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dangerously low over a suburban neighborhood, residents fearing a catastrophe just days after a similar case came to light over hawaii. our expert on what could be to blame. >> power problems as record heat grips the nation. chaos for commuters on one of the busiest rail lines in the country. >> a disturbing crime in texas a 12 year old strangled, found dead in a creek. what we're learning about the suspects now facing capital. murder charges. >> countdown to the first presidential debate. the strategies for biden and trump, and overnight new fundraising figures revealing a major gap. plus, the big name politician now reportedly lending millions to biden, an abc news exclusive. >> the wife of the man electrocuted inside a hot tub at a mexican resort describes the terrifying moments and what went wrong. >> the new beauty trend for men and teen boys can chewing a certain kind of gum really give you a more defined jawline?
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>> and the world's tallest teenager set to take college basketball by storm at seven foot nine and still growing. >> from abc news this is america this morning. >> good friday morning everyone. i'm lionel moise in for andrew i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. >> we'll get to the extreme heat across much of the country in just a moment. but we begin with yet another scare for airline passengers. >> yeah, we've reported on multiple close calls at major airports in recent months, but in this case, the close call was over the suburbs of oklahoma city. the faa is investigating another concerning incident on a southwest airlines flight after a plane appeared to come dangerously close to homes near oklahoma city for some reason, they blew through an assigned altitude and continued and got very close to the ground. the boeing 737, which took off from las vegas tuesday night, was descending into oklahoma city's airport just after midnight when it dropped as low as 525ft over
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the city of yukon, passing just over a high school. a low altitude alarm alerted air traffic control, which contacted the cockpit. >> 4069 low altitude alert. you got out there. >> the air traffic controller in the tower saved the day by telling them, check your altitude. the plane landed safely, but local residents flooded social media, saying they thought the plane was going to hit their homes. it was night. it was late. perhaps the crew was tired. they were descending over the prairie so there was no lights. there were no visual reference. it was essentially descending over a black hole. they were given clearance for a visual approach, so they were looking out at the lights of oklahoma city looking for the airport. and for some reason, they missed that assigned altitude. perhaps it was distraction in the cockpit. >> earlier this week, it was revealed a southwest plane from hawaii came within just 400ft of slamming into the ocean. back in april, a memo saying a newer first officer accidentally
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pushed forward the control column. as for the incident over oklahoma city, southwest says it is in contact with the faa to address any irregularities. >> breaking overnight, amtrak says two train lines between newark, new jersey, and new york city are canceled until further notice due to an equipment failure that will surely take a toll on today's commute. during the extreme heat, service has been restored along the rest of the northeast corridor after yesterday's power failure, which shut down service. meanwhile metro operators in the washington, d.c. area had to slow down. their trains concern the extreme heat would expand the rails and no relief. today, highs could hit 96 in parts of the northeast, and we're expecting mostly 90 degree readings across the midwest. parts of the upper midwest are dealing with extreme flooding, including minnesota, and more storms are expected today. we'll check your forecast in just a few moments. >> now to politics and new details on next week's presidential debate. both president biden and former president trump also reported new fundraising numbers
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overnight. right. abc's em nguyen has all those details. good morning. m lionel. >> good morning. yeah. new poll shows the race is still very tight. but when it comes to fundraising in recent weeks, the numbers just aren't even close. >> this morning, former president trump and the rnc appeared to have out fund raised president biden's campaign for a second consecutive month. the biden's campaign and the dnc revealing they brought in $85 million last month, far short of the 141 million raised by trump's political operation. this is a scam. >> i think it's a terrible thing that's happening to our democracy, possibly reflecting a surge in support for trump after his felony conviction. >> but overnight, word that biden is getting a boost from former new york city mayor michael bloomberg, a source saying the billionaire is donating $20 million to biden. and now attention focuses on next thursday's debate. trump after months of describing biden
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as weak and mentally unfit, is now raising expectations for biden's performance, saying this on a podcast yesterday, i assume he's going to be somebody that will be a worthy debater. >> yeah, i would say, i think i don't want to underestimate him. >> trump also spoke about the economy, foreign policy and immigration, saying he wants to automatically grant green cards to college graduates. meanwhile, biden's debate prep at camp david is being led by his former chief of staff. biden will reportedly focus on trump's, quote, extreme record and is expected to attack trump's stance on reproductive rights. a new fox news poll shows biden leading trump by two points, 50 to 48. trump, responding on social media, writing fox news polls are always the worst for me. they have been from the beginning and always will be. as for next week's debate, biden won a coin toss and got to choose where he'll stand. he chose the podium on the right now. trump got to pick the order of closing statements and he
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chose to have the last word. >> andrea m thank you. in houston, two men are under arrest, accused of strangling a 12 year old girl, jocelyn nungesser's body was found in a creek monday. police say she had sneaked out of her home and was seen on surveillance video meeting up with the suspects, but it's not clear if she knew them. the men are in their 20s. reportedly, migrants from venezuela each now facing a capital murder charge. >> tensions are escalating on the korean peninsula after vladimir putin's visit as south korea's military fires more warning shots. the shots were to repel north korean soldiers who briefly crossed the border for the third time this month. south korea has also summoned the russian ambassador to protest the new military deal putin signed with kim jong un, social media companies are fighting back after a week of reckoning. >> everyone from the nation's top doctor to congress to a major school district and governor are looking to crack down on the industry and its impact on children. this morning
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, a new push to protect kids using social media. >> we know that we've already lost too many kids or kids that are spiraling for a long time now. >> new york's governor signing a bill to restrict social media use by minors under the law, people under 18 will only be allowed to see posts from accounts they follow rather than content suggested by an algorithm. and platforms can't send minors notifications between midnight and 6 a.m. the restrictions can be turned off with parental consent, but an industry group calls the law an assault on free speech. the law's passage comes the same day the wall street journal reported that instagram is recommending videos sexual in nature to kids as young as 13. the report is based on accounts set up by testers. meta, dismissing the report as an artificial experiment that doesn't match the reality of how teens use instagram. earlier this week, the u.s. surgeon general called for social media platforms to display health warnings similar to tobacco products. amy neville
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, who lost her son when he unintentionally bought fentanyl on snapchat, supports adding the label it's in the light. >> we're talking about it as a nation and hopefully that's going to create some serious change. >> research shows kids who spend an average of three hours or more on social media per day double their risk of anxiety and depression. today, on average, they spend nearly five hours per day. the los angeles school district this week decided to ban cell phone use during school days. in the meantime, a possible ban could soon be in the future for tiktok. it's chinese owned parent company says it will not sell the app to american investors, as required by a recently passed federal law prompted by national security concerns. in newly filed court documents, tiktok argues the law violates the first amendment and says it's engaged the u.s. government for years on ways to protect americans. data and criticizing lawmakers say they reached for a sledgehammer without even considering a scalpel would suffice. tiktok
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users are also suing, hoping to stop that law and prevent the app from being banned. >> well, a special moment last night at the olympic trials, u.s. swimming star lilly king qualified for her second olympic event, the 200 meter breaststroke and her win had an extra ring to it because moments later, her boyfriend proposed to her. she said, oh my god, yes, yes. the couple were both swimmers at indiana university. >> congratulations to them. time now for your friday weather. >> moisture from former tropical storm alberto, now in the form of a tropical rain storm, is bringing drenching thunderstorms to parts of new mexico, colorado, eastern arizona, even utah. and some of that will be dangerous. flash flooding near the burn scar areas of recent fires. the heat holds for the ohio valley and mid-atlantic states, still hot in new york as well. rounds of thunderstorms around the northern fringe of the heat will be an issue through saturday, and the heat will begin to get suppressed away from the western great
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lakes this weekend. for accuweather, i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> all right. coming up, should teachers be paid more? the new debate in congress. >> also ahead, the wife of the man electrocuted inside a hot tub at a mexican resort describes the terrifying moments, and later, donald sutherland's remarkable career, what his mother once to
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>> good morning america. good morning america. every day you feel like. >> a north carolina toddler is alive and happy thanks to her dad's ability to perform cpr. she was in the pool when she suddenly went limp. her dad, who is a nurse, immediately started compressions, and doctors say the two year old is doing fine. >> a texas woman is speaking out after her husband was electrocuted at in a jacuzzi at a mexican resort. lizette zambrano says they were both in
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the jacuzzi when her husband, george screamed in pain. then she felt the shock go through her body. bystanders tried to save them, but her husband didn't make it. she told abc's matt rivers she couldn't move. >> what was going through your mind when it first started? it's weird because i'm aware of the whole time. >> like it's the shocks are going on and my mind is still going, just thinking he's going through the same thing and he wasn't. >> zambrano is suing, claiming there was faulty wiring. an investigation is underway. >> school is out for much of the country for summer break, but lawmakers are trying to tackle a problem that's only growing worse a shortage of teachers. public school teachers on capitol hill yesterday testified about the challenges facing schools. one challenge a shortage of teachers, which they blame on low salaries. >> the number one reason teachers leave the profession is the pay. the number one reason parents don't want their children to become teachers is
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the pay. >> the average starting teacher salary in the u.s. is just over $44,000 a year. nearly 30% of school districts pay less than $40,000. a recent teacher of the year in utah revealed why he can't afford to teach. >> you used to be able to raise a family on a teacher's salary. now the only reason i'm able to be a public school teacher is because my wife makes much more money than me. >> a new bill from senator bernie sanders would require teachers make at least $60,000 a year. >> incredibly, the average public school teacher in america is making nearly $100 a week less than she or he did 28 years ago. after adjusting for inflation. >> but critics say schools have enough money. they're just not spending it wisely. >> spending is way up relative to inflation. >> chicago public schools spending has increased 97, while student achievement has dropped by 63% in reading and 78% in math. how do we begin to restore
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the trust when folks say we need to spend more money, but we see so much more money being spent, and yet scores are falling. >> and sanders bill to raise those teacher salaries has not received enough support for senate consideration. >> well, coming up, what amazon will no longer be delivering to your house. >> also ahead, a family of black belts who helped rescue a woman ♪ ♪ yeah i'm up on a cloud ain't coming back down ♪ first you hear it. then you feel it.
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insane workout. >> i'm into this stuff for a couple of weeks. it definitely strengthens and builds the jaw muscle. >> facial fitness gum is all the rage on tiktok. these before and after photos showing the square jaw look some teens want. >> the claim is that chewing this extra hard gum will strengthen your jawline and give you that chiseled look, just like a comic book character or like superman. but there's a problem. there is no evidence at all to back this claim. >> the chewing gum from brands like jawline and stronger gum claims to build stronger, more defined jaw muscles to improve physical appearance. >> one of these companies, one of the founders, cited a 2019 study and said, hey, this study proves that chewing gum will help your jawline. well, i looked at that study. that's all that study showed was that in mice who were fed a hard diet, they had some bone growth in their jaw, mice, hard diet, bone growth in humans, chewing gum, chiseled jawline. these two are not equal. >> the american dental association also warning
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teenager. >> i said, mother, am i good looking? and my mother looked at me and went. your face has character. donald and i went and hid in my room for at least a day. >> well, that didn't stop him. sutherland would play leading men, appearing in nearly 200 film and tv roles. >> some big news for kevin costner fans he is not returning to yellowstone. he says he needs to focus on his film series horizon and american saga next, a seven year old from michigan is now a member of mensa, the elite organization for the highly intelligent hank costner has an iq of 130, he told our detroit station. >> he loves reading and math. >> do you know division? yeah. so then you know your multiplication tables? yeah and you just finished first grade?
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right now. at five, the home of oakland's mayor raided by federal agents almost 24 hours ago. we still have not seen or heard from mayor xiang tao, she is a radio silent. as the abc seven i-team learns the investigation includes allegations of political corruption, one of the worst mass shootings to happen in oakland. >> what we'v

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