>> gronk, you're going down. that rhino -- >> that was serious. >> lucky to be alive. yeah, that was scary but thank you, tom, for that. >>> we're going to go now -- we're going to turn now to world cup champion carli lloyd who has a chance to make history again and caught the eye of the nfl with infamous field goal kick and is seriously considering offers to become the first woman to play in the league. we spoke with her last night after she threw out the first pitch at the phillies game, and t.j. holmes is here. soccer, football, baseball, triple threat. >> she's amazing. look, there are some professions where you have skills that are easily transferable to other professions. carli lloyd, she's in tiptop physical shape. her office is a grass field where she competes in front of thousands and she can kick a ball really far. hmm, stra, what else could she do? she could be the first woman in the nfl. >> driven across, goal! carli lloyd has two. >> reporter: she's already one of the best football players in the world. now, carli lloyd is considering taking up a new sport

we love gronk and those moves. he says he'll push the nfl to loosen restrictions on cbd products. be live on "good morning america" for an exclusive interview. >>> we're learning new details about a deadly boat crash involving "shark tank" police say it happened late saturday night on a lake in ontario. a man from florida was killed. o'leary released a statement saying, i was a passenger in a boat that had a tragic collision with another craft that had no navigation lights on and then fled the scene of the accident. i am fully cooperating with authorities. my thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected. >>> and a colorado couple had the fight of their lives against a mother bear and her cubs. so the bears broke into their house, as you can see there, and started eating some bread. that's when the mother bear attacked 71-year-old john johnson. he punched the bear and then his wife hit the bear with a baseball bat so they could run away. >> it was like -- and i am not a weak woman, okay. i'm old, but i'm not weak. i felt like that i had like a lightning bolt in my body t

. >>> and we have to ask him about the gronk. no, not the gronk. just gronk. mr. gronkowski.bd industry. now, the nfl's got really strict marijuana policies. how is that going the fly? we are talking all things sports with super bowl winner theismann next. you get it all on "varney & company." money, politics, space and sports. what a show. and tom kehoe. ♪ so ...how are you feeling? on a scale of one to five? one to five? it's more like five million. there's everything from happy to extremely happy. there's also angry. i'm really angry clive! actually, really angry. thank you. but what if your business could understand what your customers are feeling... and then do something about it. turn problems into opportunities. thanks drone. customers into fanatics change the whole experience. alright who wants to go again? i do! i do! i have a really good feeling about this. stuart: this is happening now. want to get it to you real fast. the feds have raided the home of a top official at the united auto workers union. ashley: yeah. they are executing a search warrant at the home of u

. >>> retired new england patriots star gronk gronk sun vailing plans to launch cbd products and wantsurage leagues to accept the treatments. he says his goal is to help athletes recover from sports related injuries. gronkowski is partner to help develop his line is says rodugs helped him deal with pain from his football injuries. >> a few months agos my dad introduced me to a product called cbd medic he uses every they the his back pain. he gave me some to try and i was blown away with how well it worked. i'll here today to appeal to the sports governing bodies of the would to update position on cbd. >> it's time for professional sports league to allow players to use cbd to treat injuries he says. >>> let's get you out the door. it's busy out there on the roads. sal, what are you see? >> we are seeing traffic is busy and getting busier. we don't see anything major out there but we see slowing. let's in to the san mateo bridge. traffic here is just a lib more crowded than it was the last time we looked. this is obviously happening. southbound 880, this the yeah near highway 92, there w

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. >> morgan, thank you morgan brennan >> coming up on the tasting menu, an analyst says watch roku gronk latest play, and ghosting isants just for dating apparently anymore first, seema mody is riding the rails as amtrak plans a big upgrade. hey, seema >> hey, melissa. it may seem like i'm inside a high-speed train in italy jetting from rome to naples on the last week of august. well, i wish that was the case i'm actually in delaware getting us a preview of the new acela coming into service in about two year years' time. i'll give you a look at what to expect and whether the big bet made by amtrak will pay off. that's next on "power lunch. >>> welcome back here's a taste of some of the other stories we're watching for you today. according to a william blair analyst, roku is growing faster than netflix did at a similar stage in the company's life. they expect had to reach 80 million active accounts. alongside isusers, it projects a $4.5 billion for the streaming platform, and the stock has been on ar as it has surged over 370% this year >> that's insane >> compared to netflix, for instanc

stuart: the gronk likes it. it's not the gronk. it's gronk. ashley: gronk.ere i'm sitting right now. in our studios in new york city. we were just hit with a diamond heist. looks like it was straight out of a movie. millions of dollars, stolen. police obviously looking for the crooks. you will see the heist. we have it on tape. you will see it in just a moment. >>> first, judge jeanine is out front slamming the democrats in her new book. she says the left is trying to remake america and they are still not over president trump winning the election. she makes her case next. ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ stuart: that's what it says. i'm supposed to say that. kanye west, diamonds, the song, sound track fit for the next story. big-time diamond heist right here in new york city. close to us, actually. deirdre? deirdre: yeah, it was a wild, wild west right here in midtown. we actually have video to show

gronk will be on "gma" later today. >> gronk is a man with a lot of heart there. >>> turning now to the growing alarm over vaping among teenagers. >> there are dozens of reports of seizures potentially related to vaping and now one possible death. here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: this week illinois health officials warn that e-cigarettes can be dangerous after an adult who had been vaping died from severe respiratory illness. >> we have had 22 total cases in the state of illinois. in all of those cases they all reported a history of using e-cigarettes or vaping. and unfortunately one of those 22 cases resulted in a death. >> reporter: the cdc is also investigating nearly 200 cases of severe pulmonary illness in an effort to determine if the use of e-cigarettes is to blame. >> vaping has been assumed to be a safer practice than, say, smoking cigarettes. at this point we are unclear whether the injury we're seeing is associated with vaping itself, with a particular substance that these teens are vaping, or with one of the agents, oils, or solvents associated with it. >> reporter: am

gronk is a tight end. he has gone through a lot. he is clearly emotional.at who seems to not have two cares in the world to get emotional. he didn't rule out coming back again. he needed a break. after the super bowl being in so much pain, thigh injury. couldn't even celebrate. what is going on here. same thing calvin johnson said after nine years. best receiver in football. said that is it. tony dorsett, one of the finest runningbacks of his generation. played 13 years. now has dementia. mart telus bennett, 31 years old, says football doesn't care about the players. they have to walk away they can. average player lasts three years and decreasing. these are the best athletes, working with the best training methods. when there is impact, there will be damage. steve: it's a violent business they are in. if they could play longer they would, but eventually they listen to their bodies talking to them. time for me to stop. he did reveal he is working with a cbd company. during his rehab, it helped him a lot. there you go. brian: right now the nfl tests for marij

. >> gronk also left the door open for a return say figure one day he feels -- saying in one day he feelssionate about football again he will come back. the 30-year-old will be a spokesperson for cbd medic, a company that frommizes in capitol -- that specializes in the medicine. >>> and at the u.s. open, coco may have had nerves early on. dropping the first set 6-3. he then won 6-2, 6-4. defending champion naomi osaka winning her opening match. these two in a collision dangerous meet in the third round if they're -- collision course to meet in the third round if they're moving on. it would be quite the one to watch. osaka versus coco gauff. >> bring it on. thank you. romans, what's coming up? >>> we're watching the hurricane, tracking tropical storm door unanimous now set to hit -- dorian now set to hit florida as a category two hurricane, and first puerto rico is in its path. the third stair always creaked. and your mother told me all her life that i should fix it. and now it reminds me of her. i'm just glad i never fixed it. listen, you don't need to go anywhere dad. meet christine, she

gronk says he would advocate for the use of cannabis extract to help athletes in the nfl and other professional sports. >> and wherever i go, patriots fans always ask, am i coming back, when i'm coming back. i needed to recover. i was not in a good place. football was bringing me down and i didn't like it. and i was losing that joy in life. >> gronkowski did leave the door open for a possible return to football if he reaches "another level with my body." still feels passionate about the sported athat time. >>> a critical endanger frog species is making a comeback at the frog zoo in czech republic. >> the tadpoles of the offspring of adult frogs the zoo received from the denver zoo, the first zoo anywhere to successfully breed the amphibians. the backup populations are necessary because the lakes where the frogs come from in bolivia are considered to be heavily polluted. that means the frog could soon be extinct in the wild. >>> right now at 6:00, there's been a gas station stabbing, a disturbing attack in the south bay while you were sleeping. what the station's manager is telling us about the

might be a while until you can get your hands on either the popeyes sandwich or kfc nuggets, plus gronk, former new england patriots emotional message to fans and what he plans to do now. to our top story this half hour, the focus on e-cigarettes an vaping, next guest is suing 8 companies say they aggressive target children and do not enforce age restrictions and new university of texas study show that is teen who is are exposed to vaping and e-cigarettes are more likely to purchase the product. 20.8% of high schoolers and 4.9% of middle schoolers reportedly vape, unregulated to advertising could be a factor, joining us now north carolina attorney general john stein, josh attorney general, good to see you. >> thank you for having me on. dagen: what is the state doing to stop this? >> there's an epidemic of vaping among high schoolers and middle schoolers and not only in north carolina, it's across the country. in one year from 2017 to 2018 we saw like an 80% increase in reported use just in one year, so we don't even know what the 2019 numbers are going to show. it affects the children'

griff: we'll also see how terrific tom brady is this season, without gronk, right?ery much so. jedediah: we got some of your comments we asked you to weigh in and a tweet from joe, i love brady but tom terrific is tom se aver, end of story. pete: and a tweet from kevin would you say he was thrown a curve ball? you get it? okay i'll stop. well, moving on president trump blaming past presidents for bad deals, as he ramps up the pressure on china. our next guest is an expert on the economy and weighs in on the back and fourth coming up next. president trump: china has been hurting our country for 30 years and i don't blame china. i blame our president, our representatives, past administration. bad problem for your grandchildren. babies too young to be vaccinated against whooping cough are the most at risk for severe illness. help prevent this! talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about getting vaccinated against whooping cough. [ soft piano music playing ] mm, uh, what do you do for fun? -not this. ♪ -oh, what am i into? mostly progressive's name your price tool. he