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good morning, america. breaking overnight. violent storms. tornadoes barreling through the west. ripping apart everything in sight. forming right before the eyes of drivers. >> my word. >> torrential rains washing out roads. cars pounded by hail. 30 million americans at risk of severe weather this weekend. our weather team tracking it all. as this is a broken bat grounder. back to the -- >> a fan at fenway park hit by a split bat. badly hurt in front of her family. the whole ballpark left stunned. >> there's a lot of concern. and it's legitimate. >> rushed to the hospital for treatment. the latest on her condition this morning. speaking out. the duggar sisters. what they're saying about being victims in their brother's
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molestation scandal. >> he was a boy. a young boy in puberty and a little too curious about girls. sfwland the outrage. what is bringing tears to their eyes. and edge of glory. american pharoah, the winner of the kentucky derby and the preakness. today, will he ride into the history books and take the triple crown with a win at belmont. why everyone is so hot on this horse. we're live at the track for all the action. hey, good morning, everybody. and there he is. we're looking at american pharoah looking straight into our camera the other day while he was -- i was there for this. he was being hosed down after a prerace workout. >> yes, they get hot. this morning, our resident racing fan, ron, is right there
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at belmont park just outside of new york city. a lot of people think this horse has a shot at becoming the first triple crown winner 37 xwreerps. >> you've heard that before. but you know it's been raining. pouring rain. it will be a sloppily track. that is racetrack expression for a soft muddy track. american pharoah can win in these conditions. similar conditions when he won three weeks ago. one more thing in favor of american pharoah. just possibly being the nec triple crowd winn winner. it's been a long time. >> much more from you coming up in the show. but, we lead with the extreme weather. 30 million americans in the cross hair this morning. >> look at this reported tornado in colorado. and there may be more twisters with this weather system on the move. >> we begin with neal karlinsky in colorado. neal good morning.
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>> reporter: dan, good morning. they're still cleaning up from the storms that blew through here the other day. look at this. the force of this. this was the garage. that's the entire front of the house that's gone. look at the bricks from the chimney just tossed down there. overnight, more severe weather blasted through the region again. overnight, a series of vicious storms tearing through nevada. hail pounding this driver outside of reno. >> yeah right there, that is golf-ball-sized hail. >> reporter: just moments before a confirmed ef-1 tornado touches down. >> my word! >> reporter: as he drives straight through. in colorado hail and high winds battering the state. and torrential rains washing out this denver interstate. stranding the drivers unable to push through the rising waters. reported tornadoes and violent bursts of lightning marking the third night of severe weatherer few residents still picking up
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the pieces after tornadoes touched down on thursday destroying homes. >> this is something like from hell. >> reporter: and this morning, denver police saying weather played a role in this sinkhole that swallowed a police car whole friday morning. in the ground. were you worried. >> oh, yeah i was freaked out about that. i didn't know if the car would sink more or if the water would get deeper. it started coming into the pa control car. >> reporter: he was a little banged up. otherwise doing just fine. no serious injuries reported from any of the weather that glue blew through here. a lot of close calls. >> thank you. rob is tracking the weather. denver get breaks. but the severe weather is on the move. >> now the weather pattern is going to shift things to the east. you see the storms out of the inner mountain west. the severe threat more toward
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nebraska and further to the east toward maybe st. louis, the southern part of chicago getting into cincinnati as well. these storms have a tremendous amount of rain with them as well. flash flood watches in kansas city. boy, you're going to get it again today. speaking of rain we're watching hurricane blanca which has reintense fied to a category 3 storm this mork. this and what's left of andres has been impacting the desert southwest. back to you. it was a horrifying scene at the baseball game at fenway park last night. a woman was struck by a large piece of a baseball bat and seriously injured. scary scene. >> absolutely. brett laurie, the player whose bat went flying into the stands telling reporters after the game he hopes that woman will be okay. this morning, boston police are calling her condition life-threatening. >> this is a broken bat
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grounder. bat goes flying into the seats. >> reporter: this morning, a fan fighting for her life after being hit in the face with a broken baseball bat. >> you could see the people going like this. you knew it was bad. >> reporter: fans watching in horror as the woman was struck by a shattered bat after oakland a's brett lowery took a swing. >> it was like a bullet coming in. i felt bad for her. it was awful. >> reporter: the game delayed as paramedics treat the woman. her husband watching while a police officer shields her young son's eyes from the situation and she's loaded on to a stretcher. >> they've brought a stretcher over into that direction. >> reporter: the announcers describe the scene. wailing heard over the stunned silence in the stadium. the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. >> first and foremost our thoughts and concern and certainly our prayers go out to the woman struck with the bat. her and her family.
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a scary moment, certainly. >> reporter: now, there is protective netting set up directly behind home plate. the woman was sitting in the second row, just outside of the protected area. >> aknow major league baseball did a lot to prevent the splintering of bats back in 2008. if you go to the game you have to -- heads-up. >> you never know what can happen. >> we're thinking about that family this morning. we're going to move on to the reaction to an abc news exclusive. the woman who accuses the former speaker of the u.s. house of representatives dennis hastert, of sexually abusing her brother. this is a fast-moving and spreading story. abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross is here with more. >> reporter: there's been no
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comment by hastert. he's due in court to be arraigned on tuesday. this morning, the former speaker of the house remains among the missing. not seen at his home in illinois or farm in wisconsin. or at his washington, d.c. apartment, since the federal grand jury indicted him ten days ago. >> had no inkling whatsoever. i was as shocked and displayed by thehe reports i read as anyone else. >> reporter: the indictment reports an individual "a" who received money from hastert to keep quite about sexual misconduct. a second victim a student equipment manager. a young man named steve reinboldt reinboldt, who hastert described as his grade right hand man. >> he has plenty of opportunities to be alone with
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steve. >> reporter: reinboldt's sister jolene says he revealed to it her. >> i asked him, stevie when was your first same-sex experience. he looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert. i just -- i know i was stunned. >> reporter: no doubt he was telling you that hastert had abused him sexually. >> oh yeah. >> so ordered. >> reporter: as hastert rose to power, reinboldt's sister said she kept hoping the dark secret would come out. >> i thought he would get away with it. >> reporter: she decided to go public in hopes that individual "a" and other possibly victims would know they're not alone. >> i feel vindicated and like stevie's vindicated. mr. hastert can't pull this -- the wool over everybody's eyes. finally the truth is coming out.
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>> reporter: reinboldt's sister jolene said neither he nor she ever asked hastert for money nor received any. the identity of individual "a" remains a mystery. it will certainly come out should the case go to trial. >> let me ask about miss reinboldt. has she been receiving reaction? >> reporter: she says she's been overwhelmed by a positive response from lots of friends. they were saying it was about time this came out. >> as we said this is a fast-moving and spreading scandal. we know you'll stay on top of it. we want to move now to horse racing history. the weeks of hype are over. and we'll know later today if the sport has its first triple crown winner since the late 1970s. american pharoah, the beloved and powerful colt needing to win the most demanding of the three races, the bellmont stakes.
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we check back in with ron. >> reporter: they call the belmont the test of champions. a mile and a half. three grueling races for 3-year-old thoroughbreds over a short period of weeks. can american pharoah join the group? we'll find out later today. this morning, american pharoah, one step, or rather a mile and half away from horse racing history. as a winner of the triple crown. a feat not accomplished in 37 years. >> i'm pretty confident because the horse is telling me that. he put on that show. they're not going to beat him. >> even with a misspelled name and a shortened tail american pharoah is not short on pedigree. his grand father winning the
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belmont. his father finishing second in 2009 at the kentucky derby. after his thrilling victory at churchill downs, american pharoah sloshing his way into fans' heart as he tore through the mud at the preakness in may. they prepare to watch him taken to track known as big sandy. the extra half mile this warting other horses attempts. the last to do it affirmed. >> afirmd comes to the wire. >> reporter: today is vicker to espinoda's third shot at the crown. >> third time i've been here. every time i think i can do it. >> reporter: his owners have already linked one of the sport's largest sponsorship deals. american pharoah's met worth is between $15 million and $20
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million. a huge payday for owners. >> afterwards he gets a lot of carrots. >> reporter: well the rain has stopped. it still should be a soft track, that, as we said earlier, favors american pharoah. we'll find out in half a day whether he's among one of the great horse. 37 years ago, i was here. a $2 win ticket on affirmed. the last one to win the triple crown. i'm going get a $2 win ticket for american pharoah and maybe hold on to that for the next 37 years. >> how much did you win on that ticket? >> reporter: it paid about 9 to 5, so about $3.80. more worthwhile as a souvenir. >> i'm sure you're a wealthy man, ron. thank you. we'll get back to you later in the show. we want to say that ron mentioned that to the horse a shortened tail. it was bitten by another horse,
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a jealous horse awhile back. i spoke to the owner. he said he resisted suggestions to give the horse some sort of hair weave. >> they wanted to put extensions. like somebody who doesn't have hair bald putting a, what do they call it, a toupe. but if you're bald you're bald. >> you're making me feel better about losing my hair. >> oh, look at me. >> dan, you're not losing your hair by the way. >> that means that the hairpiece is working. i appreciate that. >> you're fully coifed. >> if you need hair extensions let me know. >> you have a nice head of hair too. ryan it's great to have you in studio. ron is at the belmont stakes. >> good morning. good morning to you. we begin with yet another amtrak train collision. the train carrying more than 200 passengers and traveling from san antonio to chicago.
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that 18 wheeler hauling 17,000 pounds of bacon. luckily, no one was injured. now turning to the fight against isis. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has just landed at an undisclosed location central to the fight. this is the first time television cameras are getting a look inside the nerve center of the u.s. campaign to defeat the terror group. >> reporter: good morning, ryan. we're at an air base in the persian gulf region that is a remotely-piloted aircraft just behind me, or as we call them, drones. they can be armed with hellfire missiles. they're usually flying 24/7 in the fight against isis over syria and iraq. we'll be given exclusive access to the command center here in the region in that fight against isis. ryan? >> martha thank you. new details into the investigation of the mansion
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fire in washington, d.c. police reveal what they found in the car carrying daron wint when he was arrested. stashed in that car, two naive, cell phones money orders cash and clothing. the sharp objects could be key to this case. an autopsy revealed sharp force injuries contributed to the deaths a final farewell to beau biden. president obama will deliver the eulogy during today's funeral before heading to europe for the g-7 summit. beau biden died a week ago after a long battle with brain cancer. a quick-thinking california bus driver is being hailed a hero. tim watson spotted a 3-year-old boy and a suspect who allegedly snatched him in a library. the suspect was arrested. the boy was not harmed. and finally, a newly wed
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couple is flying high after a wild impromptu wedding in the sxips chaz and dean that were on their way to seattle to 'lope. when the staff thought, why not? why wait? with guests in their seats, and the flight attendant doubling as a flower girl, they winged it. the bride's veil and bowuquets were made out of available items. >> is this for real? a little too convenient. a saxophone? >> they did get hitched for real. let's show the pictures from their actual wedding. we'll see those later. this is a true wedding in the sky zblps as long as the honeymoon wasn't up in the air. on the ground. >> and carrying a saxophone on the plane. and later, we'll tell you about the honeymoon. in the skies. >> did you really go --
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>> a mile-high honeymoon. >> i didn't go there. >> okay. just for fcc reasons, we'll be moving along now. they did waive the luggage fees on the sax. continuing on now in the spirit of complete absurdity. a story about an allegedly poorly behaved cat allegedly terrorizing its owner. >> says the cat lover. the kitty scared the owners out of the house. this is not an isolated incident? >> this is for good reason. this cat had just had a litted litter of kittens. and maternal instinct was kicking in big time. >> 911, what's your emergency. >> hi, i have a problem in hi home. i cannot go inside my home. >> reporter: this early morning 911 call turned into a real cat-astrophe for this man. forced out of his home. >> he attacked me and skrachd me and bite me. >> reporter: he tells the
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dispatcher his cat came clawing at he and his wive. >> we cannot go into the home for three or four hours. >> reporter: they're not alone. >> i mean my husband we're ripped up. >> reporter: this florida couple, trapped inside their house by their 4-year-old cat last summer. last march, lee palmer forced to call for help after his cat went on the attack. >> one moment okay. >> you hear him screaming? that was the cat. >> yeah i hear him. hold on. keep your door shut okay. >> i have never had to be locked out of my house because of dogs. just putting that out there. >> your dogs are chihuahuas. >> i mean beware. >> don't get so defensive. >> i once baby sat and had to take the kid outside because the cat got angry. >> i have lived with cats my whole life. i have never seen it once. >> the big cat is the king of the jungle. you don't want to mess with these guys.
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>> they're nature's perfectly formd predator. >> the family was pong they got back in the house. let's check the weather once again with fellow cat lover rob marciano. >> if i remember standing in the flood waters last week there was a cat story right before me. we have to get off this. fires across fresno yesterday because of lightning. thunderstorms really across the entire western third of the country. some of them started some fires out there. you're trying to get a handle on it. multiple fire cruise. air support going in there in the last 24 hours. heat is building across the pacific northwest. the hottest stuff of the year so far. near 90 in portland. boise. 90 95 degrees. so hot, the national weather service put out an alert and said, if you're going to dip your feet into the waters from the snow melt, the waters are still cold.
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here's blanca. phoenix, first measurable rainfall on june 5th on record. this is unusual, unheard oeileen: very happy saturdato you. we are starting out with temperatures in ththe 60's. kind of a mix of clouds and sun. we will hit about 70 degrees by at :00 p.m. with partly cloudy skies and maybe an isolated thundershower until:00. bubut th tomrow, t the rain chancess are out of here. beauful, s sunny and 80. >> you do it. >> roar. >> meow. >> is that what it is? >> i'm going to pretend that didn't happen. you can't unsee that. we're going to talk about a
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modern day bonnie and clyde. and two duggar daughters speaking out. why they're defending their brother, who their parents say touched them inappropriately. and close encounter. the diver who spotted this giant creature. nobody told us to expect it... intercourse that's painful due to menopausal changes it's not likely to go away on its own. so let's do something about it.
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tomoow will be the better of the two weekend days with a lot ofof sunshine and temperatures around 80 degrees.s. it should bebe good for anything you have outdos. if you're looking for the heat and humidity, that returns next week. it will be hot and humid and about a 60% chance f showewers and stms. thate state relativelyly d for the rest of the work week but isil be in thehe upper 80's.
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♪ oh don't you dare look back keep your eyes on me i said you're holding back she said shut up and dance with me ♪ oh if this video mashup won't get you off the couch and dancing, you must have had a late night. it's set to walk the moon's "shut up and dance." it's burning up the internet. >> "breakfast club." >> your feet are tapping under the desk. >> i'm not the best dancer in the world. that will shock everybody. >> by the way, walk the moon they'll be part of the "gma" summer series in july. >> summer concert series in central park. >> everybody needs to dancing for that one. >> are you going to do it? >> if you're tapping your feet i'll dance. a horse could race his way into history.
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american pharoah gunning for the first triple crown win in 37 years. ron claiborne is track side. what's happening? >> reporter: hey, there, dan. it's empty now. later, there will be 80,000 people here jammed into the stands. they'll be roaring when those horses including american pharoah hit the top of the stretch. a bit of trivia. the song played in the post parade here since 1967 until 1997 was side walks of new york. then the belmont wanted to go to a more modern song they switched to new york" by frank sinatra. that's the song that will be played when the field of eight goes out on to the track at about 6:45 this evening. >> ron will be holding his $2 to win ticket. next year they'll be playing "shut up and dance with me" as they take the field. ron, thank you. we're hoping you win tonight and american pharoah, too.
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of course. but, thank you. once again. we want to start here though on a serious note. there is an intense manhunt going on right now for the young couple being called a modern day bonnie and clyde. >> they're on the run right now. wanted for a two-state crime spree, including an attempted holdup where a cop was injured. kayna whitworth is here with the latest. >> reporter: dan and paula, good morning to you. authorities say the pair fled into the woods in pennsylvania. several agencies searched for hours, on foot using atvs, and helicopters. this morning, the teens still not found. overnight, police and family desperate. searching for two teenagers on the run. the female suspect's father coming to their defense. >> neither one of them don't have a history of hurting a single soul. >> reporter: police say 15-year-old rose may and her 16-year-old boyfriend, triston
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kindle, seen in these posters are armed, dangerous, and could be in the woods of western pennsylvania. they allegedly stole a truck in upper sandusky ohio. the next morning, stealing shotgun shells at a nearby walmart. on wednesday, wreaking havoc near pittsburgh. the pair was recognized by an elizabeth township officer. dragging him with the stolen truck from the parking lot on route 48. his bullet-proof vest shredded. the skin on his hands and arms torn up as well. >> i held on to the bed rail. he started to accelerate. my leg started dragging. right in front of the tire. >> reporter: now after finding clothing in the thick woods on friday investigators are desperately searching if for the teen runaways as their family pleads for them to come home. >> we want both of them home safe. i don't care what you did. i want you home safe.
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we'll deal with everything else later. >> reporter: you're hearing a lot if the girl's father. he things they just want to go live in the woods, live off the land. he says he thinks they took the guns to kill deer and neither of them have a history of hurting a single soul. this morning, they're wanted on charges including robbery anding a grated assault on the police officer. the father is not a huge fan of the bonnie and clyde comparison and adding they've only been together for a month. >> hopefully, he's right about their unwillingness to hurt people. >> reporter: though that officer was clearly injured. we want to go back to ryan smith who is in for ron claiborne who is at the belmont stakes. nice to see you again. >> good morning, paul larks dan. we begin with a huge crowd for the pope this morning. nearly 70,000 people packed the stadium in sarajevo as pope francis arrived for a one-day
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visit. he called for peace. a major egg shortage is causing a spike from prices as a result of the avian flu outbreak. millions of chickens have been killed in an effort to stop the outbreak. and talk about a too close for comfort. diver john dickinson was spear fishing off jupiter florida. he spotted that. a huge great white shark. the encounter lasted around two minutes. he said it felt a lot long person that shark, 16 feet long. weighs nearly 2,000 pounds. >> why is he following the shark with the camera. why isn't he swimming away? >> because it's a cool thing. >> to almost get eaten by a shark? >> dan, you would swim away. that was for the sake of vid yog if i. >> and keep the camera rolling. >> as you swim away. any way.
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>> and people wonder why they get attacked. >> we know who the daredevil is. >> i'm grateful for the video. here are camera shots for you. the rain is falling. but i don't think lit last too much longer. we saw ron out there waiting for the big race where the track right now is wet. i think it will be dry by the time we get to race time. cool cloudy damp saturday to start. drying out. this front makes its way. we've been in the suck weather pattern really the last week. we're starting to unhinge that. you're paying the price with rain. 76 will be the temperature around post time too. 90s across the deep south. the southeast getting return flow and humidity. basically, feeling a bit more like july. meanwhile, we're watching the severe threat finally moving out of colorado. for the most part getting into parts of the dakotas and iowa as well. the pacific northwest looking warm.
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showers across the south. eileen: today we wiwill hit about 82 degre with h an isolated shshowerer chance. >> this weather report brought to you by carmax. for the kentucky derby, we talked about my grandmother and her affinity to bet the poennyiesponies. my first trip to the track was at belmont years ago. i was 15. >> elmonth new york is right outside the city. >> i believe the statute of limitations has passed. coming up, the duggar sisters and the sex abuse allegations against their brother. what they're saying about what went on behind closed doors. and some lighter stuff coming up. george clooney takes amal
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the revelations of that alleged molestation scandal involving the duggar family the stars of the reality show "19 kids and counting" shocking many of their fans convince ofd a squeaky clean image. >> two of the daughters are speaking out in support of their brother. they say josh was a young boy at the time quote, a little too curious about girls. >> reporter: this is the first time we have heard, at length from any of josh duggar's victims. no question that the thoughts and feelings a expressed by these two young women, mothers and soon-to-be mothers themselves adds a whole new dmengs to the deeply troubling story. >> i'm sad. this is my older brother who i love allot. >> reporter: jill duggar dillard
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and her sister jessa duggar seewald. >> he was a boy. a young bo i in puberty. a little too curious about girls. >> reporter: their interview ard overnight on the fox news channel. they talk about what josh did to them when he was 14 and they were 10 and 12. the two staurs defending their brother. >> people are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist some people are saying. that is so overboard and a lie, really. i mean -- people will get mad at me for saying that. i'm like i can say this. i was one of the victims. >> he asked me to forgive him. and i had to make that choice. to forgive him, you know. >> reporter: they have forgiven josh and say they admire the way their parents handled it all. they also made it clear they were speaking only for themes not their two sisters.
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>> we can't speak for the other ones. >> reporter: understandably, the sisters are outraged that a story they understood to be private, when their parents brought to it the attention of the authorities, has now been made so public. >> when ever i heard the police report had been released then i said what -- like they don't have a right to do this. we're victims. they can't do this to us. >> reporter: your heart goes out to these two young women who now feel they have to defend their brother, their parents as well as answer questions about this painful delicate topic. the tlc show suspended for now. no word on whether it will come back. >> they are adamant they have no recollection. >> reporter: they say they were asleep and learned about it from their parents. coming up on "good morning america," sara will lighten the
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♪ oh in honor of ron. >> you're taking care of the percussion in ron's absence. we appreciate it. >> not dropping the ball. caitlin jenner has a new job offer on the table. there's word the miss usa pageant has made the offer for her to be a judge. this is days after she made her public debut in "vanity fair." the organization changed the rules to allow transgendered women to be a part of the pan
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gent. donald trump also wants her on "celebrity apprentice." . it looks like george clooney had a blast showing off his wife amal to his hometown. the town of augusta, kentucky. population about 1,000. they enjoyed the day with friends and family members. george showing off his moves at the pool table. it's not clear when they'll be returning to these parts because they're preparing to move into their $15 million home in england. similar, very similar. can you imagine people hearing he's coming to town? that population is like 15,000 for one night only. >> i'm trying to imagine amal in a pub. she's very elegant. >> playing pool. >> george has always been a normal guy and relatable. >> who says you can't come home?
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>> in your vast experience with george? >> and back to the more morning part. he's hot. it turns out the song of the summer is the song of the last 50 years. this amazing movie mashup features all your favorite movie characters dancing their heart out to walk the moon's "shut up and dance." ♪ i said you're holding back she said shut up and dance with me ♪ ♪ this woman is my destiny she said oohooh ♪ ♪ shut up and dance with me ♪ >> i don't know that one. >> i don't know that one either. >> the one with ryan gosling. >> no no. >> we could do this all day. there are over 85 movies. if you love this song check out walk the moon live on the "gma" summer concert series. this is maybe one of the cutest pop stories i have ever done. now to a homecoming just ducky
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about a boy and his pet duck nibbles. he's in the front seat waiting patiently for johnny to come home from school. >> get out of here. >> the duck was raised in the family since egghood, i made that word up. he looks on to see him off the school bus. see this. >> that's -- >> at one point that you maybe don't see. he starts kissing his beak. there are tons of these videos posted. this duck truly acts like a little dog. >> do you think it is possible that the duck will freak out and they'll have to leave the house and call 911. >> i've heard that only happens with cats. that's just me. >> we'll be right back with more news. okay? elief that outperforms a leading allergy pill. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over-producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance, flonase controls six. and 6 is greater than 1. so go ahead, inhale life, excite
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belmont stakes. an exciting day. american pharoah looking to become the first triple crown winner in 37 years. will he do it? >> we'll know tomorrow morning. we'll tell you. tune in. melanie: good morning. checking our top stories, final goodbyes to a young journalist killed last week i a bullet not intended for here. police release surveillance video of a person of interest. police are hoping somebody will recognize the person in the video. a search effort to find a
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missing swimmer who disappeared in the potomac river is set to resume today. it is presumed that he drowned. he was apparently pulled out of the river and disappeared down stream. another swimmer came out safely on wednesday. how is our saturday shaping up? eileen: looking pretty nice. you can see the sunshine mixing with some clouds, 67 degrees. high temperature today about 82 degrees. warmer than it has been the past several days. a mix of clouds and sun. an isolated thunderstorm is not out of the question. the best chance of the along and east of 95, about a 30% chance of getting wet where you are. low in the city tonight 62, but
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falling into the 50's in the suburbs. more sunshine tomorrow at high temperature around 80 degrees for the high tomorrow. temperatures will climb into the upper 80's to around 90 degrees starting out the work week on monday with scattered storms as a cold front moves through. melanie: thank you for watching. hope you have a great saturday.
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>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hello, everyone, i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." around the world, animals have always been important members of traditional cultures. from kenya's maasai cattle herders... this is maasai village? >> yes, maasai village. >> the mahouts and their elephants in thailand. >> i can't believe how many commands they know. >> he just wiggles his feet. to the gauchos in patagonia. that's amazing, i've never even seen the sheep... >> you can see the black dog. >> today i'm counting down 7 animals that play a key role in their communities. look at `em! look at `em! plus my blooper of the week. whoa.
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