lottery, right. >> no kidding. hey, thanks for joining us, everyone. a live look at santa cruz. "good morning america" starting right now. good morning, america. state of emergency. that powerful hurricane pummeling hawaii right now. winds up to 120 miles per hour and torrential downpours triggering extreme flash flooding and landslides, more than two feet of rain already. we're tracking the storm this morning. turning on trump. the publisher of "the national enquirer," the president's friend and ally granted immunity by federal prosecutors agreeing to give up information on trump's former attorney, michael cohen. what he says the president knew about that plot to catch and kill damaging stories about him and those hush money deals. new details on that colorado family murder. the video of the father accused

of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters talking about why relationships fail and the new family pictures said to be from their vacation just weeks ago. what the woman who took them is saying about chris watts. dan and nancy are here to break down the case this morning. and caught on camera, stunning dash cam video of a chevy camaro crashing into a school bus. speeding across the median and flipping over. how everyone walked away. ♪ despacito the global sensation pop superstar luis fonsi is live in central park performing his megahit, "despacito," and more. ready to rock our party in the park. ♪ all right, good morning. >> all dancing. >> happy friday. we have a big crowd ready to rock in central park right there this morning to, yes, one of our summer favorites, "despacito." luis fonsi about to heat up the

summer stage and we cannot wait to join him. i think we all might be dancing. >> you guys are already joining, already there mentally. >> i've been there all morning. here we go. first, though, we want to get to that state of emergency in hawaii. take a look at this drone video. major flooding in that area. >> that's right cecelia. hurricane lane is bearing down this morning, already slamming the island with those powerful winds and torrential rains. more than two feet already in some parts and extreme flash flooding. let's go to oahu right now and abc's gio benitez and, gio, what's going on on the ground there? >> reporter: hey there, michael, good morning. here in honolulu we've been feeling the strong wind gusts, nearly 50 miles per hour here on this island. that's because hurricane lane is moving closer and closer slowly to these islands. we've been feeling strong wind gusts, nearly 50 miles per hour here on this islan

this morning, parts of paradise underwater. you can see the deluge in this drone video water rising to the top of trees flooding what used to be a ccer field. >> never seen it like this before. >> stream in hilo. three inch of rain falling in an hour. ov two feet of water already pounding the big island. >> we used to run in this park as littlkids and now it's a raging river. >> reporter:he storm intee, shutting down roads. watch as this roaring river rushes over a bridge. >> it's a gamble with what's coming and i'm just going to be prepared for the worst. >> reporter: this gas station swamped with high oodwaters engulfing th car. hurrice lane bringing along over 60-mile-per-hour winds. wah as these residents are rescued from their home walking arm in arm through the rusng waters. >> hawaii is going to be impacted by hurricane lane. torrential rains. forecasters are predicting over 30 inches inome parts. >> reporter: other residents boarding up their homes and businesses. one writing lane, lane, go away.

the starbk's stopping the lattes and covering its exterior with plywood. and we have been talking to many folks here at the aiort. they're just trying toet out of here before this storm actually comes through. they don't want to wait for the aftermath, whatever happens here. they're cutting their vacati short because they just say that they don't know what to do in a hurricane. before.ever experienced one >> most people are just trying to get out for safety, i'm sure, gio. thank you very much. unfortunately, t worst is yet to come because this is a slow-moving hurricane. that means lot more rain for the islands. ginger is tracking that for us. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. and rain and flash flo one thre. just got a brand-new number, 31.2 inches reported on the big island. this is what happens when you get this much rain. our regular waterfall and river that looks like this, boiling pots area, looks like this after you add more than two feet of water to it. this storm was still 200 miles away dropping all that rain. see all the islands highlighted there with the storm still 200 miles from oahu.

as it moves closer even if it stays far away you get significant rainfall and flash flooding and mud sideliniaing w. remember outside tropical storm force wince can go up to 125 miles. close to maui. saturday by the time it gets to kauai. >> amy. now to new trouble for president trump. david pecker, the president's friend and publisher of "the national enquirer" given immunity in exchange for information about former trump attorney michael cohen. abc's chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas joins us with all the latest. good morning, tom. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. it's the type of high-profile split that would likely grace the cover of "the national enquirer," but this time the story involves the tabloid. "the national enquirer's" boss, david pecker, a longtime trump ally and friend talking to prosecutors and according to a source telling them the president knew about hush money deals during the campaign. this morning, another jolt to the president's inner circle. tabloid king david pecker, head of "the national enquirer" and a

longtime trump ally granted immunity by federal prosecutors. to the president? >> reporter: a source telling abc news he agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. >> in april of 1999 when we acquired american media -- >> reporter: pecker's company, ami owns some of the biggest tabloid and gossip magazines. and in court documents related to cohen's guilty plea prosecutors say two months after the president announced his candidacy in june of 2015, pecker and cohen hatched a plan to deal with negative stories against trump by identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided. according to the documents, the two men coordinated on silencing two women who claimed to have sexual affairs with the president before he ran for office. former playmate karen mcdougal

sold her story to pecker's company ami which never published it. >> were you in love with him? >> i was, yeah. uh-huh. >> and do you think he was in love with you? >> he was, yeah. >> reporter: and porn star stormy daniels received a $130,000 payoff by cohen. court documents allege it was pecker who told cohen daniels was trying to sell her story and pecker also helped during the campaign by showering the president with positive news coverage. "the national enquirer" endorsing him, a first for the tabloid while trashing his opponents including the baseless claim that senator ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination, then candidate trump promoting that story. >> they got o.j. they got edwards. they got this. i mean, if that was "the new york times" they would have gotten pulitzer prizes for their reporting. >> reporter: but now the president slamming those who turned on him. >> everything is wonderful. then get ten years in jail and flip on the next highest one is

or as high as you can go. it almost ought to be outlawed. it's not fair. >> reporter: and we've now learned the relationship between the president and david pecker so close that sources tell us "the national enquirer" actually kept a safe containing trump-related documents. >> and, tom, the manhattan district attorney, there are reports already that they are considering charges against the trump organization. >> yeah, this is brand-new but also very, very early in the process. "the new york times" is reporting that the manhattan d.a.'s office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the trump organization and two senior company officials specifically looking at how the organization accounted its reimbursement to michael cohen for that $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. again, guys, this is still very early in the stages. >> tom, as always, thank you. >> very rough week at the white house. part of that is the feud between president trump and jeff sessions. the attorney general uncontrahar

uncharacteriuncharacte uncharacteristically firing back at the president's latest attack and then just moments later he was over at the white house for what was surely a very awkward face-to-face meeting where we are told that fight didn't even come up. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. he just blasted the attorney general again on twitter. >> reporter: cecilia, good morning, the tit for tat continues. the president is tweeting in response to sessions firing back at him suggesting the ag should be investigating hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. the president apparently can't let go of his anger about sessions recusing himself from the russia investigation. his attacks on twitter constant recently, but in that new interview with fox it appeared to get personal. >> jeff sessions, never took control of the justice department and it's sort of an incredible thing. he took the job and then he said i'm going to recuse myself. i said, what kind of a man is this? >> reporter: now, sessions typically ignores the president's attacks, but this time he's pushing back in a statement saying, i took control

of the department of justice the day i was sworn in. while i'm attorney general the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, end quote. >> it was a stunning statement, pierre. it seems to not be a question of whether the president will fire jeff sessions but when. especially on capitol hill people wondering before or after the midterms. >> reporter: that's a great question, cecilia. some senate republicans are circling the wagons around sessions warning president trump not to fire him. one senator saying forcing sessions out would be, quote, bad for the country. others like senator lindsey graham suggesting that while the president has a right to an attorney general he has faith in, firing sessions before the midterm elections is a nonstarter. but graham said there will come a point sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face at the justice department. but a growing number of law enforcement officials are worried that president trump is more concerned about loyalty than the rule of law and that he's trying to control the justice department, cecilia. >> that was a major shift in

toneroeryo >> thank you cecelia. and now to embattled california congressman duncan hunter who is in court on charges he and his wife used $250,000 in campaign funds on themselves. abc's linsey davis with more. >> reporter: the hunters appeared in court defiant and entered pleas of not guilty. while federal law forbids spending of campaign funds for personal purposes, according to the 47-page indictment the couple did just that, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel, tuition, gas, groceries, even dental work. overnight republican congressman duncan hunter on the defense. >> my campaign did make mistakes. there was money spent on things, not by me but by the campaign and i paid that back before my last election. i paid back $60,000 after i did an objective audit. this is pure politics. >> reporter: earlier in the day the california representative

and his wife margaret pleading not guilty to federal charges they used a quarter of a million dollars in campaign money to pay for personal expenses. prosecutors allege they illegally used more than $15,000 of campaign funds for airline tickets and hotel rooms including a lavish trip to italy, more than $11,000 at costco, $6,000 for their children's tuition. $3,000 on fast food and even disguised family dental bills paid with campaign funds as a charitable donation for smiles for files for life. when the lawmaker didn't have money to buy shorts, his wife advised him to buy it at a golf shop so they could characterize it as golf balls for wounded warriors. the couple stood next to each other in court, but they appeared to avoid eye contact. hunter pointed directly to his wife's involvement in his finances. >> when i went to iraq in 2003 the first time i gave her power of attorney and she handled my finances throughout my entire military career and that continued on when i got to congress. she was also the campaign

manager. so whatever she did, that will be looked at too, i'm sure, but i didn't do it. >> the investigation started more than seven years ago ntain the indictment is politically motivated. >> the u.s. government can do what they want whenever they want to and they've showed that against me and against trump. >> reporter: hunter says he has no intention of going anywhere vowing to stay in the race in november's upcoming congressional election. >> we're going to fight through it and win and the people get to vote in november. >> reporter: under california law because hunter won the primary in june his name cannot be removed from the ballot. also california does not allow write-ins. so these allegations could put a traditionally republican seat up for grabs. >> definitely up for grabs. we'll watch this play out in court it looks like. >> yes. >> thank you very much. now to the very latest on the murder of mollie tibbetts. preliminary autopsy results have been released as we learn more about those final moments of her life. abc's alex perez has the story.

>> reporter: according to a preliminary autopsy report, mollie tibbetts died from multiple sharp force injuries indicating that she was stabbed to death. >> mr. rivera, did you kill mollie tibbetts? >> reporter: a judge ordering the suspect, 24-year-old cristhian rivera held on a $5 million cash bond. >> mr. rivera, you have been charged with murder in the first degree. >> reporter: investigators say rivera followed tibbetts when she was out for a run, abducted and killed her, then put her in the trunk of his car and dumped her body in a cornfield. this morning, we are learning more details about rivera. his girlfriend, iris monarrez attended the bond hearing attended the same high school as mollie and yearbook photos show them both at the same school. they were even friends on facebook. investigators say there is no evidence they actually knew each other saying in a small town it's not unusual for people who go to the same school together to be friends on facebook without being personally acquainted. and the suspect has not yet entered a plea.

he's due back in court next week. cecilia. >> okay, alex, thank you. we want to turn to the school district on high alert just as students get ready to return to class. the decision to hire armed officers following a violent onr abc's johon joins us now. whit, this really has parents fired up. >> absolutely. strong opinions on all sides, good morning to you. this student posting that alarming threat posing with semiautomatic weapons now prompting dramatic change in one pennsylvania district and highlighting an issue that schools are grappling with across the country. how to protect our kids from violence and school shootings. >> reporter: this morning growing outrage in pennsylvania as parentally learn armed officers will soon monitor their schools. >> the thought of having a militarized school for them is not the way i want to raise them. >> reporter: the upper st. clair school district passing a motion to hire six armed officers following the discovery of these

disturbing images a student posted on social media. the unnamed minor reportedly writing, it's time to take revenge against the popular kids at school and i have real fortnite guns referencing a popular survivalist video game. >> i do not feel comfortable sending my child to school on monday morning without knowing if this individual will be in that classroom or building. >> reporter: the fbi is now investigating. >> safety and security is our top priority. it's essential to everything we do in our schools and in our classrooms. >> reporter: but the issue is dividing the community. >> i don't think the kids even notice whether a police officer has a handgun or not. if they do notice it, that should give them security. >> reporter: as for the unidentified student, the district will not say if he will be attending class when school starts on monday. across the country there have been 23 school shootings so far in 2018. you can see the emotion the parents talking about this,

strong opinions on all sides. >> tough debate there nith michael. we'll turn now to an unbearable late night hotel guest. the staff at the stanley hotel in colorado had a bit of a scare when this big guy crawled his way into the lobby. that is a bear, yes. i don't think anyone was about to scold him about jumping on the furniture. people pointing out this might not be the most frightening thing about this hotel because this is the very place that inspired "the shining." >> the overlook hotel. >> you love scary movies. >> i do. i love stephen king. >> have you been to this hotel? >> no, but it's on my list of things to do and a place to stay. i love it. >> after watching the bear walk in the lobby? >> i think that makes it even cooler, right? >> the bear is just cruising around. okay. >> just cruising around. >> i'm not going on vacation with you two. >> shoo it away. heading back to ginger, more with severe storms out there.

the monsoon storms that have an inch and a half of rain in phoenix. multiple water rescue, roads closed and this is happening from here to utah and now a severe storm forecast brings you to the midwest so cedar rapids within that slight risk area today from southern minnesota all the way through northern missouri. don't forget about the large hail risk along with damaging winds. first the weekend getaways. sponsored by liberty mutual.

it is so fresh out there this morning in the northeast. it feels almost like fall but don't worry, august coming back next week. >> heat wave. >> i was loving the fall. all right. >> not ready? >> i'm not. >> exactly. >> we are not ready for that yet. thanks, ginger. coming up we have new details in that heartbreaking colorado murder. video of the husband accused of killing his pregnant wife and daughters on why relationships fail. dan and nancy join us live to break it all down. that free-range parenting firestorm. the mom who had the police called on her for letting her 8-year-old walk the dog by herself here live. ive. herself here live.

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>> turn to that camera. >> the only man in the world who's never heard the song "despacito." "desperado." i'll give that to you. much more on that in a bit. the top headlines we're following right now. hurricane lane bearing down on hawaii this morning. that powerful storm causing extreme flash floods, winds up to 120 miles per hour and torrential downpours. more than two feet of rain already in some areas. we're tracking it all. and then an oregon man sentenced to 130 days in jail for, remember this, taunting that bison in yellowstone national park. the man pleaded guilty to multiple charges in federal court. he also apologized saying the bison did not deserve what he did. and check out this incredible video. a camaro flying across the median. this happened in mississippi. look at that. flipping over, slams there into a school bus. amazingly that driver was not injured. the bus driver, two people and another car suffering minor injuries. luckily there were no children on the bus but incredible minor injuries. >> wow, thank god for that. we turn to new details in

the colorado murder of that pregnant mother and her two daughters. a video surfacing showing her husband, the triple homicide suspect talking about affairs and offering relationship advice. what could it all mean for the case? abc's eva pilgrim is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this video was a presentation for a class. why relationships fail and how to fix them. a seemingly innocent subject at the time. now a piece of the investigation. six years before he was charged for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters, chris watts posted this video on his youtube channel, a presentation he gave about why relationships fail for a communications class. >> commitment is weak, the relationship is full of doubt and the relationship deteriorates faster. >> reporter: in the nine-minute video watts hits on some issues police say plagued his own marriage with shanann like his alleged infidelity with a co-worker. >> even at the job you might

meet a new person and it could strengthen into something else. >> reporter: watts even arguing at the time that having children could save a relationship. shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with a baby boy when she was killed. >> sometimes when you have children and your relationship starts to deteriorate, a child could help repair it. >> reporter: also this morning, new images of the watts family said to be on a myrtle beach vacation just two weeks before the murders. >> shanann was very loving with her children. she was very involved. >> reporter: michele greer snapped these photos and spoke with shanann while their children played. >> her husband actually was kind of stand offish. he didn't speak to us at all. the picture i took of one of my sons you can see him in the background. it looks like he was more interested in the phone versus watching his daughter jump on the trampoline.

>> reporter: abc's denver affiliate reporter thomas hoppo says he thinks watts exhibited bizarre interview during that porch interview where he pled for his family's safe return. >> shanann, bella, celeste, if you're out there, just come back. >> very calm, talked to me about basketball, about north carolina basketball before everything. >> reporter: now, chris watts told investigators he killed his wife but claims she killed their two children. he is expected back in court in november. cecilia. >> okay, eva, thank you. joining us now abc's chief legal analyst dan abrams and nancy grace. welcome to you both. let's talk about this new video. chris watts gives this powerpoint presentation and among the things he's talking about, infidelity with a co-worker. smoking gun, nancy? >> well, you know, the time problem. it was several years before he did that video. however, when you choose as your powerpoint the deterioration of a relationship and you come

right out and say, sometimes when you have children, the lust and the desire leave your relationship and you think you may be better off with another person, i guarantee you that's going to come in as evidence at trial for motive. >> i don't think it's going to come in at all. the idea he is suggesting if a relationship is going south, these are what -- the things that can happen. what does that have to do -- he doesn't talk about, oh, and the remedy is go ahead and kill your spouse. so, he's just talking about -- >> i think the jury can figure that out. >> say it again. >> i think the jury can figure that out. if two and two still equal four they've got him saying the love, the desire, the lust, he says, his words, not mine are gone from a relationship after having children. i mean, the jury can figure out and, again, the state doesn't have to prove motive, dan, but here's motive on a silver platter. >> but, you know, again, i don't think it will come into

evidence, mu lech less be a smog gun. i think a court will say, what does this have to do with this case? >> let's also talk about behavior. we've seen him, we've heard from this woman that says she saw them on vacation where she describes chris as stand offish. there's that porch interview that many people say he was acting strange. any clues in that there, dan? >> look, i think the porch interview is critical. the fact he looks stand offish is irrelevant. so porch interview is critical because -- >> i agree. >> it will demonstrate he was lying when he's coming out there, oh, you know, please, just come back. even if you take his version of the facts, he knew she was dead. he knew his kids were dead and he's pretending as if, oh, i just want you to come back. that's going to be devastating. >> dan, you are so right about that. they're going to play that in front of the jury and not -- in addition to that, when you are supposed to be determining his credibility which is the sole promise of a jury and got him right there lying according to his own statement later about what happened, how could they believe what his attorneys say at trial if they've already got him on video lying. >> so, we agree on that but,

nancy, do you agree that the stand offishness doesn't matter? i mean, so someone says they were on vacation -- >> doesn't mean a hill of beans. i mean, look at your own family f t ot g. l'sala artling defense he laid out for himself. he says his wife killed the children and then he strangled her quickly. believable? >> it's not even really a defense. it's basically saying i should be convicted of manslaughter, not murder because it's not a defense to say, oh, she did this and therefore i killed her. that's basically saying i acted in the heat of passion as a result of a lesser conviction. >> dan, yeah, yeah, he could argue that he should get involuntary or voluntary manslaughter because he was so angry and acted in a rage. but i really think if you analyze the time line and the physical evidence of the bodies, that defense will not work at trial. >> tough defense. >> i think the headline is she said she agreed with you at one point. >> yeah.

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we're going to speak with corey widen and her 8-year-old daughter dorothy in a moment. first a closer look at their story.orning a parentg bate raging after the police were called on this mother and daughter. >> i saw the police just there like the police car and i heard the like sirens coming. >> i said, did i do something wrong? she said how old is she. i said she's 8. she said, okay, we got a call she was 5 or under. >> reporter: 8-year-old dorothy was out by herself walking her dog marshmallow in her chicago neighborhood earlier this month when someone called the cops. that call leading to a visit from police and an investigation from the department of children and family services. >> they found it unfounded but it took a lot to get to that point. >> reporter: lenore skenazy, an advocate for the free-range parenting movement, says independence is important for children. >> when you give them independence it's a chance for

them to become resilient. >> reporter: earlier utah's governor signed a bill giving parents the freedom to allow their children to do more activities independently. without being penalized for child neglect like walking to school, playing outside and staying home alone. new york and texas are now considering similar legislation illinois department of children and family services says we did what the people of illinois ask us to do, we investigated. we found no wrongdoing on the part of this mother and we closed the case last week. so, mom, corey and daughter dorothy and their little dog marshmallow are joining us live. i have to ask you what your initial reaction was when that doorbell rang and you saw police on the other side of the door. >> shock, anger, fear. my first response was i thought they were there for fund-raising or something. when i found out what the call was about, i just couldn't believe it. >> then i'm sure you felt equally appalled it was a neighbor that called police. what do you say to people who say 8 years old is too young to walk a dog on a neighborhood

street? >> i would say every 8-year-old is different. every neighborhood is different. every parent is different. so you can't make an overall judgment like that. >> yeah, talk a little about where you live. your neighborhood and why you felt it was safe for dorothy to walk marshmallow. >> we live in a beautiful neighborhood. we're very fortunate. we live on the north shore of chicago, wilmette, illinois, it's safe, clean, beautiful. we're very lucky. we stretch and sacrifice to be there but that's why because it's safe. >> dorothy, why do you like walking marshmallow? >> iseallyun walking him. when he walks on this side and on the sidewalk, i like that he's very fluffy and stuff like that. >> he is super cute and i'm sure this is -- i know this is a chore. i have a chore for my children to walk the dog. this is something you think is important for dorothy and you believe you get to make that decision as a mother. >> absolutely.

yeah, i also homeschool my kids. so dorothy, this was something we did to start giving her more independence because i didn't feel she had enough so i wanted to make that happen. >> the department did what they had to do in terms of the law, investigating you and your family. what does that do to your children to see and feel what happens when an investigator comes to your home and it's a pretty invasive process? >> very invasive and it's traumatizing for the kids always and there's no way to shield them from it. i do think that changes need to be made because the call should have never gotten as far as it was. the initial call was for an unattended 5-year-old and once they knew i didn't even have a 5-year-old it should have stopped there. i don't think it should have made it past the hotline that a little girl walking her dog needs to be investigated. >> what do you hope people take away from the story? >> don't judge a book by its cover. you don't know every situation. you don't know every child and that when you do things like this, you overwhelm an already overwhelmed system with nuisance

calls like this and kids and family who need help don't get it then. >> corey, dorothy, marshmallow, thank you. he was a very good dog during this. >> my pleasure. >> excellent dog. coming up, we have the new tip the bill challenge. it's sweeping social media. how you can get in on the viral act of kindness. we'll be right back. back now with the latest s. we'll be right back.

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good morning, south bay. >> good morning. i'm jessica castro from abc 7 mornings. let's get our forecast from meteorologist mike nicco. >> all right, jessica, thank you very much. hi, everybody. more good news coming out of lane. it continues to weaken, now 110-mile-per-hour winds at category 2. still looking at flooding and power outages across the island as we head today through sunday. for us, poor air quality on this spare the air day. cleaner air coming and a little bit warmer this weekend. alexis? >> okay, checking out the bay bridge toll plaza, our camera is back. we're so excited and there's not much to show you. the metering lights are on, but boy, it is friday light, so enjoy it while it lasts. not friday light, though, in richard. we do still have that travel advisory. richard parkway closed at san pablo avenue due to a crash investigation. that was the end of a police pursuit. long delays.

i would stick to 80 or the hilltop corridor. miss denver giving up her crown after those bullying allegations and what she is saying next on "gma." we'll have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com. have a great morning.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. new trouble for president trump. the publisher of "the national enquirer," the president's friend and ally, granted immunity by federal prosecutors in exchange for information about michael cohen, what he says the president knew about hush money deals. state of emergency, the powerful hurricane pummeling hawaii at this hour. extreme flash flooding and landslides, more than two feet of rain. we're tracking the storm. stepping down, miss denver, kayla kline, givers up her title says she no longer dreams of competing to be miss america after claims by the current champ, cara mund, that she's been silenced and bullied by the organization. this morning why kayla says

she's supporting cara. what's in your jamba juice. the so-called healthy smoothies aren't what the company claims they are. are all those whole fruits and greens marketed on their menu board really in your cup? are you ready to turn back time? the sos going out this morning from the all-time dancing queen. what cher is sharing that will have you singing along. ♪ you stay and time to party in the park. luis fonsi here live and he's saying -- >> good morning, america. [ applause ] ♪ good morning, america. it's great to have you with us on this friday morning. and it is great to have luis fonsi there live. you can see him right there getting a little work in. who doesn't love "despacito"? i don't know one person who

doesn't love that song. that has more than 5.4 billion views on youtube and the crowd in central park are going wild for him. they know it word for word and if you love "despacito" just wait till you hear his new music. it is great as well. let him give everybody a treat. >> looking forward to that one. also this morning, the growing argument over coconut oil. a lecture going wildly viral online with millions watching a harvard professor's scathing criticism of coconut oil's popularity. it has set off a whole new wave of people asking questions and we've got the answers this morning with dr. ashton. >> i have a lot of questions. i can't wait to hear that coming up in just a bit. a lot of headlines starting with if you trouble for president trump. a longtime friend of the president, david pecker, the publisher of "the national enquirer" has received immunity in exchange for information about former trump attorney michael cohen. let's go back to tom llamas for all those details. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning again. this is all connected to those campaign violations michael cohen just pleaded guilty to.

with david pecker's testimony who say president trump was aware of payoffs to two different women during the campaign.s d pecker, the head of "the national enquirer" agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations in he can change for an immunity deal. >> in april of 1999 when we acquired american media -- >> reporter: pecker's company ami own some of the biggest tabloid magazines and in court documents related to the guilty plea prosecutors say two months after the president announced his candidacy in june of 2015, pecker and cohen hatched a plan to deal with negative stories against trump by identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided. according to the documents, the two men coordinated on silencing two women who claimed to have had sexual affairs with the president before he ran for

office. former playmate karen mcdougal and porn star stormy daniels. and pecker also helped during the campaign by showering the president with positive news coverage. "the national enquirer" endorsing him, a first for the tabloid. but now the president slamming those who are turning on him. >> everything is wonderful then they get ten years in jail and they flip on whoever the next highest one is or as high as you can go. it almost ought to be out lawed. it's not fair. >> reporter: pecker and the president's relationship goes way back. pecker published the trump magazine "trump style" and learned "the national enquirer" even had a safe where they would keep sensitive documents related to president trump. amy. >> all right, tom llamas, thank you very much. cecilia. want to turn to hurricane lane bearing down on hawaii this morning with catastrophic flooding happening now on the big island. more than two feet of rain has already fallen and let's check back in with abc's gio benitez in oahu with the latest. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey there, cecilia.

good morning. yeah, we've been feeling these wind gusts of nearly 50 miles per hour in honolulu. the winds will pick up as the center of the storm gets closer to the islands. i want you to look right now at what's happening in hilo over on the big island. torrential rain, severe flooding there. more than two feet of rain already. wind gusts reaching nearly 70 miles per hour. we're also hearing reports of mudslides there. the rain just keeps falling endlessly and with the storm moving so slowly through the pacific it just increases the possibility of life-threatening rainfall. people here on the other hawaiian islands have been watching and worrying. so many boarding up their homes and businesses. even writing messages like, lane, lane, go away and we've been meeting tourists at the airport trying to get off these aisles and go back islands and go back to the mainland. at one moment it can be calm. the next moment it can be extremely dangerous as these bands move through. cecilia. >> a good warning there, gio, thank you. michael. now to two police officers

who will jump through hoops for their community. these two yonkers police officers decided to jump in. the first did fine. the second officer said let me put my foot or my feet tork. that's some fast, fancy footwork. i have a feeling that's not the first time that she's dune that. >> you don't want to be a crook running from her. she will catch up with you. >> that's awesome that they go and join in with the kids in the community and have a little fun and i think it's great to see. >> thanks for sharing that. coming up next here on "gma," new fallout over bullying accusations at the miss america organization. a competitor from a major city resigning. what she is saying about her decision this morning. plus, new questions about coconut oil and how healthy is it -- it really is. one harvard professor calling it poor poisening. dr. ashton is here to break down the controversy. another one, what's really

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you'll never know. >> what won't we know, lara? welcome back to "gma" and it's great to have you on this summer friday morning. can't wait to see luis fonsi at central park later on. speaking of amazing singers we have a music legend for you on monday morning, patti labelle will be here live. i've seen her in concert. she kicks her shoes off when she

sings which i love. we are looking forward to that. >> and she can cook. >> so fun when she comes on the show. >> you know what else we have to buckle up for, "pop news." >> music is in the ether, i guess because we'll begin with cher and another taste of her alba -- of her alba,alba,alba,a, cover. she released "sos." not a distress signal. here is your first listen. ♪ so when you are near me can't you hear me sos ♪ >> abba. not alba. it's really abba. who better to sing abba than cher? album "dancing queen" features some of their hits plus a mystery track inspired by her

role in the "mamma mia" sequel. the album is available september 28th and if you want more, book your tickets. she's about to launch her tour in new zealand and australia. >> so good in "mamma mi "mamma a >> that is a great feel good movie. also in "pop news" this morning, speaking of feel good, more a-list stars bringing great acting chops to the high-profile project. "mad men's" jon hamm has joined the cast. no word on what his role is but we do know they'll be joined by miles teller set to play son of goose and "chicago justice" star will be the first female pilot. as we reported val kilmer back as iceman and tommy, tom cruise may have something to do with it. he is back reprising his role from the 1986 megahit.

everybody, "top gun: i'm feeling this, maybe it was martha. maybe she inspired him or maybe snoop dogg has been a secret chef and we know him for other passions but it's just been announced that the dogg will teach us how to make some chow with a brand-new cookbook. i love the title called from "from crook to cook." >> you got to love snoop. i'm sorry. >> keep it real. it will feature 50 recipes from snoop's own collection including favorites including baked mac and cheese and fried balonologna sandwiches. all said to be can father business-free. it comes out later this fall. some on come on to "gma." >> we need a cooking segment. >> that would be amazing. >> make it happen. i know you're buds with him. >> yes.

finally, country music fan, raise your hand. we all know sam hunt, right. he has been -- did i say sam hunt? >>amcooke. >> i know. you know, this is the day of the alba and the sam cooke. today we're talking sam hunt, though. those lock, his signature look since he hit the scene over a decade ago but no more. the 33-year-old, check this out sporting a new look, no more big beard, in fact, no more hair. took us a minute to realize it was sam hunt. when we saw the pic the crooner said he banged the beard for now at least after catching heat from his grandmother at a wedding. >> that will do it. >> there is the new sam hunt, everybody, on this friday. clearly edition of "pop news." >> we loved it, great job, lara. a round of applause, everybody. great job and now we go over to ginger who is in central park. what's up, ginger? >> listen to this, michael.

whoo! ♪ >> that's music with a message. how beautiful is at? s. and we are all here because music does have a message today. that music and message from luis fonsi is going to go -- ♪ despacito now i don't sound as good. luis fonsi is coming up. are y'all ready for some more

and now to our "gma" cover story, new fallout over miss america's allegations she's been bullied and silenced by the organization's new leadership. now miss denver is giving up her crown. abc's diane macedo joins us with what she's saying about her resignation. good morning, diane. >> good morning. so kayla kline says her platform as miss denver was living authentically and for her that means giving up her crown to stand up for her pageant sister. she's not just stepping down but encouraging other local winners to do the same. without them there is no miss america pageant, she says. as miss denver, kayla kline says she dreamed of becoming miss america, but this morning she says recent changes within the organization have made her rethink that goal. >> if miss america becomes who she's supposed to be again, then i will want to be her again. >> miss north dakota. >> reporter: just days after reigning miss america cara mund's accusations of bullying and intimidation from the pageant's new chairwoman,

gretchen carlson. kline says she's stepping down. >> i couldn't believe what was happening in the organization. >> reporter: she posted her own letter of resignation writing the national organization that the current mao board of directors has made miss america into is not one that i recognize. >> our sisterhood within the miss america organization is so strong. we truly and deeply form bonds and relationships and friendships with these other women who we compete with. to find out that someone was being bullied by somebody you care about, it's gut wrenching. >> reporter: the current miss america who says she was, quote, being controlled, manipulated, silenced and bullied by the organization's leaders spoke out on "gma" thursday. >> you know, i wrote this letter to my sisters because i knew that i couldn't walk away from this year knowing that the next girl is going to come into it. >> reporter: carlson, a former miss america herself, denied mund's claims posting on twitter i have never bullied or silenced

you. we've acknowledged your grievances and taken many steps to try to make your experience a good one. kline says she didn't experience anything like mund's accusations but hopes her decision to step down cites change writing my voice in this matter may be small but it's what i have and i hope that in its own small way this helps. >> and we have seen other local titleholders promising not to compete again until this is resolved. if you don't have local titleholders then you won't have state titleholders and if you don't have state titleholders then you don't have a miss america. >> now, it is worth noting the miss america organization released the full list of pageant contestants yesterday. qline was not named miss colorado. even small voices when they come together may be able to be heard. >> no comment officially from the organization. >> we reached out and so far haven't heard back. we turn to lara in central park holding down the fort out there. >> thank you very much. we'll do our "gma" health alert

right now. it's the battle over coconut oil. a harvard professor recently calling the popular go to poison in a video that quickly went viral with over a million views and counting. others are swearing by it. even praising it as a superfood while our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here to break down all the concerns. >> lara, juicy story. i also have a degree in nutrition. here's what people did not hear when they heard about this story this week. you cannot take any nutritional science study and break it down conclusively to attributing one health outcome to one food. it's just not there yet and the methodology in most studies does not show cause and effect. it just shows association. so this is a perfect example how we need to take this down the middle. it's not a superfood and it's not a poison. >> i love that. the voice of reason because the word poison is very, very scary. we want to do a little myth busting with our audience. thanks for helping us out. if you think the following statement is true or false, the

fat in oil and food is the main cause of raising our ldl or bad cholesterol. audience, what do you think, true or false. >> the main cause. >> is it the main cause of bad cholesterol, oils in fat -- >> okay, so this is actually kind of a trick question. it's probably false and there is controversial data about this because first of all our ldl or bad cholesterol is partially dictated by get knit ticks and partially made internally. people can have no fat in their diet and still have high cholesterol so does it practice i a role, yes. but is it the entire picture, absolutely not. >> same story that you're saying about coconut oil in general. all right, let's do one more. people live longer, ready, true or false, people live longer in cultures that consume a lot of coconut oil making it a superfood, true or false, audience? split. >> our audience is pretty smart. this is false. people in cultures where they eat a lot of coconut oil may have great longevity, that is

not the same thing as attributing it purely to this. think of it as butter, lard. it is a saturated fat and in j always, thank you and, audience, thank you. big help. we're going to turn to t.j. holmes switching gears, he's going to tell us about a new hassle-free way to shop for kids' clothing. >> hey there, good morning to you, lara, i happen to be one of those people, i like going to the store with my 5-year-old and shopping. she tries on clothes and does a whole fashion show but some people say, t.j., ain't nobody got time for that. what if somebody does the shopping for your kid, put all that stuff in one box, mail it to you. would you like a service like that? well, check it out. we got a couple of moms to check them out for you. ♪ >> this is her favorite dress. >> reporter: sara's 6-year-old daughter would wear this velvet gown with matching cape to school if you let her.

for parents with young kids like little emily, getting dressed isn't always so much fun. >> the worst part about clothing my daughter is her thinking i'm not on her side. >> reporter: crystal wilson, mom to 5-year-old lucas can relate. >> i go shopping by >> reporter: taking the stress out of shopping is one reason some companies are offering kids clothing boxes. >> parents love the idea because they don't want to spend their time going to the store. >> reporter: liz vaccariello is editor in chief of "parents" magazine and recommend mops try out three services. old navy superbox. for $60 you get six pieces of clothing. kidbox charges $98 for six to seven pieces and rockets of awesome, $150 for eight items of clothing and that includes a $20 service fee. >> how about these looks. >> reporter: crystal and sara filled out questionnaires about what their kids like and don't like. when the clothes arrived, we swapped out the boxes to make it more challenging for our moms.

we'll get your reaction to the stuff that this first company sent you. >> ooh. these cargo shorts, i like these. >> reporter: crystal likes what is in the first two boxes. >> it's a little more fun. >> reporter: but she wasn't quite feeling the third box. >> it's not as cool as i would like. >> reporter: so let's see what happens after lucas tries on the clothes. all right. lucas, let us see you. lucas picks his favorites, a t-shirt/pant combo from the first. and a sporty outfit from box c. >> he is happy in this one. >> reporter: before we find out which box they like best we have sara and emily check out their clothes. >> my favorite color, sparkle. >> reporter: lots to like. >> flamingos and pineapples. >> reporter: both like what they see. >> m&m. >> reporter: emily picks this. sara loved the clothes in box b but she says the fit was disappointing. and this number from box c nailed it for both of them. >> you look really pretty.

>> reporter: we asked the kids which box they liked best. >> "a." >> i think i like hingwise. i liked "c." >> reporter: emily's mom picked kidbox. >> reporter: and lucas' mom. >> my favorite is "b." >> rockets of awesome. >> i like the combination of things they had. it was the cure race of it all. >> all right. you like that, lara. they shop for you. the old navy superbox, though, they tell us their service was just a test. so right now they don't know if it's coming back but still other services out there. the rockets of awesome kidbox. both available and the cost, though, is based upon you keeping all of the clothes and you do get a seven-day return for kidbox. five days for rocket of awesome. >> check them out on goodmorningamerica.com. coming up, time to party with luis fonsi. [ applause ]

good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> happy friday to you. it's 8:27. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. a serious crash in richmond means trouble for some of your commutes. take a look at the sedan pinned underundernea underneath a semi truck at richard avenue and san pablo avenue. that car eventually collided with a truck and the driver was killed. the chp says the intersection is blocked. alexis smith has been watching this for some time now. >> yeah, all morning. and this is easily our biggest trouble spot here, reggie. we've got some long delays. if you are trying to use richard parkway or san pablo after, those surface streets jammed for maybe 20 to 30-minute delays. so i would definitely avoid them. stick to hilltop or interstate 80 for an alternate. other than that, we are fairly friday light. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, the only one in the yellow here

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> here's the latest on hurricane lane now down to a category 2. 110-mile-per-hour winds. but the winds were never the biggest issue with me. it's going to be the flooding and possible power outages that the winds do cause. as far as our commute, a little mist near the coast, otherwise it's kind of hazy on this spare the air day with temperatures below average. reggie? >> thanks, mike. another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com. []

♪ [] welcome back to "gma." and welcome to central park where we have a huge crowd here on this friday morning. and they have been waiting for hours to hear global superstar luis fonsi. well, you guys don't have to wait a second longer because here he is. here's the five-time latin grammy winner singing his latest hit, "calypso." >> let's go. [ applause ] ♪ >> what's up, new york? "gma." "calypso." ♪ [ singing in spanish ]

♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ hey, yeah [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> come on. [ singing in spanish ] ♪ ♪ calypso, calypso ♪ calypso ♪ calypso ♪ come on, come on calypso ♪ calypso

♪ calypso ♪ calypso [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ come on [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> let's go, "gma." [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> come on.

[ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ calypso, come on, come on, come on ♪ ♪ calypso calypso >> you guys ready to dance? come on. ♪ calypso ♪ calypso ♪ yeah [ singing in spanish ] ♪ calypso [ cheers and applause ]

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sugar and nonwhole fruit and vegetable ingredients. we have a copy of a manuel listing those ingreed yents. >> the caribbean passion smoothie, it lists passionfruit orange mango. this doesn't have whole any of those, beyond what you might find embedded in a sherbet. a reasonable consumer might believe they are receiving mostly greens when, in fact, the smoothie consists largely of lemonade. >> reporter: the problem experts stress is the difference betweef nutritional value of kwhoel fruits versus sugar. >> your body is going to react to that shugar in a very different way because whole fruit has soluble and insoluble

fiber, lots of fidonutrients and chemicals and helpful inedients >> reporter: the company does not comment or threaten litigation and respond to our photos presented by cspi. experts recommend making it with whole fruit and substituting almond milk for juice or sherbet. you can request the store do this for you or make it at home this way. with the healthier smoothies, amy, experts say you should probably think of them as a dessert and not a healthy meal replacement. >> yes. that is very good advice indeed. becky, thank you as always. we'll head over now to ginger. yes,

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moment, latin pop sensation, luis fonsi. yeah. this man has earned seven number one singles over his two- decade long career. he's got so much music ahead for us today in this show but we're going to talk a little bit first. the last time you were here you were singing a little known song called "despacito." >> yes. i've heard of it. >> a lot of people have heard of it because it's the number one streamed song in history. >> it's crazy. >> when you hear your song, how did you know it was more than just a hit? >> you know, i think a few weeks after we released the original version with my boy daddy yankee, shoutout to daddy yankee, the reaction, the reaction from just worldwide was just instant and then three months in when we released the remix with justin bieber, shoutout to justin bieber. it just kept on growing and growing so i mean it's been fun. it's been a crazy, crazy two years. >> when you have a song that's

such a big hit like that, is there a lot of pressure to top it? >> i mean, no pressure, really. it's a blessing to have such a huge hit. right now it's about having fun and putting out good music and just enjoying it. i can't compete with that. you know what i mean? i just want to put quality songs out there and hopefully the crowd will enjoy everything i'm putting out. >> well, this next song you're going to perform, "echame la culpa." >> hey, that's good. >> surprised you with that, "echame la culpa," my man. >> did you practice? >> i practiced a little bit but you performed that with demi lovato and put out a heartfelt message to her on social media and is there anything you'd like to say to her this morning? >> this is a song i recorded with demi. she did an amazing job and sang a little in spanish and english and i love demi. i'm a huge fan and she's on the road to recovery, and we want to send out good vibes. we love you, demi. today i'm going to perform it with my background vocalist, but we love you, demi. >> we all definitely love demi, demi lovato, big fan of hers on "gma." i'm going to ask the people, are you ready for more of luis' music.

all right. get ready. this next song has over 1.5 billion views on youtube. it hit number one on the itunes chart in 59 countries. here's luis fonsi with "echame la culpa." take it away, my friend. [ cheers and applause ] >> let's go, "gma." let's get moving. ♪ you guys ready? [ singing in spanish ] [ applause ] >> you guys ready? [ applause ] [ singing in spanish ] ♪

[ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ ♪ i don't want to fight anymore i don't want to fake it no more ♪ ♪ okay, i don't really, really wanna fight anymore ♪ ♪ i reall reallwant ♪ths, baby, just let it be ♪ ♪ so come on put the blame on me yeah i do not really, really want to fight anymore ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪

[ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ ♪ okay, i do not really, really wanna fight anymore ♪ ♪ i do not really, really want to fake it no more ♪ ♪ play me like the beatles, baby, just let it be ♪ ♪ so come on put the blame on me yeah i do not really, really want to fight anymore ♪ ♪ i don't really, really want to fake it no more ♪ ♪ play me like the beatles baby just let it be ♪ ♪ so come on put the blame on me ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪

>> "gma." [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] "gma's" summer concert series sponsored by king's hawaiian. irresistible since 1950. ♪

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it is the most watched youtube video of all time with over 5 billion views and it's the most streamed song ever. here's luis fonsi singing his massive hit, "despacito." [ cheers and applause ] >> you guys ready to sing? mi gente. ♪ ♪ fonsi oh oh no, oh no, oh yeah ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ ♪ hey [ singing in spanish ] inpa

[ singing in spanish ] ♪ ♪ despacito [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> come on. ♪ despacito [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] >> let's go. ♪ [ singing in spanish ]

♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> come on. [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ >> put your hands up. put your hands up. ♪ despacito >> come on, y'all. ♪ despacito [ singing in spanish ] ♪ ♪ despacito [ singing

>> sing it. [ singin [ singing in spanish ] >> put your flags up. ♪ despacito ♪ this is how we do it down in puerto rico i can't wait to hear you scream ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪

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[ cheers and applause ] all right. we have to thank this guy, luis fonsi for a hot summer day in the park. >> everybody, thank you for watching and have a great weekend. we'll see you on monday.

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. it's 8:59. happy friday to you. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. meteorologist mike nicco, boy, that smoke just doesn't want to get out of the south bay. >> no, it really doesn't. smo smogut definitely around again. hurricane lane is trend weaker, but not weaker fast enough. hopefully that will accelerate. unhealthy air for those most sensitive down in the south bay on this spare the air day. slightly warmer this weekend, but look how much cooler it's going to be next week. alexis? >> all right. and taking a look at the roads, just got some good news in the richmond area. we had the intersection of richmond parkway and san pablo avenue closed all morning. that investigation wrapped, all lanes are back open, but some back at 11:00 a.m. for the abc 7 midday news. until then, have a great morning.

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