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northeast also bracing for the storm. a separate flash flood event overnight, causing major travel delays. >> introducing tim walz i couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket. a closer look at vice president kamala harris's running mate as the two criss crossed the battleground states today, the criticism over his handling of the george floyd riots in minneapolis, and how his policies on the economy and immigration could impact the race. >> a pakistani national is charged with an alleged plot to assassinate former president trump. the codes and the cash uncovered. >> it was the death outside a wisconsin hotel that sparked weeks of protests, hotel workers and the violent confrontation. now the charges announced, the family of devonte mitchell responds more stream inflation. >> another streaming service raising its prices, flirting with an all time record in futility, a major league team tries to stop a hopeless losing streak before making history, and epic adventure. the teenager, on a solo mission to

all seven continents from abc news this is america this morning. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you all. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with the flood emergency from the deep south to concerns here in the northeast. >> the remnants of hurricane debbie could unleash more than two feet of rain. some fear this could be a once in a thousand years storm. this morning, the center of debbie is now off the southeast coast, where it's expected to stall, dumping another 6 to 10in of rain in parts of georgia and the carolinas. rainfall totals of 25in now possible from charleston to raleigh. charleston imposing a curfew through 730 this morning. >> i promise you that the purpose of this curfew is not to be annoying. it is not to hurt businesses. it is to keep people off the roads and prioritize the safety of our residents. and our first responders. >> charleston, already seeing nearly a foot of rain with a

tornado touching down north of the city here in moncks corner, south carolina, this arby's was destroyed. >> all the furniture that was inside, tables, chairs blown out. there is shattered glass everywhere. >> last night, a cold front triggered severe storms in new york and new jersey ahead of debby's arrival. later this week, new york city officials for the first time using a drone to transmit emergency weather alerts to residents, be prepared to leave your location and flooding occurs. do not hesitate back in the south, debbie is blamed for at least six deaths, five in traffic accidents or from fallen trees. the former hurricane caused widespread damage along florida's gulf coast, the state's largest insurer, already requesting another 13% increase in insurance rates. debbie also knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. the biden administration yesterday said it's investing more than $2 billion to overhaul the u.s. power grid to better handle extreme weather, but back in south carolina, there's a seven footer. this alligator,

seemingly not bothered by the ongoing flood emergency. debby is expected to creep back onshore over south carolina tomorrow. the storm could dump eight inches of rain as far north as new england by the weekend. we'll check your full forecast in just a few moments. >> now to the race for the white house. vice president kamala harris continues a seven state campaign blitz today with her new running mate, minnesota governor tim walz. she introduced walz last night and republicans wasted no time raising questions about his record. abc's perry russom has details on that. perry. good morning ryan and good morning to you. >> democrats are hoping walz will appeal to voters in the midwest, but critics are questioning his policies and actions as governor. >> minnesota governor tim walz taking center stage in philadelphia last night. vice president kamala harris introducing him as her running mate. >> so he got 91 days. my god, that's easy. we'll sleep when we're dead. >> the harris campaign says it raised more than $20 million since walz joined the ticket.

>> would you be my running mate. and let's get this thing on the road. >> i would be honored. madam vice president, the harris campaign now selling camouflage hats like the one walz was wearing during that call from harris. >> abc news learning walz didn't even answer the phone at first because the phone said no caller id, so harris had to call him a second time. before governor walz was a congressman, teacher, coach and member of the army national guard. >> high school football coach, oversaw the lunchroom there in a high school for 20 years, he says. that's where he lost his hair. all of it adds up to a pretty impressive resume and then a record of governance that's been more on the progressive, more on the liberal side. >> sources also say walz has been practicing on a teleprompter because he's never used one before. on the key issues. minnesota was the first state to pass a law protecting abortion rights after the supreme court overturned roe v wade. walz has championed in vitro fertilization, revealing his two children were born with the help of the fertility treatments, and he signed a bill providing workers with extended paid family leave.

>> he can campaign anywhere in the country. i think he's got a skill as a communicator and he's accomplished real things for working people in minnesota. >> critics accuse walz of supporting benefits for undocumented migrants, including state funded health care, driver's licenses and free college tuition. he's also been accused of not acting fast enough to stop riots in minneapolis after the death of george floyd in 2020, the mayor of minneapolis had reportedly requested the national guard one day before protesters set fire to a police station in nearby buildings. walz, saying he wanted a plan for how the troops would be used. >> at first, the peaceful protests were something that were embraced across the nation, but when they turned violent, he called in the national guard and got some grief for doing it. and i'd also add, he was someone that when the defund the police ballot measure was on the ballot in the city of minneapolis, both of us strongly opposed that measure, he added. funding for police as governor, among the finalists for harris's pick was

governor josh shapiro. >> from the critical battleground state of pennsylvania. some republicans claiming harris, by not choosing shapiro, bowed to anti-semitism in the democratic party because shapiro is jewish. the trump campaign calling walz dangerously liberal. >> i think that what tim walz's selection says is that kamala harris has bent the knee to the far left of her party. >> harris and walz traveled to wisconsin and michigan today as a part of their swing state tour. former president trump will be on fox news this morning. rhiannon. >> all right, perry, thank you for that. one other political headline to tell you about missouri congresswoman cori bush has become the second member of the so-called squad of left wing democrats to be defeated in a primary. a pro-israel group spent millions against her for criticizing israel. >> federal agents say they foiled a plot by a pakistani national to carry out political assassinations on u.s. soil. sources say former president trump was among the potential targets. the suspect asked if merchant is linked to iran. he's been arrested, accused of

traveling to new york to recruit hit men who turned out to be undercover officers. prosecutors say merchant used code words seen here to describe the scheme and laid out plans on a napkin. he allegedly paid a $5,000 advance and was arrested the day before the trump assassination attempt in pennsylvania last month, but that shooting is believed to be unrelated. >> well, the us is sending fighter jets to an undisclosed base in the middle east. the move is aimed at protecting israel from a possible attack by iran. it comes a day after iranian backed militants were blamed for attacking americans at a base in iraq. seven americans were injured. meanwhile, hamas has named the mastermind of the october 7th attack on israel as its new leader. yahya sinwar takes over after his predecessor was killed, allegedly by an israeli airstrike in iran. >> charges have now been filed in the death of a milwaukee man restrained by hotel workers on a sidewalk. his death and video from the incident sparking weeks of protests. the family and medical examiner calling it murder. abc's derrick dennis

reports. >> i just want everyone to be held accountable for what they did to him this morning. >> deja harman, widow, a 43 year-old devonte mitchell saying she's relieved his alleged killers for hotel security guards and staff have now been charged with murder. >> i'm grateful that they are charging them with something. i'm not satisfied. they should have done it a long time ago. >> it was back on june 30th when mitchell was accused of causing a disturbance inside milwaukee's hyatt regency hotel and was escorted out by security and staff, then pinned face down. the encounter caught on surveillance video. stay down! hey! stop fighting! >> please stay down! >> the medical examiner ruled the cause of death a homicide due to restraint, asphyxia, and toxic effects of cocaine and meth. charge. the killers. charge the killers. protesters demanding charges for weeks, the family's attorney saying it took far too long. >> they murdered somebody on a public sidewalk on video camera. while they know that they were

being video cameraed a statement from the hotel management aimbridge hospitality says, our hearts are with mr. mitchell's family and loved ones, adding we have cooperated fully with law enforcement. >> the hotel workers all fired arrest warrants now issued. >> we all want the same thing. we all want justice for him, but it's something that they should have done already. >> and if tried and convicted, those hotel workers each face up to 15 years in prison. rhiannon andrew. >> derrick, thank you. and frightening moments on a beach in new jersey, two fins were seen in the water. they turned out to be a six foot shark, sending people running from the water. two other shark sightings were recently reported in that area off of cape may. >> well, it is time now for your wednesday weather. >> good morning. debbie's going to spin and stall for a couple of days off the carolina coast, and then gradually get drawn northward. rain is coming into the northeast from this system, even separate from and after the

flash flooding that some faced in philadelphia and new york on tuesday night, the next landfall is going to be early tuesday morning northeast of charleston, probably with max sustained winds 45 to 55mph. and then we'll look to the rain to return to the northeast friday and friday night for accuweather, i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up, the earthquake jolting parts of the west overnight. >> also ahead, new revelations about the moment that door panel blew off of a plane in mid-flight with the pilot never knew until landing, and later an epic losing streak finally comes to an end

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