look at that video. severe storms in norfolk, virginia accompanied by spectacular lightning strikes. one bolt even hit a baptist church. no major damage is reported. the area also saw many floods. those roads were just flooded, power knocked out for thousands. many drivers tried to plow their way through the water, and they just stalled out, you can see them right there. more than 100 models are urging victoria's secret to take a stand on sexual misconduct allegations in an open letter. >> some of those signing include christy turlington burns and milla. they want the chain to protect its models and sign an anti-harassment pledge. this follows reports convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein allegedly posed as a recruiter for the brand. sexual misconduct allegations have also been made against several photographers who worked with the company.

a 24-year-old former teenage model is recovering from her 16th surgery after repairing her face after a devastating car crash. >> that crash happened more than three years ago after a single moment of distraction. this morning she's sharing an important message about driver safety. wabc-tv's amy freese has her story. >> this -- everything -- it happened in three seconds. and i was distracted, for whatever reason. >> reporter: at 21 years old, nicole slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer, completely mangled, car totaled, she was unrecognizable. >> she was treated for life threatening injuries. you can see the first responders surrounding her car. >> reporter: her face was crushed. distracted driving robbed the prom queen turned model of her physical identity. >> when i found out that i broke every bone in my face, i was a model. like that was extremely, extremely difficult. >> reporter: facing hopelessness, nicole and her family found dr. james bradley.

>> her nose was collapsed completely centrally and her jaw was misaligned. >> reporter: more than a dozen painful procedures were required to fix the deformities. >> we repaired her cheekbones which had to be moved in and up. >> reporter: at times she found it difficult to leave home. anxiety, depression, ptsd. she even had to wear an eye patch at times, recalling others making fun. three years into recovery, the photos of reconstruction bring a smile even though her emotional recovery continues. >> life is a beautiful thing. and i really have learned to really appreciate that. >> reporter: her message is more than her gift of recovery. along with her surgeon she shared aaa's statistics on the most deadly driving day of the year. >> we see fatal crashes involving teen drivers go up by 17% during that period compared to the rest of the year. >> i just want to prevent this from happening to anyone else. >> reporter: and being safer is worth it. nicole's perspective continues to brighten. >> i look in the mirror and i

have confidence now. >> reporter: nicole plans to go to temple in the fall studying chemistry. she wants to go into the medical field to help others. in new hyde park, amy freese, channel 7 eyewitness news. it will be no roman holiday if you sit down in the wrong place in an italian city. >> rome's official tourism website describes the spanish steps as a place for a pleasant rest? not as of a month ago. sitting, drinking, or eating on the landmark are no longer permitted. tourists should behave and not doing so could cost as much as $450. >> so behave. >> i mean, yeah. so behave. >> so behave. all right, coming up right here, getting your kids' brains back in gear for back to school. >> the new crop of toys that are so fun, your kids won't even realize they're learning.

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with back-to-school season fast approaching now is the time to get your kids' brains in gear for the school year but it doesn't have to be all work and no play. "toy insider" editor-in-chief is here with a fresh batch of fun but educational toys. >> we'll start with our youngest learners, getting ready for preschool. this is from b-tech, the mix and match-saurus. you put these pieces in here and it has a ceiling, a dance style, a robot or a monster. mix and match which go in so it teaches that emotional sensitivity as well. then when he's set, turn him on. >> hi, i'm your dino friend. >> and he dances and he'll sing and he walks. he mixes these all together. he'll form a song that goes with all the pieces you put in. >> okay. >> so he's very cute. next up we have the leap start

3d, which is cool. this pen you can take with you on the go. it comes with interactive books so when you tap something with the pen, it shows up on the screen here. >> oh, wow. >> it will teach kids about different parts of the body. there's other books like reading and math too. does tha itoes have v >> okay, good. >> so you can turn it down if you don't want to hear it. this is coggy, a brain teaser puzzle from fat brain toys. what's cool is it looks like this, all kinds of fun colors on it. on the other side, black and white, so you can do the puzzles in black and white or in color. when you're solving the puzzles in the book you move it around. it all stays together, it doesn't come apart. this is a good travel one, if you're going on that last summer vacation, you want to keep your kids learning. >> keep them occupied. >> they just have to put the colors in the right patterns that match the different puzzles.

>> okay, cool. >> this is color chemistry arctic lab from crayola. you're going to use all kinds of crayola things. model magic, different paint, to create different science experiments. these are all winter themed. >> all right. >> you can create snow that sits on trees. here i have slush that's being made. you can add the salt into it and stir it up and it will turn it back into water so that kids can learn how salt melts the slush on the sidewalk. >> okay. >> yeah, so everything is winter themed. >> genius. >> our stirrer is a shovel. we have all kinds of fun snow beads and things that make it wintry and fun. >> all right. >> 50 experiments in there that kids can do. it comes with most of the things you need but a couple of household items like table salt. >> fun s.t.e.m. activity, love that. >> speaking of, this is vex iq robotics build blitz. two models in this kit, it has over 800 pieces but can build seven different models.

here i have the raptor. i have our balancer right here. once kids build them up, they how? all about it, then they u. >> you can drive and it steer it around. this is one of the balancing robots so he'll go on his own. >> oh my gosh. is he dancing? >> he is dancing. >> dancing, okay. >> he'll sit down, become the remote control car as well, the raptor that will walk around, wave his tail and roar. kids lea autoding and what they put into the app and how they connected the circuits make it move. >> that is incredible. 800 pieces? >> 800 pieces, they all snap together while it's building. these kits are also available for school, so your kid's school might already have it but you can take these home with you as well. >> those are obviously two sets? >> no, this comes in one set. >> just one? >> it builds seven different models. so this is just two of the models that it builds. >> so cool. for these and other stealth learning ideas, check out thetoyinsider.com as well as wnnfans.com.

"toy insider" editor-in-chief ali, thank you so much for all of this. this. we'll be right back.

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>> you know -- oh, uh-uh, uh-uh, hold on a second. let's review these details, please. so it means their anniversary's his birthday. >> oh, yeah. >> is that a lot? is that too much? i'd need my birthday to be standalone. >> i didn't think about that. >> yeah, oops. oops. thanks anyway. okay, so also as impressive as planning a surprise wedding, acrobatic pizza. let the questions begin, guys. we've got hundreds of them. how? why? who? do you eat it afterwards? is it fan sanitary? do they drop it? this man is amazing. he's not dropping anything. >> wow. >> but these mad skills with the pizza dough. look at this look at this, he's on his back, look. bicycle kicking, wow. it should be a sport in the next olympics. >> i mean -- >> oh my gosh. >> did he get anything for this, i guess in the u.s. pizza team acrobatic trials.

>> not bad. >> this is another really cool piece of video. okay, so this is a bronx native, delonce de leon, 18 years old, grabbing cash at an atm, then this happened. check this out. she was coming back from voguing practice. >> what? >> she goes into the -- look at -- whoa. >> voguing practice? where can we sign up? asking for a friend. >> asking for a friend, you're going to do it? so yeah, her friend just started playing the song on the speaker. >> yes, honey. >> boom. >> yes. oh my goodness. >> and the category is -- beyonce! >> somebody sign her. also you have to lock your doors. lock everything. hide your kids. hide your wife. because this keeps happening. a bear getting into cars, getting stuck, tearing those cars to shreds.

this morning on "world news now," summer storms are hammering a big chunk of the northeast. >> a tornado even touching down in new jersey. entire communities are under water. new developments this morning in the el paso shooting. lawyers for the suspect's family say his mother alerted police weeks before the shooting. this has president trump visits both el paso and dayton amid protests. the big celebration this week in jamaica. we're meeting a celebrity chef who's a native son to the proud island nation. how he says his love of food paved the way to his success. on this national happiness happens day, this is happening. they're the hottest new thing under the golden arches. why spicy chicken mcnuggets are being called the holy grail of mcdonald's menu and how fans are reacting.

it's thursday, august 8th. ?o spicy. kn. th?holy gra o does that say a lot? does that say nothing at all? >> uh -- you know. >> is the ice cream machine working? that's the big question. we will get -- >> spicy ice cream next? >> maybe. we'll get to all of that, of course. >> how beautiful is she looking? how beautiful? >> oh, thank you. so excited to have gio here to compliment me. so glad that you are here. he's here through the rest of the week. we do begin this morning with severe thunderstorms in the midwest and the northeast. roads and highways are flooded, even a tornado touched down less than 20 miles from here in new jersey. >> strong storms in the norfolk, virginia area knocked out power for thousands. dozens of flights were canceled there and throughout the eastern seaboard. >> overnight this storm system is moving out to sea, but

another cold front is sweeping through the midwest an >> reporter: heavy downpours and damaging winds across the northeast as millions head home from work. >> this is a really dangerous storm with heavy rain, lightning, gusty winds. >> reporter: this time lapse showing the severe weather moving through new york city. a confirmed tornado touching down in nearby union county, new jersey. this after a supercell brought large hail to parts of the heartland, the size of baseballs in south dakota. >> there are some a lot bigger than this one. >> reporter: winds gusting to 70 miles per hour, toppling trees, ripping apart roofs in grand island, nebraska. the baltimore area hammered by a separate system tuesday. streets turning to rivers amid a flash flood warning. more than 5 inches of rain in places. a lightning strike blamed for this three-alarm fire. fortunately the building was vacant. and the severe weather is having

a significant impact on air travel. more than 1,500 cancelations in and out of the u.s. and delays at new york-area airports lasting three to five hours. whit johnson, abc news, new york. a new development about the gunman who opened fire at the walmart in el paso. a family attorney telling abc news the suspect's mother was so concerned that he had purchased an assault-style rifle that she actually called police weeks before the shooting. >> and the lawyer said the 21-year-old's mother was worried given his age, maturity level, and lack of experience with that type of firearm. but did not believe he posed a threat. he said an officer told her that her son was legally allowed to purchase the weapon. it's not clear if that was the gun used in the massacre. >> a lot of people are going to be looking at that. >> absolutely. turning to president trump slamming political rivals as he traveled to dayton and el paso in the aftermath of those horrific mass shootings. >> the president was met by protesters in both cities, some with signs calling him a racist.

he and the first lady remained mostly out of the public view as they greeted first responders, hospital workers, and wounded survivors. >> in dayton the president was welcomed by the mayor and ohio senator sherrod brown, both democrats, who urged him to take more aggressive action on gun control. after saying earlier that he wanted to stay out of the political fray, the president took aim. >> they shouldn't be politicking today. i get on air force one where they do have a lot of televisions. i turn on the television. and there they are saying, well, i don't know if it was appropriate for the president to be here, you know, et cetera, et cetera, the same old line. and they're very dishonest people, and that's probably why he got i think about 0% and he failed as a presidential candidate. >> both democrats actually said the president was comforting and that the victims were grateful for the visit, so it's not quite clear why he was lashing out. his social media director piled on saying the democrats were lying about what took place at the hospital and claimed that the president was treated like a

rock star. in ohio, school board officials are meeting today to decide whether to release the student records of the dayton shooter after former classmates say he was suspended for making a hit list. >> meanwhile we're getting new images obtained by cnn apparently showing the gunman when he initially arrived at the bar before that shooting and we're now hearing from the hero bouncer credited with saving lives. abc's eva pilgrim is there with more. >> reporter: police searching for a motive in the dayton mass shooting. investigating this video obtained exclusively by cnn. it appears to show the alleged shooter entering a bar with his sister and a friend in shorts and a t-shirt before the massacre. [ shots ] moments later he was in tactical gear and opening fire. in this surveillance video he's chasing people towards another bar. watch as the gunman gets to the entrance, and that's when he came face to face with the bouncer, jeremy gainger. >> did you look at him?

>> yeah, looked at him right in the face. he had a dead stare. >> reporter: he'd pushed as many people as he could grab into the bar, about 200 people were inside. he stood in the door, ready. >> i would have died before that guy came in. no way i was going to let anyone get hurt. i was going to try to stand my ground best i could. next thing i know he's being shot by the officer. >> reporter: in less than 30 seconds dozens of people were hurt, nine people were killed, including the gunman's own sister. gainger, hit by shrapnel, was taken to the hospital where he stayed for three days. the metal still in his leg. >> i am lucky. i'd do it again, though. >> you would do it again? >> yeah. >> reporter: jeremy tells me he is planning to go back to work. he says if he doesn't go back to work then the gunman wins and he doesn't want the shooter to beat him. eva pilgrim, abc news, dayton, ohio. >> a big thanks to eva for that story showing us the heroes in all of that hate.

another sign that the nation is on edge and skittish after those deadly back-to-back mass shootings. the virginia headquarters for "usa today," one of the nation's most prominent newspapers, was evacuated following reports of a man with a gun. hundreds of employees scrambled to flee the building. police later determined it was a false alarm after an extensive search. a tennessee prison official is dead and an inmate described as extremely dangerous is on the loose. authorities say curtis ray watson escaped from the west tennessee state penitentiary yesterday morning. around the time watson went missing, administrator deborah johnson was found dead in her home on the property. fed ex plans to stop making ground deliveries for amazon. the delivery service terminated its air delivery contract with the online giant two months ago. fed ex says it plans to go after more e-commerce deliveries from more companies such as walmart and target. amazon has been building its own delivery network and reducing its use of fed ex.

all right, switching gears now to a one-time job only a carnivore could love, and it's waiting for someone in california. >> okay, guys, so farmer boy's restaurant is looking for an intern with the taste for bacon. the position described as a one-day bacon internship, calls for spending eight hours tasting strips of bacon. it pays $1,000. interested candidates can apply on instagram. they have to post a photo or video explaining why they would be the best bacon intern. >> yeah, they're calling it the bacon-tern. they have to apply for this by august 20th. >> so keep that in mind, time is running out. >> 18 years old or older. >> there you go. >> i think paula faris is going to love this. she loves her bacon. >> paula's a busy woman but she could maybe find time for this, yeah, good thinking. coming up, why today may be

the happiest day on the calendar. plus we're celebrati jamaicin w jamaican chef is giving back to his native country one dish at a time. but first an emotional simone biles blasting usa gymnastics. what she said about the one job they failed to do. they failed to do.

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an emotional simone biles is blasting usa gymnastics for failing to protect athletes from a sexual predator. >> biles revealed last year she was among the hundreds of victims of team doctor larry nassar. the olympic gold medalist is preparing to compete for a sixth u.s. gymnastics championship title this weekend in kansas city. through tears the typically composed biles expressed her frustration with the sport's governing body. >> it's hard coming here for an organization and having had them failed us so many times. and we had one goal, and we've done everything that they asked us for, even when we didn't want to, and they couldn't do one

damn job. you had one job, you literally had one job, and you wouldn't protect us. >> wow. biles says she still doesn't trust the organization. she also revealed she's in therapy to help her heal. nassar was essentially sentenced to life after pleading guilty to multiple sex crimes. we are going to go north of the border now. canadian authorities are reporting a break in the manhunt for two teenage murder suspects. >> police say the young men's bodies were discovered some 2,000 miles away from where their alleged victims were found. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: that canada-wide search for those teenage murder suspects ended with the discovery of what are believed to be their remains. kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky's murder spree began in british columbia, three weeks and 2,000 miles from where the bodies were found. they were accused of shooting american chynna deese and her boyfriend, lucas fowler, point

blank on july 15th, then driving to another part of british columbia and murdering this college professor. surveillance cameras capturing the two at this big box store on july 21st over 1,000 miles away. then a day later, residents in the remote town of gillam, manitoba, spot the pair. s.w.a.t. teams blockading the town. >> on friday, august 2nd, that one critical piece of evidence was found. items directly linked to the suspects were located on the shoreline of the nelson river. >> reporter: that evidence was this damaged boat. it took only a few more days to find their bodies. now canadian authorities say a coroner will determine how and when those two suspects died. investigators still have to unravel the motive in these murders. now a family member of a victim told me she is overwhelmed. matt gutman, abc news, orange county, california. a new veterans memorial park

is open in tampa, florida area. but you'll have to put on a wet suit to visit it. >> yeah, the circle of heros is 40 feet under water just offshore from clearwater. it features 12 six-foot statues and the emblems of five military branches. >> officials say diving provides therapy for many veterans. what an incredible thing to think of. >> i mean, incredible. look at that. >> yeah, very cool. >> very, very cool. coming up in our next half hour, ridesharing for kids is on the rise. the services that are now targeting the younger market, helping out busy parents with the daily carpool. the many apps that many parents are calling a godsend. first, celebrating jamaica independence week by indulging in some of the country's most mouth-watering cuisines. most mouth-watering cuisines.

♪ jamaica jamaica caps off celebrating 57 years of independence this week.

>> and this morning we're meeting a celebrity chef whose jamaican roots are inspiring a cuisine that pays homage to his homeland one dish at a time. >> i was making a steam cabbage and i accidentally spilled curry inside the cabbage. >> reporter: chef patrick simpson distinctively remembers his curry cabbage failure in the kitchen as a moment that would kick start his climb to becoming a celebrity chef. >> so my sister start laughing at me, in the middle of she laughing, i start crying. and i said to her, i'm going to show you that i can cook, one day i'm going to be a chef. >> reporter: and he did. now an executive corporate chef to serve presidents, rappers, actors, even our own michael strahan. but his journey from jamaica >> sleeping on the cold concrete, you know. you're homeless. >> reporter: knowing he wanted to work in food and nutrition, chef patrick worked his way up from the local hotels where he hid on the property for places to sleep while homeless, to eventually becoming a sous chef and executive chef for royal caribbean cruises.

he later moved to florida before landing in new york city. despite how far he'd come, patrick says there was a point when he wasn't sure he could go on. >> i've contemplated suicide. >> reporter: telling us about the time at a number two subway station he contemplated taking his own life. >> i stand there and i count three trains go by me with my eyes closed trying to make up my mind. my headphone was on, i was listening to "can't give up now" by mary mary. and i don't know how i took one step back. that's the reason why i'm here now, because i didn't give up, and i keep pushing myself and tell myself, one more day. one more day. >> reporter: with a renewed sense of purpose, chef patrick was back at it, bouncing around restaurants in new york city, now serving as corporate executive chef, even recognized as an ambassador by the prime minister of his native island. chef patrick often returns to jamaica, and on a recent trip

reflecting on just how far he's come. >> i stayed in the executive suite at the top of the hotel on the 14th floor. i was actually looking down on all the places -- >> that you used to sleep? >> -- that i used to sleep. >> tell me what else was going through your mind as you were looking at that spot, thinking back on the journey? >> there's so much that was going through my mind. there's so much. >> reporter: as we talked with the chef about his path to success, we had to talk about one of the most important parts helping pave the way, his food. what is it about food that brings people together? >> we want to create something that's enjoyable and something that's memorable. and it's a part of us, it's a part of me, it's a part of my heart that i just shared to you at the table. >> reporter: and lucky for us, the chef had an apron for me and shared some of his secrets in the kitchen. >> we're going to do a bourbon jerk lobster. that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: so we start with lobster and season it up, adding some garlic powder, salt and

pepper, red chili flakes. i added extra. then scallion, green bell pepper, fresh garlic, and mango, and marinade it with oil. >> and now you're going to put that in there. >> reporter: we added bourbon and jerk sauce, more bourbon, then more seasoning. >> bam. >> reporter: as the chef shares his passion through food here in the u.s., he's also giving back to jamaica. >> i decided, okay, i'm going to open a culinary school. it's going to be about 150 kids that don't have to pay anything. it basically comes out of my pocket. and just give them -- and after they graduate, they also get job placement. >> reporter: chef patrick is aiming to serve youth in jamaica the kind of support he didn't have growing up, and his message for those kids is simple. one he embodies himself. >> you have to always be your number one cheerleader. no matter -- yes, you need the support, you need people to cheer for you, but you've got to cheer for yourself louder than anyone else. you have to believe in yourself. no matter who doubt you, don't give up. >> loved meeting the chef. so fabulous. >> don't give up, i love that. >> don't give up, such a great message.

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♪ oh! you guys are back. it's time for "the mix." we're here indulging. because it's national happiness happens day. >> happy happiness happens. >> happy happiness happens day. we happen to be enjoying our happiness with these insomnia cookies. what makes us happier than cookies in the middle of the night, right? >> are you seeing all of this? >> this deliciousness. >> let me actually get the -- yeah. >> yeah, all this goodness. the holiday is based on the premise that happiness is unlimited and contagious, and sharing one's happiness -- these cookies are so good -- can bring a lot of joy into other people's lives. so we're sharing happiness. and it's been a tough week.

you guys, we need this. >> all the cookies. just all the cookies. >> yeah, all the cookies, share all the happiness you can. >> some people aren't happy with mcdonald's. >> right. >> the spicy nuggets debuted. do we have a photo of it? okay, look at these. so they're a little like orange or whatever. and they have -- >> to let you know they're hot. >> they have the sauce, right? apparently it's the sauce that makes them spicy. that's what people are saying. people were lining up to get these, and they're calling it the biggest letdown. >> time-out, who are these people that were lining up for these nuggets? shame on them. >> okay, but in their defense, they were giving 600 nuggets out for free. >> oh! >> so -- >> oh. >> you know. listen. >> you know what? so speaking of mcnuggets, i have -- okay. i'm going to reveal it. i have a guilty pleasure. i don't eat meat. but -- >> neither do it. >> when i was pregnant, i did. i reverted. i would go to mcdonald's and get chicken nuggets and french fries

and the mcflurry when the ice cream machine was working and dip it all in, it's so good. >> those nuggets are good. >> sorry about the sauce and not being too spicy. so panda triplets. as if that's not cute enough, these are red panda triplets. stop. >> babies. >> oh my gosh. >> they were born at the kansas city zoo. according to the zoo, red pandas typically have high mortality rates and it's rare to have three cubs born at once. but these amazing little triplets came into the world. mom, mom's happy, babies are happy. >> so cute. >> adorable. >> we've got more animal love for you. we've got a dog. this is a dog. he was just sleeping. he was a sleepy dog. look at this. it's a pitbull. his owner asked him to move. but check it out. >> uh-uh. >> he's like, nope, i'm staying in that chair. >> that's insomniacs at 3:00 p.m.

this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," the polarizing trip and the fallout after president trump tours texas and ohio, two cities still grieving over the horrific mass shootings there. what kind of welcome did he get? breaking overnight, the mother of el paso's shooting suspect was so concerned he had purchased an assault-style rifle that she called police weeks before the shooting. details are ahead. new this half hour, do you feel like you're being pulled in all directions by your kids' schedules? now there's an app for that. >> how a new crop of ridesharing apps aimed at kids is much-needed relief for carpool-crazed parents. more than 30 years after "coming to america," wait until you hear what a-listers are joining eddie murphy for the

sequel. you guys don't know the level of excitement. it is thursday, august 8th. you are excited. >> i am very excited. >> so excited. >> whatever you like. you guys, we'll be talking all things "coming to america" later, and i'll be shaming gio later for having not seen it. don't tweet him, don't add him, don't add him. >> you know i'm going to get it now. >> it's all right, we're still so happy that you are here with us hanging out in the overnight. >> i'm happy to be here. >> so excited. >> happy to be here with you. we're going to begin this half hour with president trump unleashing on democrats as he visited the two cities still ba-tback mass shootings. >> protesters rallied in dayton and el paso, demanding tougher gun control laws, blaming the president for contributing to a climate of hate. the president largely stayed out of sight as he met with victims and first responders but he

didn't hesitate to fire off at his critics. abc's kyra phillips has more. landing in el paso, keeping a low profile as he visits a community still reeling from the mass shooting that killed 22 people. many people there angry. riot police on hand. our marcus moore is there. >> all of this happening right now just a few steps from the hospital where a number of people have been recovering. >> reporter: the president visiting with victims. >> went to the hospital, just came from the hospital. there were a lot of heroes, there were a lot of heroes, a lot of people doing incredible work. they shouldn't be politicking today. i get on air force one. i turn on the television and there they are saying, i don't know if it was appropriate for the president to be here, you know, et cetera, et cetera, the same old line. they're very dishonest people. >> reporter: earlier air force one touching down in dayton. hundreds of people lining the streets. >> not one more! not one more!

>> reporter: miami valley hospital releasing this image of the president's visit there greeting staff. the media not permitted inside. dayton's mayor saying they were grateful for the president's visit but says she confronted the president on gun reform. >> do i think that we're going to see another mass shooting tomorrow or friday? probably. because washington will not move. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden also taking on the president. >> it's both clear language and in code. this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation. >> reporter: but the president telling me his rhetoric is not to blame. what do you say to your critics that believe it's your rhetoric that's emboldening white nationalism? >> no, i don't think my rhetoric has at all, i think my rhetoric -- it brings people together. >> reporter: as soon as the president left dayton, ohio, he took to twitter tearing into the ohio democrats he met with saying their news conference was a fraud, and as for joe biden,

the president tweeting his speech was, quote, so boring. kyra phillips, abc news, the white house. >> our thanks to kyra there. we're getting word this money that the mother of the el paso suspect had called police about her son's high-powered rifle weeks before the shooting. >> an attorney for the family says the alleged gunman's mother was worried given his age, maturity level, and lack of experience with that type of firearm but did not believe he posed a threat. he said an officer told her her son was legally allowed to purchase the weapon and did not ask for additional information. school board officials in ohio are meeting to decide whether to release the student records of the dayton shooter after former classmates say he was suspended for making a hit list. cnn exclusively obtained this surveillance video presumably of the gunman when he initially arrived at the bar with his sister about two hours before

the shooting, apparently unarmed. awful to see that. breaking overnight, at least four people are dead after a stabbing rampage in orange county, california. two others were injured during the two-hour spree. several robberies were also reported. the suspect is in custody. police say he had no apparent connection to the victims. and we have new developments now in a catastrophic ohio home explosion. investigators are treating it as a possible hate crime after finding a swastika and anti-black slurs painted on the garage. the homeowners, a white man and a black woman, were not home when the blast occurred. more now from alex perez. >> reporter: the explosion in sterling, ohio. >> 911? >> yes, there is a house behind our house that is completely engulfed in flames on fire. >> reporter: the home belonging to angela frays. the african-american woman has lived here over two decades. authorities discover a swastika and racial slurs spray painted on the garage door and the

neighbors' vehicles. >> it's really sickening. it is, it's sickening. to do this to somebody's home. we could have been in there. >> reporter: frays says she and her husband were away while the home was being repaired. authorities had been at the house a day before the blast after they say someone intentionally tried to fill the home with natural gas and cause an explosion. >> this type of activity is very disappointing in thinking, you know, one or a couple of people could have that type of behavior. >> reporter: the homeowners say they do not intend on rebuilding for fear they could be targeted again. authorities now offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> all right, alex, thanks so much. federal agents arrested nearly 700 workers in mississippi. the sweeping immigration crackdown centered on seven chicken processing plants near jackson. most of those detained were latino. officials say this may have been

the largest-ever workplace operation in a single state. school officials are worried some children will be left without parents or guardians at home. a new jersey town will be cleaning up this morning after a tornado touched down less than 20 miles from new york city. no injuries were reported in springfield even though large trees fell onto homes and cars. this is the sixth tornado this year in new jersey, which normally gets two a year. the same system also brought flash flooding to the philadelphia area. streets turned into rivers. look at that car submerged. and several sinkholes almost swallowing some cars. british airways says it has fixed a computer glitch which stranded about 20,000 passengers. the check-in system problem affected short-haul flights to and from the three london airports. passengers had to be checked in manually. more than 100 flights were canceled, 200 delayed. british airways warns there may still be some delays today. so this is a quote. don't touch something if you

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and we're back now with this dramatic rescue of a 6-year-old boy in chechnya about to fall from the fifth floor of that building. these men rushed in to save him. the boy was locked in the bathroom and got stuck as he tried to free himself by crawling down drainpipes. he was spotted outside, standing on a beam. thank god everyone is okay there. >> good thing. back here at home, our kids may be safely on the ground but they're constantly on the move. >> it's a chronic problem for parents. those daily carpools for the kids before and after school. but now new rideshare apps are providing welcome relief for busy parents. here is becky worley.

>> reporter: ridesharing. it's genius. open app, select destination, car arrives, boom. you've got transportation. for busy parents the idea of applying the same concept to kids, especially older teens, sounds like a dream come true. what age kids you know have started using uber, lyft, by themselves or friends, without a parent? >> like 12, 11. >> from what you know, do they use their accounts or their parents' accounts? >> pretty sure their parents' accounts. >> reporter: yet the major rideshare companies don't allow kids under 18 to ride alone. according to uber, account holders who allow unaccompanied minors to use their account may lose access to uber. lyft's policy is similar. children are welcome to join adult passengers in a ride but aren't permitted to ride alone. for kids under 18, rideshare is a growing space. the barnell family of oakland, y seiccalled kango. it offs defor practice. ed kids a wusit for e

>> reporter: rides are prescheduled, not on demand like uber. in this case their 12-year-old daughter olivia is heading to rowing camp. >> i go here and press book a driver, select the kids that are going to be in this ride, select one for olivia. >> bye, have a good day. >> bye. >> good morning, how are you? >> good, how are you? >> good. >> reporter: a great solution for busy parents who can afford it. >> you okay back there? >> uh-huh. >> wonderful, wonderful. >> it's a little bit more expensive than uber, but we understand that is because of the background check, the fact that they have to select drivers with a lot of experience dealing with kids. >> reporter: another service on the market, hop skip drive. kids have to be at least 6 years old to ride alone. both vigorously background check drivers. while ridesharing for minors doesn't have all the kinks worked out yet, it's certainly a

dream many parents hope will come true. >> all right, we're here. >> reporter: safely in the near future. >> okay, bye, have a great day. >> thank you! >> so another way that apps can help is that they can also organize carpool schedules, so if some parents probably collaborate that way. >> interesting. i think a lot of people are going to have to test this out. >> right. >> i think parents are going to be looking at this saying, well, i don't know, 3 years old? >> right, right. i mean, i can see if you have like maybe quadruplets who are all 15, they're all in different sports or something. to each his own. when we come back, the emmy awards finally announcing who they've asked to host tv's biggest night. macaulay culkin has an idea for the reboot of "home alone." "the skinny" is next. biggest night. macaulay culkin has an idea for the reboot of "home alone." "the skinny" is next. "home alone." "the skinny" is next. to dissoln contact. it works great on bathtubs. and even stainless steel.

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plans to reimagine several famous films like "cheaper by the dozen," "night at the museum," and "home alone." >> when it came out in 1990, culkin was 10 years old. now a little bit older. at age 38 he is weighing in on these plans for a new version. >> he tweeted this photo -- >> all right. all right. >> of himself with the caption, this is what an updated home alone would actually look like. >> hilarious. >> recreating the scene when kevin eats junk food at home while his family is stranded there in paris. >> so funny. culkin followed up with the tweet that said, hey, disney, call me. you know, i did see some reaction on instagram and twitter yesterday. and many people were like, no, no, no, you can't, "home alone," you just can't, you've got to leave that one alone. >> how are you going to redo it? >> i don't know, i don't know, we'll see.

but a sequel that's in the works that we are jazzed up about, "coming to america." uh-huh. eddie murphy already on board to play prince akeem in this follow-up to the 1988 comedy called "coming 2 america." >> clever. james earl jones and arsenio hall will reprise their roles from the original movie. there are several a-listers joining the sequel including "snl" star leslie jones, wesley snipes, rapper rick ross. >> prince akeem returning to america to find a long-lost son in queens. "coming 2 america" set for release next august. this is going to be a whole event. people are going to be dressed up. what do they call that? comic-con, where people get all dressed up for it? i don't remember what. it's going to be an event. >> it's going to be a thing. >> a whole thing. >> i'll be excited about it once i see the first one, and i will see the first one.

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>> at this point we thought they're the airlines. >> reporter: michigan couple naomi and hunter polaski were heading to japan to visit family when their flight was delayed. they took to their phones in search of solutions. they say one of the first sites that popped up, delta airlines reservation deals, boasting the best deals on delta airline flights at affordable rates. >> if you're in a hurry especially, and you're just looking for a phone number, i would think that anybody could fall into that trap. >> reporter: now they say they were duped after being prompted to call the number listed on the site when trying to rebook their flight. >> at first he said that it was going to be $900, but that they would give us a discount and do it for $300. >> reporter: and they say the site put a $300 service fee on their credit card before delta helped get their money back and got them a new flight at no charge. these websites also display the exact same disclaimer for

would-be passengers. the carriers tell us these sites aren't associated with them at all. and it's not just airlines. shows this example of a fake hilton site. the better business bureau told us the average person loses roughly $1,200 through sites like these. >> the most important thing people can look out for is to make sure they're going to the right url. >> so that takeaway, make sure you're going to the right url. i was telling the team earlier that this happened to my husband almost. he was trying to call delta airlines to fix something with a flight, and he just googled "delta customer service." he did not get the number to delta. we didn't realize it until the person started saying like some really ridiculous things on the phone and we're looking at each other like what? >> wait, this is not delta. >> then we're like, don't give your credit card information. >> you've got to use the website. just make sure you're not just googling. i love that this song is going on with that story. ♪ holiday celebrate ♪ holiday celebrate

happening now in america this morning, a bombshell in the el paso shooting investigation. word that the suspect's mother called police weeks before the attack concerned about her son. what she said. plus, an abc news exclusive. >> you would do it again? >> yeah. >> the bouncer who saved dozens of lives inside that bar in dayton tells us what he did to stop the carnage and what he saw in the shooter's eyes. historic immigration raids. new details overnight about where hundreds of undocumented workers have been arrested and the concern now, who is taking care of their children? victoria's secret under fire. why more than 100 fashion models are fighting back demanding the company do more to fight abuse and harassment.