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good morning, america. new overnight, united in prayer. grief and defiance. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ >> charleston turns to faith as the families of the victims deliver a remarkable message in court. >> i will never talk to her ever again. i will never be able to hold her again. but i forgive you. >> we are now learning much more about the young suspect in the massacre at the emanuel ame church and we have team coverage from south carolina. >> fires and floods. wildfires tear through five states. the all-out fight on the ground. >> leave the line let's get out of here. >> and in the air, plus flooding fears. waterlogged in the center of the country.
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the hail and the deadly lightning and the storm now on the move. >> missing chef. the man who once cooked for presidents, champ from "iron chef". >> and the winner is chef scheib. >> disappearing in the mountains. the tur terrain and clues left behind the latest on the desperate search this morning. and battle for the ball. a-rod's historic shot sends him into the record books. >> he did it in style. he turn joins the 3,000-hit club. >> about the ball the fan who caught it and why he may never give it back. >> good morning, we were having a conversation about baby food but we will now move on to the actual news. coming up new developments to report in that prison escape story. officials now confirming there have been two possible sightings of the killers who broke out of
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a maximum security prison in upstate new york. a massive manhunt since. where the men were possibly seen and why another prison worker has now been placed on leave coming up. >> we begin with the latest in the massacre at the emanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. overnight, a packed vigil. thousands of people. look at this locking arms. can you hear them singing songs and remembering the nine people that were shot dead inside that church. this after a dramatic and very moving courtroom confrontation between the families of the vic and the young suspect, delly. abc's steve osunsami beginning our coverage in charleston this morning. good morning steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, paula. i have to tell you i'm still struck by something we're seeing days after the killings. people are still marching up with flowers in their hands and grief on their faces to pay their respects to the people who were killed here and these are people of all ages and all colors the police have set up a barricade to make more room for them in the street. authorities are also telling us
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this morning that the 21-year-old they have in custody who reportedly wanted to start a race war is confessing to the murders here. at 21-year-old's delly's first court appearance the judge decided to keep him locked up with a million dollar bond. >> you're charged with a weapon during the commission of a vial lent crime -- >> reporter: while off camera the families of the nine people he's accused of murdering were speaking out with surprising compassion for roof. he could hear their every word the daughter of ethel lance speaking to him directly. >> i will never talk to her ever again. i will never be able to hold her again. but i forgive you. >> reporter: the mother offof tawa nchltn seem a sanders. >> you have killed some of the most beautifulest people that i
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know. every fiber in my body hurts and i'll never be the same. >> reporter: but the sister of reverend depayne middleton-doctor said she's struggling. >> i'm a work in progress. i'm very angry. the pain is also joined in in our family is she taught me we are the family that love built. we have no room for hate. so we have to forgive. and i pray god on your soul. >> reporter: her cousin also a reverend tells us she's grieving badly. >> she was my big cousin. she was my big sister and everything she did i wanted to do it too. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ >> reporter: a near capacity crowd came to this college basketball arena for a vigil. >> beloved, if you think about the nine names praying for the dead friday night. >> if that young man thought he was going to divide this community or divide this country with his racial hatred here
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today and all across america resoundingly say he measurably failed. [ applause ] >> reporter: the families here are still waiting for the medical examiner to finish his process and release them the bodies so that they can begin to plan funerals. dan. >> steve, thank you. what the mayor said about the failure to divide that community, very powerful. steve osunsami thank you once again. meanwhile we are starting to get a fuller picture this morning of the suspected gunman delly. we all saw him in court with his bowl cut and baby face and dead eyes and meanwhile hearing contradictory things from his friends. some say he was an outspoken and unabashed racist but now a black friend is coming forward to say roof was not a hater at all. abc's cecilia vega is covering this angle of the story. >> reporter: police say delly walked into that charleston church with a premeditated plan to kill. >> my mission is to bring justice for this community and especially for the victims in this case.
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>> reporter: this morning search warrants shedding new light on one of the deadliest attacks on a house of worship in u.s. history. investigators say before the massacre roof joined bible study in the church basement praying for an hour then he stood up pulled out a handgun and opened fire shooting each of his victims multiple times, standing over one of them and uttering what police call a racially inflammatory statement. but on friday he barely said more than a syllable in court. >> what is your age? >> 21. >> you're 21 years old. are you employed? >> no sir. >> his friends are talking revealing more details about the 21-year-old high school dropout. caleb brown said he and brown were friend ss since childhood. >> the trouble he got in was always like tiny behank tsk, tsk, don't do those things. >> reporter: in fact the friend
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he knows isn't a bigot at all. >> who i knew him then back then is mind boggling. he's not what i would ever say before i knew this happened would be racist towards anybody at all. >> reporter: but joseph meeks tells a very different story. he spent time with roof just a day before the alleged attack. he calls roof a loner who advocated for segregation and spoke openly of his hatred of black people. >> he said that he thought that the black in general as a race was bringing down the white race. he wanted to make something spark up the race war again. >> reporter: police say among those who ultimately helped identify roof in surveillance photos after wednesday's shooting his own father and uncle. that same uncle telling abc news he would push the button himself if his nephew who this morning is behind bars in a south carolina jail receives the death penalty. for "good morning america," cecilia vega abc news charleston. >> such a puzzling picture of the alleged shooter. cecilia, thank you. there are fresh developments
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this morning 0 the massive manhunt for those convicted killers who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate new york. prison officials faking actions against another employee and brand-new leads on where they may be and how they may be traveling. abc's linzie janis is at the prison with more. good morning linzie. >> reporter: good morning, paula. for the first time police sharing specific details about two possible sightings, those sightings of richard matt and david sweat happening roughly six-hour drive away from here. the prison where they escaped exactly two weeks ago. overnight, major developments in the manhunt for two prison escapees. police confirming of possible sightings of the convicted killers along the new york/pennsylvania border. 380 miles from the clinton correctional facility they broke out 14 days ago. >> we will go wherever we are needed. >> reporter: the first possible sighting occurring on june 13th
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near a rail yard in erwin, new york. then a day later reports of two men walking near route 115, about 17 miles away in lindley approaching the pennsylvania border. police confirming the reports fit the description of richard matt and david sweat. >> i can assure everybody here and everyone who is listening or reading these reports that every lead is being followed up on to its conclusion. >> reporter: overnight investigators also confirming they're scouring surveillance video possibly showing the two men in nearby corning, new york. authorities asking residents in the area to be on alert and this morning, prison officials say a second corrections officer has been placed on leave in connection with the ongoing investigation into the escape. the first joyce mitchell arrested last week for allegedly providing matt and sweat with tools they used in their breakout. the name of that officer placed on leave not yet released.
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there are also reports that police are investigating additional corrections officers that may have played some sort of role in the escape. dan. >> lingering questions remain of course linzie thank you for your reporting. we're following a big severe weather story. 46 million americans in the bull's-eye this weekend as the stubbornly persistent slow moving remnants of tropical storm bill bring possible flooding from indiana to new york. some towns being evacuated. other bracing for severe storms and rob is tracking it all. good morning. >> you're right. it is stubborn. this thing has held together remarkably well. the center rolling up the ohio river. a lot of flooding with this and severe weather. this is one of two systems pounding the u.s. last night. overnight, the skies jammed with severe storms. a new weather system pummeling montana, wyoming and the dakotas serving up heavy rainfall. hard-hitting hail some the size of golf balls forcing drivers off the roads. and more floodwaters and
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remnants of tropical storm bill still wreaking havoc uprooting trees, dropping tornado, flood watches issued across 11 states from illinois to new york rivers in texas and oklahoma remain floodeded. still near record highs. in ohio this river swelling over its banks. and in illinois five reports of tornado damage. one twister ripping off the roof of this illinois home widespread flooding across the state washing away roads and turning parking lots into lakes. in the south, fallen trees trampling hopes and crushing cars in tennessee. >> it's bad. it's worse than what i expected. >> reporter: in florida, three funnels caught in the same shot. severe thunderstorms in that state taking the life of an 81-year-old man who was struck by lightning. >> out for his daily walk and apparently seen the thunderstorm coming and was headed home. >> we are going to see more lightning today but i think flooding will be the main issue. bill, what's left has a lot of moisture with it. up the ohio river. flood watches all the way into
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the new york metropolitan area. see those rains later on tonight, how much rain 2 to 4 inches back from charles, i think lexington, kentucky getting just north of d.c., tremendous amount of rainfall with this. there is a severe weather component. >> thanks rob. we're tracking another major weather story out of control wildfires out west. it is hot and dry which, of course, is the perfect recipe for fire. more than a dozen are blazing right now. the biggest in the san bernardino national forest in southern california and also trouble in alaska. abc's kayna whitworth has more. >> reporter: five western states up in flames the nearly 59,000 acres burring is being tracked by nasa. families have watched 37 homes burn in alaska. >> leave the line jay, let's get out of here. >> reporter: national guard blackhawks the only thing able to reach some of the six fires burning in the wilderness of the last frontier. the governor declaring a state disaster. the lake fire in california's
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san bernardino national forest scorching 13,000 acres. more than 20 hot shot crews are battling this fire. some deep in the wilderness. others working on a controlled burn. you can see all the spot fires they've set to help eat up that fuel before it reaches the road. >> reporter: that road held and kept the city of big bear safe. but with contain many levels at just 10%, more crews are being added. this is just one of several fires burning in drought-stricken california. smoke seen hovering south over san diego, as well. firefights this early in the season is concerning for troops. the days are long. and hot. and far from over. but the people they are protecting are more than thankful. >> they're all up here working hard and we really do appreciate it. without them we wouldn't have any of the forest left. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kayna whitworth, abc news, big blareear, california. a lot of other news breaking overnight. for that as always we turn it over to ron leading with another arrest in the home grown terror
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fight. >> another one of those cases. good morning. we begin with that homegrown terror in cleveland where a cleveland man under arrest facing federal terrorism related charges accused of using social media to pledge his support for isis and recruit people to join that group. emir al ghazi arrested after trying to buy an ak-47 from undercover agents. it it comes just as the u.s. state department releases new figures stating there was a surge in global terror attacks worldwide. it said more than 32,000 were killed in 2014 in more than 12,000 terrorist attacks, that's 35% higher than the year before. in wisconsin, four people rescued as the boat they were riding in began to sink in lake michigan. the 31-foot charter boat started taking on water friday afternoon and the coast guard rushing to the scene in response to the captain's distress call. >> we already have our life jackets on. the batteries are underwater and i don't have much more time.
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>> reporter: the boat sank but none of the passengers injured. officials will work on salvaging that vessel later today. and take a look at this video. three men working on a bridge in pennsylvania when suddenly parts that have bridge collapsed. security cameras capture the moment that two of the construction workers came crashing down. the bridge was undergoing repairs because of flood damage from last year. the workers are expected to survive. good news. in the u.k. a high flying save caught on camera. a parachute fails to open midair during one of the stunts. his teammate swoops in grabbing his parachute midair and helping the other guy to safety. thousands of passengers at the red devil show holding their breath collectively throughout the routine. both men today are okay. finally, yankees shoulder alex rodriguez reaching another milestone but the ball is the one getting a lot of attention. a-rod belling a home run for the 3,000th hit of his career and
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the fan who ended up with the ball his name is zach pampel in right field. >> 'he in the white shirt. >> yankees reportedly acted -- requested he give the ball to give it back to a-rod but so far he is refusing taking two twitter to show off his career. he has a collection of 8,000 baseballs. he's even written a book about how to catch a ball at a game. reportedly this ball could be worth as much as 50,000 bugs to a collector. a lot of money. >> why didn't you catch it? >> i was way up in right field where no ball can reach. believe me. >> if i recall a-rod has plenty of money. why doesn't he give him 50 grand -- >> it's the principle. >> this guy is a professional. it's what he does if he wants to keep the ball he can keep the ball. >> they are going to offer him tickets and other memorabilia but he's probably going to hold out for the money. show me the money, he says. >> you could do all kinds of fun things. come on.
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40 years ago -- no i think a rife rod should get the ball. he hit it. come on. 40 years ago a film came out that literally changed everything. that was "jaws," not only did it make us think twice about going into the ocean it also invented the concept of the summer blockbuster. abc's nick watt has more. [ playing the theme to "jaws" ] >> reporter: you're going to need a bigger boat. summer was considered a bad time to release a movie. >> "jaws" was one of the most notoriously troubled movies in history. >> reporter: they had to limit the mechanical shark's screen time. dumb luck the director steven spielberg told us the inside story made the movie better. >> what we don't see which is truly frightening. that invited the audience to come to the movie bringing their collective imaginations and their imaginations helped me make that film a success.
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>> get me raft and go back out on the water. >> reporter: his second victim was played by jeff then and now. >> still got chills any time it's shown on tv anywhere. i always say it pays to die. any time i die on tv i get a check. >> reporter: "jaws" pilgrims are still visiting. they come to see amity which is actually edgerton. hasn't changed much in 40 years. and they come to see the beach and that bridge which is still known by locals as "jaws" bridge. >> the legacy of "jaws" is you know for better or worse the movies got bigger and more spectacular. >> reporter: 40 years ago. can you believe it? >> shark! >> reporter: that music. the fear. never leaves you. >> oh boys i think he's come back for his noon feeding. >> reporter: for "good morning america," nick watt abc news
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martha's vineyard. >> two notes that are so powerful. ♪ da da". >> you were a tour guide. that bridge was part of the tour and fished for squid -- >> how do you say it. >> martha that's vineyard. i'll take you around the island. >> well done. >> impressive. >> is it time for weather? >> it is. >> perfect. we're not going to the northeast. we go to chicago. that's where the severe storm also threaten you. and right now it's a little haze say and humid and that's going to add a little fuel to the fire. although i think the general complex of storms will weaken as it heads your way. into minnesota and through wisconsin and later on it'll get towards des moines and northern parts of illinois. the other spot we're worried about is parts of the mid-atlantic. here's the system number one that brought severe weather to the northern plains and parts of wyoming and montana. there it is at 9:00 tonight so that's when the storms will
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arrive in through chicago and the front kind of pushes through. two rounds of storms i really should say and this one, this is what's left of bill. here come your rains up the ohio river. some heavy into the d.c. area. later on this afternoon into new york city or later on tonight and by tomorrow afternoon, i think mostly just hot. dave: gd morning. 77 downtown. the doppler radar, a few scattered showers out t there. out in the midwestst remnants of tropopical storm bill coming our way. a flflash ood watch until tomorrow morning 87 stay with that rain tonight about 7575 degrerees. >> today's going to be the best day on the cape or to the islands. get yourself out there, enjoy across the northeast.
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right now over the chesapeake paying bra and coming to the io riviver valley, the remnants of tropical storbill. heavy rain late tonight int tomorrow morni. flash flood watch unt 8 8:00 tomorrow morning, anywhere frorom 1-3 inches of rain for most areas except for e essenal rginia. 87 degrees today warm and muguggy. e rain comes in 75 tomomorro
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♪ venkman, what happened. >> he slimed me. ♪ ghostbusters ♪ >> that's great. actual contact. can you move? >> ray ray, come in please. >> i feel so funky. >> spengler i'm with venkman, he got slimed. >> oh that is a classic scene in "ghostbusters." a close encounter with an ugly -- if feels so funky coming up in "pop news." we'll have a first look at the all female remake that is going to be coming out shortly. sara will have that. on that note we want to say good morning, america. we hope this doesn't feel funky to you right now. >> or funky in a good way. >> yes. >> i'm looking forward to the new "ghostbusters." >> i am too. >> it's going to be great. i loved the other ones cats and dogs living together. also coming up they are a staple of summer the backyard fire pit. they can be a fun way to bring the family together but they can
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also be dangerous and this morning one family is hoping that you will learn from what happened to them. we'll tell you about that in a moment. we'll start here with the mystery involving a chef who served presidents and prime ministers and dozens of other world leaders. >> walter scheib was the executive chef at the white house during many of the clinton and bush years and this morning, he is missing in the mountains of new mexico. there's now a massive search in the air, on foot and on horseback and abc's devin dwyer is at the white house with more. >> reporter: he held one of the most prestigious culinary jobs in the world. executive chef at the white house and this morning his friends tell me they are stunned by his disappearance. >> and the winner is -- chef scheib. >> he's a celebrity "iron chef" who spent 11 years running the white house kitchen. >> that's what we want to have. >> reporter: in 1994 he impressedny new first lady hillary clinton with a dish he shared on "gma." >> well this may have been the dish that got the job for me.
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a pecan crusted rack of australian >> reporter: this morning scheib is it missing not seenn in more than a week after setting out on a hike in taos ski valley 75 miles north of santa fe new mexico. he was lightly equipped for a rugged lime. >> he had at the best a light jacket and running shoes for the wilderness as opposed to real hiking boots. >> reporter: the four-mile yerba trail rising 3700 feet. no clean drinking water. high risk of avalanche or rock slide. >> all we know it is normal for him to have gone on these hikes and, but exactly what his experience is we don't know. >> reporter: search teams are scouring the area on foot and horseback. the only sign of him his black subaru with florida plates found tuesday parked here at the trail head. investigators tell abc news why scheib disappeared remains a total mystery. the 61-year-oldinary superstar knows the clintons and bushes like few do. >> mrs. clinton really enjoyed hot sauce.
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>> reporter: for george w. bush scheib knew his special splurge. >> president comes back from his workout he has a variety of different things he like cheeseburgers is one of them. >> reporter: scheib's former colleagues tell me he helped to americanize the cuisine at the white house and helped recruit the current chef the first woman on the job and this morning his friends say they're hopeful he'll be found alive and back in the kitchen soon. >> let's hope for the best. over to ron who has more on that tragedy in charleston. >> hi again, paula, dan, robert we begin with a tribute to the nine victims of the charleston, south carolina church massacre. thousands of people joining arms packing a basketball arena for a vigil remembering those victims who were shot dead inside charleston's emanuel ame church. hours earlier families say they forgave him. police in old town spring texas, trying to track down this man caught on surveillance camera dousing the back deck of
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a bar with some kind of flammable liquid. moments later the patio erupts in flaips and the suspect takes off. here in new york city one ton of illegal ivory was crushed in times square. the event was part of an effort to raise awareness about the illegal ivory trade and elephant poaching and urge the public not to buy ivory products. finally looking at the country's top dog yes, i said dog for the first time ever the national hero dog award from los angeles, animal shelter has gone to a cat. >> how could that happen? >>a. tara, saving a boy from a dog that attacked him while riding his bike. >> the dog comes up tries to get the back -- >> you have to see this -- >> the cat is going to come flying from the right there. >> that's weird that the dog just went after him like that. >> tara comes out. oh. yeah. to the rescue. >> top dog award, tara wins a year's supply of dog food.
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>> what? >> cat food much that's a joke. >> cat's are nature's perfect killing machine? that was great. >> that was crazy. that dog hunted all the wayhe car. the kid wasn't doing anything. >> very rare for dogs to behave that way and very rare for cats to behave that way. >> we celebrate the rarity. >> my cats have no interest in my kid. >> your welfare. >> zero or my welfare, absolutely not. >> but they will eat the food that you feed them. >> that's for sure. >> what do you have for weather. >> we'll talk about the heat. it's getting fords that time of year. it's hot outside and dealing with it across the southeast and southwest. this shot out of myrtle beach. go to the beach and cool off, 81 degrees already there and heat advisories are already up. so that's the way to do it. dip your toes into the atlantic ocean and cool off. here's the slice of the southeast that our own heat advisory charleston up through wilmington and the southeast seeing it. orlando hit 100. first time they touched 100 since 1998. incredible. cooler today but still warm and this doesn't include the
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humidity. where it's really hot where the heat warnings and advisories remain up across the desert southwest. up and over 110 easily today. and really that heat extends up through some of the central valleys of california. no big winds out here but just that heat and dry weather not helping the fire situation for sure. temperatures in denver also pretty warm, 96. those showers and storms roll through the northern midwest and western great lakes and eventually what's left of bill slides across parts of the ohio river valley. dave: and good morning. scattered showers today. the big story is remnants of tropical storm bill heading our way. 1-3 inches. 87 today. 9292 tomorrow. >> this weather report brought to you by bush's baked beans. try to stay cool out there today. >> i wish i would have listened. i was sweating in my jeans at the playground yesterday. i don't know why i decided to wear jean. >> way too hot for that. >> total rookie move.
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i apologize for not listening. >> i picture you more of a jean shorts -- >> daisy dukes. >> daisy dukes. >> we're going really short. could go up on "gma," backyard fire pits under scrutiny after an accident involving a young boy. advice on how to keep your kids safe. get those proton packs ready. your first look at the all female "ghostbusters" movie being shot right now ahead in "pop news." ♪ nervous whitening will damage your teeth?
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it's one of the joys of summer. after night falls and the temperatures drop sitting an the backyard fire pit. >> roasting marshmallows making s'more but one mother is speaking out about what happened to her son in a tragic accident and phillip mena is here with advice. >> reporter: backyard fire pits are popular especially this time of year but can be extremely dangerous. if you're not careful about that festive fire it can become a source of tragedy and happen in an instant. >> it takes seconds. >> reporter: danielle says one moment her 4-year-old son william was happily playing in his father's backyard. >> he tripped, fell into the
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fire. >> reporter: his 6-year-old brother acted fast pulling william out of the fire pit by his pants but the damage was done. >> it's horrifying. 53% of his body is burnt. he doesn't look the same and he never will again. >> reporter: according to the consumer products safety commission in 2014 mrrp more than 4,000 emergency room treated injuries associated with outdoor patio heaters or manufactured firepits. earlier this year 21-month-old mckayla halvorssen toppling into a smoldering fire severely burning her back and hand. before that a 7-year-old washington boy's arms and face covered in burns after falling into his family's backyard pit. we spoke with james mccready, director of the toms river bureau of fire prevention about how to keep fire pits safe. >> we don't want them to fear the fire but respect the fire. >> reporter: his first tip, location matters. avoid dry brush or wood structures. >> going to make sure it's located in a safe area. i would not set up on a deck.
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>> reporter: if there are kids around treat it like a swimming pool. >> i would make sure that myself or another family member is assigned to be -- to oversee the fire at all times. >> reporter: finally, make sure the fire is completely out at the end of the night. >> stay away from the fire even though it's not burning because it does retain a lot of heat. >> reporter: as every parent knows -- >> kids are pretty quick. be as close as you can when doing things especially with flame. >> reporter: a few more important tips. make sure you use a grate to cover the fire pit. even better if it's elevated and keep your distance. you want to stay far enough away so that if you do trip it won't be into the pit. dan, paula. >> always stay with your children or make sure that there's always somebody supervising. phillip, great advice. thank you. coming up on "good morning america," comedian amy schumer's big gig. sara will have all of the details in "pop news." can you just give us one little clue? >> nope. >> amy schumer is on fire though. she really is on fire. ints, points, our points. there has got to be a way to redeem our hotel points.
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♪ a little switcharoo. >> hey, rob is sitting. >> i love change. >> as long as they're both there, i'm fine. >> that's big change. just want to see you. i just want to see you. >> nice save. the leas from "ghostbusters" are on a mission busting some ghosts in boston. yes, those are the first photos of melissa mccarthy and kate mckinnon on the set of the female driven reboot. filming has just started in beantown which can kind of like the body double for new york city. kristen wiig was also hard at work looking very demure in a skirt suit and there's no sign of leslie jones yet but we'll be keeping a close eye out as will
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original ghost buster dan aykroyd who tweeted they're about to have the time of their lives. >> boston is the body double -- >> that was my little joke. the movie takes place in new york city but they're shooting it in boston. >> that's ridiculous. >> that's terrible. >> relax, guys. it's all all right. >> calm down. >> have some chowder. >> have some chowder and relax. you know life is a mystery. everyone must stand alone. i did not write that but sometimes just like a prayer your childhood dreams come true. that certainly happened to for amy schumer who's just been announced as the opening act in new york city for madonna's rebel heart tour in september. the comedian says she landed the cough developed gig with this audition tape. ♪ ♪ it's like a dream ♪ ♪ let the choir sing ♪ >> aside from some of her teeth growing back in she looks exactly the same. >> she does. >> ahead of her time.
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>> lip-sync. >> clearly a performer from the beginning. seriously how cute is she. adorable. >> probably shot on vhs. >> i love madonna -- it totally was. i would go just to see amy schumer. please do that amy. >> a win/win situation. growing tired of your partner not opening up to you on a deeper level i found the perfect solution. meet pepper. the first humanoid robot capable of understanding emotions. pepper with recognize human emotions. the robot's makers expect it will be used as a companion to the elderly and as an assistant in offices and possibly a stand-in for my husband. >> does it do dishes and does it clean up and go grocery shoping. >> no it talks about feelings and i can't wait. >> can it change diapers. >> why are you guys asking so many of your humanoid. >> this is a step up. i'm ready. come on pepper. making a slash, this is obi,
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a 3-week-old pygmy hippo diving if for a swim with his mother at the melbourne zoo in australia. he's so little he can only splash around for 10 to 15 minutes before he gets tired and needs a little nap. but he won't be small for too much longer putting on about a pound a day. that's called a weekend in my house. eventually weigh around 550 pounds. >> you know we discussed this before. you can take a baby of the fiercest scariest animal and that baby will be cute. >> hippos are so aggressive 246789 is actually -- >> the most dangerous -- >> the most dangerous. >> they kill more people than any other animal. >> he was so cute. >> i want to go swimming with it. >> it will not last. >> ron says i love change. >> i wouldn't go near that baby with a mama nearby. >> no bad idea. >> but sara haines great "pop news," as always. we'll be right back with more "gma." keep it here. >> pretty good "pop news." >> look at this. >> stop it. to help rearrange the fridge
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"good morning america" is brought to you by -- good morning, welcome to our "sportscenter" set in los angeles. >> and we want to thank you for watching on this saturday morning and on this saturday i know that we sometimes show a bias towards dogs but want to salute tara the cat one more time. >> bravo, tara. >> all: tara, tara. tara. >> she won national hero dog of the year because she swooped in right here and saved that boy. >> and --
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>> and there she is. >> there it is. ooh she went after the dog. >> makes my argument much much easier -- >> yes. >> now an abc 7 news update. >>. >> an investigation continues into a fatal stabbing that left a man dead. it happened near wisconsin and calvert street's. police have not released any details about possible suspects. it rest in this weekend and
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continues after thursday's storms brought trees smashing down in some neighborhoods. this family was all right. it made for a scary situation. hopefully will not be that bad but we're going to get some rain. dave: a wet month is about to get wetter. 73 out there in laurel. temperatures in the low to mid upper 70's. 77 at reagan national airport. right now the rain is en route. later this afternoon, we will see this rain in the midwest remnants of tropical storm bill, make its way toward us. it could drop anywhere from 1-3 inches of rain, heavy wind, flash flood watch from 8:00 tonight until 8:00 tomorrow, except for sou maryland.
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>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi everybody, i'm jack hanna coming to you from my basecamp here at the columbus zoo. welcome to "wild countdown." throughout the world all creatures depend on the e ebb and flow of water. that's a source of life for all these animals, that one engine right there. from hippos in central africa... he's telling us to just kind of stay away. to caimans in brazil's wetlands. you sure it's safe? >> no problems. >> even flamingos in the world's driest desert. i can't get over this whole thing. why have they chosen here, i don't know? and later, one of my favorite bloopers. >> bah! >> ah! >> wat
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