this morning on "world news now," despair and hope in washington state. >> grief for three elite firefighters trained to face danger caught in a death trap and hope for their comrades recovering from serious burns. sex, scandal. allegations of sex and money surrounding subway's spokesman jared foeg. the woman who says she helped the fbi make an arrest speaks out. facing justice, kaitlyn jenner accused of caughting a deadly car accident before her transition. could she face serious charges and even jailtime. and later, fun on a bun. hot dogs made with exceptional cuts of meat but skip the mustard and and ketchup. let's be frank. you may relish our gourmet extra in insomniac kitchen on this friday, august 21st.

from abc news, this is "world news now." happy friday, everyone. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. congrats making it to friday on the cusp of the weekend. >> i don't eat hot dogs but you're looking forward to the hot dogs. >> i haven't eat in hours waiting for this. can't wait. we begin this afternoon -- this afternoon? we begin -- almost. already looking forward to it. this morning with those firefighters killed in washington state. a silent procession of emergency vehicles rolled through the town of twisp, washington, late yesterday honoring the three men who died wednesday. >> they were part of a special unit that goes into dangerous areas to scout the wildfire situation. that's what they were doing when they died. here's more everywhere abc's lauren lister. >> crews face fast moving winds and worsening conditions as they continue to battle a wildfire raging in central washington. the blaze turned deadly near the

town of trips. >> it hurts deep. but the job goes on. >> three firefighters including 20-year-oldia tom by chef ski were killed when their vehicle crashed and they were overtaken by flames. >> he was the center of our lives. >> we're going to miss him more than anything in the whole world. >> four more were injuried with 25-year-old daniel lyon suffering critical burns and flown to a hospital in seattle and now fighting for his life surrounded by family. >> this was his first season as a firefighter. he's the kind of kid that his mother and i are and family are so proud of. >> a female firefighter was pulled off the front lines after learning her own husband was among the seven victims. in california, fires have forced evacuations of national parks. east of oakland, billowing smoke could be seen for miles and air tankers are being used to help try to contain the blaze.

in eastern oregon, three dozen homes were destroyed including carolyn hodges. >> obviously, we're going to have to find a place to live for probably a couple years. >> reporter: the heat and drought in western states are making this fire season one of the most explosive in recent years. right now, close to 29,000 firefighters are fighting about 100 large fires. lauren lister, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you. flash flooding is possible today from washington, d.c. up to boston. things were pretty wet already last night in the small town of bel air, maryland where up to 6 inches of rain fell. cars were caught on flooded streets. rescue crews pulled 1 people safely from their vehicles. no one was injured and there were no reports of serious damage. the storm system could make a mess out of the morning commute for millions in the northeast. >> as town bowers fall on philadelphia, new york and new england. accuweather's justin pavek is following it all. >> thanks and good morning to

you. on this friday continuing into the start of the weekend, we're concerned about drenching downpours along the interstate 95 corridor. more specifically new york city to hartford to boston where there could be flash flooding. but to the west, we're in good shape with lots of sunshine and low humidity. that's bad news in the northwest. we need the rain. unfortunately here we're concerned about more extreme fire danger. >> thank you. 1 soldiers are recovering after being struck by lightning during a training exercise at fort bragg. the strike hit the ground about 20 feet away from where the soldiers from the 82nd airborne were standing wednesday night. eight were treated and released. the other ten went to the hospital. a dramatic rescue on lake michigan. surf so rough, two teenagers got caught up in. the strong rip currents near muskegon. a surfer pulled the 13 and 14-year-old girls from the water with the help of public safety officers. one teen wasn't breathing but is now in stable condition.

the waves were as high as seven feet and red flags were posted indicating dangerous swimming conditions. more bad news for cheating spouses another data dump by hackers who breeped the ashley madison on website. information on each user includes their name, age and sexual fantasies. the pentagon now investigating reports that thousands of messages were sent from the military e-mail addresses. extramarital affairs are against military law. new details emerging about former subway spokesman jared foeg. we're now hearing from a florida woman who blew the whistle on the popular pitchman saying he talked about ex-with minors in gross detail. here's more from mara schiavocampo >> reporter: former subway spokesman jared fogle hasn't commented on accusations of being a child predator. >> jared, anything you want to say? >> reporter: but one whistleblower is speaking out. >> i was shocked. i was stunned. >> reporter: rochelle herman-walrond, a casual acquaintance of fogle's, saying she first contacted authorities

after fogle made an inappropriate comment about his attraction to middle school girls. worked undercover with the fbi for four and a half years and wore a wire and says she secretly recorded disturbing and graphic conversations with fogle. >> he would tell me the ages that he was interested in. he would tell me boy or girl. and he would also indicate the fact that he has done it before. >> reporter: in accordance with their policy, the fbi has not confirmed herman-walrond's account. as for subway, who has dropped fogle, they call his actions inexcusable. now, fogle's attorney, who has not responded to herman-walrond's claims, says the sandwich pitchman will plead guilty to charges of possessing chide pornography and paying for sex with minors, facing 5 to 12 years in prison. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. former president jimmy carter has had his first radiation treatment tore cancer

which has spread to his brain. in an extraordinary news conference in georgia, he revealed the doctors found four small tumors. mr. carter said he was perfectly at ease with whatever comes. the former president is also being treed with a new drug just approved by the fda. >> struck how much confidence he had and how powerful he was in ash tick cue lating to the public what his illness was. what a remarkable man and great spirit. >> absolutely. >> we wish him the very best. stock markets across asia suffered heavy have i losses. the dow suffered its biggest loss since february of last year plunging 58 points yesterday, more than 2%. other averages posted similar laws, falling energy prices china's slowing economy and the threat of a rise in interest rates sent stocks plunging. mcdonald's is talking extremely positively about the possibility of serving egg muck

muffins all day long. a company executive told franchisees that selling the most famous of the breakfast sandwiches all day would attract more traffic and could result in increased profits. for now mcened could's reportedly planning on advertising about all the breakfast sales but not saying anything about a potential rollout. >> what's taking them so long? i'm assuming they watch our show and should know we've been making these calls. breakfast is one of their hottest sellers. >> that's one of the most frustrating things when you roll up and it's like is it 10:31. some are 10:30, some are 11:00. all you want is breakfast. they're like sorry we got some hash browns maybe. >> i'll take the hash browns even. >> never understood that. >> if you want to send a message, there's e-mail, texting or you can do it through facebook, twitter or why don't you send a potato. >> there's a guy, his name is alex craig of dallas.

they place an order online. they get this touch, tell him what they want written on the potato and where to send it and he takes care of the rest. >> each costs between and $10. he sold more than 2,000 potatoes and clearing ten grand a month profit since he started in may. >> good for him. coming up in the mix, who is sending a heartfelt apology to a public library about an accident with a book. >> kaitlyn jenner and her car accident before her transtransition. the serious charges she faces and why some say she could go to prison. >> put away the ketchup and mustard. we're serving gourmet hot dogs made with exceptional meat and served with, get this, peanut butter and cream cheese. >> can find us on facebook wyy fans.com and twitter @abc.wnf. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message.

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what you're looking at is wreckage from a mid-air collision in western slovakia. two planes carrying dozens of sky dive ears crashed. seven people died and 31 survived. some survived by deploying parachutes and jumping to safety. investigators want to know if one or both of the planes were overloaded. a gas explosion during a construction at a new york city high school has seriously injured three workers. firefighters were still searching the rubble late last night looking for clues. the fifth and sixth floors of

the school were the most serisly damaged. construction crews were working on a gas line in a science lab when the explosion happened. in los angeles, investigators say they'll recommend to prosecutes that they file manslaughter charges against kaitlyn jenner for her involvement in a deadly chain reaction crash last year. >> as kabc's carlos grande explains, a conviction could mean jail time for the former olympian. >> and she could face a vehicle clarg manslaughter charge for the accident that left one dead. investigators will present evidence next week to the d.a. dana cole is an attorney not affiliated with the case. >> typically the d.a. will follow the recommendation of the sheriff's department. but they're an independent agency and they get to make an independent decision. >> reporter: >> reporter: back on february 7th, kaitlyn jenner was driving a cadillac on the pch in malibu. she rear ended a vehicle. the vehicle was pushed into

oncoming traffic and collided with a hummer. howie died at the scene. the investigation concluded that jenner was traveling at an unsafe speed for the prevailing roadway conditions. >> in this case, the negligence is speeding. it would be a felony if the speeding was excessive but in this case it wasn't. >> detectives are also asking for a misdemeanor charge against a third driver, jessica stein dorf for driving a vehicle with a suspended license. the adult stepchildren of howie are suing jenner in court claiming he was careless and negligent. >> if a case gets filed against caitlyn, that can be assist the victim family in their civil case. >> reporter: their representatives told you the neither the attorneys or the family are not releasing any statement at this time. jenner's publicist also had no comment. if charged and convicted she could spend a year in county jail. i'm carlos grande, abc 7. >> the da could decide next week

whether to file the manslaughter charges or not. >> jenner said he was being followed at the time. i know they've also taken his cell phone to see if he may have been texting too. >> coming up in our next half hour, could your suppress impact others and what we know about anxiety and how it can be contagious. get expert advice how you can keep others from stressing out and hurting you. first, hot dog heaven. a summer favorite given the gourmet treatment in our insomniac kitchen. creative recipes to make your next barbecue uniquely delicious. you're watching "wo

♪ eating meat on bread is one of summer's simple meals. it's easy to make, it's easy to eat. hot dogs are great because of all the great add-ones. why limit it to ketchup, mustard and relish? nikki battiste takes us into the kitchen with frankly adventurous ways to enjoy hot dogs ♪ >> reporter: we're pounds and ounces restaurant in new york city with chef margaret who has created kings of kobe which are gourmet hot dogs with really great ingredients. what inspired you to do this series of hot dogs? >> the inspiration came from my bous. the hot dogs are a much more

health friendly hot dog for people who want to enjoy hot dogs but more health conscious. >> what should we start with? >> start with the classic. we're going to use brioche bun to start with the boat because these have a lot of toppings on them. and they tend to be hard to lift once it's assembled. we start with the sauer kraut. >> you're very liberal with the toppings. >> i'm liberal with the toppings. you you can have too much. the thing is the beef is what we feature. we don't want to disguise the flaf of the beef because that's the best part of the hot dog. this is our red onion marmalade, what you get off the street on a hot dog cart. top it off with the dog here. smash it down. >> smash it down. you have to do the smash because otherwise it will fall off. this is the classic. and this is mustard. >> mustard on the top. that's our classic kobe hot dog.

so the next we're going to do the munchie. these are the coca-cola soaked onions. we're going to top it with the kobe hot dog. push it down again and then we top this one with cream cheese. that's the munky. last but not least, pb & j, hot dog on top and squish it down could till see it. i top it with any kind i have smoked cheese. i always put a little bit tiny bit of jam on the top. top it with torn mint leaves. this is the almost pb & j. >> the mint on there too into got to get cheese. >> you got to get cheese. >> maybe from this end. i'm going to have to do two bites. they're all amazing. which is your favorite? >> i like the classic the best. >> everything that you. the gourmet hot dog god. come to pounds and oftens.

kings of kobe, margaret levette, thank you. >> that was interesting. thank the good folks the an pounds and ounces, because they've sent over some hot dogs. it's coca-cola cream cheese. >> munchy coca-cola cream cheese and up next is almost pb & j. they provided us with classic foreclose and knives but let's go for it. >> do you taste the coca-cola? i'm kind of wondering. yeah? >> a little bit. >> good? >> little bit. >> are you going to go for the pb & j. kind of curious. come on, swallow that thing down and go to the pb & j. >> we'll turn this into nathan's hot dogs right here. >> nathan's hot dog eating competition. >> water. >> six, five, four, three -- is it good? do you taste the pb & j? >> pretty good. >> huh-uh. this is the veggie quinoa.

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and now it's time for "the mix." the cool cats around here were telling me about chatroulette. some sort of thing where you talk to people. it's like relet. randomly it spins on a random person around the world and you randomly talk to a stranger an. >> it sounds like a cool idea. talking to random people. >> apparently there's a chatroulette video game. i have no idea what this is about. there you go. you hook up with these people that are like zombies and they take you through this weird corn maze. and it's a real first person video game. >> talking to people i get. but this whole playing of fake games through someone someone else's eyes, that's the part i don't get. >> they use pictures which they were trying to explain what a round picture is. what is it?

it's the people. okay. >> library book. so there was a kid. >> you know what? we're going to have to eat our hot dogs. >> my bad. we'll see you later. ♪ [ world news polka ] ♪

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this morning on "world news now," cancer fight. former president jimmy carter admits the disease has spread to his brain. how he uses faith and humor to share the difficult news. tragic loss. the elite firefighters caught in a death trap in washington state. new details about who survived and who did not. and new this half hour, hope after a paralyzing accident. >> the technological marvel helping a severely injured marathon runner get up and out of her wheelchair. an amazing invention put to work. and later in "the skinny," another apology from former reality star josh duggar. he's revealing another major secret in what he call ahurtful addiction. it's friday, august 21st. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. it is friday. i'm phillip mena.