riday morning. making news in america this morning, president trump in attack mode taking on members of congress, the me too movement and even an iconic member of his own party. his comment coming hours after he accepted the resignation of his embattled epa boss. breaking overnight, a rescuer in that flooded cave in thailand loses his life while performing a dangerous mission and a commander at the scene says there's now a limited amount of time to save the soccer team trapped inside. fire emergency across the west. flames spreading in hot, dry conditions. fire crews battling scorching temperatures well over 100 degrees today. your forecast ahead. those stories, plus investigators looking for the cause of a deadly series of fireworks explosions. also, the miraculous recovery for a teenager who had

been read his last rites. we'll tell you why. and the statue of liberty has been in the news this week. now it's costing the postal service a few million dollars. and we do say good morning on this friday, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. we begin with the president losing a cabinet member and lashing out at his critics. >> so president trump arrived in new jersey overnight after a rally in montana where he had more insults for his rivals. >> it all followed the resignation of his scandal-plagued head of the epa and abc's janai norman joins us now from washington, d.c. hi, janai. >> reporter: maggie and kendis, good morning. it was a big night for president trump in montana. a friendly red state that he won big in 2016, and he came out punching, again with an attack on a democratic senator and even an iconic member of his own party. president trump rallying

republicans in deep red montana taking aim at the media less than a week after a deadly shooting in a maryland newsroom. >> because some of the finest people i know are journalists, really, but 75% of those people are downright dishonest. >> reporter: the president reviving what some have called an offensive nickname for democratic senator elizabeth warren. >> let's say i'm debating pocahontas, right? >> reporter: over her past comments about her native american heritage. >> i will take those little kits they sell on television for $2. learn your heritage. we will take that little kit and say -- but we have to do it gently because we're in the me too generation, so we have to be very gentle. >> reporter: president trump who's been accused of sexual misconduct hitting the me too movement even mocking an iconic member of his own party, 94-year-old george h.w. bush and his thousand points of light theme for volunteerism. >> putting america first, we understand. a thousand points of light, i never quite got that one. i said, what the hell is that. >> reporter: the controversial

comments come hours after his embattled epa chief resigned. scandal-plagued scott pruitt faces at least a dozen investigations across multiple government agencies and was repeatedly accused of using his position for personal benefit. >> i'm not happy about certain things but he's done a fantastic job running the epa. >> reporter: and president trump's jab at the me too movement comes as his administration added former fox news co-president bill shine to his communications team. shine has been accused by some of covering up sexual misconduct claims against bill o'reilly and roger ailes. both men president trump defended. maggie and kendis. >> yeah, a lot of people saying it was interesting timing there. janai norman in d.c. for us, thank you, janai. breaking overnight fears of a trade war between the world's biggest economies. at midnight the trump administration launched the opening salvo hiking tariffs on $34 billion worth of chinese imports. well, china is promising to strike back in a few weeks. the trump administration plans to move ahead with tariffs on

another $16 billion in chinese exports and again china is promising to retaliate. president trump is now just days away from announcing his supreme court nominee. the president plans to tell the nation his replacement for justice anthony kennedy on monday night. the three front-runners are federal judges brett kavanaugh, amy coney barrett and raymond kethledge. meanwhile, senate minority leader chuck schumer reportedly urged trump to nominate judge merrick garland. he was then president obama's choice to replace the late justin antonin scalia but was blocked by senate republicans. now to that big breaking news out of northern thailand. a rescue diver has died some two weeks into that desperate race to free the 12 boys and their coach from the flooded cave. that diver was a 38-year-old retired thai navy s.e.a.l. he ran out of oxygen while trying to place oxygen canisters along a possible evacuation route for the team. it comes as crews rush to drain those floodwaters ahead of a fresh onslaught of downpours. here's abc's elizabeth hur.

>> reporter: the pressure mounting, the race is on for rescuers to stay ahead of mother nature delivering air tanks, wet suits and life jackets to the soccer team before the monsoon rains move in. inside divers are putting in ropes for the boys as a guide through the cave. outside experts are training new divers, building dams and running pumps day and night and on thursday, the thai navy s.e.a.l.s releasing these new pictures showing crews making progress and just how much of the water has been drained. but as of now there is still no clear plan for getting the boys out. one idea now involves fitting the boys with life jackets and floating them out one by one once the water comes down below the neck level. abc news has learned because of safety concerns, authorities determined the boys swimming out of the cave is no longer an option. instead crews will be drilling to make the passageways wider

and to keep the water levels down. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> thanks, elizabeth. here at home a new heat threat is fueling more than 60 large active wildfires in the west. one of the fastest growing is the lake christine fire north of aspen, colorado. so far it's destroyed at least 3 homes and now threatens 500 others. in southern colorado the spring fire is now the third largest blaze in state history. it's destroyed more than 100 homes and is threatening some 2,000 others. meantime, just outside denver firefighters had to deal with another threat, a rare high elevation tornado. it happened near the edge of a wildfire that's already burned about 17 square miles. officials say it apparently caused little damage and had no effect on that fire. >> fascinating scenery. well, time now for a look at your forecast on this friday morning. good morning. the heat is finally breaking in the northeast as the cold front moves through.

it will bring drenching thunderstorms during our day today, especially through the first half of the day along the i-95 corridor. be mindful of that potential for flooding, and in the southwest, excessive heat warnings are in effect as temperatures could feel upwards of 110 degrees. in the tropics we have tropical storm beryl making its way toward the leeward islands. it will likely arrive there on sunday. i'm meteorologist julia weiden with your accuweather forecast. well, coming up the secretary of state touching down overnight in north korea. also ahead, our worst fears confirmed about that nerve agent poisoning in england. we've got the latest on the investigation. and emotional reunions between children and their immigrant parents. they're taking place as the trump administration races to meet a court-ordered deadline. ine.

officials in central mexico now say at least 24 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of explosions at a fireworks facility outside mexico city. among those killed were firefighters and police officers who were responding to the first explosion. the cause of the blast under investigation. secretary of state mike pompeo was in north korea this morning. it's his first visit since last month's historic summit in singapore. pompeo says he wants to fill in some of the details on the commitments made by kim jong-un during that meeting. the trip follows multiple reports that kim, despite promises of denuclearization, is expanding nuclear and missile facilities. we are learning some new details about the investigation into the mysterious poisoning of a couple in rural england.

the two have now been confirmed to have been sickened by the same nerve agent that nearly killed a former russian spy and his daughter. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: the growing mystery. counterterrorism investigators trying to zero in on how two british nationals were poisoned with the deadly nerve agent novichok. new surveillance footage showing one of them appearing healthy less than 24 hours before she and another man were rushed to a hospital. >> this is the second unprecedented incident. it will raise a huge level of public concern and anxiety. >> reporter: this quiet community now holding its breath. >> we've all been evacuated. literately i had a knock on my door saying you have to pack your bag. >> reporter: officials retracing the steps of dawn sturgess and charlie rowley. identified by friends in british media. locations in amesbury and seven miles away in salaisbursalisbur england. this park cordoned off where sergei skripal and his daughter were seen just before they collapsed from the same type of

poison in march. >> the police, i know, will be leaving no stone unturned. >> reporter: police saying they have yet to officially tie the two cases together. >> we have the murder weapon, we have the location but what we don't have is any of the suspects and how all of those parts came together. >> reporter: the british couple in critical condition being treated by the same doctors who successfully saved the skripals' life. now, authorities say the risk to the public is low but they are telling people who visited these cordoned off areas to wash their clothes. >> our thanks to eva pilgrim in england. the accused statue of liberty climber is free on bail after what's being called her dangerous stunt. patricia okoumou left federal court with a number of charges including trespassing. she says the july 4th decision to climb lady liberty to protest the president's immigration policies was spur of the moment. prosecutors say the move put lives in danger. well, coming

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nationwide controversy of immigrants separated from their children. >> extremely happy. i just want to take my son home, put him in school, find highself a job. >> reporter: but hours earlier hhs secretary alex azar revealing almost 3,000 children remain in the government's care, a number considerably higher than the roughly 2,000 reported by the agency last month. azar describing the situation as unprecedented and promising a compassionate process. a federal judge back on june 27th ordered the government to reunite families within 30 days, children under 5 within 14 days. for some including this guatemalan mother of three, a reunion didn't happen for several months. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: thank god i found them in good conditions. >> reporter: but the conditions have been heavily criticized sparking demonstrations across the country. [ chanting ] >> reporter: outrage over images of children in detention centers

and cages wrapped in foiled blankets and many questions remain about how the remaining children will be reunited with their families. hhs officials say they're conducting an exhaustive review of cases to determine which children in their custody have been separated and are even using dna testing to verify family members. natalie brunell, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to natalie. there in los angeles. a woman in dallas, in the meantime, has taken down an alleged carjacker by shooting him in the head. she says the suspect jumped into her minivan as she was paying for gas. her two young sons were in the backseat at the time. so she jumped into the passenger seat, pulled a gun out of the glove compartment and fired a single shot when he refused to stop. the suv crashed into a pole. the suspect survived and is in the hospital in serious condition. the children were not harmed. a teenager in maine has made what some are calling a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head by a pellet gun. charlie quimby was rushed to the

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>> announcer: good morning bay area let's get up and get morning. >> this is abc 7 morning. >> made it to friday. we're almost at the weekend, yea! >> and those who haven't you're almost at the weekend. >> susan and alexis and mike has our forecast this friday. >> probably notice add difference this morning. a little more humidity and warmer. and look at cloud cover. this is cloud deck from pfaff owe or what's left of pfaff owe. that's why it's so much milder this morning. it acted like a blanket kept the temperatures up. moisture with it. unfortunately we won't get rain. temperatures in the mid-50s to mid-60s at 7:00 this morning. higher humidity and much faster, the warming today. look at that 64 at the coast at noon. 76 to 84. inland. on the way inland to 92 this

amp. 77 and 84 pl this friday evening. the commute this morning sue good morning. >> a couple of early problems. good morning out there. we have the gol golden gate bri looking good with two lanes in the northbound and four lanes in the southbound direction. for your drive, no fog over the waldeck o grade this morning. at least not when i came over. checking down the san mateo brim, also an easy commute with 14-minute drive from 880 to 101. we have a problem in the campbell area and los gatos area we'll check on that in a couple minutes. >> we have breaking news in martinez where a health quizry was issued because of the shell refinery. >> anyone with respiratory issues in the area could be affected. they say that eye, skin, nose or throat irritation may be possible for some. if you terrence experience that go inside and rinse any irritated area with water. the advisory covers martin easy. and we have reached out to get more information about what

happened and what led to the advisory. if we get more information we'll let you know. >> interstate 5 remains closed at the california oregon border due to out of control wildfire. >> flames jumped across the i-5 in the county and charred at least 5,000 acres. this is a major right now and caltrans says the traffic is heavy on 97 as drivers look for a detour. >> highway patrol officers abandoned the road block as flames raced toward them. the governor declared a state of emergency and fire crews from marin county are on their which. after battling wildfires close to home. forecasts of hotter dry weather has the county fire firefighters bracing for a tough weekend. here who is an idea of how much land has been destroyed in napa appear yolo counties. the burn area stretches from the northern tip of san francisco to belmont on the peninsula. that's how big this is. flames have now charred 88,000

acres. that's 137 square miles. the county fire is now 33% contained, 3,400 firefighters are on the front lines. a warning if you are headed to the beach today. the national weather service posted a beach hazard advisory for large waves, rip current, longshore current and sneaker waves. this runs through sunday. south facing locations with like santa cruz and stinson beach will be most attacked. the large waves are expected up to 8 feet. the weather service says beach gores never turn back to the water and keep an eye on pets. >> if it's 4:30. if you are joining us here is the update on weather and traffic never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. >> let me add on to that. the rip current and the sneaker waves are the biggest problem with this. it's the south facing beaches that face the most dangerous as well as. marin county and santa cruz county, the beaches goes