Country. Todays drawing is the second biggest in u. S. History. So, in which state are you most likely to buy the Winning Ticket . New york. Hmm. Hopefully its one you live in. We say good morning, everybody. We start with breaking news from phoenix. Police using pepper spray overnight on protesters after a largely peaceful demonstration. Police say some antitrump protesters threw rocks and bottles at them. The cops then responded with stun grenades and pepper spray forcing some of those protesters to douse their faces with water. Now, inside the Convention Center the president started by talking about unity and love. But then quickly turned combative and at times angry blasting the media and his critics in congress. We get started with abcs janai norman. Reporter a heavy police presence, pepper spray and protesters. [ chanting ] reporter tensions were high in phoenix as supporters and protesters squared off outside. Abcs tom llamas is there. The Phoenix Police department had a very good plan in place. They were able to separate the demonstrators from the Trump Supporters but right at the end the Trump Supporters were coming out and demonstrators were able to get right up in their face and screaming matches but we didnt witness any vice. At the end as police were trying to force everyone out they used tear gas and the police had gas masks and shields and pretty much marched the rest of the demonstrators outside of downtown phoenix. Reporter inside a sea of red hats welcomed President Trump in front of a crowd of thousands trump rehashed his response to the charlottesville violence, attacking the media for its coverage. Then i said racism is evil. Did they report that i said racism is evil . [ chanting no ] you know why . Because they are very dishonest people. Reporter saying his words were perfect omitting that he said both sides were to blame. The comment that drew so much criticism and led the phoenix mayor to plead him to postpone the rally saying trump doused racial tensions with gasoline. Look, the president blew it after charlottesville. I mean, it was really a failure of moral leadership. Reporter ignoring that request trump took aim at Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell for failing to repeal and replace obamacare and threatened to shut down the government over his border wall. Believe me, we have to close down our government were building that wall. Reporter trump hinted at a pardon of Joe Arpaio Convicted of criminal contempt for defying a federal judges order to stap racial profiling in his roundups of immigrants. Ill make a prediction. I think hes going to be just fine. Reporter and the former director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper called the president s phoenix rally downright scary and disturbing and questioned the president s motivation and his fitness to hold the office. Diane and kendis. Yeah, he also mentioned that hes scared that the president has the nuclear codes. Janai norman, thank you. The president didnt just blast the news media and democrats at last nights rally. He made it clear he is not happy with arizonas two republican senators. John mccain and jeff flake. Saying flake doesnt matter because no one knows who he is. But mccain mattered quite a bit when he cast that deciding vote that killed the repeal of obamacare and the president unloaded on him. But we were one vote away from repealing but, you know, they all said, mr. President , your speech was so good last night, please, please, mr. President , dont mention any names. So i wont. I wont. I wont vote one vote away. I will not mention any names. One vote. Speak to your senator, please. Speak to your senator. Neither republican senator was at the rally nor was arizonas republican governor. He was, however, at the airport. At that rally President Trump also expressed some cautious optimism will north korea saying its leader kim jongun is, quote, starting to respect the u. S. And the president said something positive might come of that. Now, some analysts say that suggests his administration might be ready to seek talks with north korea about its Nuclear Weapons program. Now to the report of rocky relationship between President Trump and Mitch Mcconnell. The New York Times reports that the two men havent spoken to each other in weeks and it says mcconnell has privately expressed uncertainty that the president will be able to save his administration following this summers controversies. The report also refers to a phone call two weeks ago that turned into a profanity laden shouting match. The president accusing mcconnell of bungling the health care debate. A spokes pane for mcconnell says his boss and the president have, quoting here, shared goals. Top Trump Administration officials have been adding details to President Trumps afghanistan strategy. The first new developments of additional u. S. Troops to the war zone could take place within days. But theres just no official word on how many more americans will ultimately be joining that fight. This entire effort is intended to put pressure on the taliban to have the taliban understand you will not win a battlefield victory. We may not win one but neither will you. And so at some point we have to come to the negotiating table and find a way to bring this to an end. Reporter he said the u. S. Could consider punishing pakistan if it doesnt stop offering safe haven to taliban fighters. The deadly collision involving the uss john mccain cost someone his job. Vice admiral Joseph Aucoin is being relieved of duty. The mccain collided with an oil tanker and the navy said divers searching its flooded compartments from found remains of some of the ten sailors missing. A waging wildfire is contained and people are heading back home this morning in central washington. At least 100 homes were evacuated because of the large fastmoving wildfire that scorched hundreds of acres, destroyed at least four homes and left a thousand people without power. Authorities are still trying to determine what caused that fire. Now lets take a look at your weather. Severe storms are moving across the northeast and new england this morning. You can see the strongest activity is in the appalachians and then along the coast from new jersey to new england. Now, those storms will leave in their wake cooler less humid weather. The storm system is coming out of the midwest especially the kansas city area where it dumped record rainfall. First responders there handled more than 60 calls for water rescues alone. Workers at this Industrial Complex were surprised by how quickly that water rose stranding them inside. Well, still ahead right here the 700 million jackpot. Which state has the best odds of selling todays Winning Ticket . Plus, new this morning an 18yearold missing in a National Park for 11 days has been found alive. Hear what rescue teams are saying about where he was all that time. A car owner refusing to give up his vehicle clinging to the back of a tow truck. The dramatic scene playing out. In a survey of 40,000 people, air wick was voted product of the year in air care for its scented oil warmer. With the best fragrance control available for the perfect amount in any room, big or small. Make air wick your choice now. Its your glass of willpower that helps keep cravings. Far, far away. Feel less hungry with the natural fiber in clinically. Proven meta appetite control. From metamucil. Grief counselors will be available today at a new York City High School after the death of a freshman Football Player. Police say dominic best collapsed during a noncontact practice in the bronx. He is the second new york area Football Player to die during a workout this month. A 16yearold on long island was killed when he was struck in the head with a log. Day three of testimony begins in just a few hours in a georgia murder case featured on a reality show. The victoria rickman case includes the defendant which says she shot and killed her boyfriend four years ago because he tried to rape her. In an odd twist a reality tv crew had followed responders officers to the scene the night of the killing and an officer was hurt on camera questioning whether rickman was telling the truth. Tiger woods, lindsey vonn and others are making threats. They dated for two years. Her phone was hacked and naked photos of both of them were recently stolen and posted online. A spokesperson for vonn calls the hack a despicable invasion of privacy. Photos of other stars like miley cyrus were also stolen and posted on the website. Woods and other victims are threatening to sue the site. The website operator is denying they stole the photos directly from woods and vonn and says he wont remove the photos. The stock market opens today off its best day since spring. The dow surged 200 points amid renewed hope of tax reform. After its best single day performance since april. The nasdaq and s p 500 posted gains yesterday as well. A Landmark Hotel once owned by the president is up for sale. New york citys famed plaza hotel is on the market according to the wall street journal. It could sell for more than 550 million. Donald trump owned that building from 1988 until 1995. Among those rumored to be interested in buying the plaza, cofounder of hiphop group, the fugees. Must have been a lot of money in the fugees. Who knew . When we come back the wife of the treasury secretary apologizing this morning, why she received backlash for this instagram photo. And a new health study that says high doses of a popular Vitamin Supplement could be tied to cancer. Needles. 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Shes apologizing after an Instagram Post and a response that appeared to flaunt her wealth. Abcs mary bruce has all the details. Reporter a glamorous woman stepping off a private jet wind swept, a luxury handbag in tow, a familiar scene on instagram but this is sparking outrage. Why . Because thats treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and his wife scottish actress Louise Linton returning from an official trip and thats a government plane. Linton posted the photo bragging about her head to toe designer outfit, great day trip to kentucky she rose, , tomford, sunnies, he remembers scarf. Steve mnuchin is a weather former Goldman Sachs executive and married linton recently in a lavish ceremony attended by the president and first lady. Online the backlash to lintons post was as fear as her fashion. Glad we could pay for your little getaway, deplorable wrote jenny miller, a mother of three from portland, oregon. But linton fired back writing, have you given more to the economy than me and my husband . Either as an individual earner in taxes or in selfsacrifice to your country . Im pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than youd be willing to sacrifice. Adding, yo adding, youre adorably out of touch. Mary bruce, abc news. She calls her comments highly insensitive and the Treasury Department is reimbursing the government for her travel and says she was not paid by any fashion labels for her comments. We move to a health alert about lung cancer and vitamin b supplements. Men who took high doses of vitamin b6 and b12 supplements had a higher risk for cancer and found the risk was nearly double for men. For male smokers the risk was between thee and four times higher. It did not find the same risk for women or nonsmokers. A teen missing for 11 days has been found in tennessees great smokey mountains National Park. 18yearold austin bohanon was taken to the hospital. He was the subject of a massive search with hundreds of rescuers scouring the remote area. But on tuesday he simply walked out of the park. A Family Member says they had a big celebration after hearing that the teen was safe. Relieved family, no doubt. And this incident caught on camera happened near los angeles. Thats a man on the back of that tow truck. Thats also towing away his car. Well, i mean hes attached. The tow truck is moving and he smashes in the rear windows with a crowbar. His car fishtailed, scrapes along the road and Police Stopped the whole thing and took everyone involved in custody. Did he get his car back . That, i dont know. Well put our Investigative Unit on that. Week three of the nfls preseason kicks off tomorrow night. This morning sports is all about a big trade. This happened in the nba. Lets get details from espn. Good morning, america. Im nicole. Hes john. Any special outshout ideas. Good morning, utica. Okay, so you remember the Opening Night of the nba season cavaliers will play the celtics. Sounds good. Take kyrie irving and Isaiah Thomas and have them switch teams. Thats right, big trade. The deal gets together and gets done. Tuesday irving to boston. Isaiah thomas, centerpiece that included jae crowder, ante zizic and brooklyns 2018 unprotected first round pick. Huge chip. Dana white says jon jones has failed a drug test. This one related to his fight last month with Daniel Cormier and not has been stripped of his title. Jones says he is now working with the crews to have his samples tested again. Of course, this is not the first time that jon jones has failed a drug test around a fight. Got a little history. All of the little leaguers in williamsport on tuesday night washed away. Almost quite literally. Good news in utica, partly cloudy. High mid70s on wednesday. Good morning, america. Boston, cleveland fans mark your calendar for opening day. 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