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houston. >> quite a scene there. and harvey has weakened to a tropical depression. >> it's still dumping heavy rain. and justin povick has the latest on the storm's track. >> thanks and good morning to you. harvey still producing very heavy rainfall this morning. in fact, we're talking about additional rainfall amounts here in that zone of 8-16 inches, running roughly from memphis northbound to paducah. we will be talking about more flooding as the system makes its move to the north and east. thankfully, it is going to be moving at a quicker clip, but still a ton of moisture with it, so we are talking about big impacts from nashville, point offing north and east right into the tail end of the week. kendis, diane? >> a big section of the country will get additional rain from harvey. and coming up, many of those desperate for essentials finding that water is soaring to
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imaging. >> with such a sweet name, there's no need to fear. >> florence, so sweet. >> unless she has a machine. florence and the machine. [ laughter ] the u.s. economy has picked up momentum, growing 3% in the second quarter. the revised gdp figure suggests the economy is continuing to grow at a robust pace in the second half of the year. the president mentioned the chi economic growth during his tax overhaul speech in missouri but says he thinks that could jump higher. a new alliance has emerged. according to politico, special counsel robert mueller has teamed up with new york's attorney general to investigate paul manafort. they're sharing information on manafort, including
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in real estate deals. it may give mueller more leverage to get manafort to cooperate, because the president does not have power over state crimes. so far, manafort has not been accused of any wrongdoing. home depot will pay nearly $6 million to settle claims that it sold faulty products sold between 2012 and 2016. as part of the settlement, home depot did not admit any guilt. and the lottery machine that produced that ticket has been put out to pasture. i don't know how that works with lottery machines. the massachusetts lottery has retired that terminal. it was used for 20 years before spitting out the numbers for the laern largest jackpot ever won. now the lottery machine gets to retire too. >> who knew they did
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biscuit. >> just hanging out in a grass field. >> put out to stud. let's get down to the soaring prices in the wake of harvey. some businesses in texas are accused of hiking prices on some basic supplies, including beer. >> yeah, it also includes case of water being sold for $99. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: texas tempers flaring, furious over markups on necessities, like this man selling water out of his truck, accused of marking up bottles by 500%. >> you ought to be ashamed of yourself! >> reporter: now in the middle of this massive crisis, the texas attorney general says he's already received over 600 reports of price gouging. just check out one woman's receipt from a corpus christi convenience store. she says she was charged $65 for just two cases of beer at a raceway gas station. >>
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that they're price gouging. >> reporter: then there's this photo of a case of water for sale at best buy for $42. raceway says it's investigating this incident, the manager saying it clerical error. best buy says it doesn't even sell cases of water. this was a big mistake on the part of a few employees. as a company we are focussed on helping, not hurting affected people. nearby, best western saying it's severing any affiliation whith its hotel in corpus christi after it was accused of tripling room rates. the hotel chain saying we do not tolerate this kind of egregious and unethical behavior. >> we've seen water up to $99 for a case of water, fuel prices up to $20 a
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prices up six, seven times. >> reporter: and officials now laying down the law. in texas, offenders can face fines of up to $20,000 per offense and up to $250,000 if the victim is 65 years old or older. but selling water for ridiculous prices is not the only kind of profiteering. yesterday we were at a shelter, a man rolled in saying he has a semi truck that could take away the surplus donations but officials suspected he was trying to steal the donations in order to sell them. matt gutman, abc news. >> i did like that. water, no, flashlight? no, case of beer? there we go. >> she was okay with the $99 water. it was the beer. the many heroic rescues and emotional reunions. >> including that couple that got rescued on a jet ski. their story next.
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♪ people in texas, just doing everything they can to get through this storm, harvey. that man playing the piano inside a flooded home. what a scene. and we've also been showing you several scenes of amazing rescues. now we're seeing those rescues come full circle. >> it's actually kind of heartwarming to watch some of them. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: long after the floodwaters recede, these are the images that will stay with us. >> to be able to get through the storm the way we did, and save so many lives is nothing short than remarkable. >> reporter: strangers risking life and limb, saving
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by any means available. rafts, jet skis and canoes. a human chain delivering a pregnant woman to safety. good samaritans, showing up to save the young. >> hello! >> hi. >> hi. you want to go on a boat ride, kate? can i pick you up and carry you? >> yeah. >> reporter: and the old. little premie was evacuated with other critically ill newborns from corpus christi. but as the waters rose, so did a makeshift citizens armada, propelled by both their fishing boats and need to get involved. it's a risk ey job. the waters teaming with everything from toxic chemicals to fire ants to gators. saving family after family, survivors climbing aboard, willing to leave their homes but not their beloved ps.
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so small. this hawk sought shelter and found youtube fame in a taxi. >> he looks scared. he doesn't though what's going on. >> reporter: and of all the unusual rescues, it's hard to surpass this one, karen and j.c. spencer, grandparents in houston, being evacuate the right through the front door on jet skis. >> tell me how you ended up on a jet ski. >> we had to evacuate. we he to get out of there. i call the chick fil a, ordered two grilled burritos and a boat. >> i know you loaded your possessions on that boat and all of a sudden some jet skis showed up. >> karen jumped on the back of a jet ski and i jumped on the back of another one. >> reporter: the number of joyous reunions like this one. that little baby, lily via lobos is back. her parents meeting the plane cayi
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>> oh, man. i haven't seen her, and just i mean, i love my little girl. i just hugged her and just seeing her made me so happy. she's back, and i'm thankful for everyone that took care of her. >> reporter: the set sers got to express their gratitude in person to those jet skiers who whisked them to safety. and remember eye esha, the mother who took to facebook for help? she had a reunion of her own. >> hey! >> oh, my god! >> reporter: a helpful reminder that while so many human possessions can wash away, human life remains precious, fragile and always worth saving. >> look that. ayesha will remember that. did they get their two grilled chicken burritos? that's a really, really, that's great, they got reunited with the guy on the jet ski, that's fantastic. what about the
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this is a scene outside kensington palace, receipt nigh where a memorial for princess diana has formed on the 20th anniversary of her death. >> her sons and princess kate visited a moremorial garden. >> hard to believe it was 20 years and how young diana was when she died, only 36 years old. and her death in paris while being chased by the paparazzi shocked the world. >> here's a look at the news coverage from that day. >> there were a lot of people crowded ar
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young lady in the back seat, princess diana. so i pulled her head back and put an oxygen mask on her face. ? >> we are today, a nation, in britain, in a state of shock. in mourning. in grief. it is deeply painful for us. >> she was such a caring person. and she loved so many people. she touched so many people's hearts. >> her kindness. her generosity. >> she was just a very kind mummy. >> we couldn't get enough of her. she was wonderful. because she was human. >> a light has gone out. >> it's going to be a terrible void in everybody's lives. >> all that she lived for, to live in us. ♪ >> it was a fairy story that everybody wanted to work. at the age of
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think you're prepared for everything. and you think you have the knowledge of what's coming ahead. i will fight for my children. on any level, in order for them to be happy and have peace of mind to carry out their duties. >> she was the people's princess. and that's how she will stay, how she will remain. in our hearts and in our memories. forever. >> her sons have spoken out quite a bit over the course of the past year, unveiling a lot more about their mother, and they said when this all happened they felt like it was a moment where they had a choice, either this was going to break them or make them. and it was the desire to carry on her legacy that kept them going. >> and they said one of the things for them was their last phone call, they hurried off the phone with their mom on that last phone call, and they wished they had known that would be the last, because they would not have done that.
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this morning on "world news now," the widening scope of devastation in texas. >> harvey is now moving inland after washing out more gulf coast communitying. thousands desperate to be rescued while volunteers flock to the region, trying to pitch in any way they can. >> the scenes of tragedy now uncovered as floodwaters recede. see how residents are trying to pick up the pieces as we examine ou the storm is being felt elsewhere. conflicting messages? a key member of the president's cabinet says diplomacy is an option with north korea, but that directly contradicts with what the president says, so which is it?
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