making news in america this morning, a chaotic scene in cleveland as ted cruz speaks at the rnc but refuses to endorse donald trump. the crowd erupted in boos. his wife heidi was escorted out for her protection. overnight trump responds. another dramatic entrance from trump with a glaring no show. his wife melania not with the rest of the family following plagiarism allegations. george stephanopoulos going o one-on-one with trump to sank about the staffer taking blame. lingering problems for one of the nation's biggest airlines after a computer outage. what you need to know. a murder suspect who made a daring escape captured. how police tracked him down.

good thursday morning as we enter the final day of the republican convention. many still seem focused on last night and what ted cruz had to say or maybe more so what he didn't say. >> or what the crowd had to say. >> that too. >> which was a lot of boosome. the crowd booing him last night after he refused to endorse donald trump. some delegates so angry they started to approach his wife heidi who was in the audience and she had to be escorted out of the arena for her own safety. >> trump responded by entering the arena before cruz was done speaking. still the whole thing overshadowed the keynote address by a vice presidential nominee mike pence. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest from cleveland. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. there were some wild nights at the convention here on night three. wild moments, i should say. mike pence's big night as the vp nominee but ted cruz stole most of the show by not endorsing trump.

a huge moment for indiana governor mike pence as he accepts the vp nomination taking center stage on night three of the republican national convention. as the party gets to know the other half of the presidential ticket. >> i accept your nomination to run and serve as vice president of the united states of america. >> reporter: but before his grand entrance two of donald trump's former rivals also addressed the convention crowd, marco rubio taped a message. >> after a long and spirited primary, the time for fighting each other is over. >> reporter: and trump's toughest challenger for the nomination, ted cruz, took the stage. >> i want to congratulate donald trump on winning the nomination last night. >> reporter: his speech leading to high drama. the crowd in an uproar for what cruz didn't do. booed loudly for not endorsing him as trump tiptoed in to hear

his son speak. >> never have i been more proud to be a trump. >> reporter: the crowd still angry with cruz, there were confrontations with him behind the scenes and his wife heidi was escorted out. trump tweeted soon after, wow, ted cruz got booed off the stage. didn't honor the pledge. i saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. no big deal. the most important night of the convention is tonight. donald trump's daughter ivanka will formally introduce her father as he formally accepts the party's nomination. kendis, diane. >> stephanie, we certainly know the kind of reception cruz got inside the arena but apparently he got a different reaction after he left? >> reporter: absolutely, diane. ted cruz got a very warm welcome at the hotel. the texas delegation was there and they just burst into applause once they saw him, cheered him on saying ted, we love you. we're behind you all the way but then cruz was asked why he

didn't endorse trump and here's what he said. i laid out a very simple standard for a president who will defend liberty and be faithful to the constitution. i hope very much that is who the next president will be. and that was it. >> and that was it. i'm sure there will be more to come as a result of last night's speech. stephanie ramos live for us in cleveland, thank you. so, we've had 36 hours of denials from the trump camp and now they're finally admitting that melania trump's speech included lines from michelle obama's 2008 speech. >> a speech writer thanked trump for his response. adrienne bankert is here with the details on that. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning. yes, donald trump saying his wife is a strong woman but it's an in-house staff writer taking the heat for melania trump's speech. portions of which are exact duplicates of what michelle obama said on the convention stage in 2008. in an apology letter meredith mciver said she and melania

worked together on the speech discussing many people who inspired her including michelle obama. she admitted melania read her some of the portions from mrs. obama's 2008 speech which mciver wrote down and included in the final draft without checking to see that they were the same. she wrote this was my mistake and i feel terrible for the chaos i've caused the trumps and mrs. obama. mciver tried to resign but donald trump is keeping her on the team telling our george stephanopoulos all is forgiven. >> she's been with me a long time. she is a very good person. she came to see me because she hated to see the conflict and she made a mistake and, you know, people make mistakes. we all make mistakes. i thought it was terrific the way she came forward and said, look, it was a mistake i made and thought it was unfair to melania. >> reporter: since that speech melania has not been seen in cleveland. last night at the convention, trump beaming with his children seated beside him. the campaign says that melania

was in new york and she's expected in cleveland tonight. kendis and diane. >> all right, adrienne bankert, thank you. and sources say ohio governor john kasich turned down an offer to be donald trump's running mate. >> donald trump jr. asked a senior kasich adviser if the governor would like to be the most powerful vice president in history taking charge of domestic and foreign policy. according to "the new york times" when asked what trumpson would be in charge of his son responded, making america great again. well, count on abc news for complete coverage of the final day in cleveland. we'll have a live report, a special one, across all time zones tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. a heat dome is creating extraordinary heat for the central u.s., even for late july. there are heat advisories up until at least friday with humidity today it will feel like more than 110 degrees across the northern plains, possibly 116 in

minneapolis and then it heads east. abc's rob marciano is tracking it for us. >> the heat moves to the east. high temperatures in the mid-90s in new york and near or over 100 in d.c. it's going to be a long stretch of uncomfortable, unhealthy and for some unsafe levels of heat. >> and the scorching conditions are keeping firefighters busy especially in the west. what fire officials are calling a suspicious blaze broke out into eastern utah spreading through a neighborhood and destroying at least ten mobile homes. and in northern california, this wildfire erupted along the median of a busy highway briefly shutting down traffic there. still ahead a computer outage grounds flights and causes a ripple effect. southwest airlines now has a warning for travelers this morning. plus, caught on camera. an unarmed therapist trying to help a patient with autism suddenly shot by police. this morning he's talking from his hospital bed. and the moment so many are buzzing about on social media. the kiss attempted by donald trump.

this is the scene at l.a.x. or was the scene at l.a.x. airplanes lined up at the gates after a computer outage grounded flights. so you see thousands of flights those for southwest were either delayed or canceled leading to a travel nightmare for passengers. the airline's website was down meaning travelers couldn't even check in, buy tickets or check their flight status. late last night the airline tweeted it was still manually checking passengers in and warned today's travelers to check flight status online and arrive at the airport early as long lines are possible again. in southern california officials are hoping to soon re-open five miles of popular

beaches after a sewage spill. a buried pipe near downtown l.a. caused a collapse and a spill of two million gallons of raw sewage that storm drapes that feed the los angeles river. tests tuesday showed no excessive levels of bacteria along the beaches. bar s foods recalling nearly 400,000 pounds of chicken and pork hot dog and corn dog products that may be contaminated with listeria. so far no illnesses have been reported. for more information on what is being called go to our website, atmfans.com. waiting for a chance to check on investments today might be the right time. the dow is on a nine-day streak of gains. the dow and s&p 500 open this morning at all-time highs. well, when we come back, wrongful conviction. two men released after decades in jail. why a judge set them free. and turn around, a group of boaters were looking the other way when a massive whale

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rich donors high above the convention floor every night is what the republicans call club 45. fine wine, whiskey and hot hors d'oeuvres for the big money people being asked to spend millions of dollars to help make donald trump the 45th president. it's a place where reporters are not welcome. >> it is a closed private event. can you please turn off the cameras. >> reporter: of all the big republican donors to come to cleveland, none is being more highly courted than the man getting out of this black car, sheldon adelson, a billionaire casino owner from las vegas whose private security guards tried to block our cameras on a public street outside his downtown hotel. >> you need to go across the street. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, cleveland. >> next up, some scrutiny this morning for police in north miami, florida, following the shooting of an unarmed black man. it shows charles kinsey with his hands in the air, the person sitting next to him is an autistic man who kinsey cares for. kinsey was trying to get that

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♪ just want your extra time and your kiss ♪ oh, man, so time to check "the pulse" and we're starting with that kiss. that's nothing like the one prince was singing about. >> not exactliment donald trump walked on to the convention stage to congratulate running mate mike pence last night. >> shake hands. ooh. trump leans in for a kiss but doesn't quite -- his lips never really make contact. pence responds with sort of a quick thinking arm grab. >> yeah, you're in my zone here. okay, so certainly not the first awkward political pucker up. >> remember this full on smooch between vice president al gore and tipper at the dnc. then there was vice president biden trying to plant one on the cheeks of a senator's young daughter but she wasn't having any of it. >> but, back to the trump/pence

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people dead and several others injuries. a man jumps into the schuylkill river to escape police in montgomery county. crews have no idea where he went potentially record-breaking heat around the corner, a look at go >> oh. >> took place in san francisco last night. >> apparently traffic later.

reporter katie marzullo of our station in san francisco with the story. >> reporter: peek-a, pikachu. >> reporter: that's how you know they're not checking e-mail. >> even though i didn't find the pikachu i was hunting down my egg that hatched was a pikachu. >> reporter: hundreds of people chose to start their pokemon go pub crawl at dolores park. >> i'm going to go to the crawl in san francisco. >> they're like, you're crazy. >> no, you're crazy. >> reporter: the park is also where we found the woman who innocently posted the invite on facebook. >> i woke up at 8:00 and there were 500 people going and by the end 2,000 and by the end 9,000. >> reporter: sean wouldn't have missed it. he loved it so much he has a tattoo. >> some have asked me is this new, is that temporarily? no, i've had this for years. >> had they captured all the characters they could in the park off they went in search of more pikachus and pooints.

this was just one place offering discounts and prizes for those playing pokemon go. >> we walked all down market and stopping here charging our phones getting something to eat. >> reporter: and making new friends thanks to an old game with a new spin. >> pokemon is pretty fun. i played it as a kid so i'm kind of like reliving my childhood a little bit. >> nice to see people go out and game in the real world. >> and now there's a pokemon movie in the works too. >> yeah, absolutely. i'm just disappointed that my invite got lost in the mail to that. >> did you have your pokemon onesie ready to go? that's what's making news in america this morning. >> be sure to check us at at atmfans.com.

>> good morning, it is 4:30, thursday, july 21. >> we're following a developing story, crews are searching the schuylkill river for a man whomr merion police. last night it was supposed to be about mike pence, but this morning it's about ted crews. >> the head of temple university