we want to ask ginger what the forecast is outside here. ginger? >> what's the forecast?right here. >> let's get this party started. >> oh. >> go. >> is everybody -- >> are we ready to go? >> one, two, three. >> go ahead. >> here we go. >> oh, yeah. >> aaagh! it's so cold. >> oh! >> oh! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> don't go away. don't go away. >> "gma's" "deals & steals" back-to-school series is brought to you by bank of america. use your bankamericard cash rewards credit card to earn cash back. >>> good morning. i'm eric thomas. 49er officials are ready for the team's first game at levi's stadium this sunday and hope a beefed-up traffic plan is ready as well. there were huge delays getting in and out of the stadium. with a much bigger crowd expected on sunday, more key road will be open and more parking lots available. >>> let's get an update on the morning commute with leyla. >> did someone say traffic? let's look at this. not too much here certainly, looking at that crowd really thinning out at the bay bridge so, not too bad. we have a car fi

we want to ask ginger what the forecast is outside here. ginger? >> what's the forecast?torm in the forecast. >> ice storm. >> it is right here. >> let's get this party started. >> oh. >> go. >> is everybody -- >> are we ready to go? >> one, two, three. >> go ahead. >> here we go. >> oh, yeah. >> aaagh! it's so cold. >> oh! >> oh! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> don't go away. don't go away. >> "gma's" "deals & steals" back-to-school series is brought to you by bank of america. use your bankamericard cash rewards credit card to earn cash back. >> it is game day for south philadelphia's taney dragons, you can join in on the excitement by attending the pep rally and viewing party at city hall. the dragons take the field at 3:00 p.m. you can watch the game on espn. 8:27 on this friday, let's turn to matt pellman for a look at traffic. >> reporter: we're happy to be excited about that, but not too excited about the traffic. it's a bit busy on 422 on eastbound side. there's couple of accidents west goshy greeneville road and another at mount pleasant roa

time now for the weather and ginger in a fully clothed central park, right, ginger. >> yes, i believei think everybody is absolutely clothed and we are ready for magic! that'ses who is coming. people are decked out. why you got to be so rude. it's your birthday. what's your maim. >> i'm phoebe. >> i'm alexa. >> turn around, girls. we like the hashtag. magic on "gma." let's get to the weather forecast. we do have a couple of things to tell you about including the mudslides that were happening. remember, parts of the cascades out in washington state also just east of there had that -- the wildfires and then take a look right here where you can see the mudslides that happened just overnight. an inch of rain and look at the pacific northwest. still stormy throughout the mountain, as well. great falls today only 62 right morning, there might be a sprinkle this morning off to the west but a better chance for scattered showers later this afternoon, warm and muggy and near 90 degrees and >> we are going to get this party started. go ahead, girls. toss it up. all right. we can't wait for you t

ginger, what's the latest?ore than 700 miles from puerto rico but this thing is cooking at 20 miles per hour. and it will get to puerto rico which has a tropical storm warning by tomorrow afternoon. you could see more than 6 inches of rain with this. you could see winds up to 50 miles per hour. it skirts by the dominican republic and then it curves away from the mainland. we should not see an impact in mainland u.s. there is another big story this morning. look at these pictures out of houston. just north of houston, we had more than 6 inches of rainfall, so some flash flooding issues early this morning. now, they're starting to recover but that rain will be headed east, and so, if you are in lake charles, louisiana, shreveport, louisiana, both in the bull's-eye today into tomorrow, 4 to 5 inches and a bit more going back into the southwest. it is not just here but in the east coast where we've got big rain for the weekend. i'll be detailing that coming up in our nation's weather. >> soggy weekend coming up. >>

ginger. >> and a very loud central park, lara.night with you on "world news" as we always do. but i wanted to say good morning to karina and mariana. what is your favorite song, mariana? >> "beat this summer ft. >> they made 3d signs. the forecast, there have been huge waves out in the pacific ocean. we have this picture. look at that surfer just up ahead the surfboard. a perfect capture. the waves are subsiding but still have higher swells and high surf advisory through the end of the day. thank you. so five to ten-foot waves there and a look at what's going to happen. northeast, beautiful start to the day mid-60s in new york city and sunshine going into the weekend. . hi, everyone, david murphy on the terrace, thanks, ginger, nice morning, cool and comfortable, low humidity. temperature in the low 60s and upper 50s in some neighborhoods. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a beautiful afternoon, similar to yesterday, a fair amount of sunshine. 81 is the high, low humidity not as breezy as yesterday. a little more

>> candied ginger puree... >> no, i like ginger. >> with a ginger dice. >> i can launch this chocolatek sesame honestly, no bull[bleep], before the end of the year. >> cheers. >> good ice cream, cheers. >> keyport creamery is well on its way to becoming a household name. michael has been working really hard to push the mochi and the new solo product line. >> $1. >> the response has been fantastic. we're looking into retail space in new york city. you're a block away from times square, and the traffic up and down here is tremendous. mr. green tea continues to grow its restaurant clientele. >> i have our new coconut gelato. >> both: mmm. >> the equipment is on its way over from italy, and once it's installed, we'll have one of the most state-of-the-art ice cream manufacturers on the entire east coast. the building will be able to produce 1,600 gallons of ice cream a day. it'll have over 18,000 square feet of cubic freezer space to store all the product. the mayor of keyport has given us the city's stamp of approval to build out the warehouse. >> all right! >> yeah. >> whoo-hoo! >> it's g

ginger, thank you. >>> now to st. louis missouri and to that police shooting of an unarmed teenager, a protest planned this evening. tensions running so high, police in riot gear, a man with his hands up. even the president tonight urging calm. now the police chief and his decision. will he reveal the name. officer? abc's steve osunsami is there. >> when i close my eyes, i think about him, and i smile. i wake up, and i'm sad. >> reporter: we sat down with the grieving parents who now find now themselves at the center of this storm. they're asking authorities to tell them the name of the officer who killed michael brown, their 18-year-old son. >> just because he sees four a tonight. does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene. available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel, biotene can provide soothing relief, and it helps keep your mouth healthy, too. remember, while your medication is doing yo

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ginger is taking on sharkageddon.d cannot wait to hear, ginger, why you decided to do that. >> much more. >> again. >> we'll have to wait for that. >>> right now amy is here with the top developing stories again. >> good morning, robin. good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news that ginger has been tracking for us. extreme flooding in the new york city area stranding more than 100 cars under water long island and parts of new jersey, more than a food of rain falling overnight. that's a summer's worth of rain turn the commute into a nightmare. air yards of baltimore are getting ten minutes of rain. the flooding is not limited to the northeast. a man got trapped on top of his car. watch, he had to jump on the fire track to escape the floodwaters fortunately we have word he's doing okay this morning. >>> more u.s. troops have arrived in iraq this morning. the 130 military advisers are working to help rescue thousands of religious minorities who are stranded by islamic militants. just this morning, france also a

meateorologist ginger zee, no cage, why did she do it? >>> and the bucket list, why the patriots cheerleaders, movie stars, at the end of the clan there, ethel, too, all getting drenched tonight. >>> good evening, in for diane. it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. we begin with that fbi investigation now being launched after an unarmed teenager was shot in a st. louis street. so many questions about how it happened and what led up to that moment. overnight we saw the images, anger spiraling into violence, some smashing windows and breaking into stores. so many people taking off with what they could grab inside. that tension in clear view tonight, this image from st. louis late today, protestors face-to-face with police in riot gear. abc steve osunsami on the 18-year-old who was supposed to begin college today, what he was accused of and the mayor tonight who says if the officer did something wrong, he wants accountability. >> reporter: look closely, this was the peaceful protest another the ferguson, missouri police depa

we thought we would send ginger to go swimming with the sharks. this is incredible. in the commercials. would you ever? >> no. >> ever. >> i would do it again. >> ginger lived to tell the story, i may go no right after her. >> see what happens. >>> but right now with amy with the top stories. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with the violence erupting near st. louis after the police shooting of an unarmed teenager. protesters looting stores and setting fire to a gas station. officers in riot gear arresting at least 32 people. following a vigil for 18-year-old michael brown. he was shot after an officer was assaulted. but one witness says he had his arms up when he was shot. >>> and islamic militants seized another key town in the northeast, u.s. air strikes took them out of two other towns. al maliki is refusing to step down saying they violated the constitution. >>> and investigators are reconstructing the crash that killed kevin ward jr. while he was trying to confront tony stewart. police are analyzing videos and pictures from people in the crowd. there is no

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ginger zee snagged a few sneakers. >> you get back here, ginger. >> which ones do you like? go with these. >> all right. we've made our decision. happy 50th, i assume. we got to check the forecast so let's go ahead and get into chicago. chicago's north of all that heavy rain that we've been talking about, that low pressure system, the stationary front bringing pretty big rains to the tennessee valley area and some places yesterday had 2 to 3 inches, pretty quickly so that's going to hurt all the way into the end of the week, start of the weekend, even the carolinas, virginia getting in a little bit of that bull's-eye action.. >> reporter: thanks, giving, david murphy on the terrace. lots of sunshine, low humidity and a light, refreshing breeze. 689 degrees in philadelphia. the high is 84. more of the same, friday, saturday, sunday. [ cheers and applause ] >> that weather report brought to you by mcdonald's. i'll go ahead and just pick out a few little other ditties. i like these. >> you do some grand chevrolet, ginger. i'm inside with the guest i'm excited about. i'm not sur

meteorologist ginger zee with what to expect. first gio benitez leads our coverage on long island, where a massive sink hole opened, part of the mess from the storm. gio. >> reporter: good evening to you. this is not what you expect to see at your local strip mall. a sink hole opening up after extreme flooding here, so many people across this nation feeling mother nature's fury. flash flood chaos across the northeast. watch in rhode island firefighters had to rescue this driver, after water inundated his car. in new york, a state of emergency, 13 inches of rain, in just hours. setting a new record for the entire state. so stormy, the weather caused a tractor trailer to hit and kill a driver. here on long island, the flood waters so intense, that cars were actually floating, take a look at this one here. the water picked this car up, and then slammed it against that railing. the house behind that railing, flooded, too. cars in the cul-de-sac. a total loss. >> my house is like on long island right now. i have water around the house

and let's check in with ginger zee who snagged a few sneakers, it looks like. >> you get back here, gingerce? >> go with these. >> all right. all right. well, we've made our decision. happy 50th, i assume. so we've got to check the forecast and let's go ahead and get right into chicago. so chicago's north of all that heavy rain that we've been talking about, that low pressure system, the stationary front bringing pretty big rains to the tennessee valley area and parts of the midwest still. some places yesterday had 2 to 3 inches pretty quickly so that's going to hurt all the way into the end of the week, start of >>> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. our summer pattern is back, morning clouds and afternoon sunshine from mid-60's at the cost and mid-90's east bay. cooler the next couple of days s [ cheers and applause ] >> that weather report brought to you by mcdonald's. i'm going to go ahead and just pick out a few little other ditties. dan, i like these. >> all right. well, you do some grand theft, ginger. manufacture i'm inside with the guest i'm excited about. i'm not sure t

new york city >> thanks, ginger, david murphy here on the terrace.le with temperatures around 70 in philadelphia. your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a warm high of 87 today. lots of sunshine and maybe a little bit more humid as the afternoon goes on. tomorrow hot and definitely more humid a-high of 91. a lot of sunshine but at night there could be a spotty shower or a thunderstorm. it looks like that system is gone in a hurry. thursday and friday are nice and then more humid and a bit unsettled as we head into the holiday weekend. >> i love this. she was saying it's okay to show me. your friend is saying aren't you supposed to be at work. >> i'm good. >> let's head in. >> okay, thank you, ginger. >>> we'll kick off the "heat index" with a study that will have people screaming at the tv screens from furman university making a lot of waves right now and reveals dads who ask to work from home two days a week are viewed more favorably than moms who make the same exact request. study shows nearly 70% of participants said they'd be likely or very likel

ginger fracing ajinginger track.y weekend for you, ginger. >> yeah, this only happens about once per decade for a lot of these folks in southern california, that's why you got the people watching and look at this video. what happens when you're watching. and it crashes right over the edge. yes, some of the waves reportedly up to 20 feet high, of course, surfers taking advantage but lifeguards having to pull several people out of the water and now we're looking for that storm that has been causing -- you can see that surfer just clicking off the top there. watch this. that storm that has been calling all of the large swells, marie, now a tropical storm. it is still weakening but as we get closer to land we still have a high surf advisory for some waves reaching 10 to still 15 feet so the threat not over. on the east coast you know we've been talking about this and already have seen two deaths due to rip currents. even though you want to enjoy the holiday weekend early here's the timing for you. as that storm pulls awa

ginger, thanks.to amy robach with rising tensions in ukraine this morning. >> that's right. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin with the breaking news from the crisis in ukraine. that country accusing russia of launching a full-scale invasion. this morning nato is saying these satellite images show more than 1,000 russian troops operating inside ukraine. moscow has denied sending troops. at this hour heavy fighting continues near a strategic port city. president obama thursday directly blamed russia for the violence hinting the u.s. may impose more economic penalties on moscow but ruling out u.s. military action. >>> a chaotic scene on a highway just north of the washington state border after a tour bus carrying nearly 60 people crashed. most of the people onboard were injured. at least five of them critically. police say the bus hit a median and then flipped over. >>> well, malaysia airlines which has suffered two recent air disasters has just announced massive cutbacks saying this morning it will

back to the studio. >> our thanks to ginger in the park. new findings about weight and the way we see ourselves. a new study reveals 25% of kids and parents underestimate their weight and the results can have costly consequences. abc's paula faris has the story. >> reporter: call it the augustus effect. >> you can find a ticket. >> reporter: parents seemingly unconcerned and in some cases oblivious to obesity in their own children. in fact, a brand-new study shows 25% of parents underestimate the weight of their children while 27% of children and teens underestimate their own weight. and experts say that's a big problem. >> parents often feel that kids will outgrow their overweight and i always tell them, not likely to happen so we need to make some changes and doing it earlier is much better and much easier than waiting for something to happen later. >> reporter: the study cites some startling statistics. obesity in american children has doubled over the last 30 years and tripled in add less sends and as of 2010, nearly 1/ of children and

we'll check with ginger. >>> file this under only in new york. this video going viral. on the a train as it's called getting quite a surprise. ♪ >> that is the cast of "the lion king" on broadway serenading the subway riders, surprising them a few weeks back. that video is taking off tonight. >>> there's a battle this evening over this monkey face that went viral. who owns it. so cute, the monkey snapped the selfie himself. but the human who owns the camera says it's mine. tonight that human photographer from england claims he owned the copyright. wikipedia says it's the monkey's and since monkeys can't hold copyrights, the selfie belongs to the public domain. stay tuned. all i can say is it's a cute shot. >>> when we come back here, what do you think, look at this video of a bear walking through a neighborhood here in america. looks a lot like someone in a bear suit. is it the real deal? ron claiborne on the case, what he discovered in a moment. like someone in a bear suit. ron claiborne on the case, what he discovered in a moment. your eyes. even 10 miles away. they c

>> yeah. >> ginger, thanks. we'll see you tomorrow night. >>> now to the health scare that left hundreds of thousands of people without water for days in parts of two states, their water contaminated by green sludge. tonight they're drinking the water again but it comes as experts tell us they're not the only communities dealing with this. up to 40 states rife for outbreaks. what is this? abc's linzie janis right there tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the people of toledo turned on their taps and drank the water for the first time in more than 50 hours. >> taste good? >> it does taste good. >> reporter: washing dishes, even brushing their teeth without having to worry about getting sick. >> my appreciation of water has jumped tenfold. i never realized how much water that i use during the day. >> reporter: a state of emergency in place since saturday when 400,000 residents were ordered not to drink the water. >> our water is safe. >> reporter: the mayor now trying to ease fears. today we headed out to see the chief

a check of weather with ginger. >> a healthy dose of cute.>> bertha. >> bertha which was a hurricane and now tropical storm and still offshore. i wanted to show you this because you may even see some rip currents anywhere from virginia beach even long island eventually from it but not going to affect us much at all all going off to the north and east and quickly show you too the southeast, so many issues with that record rainfall yesterday in naples. today, you'll still have storms but hopefully n >> thanks, ginger, david murphy on the terrace under sun. it's warm and muggy temperatures in the low 70's across much of the region now. your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a high of 89 this afternoon. very warm. humidity dropping off a bit as day goes on. nonetheless there is chance of a spotty late day or evening thunderstorm. probably in just a couple of different neighborhoods. clouds and sun tomorrow, better chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, a high of 84. and then thursday through sunday, all look nice. >> so you always

let's get inside to you guys. >> i love that idea, ginger. that's great.ng folks in different ways. >>> first up on our "heat index," so many children going back to school right now as you know. this morning, we're getting a look at just what that experience is like through the eyes of a first grader. oh, this is adorable. abc's rebecca jarvis has the story. >> reporter: pop quiz, what's really going on behind those closed doors on the first day of school? take a look at this. it's the world through the eyes of 6-year-old andrew weber. >> we wanted to see what it was like to be a kid, a first grader at mcfarlane park on the first day of school. >> reporter: so his parents had him wear a gopro to his tampa, florida, school on day one. watch here as andrew walks down the hall to his classroom and here's andrew going in for a hug from his nice new teacher. >> want a hug? >> it's a little scary for the little guy. >> i was impressed with what the perspective was of a 3 foot something child, how big everything was. the furniture, how big adults were, how big so

first though ginger outside, weather. let's go. >> oh, let's do that.w shoes there and then this is a shark tooth and alison annie. i've got my nails. you see those, thanks, valley nail, and look at these guys. just loving shark week but want to talk the forecast. it's a little cool out this morning. isn't it? feeling a little more like september. look at the next couple of mornings throughout the mid-atlantic and northeast. philadelphia even dropping in the 50s as you wake up and go into the weekend. >> a beautiful morning here. right back to you guys inside. >> all right, ginger. what a crowd out there. this morning can't wait to get out. first up on the "heat index" this morning we've been showing you john legend's video for "all of me," and it's a good example of what it means to be a power couple in the age of technology ♪ all of me loves all of you ♪ love your -- >>> we're talking about social media. popular article in "the new york times" highlighting famous duos who boost each other's popularity through their own network of followers on platform

ginger was like -- >> not yet. here. >> i've been eyeing this food truck all morning long. i cannot wait. >> but first the news. >> indeed, good morning, robin. good morning, everyone. we begin with the violent protests in suburban st. louis. tensions are so high there, the first day of school has actually been pushed back to monday. chaos erupted for the fourth consecutive night. demonstrators facing tear gas and for some people but the american heart association disputes that and still recommends 1500 milligrams per day. >>> and finally, in these dog days of august, here's proof that your kids aren't the only ones who love cooling off in the sprinkler. take a look at this guy. that's a moose in utah stopping by to get some relief. forget about that lake you see in the background. he's a sprinkler guy, lays down next to the sprinkler sen picks it up in his mouth drinking right from the tap. who is going to stop him. >> really cute. he's thirsty tired and a little hot. >> oh, my gosh. >> cool off. >> thanks, amy. a

of course, ginger has been track all this, as well. >> wanted to show you how much has already fallen first. you can see that bull's-eye just south of baltimore then the latest, 6 to 8 inches. as we mentioned earlier more than 10 inches reported in islip, long island. the radar showing it training over central and eastern long island. it's going to be coastal throughout the day and this is how it's going to time out. places like boston will get it late morning early afternoon. then by tonight much of maine soaked so that's a look at the forecast part of this but i wanted to show you new video coming in overnight. check this out. a security camera seeing in western nebraska that flash flooding rushing through a medical center. the numbers out there were 4 to 6 inches but a sewer backed up and as that's the thing, when you have an urban area, it can't handle it. looking toward the future this is what we'll deal with in pars of the northeast and new england yet to come today. >> thank you. >>> we'll turn to the latest on the passing of actor and comedian robin williams and we loved all o

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ginger zee is tracking it all. >>> speaking out. the family of american journalist james foley raising new questions. did america do enough to save him? >>> falling off the ferris wheel? two children plummet 15 feet. what eyewitnesses say they saw as the children hurtled to the ground. >>> and the secrets of life from the people who showed us how to dance, smile, and sing. ♪ come on with the rain i've a smile on my face ♪ >>> and a good evening to you on this friday night. as we head into the weekend, millions of commuters on the road facing a wet and wild ride. postcards from the midwest. cars stalled. one man had to use a kayak. firefighters, battling a blaze while in the water. and in washington state, a mudslide. ginger zee is tracking it all for us. >> reporter: floodwaters, more are cutting firefighters off, more than ten inch was rain swallowing a swath of the hoosier state. the same front forcing rescues in chicago. officers pulling this man from his submerged car. almost four inches in an hour. closing interstates and schoo

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ginger? >> you see pictures like in from south carolina, northern alabama, where the front yards are just turned into ponds. and you say -- that's still going to happen? yes, in both north carolina, south carolina, but also that bull's-eye in florida. this goes through wednesday. that's why we wanted to include the northeast, too. check that out -- in parts of central pennsylvania, 3 plus inches, and flood potential. and our other big headline, heat in the northwest. close to records. your local forecast coming up in 30 seconds. first the select cities brought to you by walmart. >>> i am meteorologist mike nicco with the microclimate forecast. temperatures are a little below east bay, and stray thunderstorm possible tonight and a watching trend headed through the weekend. today we go great the mid-to-upper 60's loan the coast and 70's an the bay and 80's inland. here is the seven-day forecast, in the mid-50's to low 60's with cloud cover and get used to the morning clouds because they >> i do

ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> nerves of steel, that ginger.what's making news in america this morning. >>> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great tuesday. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> we are following breaking news on this tuesday, august 12th. it was a violent night in atlantic city with four people getting shot in two separate shootings in span of just a few hours. we'll have the details. >> sneaky bandits are on a rollly in burlington county and they've got a high out for high priced items inside families homes. >> the unexpected loss of one of hollywood's most beloved comedians stuns people from coast to coast. we'll take look back at the life of actor comedian and

ginger zee is here. >>> and, fighting for her life. comic legend joan rivers, what her family is saying tonight. >>> good evening on this friday night. david muir will be here anchoring "world news" starting monday. but we begin with the growing peril of terrorism. one of america's closest allies saying the threat is greater than ever before. tonight, great britain raising the threat level to severe. which means the risk of an attack is highly likely. brian ross has details on that move, and what american authorities are weighing tonight. >> reporter: the urgent british warning came today as this latest isis propaganda and execution videos circulated on the internet. here, several hundred men, described as syrian soldiers, were marched across the desert in their underwear before being executed. part of what the british prime minister today called the poisonous ideology of islamist extremism. >> what we're facing in iraq now with isil is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before. >> reporter: the british recr

i know ginger is a massive enrique fan. she's already at the park. him including sean paul and de zona and enrique was with the crowd snapping selfies. people tweeting like crazy. many fans wound up for this concert. >> they are. >> and he is having a lot of fun as well. he'll go around the stage playing in just a little bit so let's get some news from amy. >>> all right, george, good morning, everyone. >>> we begin with the news that is just coming in from the middle east. a cease-fire between israel and hamas collapsing overnight and now reports that one israeli soldier has been kidnapped. both sides exchanged attacks today. dozens of palestinians have been killed and take a look at this picture. a camera caught the moment a bomb was about to land in gaza thursday. it is right there. you see it on the upper left corner of your screen. >>> well, for the first time in history patients with the deadly ebola virus will be treated on u.s. soil. two american missionaries are being transferred from liberia. at least one of them going to a hospital in atla

ginger zee with the track coming in. >>> the ebola fears spread, the new numbers and the first pictures inside the plane that brought the two infected americans home. what we've now learned about the newest american patient brought in on that stretcher. >>> the subway scare, the man trapped. that's his leg stuck between the train and the subway platform. the stunning moment that came next. >>> the famous drive-through promising customers their meal in 60 seconds or it's free. what happened when we sent our team out to put it to the test? >>> good evening, in for diane. it's great to have you with us on a wednesday night. the first hurricane set to hit hawaii a little more than 24 hours from now. right behind it a second hurricane that's going to hit next. a one/two punch and they're scrambling tonight. you can see them on the map, hurricane iselle and julio. more than 700 families expected to get hit, the big island, maui as well. they're already canceling school. this is the scene on the ground right now, the mad dash to the supermarkets there, the race for supplies. for so many this i

ginger zee is right here. >>> and children in a city pool shocked by an electrical current. and tonight, another image, a similar moment, the parent pulling their child out. we ask, what are you supposed to do? >>> and hotel guests, roughed up. did security at this hotel go too far? you'll see it for yourself. >>> good evening. in for diane. great to have you with us on a friday night. breaking developments in iraq. u.s. air ropping precision-guided bombs. these images from the aftermath. the plume of smoke in the distance. and americans on the ground, and desperate survivors without food and water. president obama, now facing this. tonight, so many at home, asking why now? who are we trying to help, and how long will this last? first, martha raddatz leading us off. good evening. >> reporter: the u.s. military now has a green light to launch air strikes as needed in iraq. today, pounding multiple targets, trying to stop the militants from advancing and threatening the lives of americans and others trapped on that mountain. the first strike, 12:45 p.m. in iraq. broad daylight

a check of weather with ginger. >> a healthy dose of cute.ther. >> bertha. >> bertha which was a hurricane and now tropical storm and still offshore. i wanted to show you this because you may even see some rip currents anywhere from virginia beach even long island eventually from it but not going to affect us much at all all going off to the north and east and quickly show you too the southeast, so many issues with that record rainfall yesterday in naples. oday, you'll still have storms >> good morning, washington. a hazy start here and it will be a hot afternoon with 76 degrees at reagan national, going up to 67. so expect a warm one today, 67 at dulles and hagerstown. the fog we've been seeing across the region has been improving. a high near 90 degrees and a few clouds roll in tonight with a better chance of widespread showers and thu >> so you always get a little bit of everything. i found a scavenge injure hunt for charity. so i'm just going to put this on and send it back to you. >> all for charity, ginger. >> good sport. >> thank you v

ginger with us tonight. another part of the country facing much the same. >> in large american cities. tucson, colorado springs. all reporting flash flooding. some places looked like this. this is tucson, the street filled with water, near colorado springs seeing more than an inch and a half of rain in 30 minutes. so yes, it's going to keep going tonight. but the next upstate new york. >> reporter: tonight, it is a race against time. those two amish girls vanished. >> we will aggressively pursue this investigation as a worst case scenario, because that's the only way we know how to work. >> reporter: it was 7:20 p.m. yesterday, 12-year-old fannie and her 6-year-old sister delilah working their family roadside vegetable stand. a white four door sedan pulled up. when it drove off, the girls were gone. their family, living in this traditional amish community of 10,000, have no phone, they ran to a neighbor's house to call police. setting off the search on land. rescue teams even searching underwater. a search t

ginger zee is right here with the latest track. >>> the scare in the sky. an abc news exclusive, what we're now learning about passenger jets and the near misses with drones, the pilots scrambling. the stunning hospital visit. that's taylor swift on the right and a little guy there on the left. you're about to hear a duet you'll never forget. >> good evening. we begin with the extreme caution across the country tonight, on the look out for ebola. one patient in isolation after being tested in new york city. the cdc telling dr. besser tonight that since the outbreak began, about a half dozen patients were tested right here in america. there's also news about the experimental drug used to treat ta american doctor infected, now back here in the u.s. he is showing signs of improvement, communicating with his wife through a glass window. the doctor surprising everyone when we saw him walk out of the ambulance and into that hospital. dr. besser is standing by with what he's learned. first abc's steve osunsami in atlanta leading us off. >> reporter: while physicia

hey, ginger. >> hey, we made it in the crowd. we are all branded with brad paisley.ant to borrow this. donna from new jersey, thank you. look at this crowd. they are so ready for some brad. a little warm-up now straight to the forecast. flash flooding issues in illinois and that is where we begin in southern illinois, marion, some 2 inches in some places, central illinois had quite a bit of rain too and now what i want to show you is not only where that rain is moving, to give you an idea what is happening for your labor day from west to east, here it is, you got the showers from kansas city up through the great lakes and i want to give you one little piece, one little piece >> 65 degrees. grab a jacket on your way out. mostly sunny skies, low humidity. comfortable this afternoon. >> all that weather brought to you by the laughing cow, brad paisley, everybody. coming up right here on "gma." let's get back to the studio. >> i mean no one rocks a cowboy hat like that young lady. >> that's one cowgirl. >>> coming up, the hidden trans fats in your food. why those labels

ginger is here with the latest. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, everybody. you know, the colossal waves are impressive. surfers taking note and loving it for the most part but now we know they've turned deadly and certainly dangerous along the west coast. that's from marie. only happens like this every some five to ten years, some surfers are saying. cristobal meanwhile, threatening much of the atlantic. turbulent surf, clobbering both coasts. two hurricanes, one in each ocean fueling the now deadly waves. >> the lifeguard jumped off the pier to rescue him. >> what a tragedy. we just sat here and watched the guy not react. >> reporter: here you can see lifeguards trying to bring this surfer in near malibu. he was under nearly five minutes. it was too late. hurricane marie propelling the dangerous swells spinning off the coast of mexico, max sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. a high surf advisory, waves climbing to 15 feet. >> took about eight guys to pull me out. >> reporter: even out of the water. >> the water came in here the last flood. >> reporter: pe

but for now back to you. >> okay, ginger, thanks. the latest from ferguson.er a relatively calm night no tear gas or shots fired, a grand jury is expected to begin hearing evidence this morning about the killing of michael brown. attorney general eric holder will be on the scene today and abc's jim avila is in ferguson right now. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. as you say, a big day on the ground here in ferguson. first of all, as you mentioned, the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, on the ground to meet with his fbi agents and possibly visit the killing scene. and just a few miles away from that, the grand jury will meet for the first time to hear evidence in the killing of michael brown. this morning, a grand jury will hear what officer darren wilson, scene here in newly released video, told investigators about the broad day much light shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old which has the police union concerned enough to speak out this morning. >> he has been vilified in the media and by the politicians and we felt it was

thanks, ginger. >>> time now for our "heat index."arch trending big in "the new york times" now. it reveries that cups who are deliberate about making big decisions like defining their relationship deciding to live together have stronger marriages than couples who slide through the big dig. >> makes sense. >> makes a lot of sense. many cups who live together didn't sit down and talk about that decision beforehand and when couples let those big events happen without having real conversations it can lead to a weaker marriage. all about communication. >> what was also interesting people, young people today don't know what counts as a date. are we dating, are we not? there are very unclear lines. i think it's only going to get worse with our texting world and all of that social media. no one is having real conversations. >> and nobody wants to have them because they're tough, right? >> they're obviously helpful. >> so and i think once you dive in, you really it syria it really that tough? well, yeah. yeah it is sometimes but you got to do

ginger, thank you. >>> now to st. louis, missouri and to that police shooting of an unarmed teenager, a protest planned this evening. in the last 24 hours tensions running so high, police in riot gear, a man with his hands up. even the president weighing in tonight, urging calm. now the police chief and his decision. will he reveal the name of the officer? abc's steve osunsami is there. >> when i close my eyes, i think about him, and i smile. i wake up, and i'm sad. >> reporter: we sat down with the grieving parents who now find themselves at the center of this storm. they're asking authorities to tell them the name of the officer who killed michael brown, their 18-year-old son. >> just because he sees four black walking down the street that don't mean he fit the profile. >> have the police been working with you at all? >> no, no. >> this person got to pay for this. this person got to pay. >> reporter: these are exclusive new pictures taken just moments after brown was shot to death by a still unidentified ferguson ci