happening now in america this morning, financial markets respond overnight to the new confusion in the u.s. trade war with china. president trump's eye-opening comments at the g7 summit and how the white house is clarifying them. crisis in the amazon. we take you to the front lines of the fires ravaging the rain forest. just how understaffed the fire crews are and the growing outrage at the response. the star nfl quarterback retiring at age 29. this morning the backlash after a critic claims andrew luck is just another millennial who lacks toughness. plus, a brazen heist. $4 million in diamonds stolen in the middle of the day. the surveillance video and the manhunt right now.

health alert. after what could be the first vaping-related death in the u.s., hear from one man who nearly died. doctors blame his e-cigarettes. and president trump floats the idea of dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes to stop them from reaching the united states. would it work? good monday morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news from the g7 summit where president trump just spoke to reporters about the trade war with china. >> he says china wants to resume trade talks. his statement comes after a wave of confusion at the summit after he appeared to express second thoughts about the trade war. >> and wall street is watching all of this very closely in the wake of friday's big losses. abc's mona kosar abdi is following the latest developments. mona, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai, and good morning to you, kenneth. that is right. moments ago we heard from president trump at the g7 summit in france.

trump says that negotiations are back on with china after china reached out last night to resume talks making this the latest turn in a complicated trade war. this morning, the trade war between the u.s. and china setting off ripples of uncertainty and sending stock markets around the globe tumbling. tensions escalated sharply between beijing and washington friday. ahead of the weekend's group of seven summit, surrounded by world leaders in france, president trump insisting he's not facing pressure from u.s. allies over the trade war. >> no, not at all. i haven't heard anything. i think they respect the trade war. it has to happen. >> reporter: but then trump making a rare admission signaling regret over his latest actions. >> president, any second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china? >> yeah, sure, why not. >> second thoughts? >> might as quickly pushing back insisting the president's remarks were misunderstood. >> again, he doesn't have second thoughts about what he's done.

if anything, he wanted to clarify if he had second thoughts, it would be to raise the tariffs. >> reporter: trump appears to be striking a more conciliatory tone towards the chinese dropping for now his threat on declaring an economic emergency to force u.s. companies out of china. >> i have great respect for the fact that china called. they want to make a deal. i have great respect. and i have great respect for president xi, and i think we're going to have a deal because now we're dealing on proper terms. they understand it and we understand it. >> reporter: the trade war with china is already hitting u.s. consumers even before the new tariffs were announced friday. jpmorgan estimated american families would pay an average of $1,000 a year more because of the higher tariffs on china. and earlier today chinese officials called for calm negotiations to resolve the trad tpossibly de-escalate the tit for tat tariff hikes. janai and kenneth. >> and, mona, the president saying it's a very positive development for the world in regards to those chinese trade talks.

mona, thank you. well, president trump is facing new competition in the race for president. former congressman turned radio host joe walsh has announced he's running against trump for the republican nomination in 2020. he called the president, quote, erratic, incompetent and nuts. walsh was elected to the house in the tea party election of 2010 but lost his seat two years later. now to what's being called a global crisis, the massive fire sweeping across the amazon. warplanes are now being used in the firefight as international pressure grows to protect the rain forest. this morning the amazon rain forest is on fire. 44,000 brazilian troops have now been deployed to fight the fires which cover an area the size of the u.s. from detroit to los angeles. this video showing military planes dumping water out of two giant jets. neighboring bolivia is now using this american 747 supertanker which carries 19,000 gallons of water.

but those assets are minuscule given the scale of fires erupting across this region. in brazil alone about 80,000 fires have burned. many of them set by farmers to clear the land. the fires have leveled a record amount of rain forest where it's believed 20% of the world's oxygen is produced. on the front lines at one fire twice the size of new jersey, only 30 men are fighting the flames with no hoses, sometimes just kicking the fire. abc's matt gutman is there. >> the tools they have are pretty rudimentary, you can see. they have these -- they look like floor mats in cars, and they're using sticks to slap down the fire. >> reporter: and then through the smoke this man appeared. he says he was first to report the fire and attacked it himself. >> he's showing us how he was putting out fires. >> reporter: the fire burning the shirt off his back but he stayed on the front lines along with those weary firefighters. [ crowd chanting ]

meanwhile, thousands of brazilians are now protesting their government's response to the fire blaming president bolsonaro for gutting environmental laws encouraging the clearing of the land in the amazon. at the g7 summit in france, global leaders are standing together vowing to help brazil confront this crisis. and, unfortunately, forecasters warn the worst may be yet to come. the dry season in the rain forest lasts through november. a 12-year-old is among dozens of people arrested after protests took a violent turn in hong kong sunday. police used live ammunition and water cannons for the first time against the pro-democracy demonstrators. officers also launched tear gas as protesters threw sticks, bricks and umbrellas. abc's ian pannell is there. he says china is ready to move in if hong kong police lose control. >> reporter: there's more tear gas canisters being brought forward as some of the protesters are literally picking them up and trying to throw them back. this is certainly the worst

situation we've seen, the most violence, the most tear gas and the most resistance from the protesters. the question now is how long will china tolerate these scenes? >> what a scene there. police say 15 officers were injured forcing them to draw their weapons. back here at home, new york city police are investigating a brazen heist in the middle of the day. they say three men held up this jewelry store tying up the employees before escaping with an estimated $4 million in diamonds. a friend of one store employee says his staff is okay but shaken. >> he's like, yeah, i just got robbed this morning. he said, they made the boss open up the safe. he sidaid, thank god nobody got injured. he said he's happy to be alive. >> the store is known for supplying jewelry to hip-hop stars. a developing story from santa barbara, california, where a c-130 plane has crashed. it apparently developed problems after takeoff and tried to make an emergency landing before a

fire broke out. all seven people on board got out safely. the plane reportedly belongs to a private contractor. puerto rico is bracing for a potential hurricane later this week as tropical storm dorian gains strength. let's take a look at your weather forecast for this monday. good morning. an unsettled monday from the great lakes into the central plains. a cold front will bring some severe storms bringing damaging wind gusts, hail, some heavy downpours as well. into the tropics, heavy downpours with tropical storm dorian. also strong winds pushing westward toward the windward islands. tuesday the impacts felt there. wednesday and thursday closer to puerto rico and hispaniola and we also have a system off the u.s. atlantic coast, the worst of it staying off the coast but it is expected to develop. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. coming up, a major evenby tayr accused ofomtting thfirst

crime in space. her estranged wife's mother is now speaking out. and the sniper hoax in california. new details on why officials say a sheriff's deputy made up a story about being shot triggering a huge manhunt. ring a huge manhunt.

those are not fireworks at a music festival in israel. those are palestinian rockets being intercepted by israel's missile defense system near the gaza border. two of the rockets were destroyed midair. the third caused no damage or injuries. many in the crowd fled in panic. >> i'm sure lots of panic. we have new details about a los angeles county sheriff's deputy who authorities say admits making up a story about being shot by a sniper. his call for help triggered a massive manhunt that we told you about last week, but officials

say they were suspicious right away because the deputy was calm and the hole in his shirt was too big for a minor wound. the 21-year-old rookie had been reportedly struggling during his training and was unhappy about a pending transfer. he now faces a criminal investigation. we're hearing for the first time from the mother-in-law of a nasa astronaut accused of the first ever crime in space. astronaut anne mcclain and her estranged wife summer worden are in a custody battle and now mcclain is accused of gaining access to worden's bank account using nasa computers in space. worden's mother says she's worried about what will happen to her 6-year-old grandson who summer had before she met the astronaut. >> my goodness. what is going to happen? surely, there is no way on earth that a third party could take our grandson. i could have never imagined something like this would occur in our family. the only thing that keeps you sane is you just have to have faith that the right thing will be done. >> reporter: mcclain responded on twitter saying there is no

truth to the claims. she says she accessed the bank account information with worden's knowledge. nasa is not commenting on the case. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is due in court today to be arraigned on a new indictment. court documents indicate the case involves actress annabella sciorra. she's accused weinstein of sexual assault. the judge may also rule today on weinstein's request to move his assault trial out of new york city. just two days after it was released, taylor swift's "lover" has already become the best-selling album of the year in the u.s. it's sold about 500,000 copies. "lover" has dethroned the previous champ, the soundtrack from "a star is born." >> a big weekend for taylor swift. well, coming up, the special moment from the little league world series. but first quarterback andrew luck retires from football at the age of 29. reaction after critics claim millennials like him aren't tough enough. and later the warning about

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regular season. >> andrew luck gave us the reason. he just couldn't continue to fight injury, pain, rehab, and he felt like it just kept going for him. >> reporter: the quarterback suffered years of debilitating injuries and was sidelined the entire 2017 season, but he came back last year leading the colts to the playoffs winning the comeback player of the year award. >> i've been stuck in this process. i haven't been able to live the life i want to live. >> reporter: the decision stunned fans and his teammates at this weekend's preseason game. >> it sounds like some of thes fans are booing as andrew luck starts to head back towards the locker room. >> reporter: some fans learning the news in the stands booed luck as he walked off the field. >> i'd be lying if i didn't say i heard the reaction. yeah, it hurt. >> reporter: some sports commentators question luck's reasons for retiring. fox sports radio host doug gottlieb ignited controversy for this tweet saying, retiring

'cause rehabbing is too hard is the most millennial thing ever. reports say luck has been mulling retirement for weeks after announcing in june his wife is pregnant with their first child. and with the dangers of the game becoming more apparent, the young quarterback is now walking away from his $123 million contract. >> he feels like he can no longer give the game he loves everything that it takes to play this game, and i respect that more than anything. >> reporter: luck's former head coach chuck pagano releasing a statement saying, it took great courage to make his decision to walk away from the game. he did what his heart told him and i am proud of him for being honest with himself and the team. the colts reportedly gave luck $24 million in unearned bonus money they could have withheld. some fans are encouraged saying that leaves the door open for luck to come back next year if he changes his mind. >> good thing he's doing what will make him happy. well, a death in illinois may be the first in the u.s. linked to vaping. the patient had been hospitalized for an unknown respiratory disease. officials aren't sure what ingredient or products the victim used. health officials have been warning that vaping is dangerous. one e-cigarette user in utah who

was once an avid hiker nearly died, and doctors blamed vaping. >> i stopped smoking cigarettes because vaping is supposed to be safer, and when i found out that it almost killed me, i was pretty shocked. i don't have the stamina that i used to. i don't have the strength that i used to. the doctors told me my lungs are diminished by 25%. they're hopeful i'll recover. >> wow. the cdc reports nearly 200 people have been hospitalized with vaping-related illnesses this summer. officials have not identified a device or liquid associated with those cases. in sports, golfer rory mcilroy had some heavy lifting to do after he won the pga tour championship. his birdie putt on the final hole won the tournament's $15 million and the fedexcup but then he had some trouble holding the cup. fyi, the money was not in the cup. louisiana has won the little league world series beating curacao.

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63 in concord, san jose, mountain view. 60 in morgan hill. 62 in 6 brentwood. so get ready for that not to lalo i tell you at, mid richmond 79. 80s low to high throughout the bay to 90s i south bay and 90s and 100s interior east bay and north bay. spare-the-air, we'll talk about that coming up. let's get to frances and see how the commute is starting. >> starting off pretty well. light traffic right now at the bay bridge toll plaza, just a backup for the cash paying lanes. we'll also head over to the golden gate bridge where you'll find some fog this morning. but traffic is still light heading into san francisco. i'm hoping for light traffic this week. a lot of folks -- southbound 880 to 238, a crash blocking lanes but we've got a lot of greerch out there. it's looking good. in my next report we'll check

out drive times out of the altamont pass. >> developing news in the east bay, a shootingngof this happen. a san francisco police officer apparently fired shots. it happened in el cerrito. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there live. amy? >> reporter: good morning. look behind me, natasha, there is still a police presence here. we're at mosier and kearny in el cerrito. you see the crime scene investigators going in and out. they say the shooting happened outside the home. this was at 10:00 last night that they got the call. they say someone was shot and that person survived. he's in the hospital. then they did find out it was an off duty san francisco police officer who shot him, and because of that, that brought out more than one agency to come and investigate what happened. >> it will be a protocol case

meaning the contra costa county district attorney's office will be involved. they're on their way to the scene as well as people from the involved persons department. they're in there as well. >> reporter: at this point they broken into, whether this was a robbery. but we are about to get briefed by a captain from the el cerrito police department. so it looks like we'll be getting more information very soon within moments on this story. stay with us as we continue to cover this developing story. live in el cerrito, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. it's 4:30. a quick update on weather and traffic. >> let's take a look at what's going on with the daep. you can see we're starting off mild in some areas, 50s, 60s and maybe 70s up in the hills. look how quickly we get to the 80s and 90s by noon. 83 to 96 by 4:00. that may be a little underdone. i may have to update those temperatures and push them a

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