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this morning on "world news now," senior white house staff going to war against each other. >> the vulgarity-laced tirade that's raising eyebrows overnight. the new white house communications director, seemingly diagnosing trump's chief of staff with a mental disorder. is it all just a distraction from bigger issues? we have breaking news from the senate. a toninstunning defeat for the republicans as the plan to repeal obamacare is voted down. it was a narrow victory for the democrats who was cheering for john mccain after he voted no. we'll have the latest details ahead. and muer
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aboard a cruise ship because she wouldn't stop laughing at him. and football season has arrived with the nfl's biggest stars arriving to training camp. we'll check out the dramatic entrances and why the new york giants head coach brought out poetry on the first day. it's story thyime on this frida july 28th. interesting. football season is always -- is already here. >> you always trained with poetry for your football training, yeah? >> i do. but we thought football was the only tackle sport. apparently the white house is, as well. just when you thought mcgregor versus mayweather would be the fight of the summer, the white house said hold my beer. here's t"the new york post," wih the inner
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on "survivor." >> this is after communications director anthony scaramucci threatened to fire his entire team and blaming reince prebus. he responded on twitter saying, he sometimes uses colorful language. and he seemed to shift the blame to the reporter who interviewed him. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: the death stair. the portrait of a white house staff at war with itself. reince prebus facing off against new communications director anthony scaramucci in the oval office. their relationship fraught from the start. priebus opposed scaramucci's appointment. on day one, scaramucci called him a dear and personal friend. >> we're a little like brothers where we rough each other up every once in a while. >> reporter: but that brotherly love took a dark turn. >> some
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and abel. other brothers can fight and get along. i don't know if this is reparable or not. that will be up to the president. >> reporter: now, scaramucci calls prebus a paranoid schizophrenic. and threatens to fire the entire communications staff over leaks. they will all be fired by me. i fired one the other day. scaramucci seemed to suggest that priebus was doing the leaking. in light of the leak of my financial disclosure info, which is a felony, i will be contacting the fbi and the justice department. and he tagged priebus' twitter handle. he deleted the tweet. when two reporters disputed that, scaramucci issued a challenge on live television. >> they're making the assumption that it's him because journal t journalists know who the leakers are. if reince wants to explain he is not a
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>> reporter: the press secretary said the president likes to see his top aides spar with each other. >> the president enjoys healthy competition and conversation. he sees that as such. >> reporter: priebus has been silent. nobody in the white house defending him. he's the second top official left twisting in the wind gi the president. the other one, attorney general jeff sessions, who broke his silence on the president's attacks. >> you've seen the president's criticism of you, is it fair? >> it's kind of hurtful. but the president of the united states is a strong leader. he wants all of us to do our jobs. that's what i intend to do. >> reporter: they are already talking about who would replace priebus. and i can tell you some of the names near the top of that list, two are generals. general jon kelley, now, the homeland security secretary. general keith kellogg, the chief of staff to the security council.
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also, mick mulvaneny. and i'm told that kellyanne conway is under consideration for chief of staff. the senate has voted down the so-called skinny repeal of obamacare. >> it made for high drama on the senate floor into the early morning hours of today. the bill would have rolled back the mandate that all americans have insurance. but that could leave $16 million americans uninsured over the next decade. >> three republican senators, including john mccain, voted against the bill. in a statement, mccain says he believes that obamacare should be repealed and replaced, but urges the bill back to committee. >> early this morning, the president said, 3 republicans and 48 democrats, let the american people down. more today. the pentagon says there's no ban on transgender people in the military for now, despite
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twitter. a chairman of the joint chiefs says the white house needs to send the defense department any new rules. the top general and other military leaders made it clear that they have not received any instructions from the defense secretary. and they say the presidential tweets are not legal orders. >> the entire force, the entire chain of command will, always has, will today, and will tomorrow, and always should, treat every soldier, sailor, airman, marine, coast guardsman, with degty and respect for the khat cloth of our nation. >> trump said, he consulted with, quote, his generals and military experts. there's a challenge by the justice department, that argues that a civil rights low does not protect lgbtq employees from discrimination. the obama administration took the position that the
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would be extended to discrimination based on sexual orientation. but the justice department under attorney general jeff sessions filed court papers saying the law does not apply to gays. venezuela, two days before a vote that starts the process of rewriting its constitution. the security forces faced and fires on protesters in the streets of the capital caracas. socialists president nicholas madura, says the vote is a choice between venezuela being a free country or a colony of the united states. and he has a blunt message for the president. >> mr. trump, go home. >> if you can't understand him, he said, mr. trump, go home. the political violence in sven venezuela
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it will be a critical weekend in venezuela. over to malaysia, where the two women accused of killing the half-brother of korea's leader. they were seen on smearing his face with a nerve agent. they said they were tricked into thinking it was for a tv show. a judge set a trial date for this october. both face the death penalty if convicted. here, many areas will be cleaning up from flash flooding this morning. cars were swept out of a bowling alley parking lot. but the powelling alley had little damage because of flood doors. dozens of people had to be rescued from homes and businesses. it will take days to clean this ul up a. and the tomorrow systems have moved east with the mid-atlantic region in the crossairs. there will be rain and wind into north carolina and delaware. a flash flood watch
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washington, d.c., baltimore, and philadelphia. the jersey shore and cape cod may be into rough weather later today. a controversial study that seems to indicate that e-cigarette s do help people qut smoking. the drop in smoking rates in the u.s. is attributed to high taxes and the anti-smoking ads. this new study finds about two-thirds of e-cigs users, try to quit smoking, compared to 40% of nonusers. the study was funded by the national institutes of health. and a hospital in connecticut conducted what may be the largest kidney exchange ever. 18 patients and 9 kidneys transplanted over a 2-month period in an exchange system. the relative that isn't compatible with a kidney pays it forward with a match with someone else. nfl training camps are getting started. the
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their preseason camp yesterday. >> giants head coach, ben mac macadoo, had special words for his players. he read the poem, "if." >> he told a story of the lion that left the mexican circus. both were attempts to tell his team they need to come together and play for each other. >> understand what a 36-year-old understand what a 20-year-old is going through. and a 20-year-old, trying to understand what a 36-year-old is going through. it's not easy. we need to understand what the other person is going through. and empathy is a big part of it. >> is the end goal to get the ladies in the stands? >> i guess so. that's why they have o'dell beckham there. this was an entrance at pittsburgh steelers camp. antonio brown was driven in by a chauffeur in a 1930s
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>> he can afford it. >> and james harrison arrived in a fire truck. >> where the fire at? >> yeah. well, he's trying to keep it hot on the football field. >> uh-huh. he's about to put out some fires. >> all of the lady lions. you have to cool them off. coming up, the apps that seem to have their kids hooked on their phones and what parents can do about it. being a live tv reporter, it isn't easy. you have to be ready for everything, even spiders. that's later in "the mix." you can find us on facebook and twitter. you're watching "world news now."
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and hit the police officer in the foot. luckily he was not seriously injured. what are the odds of that? >> just absolutely random. luckily he's okay after that. a utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise ship in alaska is now charged with murder, as we learn details of this case. >> they include allegations that he told one witness his wife wouldn't stop laughing at him. abc's linzie janis has the latest. >> reporter: a wife is dead and a husband in federal custody after the emerald princess cruise ship became a floating crime scene. >> i can't remember the last time we were had a murder on a cruise ship in alaska. >> reporter: the federal document says security officers on the ship were called to the room around 9:00 p.m. tuesday, after passengers heard screams. finding blood on kenneth's hands and clothing. one witness spottin
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to drag the 39-year-old realtor and mother of three's body towards the balcony. when asked what happened, kenneth telling that witness, she would not stop laughing at me. the victim's young daughter running for help. >> she was saying i knew my dad would do this. i knew he would do this. >> reporter: the cruise liner that set sail from seattle, diverted to juneau. passengers held onboard for hours, interviewing 200 passengers and crew. >> reporter: kenneth was arraigned on murder charges. he has not entered a plea. linzie janis, abc news, new york. the scare inside a police department. officers sickened and dozens of police suvs have been pulled off the streak after the carbon monoxide detectors triggered alarms. could other departments be impacted? first, forget about
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>> bon jovi. got to love it. he has his own act. not sure what it does. but it has a four-plus rating. >> yeah. >> big-time. >> this morning, we're looking at the other apps that are being blamed for kids getting hooked on their phones. here's abc's t.j. holmes. >> reporter: many teens are on their phones more than 6 1/2 hours a day. more than half of them, text. nearly all use social media apps. but it may tot be entirely their fault. do these kids get help from some of these apps? help in getting hooked? >> of course, they get hooked. the games and the social media designers want people to come back. >> reporter: take snapchat, the superpopular social media app. it has a clever way to keep teens coming back. if you and a friend send a photo every day for three days, you now have a streak. if you dent send a
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experts like dr. jodi gold, says snap streaks can create a high or can i of friendship, that have some upset if they drop a streak. >> this is important to teenagers. >> reporter: 18-year-old friends have a 405-day streak going. that means they've been sending each other a photo of something every day for more than a year. these girls, so invested in their streaks, if this hour glass pops up meaning a streak is ending and they can't get on to the app, they ask their moms to send snaps for them. >> did you do it? >> reporter: how annoying can this get? >> very. >> reporter: it's not just the apps that suck teens in. it's also smart phone games. carter is jodi gold's 11-year-old sons. clash royale i
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rocketed to the top of the charts. carter said it was so addicting, he took it off his phone himself. why did you think you were playing too much? >> they try to pull you in more. and they never let you leave until you finally quitic. >> reporter: snapchat says the streaks are designed to be lighthearted and fun. dr. gold says the concern is not necessarily how many hours kids logon the apps but how important they are to the teen. >> the more you cannot leave one day without being on social media, the more your identity gets wrapped up on it, the more likely it will be negative effect. >> reporter: t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> an 11-year-old boy has more willpower than i am. one day i will take candy crush off of my phone.
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>> i'm really good at it. >> the key is to cut the screen time. enforce a timeout. and a phone-free zone. >> the anchor desk would the a great idea. i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x.
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♪ it is time for your friday "mix." it is tough enough to be on live tv. >> yes. >> we know it. >> when you're out there in the field. so, we give props to this dallas reporter, shannon murphy, out there reporting from the airport. and then -- that creature crawls down her arm. she doesn't miss a beat. she said she felt it. she didn't know what it was. a viewer recognize it, obviously, there was a spider crawling down your arm and told her about it after the report. yeah. she said she just didn't know what it was. >> that gives me chills just looking at it. we
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breaking news this morning on "world news now," the plan to overhaul america's health care system. the marathon debate session on the floor of the senate comes down to the wire. and we have a verdict. we're following the latest developments overnight. and the plot thickens for the top brass at the white house, as anthony scaramucci, the new communications director offers some unique communication to a reporter blasting his co-workers with profanities and threats. this is just healthy competition in the west wing? or cleverly constructed chaos? and new this half hour, the u.s. takes a major step in the future of reproduction. >> the first s
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