captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. this morningmerica this mornin. >> right now on america this morning. breaking news from the middle east. a top leader of hamas reportedly killed inside iran hours after a rare israeli airstrike inside beirut and a u.s. airstrike in iraq. we are live in beirut.

>> new details overnight on vice president kamala harris and her running mate choice as harris and trump's running mate j.d. vance hold dueling rallies attacking each other on border policies. plus vance's comments resurfacing what he said about people who choose careers over family. >> a new health alert involving lunchmeats, a major recall expands, forcing some grocery stores to close deli counters, new video from the deadly bridge collapse in baltimore showing the construction worker who survived that terrifying plunge off the bridge. it was the fraternity hazing case that made national headlines. a student allegedly consuming 18 drinks in 90 minutes. now years later, two guilty pleas overnight at the olympics, a decision about water quality in the senate. >> plus, simone biles isn't the only one making history for team usa. >> and later, the new research on money. can it buy you happiness? after all, one expert explains his conclusion from abc

news. >> this is america this morning. >> good wednesday morning everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with breaking news from the middle east. the political leader of hamas has reportedly been killed in iran. >> details are just coming in, but hamas is blaming israel for the assassination in tehran. and overnight, iran vowed to respond. abc's marcus moore joins us from beirut. marcus, what are you learning? >> well, andrew, this is a major development here in the middle east. iranian officials are saying that ismail haniyeh, the head of hamas's political wing, was assassinated in tehran. now, there's been no claim of responsibility, but hamas is already pointing the finger at israel. haniyeh was a key figure in the regional resistance to israel and was also playing a major role in the negotiations on a potential cease fire in gaza. he was actually in tehran to attend the inauguration for iran's new president. his death

came just hours after israel killed a top hezbollah official here in beirut. this during an airstrike. israel saying that it was in retaliation for a strike that killed 12 children on a soccer field over the weekend in the occupied golan heights. now, hezbollah has denied any involvement in what happened there. but andrew hezbollah has said previously that any strike here in beirut from israel would be met with a very strong response. so people across this region are waiting to see what hezbollah might do next. >> marcus, we're also learning about a u.s. airstrike in iraq. do we think these operations are related? >> we don't know. at this point. andrew. there's certainly a lot happening in a short period of time here. we have heard from two u.s. officials that the u.s. carried out a preemptive strike on on militants in iraq. they say that those militants were planning to launch a drone attack on u.s. personnel and

also coalition forces there. and so that is when they carried out this attack, as you know, in the past several months, we have seen a number a series of attacks on u.s. personnel in both iraq and syria. but at this point, it remains to be seen if how all of these events are connected. and it certainly does raise the concern that these events that we've watched unfold here overnight could have an impact on stability here across the region. andrew, all right, marcus, thank you so much. >> back in this country a busy night in the race for president. yeah. >> vice president kamala harris and former president trump's running mate j.d. vance held dueling rallies also overnight when new details about when harris could possibly choose her running mate. here's abc's leyna moise. >> vice president harris in front of a crowd of 10,000 in atlanta last night attacked former president trump for not committing to september's debate. i do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the

debate stage >> because as the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face. >> harris, also hitting trump on immigration. >> he tanked, tanked the bipartisan deal because he thought it would help him win an election. which goes to show donald trump does not care about border security. he only cares about himself in nevada, trump's running mate j.d. vance, seizing on the immigration issue to attack harris and biden. >> they suspended deportations. they stopped building the wall. they reinstated cah released people into our country. >> vance promising mass deportations. >> if you are here against the

laws of this country, pack your bags because you're going home in six months. >> meanwhile, his previous comments are resurfacing as vance faces a firestorm for appearing to attack the character of people without children. >> i think we have to go to war against the anti-child ideology that exists in our country. >> vance discussing people who choose their careers over family. >> if you put all of your life's meaning into that, you're going to be the sort of person who asks women to talk about how they regret having children. you're going to be a sad, lonely, pathetic person. >> the ad was also ramping up the trump campaign, spending $12 million on this ad in battleground states under harris, over 10 million illegally here, a quarter of a million americans dead from fentanyl. >> brutal migrant crimes and isis. >> now here the harris camp out with its own attack ad there's two choices in this election. >> the one who will fix our broken immigration system, and

the one who's trying to stop her. >> harris is expected to announce her running mate early next week, planning a rally together in philadelphia tuesday. a source says most donors are pushing for pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. arizona senator mark kelly or kentucky governor andy beshear. in the meantime, the trump campaign has been trying to distance itself from the far right project 2025, a plan to reshape the government and consolidate executive power under trump. the trump campaign, now celebrating news that the director of project 2025 is stepping down and a new national poll shows a virtual tie between trump and harris, and a new poll from pennsylvania shows harris with a four point lead there. but that's still within the margin of error. rhiannon. andrew. lionel. >> thank you. in washington, things got heated as the acting director of the secret service testified about the assassination attempt on former president trump and new images were released. abc's christiane cordero has those details. christiane. good morning,

andrew. >> good morning to you. the current head of the secret service said he was ashamed of the failures that day. and then things got tense during that hearing here on capitol hill, sir. >> agents interrupting him. >> stop interrupting me. >> republican lawmakers grilling the acting director of the secret service, ronald row. senator josh hawley pressing row on why he has yet to fire anyone over the mistakes made in the lead up to the assassination attempt on former president trump. >> i will not rush to judgment that people will be held accountable, and i will do so with integrity and not rush to judgment and put people unfairly persecuted. i unfairly persecuted fairly people who are dead. >> in another tense exchange, senator ted cruz asked roe to compare the number of agents assigned to trump that day to the number that would be assigned to president biden. is it the same number of agents or not? >> senator, there is a difference between the sitting president of the united states. >> then what's the difference? the difference 2x3x5x national command authority to launch a

nuclear strike. >> the former president will not. refusing to answer the number of secret service agents protecting him. >> stop interrupting me. >> earlier in the hearing, ro called the security gap that led to the shooting a complete failure. >> i cannot defend why that roof was not better secured. >> he displayed these images of the view a local sniper team could have had, which he believes would have enabled them to see thomas matthew crooks before he opened fire. >> the gold arrow indicates where the shooter fired from. why was the assailant not seen? >> roe also acknowledged a secret service counter drone system failed during the critical hours before the shooting. >> i have no explanation for it. >> also at the hearing, the fbi, which continues to search for the shooter's motive, revealed it's found a social media account featuring anti-semitic and anti-immigration comments that could be associated with the gunman. house lawmakers have established a bipartisan task force to investigate the security failures. a final report is expected by december.

rhiannon, a lot of questions there, christiane. >> thank you for that. northern california's park fire is now the state's fifth largest wildfire ever on record. it has burned an area about half the size of rhode island. it is only about 18% contained and heat ise today. >> chris and the u.s. striking gold. simone biles making history. but the gymnastics team isn't the only one celebrating this morning. there were a few bumps in the road to redemption. suni lee falling hard during warmups on the uneven bars while jordan chiles took a tumble on the beam. but in the end, stunning floor routines and flawless vaults sealed the deal. the u.s. women's team locking in that hard earned gold and cementing simone biles place as the most decorated olympic gymnast in american history. biles and lee are set to compete in the individual all around finals thursday. until then, olympic fans are focusing on the water. >> i look in the zen and i must say no, that's not my favorite

water. >> today's triathlons moving ahead as planned after the men's event was postponed over concerns about e coli in the sand and later today in the pool. katie ledecky dives into the 1500 freestyle finals. ledecky blew her competition out of the water during the qualifying round, beating the next closest swimmer by 17 seconds. elsewhere, the u.s. women's rugby team, celebrating a historic win over australia, america's first ever medal in the event, and the u.s. men's soccer team is headed to the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years. it's not just the competition heating up at the paris games. temperatures approaching 100 degrees. olympic organizers bringing out hoses to cool down the crowd during beach volleyball. >> it's hot. it's very hot. today. we've had to we've just reapplied water on us like four times as we walked wet. but, because it's boiling. >> and another headline from paris, a surprise reveal leaving fencing fans stunned. egyptian nada hafez announcing not only was she pregnant when she

competed this week, but she's in her third trimester. writing on instagram, seven months pregnant olympian team usa has won 26 medals so far, but japan has the most golds with seven. the us has four. it is time now for your wednesday weather. >> good morning. we're tracking another hot day in fact, escalating heat into the high plains. the western plains and parts of the rockies and around the northeast periphery in the eastern edge of that, strong storms will continue to round the bend through the midwest. one round of storms will be strong in the morning through the ohio valley, but then later in the day, areas around eastern nebraska to the eastern dakotas, southern parts of minnesota will become strong to severe. so there's the early round and then damaging wind and hail. big concerns farther to the west. for accuweather, i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up, a massive financial settlement involving privacy on facebook. >> also ahead, a major recall of lunchmeat expands, forcing some supermarkets to close their deli

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fire in berkeley. fire crews have been on scene for hours. we are live this morning developing news in the middle east. >> a top hamas leader killed in an alleged assassination already high tensions between hamas and israel escalating even higher. how the us is responding to this attack today is the start of a boom loop here in oakland, so let's do it. >> oakland city leaders enthusiastic about the latest deal to sell the