konser t to her earlier in the week. making news in america this morning -- striking back against omarosa. president trump's campaign lawyers filing legal action. accusing her of violating a nondisclosure agreement. >> i had to cover my back and document. >> but the former aide is not backing down. she's speaking out again overnight. the bombshell grand jury report claiming decades of child abuse by hundreds of catholic the report alleging a massive coverup. why justice may never be served. miracle rescue. a couple trapped in an ice cave for two days telling their harrowing story. >> it's pretty scary to face your death, for sure. and we knew we only had about an hour or two left before we would have died. >> how they got trapped and the drastic measures they took to

stay alive. plus, the assault on an animal. a man seen spanking a hippo at a zoo. why he could face charges. and why experts say this is never a good idea. spending spree. the little girl ordering a treasure trove of toys from her mother's amazon account. and slashing a school day. why one district is going to four-day weeks. will it catch on? good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm maggie rulli, in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. we're going to start with the intensifying feud between the president and omarosa. now saying she won't be silenced or bullied. >> as omarosa faces legal action and scathing new insults, she's released another recording the. this time of campaign aides discussing the president's alleged use of the "n" word. and his own press secretary can't say for sure that trump

never uttered that racial slur. arlette saenz joins us from washington with more. good morning, arlette. >> reporter: maggie and kendis, good morning. well, they faced off years ago in the boardroom on "the apprentice." now the very personal war of words between the president and omarosa is turning into a legal fight.n shes to keep her quiet, omarosa manigault newman is fighting back. on "the daily show." >> document what i saw as an opportunity to kind of blow the whistle on a lot of the corruption going on in the white house. >> reporter: and on msnbc. >> what is he trying to hide? what is he afraid of? was derogatory or demeaning to y would he go to this extent to try to shut me down? >> reporter: campaign lawyers say she violated her 2016 nondisclosure agreement with the campaign. >> i don't believe that i violated. i'm going to leave to it the wyfis tot sbrt orewthing,at pr is on the attack, calling his

former aide a crazed, crying low-life. kelly for quickly firing that dog. among her most explosive claims, she says there is a tape of trump using the "n" word during his "apprentice" days. the president insists there are no tapes of him using such a terrible and disgusting word. e house was asked if that word they can guarantee there's no recording of the president using the "n" word. >> i can't guarantee anything. but i can tell you that the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you that i've never heard it. >> reporter: omarosa also claims she was interviewed by the special counsel's office. sources close to the white house tell abc news the special counsel's team never reached out asking to speak with omarosa while she worked at the white house. inteb jollinemg dif she was in after that.

>> arlette saenz in washington. thank you. results from the latest round of primary elections. in vermont, christine hallquist became the first transgender candidate to be nominated for governor. the democrat acknowledged the historic moment. says she's focused on improving the economy for everyone across that state. she'll face off against the incumbent, republican governor phil scott. and former minnesota governor tim pawlenty has lost his bid to win back his old job. he struggled to live down his criticism of candidate trump evho tenugh he spo he lost the republican nomination by nearly ten points to jeff johnson who was backed by the gop. and also in minnesota, the congressman, keith ellison, captured the democratic nomination in the race to be the state's attorney general. he's the deputy chairman of the dnc. you'll recall days ago, his campaign was rocked by domestic violence allegations. he's denying an ex-girlfriend's

claim that he dragged her off a bed while screaming obscenities. the u.s. conference of catholic bishops says it is sorry and ashamed after a new reporttsn ju onetate me vtimsay it gives them vindication, but not closure. here's danya bacchus with more. >> reporter: pennsylvania officials releasing a landmark grand jury report. identifying more than 1,000 victims and 300 predator priests. who the report says molested children in six dioceses. >> the time of telling these victims to keep their truth to themselves has ended. >> reporter: the report also accusing dozens of church leaders of taking steps to cover up the abuse. over a period of decades, beginning in the mid 1950s. >> priests were raping little boys and girls. and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing, they hid it all. >> reporter: pennsylvania's retorney general releasing the

conference surrounded by tearful victims. some sharing their stories in a video. >> i was groomed starting young. >>eted me because i ty rgheta was fatherless. >> reporter: in response to the rertpo, bish apologizing to the victims. that diocese is 1 of the 6 named in that report. >> i promise to meet with any victim to apologize to them in pers >> reporter: saying the church continues to take significant steps to stop the pattern of abuse. >> we learn from the past. and that's why we can never reach a point to say we are doing enough.avonly been charged filed against two clergymen. the other priests identified as abusers are either dead or will avoid arrest because the crimes are too old to prosecute. danya bacchus, abc news, los angeles. officials in italy have

increased the death toll in the genoa bridge tragedy. at least 35 people are dead after cars tumbled more than 100 feet from the morandi bridge during a rainstorm. you see some of the images there. officials are focusing on a possible structural weakness in. heavy equipment and dogs are at the scene as officials search for more victims. prosecutors have opened an investigation into this tragedy. police in london are focusing on three locations in their search for clues in the suspected terror attack near parliament. scotland yard raided the addresses hours after a car slammed into security barriers. they have identified the 29-year-old suspect. born in sudan. he was arrested following the high-speed chase through london. investigators say the man was not known to police before the incident. now to those severe storms rolling through the plains overnight. oklahoma city was hit with heavy rain, gusty winds, hail, and

flooding. dozens of drivers were trapped in fast-moving flood waters and had to be rescued. cmesowes aromre submerged underwater. emergency crews had to help a family, including two young children, who were trapped in floodwaters. now for a look at your weather on this wednesday morning. ♪ good morning. well, more showers and thunderstorms likely to hit tulsa, oklahoma, with the heaviest storms leaning toward the northeast and out of the way. for the northeast, clear for today. showers and thunderstorms in the northern portions of vermont and new hampshire. thursday through saturday, another round of drenching showers. with the potential of flash flooding. hazy sunshine and smoky for the northwest. late in the work week, additional showers for the center part of the country and encompassing the east coast. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, the new girl

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yosemite national park is now open. the park closed for nearly three weeks due to smoke from the raging california wildfires. visitors were welcomed once again yesterday. smoke still lingers in the air. and closomed. the closure came at the height of tourist season, costing the park and nearby communities millions of dollars. quite the milestone in nearly one year after hurricane maria hammered the island, the entire island now has power.

a home in the southern city of ponce was the last a pokespyshe's still a lot of work to be done. officials say the goal now is to make the grid resilient. outrage is growing ovengail child abuse suspects arrested at that remote new mexico compound. 11 children were found severely malnourished. the remains of a 12th child were also found on the compound. prosecarsus orecthtse gu were o mission, training the children to shoot and kill teachers and law enforcement officers. the judge sided with the defense. ruling the suspects were not a threat to the public. the woman who allege pushed her teen friend off a 60-foot-high bridge may face charges. investigators in washington state have been speaking with 18-year-old taylor smith. this viral video shows 16-year-old jordan holgerson being shoved into a river near vancouver. she suffered broken ribs and other injuries after landing face first.

southwest is the latest airline to restrict the travel of emotional support animals on planes. tiarstep sngerte cats and dogs are allowed. and only one per passenger. animals mustone bea l ar sh a carrier at all times. so far, southwest is the only airline to limit emotional support animals to just cats and >> what about support humans? would you fly with me? >> yeah, no. no. well, kendis, and everyone else out there, get ready for a new girl scout cookie flavor next year. >> it's caramel chocolate chip. the organization says it has a hint of sea salt and is also gluten free. >> there you go. >> you know what that means. lots of calories. the cookie will not be available everywhere. and the trios cookie with chocolate chips, peanut butter, and oats will be dropped. >> oh, but that one sounds so good. well, this also sounds good. coming up, we'll tell you about a school kid and really every adult's dream. the four-day week. and the possible serious consequences for a man who,

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good morning, north bay. >> let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> hi there. good morning. wednesday, august 15th. >> striped socks. >> candy canes. >> i don't know if we can put them up. >> sorry. >> when you get dressed at 2:00 in the morning, that's what happened. >> called out. >> is it too soon? >> drew, actually, at least in san francisco, it's basically the temperature of christmas. >> feels like winter already. yesterday chilly, similar today. the fog right now. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you the gray shading on your screen. our marine layer with us this morning. take you outside, it's not as bad as it was yesterday this time. you can see the skyline. san francisco we have good visibility at this hour. your 12-hour planner shows you it's a gray morning.

we'll see sunshine inland by midday and 4:00 most of us from the coast will see the sunny sky. cool for august in the 70s and in the 80s. already have issues on the axis >> i want to take you first to emeryville, a multicar crash on westbound 80 before ashby. you can see the emergency lights flashing and flares set up. the two right lanes blocked which started with a disabled vehicle in the roadway, turned into a four-car crash. they just did not see the vehicle sitting there. have not gotten word on injuries. an ambulance was sent to the scene and waiting for the tow truck. we are improving. we did have all lanes blocked. we're down to a couple lanes blocked and no significant delay approaching that. keeping a close eye on it. also have what sounds like a serious situation near sfo. a crash possibly involving a pedestrian. we will head there next. >> thank you. develop news now from the south bay, right now san jose police still searching for the driver who smashed into a car and a home. >> police called to a house on

angie avenue and sacks street just before 11:00 p.m. when officers arrived on the scene they found two cars smashed together in the driveway and one hadunclear if the home y structural damage. whoever caused the crash ran from the scene before police got there. alex jones won't be tweeting this morning or for the next week. >> jones is the conspiracy theorist who has been blocked on just about every major social media site except twitter. his latest tweet went too far. matt keller live in sunnyvale. matt? >> good morning, reggie and jessica. social media companies like twitter facing scrutiny over their policies of what they take down from the websites and apps. the latest involves alex jones, a far right conspiracy theorist. he was suspended for one week after he violated twitter's rules against inciting violence. "new york times" reports shows a tweet to a video calling for supports to get the battle

rifles ready against media and others. jones won't be able to tweet or retweet from his personal account for seven days, he will be able to browse twitter. twitter defended a decision not to suspend jones on account he did not break any company rules. that caused a tremendous on-line backlash, since facebook, apple, youtube and spotify suspended him for using hate speech. the twitter account for his info war show has not been suspended. live in sunnyvale, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. it is 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. a quick update on your weather and traffic. hi, drew. >> good morning. start you out with visibility on live doppler 7. doing better than this time yesterday. still patchy fog along the coast. santa rosa, petaluma eight or nine miles. if you see ten on the board that's perfect. good visibility at this hour. a lot of cloud cover early on this morning. 5:00, you can see future weather showing