breaking news this morning on "world news now." a life-threatening hurricane bearing down on texas and the gulf coast. >> evacuations are ongoing as forecasters expect as much as 35 inches of rain in some areas. historic flooding expected in the southern part of the state with the fourth largest city in america facing what could be a category three storm. and is there a rift among republicans in washington? president trump seeming to distance himself from the leadership in congress as questions loom about the proposed border wall and whether the president will push for a government shutdown as leverage to foot the bill, despite his prom to promise to have

it. violent tit for tat. vegas invaded as the world of boxing and mixed martial arts collide. mayweather and mcgregor. but if there is a price for cuteness, it is conor jr. knocking us out with cuteness. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> winner for best shades. >> let's hope his suit is not like dad's suit that had cusswords in it. but definitely a cute kid thayer. but -- there. hurricane harvey is

>> it is expected to get much stronger over the next 24 hours. >> harvey's heavy rain and strong storm surge will bring life-threatening and devastating flooding to the entire coast. >> in was taken from a government hurricane hunter aircraft aabove the gulf. with the outer bands of the storm already battering the gulf coast. residents have been in a frenzy to board up and get out. matt gutman is there. >> reporter: with hurricane harvey's outer bands already gouging the coastline, the gulf coast is in a frenzy of boarding up, sandbagging and fleeing. a mass exodus now under way in several texas towns, including port aran sis. the storm whipping itself up from a tropical depression into a full-blown hurricane in hours. triggering alarm

corpus christi to new orleans and very stark warnings. >> we're going to in the strongest possible terms encourage residents in low-lying areas, as they say, get out of dodge. >> reporter: helping folks get out of dodge, airlines waiving change and cancellation fees for those in the storm's paternity. in corpus christi, they're swarming hardware stores. folks are buying sandbags by the palet pallet full. it's three and a half hours long. inside sutherland's hardware, clerks scrambling. the line for plywood, 30 minutes long, customers on edge. >> everything went to code red and we all came basically to prepare ourselves. >> i'm 65 miles, and i don't want to die at 65. >> reporter: in houston where it's expected to have a biblical deluge, shelves picked

there's no more bread. >> this is the line to get gas. absolute insanity over this hurricane. >> reporter: in new orleans earlier this month, a summer squall flooded streets. there's now concern the city's pumps won't be able to keep up. >> we're in a more vulnerable space than we should be in. >> reporter: many are likely to feel the direct impact of the storm. the entire country could be affected. some 20 refineries producing millions of barrels of oil. tropical storm alison in 2001 caused $5 billion in damage. matt gutman, abc news. >> and once again, that was a tropical storm. our thanks to matt. and while this is of major concern for the gulf coast, really want to focus in on this other map right here, that matt talked about. the oil refineries,

oil refineries are along the gulf coast. one third of those are in the path of harvey right now. production operations are starting to shut down in response to the hurricane. dozens of oil platforms out there have been evacuated. but the big concern of course is the rain. and hthis is really impressive. check out the areas in white. those areas could get much more than ten inches of rain by monday night when we're talking to you. that's up to austin that we're talking that could have more than ten inches of rain, and austin is located some 200 miles from the coast. absolutely devastating and impressive. now let's get the latest right now on the forecast track. justin povick from accuweather. good morning. >> kendis and linda, thanks and good morning to you. we are tracking hurricane harvey which continues to strengthen at this house, movement north and west to the southeastern texas coastline. hurricane warnings in effect from corpus christi, adjacent waters and coast to the north

warnings from houston to galveston. movement takes it toward the coastline impact later tonight into early saturday. we are concerned about dangerous beach erosion and storm surge. kendis? linda? >> all right, thanks justin, and we'll have much more from south texas in our next half hour. but we move on now to politics. president trump is lashing out at republican leaders again. this time over the looming debt ceiling deadline and potential shutdown of the government. >> the president is blasting house speaker paul ryan and mitch mcconnell for rejecting his advice to get congress to increase the borrowing limit by the september 29th deadline. now he says they've made a mess. >> and he tweeted "he failed, that never should have happened." >> look, i think the

certainly, there are going to be olicy differences, but thayer are al there are a lot of shared goals, that's what we're focussed on. >> the president's other line of attack is threatening a government shutdown unless congress votes to fund a border wall. that's despite repeated campaign promises that mexico would pay for the wall. sarah sanders would only say that the president is committed to making sure the wall gets built. a hostage standoff in charleston, south carolina has left one person dead during the rush at a restaurant. police say a man, a fired dishwasher, returned looking for revenge. he shot and killed the executive chef. i held one hostage, ordering everyone else to crawl out of the restaurant. the stand ofr eoff ended about hours later after the officers shot the gunman. >> a man came up to the door in white and i

everything was okay, if i could help him many and i locked the doorks and put a gun in my belly and told me to get on the floor. >> the hostage got out safely. the gunman has a history of mental health issues. that restaurant, virginia's, is just blocks away from an emmanuel ame church. and florida is using a new drug. prosecutors say the 1987 double murder was racially motivated. the drug has been criticized by some as being unproved in an execution. it places yet another controversial drug. and breaking overnight, a hearing scheduled today for the man accused of deliberately crash being his car into a crowd of protesters in charlottesville, virginia has been delayed. on thursday, a judge agreed to a request by prosecutors and the attorney representing

field to proes postpone that hearing. heather heyer died during that august 12th attack. 19 others were injured. and a former volkswagen engineer will be sentenced today for his royal in the dicele emissions scandal. he pleaded guilty earlier this month to misleading regulators and is cooperating with prosecutors. they're rimming they're recommending a three-year prison sentence. they installed secret software in order to cheat on emissions tests. eight have been charged so far. you can expect some suspensions after bad behavior between the new york yankees and detroit tigers. it all started when detroit's michael fullmer hit gary sanchez. then it was mcgregor versus mayweather on the baseball diamond. so the benches

after the yankees fired a 98-mile-per-hour pitch off the hid of james mccann. later detroit's alex wilson flunked the yanks, and the teams squared off a third time. all told, five players, both managers and a coach were ejected. the only people who were playing the rest of the game were the grounds crew. >> the batboys. you're totally right. that could have been the undercard for the mayweather and mcgregor fight. >> probably more hits than mayweather will actually do. >> so theian kha yankees and ths could have been the undercard. tonight is the wane for the highly-anticipated bout. mayweather puts his record on the line against the mma star and first-time boxer. >> they'll also finally turn what's been a less than friendly war of

>> his little legs, his little car, little head. i'm going to knock him out inside four rounds. mark my words. >> you just show up, okay? and i'm going to do the rest. >> i'm here right now. >> you just show up and i'll do the rest. >> i'm here right now. >> you can get it right now. you can get it right now. you can get it right now. >> oh, all the trash talk that has taken place. we'll see what happens and how badly mcgregor loses tomorrow. i don't now. we'll sigh. but he definitely won in this department. this is his little kid. he got an outfit, designer duds. >> do we have a picture of the little kid? he's adorable. this might be my favorite part of the fight. >> conn or mcgregor right there. the foods you moist hate. the map of america that shows us state by state the nation's most hated foods. but

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a dramatic water rescue near los angeles. a small boat was left spinning out of control after a man piloting it was thrown off by a wave. the coast guard saved him after he stayed afloat 30 minutes by using his flip-flops as paddles. >> wow. >> pretty creative on his part. he's said to be okay this morning. well, turning now to the baltimore police department, under fire accused of evidence tampering. >> prosecutors say a new video shows quibble activity. but they say the officer in question was doing exactly what he should have been doing. here's abc's pierre

under intense scrutiny after an officer appeared to plant drugs incriminating a suspect earlier this year. two incidents recorded by police cameras. this one, an officer appeared to plant marijuana in a suspect's car before arresting him. another baltimore police officer under the mike scope for a third incident. the prosecutor's office now doubting his credibility. and in this video, they're pursuing a man wanted for drugs, body cameras rolling. the suspect is apprehended. then suddenly, i takes off in handcuffs. police in hot pursuit, catching him after running into the woods. police don't find any drugs initially, but went to the scene after listening to a jailhouse call that allegedly directed them to the drugs. in the video, you see an officer pick up the drugs and then puts them back down, only to pick them back up again. the officer claims he did that because he

body camera on, but prosecutors concerned that it was evidence tampering, dropping 43 case connected to this officer. a spirited defense from police. >> there is nothing questionable about this. the officers did exactly what i and the community expect of him. >> reporter: police typically turn on their cameras as they approach a crime scene and leave them on for the duration. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. coming up in the next half hour, what we're hearing from the record-breaking powerball winner, and her plans for that jackpot. and a warning to parents about the apps your kids are using. what you need to know on "world news now".

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we have a parenting alert about kids and apps. many parents may not realize that some of those most popular apps could come with a feature that puts them in danger. >> it allows complete strangers to reach out to them directly. >> reporter: a father speaking out after his 7-year-old daughter told him she was getting disturbing messages while playing on his phone. >> we never thought in a million years that we would receive anything other than family fun.

default settings. we weren't aware of any public or private settings. >> reporter: brad says madison was using the wildly popular app musically on his phone, creating music videos to some of their favorite songs when someone posing as a child began contacting her through the messaging option of the app, asking her to send photos of herself without a t-shirt on, calling it a secret between us only. >> she came to us and let us know that there was someone asking her to remove clothing for pictures, and she knew it wasn't right. >> reporter: he posted the exchange on facebook as a warning to other parents and filed a complaint with police department. >> it could be another child or it could be an adult. if they believe it is another kid, they will share home information, personal information about themselves. >> reporter: musically, one of the apps featuring a messaging option. a mom in louisna

8-year-old son was contact the by a sexual predator while a popular gaming app, roblox. >> keeping our community safe is our top priority. >> reporter: some of the protections include in-game chat fittering, restricting a greater number of words and phrases and enabling parents to shut off the chat capability all together. musically advises parents to use the private account setting and nab enable the only friends option for direct contacts. >> my message for parents would be to pay attention. i'm glad it didn't go further. we would be having a different conversation right now. >> that's one of the most scary things for parent. kids can be online. you don't know what's happening and what they're interacting reque with while they're there. >> is that why your dau

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it's your pfriday mix, and this is quite interesting. there's a dating app called hater that -- >> it matches people based on things you hate. >> exactly. it has found the food, based on the different states on what people actually hate. you want to see? let's show you the whole map right now. state by state, what food does your state hate the most. >> our home state of new york? >> new york. yeah. so apparently, ranch on pizza. >> i would never date somebody who put ranch on their pizza. that's a

>> new hampshire. i'm with you, expensive cocktails. >> massachusetts, mayonnaise on fries. it's delicious. >> maryland. >> i love that one. >> the corner piece of the brown eye. -- >> this is so cute. this is lazy cat. playing with the ball kind of. just making an attempt, flipping it around and i'm not so cool to be playing. >> no, the no at all. >> so this is a big deal. vladimir putin playing the ♪ ♪

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breaking news on "world news now," hurricane harvey, gaining strength overnight as it approaches the texas coast. highways packed as residents flee for safety. forecasters warning that the rainfall could turn deadly by this weekend. the latest projections just ahead. and new details about the dreamers act, allowing children of undocumented immigrants to remain in the united states. so will president trump decide to end the program? and new this half hour, america's newest megamillions multi-millionaire steps into the spotlight. >> the 53-year-old mother of two who broke a record winning the powerball drawing and how she says she picked those numbers and her first order of business