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commuters saw a bicyclist wearing nothing but his goatee. the drivers seemed more concerned that he wasn't wearing a helmet. >> ah, yes, safety first. >> which is illegal in california, rather than just a lack of clothing. he wasn't wearing a helmet. >> i'm not going there. i'm not going to do it. so a georgia waitress was not having it when a customer couldn't keep his hands to himself. >> so the guy in the red shirt in the baseball cap grabs a worker, she turns, grabs him, slammed him into a chair. >> wow! >> good for her. she stands over him and yells at him before calling someone for help. the customer was charged with sexual battery. >> ooh. >> and even better, he was reportedly there on a date. >> not only on a date, on a date with the mother of his twins,

classy. >> it's tough to get date nights when you have kids. >> which is why you probably shouldn't assault the waitress. on to better news, a couple of good samaritans are credited with potentially saving the life of an 8 month old boy. >> they acted fast when they saw him in the back seat of a car on a 93 degree-day. here's victor oquendo. >> reporter: a florida sheriff's body cam rolling. the volusia county sheriff says the woman noticed a baby in the back seat of a car, it was 93 degrees outside. at first she thought it was a doll. but after realizing it was a living, breathing baby, she opens the unlocked car and calls police. mom arri24es later immediately breaking down.

there have been 25 child hot car deaths so far this year, thankfully, this 8 month old is not among them. that mom, 33-year-old megan burgess, said she thought she dropped all of her kids off at her father's house. she was arrested and charged with child neglect. victor oquendo, abc news, miami. >> the 8 month old baby boy is said to be in good health and good spirits. a scary scenario. >> a tough scenario as a parent. glad that other person came by. >> yeah. >> had the heads up to take action. when we come back, see what the cleveland browns are up to off the field. >> we're headed to comic-con, "the skinny" is next. to comic-con, "the skinny" is next.

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>> comic-con is expected to attract more than 130,000 fans, many dressed up favorite fantasy characters, and some just dressed as bob and julie from state farm. >> i see, a little captain america tee shirt. who's that? >> i don't know. all the cool kids. >> we would do a really good job at comic-con. let's see who else is there. >> there's a dinosaur. >> breaking bad's star brought his daughter, adorable. she's making her debut as a tiny meth cook, of course. >> not just slightly awkward. that was one of the fun things of living in san diego, knowing that comic-con -- >> cooking meth? >> no! [ laughter ] >> sorry. i thought maybe --

>> no, that's the other -- that's the other 51 weeks of the year. comic-con, meth in that scene? downtown? >> i don't think they need any help over there. i love comic-con. >> it is always fun to dress up. next to the actress, jenny mccarthy, who says that her house is haunted and she has video to prove it. >> she shared security video of herself walking through her living room. and then the piano appears to play a tune by itself. she then calls out to her husband, donnie wahlberg. check it out. >> walking around. ♪ >> donnie? donnie? someone just played the piano. >> wow. >> but -- >> geniuses on the interwebs

point out that it wasn't a ghost but her google phone rebooting. take a listen to both for yourself. >> donnie! donnie? someone just played the piano. ♪ >> wow. >> that's definitely it. so the question is, did she not realize it and did she actually think someone was playing the piano? or were they just trying to pull one over on us. >> i'm thinking she didn't realize it. because you can kind of hear him yelling and she knows after watching new kids on the block that he doesn't know how to play a tune or any sort of instrument, so it wasn't donnie. after losing 17 straight games, the cleveland browns might want to consider getting off the field. >> they have tweeted out their own parody of the hit show "the office." >> it stars several of the

players. you see miles garrett here shredding a photo of ben roethlisberger. >> they are being featured in the series "hard knocks." >> as for their day jobs, they report to training camp next wednesday. >> good luck, cleveland. you just need one win. >> nowhere to go but up. amid a swirl of family controversy, meghan markle is reportedly planning a solo trip to the u.s. >> this is after her father celebrated his birthday and said wnaughter.family has cut him off >> the duchess of sussex is missing her country and wants to visit family and friends. the solo visit would come ahead of an official u.s. visit with her husband prince harry next

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♪ we had russia, spies, international intrigue, conspiracy. jack ryan is book. it's just the world we live in. >> just our weekly friday rewind. >> it may have been the most fateful four hours of the trump presidency to date. take a look at what happened yesterday. vladimir putin committed an act of war against the united states, cyber warfare against our elections. >> right here in helsinki, trump-0, putin-1. a lot of people would say it was an own goal. >> justice department announced the arrest of a russian woman on

charges that she conspired to act as an agent of moscow. >> a federal judge ordering mariia butina to jail. just days before her arrest she was packing boxes and sending money to russia. and she was willing to go to extreme measures to infiltrate the political system and the nra, offering sex in exchange for a position in an unidentified special interest organization. >> wildfire danger is expanding in the west. at least 48 large fires burning. >> in oregon, two fast wildfires engulfing multiple buildings. in california, the smoke from the fire near yosemite made the air quality hazardous. >> the latest on the young boys and their coach rescued from the cave in thailand.ild boars trad hospital gowns for soccer jerseys.

fit and healthy enough to play again. >> pretty bizarre. a man has set a new record for slicing watermelons on his stomach. do not try this at home. that does not look safe. >> does he moonlight at brisk's? >> oh, geez. >> i accidently -- >> just going to leave me hanging out there. luckily, we had the commercial break. >> i could barely talk last night. i had tears running down my face. i ruined my makeup. >> thankfully that's the news for this hour.

good morning, i'm kendis gibs good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. 11 people and some children are dead after a tour boat capsized in branson, missouri. and a tornado touched down in iowa, no deaths are reported this morning. the twisters caught forecasters by surprise. the nfl's national anthem policy is on hold. the nfl and its union are trying to work out a compromise. and they are lumberjacks, and they're okay. they're also in wisconsin for the lumberjack championships.

they'll be chopping down trees and rolling on logs through tomorrow night. those are some of our top stories on this friday, july 20th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we do say good morning to everybody on this busy friday morning. we're going to start with the deadly tour boat accident near branson, missouri. >> this shows the boat moments before it capsized on table rock lake. the boat was trying to work through choppy waters stirred up by 60-mile-per-hour winds but it finally went down. some people did survive. seven are hospitalized. five people are still missing. this is a deadly incident. at least 11 people dead. >> a witness on another boat says it was pure panic and chaos as passengers scrambled to save themselves. >> right as we were boarding it

got really windy, that's when a lot of the winds started to pick up from the storm. and we see the staff running back and forth with life jackets, just trying to do their best to figure out where this is. >> the sheriff says one of his deputies was actually on the boat when it capsized and was in the water helping to rescue people. unfortunately, the stormy weather forced a suspension of rescue efforts, but those teams will be back at daybreak. >> and the ntsb has already dispatched a team of investigators and will be on the scene this morning. it's not the sort of storm would you get in a tornado, but still very powerful, those storms. >> and very difficult to navigate. severe weather also caused damage in central iowa. >> at least five tornados touched down east of des moines. >> flipping over cars. tearing roofs off buildings. the national weather service only expected heavy rain and

hailstorms. >> whit johnson has the story. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: devastating tornados touching down in iowa. terrifying video. homes ripped apart in bondurant. multiple sightings of a double multiple sightings of a double funnel cloud. the city of marshall town reporting a state of emergency. more than a dozen reported twisters across the state. the national weather service reporting catastrophic damage. a parking lot at a manufacturing plant now a mess of twisted metal, blown out windows, vehicles flipped over or missing. power outages impacting thousands. witnesses saying at least one tornado was on the ground for several minutes.

>> we saw electricity flickering real bad, then a lot of debris coming up in the air, that's when we started to evacuate our area. >> what i saw was just a mile wide dark cloud. i could see the rotation and everything. it just filled my with dread in all honesty. >> reporter: people rushed to the hospital. officials going door to door doing welfare checks as the storms continue. whit johnson, abc news. >> and the storm is moving to other parts of the midwest. >> accuweather's julia weiden is keeping an eye on all of it. >> the threat for severe storms is shifting to the south and east, louisville, nashville and huntsville, alabama under the greatest risk.led through the w. as we continue to have that area of low pressure in place. meanwhile, off to the south, it's all about the heat as we continue to see several temperatures in the triple digits.

kendis, diane? >> possibility of many records today. president trump is courting controversy again, inviting vladimir putin to the white house this fall, looking to continue where they left off in helsinki. >> the white house is still working out details as it fends off criticism about the visit. it seemed to blind side dan coats. he learned about it in the middle of an interview. he says he would have advised the president against meeting with putin alone. he doesn't know what happened in that meeting. rod rosenstein spoke at the same security forum in colorado and issued another warning about russian meddling. >> the russian effort to influence the 2016 presidential campaign is just one tree in a growing forest. focusing merely on a single election misses the point. as director coats made clear,

these actions are persistent, they are pervasive, they are meant to undermine democracy on a daily basis. regardless of whether it is election time or not. >> rosenstein said indicting foreign agents serves as a deterrent, even when they're beyond the reach of the united states. police in ft. worth, texas detained three suspects in connection with a violent attempt to rob a bank. three employees were shot during the attempted heist. the robbers fled without taking any money, and officers rounded up the suspects nearby. the women who were shot suffered serious injuries but are not believed to be life-threatening. one person is in critical condition, two others recovering after a series of bee attacks in scottsdale, arizona. two other landscapers were attacked in a separate incident. one wacovere

the hospital. he was hanging upside down from a bucket truck while trying to cut down a tree when he accidently cut open a hive. police say he was stung more than 200 times. he was saved by a neighbor who finally pulled him out of that bucket and hosed him down. we move overseas. the thai cave survivors are back with their families, including the youngest survivor. >> he spoke with our james longman. >> reporter: a reunion nearly a month in the making. little brothers and sisters jumping and shouting. titan is finally home! sitting next to his father, the youngest member of that soccer team telling me about the moment ur was rescued. dad was waiting for you outside? i thought my parents would be there, he says. were you surprised when you saw the whole world waiting for you?

i was very surprised, yes, he says, with that big smile. the small boy, who joked that thinking about food while they were trapped only made him hungrier says he's eating a lot now. they are taking part in a buddhist ceremony in a temple near the cave. he showed me the holy threads tied on his wrist by the monks and his family to help relieve his spirit. and they are going to spend some time as monks themselves as a way of giving thanks. james longman, abc news, thailand. most americans are getting ready to live it up on friday night and enjoying their weekend. >> in new zealand, workers at one company are already on their second day of happy hour. more than 200 employees of perpetual guardian trust company only work a four-day work but get paid for five. >> wow.

company officials say the 32-hour week has been a huge success. employees have lower stress levels and an increased commitment to that company. >> yeah! >> are they hiring? >> so 32-hour workweeks for everybody? >> it's only on a trial basis. >> it sounds like the trial is going well. >> it is. >> and the employees themselves helped design the program. so they tried to shorten the workweek without affecting production. >> our show is only two hours a day. i think we should -- >> keep to in a that. >> exactly. coming up, parents behaving badly. people using social media to shame aggressive parents who are acting perhaps inappropriately on the sidelines. and later, one of the most highly-anticipated sequels of the year. "mama mia". >> here we go again. ♪ will it be another hit, mama mia ♪ ♪ or will it be the final waterloo ♪

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the blue angels spent part of their thursday roaring through the skies over biloxi, mississipp the blue angels spent part of their thursday roaring through the skies over biloxi, mississippi. the navy squadron practiced some moves for the weekend air show. >> so much for sleeping over the next couple days in biloxi. baby monitors are intended to let parents keep an eye on their kids. but a tennessee man is accused of using it for other reasons. police say he put it under the bed of a female co-worker in nashville and used it to spy on her. she didn't find it for several months. the suspect said he allegedly gained access by watching somebody enter the security code for the front door. he faces charges of wiretapping and burglary. turning to a referee using social media to battle unruly parents. >> so he's posting the videos of parents mouthing off and often

getting violent, hoping to hold them accountable for what he says is an increasingly toxic environment at sporting events. here's paula faris. >> reporter: they are the sideline antics. giving new meaning to poor sport. parents caught on tape behaving badly while watching their kids play little league and soccer, and now an oklahoma father and referee is attempting to stop parents from acting like out of control children, by publicly shaming them on this website. >> the fact that we want our kids to love the sport, instead of yelling and screaming like every other crazy parent out there, go play your kid if you don't like it. >> reporter: he's offering $100 for every video that shows parents acting foul on the sidelines. then he posts them. >> you are horrible! you are horrible!

>> reporter: and this all-out brawl. >> it's more than no tolerance. it's substance to no tolerance. this is what happens if you act like this. this is what could happen. you could end up on a video that ends up on offside on facebook that ends up in front of 250,000 people. >> reporter: according to the national association of sporting officials, nearly 40% of officials believe parents cause the most problems with sportsmanship and more than 64% of refs have had to eject parents. he says his videos are already changing their behavior towards referees. >> in the moment, you don't realize what you look like or how you act, so when you go back and you do see how you acted, that changes behavior. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> i feel for those refs sometimes and what they deal

with. >> that is why some of them get involved in the fight. like we're not taking this. >> oh, yeah? >> yeah. i'm going to put down my whistle. coming up, the man who's gone from cat dad to viral comedy star. >> how randy rainbow is cashing in on liberal rage in the trump era. you're watching "world news now." he trump era. you're watching "world news now." dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. why did i want a crest 3d white smile? so i used crest. crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter smile... that will win them over. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life.

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>> i don't know. >> reporter: and the talking heads of the 24-hour news cycle. >> the commander of chiefs expressing that opinion is exactly what -- >> i'm sorry, i'm going to stop you. the commander of what? >> the commander of cheese. >> reporter: his style has become his trademark. campy for sure. it melds political humor and theater. no one is safe from the rainbow treatment. from "beauty and the beast." ♪ leave your kids in the car it received a pg rating ♪ ♪ but in this case it means pretty gay ♪ >> reporter: to babs. whatever he's doing, he's shining. this despacito remix has been seen over 1.4 million times. ♪ desperate cheeto >> reporter: making movies out

of his spare bedroom in his apartment in astoria, queens. >> that's me acting with that wall right there. sometimes i'll put up some tape to be the eyes. >> reporter: he does it all, writing, shooting and produce videos sometimes in a matter of hours, but it all starts with dialing in on the news of the day. >> i will basically go through the interview and time stamp every crazy thing i want to remark on. but this is the prop and costume closet where i keep my ruby slippers and my make america great again hat as most people do. >> reporter: despite his liberal slant, he insists he has fans from across the political spectrum. >> i hear from people all the time from all sides of the aisle. and i hear from people who say i don't agree with you politically, but i love your videos, they make me laugh. >> reporter: do you feel like there's an attack on free speech? >> comedy, i think, is an

endangered art form right now. people, i think, are more interested in being offended, and to go after comedians, to me, is so counterproductive. >> almost like celebrities like people, they think they're celebrities. >> why did you look at me when you said that? >> i'm from the school that really nothing is off limits as far as comedy goes. ♪ >> reporter: despite a tough climate for comedy these days, randy has an optimistic message. >> it's an amazing time when everybody has a platform and the ability to get where they're going without the middleman. so go for it. ♪ >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm zachary kiesch in new york. >> good for him. you know how i know he's doing well? >> how? >> he has a spare bedroom to

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♪ it is time for "insomniac theater." >> and this morning we're starting with the first-ever sequel for denzel washington. >> really? >> first ever. he stars as robert mccall who sets out on a path of revenge after one of his friends is killed. >> yeah. what's the matter? >> you're tying up loose ends. >> exactly. >> it's go time.

>> well, it is also starring melissa leo and bill pullman. equalizer 2 is falling flat, they're giving it a 49% splat on rotten tomatoes. here's what one says, it misses its target. and another critic. let's just call them another critic because of the last name. sobczynski i think calls it sadistic, stupid and sloppy. the writers were not comfortable enough to give me the name. the highly-anticipated sequel, "mama mia". ♪ here we go again >> it picks up on the greek island. sophie is running her mom's villa, pregnant and finds out

more about her mother's past. >> i've decided to commit to being a grandmother. >> 25 years too late. >> i say we move past that. you know, being a grudge holder makes you fat. so we'll concentrate on here and now and me stepping up to become a good grandma. >> a great grandma. >> thank you. >> when cher is your grandmother. it features an all-star cast, of course the music from abba. critics are loving mama mia, here we go again. one calls it escapist fluff of the highest order. go ahead, treat yourself to this raucous seaside summer confection. and another says it's everything you ever want, everything you ever need. will ganss saw it and said he loved it. anss saw it and said

this morning on "world news now," breaking news, tragedy on the water. >> a tourist boat on a popular lake near branson, missouri has sunk after dangerous winds struck the area. dozens of people were on board, including many children. more than ten people are dead, several others missing. while president trump faces criticism for being too soft on putin, his administration is drafting an invitation for the russian leader to visit the white house. see his intelligence chief's surprised reaction. and a pipe with a cancer-causing material bursting. is it now safe to breathe?

and we've had epic world news polka parties over the past 26 years, but this morning we have a brand new polka, and it might be the best yet. >> really? most animated on this friday, july 20th. ♪ it's late at night from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i think there are clues you included in there. including weekly and friday. we'll get to that later after a busy, busy news night. a tourist boat has capsized. >> the boat was carrying 31 people when it sank on table rock lake. five people are still missing. dive teams and emergency boats searched that lake for hours

hoping to find survivors. >> watch this video. a witness who appeared to be in a restaurant there captured these images of the boat in the last four minutes before it went down and as it went down. the winds on the lake gusting more than 60 miles per hour creating choppy conditions. there are at one point two boats in distress. but it's that one in the center that eventually went down. everyone looking on helplessly. those conditions have forced the rescue and recovery effort to shut down until daylight. >> the duck is still in the water, yes. >> is it sunk? >> it's sunk. >> the confirmed fatalities were from drowning? >> i believe so, yes. >> do you know how old the boat was? >> i do not. >> the sheriff added that the boat was heading back to shore when it sank. he also confirmed that the people on board did not have life jackets or the boat itself did not have life jackets on

board at all. >> such a terrible thing. more extreme and damaging weather, tornados this time, in central iowa. >> they hit three towns in particular. marshall town, pella and bondurant, just a few miles from downtown des moines. at least 12 homes were damaged there. the tornado swarms' next stop was pella. these images are unbelievable. a manufacturing plant was heavily damaged. some workers were injured as well. >> you see cars piled on top of each other in the parking lot. the third city hit was marshall town, about 50 miles from des moines. the downtown area suffered extensive damage and the clock at the court house was completely toppled. the most severe threat today is in tennessee and kentucky. forecasters are warning about downpours and hail. turning to the political firestorm and fallout over

president trump's cozy relationship with president putin. now the russian president is coming to the u.s. >> the press secretary delivered news of the invitation on twitter after trump said he was looking forward to the next meeting. dan coats was taken by surprise as he learned about the invitation during an interview on live tv. >> we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] that's going to be special. >> come again. >> yeah, interesting. so if putin accepts the invitation, it would be the first white house visit since he was hosted by president bush in 2005. >> it comes after president trump rejected an offer from putin to interrogate americans,

an offer he initially praised as incredible. here's cecelia vega with more on that. >> reporter: as president trump boasts about his relationship with putin, his white house for the third consecutive day was forced to issue yet another russia walkback. this time over a proposal by putin himself. russian authorities would question the 12 russian military officers recently indicted by robert mueller with americans invited to watch. in exchange, moscow would be allowed to question american citizens accused of unspecified crimes. in helsinki, the president seemed thrilled by the idea. >> it was an incredible offer. he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. >> reporter: one of the americans russia wants to question, michael mcfaul.

>> naive and absurd. there is no rule of law in russia. there's the rule of putin. >> that the president would even entertain the idea of subjecting our diplomats to putin's thuggery, that is an abuse of power. >> reporter: in the face of that unrelenting criticism, the white house backed down. press secretary sarah sanders saying in a statement it was a proposal made in sincerity by president putin, but president trump disagrees with it. and secretary of state mike pompeo made it crystal clear. >> the administration is not going to send -- force americans to travel to russia to be interrogated by vladimir putin and his team. >> reporter: what exactly president trump and vladimir putin discussed behind closed doors remains a mystery. >> let's face it, the interpreters were the only ones there. russia's going to play this game. they're already out there talking about important agreements being reached, and they will, over the next while,

characterize those agreements in the way that they want to. and if we have no way of pushing back, or if the administration doesn't push back, then we've got a big problem. >> reporter: some other stunning revelations from dan coats, the director of national intelligence, he said putin may have and could have recorded president trump during their one on one meeting behind closed doors and when coats was asked if he has considered resigning amid all this controversy he said there are days when you do think what am i doing here, but as long as he is able to speak the truth he is still on board. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. a massive cleanup is under way after a pipe containing cancer-causing asbestos exploded. it was ten stories high. five people suffered minor injuries. 500 were temporarily evacuated from their homes. officials say it could take days to check and clean the surrounding buildings, but they insist air quality tests show no signs of asbestos or other dangerous toxins. the trump administration is calling for a proposal to end

automatic protections and limit habitat safeguards provided by the endangered species act. and critics of the 1973 law credited with saving the bald eagle have long complained that it hinders economic activities like oil and gas drilling. environmentalists say it would speed extinction and turn every listing of a species into a negotiation. one of the largest planes in the world has made its first trip. >> so the aptly named airbus beluga xl lifted off on its maiden flight above france. it can carry about 50 tons. >> it features a round nose and pointed beak inspired by its namesake. 20,000 people voted for the whale-faced paint job. i like it. like it's smiling at us. >> it does look like a whale. >> cute.

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and nebraska when this was shot. the passenger was probably glad the lightning was in the distance. >> yeah, so was that crying baby on board. miami police are searching for an armed carjacking suspect. >> the suspect pointed a gun in his face. the victim tossed his keys. there's a $1,000 reward for his arrest. a texas woman is under arrest not only for attempted bank robbery but endangering the safety of a child. police were waiting for the suspect as she left the bank. she pulled a small kid out of her car and used the kid as a shield, police say they hadn't drawn their guns but were trying to tase her. there's no word on the woman's relation to that child. police in fayetteville, north carolina made a big drug and weapons bust, and the locations included a day care center.

no children were in the day care center at the time of the raid. a postal worker and the owner of the child care facility were among those arrested. chick-fil-a provides delivery service, but usually not like this. >> a texas woman gave birth inside a san antonio restaurant. falen griffin welcomed her baby in the chick-fil-a bathroom. she's getting free chick-fil-a for life, a job guaranteed when she's 14. and the owners are already planning her first birthday party. >> just go post up in the chick-fil-a. >> there you go. who knew it was that easy. the family was driving to the hospital. they were dropping their older kids off with their friends when they realized they're not going to make it to the hospital. the chick-fil-a was actually closed but luckily someone heard her knocking and let her in. welcome to the world, grace lynn.

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this morning on "world news now," breaking news, more than 10 people have been killed after a tourist boat sank on a lake in missouri. a quick-moving storm created big waves. people on other boats watched helplessly. and a severe weather threat as damage from a tornado is surveyed overnight. buildings now looks like piles of scrap metal. and new this half hour. a customer gets body slammed. >> a man grabs a waitress' butt and swiftly gets dropped. and get this, the suspect was on a date with another woman. >> what? >> he's single ladies. >> keepin' it classy. and calling all nerds.

tens of thousands are descending on comic-con. that's later in "the skinny" on this friday, july 20th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you all. we begin this half hour with breaking news from missouri where a tour boat capsized and sank, killing at least 11 people. >> that boat went down at table rock lake. it's nearby to branson, the popular resort town. the so-called duck boat was carrying 31 people. seven of those are still in the hospital. two in critical condition and we're told that police are still searching for five people. >> a witness in a restaurant onshore captured images of the boat moments before it capsized. you can see it trying to maneuver on that very choppy water. winds were gusting more than 60 miles per hour. rescue and recovery efforts

ended late last night and will resume at daybreak. >> such a tragedy for so many people. about 400 miles north of branson, more storms. >> tennessee and kentucky are likely to see tornados today. >> five tornados touched down in iowa. i'm thinking the town of pella is unrecognizable after suffering significant damage. >> a driver got a little too close for comfort. a funnel cloud forming pretty much right in front of him. >> why did he drive towards it? >> well, because it's good video, i suppose. >> i guess. but some of the most severe damage was marshall town. our cedar rapids affiliate reports. >> reporter: each business along

main st ort damage. evacuation happened at this local hospital where patients were taken to other hospitals in other towns. this is the roof off one of the homes in town. other houses had windows broken and siding ripped off because of the storm. >> as we mentioned, the threat for severe weather in the midwest is not over. >> let's check in with julia weiden. >> good morning, kendis, diane, that threat for severe weather is not over yet, as our area of low pressure in the great lakes remains very slowly moving. we're watching the threat for severe storms shifting off to the south and east, including louisville and nashville, concerned about high gusting d inheou, cords are

challenged today. forecast high temperature in dallas is 108, the record is 105. we turn now to the stunning overture from president trump, inviting the vladimir putin to the white house this fall, following days of intense criticism about helsinki. >> the white house announced the invitation after backing away from the russian leader's proposal to question u.s. citizens, but news that he may be coming to washington caught the intelligence chief off guard. maggie rulli has more. >> reporter: as questions continue over what president trump and vladimir putin discussed in helsinki, a big announcement. dan coats obviously surprised. >> vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] >> reporter: this as the white house issued yet another russia walk back. this time over a proposal by putin that russian authorities would question the 12 russians indicted by mueller with

americans invited to watch. an idea president trump initially seemed pleased with. >> what he did is an incredible offer. >> reporter: one of those he wants to question, michael mcfaul. but there was immediate backlash from mcfaul. >> my government, i hope, will step up today and categorically swat this back, and when i say my government, i mean my president of the united states of america. >> reporter: as well as democrats and republicans. >> there is no rule of law in russia, there is the rule of putin. >> that the president would even entertain the idea of subjecting our diplomats to putin's thuggery, that is an abuse of power. >> reporter: amid that growing criticism, the white house is changing course, sarah sanders saying in a statement, it was a proposal made in sincerity by

president putin, but president trump disagrees with it. and in a rare show of unity, the senate voting 98-0 rejecting putin's proposal. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. and for the sixth time this year, we think, the president is on the cover of "time" magazine. this is so creepy. you can't unsee it. not only did they put that as the cover, they provided the animation of it. >> the transformation. >> the transformation. >> they merged president trump's face with vladimir putin's face. >> and vice versa. it is creepy. i still have it in my dreams, my nightmares. >> kind of like when we did a face swap. >> our baby would be cute. the president in the meantime has delivered a rare rebuke of the federal reserve for boosting interest rates. >> the white house traditionally avoids criticizing the fed, but the president made it clear in a

cnbc interview that he's not pleased with the central bank's decision to raise the benchmark rate twice this year. >> i'm not thrilled, because, you know, we go up and every time you go up they want to raise rates again, and i don't really -- i am not happy about it, but at the same time, i'm letting them do what they feel is best. >> well, the fed has already projected two more increases before the year is over. there is concern, however, the rate hikes could weaken the economic growth and dilute the benefits at least of the president's tax cuts. and wells fargo has to give back millions that it charged for add-on services, including pet insurance. often consumers didn't know about the products. they have been criticized and fined for other marketing practices as well. >>$37 n roct in its last year,

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of savage, minnesota. the 2-year-old has a ball-playing friend on the other side of the fence. it's the neighbor's dog, dozer. the lab not only caught the ball but gave it back. like no fence is going to stop me from playing catch. >> that is awesome. we needed that video today. >> the only problem is they kept going for hours. mom is like, oh, my lord. >> it's great, they tire each other out. coming up, the good samaritans who may have saved the life of an 8 month old baby. and why jenny mccarthy says her house is haunted and why she caught it on video. we're going to check it out in the skinny. first, here's a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, sponsored by oral b.

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wearing nothing but his goatee. the drivers seemed more concerned that he wasn't wearing a helmet. >> ah, yes, safety first. >> which is illegal in california, rather than just a lack of clothing. he wasn't wearing a helmet. >> i'm not going there. i'm not going to do it. so a georgia waitress was not having it when a customer couldn't keep his hands to himself. >> so the guy in the red shirt in the baseball cap grabs a worker, she turns, grabs him, slammed him into a chair. >> wow! >> good for her. she stands over him and yells at him before calling someone for help. the customer was charged with sexual battery. >> ooh. >> and even better, he was reportedly there on a date. >> not only on a date, on a date with the mother of his twins, classy. >> it's tough to get date nights

when you have kids. >> which is why you probably shouldn't assault the waitress. on to better news, a couple of good samaritans are credited with potentially saving the life of an 8 month old boy. >> they acted fast when they saw him in the back seat of a car on a 93 degree-day. here's victor oquendo. >> reporter: a florida sheriff's body cam rolling. the volusia county sheriff says the woman noticed a baby in the back seat of a car, it was 93 degrees outside. at first she thought it was a doll. but after realizing it was a living, breathing baby, she opens the unlocked car and calls police. mom arrives 24 minutes later. immediately breaking down.

there have been 25 child hot car deaths so far this year, thankfully, this 8 month old is not among them. that mom, 33-year-old megan burgess, said she thought she dropped all of her kids off at her father's house. she was arrested and charged with child neglect. victor oquendo, abc news, miami. >> the 8 month old baby boy is said to be in good health and good spirits. a scary scenario. >> a tough scenario as a parent. glad that other person came by. >> yeah. >> had the heads up to take action. when we come back, see what the cleveland browns are up to off the field. >> we're headed to comic-con, "the skinny" is next. "the skinny" is next. to comic-con, "the skinny" is next.

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♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ just give me the skinny ♪ "the skinny" is in the house, and we're starting with the annual nerd fest under way right now.

>> comic-con is expected to attract more than 130,000 fans, many dressed up as their favorite fantasy characters, and some just dressed as bob and julie from state farm. >> i see, a little captain america tee shirt. who's that? >> i don't know. all the cool kids. >> we would do a really good job at comic-con. let's see who else is there. >> there's a dinosaur. >> breaking bad's star brought his daughter, adorable. she's making her debut as a tiny meth cook, of course. >> not just slightly awkward. that was one of the fun things of living in san diego, knowing that comic-con -- >> cooking meth? >> no! [ laughter ] >> sorry. i thought maybe -- >> no, that's the other --

that's the other 51 weeks of the year. comic-con, meth in that scene? downtown? >> i don't think they need any help over there. i love comic-con. >> it is always fun to dress up. next to the actress, jenny mccarthy, who says that her house is haunted and she has video to prove it. >> she shared security video of herself walking through her living room. and then the piano appears to play a tune by itself. she then calls out to her husband, donnie wahlberg. check it out. >> walking around. ♪ >> donnie? donnie? someone just played the piano. >> wow. >> but -- >> geniuses on the interwebs point out that it wasn't a ghost

but her google phone rebooting. take a listen to both for yourself. >> donnie! donnie? someone just played the piano. ♪ >> wow. >> that's definitely it. so the question is, did she not realize it and did she actually think someone was playing the piano? or were they just trying to pull one over on us. >> i'm thinking she didn't realize it. because you can kind of hear him yelling and she knows after watching new kids on the block that he doesn't know how to play a tune or any sort of instrument, so it wasn't donnie. after losing 17 straight games, the cleveland browns might want to consider getting off the field. >> they have tweeted out their own parody of the hit show "the office."

>> it stars several of the players. you see miles garrett here shredding a photo of ben roethlisberger. >> they are being featured in the series "hard knocks." >> as for their day jobs, they report to training camp next wednesday. >> good luck, cleveland. you just need one win. >> nowhere to go but up. amid a swirl of family controversy, meghan markle is reportedly planning a solo trip to the u.s. >> this is after her father celebrated his birthday and said the royal family has cut him off from his own daughter. >> the duchess of sussex is missing her country and wants to visit family and friends. the solo visit would come ahead of an official u.s. visit with her husband prince harry next year.

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♪ we had russia, spies, international intrigue, conspiracy. jack ryan is back. it's just the world we live in. >> just our weekly friday rewind. >> it may have been the most fateful four hours of the trump presidency to date. take a look at what happened yesterday. vladimir putin committed an act of war against the united states, cyber warfare against our elections. >> right here in helsinki, trump-0, putin-1. a lot of people would say it was an own goal. >> justice department announced the arrest of a russian woman on charges that she conspired to

act as an agent of moscow. >> a federal judge ordering mariia butina to jail. just days before her arrest she was packing boxes and sending money to russia. and she was willing to go to extreme measures to infiltrate the political system and the nra, offering sex in exchange for a position in an unidentified special interest organization. >> wildfire danger is expanding in the west. at least 48 large fires burning. >> in oregon, two fast wildfires engulfing multiple buildings. in california, the smoke from the fire near yosemite made the air quality hazardous. >> the latest on the young boys and their coach rescued from the cave in thailand. >> the wild boars trading

hospital gowns for soccer jerseys. fit and healthy enough to play again. >> pretty bizarre. a man has set a new record for slicing watermelons on his stomach. do not try this at home. that does not look safe. >> does he moonlight at brisk's? >> oh, geez. >> i accidently -- >> just going to leave me hanging out there. luckily, we had the commercial break. >> i could barely talk last night. i had tears running down my face. i ruined my makeup. >> thankfully that's the news for thisour. this is abc news world now, informing insomniacs for two decades. >> thankfully that's the news for this hour.

making news in america this morning, duck boat tragedy. multiple passengers killed after a tour boat capsizes. the new video showing the boat moments before it went down and the search for survivors right now. tornado outbreak. >> no, no, no. >> severe damage after multiple twisters touched down. cars piled on top of each other. buildings torn apart and the danger is not over yet. coming to america, vladimir putin gets the invitation from president trump. when the russian president could be at the white house as the white house once again backtracks on the president's comments on the russia investigation. plus, the big bank refunding its customers millions of