this morning on "world news now." the rocky road ahead for the senate health care bill after a tie-breaking vote by the vice president to get the process going. the bill failed its first litmus test overnight. so what lies ahead? as support wanes on the floor. and new reaction after president trump speaks at the boy scout jamboree that's raised quite a few eyebrows. critics are blasting the president for political grandstanding. and new this half hour, the tragedy at a summer camp. >> the parents now living a nightmare after their 5-year-old son drowned after stopping to eat lunch by a water fall. the unlicensed camp now shut down.

going into overdrive over speculation that justin bieber canceled the remainder of his tour to start his own church. see what he's saying now about it in "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 26th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> as we attend the church of bieber. can you imagine? it's already there. you're the beliebers in bieber. a major setback for republicans looking to overhaul health care. just hours after winning a vote to open debate in the senate. >> a bill failed with nine republicans voting against it. this despite strong words from president trump at a rally in ohio last night. >> any senator who votes against repeal and replace is

america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare, and i predict they'll have a lot of problems. >> well, the president taking a victory lap after the senate narrowly voted to move forward with the health care reform effort. >> senator john mccain dpflew a the way from arizona. but he also gave his colleagues an earful about partisan politics. >> reporter: senator john mccain touched down in washington just in time. less than a week after being diagnosed with brain cancer, mccain swooping in to cast a critical vote on health care. his wife cindy by his side, a scar visible above his left eye. on the senate floor, mccain was welcomed back with a massive standing ovation. his colleagues waiting. after months of planning, it was down to the wire. with mccain, the republicans narrowly voted to begin debate on obamacare. mccain cast his vote and then he

spoke his mind. for 15 minutes, he railed against the dysfunction in washington. >> let's trust even other. let's return to regular order. we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> reporter: it was classic john mccain, holding nothing back. >> stop listening to the bombastic loud mouths on the radio and television and internet. to hell them with them! >> reporter: vote to begin debate is an important step. >> and the motion is agreed to. >> reporter: but there's still a very long way to go before republicans agree on a plan to repeal and replace obamacare. mccain made it clear that what's on the table isn't good enough. >> i will not vote for this bill as it is today. it's a shell of a bill right now. we all kno

>> reporter: he's urging members to change their ways, nor the parties to come up for a solution together. do you plan to heed his advice? >> some members are more partisan than others. there are a lot of things we have done and will continue to do on a bipartisan basis. regretfully, the issue of health care has not fallen into that category on either side. >> reporter: and now the real work begins. republicans have agreed to debate, but that's where the agreement ends. they are still struggling to come up with a health care bill they can agree on. that can get enough republican votes to fulfill this promise. and what that solution looks like spill remains unclear. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> the next 72 hours will be critical there, thank you. attorney general jeff sessions is not stepping down. he has not spoken to the presiden

the president says he is very disappointed in sessions for recusing himself from the russia investigation several months ago. and earlier on twitter, he said that significances had taken a weak position on hillary clinton crime and leakers. but the president is refusing to say if he plans to fire sessions. we're getting more reaction this morning following the president's speech on monday to the boy scouts jamboree. the organization is trying to distance itself from comments which many on social media say were just too political, something past presidents have avoided while speaking to scouts. >> who the hell wants to speak about politics when i'm in front of the boy scouts? just a question, did president obama ever come to a jamboree? the answer is no. and, but we'll be back. >> former president obama did address the scouts by video in 2010. in his speech, president trump also joked about firing members of his cabinet, including tom

price and said hillary clinton didn't work hard enough during the election. the boy scouts released a statement. here it is. the boy scouts of america is wholly non-partisan and does not promote any one position, product, service or philosophy. the invitation is a long-standing tradition and is in no way an endorsement of any political party or policies. a georgia couple plans to sue a day camp after their 5-year-old son drowned due to what they say was insane negligence. he died during an outing near a water fall. kids were eating lunch and splashing in the water when a chaperone noticed benjamin was missing. he was later found a short distance away. >> my wife called me, said your boy's face down. >> they robbed us of his life. of his potential. >> camp cricket outside of atlanta was operatin

license and officials have shut it down. the boy wasn't wearing a life jacket, despite not knowing how to swim. and the family plans to sue, quote every single person responsible for his death. and this shows an infant allegedly being left behind by his 18-year-old father at a strip mall. police arrested the child's father after he was involved in a hit-and-run incident. he faces child endangerment and other charges. favorable weather conditions helped firefighters make some progress against the nation's largest wildfire, the lodgepole complex fire in eastern montana is now more than one third contained. it has destroyed more than 270,000 acres as well as 16 homes. the preacher wildfire near reno, nevada has consumed nearly 5,000 acres. take a look at this video here. the mountainous terrain isn't the only problem facing firefighters. there are many mine shafts and washed out roads in that area.

quite an impressive time lapse there. and many roads became raging rivers. rain was brief but very heavy and quickly overwhelmed drainage systems. even the signs put out to warn drivers were no match for the flash flooding. and when the water was gone, it had left such a mess behind that many roads remained impassable. police in virginia say the identity of a former dallas cowboy's receiver was falsely used. by a shoplifting suspect. lucky whitehead was released by the team after it was released that he was arrested for stealing items at a store. whitehead's agent says he wasn't in virginia at the time of the incident. police say the man who was arrested gave whitehead's name, date of birth and social security number. >> wow. >> they are now seeking that man's realize at this. the cowboys are standing by their decision. let's move on to baseball and a valiant effort by one dad to try to catch a foul ball. it happened at the texas rangers game.

reaching for the ball, but he still cannot make the catch. you can see the ball bounce away. >> ah. that's like an $8 drink. his son's reaction is the best. the kid is not having it. he is angry that dad -- he had one job, to catch the ball. >> you know what? catch the ball yourself, kid! he didn't even try. >> he is bummed. at least the rangers beat miami. the marlins. >> that kid's just so disappointed in his dad. the dad lost the faith of his son and his beer at the same time. >> did you have to drop the beer? >> now he doesn't even have a beer to drown his sorrows in. the brave move by a dad. to keep the streets safe from a

suspected drunk driver. how it prompted him to make a citizens arrest. and the latest celebrity to get blocked on twitter by the president. what chrissy teigen tweeted that had trump taking action against her. first, here's a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, brought to you by flex seal.

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officials in california are investigating after nine people were left stranded on a monorail. the train broke down at the gilroy gardens theme park outside san jose. they were trapped above the park for about 90 minutes, but rescuers did manage to remove them all safely. the monorail will remain closed as they determine the cause. they believe it may have been a electrical issue. so what do you think of this police tactic. spanish police see a man brandishing a large knife. before he could hurt anyone, watch the man in the center. that cop distracts him. and then boom. >> wow! >> that large, plastic barricade. hitting the suspect. >> it's effective. >> it is effective. he did

he was shouting "god is great" in arabic, believed to be a moroccan citizen. there was only one minor injury there. it worked. closer to home. cincinnati police are looking for whoever shot a driver on a downtown freeway ramp. it shattered the drive's side window before hitting the drive. the vehicle crashed into another. the driver was the only person injured. he is not expected to survive. police have not made any arrests and are not sure where the shooter was located. now to snoanother scary incident on the roads. this one played out in houston right in front of a family on their way to dinner. >> the driver in front of them appeared to be completely out of control. and that's when the father took action. here's clayton sandell. >> on the wrong side of the road. >> reporter: alejandro fernandez knew something was wrong when this white mustang, already damaged in another crash nearly hits him. >> we decided to turn around, start following him.

but stays close, following the driver into this houston parking lot. >> hey! >> reporter: frying trying to g, the mustang driver backs into a truck. he's trapped. that's when fernandez moves in to take the driver out. police don't recommend this sort of thing, but for fernandez -- >> one of my best friends died because of a drunk driver and i was thinking of this. >> reporter: according to court documents, this is the third time for this person to be driving under the influence and this time he's charged with a felony. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> he may have saved someone's life. >> he absolutely probably did. he said, as you heard him say, it was because one of his best friends died in a drunk driving incident he decided to take action and followed him. police don't recommend this sort of thing. it worked out there. who knew that you can still make citizens arrests. >> houston police did say that

a breathalyzer did prove that that 28-year-old driver was in fact under the influence. when we come back, is justin bieber really starting a church? >> "the skinny's" next.

♪ is that the one move? >> no, there were others, but one you have to be seated and two, i don't think i could do them on national television. they're a little inappropriate. >> ooh, the church of bieber. there you go. justin bieber, as you know, canceled the remaining dates of his tour. he reportedly explained that he's fine but needed to take a break after what he described as 16

the road. >> or maybe he's actually trying to learn the words. finally. >> that's true. >> however, a report from australia's today show has a different theory, suggesting the reason he is backing out is that he may actually be starting his church. >> as hammer once said, that's why we pray. >> just to make it today. >> he's known for attending the hill song church. it's popular with young celebs. and sources say he quit the tour to redirect his life to christ. >> when tmz asked him directly, he responded quote, you already know the reason. so the truth, i guess, whatever it is is just out there, and we already know. >> we already know the reasons. >> just, we know. >> okay. we're all beliebers. we don't know. we have no idea. next, a day of reckoning of sorts for chrissy teigen. >> the super model mom, wife

john legend announces that she has been dumped by president trump on twitter. >> she has tweeted him 19 times since he won the white house in november. but it was a response to one of the president's tweets this past weekend in which she said, lol, no one likes you. that appears to have been the straw that finally broke the camel's twitter block. >> really? no one likes you? >> that's all she could come up with at that time. what do you prefer? >> so for years, she has made no secret that she has a distaste for donald trump. she usually uses some vulgarities. at least this time she kept it clean. >> by the way, that final response from the president wracked up more than 17,000

likes. steven king also was blocked by president trump. >> same thing? >> his was a little more colorful than that. >> so, you know luke bryant. you're besties. >> yes, friend of the show. >> friend of the show. >> and your bff. >> i got to interview. he has a special airing next week. he even taught me how to do his little dance where he shakes his butt. adorable. we had a great time. >> people are attracted to his rear end. >> he said this experience is special he had with me, teaching me the dance. he's never done that before. >> he's never done that before. >> that's what he said. >> did he allow you to touch him? touch his butt? >> no. he's a respectful man. of course not. of course he doesn't let people go around touching his butt. >> i will one-up you. >> what? >> the country star eased up on that strict restriction. the no-touching rule after meeting 88-year-old francis danoway. >> francis encroaching on my man. >> this was at a meet and greet.

>> they look pretty happy about the situation. look at the look on francis's face right now. >> he showed you the dance moves, he showed francis a little bit more. >> all right, francis, you win. >> all cushing for her pushing. all thcushing for her pushing.

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about that moment last week when firefighters from the bakers field fire department went back in to rescue a pet dog named jack. when little jack was pulled out, he was unresponsive. the family worried, would their little dog survive? a quick-thinking firefighter grabbed a kit they rarely used, an animal oxygen mask, giving the dog oxygen. within minutes, they revived little jack. he's reunited with his owners. what we've learned, that life-saving pet oxygen mask was actually purchased for the fire department after two girl scouts from troop 376, central california south, raised money selling tee shirts. hailey amos and kylie green. >> we did lots of research and realized that the fire departments needed them. >> pets have a different face than humans. so they have smaller and bigger sizes for the bets, because they don't have the same. >> reporter: the two girl scouts

raze raising $2400, buying 37 oxygen masks, one for each fire department in their city. >> we really love our pets. >> reporter: they love pets, and jack's family loves them, because they tell us their dog is back home recovering from the animal hospital and getting spunkier every day. david muir, abc news, new york. >> what a cutie. >> great, hailey and kylie look so proud of themselves. >> as they should be. well done, girls. >> do you think they make one of those for rabbits, for frank the bun? >> little ears sticking up. >> i would have not thought you needed something specially positioned for an animal. >> right, yeah. i guess it needs to be small enough to fit over their snout? >> yeah. >> i don't know. >> you know what this means? more reason to buy girl scout cookies. >> thin mints, baby.

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making news in america this morning, the back and forth over the senate health care bill. a razor thin vote passes to get the process going as john mccain battling brain cancer makes a dramatic return to capitol hill. but there's also a new setback for the bill overnight. we're live in washington with it all. the standoff between the president and his attorney general escalating this morning. president trump again expressing regret for hiring jeff sessions. are the attorney general's days numbered? a woman rescued after spending nearly a week lost in the wilderness. hear what she ate to stay alive and the wooden hut she built for shelter. >> how a case of mistaken identity led to a football