smile. >> makes us all smile. that's what's making news in america this morning. makingumlashing out pointing fingers. the man he's blaming for the stock market's downward slide. plus, his new pledge to retaliate against general motors for closing plants. >> i think it's shameful that, you know, we bailed them out a decade ago. >> but can the president really act alone to save jobs? the growing backlog at the border. just days after violence erupted and tear gas was fired, a dire new prediction about how desperate the situation may get, and we hear from this mother seen escaping the tear gas with her daughters. why she says she can't go home. an inspiration on the court and the young basketball player who's just become the first

division 1 college athlete with autism. what he wants you to know. plus, sharing smells over the internet. the on-the-nose technology that could make it possible. and we meet the stranger who is giving every high school student affected by the california wildfire disaster $1,000. the story behind his generosity. and we do say good morning on a wednesday, everyone. we're going to start with the growing concerns about the economy and president trump casting blame this morning. >> in a new interview he's taking on the federal reserve and also promising to retaliate against general motors for closing several plants and laying off thousands of workers. the question now, what can the president really do about it? abc's lana zak is in washington with the story. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, janai and kendis. the president is threatening retaliatory measures, but congress actually has the power

to do what he's promising, but the question is, will they actually get together to do it, and how much would that help? nearly 15,000 general motors workers are fearing for their jobs after the carmaker announced it plans to shut down four plants in the united states and one in canada. >> honestly like i don't know what to do next. >> reporter: gm says it needs to support growth in trucks and suvs that consumer demand forced them to eliminate low-selling cars. the white house is upset. >> the disappointment that it seems like gm would rather build its electric cars in china rather than in the united states. >> reporter: president trump tweeting, the u.s. saved general motors, and this is the thanks we get. we are now looking at cutting all gm subsidies including for electric cars, but that might be a hollow threat. the president needs congress to pass new legislation to end those tax credits, and gm is preparing to phase out of the electric vehicle credits already.

some workers are frustrated with all the finger-pointing, the white house and gm. >> we voted for president trump, and it now feels like, you know, those promises were made, and those promises were broken. >> the writing has been on the wall and his -- he was told not to impose tariffs. he was told not to rip apart trade deals. it's cost general motors a lot of money, and they always take it out on the backs of the workers and the consumers. >> reporter: and president trump is also blaming some of his frustrations with the economy on the chairman of the federal reserve, the person he appointed to that position, telling "the washington post," quote, i'm doing deals, and i'm not being accommodated by the fed. kendis, janai. >> it should all make for smooth sailing when the stock markets open later today. lana zak, thank you. breaking overnight the results are in from the racially charged senate runoff election in mississippi. republican cindy hyde-smith easily defeated democrat mike espy in the deeply red state. the race was marked by racial tension following hyde-smith's

remarks about being in the front row for a public hanging. both candidates say it's time to move forward. >> this victory, it's about our conservative values, that i want to represent all of mississippians with these values, and i will fight for it, i assure you, every single day. >> this is a movement, and this movement is not going to end, a mississippi where everyone regardless of race, of party, of religion feels their worth. >> hyde-smith's win means republicans will hold a 53-47 majority in the senate. we turn now to the frustration along the southern border threatening to spiral into a full-blown crisis. more migrants are flooding into northern mexico as living conditions get even worse, and now u.s. officials are warning of a massive backlog saying it could be weeks or months before they begin processing asylum

seekers. this morning the growing debate over how to handle the migrant surge along the mexican border as conditions grow increasingly desperate. days after border agents used tear gas to repel migrants seeking asylum in the u.s., thousands of migrants are living in tents growing more vulnerable and frustrated. the mother captured in this picture now seen around the world is talking about her escape. maria meza is seen grabbing her twin daughters as they run from tear gas holding one of the three canisters that landed near them. meza says they could not breathe when the canisters went off. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: meza is a mother of nine with one son already in the u.s. she says she can't return to honduras because she's facing threats from drug dealers after

they forced one of her other sons to join a gang. u.s. customs and border protection is now investigating the use of the tear gas, but the agency is defending those agents calling it a chaotic situation. a sports complex in tijuana is now housing nearly 6,000 migrants, three times more than the venue's capacity. the city's mayor calling it a humanitarian crisis. abc's matt gutman is there. >> behind me is the san ysidro crossing. what you're seeing here, 20 lanes of northbound traffic enduring all that chaos. everything here was completely shuttered for nearly seven hours. >> reporter: and the ordeal is far from over. border patrol is now warning of a massive backlog saying it can't even begin to process the asylum claims of those in the migrant caravan for at least five weeks because the system was already at capacity before the caravan arrived, and then there are new questions about a government facility in texas housing teens who cross the border alone. a senior official says the facility is near capacity with

only a few beds left. an average of about 150 minors are now crossing the border every day. the chinese scientist who claims to have produced the world's first genetically edited babies spoke out overnight. he said the results of the first case was leaked to the media and therefore the backlash was unexpected. he claims to have altered the dna of newborn twins to make them resistant to hiv and says the families understood the risks. fellow scientists are outraged saying he crossed an ethical line. chinese officials have launched an investigation into the research. back in the u.s. time now for a look at your weather for this wednesday. let's start in the northeast. the snow falling in new hampshire and the rest of northern new england is picturesque, but it's also heavy and bringing down some power lines. it's blamed for dozens of

accidents including a charter bus that skidded off interstate 91 in vermont. and looking at today's temperatures, boston should reach 44 today and atlanta, 46 in atlanta. chicago and minneapolis will shiver in the 20s. portland and seattle reach the low 50s, and later today the big weather story will be the heavy rain that is expected in southern california and the central california area as well. coming up, the new flying taxi of the future from audi. but first the alleged hazing ritual that could send four high school football players to prison for the rest of their lives. also, controversy involving elton john overnight. why he canceled his concert in

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♪ who lives in a pineapple under ♪ who lives in a pineapple under the sea, spongebob squarepants ♪ the man who created "spongebob squarepants" has passed away. stephen hillenburg had als. he conceived, wrote, produced, even directed the animated series starting in 1999. it ran for hundreds of episodes spawning a movie, video games, even a broadway musical and beautiful theme music as well. stephen hillenburg was 57. we're learning new details about an alleged hazing attack at a high school near washington, d.c. four sophomore football players are accused of sexually assaulting four freshmen players in a locker room. details of the alleged attack are too graphic to mention. all of the accused are 15 years old and could face life in prison in convicted. one of their lawyers says the boys should not be charged as adults. >> wil

old. they're clearly not adults. they're clearly not in the circumstance where we would hold a 40-year-old, a 35-year-old, a 30-year-old responsible for their acts as compared to a 15-year-old. >> authorities are looking into whether the alleged attack was part of a football tradition at the school. authorities say a drill gone wrong caused a panic at the nation's largest military hospital. police swarmed walter reed medical center responding to what they thought was an active shooter. the navy says it was all a mistake. officials say the hospital's emergency notification system was activated, but the words exercise and drill were not in that message. audi is one step closer to making a flying taxi.the automa successful test of its modular system called pop up next. a quadcopter carried a small two-passenger electric vehicle which then drove without a driver to the program destination. just one catch, though, this is

only a small scale model. they will now look into building the full size version. all right. now to regular old cars. a driver in ohio seems to have found the solution for having too many passengers. just put a sofa on the roof rack for the extra person, or maybe they didn't have enough rope to tie down the furniture. the man on top is holding on to both the sofa and the roof rack. obviously don't try this at home. >> innovative. >> yeah. well, coming up, proof that dogs aren't as smart as many owners think they are. but first the college basketball player with autism. his message as he prepares to make his debut on the court. and next the breaking news overnight, investigators releasing their report on the deadly boeing 737 crash in asia. what the black box has revealed. it's time to celebrate. [♪ ]

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break-in in this home near seattle. that's a red-tailed hawk that broke in through the window and was just hanging out in that family's dining room. a wildfire officer moved in slowly to grab its talons and get the bird under control. that bird was later released back into the wild. >> must have made a mess at home, though. >> quite a wild night. ivanka trump is speaking out for the first time about the uproar over her use of private email for official white house business. >> the president's daughter and adviser was accused of being a hypocrite for apparently repeating the very thing that her father had berated hillary clinton for. but during an exclusive interview with abc news, trump insists the two situations were very different. >> well, there really is no equivalency. all of my emails that relate to any form of government work which was mainly scheduling and logistics and managing the fact that i have a home life and a work life are all part of the public record.

they're all stored in the white house, so everything has been preserved. everything has been archived. there just is no equivalency between the two things. >> ivanka trump also confirmed that her emails contain no classified information and nothing was deleted. we'll have much more of the abc news exclusive later on "good morning america" including her take on the crisis at the border. we turn now though to that new report breaking overnight about the deadly crash of a boeing 737 in asia. >> authorities in indonesia are now calling for lion air to improve its safety culture as data reveals the pilots struggled in a violent tug-of-war with the plane's computers. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: this morning the data from this black box pulled from the 737 wreckage at the bottom of the java sea painting a picture of a battle in the sky between an indonesian crew and an added boeing safety system resulting in the crash that killed all 189 on board. right after takeafter, warning

alarms of something wrong, but it was apparently a bad sensor and data telling the flight computer there was a possibility of a dangerous stall. so the computer put the jet nose down, the pilots correcting pulling the nose back up. this happening more than two dozen times. nose down then pulled up until the jet falls out of the sky. there had been problems on this specific jet on three previous flights, but this lion aircr crew may not have followed procedures. >> what the crew should have done is disabled the system and bring it back to land. they should have done that immediately. >> reporter: the indonesians are still looking for the cockpit voice recorder which could provide even more answers but time is running out. the battery on its pinger is only guaranteed for a couple more days. is there a problem with this new 737? >> i don't see a problem with the 737 fleet as a whole. i am very concerned about pilot training and that we continue to see pilots being overreliant on automation. >> david kerley, abc news, washington.

turning now to a new report on climate change this morning. the u.n. says global carbon urears and nations around the world are falling short of the goal set in the paris climate deal. president trump speaking to "the washington post" addressed the issue saying, quote, one of the problems that a lot of people like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence, but we're not necessarily such believers. you look at our air and our water, and it's right now at a record clean. the president blamed china, russia and south america for pollution levels. an 18-year-old basketball player is making ncaa history and he isn't even in college yet. kalin bennett plays center for his high school in little rock, arkansas, and he's now the first person with autism to get a division 1 scholarship. next season he'll play for kent state. he's got big dreams, but>> i wa

basketball player. that's every basketball player's dream but want to use this platform to inspire other kids, not with autism and with autism len let them know, hey, if i can do this, you can do it too. >> bennett's family once told him that he might never walk or even talk because of his autism, but he overcame those challenges through years of therapy. bravo. up next in "the pulse," a massive cow you have to see to believe. also the technology that could allow us to share smells over the internet. okay. and later the stranger giving a helping hand to high school students affected by the california wildfire disaster.

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trending overnight. that's good moves. the rocket man was set to perform to a sold out crowd in orlando. >> but sir elton canceled the show about 30 minutes after it was supposed to start. fans were told it was because of elton's ear infection. people in the stands took their frustration to twitter. one man saying, elton john will never grace my speakers again. >> what? >> never. >> people were upset. next, a shocking disappointment. a new study says your dog is really nothing special. well, ever since humans started keeping dogs as pets, many owners have thought their dogs were extra smart. >> i thought so too. well, new research shows that's not the case. it says when it comes to reading human responses, dogs are no smarter than most other animal species. >> and they may have a great sense of smell, but a pig's sense of smell may actually be better. who is the deejay this morning? >> i don't know, but are pet pigs going to become a thing? >> they are a thing.

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this morning is damp. light rain down there. mow the debts toe, gilroy, moderate rain. the rest of us under the green shield, 580 and southward. it is pretty much moving due east. that area will continue to see light rain during the morning commute. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. here's a look at our highs today. 50s in lake port, napa, ukiah. ed rest of us 60 to 64 degrees.

the storm is a 1 today, but a two tonight. how about the commute, alexis? it is light rain. we have three rollovers and a spinout already. it's not even 4:30 in the morning. that tells you everything you need to know. slow down, please. southbound 280, a vehicle flipped on its side in the center divide. 101 at 880, you can see, yeah, we have road spray kicking up. use caution as you head out the door. >> thanks alexis. the rain and the wet roads are a concern where there is a potential for flooding and >> matt keller is live on highway 17. matt. good morning, reggie and

jessica. mudslides and flooding can be an issue in the santa cruz mountains during the big storms. even when we see what we are seeing now, it could be a problem for people driving. it could be an interesting morning commute here in the santa cruz mountains. politics works crews have been busy dredging creeks. it helps to prevent flooding in the neighborhoods. >> some channels that we know are going to flood during the rains and we will be heading to those. we have been heading to them to get them cleared out and handle the amount of flow we are expecting. >> they still need to work on flooding from two years ago. they have already delivered sand and sandbags that residents must fill on their own. they will be checking out any

down trees and mudslides here on the roads. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. caltrans worked quickly to fill a sizable pothole on highway 101, south san francisco. it started crumbling around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. it took crews almost six hours to repair the damage. the patch took this morning than usual to dry. >> caltrans plans to close part of highway 1 because of today's storm. it involves the 12-mile stretch between mud creek and paul slide. it say precaution against a possible rockslide like the one that hit the area in may of last year. highway 1 justify reopened in july after $54 million in rpairs.