>> martha raddatz in north korea. thank you, martha. >>> and back here at home tonight, celebrating an acting legend. burt reynolds. we learned he died today at the age of 82. >> did cleatis call you a legend? >> uh-huh. >> why? >> well, i used to do some crazy things. i used to. >> oh. >> reporter: he did some crazy things, and america loved them. his starring role in "smokey and the bandit." and so many roles before that. burt reynolds and his good looks, his whit, his charisma and his trademark mustache. burt reynolds became one of the most popular actors in hollywood. and who could forget his role in "deliverance"? >> we beat it, didn't we? didn't we beat that? >> you don't beat it. you don't beat this river. >> reporter: raised in florida, he was a star athlete. reynolds earned a football scholarship to play at florida state, but his dreams of playing professionally ended with a knee injury after a car accident. he would turn to acting. there were plays and then television. "gunsmoke." >> get out of here while you

tom. >> martha raddatz for us tonight, martha, thank you. >>> and abc news will have live coverage ofomorrow's memorial service beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> now to president trump's attacks on the justice department, the fbi, and the robert mueller investigation. the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani saying he's preparing a rebuttal report to mueller's findings, whatever they may be and the new abc news poll showing president trump's disapproval rating heading in the wrong direction as americans show where they stand on robert mueller. here's abc's chief correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: campaigning today in charlotte, the president's approval rating is down. and now an overwhelming majority of americans say they support special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. it's just one poll, but the numbers in today's abc news/"washington post" poll are stark. 63% say they support mueller. just 29% say they don't. this comes as the president has ratcheted up his attacks on the special counsel and even on his own justice department, which oversees the invest

martha raddatz is there. >> reporter: an extravaganza with a surprise ending. performance that was part olympic opening ceremony, athletic competition and broadway musical. in pyongyang's 150,000-seat stadium, the climax to the so-called mass games marking the 70th anniversary of north korea left n history books. giant screens flashing images of formally ending the korean war is a goal for both sides but the u.s. is still insisting that denuclearization comes first. that was on everyone's mind at a massive military parade. tens of thousands of goose-stepping troops passing before kim. you could feel the ground shake. the first parade since the singapore summit and there was a significant change. last february, icbms were rolled out, the kind of intercontinental ballistic missiles believed capable of reaching the u.s. with a nuclear warhead but no sign of them. >> clearly he did not want to antagonize mr. trump any more than he already has. >> reporter: president trump is calling the military parade here in north korea a positive step, tweeting, thank you, chair

martha raddatz, thank you very much. o remind everybody, martha has a big show this morning. she'll speak with republican senator ron johnson as well as former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta. that's coming up on "this week" later this morning right here on abc. >> dan, thanks. >>> turning now to breaking news overnight. at least one person missing and a dozen hurt after a boat crash on the colorado river. let's get right to abc's marci gonzalez in los angeles. marci, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. a really awful scene there. a witness says one of the boats was speeding on the wrong side of the river and hit that other boat head-on. he describes seeing people thrown into the water as both boats flipped. one boat quickly sank as first responders rushed to the scene. >> two boats hit head-on about 50 miles per hour in the river near the topock restaurant. 12 people in the water. 12 people in the water near pirate cove resort. >> reporter: that search for those 12 injured people was especially

martha raddatz reporting in from pyongyang. thank you. >>> let's bring in rob marciano who is in the studio, another check of the forecast. great to have you here sitting at the desk. >> i know, live and in living color. >> a little sore from yesterday's tennis match but obviously bigger things were happening. >> you only played andy roddick. i mean, come on. >> that was painful enough. i want to show you a scene out of texas. a bad scene yesterday out of ft. worth. big-time rains there, widespread rains from 6 inches or more in parts of texas up through missouri and unfortunately there were three fatalities in the ft. worth area including a woman and her 2-year-old daughter as their vehicle got caught up in it. tornado damage in eastern parts of indiana where ten homes were destroyed there. you see that tornado touching down. that is confirmed. we don't know the strength but obviously enough to do some damage. flash flood watches are posted loiseft fm goon. so intense rghyoheoi tgeus you've already seen an incredibly we had su

martha raddatz was there. >> reporter: tonight, an extravaganza with a surprise ending. a performance that was part olympic opening ceremony, athletic competition and broadway musical. in pyongyang's 150,000-seat stadium, the climax to the so-called mass games left no doubt what role kim jong-un wants to play in the history books. giant screens flashing images of his historic meetings with south korea's president moon. formally ending the korean war is a goal for both sides. but the u.s. is still insisting that denuclearization comes first. that was on everyone's mind this morning at a massive military parade. tens of thousands of goose-stepping troops passing before kim. you can feel the ground shaking. the first parade since the singapore summit, and there was a significant change. last february, icbms were rolled out, the kind of intercontinental ballistic missiles believed capable of reaching the u.s. with a nuclear warhead. but today, no sign of them. >> clearly, he didn't want to antagonize mr. trump any more than he already has. >> reporter: president trump is cal

martha raddatz is there at the vietnam memorial. martha, john mccain didn't like that wall when it was first built. said it was a little too funereal, but he came to love it. >> this is such a sacred space, george, and there are so many veterans gathered here this morning to pay tribute to john mccain. more than 58,000 names on that wall. this wall meant so much to john mccain. he didn't at first like this wall. he thought it was too funereal. it didn't celebrate those who had given their lives for our country, but he came around in the same way so many people have when you go down there and you see those veterans, look at two veterans right there, jim mattis, john kelly, who have both served their country and, of course, two of john mccain's

. >> martha raddatz, the vietnam memorial, a promise he kept, a bond he reinforced. with all those who serve. >> he certainly did, and right after cindy mccain laid that wreath and walked back to the motorcade people here burst into applause. they're now down by the memorial looking at that wreath knowing how meaningful that s you know, george, hearing these stories about john mccain and the hanoi hilton, i visited there as well. you think about how much he missed back here in america during those years. the assassination of robert ken dierks the assassination of martin luther king. the moon landing and of course a lot of those anti-war protests, he said of those anti-war protesters after he got back, the freedom they were exercising was what i was fighting for. and a lot of those veterans down here today will tell you the same thing. they have followed in john mccain's footsteps in so many ways, the man he was who they admire, how much he dedicated to this country, how much he dedicated to them. and when you walk along this wall, john mccain did that, many, many tim

martha raddatz, abc news, pyongyang. >>> a mother and her 3-year-old boy are now in critical conditionttacked by a giraffe. >> dr. katie williams and her son finn were trampled near their home in south africa. the giraffe stopped when the husband chased it away. the animal was with her young calf at the time. authorities believe the giraffe may have been trying to protect the calf after being startled by the human mother and child. >> just such a sad story. both she and her husband are scientists who specialize in working with animals, so they presumably know a lot about this. and the people who live in the area were just very surprised. >> it's something you wouldn't expect normally from a giraffe. >>> coming up, we're going to go back to the top story. who better to dish out relationship advice than a sex symbol. >> yep, we open up the vault, coming up next. test test un protection that feels light as air. it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s. but, it is almost entirely preventable. most colon cancers start as polyps. and screening finds polyps, so they can be removed, be