we're up all "nightline" with nick watt. >> reporter: politically divided, politically active.eve their country is today deeply divided. and is there any hope? local democrats we talked with called this the reddest metro area in ameca shall lushawns, thenyou reac this house. texans for hillary still stuck in her lawn, rein bainbow stars stripes. >> my neighbor across the street had a trump sign. i would vote for her if i could again. >> reporter: living deep in a red state. ? there were kids in the cafeteria talking about building the wall. there was this kind of baiting that was going on. i'd get poked at and made fun of a lot for being the black sheep of the family. they're concerned that being a democrat means i don't have a relationship with god. >> reporter: over in deep blue southern california, we met republican women feeling similarly shamed. they meet on a private facebook page to chat without backlash. it's all republican moms. >> yes. i'm not going to say republican. it's if you support trump. that's where it's shifted to. it's gotten so bad for people. >> reporter:

tonight, abc's nick watt joins the lapd in bringing an alleged black market footwear supplier to heeleporter: today we're on the hunt with the lapd on a raid in inglewood, on the hunt for one of the most counterfeited commodities coming into the u.s., sneakers. >> so they're in there right now? >> that's correct. two undercover officers just walked in, posing as customers. >> there needs to be a sale, right? >> yes. or at least an attempt sale. >> reporter: undercover agents working for nike have been surveiling this store for months. they say they've already bought fake sneakers here. and now they're bringing the lapd along, hoping to make arrests. >> that's our undercover officer now. good? all right. we're going to come in. >> police. open the door. lapd. hi there. >> reporter: fake nikes for sale. >> as of right now you're under arrest. >> reporter: and why should we care? >> those dollars are not going to some legitimate business. those dollars are going to support drug trafficking organizations, organized crime, and in some cases terrorist organizations. >> reporter: yes, he sai

here's nick watt. >> reporter: the biggest september opening weekend ever.ror movie opening weekend of all time. >> well, i'm penny-wise. >> reporter: the stephen king adaptation about doubled its projected haul. why? maybe because it's such a scary clown. >> i think why there scary is they're familiar. there's this thing called the uncanny valley, the things that are familiar but are slightly off are offputting. >> reporter: the 1990s mini series of "it", pretty much did for clowns what sharks did for jaws. fed our fear. made worst by bart's clown bed. >> you can nap yourself to sleep. >> reporter: american horror story, that weird clash of clown sightings last year. dartmouth much d -- pd produced a bizarre psa. >> if you want to act like a clown, we have no problem treating you like one. >> reporter: now this. >> what's that? >> reporter: not everyone's lovin' it. the world clown association telling us, remember that these are all fictional characters. real clowns in no way compare to the horrific images created by special effect makeup artists for hollyw

now they're telling their stories to abc's nick watt. >> people have punched me in the face before. >e you support trump? >> yes. >> older kids, they're both republican. we argued about it and we said a couple of things -- >> i wore a trump shirt to school and everyone got all mad at me. >> my friend matthew, he was worried about his grandparents getting deported when donald trump became the president. >> they say, oh, you're bad because you like donald trump. and i wanted hillary. and they get mad at me. >> reporter: now all the way down to elementary school. politically divided, politically active. most americans believe their country is today deeply divided and is there any hope? local democrats we spoke with called this the readest metro area in america. american d.r.e.a.m.ers, pickup trucks, lush lawns. then you reach leah paine's house. texans for hillary still stuck in her lawn, rainbow stars and stripes, and a homemade planned parenthood wreath. get the picture? >> my neighbor to the north had a trump sign, my neighbor across the street had a trump sign. i voted for her and i

tonight abc's nick watt takes us to las vegas and what may be the supebowl of hacking. >> massive securitying credit-monitoring company equifax -- >> reporter: hackers want your financial information. abuy sccit, where it's for sal >> hackers came on episodes of several hit shows including "game of thrones." >> reporter: they're hacking our entertainment. >> we noticed that hack swiftly. >> reporter: hacking our social media. >> a massive and coordinated hack -- >> reporter: some interfering in elections overseas. >> the fbi investigating accusations vladimir putin and the russians were trying to sway the election -- >> reporter: and right here t a continues to dominate the headlines -- >> reporter: threatening arguably the most stable decracy on earth. hacking may be the headline of our times. that equifax hack put the personal details of 143 million people, more than half of adult americans, at risk. >> companies like equifax and other banks and financial services companies are stewards of our information. they hold some of our most sensitive data. so a breach like this is a wake-up call

. >> and i'm nick watt in for kendis gibson. >>> we begin with north korea's latest nuclear test posing a bigger threat than ever before. >> kim jong-un is facing international outrage for detonating what's believed to be a powerful hydrogen bomb as the world waits to see how the u.s. will respond. the u.n. security has called an emergency meeting. >> meanwhile, south korea is flexing its muscles. janai norman has the latest. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning. this is the most powerful military act ever by kim jong-un and met with swift global con e condemnation. a strong warning overnight from south korea's military to pyongyang. simulating an attack on north korea's nuclear test site. six nuclear tests reported on state television as a hydrogen bomb that could be mounted on an icbm said to be a perfect success and estimated four to five times more powerful than the atomic bomb the u.s. dropped on nagasaki in world war ii. word of the much more powerful bomb test cheered in pyongyang. but back here at home -- >> mr. president were will you attack north korea? >> reporter:

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abc's nick watt with details. >> reporter: the quake that just killed more than 200 people in mexico could have been even more deadly if not for this. that siren a national early earthquake warning system. but here in california, a widespread alert system simile does not not yet. >> so this building is actually the only residential building in the united states to be equipped with earthquake early warning. >> reporter: a pilot project works like this. the usgs has a shake alert system, sensors that instantly relay info to companies like early warning labs. two to five seconds for usgs, about a second for you guys warning. >> yeah, that's out we out run a earthquake. >> reporter: testing it for hospitals and smartphone app. >> this is a test. >> tells me how big it was, how bad the shaking is going to be where i am. >> reporter: nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> now to a stunning finding about former new england patriot aaron hernandez. researchers say hived from an extreme case of the brain disease cte. they're calling this the most severe case ever seen for someone so young. he w

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david grossman reporting. 0ur political editor, nick watt, is here.action. london mayor sadiq khan said it would strangle the london economy and nicky morgan said she was concerned about it. the significance of this if it is the first definitive account of how the uk will seek to control immigration when we have left the eu and as david was saying, it will be a relatively benign system for higher skilled workers but there will be more restrictions for low skilled workers. it was interesting today, jeremy corbyn was silent on this. i spoke to a number of pro—european tories and one pro—european cabinet member said that they hope that when people look at this they will see that it is not that bad, quite soft, and it seeks to answer the dilemma. how do you take back control of immigration and bring the numbers down but do it in a way that does not harm the economy? one thing i have learned this evening, an idea from this draft that has been absolutely rejected is that in the transition period immediately after we leave the eu there is an idea for eu citi

and our political editor, nick watt, is hearing growing political criticism of the uk government's disasterll of young black men and women? is it racism, unconscious bias orjust a failure of the system? david lammy tells newsnight the criminaljustice system has been complacent. and on the eve of north korea's national day, we report from the other side of the border. the dissidents who are no longer scared to express what they feel about the great leader. he just tried to slice a portrait of kim jong—un with a knife and the south korean police swooped in and took it away. good evening. donald trump spoke straight to camera this evening to warn of the absolutely historic destructive potential of the hurricane on his doorstep. "it is of epic proportion" he tweeted. "perhaps bigger than we have ever seen". the president is used to pulling out the superlatives. this time though it may well be deserved. hurricane irma is expected to hit the us this weekend and the authorities are expecting devastation. it is only the third category 5 hurricane america has seen in the last 170 years. when the sto

we're looking around for someone british to cover this story, and we found nick watt. >> so offensive new season of "dancing with the stars" is getting started. we now know which celebrities will be joining this season. >> they were on gma. i was in the green room, oh, what is this? what this is? no, no, no! >> i like how you were trying to get a serious story. >> there i was with him earlier, i'm so cool. actually, i'm a flapper. that wasn't your plan? you weren't expecting that one? >> no. i'm glad you just decided to mock me anyway. >> isn't that what i'm supposed to do? >> i suppose so. >> it's been great having you here. >>> good morning, i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm nick watt in for kendis gibson. we are following two breaking stories this hour. >>> forecasters expect hurricane irma to make landfall late saturday night or early sunday morning. it could diminish to a category four by then. irma has the potential to catastrophically devastate the state. >>> and five join as one to support the victims of harvey. the five living former presidents are appealing to americans to suppor

abc's nick watt is live with a look at the polarizing founder who revolutionized the entertainment industry. nick: hugh hefner was himself a playboy, philanthropist, american icon. ef: lots of people they a lot of girls. i date them at the same time. away fromer passed peaceful causes at his home at the playboy mansion, surrounded by loved ones. that is how he will be remembered by many, from this tv shows, ""playboy" penthouse," "playboys after dark," and more recently, "the girls next door." in 2011, hugh hefner was asked on scene and how he would like to be remembered. hef: as somebody who played social sexual values of his time and had a good time doing it. found it1953, he a banky" magazine with loan and investors, including his mom. on the covers of his magazine, jayne mansfield, jenny mccarthy, pamela anderson -- marilyn monroe. provocative writing from the likes of kurt vonnegut, c.ck carraway -- jack keroua many think he was just objectifying women. that debate may never end. gloria steinem wrote an exposÉ of for time as a playboy bunny, and she said he was of the first amendment.

here's abc's nick watt. >> the biggest september opening weekend ever. king adaptation about doubled its projected hold. why? maybe it's because it's so scary. anyone? >> i think they're scary because they're familiar. there's this thing called the uncanny valley. this idea that things that look familiar but are just slightly off. they're offputting. >> the 1990 mini series clowns what jaws did for sharks. made worse by the likes of bart's creepy clown bed. the dark knight. american horror story. the weird global rash of clown sightings last week. a bizarre psa. >> if you want to act like a clown, we have no problem treating you like one. >> now this. not everyone is loving it. the world clown association telling us, remember these are all fictional characters. real clowns in no way come appear to the horrific images created by special effect make-up artists for hollywood purposes. underneath scary make-up, a nice-looking swedish actor. >> i never really got into the idea of being scared. >> i don't like it. it scares me. >> seeing the man behind the mak

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