>> right now on america this morning, president biden's address to the nation, writing the first draft of his legacy. >> it's been the honor of my life to serve as your president, biden explaining to the american people why he ended his presidential campaign, plus, former president trump holding

his first rally since biden dropped out, turning his attention toward vice president harris. >> thousands fill the streets of washington protesting a visit from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the dramatic moment as a man tries to save a burning american flag. plus netanyahu's message for the protesters. >> you have officially become iran's useful idiots. >> what's next for netanyahu's visit to the u.s? >> developing right now american warplanes intercepting russian and chinese bombers near alaska. why security experts call this a first. >> breaking overnight, a raging wildfire exploding in california, triggering evacuations. how dozens of wildfires in the u.s. and canada are now impacting air quality across several states. >> freedom on hold for christopher dunn, whose murder conviction was overturned after three decades behind bars. why dunn's release was halted as he was waiting to be picked up from

prison and life imitating art. >> the court battle involving the murdoch family. straig of the hit series succession from abc news, this is america this morning. good morning everyone. i'm lionel moise in for andrew. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with president biden declaring the best way forward is to pass the torch in his first address since dropping his reelection bid, biden said now is the time for fresh and younger voices. >> biden called on americans to defend democracy and urged them to choose between going forward or backward. >> it's been the honor of my life to serve as your president in an oval office address, president biden explaining his historic decision to withdraw from the presidential race. i revere this office, but i love my country more. but nothing nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so

i've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. >> biden, praising his vice president, likely democratic presidential nominee kamala harris. she experienced she's tough. >> she's capable. she's been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country. >> without naming him directly, biden seemed to take a jab at former president trump, underscoring the importance of the election and the principles of american democracy. >> the great thing about america is here kings and dictators do not rule. the people do. history is in your hands. the power is in your hands, and there's simply nothing, nothing beyond our capacity when we do it together. so let's act together, preserve our democracy. >> the president, giving the address with his closest aides and family. in the room with him are rick klein. was there. >> it was remarkably emotional and intimate. the oval office is

not a big place. there are about 40 people in there, maybe about 10 or 12 members of the biden family watching intently. and when the president wrapped up his remarks, they broke into spontaneous applause. and the president stood next to his wife, who came over to him next to the resolute desk and said, this was the honor of a lifetime. >> moments after the address, trump staffers released a photo of the former president watching the speech. trump slammed the address, saying crooked joe biden's oval office speech was barely understandable and so bad. >> if you don't mind, i'm not going to be nice. is that okay? come on. >> trump was back on the campaign trail wednesday at a rally in charlotte, now going after harris. >> the most incompetent and far left vice president in american history, slamming her role in the administration, harris, tasked with addressing the root causes of migration at the southern border. >> the borders are. >> oh, the borders are. when you look at how bad they are, you say, you know, i like trump, but now i really like trump. >> meanwhile, harris was in indiana addressing a gathering

of one of the nation's historically black sororities attacking trump's record on women's rights. >> president donald trump, the former president, handpicked three members of the united states supreme court because he intended for them to overturn roe v wade. when i am president of the united states and when congress passes a law to restore those freedoms, i will sign it into law. >> the sources say roughly a dozen people are being considered to be harris's running mate. harris is expected to make her pick by august 7th. >> well, today, president biden will welcome israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the oval office a day after his fiery speech to congress, netanyahu defended the war in gaza as pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed with police just a few blocks away. abc's em nguyen joins us now live from washington with more. good morning m brennan. >> good morning. netanyahu's address to congress exposed the divisions in washington over israel's war. israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to the white house today for a meeting with president biden, their first face to face meeting since biden visited israel after the october 7th attack by hamas. vice president kamala harris will also meet with netanyahu separately, 58, believes in a terrorist state. it comes as thousands of protesters against the war in gaza converged on washington yesterday condemning netanyahu's visit, chanting free, free palestine, marching toward the capitol before police deployed pepper spray. palestine will be free. >> palestine will be free. >> demonstrators filled several blocks carrying signs with messages including arrest netanyahu. protesters even released insects, including maggots and crickets, in the watergate hotel, where netanyahu is believed to be staying outside washington's union station. protesters burned an american flag. >> the flag there on the ground was on the flagpole here at

union station a few moments ago, but protesters here lit it on fire. as well as that effigy of benjamin netanyahu. you can hear the chants one man tried to save the smoldering flag running through the crowd as he was chased by protesters during netanyahu's speech to lawmakers. >> congresswoman rashida tlaib, a michigan democrat who is censured by the house over her israel comments, held up a sign that read war criminal on one side and guilty of genocide on the other. but netanyahu remained defiant, telling lawmakers israel will settle for nothing less than total victory. >> we also help keep american boots. we help keep americans boots off the ground while protecting our shared interests in the middle east. winston churchill appealed to americans with these famous words give us the tools and we'll finish the job. >> netanyahu did not discuss the status of a cease fire deal that hamas and israel had been negotiating for weeks, but he promised the families of

hostages that he would not rest until all of their loved ones are home. netanyahu also delivered this message to critics of the war. >> well, i have a message for these protesters. when the tyrants of tehran who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering their hair are praising, promoting and funding you, you have officially become iran's useful idiots. >> tomorrow, netanyahu travels to florida, where he's meeting with former president donald trump at mar a lago. lionel. >> all right. thank you so much for that update. meanwhile, we are getting new details about the 20 year old gunman who nearly assassinated donald trump, fbi director christopher wray told lawmakers that thomas matthew crooks flew a drone for 11 minutes on the day of the rally, apparently to survey the site. and a week earlier, he looked up information about jfk assassin lee harvey oswald. >> on july sixth, he did a google search for, quote, how

far away was oswald from kennedy as the search for a motive continues, the house unanimously voted last night to create a task force to investigate the assassination attempt on trump. >> we are learning more about the us military intercepting two russian and two chinese bomber jets flying near alaska. defense officials say the bombers did not enter american or canadian airspace and were, quote, not seen as a threat. as abc's martha raddatz explains, this was a somewhat unusual event, though, coming just hours before president biden's oval office address. >> as far as we know, that has not happened in recent times. that was just off the coast of alaska, about 150 mile area on that coastline. so that is something that president biden has certainly been briefed on. but what he really has to do in these coming months is concentrate solely on being president, because it can be a very vulnerable time if you are,

in fact, a lame duck president. >> our thanks to martha raddatz for that. defense officials say they will continue to monitor activity near north america and if necessary, will quote, meet presents with presents. >> boeing and the justice department have finalized a plea deal. the company will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading regulators who approved the 737 max airliner that plane was involved in two crashes that killed nearly 350 people. the deal includes a $243 million fine, an independent monitor and other measures, and some breaking news overnight from northern california. >> dozens of people and vehicles are trapped by a wildfire and are sheltering in place. the so-called park fire is spreading near the city evacuations. fast moving flames have already scorched at least 6500 acres, with only about 3% containment in a wildfire. has now reached a small town right outside of one of canada's most popular national parks. firefighters are the only people left in the town

of jasper, the flames forcing 25,000 people to evacuate. that area of alberta. >> time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. more rain for texas. this was east of dallas yesterday, but today several more inches will fall around houston. rainfall in some parts of that area now more than 20in above average. and looking at the radar. also more rain today across the southeast and all the way to new england. flash flooding is possible in the carolinas. today's high temperatures checking those more dangerous heat for most of the west and across the plains, mid 80s and very humid for the northeast. 92 degrees in kansas city. coming up, team usa action as the olympic games get underway. >> also ahead, a man set to be freed after his conviction was overturned, waiting for his ride from prison when his release was halted. we'll tell you what happens next and baby shark boom.

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the road ahead for kamala harris on good morning america. >> we are learning new details about that exploding geyser in yellowstone national park. the usgs now says a preliminary assessment found no detectable signs warning about that explosion that occurred on tuesday. and as a precaution, the park's biscuit basin area will be closed to visitors for the rest of the season. >> now to missouri, where freedom is on hold for christopher dunn, whose murder conviction was overturned. the state supreme court halted dunn's release just as he was about to walk free. abc's andrea fujii has the details. >> this morning, a man is behind bars for now. even though a judge overturned his conviction on monday, a saint louis circuit court judge had vacated

christopher dunn's murder conviction, citing evidence of actual innocence. after he'd spent 33 years in prison. the warden was ordered to release him from prison last night. but the state attorney general, andrew bailey, who has been fighting dunn's release, filed a last minute appeal. missouri supreme court granted bailey's request to keep dunn in prison while the process plays out. dunn getting the news as he was waiting to be picked up, his wife on the way. dunn, now 52 years old, has always maintained his innocence in the 1990 murder of 15 year old rico rogers. >> i fear that the truth of what happened to me may never be known. >> with no physical evidence linking dunn to the crime, his conviction was largely based on the testimony of two boys, ages 12 and 14 at the time, who later recanted, claiming police coerced them. >> it was real dark and it was, at that time it was, dark. and

the only thing i saw was the fire coming from the, the gun. >> in 2020, dunn's attorneys brought the new evidence to a judge who agreed that a jury would likely find dunn not guilty based on the evidence. but dunn was not exonerated. then, citing a quirk in the missouri law that allows only death row inmates to be released after proving their innocence, not prisoners serving life sentences. that quirk in the law has since been addressed. dunn and his family thought he was finally heading to freedom. now they say they're devastated in the court order to keep christopher dunn in prison. the judge, who overturned his conviction is ordered to file an opposition by tomorrow. rhiannon. lionel. >> all right, andrea, thank you for that. coming up, the bus driver turned hero after rescuing a small boy. >> we'll have that story also ahead. the succession like legal ahead. the succession like legal battle for grit. guts. glory. you've got some winning genes.

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is seen as the most conservative of murdoch's children and according to the times, rupert argues, giving him full control without interference from his more politically moderate siblings will preserve the company's right leaning perspective and its commercial value. >> murdoch is looking to consolidate all the decision making to his one heir, lachlan, because he and his siblings do not share the same political ideology and he does not want infighting to cause the brand not to be able to continue to succeed and thrive. >> but three of lachlan siblings were blindsided by the move, reportedly furious when they found out, according to the times, the fight has left mr. murdoch estranged from three of his children, none of those three attending his wedding last month to his fifth wife. the infighting exactly what rupert murdoch was hoping to avoid when he set up the trust 25 years ago. >> if i go under a bus tomorrow. yeah, it'll be to the four of

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