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on camera. "early today" starts right now. >> thanks for starting wednesday with us. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. shouting matches and scuffles led to chaos late into the evening in phoenix with tear gas deployed on demonstrators. we saw images coming in after donald trump held court before the faithful in the convention center just feet away. bringing back some of his favorite lines going after the media, critics and naysayers while also vowing to build the border wall. the president more resemble the candidate who barn stormed his way to the white house than the commander in chief we saw the other now announcing a troop surge in afghanistan and he used the opportunity to reiterate his own response after charlottesville going after the

>> what happened in charlottesville strikes at the core of america. and tonight, this entire arena stands united in forceful condemnation of the thugs who perpetrate hatred and violence. they ask me, what about race relations in the united states? now, i have to say they were pretty bad under barack obama. that i can tell you. the media can attack me but where i draw the line is when they attack you, which is what they do. when they attack, the decency of our supporters. >> and while the president tent spent a considerable amount of time on charlottesville he hit on a number of other issues from nafta and health care to guns and north korea and waded in a controversy hinting at parreding arizona sheriff joe arpaio months before his sentencing. i judge ruled the former law enforcement officer was guilty of ignoring aou

immigrants. >> was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job? that's what -- he should have had a jury. but you know what? i'll make a prediction. i think he's going to be just fine, okay? >> it was that same comment that had anti-trump protesters outside the convention center fuming ultimately leading to the chaos we referred to earlier. steve knee gosk was on the scene and file this had report from the ground. >> reporter: frances, this is protest here started off peaceful with thousands of people coming out to protest the president, but as his speech concluded, there were scuffles outside of the convention center. what we're hearing is that protesters hurled objects at the police and the police very quickly responded with tear gas. there were people

out, coughing, and now what we're seeing are the police moving the protesters away from the convention centering slowly pushing them down this street and the other street. the mayor of the city, as you know, was concerned about president trump copping to phoenix that there would be violence. now tonight, we're seeing some of that come true. frances? >> stephanie, thank you. a major change at the top for the u.s. navy. just days after an oil tanker slammed into the "uss john mccain" near singapore. some remains of the ten sailors missing have been recovered though the neighbor did not say how many bodies were found. janis mackey frayer, what is happening with the recovery efforts and the leadership changes? >> reporter: we're seeing this change of command happening in the first steps of this operational delay that's happening worldwide with the navy. the commander of the 7th fle

replaced just a few weeks before he was slated to retire. his replacement who was tapped in may now move into the position a bit early. at a time when the navy is asking some very profound questions about what is going on. two major deadly mishaps in as.months. another two incidents. that's this year alone. the commander of pacific command is saying all possibilities are being explored in. the investigation of the crash involving the "uss john k. mccain. exhaustion, negligence, heavy traffic on the seas even cyber hacking. nothing is being ruled out. at this point there's no evidence suggesting any sort of cyber attack had happened. we must also remember that this is particularly difficult time for the families of the ten sailors who are still missing. divers yesterday found the remains of some of them inside the damaged part of the ship

some remains at sea. that search continues in earnest today. those families who had been hope fog survivors are now beginning to face the very harsh reality of loss. >> thank you. there's new medical research that could potentially save hundreds of thousands of american who's sigh die from a condition called sudden cardiac arrest. it's different from heart attack and so dangerous nearly everyone who suffers from it dies. now a 100-year-old test could be key in predicting who is at risk. medical correspondent dr. john torrez brings us details. >> just 43 years old, lynn howard never imagined her heart would suddenly stop beating. > i had no health problems before this. i was healthy. >> but the mother of three suffered a sudden cardiac arrest a condition so deadly more than 90% don't survive. >> the goal is toip

cardiac arrest in the butt because by the time it happens it's too late. >> it's not a heart attack caused by blockage. it's caused by a short circuit in the heart. there hasn't been a good test to determine who is vulnerable. >> we don't have any real predictors of risk. >> after of this doctor studied a million people, he found a possible solution using an ekg, an inexpensive test around for 100 years. >> we're looking at six data points on this ekg ranging from the heart beat to electrical activity recorded from the heart. >> he discovered that data is the key to predicting who is at risk for cardiac arrest. the goal now to get that risk score included on every ekg. an implant high risk patients with a defibrillator that shocks the heart back to norm. >> life saving? >> absolu

>> anything to prevent this happening to at least one person would be great. >> certainly resuring developments there. dr. john torrez reporting. with no winner since june, the powerball jacket now sits at a whopping $700 million. that's the second highest in u.s. history. the next drawing is tonight at 10:59. should there be a winner, the one-type cash payout would be just over $493 million. some things you can buy with all that money, how about a pair of luxury yachts or 3500 tesla model s cars. you can send 2500 students to private clen. >> or all of the above. authorities in kansas city

missouri and kansas. as much as mine inches fell in some areas. residents were stranded in cars and roof tops. >> floodwaters swept across neighborhoods in kansas. one business owner as a he's dealt with flooding before but had time it's much different. >> this is the worst we've ever seen it. this is absolutely the worst it's ever been. want to bring in meteorologist bill karins. they're going to get a break today with milder temperatures. other parts have to worry about this. >> this is going to be a big story into theup coming weekend. harvey now in southern portions of the gulf. 100% chance of becoming a tropical storm or baby a low end hurricane. rain annive roos on the text exs coast on friday. this is our european computer model, one of our best models. this is the estimated rainfall totals. every you see pink from the text coast through the northern guff coast, possibility of seven inches of rain. you don't

it's going to be a big issue. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. >> that's your typical afternoon showers and storms on the cold front today. could have isolated reports of wind damage. there's the cool air mass entering into new england as we go throughout the day. so that will be the story. what happens with harvey in the next couple days, all eyes on texas. there was a blockbuster deal in the nba to tell you about. two nba all-stars on the move this morning. the cavaliers trading kyrie irving in exchange for isiah thomas. he's a four all time all tar and champion. he reported asked to be traded a few weeks ago. the cavs will also get jae crowder and anti-zi zik. they start the season faying each other october 16th. >> a

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charges for the car's owner. >> the wife of steve mnuchin luis linton is being referred to as a modern day marie and tony net after a social media touched off an internet firestorm. i can't wait to hear the details about this one. >> be careful what you post on social media especially if your husband is a top official in the u.s. government. it's a glamour shot of louise linton getting off a u.s. government plane addressed to the nines and tags the individual designers whose clothes she's wears. the outfit valentino, birkin, she was accompanying the husband treasury secretary on a trip to kentucky. a random woman commented glad we could pay for your get away. #deplorable. don't reply, right? well, she relied

oh, did you think it was a personal trip? adorable she says. i'm pretty sure we paid more towards taxes for our day trip than you did. pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you would be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours. you're adorably out of touch. she says a bunch of other condescending things like calling the woman's life and kids cute before telling her to go watch a new episode of "game of thrones." jen i miller made the initial comment and she lives in oregon. >> when i saw that picture i thought about how much money this one person must be wearing and how much good that amount of money could do elsewhere. and wondered what her real motivation for doing that was and why i and other taxpayers were paying for her to travel in such a luxurious style to wherever it was she was going. for her to call me out of touch and be so demeaning to me and call my life

whatever else she said, was just the height of high pock chriscy. >> lee he's linton since apologized through a publicist and made her account private. while a spokesperson for the treasury department tells abc news, the new chins are reimbursing the government for their travel. online, many are causing her a modern day marie antoine net. >> one of the pictures from the full screen, that ring on her finger more like the rock. >> the treasury secretary used to work for goldman sachs. they have a lot of money on their own. >> at least when it comes to your social media page, maybe it's best she make it private. >> appearances are everything. yeah. >> thank you. coming up, we'll show you jay gee zooe and beyonce's 8 [$}millionhome. plus, how does the world's

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brambleton. good morning, i am erica gonzales. in 20 seconds, we are tracking breaking news. tear gas, pepper spray and stun guns, just a few of tools used overnight by police during an anti-trump rally. we'll fill you in on what has unfolded while you've been sleeping. this morning, we are tr

breaking now at 4:00 a.m. scary scenes from an anti-trump rally. thousands of

against police. plus, the message from the president getting people fired up all over again. forced out by fire, an apartment building destroyed by flames. new details how it sparked during a storm. and it is jackpot drawing day. powerball the second largest prize ever up for grabs. we breakdown your chances and how to improve your luck. good morning, everybody, i am erica gonzales. we'll get right to those stories, first we want to check your weather as you head out the door this wednesday morning. we turn it over to storm team meteorologist sheena parveen. are we dealing with as bad as yesterday or not as much? >> huge changes today. that's good news, if you don't like the heat, didn't like how hot it was yesterday, good