this morning on "world news now," the republican effort to kill obamacare is near collapse. another key senator announces she will vote no. this as protesters packed the hallways of the capitol with hundreds arrested. and the governor the puerto rico begging the united states for help after hurricane maria, saying they're dealing with a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. while in the caribbean island of dominica, reports of widespread looting following the deadly hurricane there. and new this half hour, see the surveillance video of a deadly crash involving a speeding police cruiser. the car reaches speeds of 80 miles per hour, then slams into a suv with a family

hear what investigators are saying this morning. and it's official, prince harry and meghan markle make their first public appearance together, holding hands even and breaking hearts all over the world. and while the royal prognosticators weigh the possibility of an american princess, it it's markle's shirt providing a serious clue. and begs the question, there are royal prognosticators? it's tuesday, september 26. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we are so fortunate that diane is here with us. this has been part of a continuing series. you are the royal. >> i feel like the royal prognosticator. this is gig -- big. they thought over the weekend she was at the invictus games they were seated far apart. now we finally got to see them together, giving the people what they want. >> we're going to see when the wedding date might be later on. but we're going to move on to our top story and breaking news,

california. here's a live picture coming in where hundreds of people in southern california have been ordered out of their homes because of a raging brush fire. burning in corona, near anaheim. >> officials say it just exploded, quickly growing to more than three square miles. people had gist -- just minutes to gather what they could. >> there are no reports at this hour of damage to homes but there are intense flames on the edge of some neighborhoods, yards from homes, and all of this happening in orange county at this hour. we'll continue to keep an eye on the situation go southern california. more than 180 protesters were arrested before a senate hearing on a bell that now seems doomed. the protesters chanted against cuts to medicaid. >> susan collins is the third republican senator to publicly come out against the plan. she waited to announce her position until after the congressiona

reported millions would lose coverage under that plan. donya baucus has more. >> i'd like to welcome everyone, and i do mean everyone. >> reporter: before the senate finance committee meeting could even begin. protesters were removed, some from their wheelchairs as they chanted in anger over the newly revised graham-cassidy health care bill. this was the one and only hearing on the plan. >> they don't want us to testify. they don't want us to be here. it's a fraud, a fake, a facade. >> reporter: the congressional budget office released analysis of the bill that influenced susan collins to speak out against it. >> it would have a negative impact on millions of americans who are now insured. so it was that final piece of the puzzle that i had been waiting to confirm. >> reporter: the main lawmaker joined senators rand paul and john mccain as opponents of the bill. monday morning e

president seemed to acknowledge defeat. >> we have 52 votes. we can't lose any votes, i mean practically. so we're going to lose two or three votes and that's the end of that. >> reporter: the bill needs 52 votes to pass before the september 30th deadline. and with three republican senators standing in opposition, the graham-cassidy bill is essentially dead on arrival. diane and kendis? >> and the fight over obamacare was just the subject of a televised debate featuring bernie sanders and the republican sponsoring the current gop legislation. sanders and lindsey graham found common ground when they agreed insurance companies were the big winners under obamacare. drug costs are out of control. and sanders called for a bipartisan effort while graham says he's still moving ahead with his current proposal. >> what the american people want is us to work togetr

on and improve the affordable care act, not repeal it. >> it's okay to vote. it's okay to fall short if you do for an idea you believe in. >> republicans will hold their usual tuesday meeting behind closed doors today. it's expected that the fate of the health care measure will be decided at that meeting and some top senate republicans say they doubt that bill will be brought up for the vote. let's move to puerto rico. the island's governor says a humanitarian crisis is very real. >> take a look at the satellite image that shows the damage to puerto rico's power grid. in july, san juan and other cities were lit up at neat. now about 5% of the country has electricity. >> at least 16 people are dead. the commonwealth is desperate for food and basic supplies. people have been waiting as you know for several hours to buy gas from about

>> there's chaos at the main airport. hundreds have been waiting at the airport which even the airport has limited lights and water. people are trying desperately to get flights out of puerto rico but many of them are not able to do that. >> part of the issue is that the radar system is down because it got knocked out by the powerful winds from the storm. >> with the gas, the u.s. government was trying to send over gas to help with the crisis. but unfortunately, it's one of those things we have seen in florida when the hurricane hit. >> one of the things you need to realize when it comes to puerto rico and other disasters. houston. they can go somewhere else to dallas. perhaps, you're trapped on an island there. >> yeah. >> when we come back, we'll take a look at what nfl players did during the national anthem. >> and a helicopter that crashed and to a house. and taylor swift has been knocked from the top spot on the

we'll tell you who now has that until one spot and why some say that sk successor is throwing shade at swift.

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slamming into the roof of this house. the 51-year-old man is now hospitalized in stable condition. no one was home at the time of the crash. the roof suffered extensive damage. the ntsb and faa are investigating. >> incredible nobody died. >> incredible that it was a homemade helicopter. so the nfl's demonstrations during the national ann ththem stretched into monday night football. the cowboys' jerry jones knelt with his players before the flag was drawn out. they all stood up, though, for the singing of the anthem. the cardinals stood arm in arm during the singing. >> this follows a day of protest by players around the league. the most lasting image could be that of pittsburgh's alejandro villanueva. standing on hess his own during the anthem. he says that was his mistake. >> i've made coach tomlin look bad, and that is my fault, and that is my fault only. i've made my teammates look bad, and that is my fault, my fault

and that is my fault and my fault only. i've made a mistake. and so, you know, i've talked to my teammates about the situation. hopefully they understand it. if they don't, i still have to live with it. >> and steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger said there was no division in the team. on account of what happened. the entire team will be on the sidelines for the national anthem on sunday when the steelers play the ravens in baltimore, but villanueva now has the number one selling jersey in all of the nfl. >> and the controversy was the topic of discussion at yesterday's white house briefing. sarah sanders told cecelia vega that the trump administration respects people's rights. the issue for president trump is respecting the country through symbols like the american flag. >> and the controversy that started there isn't stopping there. top figures from other sports are very much in the debate as well.

>> reporter: basketball's icon, lebron james knew the questions would not be about the season' head but about president trump. >> the people run this country, not one individual. and damn sure not him. >> reporter: it was lebron james who said the president is using sports as the platform to try to divide us. >> he doesn't understand how many kids no matter the race look up to the president of the united states. >> reporter: and responding to the president's criticism that those who kneel lack respect for the flag. >> it's about equality and people having the option and the freedom to speak upon things that they feel that's not injust. >> reporter: and in addition to football and basketball, the president drawing in nascar. >> we ask that you rise and remove your hats. >> reporter: after, the president tweeted, so proud of nascar and its supporters and fans. they won't put up with

des re -- disrespecting our companitry or our flag. dale earnhardt junior not buying it. >> if our country stands for anything, folks, what? it's freedom. people died for that freedom. i'm not sure if our president understands those rights. >> reporter: dallas cowboys owner jerry jones locking arms and taking a knee with players before the anthem of the then both teams linking arms and standing as the anthem is played. the president's words and the protests that followed are also igniting new tensions between fans. >> i hate you! >> boo! >> reporter: new england patriots fans booing the team, including tom brady, as members linked arms. after most of the steelers stayed in the locker room during the national anthem, jim heeney burned a mound of steelers gear. >> i'm a lifelong steelers

not anymore. >> reporter: the commissioner saying the way we acted this weekend made me proud. oddly enough, it took a controversy of this magnitude after years of bitterness and friction in the league to finally unite players, coaches and the commissioner. matt gutman, glendale, arizona. >> matt, thank you, and that debate will tcontinue on for quite some team. we'll be taking a look at some of the other responses. but we're turning now to a deadly accident caught on camera after a police cruiser slammed no a suv. >> the officer had lights and siren on. but at 80 miles per hour there was nothing the other driver could actually do. here's answer's clayton sandell. >> reporter: antoinette says she never saw it coming. the moment last april this albuquerque police cruiser slammed into her car with her two young children. >> someone yelled we have to get the kids out of the car. >> reporter: her 6-year-old son joel died a day later. >> the chief would ask that people pray for the officer himself and the

>> reporter: the krooser had its lights and siren on. there had been a call from a store about a man wielding a machete. at one point, he clocked 80 miles per hour, but also the design of the intersection is blamed, which makes approaching traffic hard to see. but the officer has a history of crashes. the albuquerque police department says he's been involved in five previous preventible accidents, receiving three letters of reprimand and two suspensions. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> that case has now been turned over to the district attorney so they'll decide if this officer will face charges. >> so hard to watch that video and realize what impact it actually had. coming up, the new number one song is sending shock waves around the music world. >> "the skinny" is next. sending shock waves around the music world. >> "the skinny" is next. s. you . and you look amazing...ly comfortable.

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i'm sorry, jack, yes. let's start with the leaders. there's a three-way tie for the top spot. victoria, the plfrn olympian and val did a sexy tango to taylor swift. >> yeah, they did. >> there's jordan from "hamilton." and lindsey, who waltzed away. >> here's vanessa and max. they look pretty good together. on the dance floor. they did the foxtrot. the fans were super happy about that. but i'll tell you who wasn't. >> oh? >> it seemed max was a little hot and bothered by that, shall we take a look? >> the pinky was there. >> she knows what i'm talking about. >> max, now that you're a husband and father, squeezing my butt. >> it actually makes it more okay. because then you know it means nothing. >> they're having a lot of fun

with the fact that max and peta who are married were dancing with nick and vanessa who are married. >> meanwhile, terrell owens and cheryl burke found themselves at the bottom with, brace yourself for this, barbara corcoran and keogh. >> she kept that whole mrs. robinson thing going. and that did not end last neat. take a look. >> you're clenching. >> would you pull in on him? >> i see your point. >> i'm just glad your hands are where we can see them. >> sadly, their dreams of claiming the mirror ball trophy are over. they will appear on "good morning, america" later today, but i am so disappointed, because i loved barbara corcoran's antics, and i wanted more. >> and she was quite frisky with

him. but poor keogh. every time he gets somebody that, you know -- >> he's getting voted off first. >> he'll be on gma. >> we appreciated you, keogh, and apparently, barbara did too. so there's that. prince harry, now, has been making some moves of his own, stepping out in public with his girlfriend, meghan markle for the first time together at the invictus games in toronto, holding hands? in terms of royal courtship is like, that's like third base. >> so markle, who's an actress, sat next to harry, while watching the wheelchair tennis match between australia and new zealand, sitting with the families of wounded warrior athletes as well, and markle's outfit has been causing quite a buzz after the fashion police started digging into this case for us. >> why is that? >> here's the thing.

apparently the shirt that show's wearing. >> plain, white tee. >> is called "the husband shirt." >> come on, people. >> the husband shirt. >> come on. >> yeah. >> it's a shirt. >> and so here's the thing. everyone made a big deal when they were at the invictus games together. but they were seated far apart for the opening ceremonies. now they're sitting to the. she's wearing a husband shirt. clearly, clearly that means a wedding is coming soon. >> should we book our plans for london? maybe the cathedral will be available. that husband shirt is $185. chris pratt apparently isn't feeling like himself. but guardians of the galaxy star took an online quiz through a very unscientific way. it tells you which famous chris you are most like. >> he posted his results showing he's most like chris evans. captain america, posing in a tweet, dude, i suck at quizz

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♪ ♪ i don't dance now ♪ i make money move we can't quite play the rest of the songs or the non-pg version of that for round two. that is cardi b, the rapper who doesn't dance now. she makes -- >> money now. i was going to say moves. >> money moves. >> very confused. but she is making money move right now, because she has the number one song in the country, taking the top spot on billboard's hot 100. >> congratulations. >> the song, if you haven't heard it yet, don't worry, you will. >> there's a lot of cussing. and everyone is noas

is cardi b. she's 24, from the bronx, a former stripper and reality tv star who gained a massive following on instagram. >> she posted her accomplishment with a cake and attributed the song's success to social media while also poking some fun at this person she knocked off from number one. >> i never asked them. they just did it voluntarily. every day, harassing, make sure you -- >> those are mike woods' dance moves. >> she said look what you made me do, which was taylor swift's song which had been number one before she was knocked off the list.

the last time a female rapper was at the top was two decades ago with lauryn hill's do wop that thing. >> congratulations, amazing. >> later this morning, airbnb goes live with a new experience in new york. shoe shopping like carry from "sex in the city" with sarah jessica parker herself. you'll start off at bloomingdale's before grabbing fro-yo. we go to the best and worst dressed athlete. cam newton. he looked like he visited three different prom tux shops and each time took the first thing he saw. >> i don't think the outfit would win for best dressed. this is carson palmer for the cardinals. he showed up in a unicorn uniform to which i respond, what's wrong with that?

>> this is typical. that's you when you walk in the office.

making news in america this morning, crisis in puerto rico. conditions there are growing desperate as the governor pleads for help. plus maria is not going away. now setting its sights on the east coast. breaking overnight, a fast-moving wildfire rages on in southern california. threatening home evacuations under way as firefighters struggle to control this fire. a possible kidnapping caught on camera. new video appears to show a woman grabbed off the street and forced into a car. hear what investigators are saying. and the cowboys, america's team, taking a knee with owner, jerry jones. the latest show of solidarity, and why one player says h