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altercation between a campaign staffer and a cemetery official. >> a big travel day for millions of americans. the damage and delays from summer storms falling, trees splitting this home in half and in the air, severe turbulence forcing a flight to chicago to make an emergency landing. >> a new warning about the listeria outbreak linked to deli meats. >> he always ate lunch meat, always. boar's head. >> the new deaths now being reported. and what consumers need to know to check their refrigerators. >> taylor swift terror threat the cia reveals new details about the alleged terror plot targeting swift's concerts in europe, and what the suspects were planning. >> crisis at the grand canyon why hotels are being forced to close ahead of the busy holiday weekend. >> driver beware. how more thieves are now stealing cars simply by using key fobs. >> and later, a baseball superstar's pooch delivers the opening pitch. you won't believe what happened next.

>> from abc news this is america this morning. >> good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. good thursday morning i'm rhiannon ally. >> we begin with the presidential race and the controversy surrounding a visit to arlington cemetery this week by former president trump. >> at issue is a campaign photo op at the cemetery in what's being described as an altercation between a trump campaign staffer and a cemetery official. >> abc's perry russom has the latest details on this, and the latest from the campaign trail. perry. >> good morning, ryan, and good morning to you. that controversy over trump's visit to arlington is growing overnight. it comes as a new poll shows vice president kamala harris has caught up to trump in some key battleground states. this morning, a new poll finds vice president kamala harris has closed the gap, with former president trump in the sunbelt swing states. the poll, conducted after the democratic convention and after rfk jr. dropped out of the race, shows trump still leads harris in north carolina, but the vice president has jumped ahead in arizona, nevada and georgia. the

gaps are within the margin of error in each state. we're all in it together. harris and running mate tim walz stopping at a restaurant in savannah, georgia, last night after meeting with the high school band. >> sometimes he hit the note. sometimes you don't, right? but all that practice makes for beautiful music. >> it comes as trump's running mate, j.d. vance is defending the former president as he faces growing backlash for an incident at arlington national cemetery. >> there is verifiable evidence that the campaign was allowed to have a photographer there. >> on monday, trump's tiktok account posted a video of trump at the cemetery for an event honoring military service members killed during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan three years ago. >> and then they took over that disaster. the leaving of afghanistan. >> the video includes trump criticizing the biden administration's handling of the withdrawal. some families of fallen soldiers buried at arlington say they allow trump to photograph the event, but federal law prohibits political campaign or election related

activities within army national military cemeteries. >> families are not a monolith when it comes to military families. when it comes to families connected to any tragedy. people don't see things the same. the broader issue here is there is a federal law in place, and so far the trump campaign has yet to provide documentation of its claim that it was permitted to do this. >> npr reports trump campaign officials were asked not to take photos or videos in a specific section of the cemetery, which allegedly led to a verbal and physical altercation with a cemetery employee. overnight, the new york times reporting the cemetery official has opted not to file charges, reportedly fearing retribution from trump supporters. the family of one veteran, whose grave can be seen in the tiktok video, says they did not give the trump campaign permission to film his grave, saying trump campaign staffers did not adhere to the rules that were set in place for this visit. the harris campaign calls the incident pretty sad. harris herself has not commented on the incident, but that did not stop

j.d. vance from saying this. >> she wants to yell at donald trump because he showed up. she can she can go to hell. >> and trump could talk about the controversy today as he holds a town hall in wisconsin. harris and walz continue their bus tour in georgia. rhiannon. >> all right, perry, thank you for that. six weeks after the assassination attempt on former president trump, the fbi says the motive still remains unclear. agents released new images of the shooter's weapon and the explosives that were in his car. but they say they have found no evidence that he held any consistent political beliefs. he searched online about events for both trump and president biden. they say he appeared determined to attack an event and saw trump's rally as an opportunity. >> storms have been slamming millions of americans from the midwest to the east coast overnight. this video shows a house sliced in half by a fallen tree in michigan. thankfully, no one was inside the house. those storms that moved east are breaking the heat today, leaving much cooler temperatures behind. meanwhile, this funnel cloud was

seen in south dakota as a tornado warning was issued in parts of the state yesterday. the storm threat today will be from iowa to michigan, and we'll check your full forecast in a few moments. a united airlines flight from cancun to chicago had to make an emergency landing in memphis because of severe turbulence. at least seven people were injured. one person had to be hospitalized. >> we turn now to a listeria outbreak linked to contaminated deli meat. it's now being blamed for more deaths, and it's now the largest outbreak of its kind in the u.s. in more than a decade. this morning, the death toll climbing in a nationwide listeria outbreak linked to boar's head deli meat. at least nine people have now died, with cases reported in these 18 states. 57 people have now been hospitalized, and the cdc warns customers may still have the tainted meat in their fridge. the long shelf life for certain products, like bacon and salami, means some recalled meats have best buy dates through october. >> he always ate lunch meat,

always boar's head gershon morgenstein says his father, a holocaust survivor, was in good health until he says his dad got listeria after eating tainted liverwurst. >> he says the infection led to meningitis and brain damage. his father died july 18th. >> we're all still in shock for all of the things you know that he's seen and been through in his life to come to that. >> the family now filing a wrongful death lawsuit, their lawyer saying no one should die from eating a sandwich through this lawsuit and others. we will determine what went wrong at boar's head. boar's head released a statement earlier this month saying, we are conducting a rigorous investigation to identify the root cause of this incident, and the company has said safety is their absolute priority. that family is suing for damages. an inspection report that was first obtained by cbs says health officials found evidence of bugs, mildew, even mold at a boar's head factory that was

linked to that outbreak. but abc news has not independently confirmed that. >> new details overnight about a prominent former politician convicted of murdering a reporter for writing unfavorable things about him. that politician has now learned his fate. this morning, former nevada politician robert tellis has been sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder, convicted of fatally stabbing las vegas journalist jeff german outside gurman's home. >> the jury unanimously finds the murder willful, deliberate and premeditated by means of lying in wait. >> prosecutors argued tellis killed gurman after the reporter wrote a series of scathing articles detailing toxic workplace behaviors. while tellis was the clark county public administrator. surveillance videos allegedly show tellis suv canvasing gehrmann's neighborhood, and tellis dressed in that disguise moments before and after the murder. tellis says he was framed and denied involvement. >> i am not crazy. i am not trying to avoid responsibility.

>> but he was pressed about dna evidence linking him to the crime scene. >> how in the world does your dna get underneath mr. german's fingernails? >> i don't know, because i did not kill mr. gurman. >> the jury not buying it year old tellis won't be eligible for parole until he serves at least 20 years. >> well, the cia now says it helped disrupt the terror plot against taylor swift's concerts in vienna earlier this month. the agency's deputy director says cia intelligence was passed along to authorities in europe, leading to the arrests of three suspects. he says some were found with bomb making material and had access to the venue. three concerts were canceled after the arrests. the cia official says the plot was intended to kill tens of thousands of people. and prosecutors in southern california say they have busted a major international crime ring. they say the owners of a car rental company in la were bringing in criminals from south america and then providing them with cars and information about

homes and businesses to target for burglaries. they allegedly helped carry out more than 120 thefts in 80 cities. the six suspects could face decades in prison. an escaped water buffalo that was on the run for days and described as aggressive and dangerous, is back in captivity in iowa. >> animal control officers tracked it to a pond on a softball field in des moines, and after sedating it, they took it to an animal hospital in sioux falls, south dakota. a runaway ostrich brought traffic to a standstill after escaping from a trailer. several drivers eventually helped return the big bird to its owner unharmed. >> it is time now for your thursday forecast >> good morning. another round of heat. it's another very hot day this thursday. some areas are going to break or challenge record highs in nashville and chattanooga, tennessee. evansville, indiana. louisville, kentucky. and atlanta, georgia. not fully at a record, but you're going to be close. a very hot day there. look out for slow moving, drenching thunderstorms. baltimore d.c. down i-95 and

also areas around the blue ridge of virginia. some of these could lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and evening. for accuweather, i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up, the crisis at the grand canyon, why hotels are being forced to close ahead of the busy holiday weekend. >> also ahead, thousands of flight attendants are now threatening to strike. why? they claim they deserve a double digit pay raise. >> and a scare at a popular zoo after the deaths of thr

debate tuesday, september 10th live on abc. >> in the wake of last week's deadly flooding, the main pipeline providing water to the grand canyon has failed, forcing the cancellation of all overnight stays at local hotels through labor day. weekend camping will be allowed, but water use is restricted. >> a major airline is bracing for a potential flight attendant

strike. the crew members say they are underpaid and they are demanding changes. >> 99.99%. voted yes to authorize a strike. >> turbulence at united airlines flight attendants voting overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. united recently announced profits are up more than 20%. workers are demanding a share of some of those gains. >> we have been in three years of negotiations with very minimal progress from a corporation that is making billions on the backs of their frontline workers. >> united's 28,000 flight attendants have been in mediation with the company for months. they want a double digit pay raise. >> we have some people living in cars. it's time to fix that. >> the median pay for flight attendants is just over $68,000, but a first year worker can

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