snow. good morning, america. breaking this morning, ebola emergency. one of two americans infected with this feared and deadly virus is landing back in the u.s. the extreme high-tech measures doctors are taking as they tackle this, the first case of ebola on american soil. also breaking overnight, severe storms. >> oh, my god. >> heavy flooding across parts of the country strands cars on the highway and floods parking garages. while damaging hail pounds the midwest. where the wild weather is headed next. a major ruling in a shocking case. what we are learning now about the 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing her friend in order to please a fictional internet character called slenderman.

experts now say she believes she can talk to characters from harry potter. catchy katy, the singer releases the newest video from her chart topping album gone viral in an instant and even the president is calling himself a fan. ♪ this is how we do it yeah ♪ we do it like that hey, good morning, everybody. as that american ebola victim prepares to land on u.s. soil we want to take you inside the plane carrying the patient out of africa en route to atlanta for treatment. >> this is called an aero biological contasystem. it can house a sick patient along with medical personnel on a modified gulf stream plane. >> taking extraordinary

precautions and abc's dr. richard besser who has reported extensively from the ebola hot zone is right there at the hospital in atlanta where the victims will be treated. rich, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan. when i worked at cdc, i was involved in the development of those special pods. they were designed to be able to transport safely a person infected with the most deadly germs. jetting away from liberia where ebola is deemed out of control one of two missionaries either nancy writebol or dr. kent brantly is on their way back to america today. they're being airlifted one at a time in a specially designed gulf stream jet enclosed in an isolation tent like this protecting the crew from the deadly virus. it's more than 5,000 miles from liberia to the united states. they're going to land in a secure area dobbins air force base here in georgia. then transferred to nearby emory university hospital. one of just four top level bio containment units in the

country. >> we run through these drills before. the process will work. >> reporter: their secure unit is similar to this at the university of nebraska. this is a drill to show how this bio containment unit can transport a person in a tented gurney called an ice sopod. >> you can examine them by using these gloves. >> reporter: the missionary workers will be treated in this room. each patient will be tended by two trained nurses and four infectious disease experts all wearing full body bio suits not one inch exposed. >> we'll maintain the safety of this hospital as well as the general public. >> reporter: one patient, dr. brantley talked to his family on friday. >> i know he was feeling a little bit better and i'm worried about him. you know, i am, but he'll be okay regardless. >> and while the focus here in atlanta is on the arrival of those patients the world's attention is on the resources

and efforts that are going to be needed to stop that virus in west africa. dan. >> rich, thank you so let's pick up and head over to the hot zone, west africa, the epicenter of what is believed to be the world's worst ebola outbreak. there is widespread fear. soldiers as you can see out on the street and entire areas being sealed off entirely and abc's bazi kanani is covering that angle from our washington bureau this morning. bazi, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. i spoke with a government official in liberia who called the situation there dire. and the world health organization warns that if this outbreak is not contained soon, the outcome could be catastrophic. soldiers on the street to prevent panic. disinfectants sprayed in public places and schools closed. >> i hereby proclaim a state of public emergency. >> reporter: a drastic response this morning to the ebola outbreak in west africa called out of control by aid agencies. overall more than 700 dead in

liberia, guinea and sierra leone and after a recent surge in cases, doctors without borders says they are overwhelmed. >> look people in the eye, you can see they are scared. it's horrible. >> reporter: that fear part of the problem in rural areas where many sick people are refusing to undergo isolation further spreading the disease and health care workers in that strange-looking protective gear have been assaulted by grieving angry villagers. the presidents of the affected countries at an emergency meeting friday to strategize agreed to send troops to enforce quarantines. meanwhile, peace corps volunteers rushed to airports to return home pulled out of the region for their safety. while others are going in, the cdc sending another 50 disease specialists to the outbreak zone. there are so few medical doctors in the region, the red cross is actually reaching out to traditional healers, witch doctors informing them about ebola and then asking them to

share that vital information with the public. the world health organization is now launching a $100 million response. bianna. >> such a frightening story. the worst ebola outbreak ever. we switch gears and turn to the storms hitting the country. lots of places cleaning up from a waterlogged mess while other spots are seeing their share of dangerous hail. abc's marci gonzalez is here with more. good morning, marci. >> good morning. this one well beyond summer showers so many are used to. parts of virginia got as much as 2 inches an hour and in some places it is still coming down. overnight, seven states battling severe storms. heavy rains, winds and flooding from rochester, new york. >> broken tree. it was a broken swing. >> reporter: to new jersey. submerging this parking lot. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: leaving this park underwater. the rain and wind sent this tree crashing into a charlotte, north carolina, home while in georgia, driver has to turn back, the

streets overcome by rushing waters. farther west a hailstorm pummeling west lafayette, indiana. dropping more than 5 inches of rain there. this driver struggling to make his way through the downpour in wisconsin and even more trouble on the roads in houston, texas. rainwater surging around this car trapping it. people living in this nearby apartment complex aren't going anywhere either of the cars parked inside this parking garage there destroyed by flooding. >> probably several hundred thousand dollars worth of damage in there. >> i might have to look at a new car here. >> and it continues a second day of flooding expected today. >> raining here in new york, as well. marci, thank you. >> we'll get back to summer soon at some point. marci, thank you. thousand to a striking new view of the crisis on our southern border this morning. congress may have left town for summer vacation after failing to address the influx of mooig

gra migrants but the women and children keep coming and jim avila is on the front lines along the rio grande. >> reporter: august is not vacation month on the rio grand. during the next 38 days while congress is on vacation, an estimated 5700 unaccompanied minors will cross the border illegally, 155 a day. and louise rodriguez of the border patrol will be working to stop them. >> we've been looking for points on the mexican side. >> reporter: he is on a boat patrol with his partner cesar. >> especially the traffic that doesn't want to be caught. the traffic that wants to be caught we can't deter them. >> reporter: like this raft filled with 16 people. mostly moms and kids and unaccompanied children from central america. these are the refugees who don't run from the border patrol. they run to them. children like this 7-year-old who crossed with a slightly older brother and this 17-year-old girl who tells the

agent she came to escape the violence. >> the violence over there? doesn't allow us to go to school. that's why we're coming over here. >> reporter: they may not be running but it still takes manpower to round them up. 200 more agents move to the rio grande sector last month and two new airboats were added this week. the border patrol hoped to pay for them with more money from congress. money that isn't coming any time soon. sad says luis because the surge was working. what do you see? >> we're typing less rafts. the groups that come across and look for us so the numbers have gone down recently. >> reporter: do you think that's because the message is getting across. >> we don't know about the message getting across. i think it's because the more patrols are out here. >> reporter: because on the rio grande unlike in washington there is no summer vacation. for "good morning america," jim avila, abc news, mcallen, texas. >> okay, so with congress on vacation and the crisis raging

on, what's next? let's go to the capitol and abc news senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. so, jeff, is everybody really gone there and is the president now likely to act alone? >> reporter: good morning, dan. yes, it is a ghost town up here but it's a dysfunctional ghost town at that. congress unwilling or unable to reach a compromise left town so that really leaves this in the hands of president obama and the white house and the white house is preparing to take a series of executive actions on immigration perhaps as early in the coming weeks certainly by the end of the summer. one senior administration official tells me this morning what they're really focusing on is all these young mike grants like we saw in jim's report. the president could sign some type of order to let them stay and considering much more perhaps allowing work perpendiculars for some of those 11 million undocumented workers to stay in the country, as well. now, this is going to be politically very explosive coming in the middle of the midterm election year. congress is already accusing the

white house of overstepping its authority but since they've left the white house, not many options here, so the president as we heard him sayed is going to take action on his own. we'll see what that is in the coming weeks. >> this congress, the 113th may go down in history as the least productive. i know we're coming up on mid-terps and that can make things grind to a halt but what's going on here? >> reporter: it is the least productive, i can tell you, i've been covering capitol hill for who are than a decade and the least productive we've seen in a long time. what's really going on, both sides are back into their corners, republicans are trying to win control of the senate. so that has democrats locked up. republicans are trying to pick up six seats to win control of the senate and that means that so much dysfunction up here because no one wants to get anything done. it's all about the campaign politic, at least for the next three months. >> dysfunction, the operative word at least for the foreseeable future. jeff zeleny, thank you for your reporting this morning. >> thanks. >> so complicated when you hear

from these little children that they can't even go to school in their home countries. >> real lives on the line. meantime, we turn to ron with the rest of the morning's top stories. good morning, ron. >> hey, hi there, bianna and dan. sara smile, my nickname for her. we begin in the world of sports. a devastating injury or one of the nba's biggest stars. paul george goes to defend a layup. a fast break layup ends up smashing into the backboard. very nasty, gruesome. the post, ended up snapping his right leg in a 90-degree angle. it happened during a scrimmage game for team usa. the coach mike krzyzewski says the league and players are coming together behind george. >> to me in moments like this, family or brotherhood shows it's hard, it shows it's tough. >> really nasty injury. he jupts went successful leg

surgery and likely to miss all of the upcoming season. overseas to the conflict in the middle east. overnight, a new round of bombings taking aim at 200 targets in gaza. this as the idf searches for an israeli soldier they believe was kidnapp kidnapped. he may have been killed it a clash with its fighters and comes as the senate approved a $225 million package to repleni replenish!'s missile defense, primarily the iron dome. the controversial death of a new york city man allegedly has now been ruled a homicide. autopsy results reveal that eric garner died as a result of a police choke hold and compression of the chest, quote, during physical restraint by police. caught on video. a police union planes him for resisting arrest. no charges have been filed against any of those officers so far. in china, 65 people have been killed in more than 100 others seriously burned at an explosion at a factory that

makes auto parts for general motors. two plant executives have been detained in connection with that blast. and finally, an unbearably cute rescue coming up, a little tip-off. watch as this bear patrolling a pond at the bute pest hungary zoo sees a crow who is drowning, the perfect opportunity. the bear instead turns to a heartwarming rescue and uses his big paw to get the crow out, goes back to eating his lunch. the bear does. even the bird seems to be in a bit of disbelief. >> to apply a little anthropomorphsis. >> i believe that is using human emotions and projecting -- >> yes. yay. >> my google works fast. >> interesting.

ron claiborne, thank you, yes, i'm a huge showoff. moving on now to a big new development in a strange and bizarre case of two preteen girls accused of luring a friend into the woods and trying to kill her. stabbing her 19 times, in fact, all apparently to show their dedication to a fictional online horror character named slenderman and abc's linzie janis is here with the latest. linzie, good morning. >> a judge ruled one of the two being charged with first degree intentional homicide is not competent to stand trial. his ruling based on the testimony of two mental health expert who's valuated her. this morning, 12-year-old morgan geyser is set to move to a mental health facility after a wisconsin judge found she isn't mentally fit to defend attempted murder charges. geyser anissa weier in court being charged as adults friday. the two accused of stabbing a friend 19 times in order to

please a fictional online character known as slenderman. two mental health experts saying they believe geyser's incompete incompetent. one doctor said she says she speaks with voldemort from harry potter. >> she was not hysterical in anything that would be relevant. >> he believes geyser is unable to help her attorneys in her defense. >> she doesn't really care what happens to her prison sentence because of this power she believes she has with vulcan mind control. >> she will return to court for a competency hearing in november. >> not sure if things will change in 90 days. even under extreme therapy and providing drugs to her. within a year you can see a dramatic developmental change in somebody who's deemed incompetent. >> reporter: neither girl has entered a plea. their victim whose identity is protected is now recovering at

home after surviving the attack. >> the family and this little girl have such a strong, positive disposition, they believe every day is better than the last. >> reporter: a judge refused to turn over hard copies of geyser's mental health evaluation to anissa weier's attorneys. so far we're attorneys have not raised the issue of her competence to stand trial. both girls' legal teams are trying to move from adult to juvenile court. if convicted as adults they could face up to 60 years or more. and in a juvenile court about 25. till they're about 25 years old. >> such a disturbing story. let's bring in criminal defense attorney, ada posa. talk to us about the difference about not being mentally competent and insane. >> mentally incompetent means at this point she is unable to assist in her defense and unable to act appropriately in court. she is unable to understand the severity of the charges against her. what happen is a judge committed

herrera and now trying to restore her to competency so they'll re-evaluate her every three months to see if she understand the severity of the charges and assist in her defense. and at that point if she is restored to competency she'll come back to court and face the charges and that's where we'll see the judge saying -- the defense attorney saying, okay, now she's competent but she wasn't guilty at the time for reason of insanity. >> the defense, what they're hoping for and something else, she'll be charged as a juvenile and not as an adult. what's the likelihood of that. >> i think it's very unlikely. in wisconsin the law is if you are 10 years old or over and charged with a crime that serious as attempted first degree murder in this case you're automatically considered to be an adult as far as the courts are earn canned meaning your original jurisdiction is in the adult court. these defense lawyers have to convince this judge that not only is she not going to be able to get the treatment she needs in juvenile court but that sending her back to juvenile court would not in any way

diminish the severity of these charges and by sending her there it will serve as a deterrent to others in the same situation. given the severe weather of these charges and 19 times this little girl was stabbed and it was a friend and all the other horrendous facts i highly doubt the judge will do sdma. >> gruesome story and uphill battle for the defense. great to have you come in. thank you so much. >> we appreciate your analysis. let's check the forecast. erika martine from wtnh is here visiting this morning. you are tracking tropical storm bertha. >> that's right, dan and bianna, we do have the update as far as tropical storm bertha. now it is taking an interesting path. it isn't very strong right now but as we put this into motion, we can see it is developing in the eastern caribbean. moving to puerto rico, dominican republic and the bahamas and veer northwestward and become a category 1 hurricane within the next couple of days. we don't see any concern as far

as making this landfall and that's because we do have the stationary boundary that will keep bertha well offshore. however, locally a lot of rain in the forecast for the next couple of hours. i say the next 36 hours it looks like a lot of rain. we could see 2 to 4 inches locally. now, out in the southwest, we're also seeing plenty of rain, heavy downpours for some towns, especially likely for new mexico and, of course, that was your nation of raind some periods overnight and we cutesy some showers along the coastline later toy. a strong frontal boundary as to the south and it's not goining anywhere this weekd. wewe are getting a nice plume of moisture moving into the area. temperatures will be cool although iis on the humid side but temperaturures will only ben the upper

>> bianna and dan, back to you. >> erika, great to have you here. big and happy news involving a key member of our "gma" family. you know michael strahan from "gma" and "live with kelly and michael." before his illustrious tv career he was a powerhouse pro football player, 15 years for the new york giants. >> like a mini dan. later he will receive the highest of honors for his gridiron accomplishments and sara is here with this fabulous story. who doesn't love michael strahan? >> seriously. if you met him, you love him even more. i like to start with. the man, the myth, the legend, michael is a guy described around here, lovable and modest with a larger than life personality but with all that sunshine and rainbows, it's easy to forget he was a beast on the football field? only man that can fill the shoes of regis philbin. >> reporter: a game changer on and off the feel, this morning, just moments away from football

immortality. as the new york giants' star defensive end michael strahan knew the playbook inside out. but he certainly didn't just play by the book. quarterback killer, single season sack record breaker. >> michael strahan gets the record. >> reporter: super bowl champ all in 15 epic seasons and now pro football hall of fame inductee. >> michael strahan! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: accepting a super special shiny gold jacket overnight. >> everyone is like don't cry. trust me, i'm not going to try to cry. >> reporter: he may have been tough to crack on the field, but it's his reaction to his trub bit thursday is any indication is there i'm not going to cry. >> i can't guarantee he won't shed a few tears. >> you have a great face for scul sculpting. >> reporter: a bronze bust showing off his most iconic game

face. the gap-tooth grin. >> i think i want mine to be smiling. >> reporter: will he get his wish? stay tuned for the big reveal tonight. >> i'll predict there will be tears. that man is so sincere and heart felt when he opens his mouth. one of those moments we can all forgive him for a few tears. >> we love that gap-toothed smile is phenomenal. >> dan has a man crush on him. >> he totally -- >> i want him to put me in his pocket and take me. >> you want to be him when you grow up. >> i do. i do. they're telling us to move on to commercial so coming up here on "gma," the surprise twist. police making an arrest in a deadly home invasion. neighbors shocked by ho is called a killer here. plus, a top golfer says he'll take a leave from the links for the rest of the season. so why does justin's career appear to be crumbling around him. ♪ we've been waiting all summer, just to get back in the kitchen

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neighbor. police found a couple tied up in their home in texas, the husband was stabbed to death. >> investigators spent a year and a half searching for the killer. but now it turns out their suspect was right under their nose. abc's gloria riviera is here with more. good morning. >> good morning, dan, bianna. this case did not sit well with investigators from the start. a break-in but nothing stolen. a couple found one dead one alive with no explanation from the survivor. now they think they know why. >> we've been scared for quite a while. >> reporter: it is a shocking twist to a murder that shook this houston neighborhood almost two years ago. 54-year-old sandra millgar originally believe be to a victim. her husband killed. she's been charged with his murder. it was christmas eve 201, sandra and jamie planning to celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary. relatives on their way to that

celebration discovered the couple tied up in separate closets. jamie fatally wounded. >> she says they were in the bathroom together. her and her husband and that sometime she blacked out and next thing she remembers is waking up in 9 closet tied up. >> but it was all an elaborate lie. documents alleging service sandra who stabbed jamie with a knife. >> is seemed strange with how it came down with them being tied up and just one person being killed. >> reporter: it's not clear what information led authorities to arrest melgar but some in this community already feel better knowing it might not have been a random break-in with deadly consequences. >> i'm relieved to know it's not random -- not a home invasion. >> reporter: sandra posted out of jail on a $50,000 bail and is due in court in a few weeks. the melgars were described as a model communiuple.

the community eagle story hear on what her motive might have been. august 14th it'll happen. >> i remember covering that story. great to see you on set. >> thank you. now let's get an update of the morning's other top stories from ron. good morning, everyone. in the news we begin with one of the americans stricken with ebola heading back to the u.s. one of two stricken americans, either nancy writebol, a missionary or dr. kent brantly will be treated next at emory university hospital in georgia. this as panic spreads in west africa at the center, the e epicenter of that outbreak. overnight seven states battling storm, heavy rain, winds and flooding up and down the eastern seaboard and further west a hailstorm pummeled indiana dropping more than 5 inches of rain. two american tourists being held in north korea are pleading, pleading for help from the u.s. to secure their release. matthew miller and jeffrey foul who made their plea on video are expected to go on charges of committing hostile acts against the state. and a third then missionary

kenneth bae is serving 15 years hard labor on the same charges. finally, meet nema, the canine candidate from washington state when wattkim county prosecutor was running opposed. his owner wanted to prove a point. nyima to run if there are enough signatures. >> he looks trustworthy. >> you know he'll get some votes. >> we'll start the petition here. >> honest looking dog. >> hard working. >> weird. >> and that. >> we love him. >> ron always sizes up the morning. thank you once again ron. time for the weather and erika martin. would you vote for him. >> i totally would. he's so adorable. i'm sure he'll do a great job, as well. locally we're seeing the eastern seaboard getting pounded with

lots of rain. there is that stationary bound dry i was talking about earlier. notice the oranges and the yellows, that's telling us we're seeing heavier downpours for the next couple of hours so that's going to be the story. unfortunately a soggy saturday in the forecast. we do have a live shot rover atlantic city and conditions, well, not looking that ideal, we have, of course, a lot of fog developing and, again, it's just going to be dreary for today. much of tomorrow. on the west coast, however, we're seeing a fire weather safety and danger conditions are very dry so, of course, we're looking for some rain there. the best place to be in the united states probably in the midwest because temperatures really comfortable and conditions ideal. >> temperatures today will only top out in the upper 70's. periods of f rain and drizzle bt we will moree more drive and

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one of the biggest names in golf send out a zinger to his fan. >> really surprising just days after pulling ow of his latest tournament dustin johnson says he's seeking help for what he is calling personal challenges and ron is here with more on the shocking story. >> yeah, bianna, really a shock to the world of sports and golf in particular. 30-year-old dustin johnson walking away from the middle of one of his best years of his career with the last major of the year, the pga championship

coming up next week. would have been one of the favorites and it has a lot of people wondering why. >> dustin johnson. >> he's at the height of his professional golf career. winner of the 2013 world golf championship, tying for fourth at the u.s. open in june. engaged to the daughter of hockey great wayne gretzky but this morning dustin johnson is walking off the court. >> the sky's the limit in terms of his golf game and, you know, now he's not going to be playing there. >> reporter: in a statement thursday he announced "i am taking a leave of absence from professional golf effective immediately. i will use this time to seek professional help for permanent challenges i have faced." that statement causing an uproar on and off the green. the big question, why would one of the top 20 golfers in the world step away right before the prestigious ryder cup and the pga championship? >> there's a lot of golf he's going to miss and you don't necessarily pick right back up.

>> reporter: an article publi published citing an unnamed source said johnson had failed his third drug test in five years resulting in a six-month suspension. the professional golf association denying the claims telling abc news johnson was not suspended at all calling his leave of absence voluntary and when asked about drug use, johnson's manager flatly denied those accusations. this isn't the first time johnson has stepped away from the sport, in 2012 he announced on twitter that he would be missing the masters tournament. he was then out the next two months due to a back injury. as to speculation that his decision to leave the tour may have been prompted by the breakup of his engagement to paulina gretzky, johnson's agent told abc news the couple is happy adding, we live in a world of assumptions, speculation and innuendo and it's rarely accurate. and johnson is long had a reputation as a hard partying bad boy of golf but how much is it rampant speculation and how

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♪ the irrepressible, unstoppable sara haines with "pop news." take it away. >> thank you very much, dan. that was lovely. first up, better put on sunglasses because avril lavigne's new diamond ring is absolutely blinding. take a look at this. whopping 17 carat, count them all from her husband chad kroger for their one-year wedding anniversary and where do you go after that? >> is he a billion mare. >> he's not anymore. after ville tweeted this photo saying, wow, i love my hub by. wow, indeed. but now looks like she might be regretting that not so humble brag and removed it from twitter

and facebook. either regret for the weight of that ring on her finger caused her to accidentally hit the delete button. >> kim kardashian, you think? >> who am i? where do you go from there? you got to build up. start small, chad. >> the paper anniversary will be tough after that. one of dan's favorites trending right now, katy perry's brand-new video "this is how we do" receiving 4 million views since it landed on youtube friday. ♪ >> basically 24 hours. >> can you believe it? note this is how we do ♪ >> in 4 hour. >> 3.5 million came from dan. >> most of those -- >> refresh, refresh. >> and possibly some of those may have come from barack obama. at a white house dinner thursday the president introduced katy perry before her performance remarking she is a wonderful person and one of his favorite singers and i think dan can confirm you said how amazing she is. >> yes, i went to see her a

couple of days ago, maybe ten days ago and was fantastic. >> aside from being a fan girl of her talent you said she was lovely. >> i think i'm a fan boy but -- >> i go et confused because it is katy perry and you were at her concert. >> ron will investigate. >> exactly. >> allegedly. nick jonas might be best known as a teen pop sensation but all of that is about to change. take a look at him now. he's starring as a prize winning fighter in a new show on directv called "kingdom" centering around a family that runs a mixed martial arts studio and trying to do as many fight scenes without stunt doubles as they can and apparently have the bruises to prove it. >> amazing transformation. >> low carb, i can assure you. finally i want to introduce you to butterfly. she's less than a week old and she's what's known as a geet. half goat, half sheep. it was a total surprise. they had no idea butternye's mom

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>> sorry if on the eve of my last day here i get this wonderful note from sara haines, i love my queen b and dan write, she's okay. >> pretty much sups it up. >> i'm going to miss my family. >> live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. it is 7:56 a.m. i am caroline tucker, taking a look at some of the stories topping the news in our region. an investigation is underway in alexandria after metro confirmed

a man was struck and killed by a metro train near the end of the blue line. no passengers were onboard the train and service has not been affected. prince george's county police are investigating the death of a in found with gunshot wounds greenbelt last night. the man was taken to the hospital last night. no word on his identity. now to your forecast. >> i have to tell you, we will continue to see on and off showers throughout the day. it is still muggy, but cooler. temperatures in d.c. -- 70 degrees. 60's across the board. lower-80'so throughout the day. we will add some isolated showers and maybe a little

drizzle. banff --wake up to damp asphalt. stationary flight to the south ,f us is creating the showers unfortunately all the way through the weekend. we will hold onto the cloud cover and the chance of rain showers. it does not look likely will dry out until tuesday, unfortunately. >> thank you.

>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide insurance. >> hello, everyone. i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." today we're going island hopping, from the florida keys... >> if she comes to you, just let her bite you. don't drop her. [laughs] >> to the pacific northwest... to see a bear, you gotta act like a bear. >> all the way to fiji. >> someone is sneaking on the side. >> he's like a little cartoon character. >> and later, one of my spiciest bloopers ever. whew. sue, this is like acid. so staye