>> right now on america this morning. election interference by iran with the fbi now claims iranian hackers did with material stolen from the trump campaign. >> first it was pagers. now walkie talkies. exploding lebanon. the death toll rising overnight. children among the

dead. what israel is saying about a new phase of war in the middle east. >> a potentially devastating blow to the u.s. economy. the new warning about a looming strike by port workers. plus, the fed's decision to cut interest rates. what it means for your money. >> the heroic rescue on the highway. hear from the officer seen here. climbing into a moving truck to help a driver in trouble. a busy intersection fast approaching the new lawsuit over a game show involving youtube star mrbeast that offers millions in prize money. >> what contestants claim they were forced to endure? >> later, more girls playing football. the new trend on the gridiron. >> and what people who work from home are really doing during work hours. the survey results are out this morning. >> from abc news. this is america. this morning. >> good thursday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally. >> and i'm lionel moise. in for andrew. we begin with new

evidence that iran is trying to interfere with the u.s. presidential election. >> the fbi now saying iranian hackers stole material from the trump campaign and then sent it to people associated with the biden campaign this summer. >> both the trump and harris campaigns now responding as trump held a rally on new york's long island last night. this morning, new details about an apparent attempt to interfere with the upcoming presidential election. the fbi says iranian hackers stole information from the trump campaign earlier this summer and sent it to people associated with the biden campaign. investigators say the emails were unsolicited, and there's no evidence biden staffers replied to them. the harris campaign says the emails were received by only a few people, who dismissed them as spam or phishing attempts. trump, responding at a rally in new york last night. >> they gave them all of the materials because biden is working with iran and iran doesn't exactly like me on the economy. >> trump floated the idea of reversing a tax policy imposed

during his first term, now saying he wants to eliminate the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions. >> i will cut taxes for families, small businesses and workers. >> many economists now questioning the cost of trump's proposed tax cuts, including on worker tips, overtime pay and social security benefits. >> how about in springfield, ohio? >> trump last night also said he plans to visit springfield, ohio, which has seen a wave of bomb threats after trump and running mate j.d. vance amplified unfounded claims of haitian migrants stealing and eating pets. >> i'm going to go there in the next two weeks. i'm going to springfield and i'm going to aurora. you may never see me again, but that's okay. got to do what i got to do. whatever happened to trump? well, he never got out of springfield. >> abc news now confirming vance's team contacted springfield city manager back on september 9th and was told the

reports about pets were baseless. but vance and trump continued pushing those claims. a springfield resident who claimed her cat, miss sassy, was taken by her haitian neighbors now acknowledges the cat was hiding in her basement. immigration a flashpoint in this race. vice president harris yesterday criticizing trump's plan to carry out mass deportations. >> we must also reform our broken immigration system. and protect our dreamers and understand we can do both. create an earned pathway to citizenship and ensure our border is secure. >> the harris campaign, suffering a setback yesterday as the teamsters union announced for the first time in nearly 30 years that it will not endorse a candidate in the presidential race, citing an internal survey that found a majority of members support trump. >> they endorse the democrat's automatic for many, many

decades. but you know what they said? they looked at her and they said, we're not going there. i'm sorry, but three new battleground state polls show harris holding an edge over trump. >> harris up six points in pennsylvania, five points in michigan and up one in wisconsin. and as for the teamsters not endorsing her. the harris campaign pointed to several local teamsters chapters that have endorsed harris. >> a looming port strike along the east coast and the gulf coast could devastate the u.s. economy. that is the warning from trade groups. the port workers union is threatening to go on strike at the end of this month unless it gets a new contract with a 77% pay increase over six years. automation is also a sticking point, but right now, no new talks are scheduled. some importers are already taking precautions, rushing in shipments or redirecting cargo to the west coast. >> the federal reserve has announced an aggressive interest rate cut, surprising many analysts. the central bank reducing its key interest rate by a half a percentage point and

signaled more rate cuts in the months ahead, which could help bring down the cost of credit card debt. car loans and new mortgages. abc's elizabeth schulze spoke to fed chairman jerome powell. >> i asked the fed chair exactly where mortgage rates will end up. he wouldn't give me an answer, but he did say we're probably not going back to that world where we saw rates as low as they might have been, 2 or 3%, for example. >> well, mortgage rates were already down ahead of the fed's decision. analysts say people with credit card debt won't see any major savings in the short term. as for wall street, stocks were up overnight. >> the death toll is rising after a second day of devices exploding across lebanon. this time it was walkie talkies. one day after pagers exploded, hezbollah was targeted. but civilians have also been killed. thousands injured. and israel now declaring a new phase of war. abc's christiane cordero has details. good morning. christiane. >> rhiannon. good morning. some of those walkie talkies exploded

during funerals for the people killed the day before. and now iran, which supports hezbollah, is vowing to respond. reporter chaos erupting at this funeral in lebanon as walkie talkies began exploding the second day of attacks across the country, targeting members of the militant group hezbollah. abc's marcus moore, just feet away. >> we just heard a loud explosion, and i saw a man whose hands were gone. and then somebody pulled out a weapon and people scattered in terror on the faces of children watching from a nearby apartment. >> on tuesday, it was pagers that exploded across the country. at least 32 people have been killed in the attacks so far, including 27 members of hezbollah, as well as civilians, including two children. u.s. officials confirmed to abc news

israel was behind the pager attack, saying israel warned. defense secretary lloyd austin an operation was about to take place without giving specifics. >> while u.s. officials have repeatedly said they were not involved in the attacks, they have not condemned them either. >> sources say as little as 1 to 2oz of explosive material was implanted next to the batteries, and the pagers received a message that triggered the explosions. the devices had been imported by hezbollah, which stopped using cell phones due to security concerns. at the white house yesterday, officials dodging questions about the attacks, blowing up pagers and walkie talkies. is this type of warfare acceptable to the united states? >> i'm simply not going to be able to address these incidents over the last couple of days, in any level of detail. >> everyone keeps urging, you know, all parties involved not to escalate this. isn't this an escalation already? >> i'm not going to speak to the details of these incidents. i understand that's frustrating. i get it. >> israel's defense minister says the conflict in the middle east is entering a new phase,

with troops transitioning from gaza to engage hezbollah on israel's northern border. lionel. >> all right, christiane, thank you. music mogul sean diddy combs is behind bars in new york after being denied bail for a second time. his attorney had offered a $50 million bail package that included drug tests and monitoring. but the judge said no conditions could reduce the risk of witness tampering or obstruction. combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and running a criminal enterprise that abused women. >> mr. combs has maintained that he's innocent. he's a smart guy. he knows what he did and what he didn't do. he knows what he intended and didn't intend. and i believe him. >> his lawyer claims the allegations stemmed from consensual behavior among adults. he also said combs is facing horrific conditions in jail. he's due back in court next month. >> a tennis trailblazer will now receive the highest civilian honor from congress. lawmakers have agreed to make billie jean king the first solo female athlete to receive the

congressional gold medal. one congresswoman saying king's work as an activist changed the landscape for women and girls on the court, in the classroom and in the workplace. >> time now for your thursday weather. flood waters are receding in north carolina's coastal areas, revealing extensive road damage following this week's historic rainstorm. some areas got more than 20in. looking at the radar, this morning, showers along the east coast today and storms are expected in minnesota, wisconsin, texas and oklahoma. checking today's high temps summer-like heat from texas into the plains to the upper midwest, but cooling off in the northwest. 98 in dallas today. >> coming up, more girls are playing football. the new trend on the gridiron. >> but first, hear from an officer involved in this rescue climbing into a moving truck to help a driver in trouble. >> and the new alert about a

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>> let's do it then. >> it's vince vaughn on good morning america. >> we are back with a quick thinking hero on a michigan highway. video showing macomb county deputy nicole myron climbing from the passenger seat of a patrol car into the passenger seat of a moving truck, later saying luckily she is a small woman. take a look. just stay there. >> stay there. stand up. >> this is just unreal. the man in the truck had been driving erratically, suffering a medical emergency. the deputy realized that she had to stop that man's truck before they reached a busy intersection. >> i want to get a stop before we enter that area, because i didn't know if he could hit somebody else or they wouldn't see him and hit him, and it probably could have been a lot

worse. >> quick thinking. the deputy was able to stop that truck in time. the driver was sent to the hospital. >> we have a new alert about a growing scam with a disturbing name. experts say so-called pig butchering scams have reached a crisis level, with victims often losing their life savings. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> this morning, a new push to fight so-called pig butchering scams. the name references the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter. in this case, americans who can end up losing their life savings. >> i had nothing left, and i have to sell everything. >> we are at crisis level and we must act. >> today, law enforcement now demanding help from congress, including more funding to stop the scams. the fraudsters use dating apps or text messages to strike up a relationship with a victim, and after months of building trust, get them to send money or invest in cryptocurrency schemes. $4 billion was lost to pig butchering crypto scams last year alone.

>> we have done very little to disrupt this criminal industry and to protect our citizens from the relentless threat that comes at them daily. >> this california man lost his life savings after forming a relationship on a dating app. >> were you ever able to get it back? >> no, no, i definitely was not able to get it back. >> often the accounts of the fake investments look legit, but when victims try to withdraw funds, they're locked out and the money is gone. an extra challenge for law enforcement. scammers are often overseas where criminal organizations use human trafficking victims to carry out the fraud. >> they have limited capability to help these victims, which lead to many crimes going unsolved. >> experts say always be skeptical of someone you just met. starts talking to you about an investment, and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. rhiannon. >> lionel, some great advice there. thank you. coming up, the new cases of dengue fever in the u.s. >> also ahead, the class action lawsuit over a game show involving youtube star mr. beast that offers millions in prize

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>> i'm also gonna have these eight soldiers shoot 10,000 bullets at your lamborghini. >> now, five contestants are suing donaldson's production company and amazon, which acquired the streaming rights to beast game, claiming the show with an alleged budget of $100 million, failed to provide fair wages. they also claim they endured unsafe working conditions, including harassment. >> we feel that the female contestants have been sexually harassed and that a lot of rights were denied to these workers. >> the lawsuit says during taping this summer, several contestants ended up hospitalized, while others reported suffering physical and mental complications. >> they deserve to be compensated. they deserve justice. >> the potential damage is being sought were not disclosed. no comment from donaldson or amazon about the lawsuit, and no word yet on when the show will be released. all right. >> coming up, the new work from home survey. what remote workers are really doing during the day? >> plus lost now found the cat

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sport official. >> another headline in women's sports, the wnba is officially expanding, announcing a new franchise in portland, oregon. the team will begin playing in 2026. this is the league's 15th franchise, and one headline from the nfl. >> quarterbacks eli manning and tony romo highlight the first time nominees for the pro football hall of fame class of 2025. 15 finalists announced in february. next, a cat who disappeared on a family camping trip is back home after traveling 800 miles. >> can you believe it? a california couple says rainbow took off during their visit to yellowstone national park. eventually, they had to go back home without him, but 60 days later, they got a call from a shelter outside of sacramento. >> he was really depleted. he probably didn't have a lot of energy to maybe even go further. so this lady who found him and rescued him, she's just an angel. >> they still don't know how little rainbow there made the journey, but they are happy. he had a microchip implanted or

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