captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. right now on america this morning. countdown to the high stakes debate. the new poll revealing where the presidential race stands. the challenges vice president harris faces ahead of tomorrow night's showdown with former president trump. and overnight, the new report on what went wrong during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, a key foreign policy issue in the campaign. >> the manhunt for a highway

sniper. the suspect on the run after five people are shot, at least a dozen vehicles hit on this busy interstate. what police say they found in the woods. >> wildfire emergency crews raced to escape as fires in the west explode in size in the record heat. thousands fleeing their homes. these wild horses running for cover. meanwhile, parts of the south are on alert for a potential hurricane this week. >> the deadly high school shooting in georgia was. the school warned that day about the suspect, what the suspect's aunt is claiming as police reveal new information about the timeline. >> nfl star tyreek hill, detained by police, face down in the street, his hands behind his back. what sources say led to the pregame confrontation mission to mars. >> what elon musk is now revealing about plans to travel to the red planet. >> and from a surprise at grandma's birthday party to a scary surprise on vacation. it's monday, september ninth.

>> from abc news. this is america this morning. >> good monday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally. >> and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with the presidential race and the countdown to tomorrow night's big debate. >> a new poll has some revealing details about the state of the race, including where former president trump has the edge over vice president harris. >> also this morning, a new report on what went wrong during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021. a key foreign policy issue in this campaign, abc's christiane cordero has the very latest from the campaign trail. christiane good morning. >> andrew, good morning to you. on the eve of the first debate between harris and trump, the race is neck and neck, with former president trump holding the edge on several key issues. vice president harris paused her debate prep over the weekend, visiting a spice shop in pittsburgh, where she appeared to preview one of her debate attack lines. it's time to turn the page on the divisiveness. >> it's time to bring our

country together to chart a new way forward. >> harris's team has held mock debates with full tv lighting. >> are you ready, madam vice president? >> i'm ready. trump is not participating in mock debates, instead holding informal policy sessions with advisers. >> we're run by stupid people. stupid, stupid people. and we found that out at the debate with joe. how did that work out? and we're going to find it out again on tuesday night. >> on his social media website, trump threatened to legally target people he accuses of fraud related to his 2020 election loss. trump writing when i win, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this depravity of justice does not happen again. a new poll shows a tight race trump at 48% among likely voters. harris at 47%, well within the margin of error. but trump's approval rating is higher than during his previous two campaigns, and the poll

shows likely voters view trump as closer to the political center than harris. 47% say harris is too liberal, but only 32% say trump is too conservative. meanwhile, house republicans overnight released results of their investigation into the biden administration's withdrawal from afghanistan in 20 2113. u.s. service members were killed in the chaos. the report accuses the biden administration of misleading the public about the withdrawal, and says white house officials did not listen to military generals. the biden administration describes the investigation as a partizan cherry picking of the facts. congressman michael mccaul, chairman of the investigative committee, was asked about the timing. >> it's taken me two years to get to this point because of the obstruction. i've had to serve subpoena after subpoena moved to compel, threatened to, you know, hold the secretary in contempt to get information like after action reports all these documents, testimonies that we finally got to.

>> democrats claim biden's options were limited because it was the trump administration that had previously negotiated the withdrawal timeline with the taliban. the investigation found vice president harris played no role in planning the afghanistan withdrawal, although she expressed public support for president biden's decision at the time. andrew. christiane. >> thank you. the abc news debate is tomorrow night, 8:00 eastern here on abc and our streaming platforms. >> now we head to kentucky, where the manhunt resumes this morning for a suspect accused of opening fire on a busy highway. five people were wounded on interstate 75 with bullets hitting 12 vehicles. authorities are now looking for 32 year old joseph couch after finding his suv and an ar 15 rifle nearby. they say he purchased the weapon legally on saturday, just hours before the shooting, along with 1000 rounds of ammunition. and then fired from the ledge of a cliff. >> we do have solid evidence, as the sheriff said his vehicle was at the scene. a firearm that he purchased yesterday was at the scene. we have interviewed

people. we feel pretty confident that this is the individual. >> so they are searching everywhere. they include underground caves in that area. local schools are closed today. no word on the suspect's motive, but officials say he previously faced a misdemeanor charge in connection with a family dispute. >> now to california and powerful new images of multiple wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. this morning, new video of the conditions firefighters face in california, where record heat is fueling several wildfires. the fire north of the bay area has burned at least 30 buildings and forced 4000 people to evacuate the city of clearlake. in southern california. firefighters briefly ran from flames as explosions erupted from this fire in l.a. county. the area's largest wildfire, the lion fire, has burned 17,000 acres in san bernardino county, exploding in size, growing 14 times bigger in just over one day. >> do you know if your home is okay? >> no, i can't get up there. >> 35,000 homes and businesses

are in the fire's path. >> as you can see by all this scorched earth, thousands of acres here in san bernardino county have already burned and with thousands of homes and businesses and structures being threatened, evacuations are underway. an emergency also declared in nevada as a fire south of reno forces 14,000 people to evacuate. >> a herd of horses seen fleeing the flames and smoke. >> stay safe. >> a days long heat wave has gripped the west, with triple digit heat expected in some areas through tomorrow. the heat also blamed for thousands of power outages. the iconic hollywood bowl even forced to cancel a concert last night because of a power outage. power company officials say equipment is not properly cooling down overnight, causing malfunctions. we'll check your forecast in just a few moments. >> new details overnight in the georgia school shooting investigation, two students and two teachers were killed. we are learning more about the warning the school allegedly received about the suspect. here's abc's alison kosik. >> take a moment of silence outside atlanta last night, a

vigil to remember the four lives lost during last week's shooting at apalachee high school. >> this is home. >> in attendance. parents like brian jones, still shaken after getting a message from his daughter during school last wednesday. >> text was daddy, there's a shooter, an actual shooter. i smell the gunpowder. i'm in the bathroom. >> she survived, but two classmates and two teachers did not. authorities now revealing the suspected shooter, 14 year old colt gray, had registered at the school just two weeks earlier. >> he didn't even attend class. he had gone to get some help and left. and just so he really wasn't a had been a full time student yet. >> the suspect's aunt says his mother had called a school counselor the morning of the shooting to warn them about an extreme emergency. the washington post first to report that the suspect's mother texted her sister, saying she had told

the school counselor to go immediately and find her son to check on him. according to the suspect's aunt, the call was made nearly half an hour before the shooting. classmate leila sarath says that morning there seemed to be confusion involving school officials and another student who has a name similar to the suspect's. >> they asked for his bag, and then they took his bag. and then a little bit later, he came back in with his bag and, everyone was like, it was just normal. like they said that he said that they weren't looking for him. they were looking for colt. >> the suspect's aunt previously told abc news colt had been, quote, begging for months for help with his mental health. family members describing his troubled home life. school officials declined to comment on the aunt's allegations that they were warned. the sheriff says they're investigating any phone calls to the school. neither the suspect nor his father, who also

faces murder charges for allegedly buying him the gun, have entered a plea. rhiannon. andrew. >> alison. thank you. a frightening moment for a family on vacation in tennessee. a family came across a mother bear and her cubs. take a look. what in the actual. >> oh, my god. oh my god! >> this was in pigeon forge. the woman says she and her family ran inside just in time. >> very lucky there. time now for your monday weather. we are tracking a storm system in the gulf that could develop into francene today. it is expected to make landfall late wednesday or thursday, potentially as a weak category one hurricane. the storm could dump ten inches of rain in parts of louisiana, with widespread flooding possible across the region. and checking today's high temperatures, one more day of extreme heat in the west. summer-like heat in the plains and the midwest. seconds

for the northeast. after a chilly start there, 99 in los angeles today, 109 in phoenix >> coming up, the scare at a lobster roll eating contest in new hampshire. >> but first, nfl star tyreek hill detained by police. what we are learning about this confrontation in the street and a nurse is found dead days after returning home from her wedding. >> the suspect heading to court today charged with her

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off a truck and into a car windshield on interstate 93. the car's driver was thankfully not injured. the truck driver apologized. >> a high school football player in florida is being remembered for his dynamic play and his personality. 18 year old chance gainer. there he is. he is from port. saint joe died on friday after collapsing on the field. he had scored a 70 yard touchdown earlier in the game. at least six other teenage football players in the u.s. have died this season, four of them from heart issues and two of them from hits. >> now to the controversy involving a star nfl player and police in florida who briefly detained him on the street. keep your window down. this is the moment police detained miami dolphins wide receiver tyreek hill while he was driving to yesterday's game, one block from the stadium. hill face down on the pavement. officers placing his hands behind his back and cuffing him. he was accused of speeding and reckless driving. sources tell espn. hill got into a verbal altercation with police, but hill says he was not

being difficult. it wasn't disrespectful, you know, because my mom didn't raise me that way, >> didn't cuss, didn't do none of that. so like i said, i'm still trying to figure it out, man. >> his agent, seemingly baffled by how things escalated into the situation that they were in, in handcuffs and being held on the ground with police is mind boggling to me. hill was released in time for the game, and he went on to score celebrating moments later with a teammate. in the end zone pretending to be handcuffed, claiming that is six. and now the fallout from the confrontation in the street. the director of the miami-dade police department saying, i have initiated an internal affairs investigation to ensure a thorough review of this matter. one of the officers involved in the incident has been placed on administrative duties. hill says he's ready to move on. >> i want to be able to, you know, use this platform, you know, figure out a way to like, flip this and you know, make it a positive on both ends on my end. and then also, miami-dade police have not elaborated on the accusations against hill or what may come next in this case.

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