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all right. take a look. can you make out what's happening here? a driver texting. problem is that is the driver of a party bus. scrolling and texting. on his smartphone while cruising down the highway on new york's long island. 45 people on board at the time. one day after another accident. this is unrelated, though. this is a different accident happened near there. a limo driver turning into the path of a pickup truck. four young women losing their lives.
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the passenger who got the video knew those women who were on that limo and when the owner of the bus company saw this video, that driver you're seeing there was fired. 45 people on board. you're responsible for those lives and you're doing that? >> i feel like these companies should do more to make sure like random tests are made or something because it happens often. >> maybe put cameras in the vehicle. >> so they can monitor. next, if you are collecting thousands of dollars in disability payments, you probably shouldn't start a reality tv show. >> the government is accusing a captain of a fishing boat of falsely claiming to be disabled and they are using his own tv show as proof. abc's neal karlinsky explains this one. >> reporter: on the national reality tv show "wicked tuna" paul hebert doesn't just show
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off lots of hard work but big paychecks. >> last he brought in just over $50,000 worth of fish. >> he's under federal indictment for fraud. charging documents describe that hebert said he was disabled and that he couldn't walk properly and had no income. in all it alleges hebert took in $44,000 in social security and medicaid benefits between 2010 and 2013. >> $375. >> reporter: tv's spotlight has burned other people, too. when kathy showed up on the price is right despite claiming 3g grabbed a month for a shoulder injury boy did she
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spin that wheel. she pleaded guilty to the fraud. former nfl lineman brad culpepper sued his insurance company after they saw him dominating challenges on "survivor." culpepper maintains he suffers long-term physical injuries and did nothing wrong. hebert's attorney says his client is innocent. neal karlinksky, abc news, seattle. >> so the thing is, in his application in 2009, he said he couldn't walk. he was unable to work and he had no other financial resources even though he was clearly working at that time. you know, caught up to him. >> i mean, he went to one of those revivals where they heal people. it's a miracle. >> you think it was a miracle. >> it's possible. somebody put their hands on him. have you seen that? you can walk now. he got up. >> he put his hands on the television screen and now he's healed. >> it's possible. >> are you trying to go for his attorney. >> give the brother the benefit of the doubt. but the video don't lie. coming up, we've got advice for parents confronting the high cost of baby formula, diapers and wipes. it can add up real, real fast. we have some expert advice for moms and dads to save on the budgets. ahead in our next half hour, the season finale of "the bachelorette." from the awkward to the emotional moment. see which guy won kaitlyn's heart. oh it was a doozy.
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♪ >> your favorite music so far. >> actually might be. could you ♪ your favorite music so far. >> actually might be. could you tell? >> i could tell. what would you do if you had $300,000? >> pay off some bills and that's probably it. >> that's what the estimated cost from birth to 18 years old to raise a child. >> oh man. >> yeah. because kids are expensive. we all know that especially if you have a newborn. americans spends thousands every year on children. >> we're told they're worth it. but that doesn't mean you can't find ways to save. abc's mara schiavocampo has tips on cutting down some of those costs. >> reporter: with 2-year-old twins cameron and carter, they
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spent $3300 in the first year per child. on basics like diapers, formula and wipes. so what were you spending that money on? >> the most expensive thing was the formula, about $1800 per year per kid. diapers $1200 per year per kid. >> reporter: now with a third on the way -- >> i think certainly we'll be more conscious with spending. >> reporter: enter baby bargain expert alan fields. first up when it comes to formula, fields says don't dismiss generic. >> formula is regulated by the government. whether you buy a name brand or a store brand, it's the exact same nutrition. >> reporter: we compared the basic nutritional information in this store brand formula with their favorite name brand. >> tell me how much protein is in each one. >> 2.07 grams in both. >> reporter: the savings using the generic brand saves them $900. next up, for baby bargains on diapers and other essentials, fields says try a subscription
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service like target subscription or amazon mom. it costs $99 a year but delivers straight to your door every month and saves you 20% on every single purchase. >> amazon mom we estimate would save you guys $865 a year. >> wow. >> reporter: finally, one of the biggest expenses of having a baby, well, having the baby. the colatos received a surprise bill after the delivery of the twins, an extra $2,000 for their anesthesiologist who they had assumed was in their network. were you surprised when you got that bill? >> yes, very surprised. >> reporter: experts say ahead of time, double-check all of your providers not just your doctor are covered by your insurance. this time, that will save the colatos $2,000. in total, that's almost $4,000 back in their baby bank. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> that's a lot of good tips. >> that's a lot.
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that stuff adds up. >> it does. do a subscription service. add some coffee on that while you're at it. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85 this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed with a rate lock for people on a fixed income who want affordable life insurance that's simple to get. coverage options for just $9.95 a month less than 35 cents a day. act now and your rate will be locked in for life. it will never increase. your coverage can never be cancelled as long as you pay
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a superior clean. i'm never going back to a manual brush. ♪ okay. now it' okay. now it's time for the mix". daredevil. greg godfrey does a lot of daring things. that's why we call him daredevil. this may be the ultimate one. in montana. look at this. he went to the evel knievel days in the semi truck. and he jumped this massive dirt pile. went 166 feet breaking a record inside that semi truck. look at that. >> whoa. >> yep, that's right, jack. incredible. that's ridiculously dangerous. that's why he said whoa like that. godfrey broke the record set by lotus last year. scene this was dangerous. it was right in the middle of a public road in butte, montana. and somehow he managed to do it.
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>> i've got to get out there. we're still looking for our world record. >> we're still trying to figure it out. tweet us or send us a message on e-mail at abcwnn. let us know what world record we should try to beat on the show. >> we want to be one. we want to be in the record books. gilbert arenas was a sharpshooter in the nba. he was a superstar in his time but known for his jump shot. look at what he did out at the orange county fair out in california. well, he went and he won pretty big with his kids. how did he do so? they have those basketball games set up. he took on those games and, of course, he did really well. he shot them out of house and home. and they banned him. after he won all this with his kids. they said you can't play these games anymore. >> they kicked him out? >> they kicked him out. he got to keep the stuff he already won. he's a sharpshooter and still
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has the touch. he went out there and said i'm going to beat you at your own game. >> the kids look happy. look at the smiles on their faces. that's pretty cool. this one you didn't want to do this story because you thought it was funny. >> it didn't sound right to me. a senior from penn state called mary they call her the squirrel whisperer. she pets squirrels and dresses them up in weird costumes. that's one costume. take a look at the other one. >> these are pets? >> wild squirrels, he's able to touch them, dress them up, put weird little costumes on them, painter, and then she has enough time to take their picture. they call her, this is penn state university. they call her the squirrel whisperer. >> i'm sure they're proud at penn state. >> that's the deejay one, my favorite one. >> but they're not her pets. these are wild squirrels? >> wild squirrels and she's able to get close to
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this morning on "world news now," intensifying search. this morning on "world news now," intensifying search. holding out hope for two teens missing at sea since friday. why parents and the coast guard remain optimistic. on the defense. republican presidential hopeful mike huckabee who compared the president's iran deal to the holocaust. the war of words now and why huckabee is not backing down. cover story. 35 women accusing bill cosby of sexual abuse. how they're all speaking out together for the first time. and later in "the skinny," last night's season finale of "the bachelorette". what led kaitlyn to choose one guy over the other. she's in search of reality tv love. our senior analyst is here with insights on this tuesday, july 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j.
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holmes and reena ninan. >> well, they said that they are experienced boaters. we're going to kick it off with the december pat pratt the desperate search for these two missing teenagers. they have experience, teej, which is giving the parents and coast guard hope. but there's still lots of families really, really praying that they are still alive for that very reason. >> they even called it second nature to these kids who grew up around the water. they're very young but have a lot of experience on the water. they essentially know how to handle themselves. but after combing through a massive area, searchers know that time is quickly running out. let's get the very latest from abc's kendis gibson. >> reporter: the coast guard scouring the ocean for austin stephanos and perry cohen. >> all hands on deck type effort. >> reporter: the best friends went out fishing friday on this boat and haven't been seen since. only the boat discovered, damaged and deserted. >> negative.
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>> just confirmed, nobody's on board. trying to find any other gear. >> obviously disappointed that the boys were not clinging to that boat. now we can recalculate some of the drift analysis that we were doing taking into account wind, seas, current. >> reporter: the search area covering more than 27,000 square nautical miles, about the size of west virginia. >> when a person is in the water, you're basically looking for the chest up. so it's a relatively small object. >> reporter: their families riding an emotional roller coaster. >> we're experiencing the same roller coaster of emotions. not even on an hourly basis, i think it can be minute by minute. >> reporter: members of the coast guard say they hope the boys have life jackets or something to keep them afloat. they'll keep searching even after dark. >> we're going to keep doing that because even if it's one of these issues where maybe the boys if they're in the water, if they see an aircraft up ahead, it gives them the will to live, they know we're out there looking for them. >> reporter: kendis gibson, abc news, jupiter, florida. breaking news in the case of another young person gone missing. police in santa cruz
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california say the body of 8-year-old madyson middleton has been found in a dumpster behind her mother's apartment complex. madyson last seen riding her scooter outside the complex. police say a 15-year-old boy is being questioned by detectives in connection with the murder. california firefighters are waging a massive war against out of control wildfires. state firefighters have responded to nearly 4,000 wildfires this year, 44% more than last year. thanks to emergency drought funding more firefighters have now been hired. less area has been burned though and thousands of homes have been saved. california is grateful for that. >> personnel from as far as away as santa cruz had driven to save my home. >> fires are burning very, very quickly. >> fire season is far from over, however. this week triple digit temperatures and high winds are expected to make the battle harder. this morning there are 23 major wildfires burning across five states. firefighters in the west get no break in the forecast. inland temperatures could reach triple digits. combined with gusty winds,
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warnings are posted in california and oregon. violent storms threaten a wide area from the southwest to the upper midwest and the southeast. there's also oppressive heat in the mid-south and northeast. >> triple digits in phoenix and dallas. 90s from albuquerque to miami. up to new york. 80s in denver, l.a., portland and minneapolis. new details emerging about the gunman who opened fire in a louisiana movie theater as his victims were laid to rest. funerals were held yesterday for jillian johnson and mayci breaux, the two women killed in the shooting rampage. we're learning in 2008, the gunman, john houser, was delivered to a hospital for mental evaluation after his family said he was a danger but he was not involuntarily committed possibly explaining why he was able to purchase a handgun. emotional testimony as the colorado movie theater shooter's attorneys try to prevent a death sentence. the sister of james holmes cried
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on top witness stand as she recalled their childhood. chris holmes said he was a kind, loving brother, never cruel. he could be sentenced to death for killing 12 people three years ago. his parents also testify on his behalf today. another republican presidential candidate taking heat for controversial comments. former arkansas governor mike huckabee compared the new iran nuclear deal to the holocaust and huckabee now refusing to back down or apologize. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: mike huckabee doubling down on his criticism of president obama's iran deal after comparing it to the holocaust. >> he's so naive, he would trust the iranians and he would take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. >> reporter: his comments bringing a rare scolding from the president. >> in 18 months, i'm turning over the keys. i want to make sure i'm turning over the keys to somebody serious. >> reporter: but huckabee not backing down. >> three times i've been to auschwitz. when i talked about the oven door, i have stood at that door. i know exactly what it looks like >> reporter: the president
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accusing republican candidates of using overheated language to try and steal attention from donald trump. seen here firing up crowds in iowa this weekend. >> i want to grab that corn like you've never seen. so rich, so beautiful. >> reporter: other candidates now looking to create their own viral moments. senator rand paul taking a chain saw to our tax code and senator lindsey graham taking a samurai sword to his cell phone after trump publicly gave out his number. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> and the ten gop candidates will be at next week's republican debate. that's based on their standings at the polls. our abc news analysis shows donald trump, jeb bush, scott walker, marco rubio, ted cruz, mike huckabee and ben carson will all be on stage for the debate. poll standings will indicate if the next five candidates will be at the debate including chris christie, rick perry, john kasich rick santorum and bobby
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jindal. our analysis predicts carly fiorina, george pataki and lindsey graham will not be at the debates. but again, there's another poll coming out next tuesday. doesn't matter. a lot can happen in a few days. >> all that matters, they're trying to make the cut. what can you do to get your name in the news. >> yeah. >> to make the cut. this is just madness. >> it will be interesting to watch. i can't wait. you've been talking about this for sometime. >> i've been talking about this. >> you prefer this over the miss america pageant. that's your favorite show? >> let's not go that far. >> oh okay. let's turn to boston now. boston is out of the running for the olympics. the u.s. olympic committee will seek another american city to bid for the 2024 games after it became apparent there was not enough support in boston. the final straw, boston's mayor yesterday said he would not risk taxpayer dollars to fund the games. usoc has till mid-september to come up with another city, likely l.a., san francisco or d.c. a text message could hijack your android phone. a security research firm has found a major flaw that affects nearly all android phones.
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that's 950 million phones. so far, there are no reported cases of anyone exploiting this security flaw. but it could allow a hacker access to everything on your phone, even the microphone and the camera. that is scary stuff. amazon reportedly wants to get into the grocery business according to the silicon valley business journal. customers would order groceries on line, pick them up in a drive-through store. many shoppers say they're interested. right now online sales only account for about 1% of grocery spending. there's no comment from amazon. i would do that. >> of course. >> yeah. we've got a new book out there that you've got to get. i'm excited about this. it's a new dr. sueuss book available today. the author has been dead some 25 years. "what pet should i get." already number one best seller
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on amazon. the same kids who starred in "one fish two fish." the manuscript was discovered by his widow when she was doing renovations on their house. this is bedtime reading. >> we love it at any age. it's also a good graduation gift. a lot of people, oh, the places you will go. that's a dr. suess book i got for graduation. >> who gave that to you? >> multiple people. teachers. >> oh the places you will go." >> did i miss something? why are we getting books at 18? >> because they thought i would be going places in my life. >> you did. at this age, really? >> it's a good graduation gift. >> okay. every summer, eric schmitt and his family go diving for treasure. this time they hit the jackpot. eric was searching in ft. pierce, florida, in 15 feet of water when he uncovered gold coins worth more than a million dollars. >> this now, this is the tricentennial royal gold coin minted for the spanish king in 1715, buried under the sea with a fleet of spanish ships. went down there during a hurricane 300 years ago this week. congratulations to you, young fellow. coming up in "the skinny"
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doesn't appear he was seriously injured, however. but good to tell you it's over. nobody else injured in this thing. initial autopsy results on bobbi kristina brown turned up no obvious cause of death. the medical examiner found no significant injuries and no previous unknown medical conditions. but additional lab tests will be performed and subpoenas may be issued for her medical records. brown was found unresponsive six months ago. experts say the passage of time makes the investigation much more difficult. turning to the latest in the case against bill cosby. that striking image on the cover of "new york magazine." >> dozens of his accusers have joined forces to send a powerful message. no longer afraid to tell their story. here's more from abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: for the first time ever, 35 of bill cosby's accusers appearing together on the cover of "new york magazine." as part of what they call a sorrowful sisterhood. >> it hurts to this day. >> reporter: sharing their stories of allegedly being
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drugged, raped or sexually a salted by the legendary comedian after some say they have been discredited for decades. >> it's about time that people sat up and listened. >> reporter: the group ranging from their mid-40s to 80 includes super models janice dickinson and beverly johnson who shared her story with abc's linsey davis. >> i was really afraid. i was afraid for my life. >> reporter: cosby who has denied these claims has never been charged. his reps telling abc news he has no comment on the new york magazine story. also appearing on the cover, an empty chair. the magazine says representing other victims who may still be living in silence. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. coming up, last night's season finale of the bachelorette. >> the proposal and heartbreak brought to us by our senior bachelorette analyst, jack sheehan. he is here next in "the skinny." >> "world news now" continues after this from our abc
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♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ all right. only one place to start in "the skinny" tonight. last night's huge finale of "the bachelorette." >> for kaitlyn it all came down to two men and one big decision, nick or shawn. here to break it down for you as always, our senior analyst jack sheehan. >> hey. >> welcome, jack. >> i got all dressed up for the finale. how about that? i'm in mourning that another
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season is over. mercifully. oh, god, i didn't think we were going to make it. well, all right. we may as well start. like we said, there were two dudes still involved, shawn b. and nick. roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. this is nick arriving on the scene. he was feeling confident. he said along the way, he said it's increasingly hard to feel that it's not going to end well, but you know what? oh. >> oh. >> no. >> yeah. she put the brakes on that ring before it got out of the box. let's put it that way. she was trying to make nice to him. she's like, she's like, you know, i love you and all of this. he's like no, i don't need to hear it. thanks very much but whatever. later in the limo. >> look at that, he can't believe it. >> he can't believe it.
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in the limo he said he was sick and in shock. hit that sound bite. >> i feel a little foolish. i do feel like it was the best setup. you know, to actually hear her tell me she loves me more than once, it is like a [ expletive ] joke. ♪ i'm the world's biggest joke. >> the world's biggest joke. and so enters the pantheon of patheticness. nick v. >> why didn't you call me and tell me this was going on? i would have watched. >> he's right up there with the 1991 and '92 atlanta braves who lost two world series in a row. hasn't quite achieved the level of the '91 to '94 buffalo bills. who, of course lost four straight super bowls. >> you getting all these references, reena? >> got a little sports with reena, the whole nine yards. all right. that cleared the way for the triumphant arrival of shawn b. he was feeling confident, as
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well, about the whole thing and his confidence was well founded. he had done his ring shopping with neil lane earlier on and -- >> he looks so much like ryan gosling. >> he has -- as we said in our season review yesterday, excuse me he had that matthew m mcconaughey thing going on. >> got it. >> right? and let's just hear their big moment. let's just leave it to him. >> i truly believe that everything happens for a reason. after the two best months of my entire life, i know what that reason is. and that's i'm not supposed to live my life without you. and i'm not going to. ♪ >> oh, my gosh. >> kaitlyn bristowe, will you marry me? >> yes. >> there you go.
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all sorts of hearts and flowers there. shawn b. and kaitlyn. the lucky guy. he went -- earlier in the season he got the first impression rose and went all the way to the engagement ring. fair enough good for them. check them out later this morning on "good morning america." there was weirdness on "after the final rose" when we had nick and shawn b. on the couch with each other. >> my goodness. >> these guys didn't like each other during the season. that was the whole thing. shawn b. said he never really clicked with nick, that he had a bad feeling about him. nick was basically like, you know, he knew that it wasn't popular to join the whole thing in progress. they both agreed their feud was immature and it took away from their relationships with kaitlyn. prediction time. we think that ben h., ben h. who placed third in this go around was -- is going to be the next bachelor, but we'll see. >> great.
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>> could be ben z., as well. >> thank you, sir. we've got a bonus round just ahead. thank you. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85 this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed with a rate lock for people on a fixed income who want affordable life insurance that's simple to get. coverage options for just $9.95 a month less than 35 cents a day. act now and your rate will be locked in for life. it will never increase. your coverage can never be cancelled
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>> they would have "bad blood" as their campaign theme song. >> and still win. every young person would be out voting. >> you're totally right. next up, will ferrell. we saw him running around. you remember this with the major league teams during spring training, this big thing he did. what was he up to? >> we knew he had to be filming something and now we have a trailer for the project a documentary called "farrell takes the field." check it out. >> they say nothing's more american than grabbing a hot dog heading to the ballpark and watching nine guys from the dominican republic make magic on the field. but owe you know what? today i learned they are wrong. make that eight dominicans and one guy from irvine, california. >> you can see farrell play all nine positions, step into the batter's box september 12th on hbo. >> and the special will raise funds for several cancer-fighting charities so it's a good cause. big news about the much anticipated "full house" spinoff series, "fuller house." >> yes, the romance apparently between uncle jesse and aunt becky continues. john stamos confirmed they are indeed together with this instagram post.
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the shot of his hand with lori loughlin's both with wedding bands over the episode one script. complete with the caption jesse and becky together forever. filming for the netflix series currently under way. no word on a release day though the. and more tv casting news. your boy, your favorite guy, ed sheeran landed a recurring role on a new television series. >> the show will air on fx and the title intense here called "the bastard executioner," billed as a blood soaked medieval epic. sheeran is going to be in this thing. he plays a character described as an ambitious and deadly protege of a high ranking church elder. at first i thought he was going to have a role as a singer but no he's going to be acting. >> maybe he's in the church choir during medieval times. >> right now he can do no wrong in my book. love this guy. number one fan. updates on facebook at wnnfans.com, folks. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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good morning. i'm reena good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." crews battling wildfires in the west will also battle triple digit heat and high winds today. 23 major wildfires are raging in five states. four firefighters suffered burns in one california fire. a tragic end to the search for a missing girl in northern california. police found the body of 8-year-old madyson middleton in a dumpster. a 15-year-old boy is being questioned in connection with the discovery. the patriarch of the jackson family has suffered a stroke. joe jackson recovering at a hospital in brazil. he was in rio to celebrate his 87th birthday when he fell ill. he's said to be in good spirits. last night's season finale of "the bachelorette" ended with a proposal. kaitlyn choosing shawn b. over nick.
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the losing contestant, nick stopped short as he tried to pull out his ring. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, july 28th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> and we start this half hour with conditions getting tougher and tougher for crews battling western wildfires. heat and wind fueling these flames. >> this morning, 23 significant wildfires are burning in five states. california hit especially hard. the number of wildfires nearly doubling this year. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: raging infernos in the west. several out of control wildfires continue to race up california's drought-stricken mountainsides. >> fires are burning very quickly. >> reporter: and the fight is becoming increasingly dangerous. at least four firefighters have been injured battling the hot, fast-moving lowell fire east of sacramento. one suffering serious burns.
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the rugged terrain also not making it easy for the 1100 men and women now on the ground. relying heavily on air support to save hundreds of homes threatened. >> personnel from as far away as santa cruz had driven to save my home. >> reporter: some families even helping out and bull dozing their own fire lines. >> i hope that we can at least get the property safe enough to say that, you know, the fire guys can move up the road. >> reporter: since january, there have been more than 5200 wildfires in california burning roughly 75,000 acres. >> it's been so dry, everything's so brown. >> reporter: those bone dry conditions also fueling this wildfire 250 miles south near bass lake, where camp grounds have been evacuated and more homes are in danger. unfortunately, extreme heat is also in store this week. as we get deeper into summer and fall, fire crews say conditions typically get even drier meaning
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what's now a year-long fire season been likely get worse. reena and t.j. >> thank you so much. temperatures across a big part of the country headed into the danger zone. >> a heat wave is set to bake several states with heat indexes going with into the triple digits. accuweather's justin pavek continues our coverage now. hey, there. >> thanks and good morning to you. heat wave conditions developing over the northeast. at least at the interstate 95 corridor later on today, tomorrow and again on thursday. temperatures into the low and mid-90s. it's going to feel like it's 95 to 105. there is going to be a slight chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms. but the heat will be the bigger story. gusty thunderstorms on the way later on today over the upper midwest. we'll continue to monitor the high fire danger out west. t.j. and reena, let's turn it back to you. the western drought raising produce prices, now it's taking its toll on fish. the water in the columbia river and other pacific northwest rivers too warm for salmon returning from the ocean to spawn. at last half are dead. as many as 80% may die.
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there isn't as much cold water coming out of the mountains because the drought has diminished the snow packs. >> the coast guard optimistic it will be able to find two teenage boys missing off the coast of florida. the 14-year-olds went fishing four days ago. their boat found over the weekend. that discovery may help. now searchers can analyze the currents. the coast guard says it is searching aggressively and the navy now helping out. well, you're not even safe at home in your own bed. college student home for the summer fighting for her life after a freak accident. still officials say she's lucky to be alive. abc's gio benitez with this story. >> reporter: an incredible image on long island. this 5,000-pound tree suddenly crashing through a family's home, pinning a 20-year-old young woman to her bed. neighbor steven blocker heard that crash. luckily, he's a firefighter paramedic. >> she was great. she was talking to us and she was able to tell us what was going on. >> reporter: incredibly that 20-year-old is now recovering
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and doing well. and right now crews are working to remove that massive tree. you can see it just sliced right through that house. word that that tree was rotting at the base. arborists say you should have trees inspected at least once a year. what are some of the signs? >> if you see decay or a lot of insect activity around the tree, if you see a lot of dead branches falling out of the tree. >> reporter: to prevent a disaster most of us would never predict. gio benitez, abc news, breakneck, new york. an american airlines jet heading to dallas forced to return to beijing after being damaged by hail. take a look at this. the nose of this brand-new boeing dreamliner, this is it at the airport. aviation experts say hail can damage a plane's engine enough to bring down the plane. and a new move in the middle east could significantly escalate u.s. air strikes against isis in syria. the u.s. and turkey agreed to create a so-called safe zone in northern syria for refugees and western backed rebels. with u.s. and turkish warplanes
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protecting the safe zone. turkey has stepped up attacks along the border, allowing the u.s. to use its air bases. president obama heading home today after a visit to ethiopia. >> the president was a guest of honor at the state dinner. but the trip also had some sobering moments. linsey davis was with the president in the ethiopian capital. linsey good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the j.t.j. and reena. this trip was certainly not without a bit of controversy. some ethiopians had said in advance of the trip, if you care about ethiopia, don't come here. this visit comes a few weeks after the ruling party claimed it had won 100% of its seats. so there is a certain bit of question or concern about corruption here. there's several dozen journalist who have been imprisoned. that was part of president obama's message to the prime minister both privately and publicly today saying there needs to be a sense of real democracy here.
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he in part explained his reason or defended his reason for coming here, basically saying he sees ethiopia as a true partner when it comes to trade and also the fight on terrorism. he also added that you don't improve a situation by staying away. later on today, president obama will be the first u.s. president to address the african union and then he'll head back to the u.s. t.j. and reena. >> what a cool trip for her to be on out there. 100% of the vote? i mean, even assad, bashar assad would do like 98. come on. >> sometimes it's overwhelming. >> all right. >> we, lindsey, we appreciate that report and we're just hours away from the windows 10. the new microsoft operating system will be released at midnight eastern time. it's the biggest update to windows in almost three years. does this mean my windows will crash now? windows 10 will be distributed via downloads but won't be available to everyone right
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away. those who have been testing the beta version, you're laughing but i do the ios updates and then i lose all my contacts. >> you might, as well throw the phone away unless you do the update. >> when they ask us to do updates, i get very upset. what am i going to lose? >> it's better for the future. >> come back tomorrow night. let's see what people are reporting about the updates. >> we do sports with reena, technology with reena tomorrow night. let me tell you what the arizona cardinals have done now. they have performed a first. they are now the first team to have a female coach on the coaching staff. this is a first believed to be in nfl history. you're seeing her there. her name is jen welter. she will work with inside line backers during the preseason. she's got a lot of experience here. she was a linebacker for 14 years, mostly with the dallas diamonds. that's a women's professional football league and helped lead them to four championships. we'll learn more later when they hold a news conference. she has the experience to do the job. she has a masters in sports schooling, a p.h.d. in psychology. she's the first woman to play in
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a professional league, men's league. she got in to play running back. she's got the experience. this is awesome. >> my money's on her going to the super bowl. >> already? >> she's just a preseason coach. you got her in the super bowl already. >> what have i told you repeatedly? have you not learned anything from the show? it is the year of the woman in sports. >> okay. yeah. i'll give you that. >> i told you. world cup, super bowl. you heard it here first. >> sports with reena. >> espn folks aren't saying this yet. turning to california again. it's hot out there. real hot out there. and californians like to cool off. you jump in the pool. one of those californians a bear. can you see the bear making himself comfortable at home in the backyard? this is in monrovia near l.a. >> the woman who lived there says the bear's a regular visitor and she thinks he's adorable. since he seemed to be having such a good time in the pool she lit him stay for a while.
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finally, she took out a pan and a wooden spoon and made enough noise that he wandered away. >> who knew that worked? coming up, we're going to turn to romance. instead of just a hookup. who wants a hookup? we want romance, right? especially guys. we want the romance. there's a new dating app for that. we'll show you a new approach. >> okay. a little bit terrified there. also ahead, cleaning your summer t-shirts and caps and smelly sneakers. innovative ways we're getting advice from an expert. hulk hogan's latest fight. a battle over his words. the veteran wrestler is in a lot of trouble and the wwe now wants nothing to do with him. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by southern new hampshire university.
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helping to slow its advance. but that fire has already burned through about 2500 acres of forest. and a mammoth drug haul in panama. authorities seized nearly two tons of marijuana and cocaine. that brings the total amount of drugs in panama this year alone confiscated in panama this year alone to nearly 20,000 pounds. more busts are still in the works. they say 90% of the traffickers detained have been colombian nationals. well, hulk hogan is probably the best known wrestler in america, the public face of the sport. >> a racist remark he made on a private tape has been made public and the wwe has cut all ties. abc's david wright has the story. >> reporter: the most famous professional wrestler of all time is no longer a wwe hall of famer. hulk hogan for now just another gym rat. spotted with his wife on their way to workout in clearwater, florida. hogan has been body slammed by his own words eight years ago. in a racist outburst complete
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with the n word caught on tape. the wwe saying in a statement, we are committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds. >> the swiftness with which the wwe made the decision to scrub hogan from the website and their hall of fame has surprised some especially because hogan was such a face of the organization for so many years. >> reporter: the recording is the first bombshell in the court filings of hogan's $100 million libel suit against gawker media. hogan is suing the website for posting a sex tape of him with the wife of his then best friend, a florida deejay name bubba the love sponge. hogan quickly apologized for the rant saying "it was unacceptable for me to have used that
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offensive language. there's no excuse for it and i apologize for having done it," hogan's friends and family tweeted support for the wrestling legend. and hogan retweeted the following, "biracial president obama uses n word and is applauded and keeps his job. hulk hogan uses n word, is vilified and loses his job." david wright, abc news, new york. wow. well, they say the first amendment right to freedom of speech but it protects you against -- with the government and not necessarily with a private entity. the government can't necessarily censor you but a private company hiring you, there are morality clauses and things that prevent you from just -- >> that's why they can and did let him go like that. that's a wrap. well, coming up, a new dating app poised to change the game we're told. and why the women who created it think making it less about sex is the key to its success. you're watching "world news now."
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♪ ♪ i love this story. i love this story ♪ i love this story. i love this story because it's three sisters who stand up against corporate america almost. >> i thought you were saying you liked the idea of a new dating app. >> it's called coffee and bagel. this is a new dating app, as you said. it was created by sisters and their calling it the anti-tinder. >> like any good entrepreneurs they stand behind their product by using it themselves.
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we're "up all nightline"" now with abc's juju chang. >> reporter: these three sisters are about to make the biggest financial decision of their lives. >> if i offered you $30 million for the company, would you take it? >> no. >> oh. >> reporter: mark cuban making a record-setting offer on abc's "shark tank" seeing huge potential in their dating app, coffee means bagel. >> he offered you $30 million and you didn't even flinch. >> reporter: but the kung sisters, sue, dawan and arum walked away from all that cash more than six months ago. >> this baby is going to explode. >> reporter: when you said no to $30 million, did people think you were crazy? >> we got so many e-mails, are you crazy? you sisters are so crazy. what were you thinking? >> reporter: they think coffee meets bagel is worth a whole lot more. after all, the popular dating
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app tinder alone is worth roughly $1.5 billion. here's how it works. each day at noon a user is given one bagel, a potential match carefully generated by the company's secret formula, a computer algorithm that stalks your facebook page assessing interests and personal experiences. then combing through your facebook friends to match you with friends of friends with similar profiles. >> there are so many online dating apps out there. why do we need another one? >> the vast majority of them are optimized for men. >> men want quantity. >> exactly. they really enjoy browsing through photos of women. for woman, that doesn't really work. so because we don't like to waste time. one of the really important factors is your social graph. who do you share in common with other matches? >> reporter: the sisters are confident their app has what it takes. they boast more than 20,000 relationships. more than doubling its user base since "shark tank." >> this is a shark named mark. we got him by his tail. >> reporter: take that, mark cuban. >> exactly.
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>> reporter: take that and swim away. you were called greedy, arrogant, you were called a lot of nasty names for turning down $30 million. >> yeah, yeah. it was rough. but you know, at the end of the day, we know we made the right decision. >> reporter: one could argue there was a tinge of sexism to it. >> i actually wonders, does being called greedy gold digger would we have been called those names if we were not women? >> i think if we were men, we probably would have been called bold, visionary for and brave for rejecting that $30 million. but, of course, we weren't called that. >> reporter: but their brave, bold vision could come true. for "nightline," i'm juju chang in san francisco. >> bye. >> i can't wait for juju to do the follow-up where they are billionaires, sisters each have a billion dollars. >> what do you give them, five years? >> i would say three. they're smart, motivated and this is why we need more women in coding and computers.
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♪ ♪ summer's here. everybody outside. kids running around getting sweaty, nasty, dirty. how do we clean this stuff up, reena? >> why do you ask me? >> okay, go ahead. jump right in. i'll tell you on break. >> i learned little ways to make your life easier while saving time and money. >> reporter: from that perfectly fitted tee to those sneakers and the baseball cap you can't live without, how can you make your everyday summer wardrobe staples last for the long haul?
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hi, katie. i'm rolling up my sleeves. we met up with katie brown, editor-in-chief of yahoo!makers to get the scoop on tried and true maintenance tips in home hacks. >> take your favorite tee. where you see a stain, take a little baby shampoo, work it in there and work your stain away. do it gently. put it in some kind of tub. let it soak and mix around. i usually let it soak for a good four or five hours. then instead of putting it in the dryer or hanging it, get yourself two towels. lay your t-shirt out. we're going to put this right over it. and then you roll that end and i'll roll this end. once it's rolled up, we're going to press. you roll it out again, let it sit there till it's dry and you're good to go. >> reporter: that's it. >> that's it. you want to get yourself a good tupperware container with a lid. put your liquid detergent in the
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water. put your baseball cap in there and get shaking. once you're done, take it right out. see that balloon in your hand? you're wondering what you do with it, this is going to keep the shape. just let it dry like that. it's going to smell great, be clean. >> reporter: all good. >> this is a great way to get those bad odors out off your tennis shoes. take a little bit of essential oil. mix it in with some baking soda. it absorbs all the odors. but with that little hint of essential oil, you're also giving it some good smells. pour it straight in and give it a little bit of a shake. let that sit overnight. shake that baking soda right out of there. and your shoes are ready to go. >> what did you think? good tips, huh? >> yeah, i was just thinking i got some funky stuff laying around the house right now. >> funky stuff. >> yeah. it's pretty funky. >> i'd wash the baseball caps because the balloon thing is pretty. but the funky stuff, you're on your own. >> that's the news for this half hour, folks. >> follow us on facebook,
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this morning on "world news now," extreme conditions for firefighters in the west battling nearly two dozen wildfires. their struggle as the rest of the country swelters. accuweather is tracking it all. air scare. hail stones seriously damage one of the most advanced jumbo jets in the sky. >> the damages engines or control surfaces it can make an airplane unflyable. >> the latest incident for the boeing dreamliner facing a brand-new round of safety questions. harsh reality for a celebrity on reality tv who claimed he was incapable of hard work. how the feds cracked down accusing him of disability fraud. and later, saving a bundle on that bundle of joy. parents pinched by the high cost of diapers, wipes and other products. how you can save some money with
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our expert advice. it's tuesday, july 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now." with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> good morning to you all. the west is burning. that's where we need to start the battle against these wildfires out there. heat and wind now joining forces causing all kinds of problems with these flames and causing problems with the firefighters out there. >> that's right. this morning, 23 significant wildfires burning in five states. in california, conditions so dry the heat alone can spark new trouble. abc's matt gutman is right there. >> reporter: an onslaught from the air and the ground. those flames fueled by heat and 30-mile-per-hour winds proving too much for four firefighters
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badly burned when the fire overran them. undaunted, brigades of firefighters continue to troop up the sierra nevadas to battle the lowell fire. hundreds evacuated with the fire only 20% contained. the willow fire near fresno also breathing flames torching more than 1500 acres and forcing the evacuations of people from 450 homes. 23 significant wildfires lighting up the west. >> authorities tell us those fires were mostly started by lightning but this one may have been started by a car's exhaust. that heat about 150 degrees can ignite grass like this. back in grass valley, we caught up to logan tony in his tractor. i see you've cut a bunch of trees down. how many have you felled? >> about 70. >> reporter: 70 trees? hacking down his livelihood to save his home. those helicopters buzzing have been dumping a tremendous amount of water on that fire. the goal is to prevent it from creeping up this hill and keep it contained. matt gutman, abc news, grass
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valley, california. there's no break today for western firefighters with hot weather and gusty winds. >> from the midwest to the northeast, heat indexes heating triple digits. minneapolis sweltering. justin pavek with the outlook for us. good morning to you. >> thanks and good morning to you. heat continuing to affect much of the northeast over the course of the next couple days. in fact, an all-out heat wave on the way. many spots well into the 90s each afternoon through thursday, temperatures getting into the mid-100s especially from new york city south and west. boston could feel into the upper 90s. not expecting a lot of wet weather here the next couple days, but there will be gusty thunderstorms later on this afternoon into the upper midwest, eventually getting into the western great lakes, as well. damaging winds and hail the big threats. dealing with more dry conditions.
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not good news for fire danger here in northern california where temperatures will be quite hot and there could be some gusty winds, as well. t.j. and reena, back over to you. >> justin, thank you so much. breaking an awful news out of northern california now. an end to the search for a missing 8-year-old girl. police in santa cruz say they've found the body of madyson middleton last seen riding her scooter outside her mother's apartment complex. the police chief provides details of the discovery at a late night's news conference. >> this is extraordinarily heart breaking news i'm about to give to you. our detectives discovered the body of a young female inside of a dumpster at the complex located behind me. >> the police chief says a 15-year-old boy who lived at the apartment complex is now being questioned in connection with the murder. well, the search is continuing through the night for two 14-year-old boys who went missing during a fishing trip
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off florida. the coast guard says the water's relatively warm and the teens could likely survive about five days hanging on to a cooler or wearing life jackets. perry cohen and austin stephanos were last seen friday when their capsized boat was found sunday. the parents remain optimistic but the waiting so excruciating. >> we're experiencing the same roller coast of emotions, not even on an hourly basis. i think it can be minute by minute. >> both boys are described as experienced boaters. their families are offering a $100,000 reward. and they've started a go fund me campaign to contribute to the search effort. a scare on board an american airlines flight. the hi-tech new plane forced to return to the airport after suffering damage from severe weather. abc's clayton sandell with the details and the pictures. >> reporter: the brand new boeing 787 dreamliner took off monday from beijing headed for dallas fort worth, an american airlines flight with 222 passengers and crew. 44 minutes into the flight, the plane hit severe weather including hail, forcing the jet back to beijing. it touches down safely, but this photo posted on a chinese social media site claims to show a damaging point to the nose.
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>> hail can bring an airplane down. if it damages engines or control surfaces, it can make it unflyable. >> reporter: in june, a delta 747 was forced to land after hail pummeled the nose and wing so badly that the 747 was grounded permanently. >> the 747 is made out of carbon fiber. it's very difficult to repair. the airplane may be sitting in beijing for a while. >> reporter: no one was hurt. the airline says they'll all soon be rebooked on new flights. clayton sandell, did abc news, denver. a new move in the middle east could have escalated the u.s.'s air strikes against isis in syria. the u.s. and turkey agreed to create a so-called safe zone. in northern syria. the u.s. and turkish warplanes protecting the safe zone there. turkey stepped up attacks along the border along with the u.s. to use its air base. president obama wrapping up his visit to ethiopia today
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ending a historic visit with a speech to the african union. he attended a state dinner after meeting with the prime minister. he said there's a need for a real democracy. the light side, the lighter side, he got an up-close look at lucy. that's 3 million year old bones making up the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor ever discovered. the death of whitney houston's daughter remains a mystery. initial autopsy results on bobbi kristina brown turned up no obvious cause of death and no previously unknown conditions. additional tests will now be performed. she was found unresponsive six months ago. experts say the passage of time is making the investigation much more difficult. michael jackson's father has been hospitalized in brazil after suffering a stroke. joe jackson was taken to the hospital with an irregular heart beat and remains in intensive care. he's said to be communicating
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perfectly fine without any problems. he went to rio to celebrate his 87th birthday. the mormon church is deeply troubled by the decision to allow gay scout leaders. the change was approved yesterday by the boy scout's executive council and takes effect immediately. it allows church sponsored pacs to maintain the ban for religious reasons, the mormons sponsor more scout packs than any other group and will consider forming their own organization. a major security alert this morning. there's a gaping hole in the security of nearly a billion android smartphones. the security firm says if the hacker has a phone number, a text message will take complete control of the device instantly. accessing photos, even the camera, microphone, the user might not know this is going on. this flaw affects nearly all phones that run on the android operating system. google says it's working on the problem. so far no reports of any attacks taking place. apple doubling the retail availability of the watch.
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apple watch. 100 best buy stores plus the website will have it for sale starting august 7th. another 200 will be selling the watch by the holidays. best buy is the first morning retailer other than apple to sell the device. the stores won't have the top model with the gold case with the starting price of $10,000. i don't know where you get that. >> are you into that watch? >> i'm not. there was a guy in the elevator talking or doing something. it was annoying. >> with the apple watch? >> it was annoying. >> inspector gadget. >> i don't want to be that guy. >> you don't want to be inspector gadget. well, you know in washington it's presidents who raced around the field. that's the baseball game we're talking about. and in milwaukee it's various types of sausage. now at a minor league game in michigan it was home appliances. >> three kids dressed up as a gas range, clothes dryer and hot water heater, supposed to run past a fourth kid who was a thermostat. poor little guy. costumes not easy to run in. this is cute. they described this to me earlier and i wasn't so sure about it. now i'm loving it.
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you see all the appliances banging into each other. nobody hurt. everybody had a good time. poor little guy. my goodness. he wins. >> that is, oh, and the promotion was sponsored by a local utility company, dte which makes sense. >> of course it was. >> pretty clever. well, we've got "the mix" coming up and a story i lobbied not to have to do and i won. it's about a special friendship between a young woman and a rodent. you'll see the pictures and understand why i handed this one off to my dear reena ninan. parents pinched by the price of diapers, formula and wipes. kids are expensive. but first the reality tv star known for his fishing trips who had earned thousands of disability benefits. how fraud investigators busted him. check out our behind the scenes pics on instagram. abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." buste him. check out our behind the
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all right. take a look. can you make out what's happening here? a driver texting. problem is that is the driver of a party bus. scrolling and texting. on his smartphone while cruising down the highway on new york's long island. 45 people on board at the time. one day after another accident. this is unrelated, though. this is a different accident
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that happened near there. a limo driver turning into the path of a pickup truck. four young women losing their lives. the passenger who got the video knew those women who were on that limo and when the owner of the bus company saw this video, that driver you're seeing there was fired. 45 people on board. you're responsible for those lives and you're doing that? >> i feel like these companies should do more to make sure, like random tests are made or something because it happens often. >> maybe put cameras in the vehicle. >> so they can monitor. next, if you are collecting thousands of dollars in disability payments, you probably shouldn't start a reality tv show. >> the government is accusing a captain of a fishing boat of falsely claiming to be disabled and they are using his own tv show as proof. abc's neal karlinsky explains this one. >> reporter: on the national geographic reality tv show "wicked tuna," paul hebert doesn't just show off lots of
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hard work but big paychecks. >> last he brought in just over $50,000 worth of fish. >> reporter: he's under federal indictment for fraud. charging documents describe that hebert said he was disabled and that he couldn't walk properly and had no income. in all it alleges hebert took in $44,000 in social security and medicaid benefits between 2010 and 2013. >> $375. >> reporter: tv's spotlight has burned other people, too. when kathy showed up on "the price is right" despite claiming she grabbed a month for a shoulder injury boy did she spin that wheel. she pleaded guilty to the fraud. former nfl lineman brad culpepper sued his insurance company after they saw him dominating challenges on "survivor." culpepper maintains he suffers long-term physical injuries and did nothing wrong. hebert's attorney says his client is innocent. neal karlinksky, abc news, seattle.
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>> so the thing is, in his application in 2009, he said he couldn't walk. he was unable to work and he had no other financial resources even though he was clearly working at that time. you know, caught up to him. >> i mean, he went to one of those revivals where they heal people. it's a miracle. >> you think it was a miracle. >> it's possible. somebody put their hands on him. have you seen that? you can walk now. get up. >> he put his hands on the television screen and now he's healed. >> it's possible. >> are you trying to go for his attorney. >> give the brother the benefit of the doubt. but the video don't lie. coming up, we've got advice for parents confronting the high cost of baby formula, diapers and wipes. it can add up real, real fast. we have some expert advice for moms and dads to save on the budgets. ahead in our next half hour, the season finale of "the bachelorette." from the awkward to the emotional moment. see which guy won kaitlyn's heart. oh, it was a doozy. you're watching "world news now."
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♪ your favorite music so far. >> actually might be. could you tell? >> i could tell. what would you do if you had $300,000? >> pay off some bills and that's probably it. >> that's what the estimated cost from birth to 18 years old to raise a child. >> oh, man. >> yeah. because kids are expensive. we all know that especially if you have a newborn. americans spends thousands every year on children. >> we're told they're worth it. but that doesn't mean you can't find ways to save. abc's mara schiavocampo has tips on cutting down some of those costs. >> reporter: with 2-year-old twins cameron and carter, they
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spent $3300 in the first year per child. on basics like diapers, formula and wipes. so what were you spending that money on? >> the most expensive thing was the formula, about $1800 per year per kid. diapers were also really expensive, about $1200 per year per kid. >> reporter: now with a third on the way -- >> i think certainly we'll be more conscious with spending. >> reporter: enter baby bargain expert alan fields. first up, when it comes to formula, fields says don't dismiss generic. >> formula is regulated by the government. whether you buy a name brand or a store brand, it's the exact same nutrition. >> reporter: we compared the basic nutritional information in this store brand formula with the colatos favorite name brand. >> tell me how much protein is in each one. >> 2.07 grams in both. >> reporter: the savings using the generic brand saves them $900. next up, for baby bargains on diapers and other essentials, fields says try a subscription
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service like target subscription or amazon mom. it costs $99 a year but delivers straight to your door every month and saves you 20% on every single purchase. >> amazon mom we estimate would save you guys $865 a year. >> wow. >> reporter: finally, one of the biggest expenses of having a baby, well, having the baby. the colatos received a surprise bill after the delivery of the twins, an extra $2,000 for their anesthesiologist who they had assumed was in their network. were you surprised when you got that bill? >> yes, very surprised. >> reporter: experts say ahead of time, double-check all of your providers not just your doctor are covered by your insurance. this time, that will save the colatos $2,000. in total, that's almost $4,000 back in their baby bank. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> that's a lot of good tips. >> that's a lot. that stuff adds up.
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world record. >> we're still trying to figure it out. tweet us or send us a message on e-mail at abcwnn. or @tjholmes. is that yours? let us know what world record we should try to beat on the show. >> we want to be one. we want to be in the record books. gilbert arenas was a sharpshooter in the nba. he was a superstar in his time but known for his jump shot. look at what he did out at the orange county fair out in california. well, he went and he won pretty big with his kids. how did he do so? they have those basketball games set up. he took on those games and, of course, he did really well. he shot them out of house and home. and they banned him. after he won all this with his kids. they said you can't play these games anymore. >> they kicked him out? >> they kicked him out. he got to keep the stuff he already won.
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>> he kept all the stuff he won but he's a sharpshooter and still has the touch. he went out there and said, i'm going to beat you at your own game. >> the kids look happy. look at the smiles on their faces. that's pretty cool. this one you didn't want to do this story because you thought it was funny. >> it didn't sound right to me. >> a senior from penn state called mary, they call her the squirrel whisperer. she pets squirrels and dresses them up in weird costumes. look at this. that's one costume. take a look at the other one. >> these are pets? >> wild squirrels, he's able to get close enough to them touch them dress them up put weird little costumes on them -- painter, and then she has enough time to take their picture. so they call her, this is penn state university they call her the squirrel whisperer. >> i'm sure they're proud at penn state. >> that's the deejay one, my favorite one. >> but they're not her pets. these are wild squirrels? >> wild squirrels and she's able to get close to them. you should call her up and find out what her magic is and try it yourself.
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this morning on "world news now," intensifying search. this morning on "world news now," intensifying search. holding out hope for two teens this morning on "world news now," intensifying search. holding out hope for two teens missing at sea since friday. why parents and the coast guard remain optimistic. on the defense. republican presidential hopeful mike huckabee who compared the president's iran deal to the holocaust. the war of words now and why huckabee is not backing down. cover story. 35 women accusing bill cosby of sexual abuse. how they're all speaking out together for the first time. and later in "the skinny," last night's season finale of "the bachelorette". what led kaitlyn to choose one guy over the other. she's in search of reality tv love. our senior analyst is here with insights on this tuesday, july 28th.
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from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> well, they said that they are experienced boaters. we're going to kick it off with the desperate search for these two missing teenagers. they have experience, teej, which is giving the parents and coast guard hope. but there's still lots of families really, really praying that they are still alive for that very reason. >> they even called it second nature to these kids who grew up around the water. they're very young but have a lot of experience on the water. they essentially know how to handle themselves. but after combing through a massive area, searchers know that time is quickly running out. let's get the very latest from abc's kendis gibson. >> reporter: the coast guard scouring the ocean for austin stephanos and perry cohen. >> all hands on deck type effort. >> reporter: the 14-year-old best friends went out fishing friday on this boat and haven't been seen since. only the boat discovered, damaged and deserted. >> negative. >> just confirmed, nobody's on board. trying to find any other gear. >> obviously disappointed that the boys were not clinging to
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that boat. now we can recalculate some of the drift analysis that we were doing taking into account wind, seas, current. >> reporter: the search area covering more than 27,000 square nautical miles, about the size of west virginia. >> when a person is in the water, you're basically looking for the chest up. so it's a relatively small object. >> reporter: their families riding an emotional roller coaster. >> we're experiencing the same roller coaster of emotions. not even on an hourly basis, i think it can be minute by minute. >> reporter: members of the coast guard say they hope the boys have life jackets or something to keep them afloat. they'll keep searching even after dark. >> we're going to keep doing that because even if it's one of these issues where maybe the boys if they're in the water, if they see an aircraft up ahead, it gives them that will to live, that they know we're out there looking for them. >> reporter: kendis gibson, abc news, jupiter, florida. breaking news in the case of another young person gone missing. police in santa cruz, california, say the body of 8-year-old madyson middleton has
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been found in a dumpster behind her mother's apartment complex. madyson last seen sunday afternoon riding her scooter outside the complex. police say a 15-year-old boy is being questioned by detectives in connection with the murder. california firefighters are waging a massive war against out of control wildfires. state firefighters have responded to nearly 4,000 wildfires this year, 44% more than last year. thanks to emergency drought funding more firefighters have now been hired. less area has been burned though and thousands of homes have been saved. california is grateful for that. >> personnel from as far as away as santa cruz had driven to save my home. >> fires are burning very, very quickly. >> fire season is far from over, however. this week triple digit temperatures and high winds are expected to make the battle harder. this morning there are 23 major wildfires burning across five states. firefighters in the west get no break in the forecast. inland temperatures could reach triple digits. combined with gusty winds,
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warnings are posted in california and oregon. violent storms threaten a wide area from the southwest to the upper midwest and the southeast. there's also oppressive heat in the mid-south and northeast. >> triple digits in phoenix and dallas. 90s from albuquerque to miami. up to new york. 80s in denver, l.a., portland and minneapolis. new details emerging about the gunman who opened fire in a louisiana movie theater as his victims were laid to rest. funerals were held yesterday for jillian johnson and mayci breaux, the two women killed in the shooting rampage. we're learning in 2008, the gunman, john houser, was delivered to a hospital for mental evaluation after his family said he was a danger but he was not involuntarily committed possibly explaining why he was able to purchase a handgun. emotional testimony as the colorado movie theater shooter's attorneys try to prevent a death sentence. the sister of james holmes cried on the witness stand as she
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recalled their childhood. chris holmes said he was a kind, loving brother, never cruel. he could be sentenced to death for killing 12 people three years ago. his parents also testify on his behalf today. another republican presidential candidate taking heat for controversial comments. former arkansas governor mike huckabee compared the new iran nuclear deal to the holocaust and huckabee now refusing to back down or apologize. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: mike huckabee doubling down on his criticism of president obama's iran deal after comparing it to the holocaust. >> he's so naive, he would trust the iranians and he would take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. >> reporter: his comments bringing a rare scolding from the president. >> in 18 months, i'm turning over the keys. i want to make sure i'm turning over the keys to somebody serious. >> reporter: but huckabee not backing down. >> three times i've been to auschwitz. when i talked about the oven
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door, i have stood at that door. i know exactly what it looks like. >> reporter: the president accusing republican candidates of using overheated language to try and steel attention from donald trump. seen here firing up crowds in iowa this weekend. >> i want to grab that corn like you've never seen. so rich, so beautiful. >> reporter: other candidates now looking to create their own viral moments. senator rand paul taking a chain saw to our tax code and senator lindsey graham taking a samurai sword to his cell phone after trump publicly gave out his number. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> and the ten gop candidates will be at next week's republican debate. that's based on their standings at the polls. our abc news analysis shows donald trump, jeb bush, scott walker, marco rubio, ted cruz, mike huckabee and ben carson will all be on stage for the debate. poll standings will indicate if the next five candidates will be at the debate including chris christie, rick perry, john kasich, rick santorum and bobby jindal. our analysis predicts carly fiorina, george pataki and
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lindsey graham will not be at the debates. but again, there's another poll coming out next tuesday. doesn't matter. a lot can happen in a few days. >> all that matters, they're trying to make the cut. what can you do to get your name in the news. >> yeah. >> to make the cut. this is just madness. >> it will be interesting to watch. i can't wait. you've been talking about this for sometime. >> i've been talking about this. >> you prefer this over the miss america pageant. that's your favorite show? >> let's not go that far. >> oh, okay. let's turn to boston now. boston is out of the running for the olympics. the u.s. olympic committee will seek another american city to bid for the 2024 games after it became apparent there was not enough support in boston. the final straw, boston's mayor yesterday said he would not risk taxpayer dollars to fund the games. usoc has till mid-september to come up with another city, likely l.a., san francisco or d.c. a text message could hijack your android phone. a security research firm has found a major flaw that affects
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nearly all android phones. that's 950 million phones. so far, there are no reported cases of anyone exploiting this security flaw. but it could allow a hacker access to everything on your phone, even the microphone and the camera. that is scary stuff. amazon reportedly wants to get into the grocery business according to the silicon valley business journal. customers would order groceries on line, pick them up in a drive-through store. many shoppers say they're interested. right now online sales only account for about 1% of grocery spending. there's no comment from amazon. i would do that. >> of course. >> yeah. we've got a new book out there that you've got to get. i'm excited about this. it's a new dr. seuss book available today. the author has been dead some 25 years. "what pet should i get." already number one best seller on amazon. the same kids who starred in
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"one fish two fish red fish, blue fish." the manuscript was discovered by his widow when she was doing renovations on their house. this is bedtime reading. >> we love it at any age. it's also a good graduation gift. a lot of people -- "oh, the places you will go." that's a dr. suess book i got for graduation. >> who gave that to you? >> multiple people. teachers. >> "oh, the places you will go." >> did i miss something? why are we getting books at 18? >> because they thought i would be going places in my life. >> you did. at this age, really? >> it's a good graduation gift. >> okay. every summer, eric schmitt and his family go diving for treasure. this time they hit the jackpot. eric was searching in ft. pierce, florida, in 15 feet of water when he uncovered gold coins worth more than a million dollars. >> i'm going diving. this now, this is the tricentennial royal gold coin minted for the spanish king in 1715 buried under the sea with a fleet of spanish ships.
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inside was a robbery suspect, finally side swiped a police cruiser, flipped over. doesn't appear he was seriously injured, however. but good to tell you it's over. nobody else injured in this thing. initial autopsy results on bobbi kristina brown turned up no obvious cause of death. the medical examiner found no significant injuries and no previous unknown medical conditions. but additional lab tests will be performed and subpoenas may be issued for her medical records. brown was found unresponsive six months ago. experts say the passage of time makes the investigation much more difficult. turning to the latest in the case against bill cosby. that striking image on the cover of "new york magazine." >> dozens of his accusers have joined forces to send a powerful message. no longer afraid to tell their story. here's more from abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: for the first time ever, 35 of bill cosby's accusers appearing together on the cover of "new york magazine." as part of what they call a sorrowful sisterhood. >> it hurts to this day.
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>> reporter: sharing their stories of allegedly being drugged, raped or sexually a salted by the legendary comedian after some say they have been discredited for decades. >> it's about time that people sat up and listened. >> reporter: the group ranging from their mid-40s to 80 includes super models janice dickinson and beverly johnson who shared her story with abc's linsey davis. >> i was really afraid. i was afraid for my life. >> reporter: cosby who has denied these claims has never been charged. his reps telling abc news he has no comment on the new york magazine story. also appearing on the cover, an empty chair. the magazine says representing other victims who may still be living in silence. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. coming up, last night's season finale of "the
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♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ all right. only one place to start in "the skinny" tonight. last night's huge finale of "the bachelorette." >> for kaitlyn it all came down to two men and one big decision, nick or shawn. here to break it down for you as always, our senior analyst jack sheehan. >> hey. >> welcome, jack. >> i got all dressed up for the finale. how about that? i'm in mourning that another
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season is over. mercifully. oh, god, i didn't think we were going to make it. well, all right. we may as well start. like we said, there were two dudes still involved, shawn b. and nick. roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. this is nick arriving on the scene. he was feeling confident. he said along the way, he said it's increasingly hard to feel that it's not going to end well, but you know what? oh. >> oh. >> no. >> yeah. she put the brakes on that ring before it got out of the box. let's put it that way. she was trying to make nice to him. she's like, she's like, you know, i love you and all of this. he's like no, i don't need to hear it. thanks very much but whatever. later in the limo. >> look at that, he can't believe it. >> he can't believe it. in the limo he said he was sick and in shock.
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hit that sound bite. >> i feel a little foolish. i do feel like it was the best setup. you know, to actually hear her tell me she loves me more than once, it is like a [ expletive ] joke. ♪ i'm the world's biggest joke. >> the world's biggest joke. and so enters the pantheon of patheticness. nick v. >> why didn't you call me and tell me this was going on? i would have watched. >> he's right up there with the 1991 and '92 atlanta braves who lost two world series in a row. hasn't quite achieved the level of the '91 to '94 buffalo bills. who, of course, lost four straight super bowls. >> you getting all these references, reena? >> got a little sports with reena, the whole nine yards. all right. that cleared the way for the triumphant arrival of shawn b. he was feeling confident, as well, about the whole thing and
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his confidence was well founded. he had done his ring shopping with neil lane earlier on and -- >> he looks so much like ryan gosling. >> he has -- as we said in our season review yesterday, excuse me, he had that matthew mcconaughey thing going on. >> got it. >> right? and let's just hear their big moment. let's just leave it to him. >> i truly believe that everything happens for a reason. after the two best months of my entire life, i know what that reason is. and that's i'm not supposed to live my life without you. and i'm not going to. ♪ >> oh, my gosh. >> kaitlyn bristowe, will you marry me? >> yes. >> there you go. all sorts of hearts and flowers
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there. shawn b. and kaitlyn. the lucky guy. he went -- earlier in the season, he got the first impression rose and went all the way to the engagement ring. fair enough, good for them. check them out later this morning on "good morning america." there was weirdness on "after the final rose" when we had nick and shawn b. on the couch with each other. >> my goodness. >> these guys didn't like each other during the season. that was the whole thing. shawn b. said he never really clicked with nick, that he had a bad feeling about him. nick was basically like, you know, he knew that it wasn't popular to join the whole thing in progress. they both agreed their feud was immature and it took away from their relationships with kaitlyn. prediction time. we think that ben h., ben h. who placed third in this go around
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next up, will ferrell. we saw him running around. you remember this with the major league teams during spring training, this big thing he did. what was he up to? >> we knew he had to be filming something and now we have a trailer for the project, a documentary called "farrell takes the field." check it out. >> they say nothing's more american than grabbing a hot dog heading to the ballpark and watching nine guys from the dominican republic make magic on the field. but you know what? today i learned they are wrong. make that eight dominicans and one guy from irvine, california. >> you can see farrell play all nine positions, step into the batter's box september 12th on hbo. >> and the special will raise funds for several cancer-fighting charities so it's a good cause. big news about the much anticipated "full house" spinoff series, "fuller house." >> yes, the romance apparently between uncle jesse and aunt becky continues. john stamos confirmed they are indeed together with this instagram post. the shot of his hand with lori
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loughlin's both with wedding bands over the episode one script. complete with the caption jesse and becky together forever. filming for the netflix series currently under way. no word on a release day though and more tv casting news. your boy, your favorite guy, ed sheeran landed a recurring role on a new television series. >> the show will air on fx and the title intense here called "the bastard executioner," billed as a blood soaked medieval epic. sheeran is going to be in this thing. he plays a character described as an ambitious and deadly protege of a high ranking church elder. at first i thought he was going to have a role as a singer but no, he's going to be acting. >> maybe he's in the church choir during medieval times. >> right now he can do no wrong in my book. love this guy. number one fan. updates on facebook at wnnfans.com, folks. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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making news in america this morning, extreme weather. a late july storm producing everything from tornadoes to snow plus a heat wave beginning to build for millions of americans. wildfires still raging out west. controversial comments from a presidential candidate and we're not talking about donald trump. mike huckabee's remarks about the iran nuclear deal comparing it to the holocaust, the president hitting back. the backlash growing with the first debate just days away. hit-and-run. a cyclist capturing the moment when he became the victim of a crime and not the only violation the camera recorded. tense finale. "the bachelorette" making her pick lighting up social media overnight and what her new fiance and runner-up are
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