good morning, america. breaking news, nuclear blast in north korea. the regime claims they've successfully tested what could be their most powerful nuclear weapon ever. president obama just leaving asia briefed on air force one overnight. temperatures boiling. a late summer heat wave, potential record temperatures closing schools in the northeast, and the heartland on alert storms and flash floods. breaking overnight, dramatic rescue. dozens of tourists trapped in cable cars dangling thousands of feet in midair high above the french alps after the wires get tangled. helicopters forced to stop their rescue at nightfall, the moment passengers were finally lifted to safety. ? put me in coach ? and he's ready to play baseball. tim tebow going from a jet to a met. can the 29-year-old make it to

a hail mary from the one-time heisman hero. ? look at me i can be in center field ? we do say good morning, america, on this friday morning. we made it to the end of the week and he is ready to play baseball, tim tebow signing a professional baseball contract with the new york mets. >> and he's going from the footba baseball diamond. only a few people have done that. will he bring his famous tebowing to home plate? this that's what everybody's wondering. and take a look at this. someone is having fun with the logo getting ready for tebow time. i don't know how happy a pitcher will be if he does that. takes it very serious. >> i know it's a long shot but i'm rooting for him. >> great friend of this program. >> more is coming up. let's get right to that breaking news. successful nuclear test by north korea.

korea confirms, and president obama briefed on his way home from the region and our martha raddatz tracking it all from washington. martha, this is just the latest in a series of provocations from north korea. >> reporter: it certainly is, george. this overnight test is believed to be the biggest yet, resulting in the most powerful explosive yield ever produced in north korea and causing a magnitude 5 tremor. the announcement came on state tv, the anchor in traditional dress gleefully announcing the test as north korea celebrates the 68th year of its government. is that it shows steady progress. the first test in 2006 yielded the equivalent of only about 1 kiloton of tnt. this one is estimated at 10 kilotons and at the same time north korea continues to test ballistic missiles with an increasing range. they say their goal is to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and place it on a missile capable of reaching the u.s. they don't have that capability yet, george, but clearly that is

>> and that is a huge danger. it's drawing an instant reaction from the u.s. and our rivals in the region. >> reporter: certainly, the president as you said was briefed on air force one. he had just concluded that asia tour. this morning, secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart expressing deep concern, but, george, there have been increasing sanctions and condemnation and it has not stopped north korea. >> so little we can do about them. martha raddatz, thanks very much. >> you're right about that, george. we're going to move on now 60 days until the election and hillary clinton and donald trump ramping up their attacks over national security, e-mails and russia. abc's cecilia vega, you know she's tracking it all for us this morning. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you, and those attacks still going. hillary clinton gave a press conference and she said donald trump failed a test on national security. trump took to twitter and said clinton gave a, quote, very dumb answer about e-mails, both sides not letting up. this morning, a heated war of words over who is ready for the

>> he is temperamentally unfit. and totally unqualified to be commander-in-chief. >> clinton is unfit to be your commander-in-chief. >> reporter: after they faced off on national security, hillary clinton in north carolina blasting donald trump for lavishing praise on vladimir putin. >> even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the russian president to our american president. it is scary. it is dangerous. >> reporter: and trump in ohio blasting clinton for the answer she gave about her e-mails. >> every time she talks about the subject, it's different. she got to get her act together. >> reporter: but now both sides facing fallout over that forum. trump for this comment about the iraq war. >> i was totally against the war in iraq from -- you can look at

you can look at before that. >> reporter: trump is actually on record supporting the war. and as for that "esquire" magazine article, in it trump called the war a mess but he never explicitly opposed it and the magazine's editor now says trump is completely misrepresenting what he said. clinton under fire for what she said about trump's public discussion of his classified security briefings. >> i would never comment on any aspect of an intelligence briefing that i received. >> reporter: but it turns out, whenhe 2008, she too made public comments about receiving classified briefings. >> we finally were able to secure a briefing. it did not inspire confidence in our readiness to do this important task of withdrawing our troops and equipment. >> reporter: well, her camp says that clinton received a policy briefing versus trump's intelligence briefing and they

unfair. >> this post, very personal. what do you think the strategy is behind that? >> we've seen these polls. hillary clinton has a really likability problem and in this "humans of new york" piece she really tries to tackle this herself head-on and says "i know i can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional but i had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions." i think, robin, we'll see a lot more of this side of hillary clinton as we get closer to election day and trying to put a human face to this candidate. people don't know who she is still. let's talk to matt dowd about that right now. our political analyst. matt, we see this as polls are tightening, not just the national polls but more press conferences and that post that cecilia just talked about. a new ad out this morning where she talks about reaching out working with republicans. they've gotten the message 60 days out. >> yeah, but i think it's a smart move and i think it's a smart move to sort of get an insight into hillary clinton but, george, there's two problems.

you have to do it for 59 straight days to show this side of her because she is so familiar to the public. the second thing i call the leonard nimoy dilemma, which is, when you play spock for decades it's a hard time getting the public to not see you as spock and that is a problem hillary clinton has. >> that's true. meantime, both candidates facing fallout from the national security forum the other night, and donald trump really doubling down on that embrace of putin. it's causing some heartburn among top republicans. >> yeah, obviously, it's basically saying that barack obama isn't qualified, or isn't a leader, but somebody like vladimir putin who is basically a dictator over a country puts him in a real bind and hillary clinton made a good point when she said what would ronald reagan think of this? i think part of that problem in that forum for hillary clinton, donald trump had a visceral connection with the public. hillary clinton had an intellectual connection with the public.

most people vote viscerally not intellectually in an election like this. >> meantime, you keep saying let's look at the four-way race including those independent candidates. including gary johnson and jill stein. gary johnson the libertarian candidate made a gaffe about syria. >> what would you do if you were elected about aleppo? >> about? >> aleppo. >> and what is aleppo? >> you're kidding. >> no. >> aleppo is in syria. it's the epicenter of the refugee crisis -- >> okay, got it, got it. >> okay. >> kind of stunning there, matt, if that were donald trump or hillary clinton we'd be shaking our heads, front-page news, but you argue it might actually help gary johnson. >> well, yeah, obviously it's a stunning gaffe and should have known what it is. i think it will help him because part of his problem has been he can't break through and nobody is talking about him. well, everybody is talking about him, and in a statement in the aftermath basically saying, yep, i'm a human being and i made a

i'm going to do better next time. the second thing, which is fascinating, this is the most we've talked about the tragedy in aleppo in a year, so by saying what is aleppo, we actually now have a better conversation about the tragedy going on in aleppo, so you got to give him credit for actually raising the issue in that way. >> i'm not sure he meant to do it in that way but, matt, thanks. >> i don't think he meant it either, but i'm looking on the bright side. >> you can see the look on his face when he got the question. >> i know. >> everybody is talking about aleppo. now everybody is also talking about the he record temperatures possible for the northeast and ginger is outside tracking this late summer heat wave. what do you have? >> i'm wearing the air this morning, michael. it is most certainly hot. we broke records yesterday. you can see this morning we're already 81 here in times square so that's warmer than we should be for an afternoon high so we've got those heat advisories that september scorcher coming in. it's the humidity too. the numbers will go at least in the feels-like, 100 plus. that's why the heat advisories are on and why schools are

philadelphia and some are closed in maryland. then we have to talk about the flash flooding, new point, indiana, up to 5 inches drowning cars there you can see and 9-plus inches around wichita so flash flooding, our second story that will have a lot more coming up in a couple minutes. george. >> okay, ginger, thanks very much. we're going to move on now to high drama in the french alps. dozens of riders stranded in cable cars overnight suspended at an altitude of 12,000 feet. abc's terry moran is in london with the latest on the rescue. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. a harrowing night for dozens of people. yesterday they were tourists riding a cable car over a spectacular mountain scenery and then things went terribly wrong. this morning, daring rescue after rescue, a risky high altitude drama playing out overnight. dozens of tourists here to see the spectacular mountain scenery instead forced to spend the freezing night trapped in midair in these cable cars dangling over the french alps. a tourist from south africa posted this video of the panoramic view moments before

shutting the whole thing down. initially, there were 110 people left stranded at 12,500 feet in the air. while daylight lasted, helicopters rushed to reach and rescue 77 people. rescuers harnessing themselves to cables and then climbing along the cars and dropping down into the chair lifts. but night fell, a cold fog rolled in, operations were suspended. too dangerous for the rescue and 33 people spent the night hanging two miles from the ground. >> they and won't fly at night, no, they wouldn't fly during the fog either. >> reporter: an american tourist was among those rescued. >> we were there almost ten hours in the cable car which was really quite an experience. >> reporter: five rescue workers spent the night with those still trapped bringing blankets and warm food. a close call for sure. the operating company of that cable car says they can't figure out why those cables got crossed and so they've closed that line for now. robin. >> so glad everybody is safe,

we also have a big bank headline this morning. wells fargo fined nearly $200 million for setting up millions of fake accounts. rebecca jarvis has the details and she joins us with all that. tell us what happened here, rebecca. >> good morning, robin. this is truly outrageous. thousands of wells fargo employees at bank branches across the country opened millions of illegal accounts and they did it by using real customer accounts, real customer money, and seeding those new accounts with that money. they covered their tracks up by creating fake e-mail addresses, phony p.i.n. numbers and they did all of this over the course of five years and managed to get away with it for five years straight, 5,300 wells fargo employees have now been fired as a result. they paid that record penalty, $185 million, but i bet a lot of people out there are wondering this morning, how do i get my money back? well, wells fargo tells me

into customer accounts and they say they will pay about $5 million, robin, back to customers as a result of this scam. >> they'll get their money back, but the trust is broken. all right. >> 5,000 people -- >> i don't know. i don't know. that -- that leads to another question, how could they not know with 5300 employees involved? >> absolutely. and we're also following the latest on the zika outbreak. new numbers show at least 84 pregnant women have tested positive for the virus in florida and dr. besser is here. >> good morning. >> 80 pregnant women in florida, over 600 nationwide. >> that's right. >> you were the head of the cdc. >> yeah. >> so, how big of a public health emergency is this? >> this is scary. i'm worried about it. in brazil, they've seen a massive increase in babies born with severe birth defects and i'm worried the areas that are having transmission now aren't doing enough to control it and next spring and summer we're going to see birth defects that could have been prevented. >> i know they're spraying in miami and still pushback, public

that. >> that's right, they're using a product called naled. it's illegal to use in europe. they're concerned about the safety of workers using it and we've seen in south carolina where it was used a massive die-off of bumblebees and the concern is you've got to weigh the risks from these pesticides versus the risk of birth defects next year. >> all right, thank you, doc, and good morning, amy. headlines for us. >> i do, indeed. good morning, everyone. the revealed details of a daring mission to save two professors abducted at the american university in kabul, afghanistan, last month. navy s.e.a.l.s parachuted into a compound where intelligence officials believed the american and australian professors were held. but they did not find them. there was a firefight. seven enemy fighters were killed. 20 drill instructors at a marine boot camp are facing punishing for abuses recruits

recruit to take his life. some breaking news from europe this morning, at least four people have been killed after a train derailed in spain this morning. investigation is under way now to determine the cause of that derailment. and colin kaepernick's national anthem protest may be getting some results. the 49ers ceo has announced he is donating $1 million towards improving race relations and dialogue with police. meanwhile, durin opener, the broncos' brandon marshall took a knee during the anthem. he was kaepernick's teammate in college. as for the game the broncos won 21-20 last night in the super bowl rematch. with the panthers. and finally, forget several cups of coffee in the morning, apparently all you need is one. baristas in australia claim they have come up with a coffee blend so strong it will keep you awake for 18 hours.

it has 5,000 milligrams of caffeine, 12 times more than the daily recommended intake. and, yeah, they say they have four espresso shots, two different strengths of a cold drip and it says their shots contain 80 times the amount of caffeine. >> that can't be healthy -- 18 hours in all of that. >> what did you say, george? >> definitely for election night. >> what did you say? >> use it on election night. it's great. >> ship some to you. did you see this last night? serena williams out of the u.s. open. she was upset. she started the open smashing records, now facing defeat. t.j. is here. t.j., i think serena's loss even shocked her opponent last night. >> shocked her, her opponent. i'm mad. and you. we're not doing well this morning. serena williams is not the number one tennis player in the world. she lost the ranking by losing last night. she might still be the greatest athlete ever but she was not the best tennis player on the court last night.

serena must stare down. >> reporter: the tennis queen serena williams dethroned. after double faulting on match point at the u.s. open semifinal. >> and karolina pliskova is headed to the u.s. open final as serena makes a quick exit. >> reporter: she's lost her chance at u.s. open glory and her number one ranking. even her opponent, karolina pliskova, a rising star from the czech republic, was in shock at first. >> i don't believe it. serena's a champion so it's never easy to play her. you saw it when she was down set and a break she's still fighting. >> reporter: williams was on top of the world recently named greatest athlete ever by nike, the proud owner of six u.s. open championship trophies, and last night she was dressed for another win donning her self-proclaimed superhero sleeves. she came out strong. but pliskova quickly proved she has the serves and the returns of a champion. >> pliskova now in front.

first set, williams limped her way into a second-set tiebreaker. >> i have some serious left knee problems but when you're inured, you're thinking of other things when you should just be playing and thinking of your shots. >> reporter: pliskova ultimately won on that fatal double fault. >> i'm so excited to beat serena, so right now probably america hates me because i beat both sisters, williams. >> reporter: but no hard feelings from serena. >> i wasn't at 100% but i also think she played well and she deserved to win today. >> because she did deserve to win. >> it was my first u.s. open match ever. i had never been and i was so disappointed. i wanted that third match. i really wanted to see it. >> she's like i don't want you in that match. >> no, i'm not the bad luck charm. how about that weather, ginger. >> hot at the u.s. open today but we're talking about that flash flooding in southeast kansas.

>> i have an idea, amy. i have never been to the u.s. open.

can make everybody win. >> yay. >> i wish it were that easy. >> if it were. coming up murder mystery, the single mother of three leading a secret double life disappearing. the big question, did she know her killer? plus, tim tebow once a new york jet now a new york met. let's see how he does. t.

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without incident. and tim tebow, the man is back in the headlines. now, of course, we all know him as the star football player but now he's making a comeback on the baseball diamond, which is not an easy thing to do, and we are going to talk to one of the few men to play both sports well professionally. my man deion sanders -- >> primetime. >> primetime. he's going to join us on the big board. >> that's good. i got to take an anchor privilege. 14 years ago just about this moment my daughter elliott was born. got to wish her happy birthday. >> that's wonderful. >> yeah, right now. i hope i got to her before she got on the bus. >> that's sweet, george. now i have to make a rough turn here because we have a murder case that's making headlines after a soccer mom was found dead, her double life running an escort service was revealed. and now, a jury is deciding the fate of the man charged with killing her. abc's ryan smith is here with

deliberating a week when they resume today determining whether lester jones killed paige birgfeld, her remains not found until years later. as we show tonight on "20/20," her secret life providing a blueprint to authorities say kidnapped and killed her. paige bigger -- birgfeld, a single mom from colorado left home one day in 2007 and disappeared. even her young children, frantically searching for their mom. >> hey, mom, you are really, really mean. you said you would be back before dark and you haven't been back. >> reporter: close friend and the baby-sitter said it was the hands-on mother to abandon her kids. >> she always created costumes for the kids and she taught a dance class for little toddlers. everything was centered around the children. >> reporter: days later her car found set on fire. just two miles from where she lived. but no paige. months of searching for paige turned into years. until, in 2012, her remains were found in this gulch of the colorado mountains.

34-year-old mother of three? as police investigate, they find paige birgfeld was leading a secret double life. in the light of day selling pampered chef cookware from an office in this nondescript cluster of commercial office spaces. but after hours paige reveals to only a few close friends it was also a front for a pampering of a much different brand, a side business she was running named models inc. what did she do? >> bachelor parties. >> reporter: paige's double subject for those with whom she shared this dirty little secret. as we found when talking to some of them the years she went missing. >> she was learning to give massages, you know, lots of people give massages. so i knew that she was doing a little extra on the side but it fit perfectly. >> reporter: the little extra was that paige for the right price would perform those massages topless. in fact, she had this ad in the local paper calling herself

a website called naughty night life. that side business some feared put her in harm's way. >> she had a call to meet somebody at her office. the building was closed. it was after hours. she'd see this white truck. she eventually closed her office, went downstairs to her car, and as she was getting ready to leave, she sees this truck pull up. she just wanted out of there. the white pickup took off. >> reporter: was she shaken by this? >> oh, she was extremely scared. she told me about it and she says, i've never been so scared in my life. >> reporter: paige had dozens of clients, one of them lester jones, 55 years old, was called in for questioning and investigators discovered that

massage a year earlier. >> what did you have on? >> nothing. >> what did she have on? nothing. >> we did not have sex. >> reporter: he made another appointment with paige the day before she went missing. this time, paige was worried jones figured out her true identity and so she sends carol on the call instead. >> what's your first impression when you walk in the door? >> fear. >> really? >> yeah, he's a very large overpowering person. >> what's the first thing he said to you? >> i want sex. i looked at him and i said, then you should probably call another escort service because it's not going to happen with me. >> reporter: carol says he seemed oes during 7 1/2 hours of questioning, jones cooperates fully, letting them take his fingerprints, giving them his dna and handing over the keys to his truck. >> what are you driving right now? >> it's a white dodge pickup. >> white? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: a white pickup. could it be the same white pickup that frightened paige that night outside her office? now, jones has pled not guilty to all the charges. his lawyers saying a number of

her killer including one man who is now dead. the jury has been busy, asking for jones' entire 7 1/2-hour interrogation and a conversation he had with police that could blow this case wide open depending on how they look at it. >> what about the evidence? >> now, that's a tough thing. there's no dna connection here. not a lot of direct evidence to jones and that's why it's taken the jury so long to decide what's going to happen here, but when you have a highly circumstantial case it's hard to get a conviction. >> and if they have a verdict you'll have that tonight on "20/20" along with the whole story. followed by diane sawyer's interview with elizabeth vargas on her secret battle with alcoholism. that is at 10:00. >> we'll have more with diane and elizabeth a little bit later in our next hour. michael, what is coming up on the big board. >> you'll join me, we'll sit here and talk to these people at the big board about a new smartphone warning after this truck goes up in flames. the owner is saying his samsung battery exploded and now the faa is out with an alert. our insiders join us in two minutes to talk about that.

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hey, rich, did you hear michael and tommy talking football? >> football. >> in the break. you're trying to get some giant insight. trying to get him back on the team. >> he's helping me out. he's giving me the insight. >> all right, it is time for football and it's time for our big board. our team of insiders standing by live for more on this morning's top stories. dr. richard besser, good to have you back with us thi his story is coming up, but first, let's start with that smartphone warning. a florida man's jeep engulfed in flames after he claims his samsung galaxy note 7 exploded just days after the tech giant issued a worldwide recall of the phone. samsung says they're investigating the incident. abc's steve ganyard joins us, and steve, i want to read you something here. the federal aviation administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or

aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage. and, steve, people want to know should they be allowed on the planes at all? >> well, i think it's going to be kind of hard to ban lithium ion batteries, robin. you think -- we always want things that last longer and we want things that are smaller so you rely on lithium ion batteries so it's very hard to say you can't bring them on airplanes. i think what the faa does need to do is, go back and look at the regulations on consumer lithium ion batteries and see if the safety standards, but i also took a huge financial hit here and they took a representational hit so i'm sure they'll spend a lot more time and effort to make sure their batteries are safe. >> steve, it's one of these on a plane and if it does explode, what potentially could happen aboard an airliner if that happens? >> yeah, michael, the batteries have the potential to bring a plane down and a fire in the cockpit or a fire in the cabin is a pilot's worst nightmare.

in the past few years be brought down by lithium ion cargo hold fires. you could have one in the cabin as well. some people drop their cells in the seat, recline, crush the cell phone which also starts a fire so you think about these, these could be serious, but considering how much we rely on them for everything we do in our daily life i don't think they'll be going away any time soon. >> i know. just to hear you say, steve. i know, they can bring them down like that. >> it scares everybody and now now to a major report on the potentially life-saving drugs as statins. the cholesterol reducing tablets that millions of people take daily criticized for certain side effects but now a new report says those risks have been dangerously exaggerated and dr. besser, you're here to talk to us about that. there are a lot of controversy around the statins so what does this report saying? are they safe? >> well, you know, it's clear that statins can bring down cholesterol and reduce the chance someone will have a heart attack. some of the concerns are that in

have muscle damage and foggy thinking, so this report, they reviewed all the studies that have ever been done on statins and what they conclude is that the side effects are overblown. they can occur very rarely but the benefits far outweigh that in terms of preventing heart attacks and they think a lot of people who could benefit from these who aren't taking them. >> and how do you know if you should be taking them? >> well, clearly anyone who has had a heart attack who had heart disease, that's one group that's recommended. anyone at risk of high risk of heart disease. so, as you get older you're at higher risk, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, you're overweight, smoke, those are the people who are at risk. and with any drug you're taking if you think you're having a side effect don't ignore the side effect, but don't just stop taking your drug. talk to your doctor and work it out. a lot of people say i don't like it, i'm just going to stop and that's a risky thing to do. >> exactly. >> thank you.

winner tim tebow once a new york jet now a new york met. has a little ring to it, doesn't it? >> can't seem to get him out of new york. he's stuck here. >> he is. >> the organization announcing on twitter that they've signed the former qb to a minor league contract. joining us is the man who knows a thing or two about playing pro ball and football and excelling in both baseball and football. our good friend, deion "primetime" sanders. it's good to see you, deion. so -- >> good to see you, beautiful. i love you to life. >> look at that. you give me life. so talk about tim here a little bit. what do you think his chances are? >> well, i love it. let's not make the big idea of his age because there's often a lot of 30-year-old, 35-year-old minor league ballplayers still trying to live out their dream and i like tim tebow. i like what he stands for and i really can't get over the fact that he's not on an nfl football team.

mr. strahan, i understand, but have you seen him lately? i'm sure he could play strong safety or outside linebacker but in the sport of baseball i'm all for tim tebow, and if anybody can do it, he can, and we should allow everyone to dream in this wonderful country that we live in. >> oh. >> and i agree 100% but you said not quarterback. he had a chance of playing another position. he said, no, i'm a quarterback so that was his decision. but one thing, we've seen a lot of athletes, deion -- be all the way off the team. >> yeah, maybe he would have relented. we've seen a lot of athletes -- you made the transition, bo jackson. remember brian jordan made the transition but then michael jordan tried to play for the chicago white sox. that didn't work out so well. so what do you think -- how difficult is it, that's my question. it looks easy. people say you're a great athlete. can do it in another easily. how easy is it? >> well, see, you are saying the word transition and it's really not that. michael jordan made a

brian jordan, myself and bo jackson, that's what we did throughout our whole childhood and just so happens when we get to a certain age as an adult, people start saying, what we can't do it and that's the only life we knew. now, michael jordan was dealing with something personally and he just wanted to escape the game of basketball and live out a dream playing baseball and that's what he did. tim tebow wants to be successful in sports. no matter what it is and i think he's found something that he fe now, baseball is tremendously tough. you're trying to hit a 90-some-mile-an-hour baseball that curves, breaks, slides, does everything, and you can fail seven out of ten times and still remain to be a superstar. >> that's true. >> i like his chances. i'm betting on this kid. i love him personally and i think if anybody can do it, he can. he's going to put the work in. he's going to put the effort in, and he's not going to quit. >> tell you what -- >> we're with you there. >> he played for the braves. i know you're a big braves fan.

braves fan. this is terrific watching you and hearing you talk. >> we love you primetime. you're the best. thanks to deion "primetime" sanders, steve, thank you and dr. besser, thank you. that wraps up our big board. good luck to tim tebow. >> and you can see him on nfl's "gameday prime." you do a little something on sundays. >> fox. he's my competition. coming up in two minutes that incredible space journey. what the rocket is planning on bringing back and what it could tell us about life. about life. >> about -- a lot about life, robin. a lot about life,

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and you may be hearing more about this asteroid because it's headed our way. >> it's what we call a global killer. >> reporter: remember bruce willis trying to save the earth from an asteroid in "armageddon." >> you don't know how to fail. >> press it. >> reporter: well, now, nasa is facing a real-life dark and potential asteroid. its name is bennu. 1600 feet of space rock and there's a chance it could one day hit earth. >> it could be catastrophic. i'm not sure it would end all life on earth but it w bad day. >> reporter: but that's day is at least 150 years off in the meantime -- >> liftoff of the osiris-rex. >> reporter: nasa is going for a visit with this probe launching last night to take samples from bennu which may help answer some of the very big questions about the origins of life. >> i was crying and i said, because we've just done something amazing. >> reporter: the probe won't make it to bennu for another two years, won't be back here on earth until 2023. now, this probe will never

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it is 7:56 a.m. some breaking news happening at this very moment. some crews are responder it -- responding to an airplane crash at the wickenburg airport. no word yet on what kind of plain -- plane this was or how many people were on board or what type of injuries we're dealing with. happening as we speak. air 15 is in route. as soon as scene, look for that on abc15 and the abc15 mobile apps for live images. meanwhile the search continues for the killers after a valley woman is shot and killed on the 51. she was on the phone with 911 dispatchers when she was shot farmer describes three hispanic men in a white you still -- utility style pickup truck chasing her. it ended on the 51. officers say for a chase to last that far and that long, it

>> the traffic altercation scenario -- makes that less likely. and makes it more likely that there was probably some other contact between the victim and the suspect that we don't know about yet. >> farmer's daughter has set up a gofundme account saying her mother was taken in a senseless and horrific crime and nothing can describe their heart ache. if you know anything, you can remain anonymous and give police a call. this morning, our dew point is still in the 60s. dropping throughout the day. getting the dry air in. as temperatures may get back into the 100th this afternoon. rain chances, -- sunday monday and tuesday, they make a return. a high of to -- today at 102. tomorrow, a little more high. triple digits sunday. temperature dropping into next week. in the west valley, still super slope.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. feeling the fallout. donald trump, hillary clinton under fire after that national security forum. both candidates blast each other. clinton going after trump for his praise of putin. >> it is scary. it is dangerous. >> trump on the attack over her e-mails. >> she's got to get her act together. >> new polls show the race tightening in those all important battleground states. ? fighting for her life and her family. our friend elizabeth vargas, raw and revealing about her battle with alcohol. >> because i didn't physically endanger my children doesn't mean i didn't devastate them or put them in danger emotionally or psychologically. >> how it hurt her marriage and her children. her message for millions of women facing their own challenges this morning. ? and she's the "it" girl your daughters idolize. she's taking over runways around

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house is tightening and the candidates are sharpening their attacks ahead of their first debate. hillary clinton and donald trump are trying to depict one another as unfit for the presidency. clinton took a few veiled shots at trump last night as she addressed voters at the national baptist convention, but she spent most of the day slamming him for praising vladimir putin. >> even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the russian president to our american president. it is scary. it is dangerous. >> reporter: trump seemed to favor russia again last night as he appeared on a moscow tv network telling larry king that it is unlikely russia is trying to influence the u.s. election. earlier trump blasted clinton for her most recent response to questions about her e-mail scandal. >> every time she talks about the subject, it's different. she's got to get her act together. >> reporter: meanwhile, during a new interview, clinton tried to explain why people sometimes see her as cold or unemotional saying she learned to control her emotions while she was

school. a programming note, chelsea clinton will join the ladies of "the view" right here on abc later this morning. and then george will have the latest on the race for the white house sunday on "this week." well, a sign of the times this morning that may not be so surprising to most parents, myself included. a new survey finds kids these days are at least 15 times more likely to be watching netflix or other streaming video services than they are to be playing outdoors. the average child, and this is sad, now spends just four to seven minutes per day playing outside. that is a wake-up call for parents. and finally, one little girl winning hearts across the country. while she was at the seattle mariners game, 3-year-old beatrix hart, oh, look at her, showing just how much she loves both baseball, and, yeah, that's some blue cotton candy there. the ballpark's big screen caught her priceless reaction to a grand slam.

the internet. not shockingly, her father says the ride home, she was in a sugar coma, completely asleep, but she's adorable. >> adorable, indeed. >> that, she is. >> thanks for sharing that with us. lara is still on the mend. sara, you're doing double duty. how is it going with "the view"? >> i'm still invited back. i wish i do well enough to come back tomorrow. so far that's worked this week. >> thanks for helping us out this week. >> thanks, you guys, for having me. ? show you yeah at least now i know ? >> this just dropped from lady gaga overnight trending everywhere. it's her first single in three year, which i didn't realize. >> yeah, it's been a while. >> yeah,, it's called "perfect illusion." this is the first look we have had at the grammy winner's fifth studio album and we do know one fun fact. take a look. she wrote all the lyrics for this first track on her vintage typewriter. that is crazy. think about the whiteout and how you had reverse it and pull it

>> a little -- >> electric. >> do you remember when you had to type papers on that? >> it seems much more personal. >> he's not that old. i am. >> i remember the vintage typewriters. >> i might look young. i got a little age on me. >> it wasn't that long ago. you're making me feel old. wow. what a downer, george. in "pop news" -- >> both of you, just lay off george, all right. >> i should be happy. he said i'm younger than i am. thank you, george. >> vintage. come on. next up, does tom hanks have a travel curse? we love him here, but "the chicago tribune" with this list saying maybe you shouldn't travel with him, not that he's invited us but lost on a rocket in "apollo 13," lost from civilization in "castaway." wilson! stranded at "the terminal." when it comes to "sully," though he finally catches a break as the hero pilot and "sully" opens in theaters today. but you can't forget,

a boat with him. >> i did a luncheon with the whole cast and i asked him that very question and what was going on there. he said, at least i get back live. i'm still alive afterwards because people are saying, don't travel -- hey, i don't get killed. >> it takes him a while. only four years on the island with the volleyball. >> he doesn't tell you he's the only one that gets back alive. >> that is a little depressing so it doesn't pay off for the rest of us. >> he has vintage typewriters. >> did you make that up? >> i did not make that up. >> because you are allowed in "pop" to do that occasionally. now i got one trivia question right. and finally, ben affleck has added another villain to his next "batman" movie, one of hollywood's biggest hunks. joe manganiello, the "magic mike" star, will takes the role of death stroke. affleck teasing the possibility and posting this video of batman's longtime nemesis last week fueling rumors about the possible casting. well, now, all has been confirmed. sofia vergara's husband set to

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our friend and colleague, elizabeth vargas, she loves being in the field reporting, and we're back now with more of her powerful interview opening up to diane about her battle with alcohol, and, amy, you have how it affected those closest to her. >> that's right, robin. in her memoir "between breaths" "20/20" anchor elizabeth vargas paints a very stark portrait as of life as an alcoholic and as she tells diane sawyer, the secret double life, which developed later in her professional career, spilled into every aspect of her life including the most precious parts of it, her family. a seasoned reporter, elizabeth vargas is the mother to two beautiful boys, sam and zachary, and ex-wife of musician marc cohn. as her marriage was crumbling

consolation, a secret she tried to hide from everyone including her family. >> i would stop on my way home from work, you know, and have a glass of wine or two at a bar and then -- >> alone. >> alone, feeling really pathetic, you know, i would actually -- i would actually pretend to talk to somebody on my cell phone. oh, it's okay. oh, no, i'm just here waiting for you. no problem, take your time. i'll be right -- you know, like this whole facade. >> reporter: eventually, a couple of glasses became entire bottles of wine, and her husband knew, deepening the cracks that she says had already begun to develop in their marriage. >> and it made all the real problems we needed to discuss and work through frivolous in comparison. you know, what do you want to talk about? why don't you ask me how my day is, and why don't you support me more when why are you drinking two bottles of chardonnay every night? you know, i've just gone and

pretty dramatic and destructive way. >> reporter: alcoholism is a battle she shares with more than 30 million people, and like so many, her family life became part of the wreckage of her drinking. >> did you ever endanger them? >> no. >> are you sure? >> i don't think so, no. i never drove under the influence. >> never? >> no. i don't own ca me just say something, because i didn't physically endanger my children doesn't mean i didn't devastate them or put them in danger emotionally or psychologically. >> so powerful. elizabeth there exposing the ripple effects of alcoholism. it didn't just affect her and her career, it affected everyone who loved her. robin. >> all right, thank you, amy. we're going to bring in abc news senior medical contributor, dr. jennifer ashton to talk more about that. you and i were both watching and just in awe of the rawness and

we are that she's speaking up about this, and with any disease, illness, it's not just the person, it's the family. >> right, and the analogy i often give, robin, is when you throw a stone into the water and you watch those ripples, that's what any chronic disease, especially a life-threatening illness like alcoholism does, it ripples out to the family, children, spouses, partners, friends, parents, siblings, co-workers, and they're all affected, and i think when you -- when you ask about what to do about that, you know, yes, there's personal responsibility, but this is an illness that can incapacitate and paralyze someone to save themselves, so then the onus of responsibility falls to medical professionals. >> well, i was going to ask you, as a doctor, is there something that you can pick up? is there some screening? have you ever with a patient? >> absolutely. >> really. >> and it's happened many times with my patients. so i think medical professionals, we have an

we interact with patients, sometimes for something that's completely unrelated and how did i pick it up, by talking to my patients and not just with the alcohol screening questions, which are valid, but i'll say, tell me about your day, tell me about what you eat. tell me about what you drink. tell me about how you sleep and actually the way i uncovered it with some of my patients when they said, i can't sleep unless i have a few glasses of wine and that started the discussion so those health care encounters are really important. >> and having that discussion both ways, so we talked a little about it. rich talked a little bit about this yesterday about alcoholism with women and what it stems from and the anxiety and elizabeth talks about that too and writes about it in her book. >> yeah, and there's a lot of factors involved here. certainly, there are societal pressures that women face, there's family history of alcoholism or substance abuse, maybe some hormonal issues, work/family balance, marriage issues. we don't understand what tips the scales and triggers this in women as much as we should.

questions there in gender but to be clear, robin, the stigma that elizabeth is helping to bust here is so important, there's this misconception, what is an alcoholic look like? we learn in medical school the answer to that question, the alcoholic looks just like you, looks just like me, and that's what people have to understand, and there's hope and help out there. >> well, she is letting people know that they are not alone. >> 100%. >> especially women. >> so proud of her. >> thank you, thank you, thank you, jen. elizabeth's full story will be tonight, all part of a two-hour block of "20/20" starting here on abc at 9:00. coming up, the children of 9/11 15 years later telling their stories. their stories. i just bought a book. and while i was telling you about the book, i downloaded a song. oh, and full disclosure, when we were just chatting about that song thing, someone arranged a date. guilty. the point is, life is digital. so, carmax, created a site where you can reserve a car online. come in when it's convenient,

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so hard to believe it's been 15 years since the attacks on 9/11 and this morning, five teenagers who lost their fathers that day never got to meet them are sharing their story. it's all part of a powerful new documentary, and abc's mara schiavocampo brings us this exclusive first look. >> my name is siobhan hickory and i'm connected to the events of 9/11 because i was born seven weeks after my father was killed in the south tower. >> reporter: they are the other

that's the age that my dad was killed at. when i'm wearing that number, it's for him. >> reporter: children whose fathers were killed shortly before their birth. >> it's little things when i miss my dad the most like walking down the aisle. i think about that a lot. >> reporter: their stories featured in the new people entertainment weekly network documentary "the children of 9/11: 15 years later." >> oftentimes your first feeling might be, oh, poor kid or what's their life like, and it's true, they've had this incredible loss, but i found these kids to be incredibly resilient. >> reporter: now teens "people" magazine has been following many of these 9/11 babies since birth. have you seen this recently? >> yes. >> which one is you? >> i'm right there. >> reporter: robin higley's dad was an insurance executive in the south tower and helped his co-workers get to safety. your father helped people live.

he's my hero. i'm daddy's little girl. >> reporter: what does that give you to know your dad is a hero? >> it gives me comfort. he died protecting others so it gives me a sense of relief because i know his death was not in vain. the world is in really bad shape right now with all the stuff going on, and i feel like my generation is kind of the one that's going to change things. >> reporter: while she misses her father deeply, robin like many others struggles with mourning. >> i wish i could grieve. i was too young to grieve. i didn't know what was happening. now that i'm older and i'm starting to realize it, i am now going through the grieving process. >> reporter: this group one nobody would ever choose to be in now her lifelong source of strength. you get happy when you look at this. >> i do. >> why? >> because it just reminds me that they've always been there for me, and even though we were so little, in this picture i'm

>> so you guys really support each other. >> we really do. they're like a family to me. >> reporter: for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> that is powerful. >> really is. >> hard to believe grieving for a father you never met. >> the way she said it so well because they were -- you forget how young some of them were, and it does take time. >> and it makes sense now they're going through the grieving process when they see other families and realize what they've lost. >> uh-huh, but that how she said together they are a family. >> yeah. >> it's going to be a very special bond. >> only they know what the other has been through. >> that's true. >> and all these stories highlighted in this week's issue of "people" magazine and you can also see the full documentary when the people network premieres on september 13th. now outside to ginger. >> wow, so powerful. all watching with our jaws dropped. new york is still the place we

>> and, michael, we have a suggestion. a new mt. rushmore. you like it? >> i love it, ginger. i love it, and you know, it's hot out there. it's hot in here because we have a great audience up here in times square. come on, people, give it up, all right. and we've got gigi hadid, tommy hilfiger, they're here and a little bit more so stay right there.

good morning. we're following breaking news right now. a plane has crashed in wickenburg, a short distance from the airport. we have air 15 if we can go to that -- in route over the scene. the first live images of air 15. it is right there. the call came in just after 7:00. a plane down near the u.s. 60 and industrial road. we're told the crash site is near u.s. 60. the plane hit a dumpster. before hitting the ground. a small private plane. four people on board. all of them given medical treatment and taken to a hospital. i do not know the ages of them on board. investigators say at this point, the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

obviously under investigation. still a very active scene. more on that in a little bit. i know you will keep us posted. let's get to the accurate forecast. getting hotter today. a bit humid. we will lose some of that moisture. that will allow temperatures to warm up. it will be a dry day. storm chances, in the clear in the valley. eighty-one is your temperature now. warming into the 90s by 11:00. and 100th after 3:00. we will hit a high of 102. that is right around average tomorrow, hotter. mostly sunny and dry. not until sunday, do we see a return in storm chances. likely late in the day. with just a chance. we do not have too many crashes. some delays for you on i-17. take a look. twenty-eight minutes for the drivetime southbound from the 101 until you hit the i-10 stack. very slope at dunlop and glendale. a look outside. i-10 a little better from the a.d.o.t. camera.

? ? hello friday ? >> you're looking at gigi hadid, tommy hilfiger and making the final tweaks before they debut their new fashion line just ahead. you'll see it here. you'll see it all here. >> and but before we get to that, we all have a to do list. you saw them working on the models and get it right, do this, do that. there's a new study showing something about to do lists and letting other people know you about your list to help you accomplish this thing. you remember this movie. sarah jessica parker's "i don't know how she does it." >> the list, emily's birthday party theme, pirates or pop stars. things to buy, paper towel, toothpaste.

for emily with that kid that bites. refill washer fluid. shouldn't that be on richard's list. who am i kidding. richard doesn't have a list. >> we all relate to that i know i can. "new york" magazine article says you should post it. you should put it up there. >> no, you should not. >> george, you get your list together. i want to see your list and i'll help you accomplish your list. i'm going to remind you. i'm going to encourage you. >> into thank you. >> just so you know. >> i do the list every morning but -- not post it for everybody to see. >> how about a chat with just your friends. would you do that. >> i don't think they care that much about it. >> i didn't want to say that but -- >> there's an app called complete. it's a community of your friends and get on and accomplish goals and they encourage each other and i'm wearing a fit. bit. >> have that at the office.

i'm wearing one of the producer's fitbit because she's in the challenge and i'm walking for her right now. but they -- when you look at it, she showed me and sara showed me and i'm going, man, you better start walking like you're behind. >> i could see how it would work with exercise. >> i'm going to get my grocery list done. i mean i don't know about competing about that. >> i'll e-mail and say did you get the eggs. >> i got my eggs. >> i don't know. >> so we're a little divided here. >> let's take a look at photo. it's going viral. and there you see that man, he didn't know little luke there 20 months old. >> yeah. >> but he put him on his shoulder. luke was having a bad flight. his mom pregnant flying with him alone going crazy and this man came up, took him walking for 15 minutes up and down. the plane even took put him to sleep so the whole plane was happy about that. it's been shared i guess 93,000 times on facebook so far. a great story. >> adorable. >> who flew here?

know how sometimes when you see a baby, can't we be a little more forgiving? we've all been there, you know, got to be -- >> the stress of a mom walking on a plane with a baby crying and you know they're cranky. it's the worst -- you feel like the worst person in the world and you can't do anything. >> she said her babe is normally very good. just having a bad day. >> ali has done that. where she takes the baby and it's great for her too. she misses having the baby babe back. >> always a good thing. >> the parents are anxious too. when you have kids you kind of understand how to be a little more patient. >> but look. >> that's a sweet picture. >> you know it's fashion week. all sorts of innovative things. we found something that is something we might want to do when we're going out shopping. a perfect way to save while you're walking the streets you might be tempted. i'll explain. check out this bag. we'll bring it out right now.

claims to help cure impulse spending. here it is right here. it's actually really heavy and this is going to be shown sunday night on fashion week. they're looking into making it for men, as well. apparently when you get near something you put in that is an impulse zone shopping area for you -- >> danger zone. >> danger zone, when you get close to it. it starts to buzz then it locks and you can't get your thursday open. you can't open your purse. so i -- i want to know where your -- like danger zone is. do you guys know where maybe you'd have to put the lock on. >> you know, i'm -- the checkout. are you like that. when i go to the checkout. i look around and i'm like -- things i don't need. >> mine is the desktop. it's just the buying online. that's what it is. >> lock your computer. if i get anywhere near woodbury common, the outlet mall there -- >> mine is pretty much anywhere. i have a problem. >> you are a shopper. >> i am. >> he really is.

it's $5,000. >> well, that's impulsive. you have to spend money to save money. apparently. >> not only that most women want more than one bag so have to buy multiples. >> $5,000. >> yes, but the technology i guess is just that. also it's a workout. this thing is heavy. >> okay, speaking of workout. speaking of workout are you ready for some football? [ cheers and applause ] nfl. well, you are going to young woman named ashton white from newton, alabama, she's a kicker on the football team there in her school. she is a kicker. look at her. ashton is joining us now. there she is. say, ashton, how are you doing this morning, good morning. >> i'm great. how are you? >> we're doing wonderful. so tell us wasn't it the football coach you? play soccer and there's not a

and the football coach there said, heys you want to try out? how did that happen? >> well, he was just -- he wanted me to start a soccer team and we don't have a soccer team so he just said, you can be our kicker and we came out here and tried it and when he told the boys, they thought it was a joke but i came out one day and i kicked for them and they were really happy about it. >> yeah, they were. they said after you made field goal after field goal after field goal they said, she's our kicker. tell us what you did in the first game last week. how many point afters did you make? >> i went 6 for 7. >> 6 for 7. >> wow. >> all right! >> come on. [ applause ] yeah. come on, michael. it's all about -- >> i'll be honest. we could have used you. >> so what is your goal on the football team? what is it that you have set for

what is your goal you have for yourself? >> i just really want to help the team out. >> there you go. >> that's perfect. >> nice. [ applause ] >> oh. >> hey, ashton, ashton are you going to show us some of your stuff and kick one for us? >> of course. >> who is that with you right now? who is that? that's your brother, right. >> he's my brother so -- >> he's on the team. >> yes, ma'am. >> all right, no pressure. just america is wa ashton. all right. here we go. >> so close. oh. >> all right. one more time. look at that. here you go. >> she just is warming up. >> great form she has. oh, she's not using to having those mikes on. >> whoo.

>> nice job there. >> it's the one job at practice, those guys don't stay out there. they don't bang into each other like everybody else does but once the game rolls around, you want to be a kicker for practice but during the game you don't want to be the kicker because all the pressure falls on you and we saw it -- we saw it last night in the game last might. >> i know. we did. ashton, you want to say how your teammates and how everybody, your school has rallied around you. do you feel the support out there, >> i definitely do and i have the coaches and my team to thank for it. >> well, you are proving why. because you know what, you are good at what you do. you have the right spirit and another game tonight? who are you playing? >> yes, ma'am. op. op. >> well, we wish you all the best, ashton. thanks so much and thank your brother too for coming out early this morning. now get to class. >> thank you. >> all right.

that could be the future in the nfl. you never know. >> she has the best attitude. >> i know, i know, i know. coming up here how about a little fashion friday for you. gigi hadid is here. wow! tommy hilfiger live. here they are live with a new look for the new season.

oh, my goodness. we are back now. we call it fashion friday, the hottest faces in fashion, tommy hilfiger. >> hi. >> gigi hadid. they're bringing us an exclusive sneak peek at their brand-new collection that debuts tonight at new york fashion week. gigi, we cannot wait for this. >> thank you. i'm so excited. yeah, let's go, girls. do it. you know what to do. they're ready. >> do it. ? >> ooh. work it. ? makes a sound ? >> love it. ? >> whoo.

>> a belt. >> love it. ? whoo-hoo ? ? whoo-hoo ? >> are you ready for this? i love this. don't you, gigi? >> yeah. yeah. own it. yeah. >> wow. my, my, my, my, that is a look and thank you for letting us see it first here. so let me ask you here, tommy, you've known this family for so long. she is so hot. she's the it girl and to work with her and to have her really have an input, what does it mean for you in your line. >> well, she has an amazing sense of style. but at the same time as being a supermodel she's probably the

in the world. she has more followers and more fans across the globe than anyone else. she also has her feet on the ground. you know, they say a lot of models are this and that. this girl has a brain. >> thanks, tommy. >> she's polite. she's respectful. >> i'm going to cry. >> and you've known the family. >> yes. >> you know of what you speak so, gigi, when you look at this line -- it's a great blend of both of you. can i say that? it's a really great blend of both o what do you feel is really standing out as your style? >> i mean they're all very much my style and a lot of it was obviously looking at vintage tommy pieces that we love and bringing back certain things so it's a really great mix of kind of the classic east coast style tommy hilfiger and my west coast style but all of them are really me and, yeah. >> yeah, they really are you. tommy, so for people watching at home as well, it's the fall season. what are some things we should

fall? >> i think you can update your wardrobe all the time. >> yeah. >> if you're a jean wearer, you could buy great top, sweaters, jackets, if you want a dress for work, we've got dresses in all different sizes and colors. we have something a little more glamorous as you can see. >> i see that. >> for holiday parties, evenings but we really dr. covered everything across the gamut in casual lifestyle and in all sizes, you can find america at macy's store, tommy hilfiger stores, so we're very proud of what we've done. >> and you should be. >> she is now a designer. >> yes, she is and we have some future designers here in the audience, as well and some bloggers from f. ifshgs t. so we'll get a question from a fashion design student from f.i.t., brianna. brianna, there you are. you have a question for gigi? >> as a woman and a model, what's most important to you when designing clothes?

feel comfortable because i feel like if i'm fidgeting with stuff then i always am second-guessing it so i just wanted to make a collection that i want to wear all the time. it's definitely comfortable. you're never going to feel out of place in it so, yeah. >> i know you're giving me the wrap but these are great students. i got to get one more. advertising student from f.i.t., screen that. what's your question. >> hi, tommy. would you say your line is inclusive for all body >> my line is inclusive for all body types and we also make men's wear and children's wear so not just women's wear but we really believe we are a democratic brand. we want to reach all types of people all over. >> yeah, and you do that. >> all sizes and shapes. >> i'm proof of that. and because i'm wearing a tommy hilfiger from last season. it's always timeless. always timeless. >> go to the show tonight.

tonight. bless you. she really is as kind as you said, tommy. let's go over to ginger. ginger. >> i feel like we stocked our audiences with models. beauties over >> all that brought to you by carmax. i promised you chris harrison here. sage steele from espn. you guys hosting miss america 2017. >> yes, yes. i had to think again, wait, what year is it? >> coming up this weekend in atlantic city, great judges, how do you keep it fresh eighth year in, mr. harrison. >> right, well, the women do that. they have the hard work and these 52 talented women that are going to compete sunday night live on abc, you know, they

are going to be there hosting and our job is just to spotlight them, make them the stars of it and it's live tv so you never know what could happen. we have some -- mark cuban, and -- >> live tv and we'll hear more but we have to go. how about you read that. >> 9:00 eastern time right here on -- help me. >> all: phoenix is gorgeous! warm weather, blue skies, the sonoran desert. and what's better than doing something amazing in my city? doing it for free! hey! we hear you! it's why a-a-r-p is keeping phoenix in motion with fun, free, cultural events for you and your friends.

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good to be here. >> nice to see you. >> good morning. >> now, these three, they thought they were just guests. they didn't know they were going to do this but you three work at one of my favorite places on earth, st. jude's children's research hospital and it is an incredible place, incredible kids and this is a herogram. we're going to honor people who do great things in a special way and we had a chance to sit down and talk to some people very special to you and you're very special to them. let's take a look. ? >> i love st. jude's because they care about me. >> i love st. jude's because we have so much fun there. >> i love st. jude because they help me and all the children at st. jude. >> my st. jude hero is dr. armstrong. he's really nice and he's funny and he's just really kind.

because she's fun and helps me learn music. she taught me the darth vader theme song on the guitar. >> my hero is miss casey because she's nice. she's smart. she has fun activities for me. she makes my schoolwork fun even when i'm feeling bad. >> thank you, dr. armstrong. >> thank you, miss amy. >> thank you, miss casey. >> all: thank you, st. great kids. >> wonderful kids. and we want to say -- ah. we want to say thank you, as well. those three little tikes were here yesterday. i had a chance to meet them. just such warriors in that. when you see that, when you hear the impact that you have had in their live, just what goes through your mind, doctor? >> it's a privilege to take care of them. you walk into a room and when you talk with the family and

the whole world stops but the people that walk through the world with them and look at them and say we're going to walk this with you is great. >> i've been involved with stock market for a long time and the impact they have on you but you're has to help them. we have a herogram for you actually and we'll bring this herogram out. to celebrate you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks, guys. >> so we want to celebrate you and we want to celebrate everybody out there helping at st. jude's and hospitals around the world that help kids and thank you. you really are amazing in our hearts and prayers are always with you and thank you for what you did. >> what you mean to them and their families, priceless so just thank you. a small token of our appreciation.

"good morning america" is brought to you by the venture card from cap fall one. earn unlimited double miles you canse >> thanks again to our heroes. what you do and what you do for the families. good morning. it's 8:56 and i'm christopher sign. breaking news, a sad one to report.

year-old girl pulled in a swimming pool in the west valley has died. the incident happened on monday near 87th and camelback. right now, it's unclear how exactly she got into the water. abc15.com for more details right now. and the flags set for the annual memorial for the 9/11 attacks. you can see the hundreds of american flags representing each victim of the terrible day. we have a full list of the 9/11 tributes aroun you can take part. it's online at abc15.com and our mobile app. all right. well, our humidity will be dropping throughout the day and that means hotter temperatures. we're back in the triple digits across much of the valley. the 30-year average is 102 where we will end up in phoenix. low triple digits and mostly sunny sky this is -- skies

head into the weekend. for drivers in the east valley, slow and go i-10 westbound and to be 101 northbound. you are looking at a 17-minute desert drive time northbound for loop 202 until you hit the red mountain freeway. the adot cameras show the 10 is getting better. mallory, thank you. and we remind you to have a wonderful weekend as we wrap up go, cardinals.

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