making news in america this morning, a party in turmoil. donald trump at war with other powerful republicans refusing to endorse paul ryan and john mccain in their upcoming primaries plus an influential gop donor throwing her support behind hillary clinton. we're live in washington. aerial assault in the zika battle. pesticides sprayed from planes starting today as a new case surfaces in florida. caught on camera. police officers fighting with a man when a stranger takes down the suspect. and catch of a lifetime. three fishermen reeling in a beast off the beach, a beach

good wednesday morning, i'm linzie janis. >> and i'm nick watt. we begin with the divided gop. the rift wider as donald trump turns his back on two of the country's most powerful republicans. >> trump is withholding support from house speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain as they run for re-election. another prominent republican is crossing party lines to vote for hillary clinton. and trump is getng from president obama. let's get the latest from abc's maggie rulli live in washington. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, nick and linzie. donald trump is not playing the party game, refusing to back some of the main republican, all of this adding to the growing divide within the republican party. donald trump battling with members of his own party this morning refusing to endorse speaker paul rye enand longtime

upcoming primaries even though they're supporting him. >> never been a big fan of john mccain. >> reporter: trump criticized mccain's capture in vietnam and this comes at a time when his relationship with military families is already on the rocks. after his public battle with the family of a muslim-american soldier who died fighting in iraq and a "new york times" report revealing his five military deferments and then this happened. >> a man came up to me and he handed >> reporter: the retired lieutenant colonel giving trump his purple heart as a show of support. >> i said, man, that's like -- that's like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart, this was much easier. >> reporter: many top republicans continue to distance themselves from their nominee and now former silicon valley executive and major gop fund-raiser meg whitman is taking her anti-trump stance one step further saying she's decided to support hillary

trump this november. president obama also jumping into the fray. >> i think the republican nominee is unfit. i think i was right in mitt romney and john mccain were wrong on certain policy issues but i never thought that they couldn't do the job. >> reporter: and now the first republican in congress retiring congressman richard anna of new york has said he will support hillary clinton over donald trum linzie. >> maggie rulli, maggie rulli live in washington. thanks very much. now to another moment from donald trump's rally in virginia. trump is known for humiliating and kicking out protesters who interrupt his speeches. this time he attempted to give a detractor a break but quickly changed his mind. ? >> don't worry about that baby. i love babies.

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>> someone is mooing in my ear. i'm still being mocked in my ear about this cow thing. no one is taking me seriously. >> i'm the bear attack correspondent. i know what animal i'm afraid of. all right. coming up, the terrifying moments faced by a paraglider in florida. >> the split-second decision he made to save himself and what he says really saved his life. and just as she is set to take on the competition at the summer games in rio, wow, shaming critics and she appears on the cover of "self" magazine and offers her take on twerking. we'll teach nick how to twerk. get ready for this. >> that's in "the skinny" ahead. first here's a look at today's forecast. >> world news now weather brought to you by colonial pen life insurance. brought to you by colonial pen

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the split-second decision to jump for his life. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: damien leroy is no stranger to extreme sports. this shows the line between thrill seeking and death defying. while paragliding over south florida beaches last month, disaster struck. he starts to spin out of control. his lines get tangled up, and he can't undo them. his only option is to jump more than 150 feet. >> he jumped. he jumped into the mangroves. >> it was just a feeling that just said there's super soft bush right there. you should jump. and so i jumped. and right or wrong, it was the best decision i've ever made. >> reporter: leroy suffered a broken back, femur, pelvis, three broken ribs and a punctured lung and says it's a

paramedics and the doctors and nurses and prayers and love from all around the world was just like another level. >> reporter: he says love is what saved him. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> ouch. >> love saved him? something saved him. that -- >> you're speechless. when we come back, just like a bad penny, the evil chad has popped up once again, acting as obnoxious as ever. >> and serena williams takes on another magazine cover and twerking. "the skinny" is next. sill wawi another magazine cover and twerking, next. meatball on white! next! you want mustard on that or not! come on, come on. i haven't got all day here! it doesn't come with peppers! they're extra! hurry up.pay the lady! next! the chicken's fresh. i killed it myself. so that's what you want? next! while we're still young!

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? skinny co-skinny ? time now for "the skinny." and topping our headlines this morning, he's back. and he's acting even more obnoxious than ever. who are we talking about? >> chad johnson, of course, the lascivious lothario that came to an early end on this past season of the bachelorette. >> last night "bachelor in paradise" season three premiered. hooking up with and discarding each other in an almost dizzying reaction. >> despite the expected booze si

the season premiere after his most drunken shockingly offensive behavior. >> wait a second. he's kicked off? this is a spoiler for me. i haven't watched yet. the climax was when he announced he would, quote, murder everyone here, kill your children and murder your family. maybe he should be kicked off for that. >> yeah. justice came after chad passed out drunk. there he is, lovely, on the pool deck and woke up to realize he had soiled his trousers. >> yeah, that's what nick just said. soiled his trousers. that's awesome. >> there was a crab near his head. >> there was a crab near his head? that's the least of his worries. that's the least of his worries. >> that's our "bachelorette" analyst. next, she says she loves her body and wouldn't change a thing about it. >> we're talking about the world's number one ranked women's tennis champ. she's gracing the cover of

olympic games in rio where she's set up to team up with her sister for the doubles competition. serena williams even took time out during the shoot to share her tutorial on "wait for it -- twerking. >> everyone should at some point do the twerk. how to twerk. squeeze. >> hang on. >> hands on your knees. >> hands on your knees. >> slowly slide and >> and twerk, and twerk. >> it's all happening below the desk here. keeping it clean. >> i like this move. can you do that one? >> no, no, no, i can't do that. >> one of our producers who shall remain nameless said she didn't think serena was a particularly good twerker. >> i heard that. i didn't think we would say that on heart. >> all that booty for nothing. >> i think she's pretty good. i think she's pretty good. as far as her body image --

>> she tells the magazine she's not asking people to like her body, but let me be me. fair enough. because she is going to influence a girl who doesn't look like her and she wants her to feel good about herself. >> she looks fabulous, and i'm going to be doing the tutorial later on in my office. i'm going to get this down. next to an actor who says he's not getting enough love. >> zac efron they'll britain's "sunday times" he's struggling to find a girlfriend and he blames it on his celebrity. boo-hoo, zac. the difficulty of carving out a dating life in hollywood. he's claiming he's too hot to trot. >> he is, i think. ephron even admitted that no one had swiped him on twitter. >> tinder, tinder, tinder. >> sorry. >> yeah. >> tinder because he says they saw his photo and thought it was fake. i guess i would too. >> that could be an explanation. the 28-year-old is newly single after splitting with his girlfriend after two years of dating.

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randy: good morning, it's wednesday, august 3. i'm randy price. emily: i'm emily riemer. stories we're following on the eyeopener right now, police are on alert in billerica after two armed robberies. the evidence they're using to track down the suspect. randy: donald trump taking a hit from his own party. how he's fighting back. and the surprising support for his rival this morning. emily: a first for boston. the marijuana facility opening today and the concern coming with it. randy: good morning, cindy. a little cool out there this morning. cindy: you got it. quite a difference from the past few mornings. 64 degrees in town, the wind is light and we have some fog we are watching. reduced visibility on the north shore, beverly at a quarter mile, the same out toward orange.