jaclyn: yes. right now, fema is actively responding. federal family behind me actively at work. we want to ensure people the federal family is here to help recover, as long as it takes. we have personnel across the state, and we have used our search capacity to get more people on the ground to help people recover as quickly as possible. caitriona: both vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump have changed their plans on the campaign trail in response to hurricane helene. vice president harris cut a campaign visit to las vegas short and returned to washington, d.c. to attend emergency management briefings about the storm. while they each plan to travel to the affected region, biden and harris say they do not plan to disrupt ongoing recovery efforts there. mr. trump visited georgia on monday to view the damage. former president trump said he brought lots of relief material for displaced residents there. officials in nepal say the number of people known to have been killed by landslides and floods in recent days has r

abc's jaclyn lee has the incredible honor. you are here, jaclyn, with the big reveal., janai. i know you have been waiting all morning long. good morning. and you know what, the wnba has so many talented teams and players, but this person in particular was a no-brainer. this morning, the wait is finally over. >> the best player on the planet, number 22, a'ja wilson. >> reporter: the 2024 kia wnba most valuable player award going to the person who is having a historic season, a two-time olympic gold medallist and two-time wnba champion, a'ja wilson. >> wilson, oh, man, mvp stuff. >> three-time mvp. how are you feeling? >> oh, man, i feel amazing. it's truly a blessing to get an mvp as a whole, but to say that this is my third, it's a good feeling. it really is. >> and this is the first time since 1997 that it was a unanimous vote for mvp. >> i did not know that. >> oh, congratulations. yeah, it was unanimous. >> wow. >> how do you feel about that? >> that's incredible. i did not know it was unanimous. that's cool. that's really cool. >> we have a video for you. >> repor

jaclyn reagan: i couldn't believe it. the first thing out of my mouth was there's no way he did this. >> hello. i am craig melvin, and this is daylight. >> i couldn't believe it. the first thing out of my mouth was, there's no way he did this. they have the wrong guy. >> her mother was nearly killed by a bomb. >> they were coming out to the track, putting in the key, and kaboom. the police told me, this bomb was meant for you. >> they say, who does not like you enough to kill you? >> i can think of no one. >> but the police could. and if the target was a surprise, so was the suspect. but he claimed he was framed, and a man named indian joe could prove it. even he admitted his story sounded crazy. >> it's like watching a tv show. >> you are telling us to go search for the one armed man. >> yes. >> that's all true. >> what else is going on? >> is a maniac out there. ther a devoted mother of three and wife of a church leader. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. family and faith were everything to honey hoagland, a devoted mot

good morning, jaclyn. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. to give you an exclusive first look inside the sphere, so welcome to ufc 306 where the real stars, they're not just the fighters, but it is this jaw-dropping display. i mean, wow. this is going to be unfolding in front of a packed house. more than 15,000 fans in the octagon right down there. that is where all of the action is going to be unfolding. ufc president dana white says this will be the biggest and most ambitious production in the history of the sport. i mean, this room is incredibly immersive. take a look. you have this 160,000-square-foot screen, which, by the way, is 40 times larger than your typical imax, not to mention vibrating seats with every hit and slam and what is described as the world's most advanced audio system. now, this is called noche ufc. that's what they're calling this event. it's a celebration of mexican independence weekend. seven mexican born fighters on the card for tonight. white calls this his love letter to mexico. now, fun fact, as he says, this is

jaclyn thompson. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> reverend charlie williams and reverend long, i knew you were all over the world. tell us about your calling. it is just phenomenal to have you. >> calling to ministry, i am the daughter of a pastor. i father recently passed and he was with the mount zion church in berkeley. i've grown up a church girl and went through the things that young adults go through when you start to question faith and theology and how it aligns with things in your life and i began seeking a deeper relationship with god. i started teaching high school in west oakland. and they are going through it and we need to be in protest about that. i encountered some kids who realize that my desire to go into law and politics was not enough. they needed a transformation that was deeper than anything external. the only thing i could impart to them was what sustained me up to that point and that was my faith. and so i started a gospel choir because legally you are no

jaclyn peiser is the retail reporter at the washington post. give us some context.re are these companies on the list of grocery chains in the country? >> kroger is number two in sales across the country. albertsons is at number four, tied with amazon. so together they would be number two and a little less than walmart in sales but still a behemoth. lisa: they are already heavyweight companies. why do they say they need to merge to stay proper -- profitable? >> they see a lot of other grocery chains like aldi expanding, there is online groceries and things like costco and sams so they are saying we need to combine forces to better compete with each other. lisa: what's that fdc saying? >> that it would eliminate competition. their definition of supermarkets is very specific. they are not counting cost or walmart or amazon so they say by eliminating the competition it will dis-incentivize lower prices. lisa: how does the ftc define a supermarket? >> for them they look at it as a one-stop shop kind of shopping experience. so you go to a safeway and you can get a cake fo

a short while ago, i got an update on the response from jaclyn rothenberg, the fema public affairs directorricane —— hurricane helene was a multistate event we have federal personnel spread across all of these states to help people recover. my heart goes out to everyone impacted. the biden harris demonstration has been... right now it is an active response in north carolina. what you're seeing is people expensing the aftermath of floodwaters and mudslides so it is really important for people to know that it is safe to do so —— if it is safe to go so, go to a shelter. we don't want people waiting through floodwaters or in a dangerous situation. facing debris or downed power lines. officials in nepal say at least 200 people have been killed by landslides and floods in recent days. more than 20 others are still missing. nepal's army says more than 4,000 people have been rescued, with helicopters, motorboats and rafts bringing stranded people to safety, after roads and bridges in several areas were washed away. concerns have also been raised by aid groups about providing food, shelter, water an

for the family you see there the family of william he so tragically lost his wife of 4040 year-old jaclynife u.s. customs and border protection supervisory officer and his 6-year-old daughter. it happened in a house fire at their home in new jersey. today he is the ceo of that very same foundation and joins us now. william, our hearts and thoughts are with you today. especially today it is your wedding anniversary. i cannot imagine what you have gone through thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. of course. i cannot imagine the trauma, the loss, the suffering, the shock that you went through in losing your wife and daughter in a house fire. and then this a group of strangers shows up. this foundation you may not have ever heard it before, h talented happened what happened how did it help? works or did suffer horrific family tragedy. wit a really bad house fire we were sleeping in a portion of or trying out the house we realize her younger daughter was in the home. i try to go back into the house retriever i couldn't because it was too hot my wife being a law-enforce

jaclyn reagan: i couldn't believe it. am craig melvin, and this is daylight. >> i couldn't believe it. the first thing out of my mouth was, there's no way he did this. they have the wrong guy.

thank you. [ applause ] jaclyn garrett, stand up please. while working for the defense department, she blew the whistle on fraud, waste and abuse and suffered retaliation. she is a policy and program expert with 30 years of service in the military. she set up personal programs for wounded warriors and the defense suicide prevention office. she has published books and several articles, and she has appeared worldwide as a health expert. thank you. [ applause ] john, are you here? he is probably in a black spot somewhere . he is with the c.i.a. are you here today? bummer. he is a c.i.a. whistleblower. the only one ever convicted for exposing the c.i.a.'s torture plan. god bless him. richard, are you here? no? okay. robert, i know you are here, big guy. he served in the u.s. air force. [ applause ] from 1988 to 1992 and was a nuclear weapons maintenance technician for intercontinental ballistic missiles. he worked as a border patrol agent, and then he was recruited to work for the tsa air marshal program. he brought his concerns to the media an