this morning on "world news now." the president appearing to stick to the script. >> after tuesday's fiery campaign rally where president trump took aim at the media, he appeared in front of veterans with a more unifying tone. and a threat regarding payment for the wall. more jitters in europe following recent terror attacks. an american band forced to cancel a concert after police stopped a man driving with gas canisters near the venue. the band's name includes the arabic word for "god." then, as charlottesville tries to move past the violence, it's covering up the

but this, too, is controversial. we know people act like kids in the news rooroom, but this i serious place. where are the parents! i'm really, really jealous. it is thursday, august 24th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> usually jack would be crawling on the desk, but he's not. >> it's weird today. >> it is weird not having him there. so this is a huge day for our new relatives in new england. >> right. in massachusetts. >> in massachusetts. these are the brand-new powerball numbers that were drawn just a couple hours ago. >> and now we know we have a winner. >> yes. there you have it. 6, 7, 16,23,26. >> with the powerball 4. >> yes. and it was sold, actually, at the handy variety store there in watertown, ma

rating. they don't have, they don't have a yelp rating yet. >> we're sure it's a fine establishment. >> right about now it's getting a five from somebody. >> so one winning ticket sold for that powerball. >> incredible. >> it was going to go to a billion after tonight. but no, someone's going home with 700-plus million. >> so we say congratulations to our kinfolks there. and we're going to move on. there is new rehax action te president's three speeches in the last three days. >> his new speech called for unity, sparking a softer tone than his fiery speech in phoenix. >> in that speech he threatened to shut down the government if congress doesn't fund the wall on the border. the republicans say it will hurt their party more than democrats. we get more from lana zak. >> reporter: after meeting with veterans in reno.

>> reporter: president trump has returned back to the white house with a budget fight looming in washington. >> believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. >> reporter: previously, president trump had promised voters that mexico would pay for the border wall. now the president is threatening a government shutdown if congress doesn't fund it. the president issued the threat during a campaign rally in which he relitigated his response to charlottesville. >> here's what i said on saturday. we're closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. >> reporter: but he omitted his two most controversial points. >> on many sides, on many sides. you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: instead, blame being the media for the charlottesville fallout. >> if you want to discover the source of the division in our country, look no further than the fake news and the crooked media. >> reporter: but the majority of americans think that the president's behavior has

according to a new quinnipiac poll. that poll also finds that the president's public approval rating currently stands at 35%. kendis, linda? >> lana, thank you, and as you heard there, the president tries to blame the media for the reaction to charlottesville, defending that what he said could not have been a stronger condemnation of the hate group that sparked the violence. >> and our on cecelia vega to covers the white house shared video on her instagram of what it looked like from her perspective each time the president attacked the press. look at that young lady. i think she's saying we go for happy hour later? or maybe not. >> many saying journalists hate the country. cecelia's been through pretty much a war zone. she covered the complain and amt was pretty rough. >> did she say this was the most concer

>> most concerned. and by this tone, she feels something bad will happen at some point if we continue this kind of rhetoric. we hope for the best there. we're going to move on to a security threat in the dutch city of rotterdam caused police to cancel a concert by a group the allah laws. at t they thanked authorities for detecting the threat. and it turns out some symptoms were far more serious than originally reported. sources tell our miami station wplg symptoms included hearing loss, memory launch loss

balance and some had to be evacuated to miami for testing. >> the best equipment is not going to be on the ground in cuba. we are bringing people to the best medical experts in the mainland in the united states. i'm not going to confirm the status of any oust governmeu.s. personnel. but what has happened there is a great concern. >> experts say sound waves above and below the range of human hearing could potentially cause permanent damage. cuba denies any involvement. at least 12 people are dead after a powerful typhoon slammed southern china. the storm ravaged hong kong and macau with flooding and high winds. take a look at these scenes. you see the cars floating in the streets. it's causing widespread power outages and forcing thousands to shelters. the storm triggered hong kong's most severe typhoon warning, a ten. it's only the third time a storm of such power has hit the financial hub in the past 20

the city is at a stand still this morning with markets, schools and businesses closed. and here at home, a major weather threat is barrelling towards the gulf coast. tropical storm has formed, harvey, set to slam south texas this weekend. harvey is in the gulf of mexico right now. the projected path takes it friday into saturday, somewhere between brownsville and houston. by then, it may be a weak hurricane. a four to six-foot storm surge is expected along that coast, but the real danger is from the rain, up to 20 inches. many store shelves looking like this. this is in corpus christi. and evacuations are set to begin later this morning. they're stockpiling sandbags, getting ready for the storm surge. the texas governor has declared a state of emergency in some 30 counties in that state. in charlottesville, a controversial confederate statue has been covered. it's a

heather heyer. they decided to cover the statue and that of stonewall jackson located at another nearby park. a few hours later, a man tried to cut the black covering, but he complied when pleaolice aske him to stop. and the fate of nearly two dozen monuments will be in president trump's hands. ryan zinke is said to ask to scale back on federal protections. that could open up to commercial uses like oil wells or drilling. some threaten lawsuits if changes are made. the controversy of colin kaepernick made its ways to league headquarters. they say the former san francisco quarterback has been black balled or white balled, some have said,

during the national anthem. they want a rule protecting players from retaliatory actions. susan sarandon among the protesters. and a perfect night booted away. lefty rich hill was perfect into the ninth inning. first batter, his grounder is botched by logan forsythe. hill still had a no-hitter in the tenth until what happened was -- harrison hitting it out of the park. so pittsburgh winning that game, 1-0. >> oh, my gosh. you were saying earlier, you go from a perfect game to maybe you'll still get a no-hitter. >> to none of it. you get an l. he's great. great story there. here's a little bit of good news. a little league slugger who missed out on a

world series is still taking big swings. >> you may remember jace blaylock. it went an estimated 375 feet. >> the georgia team got a chance at the big time. he proved that last home run wasn't a fluke. he drilled one off the second deck. >> congratulations. not bad. they should sign him up for the mets. coming up, someone is hundreds of millions of dollars richer this morning after winning the huge powerball jackpot. what would you do with all that cash? we hear from some kids. but first, the nationwide crisis of opioid addiction and overdoses. we ride along with the people on the front lines of this battle. find out what can be done to stop it. and check out pics on abc wnn. you're watching "world news now."

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of statistics we should be proud of. close to 100 people die every day from addictions to opioid. >> we show one week from inside the worst drug crisis america has ever seen. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: jfk airport. agents in protective suits. finding the powerful opioid, fentanyl, in a package from china. tempe, arizona, another front line in the opioid epidemic. with the tempe police. today's target led to members of a drug ring with suspected ties to a mexican cartel. it's time to strike. >> got him. you definitely already found a large sum of money. we'll continue to tear the vehicle down until we see if there's more dope. >> reporter: during our week-long look into the crisis, others grappled with

with one family 1500 miles awayaway in kentucky. she doesn't make it through a weekend break from rehab. >> she was so good at hiding it. this is the first time we've heard heroin and veronica's name mentioned. >> reporter: by 2:30 p.m., veronica's pronounced dead from a heroin overdose. >> she was gone. our daughter. she was gone. >> reporter: veronica leaves behind her own 4-year-old daughter, ray lynn. according to the cdc, more than 33,000 americans died of opioid overdoses in 2015. some of the blame lies with doctors. during the week we tracked, three doctoris stood accused of illegally prescribing pain medications to their patients. according to diamond's incan diemt, his action resulted in the overdose deaths of seven

his patients. he has pled not guilty to all charges. >> this is the main target of the investigation. >> reporter: back in arizona, we're with d.a. agents as they continue to take down that suspected ring. >> looks like they're getting ready to go in. >> reporter: agents search the house, then jackpot. >> we pulled out 15 pounds of heroin. worth over $1 million. >> reporter: in kentucky, veronica's parents are saying their final good-byes to their daughter. ♪ >> reporter: but for her parents, there's one silver lining. veronica was an organ donor. she gave three other people a chance to live. >> there would have been not one, not one good thing that would have come out of this. it made little sense of a senseless situation. >> reporter: during the week we tracked, veronica was one of 28 overdose victims

donated their organs, according to the united network for organ sharing. it turns out, there are no adverse effects on the recipients. she was also one of those who die every week from an opioid overdose. for "nightline," pierre thomas in phoenix, arizona. >> 630 americans every week. it is definitely an epidemic there. coming up in the next half hour, google and walmart taking on amazon. how a partnership between the world's number one search engine and the number one retailer will change the way we shop. but first, how much would $750 million change the way you live? we will hear from a group of kids about what they'd do with that powerball jackpot. they have a couple ideas. that's coming up next.

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♪ ♪ if i had a million dollars ♪ i'd build a tree fort in a yard ♪ ♪ if i had a million dollars >> ah, somebody is thinking about not just $1 million but $758 million. the big jackpot there. >> only one lucky winner. >> in a small town there in

watertown, massachusetts. and there you have it. the handy variety that was known before tonight for its movies, apparently, for a perfect summer treat. >> did you get a yelp review? >> no yelp review but six likes on facebook. >> it's kind of impossible for regular people to fathom what you would do with that kind of jackpot. so we have to go to the people who always tell you the truth. the kids. a group of kids from austin, texas isn't short on ideas what they would do. our austin station caught up with them. >> my mom wanted a yellow jeep and my dad wanted a mustang. >> i would probably buy a -- >> i would save it, and i can get more money to spend on something and save it so i have a lot of money. >> i think i would do that. >> i would buy a really good house and buy my mom and dad

stuff too. >> a fair in the back yard and a robot maid. >> a boat, a house, a lake, a -- my mom's dream car and my dad's. >> a rollercoaster. >> buy some basketball tickets fo for the golden state warriors. >> race car track or something. >> i would get room service, be a super star. >> i would probably buy a treehouse in my back yard. because you can't do it in my front yard. and i would also probably donate some of the money to all the people like that need food and all that. >> i would also save some. >> keep some money for you. >> for college. >> keep some money for you. >> and if i need extra help later or some of my family needs extra help. >> you need to keep some money for you. >> s

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♪ okay. we're going to start the mix on this thursday with cookies. >> yummy oreos. >> oreos and milk. this is really important stuff. the scientists have figured out the peak dip time for an oreo cookie. >> when you put your oreo in the milk you should only keep it in how long? >> for four seconds. apparently it reaches maximum and sorngs at four seconds. 50% gets soaked up at one second. ready? one, two, three, go. hold on a second, one second, two second, these seconds, four. >> that sounds about right. it's still together. still in one piece. >>

>> see if i go longer than that. >> it's excellent. al dente, not mushy. >> these are scientists from utah state university who came up with this. they tried graham crackers in case you're wondering. it's still going on 15 seconds. this one's like, i don't know about that. >> this is a little crunchy, if you were looking for a more mushy cookie. >> at 26 seconds it falls apart. there you go. science. >> we did science for you. i love this story, though, so cute. an adorable toddler's on a news set, what could go wrong? there was a british anchor conducting an interview with a mom about milk allergies and brought the kids along of course, as 2-year-olds will do, they don't sit still very well. the little one climbed all the way up on the desk by herself. >> how did he han

>> milk's in a lot of things. >> i think we'll have a more peaceful time at 6:30. >> he's clearly a dad. probably of many kids. this is phasing him not at all. at the end, he gives a little high-five. >> while i would be freaking out, probably. you want to see some really cool street art that took place in the bay area, the city of redwood. the artist, damon bellinger. take a look at this shadow art. do you see what he did there? >> how did he do that? >> he makes them by chalking out stencils on the sidewalk. he uses a shadow from those items. >> he draws something else. that's so cool. >> and incorporates it into it. >> and a little freaky. >> a little weird. >> can we show you the favorite photo of the day, a mom and son celebrating first day of school. first day of pre-k for the

they were starting together. they commemorated with a photo. >> i

this morning on "world news now." southern states bracing for a washout, as harvey hovers, gathering steam in the gulf and now upgraded to a tropical storm and threatening to drop 20 inches of rain in some regions. the latest track ahead. and after that raucous rally in phoenix, the president taking a different tone in front of a new audience in reno. but back in washington, plenty of work awaits. we'll have the details. and new this hour, lookout below. >> a huge rock slide caught on camera. new details about what caused this part of the mountain to crumble? and breaking news right now, we have a winner. the massive powerball jackpot will not advance. we'll tell you where the winning ticket was purchased on this