that's what's making news in america this morning. right now on "america this morning," making it official. >> our choice is joe biden. >> joe biden formally nominated as the presidential candidate on night two of the dnc from former presidents to congressional newcomers, the rallying cry from both sides of the aisle democrats and republicans alike call this the most important election ever. wrong results? f saying a popular covid test may be giving false negatives as states issue new travel advisories, the crackdown on parties and crowds as the countdown to flu season begins. the majoge anchsamey sos they're already s. our doctor weighs in. dangerous weather. from tornados in the east to fires in the west, the growing threat amid extreme conditions. california battling dozens of new fires as the governor declares a state of emergency.

plus, lotto lawyer busted. the new charges against a man accused of stealing mega millions from jackpot winners. close call, the asteroid flyby that caught scientists off d.ar e anno>>un cement from the girl scouts that has cookie lovers going wild. good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm will reeve in for kenneth moton. we begin with the official nomination. joe biden for president. night two of the democratic national convention featured former presidents, a diverse mash-up of rising political stars and everyday americans putting biden's character onisay g inen'sife ll sfuak din pellrsonal terms about his compassion and integrity casting her husband as a leader who will bring the country together.gt

ws itc'abh th de in highlights. good morning, ines. >> reporter: good morning, will and mona. for the second night democrats once again trying to show that joe biden can also appeal to er vice president joe biden rm fo officially becoming the democratic nominee for president with his wife, dr. jill biden, by his side closing out the courage. biat's the soul of america joe isn deht f >> reporter: from former president bill clinton. >> the diffence is stark. you know what donald trump will do with four more years, blame, bully and belittle, and you know back better. >> reporter: to the 17 rising star demtsraoc s wpokeho in lew of a traditional keynote address, democrats working hard to show the party is united and

calling members of all groups >> i've been doing this for a long time, so let me just be plain, black people, especially black women are the backbone of this party, and if we don't show up, democrats don't get elected. >> reporter: for a second night the party also making a point to feature republicans like former george w. bush secretary of state colin powell who threw his support behind biden. >> our country needs a commander in chief who takes care of our troops in the same way he would his own family. >> reporter: and cindy mccain speaking in a touching video about biden's fripshnd wh it her late husband republican senator john mccain. >> they would just sit and joke. it was like a comedy show sometimes to watch the two of them. >> reporter: meanwhile, president trump trying to distract attention from the democrats out on the stump in critical swing states. >> this el tontiwet ha going into is the most important election in the historof our country because we had crooked hillary, but this is something -- these people are

sick. >> reporter: and tonight it'll be former president barack obama's turn to speak. a spokesperson tells abc news he plans to warn that democracy itself is on the line and outline why biden and his running mate kamala harrist th covid-19 crisis. >> mona, thank you. tonight count on abc news for complete coverage of night c de former president barack obama, hillary clinton and vp nominee senator kamala harris. now to the coronavirus crisis, the number of worldwide seca the governor of hawaii says there will be no tourism in the state until october at the earliest. doctors urging states to use testing data as a road map for re-opening, but now there are new concerns about testing accuracy. abc's megan tevrizian has the details. >>uteporauteltr:y this

coronavirus test results. the fda revealing tuesday that one of the most widely used tests could be giving invalid or false negative results. the administration also warning tests produced by heth tat o false negatives if the samples aren't properly processed. >> theleubroths i areas of the country, several, that are actually in community spread. >> reporter: it comes as states grapple with how to stop the virus from spreading. le you g, heino do wn g. >> reporter: in new york city, people coming in from states on the travel advisory list must and short-term rentals before they're issued keys. hawaii is now postponing tourism until october 1st after seeing covid cases spike despite strict quarantining measures. schools across the country are struggling with how to move forward too. iowa state finding 175 cases in its first week after testing students moving into residence halls. >> students my age don't really

take it seriously or as seriously as it needs to be taken. >> reporter: the university of alabama announcing fans will be able to watch football games in person despite students warning that social distancing is already being ignored by their classmates. >> i drove by and saw one of the bars like have a line outside and they weren't following like the 50% capacity rule. >> reporter: and at notre dame students are under two weeks of new restrictions after finding 89 new cases on monday alone. most of those infections now traced back to off campus parties. >> we can't have these large parties because of the level of >>ymptomatic spread. alorsoep r to oblteame for a c the university of tennessee and north carolina state. 14% of north carolina's total cases are now among people aged between 18 and 24. but today one party is stunning

most of the world. thousands gathering in wuhan, china, ground zero of the virus. the city hosting a massive concert and pool party over the weekend just months after the virus ravaged the city. back in the states an outbreak in maine has been linked to one wedding reception earlier this month. the cdc saying 24 people tested positive out of the 65 people who attended. will, na. postmaster general louis dejoy is suspending controversial cost-cutting measures until after the november election. those changes were blamed for mail slowdowns and threatened mail-in voting in november. for now mail sorting machines and public collection boxes will stay in place, and postal workers are still eligible for overtime. speaker nancy pelosi was given the news during an interview >> somebody handed me a note. reuters reporting postmaster general paused all operational reforms after outcry. well, he should.

they felt the heat, and that's what we were trying to do is to make it too hot for them to handle. >> the reversal came on the sam announced plans to sue. louis dejoy will appr before the committee on friday. now to the breaking news in california, the governor there declaring a state of emergency as the wildfire threat grows. more than 30 fires burning across the state fueled by winds and record-setting heat. many are blamed on lightning strikes. here's a 12-hour time lapse look at yesterday's flames in napa valley. evacuation orders have been expanded in that area. the national weather service will be in central florida today to look at wreckage from a possible tornado. the system leaving behind flooded streets, power outages, dozens of damaged homes in and around deland. the storm also causing some overrntued this is the view from inside a c box trehuck. the driveras taken to the hospital. time now for a look at your

wednesday morning weather. we're watching two tropical waves on the move in the atlantic. the first has a 70% chance of development, and forecasters say the second has a 90% chance of becoming a tropical depression some models have it veering toward florida and the atlantic coast. there are heat and fire warnings posted across the west where more record temperatures are expected today. low 90s in dallas and new orleans, 80 degrees for new york and boston. those record-setting temperatures, 113 in phoenix. coming up, the amazing story of the hiker found alive after missing in the wilderness for two weeks. also ahead, the so-called t accused of stealing millions of doarlls omfr how investigators say he pulled it off with an alleged mobster. and why the man convicted of killing michael jordan's father will get out of jail after his

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back with breaking news. a massive fire is burning at a factory which produces trash bags and otherdesto la pfromic blailelowing the industrialfr omarea. there are no iediate reports of injuries. the cause of the fire is still unknown. >> amazing. now to the lawyer under arrest. investigators say the scheme also involved a member of an infamous new york crime family. a new york attorney under arrest.

>> i've seen things go well. i've seen things go bad. we're going to have a lot of fun with this. >> reporter: accused of taking part in a mob connected scheme that swindled jackpot winners out of millions of dollars. on his website jason kurland urged lottery winners to call him to protect themselves and their winnings. >> you don't want people asking for handouts or giving you on advice on what you are doing. so you need that time to gather your team. >> reporter: but prosecutors say kurland encourag cis htsenli to make large investments in entities run by christopher chierchio described in court papers as a soldier in the genovese crime family. authorities say one of their le jackgepovit. >> people expect attorneys to do the right thing, to represent them, and unfortunately this attorney crossed the line. >> reporter: kurland and chierchio along with two other men are charged with money laundering. prosecutors saying the millions were stolen to support the defendants' lavish lifestyles including private jets, expensive vacations and luxury vehicles including two yachts. chierchio's defense attorney tells the associated press that

his client is not guilty of anhe also disputed chierchio's alleged ties to organized crime. kurland's law firm says in its statement that it is surprised by the charges, and they are cooperating with the investigation. now to a big development in the fight to prevent a murder hornet invasion here in the u.s. scientists in washington state say they've trapped the first male asian giant hornet. the hornets pose a serious threat to honeybees and can also be deadly killing as many as 50 people a year in japan. the goal is to eliminate them >>an incredible story of survival in the new mexico wilderness. a dad and his kids found a hiker who said he had beened for 14 days including 7 with no food. they called 911 and told crews where to look but rescuers couldn't find the man. sunday the dad went back out and found the hiker again and this time he led rescue crews right to him. he is recovering at the hospital. >> wow.> ill ahead, the teenage allegedly caught with millions border.

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yesterday sandy james confronted joseph deangelo about her late sister. >> this is her. look at her face. be a man. for once in your life be a man. look at her. >> deangelo is set to receive life in prison when he is sentenced on friday. he admitted to 13 murders and 50 rapes and other attacks in both the '70s and '80s. tiktok star bryce hall is under fire after being accused ci medowing a massive party in th e dd appears to show hall's 21st birthday bash at a hollywood hills mansion. it is jam packed with maskless partygoers, no social distancing. large gatherings are banned in los angeles. the police eventually shut down the party and issued several citations. noto the n rou of re-openings dinw rk now say gymgoers are free to hit the weights. i asked dr. laleh gharahbaghian what she thinks about that announcement, but we

nsarted with nue qew thute aflu season. it's flu season in the southern hemisphere, but new numbers from south africa show that the coronavirus pandemic may have all but eliminated the flu in that country. there would normally be a thousand cases of flu by now, but there's only one.en here? >> the reports are definitely very interesting, and it may show that the flu is less contagious than covid, but we have to put these results in context. these countries that are in the southern hemisphere had an rid tepping flu season that i don't anticipate the same will happen here. we still are anticipating a flu season. the degree, of course, is still unclear. >> hundreds of thousands of americans have signed up for vaccine trialsfee t bunoriw ti f what effect might that have on getting a inccvaatthe ks w everyone? >> research in general and definitely with vaccines should include all those represented in our population to ensure and really prove to everybody that

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wildfire that is moving toward the city. people are being ordered to evacuate and in the last 90 minutes, evacuation orders were issued for solano county residents to interstate 550 north of highway 128. on pleasants valley road, they are also being told they need to leave. this is part of the lnu lightning complex which has burned more than 32,000 acres and is 0% contained. and julian glover is live in vacaville for us with the latest. we'll get back to julian in a moment. but the live picture can show you what it loose being like

right now in vacaville. you can see the fire is still bunning. we'll get an update from julian in a moment are evacuatioern the ulatis and large animals can be taken to the fair grounds in vallejo and the animal shelter on claybank road. we know many of you are waking up to the smell of smoke. and those fires are causing bad air quality and we'll haveot temperatures. so let's get to mike for a check of our forecast. >> yes, a verythe c perspective dangerous heat and dangerous air. i justatestck c air peninsula, bay, north bay all have unhealthy air for all of us.

not just the sensitive groups, but all of us. and that will continue. and that was a quick look at the high temperatures for today. and you can see that they will be pretty nice along the coast and san francisco, 70s. 80s and 90s around the bay and 90s and 100s inland. and while we're talking about this, let's talk about in tg. ve heat wahern that continues 9:00. and let me show you the conditions, these aren't very wind-driven the winds are very light, they are calm on the peninsula, north bay and near like berryessa, about 2 to 4 miles per hour, but 2340i t notice the temperatures, they did not cool much. still the mid to upper 80s and relative humidity just bone dry there. and let's go down to santa cruz mountains, you can see light winds there, and still about 74

degrees. so the smoke. and let me show you how thick the smoke is. those areas in green, you're thinking hey, maybe that is rain that will help? nope. that is the fine particulate matter in the smoke that live doppler 7 is picking up and you can see right around vacaville and fairfield and in the south bay and santa cruz mountains, it is really thick. so be careful this morning if you have to venture outside. >> thank you, mike. and that fire now threatening vacaville is just one of many as youha is burning the bay area. mandatory evacuations are in place for some of them and we have aevacti os on o app and on abc7news.com. now,