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good morning, america. breaking right now. police stand off. >> oh, my god. >> the barrage of bullets fired at the dallas police headquarters. suspects opening fire from an armored van, planting pipe bombs. then the high speed chase. the s.w.a.t. team mobilized. how will this thing end? also breaking overnight. breakout bust. the prison worker accused of helping two convicted murderers make their daring escape charged in court. the too manies she allegedly gave them for their daring escape. the latest message to the murderers on the run. >> we are coming for you. we will not stop until you are caught.
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>> we are live on the latest of new developments this morning in the case of race. the naacp leader accused of lying about being black. >> are you african-american? >> i don't understand the question. >> now this morning, she is saying something totally different. also this morning, her parents speaking out about the little girl they knew. and the reaction from the naacp. and pageantry on parade. the big celebration for the queen's birthday. the centuries' old tradition of trooping the color and the latest look at kate for the first time since princess charlotte's birth. we are live from london for this whirlwind day. good morning, and let's get straight to the breaking news out of dallas. look at this tweet sent out by the dallas police department at 2:00 in the morning.
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this is the first time dpd hq, dallas police headquarters, has been under attack. >> and we want to you look at the video. again, look at this an armored van just outside the police headquarters ramming directly into the squad cars and thin listen to the gun fire ensue. >> [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. >> what followed was a chase, another gun fight and the discovery of at least one pipe bomb. and this story is still developing as we speak. linzie janis is here with more. >> reporter: multiple suspects firing guns ats the dallas police headquarters. the suspects were parked in front of police hq, rammed squad cars and opened fire on police officers as they arrived. overnight, gun fire erupting on the streets of dallas.
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men where assault weapons opening fire and ramming a police cruiser with what appears to be an armored truck and then opening fire on police. all this taking place outside police headquarters just after midnight. >> i opened the windows and then heard snaps over head. i was in the marine corps, i knew it was gun fire. coming in our direction. >> suspects were chased to a jack in the box in hutchins texas, about 18 miles where another shootout takes place. >> we have an actual person inside there. they are habl to see them. there have been rounds that hit the glass and did not penetrate. >> reporter: after exchanging gun fire with police, the suspects barricading them inside the vehicle. >> we have on going discussions with the suspect in hutchins. the suspect has told our negotiators that we took his child and we accused him of being a terrorist and that he is
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going to blow us up. >> reporter: and bomb squad teams discovered multiple suspicious packages. at least two containing explosives one of them a pipe bomb. police now giving the all clear. so the situation is still unfolding. the police game the police a name. james boware. they say the police took his child and calling him a terrorist. the police are investigating the area around the jack in the box and police hq and asking anybody with information to come forward. >> as you said the story is still developing. we will stay on it here on abc news. thank you. now we want to turn to the developments of the two prisoners escaping from a maximum security prison. a worker who works there is accused of helping them, providing hacksaws and chisels. and orr dangerous materials. they have been on the run for a
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week. residents are feeling a close encounter with the convicted murders and here is the latest from one of the search arias. fill phillip mena is there with more. good morning, phillip. >> reporter: paula, good morning, searchers are still out here stopping every car that comes through looking for the two killers. this morning, we are learning the guys may have had the tools to escape five weeks before they busted out. overnight, prison worker joyce mitchell, seen here in handcuffs after she was arrested for helping two convicted killers break out of an up state prison. just hours later a judge ordering her held on $220,000 bond. >> she is charged with contributing contraband. fourth felony. and a class "a" disdemeanor. >> reporter: court documents reveal the 51-year-old prison tailor provided tools, a hacksaw blades chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit to hymn
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richard matt and david sweat cut through cell calls and several layers of grating and pipe before finally escaping through a manhole cover a week ago. >> this does not happen. and if you do it, you will be convicted and you will be on the other side of the prison you have been policing. and that is not a pleasant place to be. >> reporter: the intense manhunt now in its 8th day. the police have no confirmed sightings of the murderers and no evidence of them leaving the area. through the night, torrential rain again hampering the investigation. >> the weather hammers the investigation. but it also aids the investigation because the escapees have to deal with the same inclement weather. >> reporter: joyce mitchell has pleaded not guilty. she will appear in court in plattsburg monday, and she is facing up to eight years in prison, dan? >> so many questions about the nature of her relationship with the men. thank you. we want to move to the
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other big developing story this morning. severe weather. take a look at this hail falling in texas. we have intense thunderstorms and flooding and it's going to get worse as the weekend progresses. and rob is tracking it all. good morning. >> you huge zone and you see the clouds firing up. they are still doing it this morning. yesterday, over 200 reports of storms, many of those damaging wind. overnight, severe weather from texas to massachusetts. extreme winds tearing the roof off this warehouse in bethlehem, pennsylvania, toppling these tractor-trailers along the highway. in colorado this truck completely submerged by raging waters barely visible after being washed in the water by swift currents. hail the size of baseballs pounding texas, smashing mud on the windshields and making driving treacherous. in albany, new york, roaring thunderstorms bring spectacular lightning. deadly wind claiming one life after this tree toppled on to a mobile home in pennsylvania. >> high winds.
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a lot of rain. >> reporter: this family, lucky to be alive after a huge tree split in half and tore in their masslin, ohio home. the family barely escaping. >> pretty scary. >> reporter: in louisiana, the red river has started to recede. but many homes and cars are still under water. >> this is how it should look. that is what you are looking at right there. >> reporter: here is the threat for weather today. west texas and new mexico. looking to tomorrow, we start to focus in on chicago, detroit, buffalo and pittsburgh. again, gusty winds. we saw how much damage the winds can do. we're going see rains in areas that really don't need it anymore. mainly houston. we will talk more about that threat throughout the show. paula? >> we look forward to seeing you later in the show. thank you. and now a frightening scene at a theme park. a worker was hit in the head by a moving roller coaster and dragged. many families seeing the horror unfolding. the ride which reaches 50 miles an hour was shut down and investigators are piecing together just how it happened.
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aditi roy has more. more on the terrifying incident. good morning, aditi. >> reporter: good morning, paula. terrifying moments there. the joy of a thrill ride and amusement park turned into sheer horror of a worker tried to receive a cell phone from a platform and suffered injuries while doing so. >> an employee was hit by a roller coaster, head damage. >> reporter: overnight, a horrific scene at a busy california theme park after a roller coaster slammed into a worker at great america. severely ininjuring him. >> i think someone dropped a cell phone. >> reporter: a witness on the extreme ride flight deck telling abc news that the worker leaned over the track to retrieve a dropped cell phone and a car of riders came under the corner into the station, striking the man. >> he got dragged from the entrance 15 feet almost to the exist.
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>> reporter: shocked observers describing the chaos. one onlooker not on the ride witnessing the accident and closed her eyes because it was too gory. >> like, oh, my god, someone just got hit, and screaming and stuff. >> reporter: the extreme ride scene here, posted on youtube. popular for speeds up to 50 miles an hour, dangling riders' legs under the tracks. whipping them through loops and turns bfsh before coming into the station. it was as the ride came around the last turn that the worker was caught in the way. the collision also causing nonlife-threatening injuries to a passenger. they were transported to a hospital. no worth on either person's condition this morning. the park is still open but the ride is shut down as investigators look at the safety of the ride. at this point, they say it appears the ride did not malfunction. you hope for the best for that worker. >> absolutely we do. thank you. abc news has learned that federal officials are taking the
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rare step of setting up a no-fly zone along the eastern side of manhattan today. why? that is where hillary clinton will be holding the first major rally of her presidential campaign today. husband bill and daughter chelsea will be there. she will be more candid than ever before about something deeply personal. cecilia vega is there with more. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the rally takes place behind me on roosevelt island. it will be the first big rally since she launched in april. and the deep subject, that is her mother. she hasn't spoken about her. she was abandoned as a child. hillary clinton said that experience deeply affected her as an adult. it deeply affected the advocacy she has taken on as a politician. and this is one of america's well known politicians to reintroduce herself to voters. we have seen the small round table discussions that she has
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been holding around the country. she is criticized for having them highly staged and choreographed. now she is going to make her case why she should be come president of the united states. today she is going to talk a lot about the middle class. that is going to be one of the center pieces of her campaign. thousands of people are planning to show up for the event today. they say they are at capacity right now. and among the people on the stage here, bill clinton, chelsea clinton. we don't know whether baby charlotte will be here. >> she has taken heat for lack of policies and failing to explain the rationale of her campaign. meanwhile on the remember side the race is heating up. jeb bush is expected to announce this coming tuesday. how does that impact the clinton campaign? >> reporter: we will hear her take on republicans. that will try to separate her from the pack. she is bracing for a very tough fight from the democratic primary.
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from the challengers heating up on the left. what remains to be seen is how she will handle the issue of trust worthiness. she is dropping on that front in the polls, dan. her campaign says she is going to make the case today why she should have america's top job. >> we will be watching and much more with you on "world news." cecilia, thank you. we will have more on the race for the white house, tomorrow on "this week" including an interview with a potential republican contender, chris christie the governor of new jersey. paula? >> the drama of politics. we are tracking all of the other stories overnight. ron claiborne has them. >> i was up all night tracking the stories. good morning to you paula and dan, sara, robert. good morning to you, everyone. we begin with passengers on the ground taking matters into their own hands after smelling fumes in the cabin. take a look at the photos of some of the passengers standing on the wing of a flight that landed in boise, idaho. they opened the emergency exits and got out, apparently
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concerned about the possibility of a fire. no one was injured. airport officials say the odor was coming from a small fuel leak. and in washington the democrats in congress handing president obama a resounding defeat on trade legislation. hours after president obama made a rare appearance on capitol hill. congress rejected the bill with his own party overwhelmingly voting against it. the president's trade measure was given a sort of lifeline by house republican leader, rescheduled another vote for next week. and the government says it appears that chinese hackers have done it again. a second breach that exposed government information. government officials saying nearly all of the millions of security clearance holders including cia and military personnel are potentially exposed to the hack. the chinese have denied any involvement. and from north carolina a 12-year-old girl was killed in a zip lining accident in summer camp.
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ymca officials who run camp cheerio north of greensboro say that bonnie sanders fell two stories after a tether became frayed and broke off. and overnight, beverly hills police say john stamos from "full house" was arrested, challenge with bui. pulled over after a number of calls of a erratic driver. he was transported to a hospital for a possible medical condition. finally, we have seen police chases but none quite like this. take a look at this. a woman gets lost on a busy roadway, all while riding her scooter. ty hernandez shows us the rider gets quite the escort back home. >> reporter: this morning, a different type of police chase caught on camera. watch this, a slow speed pursuit on state route 546 in washington. >> there is no license plate.
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she's in a little cart. >> reporter: newly released dash cam footage capturing the ordeal. state trooper dave hanes trying to pul over this woman driving a motorized scooter. >> we are getting a ton of calls on you. >> reporter: the woman in her 80s driving 6 miles an hour on the highway. >> i was going home. >> no, you were going the wrong way. >> reporter: it turns out the woman left home to get coffee and on the way back, getting lost. >> let me get you a map here real quick. >> rate here is a map. >> reporter: getting stuck. >> don't tip it. >> i won't tip it. >> reporter: and thanks to the trooper, getting home. >> okay, no more than on the state route. >> i treated here the way i would want someone to treat my mom. >> reporter: for "good morning america," ty hernandez, abc news. >> feisty. >> isn't that illegal or legal? i don't know. >> you are going to bust her now? >> i'm okay with it. i'm okay with it. >> i love what he said.
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he treated her the way he would want someone to treat his mom. very cool. >> she was prepared. a map, ready to go, had her coffee. just the wrong direction. >> don't tip it. >> she was sassing the officer too. she is like, i am old enough to have changed your diapers. don't give me lecture, young man. >> 6 miles an hour. >> if she was in england, she may have been riding a horse. the british royals are all about tradition and one of the reveres is going on in england. trooping the color, in fuel celebration of the queen's birthday. she is now 89 and thousands of people are lining the streets hoping to get a glimpse of the family. prince george and princess charlotte. and jennifer joining us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula. it's june in london and it's time for pomp and pageantry and a military parade that never ceases to amaze. it's an annual event. a tradition dating back to the 17th century. trooping the color the official celebration of the queen's birthday. she's 89 years old.
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it's a royal family affair for britain's beloved queen elizabeth. but this morning all eyes are on prince george, the third in line learning the royal ropes. his very first balcony appearance, celebrateing his great grandmother, the queen. >> he makes very few public appearances and to be here today and standing on the iconic balcony for the first time is a huge day for him. >> reporter: just like his father prince william, two years after age 30 years ago. prince george mastering one of his most important royal rolls, big brother to princess charlotte. and the hang of the royal wave. >> princess charlotte is a little too young to make her first balcony appearance just yet. she has been spending time in the family's home in nor folk so
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far. they have been away from the hustle and bustle of london. and however they have come down to london as a family this weekend. >> reporter: kate attending her first official engagement since she started her maternity leave after giving birth to charlotte six weeks ago. looking splendid sharing an ornate carriage with prince harry. all the quin's horses and all the queen's men celebrating the country. if case you are worried about princess charlotte, she is back at kensington palace. they will celebrate her christening in the same charge with princess diana was baptized. >> she needs a nap.
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you have to keep babies on a schedule. >> i have learned that in the last six months of daddyhood. and rob marciano it's starting to heat up. philadelphia was so hot yesterday they let the kids out early hoping they have aca -- aca home. 95 degrees, we'll look for dry weather. the front has been down in texas the focal point of storms. we'll see somewhat drier air but not a whole lot cooler. that will wiggle up to the north. high pressure in the southeast we're talking about heat that will last for the rest of the week maybe longer than that. charleston, atlanta at that, this is the first real heat snap of the year. that always feels worse.
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la temperatures up over the century mark across the desert southwest. >> reporter: i guess that's proof it could be worse. triple digit heat to the west. we're hot and humid on the east coast. we'll go live on sky 6 philadelphia international airport, all is quiet it's warm and sticky. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sun and clouds today still humid but not as bad 89 degrees, 86 tomorrow, partly sunny, most of the day is dry after 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., heavy-hitting thunderstorms may develop. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up, new developments on the ncaap leader lying about being black. her obama parents stepping forward, saying their daughter is white. "gma" investigating crowd funding.
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>> good saturday morning! it is 8:27, sky6 live hd taking a live look at cape may the shore, once again the place to be today. hot, sticky conditions continue this afternoon. look at all the umbrellas and chairs on the beach. folks out there already looks so nice. let's go over to chris sowers with the latest from accuweather.
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>> reporter: good morning to you, nydia it doesn't feel nice, temperatures are climbing in the 70s, 89 humidity has lord a little bit but it's sticky out here. 89 degrees is the forecasted high. with the humidity it will feel like the low 90s. sunday partly sunny skies 86 degrees, showers and thunderstorms flare up after 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon. some of them could be strong with hail and gusty winds. nydia. >> that's it for "action news," we'll be back in a half-hour i'm nydia han. stay tuned for more "good morning america."
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♪ looking for the sky to save me looking for a sign of life ♪ >> that is the foo fighters music video, but the band's founder, dave grohl, he is looking to walk this morning. that is because he fell off the stage at one of their concerts and he made a promise to the audience to turn. he did. wait until you see how it happened. good morning, america. how about that? >> i can't imagine being a bigger dave grohl fan. he is an awesome guitarist and is really cool guy. >> he broke a leg. >> and came back. to keep fighting. all right. much more on "pop news" with the lovely sara haines. i mean that in the most prolific possible way.
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coming up, the crowd funding site going bust. jim avila going to the man behind a kick starter campaign, and ask where did all the money go. how you can protect yourself. but first, it's a story that everyone is talking about and trying to understand. >> a powerful face. rachel dolezal, the chapter president in spokane, washington, may not be who she says. her biological parents say it's a deception that has been going on for years and kendis gibson, is on the story. good morning. >> reporter: what a strange story this is. take a look at the newspaper this morning. this is dolezal wearing dread locks weaved into her hair. the controversy swirling around here.
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she was asked not to deliver a speech, at a graduation last night, but she is fighting back and speaking out. this morning, rachel dolezal under scrutiny under her racial identity. >> are you african-american? >> i don't understand the question. >> reporter: and when confronted by a local abc station insisting the man seen in the photo with her on the naacp page is her dad. >> i did tell you that that is my dad. and he was unable to come in january. >> are your parents white? >> reporter: overnight, her biological parents speaking. >> she may fall asleep considering herself african-american, but by birth, she is not. >> reporter: the photos showing a different woman from her picture on the naacp website. >> the deceptive side and the
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way she's tried to represent herself as someone who she is not that is what is concerning to us. >> reporter: dolezal even checking out african-american for a position with volunteer position with the city of spokane to help combat police discrimination. this morning the naacp standing behind their president. one's racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or a standard for naacp leadership. dolezal telling cbs affiliate friday she doesn't care what people think about her racial identity. >> i do consider myself to be black and that is because that is how i identify. if someone needs to do a dna test or maybe think about, race is usually biological. always cultural. >> reporter: so there you have it. dolezal has a long history with the black community. of course she attended howard
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university the historically black university in washington, d.c. she has two black sons and is a professor of african studies. what a weird story. >> bizarre doesn't explain it. thank you for covering the story. >> a lot of interesting things there. a lot of outrage. we will talk about this story for some time to come. let's get back to ron for another look at the morning headlines. hi, again. >> hi, dan, the gang, the rest of you, hi. >> good morning. >> hi, ron. >> robert. >> robert? >> we begin with the attack on police headquarters in texas. dallas, texas. dallas police are in a stand off now with suspects carrying automatic weapons inside an armored van. this is after a wild shoot out. dallas police saying this is the first time the department has come under attack. in up state new york, joyce mitchell, the prison worker who allegedly helped two
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prisoners escape from a prison there arrested friday. david west and richard matt are still on the run. and the u.s. women's national team n a scoreless tie with sweden in the world cup friday. the u.s. leads their group with four points. the u.s. women will play nigeria tuesday. the first set of girl quintuplets were introduced to the world. the entire family home. the big sister blayke cannot wait to get the girls home. >> what do you want to say, blayke? >> i love my baby sisters. >> oh, so sweet. >> the three other girls will be coming home next week. >> of course, dan and rob will chime in and say that's a lot of weddings to pay for. right? is that where you go with that? >> how much is she going to love the sisters when that i are fighting over ice cream? >> a lot of weddings to pay for. >> there is nothing wrong with
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eloping. there is nothing wrong with here's the picture for you we're talking beach weather 73 degrees that's cooler than it is in new york city right now. held to the beach, get that sea breeze going but temperatures are warming up not only in the air, but in that water the gulf of mexico a warm pool of water temperatures in the 80s that sustains hurricanes, we'll be watching that. up into jersey, 63 degrees, the water temperature getting to the point the northeast beaches you can stick your toes in the water they don't turn blue. that's comforting. hurricane hugging the mexico coast on the pacific side watching this disturbance off cancun. i think it will bring heavy rain across the gulf coast not only this week but today, as well. flash flood watches posted for colorado and oklahoma.
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general flow heading into the stalled frontal boundary could see four-plus inches of rain. that's a check nationally here's what's shaking locally. >> reporter: good morning, i'm meteorologist chris sowers double scan live showing a hit or miss storm developing this afternoon. for now we're clear. sun and clouds, 89 degrees, not as sticky as yesterday. partly sunny, 86 tomorrow. >> absolutely. i have a pet. >> he is not your pet. let's just clarify. >> you want to leave that one alone. >> end scene. >> give me water, man. >> take a time-out. >> give me some water, man. coming up here on "gma," the feds taking action against a man behind a kick starter campaign. what he is accused of doing with the money he raised and what you watch out for before you put up
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all right, we are back now with "gma" investigates. this morning, crowd funding. >> federal authorities are invest vat gating a case for kick starter, the popular site for raising money for all kinds of dream projects. authorities say one self-styled entrepreneur spent most of his money not on his project but on himself. jim avila has the story. >> reporter: it's the new and trendy way to finance your business when the bank will not. crowd funding. you have seen the success stories from a smart water bottle to the world's softest t-shirt. some are good causes. $1.7 million for boston bombing victims. but officials tell us not all of the investments have a happy ending. >> you have to wonder what happened to all the extra money. >> reporter: andrew is one of 1200 people who donated to this
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kick starter campaign. asking for $35,000 to make and distribute a board game with a dramatic design and sculpted game pieces. sort of monopoly meets game of thrones. when they promised copies of the game or game pieces it surpassed its goal and raising $122,000. after three years, still no game. the promoter, erik chivale saying the project is canceled. and reports this week say it's worse than that. claiming he participated in deceptive acts and ran a fraudulent crowd funding campaign. >> he did not even spend the money he collected on the venture. >> reporter: the fpc accuses him of spending funds on personal expenses including a cross country move and rent for an
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expensive home. kick starter investors want to know where they money went. and "gma" investigators want to know where the money went. jim avila abc news. you are not going to shake my hands. >> no i'm not. >> reporter: he was not happy to see us. can you tell us what happened? >> i worked on the project, i tried to get it made. it didn't work out. >> reporter: you didn't spend the money on other things? >> no, i put it mostly on the project. >> reporter: you dispute he put most of the money on the game. >> we would. >> reporter: this week he agreed to a settlement with the ftc, not admitting or denying guilt but promising to never mislead investors in the future. the first legal action against a crowd funder is a warning this popular investment platform has risk. and if someone takes the money and runs, it's up to the investor to do the chasing. for "good morning america," jim avila, abc news, new hampshire. >> if you're an investor and you give your money to a lot of
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sites, you have to have blind trust. you don't have a legal -- >> trust is a big part of the season. >> yeah, i saw $55,000 raised to make potato salad once. on a kick starter. so -- >> i have a bunch of ideas on the commercial break. >> look for those in a little bit. and coming up on "good morning america," the foo fighters' dave grohl had a bad accident on stage. and the x-rays to prove how he didn't let the audience down. and more with sara haines. she is our food fighter. ♪ bankruptcy may affect your rights even if you do not presently have an asbestos-related disease. garlock's products were used in industrial and maritime settings, where steam, hot liquid or acid moved in pipes. certain personal injury claims must be filed by october 6, 2015. you may have a right to vote on garlock's plan to reorganize and pay claims. call 844-garlock or go to garlocknotice.com
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dear stranger, when i booked this trip, my friends said i was crazy. why would i stay in someone else's house? but this morning a city i've never been to felt like one i already knew. i just wanted to thank you for sharing your world with me. it felt like home. airbnb. belong anywhere. ♪ >> there it is. there it is. >> pop news. and ron's response is to hit his coffee cup. and sara --
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>> is to go. >> to talk. >> i missed you, ron. >> i know, i can feel it. >> they say the show must go on and no one knows that more than foo fighters band mate dave grohl. the band was performing a concert in sweden when the singer took a tumble off the stage. he tookly told the audience what was going on. >> right now i'm going to go to the hospital. i'm going to fix my leg. but then i'm going to come back. and we're going play for you again! >> and grohl is a man of his word. he got patched up with a cast and actually returned to the stage. another 2 1/2 hours' worth. and here is the x-ray he tweeted out. >> oh, man. >> oh, my word. >> that is like the one basketball clip that people played over and over. i love how he yelled. it reminds you of someone at a party. i'm okay. i'm going to be back in a minute! >> the pain meds are kicking in.
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he is awesome. >> 245 is. >> that is epic. >> he is awesome. >> you got to love him even more. we love you even more. >> you do love me. >> all the time. forever. it's time to practice your best kramer entrance. "seinfeld" fans can visit jerry's apartment in real life. it will be recreated later this month as part of a promotion for the tv series' arrival on hulu. seinfeld purists should be warned it's located in the west village, not the west side where he lived. >> well, they shot the series in l.a. so -- >> i didn't hear that. >> that i didn't know that. >> you said relocating. >> come on, don't kill it twice. >> it's still the best show out there. >> it is. i want to rewatch all of the seasons. because i forgot about puffy shirt.
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>> and ron will do his kramer entrance in the commercial break. >> what is next? >> next up, a reminder why it's never safe to nap on the job. in nba super fan happens to live in iceland. so he stayed up super late to watch the finals. the next day, he took a power nap. and thanks to creative photo shopping from co-workers, he acheeched more than catching his zs. here he is awaiting his friends in central perk. now he is fired out of a cannon. and now, he is in an ice dancing routine. and he is captured like in gulliver's travel. isn't that pretty cool? at least they didn't draw on his face or anything like that. >> just the eye brow. >> i think napping at the office is a great idea. it makes you more productive. >> he is actually asleep right now. >> we will be back with more "gma." keep it here. it needs to be earned... every day... using wellness to keep away illness... and believing that a single life can
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thanks for watching on this beautiful saturday. >> pop news part two. >> and go. no, we will see you tomorrow. big saturday, everybody. enjoy it. >> don't tease people. i'm nydia han coming up next only "action news" saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. it's another warm start to the weekend. just how high will testers go today -- temperatures go today? chris has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. philadelphia police say an homeowner opened fire on an intruder and the teenage suspect is fighting for his life. those stories and more all next on "action news" saturday morning.
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a prison employee faces charges for helping two convicted killers bust out of prison. the search for the inmates is intensifying. a driver did damage to a number of parked vehicles in the city's somerton section. those stories but first chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: that's the view down in cape may. you have a land breeze today that means temperatures will be not as warm as what inland locations will see but rather warm on the sand, probably mid 80s. everything looks good down there, nice and quiet. 77 degrees in beach haven. on the boards in atlantic city. 78. millville, 82. allentown 81. much cooler to the north where the cold front that will drag to the south over the next 12 to 24 hours. satellite anticipate radar, you can follow the
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