making news in america this morning, donald trump lays out his immigration reform plan overnight giving his supporters exactly what they wanted. >> and mexico will pay for the wall. 100%. >> but now there's some confusion about wha mexico's president said to each other just hours earlier about paying for the wall. the clinton campaign is now accusing trump of failing his first foreign test. developing now bracing for severe storms. what's now tropical storm hermine spinning in the gulf with florida in its sights. hours away from it making landfall while in the pacific some relief in hawaii but the threat there isn't over yet. in health news a possible alzheimer's breakthrough comes in the form of a new drug.

a drug bust following a month's long adventure on the high seas. a pair of travelers accused of carrying a stash, huge stash, $22 million. illegal drugs halfway around the world. and good thursday morning to you all. i'm diana macedo. >> and i'm devin dwyer. he awaited speech saying there will be no amnesty and renewed a promise to build a wall and saying mexico will pay for it but just hours earlier in mexico trump said he didn't discuss payment with mexican president pena nieto and the mexican president said he did discuss it and said he won't pay for it. >> clinton mocking trump in his last-minute trip calling him the

trump has shrunk to two percentage points when the last two candidates are included in the point. >> kenneth moton joins us from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it was certainly a he said/he said case after donald trump met with mexico's president but overnight trump worked to clear up some of that loss in translation by delivering a forceful speech on imat signature campaign promise. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border and mexico will pay for the wall, hear me. >> reporter: in phoenix it was back to the core and tough immigration stance. >> day one my first hour in office those people are gone. zero tolerance for criminal aliens, zero. zero.

>> reporter: trump adamant to show he's not shifting but just hours before that typically tough talking trump was much softer as he met with mexican president nieto who once compared trump to hitler. >> we did discuss the wall. we didn't discuss payment. >> he disputed that tweeting at the begin of the conversation with donald trump i made it clear that mexico will not pay for the wall. >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> reporter: the hillary clinton campaign released actually went to mexico, he choked. clinton took the stage in ohio to say trump is not a leader. >> takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours and then flying home again. that is not how it works. >> reporter: clinton treated trump failed his first foreign test. her campaign saying trump doubled down on his

and demonized immigrants. devin and diane. >> abc's kenneth moton in washington. thank you. mexican president pena nieto seems to be backfiring on him on the visit. he repeated his pledge to build a border wall and furious he didn't demand an apology from trump for his previous negative statements. some are even calling the meeting a national humiliation. florida and hawaii. >> that's right. tropical storm hermine is moving and heading for landfall in the florida panhandle later tonight. at that point it may be a weak hurricane. that means winds of 74 miles an hour or more. there are hurricane and storm warnings for three other states, as well, but florida is bearing the brunt of the storm right now. all over the state residents boarding up windows checking batteries and supplies securing anything that the winds might pick up. many schools will be closed

the governor of florida has declared a state of emergency for more than 40 counties. in the pacific hurricane madeline wakened before drenching parts of hawaii overnight. parts of the big island will still see as much as ten inches in 24 hours which means a risk of flooding and even mudslides. let's find out where these tropical storms are going. accuweather's justin povick joins us now with more on that. good morning, justin. >> diane, devin, thanks and good morning. another busy m we have tropical storm hermine increasing in speed. continues will continue to go downhill. more so at their worst later on this evening over the panhandle. flash flooding, rough surf and gusty winds which could be topping 60 to 70 miles per hour in gusts and concerned about a water level rise on top of the wave heights up to six feet. that's going to be a possibility. again, over the panhandle, so

concern. madeline continues to weaken. still a flooding threat to the big island of hawaii and have to watch out for hurricane lester down the road. diane, devin, back to you. >> thanks. in hawaii president obama arriving just ahead of the storm. last night he spoke to an environmental conference. today he'll make a rare presidential trip to midway atoll to visit the largest marine monument halfway to china for an economic summit. the u.s. and russia are debating over who killed isis leader abu mohammad al adnani. the russian defense ministry said a was 1 of 40 killed in syria by russian bomber on tuesday but a u.s. official calls that claim a joke. saying coalition forces targeted a in a strike. there's been violent unrest in brazil following the impeachment of president dilma reself.

a police suv. police responded with stun guns and tear gas. at least four arrested. fossils found in greenland could mean there was once life on mars. if confirmed the earliest fossils on earth, 3.7 billion years old. >> just a little while ago. at the time conditionses on earth and mars were similar so scientists say if life existed here it could have existed there. >> interesting stuff. coming up, new hope in the disease. an early trial of an experimental drug is showing promise. as millions of us spend more and more time staring at our phones it may not be as bad for us as we think. high seas travelers sitting in prison after months of high luxury travel taking selfies along the way. the allegations that have them in big trouble when we come

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passenger -- >> reporter: they boared a cruise ship starting in the uk visiting 11 countries until its final destination in sydney where police finally arrested them and a 63-year-old man. >> the seizure of these drugs has disrupted the supply of cocaine on the streets and beyond. >> reporter: gio benitez, new york. >> he will have much more on that arrest coming up later on "good morning america." disgraced congressman child protective services after he sent a lewd selfie with his young son right next to him. caseworkers showed up at weiner and hess estranged wife's apartment building on tuesday. next to a growing trend in public schools a district is considering a proposal that would remove the valedictorian award replacing it with a more inclusive system. schools in north carolina have done something similar.

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checking our top stories, donald trump laid out his immigration policy last night in arizona saying everyone who's entered the u.s. illegally will be subject to deportation and reiterated his promise to build a wall along the southern border. president obama visits the midway atoll where he recently expanded a marine reserve to make it the biggest in the world now on hawaii on his way to a summit in china this weekend. officials are tropical storm hermine could bring major flooding to florida's gulf coast. the storm surges make it as high as six feet and hermine could dump as much as ten inches of rain in some areas. showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for the entire i-95 corridor. it will be cooler than normal in the midwest. thunderstorms are likely in the southern plains and rockies. and if you're headed out for a morning jog and you're in davenport, iowa, you might notice a fellow runner with a yo-yo.

scott serel runs 10 to 20 mys a day while twirling it. it helps keep him focused. >> wondering why that lies in something else he carries, his seven-year sobriety medal from alcoholics anonymous and got over it by replacing it with a new addiction, to running and says with a yo-yo in the mix, it stimulates his senses even more and keeps him moving forward. >> good for him. we understand he's doing pretty well with the y without running. >> i might hit myself in the face. don't look for me in new york. what's the best birthday gift for a dad after years of ties, cologne and other gifts he probably doesn't need, probably intended to love anyway. >> a young woman in florida found a perfect gift. steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: 22-year-old gabby has a surprise for her stepfather. >> right over here.

birthday. while he's not his biological father, david married her mother and now the only man in the world she calls dad. >> come on. >> reporter: he is a bit of a joker. >> it's a pen. >> i got a pen! >> reporter: but it's not a pen or a watch or even a tie. for his birthday his adult stepdaughter is giving him adoption papers. legally making him the father he's always been. >> do you know what that is? >> am i adopting you don't have to. you could say no but i want you to adopt me. you've been my dad and legal papers don't change anything but i appreciate it. >> reporter: she says she couldn't do this when she was younger. her biological father said no but love lives long and strong and on friday in florida, gabby becomes gabby lind. >> you have no idea what that means to me. you have no idea. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> great story to end on.

am rated good morning, it's : thursday, september 1. i'm randy price. emily: i'm emily riemer. stories we're following on the eyeopener right now, a fiery speech from donald trump in arizona. >> zero tolerance for criminal aliens, zero, zero. emily: the new calls he's making on immigration, randy: a child shot in the face in abington. the tragedy police say was an accident. emily: a survivor of a deadly boston crash sharing her story. what she remembers about the collision that claimed her husband's life. randy: and we are tracking the tropics. right now people in florida are bracing for tropical storm hermine. it's gaining strength as it heads toward the coast. emily: and it'll likely have an impact here. let's get you over to cindy right now.