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making news in america this morning, another tense standoff in ferguson, missou. more gunfire, tear gas and arrests. we're liv from thescene with the very latest. developing ernight, a fast-moving wildfire fs thousands of people from their homes. the attack to get it under control from the a and the ground under way right now. heroi rescue. fles and the truck driver who jumped into action to save lives. >> danceoff. senator john mccain breaks it down in a rm of celebrities. ♪ good tuesd morning. we begin with another tense night in ferguson, missouri as
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new detls emerge. the streets again turned violent withhots fired leading to chaos and confusion. some demonstrators clashed with police who fired tear gas and smoke canisters. >> now the national guard is on the scene trying to help restore order. abc's tahman bradley is in ferguson now with the latest li for us this morning. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: devinnd michelle, good morning. the governor lifted the curfew and ordered in theational guard but once again things got t ofhand. at least t people we shot and there were more than 30 arrests. overnight, the streets o fergon again looked like war zone. the missouriational guard assisting state and local police. but there was little order. angry demonstrators lobbed molotov cocktails and other objects. police fired back withear gas. there re multiple arrests.
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>> i wan toncourage the good op of this area toome out and protest tomorrow during the daytime hours. make your voices heard wheoun y can be see and we are not the cover for violent agitators. >> reporter: at the heart of this unrest the death of 18-year-old michael brown. officer darren wilson shot and killed the unarmed teen. preliminary autopsy resultsm he times inclung twice in the head. >> at l six shots, could be more, but at least six. >> reporr: the medical examiner hired by brown's family says when oicer wson opened fire the teen was either charging forward or raising his hands to surrenr. >> the muzzle was at least one or two feet, the muzzle at the time of discharge. it could have been 30 feet away. >> reporter: police say brown approached officer wilson's car looking for a fight. >> it is our understanding at this point in the investigation that within the police car there was a struggle over the
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officer's weapon. >> reporter: exactly what happed in that moment when brown and the officer came face to face will be key to whether officer wilson is charged. a grand jury could hear evidence as soon as wednesday. and, devin and michelle, no sign this city wille returning to normal any time soon, the start of the school year is delayed. there is a no-fly zon over the city and the national guard are not going anywhere. >> we know thema oba administration has been monitoring this situation closely. where does the federal investigation stand? >> reporter: well, the investigation is heating up. we expected attorne general ound later this week jng are outanvassing and gents who rvteiewing peo inhe neighborhoods. we expect that they will continue to look at ibility of s also thathe, ty wantto do their own aupsy on ows tahmane in fergun
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this morning, thanks so much, tahman, for >> sy with abc news for the very lt on the unrest in ferguson. another live report comg up o "good inmorng amic" anotherajor storyo tel you thismorning, a wi wildfire ieateni homes andusinesses near yosemite. severahols.meidentsusg to e. the fire has burned about 50res. many schools in the area have canceled classes. time now for the weather from across the nation. stormy in the southwest and parts of the rockies. thunderstorms from the great lakes into the ohio valley. re showers for the southeast, spottyrm stos from western pennsylvania to virginia is there and it'll be 80s from new york to atlanta today. heating up in the 90s across the south and the plains. 80s for much of the rockies. and to iraq now where isis
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militants sweeping into power in that country suffered a rare defeat. with the help of american air strikes iraqi forces have now retaken ctr the country' largest dam averting a potential catastrophe. susan saulny with the details. >> reporter: the mosul dam, a critical piece of infrastructure in iraq now wrested b tdian u.s ghtehoinon hi c days ago at the white house. in heavies u. rt ofporter: the dam spans the e encatastroph the biggest feaut the dam that isis would w u.s. estima senda 65-foo ft-hioot of water in mosul in h and flood baghdadandn anliger american embassy compoun i
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baghdad. reaty,es that at leastople haveensplaced by atrociti th you hungry like tseg for chiraqis theastinof rice in the bowl. this child speaking kurdishaid "we left our dparents. we lefterything." kurdish cma tell abc their troops could not havevaed thest f a long struggle ahead. >> israel and hamas have extended a cease-fire by 24 hours, just minutes before it was set to expire at midnight, the two sides can now continue indirect talks in cairo trying to hammer out a long-term agreement that includes reconstruction of the gaza strip. they're still facing two major stumbling blocks. palestinians are demanding israel lift the blockade while israel says hamas must disarm. a sad passing to tell you
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about. don pardo, the tv announcer has died. >> ladies and gentlemen, sandy samberg. >> par dough introduced some of the biggest stars for decades. he was, of course, the announcer for "saturday night live" for 38 seasons. he only missed one. he died yesterday in tucson, arizona, at the age of 96 years old. >> an amazing career. >> great voice. some presidential praise for one of our own. >> veteran abc news white house correspondent ann compton is sadly set to retire after 41 years here at abc news, these acovered every u.s. president going back to gerald ford. during an otherwise somber news conference yesterday, president obama took a few moments to recognize our colleague. >> i'm going to take the last question from somebody who after 41 years i understand has decided to retire, ann compton,
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everybody knows is not only the consummate professional but is also just a pleasure to get to know. >> ann got her tough questions in after that but she joined abc news in 1973. became the first woman to cover the white house full time for any network news organization. our hats off to ann. >> absolutely. a new list of most stolen cars is out this morning. which popular vehicle grabbed the top spot? plus, coming up next, quick, efficient and effective how someone pulled off a brazen robbery on a saudi prince's convoy. and caught on camera. the truck driver being hailed as a hero for his quick thinking after a dramatic crash.
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welcome back. stocks appear to be on the rebound as oil prices hit their lowest level in a year. tensions in ukraine ease. the market is opening higher today after the dow surged 175 points yesterday and nasdaq closed above the 4500 mark and the s&p rose 16 points. good news for drivers this morning. with the labor day holiday qu k quickly approaching, the national average for a gallon of regular is now $3.47 a gallon. you hear the dings, down more than three cents in the past week and 8 cents cheaper than this time last year. honda's accord and civic remain the most stolen in the u.s. according to a new report by the national insurance crime bureau.
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rounding out the top five, silverado, ford f-series and toyota camry. all among the best-selling cars in the u.s. for years. taco bell takes another shot in the fast food wars. the restaurant launched a new dollar menu. there are 11 items including a shredded chicken cassidy ya. triple layer nachos and beefy fritos burrito. they dialed it back last year making some items $2. time for breakfast. when we come back, another late rally in the little league world series plus the emotional speech from a losing team's coach you've got to hear. and john mccain getting down. the senator like you've never seen him before. our new flatbread sandwiches may be flat... the flavors, are anything but.
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welcome back. for a look at morning road conditions, rain drenches highways from the midwest to the ohio valley. wet at times across parts of the southeast and western pennsylvania. also slick in the southwest and rockies. >> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in phoenix, salt lake city, chicago, detroit and charlotte. investigators are france are trying to track down masked g gunmen who targeted a wealthy saudi. >> they made off with $300,000 in cash. abc's reena ninan shows us how they pulled it off. >> reporter: the prince was driving in a convoy leaving a luxury hotel in paris. that's when a gang of thieves in two bmws heavily armed flashed their guns and forced it to stop. they grabbed the car carrying all the money taking more than $300,000 in cash as well as sensitive embassy documents. later on police found the burned
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out remains of the car. but no one was hurt. for now they're not saying which prince was targeted or what leads they have. only that they suspect it was the work of professionals and perhaps an inside job. reena ninan, abc news, london. our thanks to reena. police divers swept a canal in their search for a 14-year-old girl missing now for four days. shanay mcbride lives with her father on a yacht. her father who homeschools her said she left the boat to step outside for a few minutes but never came back and left behind her purse, phone charger and even her shoes. and in southern california, t two-month search for a missing wife of a marine ended in tragedy. the body of erin corwin was found at the bottom of a mine shaft not far from her home. she is said to have been pregnant with the child of her alleged lover christopher lee who is in custody charged with
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her murder. a truck driver is enjoying hero status after risking his life to save a grandmother and a baby from a fiery crash in mississippi. david frederickson jumped from his truck and raced to the burning car after it collided with an 18-wheeler in gulfport and put out some of the flames with his fire extinguisher before rescuing the two strangers trapped inside. >> i started to notice that there was a lady in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i reached over and, you know, pulled the door open and that's when i seen the little about 1-year-old girl in the backseat and it was really smoky so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >> frederickson pulled them out a full two minutes before first responders arrived. amazingly they only suffered minor injuries. big news in the world of tennis. rafael nadal won't be defending his u.s. title on monday. nadal says an injured wrist
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forced his withdrawal. he hurt that wrist while practicing. nadal is just the fourth player since the late '60s to not defend his title. >> big disappointment for tennis fans in new york city. although a lot of excitement building for the u.s. open. more sports news. monday night football in the nation's capital with johnny football. >> here's stan at espn with the highlights. >> good morning, welcome to our "sportscenter" studio here in los angeles. i'm stan very vet. let's get started with monday night football. browns coach mike petten said he would decide on a starting quarterback tuesday so that meant that johnny manziel and brian hoyer had to prove themselves monday in d.c. against the redskins. manziel getting sacked. third quarter, second and seven, manziel looking for an open receiver, throws it incomplete toward the sideline and then johnny football becomes johnny finger flipping off the redskins sideline. it does lead them to a touchdown which is something hoyer didn't do.
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so neither quarterback very impressive. we'll see what petten decides tuesday. now back to you. >> thanks, stan. another sports note. late rally in the little league world series leads to one team's elimination. >> facing off last night chicago and rhode island. winner gets to continue playing. loser goes home. the chicago team slammed a couple of home runs and got a tie-breaking rbi single in the fifth. >> chicago kids win a close one 8-7 and play the team from pearland texas, once again facing elimination? a lot are talking about the emotional postgame speech. >> there's no disappointment, okay, in your effort, okay in the whole tournament, in the whole season. it's been an incredible journey but i'm going to bring back with me and the coaching staff are going to bring back and you guys are going to bring back, something, okay that no other team can provide but you guys. that's pride. i'm 2k3we9ing to be an old man.
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i need memories like this. i need kids like this, okay. you're all my boy, okay. you're the boys of summer, okay. >> great message for those guys, not a dry eye in that huddle. well done, coach. up next in "the pulse," shaking off the country, taylor swift's new song is released overnight. >> and close encounter, a jet skier gets a little too close to a massive mammal. uh, hi. i'm here to drop off my resume. password? i'm sorry, i'm just here to what's the password. uh,synergy? datafication! gamification! university of phoenix has had alumni at every fortune 100 company... ...so we can help open the door to your future. go to phoenix.edu to get started today.
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event in front of stars in the crowd like paul mccartney and barbara surprise sand. >> a picture says it all. look at jamie foxx's reaction. >> mccain doing his best at this event to upstage new jersey governor chris christie who was just on the stage moments earlier doing a little dancing of his own there. >> i think he had some pretty good moves there. >> no video of that. moving on now to a big treat for millions of fans of taylor swift out there. there is a new album coming your way soon. >> and fans got a little sam of it during the singing sensation's yahoo! live stream premiering "shake it off" in a new music video that has a whole lot of shaking going on. check it out. ♪ it's going to be all right because the players want to play play play ♪ and the hey hey baby i'm just going to shake shake shake shake it off shake it off ♪ >> venture into the world of pop music for swift.
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swift also reveal the title "1989" for the year she was born and she has more big news to share. tune in later for "good morning america" for an exclusive announcement. all right. now finally a close encounter for a jet skier. he and a friend were cruising in a bay in iceland when suddenly there it is, a humpback whale comes out of nowhere. >> one rider tried to turn quickly but did hit the huge mammal. the two friends were not hurt and neither was the whale. >> or so we think. i bet that left a pretty big bruise on that guy. >> oh, ouch. >> ouch. wild ride. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and less pain means i can do more with the ones i love. lyrica is not for everyone.
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us out of ferguson, missouri this morning. police fired tear gas o some protesters who they say were throwing things at them. we'll have a live report from the scene. philadelphia police step up patrols after a violent attack on the popular kelly drive. meteorologist david murphy has an eye on your forecast. we've got your weather and traffic updates next up on "action news". >> ♪ y and scattered showers in the southeast. finally this morning, crowning a new world champion. >> that's right. anthony doral winning his first world super middleweight boxes fight returning to a hero's welcome in flint, michigan. >> but also being praised for winning fights outside the ring. emmy lucas has this story. >> reporter: at 9 years old he started the journey a dream to be the king of the ring. boxing was his passion, his hands, his body, his health was his ticket to get there. >> since i was little, since i
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started, we've been -- we've been fighting for it. >> reporter: like any other fighter dirrell has taken some blows in the game of boxing. at 26-0-6 he survived every one and that's not even counting the two biggest punches he took from the game of life. >> when you got god in your hands, you can do anything, anything is possible. >> reporter: beating cancer, a motorcycle accident when life had him up against the ropes he bounced back earning his first chance at the wbc super middleweight title last december. but that ended in a draw and this weekend he got a rematch. >> most people don't get a first chance. i got two chances in a row. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: now holds the title that he brings back home. >> the city made me, man. the city made me who i am. the city and my family and i'm grateful to be from flint, michigan. i love it. it's my home. >> reporter: now the only thing
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he doesn't have is the belt. dirrell will have to wait for that to be sent to him. >> i can't wait to get it. i'm going to hold that thing. i'll probably sleep with that thing at night. >> such a great story. our hats off to him. such a big boost for flint, michigan which has struggled economically in the past few years. >> absolutely. taking every opportunity he gets. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. thanks for watching. >> stay with us for "good morning america" and have a great, great tuesday. . >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and
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meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ meteorologist, david murphy. we're on several breaking stories on this tuesday, august 19th. a philadelphia police officer was wounded and a suspect is dead after a late night shootout. we have the late nest a live report. >> and more violence erupts in ferguson, missouri overnight. 10 days after police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. >> the personal information of millions of people is at risk after hackers targeted a hospital network: good morning, i'm tamala edwards along with sharrie william. we start with breaking news. a philade
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