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a remarkable scene at a houston mall caught on camera. you see that man running there then falling down saying, i'm sorry, bro, to a security guard who has shot him in the leg. poli a remarkable scene at a houston mall caught on camera. the man running and falling down saying, i'm sorry, bro, to a security guard who has shot him in the leg. police say the man had stolen cash then cook off with the security guard on his tail. the man then jumped through the open window of a car and took off, but police caught up with

him later at a nearby hospital. and in california a prison riot in the central part of the state has left dozens of people injured. >> at least eight inmates were sent to the hospital after about 200 starting fighting in the facility at soledad. the brawl lasts more than 10 minutes. no prison workers were hurt. and a tense scene unfolded during a traffic stop in connecticut. >> officers approached the vehicle with their guns drawn, believing the driver was an armed suspect. but he turned out to be the general manager of the new york yankees. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: with their guns drawn -- >> put your hands out the window! >> reporter: tense moments outside a connecticut gas station after police swarm a car they believe is stolen. >> go ahead and step out of the car. >> reporter: that's new york yankees general manager brian cashman. m . please. >> reporions, getting out of his jeep wrangler with his hands up. police say they had been on the lookout for the same type of car

he was driving, searching for a man who had left a doctor's office with a gun. but when officers ran cashman's license plate, his vehicle popped up as stolen. >> you look very familiar to me. >> gm of the new york yankees. >> i didn't want to say it's brian cashman over the radio. >> reporter: the nypd had recently returned the vehicle to the 52-year-old. cashman says he was on his way to have his car processed for evidence. >> there's stuff in the car i feel would be evidence that's not mine. >> reporter: cashman has commended the officers for their professionalism. the officers said he'll have a story to share with his team. stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. last month's european heat wave is being blamed for a potentially dangerous situation in the famed notre dame cathedral. >> officials say a number of stones fell from the church's vaulted ceiling. temperatures near 110 degrees caused the mortar holding them in place to dry out. no one was hurt. repairs on the fire-damaged cathedral are suspended due to lead concerns.

coming up, the rock concert 50 years ago that still resonates today. >> we're opening up the "abc news vault" and remembering the woodstock. test test same red dress today - even bolder. fight the fade and keep your red dress red. is it new? no, it's washed in studio by tide.

♪ by the time we got to woodstock we were half a million strong ♪ ♪ and everywhere was a song and a celebration ♪ it was a celebration to end all celebrations. the crowd half a million strong rocking out at that concert for the ages, woodstock.

>> it took place exactly 50 years ago today, and this morning we're opening up the abc news vault to august 1989 with "20/20" when woodstock was just turning 20. >> reporter: the concert that became a symbol of the 1960s took place here on a 600-acre dairy farm in bethel, new york. it was called woodstock after a town 50 miles away, a town where the festival was originally meant to be held. but that was not the only plan that went awry. it was billed as three days of peace and music. and the promoters expected to make a profit, 100,000 fans paying $18 a ticket. instead they lost money when nearly half a million showed up for free. traffic turned the highway into a parking lot. water and sanitary facilities broke down. still, somehow, it worked. ♪ i'm going up the country tell me that you want to go ♪ ♪ i'm going up the country

>> reporter: they were drawn from as far away as california and alaska. united by their love for music and peace and what was called an alternate lifestyle. above all they were coming to have a good time. ♪ hey look at y'all and tell me what you see ♪ ♪ martin in the fields of birmingham ♪ ♪ johnny with his hand rolling up his fist ♪ ♪ marching to the birmingham war marching to the birmingham war ♪ >> reporter: the musicians were the spokespeople of the '60s. what they played and sang was nothing less than the message america's young people were trying to send. it was the souies, in favor of communal living closer to nature. ♪ it's one, two, three what are we fighting for ♪

♪ don't ask me i don't give a damn ♪ ♪ the next stop is vietnam >> reporter: the anthems to peace that so captivated a generation were d almurdered. cities and college campuses had been the center of riots and bloody battles. but for three days in upstate new york, there was no violence. >> hey, you think really hard, maybe we can stop this rain. >> no rain, no rain, no rain, no rain! >> reporter: for the committed members of the counterculture who would mark the rest of their lives by the weekend at woodstock, the rain and the mud were simply another aspect of this immense happening. >> there's documentaries about it. >> i love this song that's playing right now. >> i know. >> it makes me think of "the wonder years."

attracted more than 400,000 people. it would have been so fun. we need our tie dye on, our circle shades. >> and some whatever else they like to use.

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>> there you have it, this penguin would have been even bigger. it weighed up to 176 pounds so it wasn't exactly proportional. >> because the middle part is fatty. >> right, round. >> kind of, yeah, if i can call the penguins fatty. big bum. >> plump. thicc. >> the word of the day, the slang word that lady "o" and our friend gayle like to use. >> they were probably around 66 million to 56 million years ago. however it works out, a long time ago. >> prehistoric. >> almost as long as this couple that's been married almost 50 years. >> they went to woodstock and everything. we don't know about that. it's a tradition for couples to freeze the top tier of their wedding cake. but this one, they've been eating a piece of their wedding cake for 50 years. >> so precious. >> every anniversary, dave and ann calburn like to burn some calories because i'm pretty sure that cake does a number on their tummy. >> if they're only having a little piece. do couples still do that, freeze the top of the cake? >> i think they do.

>> we did. you know what that means, we had to take from it barbados to washington to d.c. >> did it make it, did you eat it? >> yeah, all the way up to new york. >> it's still here? >> it still tastes good. i had more than my husband did. i was like, oh, this cake -- >> i've seen her eat. >> after all these months. that's really nice, though. >> so -- >> wait, what? >> we didn't do the wait, what on that one. it's time for -- ♪ we wear clear shorts >> wait, what? >> oh! wait, what? oh, that is showing a little bit. >> whoa, whoa! >> too much. >> wait, what? >> those are the berlin transparent waterproof beach shorts. >> limited edition. >> they cost $26.99. for one more penny you can get a little bit more fabric or something. >> wait, what? >> completely see-through. >> jack? would you go for your run out in these? >> no, i'm thinking not. i'm thinking i'm not going to do that.

this morning on "world news now," breaking news overnight. an hours'-long s.w.a.t. standoff is over. >> philadelphia police officers came under fire, six of them shot and others injured before the man who allegedly opened fire was finally taken into custody. what we've learned about him overnight. obituary outrage. the dayton mass shooter was described as funny and articulate in his obituary, after he killed nine people, including his sister. hear who's apologizing for that glowing obit. contest tragedy. a community is stunned after a man dies following a taco-eating contest. plus what's the secret to a happy marriage? a couple is revealing what they have done nearly every day for 70 years. this will put a smile on your face on this thursday, august 15th.

they didn't share a closet. they don't spend that much time together. >> it looks like they wear matching clothes. i'm about to text my husband right now. >> and say, let's get -- >> get out your blue whatever animal print. >> onesie? >> and that's how we'll start this thursday. >> jumpsuits? >> thank you so much for joining us this thursday morning. we begin with the story so many people were talking about yesterday, standoff in philadelphia finally ending shortly after midnight with a gunman in police custody. >> it all began hours earlier where that man opened fire on police who were serving a drug warrant. police ran for cover you see there and scrambled to pull their fellow officers away from the line of fire. >> within minutes s.w.a.t. teams had swarmed the area, trying to fend off the barrage of bullets. >> the exchange of gunfire resulted in six officers being shot and triggered a standoff that lasted for hours, putting

the entire area under siege. this morning that firefight on the streets of north philadelphia. officers ducking for cover behind cars. a gunman spraying bullets from inside a house. >> please send additional cars immediately. >> reporter: gunshots heard in the background as officers executing a drug warrant called for backup. >> we have an officer shot, and they're still being shot at. >> reporter: police quickly fell back but two of the officers trapped inside the house. >> we are pinned down on the second floor with three individuals handcuffed. you can hear the male downstairs moving on the first floor. >> reporter: bullets can be seen ricochetting off homes just feet from officers. >> the shooter fired multiple rounds. officers returned fire. many of whom had to escape through windows and doors to get from a barrage of bullets. >> reporter: six officers shot, a total of nine hurt. several were thrown into patrol cars and rushed to nearby hospitals. another seen limping, hit in the leg. dozens of officers surrounded the house, took cover, and

locked down the neighborhood. >> i heard so many gunshots that it was -- i got scared. >> reporter: tactical units in armored vehicles moved in and the suspect kept firing. reporter maggie kent from our abc station wpbi live on the air. >> we've just heard more gunshots, and again, everyone in the neighborhood is kind of perked up. >> reporter: overnight s.w.a.t. teams were able to rescue the trapped officers plus three suspects who were taken into custody before the shoot-out. negotiators worked for hours to get the barricaded gunman to surrender. sources say the suspect, identified as maurice hill, has a long criminal history. philadelphia's mayor angered the man was able to get his hands on a weapon. >> the two little boys that the officer had his head grazed a little bit more. those two little boys will grow up without their dad. because this government, both the federal and state level, don't want to do anything about getting these guns off the streets and getting them out of the hands of criminals. >> just amazing there.

and as we mentioned, big police town, the city of philadelphia. so many wondering what's going on with those officers who were shot. good news this morning, the six officers who were shot suffered nonlife-threatening injuries and have been released from the hospital. police sources say the suspect was possibly livestreaming on social media during that shoot-out. >> i mean, incredible images there. the mayor obviously angry. i mean, he even said that he's a little angry. but you worked in philly at our powerhouse station wpbi for four years so you're familiar with that area. you were talking with sources as a lot of this was going on. >> yeah, a lot of it, again, police town, more than 6,000 police officers on that philadelphia police force. they train for this. but obviously it's different when you're right in the middle of it. such a dangerous and violent situation there. but luckily this morning those officers are out of the hospital and they are okay this morning. >> and all going home to their families. >> right. >> so that is the good news. moving on, the family of the dayton gunman is apologizing for their son's obituary. >> the original obituary was

glowing and made no mention of the nine people he killed, including his sister. >> in a new statement the family apologized calling the obituary, quote, insensitive and not acknowledging the terrible tragedy he created. abc's eva pilgrim has more. >> reporter: outrage over an obituary of a mass murderer. a funeral home in connor betts' hometown posting a glowing online obituary of the man who shot 26 people in 32 seconds in downtown dayton, calling him a funny, articulate, and intelligent man with striking blue eyes and a kind smile. it goes on to say betts was an avid reader, enjoyed swimming, was a boy scout, and was in his high school marching band. it does not mention at all how he died, at the hands of police after killing nine people. the obituary comes a day after dayton police released never before seen surveillance video of betts that shows him with his sibling and a friend the night of the shooting. that sibling, megan betts, was killed by her brother and the obituary for her makes no

mention of that either. simply saying, megan will be missed immensely by her family, friends, and everyone who loved her. the world is a darker place without her. the news comes as the man who purchased body armor, gun parts, and a 100-round double drum magazine for betts, appeared in federal court. ethan kollie is facing charges for an unrelated firearms violation. authorities do not think he helped betts plan the shooting. a spokesperson for the funeral home says the obituary was written by the family. they called and asked for it to be taken down. now an apology from the family has been posted. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to eva there. the dow opens 800 points lower this morning after the worst trading day of the year. >> investors were spooked after the bond market flashed an ominous sign about the economy. the yield on the benchmark 10-year treasury note briefly broke below the 2-year rate. the last time this happened was in 2007 before the great

recession. >> president trump tweeted that this has nothing to do with the trade war with china, instead, he blamed the federal reserve. president trump has disputed claims that his inflammatory language is leading to violence, but there are dozens of examples showing an apparent link. a nationwide review conducted by abc news has identified at least 36 criminal cases where the president was invoked in direct connection with violent acts, threats of violence, or allegations of assault. in most of the incidents the suspects are white men and the victims are minorities. boy scouts of america is being flooded by lawsuits after new york state began accepting child sex abuse cases once blocked by the statute of limitations. the child victims act offers a one-year window for accusers to come forward and hundreds of men who say they were molested by scout masters decades ago now plan to sue. the boy scouts released a statement saying it strongly supports holding sexual abusers accountable. mediation talks have broken down between the u.s. soccer federation and the champion u.s.

women's team. the two sides were meeting privately in hopes of reaching an agreement on equal pay. but it now looks like they may not be able to avoid a showdown in federal court over a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the team before winning its second straight world cup championship. we will continue following those developments. so a story close to my heart this morning. we know i like to eat a lot of different things here on "world news now." >> true. >> kranch. mustard. >> ugh. >> mustard ice cream. >> yuck. >> perfect companion to french's mustard ice cream released this month is making the rounds. >> oscar mayer touting its hot dog ice cream sandwich. >> whoa, yum. on the grill. >> he said yum. it's called the ice dog flavor sandwich, introduced to the public yesterday. staffers in new york city gave out samples from a weiner-mobile. ingredients include candied hot dog bits. >> yum. >> hot dog sweet cream. >> yikes.

>> spicy dijon gelato. and a cookie bun. there are no plans to sell it in stores for now because -- why would you? >> i'm sure they are going to send us a whole pallet of those oscar mayer -- >> oscar mayer's already been tweeting at kenneth. >> they have. >> hey, oscar, hit him up. your boy will eat it. >> it's in the song. sing the oscar mayer wiener song. >> i don't know it. >> anybody know it? jack, you know it? >> i have to admit i do not know it. >> i started thinking of that. ticks don't -- please don't tick on me -- that's not it. >> i almost had it. >> at a loss. >> one of you says the dijon mustard side of the ice cream sandwich is strong and concentrated, much spicier than french's ice cream. >> yuck. >> without the sweetness. >> are you intrigued? >> last week when we were at the national association of black journalists, someone told me that they wanted to try out the

french's mustard ice cream. i'm not going to name which station. >> he's talking about you. >> she said just mix some ice cream and mustard, low-budget style, and put them together. >> what else did you need? now you just need some chopped-up hot dogs, some ice cream, dijon mustard, you're good to go. >> cookie buns. >> vomit. coming up, the resourceful teen who figured out how to text without her phone. first the apparent case of extreme bullying at a school. the mother of a 12-year-old boy saying her son has suffered permanent brain damage. the taco-eating contest that turned fatal for one man. ed fatal for one man.

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street clashes resumed between police and pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. officers fired tear gas at demonstrators outside a police station. the battles follow protests at hong kong's airport that forced more than 100 cancelations tuesday. in the meantime president trump suggested chinese trade talks can wait as china deals with tensions in hong kong. and turning now to an apparent case of extreme bullying. >> the family of a 12-year-old boy who was reportedly hit and

then choked is now suing the school district demanding to know why it took 20 minutes to call for help. we have to warn you the video is difficult to watch. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: that jarring video shows this sixth grader slammed against that wall at a los angeles-area charter school last year. the boy with a red backpack then chokes him, according to a lawsuit filed by the 12-year-old's mother this week. that's a teacher walking by. she appears to pause to glance at the scuffle, then moves on. the suit claims that in the 20 minutes before the school called 911, the boy lost consciousness at least twice. >> i said, you think you need to call 911? no, you need to call 911. in the back of my mind is, why wasn't that the first thing you did? >> reporter: this mri released by the family's lawyers taken over a year after the incident shows what the neurologist treating the boy says are disintegrated vertebrae and signs of permanent brain damage. the suit says the school failed the boy in every way humanly possible. the school says it's concerned by the incident and that it

quickly addresses bullying of any kind on our campuses. the family says it is not hoping to press criminal charges against that alleged bully, but it is demanding a jury trial against that school claiming it displayed negligence. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> just awful. >> hard to hear those details and see the video of a teacher just reportedly walking by. turning to an autopsy that is set for today on a california man who died after taking part in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game. >> witnesses say 41-year-old dana hutchings choked and collapsed in fresno. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. his medical history will be part of the coroner's investigation. this is horrible. we hear about these food-eating contests a lot. then obviously this one had a very tragic turn. >> unimaginable. coming up in our next half hour, a terrifying close call. a massive piece of cliff crashed right there near a group of kayakers.

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iceayor a white wedding ♪ so a growing number of white weddings these days are being sullied by uninvited guests. >> wedding crashers are taking the thrill of just getting past the reception line to a whole new criminal level. here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: for a bride and groom, saying their i dos can be one of the most important days of their lives. >> it was a relatively large wedding. >> reporter: but for texans danny and kinsey schick, who we spoke to while traveling back from their honeymoon, their happily ever after was overshadowed by a stranger who crashed their celebration and made off with some of their gifts. >> there were quite a few people, so it was hard to tell if someone was out of place.

>> reporter: the alleged crasher had also been accused of stealing from at least three other weddings. >> we know for sure that she stole a $200 gift card, and then tickets to disneyland. >> yeah. and just some other like gift cards and cash gifts. >> reporter: texas authorities are on the hunt for the suspect, who could be seen on this surveillance tape allegedly shopping with stolen gift cards. the comal county sheriff's officep to $4,000 for any tips. so what is this fascination some have with going where they're not invited? the free food, the open bar? that's what one bride and groom wanted to know after their wedding photos and videos included these fun-loving freeloaders. >> i had asked around my side of the family and my husband's side of the family and made sure that they weren't somebody who i just hadn't met before. >> reporter: the two can be seen boogying on the dance floor, drinks in hand, practically going out of their way to be noticed.

and now the perfect strangers are permanently part of this newlywed's photo album. krista riley took to facebook to try and match a name with a face and the local media turned up the drama. >> the identity of the wedding crashers has been solved. >> reporter: for krista, at least, it turns out the wedding crashers themselves noticed they had gone from the hunter to the hunted and reached out privately to the bride to apologize. krista would not reveal their names. she says she forgives, but with this wedding album, how can she forget? >> i think it's tacky. i think it's rude. because that's somebody's special day. >> reporter: watch as this guy enters the beautiful tustan ranch golf club in california. cops say he swiped all the cash and gift cards at a wedding reception here. police say the suspect was checking to see if the coast was clear, then covered the gift box with his jacket to make a quick getaway.

cops picked him up lateargewirg a ghe. this pennsylvania guy was also caught after slipping into receptions and stealing $12,000 in cash, gifts, even the bride's shoes. he finally got an invitation, but from a judge, who sentenced him to a minimum of four years. >> you have to think about not just your guests but other people who may have access to the wedding venue, including staff and vendors. it's always good to give people the benefit of the doubt, but in order to take that equation off the table, we recommend registering online. >> reporter: as for danny and kinsey, even though they were robbed, they think it's more important to focus on the bigger picture. >> we were a little bit upset at first. we were just glad that we got married and everyone was there. >> yes, yes. >> no one got hurt. >> reporter: while these newlyweds are more generous than most, increasingly the happy occasion is seen as a target of opportunity. beware. for "nightline," i'm paula faris. >> i would be in those people's faces so fast.

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♪ oh i'd love to be an oscar mayer wiener that is what i'd truly like to be ♪ "the mix" this thursday morning brought to you by oscar mayer. >> we found it, there it i ♪ oh i'd love to be an oscar mayer wiener that is what i'd truly like to be ♪ "the mix" this thursday morning brought to you by oscar mayer. >> we found it, there it is. >> the song that you need to listen to as you're eating that hot dog ice cream sandwich. >> that is the one. >> oscar mayer must be so proud. >> everyone would be in love with me. >> there you have it, guys. for "the mix" this morning we are starting with a couple with the secret to a very long marriage. 70 years. >> 70? >> still going strong. >> wow. >> you know what it is? >> what? >> they say their marriage is sustained by their love for music. >> yep. >> and matching outfits. >> they are so cute. >> yes. i could not love it more. they're now both 87 years old.

francis, he knows the term, happy wife, happy life, all too well. his wife picks out his outfits every day. he says, she lays it out for for me, i don't have to worry about a thing. she says their mom got them matching shirts when they were in high school, she picked them out, and they've been matching ever since. >> matching walkers, matching outfits. kids are matching. >> my husband and i have gone out to brunch with you a lot of times. he'll put on something, then i have something that coordinates, and he'll be like, you only put that on because i put this on. i'm like, no, no. >> it's cute, i like it. also cute, teens who will do anything to tweet, get on the phone, to get in front of that screen time. >> they will show how innovative they are. >> they're resourceful. this teenager here was able to use a number of electronics to text after her phone was taken away by mom. >> oh my goodness. >> yep, she said, look, she took all my texts so i pay more

attention to my surroundings. >> she tweeted. >> i do not know if this is going to tweet, i am talking to my fridge, what the heck, my mom confiscated all my electronics again. >> so funny. >> not only using the fridge, the nintendo device, the wii gaming console, and the smart fridge. >> she's got some gifts that she could put to use. >> oh, definitely, very resourceful. >> smart girl. okay, also from a smart girl to a smart dad. making sure to check on a daughter's date to get all the information he could. he just happened to do it through a ring doorbell intercom. so this is in massachusetts. >> i'm jared. >> that's jared. shows up to take his daughter on a date. and dad's got some questions. >> what'd he say? >> i get to see your face but you don't get to see mine, ha ha ha. went on to grill his daughter grace's new date. >> he said, we're going to go out and -- ♪ ring my bell my bell

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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," breaking news overnight. a seven-hour s.w.a.t. standoff ends with a suspect in custody, but not before six philadelphia police officers were shot. hear how the brothers in blue are doing this morning. market meltdown. the stock market is set to reopen after the worst day this year, an 800-point dow jones dive. why investors are fearing a recession. a close call for some kayakers. >> parts of a cliff shreds and collapses into the water right where the kayakers were minutes before. hear from one of the men leading the group at the time. and a wish come true for a little boy. see how his desire to be target's employee of the day became a reality. it's thursday, august 15th.

that story there? approve! >> what? >> approved! >> what is that from? >> anybody know where that's from? >> i have to admit i don't. >> that's the "snl" skit. >> oh. for target? >> the target lady. >> oh, i don't know it. but it sounds funny. >> what you will find, the difference between us, i'm the one who watches a lot of tv and she watches like none. >> and i got a kid, yeah. >> i'll show you the skit during the commercial. >> okay, fine. >> thank you for joining us. we're halfway through the month of august already. a lot to get to this morning. we do begin with breaking news. the end of an hours-long standoff between a gunman and police in philadelphia. when the suspect finally surrendered shortly after midnight. he's identified as maurice hill, a felon with a long criminal history involving firearms.

>> the firefight unfolded when police tried serving a warrant and the gunman opened fire. some officers had to escape from windows. six were shot. s.w.a.t. teams hunkered down for a siege that lasted more than seven hours. abc's daria albinger has details. >> reporter: the deviation unfolded around 4:30 in the afternoon as officers tried to serve a narcotics warrant. they were already entering the premises when gunfire rang out. the alleged gunman barricading himself inside the home on a residential street in north philadelphia. police returning fire. some escaping through windows and doors. >> we have an officer shot and they're still being shot at. >> reporter: gunfire can be heard as officers call for backup. >> send additional cars immediately. >> send additional cars. >> reporter: bullets ricochetting off homes as officers take cover behind parked cars. the police commissioner describing the chaotic scene. >> trying to talk to this male, he continues to fire rounds out of the window. >> reporter: two police officers

trapped inside the home. >> s.w.a.t. was able to successfully extract the two police officers that were trapped upstairs as well as three prisoners, all taken out safely. >> reporter: the entire neighborhood on lockdown. philadelphia's elite strike force moved in with an armored vehicle. at least nine officers injured, six of then with gunshot wounds. one seen limping to a patrol car after being shot in the leg. >> we're thankful. a little angry about someone having all that weaponry and all that firepower. but we'll get to that another day. it's all about the officers and their families right now. >> reporter: all the injuries are considered to be nonlife-threatening. daria albinger, abc news, new york. >> incredible. thousands came out for an emotional memorial honoring the victims of the el paso shooting. >> people stood in line for hours to attend the service. nine circles and 20 stars adorn the field in honor of those killed in dayton and el paso. >> a man whose wife died during the walmart shoot-out had invited the public to her funeral on friday because they have no other family nearby.

margie reckard and antonio basca were married for 22 years. heartbreaking images seeing him honoring his wife there. fears of a coming recession reached new highs on wednesday with the dow plunging 800 points. that's after a troubling signal about the u.s. economy from the bond market. there was also gloomy economic data from two of the world's biggest economies, germany and china. as we hear from rebecca jarvis, investors are worried those problems could spread to the u.s. >> reporter: that selloff on wall street. the worst day for stocks so far this year. rattling investors, an escalating trade war with china. the negotiations stalled. another factor, those protests in hong kong, a sign of china's willingness to dig in its heels. president trump on the defensive, insisting his trade war has not caused the market plunge. the president tweeting, china is not our problem, our problem is with the fed. but the fed cut interest rates just last month. and the president has now backed off his threat to impose new

tariffs on $300 billion of chinese goods. everything from laptops to shoes to phones. >> we're doing this for christmas season. just in case some of the tariffs would have an impact on u.s. customers. but so far there is none. >> reporter: but the pain already being felt by american farmers, like john keefner, who grows soybeans in illinois. soybeans china is no longer buying in retaliation. >> a lot of farmers are going to have to come up with alternative sources of income. >> reporter: a new warning sign from the markets, that inverted yield curve. the yield on the 10-year treasury bond dipping below the yield on the two-year for the first time since 2007, a signal a recession could be coming. >> if it were to stay in this condition for three to six

months, then you will see people start to be much more concerned. >> reporter: now to put this stock move in context, even after these major declines, the s&p 500 is still up about 13.5% for the year, which means if you've been investing for the long-term, your 401(k) should still be doing better than it was in 2018. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to rebecca for breaking that down. a lot of people obviously concerned about retirement accounts. republican congressman steve king is under fire once again. this time for questioning if humanity would exist without rape and incest. >> a long-time iowa representative made the controversial comments while defending legislation banning all abortions even in cases of rape or incest. >> what if it was okay and what if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled those people out that were products of rape and incest? would there be any population in the world left if we did that, considering all the wars and all the rape that's taken place? >> earlier this year king was rebuked by the house and stripped of committee

assignments after asking how terms like "white nationalist" and "white supremacist" became offensive. his latest remarks have sparked new calls to resign. among them liz cheney saying, quote, it is time for him to go. new details on the death of accused child sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. "the washington post" is reporting the autopsy found broken bones in his neck. abc news has confirmed epstein died by suicide using bedsheets. sources say investigators are trying to determine if his guards were sleeping on the job. surveillance video reportedly shows they never made some of the required checks that were noted in the log. a woman who says she was raped by epstein as a teenager is suing four of his associates calling them enablers. another woman filed a lawsuit last night accusing epstein of sexually abusing her when she was just 16. police in new york say an off-duty veteran officer killed himself, the ninth officer to poceayen wh thdertfar this year.

s and waat home when just the day before, another nypd officer also died by suicide. the police commissioner has declared a mental health crisis in the department and says help is available for officers who are struggling. los angeles has revised its earthquake warning app. many people were upset they didn't get warnings about two massive quakes about 150 miles north of the city in july. the new tweaks are to ensure that doesn't happen again. starting this month quakes of magnitude 4.5 or higher will draw alerts. a small number of people who own june smart ovens say the devices have turned on overnight on their own. one oven turned on around 2:30 a.m. and broiled at 400 degrees for hours. the issue was reportedly caused by errors in the way the smart oven received commands from connected devices like smartphones. the company is issuing a software update to address the malfunction.

new concerns about teens and vaping after a spike in young people hospitalized with breathing problems. >> there are at least 23 cases in four states including as many as a dozen in wisconsin. all are linked to vaping and some have led to severe lung damage. doctors think some victims may have inhaled illegal street drugs or thc-laced liquids. we know most 5-year-olds want a dog or a pony or david hasselhoff shirt because they love "knight rider." i'm not talking about me. cooper wanted to work at his favorite place. >> so his mom took him to target. she called her local store outside toledo and asked if cooper could be an employee for the day. when he arrived the staff gave cooper a nametag, a walkie-talkie, and a product scanner. they even decorated part of the store, calling it "cooper's corner," which included a bull's-eye cake. how adorable. >> he said he felt like a million bucks. >> i bet he did. >> he was so excited.

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we're back with a terrifying close call for a group of kayake we're back with a terrifying close call for a group of kayakers in michigan. a massive piece of this cliff falls near them right into like superior. >> wow. >> yeah. at least 18 people were on the tour, and thankfully none of them were hurt. >> the cliff fell about 50 feet away from them. a tour guide says they were paddling away when the collapse barely missed them.

>> two minutes prior, we're under that spot where all the rocks fell. which is absolutely crazy, in my mind. all of a sudden the cliffs just started to crack and section by section these rocks, this sandstone, just fell into the water. >> one of the tour guides says the moment changed the way he will kayak from now on. look at this image of it. a wider shot of that. oh my goodness. a geology professor notes that it's rare for what happened to be captured on video. terrifying. >> those kayakers, so lucky. turning to the parents of disney star cameron boyce speaking out for the first time since his tragic death last month. >> victor and libby boyce sat down with our robin roberts. >> the night he passed away we were out to dinner with him just hours before. it was completely normal, beautiful family night out to dinner. there was no indication that anything was wrong. there's no way to know in hours

my son will be dead. like -- it was just -- staggeringly crazy and horrible. we were texting that night. >> he didn't want his epilepsy to define him. >> it didn't, it didn't. >> and it didn't. >> it didn't define him, he wasn't scared. he never complained about anything. >> never. he loved life. he was kind of in a place -- this is for me the hardest thing. he was in a place where he was truly happy. i mean, cameron was always happy. never a negative thing came out of his mouth. never. but he was just really finding his groove. >> well, he was transitioning from being a kid into a young adult. >> yeah, he was really like -- really getting into the charity stuff. really getting into what he wanted to do with his voice, which is what we always told him to do, use your voice. use it. to make positive in the world. and that's what he was starting to do. >> oh, that is just so sad. the boyces also talked about the cameron boyce foundation, which they say will raise awareness about epilepsy and continue working on the projects cameron was passionate about.

>> his legacy will live on. rapper a$ap rocky says he's disappointed after being convicted of assault in sweden. >> yesterday's verdict came six weeks after he got into a street fight in stockholm. his two bodyguards were also convicted. all three faced up to two years in prison but they will not serve any time. they have to pay the victim $1,300 in compensation. reality tv stars todd and julie chrisley are free on $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty to tax evasion and other charges. the couple is accused of submitting false bank and financial statements. prosecutors also say they hid earnings from their show "chrisley knows best" from the irs. when we come back, some hot summer reads from former sy"ne.f hgest f are

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time for "the skinny." we're kicking things off with a homework assignment of sorts for annual summer reading lists. this is from a former president, so listen up. >> he would even say that sometimes we need "reading rainbow" because he released and posted his summer must-reads on instagram, beginning with the collected works of the late toni morrison. let's see how many of the rest of the list we've read or heard of. let's see if we can pronounce the names as well. so "the nickel boys" by colson whitehead, easy one. "exhalation" by ted chiang. "wolf hall" by hillary mantel. okay, and "men without women" by haruki murakami. "american spy" by lauren wilkinson. >> also "the shallows" by nicholas carr. "lab girl" by hope jahren. "inland" by tia obreht. how to read the air by dennis

mangstu. ♪ reading rainbow >> i bet you watched that show. >> i did. >> more than me. >> why, more of my age bracket? >> no, i was saying -- i think i was doing phonics. hooked on 'em. next to the young lady to might become america's next top model thanks to tyra banks. >> "the" tyra spotted an amateur photo shoot that she says was going in the wrong direction. so she got out of the car to help. look at these shots she helped with. she started recommending poses, even photographing the aspiring model herself. that model posted video saying, this is the most iconic moment in my life. she will never forget that. >> and then she made her unload the tractor-trailers. >> stop it. >> you've got to know what this model work is about! >> oh, stop it. >> get to work! >> next.loina w

get ready to pivot. pivot. one company is looking to pay the ultimate "friends" superfan to binge watch the show. >> if you're constantly singing "smelly cat" or have celebrated with the holiday armadillo, you can apply for a job to watch 25 episodes of "friends" within a span of five days and live tweet the whole thing, then make a cool $1,000 for doing it. remember, "friends," there was no twitter around then. >> oh, yeah. >> so now you live tweet the episodes. >> oh my gosh. cellphones were in the early stages, weren't they? were they around? >> they weren't even around. they were but you had to be the big boss. hello, hello? one swiftie may be finding it hard to calm down. >> superfan ayesha crum posted about her struggles to pay tuition and rent. >> she got a message and paypal deposit worth more than $5,000 from taylor swift. t-swift wrote, ayesha, get your

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love it. >> all the goals. you go, halle. >> you go, halle. >> 53 years young and looking half your age. next to some other famous faces who haven't won any oscars like halle berry but they have an ncaa title or two under their belts. >> we're talking about college mascots. "sports illustrated's" releasing their list of the greatest. >> yeah, i know that song. ♪ okay, see, i'm distracted now. i'm distracted. that's my fight song. you playing my fight song? okay. that's the old fight song, by the way. >> you guys have a new one? >> they call it the old fight song. so anyways. "sports illustrated" releasing the list of the greatest mascots in college football history. in honor of the 150th anniversary of college football. coming in at number seven, university of south carolina cocky the gamecock. >> skipping ahead to the top three, coming in third --

>> go, cocky! >> in third, mike the tiger from lsu. mike is a real tiger who lives in a 15,000 foot habitat on the lsu campus. >> number two, university of oregon duck puddle. he keeps fans entertained. we know why he's popular. >> topping the list, uga ugga! the bulldog from university of georgia who has his own custom jersey, chills on the sides of each game in air conditioning. remember him and that longhorn? >> ugga is like, no, not today. >> ugga said, out of here! that longhorn was ready to fight. can we see it one more time? >> one more time. cue it up. cue it up again. >> that was crazy! >> ugga was like -- >> wait, one more time. >> whoa! >> ugga ran into the next end zone. >> hook 'em horns! >> go gamecocks! can we see it one more time? >> one more time. cue it up. cue it up again. >> that was crazy! >> ugga was like -- >> wait, one more time. >> whoa! >> ugga ran into the next end

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happening now in america this morning. shoot out in philadelphia. >> send additional cars. >> six police officers shot. >> they're shooting now! >> dramatic stand off with the suspect lasting more than seven hours. how it ended and the mayor's message to people across america about guns. global markets reacting after the the wall street. the dow dropping. what the president is saying now. a passenger jet with 200 on board makes this landing on a field after birds are sucked into the engine.

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