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a voting machine glitch w a boat beinging machine glitch was caught on video in. . everybody should watch this. a man trying to catch a ballot in the primary runningoff for governor saw his intended vote change more than a dozen times. mnc >> it really is. police have found a cache of weapons inside a man's home in philadelphia. >> officers recovered more than 50 guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, 10 hand grenades, a pipe bomb, and liquid mercury, which can affect the nervous system. a 72-year-old man in the home was taken to the hospital for evaluation. no word on any charges. now to the new details in that deadly nighttime boat collision involving "shark tank"

star kevin o'leary. >> o'leary is confirming the boat he was on crashed into another vessel, killing two people. >> there has to be a better way. >> reporter: one of the stars of the hit show "shark tank" revealing he was on a boat involved in a fatal collision on lake joseph in ontario, canada, over the weekend. kevin o'leary saying in a statement he was a passenger and the other boat had no navigation lights on and then fled the scene of the accident. i am fully cooperating with authorities. canadian police providing no details about the crash, but confirming two people on the other boat died. 64-year-old gary poltash died on the scene. suzanne brito, 48, died in the hospital tuesday. three others on those boats were also injured. >> at nighttime usually the wines are a lot calmer, the water is flat. so it might be a little difficult to see anything that is in front of your boat. >> your margins are going to go down in the wholesale business, not up. >> reporter: the reality tv star has a home on the lake, often posting pictures of friends and family on the water on social media. o'leary saying, my thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected. no charges have been filed, but police are investigating.

we have spoken to the brother of one of the victims who says he hopes this was just an accident, but he's waiting to hear from police to find out exactly what happened. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. an emt in minneapolis is using magic to help heal his patients. ivan is a full-time paramedic and amateur magician. he says he tries to use magic to break the ice and the tension, especially when his patients are children. >> usually the flashy ones are easy. he really loves it. when you come around and pull lightning bolt from the nose, from the ear, out the other ear, in the mouth, cough it out. i think laughter is the best medication. i think optimism is the best healer. >> oh, magic hands for sure. ivan says he sees the biggest impact on mental health calls. he says the magic helps establish a level of trust. >> it's really cool.

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>> hey, guys, come on, we've got to get ready for school. >> reporter: california mom deb shell would pack lunches for her kids. when they came back from school she noticed the bags were often >> nothing was touched. >> reporter: mariana, whose two children attended the same school, saw a similar pattern at her house. >> when i picked up my children, they came out directly to me saying, i'm starving. >> reporter: the two moms decided to get to the bottom of this. >> we found out our kids have 15 minutes. and we also found out that there were 18 children that day standing in the lunch line when the bell rang, which was the end of lunch. >> i knew that there was a limited amount of time for lunch. but last year it just got worse. >> reporter: shell created a change.org petition to address this time concern which has garnered over 1,400 signatures. experts say these short lunchtimes exist all over the country. >> in our recent national survey, about 20% of schools reported that they had 20 minutes or less for their school

lunch period. includ fcontrol. >> so many schools think that if they dedicate more time to the academics that they'll be able to improve their test scores. but in fact, making sure that the students have enough time to eat, that can help as well. >> reporter: to combat this, the american academy of pediatrics is recommending students have at least 20 minutes of seated time. >> lunch, recess, is all part of the whole child and their development. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, berkeley unified school district says, at elementary schools we have 40 minutes for lunch and recess. the amount of time for lunch may vary between sites depending in part upon recess timing. we are working with our principals, teachers, and departments to determine the specific issues at each site so that we have a realistic idea of what it could take to make any necessary adjustments.

>> wow. it's very important for kids to be nourished in so many ways. they need to eat so they can focus in class. >> in hi schl, had lunchangry, and soyou know, making would just leave. i would go home, i would run errands like you do in high school. i found a loophole in the attendance policy so i technically wasn't violating any written rues. the year after i graduated my counselor told me the staff and faculty like had a meeting to address the attendance policy and like brought me up. >> oh! >> because i found a loophole and they're like, this can't happen anymore. >> you're good at finding the loopholes. i also feel i could see you as an 8-year-old with those curls at the lunch line, excuse me, are there any vegetarian options? i'm little janai norman. >> i'm little janai norman.

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this study was all about heterosexual couples but word on the street is the gays do it too. >> everybody's meeting online because it's so much easier. i did. i did, i met my husband on a dating app. >> speak your truth. >> i did. >> and proud of it, beautiful family. >> uh-huh. >> so i guess should people be doing this the old-fashioned way as well? >> it's so hard. >> it is hard. >> so much energy. >> it's very busy. >> that's the whole thing. if you've got like a whole career and anything to do, who's hanging out at bars? >> if you're online shopping, if we're doing everything online -- >> everything. >> might as well outsource that to the internet as well. >> i say yes. so once you've met your soul mate and you're planning a wedding, you may want to consider not doing this. our second debate of the day. a reddit-er, someone who uses reddit, says she's thinking about backing out of being maid of honor in a friend's wedding, a friend since she was 5, she's

a size 10, the bride and groom are personal trainers, most of their friends are from the gym. the bride and her fiancee want the maid of honor to lose 20 to 30 pounds. they drew up a fitness plan, a diet. she's like, wait a second, i didn't ask you to do this, i didn't say i want to lose weight. >> they wanted a picture perfect, according to them -- >> they wanted it to be symmetrical. >> symmetrical? >> what do you think about that? would you back out? >> oh, i would back out because y'all are mean and we're not as good of friends as i thought. >> why did you even ask me then? >> it's just mean, mean, little mean. >> just love your friends for who they are. >> this woman, she loves her vanity plate for what it is. it says "pee before we go." a mom says they're trying to make her change the vanity plate. >> new hampshire thinks it's inappropriate, we think it's gold. >> no. >> you don't think so? >> i do think it's cool, right. "live free or die" state.

this morning on "world news now," hurricane dorian on the move and growing stronger. >> it slammed the virgin islands knocking out power to thousands but spared puerto rico. next it will likely hit florida and people across the sunshine state are getting ready. team coverage straight ahead. the race for 2020 is narrowing. as senator kirsten gillibrand drops out of the presidential race, see which candidates are qualifying for the third democratic debate. partnering with police. the doorbell camera company ring is letting police departments nationwide get ahold of videos recorded by homeowners. what you need to know. plus it was a tomato-throwing party for thousands of people. we'll explain what la tomatina is and how people are participating and where on this thursday, august 29th.

good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. a very busy morning in the weather department. >> very busy morning. we will be talking a lot about hurricane dorian as we have watching that turn from a tropical storm now into a hurricane. the national hurricane center says it has now topped sustained winds of about 85 miles an hour. >> dorian is centered northwest of puerto rico heading toward the eastern side of the bahamas and could grow into a dangerous category 3 hurricane as it chugs toward florida. >> florida's governor is warning residents to make sure they have seven days of supplies if they plan to ride out the storm at home. and that set off a mad rush on grocery and big box stores. accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins us with more on the storm track. >> hurricane dorian continuing to churn, pulling northward away from puerto rico and the virgin islands. we'll have improving conditions there.

however, the storm moving into very warm waters. there's not a lot of land for it to interact with. and that's going to allow it to strengthen as we head through the next few days. by friday morning a category 2 hurricane likely a major category 3 hurricane by saturday evening as it continues a westward track toward florida. still some question marks on where exactly it goes, but we need to start preparing now because there are going to be some serious impacts with flooding, storm surge, and damaging wind gusts as we head through the tail end of our labor day holiday weekend and into labor day on monday. >> all right, adam, thank you. for now no evacuation orders have been issued anywhere in florida. but the governor has declared a state of emergency and as we mentioned he's warning residents to be ready. some stores are warning they're running low on supplie some costco stores, for example, are limiting customers to four cases of water. dorian's intense wind gusts have caused island-wide blackouts on st. thomas and st. john and scattered outages in parts of puerto rico. it managed to leave plenty of widespread flooding, look at

this, as it passed over the virgin islands and puerto rico. >> and in puerto rico a man climbing a ladder to clear debris from his roof ahead of the storm fell, hit his head, and died. abc's maggie rulli has more on the mess dorian has left so far. >> reporter: hurricane dorian lashing the virgin islands and puerto rico on wednesday, strengthening to a hurricane as it moved past puerto rico, dumping torrential rains on the island. with memories of hurricane maria's devastation nearly two years ago still fresh on their minds, residents there were taking no chances. but officials say this time around, they were better prepared. >> it's the first system of the year. and we understand that the island is still very fragile. >> reporter: the so-called dirty side of the storm whipping past the virgin islands, bringing with it winds of at least 80 miles per hour and several inches of rain. knocking out power to tens of thousands. >> there are still some assessments being done overnight on the islands of st. thomas and st. john.

road crews are working to clear the roadways. the governor did declare a territorial state of emergency and imposed a curfew. however, he has since lifted that curfew for the island of st. croix and extended it to the islands of st. thomas and st. john. >> reporter: forecasters predict dorian could grow to a category 3 hurricane by the time it reaches the coast of florida over weekend. >> bottom line is that we have a very, very serious hurricane threat to the state of florida. >> reporter: florida residents filling up sandbags while officials there are testing water pumps and emptying canals. >> residents should make sure that emergency equipment such as hurricane shutters and battery-powered radios are in good working order. >> reporter: store shelves emptied as floridians prepared. >> i'm not that concerned but i think it's better to be safe than sorry. >> reporter: dorian taking its toll on travel. cruise ships have altered their routes and airlines have begun canceling flights. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to maggie.

there are new questions about fema's readiness to deal with hurricane dorian given that the agency now has a record number of vacancies. >> those vacancies include the top spot. fema is one of many trump administration agencies operating with an acting head. fema insists it's ready to respond saying it already has more than 3,000 people in puerto rico and the virgin islands. and president trump seemed to use dorian's approach to puerto rico as a chance to renew a feud with the island's officials. >> trump tweeted, puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. their political system is broken and their politicians are either incompetent or corrupt. >> in a different tweet the president called himself the best thing that's ever happened to puerto rico. the president's feud with puerto rican leaders goes back to his visit there after hurricane maria. look at this video when he was criticized for tossing paper towels into a crowd like basketballs. stay with abc news and abcnews.com as we track hurricane dorian. we will have the very latest on its path as it nears florida on

"world news now," "american this morning," and "gma." turning overseas now, we're following new concerns about a nuclear threat from north korea. >> these satellite images indicate north korea may be building a submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles. analysts say a launch may be coming soon. but they also caution that it will take years for this, quote, emerging threat to become a, quote, significant threat. abc's martha raddatz has more. >> reporter: the satellite images tell the story. analysts say there on the left at the navy shipyard on north korea's coast, evidence that a new ballistic missile submarine is being constructed with a crane and support vessels nearby, suggesting a submarine-launched missile is being readied to test. just last month kim jong-un was shown inspecting what was called a newly built submarine. north korea has been launching a flurry of ground-based short-range ballistic missiles, seven in just the last month. but president trump this week downplayed the tests.

>> he has done short-range, much more standard missiles. a lot of people are testing those missiles, not just him. >> reporter: the new secretary of defense said there are concerns about those short-range missiles but he said the administration does not want to overreact and close the door on diplomacy. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. the democratic presidential primary field is just a bit smaller now that senator kirsten gillibrand is out of the race. the senator from new york called it quits with a video posted online. her campaign's top issues were curbing sexual harassment and defending abortion right, but her message never really took hold and she struggled with fundraising. >> the lineup seems to be set for the next democratic presidential debate. the deadline for candidates to qualify for the debate passed at midnight. ten candidates will be on stage september 12 in houston including frontrunners joe biden, elizabeth warren, and bernie sanders. the ten candidates who did not

meet polling and fundraising thresholds could still qualify for october's debate. minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar is denying allegations she's having an affair with a prominent political consultant. dr. beth minnet claimed in divorce filings that her husband tim confessed to the affair saying he was in love with omar. his firm works for omar's campaign. the freshman congresswoman has also denied that she separated from her husband. >> and then you're here to do work and they want to talk tyoas that are online. i have no interest in commenting on anything that you are about to ask about my personal life. >> at least one conservative watchdog group has filed a complaint saying omar illegally used campaign funds to pay for his travel expenses. a turkish bee farmer decided to work with bears that had spent years stealing his honey. >> after losing $10,000 worth of honey in the past three years, he let the bears become his

personal taste testers. he set up a camera and a table with samples and learned them bears have expensive tastes. they like the priciest honey he had, which sells for apparently $150 per pound. >> oh my gosh. so that's how he lost $10,000. he tried to keep the bears away by leaving them snacks and locking the hives in metal cages, but you know nothing stops those bears. >> one twitter user said, bear-tested, bear-approved. >> i guess so. >> if you can't beat 'em -- >> this one's too sweet. this one's not sweet enough. this one's just right. >> you do have the goldilocks look going on. coming up, could you be the winner of a ton of mac and cheese? literally one ton. first, the new privacy concern over those popular doorbell cameras. who amazon is now sharing your video feed with. and the dramatic scene overseas. what we're learning this morning about this active volcano in italy -- wow.

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the couple last seen driving a red pickup. police urging drivers to be on the lookout. they're wanted for the murder of frank bly, who vanished when his home burned in april, his body never found. police adding susan barksdale knew the 72-year-old. investigators say the couple fled to upstate new york in may where u.s. marshals and a s.w.a.t. team surrounded their rv and took them into custody. but this week a private security company was bringing them to arizona when the couple broke free and they're on the run. police say this couple may be armed and dangerous, and they're warning the public, if you see them, don't approach them, and call 911. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> serious situation there. i hope they find those suspects. on a lighter note, a big welcome back to kayna, she took some time off after the birth of her second son, glad to have her back.

the fbi is reportedly studying two broken cameras outside the jail cell where jeffrey epstein died by suicide. the two cameras were in view of where epstein's body was discovered. epstein's attorneys told a judge tuesday they don't agree with the ruling the financier died by suicide. privacy concerns are being raised by a new partnership authorities say will help keep neighborhoods safe. more than 400 police departments are teaming up with the amazon-owned company ring. officials will be able to request from homeowners videos recorded by their doorbell cameras. privacy advocates say the program could threaten civil liberties. yet another shark sighting has shut down a beach on cape cod and provided a scary moment for a boater. >> two men out lobstering tuesday shot video of this great white shark swimming right next to their boat, and get this, the carcass of a humpback whale was nearby. okay, danger. wow.

shark conservancy says sightings are up 60% over last year. they've increased each summer since 2016. and so chew on these numbers. before a surfer was killed last fall, the last deadly shark attack in massachusetts was in 1936. but over the past decade, cape cod has emerged as the only known place in the northwest atlantic where great white sharks gather. that's why we're seeing so many. >> i guess so. they do like to summer on the cape, apparently. just seeing these images of them that we've been seeing over the past few weeks and how big they are? >> everybody else likes summer on the cape. >> they sure do. >> why not the sharks? coming up next half hour, what apple is now apologizing for. the practice that the tech giant says was designed to improve voice recognition but angered many users who felt their privacy had been violated. but first, taking a high-flying deep dive into the

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you're looking at a live radar picture of dorian strengthening into the second you're looking at a live radar picture of dorian strengthening into the second hurricane of the atlantic season. it's currently packing 85-mile-per-hour winds north of puerto rico, and it's slowly moving northwest into the open waters of the atlantic. >> it's now moving into open warm water which will help it strengthen possibly into a category 3 hurricane before approaching the u.s. southeast coast. >> as it strengthens, u.s. government hurricane hunters in planes like these will fly through the storm day and night

to gather data. a few years ago abc's steve osunsami took a ride aboard one of those planes straight into the eye of a storm. >> reporter: it sounds crazy and it was a bumpy ride, but we traveled deep into the middle of this gigantic storm flying inside at 10,000 feet. >> the clouds are getting closer -- >> reporter: air force reserve pilots and scientists on a dangerous mission to take the storm's temperature, and it wasn't good. >> out to where we're at, sometimes there were over 100-mile-an-hour winds. >> wow. >> so starting to develop. >> reporter: they shot canisters filled with sensors into the ferocious storm clouds. and the sensors were sending back the bad news. irene's pressure is dropping, which means the storm is getting stronger. the ocean waters below incredibly warm at 85 degrees, helping it grow.

and on the northeast side of the storm where it's usually most dangerous, this one especially so. with hurricane-force winds that stretch out 100 miles. >> it's a large hurricane. it's a very large, strong circulation up to the north. so this whole side is very, very strong. >> reporter: we zig-zagged the storm several times. when we crossed the eye on the fourth try, the eye wall, the storm's fury, had formed. we discovered it was miles thick. >> time is on its side. it's moving away from the islands and the land mass, getting back over open water. >> reporter: scientists say they will keep this up, providing realtime information around the clock as we wait for irene to strike. steve osunsami, abc news in the eye of the storm. >> wow. >> eye of the storm. >> our thanks to steve for that look back there. technology's gotten so much better over the years when it comes to tracking these hurricanes. >> right. and as you can see here where the storm is churning, we have been watching that all week. scary that it could be possibly

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>> okay. baby tomatoes? >> we're just wasting food there? >> that's what i was going to say too. >> that could go to the starving kids. you remember how when you waste food -- >> right. >> you don't want to waste it. >> right. >> but for this they said it was grown, so maybe they're just not edible. that's what i'm telling myself. >> right. >> the images are cool, though. >> they are and it looks fun. so they weren't eating the tomatoes there. if you are hungry. you can win one ton of sides from boston market. >> of sides, right. >> so the mac and cheese, or like the mashed potatoes. >> creamed spinach. the creamed spinach. >> is that that good? >> i love the creamed spinach. >> the green bean casserole. >> the corn, the green beans. >> look at you trying to call out the vegetables instead of the starches. have a seat, sir. >> corn. i said corn. >> i guess you're right. but it is starchy.

>> and the cornbread. >> okay, so they have this rotisserie rewards program that they're starting. cornbread is always the best. which awards bonus points to big spenders. so the first person to spend -- to earn 10,000 points will be able to win a side dish, a full ton of it. >> i used to go to boston market all the time, get that rotisserie. my favorite is rotisserie. get that rotisserie. >> rotisserie what? drumettes? >> yeah. as in i get the dark meat. because you know i like the dark meat. hey, this construction noise sounded so good that people remixed it. take a listen. oh, snap. beatboxing. that sounds pretty cool. >> oh! >> yeah, it's a remix. ♪ i like it. >> man, reddit for the win. also for the win, this dog on a dirt bike. >> let's see it. where is it? >> the dog's all into it.

this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," a state of emergency. hurricane dorian is packing 85-mile-per-hour winds moving past the virgin islands and puerto rico and headed straight for the u.s. mainland. when it's expected to make landfall. labor day travel. millions of americans are hitting the roads and taking to the skies. if you're driving, we'll tell you the very worst time to start your holiday getaway. new this half hour, a rhino going to the attack. >> the animal flipped a car three times at a safari park. where this happened and how that driver inside is doing. a new look for bradley cooper. we know him best looking like this. wait til you see his new throwback metro look that have many comparing him to a certain standup comedian.

that's ahead in "the skinny" on this thursday, august 29th. good morning. a very busy thursday here. >> we are tracking dorian. that's where we begin. it is on the move over open waters this morning and picking up strength as it moves toward the southeastern u.s. the national hurricane center says it should be traveling east of the bahamas today and tomorrow and could hit florida or georgia this weekend. >> puerto rico seems to have avoided any major damage from dorian's heavy wind and rain, but the storm pounded st. thomas and the u.s. virgin islands leaving most of the island without power. and no serious damage reported in the british virgin islands. in fact, we hear that crews are beginning to clear the debris. abc's victor oquendo is in puerto rico with more. >> reporter: hurricane dorian lashing the u.s. and british virgin islands. the so-called dirty side of the storm packing winds of at least 80 miles per hour and up to 8 inches of rain. inundating martinique tuesday.

those heavy rains washing away roads, making them impassable. this bus trapped by the severe flooding. in puerto rico, where memories of hurricane maria's wrath two years ago run deep, people here not taking any chances. it looks like they took the warnings here seriously, the streets are empty, there is no one in sight, and the store fronts shuttered. before the storm in san juan we met jessica espinoza on vacation from new jersey. >> nervous right now? >> anxious. but you can't control mother nature. >> reporter: as puerto rico weathers the storm, anxiety growing as it takes aim at the u.s. mainland. the power grid here in puerto rico is what officials were worried about the most, and there are some outages but they're not weather related. a different story in the virgin islands where officials tell us nearly 40,000 people are without

power. there are reports of damage, but so far no injuries. victor oquendo, abc news, puerto rico. >> some forecasters are saying it could be the worst storm to hit central florida in 30 years if it stays on the current track to hit the state's east coast this weekend. >> floridians with plenty of experience surviving hurricanes have already cleared some store shelves of necessary supplies. stores like costco and walmart say they are doing their best to make sure every customer can pick up bottled water. >> not surprisingly, some folks aren't waiting for the storms, swarming gas stations to fill up their cars and get as far away as they can. the national hurricane weather center is warning dorian could become a dangerous category 3 storm by the time it hits the u.s. mainland. >> accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins us with the latest on dorian's path. >> hurricane dorian continuing to cause problems. it is lifting northward, pulling

away from puerto rico and the virgin islands. we'll have improving conditions it to strengthen. there's not going to be a lot of land for it to interact with either. we're talking a major category 3 hurricane by late saturday, impacting central and northern bahamas, heading toward florida as well as we head into labor day weekend. still some questions on where exactly it goes, but regardless of where it makes landfall, we're talking significant impacts, especially sunday into monday across florida and the southeast u.s. with plenty of flooding and damaging wind gusts as well. kenneth, janai? >> thank you, adam. a lot going on in the tropics. our coverage of hurricane dorian does not end here. >> abc news is staying on top of the very latest developments and we'll have more updates on dorian's path later on "america this morning" as well as "gma." let's move on to the major fires burning in south america. help has been sent on to help crews on the fire lines there. >> a shipment of protective equipment anfigh tls haalsoeen

in the meantime brazil is accepting some international help to battle fires in the amazon. brazil's president saying four planes from chile will be used to help fight the fires. the trump administration has announced new citizenship rules for children of military members overseas. under the new policy, citizenship will no longer be automatic for some children born abroad. the rule mostly affects children of naturalized u.s. citizens in the military who haven't lived in the u.s. for a required period of time. that's about 100 people a year. but the new rules have caused anger and confusion among immigration rights advocates and some military groups. critics of british prime minister boris johnson are enraged. now that the queen has agreed to johnson's request to suspend britain's parliament. johnson's move is seen as an effort to limit the time his opponents have to potentially block a so-called no-deal brexit. parliament will be shut down for 32 days. the deadline for britain's withdrawal from the eu with or without an agreement on future arrangements is october 31st.

the los angeles county sheriff's deputy who allegedly lied about being shot by a sniper has been fired. the 21-year-old told investigators he was hit, triggering a massive manhunt. he may face criminal charges. authorities say they stopped a shooting plot at a north carolina college. a 19-year-old freshman at high point university was charged with having a gun on campus and making threats of mass violence. prosecutors say he had guns and ammunition in his dorm room and studied mass shootings. investigators say he was making plans to shoot up the school. smoking weed in new york state is now a fine-only offense. that's after a new decriminalization law went into effect on wednesday. the penalty is now $50 for possessing less than an ounce or a maximum of $200 for one to two ounces. meanwhile residents who have low-level marijuana convictions will automatically have their records expunged. troubling news on the roads. deaths caused by drivers running red lights have hit a 10-year

high. according to aaa the most recent figures from 2017 show more than 900 people were killed. that's nearly 30% jump in five years. almost half of those killed were people in other cars or passengers in the vehicle that ran the light. labor day weekend is just about here and that means the last major travel day of the summer. >> new numbers show how bad it might be on the roads this weekend. expect driving times to rise 10%. if you're in a major metropolitan area, you could see times more than double. but here's what you need to know. the worst time to be on the road is expected to be this afternoon between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. >> so after work thursday, you guys are just ditching work on friday? >> i know, not working on fridays. the airports will be busy as well. more than 17 million people are expected to fly this weekend. nearly 3 million will be airborne tomorrow.

>> and you know what that means for precheck? that line's going to be long too. >> it's going to be very long. i did hear that a lot of people were taking fridays off, having three-day weekends. i'm like -- what? >> if you guys got two fill-ins tomorrow, you know where we are, no wi-fi. we kidding, we kidding. >> no email creep. not checking. a young climate change activist from sweden has made an environmentally friendly arrival in new york city. >> 16-year-old greta thunberg docked in new york harbor. she refused to fly because of the carbon emissions produced by airplanes. greta is in new york for next month's united nations climate action summit. she's hoping her trip will send a message to one important attendee. >> all of this is very overwhelming. and the ground is still shaking for me. everyone always asks me about donald trump. but, i mean, my message for him is just, listen to the science.

>> greta -- >> out of the mouth of babes. >> greta used a zero-emissions sailboat. its onboard electronics are powered by solar panels and underwater turbines. >> it wasn't an easy trip. she was actually delayed a day. these kids that are just showing us how to be good people, how to make change, i'm impressed. >> and doing on it a boat across the atlantic. >> on a boat. >> that's a lot. >> yep. >> cool girl, though. coming up, why today is the day so many "star wars" fans have been waiting for. but first, this terrifying scene that played out inside a safari park in germany. we will show you how it ended. all right, all right, all right. why matthew mcconaughey will be spending a lot more time away from hollywood movie sets and on a major college campus.

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the rhino slammed its horns into the vehicle and kept rolling it over and over and over. the zookeeper suffered minor bruises. officials say the rhino has been at the park 18 months and is still getting used to its surroundings. they admit it might be better off in a zoo or the wild. fans are remembering the racecar driver considered the fastest woman on four hills. >> jessi combs was killed in a crash in oregon as she attempted to break her own land speed record. here is women car will carr. >> reporter: jessi combs seen here barreling across the desert died chasing her dream. the 39-year-old was attempting to set a new land speed record for women trying to go faster than 512 miles per hour when she tragically crashed in oregon. her team calling 911 moments after. >> the jet, the high-speed jet car that we got crashed and the pilot is fatally injured. >> reporter: in a statement her family said she left this earth driving faster than any other woman in history.

widely considered the fastest woman on four wheels, in a 2013 interview combs described the emotional conversations with her mother about the dangers involved. >> and she's like, is there anything i can do? really, mom, there's not anything you can do, but you can help me get my will ready. >> reporter: combs posted a picture walking behind her jet-powered car saying, people say i'm crazy, i say thank you. authorities say the cause of the crash is under investigation. it comes as combs' boyfriend says a documentary will come out down the road detailing what happened. in los angeles, will carr, abc news. >> our thanks to will carr there. apple is apologizing amid revolutions it paid third-party workers to listen to siri voice recordings. >> the tech giant says the practice called grading didn't fully live up to its, quote, high ideals. the company says it's designed to improve voice recognition. apple says it will resume grading but with its own employees. also siri users will have to opt in. >> there's so many issues with these listening things.

i won't even activate siri on my phone. my husband has her up, so he'll say something and she pops up and we're like, siri, mind your business. >> siri knows you for a long time now. >> i know. >> get some friends, siri. when we come back, professor matthew mcconaughey. >> and why bradley cooper is looking more and more like jeff foxworthy. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny just gimme the skinny time now for "the skinny." we are starting with matthew mcconaughey. >> that is professor mcconaughey to you. the oscar-winning actor has been a visiting instructor at the university of texas flagship campus in austin for the past four years. and now he's joined the faculty as a professor starting this fall teaching in the university's department of

radio, television, and film. >> all right, all right, all right. professor mcconaughey will continue teaching his script to screen class, earning his film degree from u.t. in 1993, bringing it full circle. >> that's pretty cool. >> very cool. imagine how many people are going to be trying to sign up for his class. i would. >> i would take it. i feel like it would be very free-flowing. >> right. >> and like the lincoln car commercials. >> yes. >> where he's talking to you. >> absolutely, and his voice is so soothing. >> so you'd either fall asleep or you're just like really into it. >> right, or just watching him. >> just watching. your "all right" was pretty good as well. >> thank you. >> next, forward fashion from gabrielle union that's looking forward. >> the "america's got talent" judge turned heads wearing a one-of-a-kind gown covered with black and white throwback school photos of her husband, dwyane wade. >> she loves her man. the sleeveless pocket dress features d-wade's portrait which union says she was, quote, obsessed with.

>> the star posted herself in the dress alongside her husband and the couple's 9-month-old baby girl. i love that idea, that's hilarious. i love them, they seem like a fun couple. >> bring out your dress with my face on it, let's do it. >> no, no, no, honey. no, no, no. next to bradley cooper apparently trying to channel jeff foxworthy. >> the "new york post" page 6 tweeted out this image of the star on the left, we have to tell you, he's on the left, in sunglasses, sporting cropped hair and a moustache that's making him look more and more like the 60-year-old standup comedian. >> like that's crazy. here's another side by side comparison. cooper with and without the moustache. >> while cooper's new style could likely be for an upcoming movie or project, foxworthy himself commented on a meme saying, quote, my wife so is happy right now. >> that's hilarious.

>> i'm trying to think of a jeff foxworthy, like you might be me if you grow this moustache. >> i thought the whole schtick is like, you might be -- all right. >> next? >> you obviously don't want to say it so i'm not going to say it. a couple of royals across the pond. harry and meghan still trying to live down the controversy of their private jet outings this summer. apparently decided to take things low key. >> the royal couple with 3-month-old son archie dropped into a local pub for a humble lunch. they were spotted at the rose and crown in berkshire just five miles from their windsor cottage home. >> the couple is said to have noshed on a $20 roast dinner. harry reportedly had a couple of pints of beer while meghan sipped water and baby archie reportedly behaved, quote, as good as gold.

>> got to take the baby out. sometimes parents don't take those babies out that soon. >> oh, that's the time to take them out. >> you think so? >> they can't do anything. everybody was like, your baby is so good. then he started talking. >> now he's like -- >> yeah. >> it was exactly five years ago yesterday that this happened. >> oh! whoa! president obama roasted over wearing that tan suit to a white house news conference. that suit ignited a firestorm of controversy with critics saying it signified a lack of authority. >> reporters and commentators completely lost their minds, coining puns like, yes, we tan. and the audacity of taupe. >> i love those. even "gq" weighed in calling the suit terrible, and "esquire" labeling it a monstrosity. so five years ago, that was outrage. >> the big controversy. >> that was political outrage. >> people were like literally in the streets protesting. times have changed. >> they sure -- five years, y'all. >> i think i would take a tan

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♪ ♪ this morning we are transporting ourselves to a galaxy far, far away known to many as florida. >> orlando. aka o-town. aka the city beautiful to be exact. ahead of today's highly anticipated public opening of star wars: galaxy's edge from our parent company disney. we worked in orlando. >> we did. >> abc's will reeve got a sneak peek. >> reporter: these five military families sacrificed so much to help serve our country, so disney is serving them, surprising them with something that's truly out of this galaxy. ♪

a preview of the new star wars: galaxy's edge at walt disney world in orlando before it opens to the public. >> hey, look! >> pretty awesome. >> repy. ot >>ea >> reporter: we head straight for millennium falcon smuggler's run. >> this is cool, wow. buckle up! whoa! get us straight, get us straight! there are meteorites everywhere! >> reporter: with our feet safely back on the ground, we swing by savi's workshop. >> ready to build some lightsabers here? >> reporter: and at the droid depot, our families get busy building their own r2 and bb

units. >> a real assembly, huh? >> it is. dad didn't know he was going to work here now. >> reporter: i make one of my own and realize these things are durable. you're going in a bag. apparently they tend to make wookiees annoyed like this scene from "a new hope." >> hey, chewy. i want to show you something i'm pretty proud of. we built droids. oh, yeah, right, sorry. forgot about that. >> reporter: to top off the day we grabbed some grub at docking bay 7. >> it's delicious. >> reporter: including these tasty cream puffs. >> awesome. >> reporter: and i grab a drink and a cookie at oga's cantina along with my new little buddy. the droid politely declined. >> these parks. they are something else these days. everybody was -- >> will reeve was really fun. >> all i had growing up was six flags over georgia. that was it.

>> look at all the fun you could

. breaking news in america this morning, hurricane dorian gaining strength on track to hit florida as a category 3 storm. >> it is forecast to become much, much more intense. everybody needs to really, really be on guard. >> store shelves already empty as people stock up. new video showing the damage in the caribbean. this morning, the new storm track and the biggest concern right now. an urgent warning from a major american city, stop using e-cigarettes immediately. the lung disease outbreak now under investigation and the new study on the risk of secondhand vaping. a developing story in washington, d.c. a college intern walking her dog is fatally stabbed in the street.