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kamala harris's running mate now dropping out and on the republican side, a new recording of former president trump's running mate, j.d. vance. what he acknowledges is a challenge for republicans, calling it a political sucker punch. >> another wildfire erupts in the west overnight as the man accused of starting california's largest fire faces a judge while in the east. the dangerous storm flipping this trailer like a toy. >> new questions in the fatal police shooting of an illinois mother in her own home. what? we're now learning about the sheriff's deputy charged in the case and his troubled past. >> breaking overnight, a decision at the paris olympics due to bad water quality. plus a triumph for team usa in men's gymnastics. a stunning photo finish in the pool and the winning athlete who just learned he's about to become a girl dad. >> later, richard simmons housekeeper speaks out about the fitness guru's final days. >> too close for comfort. the new warning to tourists to stay away from the sea lions and the

percentage of americans who can now call themselves millionaires. >> you might be surprised. >> from abc news this is america this morning. >> good tuesday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. >> we begin with several developments overnight in the race for president. >> one of the men believed to be a top contender for the democratic vice presidential nominee, has now withdrawn his name. meanwhile, overnight in new audio, former president trump's running mate j.d. vance is heard acknowledging a challenge for republicans, describing a political sucker punch. >> abc's lena moise begins our coverage this morning. >> new audio from vice presidential candidate j.d. vance speaking to donors, acknowledging that president biden's withdrawal from the race poses a challenge for republicans. >> all of us were hit with a little bit of a political sucker punch. the bad news is that kamala harris does not have the same baggage as joe biden, because whatever we might say,

kamala harris is a lot younger and kamala harris is obviously not struggling in the same ways that joe biden did this as former president trump ramps up his attacks on harris. >> speaking on fox news last night, she's far more radical left trump, also explaining his recent statement to a christian audience, suggesting they won't have to vote again after this election. >> i'm a christian. i love you. get out. you got to get out and vote. in four years. you don't have to vote again. we'll have it fixed. so good. you're not going to have to vote. >> trump says he was referring to solving problems in the next four years, the country will be fixed and we won't even need your vote anymore because frankly, we will have such love. >> if you don't want to vote anymore, that's okay. and i think everybody understood it. >> the harris campaign slammed trump's initial comments, claiming it's further proof democracy is under assault. meanwhile, north carolina governor roy cooper has taken his name out of consideration for harris, his vp choice, saying this just wasn't the right time for north carolina or

for me to potentially be on a national ticket, axios reports. another vp contender may be added to the mix. senator gary peters, from the battleground state of michigan. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, considered among the leading vp contenders, campaigned yesterday with michigan governor gretchen whitmer. >> we are fighting are working our tails off to elect kamala harris. our next president. she's not only ready, she's ready. >> as for the next presidential debate set for september, trump is hinting he would debate harris. >> so the answer is yes. but i can also make a case for not doing it. >> harris's campaign firing back, saying vice president harris will be on the debate stage september 10th. donald trump can show up or not. this has organizers held a white dudes for harris call last night, raising $4 million. actor jeff bridges throwing in his star power. >> i qualify man i'm white. i'm a dude and i'm for harris. so

wonderful to be here. i'm so excited a woman president man. how exciting and similar zoom calls have helped harris raise a record $200 million in one week. >> as for former president trump, he plans to speak at the national association of black journalists convention tomorrow in chicago. andrew andrea lione. >> thank you. former president trump has revealed that former first lady melania trump was watching his campaign rally in pennsylvania this month when he was shot. he says she's still shaken by the assassination attempt she was watching. >> she can't really even talk about it traumatized, which is okay, because that means she likes me. when i went down, she thought the worst had happened because i went down and i grabbed my hair and i saw it was my hand was loaded up with bloo. >> melania trump released a statement at the time thanking the agents who protected her husband. >> california's largest wildfire in the park fire is now burning an area bigger than los angeles. the fire is only about 14%

contained, and triple digit temperatures are expected in that area by tomorrow. at least 165 buildings, many of them homes, have been destroyed. the suspect accused of starting the fire is held without bail on felony arson charges and overnight, a new wildfire in riverside county, california, has quickly burned nearly six square miles. >> we turn now to the fatal police shooting of an illinois mother. we're learning more about the sheriff's deputy charged in the case. his troubled past is raising questions about why he was hired in the first place. new details emerging from allegations of aggression and integrity issues involving sean grayson. he's the former illinois sheriff's deputy charged in the murder of sonja massie. she called 911 earlier this month to report a suspected prowler at her springfield home. body camera video shows grayson responding and later shooting massie as she held a pot of boiling water. where's the gun? >> no, she had a boiling water and came at me with boiling water. you shot her? yeah >> grayson has held six

different jobs in law enforcement since 2020, and now abc news has obtained records from his 11 month tenure at the logan county sheriff's office, including recordings between grayson and his supervisors discussing inaccuracies in his police reports. >> we had this conversation i told you, and that meeting. review all your reports, make sure they're right. >> one supervisor is heard reprimanding grayson for misconduct. >> the sheriff and i will not tolerate lying and deception. and i have told you that i have zero tolerance for stretching the law. because when you have officers that stretch the law, they will get caught, they will get prosecuted, and they will handcuff the rest of law enforcement in the state and this nation behind your back. >> records also show a woman filed a complaint claiming grayson tried to watch as she was strip searched, but according to the paperwork, grayson left the logan county sheriff's office last year in good standing. he was hired days

later by the sangamon county sheriff's office, where he was working at the time of massie shooting. >> i'm going to say something right now that i've never said in my career before that we failed. we did not do our jobs. >> sheriff campbell has refused to resign for hiring grayson before his policing career. grayson was also convicted of dui twice and was kicked out of the military. he has pleaded not guilty to murder. >> authorities are trying to determine a motive for stabbing spree at a children's dance class in england. two children were killed and 11 other people wounded. police near liverpool say a 17 year old boy burst into the dance class and attacked the victims. >> protests are erupting in venezuela, where president nicolas maduro has claimed victory after another disputed election. the opposition candidate says he obtained tally sheets proving he got twice as many votes as maduro. but maduro was declared the winner by the election council. he controls now to the olympics and a triumph for team usa in

gymnastics, the men ending their long medal drought. >> but we begin with a close call in the pool overnight. a stunning photo finish in the pool as romania, britain and the u.s. vied for first place in the men's 200 meter freestyle. american luke hobson taking third, gold, silver and bronze, separated by just 7/100 of a second less time than it takes to blink. u.s. juggernaut ryan murphy kept his medaling streak alive, eking out third place in the men's 100 meter backstroke, but murphy had more than a medal to celebrate after the race. >> i looked up in the stands and i saw bridget holding up a sign that said, ryan, it's a girl. and really, you know, brought this, brought this night to a to a whole other level. >> his wife using the moment to pull off a perfect gender reveal. the couple expecting a baby girl in all team usa winning 11 medals in swimming events so far. the u.s. women's basketball team also dominating over japan the first time brittney griner has competed on the world stage since spending ten months in a russian prison

and in men's gymnastics, stephen nedorost pulled off a flawless routine on the pommel horse, securing bronze in the men's team final. their first medal since 2008. >> they used to have pictures in my gym of the past olympic teams that medaled and i always look at that like, man, what if i was one of those people one day and now we are. it was crazy. >> meanwhile, american fencer lauren scruggs is discussing her historic face off with teammate lee kiefer. >> growing up in fencing like no one really looked like me. so i think in order to kind of prove myself, i really had to be the best at the tournament, scruggs took silver, becoming the first black american woman to medal in the sport. >> but today, all eyes are on simone biles and the women's gymnastics team heading into the team finals with a five and a half point lead, meanwhile breaking overnight, the men's triathlon has been postponed because of unhealthy water quality in the sand, despite $1 billion effort in recent months to clean up the river. >> turning to the weather, a violent storm and possible tornado hit middle tennessee state university, where this

trailer was tossed around like a toy. no one was hurt. time now for your tuesday forecast. >> good morning. fires, fire, danger and smoke remain a big concerns across the west. in that deeper black you can see some dense, heavy smoke from the park fire in northern california, which became the sixth largest in modern california history. on monday. fire danger for new fire spread is going to be greatest on this tuesday from vegas into areas around grand junction. so today, big concerns across utah and the heat and fire danger will escalate late this week in the northwest. once again for accuweather, i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up a boat sinks in lake michigan. the man who gave his life to save those on board. >> also ahead sounding the alarm. tourists getting too close to sea lions. >> and teens under pressure, feeling the need to be perfect. the survey raising concern about kids and soc

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carrie underwood on good morning america. >> welcome back. the city of san diego is warning swimmers to stay clear of sea lions. some people have been spotted getting dangerously close to the animals. sea lions are protected by federal law. even touching one could lead to a year in prison as well as fines. >> we're now hearing from the family of an illinois man who died trying to save victims from a capsized yacht. lorenzo tobin's body was recovered from lake michigan. he'd been missing since friday after he and 15 other people were thrown into the water. the boat had been rented for a birthday party, his family says tobin was trying to get life jackets to the passengers. >> he's a hero, even if he had not been on that boat but had been just walking by, he would have done the same thing. >> tobin was working as a

deckhand. everyone else survived. his family hopes investigators can tell them why the boat sank. >> we turn now to a new survey of young americans showing teens under pressure in a world of social media that glamorizes perfection. this morning, the pressure for perfection appears more prevalent than ever in teens. that's according to a new study showing about 1 in 3 gen z kids feel like they have to be perfect. girls were about 14 points more likely than boys to feel the need for perfection. while social media has been linked to the ongoing youth mental health crisis, congress has not enacted meaningful legislation to protect kids online in more than a decade. but today, the senate is expected to pass two bills aimed at online safety. >> these bills will provide the appropriate guardrails necessary to protect kids against online threats. >> the legislation would require platforms give teens the option

to opt out of algorithms and give parents more control over how their kids information is used. >> this bill is not about censorship. it is truly about product design. >> snap x and microsoft have endorsed the safeguards. google declined to comment, and meta says it backs legislation to regulate tech platforms. but the company stopped short of endorsing the senate bill. the legislation's path ahead also remains unclear. in the republican led house last week, speaker mike johnson said he's committed to finding consensus, but he did not commit to bringing the senate bill to the floor. house lawmakers are working on their own online safety bill. it would require similar safeguards, but only for the largest platforms. >> coming up, a reality check at mcdonald's when it comes to prices. >> also ahead, reaction to president biden's plan to reform president biden's plan to reform the supreme court i'm a bee and i've bumbled my way into your car. buzz but this hive isn't big enough for the both of us.

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