>> probably drop it in the first week. >> i know. does do it the dishes? hope it does the dishes soon. we will >> what ill good morning, america. the holy fire exploding overnight, smoke and flames plowing toward homes. firenados whipping across the sky. >> this should be called the holy hell fire. >> now a suspect arrested, accused of starting the 6,000-acre blaze. the new video showing him confronting firefighters. special counsel showdown. president trump's team rejects robert mueller's request for an in-person interview. calls for the russia investigation to end by september 1st. this as one of the president's earliest supporters comes into the crosshairs. the congressman facing charges for insider trading. vowing to still run in november. flight nightmare. the parents lashing out at an airline after their young children flying alone were

diverted to another city and checked into a hotel with strangers. what the airline is saying this morning. brad pitt slams accusations from his ex, angelina jolie, saying he's paid more than a million dollars in child support but angelina's team doubles down. the new fight this morning. and the tourist taking a ski lift toward an erupting volcano as 5,000 feet of dust and ash fly into the air. and good morning, america. hope you're well this thursday morning. it is such a tough situation out west. >> that's where we're going to begin. danger out west, the holy wildfire that grew overnight closing in on neighborhoods and homes. i want you to take a look at this time-lapse video showing thbiowg ross california and we just learned july was the hottest month ever recorded in california history. >> and that definitely does not

help and high winds are fueling those flames and this morning, someone is now in custody accused of starting the blaze. >> reporter: good morning, michael. it is raining ash right now. it has been an intense 24 hours. those flames on the hillside behind me have been relentless. check out how close they are to homes in the area. you can see retardant splattered on the windows here. this entire area still under mandatory evacuation. this morning a churning cloud of noxious smoke looms heavy over neighborhoods. flame cresting ridge lines as the holy fire bears down on residents. >> this should be called the holy hell fire. >> california's burning. >> scary. just scary. >> reporter: watch flames whirl whipping firenados hundreds of i

tankers crisscross overhead tankers crisscross overhead one after another. the 6,000-acre blaze one of 15 burning in california just 5% contained. >> this is a frightening fire that just erupted. now that it's so big it's just so difficult to defend. >> reporter: the army coming in to help weary firefighters across the state who are facing excruciating heat, ruthless winds and treacherous conditions. there is a major air attack taking place right now. we've seen plane after plane making drops, swooping in just like that. this is the firefighters making their stand. authorities believe this man, forrest clark, ignited the destructive fire. this video from monday shows clark allegedly confronting firefighters as they work. he waves stacks of foreign money in the air and accuses crews of stealing from him. clark now charged with arson along with a number of other crimes. residents tell us they are furious that these flames are so close to their homes and that this could have all been avoided. robin. >> all right, will, thank you.

now to politics and new trouble for one of president trump's earliest allies, congressman chris collins of new york. the first member of congress to endorse trump's candidacy has been indicted on insider trading charges. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is here and, rebecca, overnight collins vowed to fight the charges. >> reporter: that's right, robin. in a short news conference overnight he didn't take questions from reporters, but congressman collins vowed to clear his name and run for re-election in november. this morning, a defiant congressman chris collins -- >> the charges levied against me are meritless. >> reporter: the republican from new york one of trump's earliest and most loyal supporters. >> donald trump is a movement. >> oh, chris, right from the beginning he said trump is going to win. trump is going to win. >> reporter: dismissing allegations of insider trading and that he lied to the fbi, vowing to fight the charges in court and win re-election. >> i look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated.

>> reporter: according to the indictment collins broke federal law by profiting from inside information, saving his family and friends nearly $800,000 on a single pharmaceutical investment. >> congressman collins acted as if the law didn't apply to him. >> reporter: collins posted this photo from a white house picnic in june 2017 where prosecutors say he received an e-mail from the ceo of australian pharmaceutical company innate immunotherapeutics where collins sits on the board. the indictment says the ceo informed collins that the company's critical ms drug trial had failed. the congressman writing back, wow, makes no sense. then just one minute later, the government says collins called his son cameron multiple times to tip him off. >> the crime that he committed was to tip his son cameron so that cameron and a few select

others could trade on the news while the investing public remained in the dark. >> reporter: his son then allegedly sharing that information with his future father-in-law, stephen zarsky, and others. the government said the next morning the group started dumping shares of the company. and when the failed test results were publicly disclosed four days later, innate's stock plunged 92%. the congressman, his son and stephen zarsky now face 13 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud and false statements stemming from the alleged insider trading scheme. they have all pleaded not guilty in court. >> it seems pretty clear cut. >> in general insider trading cases can be murky. this one is a lot clearer in terms of the fact. >> the trial not till after the election. >> that's right. >> thank you, rebecca. we're going to go to the white house now where president trump's legal team has rejected

robert mueller's request to interview the president. the latest twist after eight months of negotiations that could force a showdown in court. i want to go to our chief white house correspondent jon karl and the president's lawyers making it clear they don't want him to answer questions in person about obstruction of justice, questions about blocking the russia investigation. >> reporter: they don't want him answering any questions about things like the firing of james comey or anything related to allegations that he has tried to interfere or obstruct the russia investigation, and, george, this standoff puts us a step closer to a constitutional showdown between the president and the special counsel. in rejecting the special counsel's latest request, the president's legal team has made it clear they do not want the president to answer questions on obstruction of justice. >> why do you want to get him under oath? do you think we're fools? you want to get him under oath because you want to trap him under perjury. well, we're not going to do that. >> reporter: sources familiar with the negotiations tell abc news the president's team has made a counter offer, one that is almost certainly going to be

objected to. the president is willing to answer appropriate questions in writing and not things related to obstruction of justice. >> when you look at the facts and circumstances, it doesn't meet the requirements constitutionally to require the president to sit down and do an interview. >> reporter: but the president has been saying for more than a year that he would be willing to answer questions under oath from the special counsel. he has said that ever since we first asked him about it just after mueller was first appointed. would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of these events? >> 100%. >> reporter: the impasse now increases the likelihood mueller will issue a subpoena to compel the president to answer questions. in fact, the president's legal team is already preparing to fight such a subpoena, a legal battle that would almost certainly go to the supreme court. the president's legal team is also attempting to give the special counsel a deadline, saying he must wrap up his heal. >> i think if it isn't over by september then we have a very, very serious violation of the

justice department rules. >> reporter: if it comes to a constitutional battle over a subpoena to the president, this investigation is nowhere near over, and, george, would likely extend well past the midterm elections. >> although it's possible robert mueller has given the president's team a deadline as well which is what might have triggered that response. there are two schools of thought on whether or not robert mueller will actually go to the wire, go to the mat and subpoena the president. >> reporter: that's right. it's a question of whether or not he wants to get this over before the midterm elections or whether he finds this to be such an important principle, the principle of whether or not the president is above the law, whether or not the president can be compelled to testify in a case involving himself. that may well be worth going past the elections to robert mueller. >> meantime, jon, we're seeing the trump administration taking new action against russia. >> reporter: that's right. stifions related to the poisoning of kingdom.

these are tough sanctions, george, and stand in stark contrast to what we have heard publicly from the president towards russia, but another sign that the administration itself has taken tough actions against russia. >> jon karl, thanks very much. robin. >> george, now to disturbing new allegations about that compound discovered in new mexico where investigators say 11 children were living in horrific conditions. erielle reshef is here and prosecutors now say one of the suspects was trying to train children to commit school shootings? >> reporter: that's right, robin. these allegations troubling to say the least. that suspect is under investigation for child abuse and kidnapping but now prosecutors say he may have been exploiting children in that compound for something even more sinister. this morning, chilling new details from inside this dlap tated desert compound in new mexico, which prosecutors say they fear may have been a training ground for future school shootings. 39-year-old siraj wahhaj and four other adults who authorities believe were the parents of 11 kids ages 1 to 15

now charged with multiple counts of child abuse for holding them with no food, clean water, in filthy conditions with no hygiene or medical care. and according to court documents, the foster family of one of those children now claiming wahhaj was training the child in the use of an assault rifle in preparation for future school shootings. tactical teams raiding the remote property earlier this week in the hunt for wahhaj wanted in georgia for allegedly abducting his 3-year-old son abdul ghani. abc news has learned that wahhaj is the son of a prominent new york imam once named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 world trade center bombing though never charged. overnight the imam's mosque saying he has no involvement and his congregation asking for prayers for him and his family. according to a search warrant investigators say the younger wahhaj was found with an arsenal

when he was taken down by deputies last week armed with an ar-15, pistol, four handguns and five fully loaded 30 round ar-15 magazines. in a later search authorities making a tragic discovery. >> we did find the remains of a young boy. we discovered his remains yesterday on abdul's fourth birthday. >> reporter: a defense attorney for wahhaj has denied the allegations against him. wahhaj has not entered a plea, but prosecutors are asking the court to hold him without bail saying he poses not only a flight risk but also a danger to the public. >> thank you, erielle. >> thank you, erielle. now to the latest on the search for missing college student mollie tibbetts. this morning, eyewitnesses say they saw her jogging before she disappeared and now telling his story exclusively to abc. whit johnson is here with more. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning. authorities have been tight-lipped revealing very little about who they've questioned but we spoke to a man who believes he saw mollie tibbetts on the night she vanished with her hair in a

ponytail and wearing an armband for her cell phone or music, an account he said he took straight to investigators. >> i've seen her, you know, it would probably be three, four times a week, she would jog down the street. >> reporter: for the first time we are hearing from the man who believes he could be the last person to have seen mollie tibbetts before her mysterious disappearance. in an exclusive interview with abc news, devin riley says the university of iowa student went jogging past his house about 8:00 p.m. july 18th. >> she jogged down the street, up the hill and i thought nothing of it until i heard somebody was missing. then it, like, really hit me and it's like i haven't seen that runner since then. >> reporter: he called the police with that tip after seeing her picture on the news. law enforcement would not confirm or comment about any potential witnesses, but riley said he was questioned by investigators who he says also conducted a thorough search of his home.

>> they were really polite and repter: t three-won't think, w search for t growing more desperate. authorities sifting through towering cornfields and nearby farms, still no sign of mollie. a reward now topping $300,000 for information leading to her safe return. this video is believed to show tibbetts the day before she went missing showing off her magnetic personality, loved ones described, and beaming smile, all painfully missed in this small town of brooklyn, iowa, where everyone knows each other. >> it's gut wrenching to know that, you know, i could have my daughter out here and i would go inside for a minute and she could be gone. you just do not expect it from a town like this. >> reporter: and riley says he originally reached out to investigators on facebook and that a number of his co-workers have also been questioned.

law enforcement sources tell us they conducted more than 200 interviews so far in this case, still no sign of mollie. >> we have to keep in mind this is just one of many, many, many, many missing people out there. >> yes, absolutely. the thing though with this community, it's devastated the community so much because it's so small and tight-knit and people coming together trying to make something happen. >> really bonding together over this. >> definitely. >> thank you, whit. there is new video of a police shooting in nashville. the white officer seen shooting and killing a black suspect as he ran away. there you see the video right there. the investigation is under way right now and abc's steve osunsami has the story. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning. a medical examiner confirms this victim was shot multiple times. this july shooting has pastors and the family accusing nashville police of racism. nashville prosecutors say they're releasing this surveillance video to put some more sunshine on this case. it's from a school near the public housing community where

the incident began. 25-year-old daniel hambrick is seen running away from officer andrew delke who is also 25. >> we got one running male, black. long dreds. jean button-up shirt. >> reporter: hambrick is more than several feet away with his back turned to the officer when the policeman shoots. >> shots fired. suspect down. >> getting to the bottom of this is very important. it's equally important that while we pass time waiting for the investigation to be complete that we be patient. >> reporter: in a news conference the city's mayor wouldn't condemn or defend the officer who has not been charged. this all started with a traffic stop where police were searching for a stolen vehicle. they say hambrick drove away avoiding the stop and was later spotted by officer delke. investigators say hambrick was carrying this, a handgun they say was recovered at the scene. the shooting sent protests into the streets. hambrick's family says he was

executed. >> my daughter is now thinking that the police is the enemy. >> reporter: this officer remains on administrative leave as this investigation continues. robin. >> a lot of people watching that. steve, thank you. we turn to the close call that was caught on camera. take a look at these tourists riding a sky chairlift toward an erupting volcano. the dust and ash shooting 5,000 feet into the air as those sight seers approached. a chilean national emergency office issuing an alert to communities living near the volcano complex following the eruption. but can you imagine you're heading toward all that? >> i'm wondering how you go in reverse. bring that baby back. >> i think i would listen to that warning. re conditions. >> michael, it is official, california has had their h record.

so that number is out. the average morning an wildfires especially in the interior pacific northwest. look at yakima, 107, death valley going for another 120.

and those records go back to the late 1800s or early 1900s, death valley, hottest month on the planet ever recorded. >> wow. >> yes. >> thank you, ginger. coming up here, brad pitt fires back after angelina jolie accuses him of not paying meaningful child support. his response this morning and why jolie's team still insists it's not enough. that air travel nightmare. two young children flying alone diverted, taken to a hotel with strangers. their parents not happy. what the airline is saying this morning. come on back. of diverted taken to a hotel with strangers. their parents not happy. what the airline is saying this morning. come on back.

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and lyft. new york city has become the first city to regulate their growth putting a one-year cap on new licenses. here's a new photo. lebron james posting these photos on his instagram story. there's his jersey. the footwear, kobe bryant's signature shoes. >> oh wow. >> i like those. >> those are nice. but, you know, there's certain franchises in sports that are legendary and the lakers are one of them, and that's something that he really is embracing, being a part of that gold and yellow. >> big shoes to fill. >> yeah, big shoes to fill. that travel nightmare for a young brother and sister. their flight diverted landing them in a hotel with strangers and their parents say the airline never called to tell them what was happening, which the airline disputes. ories that m>epter:is onef shake your head if it happens the way the parents say it did. just the thought of kids being

driven by an airline employee without talking to anyone, and it's what happened at that hotel that parents are saying is absolutely outrageous. the parents of carter gray and his sister etta are furious after they say frontier airlines made their 9 and 7-year-old spend the night in a hotel after their flight was diverted to another city. they claim their 9-year-old was put in the same bed as a 14-year-old he just met. >> for the next three nights carter had nightmares. >> reporter: it began when the siblings' flight headed from des moines to orlando was diverted to atlanta then canceled due to storms. the parents say the airline never contacted them directly or asked their permission to put the kids in a hotel. >> i think i was starting to like boil over after every minute that was going by. >> reporter: they say shortly after midnight carter used another child's phone to contact his father. at 4:23 a.m. they s received a text from carter telling them an airline employee had taken him, othekids to a hotel.

>> it was very infuriating. i was very outraged. i think both jennifer and i would have drove to atlanta. >> reporter: carter and etta were finally flown home the next day but their parents say they remained frightened by the ordeal. >> he woke up in the middle of the night numerous times and asked to sleep in the bed with me. >> reporter: the airline disputes the parents' claim saying the kids spoke to their mom before leaving for the hotel and that a supervisor was able to reach the father the next morning. frontier airlines tells abc news in a statement, in keeping with frontier's policy the children were attended to at all times by a frontier supervisor, placed in a hotel room overnight and provided with food. according to the department of transportation, there are no formal regulations related to travel by unaccompanied minors. it's up to each airline to set their own procedures. >> oh, my gosh. i guess you should talk to your kids too beforehand about what could happen. >> i think the big thing about the story is the parents are saying they never talked to

an airline employee directly. they were in the presence of that child when they contacted them by phone but the travel expert we talked to said make sure you have your kids talk to an adult. have that adult get on the phon couple of times. when they do that, you have to take them to the desk. you have to give them a special i.d. card around their necks. it's usually much more -- >> you cannot leave the airport until that plane is in the air. >> exactly. >> i've stayed for my friend's kids and taken them to the airport and made sure that i did not leave until that plane was off the ground. >> amazing there is no regulation across the board. >> should be. >> yeah, should be. >> in a case like this where a plane is getting diverted, have you ever had an instance where your child was on -- >> no. >> never. >> more questions. >> thank you, adrienne. we're going to move on to a story about a girl lucky to be alive after she survived this disturbing incident caught on tape. you see her pushed off a bridge

in washington and gio benitez is here with the story. >> hey, george, good morning. the person filming this posting it online because she says she thinks the person responsible should come forward. the girl falling 60 feet and ending up with very serious injuries. it's a terrifying moment for a teenager pushed off a bridge. the video shows the 16-year-old girl standing three stories high above the moulton falls river in washington state. she appears to express reservations about taking the plunge, yelling "no" twice, but then she is suddenly shoved into the water below. this morning, her mother saying she is recovering from injuries in the hospital but it could have been even worse. >> this is over 60 feet. so if she would have fell a different way, she could have broke her neck, become paralyzed. >> r plead the person who did this to go to the police. >> she should probably just turn herself in, realize what she did wrong. this is not okay. she could have killed my daughter. >> reporter: a 47-year-old man man was injured last year falling from that same bridge. >> oh, my god.

>> thanks to videos like this diving from dangerous heights has become increasingly popular on the internet. her mom hopes teenagers will learn a lesson. >> she doesn't want to know the full extent of injuries so she's focusing on feeling better and getting out of pain. >> reporter: she's now recovering with five broken ribs and a punctured lung. it's not the same thing, but when i was a kid i had an incident where a friend of mine pushed me off a fence and i ended up with two broken arms. these kids need to understand this is very serious. >> especially if they're not ready for it. >> thank you so much for that, gio. coming up, brad pitt. he is firing back after angelina jolie accused him of not paying enough child support. we have the new twist in their divorce battle this morning. gh child support. we have the new twist in their divorce battle this morning. his morning. this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion.

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we are back now with the new twist in brad pitt and angelina jolie's divorce battle. pitt slamming jolie's accusations he's skimping on child support, filing new documents saying he's provided millions to jolie and their children. abc's paula faris is here, and, paula, jolie is firing right back. >> she certainly is. good morning to you, michael. neither side is holding back right now. angelina jolie is saying she wants brad pitt to pay 50% of the children's expenses which she claims he has not. pitt saying this is nothing more than an attempt by jolie to manipulate media coverage. this morning, what looks like an all-out war between former hollywood power couple brad pitt and angelina jolie.

pitt firing back at his soon-to-be ex-wife after she filed public court documents on tuesday claiming the superstar actor had not paid meaningful child support for their six children since their separation back in 2016. pitt slamming those allegations on wednesday. his camp filing documents saying in addition to paying over $1.3 million in child support since their split he'd also loaned jolie $8 million to buy a los angeles home where he says she currently lives with their six children. pitt also claims jolie never made issue of child support before and calls the sudden effort calculated to increase the conflict, even implying jolie's recent request for a court hearing over child support is nothing but a thinly veiled effort to manipulate media coverage. the actress telling george last year that despite their divorce, they would always be a family. >> of course. of course. we will always be a family. always.

>> reporter: but this morning jolie doubling down. her rep saying in a statement angelina is asking brad to pay 50% of the children's expenses. he has not, adding, typically a father of means would pay these expenses voluntarily without the need for a request or court order. the 43-year-old's statement claims pitt's filing on wednesday was a blatant attempt to obfuscate the truth and distract from the fact that he is not fully met his legal obligations to the children. gee jolie says he loaned her that money for a new home. her team claims he is charges her that loan. a source close to jolie's family saying she's given up a year and a half of work just to focus on the kids. the kids are caught in the middle. >> yeah. once it's out there it doesn't go away. thank you, paula. coming up, that huge change

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panther" have a better shot of getting an oscar. the academy announcing a big change, adding a popular films category, but that is getting some backlash and we've had some discussions here at the desk about what it all means. that's why we have our oscars expert chris connelly in los angeles to break it down. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, michael. that's right. some big oscar changes for this coming movie season such as that brand-new category that already has people talking. following yesterday's announcement from the academy that the oscars would add a new category for outstanding achievement in popular film, the reaction was immediate and occasionally agitated. >> adding a popular film category is an attempt to bring back some viewers that, let's be honest, don't see all of the movies that typically get nominated. the other side of it is people are somewhat upset about this. if you're a purist, you're probably going to be a little disappointed. >> reporter: the academy faces challenges with fewer viewers

watching in recent years. art house films have dominated as of late. [ singing in french ] along with a film like "mission: impossible-fallout," "black panther" would appear to be among the early favorites for a best popular film academy award. >> wakanda forever! >> reporter: yet might that diminish its overall stature in voters' eyes? >> the problem with "black panther" is that many people thought it had a legitimate shot at best picture this year. so, by creating this separate category for popular films, there's the fear that it's going to be put aside and not considered for the main award. >> reporter: the academy affirming that all movies would be eligible for both best picture and best popular film. >> i think there could be concerns, but i think this is going to be fantastic because everybody's going to be included, particularly the people that go to the movies the most.

>> reporter: other changes include getting the show to a running time of three hours. >> how are we doing on time? oh, we got five hours. >> they're capping it at three hours, thank god. >> reporter: some oscars will be given out during commercial breaks with winning moments shown afterwards. >> i would thank you further but they're telling me we're already running late. >> and for 2020 the date of the show moves earlier to february 9th. now, there is precedent for that best popular film award. at the very first oscars in 1929 which, by the way, i did not attend, two awards were given, one for outstanding picture and one for unique and artistic picture. so it has happened before, guys. >> okay. >> i guess the question is, chris, what constitutes a popular film? is it box office? is it, you know, the attention it gets from the media? what is it? >> i think the academy is still saying they'll figure that out as time goes on. you have to figure box office and the numbers of people who watched.

certainly a lot of people who watch the oscars would like to have movies to root for that they've seen. >> let's talk "black panther," you want it to be considered for best picture, not a consolation prize. that's what it kind of feels like for people. >> absolutely. >> nominate it for both. >> i heard they can be nominated for both, right? >> it can be nominated for both, yes, but i think what you said is exactly what the concern is. on the other hand it's pretty great to leave the ceremony with a statue in your hand and so -- >> yes, it is. >> not a bad deal. >> like you did at that very first oscars. oh, no, you weren't there. >> i'll say it one more time. wakanda forever! "deals & steals" forever on everything for your eyes. carrie underwood's big news. what she's saying about baby number two. i'll say it one more time. wakanda forever! "deals & steals" forever on everything for your eyes. carrie underwood's big news. what she's saying about baby number two. well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the holy fire explodes overnight. smoke and flames plow toward homes as firenados whip across the sky. now a suspect arrested accused of starting the 6,000-acre blaze. carrie underwood, big baby news. the singer announcing she's pregnant with baby number two. just days after comments on fertility sparked backlash saying she missed her chance for a big family at 35 years old. what the singer is saying now. back to school like a boss. how to make sure your kids are physically and mentally ready in time and the backpack checklist. how heavy should they be and how to properly pack them. ♪ a little respect when you come home ♪ plus, hello, bette. one-on-one with the one and only

bette midler. what she's telling us, from belting out those tunes on broadway to the 30-year anniversary of "beaches" and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ all i'm asking is for a little respect when you come home ♪ >> good morning, america. this great crowd we have -- go back and see them again, justin. give them some love. they came from far and near to be here with us this morning, this thankful thursday, and it was such a treat to sit down with bette midler. >> i bet. >> she's back on broadway, baby, and having the time of her life. >> always looks like she's having the time of her life. from "hello, dolly!" to "mamma mia." one of my kids' favorite movies. we have a sneak peek of some of cher's classics. can't wait to hear her. all coming up in "pop news." first we want to get to raging wildfires out west. heat andolfi and now a suspect is in custody accused of starting the blaze we want to go in california.

good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, george. residents tell us they are furious that somebody would ignite this fire behind us. we were here yesterday when crews doused this entire area trying to protect this community. watch flames whirl whipping firenados hundreds of feet into the sky as air tankers criss-cross overhead one after another after another. 6,000-acre blaze, 1 of 15 burning in california, just 5% contained. >> this is a frightening fire. it has just erupted. now that it's gotten so big it is so difficult to defend. >> reporter: the army coming in to help weary firefighters across the state who are facing excruciating heat, ruthless winds and treacherous conditions. there is a major air attack taking place right now. we've seen plane after plane making drops swooping in just like that. this is the firefighters making

their stand. authorities believe this man, forrest clark, ignited the destructive fire. this video from monday shows clark allegedly confronting firefighters as they work. >> somebody went in my place and stole from me. >> reporter: clark now charged with arson along with a number of other crimes. this morning with that suspect behind bars we've learned that he allegedly e-mailed a local fire chief and said, quote, this place will burn. george. >> oh, my goodness. will, thanks very much. robin. those wildfires so devastating. let's go to ginger and what's coming next for the fire zone? is there any relief in sight? >> unfortunately, for a lot of folks especially in the southwest there is not. you see the smoke coming off the time lapse from that holy fire. we thought that image was powerful because it also just makes you feel the heat and, boy, has it been. l.a.x. yesterday, a daily record broken at 94.arning

stretch all the way from the coast to san diego and up to walla walla, washington. a lot of folks will see super hot air. we already saw that. july ended up the hottest month on record for the state of california. nearly 80 degrees day and night in average temperature and death valley had their hottest month on the planet. big numbers coming out of july and august looks to start the same. >> hey, ginger, what about that big storm we had here in new york about 2:00 a.m. in the morning? there was lightning and thunder. it was something. >> there's a stationary front so we're going to see rounds and rounds of that type of air and by the weekend it's going to be in the low 70s. >> wow. >> yeah. >> big changes. >> bring that on. >> i didn't realize we had a storm. i slept through it. >> you didn't hear it? >> it woke me up. >> yeah, it did. >> boy, you're a sound sleeper. >> i sleep very well. we're going to turn now from my sound sleeping to disturbing new allegations about that compound in new mexico where investigators say 11 children were living in horrific conditions. erielle reshef is back with the

latest details. good morning, again, erielle. >> reporter: good morning, michael. really hard to fathom. this morning chilling new details from inside the desert compound in new mexico where prosecutors say 11 children were held in despicable conditions. 39-year-old siraj wahhaj and four other adults who authorities believe to be the parents of the kids ages 1 to 15 now charged with multiple counts of child abuse. according to court documents the foster family of one of those children now claiming wahhaj was training the child in the use of an assault rifle in preparation for future school shootings. according to a search warrant investigators say that the younger wahhaj was found with several -- with an arsenal and was taken down by deputies last week armed with a large cache of firearms. in a later search of the compound authorities make a tragic discovery, a young boy's remains on what would have been his 4th birthday. >> hard to hear. >> thank you, erielle. coming up, good news for carrie underwood. she's expecting baby number two and what she's saying about having children after the age of 35.

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>> okay. i never knew that was from abba but that's from the 1979 classic "gimme gimme gimme." for some of you millennials who might recognize that, but you can't put your finger on it, madonna sampled it in her 2005 hit "hung up." ♪ hung up, i'm hung up on you the rest of cher's album includes hits like "dancing queen," "mamma mia" and a mystery track. we've already heard her version of "fernando" in the movie. it was amazing. all i can say is give me some more. i cannot wait for this album to drop. >> you showed great restraint. >> i really did. sometimes it gets to be karaoke zone here. self-control, guys. self-control. >> you pulled it in. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] okay. all right. now from the world of pop to the

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this morning, though, the world is celebrating with carrie underwood her newly announced baby news. >> hey, everybody, carrie here. i have a lot of news to share with you guys. >> reporter: carrie underwood taking to instagram to share her big news. a new tour and -- >> mike and isaiah and i are absolutely over the moon and excited to be adding another little fish to our pond. >> reporter: this baby is number two for the 35-year-old country star and husband mike fisher. the two already have a 3-year-old, isaiah. carrie telling "redbook" magazine before her baby announcement she wanted to grow her family saying, i'm 35, so we may have missed our chance to have a big family. we always talk about adoption and about doing it when our child or children are a little older. the comment sparking some questions on social media. one on twitter writing, exactly how did carrie underwood miss

her chance? another, 35 too old for kids? according to the cdc more women 35 and older are giving birth. >> women who get pregnant after the age of 35 is that they really can have very safe pregnancies if they are very healthy prior to pregnancy. so it's important you talk to your health care provider and make sure you are the healthiest you can be before pregnancy. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, an outpouring of love and support for carrie and her growing family. all celebrating baby number two. >> have a great day. >> reporter: so this video sent people into all kinds of crazy. speculation, the balloons are pink, does that mean something? the tour starts in may. does that mean that's when the baby is due? here is what we know. she is having a baby and she is excited. michael. >> thank you, eva. as she should be. congratulations to carrie underwood and now going to go to

our series on helping your kids go back to school like a boss and becky worley is breaking down the physical and mental challenges they may face and how you can make sure they're classroom ready in time. >> reporter: it's been a fun summer for the faker brothers of naperville, illinois, but it's time for these fraternal triplets to hit the fourth grade. >> axle, brock and charlie, all 9 years old. >> reporter: while she's on top of school supplies, mom christie says it's random other stuff that makes the first weeks of school so hectic. >> brock got glasses at the end of the school year and has not worn them at all. >> reporter: the faker boys have eye apartments in the next couple of weeks before school. but also think about prescriptions for epi pens, inhalers, migraine medicines. you may need to refill them and get a note from your pediatrician so the school nurse can administer those meds. >> it's not just little kids that need vaccines. as teens are starting middle school they need things like the

meningitis vaccine. >> reporter: another health issue, sleep. >> their bedtime during the school year is about 8:00, 8:15 but in the summer they've been staying up kind of late, 9:00, 9:30. >> reporter: start altering the routine now. >> getting appropriate sleep absolutely matters for kids to be able to focus on the school but it also matters for their metabolism. >> reporter: doctors advise elementary and middle schoolers get 9 to 11 hours and 8 to 10 hours for teens. so here's the trick. start moving that wakeup time earlier. you can't force them to fall asleep but when you move the alarm a little earlier each morning, the bedtimes start to fall in line. finally, sports. >> they will be playing basketball in the fall and the winter. so they'll get their new uniforms. >> reporter: in a lot of cases it's not the coach handing out new uniforms each year. lots of leagues are now asking parents to individually order their kids' jerseys online. >> and becky worley joins us now

and, becky, we'll break down one of the most important purchases for kids, the backpack. and what is your best advice for buying a backpack? >> things are new. number one, we have some advice on how much they should weigh. so a fully loaded backpack should weigh no more than 10% to 15% of your kid's body weight so if you have a 70-pound kid, that's like an 11-pound bag. fully loaded it's easy, all these books and the water bottle gets in there. so don't buy too big of a backpack that weighs the kid down. you see those little kindergartners going in -- >> leaning back. >> leaning back. so definitely buy the right size. >> you know, the kids will be just like give me less homework. so the size but there is a lot of variety when it comes to backpacks but certain schools are particular about what you're allowed to have. >> that's right. one of the things we want to think about is whether or not you're allowed to have wheelies so some schools let you have the

wheelie bags that help you handle that weight. other schools now are mandating clear backpacks so check your backpack regulations at the school before you go forward and also if you're going to invest in a quality backpack, make sure you talk to your kids and get them to buy in on the idea that this is a two-year backpack, not a one-year backpack then you get a new one the next year, you know how that goes. this is a smart idea. >> i like this. >> they have little patches. from timbuktu and they have patches you can peel them on and off and maybe next year it's just a plain back. >> show your emotions for the day right there on that backpack. >> your emojis. >> one of the biggest things is hoy to pack your backpack, make sure the weight is right r school.that's apprri >> that's right. let me show you this. when you get one, look for this inside pouch. it helps to distribute the weight properly. put the heavy stuff closest to the back and the body and the sharp stuff in the front. that makes a difference when the kids are trekking to school.

>> all right, becky, these kids love hearing that it's time to go back to school. >> back to school, kids. >> their favorite words, back to school. for more back-to-school tips head to our website and now over to ginger. >> yes, let's do your "gma" moment. shall we? this one, we go to the louisville zoo and amber, the orangutan, ever have a friend who's a little too nosey into what you're eating? yeah. so is amber and these folks -- yeah, trying to look into the cooler like what you got in there and she says that's not good enough. i want to see what's in the other bag and points to the other bag. that's at the louisville zoo. mrs. bollens' class at bolet high school is watching us. that's who took this video. we want to give them a little shout out. go cougars. that's the "gma" moment. put yo

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welcome back to "gma." who are you pointing at? >> i love the shot coming in. >> swooping in. show us some love back there. ah. >> there we go. [ applause ] >> i just like that shot. >> it's a great shot. >> i didn't know where to look. >> great shot for a great guest we got coming up. you know him as dwight from "the office." now headed underwater in the movie "the meg" that makes jaws look more like a goldfish. please welcome rainn wilson. >>ve o. hey, george, how are you? nice to meet you.

hi. you liking it? >> there he is. how are you, man? great to see you. great to see you. oh, look at this. [ applause ] >> sit down. >> good morning, america. >> good morning to you. welcome to the show, man. >> good to be on the show. >> it is thursday, so thursday is like throwback thursday. >> okay. >> so we went out and found a yearbook picture of you. >> oh, no, no. now, you said back then you were deep into nerd culture so what was a typical saturday night like for you back then? >> what was a typical saturday night? there was -- it was -- it was a typical every night was a -- i'm not making this up. i'm not exaggerating in the slightest. a dungeons and dragons extravaganza. i mean -- you know what i'm talking about. you know.

i mean -- [ laughter ] school's out. i'm not kidding. school out on a friday, 3:00 p.m. by 4:00 p.m. we're at shawn higgins' house, okay, with just -- a vat of fritos and dr. pepper and then we play through the night all day saturday, all day sunday until about 3 -- how did you find these photos? this is like -- you are stalkers. [ applause ] >> yeah, we actually are stalkers. playing dungens and dragons when you weren't playing the bassoon. >> yes, i was playing the bassoon. i got suckered into playing the bassoon which is the nerdiest worst instrument in life. i don't know if you've seen it. it's a big long thing but the sound it makes is like -- but my band teacher suckered me into playing it. i wanted to play the saxophone because the saxophone players

were cool. >> i played tenor sax. >> see what i mean. >> i'm not cool. >> no, you're very cool and my school they got to like wear sunglasses and sometimes do kind of a funky -- >> that's what you wanted to do. >> i wanted to do that but he said, you know, there's this other instrument that's way cooler than the saxophone and that is the bassoon and i was like, sign me up. i had visions of like girls lining up around the block to date a bassoon player, but it didn't happen. >> i'm sure they're lining up now. look at you, baby. >> right. [ applause ] >> let's talk about the movie. it's like -- it's being called like a cross between "jaws" and "jurassic park" on steroids. >> yes. >> were you a "jaws" fan? >> yeah, "jaws," that was such a huge movie for me growingup. i saw it way too young. i think i was like 10 or 11 and absolutely terrified me but,

"jaws," that was the first summer blockbuster. that kind of changed the way americans see movies and experience movies because that was the first movie where there were like lines around the block and, yeah, absolutely terrified me of sharks, but i'm -- i'm terrified of pretty much anything in the water so -- you know, even if like a piece of kelp brushes against my leg, i'm like, aah, aah. so -- but, yeah, a huge fan of that and with "the meg," no comparison to "jaws." woo he set out to make the second best shark movie of all time. [ applause ] right? >> that's fair to say. fair to say. >> you're never going to beat "jaws." >> would you like to see a little bit of "the meg"? [ applause ] >> here we go. >> i was under the impression you were supposed to try to save people dying on the bottom of the ocean. >> who is they? >> i'm the guy who paid for all of this. >> uh-huh. >> you know, he looks heroic and he walks fast buts's kind of got a negative attitude.

>> so you're a billionaire. >> i am a billionaire, yes. i am the billionaire. he's kind of part and he funded the whole operation that uncovered this megalodon that starts eating people right and left. >> you said you've always been a fan of the megalodon. i got the tongue -- >> megalodon. >> megalodon. >> your son even has a tooth. how did he get a tooth? >> i -- honestly, i think -- my mom bought him a megalodon tooth. he was a huge dinosaur fan and huge megalodon fan for years before i did the movie. he couldn't shut up about them. they're apex predator of the entire world. there's never been a creature more powerful than the megalodon so my mom, i think she got a megalodon tooth on the black market. [ laughter ]

>> your mom? >> yeah, i really do. i think it's illegal to trade in megalodon teeth. i have no idea where she got it. her name is shay cooper. she lives in greenfield, massachusetts. if the fbi is watching right now, talk to me. >> as a grandmother, she does anything for her grandson. dwight from "the office." everybody loves your character. loves you from that. [ applause ] we had ed helms here and we talked about "the office." they talked about who they would kill off if one of the characters had to go. now, john said he'd kill off pam. ed said he'd kill off everybody but andy. we're wondering who would dwight kill off? >> who would dwight kill off if he had to kill off somebody from "the office"? >> well, this is dark. >> this is getting very, very macabre but it would have to be jim. absolutely jim. [ applause ] but i think -- i think that how

he would do it is he would -- he would lure jim to a field filled with like tambourines and noisemakers and let him go and the aliens from "a quiet place" would eat jim. like a crossover. >> i like it. i like it. [ applause ] >> it would be like aaagh. >> i'd watch that. >> not that you put any thought into this at all. [ laughter ] you are an animal lover. i hear you have a zonkey. what is that? >> i have a zonkey. i give credit to my wife. she is the zonkey lover. oh, there is the zonkey. there he is. >> derek is his name. >> there he is. derek the zonkey. my wife saw a zonkey and fell in love with them. half zebra, half donkey and she googled -- this is an absolutely true story and googled it and what came was zebr

zebrasareus.com. top number one with a bullet listing so she called them and was like, do you sell zonkeys and they're like, oh, yeah. in fact, we just had a little baby zonkey. 3500 bubs and six months from now we'll deliver him to your door and my wife was like, done. six months later a trailer rolls up and this wild horrible little but very cute little creature pulls up to our house, yeah. because they're wild. zebras are wild animals. >> we don't find these in the wild, do we. >> no, there is a reason god did not breed zonkeys because they have the worst qualities of both the zebra and the dondo done -- >> i had to alpha male the zonkey. he was trying to be aggressive and like dominate me. and so i had to scare him -- i had to -- we had a fight -- we

had a battle. it was kind of like jason statham and meg low dong. he would come at me and be like -- buck and i'd go, ka, ka, ka, ka. he'd run away and do what you're supposed to do when you see a bear for those who don't know, if you see a bear, i would just go aaaagh and dominate him and the -- i showed him who is boss. fun house. >> fun house. [ applause ] >> i tell you what, i'm moving in with rainn wilson, everybody. that's where i'm going. >> any time. any time. >> the movie, "the meg," it is in theaters tomorrow. make sure you go check out rainn wilson and coming up, bette midler. we'll be right back.

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and lady gaga who star in "a star is born." have you ladies heard of this? "a star is born." you'll get behind the scenes of the movie. their fall movie preview -- the issues hit >> this weather brought to you by t-mobile. robin, i don't think we've had a bigger, more energetic crowd in probably a year. it's a big one. >> thank you. >> something about the crowd. equally inside here. there's something in the air this morning. it's wonderful. now to the divine miss m, the one and only bette midler. i had a chance to sit down with her.

[ applause ] we talked about her return to broadway in "hello, dolly!" the role that won her a tony and she says experience has been life changing. ♪ well hello, dolly ♪ well, hello, dolly ♪ it's so nice to have you back where you belong ♪ >> reporter: or should we say hello, bette midler. it's so nice to have you back where you belong. the second the autopilot saw you standing ovation. >> dolly. [ applause ] >> reporter: bette midler returns to broadway to star in "hello, dolly!" a role the tony winner says is one of the highlights of her life. how is it being back? >> it's been a real thrill.

i have to say. i left in january. i had a year's run, did 242 performances, i was very, very, very tired. i literally crawled out, crawled off the stage the last performance but i had a few months to recover and it's a brilliant show. the cast is brilliant. so i was excited to come back because i love them and i miss them and i missed the crowds and i missed her. i missed dolly. she's a wonderful confection. she really is. people put their heart and soul into this -- into this production. it's american. it's in the american dna. they know it whether they know it or not. >> you said it is one of the greatest experiences of your life. >> it was. it was one of the highlights of my life. i've had many. i've been very lucky. i don't sing the greatest. i don't dance the greatest but i'm raucous and i think people like to have a good time. i think that piece of americana

has been missing for so long. in a way i'm just florence nightingale. that's my mission. >> if anybody could pull it off, it would be you. an artist like no other from the broadway stage to the silver screen, midler's widely diverse career has brought decades of divine performances. >> "beaches" has reached 30. >> 30! it still makes us ugly cry. >> oh. >> why do you think after -- >> i think because it touched a chord in a lot of women. they had best friends and they drifted away or things happen. you know how life is. it just gets in the way of all the fun and the song too "the wind beneath my wings" which was an anthem to that. ♪ did you ever know that you are my hero ♪ ♪ and everything i would like to be ♪ >> have you learned anything new about yourself with this

experience? >> the experience of doing this show changed my life, really. changed my intellectual life. changed my physical life and i couldn't -- i haven't can't say enough. i should have paid them. just don't tell them. >> i know. we'll cut that out. to hear you say that even after all that you've accomplished that you -- how you approach this and you found something new. >> well, you know, i think that's the only way you can approach it. i think boredom is the worst thing in the whole world because the planet is so full of magic and you must find it. you must find the magic. >> for midler, it's no surprise one of the places she founds it, music. your favorite song? >> probably "stardust." i love the verse to "star dust" and now the purple dust to twilight. ♪ my stardust >> beautiful song. >> oh. >> this is the beauty of you. you make us laugh, you make us cry. you laugh and cry. >> i sure do.

>> this is why we need you. our >> forget and forget. let it go -- put it -- leave it outside the door and just have your joy. how could i stay away from something like that? ♪ hello, dolly, well, hello [ applause ] >> what a great cast. great cast as well. we want to thank the hotel up the street on 44th for hosting us and you can see bette in "hello, dolly!" through august 25th. and you sit down with her and you just -- you can just feel you're in the presence of something great. >> enthusiasm, life. vivid. >> and she says about boredom. you don't have to worry about boredom when she's around. >> yeah. >> she gets a standing ovation during the performance. not after. >> if i just saw her walk down

the street, i would just stand there and clap for her. she deserves it. >>

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eminem and rihanna dropped "monster." beebe hit it or david guetta's "hey momma." yeah, that's her. >> it was funny. i never wanted to write songs but saw christina aguilera and britney spears and destiny's child and i wanted to just be a singer. it's been a really long journey in trying to feel like i'm bebe rexha and this is who i am and not just like the faceless songwriter or artist. >> reporter: her childhood home a humble duplex on this crowded block. >> i'll show you to my house. >> reporter: but her goals were never basic. >> this is my room. >> is it? >> 10x10 feet. >> intentions were said to become a worldwide superstar. >> the door i hrdot go. >> this is kind of -- this is kind of embarrassing. >> like the old school vision board. >> yeah. it was a board -- >> i will be a worldwide

e this, i will write an international smash. >> reporter: she's confronting stardom in realtime as we witnessed when she spotted a billboard for her new album in her old neighborhood. >> it is literally five blocks from here and it's like this is -- i have to take an instagram. >> reporter: the story that's still playing out. just a kid from staten island who dared to dream. >> i love you guys. if you have any questions you have my email. don't give it to anybody. >> reporter: zachary kiesch, abc news, new york. >> all right, thank you

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