this morning on "world news now," president trump under fire as he gets ready to meet with ukrainian leader later this week during the u.n. general assembly. house speaker nancy pelosi putting him on notice. hear what she's demanding this week. also this morning a shakeup in the race for 2020. see which democratic candidate may be the new front-runner, at least in one state, in the race for the white house. new this half hour, the accidental fund-raiser that is bringing in big bucks. >> we told you about this guy making a plea for beer money on national tv, and now that the funds are going to a charity, you'll never guess how much > and tv's bge blkbters went ad to head at the 71st emmy award

"game of thrones," "veep," find out which shows took home the biggest awards, which got shut out, and see all the fabulous fashion from the purple carpet. it's monday, september 23rd. good monday morning, it's a whole new season. >> yes, it is. the emmy goes to us because janai is back, everybody. >> whoo! we're all winning this morning. so glad to be back. >> now she's back because it's, you know, the new fall shows. >> right. here's your premiere. >> here it is. >> so glad to be back. we have a lot of fun to get to. we do begin this half hour with house speaker nancy pelosi putting president trump on notice as she demands to know more about his phone call with the ukrainian leader. >> pelosi has set a deadline for the trump administration to turn over the whistle-blower's

complaint about the call but the president is pushing back against claims he tried to bully a foreign leader into doing his political bidding. he's labeling the allegations the ukraine witch hunt. the trump administration is facing a thursday deadline to hand over the whistle-blower complaint against the president for congressional review, or else house speaker nancy pelosi says be prepared for a whole new stage of investigation. the issue, what was said in a july phone call between president trump and the leader of the ukraine. so far the trump administration has refused to allow the whistle-blower's complaint about that conversation to be released to congress even after the inspector general for the director of national intelligence determined the complaint was credible and of urgent concern. the president initially refused to say if former vice president and political rival joe biden came up on the call. then on sunday -- >> the conversation i had was largely congratulatory. was largely corruption, all the corruption taking place. was largely the fact that we don't want our people, like vice president biden and his son, creating to the corruption already in the ukraine. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reports trump repeatedly pressured eight times

the foreign leader to investigate biden's son hunter for his business dealings in ukraine. the country's foreign minister is backing up the president's insistence that there was no pressure. >> i -- i know when i give pressure. and that was not pressure. >> well, if that's the case, why doesn't the president simply release the transcript of that call? >> reporter: something the president has not ruled out. >> we'll make a determination about how to release it, releasing it, saying what we said. >> the acting director of national intelligence will face the house intelligence committee in an open hearing thursday. he is expected to be asked about why that complaint wasn't handed over to congress as required by law. this all comes as president trump prepares to meet with ukraine's president later this week at the u.n. general assembly. as tensions continue to mount, iran is promising to unveil a new regional peace plan at unga this week. the iranian president delivered a speech during a parade showcasing his country's military arsenal. he called on western powers to leave the region and let tehran

and other gulf nations handle the security. secretary of state mike pompeo is defending the decision to send more u.s. troops to saudi arabia after that massive attack on its oil facilities. >> apparently the iranians are bloodthirsty and looking for war. president trump and i are looking for a diplomatic resolution to this. >> iran is still denying responsibility for the saudi oil attack and warned that any retaliatory strike will lead to an all-out war. a new poll shows elizabeth warren may be the new front runner in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. senator bernie sanders is third. many candidates were meeting voters over the weekend at the traditional iowa steak fry. that same poll says just 1 in 5 voters have made up their minds. nearly two-thirds say they could be persuaded to support a different candidate. the search for a missing 5-year-old girl in new jersey is entering its second week. an amber alert is in effect and a reward for any tip that leads to her return is growing. here's abc's mona kosar abdi. >> reporter: police expanding the search and offering a

$35,000 reward as the family of a missing new jersey girl holds out hope she will be found. this surveillance video showing 5-year-old dulce maria alavez with her family right before she was taken in broad daylight on monday. ♪ hundreds gathering at a vigil at the bridgeton park where dulce was last seen playing on the swings with her little brother. investigators say an unidentified man may have lured dulce into a red van with tinted windows. >> i was looking for her, and i asked people around us, and i couldn't find her. >> reporter: her mother telling police she was in a car 30 yards away when her daughter disappeared. >> all of us are missing her, her brother, her aunt, everyone. everyone's worried about her. >> reporter: dulce's family urging anyone with information not to be afraid of police as dozens of officers, neighbors, and the fbi continue the search for the little girl for a sixth

day. officials are reassuring anyone with information they are not concerned with immigration status. mona kosar abdi, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to mona there. on opposite sides of the country, opposite weather >> puerto rico is on alert for a storm system in the atlantic basin. tropical storm karen may reach puerto rico, and jerry is near bermuda. another system off the western coast of africa is expected to become a hurricane by tomorrow night. >> on the west coast the hot and dry is ripe for brush fires such as this one northeast of los angeles. it trapped some hikers, but they were not injured and later rescued. the trial of a former dallas police officer charged with murdering a man in his own apartment begins today. opening statements are set in the case against amber geiger. geiger claimed she'd mistaken botham john's apartment for her own when she fatally shot him last september. jurors will be asked to decide if geiger is guilty of murder, a

lesser charge, or if she committed no crime at all. it is the end of road for travel agency thomas cook after nearly 200 years. the collapse of the agency, which includes an airline, leaves more than 150,000 british vacationer stranded. the british government has hired dozens of charter airlines to bring them home free of charge. thomas cook was started in 1841. meanwhile a new theory about the mystery illness called the havana syndrome. u.s. and canadian embassy workers in cuba's capital began falling ill back in 2017 with some suffering brain injuries. investigators believed high-pitched noises might be to blame. canadian researchers now say that sickness may have been due to a pesticide used to fight the zika virus. now an update on the beer money request gone viral. >> we've been telling you about the college football sign carson king held up on espn's preshow this month jokingly asking for cash to buy a case of beer. people sent king beer money through venmo and then some.

he says donations are now at $1 million. king has promised to donate the cash to a children's hospital in iowa. and he tweeted yesterday, let's go, we're not done yet. and probably aside from the fact that he's going to be donating so much money to a children's hospital, the next best part of this story is that it was anheuser-busch, i believe, gave him a year's supply of beer cans with his face on them. >> wow, so he can drink the cans of the busch lattes as he calls them. >> with his face. anheuser-busch, i'm a fan. >> he's going to share them. you're a fan. >> hello. >> this is really cool because apparently within hours of him appearing on "gma," he got immediate like 2,000 notifications in that venmo. so i also wonder like when it comes to his venmo, do you have like certain flags for, okay, this is for the charity, this is

for me. >> right, right. i still need that beer money. >> i still need to pay my rent, mom and dad. >> uh-huh. >> wait, is this for the charity or is this for my rent? >> is college paid for? >> right. ger out in force once again for another awards show. >> the big winners, the big moments, the big fashion at tv's biggest night to shine. plus how the crowley family cleaned up at the weekend box office, blowing brad pitt into the next universe.

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and the emmy goes to -- "game of thrones." >> last night's emmy awards ended on a high note with "game of thrones" winning outstanding drama series. >> the 71st primetime emmy awards were full of upsets, surprises, and even intrigue. will ganss is here now with a complete wrap-up. will, good morning. >> good morning to you guys and good morning to all of you at home. the motto of this year's emmys, no host, no problem. the show only ran two minutes over and still managed to include plenty of upsets, a few awkward moments, and some very emotional speeches. a night of upsets. >> "fleabag."

>> julia louis-dreyfus. >> no, it's fine, okay, drop it. >> "fleabag" and beating out "veep" and julia louis-dreyfus, poised to become the most winning emmy award actress of all time. a night of many firsts. >> we witnessed history unfold. the emmy goes to billy porter. >> billy porter now just an oscar away from egot status. the first openly gay black man to win an emmy for best actor. >> the category is love, y'all, love. >> the "pose" star not the only one giving a powerful acceptance speech. >> the next time a woman, especially a woman of color, because she stands to make 52 cents on the dollar compared to her white male counterpart, listen to her, believe her. >> michelle williams using her time on stage to spotlight the gender pay gap. "fleabag" in many categories including best comedy series. >> i forgot to thank my wife when i was up here. we've had a very difficult hour.

>> the award for best drama series went to, what else, "game of thrones" for its final season. >> i can't believe we did it. we did it all together. and it's over. and we shall never see her like again. >> and while this year's emmys had no host, there was no shortage of star power at the microsoft theater in los angeles. anthony anderson and his mom. >> mama! put that in your purse! >> oh, okay. >> ben stiller and a very healthy bob newhart. >> you thought i was dead. >> and maya rudolph and ike barenholts who had trouble reading the teleprompter. >> abraham aluminum, "black-ish." >> mickey two times, "the kominsky method." >> it's not an awards show without a meme-able moment. >> our family knows firsthand how truly compelling television comes from real people just being themselves. telling their stories, unfiltered and unscripted. >> the audience cracking up, the unplanned moment a little awkward. it almost makes you want to -- so it was a night of farewells

to fan favorites like "game of thrones," "big bang theory," and "veep." superstars out of first-time winners like phoebe waller bridge and jerome waller who gave an incredible powerful speech after his win for "when they see us." i know you guys were talking about that as well. >> it was the moment of the night. people leapt to their feet. his role of playing corey wise. they refer to him as the exonerated five, not the central park five. >> they were there in the house tonight. >> gave them a big shout-out. just a big historic night for him. 21, born in the bronx, the first afro-latino actor to be awarded in the acting category. >> the youngest person to win. >> just turned up there. >> he really did. i wanted to touch on you said will, he had a remarkable speech. part of it touching on the dark narratives in regards to black stories. part of what he said, unfortunately i think our

strongest stories are the stories of pain, considering what we go through on a daily basis, it's unfortunate that comedies are like pieces of work, aren't as praised in award season, the truth in our pain needs to be told, if it has to be the next 20 years we're just painfully telling our stories until we can move on, then i guess it has to be. very well said. >> true words from someone so young. will, thank you so much. >> and fab fashion i know you guys are about to talk to as well. >> oh my gosh, yes. let's get it started right here. >> you brought it as well. didn't you, will? >> when we come back, more on last night's emmys. >> including who turned heads on the red carpet. was it you, will? >> it was, it was me. spoiler alert.

♪ skinny just gimme the ski ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny time for "the skinny." we're going to give it to you. the emmys carpet was red -- the fashion -- the carpet was purple but the fashion was red hot. >> sure was. to start in a good place the voice of frozen's princess anna, kristen bell, stunned in this dior gown. the blackless black dress with

beads embellished into ribbons. >> next up, laverne cox nominated last night for "orange is the new black" wore this ruffled monsignor gown with the thing everyone's talking about, her clutch. it's an edie parker clutch with the message october 8th title vii supreme court, laverne saying she's raising awareness for a case that would prohibit firing workers based on gender identity or representation. >> the big color-blocking trend on the carpet, pink and red. mandy moore in brandy maxwell and taraji p. henson sported the colors. >> they looked great. as has become tradition in recent red carpet memory, look at that, my goodness, she stole the show again last night. last night the "euphoria" store wore a strapless custom vera wang gown, she paired it with emerald heels to match that emerald dress. just incredible. >> slow down, not so fast, show that thing off. >> looks like jessica rabbit, love it. >> niecy nash wore custom christian soriano with a

matching pink sparkly headband and clutch. >> and finally. >> yep, uh-huh. >> and finally billy porter, he wore a suit which is tame by his standards but take a little closer look. his michael kors couture suit took 170 hours to hand embroider those pinstripes. using 51,510 mini crystals for the jacket. 79,200 for the pants and his hat, that hat, is by steven jones, inspired by the lead dancer of "my fair lady" according to billy. >> that hat looked like a check mark and we all give it a big old -- >> got it, nailed it. next to another '90s tv icon. >> sarah jessica parker, sjp, famously threw down cosmos as carrie bradshaw in "sex and the city." now she's tossing back her own wine in partnership with new zealand-based wine merchant vivo. >> i'm here for it. the 54-year-old tells "the daily mail" she enjoys a glass of wine every night but she's not a big drinker. instead preferring to sip out of teeny vintage bistro glasses. >> just a touch, just a little bit at the end of the day. all right, finally we're getting

a glimpse of the blue ivy's birthday. >> whoo, the event happened way back in january, but queen bey has been busy, of course. and she's just finally gotten around to sharing dozens and dozens of photos, adorable photos, on her website. >> as you can see, blue ivy's 7th birthday party had a rose gold theme. we see beyonce literally holding on to the clothes, she's prepping. i want to have a hand in this. i'm not just going to have people set it up. and we see -- we talk about the rose gold theme. this is all with her friends all wearing matching pink robes. just adorable. >> so cute. >> i didn't get an invite but that would be weird for me to be there in a matching pink robe, i understand that. >> right. so to get us in, my kid has to become friends with rumi and sir. >> yes. >> how can we make it happen?

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how's it all going? how's it all going? >> mary's got it under control. >> hardly. >> i need your help, carson. >> i'll be there in the morning, my lady, don't you worry. >> no worries for the crowley family as "downton abbey" blew "ad astra" and "rambo" out of the water at the weekend box office. >> "downton abbey" took in $31 million with our parent company disney's "ad astra" and "rambo" trailing in second and third place. speaking of the british royals it is a big day for prince harry, duchess meghan, and baby archie kicking off their official tour in africa following in the footsteps of princess diana. abc's maggie rulli has the latest from capetown, south africa.

>> reporter: the couple's first trip as a royal family is taking them to the continent harry has called his second home. >> harry and meghan's romantic story basically started here. now they're bringing archie here. it's part of the family story. >> reporter: for 10 days the duke and duchess of sussex and new baby archie, who at barely 5 months old is one of the youngest royals to ever go on tour, will travel to south africa. the couple visited botswana weeks after meeting, their love marked forever with a diamond from the country. harry gushing on instagram saying, i can't wait to introduce my wife and son to south africa. but for harry the connection to the continent runs even deeper. his mother, princess diana, dedicated the last few months of her life to raising awareness about land mines in angola. >> we've now seen that parts of angola completely transformed because of the work she did. she changed legislation, she had the whole world talking about the land mine crisis here.

>> reporter: this trip, harry will retrace his mother's footsteps, walking down those same streets, even meeting some of the same local leaders and pledging to continue her legacy. >> this trip's very much a chance for the two of them to flex their philanthropic muscle on the trip. it can shine a spotlight on the things that are important. >> reporter: harry will spend time supporting charities that focus on conservation. meghan's making her mark, dedicating her time to organizations that empower women and young people. >> of course that was abc's newest foreign correspondent, maggie rulli, reporting from south africa. so happy and proud of maggie for her newest promotion. big shout-out to her there. >> a big shot light working out of the london bureau, we're so happy for maggie rulli who we worked with in washington, d.c. doing big things. as far as the royals, fun trip. >> iconic photos of princess diana. so great to see him following in his mom's footsteps.

happening now in america this morning, the new twist in the whistle-blower scandal. president trump now acknowledges he spoke to ukraine's president about former vice president joe biden. his new statement late sunday. why he says there was nothing wrong with that conversation. and this morning, the new deadline and the new warning from house speaker nancy pelosi as she faces growing pressure to launch impeachment proceedings. happening today, the former police officer who shot and killed a black man in his own home. she says she went to the wrong apartment and thought he was a burglar. >> and i shot a guy thinking it was my apartment. >> so was it murder? the proposal tragedy. a couple on a dream vacation when the boyfriend pops the

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