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joey chestnut can apparently eat more than hot dogs. came out on top in a pizza eating contest in new orleans. he downed 6 1/2 two-foot long slices in ten minutes. >> i can't. that video is so disturbing to my heart. so here's something a little more palatable. kfc is jumping on the -- jumping into the plant-based food arena. >> today the fried chicken chain is unveiling its new beyond meat product in atlanta. customers will receive a free sample when purchasing other items. they'll then be asked to give feedback. burger king and white castle are among the fast food chains already offering plant-based products. you've got to get a little sample to ease people into it. >> taste it, taste it.

turning to a consumer alert about amazon. "the wall street journal" is reporting the online giant is struggling to stay on top of recalled items. >> here's becky worley. >> reporter: when you buy from amazon, it feels like buying from a big box retailer, a brand you trust. but now an investigation from "the wall street journal" found over 4,000 items for sale on the site that federal agencies have declared unsafe, that are labeled deceptively or banned by regulators. things you wouldn't find on big store shelves. >> compared to a traditional retail store, there's very little vetting that goes on. >> reporter: the fda warned this infant sleeping mat could suffocate babies but "the journal" found it on amazon. motorcycle helmets that failed federal safety tests. cosmetic items falsely labeled as fda approved, like eyelash serum that was never tested. electronics that claimed safety certifications that the "journal" says were either false

or lack documentation, and particularly troubling, dangerous children's toys. >> one in particular, a children's musical set, came back and it had illegal levels of lead paint in one of the xylophones. the listing claims all kinds of certifications. it said cpc certified. it said fda approved. there is no fda approval for children's toys. >> reporter: we reached out to amazon for comment and they told us they have reviewed and addressed all the items brought to our attention by "the wall street journal," adding they use artificial intelligence to scan the more than 5 billion daily changes to product detail pages and analyze the tens of millions of customer reviews that are submitted weekly. last year alone they say they invested over $400 million to ensure products offered are safe, compliant, and authentic. something its customers depend on. >> our thanks to becky worley there. and amazon also says if a customer ever has a concern about a product, to contact the site's support team and they will investigate. coming up, the surprise for some girls heading back to school. >> where they'll be finding some unexpected words of encouragement.

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what could be a more uplifting message on this #goodnewstues than the pretenders "i'll stand by you." >> that's the message students in a school outside scranton, pennsylvania, will get. here's courtney harrison from our affiliate there. >> reporter: it was the first day of school for students in the blue ridge school district. the halls were full of students ready to begin another year, and there was something new about the girls' bathroom for middle school students. positive messages now decorate the stall doors and mirrors. >> we're really focusing on building positive relationships with our students and our teachers. just supporting one another. and the teachers came to me with this idea and i think it's a great idea to support one another and to let the kids really understand and see, visually see, that people do care about them. >> reporter: the teachers acquired the funds for the project from a private grant. they wanted to show their support and remind the students they aren't alone. >> i think it will make a lot of people feel much better about themselves.

and maybe just like lift up their day. >> it's easier to be a better person when you are positive compared to when you're negative. if you're negative, you're just going to make other people negative and they might think you're not as great of a person. >> everybody has a bad day, but it's important for the students here at blue ridge to be able to come to the bathroom, turn and look in the mirror, and know that they've got support. >> it kind of motivated me to like not only just be positive but to help other kids who might not be as positive or might be having a bad day. >> it's just so important that they hear it, they see it, so they know that they can go to somebody, okay this teacher, i know these teachers care about me, i can go and talk to them. >> reporter: there are also plans to put similar messages in the boys' bathroom. courtney harrison, news watch 16, susquehanna county. >> a big thanks to courtney harrison and our scranton affiliate wnep. i just think this is such an empowering message. we know as kids head into

school, middle school can be the toughest for them. the numbers say 1 in 4 and 1 in 3 u.s. students have been bullied at school. >> and bullying happens in middle school and a lot of times adults don't see all of it, don't know the extent of it. so that is one way to help combat it. capping off our #goodnewstues, a second grader from wichita, kansas, is teaching all of us a thing or two this morning about reaching out to someone in need. >> the start of a new school year can be stressful for any kid but it was particularly hard for 8-year-old connor who has autism. he was finding it difficult to adjust and was off by himself crying when another 8-year-old boy, christian, came over to him just to hold his hand. >> oh, christian's mother captured the moment and shared it on social media. oh, look at the moms there. conner's mother responded with a heartfelt thanks. the two boys are now inseparable. that is fantastic. and you can see from conner's mom crying there, how much it means for parents to know that

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♪ all right. it's time for "wait, what?" okay, you ready? >> so "jeopardy!" james. >> remember him? >> apparently is fueling the flames when it comes to, did he lose on purpose? so we know he had a 30-day winning streak. we know that i have a great song about him. ♪ here comes jeopardy james >> very close to inching out ken jennings. >> they're debating whether or not he lost his 33rd match on purpose. >> wait, what? >> when andrew luck, indianapolis colts player qb, when he announced suddenly, stunningly, that he was going to retire he responded on twitter

and it has people talking. what he said was, i hope to be as brave as andrew luck one day. >> so he said, imagine reaching the pinnacle of the only job you've ever trained for, finding no joy in it, and having the guts to do the right thing for yourself even though millions of fans will hate you for it. >> so the followers responded saying, did you lose on purpose? that was the response. just because he's giving like a powerful message on twitter doesn't mean he lost on purpose. >> i think that he did. i've been speculating since the beginning that he did. he was like one of those betting guys. one of those wager makers. i think that he did. >> this is just her opinion. >> i'm a conspiracy theorist, but i believe it. >> feel free to go after her. >> feel free, feel free, or just tell me the truth. >> he didn't, i don't think he did. >> wait, what? >> so this one is a big wait, what? >> yeah. >> one that now i'm -- this is the one i'm skeptical on.

so a man, solo adventurer, he rode a paddle board from california to hawaii. >> yeah. 77 days. but he did it alone. no like safety boat out there. he's showing you with the camera, look all around. >> 3,000 miles. >> could only sleep for an hour at a time to make sure he was on the right track. >> three months. really? >> wait, what? >> did he do this? did he really do this? >> where was his food? what did he bring to eat? they said he'd eat fish sometimes, what did he do, catch a fish and just bite into it? >> wilson style as in "castaway." >> how strong are his arms? >> very. i rode a paddle board in hawaii once, i fell off a few times, almost broke my arm. >> wait, what? >> yeah. >> almost broke your arm paddle boarding? >> he said it was all about to raise awareness about plastics polluting the ocean, which is a great cause. hey, you want to know something about iguanas? they like to work out on conveyor belts. wait, what? >> he's there for it. in key west.

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this morning on "world news now," tracking dorian. >> the tropical storm is forecast to strengthen as it moves into the caribbean, and the storm ravaged island of puerto rico is preparing. will the storm affect the u.s. east coast? global crisis. there are new fires in the amazon. the critical region known as the world's lungs. why is brazil's president rejecting aid from other countries? also this morning, the search is on to find the driver who deliberately mowed down a crowd of people. what authorities are revealing about that driver. and who run the world? >> girls. >> they might just start running the nfl too.

hear what carli lloyd from the u.s. women's soccer team is saying about playing pro football. it's tuesday, august 27th. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. that would be a big deal. >> right? >> big deal. i mean, u.s. women's soccer still in the headlines. >> absolutely. >> their players still making history. can't wait to talk about that. >> women already r everything else, why not football too? >> i agree. we should begin with weather and with officials in puerto rico warning residents to get ready as a major storm approaches. >> right now dorian is a tropical storm but it's expected to strengthen and become a hurricane late today or early tomorrow. and it will pass near puerto rico tomorrow evening. >> even if it's only a tropical storm then, dorian may bring as much as 6 inches of rain to puerto rico. the governor of the u.s. territory has declared a state of emergency and says the island is much better prepared now than it was before hurricane maria two years ago. there are thousands of generators on hand and even satellite phones. for the island's mayors. >> south florida is getting ready to send emergency responders to puerto rico.

two of the three units of the urban search and rescue task force have been alerted. >> overnight dorian is passing 3 near barbados and moving at about 13 miles per hour. accuweather's adam del rosso is tracking the storm. >> we're continuing to track tropical storm dorian as it passes through the lesser antilles. it's going to continue on this track as we head throughout the day, strengthening into a category 1 hurricane as we head into early tomorrow. then pass close to puerto rico, bringing the threat for flash flooding and hurricane-force wind gusts that extend into hispaniola as well. we have tropical depression 6 tting off the southeast coast. this is strengthening into tropical storm erin as we head through the morning, eventually passing into nova scotia at the moment. bringing rough seas and gusty winds to that part of north america later this week. >> our thanks to adam. and one big weather concern on the west coast is increased

fire danger. this blaze you see here started as a grass fire in portland, oregon, but quickly spread. so far at least one home has been destroyed along with about 50 cars. people who live nearby have been told to stay indoors and shut their windows due to heavy smoke and strong winds. no injuries have been reported. officials don't know how that fire started. johnson & johnson says it will appeal a landmark ruling in an opioid liability lawsuit. >> an oklahoma judge ruled the company was largely responsible for the opioid crisis. the state had sought $17 billion. the judge ordered johnson & johnson to pay $572 million. the company has built a reputation as a responsible and family friendly maker of health products. oklahoma's attorney general says that's not so. >> we have proven that johnson & johnson built its billion-dollar brand out of greed and on the backs of pain and suffering. >> more than 2,000 other opioid lawsuits against johnson & johnson are pending across the country. the oklahoma suit was the first to go to trial.

a close aide to brazil's president says his country will reject the tens of millions of dollars pledged at the g7 summit to fight the amazon wildfires. >> he says europe should use the money on its own forests and made fun of france for the notre dame fire. meanwhile hundreds of new fires have flared up in the past few days. abc's matt gutman is on the front lines at the brazil/bolivia border. >> reporter: this fire was not here about ten minutes ago. it swept through here with enormous ferocity. you can see all that dry brush that's being completely chewed up by that fire. those palm trees, they light up like matchsticks, there's so much oil, especially at the top, incendiary. this is just one of thousands of fires that are burning right now in brazil and bolivia and ecuador along the entire amazon area. it's shocking how fast we've seen this fire march. it's moved about 200 yards in the past five minutes alone

fueled by this wind. we're going to try to get -- move in a little bit faster to get out of its way. keep going, keep going! you can see that it's chewing up not only all that dry brush but those palm trees are acting like kindling. a lot of -- whoo, there's a lot of oil inside them and they are just exploding. this is the kind of fire that we saw across this entire valley from the plane and this is what it looks like on the ground. firefighters no match for flames this ferocious. a few minutes ago this was beautiful, lush jungle. there were toucans flying out when we pulled in. now it's a hellscape. we're told no matter how much international assistance comes in here, it won't be able to do much to stop these fires, there are simply too many of them. the experts tell us there's only one thing that can stop them, that's mother nature. matt gutman, abc news, along the bolivian/brazilian border. >> those were incredible images. >> the rainy season still a long time away. you see those images. matt right there on the front

lines. knowing that this rain forest really provides so much oxygen to this world. >> right. >> it's a dangerous situation. and the fact that now we're dealing with a political situation. >> right. >> with the president in brazil not accepting foreign aid or much of it, it says a lot. and we hope that that changes as well. >> a situation that could impact so many people around the world. and really those images from matt just showing how quickly the fires are popping up and spreading and just clearing out parts of land. the fact that people there have been protesting saying their government is actually encouraging farmers to start some of these fires to clear some of the land. so we will see how this ends up. as you mentioned, the rainy season still months away. >> still months away and matt was getting into another portion of the amazon there. we saw people with the proper gear. we saw yesterday people are out

there -- >> kicking the fire. >> using trees to try to put out the fire. president trump is back at the white house after the g7 summit in france. >> so president trump didn't attend the summit's climate discussion but a chair as you see was left empty for him. before leaving france the president said all the leaders at the meeting got along great. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: after a whiplash weekend of mixed messages, president trump declared his meetings with world leaders a rousing success. >> there was tremendous unity. there was great unity. >> reporter: it was the president himself who created a cloud of confusion. he arrived in france having just announced stiff new tariffs on china. the next day he seemed to regret it. >> do you have second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china? >> yeah, sure, why not, might as well. >> second thoughts? >> might as well. >> do you have second thoughts about escalating -- >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> reporter: his aides scrambled to take that back. white house press secretary stephanie grisham issuing a statement saying the only thing the president regrets is not raising the tariffs higher. on friday president trump

branded chinese president xi jinping an enemy of the united states. >> i think president xi is a great leader who happens to be a brilliant man. i think they want to make a deal. i'm not sure they have a choice. >> reporter: standing beside president trump, french president emmanuel macron made his position clear. "what's bad for the economy is uncertainty." >> president macron talked about instability and the worry in the markets and around the globe about instability. one of the things that comes from, as you talked -- >> are you talking about global economic instability? >> right. >> i don't consider it instability -- >> one of the things it comes from is the back and forth and the changing statements from yourself. so that -- >> sorry. it's the way i negotiate. >> reporter: the next time the g7 world economic leaders meet, it will be on president trump's home turf. literally. the president wants to host the gathering at his miami golf resort, launching into what sounded like an infomercial.

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injuring several others last october. he has pleaded not guilty to muiple charges including hate crimes. harvey weinstein's sexual assault trial has been delayed until january. on monday he pleaded not guilty to a new indictment of predatory sexual assault. actress annabella sciorra will testify against weinstein. she says he raped her in 1993. the alleged incident took place too long ago to be prosecuted but her testimony could help prosecutors prove a pattern of predatory behavior. actress lori loughlin and her fashion designer husband are due in court today for a hearing in the college admissions scandal. they're expected to waive their rights to separate attorneys. they reportedly want to be represented by attorneys from the same law firm to represent a quote united front. how is this for a headline this morning? posting lots of selfies makes people like you less. >> that's a result of a new study out of washington state university. researchers studied reactions to selfies on instagram. >> they found people who post

lots of pictures they take of themselves are generally viewed as less likeable than those who share more pictures other people take of them, aka, posies. people with high selfie counts are also seen as less successful and more insecure. >> so people who posted more posies as you said were viewed as relatively higher in self-esteem, adventurous, less lonely, more outgoing, more successful, having potential to be a good friend. the reverse was true for people with more selfies. >> personality ratings of selfies with a physical appearance, themes such as flexing in the mirror were particularly negative. you know -- i'm not going to come for people who take selfies. >> i'm definitely not. that's a good-looking -- >> one of those we took on my phone the other day. >> i did, because you got that good camera. >> i do agree, don't you know, you know some people who just take selfies all the time. >> and you know, those -- >> these were back to back -- see?

>> these are posies. >> i don't take pictures like that. >> the thing is i know that selfie culture and people like to bash on it, but i'm almost like -- and i don't take that many selfies. we showed the two that happen to be the most recent ones. >> they're only like 12 hours apart. >> exactly, i had to show the people the difference when i was all manly with the beard. >> oh my. oh my word. >> but i will say, stop coming for people. let people be people. if you don't want to see their selfies? you don't have to look at them. >> let people be people. >> let people live. and i'm telling you right now the person who likes my selfies -- my mama. she likes them. coming up, why it was a big night for serena williams. but first the frightening scene, the tow truck on the scene of a crash when a tractor-trailer spins out of control. we'll show you what happened next. the troubling images of a driver caught on camera plowing into a crowd of people. wd of people. wd of people.

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driver from a different accident. the tow truck driver was taken to the hospital after his cab ended up pinned against the side wall. two people in the semi were also hurt. though everyone is expected to recover. the driver of the semi received two citations. so scary. now to an alarming hit-and-run case out of denver. >> policing searching for a driver who was caught on camera plowing into a crowd of people. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: police looking for the driver of this car seen plowing through a downtown crowd, slamming into two people. it happened early sunday morning as officers were breaking up a rowdy gathering outside a denver nightclub. investigators now reviewing these videos posted to social media. another view taken seconds before shows men prying open the car door appearing to attack the driver.

>> the video seems to suggest they were trying to get to the individuals within that car, so we don't know if they were about to be assaulted or not. >> reporter: police say they have the car's license plate number. they're tracking down a suspect. >> they are not in custody at this point in time but we do know the identity of the driver. >> reporter: both the people hit by that car were taken to a hospital. police say their injuries were minor. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. coming up next half hour, the notorious rbg. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg making her first public appearance since her cancer treatment. what she's now saying about her new nickname and being a celebrity at age 86. but first we could soon be seeing our first-ever woman kicker in an nfl preseason game. heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ausea, (vo) try new pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultra-coating. (flight attendants) ♪ nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪

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the champs are here. the champs are here. the 2019 little league world series champions are back home in louisiana. the kids received a hero's welcome a day after shutting out curacao on sunday, complete with a band. the river ridge squad from suburban new orleans is the state's first team to win the title. >> so exciting for them. so it took 59 minutes for

serena williams to dismantle five-time grand slam champ maria sharapova at the u.s. open. afterwards williams said quote i was not letting her in the match. >> that was an understatement. williams lost just two games last night in a first-round battle that was supposed to be a marquee matchup. instead thsix-time u.s. open champ continued her dominance over the russian beating her for the 19th straight time since 2004. they've met so many times -- >> fierce rivals for you. >> -- over the years. serena definitely has won a few more. >> you saw her husband there in the stands cheering her on. it seems we are just one scheduling conflict away from possibly seeing a woman kicker in an nfl preseason game. >> how about that. that woman, soccer legend carli lloyd. her trainer says an unnamed nfl team was in touch with lloyd offering a roster spot for the team's final preseason game this thursday. >> lloyd's trainer also says multiple teams approached her about playing after video of lloyd kicking a 55-yard field goal during a visit with the eagles went viral last week. lloyd was said to be genuinely interested in the opportunity. >> so the only problem is she'll

an part of the u.s. women's national soccer team that's playing against portugal on thursday night in philadelphia. so how cool would that be. >> there's time for her to jump from one arena -- because women can do it all, they run the world. >> that is true. >> if lloyd had joined up with the team dressed and actually played, she would have become the first woman again. but she noted her trainer says, even if she had that opportunity, she probably wouldn't do it because she hadn't had the preparation time and she's a stickler about preparation time. like most athletes. >> that's very good. that kick is incredible, 55 yards? i'm sure there are plenty of teams that would love her or someone as good as her. a sports reporter who has proven how dedicated he is to his job. >> he's there inside a soccer stadium in russia, the sprinkler

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time for "the mix." we're going to start with some bling. a woman from texas was mixing it up, since we're doing "the mix," to find a diamond in a state park where you go diamond hunting in arkansas. she found something big. >> how big? >> more than 3 carats there. >> whoa. >> her name is miranda. i'm not going to put all your information out there. >> if that's her left hand, she couldn't have a ring on it, now she's got a diamond. >> she does. she found this 3.72 carat yellow diamond in a rock pile at the crater of diamonds state park in

arkansas last week. park officials say it's the biggest someone's found in six years. apparently she was about to pick up a transmission for her car, that was going to cost a lot of money. she had some family friends in town and said, you know what, let's go diamond hunting instead. >> people are finding -- like they're actually finding diamonds at this place. >> they are. >> i think we just reported a couple of weeks ago about some teacher that found some big old rock too. maybe we should check this out. >> maybe so. >> but who's got the patience to sift through all that? >> i know. then these hands, i don't know if they're made for that. >> i'll keep my comments to myself. number two, we're taking it to a wedding for "the mix." you know the wedding, you throw the bouquet. that's what the bride does. somebody catches it. so someone happened to be recording. look at this. let's everybody dodge it. so this girl catches it. camera pans to her boyfriend, he's like, uh-uh, uh-uh. so the person who posted this said he was the plus one for his girlfriend who's friends with the girl who caught the flowers

and that guy, they'd been in a relationship for a few years now. they have a 2-year-old together. they thought the video was hilarious. >> oh, that's funny. he's like, no, no. >> yeah, hey, have my baby but not my last name. >> i feel like every bouquet throwing at weddings have been the same since "single ladies" came out. you play the song, you get them all to come up, you throw the bouquet, then you've got the guy or whoever is like, uggh, i don't know. >> i don't know. oh gosh, i would feel some kind of way. >> i'm feeling some type of way about this video of a monkey about this video of a monkey that tried to break out of the zoo. took a rock, and watch. oh, actually shattered the glass there in china. that is a colombian white-faced capuchin. >> it looks like there's another shattered glass back there. >> because the monkey wants out. >> you guys, maybe this is why we shouldn't have zoos. okay, and moving to another cute animal, a dog that sings along. look at this.

she hits the high notes. the dog hits the low notes. >> a soprano and a baritone.

this morning on "world news now," johnson and johnson is reacting after being hit by a landmark ruling. pay a $572 million for intentionally downplaying the dangers of opioids. hear what the company is doing next. also this morning we're tracking tropical storm dorian. it's strengthening as it moves through the eastern caribbean islands and will threaten puerto rico. the island isn't taking any chances since being devastated two years ago. just this half hour, justice ruth bader ginsburg shows how well she's recovering. >> just weeks after completing a new cancer treatment, she was back on stage and cracking up the crowd. it was a night of bling, glamor, and over-the-top performances in glittering

downtown newark, new jersey. we'll have the big winners, the big moments and the big fashions on the mtv video music awards coming up in "the skinny" on this tuesday, august 27th. ooh! the vmas. missy elliott, legend. >> yes, completely. >> putting it down. >> oh my goodness. >> it was a good show. taylor swift opening up. we're going to talk about it. >> a big couple of days for both of them, for missy elliott and taylor swift. you're right, we'll get to that all fun in "the skinny." we do begin with johnson & johnson facing a massive fine. the health products company is vowing to appeal what it calls a flawed verdict. >> the judge ordered johnson & johnson to pay $572 million to help clean up the opioid crisis in oklahoma. the state's attorney general sued saying the company largely caused the crisis by pushing addictive painkillers. abc's steve osunsami reports. >> reporter: this decision has

the nation's drugmakers on alert. this oklahoma judge has decided that corporate giant johnson & johnson helped fuel opioid addictions in his state, and he's ordering them to cough up more than $500 million to help residents struggling with addiction. >> the opioid crisis is an imminent danger and menace to oklahomans. >> reporter: craig box is one of the parents who testified at trial. his son austin was a linebacker at the university of oklahoma who started taking painkillers after a back injury. the young man was hooked quickly and then died of an overdose in 2011. >> i'm just pleased that the court found that johnson & johnson was responsible for this epidemic and the cause of so

much pain to oklahoma. >> reporter: opioids are blamed for more than 6,000 deaths in oklahoma since the year 2000. the state blamed johnson & johnson for misleading marketing to doctors examine patients but the state says downplayed the risks. 48 states and more than 2,000 local and tribal governments have sued drugmakers. >> but johnson & johnson did not cause the opioid abuse crisis here in oklahoma or anywhere in this country. >> reporter: in a statement johnson & johnson points out that the fda-approved labels of these medicines provide clear information about their risks and benefits. johnson & johnson is vowing to sue and saying this could stretch the process out for at least another couple of years. we should point out that there are at least two other pharmaceutical companies that have settled with the state of oklahoma for millions upon millions of dollars. all of them face multiple lawsuits across the country. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> thank you, steve. this morning's other big story, puerto ricans are getting ready for possibly the first hurricane of the season. >> right now tropical storm dorian is passing close to

barbados and moving west-northwest at 13 miles per hour. sustained winds are about 50 miles per hour with higher gusts. and the tropical storm is only expected to get stronger and become a hurricane. >> a number of airlines are offering a travel waiver to passengers because of dorian, including american, delta, jet blue, and caribbean airlines. several cruise lines are also rerouting ships. >> puerto rico's new governor says the island is much better prepared for dorian than it was two years ago for hurricane maria. fema is already on the island ready to assist. shelters will open to house tens of thousands of people and schools will close this afternoon. >> so let's get more on the storm's track from accuweather's adam del rosso. good morning, adam. >> we're continuing to track tropical storm dorian as it passes through the lesser antilles bringing heavy rainfall and powerful wind gusts. it's going to continue on that track, strengthening to potentially a category 1 hurricane early tomorrow, pass very close to puerto rico, and potentially impact the bahamas as we head into the weekend.

but as we head through the middle part of the week, flash flooding, hurricane-force wind gusts through parts of puerto rico into hispaniola. we have tropical depression 6 off the southeast u.s. coast strengthening. and tropical storm eris we head through the morning it's going to continue moving northward, staying generally off the u.s. coast, but there could be some heavy rain, rough seas, and gusty winds heading into nova scotia later this week. the midwest is experiencing more gusty winds and storms including this possible tornado north of minneapolis. it knocked down trees but no other damage has been reported. the worst of the storms are now over lake michigan. now to that story in brazil, more than 1,000 new fires have sprung up in the amazon rain forest in the past few days. >> firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes but making little headway. the g7 countries agreed to provide more than $22 million in aid to brazil. brazil's president says the g7 countries are treating his country like a colony and an aide says his country won't accept. the amazon fires were just one of the items addressed before the g7 summit in france wrapped up but president trump

did not show up for the discussion about climate. his chair was empty though some of his aides did attend. during a summit closing news conference with french president emmanuel macron, trump talked about next year's g7 summit, which will be in the u.s. the president wants to host it at his miami golf resort. the president said he's open to meeting with iran's president within a matter of weeks to begin negotiations on a new nuclear agreement. iran has consistently rejected such an idea, so the prospects for a meeting aren't clear. u.s. and iranian leaders have not met since the iran hostage crisis. so the president's press secretary scrambled to make it clear there has been no secret meeting between the first lady and kim jong-un. during that news conference the president said his wife quote has gotten to know the north korean leader, and there was some confusion over that statement and what it meant because melania trump did not attend either of the president's meetings with kim. press secretary stephanie grisham issued a clarification saying the trumps have discussed

the president's relationship with kim and quote how the first lady hasn't met him, the president feels like she's gotten to know him too. hong kong's leader carrie lam says the government is open to starting a dialogue with pro-democracy protesters. >> lam says that does not mean the government condones the escalating violence. this weekend police fired live ammunition and used water cannons for the first time. nearly 90 people were arrested, the youngest just 12. more protests are expected this weekend. we've been watching that for about 13 weeks now or so. back here at home, wisconsin congressman sean duffy is resigning. >> the republican is stepping down because his soon to be born child has a serious heart condition. duffy is married to fox news contributor rachel campos-duffy. they already have eight children. both starred on respirate seasons of mtv's "the real world." he was first elected in 2010 during the tea party wave. duffy leaves office next month. >> they were on "real world." >> they were.

changing it up some, the annual list of hardest-working states is out. roll up your sleeves. the dakotas can take a bow. >> maybe they need to take a break as well. according to a survey by wallet hub, north dakota is number one, followed by alaska then south dakota. workweek hours, number of people with multiple jobs. texas and nebraska round out the top five. the bottom five, ohio, michigan, new mexico, rhode island, and last, west virginia. >> all right. >> so back to dakota. maybe there are a few things people can do. maybe they could go to the theater or roosevelt national park. >> what, to relax, take a break from work? >> frontier village. i'm trying to give north dakota a big shout-out.

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of barbie. >> so mattel has released dolls honoring rosa parks and sally ride. miss parks, known as the mother of the freedom movement, helped trigger the montgomery, alabama, bus boycott in 1955. sally ride was the first american woman to fly in space in 1983. the dolls come with educational material about both women. >> i love educational dolls. my goddaughters, i got them different ones, like from a lawyer to a journalist. >> yeah. >> barbies, they love them so much. >> that's really good. did they ask for the dolls? >> they did want the dolls, yeah. >> you didn't think about getting them toys -- >> i get them what they ask for. that's what uncle k-mo does. another pioneering woman is showing how tough she is. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has made her first public appearance. since a three-week course of radiation for her tumor. she addressed her relatively new nickname and being a celebrity at age 86. >> i ask no favor for my sex. all i ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off

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♪ skinny just gimme the skinny ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny we're starting with the musical event of the night. >> and it was a big one. the mtv video music awards were held last night at the prudential center in newark, new jersey. the show opened with t-swift. ♪ you need to calm down ♪ oh-oh oh-oh taylor also took the night's top honor, video of the year. >> good job, taylor. and mylie cyrus performed her

new single "slide away," broadcast in a black and white filter just days after her reported split from husband liam hemsworth. >> and winning for song of the year, lil nas x and miley's dad billy ray for "old town road" remix, nas winning his first award ever. he had quite the acceptance speech prepared. yep, roll that out. >> and he came dressed for the occasion. and another performance that has people talking, lizzo. ♪ and he don't love you anymore ♪ >> hey, afros, we're all about that. >> she was amazing. >> and that big old performance pretty much said it all, from the giant inflatable booty to the backup twerkers, wow. >> lizzo, her performance was fun.

i feel like it was just all about just letting it go and being free and being who you are. i thought it was the best performance of the night, really. and i love what's happening with her right now. i think she was on the new artist list but she's been around. >> i have to say i did not know that. people have been talking about her and i love everything we're seeing. >> she said the other day, i love that the world now is getting to know me, getting to fall in love with me. >> and we sure are. >> and of course this being new jersey, quite a bit of jersey to go around including the jonas brothers, surprise appearance by actors from "the sopranos," and then this. >> so we all know it's not really an awards show until someone rides in on a motorcycle. and that of course would be queen latifah herself. >> i love her. and the queen of the night was without question missy elliott. ♪ ♪ holler

♪ people gather round people jumping round ♪ >> oh yes. missy performing on the vma stage for the first time since 2003. >> wow. >> also showed us a thing or two about how to flip it and reverse it, right? yeah. ♪ ♪ is it worth it does he work it ♪ >> elliot's main event being awarded the michael jackson video vanguard award, taking the time to thank just about everyone. but first and foremost -- >> i always got to start off by thanking god, because without him i would not be standing before y'all. i ain't here to change nobody but i know the god that i serve has gotten me this far. >> amen. missy also wrote in an instagram post quote i am crying right now so thankful, i didn't know if i would ever receive this but i

want you all to know i do not take it for granted, i am grateful. and that message there that she delivered on the stage last night was one of just being inclusive. she thanked the dance community because when it comes to dancing, that show last night, her performance, i mean, i was exhausted. they put on a show. and of course no awards show postgame coverage would be complete without a look back at the fashion. >> so of course cardi b turned all the heads in this plunging red rope dress. >> i loved it. >> hey, cardi. >> lizzo stepped out in a custom red strapless gown with sequin detailing and the word "siren" imprinted all over in silver lettering. it was quite a contrast from her other outfits of the night. >> and kiki palmer, the new cohost of "gma's" third hour, along with michael strahan and sara haines, she hit the red carpet in this glittering yellow gown and a blinged-out '80s-style cell phone. late congratulations to kiki, and a late happy birthday.

>> great addition to that third hour, so proud of you, go kiki. ♪ kiki. "skinny bonus" coming up.

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we are back with our "skinny we are back with our "skinny bonus round" starting with a headline about the upcoming "blue's clues" reboot. >> nick jr. has reportedly revealed that the show's original host, steve burns, will appear in the premiere alongside the show's second host donovan patton. the two will help out new host broadway actor joshua de la cruz when he needs assistance making blue a snack. >> blue's clues premieres monday, november 11th, at 9:00 a.m. eastern on nickelodeon. >> oh my gosh, i love that my son will get to watch "blue's clues" like i did.

>> that i would be extremely cool. monday, november 11th, 9:00 a.m., the kids will be in school. but it will rerun. >> that's like veterans day, maybe some kids will have it off. >> they may. >> i just happen to know that, shout-out to our veterans. >> yes, definitely. >> can i sing you my favorite "blue's clues" song? >> please do. ♪ here's the mail that never fails it makes me want to wag my tail ♪ ♪ when it comes i want to wail mail ♪ all right. next to big news about viola davis. >> the oscar-winning actress is set to portray michelle obama in "first ladies," a new showtime miniseries. >> "first ladies" is set in the east wing of the white house, peeling back the curtain on some of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions that have largely been hidden from public view. >> she definitely has the arms. >> hilarious. >> viola davis is such an incredible actress that i'm

looking forward to seeing this portrayal here. >> absolutely. >> hey, and speaking of first ladies, "forbes" magazine is out with a headline of its own about three of music's most prolific first ladies. >> "forbes" is out with its list of the world's highest-paid women in music. rounding out the top three, at number three is ri-ri, rihanna, raking in $62 million over the past year thanks mostly to her fenty beauty line. >> number two is queen bey with $81 million, making it mostly the old-fashioned way with her "on the run 2" tour with hubby jay-z. >> number one, taylor swift a staggering $185 million last year. and she's well on her way, too, because taylor's on fire right now. she is on fire. and beyonce -- ♪ oh-oh >> we said the old-fashioned way, because yeah, it's about music but also it's not about music, it's about beauty lines and other things. >> because we've been begging

for rihanna to drop some new music but she's doing her thing. >> she said, don't come for me. >> i've got fenty on the lips, honey.

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[ sniffle ] happening now in america this morning, state of emergency. puerto rico braces for dorian. the storm expected to grow into a hurricane as early as today. less than two years after hurricane maria left thousands dead. what puerto rico is now doing to prepare. breaking news, tragedy in dayton, ohio. at least two children killed after a crash involving a stolen police car. several others in the hospital. the new fight over saving the amazon as fires rage in the rain forest. why brazil may reject millions of dollars in international aid and we take you to the front lines. our reporter describing one of the fastest m