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making news in america this wednesday morning, wicked weather. the dangerous heat for millions of americans. triple digits in cities that rarely experience these high temperatures and the lightning strike at an airport sending a man to the hospital. we have several developing stories out of washington. the white house now confirms the president's involvement in crafting his son's misleading statement about a meeting with a russian lawyer. also, the explosive lawsuit accusing the white house of coordinating with fox news to create fake news. plane passengers forced to sit on a hot tarmac for six hours with no water or air-conditioning. what the airline is saying this morning. plus, a baseball player flying high. this one might be catch of the year. >> ooh. >> unbelievable catch.
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if baseball doesn't work out, he can try gymnastics. >> yeah, he made the catch. he's walking funny today, though. and a good wednesday morning to you all. we're going to start off with cities up and down the west coast waking up to a rare and dangerous heat wave. >> the blistering heat will threaten all-time records as health officials and forecasters warn this will be a scorcher even for cities that rarely see these temperatures. this morning, the pacific northwest in the grips of a historic heat wave. >> being out on the water is great, you cool off and get in the shade. >> reporter: in seattle the thermometer could hit triple digits this week. that's only happened three times in the past 123 years. a major concern because only a third of homes in the metropolitan area have air-conditioning. >> i'm going to go jump in a lake. >> reporter: and portland, oregon, expecting the strongest heat wave in nearly a decade. highs there reaching 107 degrees. >> today it's been swamped. we've sold about 130 or 140
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pieces of air conditioners, probably sold about 150 fans. probably this time next week we'll be very close to being out. >> reporter: and all that heat fueling major wildfires. at least 48 fires are burning including this one north of sacramento. and this massive fire billowing smoke in northern washington state. it's been burning for days and only 11% contained. and the dangerous temperatures are expected to last until friday. excessive heat warnings stretch from northern california to the canadian border, 106 in portland and 112 in redding. turning now to the latest developments from washington, the white house is now acknowledging that president trump weighed in on crafting a misleading statement about his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. and also the senate overwhelmingly confirmed christopher wray to lead the fbi filling the post left vacant in may when president trump fired james comey. we're also learning that vice president mike pence says the president will sign a bill on
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new russian sanctions this week. but secretary of state rex tillerson says that he and the president believe the sanctions may hinder attempts at restoring relations with moscow. also this morning, an explosive lawsuit against fox news alleges that the white house conspired with the network to spread a false story about the murder of a democratic staffer all to distract from the russia probe. >> d.c. place say seth rich was killed last summer during a botched robbery. but stories on fox news suggested he was targeted for leaking hillary clinton's e-mails. investigator and fox news contributor rod wheeler is suing fox claiming he was falsely quoted to support the fake stories. >> wheeler also says that president trump signed off on that story and pushed for it to be published. the article was later retracted. the white house denies any involvement. as for the white house the president is renewing his call to repeal and replace obamacare and now there's a new effort on capitol hill to just fix it. >> republican and democratic senators are now working on a bipartisan effort to stabilize president obama's affordable
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care act. abc's maggie rulli has details from washington. >> reporter: days after the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare crumbled in the senate, now a new hope. >> i think we can resolve this problem, but it's going to take more bipartisan work. >> we have a lot of bipartisan discussions going on right now. more than we've had in months. >> reporter: both sides are calling for a solution with republican senator lamar alexander and democratic senator patty murray teaming up saying they want to see federal payments to insurers that help millions of low and moderate income americans afford coverage continue for at least another year. but president trump has threatened just the opposite tweeting if a new health care bill is not approved quickly, bailouts end very soon. and he's repeatedly said the only alternative to a repeal is to let obamacare fail. >> let obamacare explode. it is exploding right now. >> you know, i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode, and then do it.
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>> reporter: some senators now ignoring those threats from the president. >> but for now what we need is stability of the marketplace and those payments contribute to that so i would hope you would continue to make them. >> you don't hurt innocent people, mr. president, when you lose politically. that is not presidential. that is not, frankly, what an adult does. >> reporter: and they warn that without this stability and an effort to fix what's wrong with the current 2010 health care law, consumers could face sharp increases in their premiums and a shrinking number of insurance options. and, diane and kendis, those increases could be severe. "the wall street journal" reports that some insurance companies are saying their premiums might jump 30% or more if congress doesn't work to stabilize the market. >> all right, our maggie rulli there in washington. thank you, maggie. and the trump administration is reportedly setting its sight on affirmative action. the administration is reportedly
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preparing to redirect the focus of justice department lawyers toward investigating university admissions policies that discriminate against white applicants. "the new york times" has obtained an internal document that suggests the project will be run by trump political appointees rather than civil servants. and we're learning some chilling new details about north korea's recent missile launch. it turns out that missile was launched in commercial airspace right where a commercial airliner had just passed less than ten minutes earlier. the air france 777 had more than 300 people on board. the missile ended up flying higher and farther than any other north korea has ever launched. now for a look at your weather. miami beach is drying out after heavy rains. as much as 5 inches of rain swamped the city within the last 24 hours. it overwhelmed the new storm water system that is supposed to be able to handle 3 inches of rain an hour.
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power was also knocked out in some places. in indianapolis, a contractor is recovering after a lightning strike stopped his heart. he was among three workers struck at a school. a school police officer used a defibrillator on the man and then performed cpr. still ahead, the iphone case being recalled because users say it's burning their skin. plus, new this morning, the nightmare on the tarmac. airline passengers calling 911 for help. and a fiery rescue caught on camera. see a man pulled from a burning car just in time. mom was diagnosed with alzheimer's at 58 years old. for me, it was heart-wrenching. bea: it takes a toll on everyone. i mean, it's a depressing disease to watch unfold before your eyes. you just don't see -- the person's soul is, like, gone. lisa: this disease just ravages a family.
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it changes your life. the magnitude of it is indescribable. art: now is the moment. if we work together, we can stop this epidemic. grace: contact brightfocus and learn more. the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and,
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if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]
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we're watching a dramatic rescue that happened in minneapolis. two good samaritans there helping police pull two passengers out of a cadillac that had careened off an overpass. now, the driver in the crash was killed. but passengers inside the car were rescued. authorities say alcohol was not a factor in the crash. a mother and father say their school district didn't do enough to stop the cyberbullying that led to their daughter's suicide. dianne and seth grossman are suing over the death of 12-year-old mallory. they say new jersey school officials ignored repeated requests to help the sixth grader. palry took her own life in june. >> i would bring it to the school's attention. they would dismiss it. she would bring something to my attention, i would bring it to the school's attention it, they would dismiss it. >> for months she was told she's a loser, she had no friends and finally she was even told why don't you kill yourself. >> well, the grossmans have not ruled out suing the parents of
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the girls who they say bullied their daughter. the school district is not commenting on the case. florida is reporting its first sexually transmitted case of zika this year. the patient lives in the st. petersburg area. health officials say the person's partner showed symptoms after a recent visit to cuba. both tested positive for the virus. no mosquito-related cases of zika have been reported in florida this year. the dow opens this morning in record territory. it's a new all-time high thanks to strong bank earnings. the dow starting the day up 72 points. it's nearing that 22,000 milestone. so far this year the dow has risen 11%. amazon stock is also up and it has a big day ahead. 50,000 jobs on the line today. that's how many open positions it's hoping to fill today at a nationwide job fair at ten of its fulfillment centers. representatives are set to hire applicants on the spot for both full time manage many as we as
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part-time packing and sorting jobs. we have a consumer alert for you about iphone cases. mixbin electronics wick which makes the liquid glitter filled cases is recalling 263,000 of them. that follows reports of severe chemical burns and skin irritations after the cases broke. 24 people including 19 in the u.s. have reported injuries. well, when we come back, a mystery on a popular american beach. a woman's body found in a shallow hole. how did that happen? plus, some new insight into the president's golf game and what he really thinks about the white house as a home. . ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i made a point to talk to my doctor. he told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots
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now, for a look at morning road conditions, expect wet roads in florida and central texas along with the midwest and the great plains. if you're flying, airport delays are possible in houston due to storms and lightning. authorities at one of america's most popular beaches warning against a popular summertime activity. >> it comes as they investigate the death of a young woman from texas whose body was found nearly entirely buried in the sand. here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: maryland authorities warning against digging large holes on the beach after a 30-year-old woman died. >> my beach operator is telling me that all they can see is an arm sticking out of the sand. they think they have a deceased body. >> reporter: ashley o'connor from texas was vacationing in ocean city with her parents. her family last seeing her around 2:30 a.m. monday. that's when police say she was walking on the beach alone and may have fallen into or possibly sat down in a hole dug by another vacationer. >> we have a policy in ocean city about holes in the sand because of the danger of collapse.
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>> reporter: for nearly ten hours monday investigators standing waist deep in the sand where o'connor was found searching for clues. linzie janis, abc news, new york. this morning another airline is facing backlash over treatment of its passengers. flyers on board an air transit flight say they were forced to wait on the tarmac in ottawa for six hours without power, air-conditioning or even water. the brussels to montreal flight was diverted there due to storms. at one point a desperate passenger even called 911. airport officials say they had both a gate and stairs ready but the airline never gave the green light to deplane. and in san francisco, authorities are trying to find out why a 17-year-old opened the hurricane's emergency door moments after landing. the copa airlines jet from panama city was still moving as he slid down the wing, jumped onto the tarmac and started running. fellow passengers say he appeared anxious during the flight. police quickly arrived on the
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scene and arrested him. it's unclear if the teen will face charges. we do have some new video of the moment a lightning strike hit an airport ground worker in southwest florida. the bolt hit a sun country plane and traveled through austin dunn's body. he was one of at least three workers out on the tarmac during a lightning storm. dunn suffered third-degree burns all over his body and was recently released from the hospital. his family says it's a miracle he is still alive. a college football player has given up his scholarship because of youtube. the ncaa rule that donald de la haye was not able to finish. it stems from money he made from youtube about life as a college football player. the ncaa says students are no longer amateurs if they take money connected to their athletic careers. now, the ncaa said de la haye
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could play if he posted the videos for free. he said, sorry. not sorry, but, no. >> okay. time now for sports including what some are calling the catch of the year. >> here's stan with the highlights. good morning. it's "sportscenter" from los angeles. i'm stan verrett. what you're about to see might be the play of the year in major league baseball. indians and red sox at fenway park. hanley ramirez leading off. this looks like a home run until austin jackson flips over the wall and makes the catch falling into the red sox bullpen. what a catch, took a home run away from ramirez. and era muir rest is impressed with that one. it came down to this. 10-9 game, bottom of the ninth, christian vazquez for the red association. three-run shot to win it, his second home run for the season. first walkoff home run as the red sox take it 12-10 over the indians. very entertaining baseball game there. evan longoria had a great performance as well, his at the
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♪ your wednesday "pulse," and new insight, you might say, into president trump's golf game and what he really thinks apparently about the white house. >> golf.com interviewed members of his clubs and according to those members, the president frequents his courses and mar-a-lago club often because he thinks the white house is, quote, a real dump. >> well, the website also interviewed people who have played golf with president trump. they say he pays his caddie well. he hits the ball pretty far and is surprisingly limber. look at that stroke there. they also say his handicap is not as low as he actually claims. >> but apparently his golf ethics might need some work. >> oh, yeah, there was that. >> there was this video from last month showing the president driving his cart on the green at his new jersey course. that apparently in the golf
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good morning. it's wednesday. august 2nd. thanks for being here. i hope you're ready for a hot one. >> the whole team assembled. welcome back. >> it's been a long time since all five of us have been here. >> second day of august, and we're ready for the heat. >> no vacation from the heat, unless you're at the coast. that's where it's the calmest and coolest. let's look at what's going on as far as your drive. you'll return into fog along the peninsula coast and around petaluma. quarter-mile visibility there. let's take a look at your 24-hour temperature change. everybody is warmer this morning. as you step outside, dress for temperatures that are running in the mid 50s in san francisco and upper 50s to mid 60s around the bay, and look at those upper 60s to near 70 inland. that's the springboard for warmer temperatures today.
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i'll have your day planner at 4:30. here's alexis. >> good morning. we're starting off fairly quiet. tracking overnight roadwork. it's not too bad this morning. we're looking at lane closures on 880, either direction between 23rd and 29th. not seeing any delays and no full closures here for these overnight hours into this morning. right now, i want to show you a video from a really scary situation overnight. check out the damage to this vehicle. there was actually a 2,000-pound steer on highway 24, the eastbound side, about 1:00 this morning. those vehicles obviously did not see that steer. two cars hit that, and we're hearing we have a couple people with injuries and that cow did not survive, unfortunately. again, this happened about 3 1/2 hours ago. everything back open now, but check out the damage to that vehicle. pretty much the last thing you're expecting as you come out of caldecott. >> an unpleasant surprise.
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thanks. this morning, a 17-year-old passenger who jumped from an emergency exit and onto the tarmac at sfo is being evaluated at the hospital. >> he is a u.s. citizen and was traveling alone on the flight from panama city, panama. it happened yesterday shortly after the plane landed safely and was making its way to the gate. the boy was tackled and detained by air construction crews. passengers say the boy seemed anxious and fidgety throughout the flight. john nance says unless others onboard act, it can be very easy for a passenger to open an exit door on ground. >> they can reach up and snap it open off the ground rapidly. if the two seat mates next to them aren't willing, able, and respond to restrain them, then it can happen very fast. >> authorities have not specified what charges the teenager may face if any. >> search teams waited for daylight to resume looking for a man reported missing at san francisco's ocean beach.
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a man called 911 saying his friend went into the water near the great highway and balboa street yesterday evening. he never came back. rescue teamed searched for the man until dark and turned up nothing. >> happening now, u.s. stock futures are up as investors await the opening bell on wall street. yesterday, the dow closed with a record high. it closed wint 37 points of 22,000 points yesterday. the s&p 500 and nasdaq are also trading near record highs set at the end of july. the opening bell is at 6:30 a.m. >> the white house is denying a report that president trump thinks 1600 pennsylvania avenue is garbage. an article in golf magazine said, quote, that white house is a real dump. the article says he said it to members of his new jersey golf club. by the way, a website tracking the president reports that he's vacationed on 11 weekends out of the 28

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