abc's maggie rulli is on an expedition there. >> reporter: staggering, exquisite, and remote. the islands that inspired darwin's survival of the fittest could be facing a fight for their survival the galapagos. one of the few places to see nature up close and personal is now being challenged by its own popularity. 21st century threats like bucket list tourism and plastic pollution are threatening the very existence of some of the islands' most iconic animals. the beloved giant tortoises, blue footed boobies, and iguanas. and nearly everywhere you go, on a hike or a casual dip. there's wildlife at your fingertips. the animals charm visitors making the appeal of the islands even greater. and look at this. did it ever occur to you that sea lions love sleeping on benches? oh, they're snuggling in! are you kidding me right now, t! sea lions, they're just like us. >> it's amazing how they prefer to live here in the town with the human! they have the whole island but -- >> reporter: they come up here! >> they are sleeping here in the pier, they're looking for nice boats just to rest.

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. >> maggie rulli is there. >> reporter: night two started off with what so a verbal jab before the first question was even asked. vice president joe biden coming face-to-face with senator kamala harris after squared off over bussing. bringing it up in round two. >> still failed to acknowledge it was wrong to take the position he took at that time. >> barack obama knew exactly who i was, had ten lawyers do a check on me, on civil rights and civil liberties. >> this is a crisis in our country because we've treated issues of race and poverty, mental health and addiction with locking people up, not lifting them up. >> reporter: and health care was top of the list. >> person enjoying this debate most is democronald trump, pit democrats against each other as lurking to take away health care. >> senator has had several plans thus far. can't beat president trump with double talk on this plan. >> reality is our plan will bring health care to all americans. >> reporter: all agree priority is getting president trump out of the white house. >> first thing i'm going to do as president, chlorox the ov

maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >> the shooter has been identified as connor steven betts of ohio. nancy pelosi issued a statement on dayton's deadly shooting saying in less than 24 hours another american community has been devastated by the tragedy of gun violence. our hearts make for the families and friends of those injured and murdered. >>> we are learning more information about the second deadly mass shooting at a walmart in he wiel paso text. 20 dead, 26 wounded ranging in age from 2 to 82. years old. the suspect is patrick crewsious. he was booked on capital murder charges. they were looking at whether this was a hate crime and looking at posts on social media. >> stories of heroism are beginning to emerge. a sergeant says he is licensed to carry. he had his weapon with him and thought about rushing toward that gunfire. this enhe saw a group of children nearby and opted to protect them. >> i was worried about the kids. i wasn't worried about myself. there were so many kids running around. i was thinking if i had a child if i wasn't around how i would want another adult to re

maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >>> a rough start to the week for the stock market.ong kong and on going trade war weighed on investors minds today. the dow jones was down by 389 points and the nasdaq fell by 95 and s&p off by 35. the sell offs snapped a two-day winning streak on wall street. >>> are you ready for triple digit temperatures? who isn't? >> no. >> yeah, spencer will show us what to ♪ new sichuan hot chicken. for a heart breaking limited time only at panda express. >>> switching cell phone r providers is supposed to be earlier since a law passed in 2014 but did not work that way for a san jose man. >> michael finney is here to explain. >> pay attention. this is how, there is a welcome on our smart phone to make the software in combcompatible withr providers. the law makes it illegal to get them unlocked with a code. getting the code to work is something else. in an ideal world, locking the code would have been easy. it wasn't. the san jose man wanted to switch from at&t to t-mobile. at&t gave him the unlock code but t-mobile told him the code didn't work

right now maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: dorian continues to gain power.to a hurricane, now expected to make landfall on mainland as a strong category 3 storm. with time running out, last-minute preps are under way throughout the caribbean. >> just praying for the best. i think everybody here is well prepared. >> reporter: this afternoon dorian is hitting the u.s. virgin islands and skirting by puerto rico, with winds topping 75 miles per hour. >> you can't control mother nature, i guess. >> reporter: shelters are being prepared as the governor declares a state of emergency on the island. memories of hurricane maria's devastation two years ago are still fresh, that storm killing nearly 3,000 people. nearly 30,000 are still living in homes covered with blue tarps. the island's power grid remains vulneable. fire crews from miami have flown in, ready to help. both fema and puerto rico officials say this time they're better prepared. >> it's the first system of the year and we understand that the island is still very fragile. >> reporter: further north in the

maggie rulli on the desk.g up. >> stay tuned. stay tuned. good tease. super tease by dan. >>> we're going to start with ed sheeran who is now showing us just how perfect he really is. his performance overnight in hanover, germany, for his "divide" tour just became the all-time highest grossing tour ever and i guess not a bad payday. the trade magazine pollstar predicts he's pulled in over $736 million. that beats u2 who held the honor since 2011 with 735 million so he just snuck it out. sheeran's been posting videos and pictures of his tour on social media. he calls the feat simply amazing. over 7.3 million people have seen his shows. you still have a chance. the tour ends later this month. group outing. we're all going to go. >> dan sings that song to his cat every night before bed. yeah. >> such a sweetheart. >> purr-fect. >> it was a good burn. getting me back for the cow joke. >> for the whole show. >> for the whole show. there's more where that came from. i have some words of advice for you. >> we have a

here's maggie rulli. ♪ >> if you look at my bench pressing, i'm looking straight up at something. that's my focal point. as soon as i turn to the left even just like a hair, my whole bench is off. so it's just like life. >> thank you. >> how do i begin to describe misty? misty is just completely shattering what we expect the human body to be capable of. >> if i were in her place i mean i would hope to be like her. >> i got it. >> at 4 foot 4 inches tall, misty diaz bench presses more than 100 pounds. she dominates in both the gym and on the spartan field, completing more than 65 spartan races to date. >> i'm just >> these are some of my most recent obstacle course world championships. >> she is an absolute force, but when she was born, doctors never thought she'd even be able to walk. >> i had most of my organs on the outside of my body. >> misty was born with spina bifida. >> spina bifida means split spine. so for my case, my spine was completely exposed at l5. >> what did the doctors tell your parents when you were born? >> to let nature its course. [ laughter ] >> what'd your p

abc's maggie rulli has more on the mess dorian has left so far. >> reporter: hurricane dorian lashinggin islands and puerto rico on wednesday, strengthening to a hurricane as it moved past puerto rico, dumping torrential rains on the island. with memories of hurricane maria's devastation nearly two years ago still fresh on their minds, residents there were taking no chances. but officials say this time around, they were better prepared. >> it's the first system of the year. and we understand that the island is still very fragile. >> reporter: the so-called dirty side of the storm whipping past the virgin islands, bringing with it winds of at least 80 miles per hour and several inches of rain. knocking out power to tens of thousands. >> there are still some assessments being done overnight on the islands of st. thomas and st. john. road crews are working to clear the roadways. the governor did declare a territorial state of emergency and imposed a curfew. however, he has since lifted that curfew for the island of st. croix and extended it to the islands of st. thomas and st. john. >> r

here's "abc's" maggie rulli. >> this is the new taylor. a lover, a creative force, a woman in charge. her newest video, with a retro feel, dropping just hours ago, burning up the internet. it's a fresh start for the pop princess. for the first time, she'll own her masters. this morn fans were anything but calm as she took the stage in central park. the crowd's energy palpable as they sang along to every lyric. ♪ promise that you'll never find another like me ♪ >> reporter: from "me" to "shake it >> swifties lined the streets of new york, camping out overnight. one tweeting, feels like one of those nights we won't be sleeping. >> as they waited, a surprise delivery. >> your dad was actually handing out pizza overnight. >> my dad was handing out pizza, yeah. for my parents, they're like that's my kid, people are waiting on the sidewalk to see her sing. it's really astonishing to us. >> for over a decade, swift has been music's it-girl, with 10 grammy's, 5 number one hits, and selling more than 50 million copies of her 6 studio albums. but th

maggie rulli has details on the latest investigation involving epstein. this one into his death. >> reporter: abc news capturing the moment the fbi and nypd raid jeffrey epstein's private island in the caribbean. a task force from the southern district of new york, the same group that arrested epstein, is searching for new evidence as questions into his suicide continue to grow. >> we are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general william barr says he's appalled by the failure of the jail staff. abc news learning guards at the correctional center broke protocol but not checking on him every 30 minutes. and epstein was taken off suicide watch six days after being found unresponsive with marks on his neck. he was awaiting trial for sex trafficking minors and conspiracy, facing the rest of his life in prison if convicted. some of his accusers feel cheated. >> i really wanted justice. i really wanted him to take up for what he did and to be put in j

here's abc's maggie rulli. >> reporter: another shark attack terrifying swimmers all along the east coastime in ft. lauderdale. >> just kind of bit. it almost felt like human teeth. and then i ran out screaming. >> reporter: 11-year-old christian mariani was on vacation with his family about he says he was wading in knee-deep water. nearby lifeguards raced to get christian off the beach into the hospital where he needed 17 stitches. >> it was really scary. >> reporter: so far this year there have been 34 shark attacks in the u.s. that's more than in all of 2018. days ago a 9-year-old was bitten by a shark on new smyrna beach in florida. she was also in knee-deep water. >> it almost felt like a grab at first, then it felt like a bite. i got 12 stitches. i kind of like tugged my leg away but it let go pretty quick. >> reporter: over the weekend shark sightings forced beach closures from cape cod to hawaii, where a woman survived bites on her back and hip 50 yards off the beach. it was a close call for this surfer in hawaii as well. >> it bumped me off my board, then it takes a chomp out of

maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to maggie there.are all thinking about puerto rico this morning. right now it's the lull before the storm in puerto rico. >> take a look at this san juan beach that appears peaceful, partly because people are elsewhere getting ready for dorian this evening. >> accuweather's adam del rosso is tracking dorian. >> gd morning. dorian continuing its slow westward track across the caribbean, making its way closer to puerto rico as it remains a tropical storm. we will feel impacts on the island late today into tomorrow. that also includes the dominican republic where we could have hurricane-force wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour leading to power outages. there's also the threat for flash flooding with more than 8 inches of rainfall possible across western portions of puerto rico. the storm's going to continue its northwestward track through the day on friday, potentially strengthening into a category 1 hurricane by the end of the day. it will turn a little bit more westward and potentially make landfall la

here is maggie rulli. >> reporter: this is the new taylor. a lover. a creative force.lover >> reporter: her newest video with a retro feel dropping just hours ago is burning up the internet. "lover" is the first album under her new record label universal music group. it's a fresh start for the pop princess. for the first time she'll own her masters. ♪ ♪ you need to calm down >> reporter: fans were anything but calm as she took the stage in central park performing live on "gma." ♪ you need to just stop >> reporter: the crowd's energy was palpable. close to 5,000 admirers sang along to every lyric. ♪ i promise that you'll never find another like me ♪ >> reporter: over a decade, swift has been music's "it" girl with ten grammys, five number one hits, selling more than 50 million copies of her six studio albums. she told abc's robin roberts this album is different. >> one thing about this album that's really special to me is it's the first one that i will own of my work. which is a concept that they're very supportive of. >> i was going to wait to ask you about that, but s

here's our friend maggie rulli. >> reporter: he's a real-life rookie of the year.nathan patterson goes from a regular 23-year-old dude with a dream to a professional baseball player. after stepping into a speed pitch radar booth set up for fans at a july rockies game, patterson threw some serious heat, an impressive 96 miles per hour. his brother posted the video online and it blew up. the oakland a's were calling him with a deal just a few days later. >> the percentage of prospects who do something like what nate patterson did, who can make it to the major leagues, the odds are so stacked against you to do that. the reason that this story so is interesting is because it doesn't happen very often, if at all. >> reporter: patterson hadn't played since high school but stepped back on the diamond last august. then in the middle of his training he almost lost it all after a car accident. patterson dedicated himself to physical therapy, joining a rec league to stay in shape, working to be ready for this moment. on instagram patterson calls the journey a roller coaster a

maggie rulli, new york. >> last thing puerto rico needs right now. >> absolutely. >>> here in the bayclouds, thunderstorms, usual in the sierra, and fog at coastline, feels muggy because of the subtropical moisture flowing up with the clouds. overnight, continue to see the high clouds. low to mid-60s, mild and muggy overnight. mugginess lingers to part of the day tomorrow. warm again. not as arm as today. low 90s inland, upper 60s on the coast. accuweather seven-day forecast, mild and muggy but mugginess will disappear thursday as we get cooler and breezier, drier air coming into the bay area. won't change much on friday, warm up over the weekend and sunday, morning, back into the mid-90s inland, mid-60s on the coast. mild to warm, nothing extreme. >> i like that. >>> it is still august, okay? but apparently it's already fall at starbucks. selling its pumpkin spice lattes this year, added pumpkin cream cold brew, maybe because it's hot still. >>> too early to think about fall? halloween decorations, really? >> pumpkins. check this out. producer's cousin has already decorated house for

pr and the >>> now to one of the biggest music event, cma fest, the ultimate fan experience and maggie rullintry ahead of sunday's prime time special. ♪ >> reporter: it's the one show every country superstar returns to again and again. >> cma fest is unlike any other -- like no other genre of music has this. the stadium crowd at cma fest is absolutely insane. everybody just shows up wanting to have a great time. >> this is one gig you can't miss. if you're a fan of country music you come here this weekend it's like disneyland. >> reporter: the annual cma fest, thousands of fan, four days of music and nearly a dozen country legends. >> really? >> everyone was excited. >> legend, does that mean you're done? '91, '92 when i first put my first single out, nobody asked for my autograph. you know, i ended up cleaning up and tearing down the booth. so to see where cma fest has become is special to me. >> reporter: only here where we could see a moment like this. ♪ ride till i can't no more ♪ i'm gonna take my horse to the ole town road ♪ >> this was a magic moment. this song is just -- it's been su

abc maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: dorian continues to gain power. upgraded to a hurricane expected to make landfall on mainland as a strong category three storm. with time running out last-minute preps are underway throughout the caribbean. >> just praying for the best. everyone is well prepared. >> reporter: dorian is hitting the u.s. virgin islands with winds topping 75 miles per hour. >> you can't control mother nature, i guess. >> reporter: many grocery stores are already closing down. shelters are being prepared as te governor declares a state of emergency on the island. memories of hurricane maria's devastation just two years ago are still fresh. that storm killing nearly 3,000 people. nearly 30,000 are still living in homes covered be blue tarps and the island's power grid remains vulnerable. fire crews from in saying this time they are better pri pepared. >> it's the first system of the year and we understand the island is still fragile. >> reporter: further north in the path, florida is under warning. residents are filling up sandbags and s

abc news reporter maggie rulli has the story. >> reporter: they were investigating epstein's privateand as the investigation into the suicide continues. today the attorney general is promising accountability. >> we will get to the bottom of what happened and there will be accountability. >> reporter: after being found unresponsive in his cell a few weeks ago, epstein was taken off suicide watch after he underwent psychiatric evaluations, something the deputy attorney general was unaware of. >> we are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. >> reporter: according to sources, guards were supposed to check on epstein every 30 minutes, but they did not in the hours before he was discovered saturday morning. and the two guards in the special housing unit where epstein was kept were both on overtime. one of the guards was on his 5 th overtime shift of the week. >> was there a crime connected with this suicide? was someone paid? was someone else involved? >> and for there to be criminal charges you're going to n

abc's maggie rulli is here with more. >> eva, good morning. the fbi is on the scene right now in dayton. they're working with local police and this is all happening as we're starting to hear more from witnesses who were on the scene and they describe those early morning hours as chaos. >> reporter: this morning, at least nine dead, dozens injured after a shooting in dayton, ohio. >> we got shots fired. we got multiple people down. we're going to need multiple medics. >> reporter: one man capturing the sound of gunfire as he sat in his car. >> we have looks like nine or ten shots. >> reporter: police say the shooter wearing body armor and armed with a long gun and high capacity magazines opened fire just after 1:00 a.m. as people were out at restaurants and bars in a popular area of downtown. >> this is a very safe part of downtown. >> reporter: officers already patrolling nearby quickly responded, blocking off roads. >> we need first medic at ned peppers right now. we got several down. >> reporter: paramedics rushing to give first aid to some

more from abc's maggie rulli. >> reporter: abc news capturing the moment the fbi and nypd raid jeffreyin the caribbean. a task force from the southern district of new york, the same group that arrested epstein, searching for new evidence as questions into his suicide continue to grow. >> we are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general william barr says he's appalled by the failure of the jail staff. abc news learning guards at the metropolitan correctional center broke protocol by not checking on him every 30 minutes. one of the guards was on his fifth overtime shift. epstein was taken off suicide watch six days after being found unresponsive with marks on his neck. epstein was awaiting trial for sex trafficking minors and conspiracy, facing the rest of his life in prison if convicted. some of his accusers feel cheated. >> i really wanted justice. i really wanted him to take up for what he did and to be put in jail or prison. >> reporter: but the attorney general promises t

abc's maggie rulli has the highlights. >> reporter: night two of the democratic presidential debate inome are calling a verbal jab before the first question was even asked. >> go easy on me, kid. >> reporter: vice president joe biden coming face to face with senator kamala harris after the two squared off over bussing and race relations in the first debate. both bringing it up again in round two. >> the vice president has still failed to acknowledge that it was wrong to take the position that he took at that time. >> barack obama knew exactly who i was. he had ten lawyers do a background check and everything about me, civil rights, civil liberties. and he chose me and he said it was the best decision. >> reporter: this time senator cory booker joined in. >> this is a crisis in our country because we have treated issues of race and poverty, mental health and addiction, ocng peo and not orr: and like ni health care was top of the list. >> the person who is enjoying this debate most right now is donald trump as we pit democrats against each other while he is woamerics' health care. >> rep