captions paid for by abc, inc. right now on "america this morning," liz cheney ousted losing her primary to a trump-backed candidate. overnight trump said cheney can finally disappear as she gives a defying concession seat. the battle over the affidavit leading to the search at mar-a-lago. a judge expected to make a decision on whether to unseal the dock you'll, laying out why fbi agents searched trump's florida residence. water emergency. the colorado river now at a tipping point. the unprecedented water restrictions coming to some southwest states. plus, an apple air tag helps authorities track down a suspected luggage looter. wait until you hear the haul.

a major airline announces the return of supersonic jets. when they are expected to take flight. and a dad encounters an alligator while taking his kids to school. how his martial arts training helped him save the day. it's wednesday, august 17th. >> good morning, everyone. i'm mona kosarandi. andrew is off. we want to begin this morning with breaking news. voters in wyoming have rejected congresswoman liz cheney. the daughter of the former vice president lost her primary to trump-backed candidate harriet hageman. >> hageman has echoed trump's widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. cheney is one of the republicans sitting on the committee investigating the january 6th attack. last night she made it clear she's not going away quietly. overnight a major political

victory for former president donald trump after liz cheney lost the republican primary for wyoming sole's congressional seat. >> harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. >> reporter: one of the few republicans to go against the former president and perhaps the most prominent. cheney's loss was expected. trump endorsed her opponent harriet hageman and overing night wasted no time taking a victory lap. in a statement posted on social media he wrote, quote, congratulations to harriet hageman on her great and very decisive win in wyoming. liz cheney should be ashamed of herself and the way she actions and the sainct mopious words and actions towards others. now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion. in her victory speech hageman referred to cheney but not by name. >> we do control the levers of

power when we hold our elections officials accountable for their action. >> reporter: speaking to a crowd of supporters some wearing the shirt that said fearless, cheney said she could have gone along with the claims by president trump that the election was rigged. >> two years ago i won the primary with 73% of the votes. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear, but it would have required that i go along with president trump's lie about the 2020 election. >> reporter: and with more than four months left in her term, cheney making her goals very clear. >> this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. i have said since january 6th that i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. >> reporter: but would she ever run against him? >> cheney's remarks will also fuel questions about whether she will run for president in 2024. we know she says that she has not ruled that out. >> cheney has said she will make

a decision on running the president down the road. she will serve out her term in congress until january, and in alaska republican senator lisa murkowski has survived her primary and advanced to november's general election. murkowski voted to convict former president trump and his empeople trial and sarah palin is one step closer to becoming a congresswoman. the former governor advanced in her effort to win alaska's only house seat. next, the legal wrangling after the fbi search of former president trump's florida estate. the next round takes place tomorrow off the affidavit used to justify that search. abc's faith abube joins us now from washington with the details. faith, good morning. >> good morning to you. the documents justifying the search at trump's residence has emerged as the latest flashpoint into the investigation into classified material found at mar-a-lago. this morning former president donald trump is calling on a judge town seal the affidavit that spells out the justification for the fbi's search at mar-a-lago, trump's florida residence, where agents

discovered highly classified documents months after sources say his lawyer claimed they had all been returned. trump himself took to social media and called for the immediate release of the completely unredacted affidavit and some top republicans agree with the former president. >> to me, until we see specificity within the affidavit, we will not have the kind of claire tie that the american people need to come to their own conclusions? the justice department opposes the release of the affidavit arguing it would reveal specific investigative techniques and co investigation. now a judge is decided to decide tomorrow on whether or not to unseal the document on a request from multiple media outlets including abc news. the fbi has interviewed former white house counsel pat cipollone and his former deputy about the classified documents at trump's mar-a-lago res dense. they are the most senior white house officials interviewed in the investigation. tomorrow's hearing on whether to

unseal the affidavit will take place in florida. last week the same judge agreed to unseal the search warrant and a list of items removed from trump's president. >> thank you. also in washington, president biden held a victory celebration signing a nearly $740 billion bill aimed at increasing inflation, cutting health care costs and fighting climate change. he handed his pen to senator joe manchin whose support was crucial. the president also joked about getting his support and joe, never had a doubt. joe had an operation on his shoulder. i want you to know that it wasn't because of anything that we did. he's in great shape. >> republicans in congress criticized the new law calling it a collection of pet projects for democrats to campaign on. no republicans voted for it. in ukraine, a second suspected attack but ukranian forces in crimea forcing thousands to evacuate. moscow is calling the explosions

and fires at an ammunition depot in the russian-occupied area an act of sabotage. here are before and after pictures showing the extent of damage to that warehouse. according to the "new york times," a ukranian official says an elite military unit was responsible. a judge has rejected plea deals for a couple accused of trying to sell nuclear submarine secrets to a foreign country. former navy nuclear engineer jonathan toebbe was supposed to serve of up to 7 years and his wife diana 3. the judge said the sentences are not within federa guidelines which would mean 15 years each. a new trial has opinion set for january. now a warning from the federal government to the drought-stricken southwest. officials say the colorado river is at a tipping point. now unprecedented restrictions are coming to some of the states that draw water from the river. here's abc's matt guttman. >> reporter: the federal government says the colorado river, which serves nearly 40 million americans across search

states and mexico, is at a tipping point. the drought so extreme the federal government saying states like arizona and nevada will need to drastically cut back on water use. >> the prolonged drought afflicting the west is one of the most significant challenges facing our communities and our country. >> failure to ease water use risks not only the loss of the river but energy production, and according to a senior administration official uncertainty and conflict. we have reported on the historic lows of reservoirs across the west, especially lake powell and lake meade. over the past two decades at lake meade has increased by 130 feet, basically a 13-story building, and when you're up close you can see how gigantiht. lake mead at 37% then, now at just 27%. the federal government has the power to force the states under its emergency authorities to drastically reduce their water

use, but officials are telling us they would prefer working with the states and the people who rely on the colorado river's water. matt guttman, abc news, los angeles. our thanks to matt guttman. california's power grid officials have issued a flex alert today aimed at scorching heat waves. customers are being asked to voluntarily conserve electricity, especially during high usage periods. temperatures could store 110 degrees in some areas, and with that lets take a look at your wednesday weather. a massive water spout was spotted swirling off the florida panhandle. the national weather service issued multiple alerts for areas near dustin. hail fell on to parts of dustin county yesterday. this collected on a porch near farmington. the area was also hit with heavy thunderstorms, rain and lightning. loking at temperatures high temperatures, 70 in the northeast, 80s in chick and

detroit and 99 in portland. coming up, the piece of metal that fell out of the sky nearly hitting a security guard. also ahead, an airline employee arrested accused of stealing from people's luggage. how an apple air tag helped track him down. and later a monkey grabs the phone at a zoo and calls 911. what h

pack with a very slow moving vehicle. artimis 1 is heading to a launchpad at florida's kennedy space center at one-mile-per-hour. in 12 days, nasa's giant rocket is set for an uncrewed trip around the moon as it preps for

the first lunar voyage since 19722. the faa is investigating after a search-pound piece of metal fell from the sky and nearly hit a security guard. the object clamming to the ground friday near the state capital in augusta. guard capital gain donahue was head back to lunch when it landed near him. the faa thinks it may have come from a passion plane. now to an airplane employee under arrest accused of stealing from luggage at the airport. police were able to track him down thanks to an apple air tag in one of the suitcases. >> reporter: this morning an apple air tag is credited with helping to catch a baggage handler accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from travelers' suitcases. a woman tells investigators she placed an apple air tag inside her suit tag before flying out of destin florida last month. the luggage never arrived to her final destination and the air tag showed the suitcase just 11 miles from the airport in dustin that led authorities to the he

had of an airline subcontractor who investigators say admitted to rummaging through the woman's bag. while at the home investigators said they found $15,000 worth of jewelry and other items allegedly taken from a different traveler. as lost luggage piles up during the turn meant travel season more travel remembers turning to apple air tags or tracking device sgrz you can put them in clothing. that way, you know, if your bag is stolen, it makes it a lot harder to find the tag. >> a tracking device roeptsly helped an airline track down mate main's luggage after a trip to europe. >> i was able to show them exactly where to find the bags. >> deluca, by the way, faces two counts of grand theft. the fbi is making over-the-counter hearing aids available to millions of americans. they would be for people 18 and old with mild to moderate

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him. >> reporter: the head coach said east only and his dad who is also an assistant coach of the team want the young ball players to carry on and go all the way while he recovers. >> he made it a point to say, we want to you focus on the baseball part and not worry too much about him. but continue on while we're here and keep the baseball going. >> reporter: the snow canyon little leaguers are the first utah team to make it to the little league world series. one of the just ten team to make it this year. they've had two come from behind wins at the regionals so they're used to adversiadversity. >> when you think about the number, it's crazy. with all the little league teams and only ten from the u.s., it's surreal. >> we talked going that with the kids. bening and not breaking. resiliency is one word to describe these gis. >> reporter: the team plays on 48 and will practice every day until then. while they cheer on easton in

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