still experiencing flooding. so big delays going to be a possibility. south and west of there, it is going to be just all out torrid in terms of the heat. look at this, it could feel like it's 115 degrees into the afternoon. i'm justin povick with your accuweather forecast. well, still ahead right here, the wait is over. the winner of a half billion dollar powerball jackpot coming forward finally. >> sadly it was neither of us. and a pistol-packing former firefighter opening fire on a utility truck. why he says he did it. plus, caught on camera, the dramatic scene as a plane lands on a highway touching down in the middle of traffic. you're looking at the lovelock correctional center in nevada. o.j. simpson has called it home for nearly a decade and today will go before a parole board. simpson will plead for his freedom after serving nearly nine years after his sentence there for robbery. the former nfl star was convicted of trying to take back some sports memorabilia that he said belonged to him. now one of the men that accused him is going to be there for him. now, simpson is now 70 years old and has been a model prisoner. legal experts say he's likely to be released. stay with abc news for live coverage of that hearing today at 1:00 p.m. eastern. the victims of the movie theater attack in aurora were remembered overnight. a dozen people were killed and 70 others injured in that attack that happened five years ago during a screening of a "batman" movie. the gunman is serving 12 life sentences in prison. a frightening incident for some drivers in south carolina. they were crossing a bridge when construction netting, tarps as well as cables on a portion of the bridge in north charleston collapsed. about a dozen vehicles were trapped for some time. everyone got out safely. one driver taking a photo of a net on top of their vehicle. the hope this morning is that the bridge will be ready for rush hour. carrier corporation is laying off about 300 workers today at its indianapolis plant. it comes after a deal praised by president trump to prevent 1,100 jobs from going to mexico in exchange for the company getting $7 million in state tax incentives. another 300 jobs will be cut just before christmas. and a southern california man has claimed last month's huge powerball jackpot. >> lucky guy. the golden ticket totaling 448 million bucks making this the tenth largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. jeff lindsay is taking a lump sum option, just a mere $279 million. >> yes, so he bought the ticket as an afterthought and then left it on the kitchen counter 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exchanging those punches. the guy who had the machete was arrested. >> to which many new yorkers just continued along and said, a ah, wednesday. >> just another wednesday. morning road conditions and flooding likely from the southwest up to the canadian border to the great lakes. drivers are also likely to find wet roads in florida. if you're flying airport delays are most likely in detroit and miami. the minneapolis police officer who allegedly shot and killed a bride-to-be still has not spoken with investigators. >> but his partner has, and his attorney says justine damond may have startled the officers as they drove down a dark alley with the lights off. a source also tells our minneapolis station the two cops might have thought that they were being ambushed. investigators are now looking for a possible eyewitness, a young man on a bicycle who stopped at the scene after that shooting. madonna has fought to block the auction of some of her personal items. she obtained a temporary restraining order saying some of the items were too personal. among the 22 lots is a breakup letter from tupac shakur so it is indeed personal. madonna says that she had no idea the tupac letter was no longer in her possession. she describes the woman who consigned the items as a former friend. quite an unusual touchdown for a helicopter flying over new york's long island forced to make an emergency landing at sea. the pilot reported mechanical trouble then hit the water. he deployed pontoons to stay afloat until emergency responders were able to get there. the chopper was carrying the wwe executive shane mcmahon, he is the son of the ceo vince. neither mcmahon nor the pilot suffered any injuries. also the pilot of this small plane had to make an emergency landing. perfect if it was on a runway. but it was on a highway. he also had mechanical problems and left him with no other choice. police are praising his skills saying he had to fly over a highway sign then under an overpass before he managed to make that perfect landing there. no one injured. a florida man apparently took get off my lawn way too far. cell phone video shows him methodically shooting out the tires of an at&t bucket truck, several of them that were parked there on his street. he also shot at other parts of the truck such as the radiators and windows. one of the workers was up in the bucket while all of this was going on. no one was injured but the cops were called and the homeowner was arrested. he was reportedly upset about having the trucks parked in front of his house. >> oh, wow. >> he said i don't want you in front of my house. you're going to damage my grass or my driveway, something to that effect, and they said, look, we're doing it as quickly as we can, but they were on public access. >> a police spokesperson says the homeowner appears to be a quiet man, and he doesn't know what made him snap. that he did. golf's third major of the year, the british open, is now under way. the winner, of 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