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so check it out. so, check it out the close encounter between a battle beard and a shark off cape cod the man on the board doesn't see him. >> it's huge! >> he learned about the shark after getting back on lands. he said he saw the shadow in the water and thought, oh, hey, it's a cute seal. >> it's never a seal, is the key. just assume the worst. all right, so lebron james has three nba titles and four league mvps, but he calls the school he opened in akron, ohio the greatest accomplishment. >> james is back in town to open the "i promise" school for at-risk young people. it was his first appearance after signing a free agent deal with the lakers n. his first interview since leaving
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cleveland for l.a. the move is a tough call. >> i'd say it's a biter sweet moment now, silting in my school i'm on around these kids, around this community. at the same time making a switch to the other coach, being a part of the lakers now. the first time i left, when i left miami, leaving cleveland once again, definitely tough. but it's a decision that you snow best for me and my family. we all, i feel both sides feel great and appreciative of the moments and the time we have spent together. >> we will hear more from lebron james on "good morning america" today. he says opening the school is about using sports to bring people together and told her sports stops race because every race on a team comes together for a common goal. lebron says he wants to use his voice to let young people know that he cares. quite a welcome for him there in akron. all right. when we come back arc double
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♪ ski ♪ ♪ just give meet skinny ♪ skinny >> all right. so the tuesday skinny will start, of course, with the guys sent home so far by bachelorette becca. >> most of them were back last night to tell their side of the story. our chief "bachelorette" analyst jack sheehan is back to tell us about it. >> we are almost near the end. >> thankfully the analyst survived the last two hours of the men tell allful we learned absolutely nothing on this broad kals. but it did have its moments. roll that beautiful "match lor et" footage. the men back towing, settling some unfinished business. some doousd we ever thought were involved. >> wait who is that guy? >> love is a very, very powerful emotion. i have no respect for anybody that abuses that emotion when
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they're in need. john, you were in need. >> reminders of why so many guys winds occupy failing. >> you are going to say david keep my name out of your mouth or you will keep my mouth in your mouth. >> i'm the mouth in the elephant. >> jordan had enough how did this guy exist? i have billboards up, may have beening highways. i should have wore a work vest. >> reporter: plenty of weirdered stuff being said. >> you are never going to get married in gold under wear, maybe you will propose in gold under wear. >> if i walk around as a hologram of a man, a silhouette of a man, what will that get me. >> hoifw was your experience on the "bachelorette." >> she knew i was going on the "bachelorette." she knew i was a finalist. i had no feelings that she had
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those feels and she'd come back. >> becca talks it out with guys she sent home. >> colton expressing to you he was a virgin. >> for me it was a neff make or break thing. i would never judge you for that. >> and chris. >> i'm sorry for -- >> chris' apology was a musical accomplishment. >> "vis e chris was a jerk ♪ ♪ now he wants to say sorry >> so there you go, a little i still haven't found what i'm looking for on the men tell all. next week the big three-hour extravaganza. let's remind ourselves of who is still involved in this mess. garrett, the analyst pick blake, becca the maldives, what could possibly go wrong? >> wow! >> we'll see what happens. >> who is your pick for two will be the next bachelor? >> yeah, as we said right before the segment started, we think it was jason, buffalo guy.
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he got his thing going on. >> he seemed so in love. >> they all seemed so in love. >> i have a funny feeling he can raise himself and try it again. on that note, analyst out. >> that's it the men tell all, including our analyst the big finale by the way is next monday here on abc. so imagine seeing "the bachelorette" six nights a week. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. i don't think we would have jack with us for that. the british show "love island," is on nearly every night for eight weeks. >> the idea is simple. beautiful people live in avila. couple up or get kicked out. occasionally without warning, new people tempt those who have already paired up. >> so what's wrong with this? hours ago, the hit show named its winning couple. it was by far the most dramatic "love island" yet. >> the winner of "love island"
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2018 are -- donny and joan. >> bren is freaking out. bartender danny and a pen salesman jack are the winners. jack was given the option of keeping the prize for himself or sharing it with danny. he chose to share. >> yeah. >> we are learning who will critique children on the new season of "dancing with the stars juniors." >> the judges will include the olympian adam rippon the pro dancer val smerkovski.
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>> mandy moore that worked on "la-la land." >> da da da da da da da da. val sh mchmerkovskiy. i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. number one trusted. number one awarded. it's got to be tide
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and finally, sean connery asked himself -- i think i know where this is going. . >> finally sean connery asked himself -- i think i know where this is going. >> c'mon, you panzy, let the people see my work. >> no, we're not going to do that, i quit again, good night. >> so even though will ferrell, alex trebek, may have quit a few times, he always thought he would host "the jeopardy" forever. >> instead, we are forced to reality where he is no longer on the quiz show. trebek said there is less than a 50-50 chance he will return after his contract expires in
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2020. >> there is about a 50-50 chance he will return. so trebek who is 78-years-old now did offer a success for his successor retiring. alex foss the play-by-play announcer for the l.a. hockey team, foss said i get there are worst ways to see your name randomly show up on tnt. >> strange reaction. trebek named legal analyst laura coates as a good fit for the job. >> interesting choices. >> i know his background. next, an interesting career for a well known rapper. instead of going into fashion or preaching or politics, bow wow, who was once known, of course, as will bow wow, is quoit quote music industry to work at game stop. >> bow wow was still in the industry.
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so even though chad moss is no longer lil, he now says he wants to downsize. he tweeted he wants to trade in his cars and buy a probe. by a probe, he means a ford probe. >> yes, the car. bow wow has been calling money evil and is offing to give his away to fans through social media. so i guess we are fans now. like the time he was caught pretending to have a jet on instagram when somebody spotted until coach. >> burn. >> i love that. >> by the way, i should point out, game stop employees get a 15% discount. fortnight is expensive sometimes australians, nicole kidman two has lived in hollywood for decades now is not afraid of the wild life in the bush or her back yard. >> her kids were freaking out within they found a
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good morning. i'm romina puga for diane macedo. . >> good morning. >> we have some of the top stories we are following this morning on "world news now." the fraud trial of foreman trump charron paul manafort gets under way today. it's the first trial stemming from robert mueller's russia investigation. the charges involve manafort's business dealings, not collusion. today the weather offers little relief for the crews battling the raging wildfires across the western u.s. hundreds of thousands of acres have been burned with flames being fueled by scorching hot temperatures. the father of that missing iowa student
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plan to update the search today. today is national gawk moment day at chipotle. other restaurants are offering guac deals as well. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, july 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i just love when you mess up russiaer and the producer is rusher. we will start with guiliani, former president michael cohen is willing to sit down with robert mueller. >> trump has long insisted there was no collusion but his attorney rudy guiliani is declaring there is nothing with collusion.
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this stems from a meeting in 2016. >> i have been sitting here in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. it is not, collusion is not a crime. >> legal experts say technically guiliani is correct. point out, there are specific laws on the books that may campaign if the campaign is found to have collaborated with the russians. president trump's former campaign chairman is going on trial today facing a series of federal fraud charges that could land him in prison the rest of his life. >> the trial is expected to focus on his lavish spending and off shore bank account. russia is looming large. >> reporter: this is the first trial out of the investigation by mueller of possible collusion between russia and trump's 2016 campaign. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here some place. where's paul? >> reporter: the trial is expected to the to make mention of collusion or russia but will give a wind into the nearly
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year-long investigation the white collar crime case arose from the broader mandate that sprung anything directly from its initial investigation. trump is trying to distance himself from his former campaign chairman. >> manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. but i feel, i tell you i feel badly about it. they went back 12 years to get things he did 12 years ago. paul manafort worked for mae short period of time. he work for john reagan, john mccain, bob deal, his campaign did. for many republicans, he worked for me 49 days or something a very short period of time. >> he actually served nearly six months, looking into manafort's came i time abroad, they unearthed a wrath of financial crimes unrealed to the campaign. investigators obtained multiple indictments, including for tax evasion and bank fraud. it's unclear if manafort will take the stand. one person not expect told show,
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robert mueller, according to his office. if manafort were to be convicted of all the crimes behind him, he could be looking at the rest of his time behind bars, the president could pardon him. although to the trump legal team denies that will happen. >> the trump administration is reportedly considering a $100 billion tax cut to benefit the wealthiest americans. the "new york times" is trying to bypass congress the way capital gains are calculated. they want to significantly reduce the apples they are taxed on when they sell. senate democratic leader chuck schumer is calling an advantage for the top 1%. president trump repeated his threat to shut down the government if he doesn't get his border wall despite local opposition from federal republicans, facing critic electionles. after tweeting a warning over the week, he unnerved members of
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his party saying he would have no party doing a shutdown. the wildfires are wearing out firefighters and families forced to find safer ground. >> there are many active fires across the state and many more across the west. firefighters are trying to bring them under control. >> the fire fighter has ballooned to 103,000 acres. it is under 25% contained. a big improvement from the numbers of the weekend minds you, more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed. the flames continue to be fueled by triple digit temperatures there. here's a forecast by paul williams. >> reporter: good morning. listen, the heat is staying very persist it continues to stay parched, dry, reduced air quality as well. we have so much smoke coming up into the atmosphere. for the northwest the heat wave continues into idaho. freaked thunderstorms, not only
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that, we have problems with rough surf, rip currents and thunderstorms along the coast, charleston up towards southampton. >> paul, thank you. prosecutors in minneapolis say they don't plan to file charges against two white officers who shot and killed a black man. family and friends are outraged saying he did nothing wrong and police were too quick to pull the trigger. >> reporter: growing fallout in mims minneapolis after the release of this body cam video showing the fatal police shooting of 31-year-old thurmon blevins. two officers can be heard telling blemvins to put down wht was a same automatic handgun. >> stop, hands up sclnl. >> reporter: the officers involved justin schmidt and ry walking around shooting a gun in the air. >> reporter: the video shows him running away, telling the
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suspect what they say they spotted. >> you got a gun! >> no. >> yes, you do. >> reporter: blevins is still running, yells back. >> put your hands up. >> police say blevins can be seen reaching for his gun inside that red circle and turning towards the officers. both officers fireworks shooting blevins four times. blevins later died. members of a police union said two officer acted heroically and believed they were in danger. >> the whole time he is looking back to get a target to shoot them. >> reporter: at a later press iu to defend the ficer took to plampltd before charges could not be filed, family and protesters rushed the podium, cutting him off. >> we want the cops arrested within the next 48 hours and prosecuted to the fullest degree
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of the law because this was murder. >> reporter: another demonstration is already planned for use afternoon. a family members firmly believe their loved ones did not have to die in this alley. they call it murder. >> cbs boss les moonves rehusseins on the job despite under fire for alleged sexual misconduct the cbs board is hiring an outside counsel to investigate the claims. they were first published in "the new yorker" magazine. they will look at the culture at that network. tmz is saying demi lovato is facing complication. they include extreme nausea and a high fever, we are told. a health alert this morning, american and swedish researchers are working on a possible test for depression. a new study shows a certain
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deficiency with a a major depressive disorder. it affects more than 1 million adults a year researchers hope they can help those people avenlts woman who faced snow and tough terrain on a grueling 7 mile hike at the grand teton mountains in wyoming, decided to make that trek more challenging. >> after finding an injured dog. she carried him one mile down the mountain the dog boomer had torn lig als, but is otherwise okay. >> so the owner lost the dog on her to own hike and figured he was gone for good after learning how vargas rescued boomer. they decided. >> wow. >> to let her keep him. wow. yeah. that's pretty nice. >> very nice. >> yeah. all right, coming up, cleaning up your social media history. >> we will learn why some people are erasing all of their old posts in fave of a sterile foot
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a new york mom is suing the makers of canada dry ginger ale a new york mom is suing the makers of canada dry ginger ale claiming it has no ginger. >> she base bought it based on healthy ads. it claims it has the ingredients found in most sodas and has no ginger only extract. >> i would sue them for having no ale. there is a new movement for people to scrub their social media accounts after tweets have gotten them in trouble. >> reporter: we have seen people fired for tweets issued years ago. these discoveries are now happening in real time. atlanta brafbs pitcher sean newcome was having the best outing. by the end of the game, by
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tweets he made as a teenager using homophobic slurs. >> it's not a acceptable in anyway, it's not a reflection of who i am. >> reporter: he is still on the team, some are saying i'll delete all my old tweets. emily dreyfuss writes for wired. >> the more i thought about it, there was not a good reason for me to keep my tweets around. i tweeted mainly because i do not think they are a historical and accurate representation necessarily of myself because the second i tweeted them, they're out of context. but the main reason i delete my tweets is because we have seen a rise if people going back through people's old tweets and weaponizing things have you said and taking them out of context. ieced the risk w too toeep m bad jokes alive. >> she says, there are always screen shots and archives and people should be held responsible for saying hateful things. she says, if you want to havee e
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deleting each tweet. we got much more on start here later this morning. check it out on am podcast. >> thanks to brad. don't send out a tweet that is an ill advised one. don't get drunk and tweet or drunk ann amazon, that i think is more dangerous. >> drunk and tweeting is more dangerous. having drunk in the summer, the toy insider is here with the latest and greatest ways to help kids maximize their time. with grade ways to have kids maximize their time. ve kids maximize their time. so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like.
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♪ okay. so we've still got a lot more summer to go okay, so we still have a lot more summer to go. that, of course, means more summer fun in the sun. joining to us show us the hottest summertime toys is the senior editor el lima jeske. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the table looks amazing.
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>> so much outside fun. >> this is not just something for the kids? >> no, no, no. >> for the adults. >> it will be lots of fun for the family. first we have the original big wheel, it looks familiar. it's made of this nice durable plastic. it has a fun big wheel out front. it's sturdy, stable. you can pass it do unfrom kids to kids. >> is that sort of like i would say this is something i had in my childhood for like kids of today actually interested in this? >> nostalgia is a big trend, classic play, parents are trying to get away from screen time. >> that's good. next up. >> we have playing sticks. it involves throwing a ball around. we won't do it in here, because i will give you an example of this. it involves throwing the ball around. sling stix. you have a suction cup on the end of the ball to stick to. we toss it back and forth. i'm trying not to sling it. they go pretty far zblchl do
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they? >> you have to catch it on the suction. you flick it. just like that. >> oh. >> the trick is to kacht on the suction cup every time. >> this really is why we can't have nice things. all right, cool. >> the outdoor toy, of course. >> i like it, exactly, or rainy weather, inside. >> yeah. this is a sizzle bubble grill. >> uh-huh. >> from tiny days entertainment. you turn it on, it has a sound and you dip it into the bubble solution, put it on top, it will blow bubbles for you. >> oh, wow. you just dip that in. >> you hold it above the fan, it will blow the bubbles up for. >> you so there is a fan in there. >> it lights up red inside so you can see that. so it looks like real grichl it's making the grill sounds. >> entertainment for days, awesome. >> it's fun for everyone in the family. then when are you done, you close it up.
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everything is inside. >> very cool. next up, we have that cat ultrasand set. >> retro. >> very tech free. >> it's a push truck kids are use in the sand. it has all these fun fan tools on it as well. they're all hidden inside the truck. you see inside, there is a rake. on the back, we have a scoop. not only can you have a truck you can play in the sand, have you these fun tools can you build with. >> this, i'm curious about. >> walky talk. when you are, not quite. when you are drawing on the sidewalk, when are you down on your knees, it can get dirty, this is so kids can draw on the ground while they are standing up. you see the kids can stand wit and write down on the ground. >> okay. cool. wouldn't you look kind of ridiculous on the streets of harlem or new york in. >> i don't know, i've seen weirder things.
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that's not the kraiz craziest thing you've ever seen. >> good point. >> next up theanty pants tee pea cover. it's a built-in play set. a bunch of rises and connectors, they're color coded. i put this together in about ten minutes before we started. you put the cover over it. it becomes a roll tent. >> can i try the big wheel? >> yes. >> now what. >> you have to pedal. >> i'm stuck. i'm stuck. fat guy in a little bike. all right. oh. >> i'll give a little help. >> yeah, sure. >> for these, another fun summer for these and other fun toys, check out toyinsider.com on our website. senior editor el limajeski,
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♪ so these are some scenes [ music playing ] so these are some scenes from last year's lollapallooza, hometown boone boys, chance the rapper there getting it under way. we are a few days away from some of the world's top acts expected to be there as well. it's a big thing in chicago lollapalooza. >> it's huge. you don't have to catch. can you stay in a hotel. >> let's open the vault to lollapalooza. >> this year more than a million teenagers have flocking to lollapalooza, a kinds of day camp for teenagers in search of the hippest and coolest.
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webster de loloz as an extraordinary, unusual, outstanding person, place or thing. and where it's all happening for a lot of teenagers in search of themselves and their peers. >> i don't know what they're looking for. what we're offering them is a great day of entertainment at a low cost. we have eight of the best alternative bands on our main stage. we have five of the best underground men on our second stage. i think we give people a lot for their money and they have a good time all day. >> reporter: when you try to figure it out what do you make of this generation? >> we actually don't try to physical it out. >> reporter: nobody so far as i know has been murder, killed or maimed here. but injuries do occur. moshing, it's called. and this is the more than pit. slamming, rising, stumbling, floating on a sea of hasn't. rock music critic calls moshing one of the most tack tile
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participatory rituals in the history of music. is this dancing or just an infusion of youthful exuberance. so you go moshing, why? tell me again? . >> because it's fun. >> reporter: what is fun about snit. >> it lets out your aggression from working all week. >> reporter: so you want to get in there and do something a little -- >> crazy. >> reporter: crazy. >> we don't want to hurt anybody, just want to have fun. >> reporter: if woodstock was the pop culture, this is a more ostemias age. the smell of marijuana is present only in occasional whiffs. >> you know that's one thing i don't think at any concert you are not going to smell that, as far as anybody doing any heavy drugs or shooting up or stuff like. that you won't see that kind of activity. it's not the type of stuff for
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this morning on "world news now," new numbers just in from the raging wildfires. >> california biggest plays has now burned 1,000 buildings. most of those are homes. tens of thousands of families still can't return home. we have the forecast from accuweather. >> for months the president said there was no collusion between his campaign and russia. now his lawyer says, does it really matter? plus, the president offers to meet with the iranian leaders any time, as the secretary of state says, wait, not so fast. a new viral challenge gone wrong. a teen is severely burned doing the so-called hot water
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challenge. what is it and how dang cruse it -- dangerous it can be. >> the time is right for celebration because of national avocado day. it's all about the green, the food the money you will save, that is today. we will guac out. we will guac out on this tuesday, july 31st. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >> it's a national holiday. you know, there are plenty of these national holidays. >> i know, i love it. >> we promised foods for you, because we're happy it actually came back at day one. >> try to bribe me with food. >> good to have you just in, wildfires are ravaging the western u.s. >> thousands of americans are threatened by flames, in several states, in new mexico in the
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south all way to northern alaska. >> you see the maps where the wildfires are keeping firefighters busy. the largest is in redding, california. fire officials say it has grown to nearly 1,000 acres and is 25% contained. there are 36 fire fighters trying to bring that one fire under control. . >> amid the intense heat and dry conditions sparked a brush fire outside los angeles. >> reporter: with more than 12,000 firefighters battling nine large fires in california alone, the biggest one the car fire, scorching 150 square miles. this as we see new images showing that tornado from the air, growing explosively late thursday afternoon, eating its way through entire communities. gridlock on the roads as evacuees are racing to get out. >> everybody was three-by-three
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on this road gridlocked. >> reporter: families embracing to see what's left. >> to see it now like this. >> it's pretty difficult. >> reporter: among them, redding police chief roger moore, taking us to his home of 19 years. now unrecognizable. >> reporter: your kids lived there their entire lives. >> that stuff stopped, i haven't let that digest in. >> reporter: nearly 500 fire fighters working around the clock in blazing heat, control lines, putting out hot spots. residents, too. they just put this fire down here with their garden hoses, it has already sparked up. now it's coming back. look, it's coming back in here. the flames claimed lives, too, a grandmother and her two grandchildren. >> colin said you need to come to our house now.
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>> reporter: ed bledsoe says he raced to get back and the bodies were found inside their redding home. seven others remain missing. at the ferguson fire, captain brian hughes was killed by a fallen tree sunday. >> brian was one of the best. he was a pillar of strength for that hot shot crew. >> reporter: nearly a thousand instruction look at this, there was no stopping this fire. these big destructive wildfires are the new normal. firefighters say it's basically the new normal and california hasn't hit its peak season yet. >> it's dry and conditions are making it uncomfortable in the west and southwest. >> more than a few cities will see triple digits again today.
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>> listen, the heat is staying very persistent. even more so with the very dry conditions, more so with increased air quality with the widespread heat and fires. we will stay with that problem with the heat remaining throughout the area. frequent thunderstorms and weather along the coast. >> all right. that's a huge swath right there of green. paul, thank you. we turn now to a new strategy from president trump's law firm since taking office the president repeatedly insisted there was no collusion to meddle in the 2016 campaign. now, rudy guiliani is saying collusion is not even a crime. >> reporter: when it comes to the russia investigation, there is one message above all where president trump has been perfectly consistent. . >> there was no collusion at
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all. there was into collusion at all. everybody knows it. >> reporter: now, former attorney michael cohen seems to tell the prosecutors the president knew in advance after the meeting organized by donald trump jr., after he had been promised dirt on hillary clinton and the president's current lawyer rudy guiliani offered a new message. it doesn't matter if the president clued, because collusion, guiliani says, is not a crime. >> i have been sitting here looking in the federal crime to find collusion as a crime. >> it's not. >> collusion is not a crime. i don't know if that's a crime colluding about russians. you start analyzing the crime. the hacking is the crime. the hacking is the crime. the president didn't hack. he didn't pay them for hacking. >> reporter: juliani's interviews followed a series of tweets from the president
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blasting special counsel robert mueller. is robert mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to president trump? including the fact that we had a very nasty and contentious business relationship. the president offered no evidence and did not say what the conflict was, and neither did ju guiliani. >> you have every right to say, okay, you explain it, mueller, stand up and be a man. >> why is it up to mueller to support the president's tweet s. >> he has the conflict, not the president? what's the conflict? >> i can't tell you. it's one that would have kept me out of the investigation. >> reporter: just last month deputy attorney general rod rosenstein under oath told congress he hasn't seen any conflict of interest. >> i'm not aware of any conflict of interest. >> reporter: of course, no word from robert mueller, he is rarely seen in public. he was spotted at d.c. airport
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waiting to board a plane steps away from donald trump jr. as for when special counsel investigation will be over? guiliani says based on his investigations with mueller, he believes he wants to wrap it up about the president in september then again negotiations over an interview have gone nowhere and the president is escalating his attacks. the bottom line is nobody but mueller really knows how close he is to finishing the investigation. >> all right, well, something else that caused a little whiplash coming out of the white house. the president opening the door to a possible meeting with the leader of iran. trump said he would certainly meet with the iranian president who shassan rouhani and there would be no conditions for a meeting that could take place any time they wanted it.r other on twitter and later in the day secretary of state mike
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pompeo walked back trump's no condition line saying iran must change how it treats people and make other changes before a meeting would take place. if it seems north korea is building up its nuclear capably despite kim jong-un's pledge to de-nuclearization, they are constructing new missiles, according to washington post. it says they are being made at the same factory that produced the first missile capable of reaching the united states. jury selection continues in the federal bank and fraud trial of president trump's campaign chairman paul manafort. it's the first trial stemming from robert mueller's russia investigation. the charges involve consultant work in you vain and are unrealed to the campaign. but it will offer a window into mueller's probe. if convicted, manafort could -- convicted, manafort could spend the rest of his life in prison. eight states are suing the trump administration for allowing a texas company to post
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3d gun blueprints, they give them access to untraceable weapons. gun analysts says real guns are easily accessible and these are hard to make. all right. to canada now. and the tstorereotype that canadians are nice has been crushed with this one youtube clip. >> he stays in the middle of the lane, until he sees a perhaps, -- a pravenl he heads to the puddle and soaks them. why? >> oh, man. >> there is clearly a center lane of this roadway, but whenever he sees people, he goes over to the side. so the guy did it at least three times that we can see on this video. he has been fired on this job. police considered criminal assault but decided not to
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police are looking for police are looking for a man who deliberately started this fire at a new york gas station. the video shows him filling up a portable gas can, then ig knight it with a lit piece of paper. the gas station fire extinguisher system put out the flames. a man standing nearby suffered illegal injury. the duck boat that capsized out of missouri killing 17 people. >> relative to a loss, then families are suing for more than a million dollars in court,
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claiming they ignored a dangerous weather warning. the daughters are suing in state court, the missouri attorney general has opened a criminal investigation. to houston now, where police have released new evidence in hopes of catching the gunman who killed a well known cardiologist. >> they're hoping new video leads to the person responsible for the doctor's death. >> reporter: a new piece of the puzzle in a houston doctor's murder, just released video of the suspect riding awa moments after police say he gunned down the doctor as the doctor rode his bike in green the suspect in red behind, fired in broad daylight. >> reporter: the suspect drove past the doctor, shot two shots. the doctor immediately went down. >> reporter: adding to the mystery the houston police chief now says there was a high probability the doctor was targeted, but offers no other details or motive. the doctor who once treated
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george w. bush was hospitalized. >> i am shocked. i am still breathing like many are. >> reporter: officers are asking people to check dashboard cameras that may have seen the killer. in the meantime, there is a $5,000 reward. an indiana teenager is recovering from severe burns after ending up on the receiving end of the hot water challenge. >> they say they looked it up and fell asleep and his friend powered hot water on him as a joke. when he woke up, he wasn't laughing. >> i came to my senses. the water got hot. i just got up and i ripped my shirt off. i looked down at my chest. my skin fell off my chest. i went and looked in the mirror, i had skin falling off here, on my face. >> oh man. clark spent a week in the hospital recovering from second degree burns to his back, chest
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and obviously his face. the pigment in his skin is expected to return in a few months. what a lesson they have learned. at least one death has been reported. an 8-year-old in florida as a result of this stupid challenge. insane. all right. >> who comes up with these challenges? coming up in our next half hour, somebody called ace ventura, the pet detective. because of your favorite thing, a shark has been disguised as a fish as a baby. >> what do they mean? the changing culture of parenting. why some moms and dads feel judged for the simplest decisions involving their kids. that's next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now the in-laws have moved in with us. and, our adult children areere. so, we save by using tide. which means we use less.
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of parenting. >> i will be late to my first soccer practice. >> i am doing the best that i can. >> reporter: and no it's not a scene from "bad moms." the piece with author writing we now live in a country with the it is seen as abnormal, or even criminal to allow children to be away from direct adult supervision, even for a second. just ask julie taylor who says mommy shaming is very much real. in 2016, she left her three daughters in a minivan while she grabbed a coffee. >> i saw the police officer walking up to my car and questioning my children. i thought nothing of it until my kids started to cry. and at is that point i walked out. he turned on me, asked me where i was. >> reporter: taylor who works as a senior public defender in illinois stood her ground. >> he accused me of abandoning my children. and i just laughed at him.
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he had picked on the wrong mother, because i actually know my rights. >> reporter: researchers at university of california irvine have studied just how people reacted to parents leaving their children unattended. using short description of situation and asking participants to estimate how much danger the child was in. >> what has changed seems to be social norm, moral judgment. the idea that children should never be left alone and a parent that leaves a child alone is negligent or abusive. >> reporter: in brooke's article, she says no mom is -- we're contemptuous of lazy poor mothers, we're contemptuous of of matters. its a slippery slope and needs to change. >> we need to fight back against this judgment the shaming of mothers. it's got to stop. and it stops with us. slls. 'm>> . >> it's tough out there being a
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did you hear about that? people open them and hide a wedding ring in it. >> oh, that's cute. >> i don't believe you if you want to eat that skin. >> there is also a way to cut an avocado are you supposed to cut it down the middle? >> not a plastic knife. >> see, you doubt. ye have little faith. and then -- >> all right. >> and then -- >> beautiful. >> now what? >> now you are supposed to go -- with those things. >> now this is a knife. here you go. >> okay? now what? >> twist and then when you pull it out. >> oh, awesome. so, by the way, there is free avocado today. you know, normally, it would have cost you about $1.80 at chipotle. >> or $100. >> yeah, if you get app and such r chipotle, you can get free quac at chipotle. >> get the app, for sure.
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so someone tweeted a 250-pound massive gummy pizza, for some reason. it is six feet in diameter. derek, the gummy bear guy and jamie constructed the mold and filled it with different colors of gelatin. afcandy to reveal a gigantic sle of pizza. they are selling each slice for $150. i would say just go get yourself a bag of gummy bears for a couple bucks. >> that tastes pretty terrible. >> $150 bucks for that. >> so ever since amazon raised the shipping prices things have not been the same. some dude was trying to transport some lumber. he tweeted out the driver was issued a ticket. a everyone in canada, they're
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this morning on "world news now," the massive and devastating wildfires burning is this morning the world news now, the massive and devastating wildfires burning in several states. new numbers are staggering. more than a thousand buildings destroyed by the largest fire alone, entire neighborhoods burned to the ground, the heat so difficult and not letting up. also this morning, the state of one of the most powerful men in hollywood. les moonves remains in charge of cbs. hear what his board has decided to do about sexual misconduct claims against him. >> an unusual heist. >> thieves managed to catch a -- thieves managed to kidnap a shark. see how they did it. on "the bachelor" some let it all hang down, some ready to throw down.
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our analyst has watched it all, it you don't have to. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> oh, yeah a big night for the "bachelorette." there was laughter, tears, frustration. >> isn't that every week? >> that's just jack sheehan, as for the show, itself, it was an emotional roller coaster. jack will break it all down. he's happy because it means one more episode from the "bachelorette." let's start this half hour, we will start with the growing wildfires that a threatening thousands of people across much of the western half of the nation. >> most of those fires are in california. there are at least a dozen
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active wildfires throughout the state, which has burned hundreds of thousands of acres. >> the largest and most difficult has been the car fire which has grown to more than 100,000 acres and left section -- several people dead and forced thousands from their homes. >> reporter: new images of the tornadoes of fire from the air. that is leveling homes and exhausting thousands of firefighters. across the west, firefighters are up against 66 wildfires in 13 states. nine of those fires are in california. the largest, the car fire scorching nearly 100,000 acres so far. some of the nearly 40,000 who evacuated are turning home to utter devastation. among them, redding police chief roger moore. his home was 19 years gone. your kids lived there their entire lives? >> that part stopped. i haven't digested that yet. >> reporter: officials say many fear the death toll will rise.
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32-year-old melanie bledsoe and five years james and 4-year-old emily among that number. the grandfather got the devastating call. >> i was talking to my grandson, grandfather, please, you got to get us. the fire is at the back door. i said, i'm right by you, hold on, grandpa is coming. >> reporter: the latest captain brian hughes, he was fighting the fire and he was killed by a fallen tree. some of the evacuation orders have been lifted. officials say that fire is now pushing away from populated areas. these fires are a sobering reminder that we haven't reached peak fire season. >> our thanks to tanya there in los angeles. the triple digit heat is also contributing to the overall weather misery in the west. >> there is an air quality alert in much of northern california as well as hea
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the scorching temperatures remain today. triple digit readlings will be seen from arizona into washington state. >> turning to politics. the trump administration is reportedly considering a $100 billion tax cut that would benefit the wealthiest americans. the "new york times" says the treasury department is trying to determine if there is a legal way to bypass congress to change the way capital gains taxes are calculated. they want investors to adjust for inflation, which could significantly reduce the amounts they are taxed on. chuck schumer is calling it another advantage for the top 1%. >> the president is offering to meet with the leader of iran. trump and the iranian president tsssan rouhani, they havechdom e over the last week. all of this since the u.s.
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withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal. during a news conference with italy's new prime minister the president seemed ready to head to the negotiating table. >> no pre conditions, no, if they want to meet, i'll meet, any time they want. it's good for the country, good for them, good for us and good for the world. no pre conditions. if they want to meet, i'll meet. secretary of state mike pompeo dialed back the no conditions part of that statement. pompeo saying in order for a meeting to take place, iran must make several changes including the way he treats his own people. the reaction in congress was mixed, some dubbed by the tennessee congressman bob corker, who called trump's oversure fine. robert wilke said he was humbled as he was sworn in as the new veteran of affairs. he won the support of many democrats after insisting he would not privatize the va and he replaces david shulkin who was fired amid ethics charges and over the role of private care of veterans. the foreman fema head resigned after an internal investigation of his behavior.
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it found he had improper relationships with subordinates and creating a toxic work environment he is supposed to have given preferential treatment to his fraternity brothers because he said he cod trust them. nunez is hiring independent investigators to look into the claims against him. >> reporter: the wife of media titan and cbs ceo les moonves speaking out about the allegations leveled at her husband. >> some of you may have been aware of what went on in my life. i issued the one and ever statement i will make on twitter. i will stand by that statement, today, tomorrow, forever. >> reporter: in the tweet, jen says, leslie is a good man and a
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loving father, devoted husband...he has always been a kind, decent and moral human being. i fully support my husband and stand behind him. the "new yorker" magazine raising allegations, actress ileana douglas says he began kissing her, pulling up her skirt, saying, i couldn't get him off me. mon vez admits to trying to kiss douglas, denies assaulting her. saying in a statement, i always understood and respected and abided by the principle that no means no some conflict inside the company. the president struggling to reconcile the moonves she knows with the allegation, posting this statement. i do not believe it is my place to question the accounts put forth by the women. but i do find myself asking that if we are examining the industry as it existed decades before through the lens of 2018, should with also discuss a path to learning, reconciliation and
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the cbs board taking no immediate action with t ceo credited with turning around the network. saying they will seek outside counsel to investigate. they will take a look at the corporate culture at cbs. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. p >> thank you. no charges will be filed against two indianapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man. prose wabeca tur rds e rs wh a de planned for today. several people are facing charges after a bizarre kidnapping at a texas aquarium. the animal that was kidnapped. a shark. >> my favorite. under surveillance from the san
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antonio aquarium shows the man lifting the shark out of water and it was placed in a baby stroller. what? police say they found him at one suspect's home. he is under arrest and confessed. a man and woman are facing charges. >> he confessed because he was caught red handed. no no no that thing, that was not a shark. former president obama and vice president joe biden may be out of office, but their bromance is clearly living on the democratic duo stunned customers when they met up at actually one of my favorite spots in georgetown the dog town bakery, try to get scones when are you there. they met up in khakis and buttoned down blue shirts. >> they shook hands with the crowd, posed for selfies and grabbed a booth for some one-on-one time. >> there are plenty of selfies that came out of that meeting in gen. coming up, lebron's parting gift, if you will, opening a
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so, check it out the close encounter between a battle board and a shark off cape cod. the man on the board doesn't see him. >> it's huge! >> he learned about the shark after getting back on land. he said he saw the shadow in the water and thought, oh, hey, it's a cute seal. >> it's never a seal, is the key. just assume the worst. all right, so lebron james has three nba titles and four league mvps, but he calls the school he opened in akron, ohio his greatest accomplishment. >> james is back in town to open the "i promise" school for at-risk young people. it was his first appearance after signing a free agent deal with the lakers. in his first interview since leaving cleveland for l.a. the move is a tough call.
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>> i'd say it's a bitersweet moment now, silting in my school i'm on around these kids, around this community. at the same time making a switch to the other coast, being a part of the lakers now. the first time i left, when i left miami, leaving cleveland once again, definitely tough. but it's a decision that you know is best for me and my family. we all, i feel both sides feel great and appreciative of the moments and the time we have spent together. >> we will hear more from lebron james on "good morning america" today. he says opening the school is about using sports to bring people together and told her sports stops race because every race on a team comes together for a common goal. lebron says he wants to use his voice to let young people know that he cares. quite a welcome for him there in akron. all right. when we come back, a double dose of reality show love.
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♪ ski ♪ ♪ skinny >> all right. so the tuesday skinny will start, of course, with the guys sent home so far by bachelorette becca. >> most of them were back last night to tell their side of the story. our chief senior "bachelorette" analyst jack sheehan is back to tell us about it. >> we are almost near the end. >> thankfully the analyst survived the last two hours of the men tell all. we learned absolutely nothing on this broadcast. but it did have its moments. roll that "bachelorette" footage. the men back together, settling some unfinished business. some dudes we ever thought were involved. >> wait who is that guy? >> love is a very, very powerful emotion. i have no respect for anybody that abuses that emotion when they're in need.
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john, you were in need. >> reminders of why so many guys wind up failing. >> you are going to say david keep my name out of your mouth or you will keep my mouth in your mouth. >> i'm the mouth in the elephant. . >> jordan finally had enough. >> how did this guy exist? i have billboards up, paving highways. i should have wore a work vest. >> reporter: plenty of weird stuff being said. >> you are never going to get married in gold under wear, maybe you will propose in gold under wear. >> if i walk around as a hologram of a man, a silhouette of a man, what will that get me. >> how was your experience on the "bachelorette." . >> it was pretty bad. >> colton cleared up the whole thing with tia. >> she knew i was a finalist.
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i had no feelings that she had those feels and she'd come back. >> becca talks it out with guys she sent home. >> colton expressing to you he was a virgin. . >> for me it was not a make or break thing. i would never judge you for that. >> and chris.a si l accomplishment. ♪ chris was a jerk ♪ chris was a jerk ♪ now he wants to say sorry >> so there you go, a little i still haven't found what i'm looking for on the men tell all. next week the big three-hour extravaganza. let's remind ourselves of who is still involved in this mess. garrett, the analyst pick blake, becca the maldives, what could possibly go wrong? >> wow! >> we'll see what happens. . >> who is your pick for two will be the next bachelor? >> yeah, as we said right before the segment started, we think it
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was jason, buffalo guy. he got his thing going on. >> he seemed so in love. >> they all seemed so in love. >> i have a funny feeling he can raise himself and try it again. on that note, analyst out. . >> wait, that's it. the men tell all, including our analyst the big finale by the way is next monday here on abc. so imagine seeing "the bachelorette" six nights a week. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. i don't think we would have jack with us for that. the british show "love island," is on nearly every night for eight weeks. >> the idea is simple. beautiful people live together in a villa. couple up or get kicked out. occasionally without warning, new people tempt those who have already paired up. >> so what's wrong with this? hours ago, the hit show named its winning couple. it was by far the most dramatic "love island" yet. >> the winner of "love island"
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danny and jack. >> brent is freaking out. -- britain is freaking out. bartender danny and a pen salesman jack are the winners. jack was given the option of keeping the $65,000 prize for himself or sharing it with danny. he chose to share. >> yeah. >> we are learning who will critique children on the new season of "dancing with the stars juniors." >> the judges will include the olympian adam rippon the pro dancer val schmerkovski. who will also be on the panel.
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>> finally sean connery asked himself -- i think i know where this is going. i mean to see here. yeah, that's a horse having sex with me. that's beautiful. >> c'mon, you panzy, let the people see my work. >> no, we're not going to do that. i quit again, good night. >> so even though will ferrell, alex trebek, may have quit a few times, he always thought he the real alex trebek would host "the jeopardy" forever. >> instead, we are forced to reality where he is no longer on the quiz show. trebek said there is less than a 50-50 chance he will return after his contract expires in >> so that means there is about
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a 50-50 chance he will return. so trebek who is 78-years-old now did offer a successor for his retiring. alex foss the play-by-play announcer for the l.a. hockey team, foss said i get there are worst ways to see your name randomly show up on tnt. >> strange reaction. trebek named legal analyst laura coates as a good fit for the job. >> interesting choices. from alex trebek. >> i know his background. next, an interesting career for a well known rapper. instead of going into fashion or preaching or politics, bow wow, who was once known, of course, as will bow wow, is quitting the music industry to work at game stop. . >> in other news, little bow wow
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was still in the industry. so even though chad moss is no longer lil, he now says he wants to downsize. he tweeted he wants to trade in his cars and buy a probe. by a probe, we assume he means a ford probe. >> yes, the car. bow wow has been calling money evil and is offering to give his away to fans through social media. so i guess we are fans now. like the time he was caught pretending to have a jet on instagram when somebody spotted him in coach. >> burn. >> i love that. >> by the way, i should point out, game stop employees get a 15% discount. fortnight is expensive sometimes a reminder australians are pretty tough. even thoug nicole kidman, who has lived in hollywood for has lived in hollywood for decades now is not afraid of the wild life in the bush or her ba. >> her kids were freaking out within they found a giant tarrantula. they let him go.
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>> stick around for "gma." making news in america this morning, the first trial resulting from the russia investigation kicks off today. what to expect as former trump campaign chairman paul manafort prepares to face a jury. plus, the new confusion after president trump's lawyer questions whether collusion with russia is even a crime. new overnight, is north korea breaking its promise? new evidence kim jong-un has gone back to his old ways just weeks after that historic summit with president trump. worries on wall street, a new warning that a big sell-off may be around the corner. the stocks getting hit the hardest. plus, a stunning statement. the entire police department in one talk walks off the job resigning in protest. a
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