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making news in america this morning, severe weather. tornadoes and powerful storms racing across the midwest. causing damage and knocking out power. where this is all heading right now. e-mail investigation. hillary clinton dismissing questions about her private server. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? >> the presidential candidate in the heated exchange. we're live in washington. pink pill. the controversial viagra for women approved. when will it hit the market and will it cost more man the male version? hard knocks on the campaign trail. presidential candidate marco rubio with a pigskin mishap.
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well, good morning to you. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's start with that severe weather rolling across the middle of the nation. at least two tornadoes were reported in the chicago area late yesterday. the areas they were spotted in are very rural. no initial reports of any damage from the tornadoes. >> take a look at this. the scene at wrigley field in chicago. a strong thunderstorm bringing the tigers/cubs game to a haul. the delay lasted more than two hours before the game could start again. >> several suburban chicago areas were hit hard by the storms. it's believed a lightning strike ignited at least one house fire. at one point nearly 15,000 customers were without power. >> the radar, you can see the system swirling in the midwest. lots of rain coming from those storms plus triple digit temperatures. accuweather's justin povick tracking it all. good morning, justin. >> reporter: phillip and reena thanks, good morning. another steamy start, another
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steamy afternoon on the way for the northeast and i think it will spark at least a couple of showers and thunderstorms but, again, the way it feels, it's going to be well into the 90s, some spots around d.c. and baltimore and philadelphia, new york city could feel like it's over 100 degrees. meanwhile, the northwest, unfortunately, not good news for firefighting efforts. more warmth, dry conditions on the way. phillip and reena, back to you. >> justin, thank you. those conditions are exactly what firefighters do not need right now. some of the most serious wildfires are burning around chelan, washington, where more than 170 square miles have been scorched. >> and in idaho, fire conditions are said to be their worst since 1926. more now from abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: with at least 90 large wildfires now burning in the west, the 30,000 firefighters on the ground are stretched so thin. the army is now being called in for the first time in nearly a decade. >> soldiers, you know, we're hard workers and it just comes
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natural to us. >> reporter: 200 active duty soldiers from joint base lewis-mcchord have been deployed in washington state to battle relentless flames tearing through chelan. here you see a black hawk helicopter crew gathering water and just seconds later making this air drop over a northern california wildfire. that military might also desperately needed to save hundreds of homes threatened in washington. >> we had a really big, big living room. >> reporter: carol jenkins' homes is one of several destroyed. >> i didn't take any family pictures or anything like that. i did not think anything was going to happen. >> reporter: in northern idaho more than 40 gone. another two dozen lost in oregon and in drought-stricken california where 18 wildfires are tearing through hot, dry terrain, firefighters are using these weather balloons to coordinate their attacks and keep fire crews safe. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> the other major story we're
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following this morning is the race for 2016. hillary clinton still being dogged by questions about her e-mail. >> and donald trump heading back to the campaign trail in new hampshire. abc's kenneth moton is watching it unfold and joins us from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and reena. yeah, it's been a crazy week of dueling campaign events, tense moments on the campaign trail and large rallies for presidential hopefuls who appear to be gaining ground. democrat bernie sanders is continuing to gain support holding a large rally in nevada. also in the state yesterday, front-runner hillary clinton who had a heated exchange with a reporter at a las vegas campaign event. the topic, yes, her ongoing e-mail saga. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? >> reporter: the former secretary of state asked, does she try to wipe her private server to hide the mishandling of classified information? >> what, like with a cloth or something? we have turned over the server. they can do whatever they want to with the server to figure out
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what's there or not there. that's for the people investigating it to try to figure out. but we turned over everything that was work related. every single thing. >> reporter: it's been that type of week for clinton, video emerge ed her tense behind-the-scenes exchange. >> i don't believe you change hearts. i believe you change laws and allocation of resources. you change the way systems operate. >> reporter: meanwhile, today the republicans are playing a game of dueling campaign events. front-runner donald trump proving nobody trumps trump announcing a town hall meeting in new hampshire at the same time as jeb bush's town hall. the two and several other candidates will be in the state to speak at a major education summit. the rest of the week will be busy for gop presidential hopefuls, trump who is leading the latest polls at 24% just announced a pep rally friday night in mobile, alabama. reena and phillip.
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>> and we are watching those numbers. kenneth moton live in washington, thank you so much. new developments in the bangkok bombing which killed 20 people. police say this is the man they're looking for. the suspect there wearing a yellow shirt and this morning the police chief saying that the bomber did not act alone. the shrine where the bomb went off was re-opened to the public today. residents left flowers and messages of unity and hope. >> well, the former spokesman for subway sandwiches is expected to plead guilty to child pornography charges. jared fogle is going to accept a federal plea deal. he had been the face since shedding 200 pounds in college but the sandwich chain cut ties with him after his home was raided. the head of his foundation was arrested on child pornography charges in april. attorneys for tom brady and the nfl will face off today in a new york federal courtroom. arguing over brady's deflategate suspension. the new england patriots quarterback and nfl commissioner
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roger goodell could not come to a settlement over brady's four-game punishment during hours of talks yesterday. if a deal can't be reached both sides are urging the judge to rule in the case by september 4th. that's less than a week before the patriots' first regular season game. still ahead, exposed. the secret is out. hackers releasing information of users of a cheating website. >> plus, lost and found. rosie o'donnell's teenage daughter goes missing. where she finally turned up. courtroom chaos. what caused this brawl in front of a judge?
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motel 6 near seattle and critically injured a gas company worker. a passer-by reported seeing a leaking gas line behind the motel so guests were evacuated immediately. the blast was so intense, some firefighters were blown back 20 feet. after burning for hours, cries finally managed to put out the fire. hackers made good on threats to expose millions who use a dating website that caters to cheating spouses. the personal data stolen from ashleymadison.com popped up online accessible through a special browser said to include names, addresses and credit cards of 32 million users. hackers threatened to go public unless the website was taken down. the autoworkers union is blasting general motors over a possible move to import buicks from china. the buick envision is a compact crossover made in beijing. gm would become the first detroit automaker to sell a chinese made vehicle in the united states. the issue is certain to be a
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bargaining chip in the upcoming contract talks between gm and the union. and target will pay $67 million to visa over that security breach in 2013. the accounts of about 40 million customers were hacked. many of those customers asked banks and credit card companies for replacement cards. visa sued target to recoup those ta costs. talks are now ongoing between the two. we mentioned today's deflategate hearings and remember those court sketches of tom brady from last week's court session. well, it might be the most well-known court sketches ever. the internet went crazy over it and now the artist, jane rosenberg, says she's considering offers from two dozen interested buyers. no word on how much they're offering. looks like she got the last laugh on that. >> absolutely. absolutely. when we come back, the little pink pill, a female version of viagra about to hit the market but when? and softball scandal. a little league team accused of intentionally losing a game.
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a few minutes then decides he'll probably wait till winter and casually walks away. all right, now for a look at your morning road conditions. we got wet roads from the great lakes down through the ohio valley where flooding is possible. rain as well across the entire southeast and the southern plains. if you're flying, airport delays possible in minneapolis, chicago, detroit, memphis and atlanta. well, just hours after going public with an emotional plea about her missing daughter, a relieved rosie o'donnell says the 17-year-old has been found and she is safe. >> chelsea o'donnell had been missing for about a week when police tracked her down last evening at a home in new jersey. rosie o'donnell was especially concerned because she says chelsea lives with mental illness and she had been off her medication for several days. for now police say there is no evidence of a crime, but they are still investigating. the ntsb has launched an investigation into a rough landing at the charlotte, north carolina, airport.
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the pilot of a us airways jet with 153 passengers on board approaching charlotte from atlanta was hit by wind shear. he aborts that landing taking off at full throttle and then tries again. what he didn't realize is the damage on the underside of the plane. >> it tells me that this came as close as you possibly can to having a major catastrophe. he hit the ground, he hit the lights, he ran the tail along the ground before he was able to get airborne again. >> passengers on board describing the moments of terror as they were bounced around on that flight saturday. one woman said it was like a rocket ship when the pilot took off at full speed. people there were shaken up, but no one was seriously hurt. a deadly accident at a construction site in new mexico. six stories of scaffolding outside a medical center suddenly buckled and collapsed trapping several people underneath. a construction worker was killed and seven others were injured. three of them remain in critical condition this morning. well, turning now to the
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so-called female viagra, it's the first prescription pill described to enhance women's sexual drive. and it's been approved by the fda. it's a one-a-day pill that works with key chemicals to boost libido. women with insurance can expect to pay between $30 and $75 out of pocket. about the same as viagra, and it should be available by october 17th. a courtroom in chattanooga, tennessee, was the scene of some chaos. check this out. >> get back. stay back. stay back. >> back up, sir. back up, sir. sir, back up. >> the man who was attacked there is charged with killing his niece. the guy who went after him was the victim's boyfriend. several people who tried to get into the action were kicked out of the courtroom which was briefly locked down. the hearing was postponed and will likely be held in a closed court. a champion will be crowned today at the little league softball world series, which was thrown into turmoil amid allegations of cheating.
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the team from washington state was accused of losing a game on purpose so that a team from iowa would be eliminated, but the team from iowa protested claiming washington threw the game. so officials scheduled a one-game playoff in which iowa beat washington and advanced to the semifinals. the team from iowa lost that semifinal game last night. all right. how about something a little more simple? >> yeah, like maybe some baseball highlights. we get those from espn. >> hey there, people watching news, welcome to "sportscenter" los angeles. sometime watch our host show. right now we'll give part of it in miniature. >> a little bit of it. just a taste. we'll start with the dodgers and athletics. top eight, two on, two outs. game tied at 1. a.j. ellis with a three-run home run, dodgers up 4-1. looked like it was all good for the dodgers because they hardly ever lose when they lead after eight innings. but they're going to lose this one because billy butler said so. he's driving in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth.
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and the a's take it 5-4 over the dodgers. hey, we got extras here, pirates and diamondbacks. seventh inning already , pirates up 7-3. jung ho kang, it's over a fence. his tenth on this game. pirates up 8-3. paul gulchman, hard one to rodriguez. lost it. two of paul goldschmidt's friends. 8 apiece. let's go to extras and zip ahead to the 15th inning. one on, two out. pedro floriman hits it well. going to right. yasmany tomas stumbles a bit at the track and francisco cervelli all the way from first, a walkoff winner, 9-8. >> wow, cervelli is a catcher too. that's pretty impressive. >> final note, master p. is coming out with a biopic. >> not confirmed but speculation is he will.
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that's all we got. thanks for watching. >> master p., huh? >> good info. kenny mayne, thank you. next up in "the pulse," bad catch or bad pass? the throw from marco rubio that has everyone talking. a mile marker must have. one state forced to change the number on a sign. ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. victoza® is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza® is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes... ...and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning at 4:28. thank you for waking up early and joining us. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. we halfway there. >> live doppler hd is not so hazy. cleaner air is rolling in on the marine layer that will bring us cooler conditions today. you can see what is going on, cloud cover and a breeze and temperatures running around 55 to 63 through 7:00. 68 at the coast. nice lunch time temperature. 68 at the coast to 82 inland and light jacket at the coast. 76 inland. who is doing traffic today? >> surprise, surprise! >> good morning, everyone, sue
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hall here for leyla. clear conditions on the san mateo bridge. hazy but not affecting the drive at 17 minutes from hayward to foster city side. san rafael is good southbound into san rafael. no delays there. we have road work outside. we will look at eastbound 580 to north livermore for about another half an hour or so. >> thank you, at 4:29. san jose police are hoping surveillance video will help catch the third suspect in a gruesome homicide at a tech office after officers shot and killed two other suspects. matt keller is at police headquarters with the details. matt? >> yes, the main focus is on the third suspect as he remain on the loose. as for the first two suspects, they have both been shot and killed by miss. check out this surveillance video. this is from an office building on lundy avenue. san jose police say 29-year-old
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s en holding a gun and behind him a man investigators have yet to identify, and then 40-year-old man ran in to catch up with them and step terrorized and shot and killed 32-year-old christopher wren. since then, two were it is have been shot and killed. one suspect pull add gun open police. on monday officers shot and killed another suspect after he was stopped by police. surveillance video shows him on the ground alive after being shot. a police spokesman said he reached for the waist but that story changed and the spokesman said he was shot when he did not listen to a command to stop run asking shot when he turn an. friends and family held a vigil and say the shooting was unjustified. >> the suspects were running after intimidate and terrorizing
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