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the largest jackpot ever won by a single tickets, $758 million, sharing the moment she and a friend realized she'd won. >> and i was reading these numbers, and i pulled mine out, and i go, hey, i have that, i have that, i have that! and he goes, let me see that ticket. he goes, you just won. i go, you're joking, come on, please. he said tine that ticket now. >> reporter: those winning numbers picked by wanczyk herself. >> they were random, maybe my birthdays, one from here, one from there. >> reporter: but that big win also bringing big confusion, the massachusetts lottery making a mistake, at first telling the wrong store owners they'd sold the winning ticket and had won $50,000 for making the sale. for seven hours, lottery officials said this is where that winning lottery ticket was sold, but it turns out, it was actually sold an hour and a half away. while the store didn't sell the jackpot, it did sell 1 of 34 tickets around the the country worth $1 million, the store now getting $10,000 from the lottery. >> we still had a million-dollar winner, so that's better than

nothing. >> reporter: six other tickets are worth $2 million across the country. as for wanczyk, she is taking the lump sum, $480 million, and says her days of working at the hospital are now over. >> i've called them and told them i will not be coming back. [ laughter ] >> reporter: so, what's she going to do with all that money? she says she's going to sit, relax, pay off her car, but she also said on facebook just last month that she really needs a vacation on a beach. gio benitez, abc news, braintree, massachusetts. >> on a beach. she can afford the island! >> right, she can get the whole island if she wants. >> the whole island with $480 million for a lump sum? >> good luck to her. that's awesome. >> yeah, that's great. call us. when we come back, taylor swift. >> and what's inside katy perry's new video that you don't want to miss. "the skinny" is next. want to miss. "the skinny" is next. start by taking care of families for 70 years. earn the trust of 32 nfl teams. be there for america's toughest

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♪ skinny, so skinny there's a reason we've waited all week for the friday "skinny," because it is a huge, huge event. taylor swift -- >> yes. >> while many of us were asleep or not doing anything yesterday, released her new single from her upcoming album. it is called "look what you made me do,". we don't have the video yet, but we do have the words. listen. >> interesting lyrics. ♪ i'm sorry, the old taylor can't come to the phone right now ♪ ♪ why, oh, 'cause she's dead >> wow! >> that's not really the feel-good -- >> no, it's not the feel-good -- >> -- tone that i thought. >> -- that taylor swift normally gives us with happy songs. she's a little darker in this one, throwing a little shade even. >> really? >> yeah. >> it definitely is a long way from her country days, don't you think? >> a little bit, yeah. and i think this could be in

reference to some of her feuds, maybe the kanye west feud. >> exactly, the feud with katy perry, perhaps. >> perhaps the katy perry feud. >> the album "reputation" will be her sixth. more importantly, "good morning america" will have the official music video for this song later on today. >> that's right. and speaking of katy perry, another one who has dropped a new music video, and this is a little strange, the video is. >> you think? >> it actually is star-studded, believe it or not. it's got molly shannon, terry crews. that was rich eisen you saw at the top there. >> oh, okay. >> i think rob gronkowski makes a cameo in there somewhere. tons of people in this, and -- >> get it together, katy. >> also featuring mickey mouse, as we see right there. >> of course, yes. >> telling katy to get it together. >> is that terry crews? >> that was terry crews. love him. the new single is called "swish swish." >> okay. >> yeah. ♪ >> and that sort of sounds like she's got a beef as well with some people, but the music

video's odd. very typical katy perry. >> yes, very katy perry. it's meant to be funny in a lot of places, yeah. >> okay, cool. let's move on now, and to friend of the show. i know that this is the reason -- >> yes, i've heard. >> -- that you wanted to be part of the show is because we have the likes of jeff timmons -- >> of 98 degrees? >> of course. >> of course! >> of course. he doesn't even need like the 98 degrees subtitle. so, 98 degrees, they have a new album that's coming out this winter, but they put this out yesterday. they redid "the circle of life" from "lion king." do we like it? >> it's cute. i mean, they're clearly having fun. ♪ ♪ until we find a place on on the path of winding, winding road ♪ >> not bad. i kind of like it. jeff says he remembers the first time he saw "the lion king," went to the movie theater with a friend, had just moved to l.a.

he's like, let's just go see a disney movie, so this kind of came full circumstanle for him able to do it. >> i was proud to hear he's a friend of the show. he's visited with you. >> yes, sang with us, dance with us, might have taught us how to strip. >> oh, you've seen it! >> might have done the polka. ♪ that's the world news polka >> i think he's embarrassing. i love this next story, because as you know, i just can't quit "despacito." it's my jam, my favorite song of the summer. and louis has been doing some interviews lately and says people should take it easy on justin bieber, getting flack for not forgetting the words. saying dorito instead of burrito. latinos online had some issues with that. >> yeah, you think? >> but luis said he's not a spanish speaker! it's not -- ♪ >> yeah, that's -- >> how do you forgive that? >> it's a little hard. he says take it easy on him.

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♪ so, the last week of august has been busy for plenty of news headlines. >> from extreme weather here on the ground to a rare cosmic event in the sky. >> yes. >> and a brand-new multimillionaire. here now with our weekly "friday rewind." >> we're going to get started right now with the big, breaking news, the search for ten american sailors after the second collision in two months between a navy destroyer and a commercial ship. major fallout after the navy's newest disaster at sea. the commander of the seven fleet has been dismissed just weeks before he was set to retire. >> away from the area immediately. >> reporter: the deadly flash flood emergency trapping families in theirs homes. parts of the kansas city metro area getting up to 10 inches of

torrential rain. and you can see the power of these raging floodwaters picking up this massive propane tank, slamming it right into this building. president trump on the attack, lashing out at media at a raucous rally. >> i really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> whipping up the crowd and doubling down on those controversial comments on charlottesville. >> this was incitement, plain and simple. i turned my cell phone camera on the crowd just so you could see the reaction there as we were on the stage. that's what it looks like when the president turns the crowd on you. the president said that journalists hate this country. we were right there as police in riot gear advanced on demonstrators outside of president trump's phoenix rally. >> reporter: you can see the phoenix police department, they're marching through downtown phoenix right now. they've put tear gas in the air. jackpot. one single ticket claiming that massive powerball prize, more than $750 million.

>> and i had a pipe dream, and my pipe dream has finally come true. i wanted to retire in 12, and it came early. >> this is your eclipse viewing attire. >> this may be how they are, just waiting, see if the aliens come back. >> this may actually work. >> do they? >> i can't see a thing. >> completely blacked out! it's weird! >> we have reached totality here on the oregon coastline. >> i'm going to have my cameraman, glen, turn down the lights so you actually get a sense. turn it off, glen. it's pitch black here. this is the most incredible thing i've ever seen. >> we did such an amazing job. abc news had exclusive access to the great american eclipse, and you slept through it. >> at least your daughter watched it. >> didn't you sleep through it too? >> no, no. our producer, brian, dragged me >> our producer, brian, dragged me out. >> awesome. >> to watch it. >> yes. >> big weekend ahead. >> yes. >> the vmas. >> vmas are this weekend, that's right. also mcgregor. >> mcgregor/mayweather. they're going to dance around

good morning. i'm lynda lopez in for diana macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. hurricane harvey gaining strength overnight. texas residents are already feeling the effects of harvey. it could make landfall as early as this friday evening but could linger for several days, bringing potentially deadly floods. an hours-long hostage standoff is over at a restaurant in charleston, south carolina. police say a disgruntled former employee killed the executive chef at virginia's and also took a hostage. the ordeal ended when police shot the suspect. presidential adviser and son-in-law jared kushner trying to revive the middle east peace talks. he met separately with the israeli prime minister netanyahu and the palestinian leader, abbas. the white house calling those meetings productive. and the massachusetts woman who was the sole winner of the

$750 million powerball jackpot says she isn't entirely sure what she'll do with all that money. she's quit her job. she says she'll pay off her car, and she's going to hide in bed until the heat is off. good plan. those are some of our top stories on this friday, august 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." and we do say good morning to you, everybody, on this friday, just one day after the 25th anniversary of hurricane andrew's landfall, another potentially deadly and powerful hurricane is heading to the u.s. coastline. >> hurricane harvey's landfall could come as early as tonight, but you can see on the radar its effects are being felt already all over the gulf coast. >> so, harvey could bring as much as 3 feet of rain to some areas as far inland as san antonio. that's about 200 miles inland, by the way, and its storm surge could reach 6 to 12 feet. huge waves and dangerous surf and rip currents are also

expected as well as winds up to 125 miles an hour. >> residents, of course, taking the threat seriously, boarding up windows, buying non perishable food, and in many cases, gassing up and getting out. >> they're talking about 15 inches of rain. that's a lot of flooding. there's nowhere for 15 inches to go when you've got a 6-foot tide. >> i am very respectful of storm potential and tend not to take it lightly. >> i'm going to evacuate. this is a serious storm, and i think everybody needs to pay attention. >> this is the line to get gas. absolute insanity over this hurricane. >> i'm scared, so i'm going to do everything that i can to protect our little place down here and hope and pray for the best. >> there's no more water. there's no more bread. the bread's already running out as well. so, it's getting empty in there. >> yeah, as you can imagine, those are plenty of scenes that

are going to be happening all across the gulf coast this morning as that storm prepares to hit. the governor of louisiana has now also declared a state of emergency, by the way, for the entire state. rain expected to start in louisiana sunday, a day after texas. and these are the images coming in from corpus christi right now. a little wet, as you can tell there. >> yes, even though we're hours and hours away from landfall, still they're starting to feel those outer bands coming in. you were mentioning before about the oil and gas prices might really be hit because we have so much of the oil refineries that are right in that direct path. >> yeah, quite a few refineries are right there, about 20 refineries there, and many of the stations that are out there in the gulf coast have been evacuated. but this is a major concern. not only are the winds a major concern, but also the flooding forecast there. plenty of areas could get well over 10 inches of rain by monday. >> so, many people very smartly and safely evacuating. >> and we should mention that the president did speak with the governor of texas overnight to get the very latest on the

situation there, and the president in the meantime is picking a new fight with the leaders of his own party, vowing to force a government shutdown unless congress comes up with funding to pay for a border wall. >> but what about his repeated promises on the campaign trail that mexico would be footing the bill for that wall? that's exactly what abc's jonathan karl did his best to find out. >> reporter: president trump is in a war of words with his own party, threatening a government shutdown if republican leaders don't come up with the money to pay for his biggest campaign promise, the wall on the mexican border. during the campaign, the president promised over and over again that mexico, not u.s. taxpayers, would pay for the wall. >> and who's going to pay for the wall? >> reporter: back in january, the president softened on that, telling david u.s. taxpayers would pay it first. >> are you going to direct u.s. funds to pay for this wall? will american taxpayers pay for the wall? >> we're going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon, and we will be in a form

reimbursed by mexico, which will pay -- >> so, they'll pay us back. >> absolutely, 100%. >> reporter: but this week he threatened to shut down the government if congress doesn't pay for it. >> the obstructionist democrats would like us not to do it, but believe me, we have to close down our government. we're building that wall. >> sir, the president promised over and over again during the campaign that mexico would pay for the wall, so why is he now threatening a government shutdown if congress won't pay for it? >> look, the president's committed to making sure this gets done. >> why is he threatening a shutdown over paying for it? i mean, again, he said over and over again, he talks about the campaign, over and over again, he said mexico's going to pay for the wall. >> once again, the president's committed to making sure this happens and we're going to push forward. >> reporter: but the white house press secretary refused to repeat the president's threat to shut down the government, all this as the president's relationship with republican leaders is in something of a free fall. two weeks ago it was republican senate leader mitch mcconnell publicly airing his

frustrations. >> our new president has, of course, not been in this line of work before and i think had excessive expectations. >> reporter: that prompted an irate phone call to mcconnell from the president with the president shouting profanities into the phone. the two men have not spoken since. the president hammered mcconnell on twitter for the senate's failure to repeal obamacare, tweeting "he failed! that should never have happened." white house officials have tried to turn the temperature down on the president's shutdown threat, but it is hard to see how republican leaders can deliver the votes to pay for the wall, and that means either the president has to back down or there will be a shutdown. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. defense secretary jim mattis is accusing russia of menacing europe and trying to redraw international borders by using force. during a meeting in kiev with ukraine's president, secretary mattis also insisted that the u.s. stands firmly with that country against russia, and he

reaffirmed that the white house will not accept moscow's annexation of ukraine's crimea region. iraqi forces are making gains against isis in the city of tal afar. on thursday, they seized five more villages on the eastern and southern outskirts of the city. the city is one of the last remaining strongholds for the militants. this follows the recapture of mosul after a nearly year-long campaign. the navy has suspended its search-and-rescue operations for nine missing sailors. that's after the "uss john s. mccain" collided near singapore. ten sailors were initially missing after the collision. one body was found in the ship. they're still searching the flooded areas inside the destroyer. the identities of those missing have been released, ranging in ages from 20 to 39 and hail from eight states. five injured sailors have been released from the hospital. radio host and emmy award-winning actor jay thomas has lost his battle with cancer. his agent says thomas died yesterday at his home in santa

barbara, california. thomas' tv work included "mork & mindy" and "cheers" and he won two emmys for playing a talk show host on "murphy brown." jay thomas was 60 years old and leaves behind a wife and three adult sons. now to another passing, but this isn't necessarily a sad story. a philadelphia eagles fan did not let cancer take away his sense of humor. >> jeffrey rigel of new jersey passed away last week. he had been a eagles season ticket holder for 30 years but never saw the eagles get a super bowl title. >> so in a parting shot for the club, regel asked for eight philadelphia eagles players as pallbearers so the team could let him down one last time. eight buddies did the honors instead, dressed in eagles jerseys there. >> oh, my gosh, that is really a sense of humor to the end. >> absolutely to the end. i don't know if he's going to be able to -- is there going to be a championship this year, tony? >> maybe he can help. >> our sole eagles fan.

who knows. all right, coming up, the new adventure for "sesame street," how they're hoping to bring hope to children in crisis. >> but first, to the disturbing video that's sparking outrage among parents. high school cheerleader forced to do the split. you're watching "world news now."

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some powerful winds, the storm gaining strength in the overnight hours. >> that's right. we're not expecting landfall until later tonight, friday night, but some of those outer bands starting to affect the area. >> and it will be a system that will be bothering the gulf coast there for several days. we're going to move on, though. in the meantime, a newly released video is sparking outrage among many. >> it shows a high school freshman at a cheerleading camp. it's almost hard to watch. she's crying out in pain, being forced to do splits. >> this morning her mother is speaking out. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: in this video that is hard to watch, the cheering is replaced by a lot of pleading. that is freshman cheerleader ali wakefield. her mother says this video shows her daughter being forced into the splits, held down by the coach, ozel williams. >> i saw girls being tortured to the point where their screams and cries sounded like a serial killer had come after them. >> reporter: the video was recorded in june at a cheer camp at east high school in denver.

>> it didn't feel right. somebody had attacked my little girl, and people sat around and let it happen and nobody stopped them, and she was begging him to stop and he kept doing it anyway. >> stop! >> reporter: the school district has now placed williams and several other staffers on leave, including the school principal, assistant principal, and assistant cheer coach, saying, "we absolutely prohibit any practices that place our students' physical and mental health in jeopardy. we do not and will not allow any situation in which a student is forced to perform an activity or exercise beyond the point at which they express their desire to stop." and now denver police tell us they are involved. they have seen the video and they have assigned child abuse detectives to investigate. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. well, people who are cross-eyed or have severe acne or fewer than 20 teeth need not apply to be teachers in iran. >> so, the republic's education department has released a long list of physical conditions that

will disqualify public school teachers as candidates. now, among them, unattractive facial moles and certain stds? reports say requirements targeting women will be removed. infertility and women with facial hair are currently also on that list. and a health alert here at home. a new report shows most schools are still at odds with doctors over the sleep needs of teenagers. >> yeah, pediatricians say that not only do teenagers need a minimum of nine hours of sleep a night, that is, they need to get it later with a natural wake-up time of between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m., but a new report shows only a fraction of america's high schools are starting classes later than 8:30 a.m., which is what the american academy of pediatrics recommends. >> wish they were recommending that when i was in high school. >> yes, sleeping in until 9:00. >> remember those 7:50 a.m. classes? did you have those? >> yes. >> get to school early, practice, yeah, not good. well, coming up, what you

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♪ sunny days ♪ ♪ sunny days, sweeping the clouds away ♪ well, generations of children have imagined their way of how to get to sesame street. >> so, the iconic show actually has productions in several different countries around the world, and it's actually coming to millions of children whose lives have been torn apart by the war in syria. we are "up all nightline" with abc's terry moran. >> reporter: earlier this year,

elmo and his furry buddy, grover, traveled to a refugee camp in jordan to meet with some of the kids who now call that place home. >> elmo realized when he was there that all kids are pretty much the same. you know, we have differences, like elmo has red fur, and they don't have red fur, but we like to have fun together. >> reporter: did you think the children that you met over there were sad? >> well, you know, elmo thought that, yeah, maybe some of the kids over there were sad, but elmo tried to do his best to cheer them up and make them smile. >> reporter: sesame workshop and the irc are building local learning centers in the camps, making home visits, too. >> education is a haven for people who have lost everything. and for children, it gives them just an ounce of normality that can give them the chance to rebuild their lives. >> reporter: and they're producing a new version of "sesame street" in arabic, aimed at reaching children in syria, iraq, lebanon and jordan, especially the refugee kids.

>> we will also do what "sesame street" does best, and that's modeling inclusion and acceptance. >> reporter: and you may not know this, there are already sesame streets all over the world, from gallie gallie sim sim in india to plazo asuma in mexico, and jima jima in china. [ singing in a foreign language ] >> reporter: you can find the same educational muppet magic on six continents, reaching countless children. and sesame workshop often develops new muppets, local characters created to address the needs of that culture. earlier this summer, i went to lebanon to meet with some of the children that would benefit from this project, like 6-year-old aziza and her brother, 5-year-old ibrahim. they fled here with their family from aleppo, syria, in 2014.

i walk with ibrahim and aziza through the dusty camp to their school. this is the arts center here. this one you did? it's a haven. you can feel it instantly. ibrahim's teacher tells me he's changed since he started coming to class here. then in this little school in lebanon so far from their homes, the children get a surprise visit. it's tong-tong! she's a visit from the local version of "sesame street" from nearby jordan. every part thought out, every aspect designed to teach with the local culture in mind. >> we also wanted to make sure that he looked afghan so afghan children can also see themselves when they see them on screen. so we looked at various fabrics and we looked at different outfits that little boys wear. >> reporter: the next project, a muppet for the refugees, all part of what's really a rescue effort. >> the great american story is

that the privileges of the few can be taken to the many. >> reporter: and elmo knows the difference that can make. what do you hope for those kids when they grow up? >> well, elmo hopes the same thing that elmo hopes for anybody, which is to stay positive and bring them love. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm terry moran in new york. >> you know, i knew that "sesame street" was in a lot of of countries, but i had no idea that many or that they were doing that kind of work. >> what's interesting to me is watching terry moran, who covers the supreme court for us, who's been in war zones for us, who covers international affairs for us with the hard-hitting interview with elmo. >> yes, asking very serious questions of elmo and elmo had good answers. >> yes. terry's awesome. but "sesame street" has done so many fascinating things. they introduced the first hiv-positive character in south africa. >> south africa, mm-hmm. >> in 2003. well, coming up, why robert pattinson is being described as scary good in his new thriller.

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he's being held at lirikers island. he could get killed in there. >> just had a client that walked in. >> critics are giving the film a 91% certified fresh on rotten tomatoes, john anderson writing "containing as much forward motion as any film in recent memory. "good time" is as heartbreaking as it is exhilarating." emily otschida writes, "this is the kind of thriller that sticks." well, next to an animated feature about following your heart and taking a chance and daring to dream. >> i'm out. >> it's animated. it's set in france, 1884. "leap" follows the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan and her best friend who run off to paris to pursue their dreams of being, you know, a dancer. >> i've got a job with the man who was building that. >> ooh, la, la. >> ah! >> you're a weirdo. >> are you the caretaker? >> you can stay with me until you get on your feet. >> starting tomorrow, we'll have

an audition in my new ballet. >> can you dance? >> i think i can. ♪ >> training starts at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> can we push to after lunch? >> huh. >> "leap" stars the voices of elle fanning, mel brooks and kate mckinnon, but it's only scoring a 31% splat on rotten tomatoes, and it looks so cute! >> it does look cute. >> very sweet. but brian truett writes for "usa today," for the cinematic dregs of late august, the earnest and quirky "leap" is charmingly on point." and then this one says "you've seen it all before, though it's pleasant enough to watch it again." pleasant i guess -- >> pleasant enough, that's the barrier, you know. we've seen the poop movie or whatever it's called. >> "the emoji movie." >> so that's the low barrier and this is up there. >> pleasant enough. >> makes me want to watch "good times" again, though. >> i know! >> ester roll.

breaking news this morning on "world news now." breaking news this morning on "world news now", a life-threatening hurricane bearing down on texas and the gulf coast. >> evacuations are ongoing as forecasters expect as much as 35 inches of rain in some areas. historic flooding expected in the southern part of the state with the fourth largest city in america facing what could be a category 3 storm. full coverage, ahead. and is there a rift among republicans in washington? president trump seeming to distance himself from the leadership in congress as questions loom about the proposed border wall and whether the president will push for a government shutdown as leverage to foot the bill, despite his promise to have mexico pay for it. and we're less than six weeks to hockey season, but some major league baseball players apparently can't wait. a violent tit for tat that played out in detroit as the tigers and the yankees are now facing numerous suspensions.

we'll break down how that fighting all started. >> yeah, it's a little early for fight night, because this is happening this weekend. vegas invaded as the world of boxing and mixed martial arts collide. mayweather/mcgregor, two of the biggest egos around, but if there's a prize for cuteness -- >> aw! >> it is conor jr., who's knocking us out with his suit. it is friday, august 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> winner for best shades. >> oh, my god, absolutely cute. let's hope, like, his suit is not like dad's suit, which had, you know, the cuss words in it. >> yeah. >> but definitely a cute kid there. but we want to get to breaking news now because it's urgent for many people. hurricane harvey is heading for the texas coast with the potential to be a monster storm. >> right now it's about 250 miles from corpus christi, but it is expected to get much stronger over the next 24 hours. >> harvey's heavy rain and strong storm surge will bring

life-threatening and devastating flooding to the entire western gulf coast, including brownsville, corpus christi, houston and new orleans. >> now, take a look here at the eye of the storm. this was taken from a government hurricane hunter aircraft above the gulf. with the outer bands of this storm already battering the gulf coast, residents have been in a frenzy to board up and get out. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: with hurricane harvey's outer bands already gouging the coastline, the gulf coast is in a frenzy of boarding up, sandbagging and fleeing. a mass exodus now under way in several texas towns, including port aransas, where there is a mandatory evacuation. the storm whipping itself up from a tropical depression into a full-blown hurricane in just a few hours, triggering alarm bells from corpus christi, texas, to new orleans, and some very stark warnings. >> we're going to in the strongest possible terms

encourage the residents in the low-lying areas, as they say, get out of dodge. >> reporter: helping folks get out of dodge, airlines waiving change and cancellation fees for those in the storm's path. in corpus christi, they're swarming hardware stores. folks are buying sandbags by the palletful here, but the line here stretches around the block, some folks saying it's 3 1/2 hours along. inside sutherland's hardware, clerks scrambling. >> no half inch at all! >> reporter: the line for plywood 30 minutes long, customers on edge. >> everybody just went into code red, and we all came basically to prepare ourselves. >> i'm 65 now and i don't want to die at 65. >> reporter: in houston, where the storm is expected to dump a biblical deluge, shelves picked clean. >> there's no more water. there's no more bread. the bread's already running out as well. >> reporter: cars lining up for hours at gas stations. >> this is the line to get gas.

absolute insanity over this hurricane. >> reporter: in new orleans earlier this month, a summer squall flooded streets. there's now concern the city's pumps won't be able to keep up. >> we're in a more vulnerable space than we should be in. >> reporter: millions of people are likely to feel the direct impact of the storm, but the entire country could be affected. but also in the storm's path, some 20 refineries producing 4 million barrels of oil. it doesn't take a hurricane to wreak destruction. tropical storm alison in 2001 caused $5 billion in damage. matt gutman, abc news. >> and once again, that was a tropical storm. our thanks to matt. and while this is of major concern for the gulf coast, we'll have sustained winds of 100 miles an hour, really want to focus in on this map that matt talked about, the oil refineries. 45% of u.s. oil refineries are in the gulf coast, one-third of those are in the path of harvey right now.

as you can see, oil production operations in the gulf are starting to shut down in response to the hurricane. dozens of oil platforms out there have been evacuated. but the big concern, of course, is the rain, and this is really impressive. check out the areas in white. those areas could get much more than 10 inches of rain by monday night when we're talking to you. that's up to austin that we're talking there that could have more than 10 inches of rain, and austin is located some 200 miles from the coast. absolutely devastating and impressive. now let's get the latest right now on the forecast track. justin povick from accuweather. justin, good morning. >> kendis and lynda, thanks and good morning to you. we are tracking hurricane harvey which continues to strengthen at this hour, movement north and west toward the southeastern texas coastline. again, notice where we have hurricane warnings in effect from corpus christi, adjacent waters and coast to the north and east, tropical storm warnings in around houston and galveston. expected to become a major hurricane for today. movement takes it toward the coastline, impact later on

tonight and into early saturday. we are concerned about some dangerous beach erosion and storm surge. kendis, lynda? >> all right, our thanks to justin. and we're going to have much more from south texas in our next half hour. but we move on now to politics. president trump is lashing out at republican leaders again, this time over the looming debt ceiling deadline and potential shutdown of the government. >> the president is blasting house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch co advice on getting congress to increase the borrowing limit by the september 29th deadline. now he says they've made a mess. >> the president is also hammering mcconnell for botching senate efforts to repeal obamacare, tweeting "he failed! that never should have happened." yet, official word from the white house saying everything with the republicans is just fine. >> look, i think the relationships are fine. certainly, there are going to be

some policy differences, but there are a lot of shared goals, that's what we're focussed on. >> the president's other line of attack is threatening to force a government shutdown unless congress votes funding for a border law. that's despite repeated campaign promises that mexico would pay for the wall. when questioned by abc's john karl about that apparent discrepancy, press secretary sarah sanders would only say that the president is committed to making sure the wall gets built. a hostage standoff in charleston, south carolina, has left one person dead during the lunchtime rush at a busy restaurant. police say a man fired -- a fired dishwasher returned looking for revenge. authorities say he shot and killed the executive chef. the gunman held one hostage, ordering everyone else to crawl out of the restaurant. the standoff ended about three hours later, after police shot the gunman. >> a man came up to the door in white, and i just went over to ask if everything was okay, if i could help him, and he locked the door and put a gun in my belly and told me to get on the floor. >> the hostage got out safely.

authorities say the gunman has a history of mental health issues. that restaurant, virginia's, is just blocks away from emanuel a.m.e. church, where nine black churchgoers were murdered two years ago. and florida has executed an inmate using a controversial drug for the first time. mark assay is the first white man executed in the state for killing a black man in decades. prosecutors say the 1987 double murder was racially motivated. the drug has been criticized, though, by some as being unproved in an execution. it replaces yet another controversial drug. and breaking overnight, a hearing scheduled today for the man accused of deliberately crash being his car into a crowd of protesters in charlottesville, virginia, has been delayed. on thursday, a judge agreed to a request by prosecutors and the attorney representing james fields to postpone that hearing until december 14th. charges against fields include second-degree murder and malicious wounding. heather heyer died during that august 12th attack.

19 others were injured. and a former volkswagen engineer will be sentenced today for his role in the diesel emissions scandal. james liang pleaded guilty earlier this month to misleading regulators and is cooperating with prosecutors. they're recommending a three-year prison sentence. the automaker installed secret software in vehicles in order to cheat on emissions tests. eight current and former executives have been charged so far. well, you can expect some suspensions after some bad behavior between the new york yankees and detroit tigers. it all started when detroit's michael fulmer hit new york's gary sanchez with that pitch. that led to the yanks' tommy kahnle firing one behind tigers star miguel cabrera, and then it was mayweather versus mcgregor. >> basically. >> on the baseball diamond. so the benches emptied again, after the yankees' pitcher fired a 98-mile-per-hour pitch off the

head of james mccann. later, detroit's alex wilson plunged the yanks 'todd frazier and the teams squared off a third time. all told, five players, both managers and a coach were ejected. the only people who were playing the rest of the game were the grounds crew. >> the batboys. >> yes, definitely. >> you're totally right! that could have been the undercard for the mayweather and mcgregor fight. >> probably more hits than mayweather will actually do. >> one we'll actually see. so, the yankees and the tigers could have been the undercard, as we mentioned, for that. so, tonight is the weigh-in for saturday night's highly anticipated and high-priced bout in las vegas. mayweather puts his undefeated record on the line against the mma star and first-time boxer. >> now, there's no title at stake. they're fighting for the money belt. they'll also finally turn what's been a less-than-friendly war of words into action. >> his little legs, his little core, his little head. i'm going to knock him out inside four rounds, mark my

words. >> you just show up, okay? and i'm going to do the rest. >> i'm here right now! >> you just show up and i'm going to do the rest. >> i'm here right now! >> you can get it right now! you can get it right now! you can get it right now! >> oh, all the trash talk that has taken place. we'll see what happens and how badly mcgregor loses tomorrow. i don't know, we'll see. but he definitely won in this department. this is his little kid. he got an outfit, designer duds. >> do we have a picture of the little kid? he's adorable. >> he's absolutely cute. he's got the shades. >> this might be my favorite part of the fight. >> little conor mcgregor right there. >> so sweet. >> he wins in that department. coming up, the foods you most hate, depending on your state. a map of america that shows us state by state the nation's most hated foods. but first, the controversial videos involving the baltimore police department, officers accused of evidence tampering. why the department says the videos actually prove the

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a dramatic water rescue near los angeles. a small boat was left spinning out of control after a man piloting it was thrown off by a wave. the coast guard saved him after he stayed afloat 30 minutes by using his flip-flops as paddles. >> wow. >> pretty creative on his part. he's said to be okay this morning. well, turning now to the baltimore police department, under fire, accused of evidence tampering. >> prosecutors say a new video shows questionable activity, but police say the video actually proves the officer in question was doing exactly what he should have been doing. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: baltimore police under intense scrutiny after an officer appeared to plant drugs incriminating a suspect earlier this year.

two incidents recorded by police cameras. this one, an officer appeared to plant marijuana in a suspect's car before arresting him. another baltimore police officer under the microscope after a third incident. the prosecutor's office now doubting his credibility. in this video, the officer pursuing a man with an outstanding warrant for drugs, body cameras rolling. the suspect is apprehended. then suddenly, he takes off in handcuffs, police in hot pursuit, catching him after running into the woods. >> i've got to search. >> police don't find any drugs initially but went to the scene after listening to a jailhouse call that allegedly directed them to the drugs. in the video, you see an officer pick up the drugs and then puts them back down, only to pick them back up again. the officer claims he did that because he forgot to turn his body camera on, but prosecutors concerned that it was evidence tampering, dropping 43 cases connected to this officer.

a spirited defense from police. >> there is nothing questionable about this. the officers did exactly what i and the community expect of him. >> reporter: police typically turn on their cameras as they approach a crime scene and leave them on for the duration. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. coming up in our next half hour, what we're hearing from that record-breaking powerball winner and her plans for that nearly $500 million jackpot. but first, a warning to parents about the apps your kids are using. the disturbing messages sent from total strangers. what you need to know. that's next on "world news now." need to know. that's next on "world news now." need to know on "world news now". clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but will it stop this teen from being embarassed by her parents?

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we have a parenting we haveparenting alert about kids and apps. many parents may not realize that the most popular apps with teens and tweens come with this feature. >> it allows complete strangers to reach out to them directly. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: a father speaking out after his 7-year-old daughter told him she was getting disturbing messages while playing on his phone. >> we never thought in a million years that we would receive anything other than family fun. the account was just at the default settings. we weren't aware of any public or private settings. >> reporter: brad frakes says madison was using the wildly

popular app musically on his phone, creating mini music videos to some of their favorite songs, when someone allegedly posing as a child began contacting her through the messaging function of the app, asking madison to send photos of herself without a t-shirt on, calling it a secret between us only. >> she came to us and let us know that there was someone asking her to remove clothing for pictures, and she knew it wasn't right. >> reporter: frakes posted the exchange on facebook as a warning to other parents and filed a complaint with the local police department. >> it could be another young child on the other end of this conversation, or it could be an adult. if they believe it is another kid, they will share home information, personal information about themselves. >> reporter: musically, one of the apps featuring a messaging option. a mom in louisiana says she believes her 8-year-old son was contacted by a sexual predator while using the popular gaming app roblox.

she reported the interaction to police. now, roblox has released this video on safety features. >> at roblox, keeping our community safe is our top priority. >> reporter: some of the protections include in-game chat filtering, restricting a greater range of words and phrases, and parental controls that enable parents to shut off the chat capability altogether. musically out lines their security measures on their website, advising parents to use the private account setting and enable the only friends option for direct contacts. >> my message to parents would be to pay attention. i'm glad it didn't go further. we would be having a different conversation right now. >> reporter: mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> that's one of the most scary things for parents is that kids can be online. you really don't know what's happening or who they're interacting with while they're there. >> is that why your daughter doesn't have a phone? >> my daughter will never, ever have a phone. i mean, she's only 8. that's why she doesn't have a phone. but one thing to parents i would recommend is learn to be tech-savvy. so many of us aren't and don't learn about the settings. just do it.

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♪ it's your friday "mix," and this is quite interesting. there's a dating app called hater that -- >> it matches people based on things you hate. >> exactly. it has found the food, based on the different states on what people actually hate. you want to see? let's show you the whole map right now. state by state, what food does your state hate the most? >> our home state of new york? >> let's focus in on new york, yeah. so apparently, ranch on pizza. >> oh, gosh, yeah. >> people hate that. >> i would never date somebody who put ranch on their pizza. >> really? that's, that's -- >> that's a deal-breaker. >> that's a deal-breaker. new hampshire, i'm with you here, expensive cocktails. the people in new hampshire apparently hate that. >> massachusetts, mayonnaise on fries? what's wrong with you, massachusetts? mayonnaise on fries is delicious!

>> come on, it's awesome! maryland. >> i love that one. >> corner piece of the brownie. >> i like the corner piece of the brownie. >> so, there you have it. let's check out my favorite cat of the day, maybe my favorite cat ever. this is so cute. this is a lazy cat. playing with the ball, kind of. just making an attempt, flipping it around and i'm not so cool to be playing. >> no, not at all. okay, so, this is a big deal, like for real, vladimir putin playing the polka. honest. ♪ ♪

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breaking news on "world news now." hurricane harvey gaining strength overnight as it approaches the texas coast. highways packed as residents flee for safety. forecasters warning that the rainfall could turn deadly by this weekend. the latest projections, just ahead. new details about the status of the dreamers act, allowing undocumented immigrants who arrived as children to stay in the u.s. so, will president trump decide to end the program? and new this half hour, america's newest mega millions multimillionaire steps into the spotlight. >> yeah, the 53-year-old mother of two who broke a record winning the powerball drawing and how she says that she picked those numbers and her first order of business for that $758 million jackpot. >> quit your job! >> yes.

♪ look what you made me do >> and it finally dropped. >> yes, it has! taylor swift's new album, or new single, is out, but are the fans loving it? and with katy perry's star-studded video also just released, is the superstar feud just a stunt to beef up sales? as we say, swish, swish, swish, on this friday, august 25th. ♪ i'm gonna stick around for more than a minute ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ coming at you now >> it is very -- >> catchy. >> they're both very catchy. we're going to delve into this scandal a little bit later on. >> good morning. well, what's shaping up to be a monster storm is bearing down right now on the texas coast. >> yeah, hurricane harvey is expected to bring as much as 30 inches of rain to some areas. the storm surge could be as high as 6 to 12 feet.

>> take a look at this, a scene from the space station. harvey's effects are already being felt along the coast a full day ahead of landfall. and texas and louisiana will still be feeling the hurricane days from now. >> the storm packing at least 100-mile-an-hour winds. forecasters are calling harvey a life-threatening storm that poses a grave risk, and residents are taking it seriously, boarding up and getting out. abc's jessica willey is there. >> reporter: hurricane harvey churning in the gulf of mexico and gaining strength, expected to make landfall near corpus christi early saturday as a powerful category 3. >> apparently, it's getting stronger and stronger. >> reporter: from texas to louisiana and mississippi, people loading up and laying out sandbags, preparing for more than 35 inches of rain in some places -- >> that's a lot of flooding. >> reporter: -- and a storm surge up to 12 feet. >> we need people to be aware. >> reporter: that awareness already leading to long lines at gas stations. >> absolute insanity over this hurricane. >> reporter: and supermarkets.

>> oh, my gosh, look at the line! >> reporter: shoppers planning to ride out the storm stocking up on essentials -- >> no half inch at all! >> reporter: clearing store shelves. >> there's no more water. there's no more bread. the bread's already running out as well. >> reporter: others in the lonestar state packing up and leaving town. >> we are going to in the strongest possible terms encourage the residents in the low-lying areas, as they say, get out of dodge. >> reporter: with some mandatory evacuation orders going into place. >> it's better to go now than wait until the very last minute whenever everybody decides, oh, it's time to go. >> reporter: and as the wind and the waves continue to pick up, the governor here in texas has preemptively issued a disaster declaration for 30 counties. louisiana's governor has now also done the same for that entire state. jessica willey, abc news, surfside beach, texas. >> and you can really see the wind there picking up, and

harvey's still well off the coast there. as a result, you may realize some schools and colleges in south texas have already started classes for the fall semester. >> right. >> others are just getting ready, but nearly all have canceled activities today. >> and houston public schools weren't even scheduled to resume classes until monday, but officials aren't taking any chances. with heavy rain forecast for after the hurricane, students and teachers are getting an extra day of summer vacation. >> we want to make sure that we have clear roads. and more than anything, with 216,000 students and 31,000 employees, we don't want to add that additional element to the transportation scene and have our emergency responders be complicated by even more people out on the road. so we want to make sure that our families have enough time to be able to take care of their families, so we decided to make that call early. >> and private and parochial schools in houston and its suburbs as well as colleges and universities in the area will also be closed on monday. there are no athletic activities scheduled throughout the

weekend. and ten of the smallest and sickest patients at children's hospital in corpus christi are being evacuated. the hospital is worried power outages may disable their ventilators. they're on their way from the neonatal intensive care unit in harvey's path to a children's hospital in ft. worth. okay, so, forecasters say harvey's greatest threat isn't from the wind so much as from the water. >> that's right. accuweather's justin povick is here with the details. good morning, justin. >> kendis and lynda, thanks and good morning to you. dangerous hurricane harvey still churning its way to the north and to the west this morning, a strengthening hurricane. we're looking at hurricane warnings here setting up shop from corpus christi north and east and then tropical storm warnings around houston and galveston, expecting impacts later on today. landfall late tonight into early saturday morning, and this is expected to become a major hurricane as we go throughout the daytime hours, making landfall as a major hurricane. big impacts here in terms of beach erosion, dangerous surf, power disruptions, and also

damaging winds. the rainfall aspect, we're talking about major flooding here, 1 to 2 feet of rain as we go into early next week, and we're also talking about heavy rainfall throughout south and central florida in toward the late-week hours as well. kendis, lynda? >> two major areas of concern there. justin, thank you. and of course, we're going to have much more on harvey's path in our next half hour. but first, politics. we're getting word this morning that president trump is likely going to end daca. that's the program begun during the obama administration to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. >> senior administration officials tell abc news that the president could make the announcement very soon. the president is facing a september 5th deadline of sorts. that's when at least ten states say they'll sue the government to end the program. presidential adviser jared kushner is trying to revive a possible peace deal between israelis and palestinians. he held separate meetings yesterday with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the white house says both

meetings were productive, but so far, there is no evidence of a breakthrough. several white national protests and counterprotests are scheduled for this weekend. one of the biggest rallies expected in san francisco on sunday. organizers of the freedom rally say it's for moderates, but some california politicians say it's a white supremacist event. now, they are worried about violence as several groups are planning counterprotests. and on the same day, on the other side of the country in knoxville, tennessee, white nationalists are protesting the possible removal of a confederate statue. well, amazon is set to deliver a gift to whole foods customers. the ecommerce giant finalizes its $13.7 billion buyout of the supermarket chain monday. once the deal is complete, amazon says it will cut prices on a number of staple items, including eggs, beef and bananas. amazon also has plans to offer discounts to prime members who shop at whole foods. well, the lives of hundreds of dogs were likely saved after they were air-lifted from puerto

rico. these pooches faced a grim future on the island because shelters are typically overcrowded there. the airlift was organized by animal welfare advocates, sending dogs to shelters in florida, north carolina and new york. well, as you know, more than a few homes have hidden gems, but not that many homes have hidden houses inside them. >> a home inside the home. >> yeah. >> kevin kemp and jennifer alexander were all set to demolish an old home outside columbus, ohio. then they discovered something so cool hidden underneath the walls. >> it was actually the remnants of a log cabin dating back to at least the 19th century. >> i grabbed a piece and i pulled on it, and it came off. and i said, larry, i think that's a log. so, i walked over and i pulled off another piece, and that's what we found. we found a -- i said, i think we have a log home! >> well, the historical society in dublin, ohio, estimates that two-story cabin was built in the early 1800s. >> kemp and alexander gave the

home to the city, which took it apart log by log. the logs will be stored for a few years until officials decide whether to rebuild the home. >> i can't believe they're taking it apart! >> yeah, i'm kind of shocked -- >> why wouldn't you leave that intact? >> shouldn't that be part of history, stay there? >> early 1800s, it's so cool! >> maybe they're like, the insulation was not very good. >> it was terrible. >> it was terrible. well, coming up, the mother of three from massachusetts who's an instant multimillionaire. she's now richer than she ever could have dreamed. so, what's she going to buy first? >> yeah. and later in "the skinny," katy perry's latest video. it's a who's who in everything from sports to internet meme fame. it's actually also pretty weird. but first, here's a look at today's forecast. ♪ ♪ so keep calm, honey, i'm gonna stick around for more than a minute ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought you by febreze. "world news now" weather brought you by febreze.

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stemming from that crash landing of that car inside an austin, texas, garage last month. the woman driving it wants $1 million in damages from the garage owner. she suffered multiple broken bones after her car took a seven-story fall. okay, so, get this, the driver admits to hitting the gas by mistake as she approached a cable barrier, but she says the cables weren't strong enough. another car nearly fell off a ledge in the same garage last year. >> scary. well, as you probably know, it didn't take long to learn who won the second biggest powerball jackpot in history. >> yes. so, this morning, we're going to tell you how mavis wanczyk chose her winning powerball numbers and what she first plans to do with her jackpot. here's abc's gio benitez. >> we have an exciting evening -- >> reporter: after more than two months of rolling jackpots, a record-breaking winner comes forward. >> i had a pipe dream and my pipe dream has finally come true. >> reporter: mavis wanczyk, a 53-year-old mother and hospital worker from chicopee, massachusetts, going home with the largest jackpot ever won by

a single ticket, $758 million, sharing the moment she and a friend realized she'd won. >> and i was reading these numbers, and i pulled mine out, and i go, hey, i have that, i have that, i have that! and he goes, let me see that ticket. he goes, you just won. i go, you're joking, come on, please. he said tine that ticket now. >> reporter: those winning numbers picked by wanczyk herself. >> my numbers were kind of basically random, maybe with my birthdays, maybe one from here, one from there. >> reporter: but that big win also bringing big confusion, the massachusetts lottery making a mistake, at first telling the wrong store owners they'd sold the winning ticket and had won $50,000 for making the sale. for seven hours, lottery officials said this is where that winning lottery ticket was sold, but it turns out, it was actually sold an hour and a half away. while the store didn't sell the jackpot, it did sell 1 of 34 tickets around the the country worth $1 million, the store now getting $10,000 from the lottery. >> we still had a million-dollar winner, so that's better than nothing. >> reporter: six other tickets are worth $2 million across the

country. as for wanczyk, she is taking the lump sum, $480 million, and says her days of working at the hospital are now over. >> i've called them and told them i will not be coming back. [ laughter ] >> reporter: so, what's she going to do with all that money? she says she's going to sit, relax, pay off her car, but she also said on facebook just last month that she really needs a vacation on a beach. gio benitez, abc news, braintree, massachusetts. >> on a beach. she can afford the island! >> right, she can get the whole island if she wants. >> the whole island with $480 million for a lump sum? >> good luck to her. that's awesome. >> yeah, that's great. call us. when we come back, taylor swift. >> and what's inside katy perry's new video that you don't want to miss. "the skinny" is next. want to miss. "the skinny" is next. start by taking care of families for 70 years. earn the trust of 32 nfl teams.

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♪ skinny, so skinny there's a reason we've waited all week for the friday "skinny," because it is a huge, huge event. taylor swift -- >> yes. >> while many of us were asleep or not doing anything yesterday, released her new single from her upcoming album. it is called "look what you made me do." we don't have the video yet, but we do have the words. listen. >> interesting lyrics. ♪ >> i'm sorry. the old taylor can't come to the phone right now. why? oh, 'cause she's dead. >> oh. ♪ look what you made me do >> wow! >> that's not really the feel-good -- >> no, it's not the feel-good -- >> -- tone that i thought. >> -- that taylor swift normally gives us with happy songs. she's a little darker in this one, throwing a little shade even. >> really? >> yeah. >> it definitely is a long way from her country days, don't you think? >> a little bit, yeah. and i think this could be in

reference to some of her feuds, maybe the kanye west feud. >> exactly, the feud with katy perry, perhaps. >> perhaps the katy perry feud. >> her album, "reputation" is released on october 10th, maybe the 6th. more importantly, "good morning america" will have the official music video for this song later on today. >> that's right. and speaking of katy perry, another one who has dropped a new music video, and this is a little strange, the video is. >> you think? >> it actually is star-studded, believe it or not. it's got molly shannon, terry crews. that was rich eisen you saw at the top there. >> oh, okay. >> i think rob gronkowski makes a cameo in there somewhere. tons of people in this, and -- >> get it together, katy. >> also featuring nicki minaj. >> yes, of course. >> telling katy to get it together. >> is that terry crews? >> that was terry crews. love him. the new single is called "swish swish." >> okay. >> yeah. ♪ >> and that sort of sounds like she's got a beef as well with some people, but the music video's odd.

it's very typical katy perry. >> yes, very katy perry. it's meant to be funny in a lot of places, yeah. >> okay, cool. let's move on now, and to friend of the show. i know that this is the reason -- >> yes, i've heard. >> -- that you wanted to be part of the show is because we have the likes of jeff timmons -- >> of 98 degrees? >> of course. >> of course! >> of course. he doesn't even need like the 98 degrees subtitle. so, 98 degrees, they have a new album that's coming out this winter, but they put this out yesterday. they redid "the circle of life" from "lion king." >> aw. >> do we like it? >> it's cute. i mean, they're clearly having fun. ♪ ♪ until we find our place on the path of winding, the winding road ♪ >> not bad. i kind of like it. jeff says he remembers the first time he saw "the lion king," went to the movie theater with a friend. he had just moved to l.a. and

he's like, let's just go see a disney movie. so, this kind of came full circle for him to be able to do that. >> i was interested to hear he was a friend of the show. he's visited with you. >> yes, sang with us, dance with us, might have taught us how to strip. >> oh, you've seen it! >> might have done the polka. ♪ that's the world news polka >> i love it. >> i think he's embarrassing. i love this next story, because as you know, i just can't quit "despacito." it's my jam, my favorite song of the summer. and luis fonsi has been doing some interviews lately and says people should take it easy on justin bieber, getting flack for not forgetting the words. performing the song, saying dorito instead of burrito. latinos online had some issues with that. >> yeah, you think? >> but luis fonsi said he's not a spanish speaker! it's not -- ♪ dop, dop, dorito >> yeah, that's -- >> how do you forgive that?

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♪ ♪ so, the last week of august has been busy for plenty of news headlines. >> from extreme weather here on the ground to a rare cosmic event in the sky. >> yes. >> and a brand-new multimillionaire. here now with our weekly "friday rewind." >> we're going to get started right now with the big, breaking news, the search for ten american sailors after the second collision in two months between a navy destroyer and a commercial ship. major fallout after the navy's newest disaster at sea. the commander of the seven fleet has been dismissed just weeks before he was set to retire. >> evacuate the area immediately. >> reporter: the deadly flash flood emergency trapping families in theirs homes. parts of the kansas city metro area getting up to 10 inches of torrential rain.

and you can see the power of these raging floodwaters picking up this massive propane tank, slamming it right into this building. president trump on the attack, lashing out at media at a raucous rally. >> i really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> whipping up the crowd and doubling down on those controversial comments on charlottesville. >> this was incitement, plain and simple. i turned my cell phone camera on the crowd just so you could see the reaction there as we were on the stage. that's what it looks like when the president turns the crowd on you. the president said that journalists hate this country. we were right there as police in riot gear advanced on demonstrators outside of president trump's phoenix rally. >> reporter: you can see the phoenix police department, they're marching through downtown phoenix right now. they've put tear gas in the air. jackpot. one single ticket claiming that massive powerball prize, more than $750 million.

>> and i had a pipe dream, and my pipe dream has finally come true. i wanted to retire in 12, and it came early. >> this is your eclipse viewing attire. >> this may be how they are, just waiting, see if the aliens come back. >> this may actually work. >> do they? >> i can't see a thing. >> completely blacked out! it's weird! >> we have reached totality here on the oregon coastline. >> i'm going to have my cameraman, glen, turn down the lights so you actually get a sense. turn it off, glen. let's see how dark it really is. it's pitch black here. this is the most incredible thing i've ever seen. >> we did such an amazing job. abc news had exclusive access to the great american eclipse, and you slept through it. >> at least your daughter watched it. >> yeah, didn't you sleep through it, too? >> no, no, no, our producer, brian, dragged me out. >> awesome. >> to watch it. >> big weekend ahead. >> yes. >> the vmas. >> vmas are this weekend, that's right. also mcgregor. >> mcgregor/mayweather. they're going to dance around the ring and not hit each other. >> possibly.

making news in america this friday morning, hurricane harvey gaining strength overnight reaching category 2 and taking aim at the texas coast. evacuations are under way, even babies rushed out of the hospital after forecasters increased the rain totals to up to nearly three feet in some areas. we have the latest. president trump in a showdown with his own party taking shots at senate majority leader mitch mcconnell while the white house dodges questions about his threat to shut down the government over the border wall. a hiker survives a lightning strike. what's left of his shoe and the picture that he took the moment the bolt struck. and countdown to fight night. mcgregor and mayweather, how it could turn out to be the biggest loss ever for vegas, and mcgr