here is andrew dymburt.r: rescued at sea. >> whenever a diver goes missing is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. reporter: this video men diving off the coast. they did not resurface after a dive, to very buggy divers telling their story. >> after the first several , knowing it was a bad situation. >> we c swimming but we were not gaining any ground. it was too much for the care we had on. reporter: will have more of the detail in here from the rescuers how they pulled off this miracle. i'm andrew dymburt, abc news. amanda: hundreds of student loan borrowers will finally see forgiveness. biden administration canceling debt for more than 800,000 borrowers enrolled in income driven repayment plans. it will go out this week. this borrowers have made payments for decades and had no end in sight. they say it was a failure on the part of the student loan system. kumasi: 9 before the giant supreme trading. she is the first full-time coach in league history. she made history by becoming the first woman to c

here is andrew dymburt. andrew: in this morning's dma first look, the new porch pirate morning.calmly walks beside a fedex worker delivering a package, and snatches the boxer right out of her hands. >> i cannot believe what i was seeing. this guy right in front of my door just grabbing the packaging, just running away. andrew: jessica signed says she was shocked and in disbelief. >> i looked at the camera, and the lady could not even speak and she was just come alike, shaking. andrew: signed says instead of receiving the ipad, she heard banging on the door moments later. >> she was like, can you open the door, please? she's like, someone stole your package. andrew: we will have much more at 7:00 a.m., plus the tips to protect your packages. with your gma first look, i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. reggie: the santa clara county board of supervisors has approved a resolution affirming gender-affirming care. it shows support for the lgbtq+ community. it is a commitment to back health care for people who are transgender, non-binary, or gender diverse. according to the aclu

andrew dymburt has the latest. >> california in the crosshairs as hurricane hilary strengthens off tos north. >> right now, it is a hurricane, although it is projected to when it hits sba tropical storm. >> communities from san diego to nevada, even western arizona are bracing for whipping winds, torrential rain, and flash floods. rob marciano explained the potential impact. >> across some of the desert areas, we could see a years worth of rain in places like palm springs, las vegas. >> the storm is expected to make landfall in mexico on sunday and we can aken as it approaches the u.s. border. its precise path will determine how dangerous the system will be. >> a move just a little bit more offshore and disorder of a more glancing blow, it might not weaken quite as much. >> hilary set to make it reaches southern california as a tropical storm. >> this would be the first potential tropical system to make landfall in california in more than 80 years. >> warm waters west of mexico are partially to blame for supercharging the system, which is also a concern in the gulf of mexico and atlan

with your first look, i am andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> 5:56. a lot of requests for outside lands. we are looking at next weekend. august 11 through 13. it looks like fog will be with us throughout the entire festival. we are not tracking any intense heat. you have that morning cloud cover each day, giving way to sunshine between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., and then the breeze kicks up. temperatures in the low- to mid-60's for your daytime high, so of course you want all the layers with you. you could take a few off in the middle part of the day but is looking nice for outside lands next weekend. there's a look at the tam camp. we have fog over the city and the east bay. sun and clouds. it's breezy. temperatures below average. we will say in the 60's and 70's away from the coast. >> the new warnings from law enforcement overnight because of numerous mountain lion sightings. >> burglars break into a new high school that's weeks away from opening up. how the staff is dealing with the setback as they get ready for school. >> passengers forced to exit the p

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andrew dymburt joined alongside by morgan norwood. many people waking up this monday morning hoping for updates and see what's happening in the pacific. those devastating wildfires hours. and that's where we're going to begin with harrowing new stories of survival as the death toll on maui climbs to at least 93. >> 19 year old noah tompkins captured this dramatic video after escaping the deadliest wildfire in modern us history with his family and wading in the water for nearly five hours, officials are now urging residents to submit dna samples to help identify the remains of their loved ones. >> abc's melissa adan has more. >> parts of maui left charred by the catastrophic fires that began on tuesday. >> the historic city of lahaina reduced to a pile of ash and rubble. >> it's been so hot. we're very hard. >> so far, only a small portion of destroyed structures have been searched for human remains . >> and so we're going as fast as we can. but just so you know, 3, that's what's been searched with the dogs, 3. >> l.a county has sent 1

i'm andrew dymburt. tonight, a closer look at the controversy involving the sport of the summer., and it's become big business with a-list investors and televised tournaments. for all the love is sport is getting, there are critics eager to silence the popularity. why? just listen. >> you can make a living playing pickleball. it's a dream. >> reporter: for thomas wilson, pickleball is more than the sport of the summer. >> i'm planning on playing pickleball as best as i can for as long as i can, for the rest of my life. >> reporter: he is one of the top professional pickleballers in the country. >> so thomas wilson is right now sitting at the back of the court. >> reporter: competing in san clemente, a new hot spot for the professional pickleball world where pros battle for $5 million in prize money. >> the opportunity just feels endless. >> reporter: pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the country with almost 10 million players. and the demand for courts has doubled to nearly 11,000 over the past five years. >> during covid i think was really when people picked it up. some

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning. i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon.begin with the stage now set for former president trump's fourth arrest. trump now has nine days to surrender to officials in georgia on a sweeping racket, fearing indictment. and the sheriff says he plans for the former president to have his mugshot taken. like any other defender. >> trump is still claiming he has proof of election fraud as he and 18 others are accused of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. abc's lionel moise starts us off this morning. >> the sheriff's office in fulton county, georgia, announcing former president donald trump and 18 alleged cocaine operators are expected to turn themselves in by the district attorney's deadline friday, august 25th. the sheriff's office says it's expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the rice street jail. the racketeering indictment accuses trump of applying pressure on officials for weeks to overturn election results, including 11 phone calls. one to georgia secretary of

andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> all right. we're starting off with a look of live doppler seven, the satellite radar image noticed that lightning strike. we could see some thunderstorms. right now it is off the coast. there's a chance of light showers and some thunder and lightning in the bay area. but it's a slight chance, of course , as post-tropical hillary moves through nevada. there are still flood watches in effect from southern california all the way up through oregon. and idaho. and the darker green are the areas where there's still a flood warning right now for us, what it's going to do is bring us humid conditions this afternoon. right now, dew points are in the 50s and low 60s. and so it's going to be muggy to humid today. once again. temperatures right now are very mild. in fact, it is 75 degrees right now in brentwood. even in san francisco, in the coast, half moon bay, low 60s right now. temperatures really climbed up yesterday and compared to 24 hours ago, we are still a bit warmer. but this afternoon, things wi

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. morgan norwood in for rhiannon and we begin with the remnants of hurricane idalia triggering historic flooding in parts of the carolinas overnight. >> at least three deaths are blamed on the storm, two in florida and one in georgia. the scope of the destruction, ian now coming into focus as we see new video of the flooding and the homes reduced to ruin. the lives upended. we have images all the way from the gulf coast to charleston this morning. abc's m wynne begins our coverage. she's in saint petersburg. good morning. m good morning, andrew. >> yeah. dalia continues to move up the east coast. it had drawn strength from the warm waters of the gulf of mexico to unleash torrential downpours and damaging winds as overnight idalia hammering south carolina and georgia after wreaking havoc on the big bend of florida. storm surge inundating charleston. the waters breaching the seawall and flooding the city's historic downtown on market street, under water. the tide level at charleston harbo

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good to be with you. i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon. we begin with new information about the racially motivated shooting in florida. police say a white gunman killed three black people at a dollar store in jacksonville. >> community leaders gathered last night to remember the victims, including a 19 year old store employee along with a young father of a four year old girl. the fbi calling this a hate crime. >> as we learn more about the alleged shooter's past this morning, we're learning more about the white man accused of gunning down three black people at a dollar general store in jacksonville, leaving a community stunned they didn't deserve this. >> we cannot have someone come from another county. yeah, and shoot up this community. we it ain't no black on black crime. it's a hate crime. >> investigators say these videos show 21 year old ryan christopher palmetto shooting one victim in a car outside the store, then going inside and murdering two more people before turning the gun on himself. minutes earlier, police say this video show

i'm andrew dymburt. >> and i'm morgan norwood in for ryan. we begin with that death and destruction in maui. that wildfire now the deadliest in modern us history. >> at least 93 people were killed and the recovery effort is far from over. just getting started as desperate families scramble to find their loved ones, they're being urged to submit dna to help identify remains. this morning, the number of lives lost in what's now the nation's deadliest fire is likely to rise. officials have confirmed at least 93 people were killed in the maui fires with only a small portion of the structures in lahaina searched by cadaver dogs so far. >> we're going as fast as we can, but just so you know, 3, that's what's been searched with the dogs, 3% l.a county sending a dozen of their cadaver dogs to search through what's left of the hundreds of buildings burnt to the ground. >> hundreds of people are still missing. search and rescue teams are going door to door looking for survivors. search and rescue continues. >> they're spray painting x's on each buildin

abc news reporter andrew dymburt has the latest.michelle, all over car. >> the community coming together sunday to remember the victims of saturday's deadly shooting rampage at a dollar general store in jacksonville, florida. >> persons who simply said i'm going to the store and i'll be right back. never left the store alive. >> authorities say the victims were killed because they were black. >> i want to begin by honoring the three precious lives that were lost yesterday. angela michelle carr, 52 years old. a note joseph or aj legare junior, 19 years old, and gerald deshawn gallion, 29 years old. >> police identified the gunman as 21 year old ryan christopher palmateer. investigators say before the shooting, he was spotted at a historically black university be a security guard at edward's waters university, engaging with him and forcing him to leave. surveillance video outside the dollar general captured the alleged shooter as he raised his weapon, firing 11 rounds, killing the first victim. he then walked inside wearing a tactical

i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we begin with extreme weather impacting the morning commute for millions. >> storms are taking aim at much of the east coast. severe thunderstorms are expected today including from washington, d.c. to new york. >> the storms have already caused problems, especially at a sold out concert near washington last night. frightened moments at the beyonce concert at fedex field in maryland last night. we also tens of thousands of fans packing inside the stadium after a shelter in place was issued due to lightning in the area. a danger outside, but inside, intense crowding with temperatures in the 80s. people reportedly passing out several needing treatment for heat exhaustion. at least one person was taken to the hospital. >> all these people started passing out and we just kind of looked at each other and we're like, you know, it's not safe. don't feel good about being here this morning. >> dangerous weather is expected along nearly the entire east coast with severe thunderstorms from the de

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm morgan norwood in for ryan. we begin with a countdown to the first republican primary debate in the 2024 race for president. >> eight candidates will be on the stage for tonight's debate. donald trump will not be one of them. so the big question is, can any of the candidates muster a breakout moment big enough tonight to take the spotlight away from trump, whose legal challenges are now taking center stage? this week, abc's lionel moyers kicks off our coverage this morning. >> the stage is set for the first republican presidential debate. florida governor ron desantis and businessman vivek ramaswamy will take the podiums in center stage. but the front runner, former president trump, will not be there. >> i've made no secret of the fact that i want him on that debate stage, but i'm thrilled that we've got eight great candidates that are going to be on that. that stage. >> at least one candidate is already seizing on trump's absence. >> if he's not tough enough and honest enough and smart enough, stand on the same

i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we'll get to that wildfire in texas in just a moment. but we begin with the results coming in after a special election in ohio. the election is being closely watched across the country because it's directly linked to the battle over abortion access. >> and this morning, abortion rights supporters are celebrating the results of the so-called issue one referendum. abc's justin finch is here now with those details. justin, good morning. >> good morning, andrew. an ohio judge has put the state's six week abortion ban on hold already. the issue, one defeat, now marking a critical setback for conservatives seeking tougher abortion restrictions in that state. this morning, issue one failing in ohio. the republican supported ballot question would have called for a 60% supermajority to make changes to the state's constitution instead of a simple majority. with nearly all ballots counted, close to 60% of voters reject putting that measure. ohio republicans putting issue one to the people just b

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good thursday morning. a morgan norwood in for rhiannon. and we begin with two major midair mishaps that left passengers frightened. >> flames shot out of a plane's engine as it left houston, forcing an emergency landing. and horrifying witnesses on the ground. >> and during a flight from miami to santiago. a pilot suffered a medical emergency with tragic results. abc's lionel moise has details this morning. >> two midair scares of seven. there was indications of an injured fire. but first, flames shooting out from the engine of a southwest airlines jet headed to cancun from houston. the plane had to turn around and make an emergency landing. >> i say ceo sam, do you still have one engine shutdown? is that correct? >> southwest says the plane experienced a mechanical issue shortly after takeoff. >> in this particular case is what we call a compressor stall. most likely. and even though it's not dangerous, it's certainly as frightening. >> and in miami, tense moments as a pilot suffered a medical emergency in the middle of a latam airlines f

. >> i'm rhiannon ally and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with the new criminal indictment of former president trump on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. >> he's accused of spreading lies about the election and launching a criminal scheme to stay in power. trump has now been indicted in three cases, including the classified documents case and the one involving hush money to stormy daniels. >> but this case could be the most serious and the most consequential. this morning, a lawyer for former president trump says the new indictment against his client, the third. so far, will be the hardest to prosecute, arguing trump is protected under the first amendment. >> this is unprecedented, and it affects not just donald trump. it affects every american who now realizes that the first amendment is under assault. >> trump's lawyer also expressing doubt that the special counsel will be able to prove trump did not believe his own election fraud claims when he allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election results. we now have

i'm andrew dymburt. >> and i'm morgan norwood, in for rihanna. we begin with the latest indictment of former president donald trump. >> prosecutors in georgia laid out 41 felony counts against trump and 18 others, alleging a sweeping criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. >> rudy giuliani and former chief white house chief of staff mark meadows are among the co-defendants accused of scheming to help trump illegally cling to power. let's get right to abc's em win who joins us live from atlanta, where the grand jury worked well into the night before handing up the charges. >> good morning, m. >> good morning, andrew. yeah, the fulton county district attorney says warrants have now been issued for all defendants in this indictment, including trump to be taken into custody overnight in georgia. donald trump hit with the fourth set of criminal charges implicated the former president as the head of a sweeping conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. trump and 18 others, including lawyers rudy giuliani and john eastman,

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning. morgan norwood in for rhiannon and we begin with the record rainfall wreaking havoc in parts of the southwest. some areas getting a year's worth of rain in 24 hours. >> floods and mudslides trapped people in homes and cars in southern california. and now we're tracking a new storm threat, this one on the gulf coast where texas is bracing for tropical storm harold. those details in a moment. but we begin with our coverage in the west this morning. people across southern california and nevada drying out and digging out after a rare tropical storm dumped record amounts of rain, creating this muddy mess. small creeks transformed into raging rivers carrying tree trunks and boulders spilling onto a road in san bernardino county. some areas getting more than a foot of rain. in nearby oak glen, the only bridge out of town is now buried in feet of mud. >> yeah, that's going to be a lot of work to get out to get the bridge down again. and they'll probably have to bring a backhoe in or something

i'm andrew dymburt. >> happy tuesday. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with a suspected mass shooting plot thwarted in tennessee. >> we're learning more about the armed suspect. police say he tried to enter a jewish school, but could not get inside. this morning, police in tennessee say the man in this picture was stopped from carrying out what they call a potential mass shooting. >> today is a great example of very alert, vigilant officers trying to protect the city. i personally, truly believe that we have avoided a tragedy. >> the image showing a man in a blue shirt holding a gun was taken at the margolin hebrew academy. the only orthodox jewish school in memphis. police say he tried to gain access to the building, but the school's security measures prevented him from getting inside. >> he did try to enter the building armed with a gun. when he could not gain entry, he fired shots outside the school. >> no one was injured when the suspect opened fire. outside the building, police spotted the suspect in his vehicle a short time later,

i'm andrew dymburt and i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon. >> a lot to get to this morning. we begin with hurricane warnings issued for parts of florida's west coast. bracing for idalia. >> the storm is expected to grow into a category three hurricane. winds could top 115mph with life threatening storm surge and possible tornadoes, up to a foot of rain could fall in isolated areas. >> and last night, the national hurricane center moved the track slightly west, raising concern for tallahassee. this morning, idalia is intensifying as it barrels towards florida's west coast, set to become a major hurricane with mandatory evacuations ordered along the coast and at least eight counties still at eckerd college in saint petersburg told to evacuate and to prepare their dorms for flooding. from 6 to 9in of rain. >> we had a dorm meeting and they said everybody out by 5:00 today. so it was scrambling to just get everything off the floor. >> the storm already battering cuba with flooding rains and winds up to 70mph. families waiting through knee high water and now florida's so-called b

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm morgan norwood, in for rhiannon. a busy morning. we begin with hurricane idalia. growing stronger overnight. it could hit the florida gulf coast as a category four storm. >> winds could top 130mph. it's expected to make landfall north of cedar key this morning. the warm waters of the gulf are serving as a sort of jet fuel for this hurricane with water temperatures in the 90s. >> and here's a track we're expecting georgia and the carolinas have also declared emergencies. but the big question right now is the storm surge in florida. >> officials warn it will not be survivable in some areas. the storm surge could reach 16ft in the big bend region. and let's take a close look at cedar key. heavy rain and wind already being seen on this webcam. >> now tossing it around. and further south, this is the flooding overnight in gulfport, florida. that's near saint petersburg. we also want to give you a view from saint pete beach as that storm continues to approach. >> abc's em nguyen begins our coverage. she's in tampa. and let's get right to

i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. >> we begin with a catastrophic fire that's turned much of maui into a wasteland of ash and rubble. the death toll stands at at least 55 and likely to rise with as many as 1000 people still missing. >> scenes like this have been playing out on block after block since tuesday, creating the state's worst natural disaster in 63 years. over night, the death toll from the wildfires on maui skyrocketing. >> what we've seen today has been catastrophic. >> there is tragedy on the roadside. there's tragedy in the homes in lahaina. >> first responders confirm more than 50 people have been killed in the fires, making it the state's deadliest natural disaster since the 1960s. tsunami officials say they still do not have an estimate for the number of people missing. >> we don't know how many people we have dead. when this is all said and done, we just don't know. it's 53. it is rising. i do not know what the final number is going to be and it's going to be horrible and tragic when we get that number. >> more than 1000 structures were destro

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you, maria and ali.begin with new security measures overnight as former president trump faces a new arraignment today. >> he'll head from his golf resort in new jersey to washington this afternoon to answer to felony charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. >> overnight is former attorney general bill barr spoke out about the case and the argument being made by trump's attorney. >> abc's em nguyen is outside the federal courthouse in washington with the very latest. and good morning. good morning, andrew. >> security is tight here at the courthouse, especially after that security scare at the capitol just blocks from here. overnight, police officers putting up metal barriers around the federal courthouse in washington. hours ahead of former president trump's arraignment where trump will face charges in connection with his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the heightened security also on display on capitol hill yesterday. which way you guys? out this way. >> n

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good friday morning.organ norwood in for rhiannon and we begin with the rare phenomenon a hurricane churning in the pacific near mexico. and it's now taking aim at the southwest. >> the storm's winds are blowing at about 120mph, and forecasters say it could unload a year's worth of rain in less than two days, stretching from southern california into arizona this morning. california in the crosshairs as hurricane hillary strengthens off the mexican coast. and heads north. >> right now, it's a hurricane, although it's projected to when it hits us to be a tropical storm community stretching from san diego to nevada, even western arizona are bracing for whipping winds. >> torrential rain and flash floods. abc's rob marciano explaining the potential impact across some of the desert areas. >> we could see a year's worth of rain in places like palm spring or las vegas. some of those mountain areas in just a couple of days. >> the storm is expected to make landfall in mexico on sunday and weaken as it approaches

i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we begin with the fire disaster unfolding on maui. >> hawaiian authorities just confirmed at least 36 people have died and more than 270 homes and buildings are damaged or destroyed. this is a new aerial view of the destruction. some people were forced to jump into the ocean to escape the military's deploying more resources to help with the search and rescue effort. >> the flames tore through the historic community of lahaina, home to buildings that date back to the 1700s. the heavy winds that fueled the massive fires are expected to calm down today. >> we're now hearing terrifying new accounts from people who fled the flames with just minutes to spare. they say they had little warning and lost everything except their lives. abc's lionel moise begins our coverage this morning. >> a state of emergency as deadly wildfires spread across maui. the massive fires with thick smoke and flames. thousands trying to evacuate this apocalyptic scene. firefighter on duty around the clock, but dry c

i'm andrew dymburt.d morning. >> i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon and we begin with the weather emergency unfolding in parts of the southwest. a rare and powerful storm triggering life threatening floods overnight. >> tropical storm hillary slammed southern california. it's the first tropical storm to hit that region since 1997. some places are expected to get a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours. >> at least one person reported missing overnight as some people in the mountains shelter in place this morning. dramatic new video showing a massive mudflow in the san bernardino mountains . firefighters running to safety as the boulder filled mudslide barreled toward their station, taking out trees and anything in its path. it will be. reports say those firefighters were not injured, but mudslides appear to be cutting off. mountain community in the area. >> some locals cutting off station 99 from the lower portions of forest falls. you have 5 to 700 people, approximately, residents that are having to