>> making news am america this morning. >> stay with us for "gma." happening now in america this morning, bracing for dorian. the tropical storm expected to grow into a hurricane bearing down on puerto rico in a matter of esen approvirrs a the island power grid and the tens of thousands of people still living under preparations. a potential blockbuster settlement. the maker of oxycontin in talks to settle thousands of lawsuits for billions of dollars. what the company's former president said about selling the drug and how powerful it is. developing overnight the pro baseball player's family found dead. his wife and child kill. the suspect arrested while

naked. what police are saying. plus, kevin o'leary, star of tv's "shark tank" involved in a deadly boat crash. the bear attack in colorado. a couple describes fighting off a mother bear inside their home. >> it was like and i am not a weak woman. >> how they did it and the damage done. "game of thrones" star trapped for hours inside this elevator. the two things he had with him. good wednesday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with puerto rico bracing for tropical storm dorian which is expected to grow into a hurricane today. >> president trump has already signed an emergency declaration. up to 8 inches of rain could trigger life-threatening flash ofeoe sti heavy winds will veen

repaired after maria. >> this morning fema says it's ready deploying thousands to the island with food, water and medical supplies. abc's mona kosar abdi begins our coverage. good morning, mona. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth, good morning, janai. as dorian approaches hurricane maria is still fresh on the minds of the millions of no a reassuring them theyarbean feeling the effects of tropical storm dorian. the storm already tearing through the small french island of martinique leaving streets flooded and ripping down power lines. and right now dorian is on track to puerto rico where the governor has declared a state of emergency. the u.s. territory still reeling from the devastating effects of 2017's hurricane maria. but this time fema officials say they're ready. >> fema took a very aggressive stance for dorian. it is the first system of the

year and we understand that the island is still very fragile. >> repity'nfcture fear fithd gti a fen whatwa chances scrambling to stock up on supplies. >> just to have enough water and canned food. >> reporter: and ahead of the storm president trump taking to twitter writing, congress approved $92 billion for puerto rico this year, an all-time record of its kind for anywhere but puerto rico's resident commissioner says the funds trump is referring to is not readily available and that it's a sum estimated to be delivered over ten years. and this morning, fema says they have emergency personnel positioned all over the island. the warehouses are full and more ground. meanwhile, janai and kenneth, puerto rico's governor says

she's in close communication with the white house. >> mona, thank you. we will continue watching that. at the same time people who live in florida are also cloly watching dorian so let's get a closer look at where the storm is headed. >> accuweather's adam del rosso has the latest track. adam. >> good morning. tropical storm dorian continuing to make its way through the tropics inching closer to puerto rico. we are going to people those impacts late today into tomorrow. we need to watch for hurricane-force wind gusts upwards of 80 miles leading to power outages, also flash flooding with up to 8 inches of rainfall expected across western portions of puerto rico. this storm is going to continue its northwesterly track by the end of the day friday. likely strengthening into a category 1 hurricane and then it does look to make landfall somewhere in florida as we head toward the later parts of our labor day weekend. we're going to continue to watch this storm very closely but heavy rainfall and gusty winds likely across florida as we head into the day on sunday.

janai, kenneth. >> all right, adam, thank you. just as dorian approaches funding for fema is being cut. the department of homeland security is cutting $270 million from fema and other agencies and it will now use that money for programs at the u.s. border including for migrant detention facilities. next to the massive settlement in the works for the maker of oxycontin. purdue pharma is facing cases accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. this morning, a possible ,000 lre is morning, a sonews purdue phao give up at least $10 billion to settle those cases. in a statement the company says, while purdue pharma is prepared defend itself investigavigorou

the opioid litigation, it sees little good coming from years of wasteful litigation and appeals. >> do you believe purdue's marketing was overly aggressive? >> no. >> reporter: for the first time we're hearing from purdue pharma's former chairman and president dr. richard sackler. members of his family own the company which made billions developing and selling oxycontin. >> do you know whether oxycontin is more powerful or less powerful a drug than morphine? >> depends what you mean by powerful. if powerful means potency, absolutely. it is twice as potent as morphine. >> the clips from 2015 were released by the news group propublica. under oath sackler said it was wrong to blame the opioid crisis on their marketing but the company ended up settling paying $20 million. >> there is no way that this intended or had the effect of

causing physicians to overlook the fact that it was twice as potent. it was called out in virtually every promotional piece of literature. >> and purdue pharma and the sackler family have denied the allegations in all those lawsuits. a developing story out of rural virginia where a pro baseball player's family has been found murdered. police say the wife, child and of blake bivens were found dead at a home near the north carolina border. bivens is a pitcher with the tampa bay rays organization. police say the suspect who is bivens' 19-year-old brother-in-law was naked when he was arrested after a foot chase. police have not revealed any other details of this case including a possible motive. now to the crisis in the amazon rain forest. nearly 2 million acres have burned, and it could be weeks before rain arrives. brazil's president is refusing to accept millions of dollars in foreign aid until he gets an apology from the president of france. the two recently exchanged insults.

meanwhile, the soccer game on the edge of the amazon had to be canceled. look in the background there. you could see the fires burning just outside the stadium. doctors are now reporting a sharp increase in people suffering from breathing problems. time now for a look at your weather for this wednesday morning. there's a high fire danger again today from the pacific northwest to arizona. police now say this grass fire in portland, oregon, was intentionally set. looking at today's high temperatures, 95 in in portland, 110 in phoenix, but cities across the north will only reach the 70s today. meanwhile, the farmers almanac is out with its winter forecast and predicts higher than unusual snowfall in the northeast and says only the western third of the country will see normal temperature. everyone else, prepare for the cold. coming up, the frenzy over

popeyes' new chicken sandwich reaching a tipping point. speaking of frenzy, see what happened when costco opened its first store in china. but first a big announcement about the s.a.t. exam and the proposal tod so-lls t disadvantaged stu

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we're back with video of spacex testing an early prototype of its mars rocket. the star hopper passed the test rising several hundred feet over south texas and then landing successfully. it's being called a key step for elon musk and his company's dream of traveling to mars. a former executive who

worked for both google and uber is facing decades in prison for allegedly stealing trade secrets. anthony levandowski was a high level executive working on google's self-driving car program. prosecutors say before resigning he downloaded 14,000 files from the company's network. they claimed he planned to give that information to uber.hiey d >> not a single one of the supposedly secret files ever went to uber or to any other company or person. >> all of us generally speaking are free to move from job to job. what we cannot do is stuff our pockets on the way out the door. >> levandowski was fired by uber two years ago. the company is not charged with any wrongdoing. the company that administers the s.a.t. is dropping the adversity score used to help identify student's race race rae

challenging environments. the adversity score will be replaced by a new tool that includes information about a student's school and their local area. we all love costco. it opened its first doors in china and chaos ensued. the wild response from shoppers in shanghai forced the store to close early because of safety concerns. it resembled some of the mayhem on black friday.or a ppo from that chaos to this one, the fast food chicken war has been put on hold because of a supply shortage. popeyes has run out of its much hyped chicken sandwich. it's taken only two weeks and lots of very long lines to run through a nationwide supply that was supposed to last through september. popeyes says it's working to restock the sandwiches as soon as possible. >> chicken and costco's, it drives people wild. coming up, the rare blue octopus caught on camera. also ahead, football star rob gronkowski gets emotional as he opens up for the first time about why he left the game and what he's doing next.

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take a look at that potential killer on the ocean floor. this is a blue octopus that was caught on video off the coast of australia. scientists say that blue octopus holds enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within just minutes. >> wow. wes otr ung player who retired early. until now we never knew the private struggle he was facing.r myself. at that moment. >> this morning former patriots star rob gronkowski is opening up about retiring from football. >> i needed to recover. i was not in a good place. football was bringing me down. and i didn't like it.

and i was losing that joy in life, like the joy. >> reporter: gronk says it was during the super bowl in february that he realized he could no longer play the game. >> in the super bowl about a couple minutes into the second quarter, i caught a pass on the left side. cut over. the linebacker took me right out right here in my quad. i flipped in the air and i knew my quad was done. i knew it was right there and then i was like last game, super bowl game, just give it all you have. hietowsk wnnnc afr nng thbime >> i could barely walk. i slept for five minutes. i was in tears in my bed after a super bowl victory. annoced his retirement last week at 29. he said it took a physical and mental toll. >> it's been four years of this injury, pain, rehab cycle. for me to move forward the way i want to doesn't involve football. >> reporter: for gronkowski his next step is the marijuana business. he's launching a line of cbd

products which he credits for helping him recover from his injuries. we love gronk and those moves. he says he'll push the nfl to loosen restrictions on cbd products. he'll be live on "good morning america" for an exclusive interview. we're learning new details about a deadly boat crash involving "shark tank" police say it happened late saturday night on a lake in ontario. a man from florida was killed. o'leary released a statement saying, i was a passenger in a boat that had a tragic collision with another craft that had no navigation lights on and then fled the scene of the accident. i am fully cooperating with authorities. my thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected. and a colorado couple had the fight of their lives against a mother bear and her cubs. so the bears broke into their house, as you can see there, and started eating some bread. that's when the mother bear attacked 71-year-old john johnson. he punched the bear and then his wife hit the bear with a baseball bat so they could run

away. >> it was like -- and i am not a weak woman, okay. i'm old, but i'm not weak. i felt like that i had like a lightning bolt in my body that was driving that ball bat. i was so scared. >> you could see the marks left behind from when the mother bear clawed john johnson. the mother bear was captured and euthanized. in colorado any bear that attacks and injures a human must be euthanized. in sports we know that 15-year-old tennis phenom she won her first match at the u.s. open with her parents cheering her on. it took two hours for coco to win a three-set thriller. when it was over she said her parents needed some rest. >> your mom and dad are over there, and, of course, we saw them at wimbledon. how do you think they're feeling right now? >> i think i gave them a heart

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making news right now at 4:27, the man accused of attacking a woman outside her condo building in san francisco will have one less charge to worry about this morning, but g vincent released from jail. engineers endorse a plan to stop san francisco's millennium tower from tilting even more. the fix will be pricey. hundreds of people gather to demand action on gun violence. >> good morning on this august 28th, wednesday. >> good morning. a little muggy out there this morning. temperatures are a little milder. low to mid 60s until you get to places ply palo alto where we have mid 50s there. this afternoon not quite as warm as yesterday. 90s around fairfiel antioch,

concord and morgan hill. the rest of the inhand neighborhoods in the 80s. mid to upper 60s half moon bay san francisco and richmond. we'll talk about how long the %-pw morning during the commute. that's next. here is frances. good morning everyone. we've got a few accidents early this morning, but i'm hearing they are clearing. first one eastbound 80 at pinole valley road. traffic is flowing well on both directions east bay and westbound 80. we'll also take you to the south bay. this is san jose. headlights moving on northbound 101. that's 880 across your screen. alsoleared.101 at yerba buena happening today, a hearing for the man accused in the attack of a would plan outside her san francisco condo building.

>> apparently he be facing charges in a second case. apparently he can prove he wasn't involved in that case. abc 7's amy hollyfield is live in san francisco. >> reporter: the district attorney says they will ask the judge the charges be dropped. they say austin vincent wasn't even here in san francisco when the crime he is accused of committing happened. he was in southn tim inheruar attackalle phen she heho threatened her with a knife. those charges will be dropped today. but he is still charged in the case that has attracted so much attention. vincent is captured on vance video. a woman is seen being assaulted outside her south beach apartment complex. the case sparked outrage when he was arrested but yet released from jail. the victim said she does not feel safe. he is in custody and is expected

to be in court for a hearing this morning at 9:00. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. if you're waking up to us at 4:30, good morning. here is a quick update on your weather and traffic and mike nicco. >> we'll take a look at what's going on. we'll start with what visibility is showing. a little fog down around say watsonville and also in half moon bay. i expect some of that to come up and creep along the peninsula coast and make the right-hand turn through the san bruno gap and the golden gate bridge and also petaluma. this is the way it looks from our exploratorium ce out ere. temperatures will be a touch warmer than average, but not as warm as it has been the last couple days. 57 to 63 this morning. 60s a the coast. 70s