rite now on "america this morning." breaking news over night the first criminal charges filed gensz former president trump company and one of his closest aids. what we're learning. >> breaking over night a fire works explosion rocks an l.a. neighborhood. leaving a dozen people injured including police officers. >> bill cosby home from prison this morning. sexual assault conviction over turned. we look at why and more accusers now speaking out. saying they feel betrayed. what happens next? >> video moments before the florida building collapse. the new group joining the

investigation into what went wrong. >> william and harry coming together. the tribute today to their late mother. >> 80 years ago the first tv commercial hit the air. what's the best tv commercial ever? we rank the top three. this is "america this morning." good thursday morning. we begin with breaking news. concerning the investigation into former president trump and his company. >> the district attorney will bring criminal charges today against the trump organization. and chief financial officer. >> that top executive with close ties to the former president is expected to surrender this morning. >> this morning the organization that bares former president trump name now facing possible criminal charges. learning over night that a grand jury in new indict the trump organization. and its chief financial officer,

weisselberg. the charges are expected to be unsealed today. when weisselberg and representative are due in court. expected to face tax fraud. allegedly avoiding taxes on benefits like. on wednesday he ignored questions about the criminal charges in texas. >> biden is destroying the country. it started with a fake election. >> the former president is not expected to be part of the charges and denied all wrong doing. dismissing the investigation as politically motivated. >> the continuation of the greatest and disgusting witch hunt of all time. >> the possible charges the first brought after the two year investigation into the former president and his company. weisselberg worked for the company since the 1970s. in a book, trump said weisselberg quote did whatever was necessary to protect the bottom line.

he appeared on trumps show the apprentice. >> replacing george this week. >> last night the former vice president of the trump organization acknowledged nothing major happens at the company. without donald trump's knowledge. >> anything that allen did that resulted in some kind of illegality of against the law, trump knew about it. nothing big happens at the organization without trump knowledge. >> a spokesperson for the organization declined to comment about the pending charges. >> also breaking, a powerful explosion rocked a residential neighborhood in los angeles. a bomb squad truck carrying illegal fire works blew up. injuring 17 people. including nine police officers. police evacuated homes after the explosion sent debris flying wherever. a tip led them to the home near a school. where they seized 5,000 pounds of fire works. arrested so

far. >> authorities say the historic heat wave maybe to blame for hundreds-over deaths. so far 80 heat related deaths are confirmed in michigan and washington. in canada the mercury hit 120 degrees. inland areas will be sweltering again today. in the southwest, flash flooding turned deadly. a vehicle wept away in new mexico. >> we turn to accusers speaking out furious that bill cosby has been released from prison. after the sexual assault kwibs was over turned by the stream court. saying his due process rights were violated. >> this morning bill cosby a free man. flashing a peace sign outside his philadelphia home. after the pennsylvania supreme court over turned his sexual assault conviction. >> the 83 year-old speaking to

the news about his case. >> nobody had the sense to say, wait one second. this doesn't match up with the truth. this is not what i was taught in college. this is not what i was taught in home. >> the court didn't exonerate cosby. ruling he should never have been prosecuted because of a deal with a former district attorney. >> he relied on the agreement. you can't have a system where prosecutors don't hold up to their word. >> the deal during a civil suit in 2005. when allegations were brought against him. the then district attorney agreed not to prosecute him for any charges related. persuading him to testify in the case. allowing her to win damages. during the criminal trial the new district attorney used that testimony against cosby. leading to his conviction and ten year prison sentence.

>> the district attorney says we want to use the statement. uses the statement. and the supreme court ruled the entirety of the was unfair. so much so, they weren't going to order a new trial. they were going to dismiss the charges and say he cannot be retried for the charges. >> his conviction was seen as a big win for the me too movement and personal vindication for 50 women who accused him of drugging and assaulting them. >> women and victims of rape and sexual assault were feeling encouraged and empowered to come out and speak their truth. now we're thrown under the bus. >> this morning, calling the release disappointing. adding the court decision may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault. in the criminal justice system. >> an accuser from 1989 says he got off on a technicality. >> he cannot take back his

lifestyle that he had previously. of being this american dad. that is gone. forever. >> cosby is finding some support. his tv wife writing quote finally a terrible wrong is being righted. a miscarriage of justice is corrected. she responded to the backlash. writing quote i fully support survivors of sexual assault. coming forward. adding my post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. >> cosby always maintained innocence and refused to join a sex offender program to win patrol. >> president biden will visit florida today. the death toll is 18. two children are among latest victims to be identified. now federal officials from the same agency that investigated the world trade center collapse in new york are joining the investigation. meanwhile, new video from just hours before the collapse. showing water pouring into the

garage of the building. and over night this morning rescue workers reported hearing cracks in lt building. raising new concern. we're in surf side with the latest. >> after 2:00 this morning workers reported hearing cracks in the building. and had to investigate whether the rest of the tower would crash down. another example of the risk they are facing here. >> this morning the threat of severe weather looming large over the effort at site of the collapsed florida condo building. forecasters watching the direction of the storm system. it could dampen efforts to find victim ins the rubble. >> it affects the job we're doing. >> as crews make plans, new chilling video surfacing showing the building parking garage moments before the collapse. this is the same area where 2018 report cited major structural damage to the concrete below the

pool deck. failed water proofing. water is gushing down from a pipe in the garage ceiling. and debris on the floor. about seven minutes later the building crashing down. >> oh my god! >> she left a voice message for her brother. a she ran for her life. among the victims, a woman trapped in the debris. begging first responders for help. a firefighter saying a dumpster, rebar skb a wall of concrete prevented rescue workers from reaching her. >> it's a feeling of defeat and loss. we're humans. we feel it. >> the first children to be pulled from the rubble. >> it's also with great sorrow, real pain. i have to share with you that

two of these were children. age four and ten. >> in the meantime there will be another investigation into this collapse. world aerl agencyhe nine lempb. i launching its investigation calling it a fact finding investigation. >> thank you. >> let's look at thursday forecast. >> good morning the extreme heat takes a vacation on thursday. temperature wise about ten to 20 degrees cooler than wednesday. there will be humid storms out there. some could be severe. new york city, philly. washington d.c. flooding and damaging winds thursday afternoon. we're watching the tropics. eastern caribbean islands. under a tropical storm watch. expecting a category one

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what would have been princess diana's 60th birthday and it's bringing diana's sons together. >> reporter: this morning a tribute to princess diana on what would have been her 60th birthday as her sons william and harry unveil a statue at kensington palace. all eyes will be on the brothers after their public falling out stemming from harry and meghan's move away from royal duties. >> you have a situation where we are remembering this hugely iconic woman and the legacy she left and the two people who are physically carrying on her legacy her sons remain bitterly divided. >> reporter: allegations of racism toward the couple's son archie during their oprah interview in march caused a rift. megan claiming a royal family member was concerned about the color of their first born archie's skin because megan is mixed race. the couple refusing to say who made those comments. prince william defending the royal family. a month after that bombshell interview harry and william shared their first public appearance together at prince philip's funeral.

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checking the top story, criminal charges are expected to be filed today against the trump organization and its chief financial officer, allen weisselberg, who has been under pressure to turn on former president trump. sources say the indictments involved benefits like luxury apartments and cars that were not taxed. bill cosby's accusers say they're outraged after a court overturned his sexual assault conviction releasing him from prison. the court ruled cobsy should never saab prosecuted because of a prior agreement with a former district attorney. beginning today college athletes will be able to earn money from endorsements and other ventures. the n krvenlt aa suspended its rules which banned athletes from selling the rights to their names and images and coincided with new laws taking this effect in several states. rain extends across the plains and into the toy forerra

northwest. finally we lookrerkable lif rumsfeld. >> he will be remembered for his effort to modernize the military but also one of controversy. donald rumsfeld was a polarizing figure during his six decades of public service as secretary of defense under president george w. bush he helped launch the war on terrorism after 9/11 leading the u.s. military into afghanistan and iraq. he insisted saddam hussain had weapons of mass destruction that was eventually debunked. >> as we are known there are known knowns. there are things we know we know. we also know there are known unknowns. that is say there things we do not know. the ones we don't know we don't know. >> reporter: he had this famously blunt response to a soldier voicing concern about military vehicles in poor condition. >> as you know, you go to war

with the army you have and not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. >> reporter: later that year rumsfeld was heavily criticized for using a machine to sign condolence letters to families of soldiers killed in action and he faced intense scrutiny for defending the use of so-called inc. hansed interrogation techniques at iraqis at abu great britain. he eventually resigned in 2006 in the wake of the abu ghraib scandal but never waive ired in his conviction. in his memoir he wrote ridding the region of saddam's brutal regime has created a more stable and secure world. >> fur not being criticized you may not be doing much. >> reporter: his old boss called him an exemplary public servant. he was 88. rumsfeld was also both the youngest and oldest secretary of dense, first serving in that role during gerald ford's

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