good morning, america. breaking overnight, president trump unveils his new strategy for afghanistan. >> we are not nation building again. we are killing terrorists. >> he admits to an about-face keeping troops in the fight but vowing this isn't a blank check. the reaction this morning as he heads to arizona for a campaign-style rally bracing for thousands of protesters. breaking overnight, high-speed train crash, a commuter nightmare. dozens injured outside philadelphia. >> we got people down all over. >> all riders on board injured. the investigation right now. life-threatening flash floods hit the heartland sparking water rescues overnight. people pulled from the hoods of their cars and now the threat moving east. 25 million americans in its

path. ♪ and blinded by the gh american eclipse captivating the country. millions watching coast to coast sharing in the splendor but now many asking what did we do to our eyes? ♪ blinded by the light ♪ wrapped up like a deuce >> and good morning, america. another great song but so many people watching that eclipse that seeing spots was one of the top google searches afterwards. my family were concerned. did i do something to my eyes but george stephanopoulos doesn't have to worry because what were you doing during the eclipse? >> i took a little nap. i was awake for most of it but one person was not taking a nap, the president. i wonder if he's seeing spots. ke right at. he was yelling don't look. the president did look. we hope he's okay this morning. of course, hours later he did

give his primetime speech on afghanistan outlining his strategy for america's longest war. he says it's a dramatic shift from the past and certainly for him. for years he argued for pulling out saying the war couldn't be won. the big questions. what is victory? how many more troops will it take and how long will it take? we'll talk to ambassador nikki haley about that. first to our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega for all the reaction to the president's afghanistan speech. good morning to you, cecilia. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you and the president is tweeting this morning in the wake of that speech saying that the future of our country is strong. now, he did not specify the number of troops that he wants on the ground in afghanistan. he did not specify a withdrawal date, but he did make a rare admission. he says he was wrong about america's longest-running war. in a rare primetime address to the nation, president trump unveiled a new afghanistan strategy with a rare admission, a flip-flop. >> my original instinct was to pull out and historically i like

following my instincts. but all my life i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. >> reporter: the president who once said the war in afghanistan was a complete disaster that warranted immediate withdrawal -- >> let's get with it. get out of afghanistan. >> reporter: -- is now committing american troops to a fight there for the foreseeable future. >> we are not nation building again. we are killing terrorists. >> reporter: taking aim at the enemy. >> they are nothing but thugs and criminals and predators and that's right, losers. >> reporter: and also at pakistan. >> we can no longer be silent about pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organizations. it is time for pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization, order and to peace. >> reporter: he's following the

advice of his generals who argue the only way to ultimately beat back the taliban and isis is with more american boots on the ground. in we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities. conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on. >> reporter: but he is also trying to turn a new pagee of the worst weeks in his afta that he divided the nation in the wake of charlottesville. now president trump is talking unity. >> when we open hears patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry an tolerce for hate. >> reporter: the republicans like paul ryan and john mccain are praising the president's speech but one kentucky republican congressman thomas massie says, take a look at this, i had hoped the

afghanistan war would end soon but now it's inevitablethababie be deploying to the war in 2019. the taliban is also responding this morning in a statement, a taliban spokesman calls the president's speech on afghanistan unclear and old, george. >> okay, cecilia, thanks very much. let's get more from america's u.n. ambassador nikki haley. she joins us from the white house this morning, ambassador haley, thanks for joining us this morning. >> the president said we will win in afghanistan. but he didn't define victory so can you define victory specifically for the american people? >> well, i think what we're trying to do is defeat of ainds and i think in afghanistan what it's become is a safe haven but it's not just about afghanistan, it's also about the region and so i think what you're seeing the president and the generals do is basically say, look, let's stay focused. t we've -- that couldrorist happen on american soil but let's go after terrorism and i think what you heard last was strong, it was solid. i was in the national security

council meetings which there were multiple meetings. i saw the process of where it went. i saw this president ask a lot of questions and i saw him want to go in a different direction and i think it's a direction thats's good for the country. >> ambassador haley, as you know, we've been there for almost 16 years going after the terrorists so i repeat my question, what is victory? >> will, i think victory is obviously that we want to see that we're defeating terrorism. we're defeating taliban. we're defeating al qaeda. we're defeating isis and i think what you're going to see is with this plan, it's not going to beu knew how many troops and where and what, it's going to be very calculated. it's going to be very strategic but more importantly it's not going to be based on time. it's going to be based on results and i think we've seen results like that if you look at our -- the way we're taking on isis in syria and iraq, if you look at the way we've handled north korea, this is all very results driven. it's not about the talk. it's about getting things done. >> as you know a lot of people hear that and no ceiling on

troops and timetable and think it's a blank check. >> it's not a blank check. i can assure you, the president would never allow a blank check which is why he started in the beginning saying this war has gone on too long. 17 years is too long and have lost too many lives and lost too much money. this approach will be very different. what you won't hear is the details. if the past we had administrations that have given out everything we're doing, when we're doing it and how we're doing it. you won't hear that now, but you can rest asured our generals are very ready and we'll lift up the afghan forces. that's the goal but we're also going to lean on the region. pakistan can no longer be a safe haven for terrorism. india needs to step up and do their part. we're going to have our nato allies very much involved in this and we're going to push to win. >> i want to move on. the president also talked about the need to heal our divisions at home. when you were governor of south carolina after those horrific charlottesville murders you took on the white supremacists and you took down the confederate flag and you spoke out when the

candidate trump was very slow to disavow david duke and the kkk. i want it show what you had to say then. >> we saw and looked at true hate in the eyes last year in charleston. i will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the kkk, that is not a part of our party. that's not who we want as president. we will not allow that in our country. >> eventually candidate trump did disavow david and the kkk. but what were you thinking last week when you saw the president blame both sides for the vice in charlottesville? when you said that many very fine people were marching with the white supremacists. >> well, i picked up the phone and i had a private conversation with the president about charlottesville and it was taken very well. what i will tell you is there is no room for bigotry and hate in this country. i know the pain that hate can cause. and we have to -- we have to isolate them the way they want

to isolate others. >> did the president understand he made a mistake? >> i think the president clarified so that no one can question that he's opposed to bigotry and hate in this country and that when our soldiers go out and fight they fight unified. we need to make sure we're a country that's unified back home. >> yet he still says that taking down confederate statues is foolish. you took down the confederate flag from the statehouse in charleston. >> you know, it was the state that decided but what our focus was the confederate flag was a living, breathing thing. it was representative of the here and now and there was no place for that, especially after we saw nine people murdered with that -- with the killer raising up the confederate flag and so that's why we brought it down. when the issue of monuments came up in south carolina at that same time, we knew that we couldn't take down every monument or change every street sign or change the name of every university because there's history all throughout south carolina, but instead what we did is we worked with the mayor

of charleston to work on building an african memorial and african museum and that's what's happening right now so it's not just about what you take down but what you proactively do to lift up your state and country. >> ambassador haley, thanks for your time this morning. >> okay, thanks so much. also this morning, president trump facing more fallout from his charlottesville response. our new abc news/"washington post" poll showing just 28% of americans approve of how he handled charlottesville. 56% disapprove and last night house speaker paul ryan speaking about the president's response saying, he quote, messed up. and in the wake of the charlottesville events the mayor of phoenix has asked the president to postpone his campaign rally there tonight. however, the trump campaign is moving forward and our chief national correspondent tom llamas is there in phoenix with all the latest on good morning to you, tom. >> reporter: amy, good morning . the mayor of phoenix who a democrat has begged the president not to showup. he says the timing is too close to charlottesville and there is a real fear that things could

explode tonight. here's why. the president will speak here, just behind me at the cveion center. his supporters are going to see they're setting up some of the concrete barriers. about a block away, tens of thousands of protesters, all types, people like pro-immigrant groups but also the antifa, they're not afraid to destroy property and bikers for trump will roll in here to protect the trump supporters. police staffing levels are at the highest and the arizona national guard is also on standby just in case. the big wild card, will president trump pardon former sheriff joe arpaio. he was one of the biggest names, one of the strongest early supporters of president trump. that being said, his critics said he used racial profiling tactics here in arizona, a court agreed with him and he actually was convicted of contempt of court for not listening to a judge in that racial profiling case. he tells abc news he does not plan to be here. the trump campaign has not invited him but if he gets a

pardon he, of course, will set it. adding to all this it is supposed to be 105 degrees once the demonstrations start. amy. >> all ice on phoenix tonight. tom, thank you so much. >> it will be tense there. the latest on the investigation into the trump campaign and russia. a key figure behind the controversial dossier detailing unsubstantiated allegations about the trump team's ties to russia is set to speak with investigators on capitol hill today and brian ross is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning. republicans in congress today will step up efforts to find out who and what was behind that controversial so-called dossier that claimed so far without substantiation that the trump campaign colluded with the russians to hack into democratic party computers and worse. a key witness is due on capitol hill today. glen simpson, a former journalist who specialized in money laundering and russian organized crime and then led the private investigation of trump and russia last year. this is how simpson described what he does at a recent film

festival. >> i call it journalism for rent. >> reporter: simpson began his efforts when trump was running in the republican primary. according to political operatives he was initially paid about a million dollars by wealthy republicans and then more later by democrats who both wanted him to dig up dirt on trump and plant negative news stories. the 35-page dossier on the so-called russian connection to trump with some very salacious allegations including unsubstantiated claims about trump in a moscow hotel room was not completed until just before the election. and then provided to journalists, the clinton campaign and the fbi. all to the outrage of donald trump. >> i saw the information, i read the information outside of that meeting. it's all fake news. it's phony stuff. it didn't happen. >> reporter: now many republicans in congress are working to discredit the dossier and simpson. >> we will also pursue details about mr. simpson's role in this event and the creation and circulation of the dossier that

started this whole controversy. >> reporter: congress also wants to talk with the former british spy who simpson hired to investigate trump's so-called russian connection, christopher steele, but so far he is refusing to talk. steele has met with the fbi and provided agents with the names of his sources about the allegations in the dossier. allegations the special counsel tips to investigate, george. >> a lot of fronts for that investigation right now. thanks very much. now to that breaking news from overnight, dozens injured in a train crash outside of philadelphia when a high-speed train ran into one that was parked at that station. authorities are now investigating the incident and abc's gio benitez is there on the scene with all the latest. good morning, gio. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. we're talking about 42 people injured in this crash. i want to step out of the way so you can zoom in and take a look at that train right there. it's got the yellow police tape around it. the investigation very much under way. >> accident involving trolley. >> we got people down all over. >> reporter: overnight ambulances rushing to a

pennsylvania train station after 42 people were injured in a crash on a high-speed rail line. >> i have about six or seven seriously injured people on the trolley. >> reporter: officials tell us a late night commuter train andnt its final stop ed railcar ouelphia. >> we got to the te i sto up and, smack, hit the other trolley parked. >> reporter: witnesses say there was no sign of a problem before the train suddenly slammed into the other car. >> my face hit the a big hole in the wall and then i went straight down. ick out. there's blood everywhere. >> reporter: all of the riders on board were hurt including four with serious but n nonlife-threatening injuries. earlier this year aim ed after failed to stop causing multiple derailments. als are vehicling why today's train didn't stop in time. and back out here live you can

see that train right there, investigators are still looking at it. the good news right now, all of those injured passengers are expected to recover, george. >> thank goodness for that. gio, thanks very much. now to new developments in the navy tragedy. divers have found some remains as they search for the ten sailors missing after a u.s. destroyer collided with a tanker. bob woodruff is tracking it all from singapore. >> reporter: after more than a day of searching the sea and ship for ten sailors, overnight one of the missing sailors identified as third class petty officer logan palmer an interior communications electrician from decatur, illinois. his family telling abc news as you can imagine, this is a very difficult time for our family. the navy destroyer collided wit morning off the coast of in the ship causing waterg hole to rush in and flood it. the straight of malacca is the

busiest and connects the indian and pacific oceans about a quarter of the world's oil is shipped through here and in this area it is only about a mile and a half wide so when you look at it, you realize why it is the most dangerous choke points for shipping in the world. five sailors were injured in the collision including naveen ramdan who was asleep when the vessel was hit. his mother said he broke several bones in his hand. this is the fourth navy mishap in the pacific this year and the second major crash in two months. the head of the naval operations is ruling out nothing including cyberintrusion or sabotage in the investigation. no indications right now admiral john richardson wrote in a tweet but review will consider all possibilities. the navy has called for an operational pause which means it will conduct a full safety review and all u.s. fleets all around the world. george. >> okay, bob woodruff, thanks very much. all right, some serious weather headlines to get to. ginger out in nashville has much

more on life-threatening flash floods. >> part of kansas city, missouri, amy, is underwater right now. i want to take you to the pictures. >> this is a huge deal this morning. we'll be following this for the severe weather threat. let's get right now to the tuesday trivia brought to you byx

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>> ♪ >> good morning, everyone, i'm matt o'donnell. it's 7:23 on this tuesday august 22nd. we have some fog out there, heat coming later. let's turn to karen rogers for a look at traffic. >> we had a bunch of accidents today matt. we're starting with the latest one that's creating a big delay on 422 eastbound. look at this travel time. often you see six, 11 minute ride on 422 eastbound its a 30 minute ride from oaks to 202. that's eastbound traffic heading towards king of prussia. live at trooper jammed with fire crews and police on the scene with this accident scene blocking all lanes and people just kind of getting by on the shoulder right there. the other big accident is on the schuylkill expressway westbound. it's off to the side now. still some big delays. the accident itself past conshohocken at one point a 90 minute ride. now speeds of about 11 miles an hour right now on the schuylkill expressway.

and the other big issue is that major train accident and the action cam was on the scene showing it overnight wh h that collision of the septa train. dozens of people injured at the 69th street terminal. trains are still running, only every 20 minutes matt so expect delays. >> okay, thank you, karen. dave murphy a accuweather are next.

>> we're warm and muggy to start out this morning. 76 degrees in philadelphia. still 68 in allentown. and across the central portion of the region, right up and down the i-95 corridor an excessive heat advisory in effect starting it's a 1:00 and ending at 8:00 this evening. 93 is today's high. it will feel like it's up in 100. strong thunderstorms in the northern and western suburbs. tomorrow things get better 86 humidity dropping and after that we are in the upper 70's

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to help maintain your skin's natural balance. for a free sample, call 1-877-get-tena. welcome back to "gma" and take a look at this incredible image. that is the total solar eclipse e. you see the shadow of the moon over the earth. and, you know, the international space station tweeted out millions saw it from the ground but only six, six people on the space station got this view from above. >> wow. it was an incredible sight yesterday. also right now reaction coming in to president trump's speech on afghanistan. the president changing his strategy committing troops for the foreseeable future following his generals' advice but not giving specific numbers and the president is now heading to arizona for a campaign rally there tonight. thousands of protesters are expected. 25 million are on alert for severe weather today as those dangerous storms that sparked rescues overnight move east. rerdgain hitting kansas city, waters there riding

nearly 18 feet. >> and we're going to have more from ginger later. now that new lead in the mysterious disappearance of natalee holloway, the high schoolle student on a high school trip to aruba and her father is speaking out about a new finding that come believe could crack the case. juju juju spoke to him. >> after more than a decade of false leads and dashed hopes natalee holloway's father says he is as skeptical as anyone but insists he's helped uncover human remains potentially explosive new evidence putting his daughter's disappearance back in the news. the question is is it reand will it be enough to re-open an investigation? for 12 years natalee holloway's disappearance has remained an unsolved mystery. the 18-year-old went missing while on a high school graduation trip to aruba. now natalee's father dave says his 18-month investigation with private detective t.j. ward has yielded a breakthrough thanks to an informant including what they

insist are human remains. >> i had already conditioned myself that this was not real and i was literally shocked that they were human remains. >> the informant led you to these remains. >> that's correct. >> along with the person that was friends with joran van der sloot. >> reporter: van der sloot, the man last seen with natalee after a night of drinking before she disappeared. the 30-year-old is now serving time in a peruvian jail for killing a different woman. many say natalee's parents were victims of a botched investigation from the start by aruban authorities. >> little did they know. they were up against the whole aruban government. there's never closure when your loved one is murdered, okay. i know that. but at least they would know at they have her remains and she could be buried. >> reporter: natalee's father says he won't give up on finding the truth and get for his daughter. so you're hoping to

get out of revisiting it? >> well, it's my daughter and you want to find out what happened and it's like this, are you goingn your wallet and stay home and worry yourself to sick with medical bills and chest pains and not sleeping at night or are you going to get up and go and do it and -- >> try to find answers. >> find answers. >> reporter: the controversy discovery part of a six-part series "the disappearance of natalee holloway" on the oxygen channel. >> i didn't even know it. >> no one really new. >> reporter: the series chronicles holloway's quest to find those answers and includes witnesses speaking out for the first time. >> i remember seeing natalee in a white car driving away. the window was rolled down so we could see it was her in the back of the car. my impression was, oh, great, she found a ride back to the hotel. that's the last time i believe i saw her. >> reporter: natalee's father says it may take weeks for the

remains to be tested for a dna match to natalee. if the dna test is positive, where do you put that in your mind? in your heart? >> it will be the end of a long, long journey, but we're not there yet. >> and there are now reports that aruban officials are denying the discovery of human remains i holloway refuses to disclose the dna testing center in the u.s. but just to complicate matters aruban authorities say if human remains were taken out of the country, it's not only inadmissible it's a crime. but natalee's dad still says this is the closest he feels to the truth. >> we'll have a lot more on "nightline." >> uh-huh. >> juju, thanks very much. coming up next a mom's massive victory against johnson & johnson. the lawsuit involving a common household item and possible cancer risks. dr. ashton is here to weigh in.

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baby powder. this morning pharmaceutical and consumer giant johnson & johnson ordered to pay $417 million to this woman, 63-year-old eva echevarria, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago and is terminally ill. she says she started using the company's famous baby powder when she was 11 years old and only stopped using it last year after seeing a story about a possible link between the talc used in the product and ovarian cancer. >> do you have any fear you might die here? >> yes. >> reporter: a jury watching th deposition, her lawyers saying she is on her deathbed and currently too sick to testify in court. >> i have a grandson and he's 5 years old and he loves me so much. >> reporter: according to the latest lawsuit, echevarria claimed seveloped ovarian cancer as a direc proximate

result of the unreasonably dangerous and defective nature of talcum powder. echevarria testifying if the company had labeled their product with a warning, she would have stopped using it. >> eva would like to get the message out to other women in the country. >> reporter: this is just the latest in a series of lawsuits johnson & johnson has faced from women with similar claims. last year juries in three different missouri trials awarded women combined damages of over $300 million. >> hoping that johnson & johnson will listen to us and give u warning and give other women a medical community the evidence of a possible link is unclear. the american cancer society saying it is not clear if consumer products containing cal couple powder increase cancer risk. johnson & johnson telling abc news while it sympathizes with the women and families impacted by this disease, it will appeal

the verdict it is guided by the science which supports t johnson's baby powder and johnson & johnson is also preparing to defend itself at those other trials but, of course, for consumers, amy, still many questions. >> exactly, rebecca. thank you, so to answer some of those let's bring in our senior medical contributor dr. jennifer ashton. so obviously the big question is just how safe is talcum powder. >> this has long been a concern in gynecology back 17 years ago when i was an intern we were trained, you know, try to avoid it. there may be an associated risk. it's controversial. some studies in the medical literature show as high as a 33% increased associated risk of women who use talc in the genital region and ovarian cancer and has been found in the ovaries and lymph nodes of those with cancer. however, flip side, if talc really were that causeative in cancer, we surgeons have it glos

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♪ we're glowing in the dark >> i love this song. today's big board all the fallout from the nationwide eclipse but came with some headaches. >> from hours long traffic jams to some health connow, abc's diane macedo is here with more on the excitement and what people are talking about in its aftermath. good morning, diane. >> good morning to you. so the mon blocked the sun for just a few minutes but cars

blocked each other for far longer. some of the most insane traffic jooms and looking at it on social media and google and the results are fascinating. this morning, in the shadow of that amazing eclipse, twitter is clocking more than 6 million tweets about the great american eclipse and over on facebook nasa's live stream had more than 29 million views and it was much more than just digital traffic. some of the country to see the total eclipse in mat drass, oregon, had to wait four ho get out of the parking lot. was it worth it, 20 hours? [ chanting "yes" ] >> reporter: in rigby there was bumper-to-bumper traffic for more than 20 miles. perhaps many had this song on repeat ♪ a total eclipse of the heart >> reporter: youtube views of herusic video skyrocketed. hu of were listening w

on twitter interest was beating "spacito." nationwide. the most tweets followed roughly the same path as the path of totality. on google all day long the top solar eclipse question, how to solar eclipse without glasses? so maybe it's surprf the top se after the eclipse was seeing spots. oh, yeah, and we got new search for how do i know theess hased my eyes thnuple srceang eyes burning after eclipse increased by more than 2,000% andhe rising search, eyes hurt after eclipse. there's a reason you wear the glasses. >> we were all sharing glasses in my family and a couple of types, oh, no, i looked and you're afraid but is there any precedent for this eclipse high poe chondria. >> there is, actually. people tend to freak out a little after an event like this and saw in '99 when englandad an eclipse there was a hospital

that reported getting 1600 phone calls and only found six cases of just because you think you might be feeling something doesn't mean the symptoms?id anyma. >> there are some. tantn. two big ones to out for experts say arelurry blind spot eyes. a few other thing, distorted vicious. if you see a straight line and it appearsacs. if you experience any of those, consult a doctor. it's not something that will be a little bit of discomfort. if you're really that worried call your doctor and get a little reassurance. diane. coming up here a surpr report, why sere allergic ons a. does your environment have something to do with it? new revelations houston's troubled past first look, demario jackson's

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welcome back to "good morning america." ginger here in nashville and we are experiencing a gorgeous morning but it is going to open up. the skies will become stormy later tonight, 7:00, 8:00 here and i've got to show you the severe storms forecast for much of the nation actually from kentucky new hampshire, you're in that slight risk area. now if you look at the enhanced risk where there will be more chances for damaging wind and smaller hail, utica, scranton is kind of squeezed between se and but you could see damaging wind

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>> ♪ >> good morning, i'm matt o'donnell. 7:56 on this tuesday august 22nd and we're still seeing an impact from septa crash this morning. let's go karen rogers. >> it happened overnight matt but yes it's still affecting traffic. the action cam was on the scene. some of the trains moving here in upper darby. the accident happened at the 69th street terminal and we're seeing trains run but one of the tracks is closed because of the accident and investigation. so, the trains are running every 20 minutes. and only local service, no express. you want to expect delays taking the norristown high speedline. a bunch of accidents. 422 eastbound at trooper our accident has cleared but look at the delay. you're really jammed solid on 422 eastbound past royersford to trooper. what for delays there. schuylkill expressway was a mess this morning because of an accident westbound past the conshohocken curve at one init wasn extra hour and a half to get to work. speeds are better now 'cause the accident is just off to

the side but if you're running late just tell your boss you were stuck on the schuylkill westbound because it could have been true. >> thank you, karen. there's cape may new jersey, not really foggy here but foggy in other spots and it's going to be humid just about everywhere. here's dave murphy. >> already humid on the terrace matt. we've got temperatures in the 70's, dewpoints in the 70's as well and once we burn off the low lying cloud cover thisrningo feel it.here's your seven sevenm acumid today. we're looking at a high of 93 degrees and heat index values later will make it feel like it's closer to 100 maybe even worse than that. there is an excessive heat advisory in effect that kicks in at one ooh. :today and doesn't end until 8 o'clock in the central counties up and down i-95. tomorrow clouds mixing with sun, 86, warm. less humid as the day goes on. any morning shower probably doesn't hang around very long and then matt i upper 70's for most ofhe following five or six days. >> okay, thanks, david. bill cosby will be in montgomery county courtroom today for a pretrial hearing. the comedian will be joined by

his revamped defense team. it is now led by the attorney who you just saw there tom mesereau who won an acquittal for the late michael jackson case. cosby's retrial set for november. more on that septa crash on 6abc.com. >> ♪

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking overnight president trump unveils his sewategy for the war in afghanistan admitting to an about-face keeping american troops in the fight while vowing this is not a blank check. the reaction this morning as thousands of protesters take on hoto slly. new revelations about her revealing her struggles began long before we knew. the new documentary sharing accounts of the singer's dark past, troubled love life and her relationship with her daughter. health alert. a stunning new report on severe allergies. dangerous reactions to foods like peanuts increasing by five times. what to do if your childfers a serious attack. dr. ashton has life-saving tips. plus "bachelor in paradise" star demario jackson opens up. >> it was hard to go.

>> in an emotional interview about corinne speaking out to chris harrison after the scandal that stopped production. all that as we say good morning, america. ♪ and good morning, america. we hope your day has started well. >> happy to have you all on this tuesday. and so many are gearing up today for their final summer trips an from packing your suitcase to the best day to book a flight. here's a clue, it is coming up this week. >> so it's not tuesday. >> it could be any day. top story in our morning rundown. president trump laid out his new strategy for afghanistan. saying we will win but not saying how long or how many troops it will take. he's heading to phoenix for a rally stirring up controversy and concern. the democratic mayor warned the president to stay away but our tom llamas already on the scene. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. several businesses and government buildings here

downtown phoenix are going to close up early. just behind me is the where the president will speak. they're setting up concrete barriers because they're expecting tens of thousands of protesters. there is a real fear violence will spill out into the streets. the mayor of phoenix, a democrat has begged the president not to come. he feels the emotions are still too raw after charlottesville but they say they will be ready tonight. all of this coming as reaction is pouring in from the president's speech on afghanistan yesterday laying out his new policy and the future of the u.s. involvement there in afghanistan and he admitted to a flip-flop from the campaign. now saying that a quick withdrawal from afghanistan would create a vacuum for terrorists. >> my original instinct was to pull out and historically i like following my instincts. but all my life, i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval of

>> reporter: now the president also lashed out at pakistan for harboring terrorists but insisted there will be no blank check for the afghan war and the u.s. will not be nation building again. now, the other big headline we're tracking out of phoenix is what's going to happen with former sheriff joe arpaio. there was a fox news report that the president was considering issuing a pardon for arpaio whose one of the biggest and staunchest supporters of president trump. he was accused of using racial profiling tactics and not listening to a judge and was convicted for that. arpaio tells abc news he's not planning on coming here. no one from the trump campaign has reached out to him but if there is a pardon he will definitely take it. george. >> we will be watching for that tonight, tom, thanks very much. also in our morning rundown dozens injured overnight in a tr outside philadelphia. abc's gio benitez is there. good morning, >> reporter: george, good morning. we know that 42e red incrash. f the this overnitrain. i want you to take a look at video right now. because that train actually hit

an empty trolley at around 12:15 this morning. dozens of emergency response vehicles were on the scene, medics wheeling patient after patient into plans. at least four had serious injuries and some passengers said they were knocked out by the impact but the good news right now is that all are expected to make a full recovery. and taking a look right now at that train, you can see it has that yellow police tape around it. investigators are looking at it right now trying to figure out . george. >> okay, gio benitez, thanks very much. amy, you have other headlines. there's dramatic moments ing a . this happened off the coast of italy. rescuers pulled a 7-month-old baby alive from the rubble. you can see the baby right there. his face is blurred in the video and we just learned his brothers have been rescued as well. the magnitude 4 quake struck the resort island of ischia monday. at least two were killed and thousands now homeless. the navy says diver have found the remains of some of the

ten sailor after the ""uss john mccain" was struck. the navy ordered a rare pause in operations to investigate the recent collisions at sea. flared in charlottesville, virginia, at the first city council meeting since a white nationalist rally erupted in violence and they lasted the police response to it and shouted bounty officials for allowing the rally in the first place. the council later voted to cover the city's confederate monuments with black fabric to mourn heather heyer, the counterprotester who was killed. bill cosby is making a change as he prepares to be retried this fall. he has hired a new defense lawyer, the same attorney who successfully defended michael jackson against child molestation charges. cosby's retrial is set to begin in november. and finally it appears the increasingly popular avocado has been hiding a secret. what's actually now being called

a nutrition gold mine. researchers in texas say we've been throwing out the best part of the avocado, they say the seed husk is packed with all sorts of useful nutrients that can be used in consumer products and even medicines to treat everything from cold sores to cholesterol. one compound of the husk could also be a cancer fighter. not really edible so they have to grind it down and figure out how to get it to us. >> this is serious. >> a real thing so avocados are even better than we thought. >> that is good news. coming up here new revelations about whitney houston's troubled past and video we have not seen before. also ahead, the important conversation you need to have with your kids about staying safe on campus before they head back to college and we have larry spencer upstairs. >> hello, miss amy. and dr. ashton and a surprising new report showing food allergies on the rise. she has life-saving tips just ahead. stay with us. and a great audience. hi, i'm paul. people ask why i switched to sprint.

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♪ and the trumpets any go there's that camera. welcome back to "gma." on this tuesday morning, lara has "pop news." >> i do. good morning, george and amy and good morning to you. so yesterday we told you that taylor swift had mysteri her sol media accounts clean. none was shut down but not a single post left. her fans speculated it had to do with a possible new album. today another mystery for terroristies. a single post on taylor's instagram, twitter, tumblr and facebook account. the sasame post.

here it is. yes. yes. ten seconds long. no audio. just a strange light that some says looks like a reptilian tail moving and then one of taylor's favorite video directors joseph kahn who did four of her videos retweeted the post and added a smiley face, george, i think we're on to something. uh-huh. sounds like a new video coming,. >> what brilliant marketing. all we're all talking about it. >> why i'm not leading up the abc news investigation department. this is and i believe it is solved, the man who discovered taylor swift runs her label and told e! the thing with taylor is when she's ready to let you know she'll let you know. >> yeah, he's a master of marketing? >> master of marketing but until

then spencer is on the case. [ applause ] and i know, let's talk more about the eclipse, please. [ cheers and applause ] please! just a few of the celebs who were like us out there with the necessary glasses, witnessing the spectacle. former president george h.w. bush watched with four generations of his family. also posting their shots, sir paul mccartney, oh, that's julia louis-dreyfus. i through this would happen. our favorite was sarah jessica parker whose enthusiasm -- there's paul mccartney. here we go. all right, let's try this again. sarah jessica parker, she posted this picture -- oh, that's me. all right. i had a feeling. sarah jessica parker, oh this, is the video. >> i've never seen -- it doesn't make any sense.

it's happening, you guys, it's happening. oh, my god. there's the corona. oh, my god, there it is. there it is. >> it was worth it. it was worth the wait. >> there's also a picture of her. try to imagine sarah with the glasses on. shoutout to elizabeth banks obviously watching "good morning america" yesterday on our instructions on how to turn a cheerios box into a personal eclipse viewer and amy schumer obviously a "gma" fan, as well, there she is with her cereal box. really worked. i got a lot of help. lady gaga wondering if there were anybody up there watching us watch them saying, yeah, and kristen bell said she was watching from a new york city street corner sharing a pair of glasses with strangers and posted that she's so happy there's still things that can bring us all together. >> that's what i felt too yesterday is it was a shared

experience. >> it was fun. it was fun. >> powered through that. >> i predicted it. i'm not only an investigative reporter but a mind reader. i knew that was going to happen. finally here we go. to an app that will serve you up the perfect partner on the tennis court, yes, baby. this one is called easy tennis been nicknamed tinder for tennis because it works similarly pairing you with men or women based on your tennis skill level, your location, your availability, the company launched this week in london by gane ganesh, an entrepreneur and purchased by easy jet. they said it was very much in love. a love match if you will -- >> ba-dum-dum. >> -- with its brand and plan to expand it to coaching, tennis vacations. 3500 players have already signed up. make it 3501. that's "pop news." >> thank you, lara.

>> thank you very much. >> whoo! [ applause ] >>. we're going to turn to our "gma" cover story. some surprising new revelations about the life of whitney houston, the new documentary "whitney: ki be me?" revealing her personal struggles and "nightline's" juju chang is back with more. >> good morning. her voice is still instantly recognizable. whitney houston's musicality and her marketability helped her cross over and win millions of fans and yet this new documentary suggests her big struggle, her own public persona. it's an up close look at what happened backstage. her love life and her relationship with daughter bobbi kristina. ♪ the greatest love of all >> reporter: she was the glamorous pop princess with one of the greatest voices of all time. and now a new showtime documentary shows you a private whitney houston, the public

didn't know. filled with never before seen backstage footage from her 1999 world tour. ♪ jump jump jump >> reporter: filled with new insights into her troubled life. when the world first met whitney houston, she was a wholesome, church girl, gospel singer. >> yes, but -- >> that was the image. >> absolutely, but she came from the hood. >> i grew up in newark, new jersey, and in eastern orange, new jersey. >> the brothers knew the dealers in new jersey and they were older and they were using and then one day they introduced her to that. >> we were always like i said together and her falling behind me, we -- i told her to drive. you know. we playe together. you know and everything that yo up then when you get into drugs you do that together too. >> reporter: that drug use eventually passed down from one generation to the next.

♪ just want to say clap your hands ♪ ♪ clap your hands >> reporter: she was an absentee mother. >> yes, and i think with all the negative parts that that means. >> we have a great relationship. we really do and i'm very, very proud of that. i cherish it. i try to talk to her at least three times a week, although it's very hard to talk. it's worse to talk sometimes than not to. >> reporter: there may have been distance between the two but for years she and her childhood friend robin crawford were inseparable leading many to speculate about their relationship. >> the mother actually said at the time that she would like whitney to marry a man because the rumors of her and were so severe and so intense. >> this wasn't her world. i mean i brought her into this madness. she goes, why am i the target? what did i do? >> reporter: the film's title

"whitney: can i be me?" suggests she never could and that is perhaps what maybe destroyed her. >> she probably would still be here. ♪ find your strength in love >> it's true, chills. that voice. the filmmaker uncovered a letter written by one of her bodyguards with a dire warning about rampant drug use on the tour. he says he was then fired. the film also dispelled some of the whitney mythology that was fame or bobby brown that ruined her. the film points out she dabbled in drugs in her early teens long before she fell for the bad boy singer and while many of her close friends spoke on camera, the family did not want to comment on the film. >> can't blame them for that. >> fascinating. >> what a gift she had. >> she was so talented.

>> thanks so much. >> hey, here in nashville on a beautiful morning with storms later today. we wanted to bring you your "gma" moment. this is a time to smile or do a little giggle. we weren't the only ones with our sunglasses on. pups across the nation. thank you hell loan. this is ari in idaho falls made a ton of new friends having those goggles on glasses on. shared them. use the ##. >> we got some low lying clouds and fog no precip as we take a look outside, there you see the sun trying to break through over the commodore barry bridge. boy is it warm and muggy though, both temperatures and

dewpoints in the 70's and this afternoon hot and humid, a high of 93. i've got the accuweather alert posted for an excessive heat advisory that's in effect from 1 o'clock until 8 o'clock tonight in the central counties around i-95. could be a strong storm tonight, too. shows severe reacts to some foods that show a striking increase just in the past decade. this is really something. why are we seeing it? >> we don't know, george. the possible theorist here maybe something in our environment, the way it's grown or processed or something within our bodies and immune system, overuse of antibiotics but all we can say is the numbers are up dramatically. take a look at this chart. this shows the most common food allergy, peanuts still leading the bunch with 26% but what everything pretty much on this list and when you look at the last item, other unspecified foods in this report over 33% of documented allergies to food so

we don't know. >> usually you associate it with kids and try to find out what's going on. they can develop as an adult. >> more common earlier in life but my mother and i both developed our life-threatening food allergies at age 37 so we're seeing it all across various age groups. >> life-threatening. >> i had an anaphylactic reaction. >> that's the word we hear all the time. what are the symptoms that people should -- >> we have to be clear. food allergies sends a person to the er in this country once every three seconds. i like to describe the categories of allergies, three, skin, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular. these are some of the common severe symptoms. swelling around the face and mouth, trouble swallowing, shortness of breath or wheezing and a drop in blood pressure which, of course, can result in cardiac arrest but to be clear some people gastrointestinal is their main sim and we have to be clear, the use of an epinephrine

auto injector is life saving. it's not used enough. when i had my anaphylactic reaction i was afraid to give myself this injector. i want everyone to know how to use them. these are mine. i do carry two and that's my medical recommendation. always carry two in case the person giving it to you misuses it and you need another one. pop off the top and take off this bluecovering and you jam it and i say jam into the upper outer thigh because sometimes you do have to go through clothing. once you hear that click, you hold it in place for ten seconds and then promptly go to the emergency room to be clear. this is literally a matter of life or death. >> if you didn't know you had the allergy and you see one of these symptoms you got to go to the emergency room. >> absolutely and in the er we give epinephrine and anti-his that mens and steroids but this is the life saver. >> we'll turn to "bachelor in paradise" star demario jackson opening up about the scandal

that temporarily shut down production. in an emotional interview with host chris harrison abc's diane macedo is back with a first look at that. good morning to you. >> lara, this is the moment that viewers have been waiting for because we will finally hear directly from demario after accusations of sexual misconduct tonight demario is telling his side of the story touching on everything from what the cameras didn't show to what happened when he got home. it's already one of the most dramatic seasons of "bachelor in paradise" ever. >> it's kind of like a chill all over paradise. >> reporter: millions of viewers tuned in last week witnessing the jaw-dropping moments after the show was shut down amid sexual misconduct allegations surrounding corinne olympios and demario jackson. >> can i steal you for a minute? >> me? >> yeah. >> reporter: production soon resumed. this time without olympios and jackson. >> i hate to do this. >> reporter: we heard from everybody in the cast. >> i feel like it was tough on all of us emotionally,

producers, crew, cast. >> reporter: everyone that is except the two at the center of the scandal but that's about to change. tonight demario returns to the show to tell his side of the story. >> it was hard. >> reporter: detailing the moments he said his life changed. >> so what happened on the first day with corinne? >> you know, we got turnt up. we were at the bar, hanging out. one thing leads to another and we're making out. >> reporter: looked like love was in the air between the two. >> reporter: by the end of day one, i might be able to find my wife here. >> this is 30 minutes into paradise and already going down. >> reporter: but now in the wake of the scandal one of the show's most controversial stars appears riddled with emotion. >> i never once thought that i would be here like today speaking to you guys in the middle of a crazy scandal. never once. >> reporter: he describes his first encounter with olympios and what the cameras didn't show you. >> this was like in bar terps. we just got to the club and were

already about to get out of there. >> reporter: he opened up what happened after paradise and the media meyerstorm waiting when he got home. >> i remember calling my dad, and was like, man, i got kicked off. oh, this reality stuff isn't for you. >> reporter: and "bachelor in paradise" airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc and then next tuesday, corinne will get her chance to tell her side of the story and this is one of those controversies that's really followed the show and viewers have tried to wonder what really happened that day. even contestants there have not been able to give a clear explanation so viewers are hoping to get that finally after hearing both their sides. >> chris harrison on it. thank you. coming up your getaway guide to last-minute vacations. stay with us.

>> ♪ >> hello everyone, 8:27 on this tuesday august 22nd. i'm matt o'donnell. karen rogers is here with a look at traffic. >> breaking news on i-95 northbound. a seven vehicle pileup and it's only one of two accidents on the same roadway. this is i-95 northbound just y see the seven vehicles all jammed together right here? penndot and police on the scene. that's blocking the left lane. but that's just within the backlog of the original accident that's involving an overturned vehicle. somebody flipped right over. what is going on today? we have had horrible accidents and a lot of them on your highways. this is the latest one, i-95 northbound near girard. two accidents, one overturned, another involving seven vehicles out here. so you're jammed from penn's landing to past girard. southbound your usual delay jammed there as well. 295 northbound at route 130 another accident here.

the second one on 295 and we're seeing good five to 10 minute delays right there, matt. >> thank you, karen. the humidity is coming back today. here's dave murphy with the accuweather forecast. david. >> it's here, matt. muggy, cloudy right now although the sun is trying to break through a little bit. take a look at we're at 77 degrees. dewpoints in the 70's. it's oppressive humidity across the region right now. your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a high of 93 today. i've got the accuweather alert red bar on the seven day for an excessive heat advisory 1:00n the aernoon unt tonight. heat index values will be around 100 maybe even worse than that. later tonight there's the chance of a thunderstormming ind western suburbs that could be strong so keep that in mind. and then tomorrow clouds in the morning, maybe a couple of early showers but it looks like the sun comes back, humidity drops and we get a high of 86. after that, gorgeous weather matt, highs on or about 80 for about five straight days with low humidity. >> sounds good. thanks, david. we more information on that septa train crash that left 42 people injured, four seriously

on 6abc.com. >> ♪

welcome back to "gma." listen to that audience behind us on this tuesday morning. okay, we're all playing with these fidgets right here and there's a new article in "the washington post" saying the fact we're doing this proves that it is no longer hip. basically. the kids all dit. my kids have them in every room of our house but i guess dulls are starting to use it. >> andrew has one, sorry, honey, i just outed you and my daughter said, that's my spinner and i said, no, that's andrew's spinner. now it's not cool in our house either. >> the minute an adult takes over a kid's fad -- what is the other, facebook. >> facebook is the first one,

facebook. >> and won't do an instagram story because i'm on it. >> punishing me. >> doesn't tell you how to do your instagram. >> oh, well, she makes fun of my instagram all the time. sometimes on the public page. >> reading this article. kids aren't using emojis because we are? >> that is not true. >> my kids speak fluent emoji. that's how we operate. but it highlights a fidget spinner has made their way into apartment buildings and -- >> i just did now but we were talking earlier. our kids have picked up. i don't know if yours have as well, '90s television shows. >> big time, yeah. big time. [ applause ] it's so true. >> harper watched all of "friends." i'm not proud of this and does her homework as well. "how i met your mother." all those as well. >> "gossip girl." >> "grey's anatomy."

they're watching all the shows and asked me do you remember -- >> i'm sort of flat. it's such a part of the fabric of our generation. it's something you have in common. >> it is. >> i've not seen "riverdale" so i'm trying -- >> the archie -- >> "gilmore girls" is the other one my daughters love. she told me she wanted us to have a more "gilmore girls" relationship. i don't even know what you're talking about. they're all into it. >> so they're stealing our trends. >> right, exactly. it works both ways. >> '90s being nostalgia. not sure what i think about that. >> "golden girls" making a huge comeback. a lot of the younger -- >> they never left. >> i know, it is great. as we're talking about all of these wonderful, wonderful shows we all watched how about we have a little fun, we're going to play a theme song from one and see if we can guess which one it is, okay. are you guys ready? all right.

so let's listen to this. ♪ whatever happened to the -- >> wow. >> fast. >> all right. number two -- ♪ show me the smile -- >> "growing pains." >> definitely. number three. ♪ you take the good you take the bad ♪ >> "the facts of life." >> we've got a fourth one. ♪ sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ >> "cheers." so, great, we have one more too. let's go for it. ♪ >> "that '70s show." >> very good. [ applause ] "cheers" is the best ever. >> "cheers" was a good show. we got to take a quick break and come back with a conversation about campus safety before they head back to college. >> and "gma" getaway guide.

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[ applause ] we are back now with a "gma" parenting alert. as your kids head to college there are families now having important conversations about sexual assault. something on people's minds after the baylor university scandal and abc's deborah roberts is here with more on all of that. good morning, deborah. >> good morning, amy. well, it's one of the most critical conversations parents can have with their college-bound kids given that 80% of sex assaults happen to young women under the age of 25 college campuses all over the country are grappling with this difficult issue particularly baylor university which has been under the harsh glare of controversy. >> in a new lawsuit against baylor university -- >> reports of rape and sexual assault. >> reporter: it was a stunning sex abuse scandal that rocked waco, texas. >> the major cover-up involving players. >> reporter: and collapsed a college administration. >> the head football coach being sacked. the university president ken sharp r demoted. >> reporter: survivors at baylor

say the elite conservative christian school tolerated a culture of sexual violence and assault by some student athletes. >> this is a place that had not had a lot of success in football but i think once they got a taste of it, nobody wanted to make changes to address these issues. >> reporter: mark along with paula, reporters from espn reveal all the painful details of baylor's missteps and the victims who say the school turned a blind eye to their assaults in a new book "violated." what about the young women? you interviewed many of them. what did these experiences do to their lives? >> it changed them completely. they needed help and they weren't getting it. they were in need of someone to take them seriously. >> it's not just a baylor problem. and it's not just a college football problem. it's a national epidemic. >> reporter: in fact, the u.s. department of education is currently investigating complaints against 161 institutions for their hamming of sexual violence investigations on their campuses.

>> there is an incentive for add migs to keep sexual violence quiet. schools don't want to be known as the school where sexual violence happens. >> reporter: according to reports one in five female students are sexually assaulted while in college which makes it a critical time for today's youth. >> what's oftentimes forgotten about is what happens to these women. they end up having extreme anxiety, they end up experiencing symptoms similar to posttraumatic stress disorder. >> reporter: as for baylor it tells abc news we are deeply sorry to all those who have been harmed adding, we have made significant investments to prevent and deal with the scourge of campus sexual violence. what's your best advice to parents based on what you've learned? >> we should be teaching our son, look, not only should you treat women well, if something -- if you see something happening, you need to step in and that's a message that we need to be giving to the men and women who are going on

campuses. >> such an important message for as she said young women and men. baylor and many other colleges after years of having complainses that they weren't taking these complaints seriously now have policies in place to help students stay safe. but it is key, amy, that students are always aware of their surroundings and things that kj may feel uncomfortable that they should report them if they see them. >> deb, you are a mom who has a daughter headed off to college this week for her freshman year. do you have advice for parents in their college age children. >> we've been nervous before we even zipped up the suitcases. we talked a lot and first of all first and foremost you need to have these conversations and talked about alcohol. so many of these many assaults happen around alcohol but the experts say there are some key tips we do want to sort of talk to our kids about. first of all to trust their instincts. if they think that something is wrong, it probably is. to identify the campus resources that are in place. a lot of these colleges now do

have things and policies and people in place to try to keep them safe and most important, amy, we talked about this before. intervene. if they see something happening maybe intervene themselves or get an authority figure to intervene. if you see someone in trouble do what you can to try to help out. >> so important. we mentioned your daughter and you said it earlier. talking to your son, as well. this is everyone's problem. >> not just women but young men can do a lot about not condoning this behavior. >> deb, thank you very much and good luck to your daughter. i'm sure she doesn't need it. let's head back to ginger in >> and amy it turns out that not only was the eclipse a beautiful moment for science in america but as so many folks were looking up, there was something jts cool if you looked down. this video is from one of the old students that i went to school with a meteorologist now he's a ph.d. so he's up in colorado. he's got his kids there his neighbors and they see the crescent shape, those crescent shaped shadows. what you're seeing is dee fraction another science

lesson. so exciting it's kind of like the pin hole box that everybody made. take that light focuses it in and you can see a reflected image. that's the sun and moon. even with those rough edges. you could use a wicker basket you could weave your fingers together. let's get a check closer to home. >> i did that with a colander yesterday and posted it to facebook. we're dry. your seven day shows a hot and humid one today. accuweather alert. because there's an excessive heat advisory this afternoon into this evening. maybe some strong thunderstorms north and west tonight. chanel and we will head right on back to new york after a beautiful morning in nashville. amy and george. >> thank you, ginger. you look fabulous out there and we are getting ready for "gma's" getaway guide. the end of summer is sneaking up on us and rachel rothman is here

with simple solutions for packing. i'm getting an assist from haley because it's her 7th birthday. write this down. tomorrow is called cheap flight day. meaning it is like the best day of the year to get flights. why? >> exactly. so you were just saying it's the end of summer. it's the unofficial start of fall right now so kids are going back to school. demand is lower on flights so right now a great time, tomorrow in particular to purchase those tickets. >> i believe it lasts three days but tomorrow being the peak of that. >> so if we're going to travel, some cool new suitcases out there. >> "good housekeeping" institute we tested all of these and these are novel solutions. the first one is the biaggi at $70. cute, colorful items and this, we love it goes from this size and when you're at home or in the hotel it goes down to this. >> wow. >> it's super simple to close it up and found that easy. testers found it easy. >> cute and has the wheels and they go all different ways.

>> it zips from the top and lay it flat and opens like a suitcase so both options. >> write that down. >> this is ingenious. a suitcase. >> this is the rise portable shelving luggage system. with this one you would pack it all up, make sure not to overstuff it and put the larger items and work your way up with smaller items and collapses so no wrinkles no nothing, put it in the shelf aegis when you get to the hotel you hang it up. you take it down like this and voila, it will go into that size, simple so lug. >> sign me up. come on. if you don't want a whole new suitcase. packing solutions. >> i love these organizing solutions. this is the specter cube set and with this one it's translucent in the front and you know what's inside. three items inside, small, medium, large and able to fit all your things in it. when you get to the hotel those grimy drawer, you skimly put it in this and unzip it and have

all your tough there. >> 3 for 3 already. >> love, love, love. >> this is a way to not lose your luggage and also get a charge at the same time. >> yes. a little more pricey but packs in so many features. you see it's charging right now. i've been sitting on an airport floor charging my phone. ave a charge on the go. it has an -- >> oh, it has -- >> a port. >> charging our phone and has an app associated with it and a scale built in so you can measure your bag and weigh it before you get to the airport and able to track your location so if you ever were to forget it and right now you can see this one is tracking us and it sees we're in times square right now. >> so you cannot lose this bag. >> you cannot lose it and lock it and unlock it from the app coming out with a whole new line, the series too so a bigger one, this one, a laptop bag. >> do you need to charge the suitcase. >> you do. you need to get it charged up beforehand but then after that you can charge your phone up to six types. >> very helpful for a frequent

traveler. finally the reason haley is here. would you just demonstrate for us the jet kids. this is a really cool thing. >> i have a 10-month-old so traveling with kids can be a bit of a hassle. you want them to be comfortable so right now it's her 7th birthday so good for up to 7 years old. you can put the kids' items under it and then you open it up and little kids can use it to lay down on a long flight. super comfortable. older kids can use it as an extended leg rest. >> how do they lay down. imagine a 2-year-old. >> this foam comes inside of it. >> it does so everything is housed within it and you're able to put the kids' items inside and flip it over and so simple to set up. >> most importantly, is it comfortable, haley? >> what do you think? >> yeah? >> thumb's up from the birthday girl. thank you. i love this segment. on travel. >> yes, absolutely. we appreciate that. thank you so much.

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>> announcer: so wouldn't you like to know what trendy diet and health products really work? what's the deal with sparkling water, coconut oil and vinegar and what if we told you some of the naughty foods you stay away from are good for you. is it worth it? >> thank you. we'll talk about this groundbreaking program, girls who code. it's helping bridge the gender gap, empowering them by teaching them about technology. mara schiavocampo checked in on one of them. >> i want to be a computer programmer. >> i want to be able to help meme. >> i want to make a change in my local community using technology. >> reporter: these students aren't your typical computer

programmers. >> this could be it. >> reporter: this coding class is for girls only. it's one of 80 emerging camps across the country run by the organization girls who code. this morning, they're busy programming robots to perform choreographed dances to hit songs. ♪ red wine it's all the brainchild of this woman. >> i would go into robotics classes and see like hundreds of boys clamoring to be the next steve jobs or mark zuckerberg and i was like, where are the girls? >> reporter: in 2015 women held 57% of all professional occupations yet they held only 25% of all computing occupations and the numbers are even lower when considering women of color, latinas and black women hold only 1% and 3%. so saujani wrote "girls who

code" specifically geared to young girls. is it that the interest isn't there or don't see the opportunity. >> i think girls are interested. we do a poor job of showing girls the connection between technology and making a difference. >> were you interested in technology before this? >> no, not really. >> why are you here. >> my friend did it and it was the best experience she had and i wanted to do it as well. >> now seeing so many different girls with the same interests as me it's really amazing. ♪ you're going to hear me roar >> girls who code, they embody like bravery and respect so i feel like "roar" really symbolizes that aspect of girls who code which we were really attracted to. >> walking out not only knowing how to code but being fierce and confident and brave. >> reporter: for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> great program right there. we were talking about it.

my elder daughter starts coding in ninth grade. >> incredible. i love it. >> it is good stuff. we'll be right back.

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>> ♪ >> good morning, it's 8:56 on this tuesday august 22nd. let's get an update on that big wreck on 95 with karen rogers. >> such a mess matt. i-95 northbound past girard they had all lanes blocked

while they were trying to clear out this accident. we can see they're allowing some traffic to get by. it started off with an accident with an overturned vehicle. then seven other cars piled up behind it. i mean, it was a mess. i-95 northbound you see they're out here trying to push it all off to the side and i think they're going to let traffic get by momentarily. i-95 northbound jams from columbus boulevard to past girard. southbound your normal morning volume and that is jammed as well. another accident on 95 past the commodore barry bridge. look at these speeds, 11 miles an hour so jammed here as well on i-95 southbound and of course we have the big problems continue with in major accident involving the two septa trains at 69th street terminal. matt, the norristown high speedline running only every 20 minutes and local service only. >> thank you, karen. already humid out there. let's go to dave murphy. >> yeah, warm and muggy start and it's going to be a hot and humid finish today, matt. 79 degrees. we still have mainly cloudy skies but the early clouds will have a tendency to break

apart. we're already seeing some brightening here or there and today we're going for clouds and sun but the big story will be the heat and humidity, a-93, heat index values around 100 or worse and there is an excessive heat advisory across the center portion of the region this afternoon and this evening. and there could be a strong thunderstorm in the northern and western suburbs tonight, too. things start getting better in a hurry tomorrow though matt. >> thanks, david. coming up at noon complete coverage of our breaking news story. a septa train cra parked septa train this morning. dozens of people were hurt. we'll have a live report at noon. "live with kelly and ryan" is next here on 6abc. have a great tuesday and stay cool. >> ♪

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