making news in america this morning, rivers cresting in louisiana reach historic levels after more than two feet of rain. overnight the death toll is rising and the flood threat is now spreading. >> breaking overnight a man arrested accused of setting the massive wildfire in northern california. residents tearing up when police make the announcement. those flames destroying more than a hundred homes. a monkey picks a fight with a worker in a walmart parking lot. simone biles had a surprising setback in rio stumbling on the beam and the sprinter diving across the finish line winning a medal.

didn't even know that was legal. who knew. good tuesday morning, everyone. we'll get started with the situation that is taking place in the south. the rivers in flat ravaged louisiana expected to crest as the number of people needing rescue jumps to 30,000. at least six rivers have hit record levels. you can see the devastation in this drone river. entire neighborhoods surrounded by water. water that's nearly as high as the rooftops. >> even a national guard truck couldn't handle the floods. look carefully there. you can see the top of the vehicle submerged in the deep water. abc's adrienne bankert has the latest. >> reporter: new video giving us a look at the widespread devastation in what is being called some of the worst flooding louisiana has ever seen. some in baton rouge returning to the dangerous waters to check on their homes. >> it was nothing like this. it was a lot of displaced people, a big area but this is a whole town just washed away overnight. >> like the end of your life, end of

having to start over like that. we worked so hard for it. >> reporter: in this dramatic rescue a man pulls a woman and her dog from a sinking convertible. >> first intent was to just get ahold of her and pull her out and couldn't do it from the boat soy i just jumped in. >> reporter: a local sheriff carrying a baby helping lead this family out of rising water. locals with boats being called the volunteer cajun navy. >> trying to do whatever we can in our time of crisis and disaster so it's a time for everybody to pull together if they can. >> reporter: this movie studio lot now an evacuation center with more than 11,000 staying in shelters. >> my house was underwater. i have three children. my sister live in the sherwood forest area and she was on top of her roof and she has five children. >> reporter: the water expected to rise as rivers and creeks

adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. that storm that flooded louisiana is finally on the move. but it's now threatening to expand to other states. >> the rain is on the move into parts of texas and arkansas where the flash flooding threat remains high today. now, the rain is stretching north right now, all the way to michigan. breaking overnight police arresting a man accused of starting a massive wildfire that raced through a northern california community. >> authorities say damon anthony pa pashlik has been charged. the latest fire has already destroyed businesses and homes. there were cheers and some tears from residents when the arrest was announced. >> cal fire investigators along with lake county sheriff's detectives with the assistance of the lake county district attorney's office were able to arrest mr. perform ashlik on 17 counts of arson.

>> they say they will sleep easier now they know a suspect was arrested. firefighters are still battling the flames which are just 5% contained. the so-called clayton fire started saturday and burned more than 4,000 acres. about 175 homes and businesses have been destroyed and thousands have been forced to leave their homes. the city of milwaukee is calmer this morning after two nights of unrest. there were six arrests following heated confrontations. at least that's according to the police chief but no destruction of property or rioting. protesters are angry over the deadly police shooting of a black man after a traffic stop. investigators say police body camera video shows the man holding a handgun during that encounter. >> donald trump has outlined his strategy to crush isis and keep america safe. trump told supporters in ohio he would implement an ideological test for immigrants saying only people who, quote, share our values should be the onlies admitted into the country, part of what he calls extreme vetting

sympathize with extremist groups. >> we must also screen out any of hostile attitudes toward our country or its principles or who believe sharia law should s supplant american law. >> he vowed to partner with russia or any other country that wants to destroy isis. meanwhile, hillary clinton and vice president joe biden partnered up for their first joint campaign appearance. speaking at a rally in his hometown biden labeled trump as unqualified and unprepared and can't be trusted with the nuclear codes. clinton also took aim at trump's foreign policy ideas and plan for the economy. >> no major party nominee in the history of the united states of america has -- now don't cheer or quiet. just listen. has known less or been less

prepared to deal with our national security than donald trump. >> in contrast biden says clinton is the most qualified person to lead the country. he also praised her foreign policy experience and credited her with having a passion for improving lives. simone biles has a chance to pick up a fifth medal before heading home from rio this afternoon. she, of course, is considered the favorite in the floor exercise competition. >> a slight stumble cost her a shot at five gold medals. laurie hernandez won silver. a 24-year-old from the netherlands took home the gold. so the youngest member of the u.s. track and field team is in tonight's semifinals of the women's 400-meter hurdle. sydney mclaughlin had to wait out the final five heats to see if she qualified. she is the youngest american track and field olympian since 1972. outdoors they couldn't stand the rain in rio especially on the track. look at these scenes, deluge forced a 25-minute

events had to change their schedules because the conditions were just a mess. those who tried to compete in the rain were slipping and sliding all over the place. looking at the medal count the u.s. picked up six medals to raise its total to 75. no gold medals yesterday but the u.s. still has the most with 26. well, still ahead a new study about pregnant women who take a popular pain medication and a possible risk to the unborn child. and new this morning a suspect in custody in the shooting death of an imam outside of a morph. police are describing the evidence found inside his apartment. a family in front of their house when lightning suddenly strikes. we'll tell you what happened.

so this is the damage left behind after a tornado tore through central indiana. the town of brownsburg not far from indianapolis appears to have been hardest hit. roofs were blown off and trees uprooted but no one was injured. a texas family got quite the scare from a lightning strike. take a look. tim powell is unloading groceries when a burst of lightning hits their vehicle and then bounces onto him and knocks him onto the patio floor. his wife scrambles out to help him and get the kids in the house. tim doesn't remember much except for a white light and feeling of heat. glad to report he's going to be okay. authorities have a theory about what caused the chaos at jfk airport sunday night. passengers may have been confused by celebrations for sprinter usain bolt who won in rio. they may have confused those celebrations with gunfire. that caused some people to run away from the commotion and eventually evacuate the entire airport. no witnesses

seeing anyone armed with a gun. a texas resident who traveled to miami has been diagnosed with the zika virus. it is the first time the virus has spread from one u.s. tate to another. an area of miami currently has 30 cases of zika spread from local mosquitoes. but there's been no local spread so far in texas. the market opens this morning in record territory once again. all three major u.s. indices closed at record highs dues to largely spikes in oil prices and energy and democrat cal compani companies. apple is unveiling three new ipads but not until next year. online tech sources say it will have a new screen size, 10.5-inch ipad pro, two inches smaller than the current larger version of the ipad pro. when we come back an abc news exclusive, one of the young girls injured in a ferris wheel accident talking about that incident. a monkey in a diaper causes some drama in a walmart parking lot.

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this morning, let's hope for. flooding in texas. strong storms threatening the northeast. if you're flying expect airport delays in houston, detroit, new york and philly. now to an abc news exclusive for the first time we're hearing from one of the young victims of a ferris wheel accident in tennessee? she was thrown from the ride along with her little sister as well as another girl. and their parents witnessed it all. more from abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: an abc news exclusive, kayla reynolds tells us she is lucky to be alive after falling nearly 40 feet from the cabin of this ferris wheel. >> we were just hoping that it would turn back and then we just started falling. i was really scared. but mostly for my sister. >> she tells us about the moment when she, another girl and her 6-year-old sister

thrown to the ground after their basket got caught on another while the ride was turing. >> i couldn't do anything. >> reporter: in a statement this morning the company that runs the ferris wheel is responding to the accident in tennessee by no means do we take this lightly as our main concern is the safety of the families who visit our midway each week. >> it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, johnson city, tennessee. in new york, a man has been charged with gunning down an imam and his assistant on saturday. oscar morel was taken into custody after police linked him to a hit-and-run near that brutal murder. police searched the suspect's home and found what they say is the weapon used. they also say they discovered clothes that match what the suspect was wearing during the shootings. apparently there are more questions surfacing about the armed robbery of ryan lochte and other members of the u.s. swim team. according to "the wall street journal" the athletes actually

police. authorities started investigating after it surfaced in media reports. lochte says they were robbed at gunpoint early sunday morning in rio after getting out of a taxi. the international olympic committee initially denied any robbery took place. only reversing course when it says lochte later changed his story. abc's matt gutman in rio asking the ioc about the confusion. >> reporter: i wonder if you can explain to us what happened. is ryan lochte lying to you? >> i can explain it simply. what i said was people asked me to give them update. i got an update and gave you usoc's update and there was another one after that. >> usoc being the united states olympic committee. following the robbery the australian delegation started enforcing a curfew for its athletes banning them from popular tourist locations at night. a new study finds pregnant women who took a popular pain medication had a greater chance of giving birth to children with behavior

women who took the active ingredient in tylenol had an increased risk in hyperactivity disorders. women should still use it as needed because the risk is small and a fever could be a much higher risk. a monkey wearing a diaper on the loose in a walmart parking lot. probably not but take a look. pesky primate wearing the diaper. you see him there get into a confrontation with a walmart employee in the parking lot. the monkey's owner rushes in to break things up. the employee not injured. the monkey had apparently escaped from a camper parked nearby. >> she's like the monkey walking away sort of being held by the hand like a child being reprimanded. >> exactly. i guess trying out for a job as a greeter in walmart. >> don't think it's going to work out. time for sports including baseball. >> we get the highlights right now from our friends at espn. good morning, "sportscenter" from los angeles. i'm stan verrett. neil everett.

he's not here often. >> yeah. go, olympic gold. max scherzer, he wasn't in the olympics but steven strauss berg was. he pitches wednesday. maximum scherzer 0 and 3 in four starts, 0 for 3. david daal, he won a gold in the pan-american games in 2011. scherzer not feeling gold. rockies up, 2-0. scherzer lasted four innings, seven hits. four earned. his shortest outing in a year. bryce harper went like -- got on base five times and nationals win. >> it was in baseball or is he an archer? >> not sure if that was him or blackmon. top four, giants trailing 3-2. josh harrison, pirates and giant, hunter pence in foul territory but he makes a grab. he

mound over there. he says, did you see what i did? i'm looking at it. right. andrew mccutcheon also a man outstanding in his field. makes a diving catch there. stuck the landing. that saved two runs. that was in the bottom of the seventh with tying run at the plate. pirates win it 8-5 so now as a result of that the dodgers just half a game back in the n.l. west. >> that wasn't a good read by me. give you better, "gma," 24 hours from now. up next in "the pulse," whatever it takes to win. the sprinter in rio who dove across the finish line. and michael phelps and katie ledecky re-create a picture from ten years ago but with a twist.

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♪ time to check "the pulse" and hearts were racing at the end of the women's 400-meter final. >> had shaunae miller of the bahamas who went airborne to take the gold from american allyson felix. miller dove at the finish line to win the race by 0.07 seconds. look at her the she didn't know she won until she heard her mother screaming. felix was trying to become the first woman to win five gold medals in track and field. michael phelps, speaking of someone who's won a lot of gold as well as katie ledecky, they have a little time to kill in rio so the swimming stars decided to go a little bit back in time. >> remember this picture, it's of 9-year-old katie ledecky getting an autograph from phelps ten years ago back when phelps had only six gold medals to his name, just six. >> so the pair pulled a role

end and ledecky providing her signature complete with some of her rio hardware around her neck. >> nice little flashback there. >> she's done so great these games. kind of nice. >> phelps is doing okay too. >> not bad. the u.s. pen's basketball team also doing pretty well and used some of their free time to hit the beach for a pickup game but not play hoops. >> they've been playing tour -- or tourists throughout rio and saw them at christ redeemer and klay thompson were among the group playing what was described as a spirited game of beach volleyball. it's back to basketball tomorrow night, though. they have a knockout game against argentina. >> go, usa. >> yeah, they've had some close ones lately, so we'll have to see how the boys play later on. >> started off with these massive margins of victory, now it's nail-biter territory. good luck. >> more news after this.

it's tuesday, august 16th and day seven of our heat wave but there is relief in sight. good morning washington. toss to eileen day 7 of our heat wave heat advisory for much of the area from noon through 8pm. feels like: 104-108 staying hot and humid through the weekend big changes next week - refreshing airmass moves in today: very hot and humid. heat advisory noon - 8pm. stray pm storm. highs: 94-99 feels: 104-108 tonight: warm and muggy. lows: 74-79 wednesday: not quite as hot. still warmer than average and humid. highs: 90-95 breaking overnight..

treated for injuries, after a deputy-involved shooting outside inova fairfax hospital. around ten last night, hospital security received a call about a man with some sort of edged weapon at a bus stop on the hospital campus. sheriff's deputies arrived. authorities say the suspect threatened a deputy with an unidentified object, prompting the deputy to shoot him. the suspect's injuries are said to be non-life-threatenin g. other breaking news.. take a look at this video. a cleanup is underway, after a major underground transformer fire in downtown washington. the fire broke out late last night at 18th and "l" streets northwest, threatening an office building. pepco crews arrived and cut power, as firefighters battled the flames.. using foam trucks. more than 100 customers suffered a power outage. the fire is now out. no injuries have been reported. developing now trees down across the dmv after power storms roared through the region. in montgomery county alone - more than

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right to your cell phone. it works on any phone that gets text messages. new information, for those hit hardest by last month's devastating flood in ellicott city. they'll soon have more time to work on recovery. but -- only briefly.. starting thursday, residents and business owners will have access to their property from dawn to dusk. that period will last for five days, then the whole area will shut down for three weeks. that's to allow crews to work on critical infrastructure repair. city leaders hope to allow pedestrians back on main street in about a month. it's xx and we're just getting started.

caused by the apartment complex explosion in silver spring. what's being done for children - left gasping for air after running from their burning homes. plus the federal transit administration orders metro to stop red-light running. good morning washington. day 7 of our heat wave heat advisory for much of the area from noon through 8pm. feels like: 104-108 staying hot and humid through the weekend big changes next week - refreshing airmass moves in today: very hot and humid. heat advisory noon - 8pm. stray pm storm. highs: 94-99 feels: 104-108 tonight: warm and muggy. lows: 74-79 wednesday: not quite as hot. still warmer than average and humid. highs: 90-95