let's get to rob marciano live with us along new york's west side highway tracking the storms. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. new york on the edge to of the heavy rain shield. the sus kwa hanna valley with five inches of it. flash flood watches for that area. we have severe potential north of chicago and to wisconsin. it's two systems and in new york, you get rain tomorrow, and the second system brings it across the ohio river valley in the average. heed the west as wildfires burn there. that will continue, david, right into the the weekend. >> rob marciano with us tonight. rorks thank you. >>> there was also a rare earthquake in montana today. the magnitude, hitting the city outside of helena. knocking out power. several stores reporting minor damage. items knocked right off the shelves. tremors felt all the way in spokane, washington. >>> the airline apologizing for forcing a toddler from his seat and forcing a mother to hold him even though she bought a ticket for him. she claims she was told the flight was full. they gave the seat to someone else. here's abc's linsey davi

that will continue, david, right into the weekend. >> rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thank you. >>> there was also a rare earthquake in montana today. the magnitude 5.8 quake hitting lincoln outside the state capital of helena. 911 flooding with calls. the earthquake knocking out power. several stores reporting minor damage. items knocked right off the shelves. tremors felt as far away as spokane, washington. >>> we turn next to united airlines facing new outrage tonight. the airline now apologizing for forcing a toddler from his seat and forcing a mother to hold him even though she bought a ticket for him. she claims she was told the flight was full. they gave the seat to someone else. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: united airlines is under fire again tonight after shirley yamauchi says she was force her 27-month-old son seen in these photos, on her lap for a 3 1/2-hour flight. >> the tickets were scanned without any incident. >> reporter: but on the last leg of a flight from hawaii to boston, yamauchi says the airline made her give up her seat for a sta

let's bring in rob marciano. >> we're getting into monsoon seasons. heavy thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. flash flood watches through tomorrow night for arizona especially. >> and nearly 50 wildfires burning right now. you mentioned firefighters lost ground on one of the biggest ones yesterday. >> the whittier fire, red flag warnings california. the heat will shift east, and we'll see dangerous heat from st. louis to kansas city. and in the northeast, could see damaging winds and large hail from western pennsylvania to new york. >>> next to politics, and president trump defending himself from historically low approving ratings. 36%, the lowest level at this point in 70 years of presidential polling. 58% say they disapprove. but trump insisting the poll is not bad. but democrats, not much better. 37% say the democratic party stands for something. with the majority saying they only stand against trump. the poll comes as the trump team faces questions about don junior and the witch hunt. here's david wright. >> reporter: today's abc news/washingt

let's bring in rob marciano. >> we're getting into monsoon season. this will continue for the next couple of months. outside of phoenix and tucson, heavy thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. flash flood watches through tomorrow night for arizona especially. >> and nearly 50 wildfires burning right now. you mentioned firefighters lost ground on one of the biggest ones yesterday. where does that stand tonight? >> the whittier fire, same containment as last night, but it has grown. it's very, very warm in california especially. red flag warnings out for much of the west. the heat will shift east, and we'll see dangerous heat from st. louis to kansas city. a couple of disturbances across the northern tier and the northeast. could see damaging winds and large hail from western pennsylvania to upstate new york. >> rob, thanks. >>> next to politics, and president trump defending himself in the face of historically low approval ratings six months into the job. 36%, the lowest level at this point in 70 years of presidential polling. 58% say they disapprove

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. >>> let's get right to rob marciano, tracking the storms. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. finally in a dry spot in new york, but it's not going to last very long. over 4 1/2 inches of rain in less than two hours through cape cod. it should weaken after midnight. but tomorrow morning, just some leftover storms across the east. in the west, 122, we'll see more of those numbers, more records falling tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, new developments involving baby charlie, and his parents, at the center of an international tug of war. should his parents be able to take him out of the hospital where he is? here's linsey davis tonight. >> reporter: renewed hope tonight for baby charlie. his parents locked in a fierce legal battle to keep their son on life support, and alive. >> he's our own flesh and blood and we don't have a say in his life whatsoever. >> reporter: 11-month-old charlie gard's parents making that emotional plea on british television today. their son can't move or breathe on his own because of a genetic disease. british doctors and multiple courts agr

meteorologist rob marciano. hey, rob. >> david the same areas that got hit with heavy rain earlier this week are getting hit again. this system, flood watches down to mississippi. severe thunderstorms across the carolinas. the heaviest rain is in virginia, d.c. and baltimore, where the flood watch is out. overnight, southern pennsylvania and new jersey gets it. even new york and philadelphia, but that rain ends pretty quickly. the problem is, 3 to 4 inches of rain over saturated flooding. the next 18 hours will be dicey there. david. >> all right, b, watching it this weekend. >>> we turn next to the death of a police officer, the first on a scene of a car crash. rushing to help the people trapped inside the car when one of them then allegedly shot and killed him. lieutenant aaron allan, a six-year veteran of the force, a husband and a devoted father. tonight, this question, why did they turn on the officer who was trying to help them survive? here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, a growing mystery and t

. >>> for more on the heat fueling the fires in the west, let's go to rob marciano. hi, rob. >> reporter: the heat starting to wane a little bit. but any chance for rain into the fire zone will bring a chance for lightning. but here's the advisories out west. the ridge keeping the heat over the mountains. 108 in vegas. but the next three days, the core of the heat slides further to the east. even in california, you're still in the 90s. vegas, phoenix, over 100 for the next three days. severe weather tonight from minneapolis to chicago, and overnight to tomorrow morning in chicago, could have rough weather. and the threat tomorrow is between chicago and indianapolis. as the summertime thunderstorms continue to press to the east. tom? >> rob, thanks so much. >>> we want to turn to some news overseas. a milestone in iraq, where u.s.-backed iraqi forces are declaring victory over isis in mosul. iraq's prime minister arriving to personally mark the end of a campaign to reclaim the city. but it still faces a humanitarian crisis, with isis likely to regroup and strike again.

. >>> for more on the heat fueling the fires in the west, let's go to rob marciano. hi, rob. >> reporter: the heat starting to wane a little bit. but here's the advisories out west. the ridge keeping the heat over the mountains. 108 in vegas. even california, you're still in the 90s. vegas, phoenix, over 100 for the next three days. severe weather tonight from minneapolis overnight to tomorrow morning in chicago, could have rough weather. and the threat tomorrow is between chicago and indianapolis. tom? >> rob, thanks so much. >>> we want to turn to some news overseas. a milestone in iraq, where forces are declaring victory over isis in mosul. but it still faces a humanitarian crisis, with isis likely to regroup and strike again. here's ian pannell. >> reporter: tonight, a major victory against isis. the men who've bravely led this battle planting the flag in the name of iraq and its people. reclaiming mosul from isis. it's a victory, but at what cost? there's been little to cheer here for so long, that soldiers and civilians took to the streets to celebrate. today, t

. >>> let's get right to rob marciano, tracking the storms. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. finally in a dry spot in new york, but it's not going to last very long. heavy rain across eastern new england. over 4 1/2 inches of rain in less than two hours through cape cod. storms tonight, in through cincinnati, dayton, indianapolis. watches up through 11:00 p.m. tonight. it should weaken after midnight. but tomorrow morning, just some leftover storms across the east. west, heat advisories continue. more advisories and warnings out. las vegas, phoenix, and palm springs. 122, we'll see more of those numbers, more records falling tomorrow. david? >> rob, thank you. >>> in the meantime, new developments involving baby charlie, and his parents, now at the center of an international tug of war. should his parents be allowed to take him out of the hospital where he is? tonight, there's new legal action. and the mother just speaking out. here's linsey davis tonight. >> reporter: renewed hope tonight for baby charlie. his parents locked in a fierce legal battle to keep their son on life

let's get to rob marciano. it's moving east, right, rob? >> reporter: it is, and a lot of storms. it is july after all. they are from boston to chicago, and a thunderstorm watch in wisconsin. the action will be along this front. several pulses through, and by this time tomorrow, cincinnati and the ohio river valley getting it. south, heat really up, and advisories from kansas city to new york city. it will feel like 100 degrees tom. >> thank you, rob. >>> from the bottom of the earth this evening, one of the largest icebergs ever recorded has now broken away from the antarctic ice shelf. scientists have been concerned for some time about this, and announce's linsey davis with the images coming in now. >> reporter: a massive iceberg now free floating tonight after breaking away from the ice shelf in antarctica. more than a trillion tons and the size of delaware, the iceberg is one of the largest to ever snap off. the crack has been expanding for years. scientists are calling the split an enormous geographical event any, regional warming may have played. disappearing ice is an issue

let's get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it for us as the storms are on the move.ey, rob.orr: hey, david. here in new york, we have been surrounded by strong thunrs oompb public look at theory dar. thunderstorms north of philadelphia and new jersey. and in some cases, record heat fueling these stormsnd humidity just piling onto that flood threat, especially in ohio and western new york. we have this front that will be on the move tomorrow, and another round expected. the zone being richmond, d.c., and the peninsula, and then it looks like quieter andooler weather for the northeast this weekend. david? >> rob, tough weather, but great to have you. >>> in the meantimet tonight to what the justice department is calling the biggest heal takedown in u.s. history. much of it focused on opioid abuse. 412 people country, including 56 doctors. 120 of them for opioid r crimes. the suspects government $1.3 billion in false claims. attorney general jeff sessions blasting the suspects for fueling the country answer opioid crisis, w takes 33,000 lives every year. >>> we turn nex

. >> kait parker is filling in for rob marciano tonight. >> reporter: the flood watches extending into d.c., baltim the clouds have kept a lot of the severe weather at bay. but overnight, from d.c. to buffalo, we could see strong storms with hail and damaging winds. heading into monday, the rain could still be sticking around. you may want to prepare for a messy monday morning commute. >> thank you. >>> next to washington, and the russia investigation kicking into a new gear. three members of president trump's inner circle set for questioning on capitol hill. but there are mixed messages from the white house about whether the president is disc s discussing pardons. here's david wright. >> reporter: the president tweeted this weekend, all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon. >> the president, he said he brought it up. but he said he doesn't have to be pardoned. he was just making the statement about the power of pardon. >> reporter: the constitution gives the president broad powers to pardon, but no mention of pardoning the president himself. >> the legal team is n

rob marciano tracking it all. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, tom. you can see the darkening skies behind me. strong storms just north of the george washington bridge. on the radar, hartford to springfield. damage in western mass. a tornado warning getting into the catskills. down across the southeast, storms there. and the midwest, also. not a great night for travel. a watch box out for texas and oklahoma. this front drifts slowly east. another round of severe weather tomorrow for pennsylvania and new england. like we'll see quieter weather deeper into the holiday weekend. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> and there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this friday. the race to get away. a record number of americans hitting the road this weekend. we'll tell you how to avoid the gridlock, and where to fill up on the cheapest gas. >>> plus, the consumer alert tonight. fidget spinners, the summer's hottest toy. but now a new concern after one of the gadgets reportedly caught fire. >>> and sin city about to welcome a new type of vice. we'll tell you

let's get right to rob marciano. >> reporter: just a few more hours of rough weather. our nation's capital getting hit the hardest. rough storms moving through maryland and delaware. the cold front will nudge the storms offshore. drier air moving to the south. and pop-up thunderstorms in florida, to the southeast tomorrow. but severe stuff, through the upper great lakes. wisconsin will get hit, i think, again tomorrow. >> rob, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and from jerusalem, violence inside a site sacred to both muslims and jews. the attackers are shot dead in the fierce gun battle that follows. afterward, the palestinian president made a rare phone call to the israeli prime minister, condemning the attack. >>> and the 15 marines and one navy sailor have some longtime veterans. they hail from every corner of the country. authorities say the cargo plane developed problems high in the air, crashing in mississippi. >>> next here on a friday night, o.j. simpson, days from his parole hearing. deborah roberts with what are o.j.'s chances of going free? >> reporter: in les

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. >>> for more on this let's bring in rob marciano, it seems like the west is having a brutal summer. >> yeah, this is the second recordbreaking heat wave the west has seen. overnight temperatures in the morning, like, phoenix not getting out of the mid-90s. so it's really warm at night. that will continue tonight. that big ridge shifting a little bit to the east. excessive heat warnings out. tomorrow highs will hot. maybe a few degrees cooler in salt lake city. the core of the heat gets into salt lake, denver, dodge city, and some monsoon flow. also some thunderstorms across the southeast tonight and across the northeast with a weak front, tomorrow, the threat for severe weather will be from minneapolis down through cedar rapids. damaging lightning. some lightning with these summertime thunderstorms. >> rob, thank you, my friend. we'll discuss all of this tomorrow morning on "good morning america." appreciate it. >>> now, though, to a horrific fall in front of a stunned crowd. an acrobat plunging to his death in the middle of his performance. abc's adrienne bankert reports. >> report

here's rob marciano, tracking it all. >> reporter: dark storm clouds rolling in as extreme weather slams parts of the east this holiday weekend. watch this rare waterspout tear across a lake in maine. the same storm toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands. this fire sparked by a downed power line. torrential rain wreaking havoc on holiday travel, swamping roadways in utica, new york. >> the water just came gushing down here. >> reporter: this road in new hampshire, nearly washed away by heavy rain. >> third alarm water rescue with a mayday. >> reporter: in new hampton, flash floods engulfing 160 campsites, rescue boats required to get campers out, everyone safe tonight. >> they did see it on fire and saw it come down. >> reporter: a plane crashing in georgia, killing its four passengers. a thunderstorm in the area may have contributed. and in the southwest, -- in pennsylvania, 60-plus mile per hour winds flipping over this plane. and in the southwest, hard-hitting hail ricocheting off the ground in new mexico, forming a river of ice and water. >> rob joins us now. what is the

senior meteorologist rob marciano is here. >> reporter: hey, tom, some of the same areas getting hit again tonight. but look at this severe thunderstorm watch from d.c. through philly, a waterspout in maine. now going through philadelphia and new jersey, could have some damaging winds with that. tomorrow, much less humid and we're looking at some storms across the southeast. that's where the scattered storms will be. much quieter, dry out west but warm across the northeast. a quieter day for sunday. we had a pretty rough start for this holiday weekend. >> all right, rob, thank you. >>> tennis star venus williams breaking her silence tonight about that car crash that left a man dead. she posting to her facebook page, saying she's devastated and heartbroken by that accident last month in florida. she faces a wrongful death lawsuit from the family. the police report said williams violated the right of way of the car his wife was driving. >>> and a new development tonight involving the man behind that highly publicized bahamas music festival that fell flat. the fyre music creator now arr

. >>> let's get to meteorologist kate parker in for rob marciano tonight. those storms are now on the move? >> reporter: yeah, tom, the hail and damaging wind have been the primary threat with these storms. but overnight, a flood risk as these march off toward the east coast. on sunday from the ohio valley, mid-atlantic, we're looking at the possibility of downbursts. damaging winds on the table. as far as the heat goes, we're not getting a break on sunday. by the time we get to monday, we'll see some changes. wichita, 101. 103 in raleigh. in central park, in the 90s today. but on monday, some good news here it will struggle to get out of the 70s. a little cooldown for july, tom. >> we'll take it. a lot of triple digits on that board. kait, thank you. >>> one more head line about the weather. in charlotte, north carolina. crews forced to work in shifts because of the dangerous heat wave. several were treated for heat-related problems. the 101-year-old mill still smoking 24 hours later, fire officials say it could take a week for the fire to burn itself out.

abc's rob marciano with those new images. >> reporter: tonight, a wall of flames reaching for the sky as dozen of large wildfires torch the west. >> we're always concerned when there's a fire in our backyard. >> reporter: this inferno swallowing this hillside in santa barbara county. incinerating an area larger than manhattan. newly released dash cam video shows first responders driving through the flames to rescue 83 campers at a summer camp last saturday. the girls all bussed to safety. carrie sawyer is among thousands of evacuees who could everything. >> i don't know if it's going to be here when i get back. >> reporter: the fire growing 4,000 acres overnight, as fire crews lose containment. meanwhile, more than 500 firefighters battle on the front lines in san bernardino. flames racing across hilltops there. this, after a severe storm tears through oklahoma city. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and this tornado dropping down near houston. watch as this waterspout tears across chesapeake bay. >> a wild sight there in the mid-atlantic. right to rob with the new forecast. >> an expansive

we want to get more from kait parker, in for rob marciano. >> reporter: the flood watches aren't just for new york city. extending into d.c., baltimore. we're still looking at a risk of severe weather. the clouds have kept a lot of the severe weather at bay. but overnight, from d.c. to buffalo, we could see strong storms that could have hail and damaging winds. so, be alert on that. heading into monday, the rain could still be sticking around. tom, you may want to prepare for a messy monday morning commute. >> kait, thanks. >>> next, as the 20th anniversary of princess diana's death approaches, her sons are sharing memories. her lug -- hugs, laughter, and her mischievous side. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tonight, william and harry's intimate portrait of princess diana. speaking for the first time about the mother only they knew. on the 20th anniversary of her death, the sons cherishing her memory in this new documentary. >> this is the first time that the two of us have ever spoken about her as a mother. arguably, probably a little bit too raw up until this point. it's still raw.

let's get right to rob marciano. he's live along the west side highway tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. just a few more hours of rough weather. our nation's capital getting hit the hardest. rough storms moving through maryland and delaware. 50 to 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts. in the finger lakes, very saturated ground. the cold front will nudge the storms offshore. drier air moving to the south. and pop-up thunderstorms in florida, to the southeast tomorrow. but the real severe stuff, through the upper great lakes. wisconsin will get hit hard, i think, again tomorrow. >> rob, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and from jerusalem, violence inside a site sacred to both muslims and jews. surveillance from the temple mount showing three heavily armed palestinians rush in, killing two police officers. the attackers are shot dead in the fierce gun battle that follows. afterward, the palestinian president made a rare phone call to the israeli prime minister, condemning the attack. >>> back here at home now, and the names of the servicemen who died in the crash of a