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nomination for vice president, calling the republican ticket weird and dangerous. >> i'm ready to turn the page on these guys. >> walz football team also taking the stage, his son crying while mouthing, that's my dad! and the surprise appearance from oprah. let's all choose kamala harris has all the highlights from day three of the democratic national convention, including former president bill clinton's message dropping out robert f kennedy jr. >> expected to end his presidential campaign any day, throwing his support behind former president trump. what it could mean for the race ukrainian forces pushing deeper into russia after a massive drone attack targeting moscow. >> we're simply helping people, freedom loving people against totalitarian regime. >> plus, the american now crossing over the border into russia, fighting with ukrainian troops. >> more fallout for the detroit judge who handcuffed a teen visiting his court. the lawsuit

he now faces. >> the terrifying moment a circus performer falls off a tightrope and update on her condition this morning. >> and the principal on leave after his actions at a pep rall. both sides of the debate, as many say, the dance went too far. >> from abc news. this is america, this morning. >> good morning everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good thursday morning. i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. and we begin with the other half of the democratic ticket introducing himself to america. minnesota governor tim walz reflected on his middle class roots, military service and career as a teacher and coach before entering politics. and there were many famous faces taking the stage, highlighting a message of freedom and joy. >> abc's jacqueline lee starts us off. good morning jacqueline. >> andrew and alison good morning to you. it was a night filled with music, celebrities and politics. as vice presidential nominee tim walz took to the stage on night three of the convention.

>> kamala harris yes, it was star studded night. >> three of the democratic national convention. people you see, keep on learning stevie wonder, sheila e and john legend lighting up the united center in a surprise appearance from oprah winfrey, electrifying the crowd. >> we're going to be teaching our daughters and sons about how this child of an indian mother and a jamaican father grew up to become the 47th president of the united states. >> oprah didn't mention former president donald trump or his running mate by name, but referenced a quote from vice presidential nominee jd vance when a house is on fire, we don't ask about the homeowners race or religion. >> we just try to do the best we can to save them. and if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, we try to

get that cat out too. >> political stars taking the stage too. >> if you can get them elected and let them bring in this breath of fresh air, you will be proud of it for the rest life. >> former president bill clinton, throwing his weight behind the harris walz ticket. but for democrats, the real star of the night was vice presidential nominee tim walz. walz delivering an emotional speech defending fertility treatments by sharing his own family's experience. >> it took gwen and i years, but we had access to fertility treatments, and when our daughter was born, we named her hope. hope gus and my entire world and i love you >> walesa's son. emotional yelling that's my dad from the crowd. the governor slamming the republican agenda, labeling it

with a word that has become his signature. >> it's an agenda that serves nobody except the richest and the most extreme amongst us. is it weird? absolutely. >> the state championship winning coach ending with a football reference. >> our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling. one inch at a time. one yard at a time. one phone call at a time, one door knock at a time, one $5 donation at a time. >> the convention wraps up tonight after presidential nominee kamala harris takes the stage. alison. >> jacqueline. thanks for that. and abc news will have live coverage tonight. the final night of the dnc starting on our streaming platform at 7:00 eastern and on tv at ten. >> donald trump may soon have a new high profile supporter. sources say rfk jr. may exit the

race and throw his support behind trump. meanwhile, trump was on the attack at his first outdoor rally since arriving or since since surviving an attempt on his life. now surrounded by an extra layer of security. this morning, the gop candidates pounding the campaign trail and hammering harris. >> if comrade kamala wins this november, world war three is virtually guaranteed to happen. >> donald trump, holding his first outdoor event since the attempt on his life in pennsylvania. thank you very much, everybody. the former president, speaking to supporters from behind bulletproof glass surrounded by counter snipers as he discussed national security. trump also harped about former president obama after he delivered a takedown at the dnc. he was taking shots at your president, and so was michelle. >> and i try and be nice to people, you know, but it's a little tough when they get personal. >> trump has spent more than a decade attacking obama, including falsely questioning whether he was born in the united states. and trump could

soon have a new supporter. multiple sources tell abc news that robert f kennedy jr plans to abandon his presidential campaign and endorse trump as early as this week, but that endorsement would come with a price. insiders say he would require a position in a trump administration, a move. donald trump jr. seemed open to. >> i love the idea. i love the idea of giving him some sort of role in some sort of, you know, major, you know, three letter entity or whatever it may be, and let them blow it up. >> kennedy reached out to both campaigns with the same offer, but we know that rfk reached out to try to get a meeting with harris. >> he wanted to talk to her about getting a place in her cabinet in exchange for his endorsement. and we know that that went nowhere. >> but polls show trump would not benefit from all kennedy voters. >> it's interesting. kamala harris actually gets more kennedy voters than donald trump does. but the biggest number overall is actually someone else entirely. >> trump is set to head to the border today in an effort to sway voters in arizona.

>> the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln has arrived in the middle east. the pentagon had ordered the ship to accelerate its journey from the pacific amid concerns that iran will retaliate against israel for killing a top hamas leader in tehran. with ceasefire talks resuming this week, president biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu yesterday to stress the urgency of reaching a deal. russia is calling yesterday's drone attack the largest on moscow since the war began. >> russia's defense ministry says 45 drones were intercepted over or near the nation's capital. it comes as thousands of ukrainian troops pour into russia, seizing more territory near the border. abc's ian pannell is in the region. he spoke to a u.s. air force veteran fighting with ukrainian troops in russia. >> don't you have any concerns about the russian reaction to you going in other americans crossing over the border? >> they may not like it, but we didn't start this. we're simply helping people, freedom loving people against, you know,

totalitarian regime. there's no spirit, there's no courage left. they don't understand what's happening. they feel betrayed by their leaders. and i think they just realize the game is up. >> russia has reportedly brought in soldiers drafted into the army to try to hold the region. >> now to the latest fallout for a detroit judge temporarily removed from the bench after handcuffing a teen who was visiting his courtroom this morning. we're getting a first look at the lawsuit filed by the teen's family. >> it's been pretty devastating. >> this morning, the family of a 15 year old girl in michigan has filed a lawsuit against the detroit judge, accusing him of humiliation, false arrest and unlawful detention after he targeted the teen during a courtroom field trip. >> one thing you'll learn about my courtroom is that i am not a toy. i'm not to be played with. >> judge kenneth king first berated eva goodman for falling asleep, then had her handcuffed, ordered her to change into a

jail uniform, and threatened to put her in a juvenile detention center. >> i'm going to go to sleep tonight while you're sitting in the juvenile detention facility. >> eva's mother says her daughter was likely tired because their family does not have a permanent home. >> eva doesn't want to come outside. she doesn't want to be involved with no one else but family relatives. it's hard for her to sleep at night. >> so that was my own version of scared straight. >> after defending his actions in an interview last week, king was removed from the bench until he completes training and wayne state university dropped him as a part time faculty member. king's attorney declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying king only wants the best outcome for this young person and all young people. the family is seeking in excess of $75,000 in sicily. >> efforts to find the last person missing from monday's yacht tragedy are resuming. this morning. five of the six have

been found. meanwhile, authorities are trying to determine why the yacht, considered one of the most advanced in the world, sank so quickly during the strong storms. >> time now for a look at your morning weather. >> good morning. we are locked into a really sweaty, hot weather pattern across much of texas with accuweather realfeel temperatures 110 to 115 degrees here from san antonio south to corpus christi and victoria. some areas are going to smash record highs, potentially by eight degrees this afternoon in del rio, texas, 112 degrees, also a record high, likely in amarillo, midland and in san antonio. a developing story will be a strengthening tropical storm into parts of southeast hawaii this weekend. for accuweather. i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up, new details on richard simmons cause of death. >> also ahead, police give an update on their search for a woman accused of enticing a tiger at a zoo. what we're learning and the mystery over

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tomorrow. good morning america. kerry washington is live on gma. >> we're back with a circus performer surviving a horrific fall from a tightrope while performing in england. she was balancing on a chair when she plunged to the floor in front of the crowd. she has serious injuries, but she is expected to survive. authorities are investigating the incident. >> richard simmons family says the fitness star's cause of death has been ruled accidental. simmons died last month at the age of 76. a spokesman says the l.a. coroner's office determined his death was caused by complications due to recent falls with heart disease as a contributing factor. simmons reportedly fell the night before he died, but refused medical attention. >> now, an update to a story we brought you yesterday. video shows a woman accused of enticing a tiger at a new jersey

zoo. police are still searching for the woman, saying that what she did was dangerous and illegal. this morning, authorities are searching for this woman who jumped a fence at a new jersey zoo and stuck her hand into the tiger enclosure. >> the back and forth behavior that he did, it's kind of like a pacing thing. you can also see his tail is kind of going, and that's an agitated behavior. >> zookeepers describing how one of the two bengal tigers in that cage reacted to the woman as she taunted the animal. just a thin metal fence separating her and the 500 pound predators. >> as soon as she turned around in the video, you can also see his paw go up and him go after her, and then she kind of reached out towards him. those were all predatory behaviors that he was displaying, and he was very agitated that she was on the other side of the fence and he could not get to her. >> police posting the video on social media in hopes of finding the woman and speaking with her. >> it was very important to me

that we prioritize getting an identification because that kind of behavior is unacceptable. >> frequent visitors of the zoo disappointed by the video. it's mind boggling to me how someone can just make such a selfish choice. city officials are hoping this incident doesn't stop the community from visiting the zoo. >> we've been making a lot of strides to kind of up our the level of our zoo, and we would hate for this to kind of be something that dissuades people. you know, one person who used poor judgment and kind of put a lot of things at risk. >> authorities say the ordinance she violated is marked clearly on signs near the enclosure. >> coming up, the concerning new study about baby food. >> also ahead, the principal now on leave after video surfaced of on leave after video surfaced of him dancing with ♪ which you do you want to be today? at tj maxx, you can afford to turn your closet into a place of endless expression. with the quality you deserve, styles you crave,

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was a bit too much enthusiasm to a pep rally. here's abc's derrick dennis. >> this morning, a principal near fresno, california, is on leave after many called his actions at a back to school rally inappropriate. a mascot appears to give the principal of buhach colony high school, robert nunez, a simulated lap dance. moments later, nunez switches places appearing to do the same. what happens if you hack stays at back? nunez then fires confetti from his pants before standing up and trading places with a suggestive dance of his own. parent ryan atterbury's 14 year old son recorded the incident and showed it to his dad, who posted it on social media. >> these are your kids. this is what they're seeing. you guys get to see it, too. >> atterbury says reaction to the video has been surprisingly mixed. >> there's people that messaged me like, man, i thought he was good. and i'm like, he might be. but weird is weird. could be a good dude. like, i don't know

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