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making news in america this morning, declaring victory. hillary clinton claiming her place in history. acknowledging for the first time overnight that she's the presumptive nominee for president. >> thanks to you we reached a milestone. [ cheers and applause ] >> the former first lady triumphantly take the stage on an important primary note as bernie sanders vows to fight on. more tough talk from donald trump. the other presumptive nominee taking aim at his gop critics. >> they have to get over it. they shouldn't be so angry for so long. >> hello. >> his message to the republican party as he prepares for a big speech all about the clintons. breaking overnight, deadly hit-and-run involving a group of bicyclists. new details just coming in. caught on camera. a man accused of
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abduct a teenager. the girl's mother races to the rescue. >> going viral. can you guess the oscar winner impersonating donald trump? and we do say good wednesday morning. we'll start with history. hillary clinton's big moment claiming the democratic nomination but still not rid of bernie sanders. >> after a bruising primary battle clinton is poised to become the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major party. >> as results started coming in she held a wide lead, polls predicted a very tight race. clinton won several other contests. >> reporter: waiting years for this moment, the night she finally got to be the one. >> went to sanders. our coverage starts with abc's david wright in brooklyn. >> reporter: she's been waiting years for this moment, the night she finally got to
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making history. >> we've reached a milestone, first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: it's been a long time coming. she reminded the crowd it was eight years to the day since she gave a different speech, june 7th, 2008 she swallowed her pride and finally endorsed barack obama. >> now i know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and to come up short. i know that feeling well. [ laughter ] >> reporter: clinton has enough delegates to secure the democratic nomination and that's not likely to change between now and the convention. >> senator sanders, his campaign and the vigorous debate that we've had about how to raise incomes, reduce
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increase upward mobility have been very good for the democratic party and for america. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: clinton supporters feel a sense of urgency about turning the focus to the general election. david wright, abc news. new york. >> even before her speech clinton hinted on social media that she would be declaring investigatory. >> yes, and less than an hour before taking the stage this happened. she changed her twitter profile picture to this image simply saying history made. >> after the speech clinton sent out this, wish mom could have been here to see tonight. including a picture showing a young clinton with her mother dorothy in 1950. last night clinton sat down for an exclusive interview with abc's david muir. >> and called her nomination a real milestone for our country that will send a signal to the world. >> you have talked so often about the unfinished business. not only in this country but around the world when it comes to women's rights. is having the
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american president part of that unfinished business? >> it is, david and it it is, of course, symbolic, but symbols mean something and symbols often can spark hope and action in people particularly young people. and i think it will be a real milestone with my nomination for our country, but it will also send a signal around the world. >> do you think it's time for a meeting with senator sanders. >> i'm certainly reaching out. i think his campaign has been a really dynamic and exciting experience. >> are you ready for that debate stage against donald trump? >> i am so looking forward to it. i'll have a chance to make clear why i believe that he is not qualified and temperamentally unfit to be president. >> let me ask you about the young people. >> we'll have much more of david's interview on "good morning america." despite clinton's milestone bernie sanders
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up on his bid for the white house. >> sanders addressed thousands of supporters in santa monica, california, "last man standing" night and was defiantly introduced as the next president of the united states. sanders said he was enormously optimistic about the future and vowed to press on. >> we are going to fight hard to win the primary in washington, d.c. [ cheers and applause ] and then we take our fight for social economic, racial and environmental justice to philadelph philadelphia. >> sanders spoke with hillary clinton and president obama last night and he plans to meet with the president at the white house tomorrow. meanwhile, sanders is cutting his staff by almost half over the course of the next week. and donald trump also took a victory lap last night. vowing to be america's champion. >> well, he won all five republican races, no surprise there. taking his delegate count well beyond the required magic number of 1
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speech at his new york golf club and using a teleprompter trump attacked hillary clinton and he urged bernie sanders supporters to back his candidacy instead. >> to all of those, bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system, of superdelegates, we welcome you with open arms. [ cheers and applause ] believe me. >> that said republicans are still taking aim at trump for targeting the mexican ethnicity of a federal judge bree siding over a lawsuit. mark kirk withdrew his endorsement. trump says it's time for his critics to get over it. >> so they have to get over it ideally as to whether or not they endorse me, it's okay if they don't but they have to get over it. they shouldn't be so angry sore so long. >> he will give a speech monday to discuss all of the things that have taken place with the clintons. and over in california there was a unique result in the race to fill barbara boxer's senate seat. >> two democrats will com
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against each other in a runoff in november. that's because under california's election rules only two candidates advance out of 34. yep, there were 34 candidates in the primary and in this case it will be the state attorney general kamala harris versus congresswoman loren that sanchez. >> that's history. stay with abc news for the latest on the election results. live team coverage and analysis on "good morning america." still ahead, tropical storm colin has moved out to sea but now the cleanup is getting under way. and breaking overnight an out-of-control truck crashing into ray large group of bicyclists. several of them killed. the details just coming in. plus, a mom stops a man accused of trying to abduct her teenage daughter. see the dramatic tug-of-war caught on camera.
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we have a tragic story breaking overnight in michigan. a group of cyclists hit and killed by an out-of-control driver. prosecutors say a 50-year-old man was driving that damaged pickup truck when it plowed into a group of nine riders from behind. at least five cyclists were killed. police were looking at the truck after seeing reports of erratic driving moments before. the driver in custody. no charges filed yet. and parts of the southeast are still drying out this morning in the aftermath of tropical storm colin. the water is slowly receding at this mobile home park in florida, about 30 residents were evacuated due to the flooding. the storm dumped as many as nine inches of rain flooding roads and causing power outages. a south carolina surfer is
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after a shark took a big bite out of his old one. jack o'neill said he was paddling out when stopped short to see that shark chomping down on his board. he said he quickly swam to shore and the pieces of his broken board washing up behind him. the nfl says it is strengthening cybersecurity measures after its twitter account was hacked. a fake tweet claimed commissioner roger goodell had died. goodell is fine. he was actually golfing with former bills quarterback jim kelly when the hacking took place. the league says law enforcement is investigating. all right, surprised to see that. converse is about to release a new update to its most iconic sneaker. they're called the all-star modern and they look pretty similar to the famous chuck taylor all-stars. it brings together converse's heritage with the modern design. the high-tops will be $140. the low cut, 130 and they'll be on sale a week from tomorrow.
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threat. it's out to the ocean right now. and now for a look at morning road condition, driving looks great just about everywhere except for the heavy rain in south florida. >> so guess where you're possibly going to have some airport delays. miami. hillary clinton this morning is celebrating her historic accomplishment as the first woman to become the presumptive nominee of a major political party. >> she held a commanding lead in california through the night and also won several other primaries including new jersey. but bernie sanders is undeterred. in a late night speech he promised supporters he will fight on and sanders said he congratulated clinton on her victories by phone last night. he also spoke with president obama and he plans to meet with the president tomorrow. we'll have much more on that on "good morning america." and a maui woman will be in court to face a charge she murdered her twin sister. prosecutors say alexandria duval deliberately veered an suv off a highway last week where it plunged 200 feet.
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witnesses say they saw the sisters fighting even pulling each other's hair inside the vehicle moments before that crash. alexandria duval is being held out bail. the twins were originally from florida but recently moved to hawaii from utah. a remarkable landing for a veteran pilot. this is in canada. he was able to set his crippled plane down on that glacier. a passenger said the aircraft came down like on a pillow adding the impact knocked out the radio but left the plane almost undamaged. they were able to crawl out and leave a message on the plane for searchers. they were finally found after a day and a half. >> impressive flying there. president obama will have to miss muhammad ali's memorial on friday because it conflicts with his daughter malia's graduation from high school. so his senior advisers valerie jarrett will read a statement and the former president bill clinton will deliver the eulogy. people can begin lining up at 6:00 a.m. this mni
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tickets to the memorial. a traditional muslim funeral for him will take place today. playing out in a dollar general store in florida, take a look. security video showing a 30-year-old man pushing a shopping cart. next thing we see, he's pulling a 13-year-old girl through the aisle while her mother tries to stop him and engage in somewhat of a tug-of-war and the guy ran off and was arrested outside by an off-duty officer facing kidnapping and child abuse charges. and that 1-year-old girl in australia has siri and her mom to thank for saving her life. mom used the voice activated assistant to call 911 while performing cpr on her little girl who stopped breathing. their story went viral when she reached out to apple to thank them. a family in kansas welcoming a bouncing's big baby boy to the family. moses william hilton came into the world weighing 14 pounds, 14
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now, just for the record that's about twice the size of an average newborn. mom says she had no idea he was going to be so big until after the c-section. >> when they took him out the nurse said it's a mini sumo wrestler. so i said what and though showed me like. i was like, that is assume mow wrestler. >> not so mini. the kicker little moses was born 11 days before his due date. he has two older but probably little sisters waiting for him to get home from the hospital. >> the kansas city chiefs looking at draftsing him as a lineman. the u.s. men's national soccer team got back on track with a 4-0 win against costa rica. >> some highlights from the other games from the guys at espn. good morning, america. max and the coach here with you. what a night in oklahoma city. game two, college world series. the sooners with a
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champs. the tigers had other ideas. tied at 7. tiffany howard pulls it back. we remain tied at one point, auburn trailed 7-0 in the game. we go bottom eighthth. emily and she was one player that wants to play another day. walkoff grand slam, game three, wednesday night for all the marbles. >> coach, people will be talking about that on wednesday and talking about this for a different reason. royals/orioles, yon van high and tight on manny machado. 99-mile-per-hour fastball and ma chod dough catches him in the face. not square but enough on that punch. >> he threw -- >> you can see ventura wants to get some of it back. glove, hat, gone.
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not the first time we have seen a punch in the major leagues.
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proving once again she can become virtually anyone. including donald trump? >> that's right. the three time oscar winning actress did up her hair, donned a dark suit and red tie, packed on some padding and lathered on quite a bit of self-tanner and voila. >> there you have it. streep unveiled her look. actually in new york at a gala for the public theater saying, it's a last in a lifetime of performance. >> and next up, guns n' roses front man axle rose is taking on google all because of a photo of rose during a concert in canada. >> okay, so the less than flattering image led to literally countless memes mocking his weight so rose is ordering google to take the photo down from the internet. >> ah, a couple of memes. take me down to the bakery city, oh, sweet piles of pile and a play on sweet child of mine there as well as welcome to mcdonald's. we got supersize. >>
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all right, so rose is arguing he never authorized the publishing of it. even if google succeeds, it will live on forever through those wonderful beautiful memes. >> millions, millions of memes. >> and they'll continue. so here's a guy who's combining two of wonderful skill, golf and popping the cork on a bottle of sam pain. >> they go hand in hand. sort of. >> now even more. >> check it out, takes an expert swing and knocks the cork, bam, right out of the bottle. his companion, by the way, she looks kind of unimpressed. >> unfazed. >> but can you hit a hole in one. >> but she is enjoying the champagne. >> one more time, boom. >> who needs a sabre when you have a wedge? >> more news after this.
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thanks for waking up with good morning washington. today is wednesday-- june 8th. we'll get a weather update from eileen in just a few moments. but first-- if you're just waking up, then these are some of your top stories this morning. after a string of wins on the final super tuesday of the primary season-- hillary clinton claims the democratic presidential nomination. she is america's first female presumptive presidential nominee. meanwhile-- after winning two more primaries yesterday, senator bernie sanders is refusing to concede. he told supporters last night that he will keep pushing for a political revolution next week at the primary in washington d-c. good morning washington. toss to eileen today: partlto
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shower possible before noon. highs: 70-76 winds: nw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: mainly clear and cool. lows: 49-55 winds: w 5 mph thursday: partly to mostly sunny and beautiful! highs: 76-82 winds: nw 10-15 mph 66 nutley -- beltway near georgia
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now. a tragic accident in montgomery county leaves three teenagers dead this morning. this was the scene just before midnight on burnt hill road in damascus. police on the scene tell abc-7 that the driver of a pickup truck lost control and crashed into a tree. we have confirmed that all three have died and that they were students at clarksburg high school. we are following this story and will bring you more updates.. federal investigators have wrapped up their investigation into a fiery plane crash that killed six people. pilot error caused a private plane to crash into a
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back in 20-14. thats the finding of the national transportation safety board. investigatrors say the pilot failed to turn on the jet's de-icing equipment as ice accumulated on the wings, causing it to stall. the crash killed the pilot, 2 passengers, and 3 members of the gemmell family, trapped inside their buring home. the n-t-s-b recommends regulators develop a system to automatically alert pilots to turn on de-icing equipment. it also recommends enhanced winter weather training for business jet pilots. the blue angels squadron honors one of it's own-- days after a tragic crash claims the life of one of it's pilots. crowds packed a florida beach to watch a single blue angel jet and the team's transport plane fly overhead. on-board was the body of captain jeff kuss. he died last week when his plane crashed during an air show in tennessee. remembrances and a memorial service is planned for
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today-- major league baseball is reviewing a benches clearing brawl in baltimore. and several players can likely expect a suspension. it happened in the 5th inning-- take a look. the royals "yordano ventura" drills the orioles manny machado in the ribs with a 99-mile-per-hour fastball. then machado drops the bat and charges the mound. in the end, they were both ejected. the orioles won the game-- but machado and ventura are likely facing additional punishment from the league. it's xx and we're just getting started. claiming victory. a string of primary wins puts hillary clinton one step closer to the white house. but her
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is vowing to fight on. is the democratic party heading for a contested convention? the details ahead.. good morning washington. today: partly to mostly sunny. cooler and breezy. passing shower possible before noon. highs: 70-76 winds: nw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: mainly clear and cool. lows: 49-55 winds: w 5 mph thursday: partly to mostly sunny and beautiful! highs: 76-82 winds: nw 10-15 mph

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