>> and i'm phillip mena. here's some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." help is on the way for fire crews battling washington state's most dangerous wildfire. volunteers are expected on the fire lines this week, and crews from overseas will be joining the fight, as well. more on the wildfire crisis straight ahead. indy car driver justin wilson was seriously injured when he was hit by a piece of debris from a crash yesterday. that was during a race in pennsylvania. wilson was airlifted to a hospital. he's in a coma in critical condition. authorities are trying to determine what caused a massive explosion at a u.s. army depot outside of tokyo, japan. the building contained canisters of compressed gases including nitrogen, oxygen and freon. so far no injuries have been reported. and president obama back at the white house after two weeks

vacationing on martha's vineyard. he travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24th. well, good morning to you. we begin this half hour with weather. still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in washington state. across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. >> they cover more than 920 square miles. more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. abc's kendis gibson is there. >> reporter: the oakanagan wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting those massive fires more difficult. >> that atmospheric instability has the potential to affect all fires within the complex. >> reporter: thousands of residents under evacuation orders.

mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. >> instantly it looked like i was in the middle of a napalm explosion. it was awful. >> reporter: the 59-year-old instinctively drives his quad bike into a lake, waiting out the flames for 35 minutes. what made you say, "i have to go in the lake, and that's my way of surviving this?" >> i had no other choice. it was the only thing i could think of to get out of the flames. >> reporter: battle-weary fire crews getting much-needed reinforcements. dozens of firefighters from new zealand and australia now en route, along with hundreds of volunteers expected on the front lines within days. >> everybody helps somebody out whether you know them or not. >> reporter: the weekend weather conditions that allowed ground crews to make progress fighting the flames also dealt a setback. low visibility preventing air tanker pilots from flying. kendis gibson, abc news, washington. well, meantime,

in southern california, san bernardino mountains firefighters appear to have the upper hand on a new wildfire burning near the ski resort of big bear. >> despite its relatively small size, the fire forced the evacuation of about 400 homes, many of them vacation cabins. accuweather's molly cochran is watching the fire zone forecast and the tropics. good morning, molly. >> good morning, reena and phillip. now not the best of news to kick off the workweek across the pack northwest. wildfires continue to burn across washington, oregon and idaho. so the heat remains on for monday. also some winds coming out of the west. southwest helping to fan some of those blazes, as well. so something to be on alert about. meanwhile, we keep an eye out on danny pushing into the northern leeward islands expecting to continue to weaken but still feeling impacts such as heavy rain, gusty winds and also some rough surf. also keeping an eye out on kilo, now, unlike danny, kilo is expected to strengthen for the early half of the week. could potentially become

a category 1 hurricane and bring impacts to hawaii. reena and phillip back to you. >> all right, molly, thank you. three americans who took down a suspected terrorist on a european train are receiving france's highest award today. the long-time friends honored with what's called the french legion of honor at the u.s. embassy in paris yesterday. they said that they were going on gut instinct when they tackled a gunman carrying an ak-47 and then hog tied him using a conductor's tie. an attorney for the suspect says he's no terrorist and that he only intended to rob people on train before jumping off. >> quick thinking of those gentlemen. well, there are fears that the death toll could go higher after that crash at an air show in britain this weekend. investigators are looking into whether improvements should be made to current safety standards. here's abc's jennifer eccleston. >> reporter: at that popular air show, the stunt in the sky turning to disaster on the ground leaving up to 11 dead in southern england. all of the victims in cars, on bikes or standing. then another horrible accident in switzerland.

two stunt planes colliding. the wreckage strewn across a picturesque village. the allure of air shows is undeniable. thousands lining up for daredevil aerobatics and that little bit of danger. but is the risk worth the thrill? in reno, nevada, 2011, ten spectators killed and 70 wounded. ramstein, germany, 1988, 67 dead, over 300 injured. and lviv, ukraine, 2002, 77 people killed, among them 28 children, over 500 injured. each accident ideally bringing a review of regulations and a sharper focus on public safety. >> we never accept a high number. we always want to bring that number down. but it's going to take a fairly concerted effort internationally to bring standards to a higher level to reduce the number of mishaps that we see every year. >> reporter: as the death toll continues to rise here, people are asking if any risk is just too high. jennifer eccleston, abc news,

london. >> all right, jennifer, thank you. if you have concerns about the current volatility in the stock market, your concerns seem very well founded. the stock selloff resumed across asia today. all the major averages there suffering steep declines, some as much as 7%. that could signal another big selloff on wall street when trading opens this morning. all the selling being driven by concerns about slowing economies around the world and a possible interest rate hike. well, to presidential politics now and vice president joe biden still considering a run for 2016. an important indicator may have emerged over the weekend. a top level meeting with a democratic rising star. here's abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: it's the summer of the political wild card. vice president joe biden is stirring up intrigue among democrats after that secret political meeting with popular star senator elizabeth warren. warren is an icon among liberals. an endorsement eagerly sought by all the democratic presidential candidates.

so far, she's been cool to frontrunner hillary clinton, telling wbz friday she thinks the race is wide open. >> i want to see all the presidential candidates lay out where they stand on key issues. >> reporter: the meeting with warren, whose stamp of approval could catapult biden, is the strongest sign yet he's getting serious about the 2016 race. while clinton vacations in the hamptons, seen in this dailymail.com photo, biden supporters see an opening in the polls. in a recent quinnipiac poll, only 37% say they trust hillary clinton, while 58% say they would trust joe biden. biden, also said to be privately grappling with the wishes of his late son beau, who recently died of cancer. >> i know beau wanted his dad to be president. i know that he wanted that in 1988. he wanted that in 2008. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: on the other side, frontrunner donald trump, once seen as a longshot, now showing staying power shaking up the republican field with his call to round up and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. >> i still don't hear specifics

on how you're going to do this. are you, for example -- >> well, you'll see my specifics. george, my specifics are very simple. i'm going to get great people that know what they're doing, not a bunch of political hacks. >> reporter: sources in both the biden and trump campaigns say what's energizing supporters for their candidates this summer can be summed up in one word, authenticity. biden's expected to make his final decision on a run in the next six weeks. devin dwyer, abc news, the white house. senate democratic leader harry reid has thrown his full support behind the nuclear agreement with iran. the nevada senator says it is the best path to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. his support will make it difficult for opponents to muster the veto-proof numbers needed in the senate. well, just four days after telling the world that cancer has spread to his brain, former president jimmy carter was back at sunday school. mr. carter has taught at his hometown church for more than 30 years. bazi kanani has more. >> reporter: in the tiny town of

plains, georgia, the population nearly doubled. hundreds lined up outside the baptist church for former president jimmy carter's first sunday school talk since he revealed on thursday his battle with brain cancer. >> when i heard the announcement, i actually cried. >> why don't you tell me what state you're from. >> d.c. >> d.c. i used to live there. [ laughter ] >> president carter told the crowd he may be finished with radiation and his treatment will now be done with iv medications. then turned to his teaching for the week on love, citing his 69-year marriage to rosalynn carter. >> but i would say that just being able to admit you might be mistaken and the other person might be right is a very important aspect of christianity, and it's an important aspect of love, as well. >> reporter: there's a new campaign in support of plains' most famous politician. the 90-year-old peacemaker promises to keep at it for as long as physically possible.

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> he looks great. >> sure does. back at it. back at it. >> yeah, and such strength and passion. i love that. i love that. well, if you've been watching our show the last couple of weeks, you know that we've been telling you about a couple of beers made with cereal, wheaties and even count chocula brews. >> we didn't make this up. this is all legit. the beer and breakfast trend continues this morning. beer with pop-tarts or inspired by pop-tarts. toaster pastry india style red ale. it's the work of san francisco's 21st amendment brewery and the beer is not fooling around at 7.6% alcohol by volume. >> dang. that's a lot. it's been -- it's going to be released this coming saturday but pop-tart beer. how about that? i think they've come out with that before. it's called zima. >> you remember zima. going back. >> pop-tart. >> going back. >> jolly ranchers thrown in, random things like that. >> yep. >> it's all coming back.

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bacteria by ap at all the olympic water venues. about two weeks ago, u.s. rowers became ill after a trial run for next summer's games. the team doctor blamed their illness on pollution in the lake where the competition took place. also in brazil, a huge tower in the amazon jungle was just dedicated. it's nearly 1100 feet tall, among the tallest structures in south america. it will monitor climate change. germany and brazil are working together on this $9 million project. and now that the tower is complete, scientific equipment will go up to the top to collect climate data. the project should be done in about two years. well, a high-profile florida prosecutor admits he joined the cheating website ashley madison. >> his name turned up as a result of that data leak earlier this month. jeff ashton was the state attorney who brought the case against casey anthony. michael la party from our orlando station reports. >> reporter: state attorney jeff ashton says he never met anyone off the cheating website ashley madison but still called using the service an error in judgment. >> while no laws have been

broken, these were incredibly stupid choices. >> reporter: the husband and father says he accessed the site while at work over a two-year period. he says he used a personal credit card and laptop while on the public wi-fi network. >> my hope is only that this incredibly poor judgment in a personal matter will be compared by the public to 35 years of what i hope were very, very good judgments. >> reporter: the news broke over the weekend with his web article from "the east orlando post." the website's founder has been critical of some of ashton's cases in the past. we asked the state attorney if he thought this was a political attack. >> the post may have been politically motivated, but they had every right to do it. i did something incredibly stupid, and i should have been called on it. >> reporter: the state attorney says he regrets giving ammunition to people looking to discredit his office.

ashton says he does not plan to recuse himself from any cases because of the revelation. in fact, he's set to be in court on monday for a murder trial. meanwhile, we also learned the local county government here is now planning to review its databases to make sure no other county employees were accessing the sites on taxpayer time. michael laparty for abc news, orlando. >> you know in addition to this, there are two firms suing the company because of all the personal information that's out there from all the users. so it just keeps growing and growing. >> it's tearing a lot of lives apart. i'll tell you that. >> well said. coming up, rebuilding after katrina ten years later. the incredible journey of one new orleans woman. from stranded on a rooftop to a budding culinary career. you're watching "world news now." "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

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nearly ten years ago, hurricane katrina slammed into the gulf coast. the destructive storm and floods in its wake forcing countless people to rebuild their lives. >> and you're about to meet a woman who started over from the kitchen proving that food prepped with hope tastes that much sweeter. abc's robin roberts has her story. >> you talk to any new orleans person, how we set time is before and after katrina. >> reporter: one of the many people trapped after the storm stuck on the roof of this house

was 15-year-old serena johnson, now 25. >> nobody came to our aid for a long time. >> reporter: she was evacuated to houston eventually making her way back to new orleans but her old neighborhood, a ghost town. >> i could have ended up in bad places for where i came from. i chose to work instead of stay out in the streets. i chose to finish school. >> reporter: and she chose to enter a program called liberty's kitchen. >> it's for at risk youth and it's a program that teaches you job skills through cooking. >> reporter: there she caught the eye of chef josh besh, at the time a rising celebrity chef who picked her for a scholarship in new york city. >> tell me about your first meeting. with chef besh. >> we talked for a while. and then i really like went home, and i was like, i think i might have this. i think this man likes me or he sees something in me. >> she has the energy, she has the smarts. she went to new york and just killed it. >> reporter: soon after graduating, serena began working at some of new orleans' top restaurants. >> no sooner did she arrive in new orleans than she started

working, training those in the same outreach program that she came from. >> y'all need this program. >> she has come back and she's made a difference in her world. >> reporter: so when habitat for humanity helped her dream of home ownership come true, a certain someone arrived as a surprise at the dedication ceremony. >> when i think of one person that really embodies the soul of what this is really all about, it's serena. now i'm crying. [ laughter ] >> reporter: her life, once tattered by katrina, now whole again. >> ah. of all the stories robin highlighted, that was my favorite one because she's still giving back. she still comes back and she's still vetted and that scene with the two of them was so emotional. >> still going back and still volunteering at the place that changed her life. you know that's someone who appreciates her opportunity. going to do the most with it. >> and can you believe it, her first cooking gig was actually at mcdonald's. one person can make such a difference. >> doing big things. congrats.

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all right. it was a big weekend in sports which can only mean one thing. it is time for reena to hit us with the highlights. >> okay. here we go. here we go. it's another edition of sports with reena. we start at the world track and field championship. that's where sprinter usain bolt retained his title as the fastest man on earth. is his name really bolt? did his mama name him bolt like a lightning bolt because he's so fast? i don't know. well, bolt coming from behind to edge american justin gatlin in the 100 meter dash. if you like that, you can see them do it again next summer at the olympics in rio. they'll be both there. and i hope his mama is there, too. >> great name. >> well, now some tennis. all the pros are gearing up for the u.s. open. and number one, novak djokovic. i like how my producer spelled that phonetically. like i don't know djokovic's last name. he's dealing with being denied a

title. he really was. djokovic losing yesterday to roger federer at a tournament in cincinnati. it's the seventh time federer has won that tournament. djokovic is 0-5. or some people like to call it love and five in the finals there. you like how i know the lingo? >> yeah. >> it's the only one he needs to win to become the first player to win all nine of the tennis current atp masters events. well, good luck. and tiger woods' season -- it's a season to forget it appeared. what i'm trying to say this weekend at the wyndham championship. >> he's not good anymore. >> i wouldn't say that. it was a little too tough for the man. davis love iii became the third oldest winner in the tour history. tiger challenged love at the start of sunday's round but he didn't have many good holes including a disastrous triple bogey. his season is now over, finishing ranked at number 178. well, a major fantasy football alert for owners looking to drop packers wide receiver jordy nelson.

he injured himself yesterday during the pack's pre-season game against the steelers. nelson will be evaluated tao but preliminary reports say he tore his acl. nelson was ranked fifth among fantasy receivers by espn. but that will likely change. >> randall cobb and davante adams are up. >> okay. that's my fantasy, too. and how about a carolina panthers fan nursing some hurt feelings after being left hanging by his buddy after a big play refusing to give up the high-five. come on, dude. he taps his friend repeatedly. hit me up, brother. hit me up. an important issue for fans, when you do abandon the high five attempt and when you do, hang in there. come on. boom. >> you hope that nobody ever saw it, and here we are playing it over and over again. >> that's the news for this half hour and the sports.

this morning on "world news now," americans honored. >> three friends on a european vacation stop a violent attack on a speeding train. the award they're getting today for their brave split-second decisions. democrat dynamics. more discussions about joe biden's political intentions. could he run for president? who is supporting him, and what does it mean for hillary clinton? a potential game-changer. getting help. the explosive conditions again in the northwest fire zone. the exhausted firefighters, heartbroken homeowners and who is fighting the latest battle. and later, sorry star. why one of the biggest names in hip-hop is apologizing now for some serious allegations made decades ago. what's behind dr. dre's apology on this monday, august 24th.

good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's begin this half hour with those americans who stepped this to stop that suspected terrorist attack on a european train. they're getting a rare honor today. >> such a great positive story. all three of these guys you see here were honored with france's highest award, the legion of honor. they've been telling their story saying they acted on "gut instinct." abc's david wright reports. >> reporter: caught on camera, the immediate aftermath of this foiled attack on a train bound for paris. >> he seemed like he was ready to fight to the end, so so were we will. >> the gunman trussed up on the floor, hog tied with a conductor's red necktie. beside him, his small arsenal of weapons. the american airman who stopped him bloody and wounded but immediately giving first aid to another passenger who had been shot. airman first class spencer stone now speaking for the first time.

>> i was going to use my shirt at first but i realized that wouldn't have worked, so i just stuck two of my fingers in the hole, found what i thought to be the artery, pushed down and the bleeding stopped. >> reporter: french authorities say the quick action of all three americans saved lives. it was in car number 12 that the attack took place, this car here. the gunman coming out of the bathroom armed with an ak-47 running through the compartment shooting. that's when the americans tackled him. >> we saw him cocking the ak-47. so, at that time, it was either do something or die. >> the guy had a lot of ammo. his intentions were pretty clear. >> alek just hit me on the shoulder and said, let's go and ran down, tackled him. we hit the ground. alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a choke hold. it seemed like he just kept pulling more weapons left and right. pulled out a handgun, alek took

that, took out a box cutter, started jabbing at me with that. >> reporter: french authors have now identified the assailant as ayoub el khazzani born in morocco. france had him on a security watch list after spanish authorities told them he had ties to islamic extremists. authorities say he was armed with an ak-47, a lugar pistol, the box cutter plus eight cartridges of ammo. a lawyer who met with him claimed he is just a homeless man planning to rob a train. >> it doesn't take eight magazines to rob a train. >> reporter: the french president plans to thank them personally awarding them the legion of honor, france's highest honor. david wright, abc news, paris. >> so well deserved. and an indy car driver is fighting for his life this morning after being struck by a piece of debris during a race in pennsylvania. watch, you see the yellow car and red car spin out. and slam into the wall. debris from that crash hit driver justin wilson in the head. his car going straight into an interior wall. wilson was airlifted to a hospital.

right now he's in a coma in critical condition. two men who threatened the pokemon world championship in boston appear in court later today. police say the two men from iowa were arrested after a cache of weapons were found in the car. last thursday, the suspects threatened on social media to kill those attending the championship. police got word of the threat and arrested the two men at their hotel. well, after exchanging atta attacks with donald trump over immigration policy, jeb bush visits the u.s./mexico border today. bush will meet behind closed doors with officials in mcallen, texas, and talk with reporters at a restaurant afterwards. trump has grabbed most of the headlines on immigration with his proposal to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and to build a wall on the border. on the democratic side, a surprise weekend meeting between vice president joe biden and a rising star in the party. this as biden continues to weigh a run for the white house. here's abc's devin dwyer.

>> reporter: a surprise sitdown, a fresh political memo, new signs joe biden is nearing a decision on a run for president. over the weekend, biden met with democratic heavyweight massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, a last-minute huddle fueling speculation he was appealing for her support. on abc's "this week with george stephanopoulos," current candidate martin o'malley says the more the merrier. >> he's a very, very good and decent man. it would be nice to have at least one more lifelong democrat in the race. >> reporter: and then there's this, abc news has obtained a memo from a grassroots group of biden supporters. draft biden doesn't ask for money but urges democrats to keep an open mind about a biden candidacy. clinton supporter and one-time candidate for president bill richardson bet against a biden run. >> i don't think he gets in. i think the personal situation he's going through and the fact that hillary clinton is way ahead. i don't think he gets in. >> reporter: republican front-runner donald trump also weighed in on the vice president. >> would he be a tougher opponent than hillary?

>> i don't think so. i think they're the same. >> reporter: polls continue to show trump dominating his gop rivals using issues like illegal immigration to electrify supporters. so far, trump hasn't detailed his ambitious plans. >> how are you going to round them all up? where are you going to get the money? where are you going to get the forces? exactly how are you going to do it? what are the specifics here? >> george, it's called management. the first thing we have to do is secure the border, but it's called management. >> do you expect neighbors to start turning in neighbors? >> i don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: a summer of intrigue and uncertainty on both sides of the political aisle. devin dwyer, abc news, washington. well, just days after sharing that cancer spread to his brain, jimmy carter returned to sunday school. the former president spent little time discussing his cancer diagnosis. instead, he focused on his lesson for the week, love. carter and his wife rosalynn married nearly 70 years ago. the 90-year-old has taught at this georgia church more than 30 years. i love that he went straight back to church.

the state attorney who prosecuted casey anthony is back in the spotlight this morning. jeff ashton admitting during a news conference yesterday that he was a paid member of the ashley madison website. but ashton insists he never had an affair as a result. ashton said he visited the site because he was curious and says he's sorry for the pain he caused to his family. well, exhausted fire crews battled wildfires in washington state and should be getting help in the coming days. hundreds of volunteers from areas threatened by the fires are expected to join the fight against them this week. also firefighters from australia and new zealand, they're all on the way. the most dangerous fire area has grown to more than 375 square miles. the flames forced one homeowner to ride his four-wheeler straight into a lake. >> instantly, it looked like i was in the middle of a napalm explosion. it was awful. >> some evacuation orders in washington state have been relaxed. but thousands of residents still out of their homes.

today's forecast provides no relief for firefighters. here's molly cochran at accuweather. molly, good morning to you. >> thanks, reena. and phillip. the heat remains on across the pac northwest monday and tuesday so definitely not the best of news with wildfires continuing to burn here. also some raised air quality not looking so great due to the smoke plumes, as well. we continue to keep an eye out on danny. just rushing into dry air and strong wind shear. so that's really taking the life out of him but still feeling those impacts. heavy rain for the leeward islands and also the virgin islands. reena and phillip, back to you. >> all right. molly, thank you. well, if you were hoping the weekend might help end the stock market volatility, it did not. not even close. asian markets slumping overnight continuing the sharp sell-off that started last week. the major averages in tokyo and hong kong both losing around 4% of their value today. wall street gets back to work this morning after the worst performance by the s&p 500 since

2011. >> we have gone 47 months without a decline of 10% or more versus the average of 18 months. so we really have been basking in the sun a little bit too long, and i think we're paying for it now. the selling of stocks is being driven mostly by fears about a global economic slowdown particularly in china. in addition to that, there are also concerns about the possibility of a federal reserve interest rate hike. well, on to some apple news now. they're recalling some iphones, the iphone 6 plus have detective cameras. a flaw in the camera may cause it to take blurry photos. the recall applies mostly to phones sold between september 2014 and january 2015. the issues have been reported with the phones since last fall. apple says it will replace the cameras for free. >> well, you'd hope so. right? they cost enough. >> they sure do. they sure do. they still have the market on them. >> totally covered. exciting maternity news to tell you about over the weekend at the national zoo in washington, d.c.

twin giant pandas were born saturday night. right now, there they are. they're pink and very small, about the size of a stick of butter. >> is that right, a stick of butter, huh? officials say they're optimistic that both cubs will survive. since the panda mom will nurse only one, keepers are swapping out the cubs to give both mom time so it's working out so far and they also have an older brother who is 2 years old. >> so they've got five pandas now at the zoo. >> it's kind of exciting. yeah. >> a family. i know that they're down to a couple thousand altogether. so it's nice to see them multiplying successfully. >> yes, and you know they wait 100 day as cording to chinese tradition to name the pandas so we have to wait 100 days. >> 100 days. >> chinese tradition. coming up "in the mix" the grown-up who decided to dress up as prince george for a week. seriously? >> i guess so. we're going to check that out. also ahead, one of the biggest names in hip-hop issuing an apology for allegations made a quarter of a century ago. why dr. dre is suddenly sorry.

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the massive blaze lit up the night sky, but so far, no injuries have been reported. the building housed compressed gases including nitrogen, oxygen and freon. japanese emergency responders joined base firefighters to help battle the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby buildings. well, now to millions of americans unable to repay student loans. >> some are calling it the next big financial crisis. here with the numbers, abc's ty hernandez. >> reporter: as millions prepare for their college dream, a sobering reality. the number of graduates defaulting on their loan payments sharply rising. maria cardillo got her degree but not the job she wanted. ten years later, maria makes $10.50 an hour. >> i have to keep food on the table, so student loans really wasn't one of my priorities. >> reporter: maria isn't alone. the number of former students in default now up to nearly 7 million. nearly a fifth of all borrowers. financial advisor lynnette calphoni cox learned lessons repaying her own student loans.

>> so, unless you're okay with living with this for decade after decade after decade until you die, this is going to be a problem that lingers. >> reporter: many of the students in this category of extreme default dropped out of school before earning that income-boosting degree and some of those who attempted a payment plan found it impossible to catch up with the spiraling interest. >> whenever i got anything from the student loan place, it pretty much went to the garbage because i knew there wasn't any way i was going to be able to pay it. >> reporter: what are the consequences of defaulting? >> when you've defaulted on a student loan, that makes it much harder for you to do everything from rent an apartment, get a mortgage, secure an auto loan or credit card or even get a job because a lot of employers look at your credit rating in determining who to hire. >> parents should also be aware if they cosign their child's loan, they are equally responsible if their child defaults. so, it's important to ask for all monthly statements. and after a period of time, you can ask for a cosigner release

which would remove your name and liability from the loan. tai hernandez, abc news, new york. >> what? they have to write to check your credit when you apply for a job? >> they can, absolutely. when i was in college i had a few jobs where they had to check credit. >> really? >> yeah, and as a matter of fact, i mean, this student loan thing is a big thing. i have student loans and i've been paying them for almost a decade. i'm going to be paying them till i'm in my mid-50s. >> are you serious? >> yeah. this is like a nice -- it's a car payment basically and sometimes it can be a house payment. it's something that thankfully you have the means to at least pay the monthly fee there, but still it's going to go on for another 20 years like that. absolutely. >> even president obama said just before he got into office, he finally paid off those student loans. it's a big issue. >> it's nearly impossible to shed that. and it can be a real burden like we saw, the rest of life you got to continue on and pay for that. >> so don't go to college?

just kidding. just kidding, mom and dad. >> get a scholarship. that's what it's all about. all right, coming up, an apology from music mogul dr. dre as the film about his early days in n.w.a. tops the box office, his troubled past with women coming to light. what he's now saying about it. and ahead in our next half hour, taken out at the ballpark. more fans hit by foul balls this weekend at major league games, leading to more calls for better safety measures by one of sport's biggest stars. you're watching "world news now." stars. you're watching "world news now."

♪ the blockbuster "straight outta compton" topped the box office once again this weekend totaling $111 million in just two weeks.

>> it's a big blockbuster, but the movie's success bringing to light old allegations. and now one of the biggest names in hip-hop is apologizing. abc's aditi roy has more. >> yo, player. >> what up? >> i got something to say. >> reporter: the blockbuster hit "straight outta compton," the biopic of rap group n.w.a. drawing criticism for not addressing allegations that former member and hip-hop mogul dr. dre physically abused women. dr. dre expressing regret in "the new york times" saying "25 years ago, i was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life. however, none of this is an excuse for what i did." adding, "i apologize to the women i've hurt." ♪ check me out those decades old allegations have resurfaced on social media and revolve around three women, hip-hop journalist dee barnes, fellow rapper tairrie b. ♪ and i try to understand >> reporter: and singer and dr. dre's former girlfriend michel'le who spoke earlier this

year to urban news site black tv about dr. dre allegedly shooting at her. >> one night we was arguing. he went and got the gun. and i just made it through the bathroom door, and he shot at me and missed me by that much. >> reporter: nearly two decades later, the former n.w.a. rapper reinventing himself as the entrepreneur behind beats music which apple bought in 2014 for $3 billion. >> dre is one of the greatest most influential music producers of all time. and then this is another element of the story that he did things that he's ashamed. he acknowledges that's part of his story, as well. >> reporter: aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. ♪ it was such a big movie that a lot of people were very excited to see it, and then this controversy sort of came forward and dr. dre also saying that he knows -- he announced he knows this has forever impacted all of their lives. and even dee barnes saying she suffers from headaches she didn't have before those attacks. >> at least he's owning up to

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all swaddled. they don't mean to make fun of people who have actual newborns but this was just what they say. they had a lot of time and they wanted to get back at the in-laws for asking them all the time about when they're going to have kids, so the answer is we don't know yet, mama. >> dogs are cheaper than kids though. much cheaper. but the dog played along. that was nice. >> very cute. let's talk about a 23-year-old reporter from a website called mashable and he was given an assignment, but he embraced it. it was really weird, but he embraced it anyway. he'll let you explain exactly what he did, but he had to dress up like a baby. a famous one. . >> so i'm max nowblock. this week i'm dressing like prince george the royal baby. i'm a reporter. prince george is always making the news for his outfits. he's the most fascinating figure in the world right now. he's a baby. he's done nothing with his life, much like i've done nothing with mine. i'm perfect for this. >> there you go. he really embraced it. he showed up not only to work but he went around new york city spending a week dressed up like the royal baby there.

>> he looked like a baby there. >> he was dressed up there, you go. >> that's a little weird. >> the toddler prince. live i mean he said the one thing he took out of this, new yorkers simply don't care what you're dressed like. >> i don't think people would know it was prince george too. it would be hard unless you had the split. you're just a regular new yorker doing weird new york things. >> that's very interesting. yeah. kind of weird. >> very much so. >> to each his own. there is a young girl who is making the rounds on vine videos. she posted this video. look at this. it's the ultimate bat flip trick. look at that. we don't know who she is. she posted this about 13 hours ago, almost 2 million hits on vine. look at this. we know that she's wearing a cedar hills softball t-shirt. we think that it might be from a school in dallas. but she just does it so nonchalantly. she's cool. she's calm. got it together, doesn't blink. boom, boom, boom, out of there. >> by far the most impressive

>> this morning on "world news now," heroes honored. the three american men, two of them from the military, and their incredible bravery. what they're saying about the gunman they stopped on a speeding train and the awards they're getting today. driver struck. the crash on an indy car track and the debris that hit one of the drivers in the head. the shocking scene moments before the end of the race. also new this half hour, the 10-year-old girl attacked by a shark speaks out. >> her injuries, her recovery and her great attitude. why she seems to be laughing it off. and later in "the skinny," anxious fans and the most successful boy band on earth waiting to hear what's next for one direction. is the band really taking a break? the bombshell on this monday, august 24th. ♪ all my life

good morning. everyone, you're going to have to bear with us. phillip mena is trying to maintain composure after the one direction news. >> say it ain't so. say it ain't so. >> you couldn't name one song, could you? >> no, i can't. i can't, but i know a lot of people can. it's important to some people. don't want to belittle that. i have no idea. i have no idea. >> we'll get you on itunes. >> i'm a 34-year-old man. i don't know who they are. >> there are lots of 4-year-olds who know. we do have great news, though. always love to kick it off on monday with good news, which isn't always the case. we're going to kick it off talking about three heroic americans. boy, are they getting full honors right about now for taking down an armed suspect, a terrorist. they're in france right now and they're going to get the country's highest award. >> absolutely well deserved. the three honored today with what's being called france's legion of honor award. they say that they acted on gut instincts stopping a gunman before a potential massacre. abc's david wright is in paris.

>> reporter: slightly battered but back together, three american friends reunited. >> feels like a dream. >> reporter: airman first class spencer stone talking for the first time since the train take-down, stitched up and out of the hospital, his arm in a sling, he and his friends army national guardsman alek skarlatos and college student anthony sadler were traveling by train from amsterdam to paris when they heard a gunshot. >> i didn't know it was a gunshot at the time. >> alek just hit me on the shoulder and said let's go. >> reporter: stone ran in first tackling the gunman and keeping him in a choke hold even as the man fought back. >> seemed like he just kept pulling more weapons left and right. pulled out a handgun, took out a box cutter. >> reporter: that box cutter nearly severed stone's thumb but that injury didn't stop him from saving another life. this cell phone video shows the 22-year-old shirtless tending to a passenger bleeding from a gunshot wound. that man survived and so did the gunman identified now as ayoub

el khazzani, seen here hog tied. beside him his ak-47 assault rifle. >> we saw him cocking the ak-47. so, at that time it was either do something or die. >> reporter: european authorities say el khazzani had been known as a potential threat. france put him on a terrorist watch list in february, 2014. but el khazzani's lawyer says the 25-year-old is stunned by the talk of terrorism saying he only planned to rob people on the train. >> it doesn't take eight magazines to rob a train. >> he seemed like he was ready to fight to the end, so, so were we. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, paris. one indy car driver is fighting for his life this morning after being struck by a piece of debris during a race in pennsylvania. take a look. this yellow and red car spins out. it slams into the wall, debris from the car hit the driver justin wilson in the head. his car going straight into an interior wall. the driver who won the race says on the track, it was obvious

something was seriously wrong. >> i knew it wasn't good when everybody was surrounding him, surrounding his car. >> wilson was airlifted to a hospital. right now, he's in a coma and listed in critical condition. a memorial service has been held in britain for those who died in a weekend air show crash. 11 people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the accident. the pilot is among those who survived, but he's in critical condition. and a deadly accident at an air show in switzerland. one person was killed when two small planes collided. well, president obama is picking up new support for the iran nuclear deal. senate democratic leader harry reid says he'll vote in favor of the deal. he says it's the best path to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. reid is the highest ranking democrat in the senate to support the agreement. congress expected to vote on the deal by mid-september. the iran deal just one of several challenges facing president obama as he returns to washington from vacation. mr. obama is also hoping to push

through a global climate treaty. today the president flies to nevada where he will be the keynote speaker at a conference on renewable energy. it has been a disastrous start to the week for stocks. trading on major asian markets today picked up where wall street left off on friday, and that means selling big-time. the major averages in tokyo and hong kong both losing around 4% of their value today. so, what could this mean as trading here in the u.s. gets ready to start? here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: stocks are setting up for another volatile week. the two issues on everyone's mind, global growth, fears it is slowing down and second, the federal reserve for the first time in six years likely to start hiking interest rates from 0%, which means the cost of your borrowing everything from your car loan to your mortgage to even your credit cards, that gets more expensive. wall street has a gauge where they track the amount of fear in the markets, and that gauge called the volatility index spiked to its highest level so

far this year last week, which means more volatility in the week ahead. of course, what everyone is wondering, what do you do? what do you do with this information? it's not necessarily the answer you want to hear but it is the right one. it is to sit tight because historically those who stick it out through these downturns tend to make their money back and then some. take 2009, for example, people who bailed on the market that year, they lost half of their money but the people who stuck it out and waited made it back and then some within three years. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> good advice there. two iowa men appear in court later today accused of threatening the pokemon championship in boston. police say the men made the threat last week on social media. security at the championship was beefed up as a result and the men were barred from entering the event. police then searched their car and found a cache of weapons. the suspects were arrested at their hotel. well, more fallout for the case involving rosie o'donnell's runway daughter chelsea. after missing for a week, the

17-year-old was found in new jersey with a 25-year-old man. he has been charged with sending sexually explicit communications to a minor and endangering the welfare of a child. he was arrested after o'donnell turned over her daughter's cell phone to police. fire crews battling wildfires in washington state should be getting some help in the coming days. hundreds of volunteers are being trained and are expected to join the fight this week. also, firefighters from australia and new zealand are on the way. the most dangerous fire area has grown to more than 375 square miles. across washington, more than 200 homes have been destroyed by the flames. thousands more remain threatened. also firefighters appear to have the upper hand on a new wildfire burning near the ski resort of big bear, california. despite its relatively small size, the fire forced the evacuation of about 400 homes. many of them cabins and vacation residences. the fire zone can expect no relief in today's forecast. accuweather's molly cochran has the details.

good morning, molly. >> thanks, reena and phillip. we continue to have some unstable conditions across the pac northwest. wildfires continue to burn. some smoke plumes even made it to i-5 from seattle to portland. so, the heat remains on for monday and even into tuesday as well. we continue to keep an eye out on danny rushing in to dry air and strong wind shear. so, really taking the life out of him, but still feeling impacts across the leeward islands and also the virgin islands. reena and phillip, back to you. >> molly, thank you so much. a 10-year-old shark attack victim is proof that the old adage is true. laughter is the best medicine. last wednesday, little kaley szarmack was standing in about two feet of water at a florida beach when she felt a tug. she saw the shark's tail thrashing and was bitten below the knee requiring 90 stitches. 90! now she's recovering at home. and kaley has no qualms about returning to the water. >> are you afraid to go back into the water? >> no, not really. i mean like what are the chances

you're going to get bitten by a shark twice. so i mean i'm pretty sure i'm good for life. >> you're probably right, kaley. but still i'd be a little nervous. she's starting the fifth grade at a new school this week. hers was actually the second shark bite at the jacksonville beach this summer. two large sharks were spotted near the beach on the day of kaley's attack. what spirit. huh? >> yeah, it's an incredible outlook i could not have especially after something that traumatizing. a much more pleasant animal related story now.easant animal how about beer for your dog? it's now being created by a brewery in indianapolis. >> that's right. the folks at flat 12 beer works debuted their new dog brew over the weekend. and don't worry. don't worry, folks. don't call peta. this is not alcoholic. >> the recipe includes water, meat bones, yeast, carrots and potatoes simmered all together for about three hours. the brewery's bar is selling it for just $1 a bowl. and those proceeds are going to local animal shelters. [ dog growling ] >> i agree with you. >> there you go.

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an ohio man saw an erratic driver, and he did something. he stopped her. he filmed the driver swerving across lanes and even driving on to a grassy median. sam haynes even screamed at the driver and once she pulled over, he confronted her. she's been cited for operating a vehicle while impaired. haynes said he had to do something because his sister was seriously injured in a car accident. >> i'm so sorry. well, summer may be winding down but that means baseball season heating up. and americans as they're flocking to baseball parks, fan safety remains in question. >> yeah, but another fan was hit by a foul ball this weekend. prompting appeals to major league baseball, including from one of the sport's biggest stars. here's abc's linzie janis. >> ooh, back in the seats in a hurry. >> reporter: you can hear the reaction in the stands. barely a second after the ball comes off the bat, it smacks a woman in the face. she was sitting behind the detroit tigers dugout friday night. paramedics taking her to the hospital where she spent the

night. for tigers pitching superstar justin verlander, it was the last straw. >> it's something that needs to be addressed immediately. >> reporter: in july, stefanie wapenski also hit by a foul ball at fenway park in boston. >> there was no reaction time. >> reporter: part of a broken bat flying, striking another woman in the head at the same stadium in june. but in a sport obsessed with statistics, there isn't one for how many times fans get hurt. one study estimates that number is 1,750 every year. the most dangerous places to sit often the most desirable and expensive, along the first and third baselines. in recent years, pro baseball bosses have resisted attempts by some fans to require stadiums to put up protective netting in those areas. the league saying catching a foul ball is all part of the fan experience. but telling abc news they are evaluating a number of issues

related to fan safety. a number of players have gone on the record saying they tell their own wives and children to sit only in the safest spots like behind home plate and way up in the stands. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> wow. they're telling their own family that. that's pretty good advice then, huh? >> it is dangerous. >> but some people do say it's part of the game. right? >> it's dangerous, though. >> here you go. take a tissue. coming up, one direction's harry styles falls while fans are worried the band is falling apart. are you okay? going to make it? >> we'll see. and what taylor swift has in common with the lakers. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

♪ skinny, so skinny okay. first up in "the skinny," we got the tissues out. uncertain future of one direction. >> the boy band has taken over the world, but now they're going to be taking an extended break. starting in march, the four-man lineup of liam, harry, louis, here's where you got me, is that neil? >> niall. >> niall. cover blown. they're going to be on indefinite hiatus giving them time to work on solo projects. something that the former fifth member zayn left earlier in the year to do. >> sources insist this is not a breakup. it does mean though that 1d

won't be touring after the release of their fifth album later this year. you have an album and then you tour, right? >> yeah. >> apparently they're on tour right now where you can see scenes like this in toronto. >> check it out. this is harry styles taking a spill there losing his footing. he's going for some sort of move there. oh, well, directioners were shrieking at the sight of him possibly hurting himself. >> directioners? i didn't realize that was the term. >> i was just told about 60 seconds ago that's what they're called. fans of one direction. >> i thought you were freestyling. >> wouldn't do that. turning now to rapper wiz khalifa was apparently restrained he says for using a hoverboard. >> what? >> he says he's been riding high off the success of his hit song from "furious 7," but even though he wasn't street racing, he still got in trouble for his ride. >> was the delorean not available at the time? the driver wasn't around? >> apparently not. marty was busy. >> in a video posted online by khalifa, it shows his apparent detention at l.a.x. airport. taken to the ground handcuffed for allegedly refusing to get

off his hoverboard. >> no arrest appears to have been made but the rapper took to social media to explain what happened saying "all because i didn't want to ditch the technology everyone's going to be using in the next six months." christmas is only four months away. is wiz predicting this season's must have holiday gift? >> oh. that could be a good one. maybe he'll have his own set of hoverboards. >> we'll see. if he's an investor in this, we will know what this is all about. >> i didn't think that. okay, making sense. the summer of taylor continues to roll along as t. swift has yet another accolade. nba great kobe bryant surprised taylor at the staples center with a banner as she is now the performer with the most sold out dates at the l.a. arena. >> i did cry when shaq and kobe broke up. that is real. >> you were upset. >> sure did. >> that was legit. >> precisely the number of championships that the lakers have. when you're in the upper echelon of greatness, you can easily turn down over $2 million to perform at a billionaire's wedding. >> the billionaire is unknown.

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making news in america this morning -- american heros. the men who stopped a gunman on a paris-bound train. overnight, given the country's highest honor. plus, new details emerging about the gunman and the watch list he was already on. we're live with the latest. breaking overnight, black monday. stocks around the world in a freefall. in china, the worst day in nearly a decade. the ripple effect already started this morning. what does it mean for u.s. stocks? air show tragedy. a pilot crashing on a packed highway. authorities sifting through the debris this morning as the investigate gets under way. one of the world's most popular bands set to make an