this morning on "world news now," donald trump shifts back to a tougher stance on immigration. overnight trump opening up about his yet to be announced policy on the issue. this is both me and hillary clinton use racially charged rhetoric and images to attack the other. police are searching into the death of two nuns. they were stabbed to death. the hunt for the killers intensifies. police show up in the cockpit of a plane to find the co-pilot allegedly drunk behind the controls. we're told his blood alcohol level, 15 times over the legal limit. how did they catch him? and anchors aaweigh. a touching tribute bringing together generations of patriots on ts

♪ from abc news, this is "world news now." i like our new theme music. it is great. anchors aweigh. good morning. >> we begin this half hour with the latest allegations in the race for the white house. and donald trump's seem dpingly unsettled immigration policy. >> after he said he was open to softening his approach, trump's stance is a little unclear. even in his latest interview he says there will be no path to legalization unless undocumented immigrants leave the country and come back. and the most heated back and forth so far, trump and hillary clinton now tangling over race and bigotry. and a national poll shows clinton with a 10 point lead over trump. we get more now from david wright. >> reporter: hours before hillary clinton took the stage in

this bomb. >> hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes. not as human beings worthy of a better future. hillary clinton is a bigot. >> reporter: that woman behind him, there, appears to be shocked. clinton made her case that it's trump who has been running a racist campaign. >> donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. he is taking hate groups mainstream. and helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. >> reporter: in some of her strongest language yet, she ran down the list. >> he promoted the racist lie that president obama is not really an american citizen. >> reporter: using trump's own words against him, she accused him of launching his run for the presidency with another racist lie about mexican immigrants.

>> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists, and some, i assume are good people. >> reporter: he also made it clear she doesn't buy trump's new effort to reach out to african american voters. >> i say this to the african american community, give donald trump a chance. we will turn it around. we will make your streets safe so when you walk down the street you don't get shot which is what's happening now. >> trump has stood up in front of largely white audiences and described black communities in such insulting and ignorant terms. >> reporter: clinton's campaign released a new video. ? the reason a lot of klan members like donald trump is because a lot of what he believes we believe in. donald trump would be best for the job. >> reporter: trump denounced her line of attack as a brazen attempt of distraction.

fail, they are left with only this one, tired argument. you're racist. you're racist. you're racist. they keep siaying it. it's a tired, disgusting argument. >> reporter: and trump was asked to explain why he really thinks clinton is a bigot. is. >> her policies are bigoted. >> you think she's personally bigoted? >> of course she is. they're her policies. she comes out with the policies. >> hatred is at the core? >> maybe she's lazy. >> reporter: the battle lines now seem to be drawn. each side accusing the other of race baiting. david wright, abc news. our other major story, nearly three dozen reported tornadoes tore through wide areas of the country from the south through new york. mike pence surveyed the devastation in his home state of indiana where seven

tornadoes touched down, including an ef-3 packing winds in excess of 150 miles per hour. the twisters had a path of destruction through neighborhoods, leveling homes and uprooting trees. videos show a starbucks collapsing like a house of cards. employees and customers took koovr in the bathrooms and only minor injuries reported. tropical storm gaston is expected to retain strength building itself back up to a hurricane. they say the storm's center will remain east of bermuda before going to the north atlantic. while it's at sea, it is still expected to generate dangerous rip currents up enand down the east coast. >> police in mississippi trying to solve the murder of two nuns. they were found stabbed to death an hour north of jackson.

thursday night they found the car which had gone missing. the two women described as sweet and gentle. their murders sparking fear in that neighborhood. >> at first i was safe here, because this is a neighborhood watch. but right now i don't think i feel too safe. if something happen third down close to home. >> reporter: authorities say there were signs of a break in at the home. both of the sisters were 68. they worked as nurse practitioners. a deadly explosion rocked a sports center in sports center. the cause of the explosion is unknown. officials say it appears to be accidental. not a terrorist attack. emergency services and rescue worker are on the scene. ? afghanistan officials with the american u.s. in kabul are vowing to reopen following a deadly ten hour siege. 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed the

some barricaded themselves in classrooms. at least 48 people were injured. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. another earthquake strikes central italy as the region tries to recover from wednesday's deadly quake. the 4.7 quake struck near amatrice. victims are still being pulled from beneath the debris of collapsed buildings in three towns. survivors and rescue crews received into the scare on thursday. a 4.3 magnitude aftershock rattling amatrice. as you can see from the video. there have been nearly 500 aftershocks since thursday morning. on wednesday a u.s. navy patrol ship fired three warning shots at an iranian boat that came within 20 0 yards of the uss tempest, ignoring radio calls and warning flairs. it's the latest of all too close

>> our ships were in international waters. our sailors were conducting themselves professionally as they are trained to do, and we did not see the same from the iranian boats on the other side. >> firing warning shots is rare and hasn't happened in a long time in encounters with iran. pentagon officials stressed u.s. ships will take whatever steps are necessary to protect themselves. and two people hospitalized after their plane nose dived into a home in indiana. nobody was home at at the time. a small dog managed to escape unharmed. there was no fire, but the home suffered extensive structural damage including, of course, a gaping hole in the roof. the cause of the crash in the early stages right now of an investigation. a few hundred miles north in michigan, a bond hearing friday for the co-pilot accused of trying to fly while drunk. the tallon air charter was supposed to

traverse city. the pilot noticed the co-pilot was acting strange and alerted company dispatchers. >> they detected a strong odor of intoxicants and slurred speech. the co-pilot's blood alcohol level was .301. that's more than 15 times the legal limit for light the crews. the co-pilot was immediately fired. ryan lochte is you should indictment in brazil. police charged lochte with filing a false report. it stems from the night lochte said he and three swimmers were robbed at gunpoint. lochte has to decide whether to present a defense or not appear in court. now we're going to show you a guy who truly immerses himself in his work. >> take a look at this picture. it's going viral. that is the bottom half of jimmy cox .

who dove into the task of repairing a broken water pipe at a woman's home. she snapped that photo to show his devotion. cox says it's the type of service he and his co-workers provide all the time. >> thankfully it was a water pipe and not a sewage line. i'm not sure he would go head first into that. wow. the hole was 5 1/2 feet deep. the woman said she had to shut down her facebook and turn off her e-mail because of all the hits this photo has received. >> jimmy is getting a lot of props this morning. well deserved. >> we'll give him our mvp for this friday morning. coming up, a veteran gets a musical salute. >> hear what he told his fellow sailors after the tribute. first, the new app helping kids as they start school. beyond reading and writing there's a new app to help kids with their emotional

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apparently far from over. pharrell williams are the others are fighting that it was a copy right infridgement. one of the biggest issues in the case is that sound recordings were not originally covered under federal law. attorneys say jurors should have been instructed to make a decision based only on the sheet music. >> take that. >> that fight will continue. >> and we'll keep hearing the song. that's okay. >> i'm okay. it was good. marvin gay's version own that one. time to get the kids back to school. pencils. >> check. >> backpack? >> check. happy parents? >> check. >> in addition to all of that, how about high-tech tools and tactics to help youngsters get in the mood to start learning again.

exactly a straight a student. >> how can i be expected to handle school on a day like this? >> reporter: how can you help your kids fall in love with learning? now tools are increasing the options. >> before kindergarten, they focus on social and emotional needs of children. in particular, they focus on things like cooperative play and working together. >> reporter: experts say social and emotional skills are vital to learning. things like self-control and the ability to interact with peers. >> decades of research show that social and emotional skills are a stronger correlate to school readiness and to life success. >> reporter: one app coming out no september uses games, fun songs and celebrity interviews to try to teach these skills. >> the app in the show does eye contact, focus, grit, problem solving, how to deal with every day social situations. >> reporter: thing

learning in school too. you had ways to deal with your feelings and emotions in class, right? >> yeah. the tool box. garbage can tool, the empathy tool, the breathing tool, the personal space tool. >> reporter: that's a lot of tools. i love the trash can. throw the little stuff away. >> i let the little things go. >> reporter: because the educational environment is changing for kids, that means parents need to keep up. >> it's critical that parents are connected to what's happening in their chieltd's classroom and know what they can do to help support their children at home. >> reporter: national data shows that just 33 % of eighth grade students are proficient in math and 34 % in reading. but learning heros, a site that helps parents navigate school says 90% of parents believe their child is at or above grade level. >> we work to inform parents about what's happening in their child's classroom and connect them to the resources and tools and opportunities to help their child be successful

so apparently another really good tool for parents is this app called remind me. it was the number one app this past week on the apps list. >> we wrote that down and i forgot to look it up. >> it's not memory. it's something where teachers can connect with parents and remind parents that their kid has homework that's due later on today. so it's sort of -- >> so now if parents have homework. >> the parents know when their kid has an assignment due. >> you can't say i'm done. >> no. your teacher told me you have a quiz tomorrow. there was a funny posting of a mom saying on the first day of school, what am i going to do without them. day two, freedom. she's cruising down the street in her mini van. >> heading home and enjoying her chardonnay. >> coming up in the next half hour, the ceo of the company that makes epipens is defending the price hike and promising

discounts? >> first, navy sailors going out of their way to thank an elderly veteran. the special moment straight ahead. ♪

of course, that is anchors aweigh, the official song of the united states navy. it was written by the naval academy's bandmaster in 1907. >> it's the fight song. it was part of a special serenade for an elderly veteran. >> reporter: this quiet street in california suddenly quiet no longer. all of them gathering in front of one house. ♪

>> reporter: and why were they there? these sailors came to salute a world war ii veteran who couldn't make the trip to see the uss iowa. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he heard them. ernie thompson, on his porch, saluting back. ernie, proudly served his country in world war ii. >> the battle ship missouri -- >> reporter: he was on the uss missouri ending the war. one by one the next generation of sailors lining up to personally thank ernie for his service. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: and ernie with a message for them. >> i'm very proud to have served the navy and served my family and my country. >> reporter: and his country thanking him. david muir, abc news, new york. >> we thank him for

he apparently told his grandson it was the best day of his life. >> and understandably so. head out with anchors aweigh.

time for the mix. of course, it turns out that hide and seek is not just for kids anymore. did you know there's actually a world championship of hide and seek? it's taking place for six years now. where did she go? wow, you could win at this competition. take a look at the video. >> okay, fine. >> this is in the alps. there are some five teams. this video, five teams. one person from each group has to hide from the other team and the neutral team. they have 60 seconds to hide. once the time is up they have 10 minutes to reach the target mattress. these people are sober and playing this game. >> this is more complicated tha

kid. mom and new baby, normally moms try to sleep when baby was. not this photographer mom. this is what she does when her baby is taking a nap. meet laura and her daughter joey. lau laura dresses her up and takes photographs. netflix saw one of her characters from "stranger things" shared the version and it's going viral. thousands of followers on instagr instagram. polka time. ♪ politics and foreign wars all the weather all the stores ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ congress up to its old tricks ♪ ♪ we'll discuss it in the mix that's brand new stanza ♪ . no in brians park on summer they play for fda

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this morning on "world news now," bigotry and paranoia on the campaign trail. the heated attacks step up after clinton released an ad with images of the kkk. donald trump overnight firing back with his toughest criticism yet. >> aftershocks are hampering the ability to find survivors. rescuers are hoping for more miracles as daybreaks. and an officer's heroic efforts. caught on body cam. >> he jumps into action to pull a crash victim from a fiery wreck. see how he was able to free them. >> an making an entrance. kanye west kicking off his much anticipated tour. wait until you see the ground-raising show he's got