the instrument with. and you should dress like a clown when you're doing it. i'm sure that there were a lot of naysayers in the early days of the beatles. didn't believe their art would mount to anything. but don't just this beetle too soon. this beetle, spike, is creating art. not very good at keeping his pen between his mandible -- >> but it looks like it likes to use a lot of color. >> it looks like a beetle writing kpp we get back to that, please? what on earth is going on? >> art! art is going on. >> can you find this art on display? >> it's funny you say that because if you would like to bid on this art -- >> bid? >> darn right bid. >> do you have a beetle that draws?

>> wait a minute. no. >> you can buy this. there are dozens of bids and the bidding is now at more than $300. >> the $7 shipping? are you kidding? it's this big. >> who is the player behind the beetle. that's what i want to know. because this person knows you can sell anything online. >> his owner actually owns several beetles and she decided to do this, shared it on twitter. got so much attention people are donating to this. part of the reason is she said that 15% of the auction proceeds are going to go to peoples trust for endangered species and the rest will go to buying more art supplies. >> markers. >> and canvases. and note pads. >> i feel like "right this minute" needs to make the winning bid and we can frame it with a tiny little frame and put it up there. it would be great. that's our show for now.

but don't fret. rightthisminute.com has a lot more fun content. check it out or catch us on the next brand new episode of "rtm." san francisco bay's getting a little crowded for both humans and mother nature. this video shows a humpback whale nearly collides with a sailboat over the weekend. authorities have been warning boaters not to get too close to the wildlife this summer. a growing number of medical tourists are heading south of the border to a mexican town being dubbed "molar city". it has been seeing a steady stream of americans looking for affordable dental care. many who have visited molar city say they've saved thousands of dollars. turning now to a dream vacation that turned deadly for a retired couple from nebraska.

they died after smoke filled their cabin. >> now because of a law passed nearly 100 years ago, the children are finding it all but impossible to hold the cruise line responsible. here's brian ross. >> reporter: the americans who boarded this amazon riverboat in south america were told it was a brand-new vessel built to exceed safety standards, and for the hammers of lincoln, nebraska, it was their ultimate adventure. >> they had worked for years and lived pretty grfrugally. >> reporter: sometime after midnight, something went terribly wrong no tin the hamme cabin. in minutes, the entire hallway is filled with smoke. the rosenbergs said there were no fire alarms sounding. >> there were no alarms, no flashing lights. >> you couldn't see five inches in front of your face. >> reporter: again and again, crew members go to the hammers'

cabin but don't try to go inside. it would be 20 minutes and 47 seconds from the first sign of smoke until the crew will enter the cabin to rescue the hammers. it was too late. larry hammer died in the cabin from smoke inhalation, and the crew waited another six minutes to pull out kristy hammer to died en route to the hospital. >> getting on that boat cost them their lives. >> reporter: an investigation by the peruvian navy found the cause to be an overheated power strip provided by the cruise. and the fire alarm did not sound, to the disgust of the hammers' children. >> they didn't put audible alarms in the cabins. >> reporter: a state-of-the-art boat. >> a state-of-the-art boat. >> reporter: but now as they try to take action against the company that chartered the boat, they fear they will hide behind a law called "death on the high

seas" act. it would only be liable for their parents' funeral expenses. >> there's no place else in the world that you can kill somebody and really have no consequence. other than international waters. >> reporter: the cruise industry says it has an outstanding record in operational safety and that imposing new and costly federal laws is unjustified and unnecessary. but now some in congress say the industry needs to be held more accountable. >> the crew, the management, everyone who has a responsibility for anyone on that ship ought to be held accountable when they fail to follow basic standards of care. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >> and brian tells us in a statement the company says only that it is deeply saddened bit hammers' death and it continues to review its operations. coming up, the gift of life from her best friends. >> hear the incredible story of miracle was saved. you're watching world news now.

♪ when you have a friend by your side ♪ ♪ that helps you to find ♪ the beauty you are when you open your heart and believe ♪ ♪ in the gift of a friend ♪ >> more and more we're hearing about how togetherness can play a pivotal role in the healing process. >> we're hearing how one woman's friends literally kept her alive while she waited for a new heart. >> reporter: amy stein's failing heart had her counting down the days until her suffering would end. >> i had a big number on the wall, dsix days, five days.

>> reporter: luckily it came and went, thanks to the power of friendship. and now in silverstein's new memoir, my glory was i had such friends. she explains how nine of her closest friends saved her life while she writaited for a heart transplant. flying to her, sitting with her, making sure she never spent a moment alone. you guys were willing to do pretty much anything to get her through, rubbing her fight, rub being her back, massaging her, setting up spas in the hospital room. >> we improvised. and it's a gift for us, in a certain way to be able to show up for her. >> reporter: did you think there was a point she wasn't going to get a heart and you would have to say good-bye to your friend? >> that was a very real possible. >> absolutely had to reckon with the possibility that we were leaving and we might not see her again. >> reporter: amy was 50 years old at the time of the transplant in 2014. but this wasn't the first time

her heart had failed her. you had your first heart transplant at age 25. >> i was in school and found had hard to walk to class. i went to the doctor and they found out i was in heart failure. the doctor said after the transplant, if i got a yon orga would live ten years at best. >> reporter: she surpassed all odds by living with her first donor heart for 26 years, and now another three with her second donor heart. a walk down the hallway, just one day after surgery. >> we were at a gathering about a year after this heart transplant, and i looked over and saw amy dancing with, like, so much color in her face. it stopped me in my tracks, and i started to cry. we never could have imagined that she would feel that good, look that good and be the healthiest she'd been in her entire life. >> reporter: amy says of all of her hearts, this one is different. >> i was told that this young,

young girl, who i know nothing really about, but she was an athlete, and i, she makes me want to run, and i can feel her as i run. >> reporter: she gave you new life. >> she gave me new life. not just life, but new life, life i never imagined, that i would ever feel this well. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> what's so amazing, too, that big group of friends that are so good at supporting her, many are strangers to each oh, it's not like a big communal group. they managed to work together, coordinate these calendars and so on and some of them not knowing each other. >> and you know how difficult it is to get friends together. >> we can't coordinate on anything. but they did all coordinate together. they loved her that much. >> would you do that for me? >> i think we should move on. >> i mine, to, to quote that poet. keep smiling. >> a family reunion under the water. >> keep shining.

>> a rather large family. >> knowing you can always count on me. that's what -- do you really use head & shoulders?

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♪ you, you, and i ♪ got together gone ♪ >> so finally, this half hour, a baby born premature, reunited, back together again with mom and dad. >> and when it's a family of hippos, that's cause for a whole city to celebrate. moth here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: believe it or not, this is what a premature baby hippo looks like. she was 29 pounds when show was born at the cincinnati zoo, but that's about half what baby hippos normally weigh, but she has been chomping along at the premie hippo ward, until back in

the end, reunited with mom and dad. she even managed the hippo equivalent of a piggyback. hip, hip, hooray, these three ready for their first family portrait. >> that family portrait is beautiful, isn't it? >> hippopotamus, water horse. that's what it means. >> really? >> you're welcome. what a cutie though, a big cutie, i guess. while we're at it, let's check out some other animals enjoying the water, shall we? >> like water dogs. max and katie, they're a couple of great danes, cold chillin' here. nice touch with the floaties. >> the sippy cup just really completes the whole thing. >> what's in their sippy cup? so after the pool, still got to rinse off. and this legend, a french, this

is legend. it's a french mastiff. >> his name is legend. if he could talk, he would say "i am legend." and that's isaiah, cooling him off with a hose. he just looks sad because he's a mastiff. and that's just how his face falls, but we're guessing he's pretty happy about this outcome. >> i'm still trying to get over the "i am legend." >> you didn't like it? >> that's cute. >> that's how a mastiff looks, i am legend. ok, let's try this.

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this morning on "world news now." the president's son under fire and firing back. speaking out about his controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. >> how donald trump jr. is strongly denying allegations of collusion after releasing that e-mail exchange. plus, we have new details about the military plane crash that killed 16 service members. what we now know about the people on board as investigators start looking through miles of debris. 50 active wildfires burning across america's west. at this hour, so many structures destroyed. thousands of residents spending these early morning hours far from home. evacuated due to the flames. and it's a freight dgreat d pancake breakfast. but if you're worried about the fat or the work, don't sweat it. i'll show you some of my own

personal recipe hacks on this thursday, july 12th. from abc news, this is abc news now. >> you know it's serious business and it's a hack when she's got like the ponytail going. >> the braid? then you know. >> it's off to one side. >> you can't get your hair down and get hair in the food. >> i never thought about that problem. that explains like the netted thing like all the people have at chipotle. >> there you go, buddy. we'll talk about the pancakes, having nothing to do with my hairstyle. ochlt we start the hour off with the president's son. >> so the e-mails show donald trump jr. agreed to meet with a woman described to him as a russian government attorney. and he took the meeting only after he was explicitly told it was part of russia's effort to help his father by providing incriminating information on hillary clinton. >> in an interview last night,

don jr. said i probably would have done things a little differently. >> reporter: donald trump jr. appearing late tuesday on fox's "hannity" maintains his controversial meeting last year with a russian lawyer with purported ties to the kremlin was much ado about nothing. >> it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't even have remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was literally a wasted 20 minutes. >> reporter: though his e-mail exchange with rob goldstone and who has russian clients shows he was willing, even eager, to accept russian help with his father's campaign. >> someone sent me an e-mail. i can't help what someone sends me. i read it, responded accordingly. if there's something interesting there, i think it's pretty common. >> reporter: trump jr. releasing e-mails leading up to that meeting. also attending, jared kushner and paul manafort. they didn't know what the

meeting was about, but e-mails have the subject line "russia/clinton, private and confidential". goldstone wrote trump jr. that it is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. less than 20 minutes later, he responded, thanks, rob, appreciate that. if it's what you say, i love it, especially later in the summer. he reessed the e-mails to be totally transparent, but the new york times says he only went public after they told him they were going to publish it. >> this is moving into perjury and potentially treason. >> reporter: republicans weighing in too. >> his characteristic of the meeting has changed, which creates suspicion. >> reporter: and sarah huckabee sanders reading a short statement. >> my son is a high-quality person, and i applaud his transparency. >> reporter: chuck sievertson,

abc news, new york. >> the attorney at the center of this is also speaking out. he to she told reporters in moscow she never had compromising information on hillary clinton. and she's not interest the ed i politics at all. she's a familiar figure in washington who lobbies against russian sanctions. the president is heading to paris where he'll celebrate bastille day with french president macron. they're hoping to find common ground on the fight against terrorism and defense. meanwhile, the white house says the president's state visit to london has been postponed until next we're because of a scheduling conflict. senate republicans are intense pieing their efforts to push through health care reform, even postponing summer

vacations. mitch mcconnell says he's cutting the vacation in half, and accusing democrats of obstruction. the wildfire has left its mark. the fast-moving grass fire destroyed at least two large homes in the hills of san jose. many high-end homes have been evacuated. in southern california, the jennings fire has destroyed at least 400 acres, forcing hundreds of evacuations and for a time closed ainn interstate. there are fires in 15 states. investigators are trying to determine why a military plane crashed in mississippi, killing all 16 members on board. it carried an exclusive group who were heading to training. >> there's a plane crash on county road 286 near the county

line. >> reporter: the large team of investigators are combing through miles of mississippi soybean fields, recovering seat belts, engine parts and other melted pieces of the military cargo plane that crashed here monday. >> i heard a loud boom and it shook my house. >> reporter: this is what it looked like from a cell phone on the ground. witnesses say they could tell it was moving ammunition. >> all you could hear all the ammunition blowing up. >> reporter: 15 marines and one navy corpsman were killed. some from stuart air force and camp lejeune. heartbreaking calls are still going out to their families. investigators aren't sure what brought the plane down, but the large debris field suggests the plane was high in the sky. it was moving people and equipment from north carolina to california. the kc-130 aircraft has been a workhorse for decades. near the dusty fields, a salute

to those who were lost. this is difficult work for investigators who will be working trying to figure out what brought this plane spiraling out of the sky. we've watched them drive down long dusty roads of these farms and get out and search the soybean field by hand, looking for some piece of evidence to explain this. steve osunsami, mississippi. and we're getting a look at a milestone moment in the missile defense program. this video shows the first successful test of a system against an intermediate range rocket. the air force fired a missile near hawaii, intercepted by a rocket from alaska. the missile that was destroyed, similar to the ones being developed by north carolin developed by north korea. a fiery wreck on an interstate involved six vehicles, two of them tractor-trailers.

one of the trucks rear ended a passenger vehicle and burst into flames and that spread to the second truck. i-70 was closed for a time both directions. and a massive air bag recall has been expanded. some air bag inflaters may explode with too much force and send shrapnel onto drivers and passengers. at least 17 deaths have been blamed on the defect. it has affected ford, nissan and mazda vehicles. an interesting scene in the suburb here. >> the 30th annual mud day in westland, michigan. a decidedly down and dirty event here. it involves hows of kids and having a complete free-for-all in organized activities. >> many of them that were there came from neighboring communities and even other states. all of this to roll around in

the mud. >> it looks kind of fun, though, doesn't it? >> it does look like a lot of fun. >> should have covered that for us. >> it looks like a regular friday night in a new york bar for me. i don't know the big deal. we know we can send jack on the assignment. so enthusiastic about it. coming up, mother nature's fury caught on camera. this tornado was just one of several that touched down in north central indiana. we'll tell you about the trail of destruction that these twisters left behind. and don't you wish you had one of these for your back yard batt water battle? we're checking out super soakers that are five times as powerful as a fire hose. and checkis out at wnn fans.com. you're watching "world news now." ♪one way or another, i'm gonna find ya'♪

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tornado have now hit north central indiana. the high winds snapped trees and knocked down power lines. the heavy rain brought widespread flooding in the rural area as creeks overflowed and many roads were closed. and there was also heavy rain and flooding in montgomery, alabama. there was flooding inside the state house. look at some of these images coming us to. there were high winds in montgomery with a tree snapped on the alabama capitol grounds. a person of interest in the disappearance of four in pennsylvania is no longer in custody. >> they are still focussing their search on a farm owned by his family. eva pilgrim is there. >> reporter: fbi investigators zeroing in on this field outside philadelphia, using a backhoe, digging and sifting soil by hand. appearing to measure and photograph what they're unearthing, searching for four young men missing since last week. >> i think that it's very important to hang onto hope

until there is no room left for it. >> reporter: the property owned by the family of 20 year old cosmo dinardo who authorities shay is a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of those men, 19-year-old jimmi patrick was last seen wednesday. >> you get a smile out of him. >> reporter: tomorrow meo, and mark sturgis and dean fin key know. >> what we're looking for is information that connects these four men to the that may connect them to the property we're searching, connect them to cosmo dinardo perhaps. >> reporter: authorities have confirmed they have brought in ca daver dogs. they need the tips to keep coming. eva pilgrim, bucks county, pennsylvania. >> and they have up to 50 people now taking part in the search effort, but investigators haven't revealed if they've

found any physical evidence. >> or what the connection is between dinardo and these men. we know that he is friends with one of the guys who disappeared. >> so strange that they disappeared over the course of three days, and now investigators are suspecting it's all linked. coming up in the next half hour. we're talking about mayweather and mcgregor. >> the two held their first press conference ahead of the big fight. we'll see who landed the best blow. but first, diane is serving up all of husbaus pancakes and . we're getting her hacks. >> and look, it's pippi longstocking. >> you're watching "world news now." h, and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. for incredible protection... snap! so it's out of sight... ...and out of mind.

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♪ wakin' up too early ♪ maybe we can sleep ♪ making banana pancakes >> we found banana pancake song. never doubt us. eating breakfast can be tough, especially when it happens at work in the middle of the night. >> we're putting a healthy spin on the latest installment. >> we had this awesome family

tradition where every sunday was pancake day. the only problem with pancake day was it only happened on sundays. so today we're going to make a pancake healthy enough to eat any day of the week. it's pancake day, baby! we're going to start off by grabbing eggs. whites for this recipe. we're starting with the eggs, because separating eggs by far is the most annoying part of this whole recipe, but we're going to make it less annoying with this high tech gadget. yes, that's a water bottle. open the waterack in your eggs. try frnot to drop in the shell. you're going to take the water bottle. till the bowl a little bit. squeeze and suck the yolk right

in. boom, from there, grab the blender. add your egg whites and any banana will do, and this is a good use for an overripe banana like this one. half a cup of oatmeal. half a teaspoon of baking powder or go one teaspoon. and finally, here's a fun cheat. for a little added sweetness, two teaspoons of protein powder. i'm using vanilla, but i'm sure chocolate would be delicious too. and then we blend. loudest blender. ♪ voila. we've got pancake batter. and here's a good make ahead tip. can you put the batter in the fridge and make the pancakes in the next day or two. it will settle a little, but add a little milk. but i don't want to wait a day

or two. get your pan going with a little grease. because we're using so little, i'm going with butter. what who are're looking for is bubbles to form. once you start seeing the bubbles, it usually means the pancakes are ready to flip. voila. pancakes. the best part is, for a regular pancake, you're looking at about 160 calories, five grams of fat, more than 20 grams of carbs and four grams of sugar. our pancake has 67 calories. just a little over one gram of fat, 11 grams of carbs and half a gram of sugar, which means -- there's even room for a little bit of syrup. ♪ ooh, one more tip for you. if you end up with a big batch, you can just freeze the leftovers, if you have any. ♪ almost paradise

♪ we're knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ almost paradise ♪ how could we ask for more ♪ i swear that i can see forever ♪ ♪ happy pancake day. >> those. >> kendis, what do you think? >> those are amazing pancakes. i had them at your apartment before. >> something. >> another one? it's dripping. >> he won't eat on camera, mapl commercial. >> why don't you have another one. >> the pancakes were great. >> why don't you eheat are micr. make them ahead of time, bring them to work and eat them.

>> i'm eatin' mine. >> really, jack? >> if you insist.

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a drop of dawn and grease is gone. ♪ i'm allowing diane to play catchup here to my eating prowess. and while we talk about the mix here. and what was probably the largest object ever unboxed. we've all gotten our little gifts where your little gift from tiffany's and it's a teeny little box. >> you've never given me anything from tiffany's, let's make that clear. >> the woman down the street, has like a box of candy. no. here's the biggest object ever unboxed. they recruited this 3 year old kid, joel, to unbox this tractor-trailer. >> how cute is he. >> by volvo, north america. here's the size on it. 80 feet by 14 by 18. >> wow.

>> and they got a box for it. >> does he get to keep it? >> i would hope so. >> i hope they didn't wrap it. that would have taken a while. >> and it's tough to get the corners with those sort of boxes. guinness world record. >> a man could have used that truck inside the box to maybe deliver a certain thing he was trying to transport. let's check him out. he's trying to get a refrigerator, back, presumably, to his place. first we see him struggle to get it on the elevator. he finally succeeds. where is he going? to take the refrigerator on the train of course. that takes a little maneuvering, as you can imagine, but he finally manages. after a little trouble getting on the train. and then >> nice! >> kicks him off the train. apparently, in queensland, australia, you cannot board the refrigerator onto the train. he got a citation as well. >> the popo got called? >> yes. no, no, no, you can't bring that

here. >> after all that success he had. >> we admire his tenacity. >> bravo, sir. i wonder who said bravo to this. a super soaker built by a nasa engineer. you have regular super soakers, and then you have this. >> oh, wow. i'm surprised he could hold onto it. >> mark rober. how bad is this? you see that? it can break glass. it fires at 272 miles per hour, with enough force to slice through a watermelon and shatter glass as well. >> and he built this thing for his kids? >> he built it for fun. >> what could possibly, possibly go wrong. >> that would be great. >> at the summit. >> that would be great at the g-8 summit. on to the most epic battle we've ever seen at wimbledon. a man and his

this morning on "world news now." the president's son under fire and defending his controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. how donald trump jr. is denying allegation of collusion after releasing the e-mail exchange. >> speaking of that lawyer with reported ties to the kremlin. she's now speaking out about the meeting with the president's inner circle. who is she, and what did three she bring to the discussion? brian ross digging deeper. and new this half hour, a harrowing video captures a couple's terrifying drive to escape the wildfires in canada. >> the couple finding themselves smack in the middle of that intense blaze. and american league wins the all-star game in extra innings. we have the highlights plus a picture perfect moment between an umpire and player. it's wednesday, july 12th. from abc news, this is

"world news now." >> an extra inning all-star game. >> did you catch it? >> that's what we were hoping. >> did you watch it? >> no. >> i didn't think so. >> i dvred it. i didn't want all the details. >> you didn't want the details? >> no, i didn't want the details of how the all-star game ends. so please, no spoilsies, okay? >> all right after you watch "game of thrones," you'll watch that? >> yes. we begin this half hour with donald trump jr., though, defending his meeting with a russian lawyer after posting the e-mail chain detailing the arrangement. >> don jr. told fox news that he agreed to sit down with a russian attorney as a courtesy to an acquaintance when he was offered dirt on his father's opponent, he said i thought he should hear them out. he acknowledged he probably should have done things differently, and he said there was no reason to tell his dad about that meeting. >> did you tell your father

anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't even have remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. >> and don jr. says he's more than happy to cooperate with everyone. >> he released the e-mails, though, after the "new york times" told him they were about to publish them. >> and we're also learning more about that russian lawyer who met with the president's son. >> yeah, she said she arrived at trump tower with an interpreter but insists she had no information on hillary clinton. brian ross has more on the attorney and what the president may have known. >> reporter: the big question is what did the president know about the meeting here at trump tower, and when did he know it? the white house says he only became aware of it a few days ago. but we now know more about the russian lawyer, natalia, well-connected to the kremlin and a familiar figure in washington, lobbying. against russian sanctions. here she is at a congressional

hearing last june. she flew in to meet with trump's inner circle on the 25th floor. one floor below the office of donald trump senior. democrats in congress are asking how could he not know what what is going on. especially since the meeting was set up by people working for a billionaire who was the former business partner of trump's and close to vladimir putin. the lawyer denied her purpose was to provide compromising information on hillary clinton. no, this is not true, she said. further claiming she didn't even know if donald trump was a candidate for president then. she says presidential son-in-law, jared kushner left the meeting after only about ten minutes and that campaign chairman paul manafort spent most of the time looking at his phone. she insists the campaign was not on her mind, telling reporters, i'm not interested in politics. she said she came primarily to talk about the adoption of russian children. and that was donald jr.'s

explanation at first, too. then he did quickly change the story saying that she did tell him she had information about hillary clinton. and with the e-mails another version of what was on the agenda here at trump tower, brian ross, abc news, new york. >> and sources tell abc news, special counselor robert mueller will look into the meeting as part of his widening investigation into possible trump collusion. >> some are calling it proof of collusion and even possible treason. and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they have serious concerns. >> donald trump jr. was openly salivating about the prospect of getting damaging information from the russians. is certainly evidence of collusion. >> you're offered assistance from a foreign government in your campaign, the only answer is no. so i'm not going to condemn the gal in an e-mail, but this is something that is the most problematic thing i've seen thus far. >> is that evidence that the trump campaign then knew that russia was trying to interfere? >> no, i don't think so.

no. >> that's senior republican senator from oklahoma there, defending the president's son. democrats and some republicans say trump jr. should testify on capitol hill. senator dianne feinstein says that he should do it in an open session as soon as possible. a doctor who cared for collegiate and olympic gymnasts has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. he could face up to 60 years in prison. he worked for usa gymnastics and michigan state university. he faces lawsuits for the sexual abuse of more than 100 women and girls. the accusers include u.s. olympians. investigators are looking into farm fields in mississippi for clues as to what caused that crash. the kc-130 plane was taking an elite, special operations unit across the country for

training. all 16 on board were killed, making it the deadliest marine corps crash in years. foul play is not suspected. the widespread debris indicates something went wrong in the middle of the air. >> it is a cargo airplane. sometimes cargo airplanes can pick up dangerous cargos. we've seen that bring down airplanes in the past, whether that's lithium ion batteries or cargo that shifts. so they can be put in danger by something they're carrying. maybe something like that happened while they were at altitude. but as of right now, it's inexplicable. >> members of the special ops unit were based at camp lejeune in north carolina. the other nine were based at stuart air force base in new york. >> aviation officials are looking into what could have been a disaster in san francisco. an air canada jet nearly landed on a taxiway where four other planes were waiting to take off. it missed them by about 100 feet. here's david kerley. >> reporter: disaster averted on this runway, an air canada pilot confused on a night approach. >> we see lights on the runway

there. >> confirmed, clear to land. >> reporter: with the pilot of the a-320 was actually seeing was four other jets, potentially carrying up to 1,000 people on the taxiway, running parallel to the runway. a pilot on the ground sounding the alarm. >> where's this guy going? he's on the taxiway. >> reporter: less than ten seconds later, the pilot told to abort the landing. data from a flight tracking service. shows the air canada jet was just 400 feet off the ground, a bit more than a football field length. aviation experts say this is an extremely concerning incident. the faa's investigating and says it will determine how close the landing jet got to those on the taxiway. david kerley. there are dozens of wildfires, but two of the most active are in california.

the jennings fire was started yesterday afternoon by a vehicle's exhaust. it grew quickly hundreds of acres, forcing evacuations and even the closure of interstate 8 there. another fire near san jose has already destroyed two homes. this is the view as a husband and wife escaped a wildfire in western canada. it began in heavy smoke and turned really fright anything as their car was surrounded by flames. >> british columbia has been under a state of emergency since friday. more than 200 fires have burned more than 150 square miles and forced 14,000 evacuations. major league baseball's all-star game doesn't count anymore. but it still has drama. >> the best met in miami, seattle's robinson cano broke a tie with a solo homer off the cubs' wade davis. he picked up the mvp and the victory.

now i know how it ended. the win is only for bragging rights. home field advantage is no longer determined by the all-star game. and the seattle teammate, nelson cruz had the social media moment of the night. he posed for a picture with home plate umpire joe west before his first at bat. how cute is that? >> and he had a phone in his back pocket. he was told he couldn't have phones in the dugout, but no one said they couldn't have them on the field. >> genius. i love the whole gear there for the catcher. >> he's very colorful. very colorful. by the way, is it bad that i can't hear you say miami without thinking of pedro martinez? >> he was on celebrity family feud just this past weekend and steve harvey asked, name a word that rhymes with yummy. and he goes, mi-ummy. [ laughter ] >> as we move on.

coming up, proof that there is no good fight without some talk beforehand. >> it is on. mayweather and mcgregor. >> they're talking game. they're talking smack, aren't they? some verbal hits and misses. [ laughter ] where's this fight taking place? >> and later in the skinny, back to the future. well, really "star wars," but we're checking out how those futuristic '70s fashions are getting an update. >> but first, let's take a look at the forecast in mi-ummy. world news weather, brought to you by lysol. sol. best friends share everything protection.

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there they are, ladies and gentlemen! it's mayweather versus mcgregor, saturday, august 26th. >> all right, if you haven't marked your calendar yet, now's the time. it's one of boxing's greatest ever, floyd mayweather jr. versus mma super star conor mcgregor. >> and the press sparked off and

the verbal sparring caused surprises. mcgregor to go after floyd. to try tohead with some trash talking. >> he's good at it. >> he's great at it. let's see how he did. >> his little legs, his little core, his little head. i'm going to knock him out, mark i don't fear this limited set of fighting. this is a limited set of rules that make this half a fight, a quarter of a fight. this isn't a true fight. if this was a true fight, it wouldn't even take one round. >> wow. he's going to get his butt kicked. >> mcgregor, well, then it's of course mayweather's turn. let's hear how he did. >> god don't make mistakes, and god only made one thing perfect, and that's my boxing record. you going in on your face or you're going out on your back.

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making 21 stops along the way, let's hope our twins are along for the ride. >> could you be more excited. >> very excited for the twins. next to kim kardashian, someone used to trash talk, but one thing seems to have gotten under her skin. >> people are talking about this snapchat photo of hers about what was on the counter behind her. some people thought it was a couple lines of cocaine. so kim tried to squash it by saying it was powdered sugar from her kids' candy. >> that wasn't it either. it appears there's nothing on the table at all. it's marble's look. >> oh, i see. >> mystery solved. "star wars" and fashion. some people say the two don't go together, but we say not so.

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making news in america this morning, donald trump jr. defending himself over claims of collusion with russia. as some republican lawmakers voice their concerns, the controversy likely to follow the president on another foreign trip starting tonight. we're live in washington. we have new details about that deadly military plane crash. hear why mississippi's governor has issued a warning about the widespread debris field. a close call in san francisco bay. some boaters getting up close and way too personal with a whale. and baseball games, all-star game nine innings was not enough. we have highlights in the extended midsummer classic.