weekend everybody. tuned for good morning america. have a great weekend everybody. >> making news in america this morning another cabinet member under scrutiny for taking private jets. hear where he's accused of going on tax payer money as another secretary agrees to pay for his travel expenses. we're live in washington. >> another dangerous rock slide at yosemite. a cloud of debris filling the value below. the rocks slamming into a vehicle filled with tourists. what's behind all this? >> also this morning a mother left with a choice get her child vaccinated or face jail time. hear why she's in a legal battle over her son's health. >> new details on the death of hugh hefner. why his wife might not be getting any of his funds. >> good morning to you all.

a fourth member of president trump's cabinet is under scrutiny for high priced travel. >> this time it's interior secretary ryan zinke accused of using private planes and military jets that cost tax payers $12,000. lana zak joins us from washington d.c. lana, good morning. >> good morning. happy friday. president trump says he's not happy with reports that some of his cabinet secretaries are spending excess amounts of tax payer funds on private jets. now the house oversight committee is demanding answers asking all 24 agencies to account for travel since inauguration. >> reporter: this morning health and human services secretary tom price's job is on the line. the president on msnbc made no defense after a string of health care reform defeats. price is adding a new embarrassment to the white house excessive luxury flights at the

expense of the american tax payer. last night price tried to defend his 26 private charter flights on fox news. >> my respect for the tax payer is as strong as it can be. there will be no private air charters at hhs going forward. >> reporter: even calling for an investigation of his own controversy. >> i called for an internal review within the department itself. >> reporter: tax payers spent more than $400,000 on those flights now following the public outrage price said he'll reimburse the cost of his own seat around $51,000. it's not just price. treasury secretary steven mnuchin was the first cabinet member to be called out for taking costly government jets like to kentucky with his wife where they viewed the eclipse. epa director scott pruitt facing questions about $58,000 worth of flights on chartered jet and government planes. now ryan zinke is being added to

the list for private flights he took to his hometown and two caribbean islands. republican senator chuck grassley said he plans to hold the white house responsible asking the president to detail what steps the administration has taken to insure cabinet secretaries use fiscally responsible travel in accordance with the public trust they hold. >> now adding to secretary price's travel woes politico is reporting an additional half million in military flights internationally. that's not necessarily wrong, but he now has to defend spending more than $1 million of tax payer funds to those investigators. >> thanks, lana. >> in the meantime the white house has reportedly launched an internal investigation into the use of private e-mail by top officials in the administration. politico reports jared kushner and ivanka trump's use of private e-mails for government businesses are the focus of interest. a spokesperson did not respond to our request for comment. >> president trump is calling

the tax reform plan a once in a generation opportunity insisting the middle class, not wealthy, will benefit. he said rich americans like himself would pay more under his plan. the president hasn't released recent tax returns but using his 2005 return and the bloomberg estimate of his wealth the "new york times" said the proposed repeal of the estate tax could save the trump family more than $1 billion. >> hundreds of people arrested and new immigration rates targeting so called sanctuary cities. i.c.e. agents arrested nearly 400 people and nearly 200 in california. the operation targeted cities that deny officers access to suspected off fenders. >> an army general headed to puerto rico along with several thousand more troops to boost hurricane relief effort. containers full of supplies sitting in port undelivered

because of a shortage of truck drivers and gas. we'll show you some of the most remote areas of the island. >> reporter: days after hurricane maria barrelled across puerto rico food and water growing scarce. in this town almost everyone lost all or part of their homes, that community now isolated. the bridge connecting it to other towns washed out. residents doing all they can to survive until help arrives. this woman saying one person makes food one day and another the next day to be able to make what we have last. on this island people hanging by a thread no power or running water. >> every line you stand in by the time you get up there there's nothing left. >> reporter: the hospital so badly damaged a triage of tents have been set up outside because they can't treat patients inside. images like these thousands of commercial shipping containers filled with food, medicine and construction equipment sitting

in the port of san juan raising questions about how quickly supplies are being distributed. at the heart of the problem few trucks and drivers, little fuel and poor communication. one law maker there calling the federal response a disaster. adding quote it's been really slow. the white house pushing back. >> the relief effort is under control. it is proceeding very well considering the devastation that took place. >> reporter: for more than 3 million people who call the island home any relief can't come soon enough. abc news new york. >> now let's take a look at your weather for this friday morning. plenty of rain across texas today. the heaviest in the south central part of the state. some areas will see up to 3 inches. parts of new mexico will see heavy rain. after days of summer temperatures fall arrives in the northeast.

a high of 70 in new york city today. boston 64. it will be in the 60s around the great lakes and denver. still summer like in phoenix. 98 degrees. warm in l.a. cooler in the northwest. >> congressman steve scalise is revealing the extent of his injuries after that shooting a at a baseball practice a few weeks ago. now the house whip returned to work for the first time after the june attack. he was greeted with the standing ovation. >> he said his femur was shattered and hip and pelvis damaged by the bullet. but thursday he was happy to be back on the job. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. i'm definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. >> scalise thanked the heros who helped to save his life. he compared himself to humpty dumpty because he said he had to

be put back together. >> after a pretty bad fall there. still ahead the biggest used car retailer in the country is accused of selling vehicles. how carmax is responding. >> also coming up a second major rock slide at yosemite forces some changes at the park. hear how a group of climbers cheated death.

dawn's early light ♪ >> three former presidents standing together for the national anthem at the president's cup golf tournament in new jersey. bill clinton, george w. bush and barack obama are the first three

presidents to attend the tournament together. some are now calling them the three amy goes. maybe they'll up that to the four amy goes. president trump might attend on saturday. >> now to the national anthem controversy in the nfl. one player for the tennessee titans revealed his family is getting death threats over the issue. in the meantime at last night's packers bears game both teams linking arms before and after the national anthem. critics say president trump added fuel to the controversy. after accusing nfl owners of backing down to their players. >> we are in a situation where we have to do something. i think they're afraid of their players if you want to know the truth. i think it's disgraceful. >> the white house clarified saying the owners were afraid of conflict not the players themselves. >> a really rough one from last night's game to show you. the packers, davonte adams suffering a violent hit to the

head, helmet to helmet hit while he was trying to catch a pass. he was taken off the field on a stretcher. he gave the thumbs up. he's in the hospital now. >> back in washington a u.s. senator is criticizing twitter accusing the company of ignoring evidence of fake russian accounts. twitter said it identified about 200 accounts linked to russian propaganda. one company spent at least $274,000 on adds in swing states. senator mark warner said twitter's briefing to congress was very disappointing and only raises more questions. this morning carmax the country's largest seller of used cars responding to a new report claiming the company is selling unsafe cars. a consumer watchdog found one out of every four cars has an unrepaired defect. that's been the subject of a safety recall. the company says it reviews all recall information with customers before any purchase.

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dropped killing a british climber. >> another massive rock slide at yosemite. huge chunk fell off. so sad. >> reporter: witnesses say the second rock fall was ten times bigger than the first. one man was injured after a rock crashed through the sun roof of his suv as he drove through the park with his family. >> something came through our sun roof. we didn't know. it was closed. we didn't know what had happened. it shattered and the dust just pouring in. >> glass went flying. >> we were trying to out run it. we were like go. let's go. >> reporter: the park released these pictures overnight showing the massive chunk left behind. >> we cheated death. we cheated death. >> reporter: these climbers said they moved past the piece that fell just moments before it came crashing down. in their video you can see that could of dust and debris down below. >> the rock slide went all the

way down the road, right into the river. absolutely unbelievable. we could see it. we were on the summit. we are all safe thanks be to god. >> so much dust there it looks like smoke. one of the park's exit routes has been closed. experts say it was caused by the granite becoming brittle after cooling down from the summer heat. >> a mother in detroit is facing jail time after refusing to get her 9-year-old vaccinated. the mother of two has been locked in a legal battle with her ex-husband over this issue. she said after hitting the books and weighing the pros and cons she decided not vaccinating was the way to go. she said the choice to vaccinate a child should be left up to the parent. >> i would rather sit behind bars for standing up for what i believe in than giving in to something i strongly don't believe in. i believe in the choice of the parent to make the right decision based on their

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university of california and a list of charities. according to sources close to situation they say she'll be taken care of. halloween just a few weeks away. we already have a lawsuit that some are calling bananas. >> the puns. >> the company over in new jersey filing a lawsuit over its banana suit. the company says k mart is ripping off its banana costume. >> the lawsuit claims for nine years k mart bought the costumes from them. this year the companies were unable to make a deal. so far k mart isn't commenting. halloween is big business for retailers. americans are expected to spend more than $9 billion on halloween related items. if it goes to court, this banana suit might end being a split decision. >> you tried really hard. >> i tried to get there. it was either that or it's an

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numbers will drop by some ten degrees compared to yesterday. live doppler 7, high clouds streaming in. we'll show you from our east bay hills camera, yeah, part of the marine layer has returned to our atmosphere. that's good news if you want cooler weather. the sun is up at about 7:03. around the bay comfortable in the 70s. the noticeable cooling inland.

we'll settle in the mid-80s later on today. to traffic with alexis. god morning. good morning. we're off to a quiet start, drew. just a minor issue in the tri-valley so from eastbound 580 to 680 someone said we have a lot of paint. i'm not sure if that's spilled all over the roadway or in the cans. take it easy on the ramp. nice and light through the bay bridge toll plaza. we need to open up a few more cash booths but that's about it this early hour. we'll check on drive times. >> now a live desk update. we begin with developing news from the live desk. police continue to investigate a murder at an upscale neighborhood in san jose. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at the scene. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. this is a massive apartment complex here in north san jose. there are a lot of apartments in this area. this is where police responded last night at about 8:40 to a

person shot. they found a man in an apartment here. he was taken to the hospital where he died. now officers are investigating what exactly took place. they have their mobile crime unit on the scene and have officers with tape out making sure nobody goes into this area as they do their investigation this morning. police say they have no suspects at this time. they have not arrested anybody. they're still investigating early this morning. this is a long investigation. it happened at 8:40 last night. s the fact they're still investigating out here about eight hours later is a big deal considering that this person was shot here on the scene at 8:40 last night. they're going to continue to investigate. they don't have a time line yet on when they're going to be clearing out the scene for this apartment complex, but a lot of people will be coming out seeing what's going on early this morning. so a big deal for this area in north san jose which is very tech heavy. a lot of businesses as well. reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. also from our live desk this

morning investigators are trying to determine what sparked a house fire on the peninsula. started just after 10:30 last night on crompton road in the lower hills of redwood city. officials say flames were coming out of every single window when firefighters arrived at the scene. neighbors told crews that everybody was out of the house. it took firefighters about 1:10 to get the flames under control. nobody was hurt. it is 4:30. if you're just joining us a quick update on weather and traffic. we'll start with drew. good morning, guys. the big setup is that cooler air is finally moving into our region even right now we're running some five to six degrees cooler than this time yesterday. so current numbers, we're in the 50s to low 60s. the 50s are widespread this hour. good morning, novato. 58. that number in hayward, 59. good morning in san jose. 12-hour planner, the fog returning, coastal clouds today. some high clouds streaming in through the afternoon. widespread 70s