making news in america this morning, hurricane harvey gaining strength overnight reaching category 2 and taking aim at the texas coast. evacuations are under way, even babies rushed out of the hospital after forecasters increased the rain totals to up to nearly three feet in some areas. we have the latest. president trump in a showdown with his own party taking shots at senate majority leader mitch mcconnell while the white house dodges questions about his threat to shut down the government over the border wall. a hiker survives a lightning strike. what's left of his shoe and the picture that he took the moment the bolt struck. and countdown to fight night. mcgregor and mayweather, how it could turn out to be the biggest loss ever for vegas and mcgregor's son is ready for the

fight in his custom fitted suit there. >> looking good. >> that kid is cute. >> good friday morning. i'm lynda lopez in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. the dire situation, hurricane harvey gaining strength with sustained winds of at least 105 miles an hour. >> about 200 miles offshore sending rain band as shore and could make official landfall overnight tonight. >> looking live now at the beach in galveston, you can see a little bit of surf picking up there. now, voluntary evacuations have been ordered for the west end of this island. the storm surge could cause flooding there, as well. >> and take a look. this is the eye of the hurricane. taken from a government hurricane hunter aircraft above the gulf. the eye is off of coast of brownsville right now. >> and this is the scene in corpus christi as ten infants from the neonatal unit were

evacuated overnight. heartbreaking pictures and fears they would die if the hospital lost power. they're going to a hospital if ft. worth. >> abc's janai norman has more on hurricane harvey. >> reporter: hurricane harvey's hurling toward the u.s. coastline. already whipping winds more than 100 miles per hour. >> apparently it's getting stronger and stronger. >> reporter: setting its sights on south texas, people in the bull's-eye stockpiling sandbags and essentials. >> there is no more water. there's no more bread. the bread is running out as well. >> reporter: cars lining up for hours to fill up on gas. >> absolute insanity over this hurricane. >> many people leaving home as harvey is expected to drown parts of the south. dousing some areas with more than 35 inches of rain and storm surges up to 12 feet. >> we are going to in the strongest possible terms encourage the residents in the low-lying areas as they say get out of dodge. >> reporter: images from nasa

show the size of the storm the likes of which haven't been seen in nearly 20 years. forecasters say harvey is intensifying faster than previously predicted and it's moving slowly. the hurricane center says it's possible the storm could stay inland for up to 72 hours increasing the threat of severe flooding. >> now you see the track taking it through the weekend staying a category 2 through the afternoon saturday making a u-turn back toward the gulf of mexico and then going north and east. >> reporter: one sheriff saying the risks are too great not to get out now. >> i'm not going to send a boat down there after we ask you to leave. we're not -- i'm not going to put one of my deputy's lives on the line to go down and get you out so you're on your own. >> reporter: janai norman, abc news, washington. >> the storm is likely to impact americans far from the gulf coast. in the form of higher gas prices too. >> that's because nearly half of u.s. petroleum refining capacity is located along the gulf coast. now, many refineries have already shut down and wholesale

gas prices are up 5 cents a gallon. analysts say you'll see an increase soon by the upcoming holiday weekend. it will affect airline flights, of course, all over the country. more than 100 have been canceled already. almost all of them involve texas gulf coast cities. more coverage of harvey later in the half hour. the president discussed storm prep with the republican governor of texas last night while he's ignited a new war of words with other members of his party. calling out mitch mcconnell and paul ryan by name and he's not backing down from his threat to force a government shutdown unless congress comes up with funding for the border wall. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: president trump is in a war of words with his own party threatening a government shutdown if republican leaders don't come up with the money to pay for his biggest campaign promise, the wall on the mexican border. during the campaign the president promised over and over

again that mexico, not u.s. taxpayers would pay for the wall. >> and who's going to pay for the what you will? [ chanting "mexico" ] >> reporter: this week he threatened to shut down the government if congress doesn't pay for it. >> the obstructionist democrats would lying us not to do it but believe me if we have to close down our government. >> why is he threatening a government shut dounl if congress won't pay for it? why is he threatening a shutdown over paying for it? again, he said over and over again -- talked about the campaign over and over again he said mexico is going to pay for the wall. >> once again the president is committed to making sure it happens and we'll push forward. >> reporter: all this as the president's relationship with republican leaders is in something of a freefall. two weeks ago it was republican senate leader mitch mcconnell publicly airing his frustrations. >> our new president has, of course, not been in this line of

work before and i think had excessive expectations. >> reporter: that prompted an irate phone call to mcconnell from the president with the president shouting profanities into the phone. the two men have not spoken since. the president hammered mcconnell on twitter for the senate's failure to repeal obamacare tweeting he failed. that should never have happened. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> presidential adviser and son-in-law jared kushner is wrapping up his trip to the middle east where he's been trying to jump start mideast peace talks. he held separate meetings with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. kushner told each that president trump is committed to finding a solution that's workable for both sides. >> back here at home let's take a closer look at your friday weather. >> good morning, well, we are following a strengthening hurricane harvey moving off

toward the north and the west and this will take aim on southeastern texas, very late tonight and also into early saturday, hurricane warnings in the red shaded areas including corpus christi, tropical storm warnings for houston and galveston. expected to become a major hurricane this morning, later on this morning and make impact as we move into late, late friday night. later on tonight and also into early saturday, rainfall amounts, 1 to 2 feet possible in some areas. i'm justin povick with your accuweather forecast. and still ahead, the winner of the massive powerball jackpot. what she told her job right after she won. and new this morning, a man takes a picture the moment lightning strikes him. the new rescue video and what's left of his shoes. plus, caught on camera, a big rig driver makes a major mistake leaving his bucket raised. yikes, what happens next? >> is that not supposed to happen?

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the heavy rain and storm surge and heavy flooding is likely. yeah, but those winds are a major concern. now, harvey is likely to flood roads along the gulf coast and throughout florida, louisiana and texas. drivers will also find a few wet roads in the upper plains and northern rockies. if you're flying, airport delays are most likely to miami and houston. well, it seems like the perfect summer road trip. two best friends head cross-country from florida to california. >> but things went horribly wrong after they took a detour and became lost in the grand canyon for five days. abc's adrienne bankert picks up the story there. >> reporter: a remarkable story of survival. best friends reese mcmichael and rowan fitchs' summer adventure became mission impossible. lost in 100-degree temperatures for five days. out of water, the first day, dehydrated, drinking from puddles. >> we found a few areas where water would just barely trickle out of the ground.

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good morning, it is 7:00 a.m., three robbers break into a north philadelphia home and shoots a woman as she tries to runaway, we're live on a the scene. authorities in delaware are searching for the gunman who fired shots at wilmington police. the susan g.komen experience kicks off in just a few hours. hurricane harvey smashes into texas later today, we'll have a look at traffic and weather in effect on "action news." make landfall overnight tonight just north of

corpus christi. >> but it will bring heavy rains to the entire coast, and going as far inland as san antonio. that's about 130 miles from the gulf. >> which is really, really impressive. once harvey makes landfall it's expected to stick around for quite some time. might make a second landfall. some forecasters are calling for. bad weather will continue through the middle of next week. this live image of galveston which is a little bit north of where the storm is and about 50 miles southwest of houston though, right on the gulf of mexico and you can see the heavy surf rolling in, the storm surge expected to flood neighborhoods on the west end of that island there. those areas, though, are used to these storms and used to getting out ahead of these storms. >> there are even a couple of flashes of lightning people detected. ten of the smallest patients at children's hospital in corpus christi have been evacuated to a hospital in ft. worth. all were in the neonatal

intensive care unit and there were fears that a power failure would shut down their incubators. >> a lot of folks across the gulf coast have been covering this situation. the corpus christi "caller times" says officials say get out before the hurricane. but the interesting thing about that warning by the way from officials there in corpus christi, they're not implementing a mandatory evacuation. >> right. >> right now it's just a voluntary one and a lot of people are questioning why they're just doing that. >> but lots of people evacuating in the meantime, and taking that good advice and going ahead and moving away from the track of the storm. >> we do have to remember that part of the concern as well is for the louisiana area. i was in new orleans just a couple of weeks ago. they're having some problems right now with the water pump system in that city. that's not the sort of thing you want to hear when you have a storm that is that close to your city there in new orleans and many of those folks who now live in houston had evacuated to new orleans after katrina. >> so please stay safe and that's what's making news in america this morning

>> good morning, 4:30 a.m., friday, august 25. we're following several breaking stories on "action news," home invaders shoot a woman in the back as she tried to escape from a north philadelphia home. 6 vehicles collide overnight in atlantic county. hurricane harvey is heading toward south texas where residents are bracing for destruction. >> karen rogers is off, matt pellman has traffic and david murphy has weather. good morning. >> reporter: it's kind of the