steve osunsami explains. >> reporter: the former patrolman.efore he even has a chance to show him his license is apologizing. >> get on the ground! get on the ground! >> reporter: a south carolina judge sentenced 34-year-old shawn gruber to 12 years in prison for the shooting, but he's expected to serve three with good behavior. he faced the man he could have killed. >> you did nothing wrong and i screwed up. plain and simple. i made the biggest mistake of my life. >> reporter: but back in 2014, when he's seen here arresting lavar jones for a seat belt violation after seriously wounding him, he was blaming the victim. >> why did you shoot me? >> you dove head first back into your car. >> reporter: he said he wanted to say he's sorry in person for the last three years, but the courts required him to keep away from his victim. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> a third man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a missouri police officer, jacob johnson is accused of hindering the prosecution of a felony. gary michael was sh

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> such a horrible situation there, for the driver, for the parentsund. >>> coming up, the iconic plaza hotel in new york facing bombshell allegations >>> and first, nfl wives are turning to each other for support on facebook, offering advice about the complicated world they live in, and some of them are now sharing their stories with us. we have that next. month ago! the long lasting scent of gain. now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine. >>> as you know, the nfl preseason is under way, and as the players get back to work their spouses also have to gear up for the pressures that come with life in professional football. >> hundreds of nfl wives have turned to a private facebook page to share advice, especially when it comes to their husbands' physical and mental health. here's deborah roberts. >> reporter: many are thinking about football, but for the wives and families of nfl players, every day can feel like game day. so many worried about injuries and chronic encephalopathy. to has developed on facebook, filled with wives

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here's steve osunsami. >> r shortage in schools across the country.ystems are finding they don't have enough people to drive their buses. >> the economy is better. so people are going back to jobs that they had done previously, or they find the need to stay at home. >> reporter: in denver this year where they're still looking for at least 40 more school bus drivers, they're offering bonuses and pay raises and recruiting stay at home parents, hoping they can fill the gap, telling them they can bring any preschool aged children along for the ride. >> as long as they can walk up on the bus, we can get them into a car seat and make sure that they're safe. >> reporter: according to a recent survey, 22% of bus contractors are calling the shortage severe, and 5% say they're desperate to find drivers. >> we're seeing some districts having to cut routes or consolidate them, having fewer stops. >> reporter: one of the problems seems to be the long process it takes to get a driver's license. it can take up to 12 weeks with background checks. the salaries, bringi

here is abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: we've all been there.and safely but your bag doesn't. >> they said oh it'd be coming on your later original flight and we'll call you when it arrives at 6:30. >> reporter: it happened to stacey hurt in pittsburgh. she arrived home, but her bag with important medicine she depends on in her fight with colon cancer was still stuck in nashville. >> i immediately got very distraught, very emotional because i knew i had chemo therapy the next morning. >> reporter: by the time her bags arrived in the wee hours of the morning, the delivery d beyond.irlines went above sarah rowan had promised that the bag would be delivered, so she first wrote a note she put inside the bag: "sorry for the delay." "kick that cancer's butt." and then, at 3:00 a.m., she personally drove it to the passenger's home. and put it on the front porch. this was the moment when stacey hurt came back to the airport to thank and meet her new friend. sometimes it's the small things that make the biggest difference. steve osunsami, abc news, atlan

. >> and then cops say what was practically a miracle happened and abc's steve osunsami has the story 25-year-old lisa theris says she's lucky she's alive. she says the poison ivy still stings. >> it was all about finding a road or finding a person. >> reporter: she and her father showed her the walking stick she found that helped her make it out of the forest. >> it helped me out a lot. >> reporter: she had been missing for 25 days when a woman driving down a country road saw what she first saw was a dead animal and called police. >> i couldn't even hear any cars the whole time i was out there until the end. >> do you think you were drugged? >> it would make sense but i'm not sure. >> you don't know. >> i don't know for sure. >> what do you think? >> i think i heard that maybe so. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, troy, alabama. >> steve will have much more on that story later on on "good morning america." >>>production of "mission: impossible 6" is on hold as tom cruise recovers from an injury he suffered on set. we showed you the video earlier this week. the 55-year-old leapin

here's abc's steve osunsami. millions of merging pouring into cities with the best possible view of the eclipse. local police, hospital and emergency medical services are on high alert. >> we're throwing everything at it. >> in some cities they're declaring a state of disaster. a maneuver that allows them to call on the national guard to help direct the masses of people. >> police department in certain areas are overwhelmed and need us to check checkpoints. >> reporter: the red cross has resources in place all along the eclipse zone. >> the 7 million traveling to see the eclipse across 12 states will definitely be going into towns and different areas that are not accustomed to seeing this in >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, blairsville, georgia. >>> bill gates remains the richest person in the world even after giving away another 5% of his fortune. >> pretty impressive. newly disclosed records indicate he gave more than $4.5 billion to the bill and melinda gates foundation. that's his largest single gift to

steve osunsami, our thanks to you. >>> we now turn to word late today that glen campbell has died. tonight, we celebrate his life here. the country music star with humble beginnings who faced his biggest battle late in life. ♪ >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'm glen campbell. >> reporter: 1968, glen campbell's breakout year. helped him then land his own show, "the good time hour." like so many country stars, his lyrics were born from his humble beginnings, but campbell always said he was from delight, arkansas, because his small town nearby wasn't on the map. at least delight was. 1 of 12 children, he was the youngest boy. no electricity or running water. his father was a sharecropper and his escape was music. he learned to play on a mail order guitar. >> i don't remember not having a guitar or a musical instrument in my hand. and then dad bought a guitar for, like, $5.95, you know, and it was one where the cowboy was up here, and the rope went around the hole in the guitar. >> reporter: never forgetting his roots, he won grammys and one of his most famous songs -- ♪ like a

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tonight this pool remains closed, david. >> steve osunsami on the story again tonight.thank you, steve. >>> we turn next to the state of emergency in oregon. a record-breaking heat wave and wildfires. this one, burning 10,000 acres, and 0% contained tonight. they have something on their hands here. severe storms with heavy rain and hail. this is from chicago not long ago, reaching the northeast tomorrow. it will be a tough 24 thours ahead. let's get to rob marciano with us tonight as well. tracking it all. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. thankfully tonight in the northeast, not as many storms as last night, but it's getting hotter across the northwest as the heat wave peaks there. look at washington, oregon, northern nevada, and the air quality choking those cities. even though we're peaking today, the next few days will be above normal, and clearing of the smoke on saturday. tomorrow, the high impact zone for severe weather will be columbus, pittsburgh, and up through syracuse. it could be a tough drive for those getting out of town this weekend. >> rob marciano, tha

>> steve osunsami, thank you. >>> and to the white house tonight. president trump vowing to shut down the government if that's what it takes to fund and build the wall. but the white house was asked repeatedly today about the president's promise in the beginning, that mexico would pay for it. here's abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: president trump is in a war of words with his own party, threatening a government shutdown if the leaders don't come up with the money for his biggest campaign promise, the wall on the mexican border. something he promised over and over again, that mexico, not u.s. taxpayers, would pay for the wall. >> and who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> reporter: back in january, the president softened on that, telling david u.s. taxpayers would pay it first -- >> are you going to direct u.s. funds to pay for this wall? will american taxpayers pay for the wall? >> we'll be starting those negotiation, relatively soon, and we will be in a form, reimbursed by mexico. >> they will pay us back

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this newly discovered video was uncovered by someone in baltimore's public defenders office, and it's so concerning tonight that prosecutors have dropped all charges against the driver who was arrested here. take a look again -- >> this is when you see one of the officers appear to put something in the car. it appears what critics say these officers forgot is that when they start recording on their bodycameras, the system has already saved the previous 30 seconds of video -- this is when you see one of the officers placing something in the car. then they all step back. the audio starts, the recording officially begins, and they find drugs. >> oh my god, i knew it. that's why they were freaking out. that's the weed smell right there. >> reporter: same thing happened here, that 30 second preview struck again, in video from another drug bust that led to the suspension of a police officer last month. prosecutors have dropped more than 30 cases connected to the officers in this case, and more than 120 cases are under review. >> we are dismissing those case

here tonight, abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: nashville mayor megan barry, seen here today welcoming students back to school, says it broke her heart to lose her son to drugs. >> our hearts will always be sad and empty because we can never replace our child. >> reporter: her only child, 22-year-old max barry, is seen here supporting his mother on the day she was sworn in. and is seen here as a child in a photo his mother will certainly treasure forever. he was struggling with addiction, and died in colorado from an overdose on july 29th. >> the new normal for me is that i get to get up every day now and i don't get to ever talk to my son again. >> reporter: in an emotional letter to her city, she shared how the knock on the door came at around 3:00 a.m. she thought it was a city issue, but we proceeded to receive the most devastating news a parent could ever hear. her message tonight is that parents need hel >> if see another child who is struggling, don't ever hesitate to pick up the phone and call that parent, and say "you're child needs help." >> reporter: every day the government

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: streets near the ymca in downtown durham are closed this evening, and the building remains evacuated while contractors work to identify and repair the chemical leak that sent 23 people to two area hospitals, most of them children. >> do you guys see any sources of leaks on the product on the ground? >> reporter: it happened at the indoor pool, shortly before 3:00 p.m. >> we literally smell the chlorine in the air. >> reporter: six children are hospitalized. in serious condition tonight. in all, 40 children, ages 6 to 12 were affected. two adults were also hurt. authorities say the chemical that was spilled was hypochlorite, a disinfectant "used for everyday maintenance of swimming pools." first responders dressed in hazmat suits, were seen entering the building. the ymca is closed until further notice, and students who are going there for summer camps are now being moved to other buildings, david. >> steve osunsami, thank you, steve. >>> when we come back here tonight, the close call at the airport. the passenger plane about to land where four plan

steve osunsami has more. in the day ahead.. testimony begins.. in the civil trial involving pop star taylor swift. the singer says former denver disc jockey david mueller inappropriately touched her during a one-minute meeting backstage. he denies it. and is now suing "her" for getting him fired after the 20-13 encounter. the jury was shown a photo, which shows mule'-er with his hand behind swift, below her waist. he says he may have touched her ribs-- but nothing else. of two men and six women. mule'-er says he wants what's fair, including lost wages. swift's attorney says the singer is seeking one dollar, and just wants to show others.. "you can always say no." a seven on your side consumer alert that could affect "you!" nissan has agreed to a 98-million dollar settlement with vehicle owners impacted by the takata air bag recalls. the money would ensure that takata air bags are removed from more than four-million affected nissan vehicles. and it would compensate owners for expenses while getting their cars fixed. takata's air bag inflators can

steve osunsami has details about her ordeal. >> in this morning's "gma" first look, 25-year-old lisashe's lucky she's alive. she has scars like these all over from the thorns and the bug bites in the woods, and she says the poison ivy still stings. >> it was all about finding a road or finding a person. >> she and her father showed us the walking stick she found that helped her make it out of the forest last saturday. >> it help mead out a lot. >> she had been missing for 25 days when a woman driving down a country road saw what she first thought was a dead animal and called police. >> i couldn't even hear any cars the whole time i was out there until then. >> did you think you were drugged? >> it would make sense but i'm not sure. >> you don't know. >> i don't know for sure. >> what do you think? >> i think i heard that maybe so. >> and we'll have more on the story coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look, steve osunsami, abc news, troy, alabama. >> that is a wild story. >> happening today, the state lands commission chaired by gavin newsom is expected to approve a settleme

once again this morning in southern louisiana where there are now flash flood warnings and abc's steve osunsami is right there in the eye of the storm in lake charles with the latest on all of that. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. the eye of the storm is sitting right on top of us right now. behind me is a very swollen lake charles, in front of me is the sad scene playing out so tiffing center where there are many families who are sleeping who had to be rescued it their flooded homes. it will still dump inches over parts of the country where it's already sat rayed like a cup filled with water. you add one more drop and it up and, remember, of course, amy, this storm was here on monday. >> and, steve, i want to talk a little about what's going on in new orleans because you've been reporting all week long that many of the pumps that that city depends on are not working. is that still the case? >> reporter: yes, it's a source of frustration for many residents in new orleans. the city tells us that about a dozen of their pumps are not working. the repairs on those pumps

a federal disaster declaration was ordered for five pash others and steve osunsami is there. >> reporter: what's left of harvey is heading this way towards louisiana on what is the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina and hearts here are certainly beating a little faster. it is raining right now and by the time this is all said and done, parts of see up to 10 inches of rain. one thing that has people here upset the most is happening in the city of new orleans. the city of new orleans has 14 of its pumps, pumps that they use to keep the city dry that are not working, repairs on those pumps is happening right now. schools are closed, so are government offices. families in this region say they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. >> this on the 12th anniversary of katrina and in the meantime, harvey is expected to make landfall for a third time tomorrow morning. >> accuweather's paul williams has new details on the storm's track. paul, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane, kendis. harvey tracking harvey through saturday we're looking for harvey to stay right along

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: on facebook alone, nearly 5 million people and counting tonight havee video of this violent arrest in euclid, ohio. >> oh, my god. >> he's punching him, though. >> reporter: the officer doing the punching is now on paid administrative leave. 25-year-old richard hubbard, whose head was bashed into the street, is out on bond, charged with resisting arrest and driving under suspension. >> step out. >> reporter: this happened fast, during this traffic stop, where police say the young black driver "ignored the order to face away and as the officer attempted to take him into custody he began physically resisting." take a look again from the police dash camera. this is what police say is ignoring the order. >> face away from me. face away from me. >> reporter: but an instant later, it does seem clear that after the officer tries to take him down, he appears to be resisting. >> the young man was already in control. it is clear that it was an excessive use of force. >> reporter: police say they're reviewing this entire incident. hubbard appears in court on the

fears for residents this on 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina slamming into new orleans and steve osunsami is in lake charles, louisiana, with more on all of that. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. because of that anniversary, people are -- their hearts are beating a little faster this morning. we are live right now outside of an evacuation center where about a dozen families have just been moved in and i want you to take a look at this. it is surrounded by water. there's a ditch here that has several feet of water. th right here where people are sleeping and hopefully getting refuge from the rain. we had to pass through water to get here. there are overpass ramps that are covered in water. we had to circle around, streets that were washed out. you can't see the roads. it's very dangerous driving at night in this condition and they're going to be dealing with this for some time as the rain continues to fall. we're expecting up to 10 inches in some parts of louisiana, amy. >> steve, in new orleans, i understand they're already closing schools and government buildin

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the former state highway patrolman. >> can i see your license please? get out of the car. get out of the car. >> reporter: seen in this video gunning down a black driver before he even has a chance to show him his license is apologizing tonight, and will spend the next few years in jail. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. just got my license, you said get my license. >> reporter: a south carolina judge sentenced 34-year-old sean groubert to 12 years in prison for the shooting, but he's expected to serve three with good behavior. today he faced the man he could have killed. >> i screwed up. that's plain and simple. of my life. >> reporter: but back in the 2014, when he's seen here arresting levar jones for a seatbelt violation, after seriously wounding him, he was blaming the victim. >> why did you shoot me? >> well, you dove head first back into your car. >> reporter: groubert says he's wanted to say he's sorry in person for the last three years, but the courts required him to keep away from his victim, david. >> steve, thank you. >>> there is mu

our steve osunsami with some of those families. >> reporter: we are at the lake charles convention center where they are moving other families from other shelters to this one because of the rising water around those buildings. but just outside is a body of water, a lake, that they're watching overnight. >> reporter: and the concern here in new orleans, problems with 14 water pumps last week. this is one of the main pumping stations here in new orleans, you can just see how the rain water drains into this canal, and then is pumped into the lake. one of the pumps, overheated earlier and now engineers are working around the clock to make sure as many pumps as possible are working. residents tonhtig counting on those pumps working. bob ruppel survived katrina, he lost everything 12 years ago. are you worried about the pumps failing even in this storm? >> oh, lord, yes. it's not something you want to hear. >> and gio benitez joins us live now in front of one of those pumps. keeping new orleans safe, how confident are officials in all of those pumps tonight? >> reporter: well, tom, as this rain