two decades. making news in america this morning -- american heros. the men who stopped a gunman on a paris-bound train. overnight, given the country's highest honor. plus, new details emerging about the gunman and the watch list he was already on. we're live with the latest. breaking overnight, black monday. stocks around the world in a freefall. in china, the worst day in nearly a decade. the ripple effect already started this morning. what does it mean for u.s. stocks? air show tragedy. a pilot crashing on a packed highway. authorities sifting through the debris this morning as the investigate gets under way. one of the world's most announcement. will one direction soon go four

directions? good morning, i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with the three young americans. late least week, they were a group of guys heading from one european capital to another. >> now they're the recipients of france's highest medal of honor. abc's stephanie ramos joins us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president of france this morning thanked the three brave americans permly for their courage. in a ceremony at the presidential palace in france, three american friends humbly received france's highest honor, the leej on of honor. alek skarlatos, spencer stone,

and anthony sadler and a british businessman were thanked for their courage. they made a split-second decision to stop a gunman. >> it was do something or die. >> reporter: stone showing a lack of regard for his own life sprang into action. >> we hit the ground. alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold. it seemed like he kept pulling more weapons left and right. >> reporter: the gunman neverly severed stoep's happened with a box cutter. that didn't stop him from giving first aid to the british businessman who had been shot. the gunman was identified as a ayoub el khazzani. a lawyer for el khazzani says he's not a terrorist, but a home lest man. reena

reena? phillip? >> thank you, stephanie. more breaking news. a devastating day for global stock markets. in china, today is being called black monday. shares in shanghai plunging more than 8%. major averages in hong kong, tokyo, and taiwan all losing more than 5% of its value. all signs point to a volatile week ahead. rebecca jarvis has a takeaway for anyone with money in the markets. >> what do you do? what do you do with this information? it's not the answer you want to hear. it's the right one. it's to sit tight. historically, those who stick it out tend to make their money back and then some. >> investers who pulled out of the market in 2009 lost half their money.

the people who stuck it out made everything back and then some. and within three years of that. with more, rebecca jarvis will bonn "gma" this morning. now to the wildfire crisis across the west. exhausted crews battling the flames in washington state. >> hundreds of volunteers are expected to join the fight this week. firefighters from australia and new zealand are on the way. the most dangerous fire area has grown to 375 skrar miles. >> i had no other choice. there was -- it was the only thing i could think of to get out of the flames. >> he described the scene like being in the middle of a napalm explosion. thousands of homes are threatened. some evacuation orders have been relaxed. in southern california's san bernardino mountains,

firefighters are fighting a fire near big bear. despite the relatively small size, mandatory evacuation orders were released. unfortunately, today's weather forecast provides no relief for the firefighters. >> with details on that and what's going on in the tropics, we're joined by accuweather's molly cochran. >> the heat remains on across the packed northwest. monday and tuesday. not the best of news with wildfires continuing to burn here. also, some raised air quality not looking so great due to smoke slumsplumes as well. we continue to keep an eye on danny. that's taking the life out of him. still feeling those impacts, heavy rain, gusty winds for the leeward islands and the virgin islands. reena and phillip, back to you. a new sign that vice president joe biden is

considering a white house run. over the weekend, he met with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, a popular liberal voice among democrats. so far, she's refused to endorse any candidate. president obama picking up key support for the iran nuclear deal. harry reid has thrown his full support behind the deal. the nevada senator says it's the best path to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. it will -- congress tet seth to vote on the deal by mid september. the iran deal one of many things facing the president as he returns from vacation. today hrks e flied to nevada where he'll be a keynote speaker at a conference on are you knewable energy. later this week, he'll be in new orleans.

hundreds lined out outside a tiny church in georgia to hear former president jimmy carter deliver a sunday school lesson. he spent little time talking about his cancer diagnosis. he focussed on his lesson for the week, love. hi and his wife married nearly 70 years ago. he's thought at this church for more than 30 years. >> why don't you tell me what state you're from. >> d.c. >> d.c. i used to live there. >> he told the audience he may be finished with radiation. he says he'll now be treated with iv medications. great spirit. still ahead, faulty phones. apple announcing a recall. plus, air show tragedy. a plane crashing on a busy highway in front of a crowd. and more fallout in the ashley madison hack. a state attorney now forced to apologize after his name

surfaces in the data dump. authorities are trying to determine what caused an explosion at this u.s. army depot in japan. the massive blaze lit up the night sky. so far, no injuries reported. japanese emergency responders joined base firefighters to fight the fire. nearly 600 people work what the depot. today is the one-year anniversary of the napa earthquake earthquake. buildings qur dajd, chimneys. and road ways were buckled. the largest earthquake to hit

the area in 20 years. today's celebration, napa strong. now to apple news. they're recalling some iphone 6 pluses because of a defective camera. a flaw may cause the camera to take blurry photos. the recall applies to phones sold between september 2014 and january 2015. issues have been reported with the phones since last fall. apple will replace them for free. straight outta compton remained in the top spot. it took in nearly $27 million. mission impossible took in ll $12 million. when we come back, an indy car driver in a coma. small survivor. an update on this little girl attacked by a shark. why she's ready to get back in

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maine. wet roads along the gulf coast and in parts of the southwest and the rockies. breaking news overnight. that air show tragedy in britain. >> at least 11 people have died after a military jet taking part in a show crashed on a busy main road. that death toll could reach 20. the plane plummeting after making a loop maneuver. fireball. the pilot survived. he's in critical condition. an indy car drive sir tilgting for his life this morning after being struck by a piece of debris in a race in pennsylvania. debris from another car's crash hit driver justin wilson in the head. he was air lifted to a hospital. right now, he's in a coma in critical condition. two iowa men appear in court later today, accused of threatening the pokemon championship in boston.

they made the threat last week on social media. the men were barred from entering the event. police then searched their car and found a cache of weapons. more fallout from the cyber attack on the cheating website ashley madison. two canadian law firms filed a class-action suit against the website. former users are angry that their information was not protected. some paid extra fees to make sure their data was removed. a top prosecutor in florida says he was a member of the site. jeff ashton gained national attention when he was part of the casey anthony case. he says joining was a stupid decision but he did nothing criminal.

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