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good morning, america. direct hit, more than a thousand run for cover as a tornado bears down on this virginia campsite. >> look at the tree. it's on that guy's camper. oh, my god. >> new video just coming in now shows the complete destruction. families in shock, dozens injured. >> we looked over, and the camper just blew right overtop of the truck. >> rvs turned upside down. boats tossed onto the dock. the very latest right now. also breaking right now, new details on that passenger plane that went down over the sahara desert. the wreckage discovered by a drone. the airliner disintegrated with no survivors found. one black box has been found. military securing the site now. a drone buzzing around the space needle.
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face-to-face with tourists on the observation deck. witnesses saying it crashed into the landmark. police responding to calls. we'll tell you who was behind it. ♪ hey baby i think i want to marry you ♪ >> the whole new way to capture the most important moment in your life. one little question, one great big answer. get ready for that box with a camera and red light. the ultimate proposal. >> yes, yes, i say yes! ♪ let the choir bells sing like a fool so what do you want to do ♪ ♪ let's just run now in case you didn't notice she said, yes, yes. it was an emphatic yes. spectacular morning for a proposal and a fantastic concert in central park. kings of leon. >> way to usher in the weekend. >> that crowd already there. >> huge crowd. >> the beach balls are out.
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>> it's official. it's official. >> looking good. also that other story we're talking about. this was bizarre, that one american neighborhood. there were porcelain dolls being left on the front porches of so many homes and the parents were concerned because they thought they resembled their own children. finally at the bottom. >> we know who was behind it now. we begin with the deadly tornado that struck a virginia campground. the new video coming in this morning showing the total destruction, debris thrown around the site and abc's bazi kanani is on the chesapeake bay for us this morning. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, robin. from here in chesapeake bay you can see where the tornado first went ashore, straight into the campground, snapping trees, tossing rvs, ripping apart this popular summer vacation spot. >> it hit the tree. it fell on that guy's camper. >> reporter: swift and destructive. this is the moment a tornado hit virginia's cherry stone campground thursday.
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. hundreds of families with barely enough time to take cover, ducking into rvs, cars or tents. >> and something crazy is going on outside. >> we just got hit with everything. the hail, broke out the windows. and we looked over and the camper just blew right overtop of the truck. >> reporter: in the end, more than three dozen injured. >> copy, command. we have mass casualty response. >> reporter: and one couple dead. a crashing tree killed lola beth ortega and their 13-year-old son in the tent right next to them was critically injured. >> they were great parents. they bend over backwards to spend time with their kids. >> reporter: in this footage you can see rvs turned on their sides. boats tossed onto the docks and trees ripped in half. heartache and disbelief as campers returned to the rubble. >> it's like a war zone.
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i do not know how you don't have more deaths. i really don't or more injuries. >> reporter: realizing just how close they came to one of nature's most powerful forces. >> my son would have been right there, my baby, my 8-year-old. >> just incredible for those families. bazi, thank you. to that other breaking story, the plane crash in africa. the wreck has now been found by a drone. the military now securing the scene right now and already has one of the black boxes this morning. abc's david kerley is live in washington with the latest. david? >> reporter: good morning, david. much more information. there were no survivors and a new number, 118 on board. according to the french and word that the jetliner apparently crashed in one piece rather than breaking up in the air. this morning, the wreckage of this plane has been found on the edge of the sahara desert. it was a french military drone which spotted the wreckage from the air. the french are militarily active in this area and nearly half of the passengers were french. so a column of 30 vehicles and
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soldiers immediately dispatched to secure the site. french soldiers report finding the aircraft disintegrated and concentrated in a small area. so far, one of the black boxes has been recovered. the md-83 was in the air for less than an hour and the french transport ministry says that while terrorism cannot be ruled out, the crash was likely due to bad weather. it was just before 1:00 a.m. for a red-eye flight with 118 on board that the plane took off from burkina faso, less than 50 minutes into the flight, the crew asked to be rerouted because of strong storms. at 1:47, french officials say, contact was lost. the french president expressed grief for those lost and said french aviation investigators have been dispatched. in just two days, two passenger planes in bad weather have gone down. it was a taiwan plane that crashed during a typhoon on wednesday killing 48. so is your plane safe? we've seen jets tested for lightning strikes in a bow are boeing lab and designed to
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survive storms but pilots are supposed to fly around bad weather. >> weather in and of itself shouldn't have been a problem in either of these accidents so it's likely to be a combination of the weather and the pilots not being able to react to the weather. >> reporter: there are no americans listed on the passenger list. five canadians were on board of as we mentioned, french investigators who are very good, should be on the scene soon and, david, those black boxes will tell us a lot about the pilots' actions and the weather, those very severe storms the other day. >> all right, david kerley, thanks. we know they're built to withstand weather but ginger was saying you looked at the radar, what they flew through was impossible. >> we have the satellite images, the inter-tropical convergence zone, itcz and air lifts and you get storms. northern side they move from northeast to southwest so the plane takes off, into or close to the storm. we don't know yet and then the wreckage is found in that same
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path so it does make sense this would be a factor in the crash. david and robin. >> all right, ginger. such an unsettling time for aviation. >> so many in the last week. now to the deadly shootout at a pennsylvania hospital that left one person dead and a doctor wounded. bringing it to an end was the quick thinking of a doctor and abc's ron claiborne is outside the hospital in darby, pennsylvania, with the latest. good morning, ron. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. quick thinking and armed. authorities say what happened here is that a psychiatric patient with a criminal past got into an argument with his caseworker, opened fire on her allegedly and then the doctor pulled out his gun and shot the gunman. this morning, new details about the shootout that put pennsylvania's mercy fitzgerald hospital on lockdown and left one person dead. >> you don't expect this to happen. >> reporter: it was just after 2:00 p.m. thursday when police say richard plotts seen here in
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an old photograph made his way to the psychiatric floor of mercy fitzgerald's wellness center with his caseworker, 53-year-old teresa hunt. the two entered the office of psychiatrist dr. lee silverman for a routine appointment. soon witnesses heard loud arguing inside and they opened the door and saw plotts pointing a gun at dr. silverman and reportedly called 911 but it's too late. by 2:30 shots fired. >> i'm scared. because i'm really scared. shook me up. >> reporter: dr. silverman tells prosecutors plotts shot and killed hunt, the caseworker. that's when the doctor said he dove behind his desk and pulled out his own gun firing back. >> the extent of the amount of bullets that were fired between the perpetrator and the doctor is unclear. >> reporter: during the gunfight a bullet grazes dr. silverman's head and plotts is shot twice in the stomach but survives. prosecutors say it all comes to an end when the struggle spills out into the hallway and another doctor and caseworker tackle plotts. this morning, it is unclear why
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dr. silverman brought a gun to work which is against hospital policy. but police say plotts may have done more harm had dr. silverman not intervened. this morning, plotts remains in critical condition and as for dr. silverman, authorities say it is legal in this state for him to have a gun and he will not be, robin, the subject of a criminal investigation in this matter. >> all right there, ron, thank you. we'll go to amy with the morning's other top stories. good morning, amy. good morning, everyone. we begin with a new plan to deal with the immigration crisis and the thousands of children pouring into the u.s. illegally. president obama is considering a pilot program that would screen central american children before they leave home and then give them refugee status. as for the migrant children already here, the president wants to speed up their deportation. he is meeting today with the leaders of guatemala, honduras and el salvador where gang violence forced thousands to flee. the other big story, street
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protests erupting in the middle east. thousands of palestinians battling israeli forces on the west bank. demonstrating against israeli attacks that left 800 people dead. israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets killing at least one protester. meanwhile, the u.n. is denouncing thursday's attack in gaza where 16 people were killed. they were at a school providing shelter for families. it was the bloodiest day yet in the 18-daikon applicant and there was word that negotiators are now considering a one-week cease-fire. well, a disturbing headline from nasa. scientists revealing a solar flare nearly caused a global disaster. they say the flare in july of 2012 came a lot closer to earth than we originally thought. a direct hit could have wiped out nearly every electronic device on the planet and crippled water supplies. and speaking of water supply, there is new concern as the west copes with extreme drought. researchers are reporting what they call a shocking loss of groundwater in the colorado
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river basin. 17 trillion gallons have been depleted in the past decade. that basin supplies water to 40 million people. and an unusual situation at a tennis tournament in washington. rising star taylor townsend hits a return right in the back of her partner's head. she's okay but she had to leave the court and the rules say the match must go on. so townsend had to face their two opponents alone without being allowed to return shots from her partner's side. she lost, but she did her best and guess what, she got a standing ovation because she did her best despite being left alone out there on the court. well, look at this. a true marvel of technology. i believe this would make offices better around the world. instead of printing out expense reports how about pancakes. 180 of them per hour. alaska airlines has now installed this in four airport lounges. it's become so popular that frequent flyers apparently are scheduling their trips around
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the machine's hours. >> really? >> yes. so that they can press print on the thing and get a pancake immediately. that's where we are in the world. >> or go to mcdonald's. >> yes. >> like there are plenty of places but exciting to go like that, print. >> the little things that excite us. >> yeah. >> thanks. we turn to that scandal surround ohio state's marching band. he has been fired over claims of a culture conducive to sexual harassment. abc's paula faris on the story. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, the self-proclaimed best damn band in the land is marching to a controversial beat. ohio state university's band director, john waters, fired thursday. an internal investigation revealing allegations of bad behavior among band members and staff. ♪ and a sexualized culture. one that waters allegedly failed
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to stop or address its effects. >> very serious cultural issues and an environment conducive to sexual harassment in the band. >> reporter: the allegations even more jaw-dropping than their famous formations. among them an annual tradition of members marching in their underwear, some even naked under the supervision of marching band staff including waters. students being addressed by sexually explicit nicknames and rookie members even performing sexually charged skits. the investigation launched two months ago after one parent raised concerns that the band was, quote, sexualized claiming the members were made to swear secrecy oaths about objectionable traditions and customs. this morning, while the university works to find a replacement, the game may not be over for waters who once appeared on "gma" as a marching band expert. >> they work tirelessly.
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>> reporter: his attorney telling abc news he'll fight for his good name. now, the marching band is moving forward without waters who had been on the job less than two years. tonight, they plan to perform with the columbus symphony and what's often considered the band's unofficial season kickoff but waters claiming much of this environment existed long before he took the job. >> he was on the band, right? >> yes, he was. >> well, thanks. >> david. now to that wild crime spree in colorado, the armed man terrorizing a city carjacking several vehicles plowing one of them through a closed garage door. the hero cop who helped take him down is speaking out this morning. abc's clayton sandell has his story. >> reporter: this morning the deputy who brought a terrifying crime spree to an end -- >> got him down on the ground. >> reporter: -- is speaking out. >> it's a momentary thought that i'm outgunned, and i need to engage him. >> reporter: deputy fred haggett
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racing to the scene on his motorcycle, gun already aimed at heavily armed suspect christopher sullivan. >> he was trying to get into another vehicle, hijack a vehicle there on the highway. i couldn't let that happen. >> reporter: police say sullivan and a teenage girl had led them on a nearly two-hour car and foot chase west of denver wednesday. three stolen car, two holmbergrys, six crime scenes. >> we do have shots fired. >> reporter: the female gives up but sullivan keeps going, even smashing through this garage door in a stolen suv. moments later, he's face-to-face with deputy haggett. >> reporter: he's holding his hands up in the air saying don't shoot me but then he's not following the orders to get down on the ground so i holstered my weapon and went after him. >> reporter: he takes him down as a tv news chopper captures it all. >> i've seen it three types since. >> reporter: the 22-year veteran insists he is not a hero but a lot of thankful drivers might just disagree. >> there are half a dozen
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agencies up there. there's countless law enforcement officers trying to corral these people who are a great threat to the community. i ended up being the guy on the spot. >> reporter: for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> so humble in his remarks right there. but every time you see that video, even he said he's seen it a futiles. >> indeed. >> people are watching this next video. >> they are. it's stunning footage of a drone outside seattle's iconic space needle. many people and -- well, they were concerned raising serious privacy concerns about it. it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a drone. watch as it's launched out of a fifth floor hotel room a few blocks away from the space needle and while the view from the drone's camera may be pretty, the reaction of security and tourists on the observation deck is one of disbelief. while some lifted up their cameras to snap photos and wave at the small white quad
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propeller, worried security guards called 911 to report the drone may have struck the needle. >> the drone did not strike the space needle. it was safe and sound. >> reporter: a few minutes after its journey the drone buzzes right back to the hotel. police promptly confronted a man in the hotel who told them the drone belongs to him and he works for amazon. he said he bought the drone at a local hobby shot for around $500. his company amazon requested permission from the faa just this month to test its drone-based package delivery system in seattle. and while the drone's flight did violate faa regulations, police say they do not plan on charging him. still, experts say drone dangers are real in the sky where they have had several near-misses with passenger jets. >> just a little drone below us. >> reporter: as for companies consider using them for everything from delivering pizza to beer, they also raise serious privacy issues. >> we don't want to see is them being used all the time for mass
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surveillance with no -- for no particular purpose. >> always got to be looking now. look here. >> we're looking outside the windows. nothing but friday fans, though. >> that's it. thanks for bringing that to us, lara. hey, you and maine, you were cool in more ways than one. it was really chilly and this morning here. >> it was. it was just post front so really gotta taste of new england fall and let me tell you so happy it's still july here but you will be cool this morning. check out the high pressure system. it's bringing in some of that cooler air from canada and drops into the 40s this morning as you walk out the door in bradford. 46 for saranac lake but coastal, warmer, 67 at new york city, boston, 62 so we will warm up into a supper-like weekend and beautiful day under that high pressure system. then the heat. heat add visionaries from texas to iowa going through early this weekend.
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>> reporter: hi, everybody, david murphy here with an update from accuweather, nothing showing on storm tracker 6 live hd double scan. we as we take a look outside, sunshine, man, is it cool and comfortable this morning. temperatures in the 60s and some spots in the 50s that's something else for late july. this afternoon it will feel like summer, but it will be very comfortable. accuweather says sunny and nice, 84. low humidity, a great night to be out on the town for the union or phillies.
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so that was the fire phone, not the free phone. i'm giving away phones here on "gma." >> thanks, ginger. coming up, a surprising twist in the trial of the man charged with murdering an unarmed woman on his porch. what he told police. also ahead that bizarre mystery trending big overnight online. everyone wanted to know who put these porcelain dolls on the doorsteps of one american neighborhood. we have the answer. brand-new video of a boy rescued from a dangerous riptide. the new technology being tested right now that could save lives. as long as i've lived in iowa, there's always been wind. (strauss' blue danube playing)
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we are told someone witnessed a person throwing something into the home before the fire erupted. two people jumped from the row home. they are in the hospital with smoke inhalation. let's go over to matt pellman. >> reporter: sigel is not a huge street, but it's blocked between 18th and 17th. it's a westerly street as are moore to the north an mckeen to the south. fire crews remain on the scene. we have a accident in bucks county aaquetong road. on 476, the blue route northbound on the ramp from the route 1 media bypass to the northbound side there's a crash slowing things down from i-95 on up. gloucester county, glassboro
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road is closed because of a motorcycle accident. >> let's look live out across center city. it's a beautiful day. let's find out details from david murphy, good morning. >> reporter: absolutely gorgeous this morning, these are nice numbers for late july, 64 degrees in philadelphia. this afternoon, 84. lots of sun low humidity, great today tonight, sun to clouds, there could be a late-day thunderstorm. >> we're waiting new information on the hospital shooting in delaware county. right now we send you back t
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hello, america, we're kings of leon and we're getting the party started on "gma." >> yes, they certainly are and we can tell. they're ready. everybody is ready there. >> so excited. >> oh, they are the grammy winners, kings of leon. and they're going to rock us in the park. central park kicking off a fun summer weekend to be sure. and wait a minute. got our party bus here. we're not going to be left out. that's right. party bus. more folks headed to the party in the park. >> there it goes. >> my brother called me and said, i got to go. i got to get in there. i said, well, then get in here. >> where is he? >> he's got connections. >> he can call you. >> he knows people. >> this is a great show. they were on our roof last year as you recall. they bring it. >> they do. >> all right, bus is on the way and soon so are we.
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more on that bizarre mystery surrounding the porcelain dolls. this was big overnight. everyone asking who was putting them on the front doorsteps of one california town. we've got the answer. >> yes, we do. >> i know. then secrets, so you don't get stuck on hold. the man behind so many of those messages that have us waiting seemingly for hours reveals his tips coming up. and then the perfect proposal captured on camera and a whole new way, a little box, a red light and then will she say yes? let's hope so because it's all being recorded. we'll show you how it works coming up. >> you know, because we've only said about them saying yes. what if they say no? >> then you destroy the video. >> very quickly. >> destroy the evidence. we begin with the new twist in the trial of a michigan man who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch. jurors got to see dash cam video after theodore wafer killed renisha mcbride. he claims he didn't know the gun was loaded and abc's alex perez
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has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time jurors hearing theodore wafer's voice in the moments after he shot and killed renisha mcbride talking to a responding officer revealing an explanation that had not been heard before. >> the gun discharged. i didn't know there was a round in there. >> reporter: an accident. until now he maintained he intenti intentionally fired fearing for his own life when 19-year-old mcbride ended up on his porch, drunk and pounding on his door in the middle of the night last november. >> i don't get it. who'sing knowing on your door? >> reporter: this new account could be a hurdle for the defense. >> you're now saying it was a mistake. that's a different kind of defense. prosecutors are either going to argue he's not to be believed about what happened or you can believe him and his conduct was still so incredibly reckless that he should still be found guilty. >> reporter: mcbride's mother and family overcome with emotion
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thursday walking out of the courtroom choking back tears as prosecutors showed jurors photos of their daughter's body at the scene. another difficult moment for the mcbride family, the prosecutor holding the shotgun that killed renisha, but defense attorneys argue the gun and other evidence was mishandled including the collection of that screen door wafer fired through. >> and that was one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11 days after the shooting is when you processed this -- >> on the 12th. >> reporter: charged with second degree murder, wafer has pleaded not guilty. >> the challenge for the defense is going to be showing that a reasonable person wouldn't have just defended himself, but would have shot someone through the door. >> reporter: if convicted of second degree murder, wafer could face life in prison. testimony resumes here at the courthouse on monday.
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robin and david. >> alex, thank you. to that mystery in orange county. porcelain dolls being left on the doorsteps in a neighborhood. the dolls, parents say, bearing an eerie resemblance to their own girls. linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: parents in one orange county, california, town are living out their own frightening version of "valley of the dolls." ♪ >> reporter: after being greeted by these on their doorstep. porcelain dolls, the dolls wearing nightgowns and lace dress there is they all were of the opinion that the particular porcelain doll that was placed on their porch resembled their daughter or some young female inside the residence. >> reporter: their daughters all around age 10. >> so many young families here it's kind of a creepy thing. i don't know. it's just odd. it seems very odd to be something that would happen in this neighborhood. >> reporter: concerned parents, some of whom didn't even know each other at first banned
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together and contacted authorities. >> any time you're talking about the potential of something being negatively motivated towards our children i think our goal and our desire is to protect the children so that's our goal. >> reporter: but this morning, a happy ending. police have determined the person responsible meant no harm. she's a woman who attends church with many of the families and was simply clearing out her doll collection and wanted to surprise her neighbors. for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> just trying to do a good deed like that and makes us think of that "twilight" episode. >> i'm talking -- >> yeah, that's right. >> wow. i might have liked and watched that a few times. >> yeah. anything else you want to tell us, amy? >> no, i'm good. i'm good. >> we'll save it. now to dramatic new video of riptide rescues just thursday and a new invention that could help protect swimmers from the potentially deadly had order and teach them new waifs to escape. abc's ryan smith has the story.
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>> reporter: this morning, dramatic video of the ocean's number one killer at work, rip currents. this one giving a young boy the fight of his life. >> i'm coming, buddy. >> reporter: the boy cries for a help as the lifeguard paddles through the rough waters. exhausted and gasping for air, he is rescued. >> take a breath. take a breath. >> reporter: it's a familiar sight in the states too. on wednesday, a swimmer caught in a rip current off the coast of oregon also rescued by a lifeguard. and it's not just oceans, rip current warnings keeping swimmers out of lake michigan too. rip currents account for 80% of rescues and every year nearly 100 people drown in the u.s. because of them. but this morning, a possible life saver. researchers testing out these green and yellow contraptions hoping they can track rip currents and warn swimmers before it's too late. >> each of these units has a gps unit inside it that records its
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position every second. we put them in the areas where we think the rip currents are likely. >> reporter: for the first time on the east coast 22 of these data logging drifters were released into a weak rip current on a north carolina beach this week. >> any beach with breaking waves will have rips and if you don't know what a rip current is, you're at risk so start learning about them and talking to lifeguards. >> reporter: now, experts say when rip currents are dangerous even michael phelps can't keep up so noaa advises, stay calm, don't fight the current and swim in the direction of the shoreline until you're free of the current then swim at an angle to shore. >> right, they said -- right. >> parallel? parallel. you'll get right in. >> all right, ryan, thanks very much. boy, ginger got out of here in a hurry. >> quickly. >> she couldn't wait to get to the park where we're going to have kings of leon. hey there, ginger. >> right here. we are all ready. we were just hearing them warm up and believe me, they sound good. here it comes again. we'll let that go ahead and be
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the soundtrack to pie weather or not. a little drum. check out that forecast though. in the southwest after some record heat, oh, yeah, we do have that monsoon flow and actually have the blowing dust advisories going into parts of arizona today so be on the lookout for that traveling long distance. on the back side it rotates clockwise. you get the heat ump ing up. seattle, 81 by monday. boise, gets to the century mark. >> reporter: thanks a lot ginger, boy, what a great morning across the region. david murphy here under the sun, we have cool temperatures in the 60s an in some cases the 50s, warm, low humidity, tomorrow, 88 late thunderstorm. ♪ >> all that weather brought to you by truvago. you guys got to get down here. yes, i wanted to get down here because kins is coming up. >> we can't wait to join you.
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looks like a great crowd and we've got a great crowd here. [ applause ] they come every year. these are the sunshine kids. camp sunshine. they're from various hospitals all across the country and they come here to spend a little time with us and to just share some sunshine with us. these little pins they give us and it's lovely to see each and every one of you. we wish you the very, very, very, very best. you give us inspiration. >> and make us smile. >> yes, they do. coming up, the secrets to not getting stuck on hold. what you can do to avoid those lengthy waits. but we'll make you hold for that. also ahead, the new gadget helping you capture the perfect proposal. i hope she says yes. ♪ think i want to marry you ♪ a look in your eyes or is it this dancing tune ♪ is how delicious it can be.
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we're back with that invention that may just revolutionize one of the most important events in a couple's life, the proposal. we've been telling you about it all morning long. now abc's gio benitez will give you the details. >> reporter: we've seen choreographed dance numbers. ♪ i think i want to marry you >> reporter: and epic movie trailers. >> i'm going to walk into the theater and i'm going to ask you that question. >> reporter: all orchestrated to pop the question. but now a brand-new invention -- >> will you marry me is the real question? >> yes. >> reporter: giving viral proposal videos a whole new perspective. >> will you marry me?
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>> yes. >> reporter: created by four college classmates from michigan, ring cam promises to create the perfect way to capture that perfect moment. >> yes. yes, i say yes. >> only the person proposing knows it's there so you're able to capture that genuine element of surprise. >> reporter: how does it work? this jewelry box actually has a tiny camera built right in so when the nervous groom-to-be gets down on bended knee his hopeful's ecstatic response is captured right there. >> will you marry me? >> yes. >> reporter: up close and personal. oh my goodness. oh, this is so gorgeous. >> can you put it on my finger? >> reporter: ring cam's inventors knew they had something special. >> when we got that video back, we were blown away, again, we go, this couple is going to have this moment for the rest of their lives. >> reporter: it was becoming a must have. >> this is such a special moment
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so to be able to capture that is kind of beyond words. >> i was shocked and it was the happiest moment of my life. and it was company tured right there on video. >> reporter: the engagement innovation is even in the running for the next season of "shark tank". >> when we realized this is something that people actually want, this is something that could help people capture that special moment, it was awe-inspiring. ♪ >> so back here in central park with newlyweds molly and grady, show me that proposal face. >> see, now,f ouleha t,up, nves aoyals j ah.i ar" ol lghki .
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so you don't have to individually tie them. separates them all for launch. it's called bunch of balloons and there's a motive behind the invention because he has eight kids raising money on kickstarter and hopes to start shipping them soon. i will be on board. look how fun that looks. >> oh, my goodness. so painstaking to fill them up all individually and break because you fill too much. it's just ready to go. i love it. >> how many kids do you have? >> five. >> exactly. >> this is like -- >> why didn't you come up with this idea. thank you. now to a health alert for all parents who have kids off at summer camp. they often come home and they are more than just with their dirty clothes, there are health risks to consider. abc's chief health and medical editor richard besser is here. you love summer camp but what should parents be concerned about here? >> you know, most kids if they come back with anything it's going to be a sunburn but you do have to worry about things they pick up because they're around other kids. if they come back with the
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summer coals, stomach bug, good hand washing will help you cut down on 13reding that around the house. >> there are more serious concerns like meningitis. i didn't even realize it was still out there at summer camp. >> one of the groups that's at highest risk are older kids going to summer camp so if your child is 11 or older you want to make sure they get that meningitis vaccine before camp. most is preventible with that shot. >> any more serious infections parents should be concerned about. >> everyone talks about lice because, you know, there's nothing worse for a parent than being told that your child has lice. a lot of camps will check that beforehand but when they come back from camp. you can look. if you see a white spot on their hair that won't come off. they can give you medicine to take care of that. >> give them a good once over when the kids get back home. >> head to toe. looking for ticks that may be stuff. >> how long does it have to be there. >> a lot don't know this. it has to be on for two days
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before it transmits disease. >> you just want to make sure when they come back -- >> everyone is safe. lara with the "morning menu" in the social square. lara. >> here's a look at what's coming up on your "gma morning menu." first in "pop news," the candid new home videos of the royal family released overnight. they do know how to have fun. a rare look. plus, incredible weight transformations and meet three people who each lost over 100 pounds and you'll hear how they did it. then one more thing, a big thing, in central park, kings of leon are here playing for us. come join us, won't you? "good morning america." we'll be right back from times square and central park. ♪ i know my place "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by nexium. new nexium 24 hour, now available without a prescription. ♪
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s onbo. ten"sli wom ahe that ,ler onca igove eanmpme bon't o'tna me pdiney agg to to those who comment on their appearance in public with saying like -- someone walking/jogging/biking in your line of sight isn't an invitation for you to comment. just say hello. >> reporter: they happen on her daily commute to work to a downtown office building. >> when you dress the way you are -- >> i'm dressed for work. these are my professional
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clothes. >> reporter: but two weeks ago after she says she experienced so many of these interactions, she secretly started filming the men she gave her cards to and the videos went viral. >> i normally have a clutch and my phone so i just set my itone to be filming video. >> reporter: we blurred the faces and changed the voices of the men who lindsey claims are guilty of street harassment. >> if you smiled you would look beautiful? why should i care if you think i look beautiful? >> reporter: it irks you it goes on without any real attempt to curtail it. >> if women don't feel like they can use public spaces with the same safety that most men walk through the world feeling, then that's a problem. >> reporter: sometimes her confrontations illicit apologies. >> if i made you feel uncomfortable, i'm sorry. >> reporter: but other. >> you have the freedom of speech to holler if you want to holler so it's my freedom to holler at you. >> i don't know that i'm changing hearts and minds but if they're annoying to me i'm allowed to be annoying back to them. >> she says she's gotten a
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number of e-mails from women's groups in other countries asking her to translate her cards into other languages or cultural experiences so that they can hand out their own cards. now, guys, i have confronted catcallers before. when i was much younger with some not very nice words and that can be dangerous. this is a simple way of responding. >> am i wrong that i actually take it as a compliment that i'm in my 40s. thank you for saying that. >> i didn't want to say anything. >> you made my day. >> you like getting checked out. >> i don't hand out any cards. >> just walk out in times square. >> it's generational, i think. >> i completely get you. we want to know how you deal with catcallers. tweet us at "gma" at #socialsquare. >> anyway -- >> yeah, yeah, just wait. i loved it. when i was much younger. how much younger? next up -- our "heat index." just saying no to makeup. we asked you to let us know how long you've gone cosmetic-free.
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we got all sorts of answers from two days, eek. a direct quote. eek to three weeks but i was living in the jungle to "i don't know. how old are my kids?" now to "my entire life." now one college student is doing it for a whole year and abc's reena ninan has her story. >> reporter: it's something some women might never dream of doing, going bare-faced, that is. even celebrities like beyonce and gwyneth paltrow have been known to strip off the makeup for a shot or two but 20-year-old annie garau is taking it to a new level pledging to go makeup-free for a full year. today is day 206. >> your appearance isn't everything. and we have so much more to bring to the table. >> reporter: annie a soon to be junior at indiana university has been blogging about her mission, her goal, she says, to see how others would react to a more natural look and to see if it
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changed the way she felt about herself. >> it felt so bad about how i looked and i had so little confidence i might have been acting differently. >> reporter: something that surprised her. she says many men who often say they like women without makeup didn't seem to act that way. >> definitely at fraternity parties i would feel so awkward and i felt like guys were treating me differently. >> reporter: but annie says she doesn't much care. in fact, when "gma" sent a makeup artist to see what makeup-wearing annie would look like, she couldn't take it off fast enough. >> it was weird seeing my face that way and i actually now prefer it the way it is. i haven't had this beauty revelation where i realized, oh, i'm actually gorgeous and that's not really the point. i have more confidence but it's not in how i look. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> i just wish you could just -- the out-takes. to lara now in central park.
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lara. >> robin, great crowd in central park here and up next on the "heat index," if you want inspiration to lose those extra pounds, we have it for you right now. "people" magazine on newsstands nationwide today throws the spotlight on people who lost over 100 pounds and you'll see them live right here. but first, here are their stories. ♪ growing up judith anthony had no boundaries for snacking. >> i would literally go to the store and buy $3 worth of the 25-cent bags of potato chips and eat them. >> reporter: by the time she was a freshman, she weighed 180 pounds. but with access to food 24/7 she ballooned to 257 in college. still, she never saw herself as overweight. until a doctor's visit to two years ago to inquire about a breast reduction. >> she said to me, you know, i recommend you have a gastric bypass. it was hard to hear. i looked at myself and i was saying, you know, at 257 pounds
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to have to do something. >> reporter: edwin valez fought the scales for most of his life. >> reporter: i'm puerto rican so rice beans with fried meat every day. >> reporter: in college money was tight and fast food was cheap. soon he hit 320 pounds. his turning point, a cruise with some friends in 2011. >> i was just like shocked. i was like, i let myself get too far. >> reporter: as a child lori always found comfort in food. >> the whole pizza with french onion dip, wohl bags of chips. >> reporter: at her heaviest she weighed 265 pounds. a bad marriage at age 19 that set the stage for her to move ahead. >> he introduced me as his cousin and not his wife. that was the day i got my life in order. >> so fantastic and let's see how they look now. lori filipiak, come on out.
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265 pounds, down to 146. that's 119 pounds. congratulations. edwin velez, wow. from 320 pounds to 165. looking good. and then finally, judith anthony, get out here! >> amazing. amazing. 257 to 140. is 17 pounds lost. congratulations. so inspirational and i'm here with michele from "people" magazine. senior editor and you chose some really wonderful stories. how did you decide. >> well, not only were their photos amazing to see their transformations but they all had different stories. you have a mom who tried to find balance between fitness and family, a man who was too shy to go to the gym and is now competing in fitness competitions. >> look at him. >> and then you have somebody who found success with popular program jenny craig. >> there's somebody you can relate to if you're out there trying to lose weight, there is
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a story here. >> absolutely. >> i'd love to talk to you. come on over here. lori we'll start with and a before and after, if you will, not only for you but what you used to eat and this is remarkable. please tell us what this is about. >> i used to -- my comfort food was a whole pizza and i would deep each slice in french onion dip. so good. i know it sounds gross. >> you don't need that anymore because you love something like this now. >> this is my favorite. it's watermelon with arugula and put greek yogurt and spicy mustard on top. >> best tip? >> what works for me is the visual so before i go to bed at night i will put out my workout clothes so first thing i see, got to work out today or if i'm doing it on my lunch hour put them by the door and got to do it. >> that's a really easy great tip. thank you. let's move on down. edwin, i can't get over your transformation. how do you feel today? >> i feel awesome. >> i bet because you don't eat that anymore. you really used to put that in
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your body. >> that was like one meal a day. that's like dinner go through, grab -- >> three. >> three with french fries and a soda. >> unbelievable. >> that's just how it went and now tell us about this healthy snack. >> i actually eat five mes a day. this is my meal too. pb-2, less fat and lower calories with my apple. my carb and protein shake. everything you need. >> everything you need, easy snack. even i could cook that. thank you. congratulations, keep up the great work and finally, judith, tell us about old judith, new judith. >> okay, this is what i used to eat and a regular day in the dorms in the cafeteria. chips were my weakness. my favorite. >> now do you ever have a cheat day? >> never have i had chips in two years. >> no looking back. >> mo. >> congratulations. what inspiration. stay with us. great music. kings of leon will rock central park when we come back. [ applause ] ♪
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hunt and wounded a dr.. plotts is in critical condition. let's go over to matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: we're staked out in old city, the lunch cart is facing wide ways on the ramp. traffic is getting by, but it's rolling slowly as you can off i-95 southbound in old city. we have milk crates in the roadway in lower moreland at hunting pike by the dairy queen. on the pennsylvania turnpike slow from willow grove to mid county where we've had a couple of accidents. the schuylkill expressway remains a mess, stropped drive eastbound through this point to girard where there's a multi-vehicle on accident on the shoulder. use ridge or lancaster avenue as the alternates. >> it almost felt like spring, david murphy, you say a nice
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taste of summer is back in the afternoon. >> reporter: that's the story, but at least the humidity will stay low all the way. we're in the 60s across the region, although when you stand in the sun it's warmer than an hour ago. 62 in allentown. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, shows a nice afternoon, 84 degrees is the high, lots of sun, humidity low, tonight will be a great evening to be out and about. tomorrow, clouds increase and 88 is the high, a thunderstorm is possible north and west. >> coming up on "g.m.a.," the kings of leon rock central park. we'll see you [ cheers and applause ]
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see the giant crowd and no surprise. >> no surprise. kings of leon, so happy to have them here. welcome back to "good morning america," guys. >> great to have you. they've been chanting kings of leon during the commercial break and they'll start with their new album, "mechanical bull" and the song is "family tree." welcome back, guys. hit it. ♪ [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i tell you now that i don't understand why everybody gives a big hi-damn ♪
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♪ oh where i'm going to don't mean a thing to you ♪ ♪ i see you sitting in your masquerade i'd love to pour you some of my lemonade ♪ ♪ and get it off all right we're caught in an early night ♪ ♪ i know you hate me so but i ain't gonna go i'm staying here all right ♪ ♪ i am your family tree i know your "a" to "z" ♪ ♪ this is a secret proposition lay your hands on me ♪ ♪ not gonna talk about darling it's so neighborly ♪ ♪ i see your hands are shaking but my heart is breaking me down ♪
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♪ it's a pretty day and i'm gonna get all right i lost my head and you ain't nowhere in sight ♪ ♪ i see you got it all wrong i got no calls on my phone ♪ ♪ i just keep holding out until i find a doubt that you ain't coming home ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ i am your family tree i know your "a" to "z" ♪ ♪ this is a secret proposition lay your hands on me ♪ ♪ not gonna talk about darling it's so neighborly ♪ ♪ i see your hands are shaking but my heart is breaking me down ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ i am your family tree i know your "a" to "z" ♪ ♪ this is a secret proposition lay your hands on me ♪ ♪ i am your family tree i know your "a" to "z" ♪ ♪ this is a secret proposition lay your hands on me ♪ ♪ i am your family tree i know your "a" to "z" ♪ ♪ this is a secret proposition lay your hands on me ♪ ♪ not gonna talk about darling it's so neighborly ♪ ♪ i see your hands are shaking and my heart is breaking ♪ ♪ i see your hands are shaking but my heart is breaking me down ♪ [ cheers and applause ]
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>> oh, yeah! kol, indeed, the guys just killing it this morning. the kings of leon and here we are with some other folks inside this gigantic crowd. the special olympics. one year away, right? in los angeles and the website to find out more -- we are looking forward to some severe weather that will be coming into parts of the great lakes and just south of chicago. check out this map. this is tomorrow, remember, that cold front enough to instigate itself from kansas city over to pittsburgh so you could see some damaging winds and, remember, a lot of this comes on the afternoon and evening hours so if you have big plans out saturday afternoon and evening in that orange area please be on the lookout. much cooler behind that front and a whole lot cooler next week. hazy, hot and humid deep in the sout >> reporter: thanks a lot
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ginger, david murphy on the terrace. temperatures are cool, we'll climb to 84. low humidity it will be a great afternoon and nice night on the town. tomorrow, clouds increase, late thunderstorm possible. oh, all that weather brought to you by ashley and there is more kings of leon coming up. ♪ >> what did you all think of kings of leon? ♪ lay your hands on me >> on this friday morning. ♪ talk about darling
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live reports from nova care tonight. the birds first preseason game is on 6abc, friday, august 8, 8:00 p.m. of course, 6abc is your official eagles station. looking forward to that, matt. let's see what's going on the schuylkill expressway. >> reporter: fly eagles fly, we're not flying on the schuylkill expressway. we had an early morning multi-vehicle accident, remnants of that off to the side. on the northeast extension lansdale and mid county there's a broken down vehicleg we anou aysyo a>>eplo suatenoh p ponhter
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