making news in america this morning, the new investigation after a bombshell report claiming president trump committed fraud by dodging millions of dollars in taxes. the president's lawyer now responding. the brett kavanaugh nomination battle takes a new turn as president trump for the first time mocks the testimony of christine blasey ford. >> i had one beer. well, do you think it was -- nope, it was one beer. >> this morning the new demand from ford's lawyers and what we've learned now about the fbi investigation into kavanaugh's past. breaking news just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a volcano erupts on the same indonesian island. the desperate scene this morning.

those stories, plus the burglary ring targeting a-list celebrities like rihanna and matt damon. how police say the bandits were busted. fast food nation. the shocking percentage of americans who now eat fast food every day. and costly cups. why the air force is buying coffee cups that cost more than $1200 each. and we do say good morning on this wednesday. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. we begin with that bombshell report in "the new york times" accusing president trump and his family of decades of financial fraud. >> the trump family allegedly evaded a fortune in taxes, and the report claims the president's father gave him hundreds of millions of dollars poking holes in the president's claim that he's a self-made billionaire. the blockbuster investigation in "the new york times" takes aim at the story president trump has been telling for decades that he turned a $1 million loan from

his father into an empire worth billions. >> i started with a million dollar loan. i built a company that's worth more than $10 billion, okay, more. >> reporter: but reporters from "the times" who examined more than 100,000 pages of documents say that's not true. they reported fred trump actually loaned his son at least $60 million. now, during the campaign trump said he paid his father back that million dollar loan. >> i got a very, very small loan from my father many years ago. i built that into a massive empire, and i paid my father back that loan. >> reporter: but according to "the times," much of the loan overall the president received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate company, adding that much of the money came to him through dubious tax schemes including instances of outright fraud. according to the investigation,

by the age of 3 the president was earning $200,000 a year in today's dollars from his father's empire. he was a millionaire by age 8. in his 40s and 50s he was receiving more than $5 million a year. they point to records they say show that when the president's parents died, they transferred well over $1 billion in wealth to their children. by the paper's estimate, that would have produced a tax bill of at least $550 million, but the paper reports the family employed a variety of tax dodges in order to pay only $52 million. the president's personal lawyer pushing back saying "the new york times'" allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100% false and highly defamatory. the facts upon which "the times" bases its false allegations are extremely inaccurate. and the white house in a lengthy statement saying, it's sad to witness the misleading attack against the trump family by the failing "new york times." many decades ago the irs reviewed and signed off on these transactions. "the new york times" and other media outlets' credibility with

the american people is at an all-time low because they are consumed with attacking the president and his family 24/7 instead of reporting the news. well, criminal prosecution is unlikely because of the statute of limitations, but the new york state tax department has launched a review of the allegations. "the new york times" is calling its story historic saying the paper had to bring in extra workers overnight just to print the story, which runs 14,000 words and takes up 8 pages. president trump's taking direct aim at the woman who accuses his supreme court nominee of sexual assault. at a campaign rally last night the president said brett kavanaugh's life is in tatters and he ridiculed christine blasey ford as the crowd erupted in laughter. a stunning reversal from just days ago when the president called dr. ford a very credible witness. abc's emily rau has more from washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. president trump says it's a scary time for young men in

america, and speaking at that campaign rally last night in missishi tuesday night in mississippi getting laughs from the crowd as he openly mocked christine blasey ford, who claims brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while drunk at a high scol party in the early '80s. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: while his son don junior denied the president was mocking blasey ford, her attorneys sending this scathing tweet calling president trump's remarks a vicious, vile and soulless attack going on to say he is a profile in cowardice. blasey ford's team now saying they've sent letters and emails to the fbi with no response calling the situation inconceivable demanding to speak to the agent in charge. overnight "the new york times" releasing this 1983 letter from kavanaugh to his prep school friends ahead of a trip to the

beach saying, quote, warn the neighbors that we're loud, obnoxious drunks. before leaving the white house for tuesday night's rally, reporters asking president trump what message he's sending to young men. >> well, i'd say that it's a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very -- this is a very difficult time. >> reporter: and his message for women. >> women are doing great. >> reporter: and as we edge closer to that friday deadline for this fbi investigation, sources are now telling abc news it could be done even sooner, possibly as early as today. kendis and maggie. >> emily rau for us in d.c., thank you. the fbi is investigating three envelopes mailed to the pentagon and the white house that may have contained ricin, a highly toxic poison. one was addressed to president trump but never got to the white house. the others were sent to the secretary of defense and navy's top admiral. those envelopes were found at the pentagon's mail screening

facility. a law enforcement source says field testing can sometimes generate false positives so more tests will be done. the defense could rest its case today in the case of a white chicago police officer charged with killing a black teenager. jason van dyke took the stand tuesday and watched the video that shows him killing 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. van dyke said he feared for his life when mcdonald refused to drop a 3-inch knife. the teen was high on pcp at the time. >> his face had no expression. his eyes were just bugging out of his head. i shot at that knife and wanted him to get rid of that knife. >> reporter: van dyke fired 16 shots. he was the only officer on the scene to shoot at mcdonald. he says he thought mcdonald was lunging at him. van dyke could face life in prison if convicted. well, time now for a look at your weather on this wednesday morning.

a storm system that battered the northeast is now moving offshore but there's some lingering rain in boston and other parts of new england this morning. and several twisters were reported in pennsylvania. one confirmed tornado badly damaged a nursing home as you can see there near townville. no injuries were reported. and remnants of tropical storm rosa triggering dangerous flash flooding across parts of the southwest. record rainfall in phoenix turned streets into rivers. firefighters there rescuing dozens of stranded drivers. well, coming up, a possible comeback for toys "r" us. >> yes. also ahead, it's your money. why the air force is buying coffee cups that cost more than $1,200 each. but first the new images just coming in as a volcano erupts on the same island hit by today there is only one park for every 14,000 americans. connection to nature is a right

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we're back with a new emergency just days after that devastating earthquake and tsunami in central indonesia. a volcano has erupted on the same island spewing ash 19,000 feet into the sky. authorities have warned airline pilots about the danger from the ash. in the meantime, about 500 miles away, food and supplies are slowly arriving in the hard hit city of palu. now, many small villages remain cut off, and police are guarding shops against looters as people desperately search for water and fuel. more than 1,400 people are now confirmed dead. 62,000 have been displaced. a rising star in the democratic party has suddenly withdrawn from the mayor's race in kansas city. it's so that he can seek treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. 37-year-old jason kander served

in afghanistan. he says he visited the v.a. on monday and decided to focus on his mental health. in a statement, he says, i'm done hiding this. when i wrote in my book that i was lucky to not have ptsd, i was just trying to convince myself, and i wasn't sharing the full picture. i still have nightmares. i am depressed. a fellow veteran who runs a charity helping service members praised kander's decision. >> i think it kind of dispels the stigma of pts that, hey, it's for veterans that can't hang. it's pretty brave, you know, in that he's doing the right thing for himself, his family. >> kander, who lost a close senate race in 2016, says until now he was too scared to acknowledge his symptoms and was afraid of the stigma. well, senator chuck grassley is calling out the air force for wasteful spending after finding out that a squadron in california is buying metal coffee cups for more than $1,200 apiece. over the past three years they've reportedly shelled out

$56,000 for the cups at travis air force base because the handles break easily. now, the cups are used because they can heat water for coffee or tea on refueling tankers during flights. well, some good news for you toys "r" us kids out there. the company may be rising from the dead. the retailer has canceled its bankruptcy auction just months after closing. lenders now say they're planning a new branding company under the toys "r" us and babies "r" us names. the new move could also revive the company stores in the uk. mass closings in june cost $33,000 american workers their jobs. >> including geoffrey the giraffe who is coming off the unemployment line. >> that photo of him on his last day of work haunts me. >> tears. coming up, the major league wild card game lives up to its name. but first, everyone from rihanna to lebron james to matt damon, a celebrity home burglary ring is busted. how the suspects allegedly used social media to target their victims.

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woods finished playing a game. according to investigators other victims included stars like rihanna and dodgers player yasiel puig whose home was burglarized while he was playing baseball four times since last year. surveillance video at puig's home catching the suspects on camera. investigators say inside the home of one of the suspects was a list of future targets including matt damon and lebron james. police say their big break came when a neighbor saw a burglary in progress and called police with a description of the suspects. well, today is day ten of the manhunt for a double murder suspect northwest of nashville. authorities believe someone is helping kirby wallace stay on the run. helicopters and planes are being used to search the area in two counties. they believe he's in a two-mile area. as a safety precaution, local schools are keeping children inside, and no school buses are running. wallace is accused of murdering a womalath and a madung a carjackg st

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thunder. let's put this into motion. there we go. as we talked about yesterday, coming from the southwest. sonora will have a greater chance of that today. how is the commute starting, alexis? >> a lot better than it was yesterday, mike. that is certainly good news. looking live at the richmond side of the san rafael bridge. whopping one vehicle coming toward us on westbound 580. you can see a few puddles left over. a little sheen on the pavement. it is dryer than it was at this time yesterday. hopefully that will translate to a smoother commute. westbound 205 to 580, 22 miles per hour. 44 miles per hour once you get closer to altamonte pass. next update coming up in a couple minutes. thanks, alexis. developing news in the east bay. police in livermore issued a warning to parents after two teens died of suspected opioid

overdoses. >> i'my hollyfield live in livermore. amy >> reporter: parents need to talk to their kids. two kids have died of opioid overdoses in the past two days. and they want people to know that there could possibly be be bad drugs on the streets. the police department decided to put out a social media warning saying they did it because they need to spread the word. >> if we get one person to rethink what it is they're taking, maybe that's success. the only way to do that is get it out in social media and having people talk about it. >> police say it could take ehle couple weeks for toxicology to come back and confirm the cause of the test. they didn't want to wait. they think it is important to start educating people now. livermore has had four overdose deaths in the last year. a month ago police started

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