breaking overnight, a national disgrace. a blockbuster characterization from one of america's respected statesmen towards one donald trump. >> plus, new york attorney general revealed the inquiry foundation. the inquiry into trump' organization. >> this is not a woman's issue, it's a family issue. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, it was ivanka trump helping her dad present a family friendly plan. a driver charges at full speed. new details this morning. a cyber group known as fancy bear exposed the medical files of some of the biggest athletes.

dogs. "early today another starts right now. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ayma ayman ehidin. >> former sex colin powell gets injected no the 2016 presidential race after he called donald trump a national disgrace and international pariah in hacked the e-mails to emily miller, a current journalist who was powell's former aid, tied to russian operatives was reported by buzzfeed news, powell also said powell's whole birther movement is in the process of destroying himself. powell confirmed that hackers

political analyst steve schmidt spoke about it when speaking to brian williams. >> i think you can count, brian, the number of people that qualify as legitimate statesmen to less than 20 chief among them is colin powell. he is broadly respected in this kentucky and colin powell, powell saying it scuts, his opinion matters. endorsements this presidential campaigns. shis one to matter. his as an antagonist for donald trump is not good news for donald trump. >> powell voted democrat in the last two elections. noling this morning, the top prosecutor eric sneiderman has opened up an inquiry into trump's questions of

donated $25,000 to a political ag pam bondy. this is what the attorney general said about the inquiry. >> we have been concerned the trump foundation may have engaged if impro pry tie from that point of view. we inquired, made core someone denlts we have been looking into the trump foundation to make sure it's compliant with the laws that govern charities in >> they say the information goes back togion. the trump company released this statement in response, "attorney general evict sneiderman is a partisan hack who has turned a blind eye to the clinton topation for years and has endorsed hillary clinton for president. this is nothing more than another left-wing hit job by hillary clinton. he endorsed hillary clinton and fundraising on her behalf.

of trump's other ventures with a lawsuit against the university. the ag inquiry comes open the same day they come into an investigation into the trump foundation. >> hillary clinton will be back on the trail before heading to washington for for the hispanic caucus gala. it will be four days since clinton was side lined with pneumonia, a diagnose tim kaine says he learned about on monday. >> reporter: when were you >> we talked sunday. i reached out to her as soon as the incident happened. >> reporter: you learned on friday? >> i learned friday. >> reporter: don't you think that is a little delayed in terms of the seriousness of the issue? >> i didn't think of it that way. >> reporter: trump makes a break for the women vote if pennsylvania with daughter sigh van ka incorrectly slamming:.

it's a family issue. it's an american issue. it's an issue that's often been discussed but has yet to be solved. my father plans to change that. >> child care is now the single harmertest expense. i would think that more so than housing. yet very little meaningful policy work has been done in this area and my opponent has no child care plan. she evolves into a plan, it will never get done anyway, all talk. no action. >> in fact, clinton released her own plan earlier this year t. democratic presidential rom knee has a roster of standing, president obama campaigning in philadelphia and her husband open the west coast. >> he's not offering policies or plans, just offering division

he might scare up enough votes to win this election. now this guy is going to be the champion? i mean, he wasn't going to let you on his golf course. donald trump says stuff every day that used to be considered as disqualifying for being president. and yet, because he says it of and over again the press gives up. we treat this like a reality show. >> trump responded saying why isn't president obama working instead of campaigning for hillary clinton? the president sounded concerns over hillary clinton's lack of enthusiasm calming into miami's broadcast. >> my concern is just making sure that folks, particularly african-american fourth quarter, don't suddenly say, well, you

because barack and michelle are leaving. and so we're just going to not register and we're not gentleman to vote. if we have that attitude, then we will turn back a lot of the progress that has been made. >> reporter: today on the trail, trump's pun running mate hits north carolina. phoenix police are on edge following a violent allegedly targeted attack on three of their officers as they stood up at a gas incident captured on under surveillance camera. the driver plows full speed into the officer, throwing one officer several feet. he was on his first day of the job. he suffered a head injury. the other a blown leg. the third officer suffered minor injuries when he struggled to arrest the driver. mark payne faces two counts of

the agency says an electronic database containing information on many olympians was hacked. among those affected are notable athletes, including simone giles. >> reporter: the world anti-doping agency says the hack exposed controversial medical boils, serena williams and the sensitive information was tollen by a cyber espionage group known as fancy bear. thought to be russian through the phishing of e-mail accounts, but targets some of the biggest stars ifryio. simone biles had a medical exemption to take a banned substance. she took a stand on twitter. i have adhd and have taken

tennis superstar venus williams reacting, i was disappointed to learn today that my private, medical data was compromised. i followed the rules. >> these athletes have fol fallen the rules to a tee, everything they should have done and to surkt or imply anything else is false. >> reporter: fancy bear is tied to the hack of the democratic national committee. the russian government denies any involvement. >> cyber-terrorism is real. has invaded their lives. >> reporter: wat says it deeply regrets the situation and is very conscious of the tlt that it represents to athletes to those with confidential information has been divulged through this cell act. >> i characterize this as a weapon of mass distraction testimony russians want to distract from their own problems including the doping at the olympics.

are working to undermine their organization, some of the biggest stars in sports are the real victims. >> it's a shame afterryio, they can't focus on this. >> still ahead, the bizarre but true story of russian scientists trapped by groups of hungry polar bears. we'll tell you about that. >> first, bill kari for us. >> it was battering jacksonville, daytona beach, a tropical force in those areas. the rain was coming down hard, now that has moved further to the north, georgia will bring you to the center of this storm. this will head through atlanta. a 40-mile-per-hour wind. maybe some small branches could come down. here is what we will be dealing

southern portion of carolina. now a closer look at the day ahead. well, you can see where the rain will be associated with our tropical storm from jacksonville to georgia. that's where we could see isolated flooding problems. the story in the mid-west, a cool down, chicago in the low 70s. and how about this storm, super typhoon meranti, this withstood 180 miles an hour winds. of course, the windy conditions and the by this super typhoon, produced a lot of incredible images like pictures we see right here.

leading the news this morning, former army private chelsea manning is to receive gender re-assignment surgery in what could make her the prison inmate to undergo such a procedure. the army granted the request

last week over the army's failure to diagnose her disforia. the lifting of a ban on transgender services. many remain in soldier confinement after convicted for espionage. she was in kansas after she was convicted for espionage. it is the most read story this morning in "the washington post." srussian scientists are besiege by polar bears at a remote arctic post. five meteorolos swarmed the area. some sleeping just outside their windows. the scientists have run out of flares to scare them away and lost one of their dogs to the animals. a ship is expected to arrive within a month with flares and other deters. that's a whole long time to wait. >> that is a long time to wait. oprah winfrey is on the lookout for a new ceo for the diet company weight watchers after its nose dive.

pockets. the company has dropped $1.2 billion in value since its peak in november last year when winfrey came onboard. and stocks surged by 300%. shares were down 6.6% on tuesday with investors estimating the company's worth at just over $600 million. and today the u.s. and israel are expected to sign a massive military aid agreement. the u.s. will reportedly provide israel's military with billion over the next decade. that is the largest amount of military assistance the u.s. has ever pledged to another country. ahead of this friday's movie debut that bears his name, edward snowden is expected to give a news conference to make his case for a presidential pardon. snowden has been living in russia under asylum since 2013. and later on today matt lauer's interview with nfl commissioner roger goodell about the national anthem controversy and what the league is doing to combat head injuries. you're watching "early is doing

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