>> reporter: former first lady michelle obama presented eunice kennedy shriver posthumously with the arthur ashe award for courage. >> i'm proud to be joined by these special olympians who represent millions around the world. >> reporter: peyton manning handled hosting duties although his joke about kevin durant's move seemed to fall flat at least with kevin durant. >> our gymnastics team was so dominant that kevin durant told me he wants to play for them next year. >> reporter: manning told me backstage k.d.'s reaction was not part of the script. >> he knows what a big fan i am of him. >> reporter: that wasn't staged. you didn't it beforehand. >> a good zinger is probably good for him. >> reporter: kevin durant had fun with it. he wasn't upset playing it up and something you did not see in that celebration on stage with bill murray, he came backstage to talk to me and had blood running down his hand. he had cut himself during that celebration. he didn't need to go to a

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her son, tim shriver, accepted the trophy."reat first lady, still a great first lady," shriver told obama as the crowd roared its approval. the patriots and falcons shared the best-game award for the super bowl, won in a furious comeback by new england.lebron james, a five-time winner last year, was named best nba player. mike trout of the los angeles angels won best mlb player, while crosby won best nhl player.the show's most bizarre bit involved bill murray accepting the best moment award for the chicago cubs' world series victory that ended a 108-year championship drought.wearing a red party hat on top of a backward cubs cap, murray cracked, "one hundred eight years of waiting is hardly a moment. this is the culmination of 108 years of momentum by momentous men." the actor and comic plucked a bottle of champagne out of a mop bucket being pushed by retired cubs catcher david ross disguised as a janitor. murray used a sword to open the bottle and took a swig. he gave presenter nick offerman a bottle to open with the sword, and

obama will present the arthur ashe courage award to shriver's son timothy.shriver began the special olympics in the late 1960s to empower people with intellectual disabilities. she died in 2009. her son timothy chairs the special olympics. 25 exceptional special olympics athletes are also being recognized with honorary espys. abc 7 news was there as an inspirational bay area woman got hers. here's abc 7 news anchor ama daetz. >> reporter: stephanie ching is swimming her haurt out like she does every time she competes. >> i trained so hard, and i love the special olympics so much. >> reporter: stephanie is from cupertino, her first special olympics event was a tricycle race when she was 7. over the past 26 years, she's participated in all kinds of sports, and been a role model for other athletes. abc 7 news first met stephanie in 2004 when she shared the special olympics oath. >> let me run, but if i cannot win, let me have fun. >> reporter: she's won medals, been inducted into the san jose sports hall of fame and serves as an athlete member on the special ol

chairman tim shriver presented kester edwards with an espy award yesterday. the 43-year-old is being honored for bringing open water swimming to the special olympics. he'll be on stage tomorrow night during the 25th annual espys in los angeles. you can watch the awards ceremony tomorrow night at eight.. here on abc-seven. you can watch the 25th espys tomorrow night, right here on abc 7. the show starts at 8 p-m. a baby girl is always a bundle of joy. but this one -- might take the cake. get this -- a south carolina family has had 4 generations -- 137 years -- of only boys!!! a gender reveal party had the family stunned. the streak is broken with the birth of carter louise -- and it's such a big deal there- there's even a billboard to celebrate it. time to break out the pink clothes and decor for the first time... it's xx and xx degrees... the 10th homicide of the week - under investigation in prince george's county. police on the scene right now and so are we. plus dozens of flights in an out of the washington area cancled this morning. the fumes that caused

here at the special olympics headquarters, the 43-year-old was surprised by chairman tim shriver with his own real espy and awarding him for his success and innovation in bringing open water swimming, and endurance sport, to the special olympics. >> looking at the folks who have received one of these in the previous years, and to see special olympics athletes and myself receiving one, it's an honor to be a part of that. john: he not only participated in aquatics, but also football, volleyball, and floor hockey, a gold, silver, and bronze medal winner. chester got connected with the special olympics when he was only eight years old 35 years ago. john gonzalez, abc seven news. adrianna: that's a good story. we've got a heat wave rolling in. doug: we've had them before. we've got them again. it's uncomfortable when you are moving through it. we say all the time, hey, stay cool. the best you can do is stay hydrated and keep yourself out of the direct sun. let's tell you about what is coming up here. at the moment, the sky looks beautiful. temperatures are warm but not quite hot. 84 in was

. >> shriver's son accepted the war on the behalf of his mother. we are talking hot, hot, heat.oug: pete advisory until that he advisory until 8:00. thunderstorms also later this afternoon and tonight with upper-70'ss into the and a better chance for thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon with highs of 95. a break from the heat and humidity over the weekend which is good news. our after hours this afternoon over 100 degrees is what it will feels like. adrianna: i love a good pool day but today is not the day. doug: today is too hot for the pool. adrianna: thank you for joining us and we will see you at . >> hey, it's me, donny osmond. i'm backstage here at the flamingo, getting ready to go onstage with my sister, marie. just wanted to say, i have always loved "millionaire," and i'm so glad you guys joined us here on the strip. so welcome to las vegas and have fun playing "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ >> hey, everybody, welcome to the show. it's celebrity week, las vegas. are you guys ready to play "millionaire"? [cheers and applause] all right, today's returning

obama said shriver made our world more welcoming, inclusive and fair.ust some of our top stories on this thursday, july 13th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> so we're going to start in the city of lights this half hour. the president arriving in paris this morning. it is his third trip to europe since taking office. >> and the president and first lady are spending three days in paris with french president emmanuel macron and then they are spending more time despite their differences. >> this afternoon, the president will hold his first press conference since the news broke of a link between his son and russia. we are joined from paris with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning kendis and diane. after four days out of the public eye, president trump arrives here in paris. he'll attend bastille day celebration but it's the controversy over russia in the spotlight. the president setting off for paris, but joining him are growing questions about russia. his son under scrutiny for a meeting with a russian lawyer described

nis -- eunice kennedy shriver. mrs. obama said in the statement that her work to promote inclusion and acceptance was inspiring and changed the living of countless young athletes. you can watch the awords and all the best moments from the year in sports it's the 25th espy monday night -- tomorrow night 8 to 11:00 p.m. on of abc. come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. before furry hugs, become first loves. save $10 on admission and get a free 2nd visit, only at sesameplace.com. sesame place go before they grow. >> before we go a last check of the forecast. all right we have a warm one for you in the northern and western suburbs today. upper 80s in most spots. mid 80s toward easton, mix of sun and clouds, a bit humid out there. down the shore, low 80s, sun and clouds, a bit humid and oppressive as you get toward sea isle and cape may and dover. at any time there's a chance of a spotty pop-up shower or drenching thunderstorm. and we have a couple of drenching showers in parts of south jersey and delaware

so i was having dinner with alyssa shriver who invented philanthropy, their whole family, and i tolder about elsystema and i said i'd like to do something now with the schools. she hooked me up with michelle obama's turn around school program. and i hired her to run our california section and we now have 16 schools. we go in, we get a hundred thousand a year per school, it's a three-year commitment. and we facilitate an arts program to get the kids turned on to -- it engages them. and it keeps them in the school and they graduate and they keep going. which is great because the drop out numbers are horrific and the prisons are preparing for the drop out numbers. so we bring artists to the school. like i brought david hockney to one. smokey robinson my favorite. >> let me jump in what did hockney teach them. >> we went to menlo park where 60% of kids are homeless. and david came in. went over to the flower vase. started to do it in front of the kids. we gave them each a tab let. they each picked a thing. and they each duplicated what he was doing on their own. with their own voice. >>

. >> reporter: giving the arthur ashe award posthumously to eunice shriver. >> master sergeant israel del toro jr. >> reporter: the night all about meaningful honors. >> i will fight for the ones who cannot fig >> reporter: unforgettable moments. >> 108 years of waiting is hardly a moment. >> reporter: and of course those fierce competitors. >> patriot nation, we love you guys, thank you for voting for us. >> reporter: with top honors going to best female athlete. >> simone biles! >> reporter: best male athlete. >> russell westbrook! >> reporter: and best team. >> please don't let it be them, don't let it be them, don't let it be them. it's not them! golden state warriors! >> reporter: and those winners were voted on by fans, meaning this was seen by some as not just beiseeing who is the best who has the most enthusiastic supporters. >> we do want to give a shout out to the former cubs catcher, david ross, who came on stage sheing some sort of moves? >> i don't know if he -- >> to bill murray? going to go. a little rough around the edges to say the least. but they finished strong. che

timothy shriver will accept the honor on behalf of his mother.e way around. >> yeah. >>> and next up, take a listen to this. ♪ hands on your waist let's go ♪ get low >> you're feeling it bopping along. george, anything? really. just bop, just a little, bop pedty bop. we got a finger tap. by friday we'll get the whole body. that was former one direction starley yam payne's brand-new collaboration called "get low" already racking up nearly 4 million views on youtube. zedd whether be on "gma" with alessia cara for our summer concert series on july 21st. a good combo. that girl is way wiser than her years would reveal. her lyrics. >> i know. ahead of her time. >> you should have your daughters listen. >> i will. >> i love givinghim homework. finally is it chicken or is it fish? you may remember jessica simpson's infamous question on her hit reality show "newlyweds" with nick lachey. if not take a look at this. >> is this chicken what i have or is this fish? i know it's tuna but it says chicken by the sea. >> oh, boy. >> you know, we all laughed but t

he also had sargent shriver of that family who was also a strong civil rights advocate. civil rights division. during the campaign. and, the two of them, the two guys really helped sort of lay the ground work in a way. they were also so fervent about civil rights. they were marginalized in the white house. as kennedy was not ready to, not ready to deal with civil rights just yet. they were sort of, thought of, as pushing too hard. >> uh-huh. >> one of the more disappointing points for me -- realities about jfk was that day that he sat in the white house, watching the march on washington on television. really kept a hand off approach on this until after it was over. he saw well it had gone. then he sends out an invitation to all the negro leaders to come to the white house. we see the photos of king and everybody in the white house hanging out with the president. that was after jfk had sat this thing out. didn't say anything. do anything. wouldn't be a part of it. invites to the white house there after. what did you come to figure out about and learn about that moment and

heroes like jackie robinson, billie jean king, muhammad ali, arthur ashe, there is eunice kennedy shriver. this is the story of her inspirational legacy. >> so that is the first lady giving the arthur ashe award, of course tennis great to eunice kennedy shriver who died in 2009. and her son, tim shriver, alongside special ailette, accepted the award on her behalf, so pivotal creating into he special olympics. we will talk fashion, about the dress michelle obama was wearing and more coming up. >> that russell westbrook outfit, seriously? >> he looks good. >> yeah, he ails knows how to bring it, that's for sure. >> think i can pull it off? >> maybe, ya. >> karen? >> i do think so. weekend thomas is pretty hip. >> oh, i haven't seen weaken thomas. >> all right. >> okay. >> you haven't seen weaken thomas? >> , no glint whether we did the escape room. >> that was just after work, still, i guess so, did he have his sleeves rolled up. i heard he gets different kind of reaction when he rolls his sleeves up. >> we'll talk about that late. for some reason, seeing me different light, just by rolling

. >>> plus michelle obama steals the show paying tribute to maria shriver's mom. >> to have michellesenting the award. >>> is kris jenner getting married? the white dress, the ring. the rumors erupt. >>> "game of thrones" gets ready. >> we shot some fake scenes. >> lots more bloodshed. >> can't confirm anything. >> terri's game of spoilers with the stars. who's in kit harington's cross hairs.

he turned to sarge shriver. kennedy was in chicago at the time, so shriver waited until sorenson had left the room and he went in and said, "jack, corretta king is in terrible discomfort. you can help by calling her." kennedy, without calculating beyond that, said, "sure, i will call her." he dialed her number in the hotel room. it was a breakthrough. dr. king's father was a more prominent political player then an dr. martin luther king jr. at the time, and he immediately was ready to go public, he was ready to vote for nixon and announce for kennedy. kennedy mentioned casually to salinger, "did i mention that i called mrs. king just now?" and they said, "you did what?" salinger calls of bobby kennedy at headquarters. bobby kennedy is furious. he says, "my god, we have lost the election." he calls the civil rights office and yells at them. he says, you are not going to do anything further in this campaign. you may have lost it for us with this one call. jack kennedy did not have a problem with it, they did. then

and the reason the former first lady was there is she was kennedy-shriver, who won the arthur ash awards. larry: i cannot believe how big it has become over 25 years. note is a huge, grammy-like event. in my case, watch the previous. autria: and recaps. larry: exactly. by noon today, it will get nasty. veronica: when we talk about temperatures with humidity is high, we see a greater risk for medical emergencies around the area. yes, we know it is summer and is supposed to be hot, we talk about it all the time, but we still see the medical emergencies. any conditions you have weather asthma or respiratory illnesses, it is al humidity. make sure you drink plenty of water, state in the ac or shade. the monkeya look at readings, already running at 72 degrees, and dew points come our indicator of moisture in the air. tomorrow as well very soupy. some thunderstorms tomorrow as well as high heat and humidity. still running in the 90's tomorrow. it is feeling on a muggy side if not more comfortable by sunday. make sure you don't text alerts from stormwatch 7. ext, and you'llt get all the advisor

. >> you know what, maria shriver, kathie lee, go as long as you want. >> i have long hair.mes i still call my mom mommy. >> mom. >> mostly mom. >> but mommy -- >> you've got to cut back many years. some people call their dads daddy until late in life. >> real quick, what about guys wearing sports jerseys with a name on the back of them. >> i think it's cute. adorable. >> jeter. >> adorable. >> a fashion statement. >> just around the office and around the house and stuff. >> what about ordering tator >> never too old. >> pop start. >> espy awards. athletes and big stars gathered for 25th annual awards show. the night was hosted by peyton manning who had the audience continue stitches. >> unfortunately my brother eli can't be here tonight, that's what i told the guys at the door. espy wanted me to say stuff to mock athletes and coaches. i said, no, absolutely not. i'm not going to do it. here are a few of the jokes i hated the most. >> a few harmless jokes but a lot of big honors. >> he was great. he's a very funny guy. >> that's hard to do, go up there and be a comedian. the

he chose year's mvp westbrook and this year espys on espn honoring late kenny shriver.l present the author ash courage award to schr schreiber's son. >> max is on the mound last night. >> yes. >> this a left handed hitter up. and it looked like nationals. murphy, bryce, >> it looked like it was nationals starters. >> american league versus nationals. >> it was fun. >> the team is good and starting lineup is good. >> great representation. >> it will be good if they with win a playoff. >> i was thinking that. right. >> looked great. >> 78 washington. more humidity. more heat index near 100 later today and could have been middle of heat wave. a few more days of it, today, tomorrow, relief late in the day on friday. there's a look at satellite and radar. cloudyness out there early. storms fell apart to the west and there's nothing unfortunately to give us relief. nearest cold front norm of tore on toe. what is it saying. >> i'm in no 94 at 5 a.m. could be a straight thunderstorm. >> thank you, tucker. >> checking in with erin como and getting a check on traffic. >> good mor

going to eunice kennedy shriver, the founder of the special olympics. but this is l.a.o there has to be a touch of hollywood with samuel l. jackson among the presenters. in los angeles, marci gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: it should be a gad show. >> toy maker to include the characte rye in the next version of the "star wars" monopoly but a year and a half later it hasn't happened. the company says there is insufficient interest to include the well-liked female character in the game. the piece was included, though, in games sold internationally. hasbro says they can requt a rhting customer service. larry: ahead at 6:00, you have to see it to believe it. sailors are risking their lives to save a drowning elephant. it's on video. and making sure we never forget the holocaust. to make a hologram of survivor. fight over robert lee statue to have implications at 6:00. alison: a big step by the food and the drug administration in the fight against leukemia. two hours ago a panel of the cancer experts unanimously approved a that would become the first approved gene therapy in th

shriver will receive the author ash courage award passed away in 2009. >> hollywood swat taking overtter this time between actors neal patrick harris and james woods. harris called out for derogatory tweet aimed at lgb. it q community. that was a pit of a young boy. he knew the boy in the photo and woods should be ashamed. woods is no straipinger to posting anti-liberal views on social media. >> gangam style is not the most viewed video on youtube. >> coming up on "fox news morning" a recall involving tacata air bags expanding sdm and one of the most requested menu could be available just for you. >> it's 5:20 now. really hot already. 78. back after this. ♪ ♪ pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. raspberries for john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. pro tip for fruit lovers: giant has unbelievable produce prices. so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. >> we're back at 5:23. largest vehicle rec

. >> maria shriver and daughter catherine helping celebrate the state of the art animal shelter in l.as is something that i have wanted to do for many, many years. >> this innovative shelter houses 40 dogs and 40 cats, all in need of a forever home. charlize theron, stephen moyer, kristen bell, and their dogs have teamed with pet space to get the word out on the vorirtu of pet adoption. >> could not imagine our family without them. >> she was staring at me, and i felt this instant connection. >> adopt. >> the national safety council wants everyone to keep their eyes on the road and away from any distraction in the latest music video psa. >>. ♪ everybody just drive tonight ♪ everybody get home tonight >> the message, stay focused while driving. no texting or talking on the phone. do your makeup at home and eating is best done at a table. >> bonus extra extra. last weekend, justin timberlake took a break from the american century championship golf tournament to take in a game of beer pong, and that's all for this weekend's extra extra. >>> today, we're hooking up our extra friends with a

people that make the taffy over at shrivers they are fun people to be around and their treaties just so fun to eat. so much fun to eat. right now, we want to talk about the weather. when we came down here it was scorching. burning hot. i mean that sun beating off the sand was just a nation. i went down there and talked tie few people. things are cooling off just a little bit. we are getting a nice little breeze coming off of the atlantic ocean, and it is just wonderful a lot of people are cleaning off their, cleaning off their arms and their hands and shoes getting that sand off, and it is a beautiful day it will be a beautiful weekend but then again i'm not the meteorologist i'm just a fan down here. i'm just a fan down here. and, loving every bit of it. lauren casey's back in the studio, and, lauren, i'm seeing a few, just a few dark cloud down here but not many, overall a good day. how is it up your way. >> we're looking good here in center city philadelphia too, ukee. we have some cloud, but not much storm activity ongoing right now. just too hot and all of this high pressure sin

she was at the espys to honor special olympics founder eunice kennedy shriver. and if you want to see her in person, first lady, you're in luck. mrs. obama will be speaking at the pennsylvania conference for women that will be in october 3rd, at the pennsylvania convention center in philadelphia. individual tickets for the event can cost 18 a dollars. >> that's amazing eventment like everyone that's involved with the women's issues they all go there. that will be huge, to get her is major cure, that will be exciting and super well a tent dollars. i may go over. looking forward to. that will good event. >> any first lady is a good get. pretty cool to have someone come and speak. >> to be the keynote. >> it will be interesting. we'll keep you updated on. that will a fitness mod hole is pregnant is once again drawing a mixed reaction about her small baby bump. so this is from her last pregnancy. we talk about this last time. her name is sarah stage. first pregnancy. she went through a similar backlash. this was in 2015, when pregnant with her son james. she gave bi

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with the committee and plan to introduce this as legislation because a young man by the name of glen shriver, now standing tall -- and outstanding college student majoring in international studies at a college in michigan had experiences when he traveled to, seeking experiences, doing a study abroad in china, developed -- developed an interest in chinese culture, an he was sought after by the chinese. i also want to work with the committee on addressing the question of elections for our soldiers, and finally, i want to make sure that we stop cyberattacks by a foreignent -- by foreign entities into our elections. i am asking for support for my amendment on the korea icbm, the triple negative breast cancer and the support of conflicts -- not conflict but support of helping humanitarian aid get so south sudan. i want to thank the ranking member and chairman for their support for my amendment and yield back. the chair: the gentleman from washington reserve the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania mr. smucker. the c

. >>> special olympics founder, eunice kennedy shriver will be honored posthumously. and the midsummer classic, a late long ball giving the american league another win over the nl. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, it is july 12th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you all. we begin this morning with the backlash over donald trump jr.'s e-mails that resulted in a controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. >> the president's eldest son posted the e-mail chain online. later saying he wanted to avoid the drip later from the new york times. the message show don jr. knowingly met with someone described as a russian lawyer as part of an effort to help his father. >> but he now says the meeting, well, he would have done things different. david wright has more. >> reporter: the president's eldest son put himself at the center of the story that's become a national political obsession. russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion by trump associates. donald trump jr released a series of e-mails from june of last

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. >> maria shriver. >> how about calling your parents mommy and daddy?th a player's name on the back. >> i think it's cute. >> jeter. >> adorable. >> just as a fashion statement. >> around the office. >> what about orderering tater tauts and chicken fingers. >> never too old. >> how about pop start. >> the espy awards. they gathered for the 2th annual show. the audience was by peyton manning. >> unfortunately my brother couldn't be here tonight. i can rip on my brort. these espy folks wanted me to say stuff to mock athletes. i said absolutely not. here are a few of the jokes i hated the most. >> a few harmless joeks. a lot of big honors. >> he was great. he's a funny guy. >> that's hard to do. there were a lot of big awards. simone biles won best athlete. russell westbrook was the male star. best game super bowl showdown and best moment the cubs world series. >> the biggest round of applause went to michelle obama. the former first lady honored you nis sliefr. her daughter is our good friend who attended with her family. >> jessica biel opens up about he