making news in america this morning, the world loses a legend, joan rivers, a pioneering comedian turned fashion critic. the new reaction from her death coming in. slowly flowing and no way to stop it. red hot lava is burring everything in its path as it creeps closer to home starting a state of emergency overnight. crafty criminals well planned and executed. how a group pulled off this theft caught on camera. dangerous dive. a man would does what's being called the ultimate belly flop. good morning. we begin with the loss of another one of the brightest luminaries. >> joan rivers has died at the age of 81 after an illustrious

career that spanned five decades. she shattered a glass ceiling for female comedians who followed in her footsteps. >> she may be best known for her mul multigenerational appeal. here's glori here's gloria rivera. >> reporter: there she was joan rivers on her ten show delving her out barbaras. >> her effort is almost as tacky as amber's seat was when she got up at the end of the show. >> reporter: on thursday in new york joan rivers died after suffering cardiac arrest. her beloved daughter melissa telling the world "my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. although that is difficult to do right now." born joan molynnsky in new york she started on the johnny carson show barreling through the glass ceiling. >> what man wants to come home find a wild sexy wife saying hi

ya tiger. yes, he does telling abc's david muir. >> right smack then and there changed my life. >> reporter: for more than half a century even after johnny carson cut her off, joan rivers never looked back weathering the suicide of her husband and manager edgar rosenberg and professional ups and downs. >> two years ago i couldn't get a job in this business. >> she once said if you don't do what you want to do you're a fool. and in typical diva fashion she left strict instructions for her funeral. >> i want paparazzi, i want publicists aching a scene. i want it hollywood all the way. >> reporter: chances are hollywood will deliver just like joan rivers did for so long. gloria riviera, abc news. >> well, rivers may be best known for her catchphrase "can we talk." >> she opened up to barbara walters who knew both the public and private joan rivers. >> she would say anything. she would say all the things that women wanted to say and

perhaps didn't. privately she was very elegant, a house full of antiques and silver. and rather quiet. we've all said she liked nothing more than to work and to know that she had this kind of an audience even when she was unconscious i think she would have been smiling. i will miss her. >> well, that's abc's barbara walters remembering her good friend. it was a routine procedure at a doctor's office in manhattan that may have triggered her heart attack. >> the new york state department of health has launched an investigation into operations at that outpatient clinic. >> sources tell abc news however that right now the investigation is routine. there's no suspicion of any wrongdoing. >> much more about joan rivers' passing later on "good morning america" including how comedians are reacting on twitter overnight lust pla live report. we can expect some news on the group's plans for action on

the two most critical issues before them. ukraine and isis. thursday's meetings were described as, quote, diagnostic on a range of issues from terrorism to ebola. president obama hosts a solo news conference later this morning. well, reena, even while the president is in europe, the search continues for those responsible for the execution style murders of american journalists. u.s. officials say they have identified the mastermind behind the social media campaign being waged by isis and he's an american. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: the hunt is on for an american who may have helped to create some of the graphic videos of battles, executions, even child recruits seen in new images all rolled out on twitter, facebook and other sites like some slick american media campaign. law enforcement officials now tell abc news they are focusing on this former college student from boston, ahmad abousamra, believed to be one of the architects of the isis social

media strategy. an honor student at a catholic high school. abousamra he studied computer technology, the skills authorities say he is using now. the internet campaign authorities say abousamra helped engineer with its horrifying images has been vital to the ability of isis to capture the world's attention and win new recruits from the u.s. and elsewhere. >> brian ross reporting. now to another developing story, the ebola epidemic. an american missionary infected with the requires is expected in nebraska later today. dr. rick sacra will be worked on in this unit. he was delivering babies. >> he was so concerned with the children who were going to die without hospitalization. he is not someone who can stab back when there is a need that he can take care of.

>> reporter: his wife says he is in good spirits. the ebola epidemic has killed about 1900 people. the u.s. aid agency is donating $75 million to cover medical care and protective suits for health care workers. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen are now facing decades in prison. both convicted on multiple counts of corruption. prosecutors say the mcdonnells granted favors to a wealthy businessman in exchange for more than $170,000 worth of gifts and loans. mcdonnell said they were barely speaking. everybody is speaking about this in hawaii. an active volcano triggered a state of emergency on hawaii. lava from the kilauea volcano has been advancing nearly a thousand feet a day since july 10th threatening a rural community less than a mile away. mandatory evacuations haven't been ordered yet. it's been continuously erupts since 19 3.

hurricane norbert is churning in the pacific off the northwest coast of mexico. norbert is expected to stay offshore as it roars up the baja peninsula but schools and beaches have been shut down in los cabos. it's packing 90-mile-an-hour winds and coastal areas are bracing up to 15 inches of rain flooding and rough surf. time now for a look at today's weather on the mainland. the stubborn band of severe weather is still stretching nearly 2,000 miles from southwest up into the great lakes. heavy rains could trigger flash flooding with more rain for the southeast. >> much of the upper half of the nation is cooling down into the 60s and 70s while much of the midwest, south and both coasts sweat through 80s and 90s. new this morning, how apple is stepping up its icloud security following the breach involving several celebrities. >> and developing overnight an airline pilot is forced to turn the plane around after a request from the fdi. plus caught on camera. a woman's phone ripped from her.

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roads from texas in the southwest into the great lakes. wet conditions will also blanket the southeast. if you're flying, airport delays are possible in detroit. well, a flight traveling to beijing is arriving seven hours behind schedule this morning because of a custody battle. >> the fbi ordered the united jet to return to washington when it did, agents arrested a mother for allegedly kidnapping her child. the child was reunited with the father and the flight resumed. the mother will be in court later today. a grand jury has indicted a georgia man on murder charges for the debt of his son in a hot car. justin ross harris says he forgot to drop his 22-month-old son off at day care when he went to work back in june but prosecutors claim he wanted a, quote, child-free life and he sent explicit messages to several women as his son was dying. the district attorney says he may pursue the death penalty in the case. a family friend has been charged with kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old arizona girl, the body of isabella was

discovered in a shallow grave. the suspect, justin rector had been staying in the family's home. police are not yet saying how she died or if she was sexually abused. surveillance cameras have captured a gang of texas thieves pulling off a bold crime. it happened on a city bus in san antonio. the unsuspecting woman at the top of the screen gets her phone stolen but it's a coordinated strike. one guy walks to the front to distract the driver, two women exit the bus and hold the door open. that's when another man snatches the phone and makes a run for it and the victim gives a chase. >> so when i was running i was crying because my dad's pictures leaving me -- >> that was more than just a phone. >> yeah, i had all my dad's memories on there. >> reporter: the woman did not get the phone back. she says she no longer uses the new phone on the bus. well, a young couple from wyoming is back home after being stranded in big horn for nationa week.

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she. >> athletic. i never thought about that. >> she would rip anyone telling one actress her dress looked like toilet tissue. >> she came into a field where it was all men and really made it work. >> a true trail blazer. the kennedy center is paying tribute to five. tom hanks joining him comedian and actress lily tomlin. sting whose songwriting conquered this continent in. >> and the reverend al green and the new ballet star patricia mcbride. >> the president and first lady will toast all of them at a gala performance in december. now to asking of a craze over in britain that has health officials advising against anyone actually doing it. >> we'll show you why but first you should know that it's called belly stoning. watch and listen. >> oh, my god. >> ooh.

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his young son after four bodies turns up in florida. tragic new details emerge from northeast philadelphia where a young boy has died after being struck by an suv. we're remembering legendary comedian joan rivers this morning. and we have traffic updates before you head to the bus stop and we'reeas. well, finally from us leave it to a late night comic to take a serious situation and find some levity. >> they had some fun with the celebrity pictures here now your "friday funnies."

>> welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. thank you for being here and watching at home. i'm your host former icloud user jimmy fallon. nude and intimate photos of jennifer lawrence, kateuppen tone and a lot of other stars were posted on line which is why i store all on an etch a sketch. trying to steal my nudes. too bad. >> the story i believe was broken by 14-year-old benjamin perlman of akron, ohio, who has diligently spent the last year googling the phrase kate upton naked. >> well, today, i hate to be the one to break it to you even more photos were hacked and released. now, some of the new celebrity photos are really embarrassing. they could ruin careers. >> here's one of vladimir putin crying at the movie "frozen." >> oh. >> canadian police announced today that justin bieber was arrested and charged with assault after getting into a

fight with a minivan driver. police still haven't said how bieber was able to reach the driver from his car seat. >> there's talk that warner brothers is planning to revive "full house" but i saw the new opening credits and he guess it's been off the air a little longer than i thought. take a look. ♪ everywhere you look ♪ there's a heart -- [ laughter ] ♪ everywhere you look ♪ somebody who needs me >> john stamos has not aged. >> that was really good. >> joan rivers, she will be missed. she once said of sandra bullock's gown it looked like prince's old prom dress. we'll miss her. >> no one could do fashion the way she could. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have a ban tass tick friday. .

>> we are working on several developing stories on this friday september 5. a frantic search is underway for a missing child and his father in florida. the pair has ties to the philadelphia area. >> turmoil is engulfing yet another casino in atlantic city. >> she made people laugh for 350 years, now people are mourning the death ofaugh for ground-breaking comedian joan rivers. >> good morning, we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first up, let's check in with da