>>> good morning, i'm ryan smith >>> od morning, i'm ryan smith in for kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here with some of the top headlines. >>> several people were killed in an earthquake in japan. there were several fires and it knocked out power to thousands. >>> and several people were killed after being chased by border patrol agents. much more about the immigration issue straight ahead. >>> roger stone now says he met with a russian national during the 2016 campaign who promised to provide dirt on hillary clinton. stone says he never made a deal and claims he was set up by the fbi. >>> and much of the northeast are under heat advisories. temperatures will reach 100 in some areas. that's 10 to 15 degrees above average. those are some of your top stories this monday, june 18. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning to all of you. we begin the half hour with the deadly earthquake in western japan. >> at least five people are dead and a little girl is among the victims. the 9 year old was killed when a wall outside her school collapsed on her. an elderly

with your gma first look, ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> 5:04 now. most people know about hospitals run by the veterans administration. fewer are aware of the agency running nursing homes. recently released documents show that nearly half of those nursing homes receive the lowest score possible in health quality. three of them are in the bay area, specifically san francisco, palo alto and menlo park. the stats were released after questions about the secrecy from the u.s.a. today. none of the three locations were available for comment this morning. >>> thousands of bay area homes could be flooded by 2045 according to a new climate report. marin county would be the hardest hit spot in the state with nearly 4400 homes flooded. san mateo county is next on the list with 4100 homes. more than 20,000 homes in california are at risk because of rising sea levels. nationwide, about 311,000 homes are at risk of getting swamped. the report was put together by the union of concerned scientists. >>> retesting results of soil samples from the hunters point naval sh

here's ryan smith. ♪ >> reporter: it's friday night.he lights, the band, and the entire town is out to see the toros. welcome to spanish fort, alabama. population 8,000. located just east of mobile bay. once the site of one of the last civil war battles. it will later be the site of a different kind of battle. >> very small, close community. everyone kind of knows everyone. >> a very tight-knit community, focused on family, centered on very good schools. >> reporter: bible belt churches may dot this small, affluent community, but here, football is religion. >> in spanish fort, football is no longer a sport. it's a lifestyle. you live, eat, sleep, breathe football. >> reporter: no wonder its high school players are celebrated as heroes, says journalist cassie fambro. >> people love to see them and recognize them in their community. i would say they're local celebrities. >> reporter: and starring in his own highlight reel, running back cameron harrison. a senior, 5'7", 180 pounds, wearing number 4. >> harrison. boy, has he been fun to wat

i'm ryan smith in for kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. the battle over illegal immigration and the separation of parents and children is coming into sharp focus this week as congress prepares to vote on the issue. this comes as we learn new details about a deadly suv crash in south texas. >>> at least five people were killed when a vehicle crashed sunday while being chased by border patrol agents. authorities say more than a dozen people were in the suv, most of them apparently in the u.s. illegally. >> abc news stephanie ramos is in washington with more on this immigration debate and how the first lady is now getting involved. unusual that we hear her speak out on things like this, stephanie. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, diane. the number of children that are being taken away from their parents after crossing into the united states illegally is now at 2,000 children. despite the criticism from lawmakers and those heartbreaking images, the administration's new policy is still in place. >> reporter: this morning, an all-out battle

abc's ryan smith has the story. >> quarterback colin kaepernick is taking his fight to the white houseent trump under oath in his case against the nfl. sources say the former 49ers qb is expected to ask for a subpoena. kaepernick hoping to prove that the league and team owners colluded to keep him off an nfl roster after he started kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 and the president's comments about the controversy kept him sidelined. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. out. he's fired. >> reporter: president trump has called out kaepernick and the nfl multiple times on twitter and rallies. more on what kaepnick's attorney and the nfl are saying coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gm afrmts first look, kendis gibson, abc news, new york. >>> another day, another controversy with facebook. the bug it says has impacted millions of users. >>> life on mars. non-drowsy children's claritin allergy relief. the #1 pediatrician recommended non-drowsy brand. because to a kid a gr

. >> and here reporting, ryan smith. >> we were meeting for coffee at a local gas station. the call came over the radio for shots fired. immediately we jumped up, left the gas station, got in our cars. i wasn't sure what to expect when we got on scene. >> reporter: st. augustine, florida, in 2010. debra maynard was a sheriff's deputy assigned to the southeast part of town. she's remembers racing to the scene in response to this 911 call. >> 911. >> hey. please get someone to my house. it's 4700 sherlock place. >> reporter: the call is placed by fellow deputy, jeremy banks. >> what's going on? >> please send -- my girlfriend, i think she just shot herself. there's blood everywhere. please! >> reporter: when help arrives, deputies find a scene every bit as grisly as the caller describes. >> walked in around the bar in the kitchen, and i saw some feet of a female prone on the floor there. >> reporter: the victim is jeremy banks' girlfriend, 24-year-old michelle o'connell. she's got a gunshot wound to the head, and dozens of prescription painkillers in her pocket. >> and i look

ryan smith has that story. good morning, ryan. zblsh good morning, george.our years later one of those experts quitting the committee is speaking out saying it was paying lip service and calling it a, quote, fig leaf. it was a firestorm that sacked the nfl. domestic violence cases, dominating the headlines. starting with ray rice's brutal attack on his then fiancee in this 2014 footage obtained by tmz sports. the former baltimore ravens player knocking her unconscious then dragging her out of an elevator. >> the same mistakes can never be repeated. we will get our house in order first. >> reporter: but this morning, a leading domestic violence authority criticizing not the nfl, but the players association resigning from its commission on domestic violence claiming it dropped the ball. >> they put this commission together, but and i think there are people of good will at the nfl p.a. but in fact, there wasn't the will to do meaningful reform. >> reporter: in a "washington post" op-ed georgetown law professor deborah epstein said she was thrilled to join the c

after sam dyson blew the lead against the rockies thursday smith retires the side... strikes out john ryangets his first save as a giant san francisco wins 2-1 the a's are making some noise in the a-l west back at the coliseum to face cleveland... after finishing a 8-2 road trip. paul blackburn making his fourth start this year the antioch native had everything working against the tribe strikes out a pair in the fifth... allows 3 hits in six inning and one-third bottom 8th... a's up 2-1 jed lowrie hits a solo shot to right field they goes under review... call is upheld... it goes over the wall 14th home run of the year oakland head into the ninth up by two indians with two out... two on jason kipnis can't get it done... flies out to right blake treinen gets his 21st save of the season a's win 3-1 oakland has won 5 straight... 7 games over 500 having four all-stars and the best overall roster is the n-b-a is great... but without steve kerr the warriors wouldn't have become the newest dynasty in basketball. kerr has reportedly agreed to a contract extension with golden state making him one o

after sam dyson blew the lead against the rockies thursday smith retires the side... strikes out john ryanurphy he gets his first save as a giant san francisco wins 2-1 the a's are making some noise in the a-l west back at the coliseum to face cleveland... after finishing a 8-2 road trip. paul blackburn making his fourth start this year the antioch native had everything working against the tribe strikes out a pair in the fifth... allows 3 hits in six inning and one-third bottom 8th... a's up 2-1 jed lowrie hits a solo shot to right field they goes under review... call is upheld... it goes over the wall 14th home run of the year oakland head into the ninth up by two indians with two out... two on jason kipnis can't get it done... flies out to right blake treinen gets his 21st save of the season a's win 3-1 oakland has won 5 straight... 7 games over 500 lebron lebron james has opted out of his contract with the cavs and will become a free agent. james is declining a contract worth 35.6 million dollars for the 2018-19 season with cleveland. the cavs can offer james a 5-year deal worth 205 mil

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smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 washington where the president has been pushing and unsubstantiated claim that the fbi put a spy in his campaign. day the house speaker, pl ryan the chorus of no, they didn't. mr. speaker, can the president pardon himself? >> i don't know the technical answer, but i think obviously the answer is he shouldn't and nobody is above the law. >> after the president floated the idea of giving our blago a break of prison a official forgiveness for martha stewart, we're hearing those are a couple of the names o a long list of potential pardons. looks like kim kardian's oval office visit paid off and in a bi

smith who did it back in the times of joe mccarthy. remember barry goldwater doing it back in the times of watergate with nixon. are we starting to see what paul ryano back to the gerald ford sense of morality. i was just reading don rumsfeld's book on gerald ford where you have a rotaryian sense of decency and you stand up and say we have to tell the truth now? >> well, paul ryan did come out yesterday and supported congressman trey gowdy who came out and said the president's claims regarding this idea that a spy was implanted into his campaign were spurious and not based in the truth but in general trump has been very, very successful at rallying the party to him and by and large republicans have fallen into line. his popularity with the republican party is second only to george w. bush after 9/11 looked over the last four decades. he's enormously popular in the republican party and further to john's point the numbers show that the attack on mueller is working. mueller -- the idea that the mueller investigation is a witch-hunt had been accepted by another 5% on the population over the last five months so by and large even if there are republicans