Wheel again . And saved at sea. A fishing boat with dozens on board crashing into rocks, taking on water. Passengers scrambling for life rafts, waiting desperately to be rescued. We were in the right place at the right time for those people. How Good Samaritans got there in the nick of time. And good morning, america. Happy labor day. Great to have paula faris here. Great to be here. Thanks for the invite, george. We hope youre having a safe and enjoyable Holiday Weekend so far. This morning all eyes are on hermine, tracking north. Warnings and watches are in place along the coastline. Its still ruining the holiday for millions even as the storm spins into the atlantic. Beaches are closed to swimmers this morning after red flag warnings like this one in bradley beach, new jersey. Look at ocean city on sunday. Those winds are so high right there blowing sand all across the shore. Now lets take a look live at that beach right now. Should be pretty packed this labor day. Those waves are hitting pretty hard right there. Ginger, even though the worst may have passed, you still have the danger of rip currents. Right, thats where the impacts will be, in the ocean. For anybody planning to go to the beach or in the ocean, thats the storm. Inland, everyone seems to have a decent time because this storm is so far east. At this point post Tropical Cyclone hermine is south and east of long island. It is moving north. It will turn back to the north and west, so eastern long island, parts of coastal rho island, nantucket there, all in Tropical Storm warning and advisories and warnings stretch all the way down to virginia because it is that piling up of surf and water that does this that youre about to see where gio benitez is this morning in holegate, new jersey. Reporter hey, ginger, good morning to you. This is just incredible. I want you to compare this with my height. Take a look right here. This is a massive dune here. The waves were just as high, tearing away at this dune and tearing away at your Holiday Weekend. Off the midatlantic coast, hermine showing her power. Causing coastal erosion on the jersey shore. Rolling up the eastern seaboard, sending high winds up to 70 Miles Per Hour. Out in the atlantic, a rough ride for passengers on board royal caribbeans anthem of the seas, heading to bermuda. In the restaurant, dishes going all over the place. Reporter a warning for beach goers with hermine creating some of the strongest rip currents of the summer. Were probably going to have a lot of guards down by the jetty with the rip currents. Reporter the threat leaving many beaches closed on the unofficial final days of summer. This morning many residents cleaning up after hermine rocked the coastal south over the weekend. We lost the deck. Reporter in florida, some residents still battling rising waters. I look out my window and we have an otheren on the front porch. Reporter thousands spending Labor Day Weekend without power. There is a lot of water that still has to have month throuve our county so were not out of the woods yet. Reporter back out here live on long beach island, take a look at the water, the surf is rough, dangerous. The beaches are here closed so if you live near the coast, just dont get in the water. And thats the warning we want everyone to listen to this morning. Thank you, gio. I think a lot of people are waking up and watching this morning and saying where did the storm go. It was so sunny, so beautiful and im waking up again to a mix of sun and clouds. Let me explain this to you. As of saturday morning the forecast position on all the computer models that we love was taking it very close to the coast. If that had happened we would have been in huge trouble. Heres what actually happened. The low went east. It just kept moving east so every time we kept thinking its going to turn north now and then it wouldnt. Right about here is where it went wrong. It should have gone north there as far as the computer models were concerned but it wanted to give us a safer, better Holiday Weekend. Thank goodness it went wrong. I was wondering that. Thanks for the explanation. Breaking news overseas. President obama is in china for the g20 summit reading with Vladimir Putin to discuss syria and how to fight isis. The president will be speaking shortly but bob woodruff is in china with the latest. Reporter yes, that meeting of the two president s lasted much longer than anybody expected, about an hour and a half. Still no agreement, but they will continue to talk about this to try to reduce this violence there in syria. Now, secretary of state john kerry also tried to get an agreement with his russian counterpart for the past two days, but that failed as well. The hope is to work out a ceasefire between syrias leader, bashar assad. The goal is to figure out a way for the u. S. And russia to Work Together to target extremist groups like isis. North korea launched three Ballistic Missiles. Very interesting that it happened while the most powerful leaders are meeting. North korea does like to impress the world with growing threats and this time the u. S. President is less than 700 miles away from the spot where these missiles were fired. Paula, george . Provocative right there. We move on now to the race for the white house. Kicking off a home stretch this labor day with both candidates hard at work in the key states of ohio. Mary bruce is on the trail in cleveland with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter george, good morning. No rest for chin tan and trump today with the election just 64 days away the candidates will be making competing pitches to voters here in the key state of ohio as he enter the final fall stretch. This morning as the candidates start their sprint to the finish, a first for donald trump. Trump visiting an africanamerican church in detroit on saturday, swaying along and making a rare direct appeal. I fully understand that the africanamerican has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right. Reporter a softer tone from trump after weeks of fiery pitches to almost all white crowds. Im asking for the vote of every single africanamerican citizen. Youre living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, what the hell do you have to lose . Reporter but no change in tone when it comes to Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton is the most dishonest candidate for president of the United States since richard nixon. Reporter trumps running mate on the attack after the fbi released new documents in the investigation of clintons emails, telling investigators she relied heavily on her staff to mark and handle classified information and she did not know the letter c in emails stood for classified. Her running mate coming to her defense. These notes demonstrate clearly why the fbi saw no need for additional criminal proceedings. Reporter meanwhile clinton is noticeably quiet on the campaign trail as she makes a final summer dash for cash, fundraising with big donors and still largely ignoring the press. Its now been 275 days since her last full blown press conference. Is this going to change . All the time as hillary is on the trail, shes talking to the press, hundreds of interviews. Im doing the same. The labor day to election day stretch is going to ramp up even more. Reporter still no word on when clinton will hold her next press conference but when she lands here in ohio later today it will be on a new plane with her press corps on board. Mary bruce, thanks very much. Im here with matt dowd, political analyst. Labor day used to be considered the start of the president ial campaign. Now its the beginning of the end. Lets look at where things stand right now. After a rough start in August Donald trump has tightened things up a bit. Yeah, the race has trended back to where it was preconvention when hillary and the democrats had a Great Convention and donald trump made a series of errors. Its gone back to a three or four point race. The interesting thing about this race, somebody could win this with 43 or 44 of the vote which changes the dynamics in states and demography. You have two other candidates in there, jill stein and gary johnson. Johnson doing fairly well, approaching 10 in some polls but can he make a real difference if he doesnt get into those debates . It looks like he wont get into the debates because he has to get an average of 15 . He can allow either candidate to lower their barrier that they need to win so donald trump can underperform with minorities and still win the presidency. Hillary clinton can underperform with white voters and still win the presidency. And that debate september 26, scheduled for september 26, still the biggest x factor. As you know, george, anything can happen in the next 60 or 62 days but the debates will determine this. Hillary clinton can either put donald trump away or donald trump can get right back in this race, overcome this lid he seems to have at 40 or 41 . Both candidates need that debate in a way because they both are entering the home stretch with such high negatives. They have two huge liabilities that i think the debate is crucial for each of them. Donald trump has to prove that hes president ial and doesnt make the country feel insecure in some of the manner with which he relates to them, and Hillary Clinton as we heard from the piece has to solve this trust problem that she has that continues to weigh her down. If you were her would you do a full blown press conference before the debate . Yes. Absolutely. Do a Chris Christie style press conference where you go for an hour and a half, exhaust the press by standing there taking one after another. Then you can clean up things at the debate. Matthew dowd, thanks very much. September 26 going to be must see tv. Horns. You had to get that in there. I was conflicted. Welcome horns. Politics and sports with matt dowd. Good to see youre not one dimensional. Thank you. Amusement ride accidents making headlines this monday morning from chicago to memphis where 8 people were taken to the hospital after lap bars opened on the ride before it came to a full stop. Eva pilgrim is here with the latest. Reporter a terrifying trend, the absolute last thing you want to happen. But almost for a week now for the last month some sort of accident involving a ride and the number of people hurt just keeps adding up. This morning two accidents at two different local fairs leaving a dozen people, mostly children, recovering. I really thought i was going to die. Reporter this ride at the delta fair in memphis now shut down after this terrifying scene, pure panic as the moonraker ride fall functions. People left dangling, holding on for their lives, some falling from their seats. My youngest daughter is hurt bad. Reporter shawn owens daughter faith has a broken wrist and neck injury. More than half a dozen children rushed to the hospital, this within hours of another fair accident in chicago. The ems plan one for the multiple injuries at the carnival. Reporter six children hitting their heads when a roller coaster came to an abrupt stop. One of the little girls whipped forward and hit her face on part of the ride. Reporter the total number of scares at amusement parks and carnivals now totalings six in just the last month including a 10yearold killed on the largest water slide in kansas and three hospitalized when something went wrong on a ferris wheel in green victory laville, the majority of accidents that happen today are human error. Reporter and that appears to be the case in this most recent accident in memphis. The ride operator panicked and hit a button that released the safety bars before the ride was actually in the cradle. Reporter the association representing carnival operators telling abc news injuries are rare and that of the more than a billion carnival rides americans take each year only 13,000 people suffered injuries requiring emergency room visits. Weve seen a lot of these p recently, enough to make people pause before they get on. Feels like theyve happened in a condensed period of time. Thank you, eva. Now to that announcement rocking nascar. Superstar Dale Earnhardt jr. Sitting out the rest of the season for health reasons. Hes 41 now so his future in the sport may be in doubt. T. J. Holmes is here with the latest. This is not the biggest name in racing, this is a legendary name. Earn art. He says he will not race again this year because of an issue were used to hearing associated with football, concussions. Now we dont know when hes going to be in that race car again. His doctor says hes just trying to get him to be a human being again. I think its the right decision considering how i feel. Reporter Dale Earnhardt jr. , the most popular driver in nascar, says hes not fit to drive. I definitely dont belong in a race car today by any stretch of the imagination. Reporter and wont return to racing this year because of complications from a concussion he suffered in this crash Dale Earnhardt jr. Reporter at the michigan speedway back in june. Earnhardt says he didnt feel any symptoms until weeks after the crash. He hasnt been seen behind the wheel since july 9 as hes continued a slow and difficult recovery. I struggled with my eyes for a while and im starting to see improvements there. My balance is miles better than it was. Reporter this comes on the heels of his announcement that hes donating his brain to concussion research. In response to a Sports Illustrated story about nfl players doing the same, earnhardt tweeted in march, what use is it to you at that point . Im going to donate mine. Earnhardt has suffered several concussions in his career, including two in 2012, the first during a test drive in kansas where he blew a tire and slammed the wall. Then just two months later spinning out of control in a Chain Reaction crash during the race at the talladega superspeedway. This is at least his fourth concussion hes had in his career. Hes going to wait and try next year. He said hes aiming for next season he plans to be back in that car but says he even has trouble walking down the sidewalk. He said sometimes i need more space walking down the sidewalk. If you cant do that you dont need to be going 200 Miles Per Hour in a car. He said it was weeks after this last concussion before he felt anything. Who knows how long he was out there having issues before he realized it. This is scary, 41 years old. T. J. , thanks very much. U. S. Open time, its a big day today. Both serena and venous williams take the court. We all want to see that. Nick watt is tracking all the action this morning. Hi, nick. Good morning. We may never see the likes of Serena Williams ever again. Shes chalking up records, shes on the brink of sporting immortality. The only thing possibly standing in her way, maybe some big nerves on big occasion and maybe her big sister venous. Game face, check, kpegs sleeves, check, serena is ready to make history, pull varizing her opponent for her 307th grand slam, world record, the most ever by a woman and tied with Roger Federer for the most wins ever by a human being. I want to keep that number going higher and see what can happen. Reporter and if serena lifts the trophy here this week, it will be a recordbreaking 23rd grand slam trophy and a record 7th u. S. Open crown. But shes on a collision course to meet sister venus in the semifinals, the best sister act in sports, 36 years young venus, this weekend, crushing an opponent ten years her junior. That energy when match point rolled up and im like, im right at home. Reporter dominating the court since the turn of the century, two more wins apiece and that semifinal showdown is on. And we might not see many more. Oh, and serena says those compression sleeves make her think of a superhero. Me too. Super serena. Its got a ring to it. Serena tips her hat to the trailblazers who came before her, billie jean king, but she says that female athletes are still treated differently than men. Shes trying to do her best to readjust that balance, but you know, its a tough one. But today shes playing today. If she wins today, shell become the winningest grand slam player ever. She will eclipse the great Roger Federer. Enough said. There was a big upset on the mens side. Nadal out. Clearing the way for andy murray to win the whole thing. I was exhausted watching that match, over four hours. Running on fumes at that point. I almost passed out watching it. Thanks, nick. Lets go over to ginger to well get more on that later, but local weather in 30 second. First your local cities bout to you by deep water horizon. Reporter good morning everyone, david murphy here with your update from accuweather, rain from hermine is well off the coast at this point. We might get a little sprinkle or shower later in the day down the shore. For now, sun and clouds across the region. A little bit of cloud cover stubbornly hanging over center city currently. The numbers are in the 50s and 60s. High of 85 dry conditions light showers down the shore. More sun to the west, more clouds to the east. 90 tomorrow, record highs at the end of the week. Death would have been a welcome relief from the pain and agony i felt. 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