helpful. >> reporter: and they'll go straight to questions, which as of this morning are still a closely guarded secret. okay. so, obviously republicans are the focus here but let's talk about democrats for a second. hillary clinton's campaign says all of these republicans, remember, there's 17 of them, and she could end up being the focus or target of several of those candidates here tonight. >> oh, yeah. tracie, thank you so much tonight. and we're learning that donald trump may have talked politics with bill clinton. bill clinton p h had a private phone conversation and some say he encouraged trump's effort to

play a larger role in the republican party. and he said the 2016 race was never specifically discussed and it was only a casual chat. so, as you head off to work, consider this, the ceo likely earns more than sgoift times than you do. then consider that the ceo's on your screen right now, earn over 1,000 times the median salary of their employees. and they used to make 20 times more than the average worker. and police say they're searching for a motive after another attack insad ide a movie theater and the suspect was stopped before anyone was injured. and here is the latest from antioch, tennessee.

>> reporter: as the chaos started to unfold, two police officers were working a traffic accident just outside the movie theater. >> wub one of the officers engage the suspect, he saw a gun and a trigger about to be pulled. he disengaged. >> reporter: it happened during the showing of the film "mad max fury road" and he used pepper spray on at least two people in the theater and attacked this man with a hatchet. >> i'm eternally grateful for the police department. >> reporter: he tried to escape out the back door where he was team. he had an air soft pellet pistol and he had a history of assault and resisting arrest and police say he also had a history of

mental problems. >> they're reporting that he'd been committed four times, twice in 2004 and twice in 2007. >> reporter: all part of a puzzle investigators are trying to put together to figure out a motive. comedian, bill cosby, will soon have to sans answer questions regarding sexual assault allegations. and huth has accused cosby of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s when she was just 15-year-old. the judge has ordered cosby to give a deposition on the 9th. he's never been charged and denies all allegations of sexual assault. also this morning, a fiery new appeal from the president on the iran nuclear deal, featuring words not many want to hear, or

at least one in particular, and that is "war." and they believe this will be the most important foreign policy they've voted on. >> let's not mince words. the choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war. maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now but soon. >> president obama's critics called that a false choice. either or. for instance, before the speech, senate majority leader said let's hope the president avoids obviously untrue talking points about the iran deal being a choice between a bad deal and a war, it isn't. and the president said the

choice is ultimately between diplomacy and war. and yesterday, the senate agree officially end it the debate after their month long recess. and japan is commemorating the anniversary of the atomic bomb was dropped 70 years ago. earlier this year, a solemn ceremony was observed and there was carolyn kennedy. and up and down the u.s. west coast, 10,000 firefighters continue battling fires from california all the way up to california. and the rocky fire has destroyed 70,000 acres.

and forced many to evacuate. >> that's your life. things you've collected all your life, it's a big concern for a lot of people. >> they're so massive, nasa posted photos of the smoke taken from space, more than 7500 homes are under threat. let's get a look at the severe weather out there. and bill karins is watching a monster storm. >> not the strongest but one of the biggest. we show you these all the times. image. and. we don't usually see them like this very often and you can see the transformation, the spinning, and even in the eye you can see vorticities spinning around the center of the eye itself.

what is not cool is if you're in the middle of all of this and this image came from an island -- well, i'll have to look it up. it's one of the small ilnds out there. and the board literally went through the palm trees. nobody is there to confirm it but it shows you the strength of wind. and taiwan is now going to be watching the storm approaching. taipei is the capital and most populated. flash flooding will probably be the biggest storm. and then it goes into china as a much weaker storm. and all the way from huntvill, a lot of storms this morning in the southeast and that will continue through the day, and even in tomorrow, possibility of heavier rains in have a have a up the coast.

just trying to stay cool in olk ocand texas. now a closer look at your day head. temperatures continue to sore, 105 today possible. all the way to darlks, you will be slightly cooler down through the deep south but that's because of clouds and thunderstorms this afternoon. so, i don't think you're going to hear stories about taiwan being devastated but there will be a lot of flooding problems. >> it looks like direct hit. >> it is. and is pope frans cis going to change the doctrine on being divorced. how's it progressing with the prisoner? he'll tell us everything he knows very shortly, sir.

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one image released yesterday shows the far side of the moon, which humans have never seen until 1959. and in fort meyers florida, vandals spray painted the words "lion killer" on the home of the dentist who shot the famous dentist. and police, are still investigating. other stories we're following for you, autopsy on convicted killer, richard matt, was drunk when he was killed. a a man, police say was high on drugs, broke into a zoo in southern california on tuesday. witnesses say he was shirtless and covered in mud as he hung from trees screaming "i am tarzan."

and the man who found him near say. >> he just kept telling me that he needed to play and i needed to play. >> this video from a checkers restaurant shows a hamburger bun being dropped and picked up. and they say that the burger was never served and all employees 234 involved have been fired. and it may not be halloween just yet but that did not stop hard core gamers who got all dressed up for a video game convention in germany. the convention show cases video games, consoles and characters from nin tendo, play station and others. i'm impressed, right. >> i don't know the characters and that was -- it would take a lot of effort. and who knew you have that much

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player, robinson turns the big . right now a boil water order in new jersey after a crane collapse and a water main break. a home invasion in the bronx and the search is on for the suspects. a famous rapper busted again. "today in new york" starts now. good morning everyone. thursday morning, it is august 6th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargiulo. storm team 4's chris cimino here with the forecast. really felt great this morning. >> very comfortable. low humidity, nice little breeze. but chilly in northwest sections of new jersey. 49 degrees in walpack. 56 in franklin. 56 blairstown. 55 in califon. you get closer to the city and

the coast, more realistic for this time of the year. 70 in the park. 63 in long branch. mainly 60s in long island. skies are generally clear to start. high clouds that will increase as we go through the day today. that chilly start we had in the suburbs, sunshine fades to shy clouds. low and middle 80s today. could see a few showers pop up south of the city overnight. we'll talk about how close we come with the rain in a little bit. let's get a check of the thursday morning commute with lauren scala. >> good morning, chris, good morning everyone. we have roadwork shut down in both directions between tonnelle circle and jersey avenue. something to keep in mind if you're heading to the holland tunnel. might want to take the turnpike extension. car lanes are shut done from the molly pitcher service area. head to the truck lanes and more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you. 4:31 now.

boil water order after a crane crushed a -- tracie strahan is there. that crane is still there, tracie. >> reporter: the crane is still there. we got nervous when we saw water on anderson avenue all over again. we'll show you what's happening. two united water workers passed me by and say the water is being pumped away from the scene of the water main break. they're analyzing samples to make sure that it didn't jeopardize the quality of the water here. crews are working to dismantle a it. it started with the crane fell from a support around 8:00 wednesday morning. when it crashed, the waeft the crane broke a 24-inch transition main. water was immediately shut off. the boil water advisory still in effect. it was issued immediately. even though there were questions if this massive crane should have been on the street in the first place.