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>> paula faris tonight, thank you. >>> we continue to watch the devastating and historic flooding back home. this home in pine bluff, arkansas, is now an island, threatened by the arkansas river. tonight, at an all-time high. these homes and buildings already lost. only rooftops above the water in conway, arkansas. in iowa tonight, i-29 and i-680 are flooded and closed to traffic. there is more rain coming. chief meteorologist ginger zee is tracking it all for us. ginger? >> reporter: david, tonight, the damaging winds would be the main threat, especially in parts of wisconsin, downd through illinos and st. louis. flash flood potential from houston to southwestern louisiana as we go through the early morning hours and afternoon tomorrow. we're talking two-inch per hour rainfall rates. and then that moisture moves north to the areas that don't need it. arkansas, missouri, and yes, even along the mississippi river. david? >> all right, ginger, thank you. >>> and now, to the deadly shooting on the u.s. border tonight. the american who tried to drive through a busy crossing. authorities sa

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here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: it was the trip of a lifetime. but david and michelle paul didn't make it out of fiji alive. the texas couple dying within days of one another from a mysterious illness. the couple, both in their 30s, both healthy and active, david an air force veteran, michelle a former student athlete. they arrived may 22nd but soon fell ill. and now a report from the "fiji sun" that five locals that came in contact with them are under observation and showing similar symptoms. at least ten resort staff where they stayed have been asked to go on precautionary leave. fiji's government is leading the investigation with the cdc monitoring. the couple leaving behind a young son and daughter. their family in search of answers. >> it's really my biggest appeal if cdc is watching, please do your work. because i need your help to find out what happened. >> reporter: the cdc does not know what the couple died from, but they will be receiving and testing samples of the autopsy. if it is determined that they died of infectious disease, the c

our paula faris sat down with tom hanks and tim allen to talk about their starring roles. >> what aremost memorable lines? >> oh, the greatest -- well, the greatest one, you are a toy. >> that's it. >> you are a toy! >> that just came out. >> he yelled at me right in my face. he screams, you are a toy. and i shut my visor as though that's actually me and it was an ad lib. >> the latest sequel introduces a handmade toy named forky. woody reunites with the rest of the gang to help forky return to his owner. >> can you believe 25 years? >> 25 years. >> yes, and it's still going strong. >>> so, hey, man, listen up, don't worry about how you dress or what kind of car you drive, it turns out the shape of your nose can determine your attractiveness to women. >> researchers at stanford asked 500 women to look at three types of nose shapes, straight noses, pump noses and ski slope noses and rate them on traits like intelligence, potential leadership ability and attractiveness. >> and concluded the ski slope were the most overall of all. >> i don't nose about that. >>> social media users say ge

>> yeah, he's hot and his career is hot. [ applause ] >> he's going to speak to paula faris about his, lara. >>> our "gma" cover story. high-wire daredevil nik wallenda is getting ready to take on his big challenge high above times square. michael is there with nic, and michael will try and maybe just going to stand there with nik. we'll let you decide. >> you're throwing that to me, david? i think i hear you said michael is going to try something? is that right? >> yeah. >> what do you got? >> okay, i can barely hear you. i'm here with nik wallenda, and i am 17 stories above times square right now, with nik and his sister, lijana. they will walk across this high-wire on this sunday, and do it at the same time and will have to cross in the middle. thank you, first of all for joining us and the per tech tiff is different than looking at that wire from down below. >> a little intimidating. >> lijana is going to start here. you're going to start at that end of times square. >> one of the challenges we have, we're at 17 stories here but 25 stories there so as you can imagine -- >> the wir

now we're seeing new surveillance video from that night, abc's paula faris is here with more. ar. gooding's lawyer claims that this woman pursued, stalked and then invaded his personal space at the club. as for gooding he's turned himself in saying he trusts the system. he's the oscar-winning actor -- >> show me the money! >> reporter: -- known for his roles in "jerry maguire" and "the people versus o.j. simpson." >> everyone thinks i'm guilty. >> reporter: but this morning, cuba gooding jr. finding himself in a very different role, turning himself in to police thursday after a 29-year-old woman accused him of groping her at a bar over the weekend. tmz obtained the surveillance video allegedly showing the accuser sitting down next to gooding and his girlfriend, claudine deniro. the video appears to show gooding putting his hand on her thigh, a few seconds later his hand appearing to move up towards her breast. gooding is then seen pulling her hands to his lips. their hands appear to be touching and that's when another man walks over and speaks to the group. about 30 minutes lat

abc's paula faris is here with all this. year-old was almost a half mile offshore. the wind pushing his floaty. the float so big, it acted like a sail. >> i was really scared and thinking, like, i might die. and all that stuff. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a fun family day at the beach but it turned into a terrifying floating fiasco for this ohio family. >> my son is floating out in the middle of the ocean on a floaty thing. he doesn'tave a life jacket on, and he doesn't really know how to swim. >> reporter: 8-year-old declan seen here on this unicorn float is drifting further and further into the distance. every second in the water, a risk to his survival. his uncle jumping into action right away. >> my brother is going out to swim to him. he is almost to him. oh, my gosh -- >> ma'am, ma'am? >> my brother is not even halfway out to get him. he is getting so far out so quickly. we need someone out there quickly. >> reporter: but before officials could even get to the scene, a team of rescue volunteers set out to sea to

abc's paula faris is here and, paula, she says if she could have it her way she'd have even more. >>it to the wedding. so for this bride, it was all about fellowship at her florida beach wedding. >> you may kiss the bride. ♪ >> reporter: forget 27 dresses. >> i knew they'd all be there for me someday. >> reporter: bride casme carter upped that ante at her florida beach wedding earlier this month and 34 was the magic number. >> yeah, i had a list of like 50 women i had called. ended up being a beautiful 34 in the end. >> reporter: the party included her six sisters and 28 girlfriends whom she's met over the last 20 years after living in eight different cities. >> for me to have all of these amazing women who say they support me in my life -- and i know they mean it. that's why they're here. it's powerful. >> here we go, y'all. >> reporter: the women were all in. a bachelorette breakfast swimsuit shoot struck a chord with her new stepdaughter chontal. >> i was so happy to take off that cover-up and, you know, show my thighs. >> yes, girl, yes! >> and embraced by everyone and we just lo

paula faris is here with the story. couple in their 30s. he was an air force veteran. she a former student athlete and this morning their families are in shock awaiting answers. this morning new questions are surrounding the mysterious deaths of americans david and michelle paul. the young couple left their texas home for a dream vacation in fiji two weeks ago but within days of landing on the remote island paradise, an unknown illness took their lives. now health officials are searching for clues with all signs pointing to some form of virus as their loved ones desperately wait for answers. >> they knew something was going on in their body and was able to get to the hospital. >> reporter: david was an air force vet. his wife michelle a former student athlete. relatives tell abc news that michelle passed first and david shortly thereafter despite efforts to airlift him to australia for treatment. >> the last text i got from my daughter was her hands was numb. >> reporter: now the family is coming together to care for th

abc's paula faris is here with more. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia.happened just beyond the dugout and just beyond that netting raising the question whether major league baseball is doing enough to protect its fans. >> bellinger rifles it foul. >> reporter: another baseball fan hospitalized after being struck by a ball. it happened sunday afternoon. a line drive hit by los angeles dodger slugger cody bellinger striking a woman during the first inning in their match-up against the colorado rockies. the fan would was seated four rows from the field and outside the protective netting was immediately treated in the stands but 15 minutes later was seen headed to the hospital for further testing. this incident coming just one month after this little girl was struck in the face at a cubs game. the 4-year-old fan hit by chicago's albert almora jr.'s foul ball. the stadium watching in horror. >> you've got some guys that everybody is high on down there. >> that went sizzling off into the stands. >> reporter: an emotional almora had to be comforted by a stadium

paula faris here with the story. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning, george.is morning, but authorities are searching for her mother and who abandoned her leaving her for dead in a plastic bag in the woods. >> look at you, sweetheart. oh, i'm so sorry. >> reporter: you're watching the shocking moment that a newborn's life is saved. a moment many are calling a miracle. >> oh, look how precious you are. >> reporter: the newborn baby girl perhaps just an hour old, her umbilical cord still attached was found abandoned wrapped in a plastic shopping bag in the woods near a residential georgia neighborhood by neighbors who heard her cries and called 911. >> we can hear a baby crying in the woods outside of our house. we weren't sure if it was an animal but we think it's a baby. >> reporter: alan ragatz and his daughters followed those cries into the nearby wooded area in the middle of the night. >> it's in a bag. >> what's in a bag? >> the baby is in a bag. >> is she breathing? >> she's crying. >> i kept saying, do you guys hear that cat? >> we hear a lot of noises a

abc's paula faris is here with the story. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning, michael.ut she oversaw the interrogation. this morning she's facing petitions. she has deleted her social media accounts and she has stepped down from multiple boards. former new york city prosecutor linda fairstein, a key figure in one of the most polarizing incidents that rocked the country, is now facing major backlash after the release of the netflix series, "when they see us," surrounding the central park five. >> our case is they're all guilty. >> reporter: many online are calling for a boycott to some of her best-selling novels, fairstein just yesterday resigning from several boards. >> they were in the park. >> reporter: fairstein saying the series, depicts me in a fictionalized version of events. in the series, fairstein is portrayed by felicity huffman, the series based on the rain and assault of a woman jogging in new york's central park back in 1989. the trials did become internationally known while fairstein was not the lead prosecutor of the five who were falsely accused and wron

paula faris is here with that story for us. good morning, paula. >> good morning, robin.ls or text messages and knew something was wrong. that's when she searched for her using the find my friends app. >> my daughter is in a ditch in a ravine. >> reporter: you're listening to a mother's frantic pleas desperate to get help for her daughter who had driven off a road and was trapped under her car. >> please send someone, please. >> reporter: north carolina mother, catrina alexander says her 17-year-old daughter, macy, had missed curfew. when she couldn't get in touch with her, she tracked her down using the app find my friends. nded 2fe dn a acy's car had tes ravine. finding the teenager pinned under her car. >> i don't even know how i survived. >> reporter: macy says she was trapped for nearly seven hours. >> i was so relieved. then when they came down to my car and held my hand, i cried tears of joy. >> reporter: macy's mom turned to that popular app, which allows you to share your gps location with select individuals. catrina noticed her daughter's car was not moving on t

families are now lining up to adopt her and we spoke exclusively with child protective services and paula farise. this was such a tough story. >> reporter: a tough story but we have great news to report. we are told that baby india is in a temporarily foster home. she is laughing. she is smiling. she is thriving. she may have been abandoned but this morning the line to adopt her is growing by the moment. this morning, we're learning what's next for precious baby india, the just hours old little girl left for dead, found wrapped in this plastic bag and found under a pile of leaves in central georgia. her umbilical cord still attached. >> whoever left this child there did not intend on it being found. for her to be in such a good condition is a miracle. >> reporter: this was baby india in the hospital. now she's healthy as can be in a foster home and under the care of the georgia division of family and children services. >> laughing, smiling, baby india is doing great. her health is good and miraculously, considering what she went through, we're hoping that we can get her in a home that will be h

they're also known as tom hanks and tim allen, but paula faris is doing that coming up later in the showwait for that and this movie. >> people are saying why make a "toy story 4" but the reviews are incredible. >>> we got a lot of breaking news on a friday morning. of course, following that crisis with iran coming to a head after president trump ordered a strike retaliating after iran shot down that u.s. surveillance drone but then reversed course and canceled it at the last minute. >>> also, 15 states are on alert for severe weather after scenes like this one in new jersey. flooding forcing water rescues, people evacuating in kayaks. >> mick jagger back on stage last night, the rolling stones front man in chicago for a sound check before tonight's big check. this, of course, comes after that heart procedure that he had. he is about to turn 76. >> wow. >> good for him. >> more coming up in our next half-hour. >> he runs the equivalent on stage of 13 miles in every performance. isn't that incredible? >> i've seen it. i believe it. >> a "jeopardy" fact. >> maybe one day. >> we're all exci

abc's paula faris is here with the story.ome home, posting on social media. tragically they won't be. this couple was discovered dead at a luxury dominican resort. these facebook photos show fi-year-old cynthia day and her fiance, 63-year-old nathaniel holmes where they had been for nearly a week. they wrote on facebook, i don't want to come home. they were expected to check out last thursday and that's when they were discovered. the dominican republic national police tell us that an autopsy showed the couple experienced respiratory failure and pulmonary in the lungs. holmes' daughter tells abc -- ha this should have never happened. >> reporter: the company is facing questions about safety rer tourists to stay at these resorts. it comes after tammy lawrence says she was brutally attacked by a man in another dominican resort. >>e spoke to wpbi last week. >> he just plowed into my back and i just remember that grunt that he made when he hit me. it's, like, in my mignightmares. he a at that point, started choking me, strangling

paula faris is here with this.ot illegal to own one of these. >> that's two of us. it is not illegal in the state of illinois even though this exotic cat is especially dangerous around children and the elderly. this mother and child were out for a sunday neighborhood stroll when the animal attacked. >> reporter: a mother and her 6-year-old daughter were hospitalized after an attack by an prowling around the streets of bloomington, illinois. >> this is just walking around right now. wow. >> oh, my god. >> it's a bobcat or something. >> reporter: but we now know it wasn't a bobcat. it was a caracal. it's a small cat typically found in the wild in africa and central asia capable of leaping 12 feet in the air to attack its prey. this one was a pet in a nearby home. it had escaped and pounced on the child before the mother was able to distract it and rescue her child. >> a bunch of small kids in this area. so we kind of keep an eye on them as a neighborhood. that was really scary for the two kids as well as the woman th