abc's adrienne bankert with how it played out. >> reporter: investigators sorting through how a lithium battery pack or mobile phone caught fight inside an overhead bin on a packed international flight. the crew noticing smoke shortly after meal service on board a sri lankan airlines jet extinguishing the fire. >> standard manufacturing the standard for those batteries. they can be made anywhere by anyone and never know what you get. the cheap they are the less well built they are and higher the risk. >> reporter: the faa reported at least 18 incidents involving those batteries on airplanes or in airports. the faa recently conducting new tests on lithium-ion batteries which can smoke and explode like this. adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >>> and hbo is facing a major cyberattack that could have repercussions for fans of "game of thrones." hackers bragged about stealing programming material including some scripts for episodes that have not aired yet. those hackers are now threatening to release some of those episodes. >> so the ultimate in spoiler alerts right there. all right. >>>

abc's adrienne bankert picks up the story there. >> reporter: a remarkable story of survival.friends reese mcmichael and rowan fitchs' summer adventure became mission impossible. lost in 100-degree temperatures for five days. out of water, the first day, puddles. >> we found a few areaswater wo out of the ground. >> reporter: rationing what little food they had. >> every day we'd eat a piece of a granola bar that big. >> exhausted trying not to panic the teens' survival instincts kicked in. >> we made a big sign with rocks. >> reporter: on the fifth day their lifeline came by way of a helicopter. >> i had this big lifeguard whistle. i started blowing like waving branches at it and stuff. >> reporter: adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >>> some quick thinking appears to have helped a man save his own life after he was dumped out of his boat. the dramatic scene played out near los angeles. the small boat was spinning out of control after its captain was thrown out by a wave. now, coast guard rescuers say the man found a life-saving use for his flip-flops while he was in the w

>> adrienne bankert, thank you. >>> new developments tonight about the death of an indianapolis area police officer who was shot and killed while trying to help victims of a car crash. one of the people in that car accused of killing police lieutenant aaron allan, a husband and father. tonight we have now learned that lieutenant allan was shot 14 times. that suspect is now in custody. >>> next this evening to the potential terror takedown where four suspects about to take down a passenger plane. airports in australia are on high alert as there have been reports about a device. here's abc's james longman. >> reporter: tonight, four men being held by police under special terror laws. >> there has been a major, joint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane. >> reporter: the motive for that alleged plan to put a, quote, device on an aircraft, all too familiar. >> what we do believe, it was islamic inspired terrorism. >> reporter: police say they have found a number of items of great interest as raids across sydney continue today. >> until we know

time now for "pop news" with adrienne bankert. >> bring it. >> we have food. cup of over stories first. a picture is is worth a thousand words. kicking it off with catcon. have you heard of it? are you felining it today? cat celebrities. human ones. catwoman julie newmar was there. the humane society offering cats up for adoption. that one looks like garfield to me. dan, who is on vacation, huge cat lover, as we know. and could he be prancing around his house? >> is that him? >> do we have evidence that he's not there? >> that's really dan. >> maybe that's where he went. >> i have no idea how much he was paid for that. >> that was dan? >> dan does like pet adoption big time. >>> nick jonas has been tapped to join the movie adaptation of "chaos walking." he'll star alongside daisy ridley and tom holland. the upcoming movie set in a been killed off by a virus ve ha and the remaining men can hear each other's thoughts. >> interesting. >> pretty dystopian. >> they find one woman still exists, somehow. her name is viola played by ridley. jonas will play a young sol

adrienne bankert, robert. bedminster where the president is and rex tillerson saying american diplomats in cuba were victims of health attacks causing hearing problems and that cuba is responding for hiding out who is behind it. some employees suffered unexplained hearing loss forcing some to return to the u.s. they believe some sort of sonic device was used. >>> a scary ride home for mike pence as he made his way back to washington after spending the day in indianapolis in his home state of indiana. reporters traveling with him said air force two as it lifted off there was a bright flash and a thud. a few minutes the flight crew passengers that the plane had hit a bird andll except for the bird, i imagine. >>> in mississippi a manhunt under way for four dangerous inmates who escaped from a county jail. reported missing after a early check saturday morning. they were accused of murder, rape, assault and burglary. no word on how they got out. >>> a 4-year-old boy in the head during a road rage incident incredib

here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: it's the supersize sinkhole that keeps swallowing more of this florida block. tonight, another two homes deemed unsafe, more homeowners displaced. in all, six homes have been destroyed or condemned on ocean pines drive in land o lakes, florida. plagued by depression that appeared july 14th, growing to 225 feet in just a few hours. this weeke the sinkhole has now expanded to 260 feet at its widest point. more than three quarters the length of a football field. and 50 feet deep. residents nearby remain on the edge. >> i think that the surrounding area can't help but feel questionable and unsafe because there is no guarantee. >> reporter: demolition crews say they expected to see some erosion as they worked. a 10 by 80-foot-long section of earth collapsing saturday. but new cave-ins proved so dangerous, crews had to leave. returning to work from inside the sinkhole by boat. the united way is helping displaced homeowners. some residents allowed to return but with the sinkhole still unstable they'll get a knock on their door if they need to evacuate.

here's abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: it's the super sized sinkhole that keeps swallowing thisda block. another two homes deemed unsafe, in all, six homes have been destroyed or condemned on ocean pines drive in land o'lakes florida. growing to 225 feet in just a few hours. this weekend, drone video shows the sinkhole has now expanded to 260 feet at its widest point. more than three quarters the length of a football field and 50 feet deep. residents nearby remain on edge. >> i think that the surrounding area can't help but feel questionable and unsafe, because there is no guarantee. >> reporter: demolition crews say they expected to see some erosion as they work, a ten by 80 foot section of earth collapsing saturday. but it proved so dangerous, crews had to leave, returning to work from inside the sinkhole by boat. united way is helping some homeowners. some residents were allowed to return back to their properties, but because the sinkhole is still unstable, if they need to evacuate, they'll hear a knock at the door. adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >> crazy developments

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here is adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, a florida vacation resort turned into a crime scene. a masked suspect caught on surveillance video gesturing with a hand to the throat, moments before the killings at this luxury hotel surrounded by white sand beaches. 2:41 a.m. friday. watch as authorities say the suspect -- wearing a mask and holding a gun -- walks through the hotel, early friday morning. a short time later, leaving with drawers from a cash register, after killing 51-year-old security guard kevin carter and 59-year-old night manager timothy hurley. >> he was my uncle and he raised me as my own and he has a heart of gold. >> reporter: residents here stunned. >> it's unreal, unheard for this island. i think this is one of the most secure cities in america. >> reporter: guests on vacation here forced to stay elsewhere. >> it's crazy. the last place you expect it. >> reporter: police telling abc news there may be a second suspect. >> any time we have individuals out there that are capable of the crime, clearly other people may be a risk. >> reporter: investigators say the

with your "gma" first look i'm adrienne bankert abc news, new york. >> in the morning buzz devastationas convinced millions of people to donate including celebrities who are giving thousands of dollars of their own money. philadelphia's own kevin hart donated $50,000 to the relief efforts. >> anybody right now who in a powerful position, we can impact this issue through and social media, let's go and push a button. let's all donate. let's help. let's really, really try to save some lives. >> athletes like j.j. watts of the houston texans are pitching in. houston astros announced the team's owner and their foundation will donate $4 million. the owner of the houston rockets has donated $4 million as well. >>> construction is under way to create the stages for this weekend's made in america festival. drone6 taking a look at that yesterday on the ben franklin parkway. the lineup has been released and the big surprise is that festival co-creator and headliner jay-z will play sunday rather than saturday. more than 60 artists will perform during the festival and i tweeted out a link for the r

boy scouts of covertly trying to recruit girls to boost their declining membership and abc's adrienne bankerty, a lot talking about this. good morning. both the boy and girlt a third of their membership since the early 2000s and with increased power for inclusivity there's a debate over how they might need to change. this morning, a battle of the sexes and the s whether the b scoutsmerica should be recruiting girls. do you think it should be coed? >> not exactly. i feel like girls just sometimes want to be like only girls instead of together. >> reporter: the 107-year-old organization tells abc news based on numerous reyess from families woo i've been exploring the benefits of bringing scouting to every member of the family boys and girls. partly it says to accommodate busy schedules. >> we talked to a lot of families who would love to drop their kids off at one activity and not shoot one here and onethere. >> reporter: the recruiting efforts outraging the girls scouts usa writi letter to boy scout officials it is un unsetting that bsa would seek to upend a paradigm that's served both boys an

adrienne bankert, abc news, washington. >>> firefighters in british columbia continue to battle 150 differentildfires. about 6,000 people are still evacuated. fire officials say hot windy weather fueling the flames. more than 00 wildfires have burned there had since april 1st. justin trudeau is encouraging canadians to donate to red cross relief efforts. >>> also in canada, a couple used their boat to help put out a grass fire yesterday. you can see that smoke there and then a boat comes closer and starts spinning around. firings appeared shortly after to put out the flames. no injuries were reported. >>> hbo as reportedly been hacked. the company says it's addressing the situation. the hackers made off with 1.5 tear bytes of data including a script for game of thrones. the head of hbo sent an e-mail to employees saying any intrusion of this nature is disruptive unsettling and disturbing for all of us. >>> an army medic from michigan who fought in the vietnam war is the first person to receive the medal of honor from president donald trump. specialist 5 james mcclune received the honor for pu

and to our wonderful friend adrienne bankert, she does "pop news" on the weekend.hang. i heard you guys singing "despacito" earlier in the show. >> this man. >> trying. >> michael. ♪ despacito you know you like that, right, but when i was thinking about "pop news" this morning, romance is in the air. i was thinking "you'll never find ♪ another love like this someone to hold like i do ♪ >> there you go. [ applause ] >> i knew somebody would know. lou rawls was in my head when i was thinking about "pop news" today and this is the reason why. prince harry and girlfriend meghan markle, yes, we really just did that, have jetted off to a getaway in africa. "the sun" capturing the pair arriving in botswana where he prepared a surprise barbecue under the stars for her 36th birthday and a chance for him to share his second home visiting botswana after his mother's death continuing to do charity work throughout the years, the big trip is leaving many wondering if harry is going to really pop the question like william did in kenya just seven years ago though i have to say tha

our adrienne bankert is in new york city again. people are scrambling to get more tickets.efore the next drawings a little bit later this week. good morning to you. >> reporter: look at these numbers guys. huge numbers. it's like lottery deja vu. no winners on friday night and in the powerball on saturday. that means these combined are growing closer and closer to a billion with a "b" dollars. there morning dueling lotto jackpots with more than $650 million now up for grabs. >> for your winning powerball number. >> reporter: the grand prize sores to $307 million. coming the same weekend as the mega millions jackpot. no win friday brings it to a whopping $346 million. >> this is it. this is it. >> reporter: the odds of winning the powerball, 1 in 292. the mega millions. 1 in 259 million. both astronomical. but with the looks of this store, who is counting. >> i have confidence and i just feel like i'm coming out here to get the winning ticket. i have the winning ticke together are higher than what some countries make in a year. >> this kind of money will make anybody new. >>

. >> with no winner last night, those prizes just keep growing and abc's adrienne bankert is right herenew york city picking up her own tickets. adrienne, good morning to you. >> reporter: you know what, somebody was kind enough and bought me one. yes, you're right. nobody won last night's drawing. it's just one in a pair of huge lotto drawings where betting men and women can get their chance at extra cash. an epic weekend in lotto land. more than half a billion dollars on the line. >> our first winning number is 25 followed by 17. >> reporter: these are the winning numbers for the mega millions this morning. there were no jackpot winners in last night's draw. that prize now grows to a whopping 346 million. >> 6, 4, 10, 2, 12. >> reporter: up for the taking in the next drawing tuesday. >> good luck. >> reporter: and tonight the powerball lottery, $286 million are up for grabs or a lump sum cash payout of $178 million. >> if you don't play you don't win. you have to try it. that's all there is. >> reporter: people across the country still buying tickets. >> i'm hoping to win. i'm going t

abc's adrienne bankert joins us with more on that. >> the fact is it's too dangerous for crews to get there in these kinds of winds. we've spoken with ercot, the company supplying electricity to most of texas. there are more than 300,000 people without power. we do get on the phone with the local utility company. they do have video from that region which is completely without power. mike, thank you to you. you said there were mandatory evacuations for victoria county, but a lot of people have decided to ride it out because the freeways get so jammed heading north that people are just waiting and hoping that this passes over them safely. it may be another day before crews can safely get out there to examine those power lines and those circuits that are down right now. also, we've been told that in that region cell phone service is really, really spotty. in fact, some of it nonexistent for areas like goliad which we've seen a lot of damage there. for this particular utility company they service a lot of ranchers. some of those properties have back-up generators but other people are simp

adrienne bankert, people are scrambling to get tickets.d morning to you. >> reporter: yes, guys. look at these numbers. huge, right? it's like lottery dejavu. no winner in the mega millions on friday night. no winner in the powerball on saturday night, and that means these two jackpots combined are growing closer and closer to a billion, with a "b," dollars. this morning, dueling lotto jackpots with more than $650 million now up for grabs. >> now, for your winning powerball number. >> reporter: the powerball grand prize now soars to $307 million. it comes the same weekend as the mega millions jackpot. no winner friday brings the cash prize to a whopping $346 million. >> this is it! this is it. >> reporter: the odds of winning the powerball, 1 in 292 million. the mega millions chances, 1 in 259 million. both astronomical. but from the looks of those lining up at this store in texas, whose counting? >> thank you! i have confidence, and i'm -- i just feel like i'm coming out here to get the winning tickets. i have the winning tickets. >> repo

wondering who is holding that ticket, there's another huge prize up for grabs tonight and abc's adrienne bankerts here with more and a little birdie told me that somebody gave you a ticket out on the street. >> that's true. somebody did walk up to me and gave me a ticket. >> really? >> but like these one, they're losingment if you didn't live in illinois, sorry, those tickets you have in your hand aren't going to work. ♪ money money money >> we're talking hot august nights. also lotto fever. the biggest prize in about a year and now one of those mega bundles of cashola off the table. this morning, the mega millions officially off the market. one lucky person winning the $393 million jackpot. >> the winners -- >> i played one ticket. and that's going to be the winner. >> winning ticket. >> reporter: those tickets definitely not the winners because the winning ticket was sold in illinois right here at nick's barbecue, 30 minutes outside of chicago. at least one lucky winner from the prairie state beating the odds of 1 in 258 million and matching all 6 numbers for the fifth highest prize in the gam

and adrienne bankert is in the middle of the people heading to wyoming to get a view of the eclipse thereva. i think a lot of people surrounding us are still asleep. we're in the new david street station. the city built this amphitheater for the people coming out. the population here, about 59,000 people. they're expecting the population to double since this weekend. 50,000 expected to drive or fly into town to watch the eclipse. we're snack bah bab in the middle of the country. later on, we'll be smack dab in the middle of the action. people are cominging from six continents. we know people from greenland, asia, australia. we're waiting for this because many of us have never seen a total eclipse. >> our team is all across the country. david muir, leading the coverage starting at 1:00 eastern. >>> you have today's other headlines. >> that's right. president trump is hours away from unveiling his new military strategy for afghanistan. he'll deliver a primetime address tonight from ft. meyer, virginia. defense secretary jim mattis wants to send in 4,000 more troops. >>> a woman has been kil

flight with more than 200 people on board, crews quickly worked to extinguish the blaze and adrienne bankert has the story, good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. it's deja vu on board a plane, another cell phone or cell phone battery catching fire. it comes at a time of heightened security at airports nationwide and it's a sobering reminder of what not to put in your luggage. this morning, investigators sorting through how a lithium battery pack or mobile phone caught fire inside an overhead bin on a packed international flight. the crew noticing smoke after meal service on board a viafore langan airlines jet extinguishing the fire. >> there's no single safety standard manufacturing the standard for lithium ion batteries. they could be made anywhere by anyone and you never know what you're going to get. the cheaper they are, the less well built they are and higher the risk of fire. >> reporter: the faa recently conducting new tests on lithium ion batteries which can smoke and explode like this. so far this year the faa has reported at least 18 incidents involving

adrienne bankert here with that story. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning. but she and others in the family are commemorating her death, speaking candidly about their grief from 20 years ago. often avoiding the spotlight, princess diana's eldest sister lady sarah mccorquodale shares openly about her torment the night of diana's fatal car crash. >> these two hours the presenters on every news channel were saying injured but expected to make a full recovery and i have no idea why but it made me so angry. >> reporter: this morning, more from that rare interview and others in the royal family in the bbc documentary "diana: seven days." >> she was religious in putting on her seat belt. why didn't she put it on that night? i'll never know. >> it was definitely somebody she would go to if she was struggling. diana's family have never, very rarely spoken before about her, but i think for the 20th anniversary they were very keen to in the knowledge that lots of people will be coming out and talking about their sister, they wanted to have authoritative voices speak ab

abc's adrienne bankert has the details and good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you toomichael. it's a twisting, shocking story. police doing all they can to catch up with these two men with strong ties to academia, now prime suspects in a most gruesome crime. this morning, u.s. marshals joined law enforcement in a nationwide manhunt for a professor and employee of two of the most prestigious colleges in the world. the pair wanted for first degree murder. >> both subjects considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: that's 42-year-old wyndham lathem, former microbiology professor at northwestern university. police believe he and andrew warren, a treasury employee at oxford, are guilty of stabbing 26-year-old trenton cornell-duranleau to death in lathem's luxurious chicago apartment. police arriving on scene last thursday at 8:30 p.m. after an anonymous source called 911 telling them a crime had been committed on the tenth floor. >> this place is very safe most of the time. i've been here 14 years. >> reporter: while a motive is unknown police believe lathem who

but no one, there's definitely life here on earth and adrienne bankert is in the middle of it all inng to you. all those people are still asleep. this is the new david street station, a new amphitheatering for the people descended on the city square. it's excited. this place wasn't open days ago. the population doubling from 59,000 in casper, adding 50,000 today. lot of people from asia and australia. us a descending smack dab in the middle of the country and right in the middle of that path of totality. many of us haven't seen a total eclipse. we're excited, george. >> our team is spread out across the country. david muir, leading the coverage starting at 1:00 eastern. >>> you have today's other headlines. >> that's right. president trump is hours away from unveiling his new military strategy for afghanistan. he'll deliver a primetime address tonight from ft. meyer, virginia. defense secretary jim mattis wants to send in 4,000 more u.s. troops. >>> developing story in southern france. a woman has been killed after a stolen van plowed into two bus stops in marseille. police say this

♪ and the trumpets they go >>> welcome back to "gma" this friday morning and welcome back to adrienne bankertjersey shore" fan, george. >> no reaction there. >> so, our first story is an exclusive first look at the cast of "jersey shore" reuniting for "reunion road trip's return to jersey shore." >> still all about that gtl lifestyle. >> what am i going to wear? >> except there's level, gym is now gym in my home. tanning is now spray tanning. and laundry, now you send it out. >> oh, yeah, because he's come up. >> big time. >> started from the bottom that we here. all right, that was pauly d., he's going to be back along with castnates, j-woww, snooki and the situation. i know, everybody will be watching. >> my dvr is already set. >> thank you. >> for the selby drummond tolar following day. >>> "dancing with the stars" pros maks and peta spending what looks like their honeymoon in italy and left their 7-month-old son chai and stealing away for a smooch as mr. and mrs. it's also a buddymoon. maks' brother and the maid of honor and her husband joining in. >> that's a thing now. >> a buddymoon. w

abc's adrienne bankert is in new jersey this morning with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning to you, too, amy. these two have known each other since kindergarten. memory before they both went away to college. this -- what happened in arizona is something neither of their families will ever forget. reese mcmichael and rowan fitch's summer adventure to the grand canyon became mission impossible, lost in 100-degree temperatures for five days. out of water the first day, dehydrated, drinking from puddles. >> we found a few areas where water would just barely trickle out of the ground. >> reporter: rationing what little food they had. >> every day we'd eat a piece of a granola bar about that big. >> reporter: exhausted trying not to panic their survival instincts kicked in. >> we made a big sign with like rocks at the base of the trail that pointed to where we were. >> reporter: but on the fifth day their lifeline came by way of a helicopter and a tenacious sos. >> i had this big lifeguard whistle and started blowing we're like waving branches at it and st

it could be the start of a major price war and adrienne bankert has the story. re you that whole foods is no longer going to cost your whole paycheck, guys. yeah, thank you. in manhattan they sold completely out of some items by 6:30 p.m. the reaction online staggering as customers enjoyed phenomenal deals. whole foods has had a reputation for being way too expensive. from the looks of things that is changing. this morning a grocery revolution that could have a direct impact on your bill. the first changes now from that ambitious purchase by amazon of whole foods, the chain slashing its prices in almost 500 stores monday and up to 43% drop on some of your most popular products from bananas to avocados, apples and eggs. >> rotisserie was flying off the shelves. >> reporter: the big question will they match? >> they're conventional stores. what will happen? they'll change. if they don't they're out of business. >> reporter: retail experts weighing in on whole foods and amazon's move could set off a boom of benefits. >> we're seeing price drops in whole foods. in th