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? the nation's capital will be a comfortable 83 for the first time, the president for the first time the president is waking up there after a while. >> he's back to work. no more golf? >> no more golf for now. good morning, guys. after 16 days after rest and relaxation, president obama is getting back to work and he's already facing criticism from republicans. >> reporter: president obama is packing up his golf clubs and getting back to business. a recharged president arriving back to a full plate. tomorrow mr. obama travels to
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the trip comes just days after donald trump visited the state and slammed the president for not cutting his vacation short. >> obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> reporter: as louisiana residents clean up the damage, health officials warn zika virus could spread along the gulf coast. >> i wouldn't be surprised if we see cases in louisiana, especially with the flooding in louisiana. there's going to be a lot of problems getting rid of standing water. >> reporter: that warning adds new urgency to the push to congress to approve funding to prevent the spread of the virus. as he prepares to tangle over zika virus money, he's facing heat over the cash payment to iran. the state department admitted the money was used as leverage in the release of several american prisoners held in iran. the republicans are calling it a ransom payment. one senator is going as far as
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the republican of illinois saying, "we can't have the president of the united states acting like the drug dealer in chief." democrats are defending the decision insisting the payment was not a ransom. >> it's not paying ransom. we don't do that, but we made it clear we understand we owed the money and were going to have to pay the money. we want to make sure our people are protected. >> reporter: congress is out in the summer recess for two weeks. when they return, the president he'll make his final visit to asia. one of the few trips in his final months in office. >> we know he's planning to hit the road at least part with hillary clinton. what's on the agenda there? >> the month to watch is october. he's going to hit the road with both hillary clinton and candidates in down ballot races, the house and senate. he'll tape videos and radio ads. something he's happy to do for fellow democrats. one thing he's said he's tired of talking about is donald
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>> there will be a lot of donald trump until november at least. >> he told donors that he feels that donald trump is always making the case against donald trump, and so he's over talking about it. >> the president is a little biased on that, too. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you. coming up, more about driverless cars about to hit the road. automakers and tech companies are racing to get the vehicles going. is it safe? >> stick around. we'll be right back. "world news now" continues
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? ? ? ? >> drive my car, or not so much. if you live in pittsburgh it won't be long until you can order up a driverless car from uber. it's a pilot program that could eventually expand to about 100 vehicles across the city. >> plenty of other companies are also getting in on the driverless car game. >> reporter: the multimillion dollar race to turn your car into a robot accelerating. uber weeks away from releasing this fleet in pittsburgh. these ford fusions with high-tech trappings bringing self-driving technology to the average consumer. a trained human will be ready to take over the wheel. uber's test, the latest in the global push to get a self-driving car.
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it can gas are brake and steer on its own. it's suggested to keep your hands on the wheel. getting a test drive inside google's driverless type. >> there's no controls. >> reporter: and ford promising fully autonomous in five years. there are safety concerns. this year the first deadly accident with a car in self-driving mode. and so far legislation has been introduced in 16 state. >> they haven't been tested sufficiently. and for uber, no plans to put the test cars anywhere outside of pittsburgh. >> if you order one of those cars in pittsburgh, you'll get two people in the car with you. they have someone in the driver's seat and one in the
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ges everything. ? ? ? literally jump. >> i'm busy playing the synthesizer now. >> supposed to be the synthesizer. >> my key-tar -- >> all your skills would be working perfectly with this song. getting us ready to wrap up the half hour with one of the greatest daredevils on the planet doing something called crowd surfing. >> he convinced one of our very own to take the trip with him. >> reporter: there is sky diving, and then there is what this man does, jumping. surfing, flying through the
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>> reporter: while red bull athletes are known for pushing the limits, this may be sean mccormick's most dangerous mission yet. >> it's an adventure. >> reporter: a flyer in the elite red bull air force at 41 years old, he's out to sky surf a thunderstorm. >> everybody likes to say you can't right up until you do it. >> reporter: for extreme athletes like sean, carefully coordinated stunts like these are also about the bragging rights, getting that perfect video. not easy, especially when lightning is involved. what do you think is going to be going through your head? >> i think a lot of focus on the moment. it's all pretty quick. i think you'd be amazed at how calculated the mission is.
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to get up there. i finally succumbed to the fear of pressure. how often do you get to do something like this? it's a category three hurricane wind in my face. >> stand up. stand up. stand up. >> reporter: but then sean and the team get what they've been waiting for. a true thunderstorm. a massive cloud. the perfect backdrop. >> it's the opportunity to show a really amazing, beautiful place on this earth that anybody could dayd and no one can get to go see. >> now, that is storm chasing. ? >> now, i have been sky diving, and i love storms, but that made me want to hold onto the desk. >> that is amazing to watch from afar. >> that is amazing to watch from
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