here's abc's alison kosik to explain. >> google maps is often a go to for travel and navigation, but it's the street view function that would be thieves are using to case your home. >> it could be a good way for criminals to, you know, kind of do some research in the neighborhoods that they plan on targeting. they're going to be able to see what, you know, type of windows, what what access points do they have from the front of the house? it showed my one of my cars in the driveway clear as day. >> according to fbi stats, break ins occur every 26 seconds in the u.s. and account for nearly 1 million burglaries every year. it's why some people are now blurring out their homes and businesses on google maps. when officer ryan railsback of the riverside, california, police department learned about the feature, he blurred his own home, especially as home invasions have been on the rise there. >> i don't know how often google maps updates these images. i know it's fairly frequent, but, you know, maybe the next time i have other cars or i have a garage open, i don't want any of that to show.

as abc news reporter alison kosik tells us, the aircraft didn't communicate any emergency before therash. >> this is the horrific moment a plane carrying 61 passengers and crew plummeted to the ground in brazil, killing everyone on board. new deals, meal deals, meal deals, meal deals, the two engine turboprop from local airline vo pass spinning out of control and crashing into a residential neighborhood. witnesses horrified this man emotional, saying he was running late and missed the flight. now grateful to the airport worker who wouldn't let him board the flight, taking off from cascavel in the brazilian state of parana, bound for the airport in sao paulo, shortly before it was scheduled to come in for a landing, the plane dropping 17,000ft in just one minute. >> usually this sort of thing occurs because the flight crew was not able to maintain or did not maintain enough airspeed. clearly it was a stall spin. how they got into it is what we don't know. >> the fiery wreckage, large parts of the plane smoldering in a residential neighborhood, debris littering yards. one person on the

as abc news reporter alison kosik tells us, the aircraft didn't communicate any emergency before thee horrific moment a plane carrying 61 passengers and crew plummeted to the ground in brazil, killing everyone on board. new deals. meal deals. >> meal deals. meal deals. >> the two engine turboprop from local airline vo pass spinning out of control and crashing into a residential neighborhood. witnesses horrified this man emotional, saying he was running late and missed the flight. now grateful to the airport worker who wouldn't let him board the flight, taking off from cascavel in the brazilian state of parana, bound for the airport in sao paulo, shortly before it was scheduled to come in for a landing, the plane dropping 17,000ft in just one minute. >> usually this sort of thing occurs because the flight crew was not able to maintain or did not maintain enough airspeed. clearly it was stall spin. how they got into it is what we don't know. >> the fiery wreckage, large parts of the plane smoldering in a residential neighborhood. debris littering yards. one person on the ground was inj

. >> here's abc news reporter alison kosik. >> a newly released advisory from the surgeon general showsparents are at their wit's end. >> we're kind of figuring this out as we go along. >> new data shows 48% of parents say on most days their stress is completely overwhelming, compared to 26% among other adults without kids. >> that's an extraordinary number. so many parents feel that they're carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, and they're doing that by themselves. >> the advisory cites common parental demands like busy schedules, managing bad behavior, not getting enough sleep, but also points to stressors like financial strain, worries about children's health and safety, technology and social media, and time demands. >> there's so much pressure on parents to spend all of this quality time with your kids, like sit on the ground and play pretend with your four year old, you know? and when you think about it logically, it's like there's no way my mom was able to do that. >> the report saying all of these combined are contributing to the nationwide epidemic of loneliness a

abc news reporter alison kosik has more on the top candidates this morning. >> new questions as vice president kamala harris moves closer to announcing her running mate, one of the men on her shortlist, arizona senator mark kelly, posted and then deleted this cryptic tweet sunday, saying my background is a bit different than most politicians. i spent my life serving in the navy and at nasa, where the mission always comes first. now my mission is serving arizonans. the message leaving many wondering if kelly is still a contender. harris also met over the weekend with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and minnesota governor tim walz. her decision is expected before she launches a multi-day swing through battleground states. >> if harris wins this election, you will quickly have a kamala economic crash. >> trump this weekend in georgia criticizing harris's policies and her intelligence. >> she has a very low iq. >> some republicans are calling on trump to tone down his personal attacks, including questioning harris's racial identity. trump supporter congressman byron donalds appeared o

abc news reporter alison kosik in this morning's gma first look caught on tape kidnaping scare someoneo vehicles pulled up near a group of nine year old boys. they take off running and screaming. moments later, you see someone in a white t shirt and shorts getting out of a white suv and running after the two boys. the mother of two of those boys is speaking out to gma. >> and so i just thought if i can just get a clear picture of the license plate, then we can we can find him. i yelled at jonathan. he came running and zoomed in on the license plate. it was just crazy. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have the expert guidance that parents need to stay alert and the important message to tell your children with your gma first. look, i'm alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> mount etna is continuing to cause trouble for residents in sicily. you can see here just how active the volcano is. another eruption last night partially shut down an airport. volcanic activity has intensified this week with several explosions. mount etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes. a new international

abc news reporter alison kosik has more on the top candidates this morning. >> new questions as vice president kamala harris moves closer to announcing her running mate, one of the men on her shortlist, arizona senator mark kelly, posted and then deleted this cryptic tweet sunday, saying, my background is a bit different than most politicians. i spent my life serving in the navy and at nasa, where the mission always comes first. now my mission is serving arizonans. the message, leaving many wondering if kelly is still a contender. harris also met over the weekend with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and minnesota governor tim walz. her decision is expected before she launches a multi-day swing through battleground states. >> if harris wins this election, you will quickly have a kamala economic crash. >> trump this weekend in georgia criticizing harris's policies and her intelligence. >> she has a very low iq. >> some republicans are calling on trump to tone down his personal attacks, including questioning harris's racial identity. trump supporter congressman byron donalds appeared

as abc news reporter alison kosik tells us, the aircraft didn't communicate any emergency before that crash. >> this is the horrific moment a plane carrying 61 passengers and crew plummeted to the ground in brazil, killing everyone on board. new details. meal deals. >> meal deals. >> meal deals. the two engine turboprop from local airline vo pass. spinning out of control and crashing into a residential neighborhood. witnesses horrified this man saying he was running late and missed the flight. now grateful to the airport worker who wouldn't let him board the flight, taking off from cascavel in the brazilian state of parana, bound for the airport in sao paulo, shortly before it was scheduled to come in for a landing. the plane dropping 17,000ft in just one minute. >> usually this sort of thing occurs because the flight crew was not able to maintain or did not maintain enough airspeed. clearly it was a stall spin. how they got into it is what we don't know. >> the fiery wreckage, large parts of the plane smoldering in a residential neighborhood. debris littering yards. one person on the

here's abc's alison kosik this morning. >> new questions as vice president kamala harris moves closer to announcing her running mate. one of the men on her shortlist, arizona senator mark kelly, posted and then deleted this cryptic tweet sunday, saying, my background is a bit different than most politicians. i spent my life serving in the navy and at nasa, where the mission always comes first. now my mission is serving arizonans. the message leaving many wondering if kelly is still a contender. harris also met over the weekend with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and minnesota governor tim walz. her decision is expected by tomorrow before she launches a multi-day swing through battleground states. >> if harris wins this election, you will quickly have a kamala economic crash. >> trump this weekend in georgia criticizing harris's policies and her intelligence. >> she has a very low iq. >> some republicans are calling on trump to tone down his personal attacks, including questioning harris's racial identity. >> every day we're talking about her heritage and not her terrible, dangerou

i'm alison kosik with andrew dymburt. and i wanted to talk about that at that story about these astronauts. you know, imagine, you know, saying goodbye to your loved one or your significant other by see you in a couple of days. and now finding out we're not coming back for like, months total. >> and they're not going to be back for another six months. and it's because of a problem with the vessel that brought them up there. they were supposed to bring them back down. we'll have all the details on that coming up. but still some tense, scary moments, especially for their family members who just want to see them back here on earth. we'll have those details coming up for you. but first, we want to begin this morning with the dramatic escalation in the middle east, israel and hezbollah trading their biggest barrage of attacks since the start of the war in gaza after massive explosions lit up the skies over the israel-lebanon border. >> tensions tamped down, with both sides claiming victory. abc's britt clennett has the latest

here's abc's alison kosik. >> people versus andy balogh. >> this morning, a 23 year old is charged in the attempted kidnaping of two girls in separate incidents outside detroit in broad daylight, both attempts were thwarted by good samaritans. >> i have a lot of anger and aggravation and rage. >> alicia switkowski was at a park with her son and seven year old niece on tuesday when police say andy balogh pulled up in a car and approached her niece. >> he went out of his car back around, grabbed her and then tried to get into the passenger seat and we just met right through the middle there. >> moments later, the suspect driving away, hitting spakovsky's eight year old son as she hung out of the car's window. >> he had one hand on her and one hand trying to get the wheel. i had one hand on the wheel trying to get his hand off of her. >> that's when bystander scott van leuven saw what was happening. >> i literally pulled him out of the car and just held him against his car until police got here. >> and just an hour before police say the same suspect tried to kidnap a 15 year old girl, ju

i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. and we begin with the other half of the democratic ticket introducing himself to america. minnesota governor tim walz reflected on his middle class roots, military service and career as a teacher and coach before entering politics. and there were many famous faces taking the stage, highlighting a message of freedom and joy. >> abc's jacqueline lee starts us off. good morning jacqueline. >> andrew and alison good morning to you. it was a night filled with music, celebrities and politics. as vice presidential nominee tim walz took to the stage on night three of the convention. >> kamala harris yes, it was star studded night. >> three of the democratic national convention. people you see, keep on learning stevie wonder, sheila e and john legend lighting up the united center in a surprise appearance from oprah winfrey, electrifying the crowd. >> we're going to be teaching our daughters and sons about how this child of an indian mother and a jamaican father grew up to become the 47th presi

i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. >> i'm dana new in for andrew. we begin with the race for the white house. the candidates outlining their ideas to improve the economy and put money in our wallets. >> the trump and harris campaigns are weighing in on voters concerns. a new report finds inflation cooled more than expected last month, but food prices remain stubbornly high. >> abc's em win reports on how the candidates are responding. >> this morning, the candidates for president focusing on the economy. vice president harris expected to lay out her economic platform in north carolina tomorrow. abc news has learned she'll propose banning corporate price gouging on food and groceries. former president trump responding, saying harris won't be able to do that. >> there's no such thing as her going out and doing that. what you want to do is create the incentives so that people can't cheat. they can't price gouge. >> a new report shows inflation cooling at 2.9%, its lowest level in three years. food prices, though, are 2.2% higher than a year ago. some i

i'm alison kosik, in for rhiannon. we begin with the newly minted democratic presidential nominee laying out her vision for america. vice president kamala harris used her historic acceptance speech to reflect on her early childhood with immigrant parents and her career as a prosecutor. >> and harris blasted donald trump as unserious. abc's jacqueline lee joins us live from chicago this morning. good morning jacqueline. >> hey, andrew. alison. good morning. people are cleaning up as we speak. you can hear them popping those balloons. kamala harris accepting the party's nomination and calling for national unity. i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. in an arena filled with women wearing white to honor suffragettes. vice president kamala harris formally becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket for the presidency, just one month after president joe biden dropped out of the race. harris using the dnc stage to tell her story. >> my mother was a brilliant five foot tal

abc's alison kosik explains. >> google maps is often a go to for travel and navigation, but it's thetreet view function that would be thieves are using to case your home. >> it could be a good way for criminals to, you know, kind of do some research in the neighborhoods that they plan on targeting. they're going to be able to see what, you know, type of windows, what what access points do they have from the front of the house? it showed my one of my cars in the driveway clear as day. >> according to fbi stats, break ins occur every 26 seconds in the u.s. and account for nearly 1 million burglaries every year. it's why some people are now blurring out their homes and businesses on google maps. when officer ryan railsback of the riverside, california, police department learned about the feature, he blurred his own home, especially as home invasions have been on the rise there. >> i don't know how often google maps updates these images. i know it's fairly frequent, but you know, maybe the next time i have other cars or i have a garage open, i don't want any of that to show. >> here's ho

. >> here's abc's alison kosik. >> this morning. questions as vice president kamala harris moves closer to announcing her running mate, one of the men on her shortlist, arizona senator mark kelly, posted and then deleted this cryptic tweet sunday, saying, my background is a bit different than most politicians. i spent my life serving in the navy and at nasa, where the mission always comes first. now my mission is serving arizonans. the message leaving many wondering if kelly is still a contender. harris also met over the weekend with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and minnesota governor tim walz. her decision is expected by tomorrow before she launches a multi-day swing through battleground states. >> if harris wins this election, you will quickly have a kamala economic crash. >> trump this weekend in georgia criticizing harris policies and her intelligence. >> she has a very low iq. >> some republicans are calling on trump to tone down his personal attacks, including questioning harris's racial identity. >> every day we're talk

abc's alison kosik has the details, people, versus andy balogh. >> this morning, a 23 year old is charged in the attempted kidnaping of two girls in separate incidents outside detroit in broad daylight. both attempts were thwarted by good samaritans. >> i have a lot of anger and aggravation and rage. >> alicia swokowski was at a park with her son and seven year old niece on tuesday when police say andy balogh pulled up in a car and approached her niece. >> he went out of his car, back around, grabbed her and then tried to get into the passenger seat and we just met right through the mid car's window. >> he had one hand on her and one hand trying to get the wheel. i had one hand on the wheel, trying to get his hand off of her. >> that's when bystanders scott van leuven saw what was happening. >> i literally pulled him out of the car and just held him against his car until police got here. >> and just an hour before police say the same suspect tried to kidnap a 15 year old girl just a few miles away. >> he asked if he could drive me home twice, and i refused both times. and i started walkin

i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. and we begin with president biden passing the torch, promising that vice president kamala harris will protect your freedom. biden taking the stage at the democratic national convention in chicago last nigh, greeted by a cheering crowd repeatedly breaking out in chants of we love joe! >> hours earlier, pro-palestinian protesters breached a security fence surrounding the area. police made at least four arrests. abc's jacqueline lee is in chicago with the latest. good morning. jacqueline >> andrew good morning. president biden delivered a very emotional speech. you could really feel the weight of it throughout the room. and of course he slammed president former president trump. and he passed the baton to vice president kamala harris this november. >> we will come together and declare with one voice as one people, we are moving forward. >> vice president kamala harris kicked off the democratic national convention with a surprise appearance, giving thanks to president joe biden and i want

i'm alison kosik in for ryan. and we begin with breaking news.isaster declared in southeastern alaska after a deadly landslide. >> it happened in the city of ketchikan. officials say one person was killed and three were injured. right now, everyone is accounted for. >> several homes have been damaged or destroyed, and mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for the immediate area. power is slowly being restored, but some customers may be in the dark for several days. the big concern now is a second landslide. >> ketchikan's mayor says he's been in the city for 65 years and has never seen a landslide of this magnitude. we'll bring you more details as we get them. >> the other big story this morning rising tensions in the middle east, israel and hezbollah launching attacks on each other this weekend, one of the largest exchanges since the war in gaza began. and both sides now warning this won't be the end. abc's perry russom here with the latest perry. good morning. >> alison. good morning to you. u.s. officials say the u.s. was not involved in t

i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. and we begin with the presidential race and vice president kamala harris and running mate tim walz sitting down for the first in-depth interview. >> they opened up about their plans for the economy, the border and bipartisanship at the same time, former president trump held a town hall in wisconsin. trump also discussing several key issues, including energy costs and reproductive rights. overnight, vice president harris calling out critics who claim she's flip flopped on several key issues. >> i think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. >> harris has changed her stance on multiple hot button topics, including the so-called green new deal, medicare for all, and building the border wall. harris, back in 2020, called the border wall a medieval vanity project. let me be very clear. >> i'm not going to vote for a wall under any circumstances. >> but at last week's convention, she promised to move ahead with a