A deadly storm heads next.

The debate is on after backing out former President Trump now agreeing to face off with Vice President Harris. But this morning, what Harris says she won't do.

Plus, new video from the attempted Trump assassination. The view police had just moments before the shooter opened fire.

Breaking overnight from the Paris Olympics, the announcement from super sprinter Noah Lyles after collapsing on the track and why he was competing despite having Covid.

The alleged terror plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert. The job one of the suspects recently took chesapeake's poisoning.

How a world class player allegedly tried to sabotage her opponent.

The debate over dirty microwaves heats up what we're learning about radiation resistant bacteria.

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Dymburt. Good Friday to you. All of you I'm Rhiannon ally. We begin with severe weather and travel delays affecting millions of Americans. Right now, what's.

Left of Hurricane Debbie is wreaking havoc, spawning tornadoes and triggering flood alerts along an 800 mile stretch of the eastern seaboard, some areas seeing two feet of rain. This morning, Debbie isn't done yet, with more heavy rain and the threat of tornadoes. One tornado touching down near Wilmington, Delaware. Last night there.

Was many reports made of damage to houses such as trees down pole and wires down.

Storms, also damaging several homes near Washington DC. What's left of Debbie will accelerate through Pennsylvania and upstate New York today, then into New England, dumping more than six inches of rain. Debbie made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina, where rain totals could surpass two feet. The governor warning there not in the clear yet.

The rains are gone and but the flooding, the river flooding will take place.

Debbie has already spawned at least a dozen tornadoes. A man was killed in North Carolina after a twister destroyed this home east of Raleigh. The tornado also damaged a middle school. Norman Toler lives nearby.

Look out the back door, and I dropped down to my knees and went to prayer. I said, Lord, you know I worked all my life for what I got here. Please don't take it. And it went right in the backyard. I knew God works miracles because he worked one tonight.

More than a foot of rain fell in North Carolina, and flood watches remain in effect from the Carolinas to New Hampshire. We'll check your full forecast in just a few minutes.

Now to the race for the white House and an agreement on when the candidates will debate. It comes as former President Trump accuses Vice President Harris of avoiding questions from reporters. ABC's Perry Russom has the latest Perry. Good morning.

Ryan, and good morning to you. The first debate between Trump and Harris is set, marking what is likely to be another pivotal moment in the race.

This morning, it's game on for at least one presidential debate. Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to face off September 10th on ABC.

I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope he shows up.

Harris will not join Trump for a Fox News debate six days earlier. Her campaign says all future debates are contingent on Trump showing up on September 10th. Trump previously backed out of the ABC debate after President Biden dropped out of the race. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Michigan yesterday speaking to the United Auto Workers union.

We're not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to separate us, trying to pull us apart. Yeah. That's not where the strength lies.

After holding no public campaign events this week, Trump speaking with reporters at his Mar a Lago resort criticizing Harris intelligence and claiming she's avoiding reporters.

She doesn't know how to do a news conference. She's not smart enough to do a news conference.

Trump taking questions for one hour on a range of issues, insisting Republicans have the momentum in this race and suggesting he's attracted crowds larger than Martin Luther King Jr.

Nobody spoke in the crowds bigger than me. If you look at Martin Luther King when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not, we had more.

When speaking about Harris's time as a prosecutor and her relationship with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Trump describing surviving a near death experience in a helicopter.

Well, I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought, maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.

According to the New York Times, Trump apparently confused Willie Brown with former California Governor Jerry Brown, and both men say they were never on a helicopter with Trump. That made an emergency landing. Today, Trump heads to a rally in Montana. Harris will be in Arizona, continuing her tour of battleground states. And as for the criticism that Harris is not answering questions from reporters, she says she hopes to sit down for an interview by the end of the month. Rhiannon.

All right, Perry, thank you for that. New video has been released from the day former President Trump was shot in Pennsylvania. The police body camera video raises a lot more questions about the security on that day. This is the moment police in Butler, Pennsylvania, confront the gunman who shot former President Trump. An officer is hoisted up onto the roof, sees the shooter and falls back to the ground.

This close, bro. Dude, he turned around on me. Where's he at? He's straight up.

Heavily armed police raced toward the building, some scaling this plastic shed to reach the roof. The officer who confronted the shooter, describing what he saw.

He's got a book bag. He's got mad hair laying down. He's got. Yeah, he's got. He's laying down. Proned out. Book bag next to him.

Those officers scrambling to locate the shooter.

This building, he was on top of this building, the left one.

Finding him after several tense minutes. By then, he's dead. When chaos subsides, some police are heard questioning how the shooter got access to a rooftop only 400ft from Trump.

I told them the post.

Guys over here, I wasn't even concerned about it.

Because I thought someone was on the roof. I thought that's how they kind of, how can you lose a guy walking back here? They were on the roof.

They were inside.

Why were we not in the building? Why were we not on the roof?

So many questions. Documents show the shooter visited a gun range more than 40 times in the months before the rally, including a final visit just the day before the assassination attempt.

New images from Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia show dozens of Russian troops surrendering, some even waving white flags. It came after Ukraine destroyed a border checkpoint, part of its largest advance into Russia since the war began. Another video is said to show a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian helicopter. Reports say furious battles are underway in the Kursk border region.

A third death is being blamed on the listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats. The CDC says the most recent victim lived in Virginia and was at least 65 years old. It was the first death since late last month, when Boarshead expanded a recall to include more than £7 million of meat. Dozens of people have been hospitalized in 13 states.

Now to North Carolina in the case of Joshua Hunsaker. He was first arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife with eyedrops and trying to cash in on her life insurance. Now, prosecutors claim he tried to do the same thing to his young daughter. Here's ABC's Andrea Fujii.

This morning, the North Carolina man charged with murder for allegedly poisoning his wife with eye drops is due back in court. 39 year old Joshua Hunsucker, a former paramedic, faces new charges accused of also trying to poison his ten year old daughter. She survived. Prosecutors claim his plot was inspired by South Carolina nurse Lana Clayton I did.

And possibly put the values in as a string, and I did it with the intent to make him sick and uncomfortable.

Back in 2018, Clayton was charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just a month after Clayton was charged, Stacey Hunsaker died. Investigators say they grew suspicious when Joshua Hunsaker immediately cremated his wife's body and filed for her $250,000 life insurance policy when they tested her blood, they say poison was found. But since his arrest, Hunsaker has been free on bond, and he's accused of intimidating his late wife's parents in an effort to blame them for her death. Prosecutors claim he also staged his own kidnapping and routinely recorded his in-laws, followed them, made vulgar gestures and sent a package to their home demanding they drop charges against him. Today, prosecutors are asking to revoke Hunsaker's bond as he awaits trial. He's also been indicted for witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. He maintains his innocence. Andrew. Rhiannon.

Andrea, thank you for that. It is time now to check your Friday weather.

Good morning Debbie. Still bringing trouble to the northeast in this case, with a tornado threat tied to some gusty squalls of rain in the east side of the circulation, and drenching rain.

Will move in very intense rainfall across the region. Here into the northeast. It will come in quick. It will end quickly as well, but several hours of rain will drive. Rainfall amounts up to 4 to 8in into the interior northeast, 2 to 4in in places like Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1 to 2in in southeast New England for AccuWeather Up Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

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Career. We are learning more about the foiled terror plot that forced Taylor Swift to cancel her concerts in Vienna. Authorities released this photo right here of one of the two suspects arrested, a 19 year old holding machetes and wearing an ISIS flag. They say he confessed to planning the attack with knives and explosives, with the hope of killing as many people as possible. His alleged accomplice had just taken a job at the stadium and a third teenager is being questioned. Swift has five shows in London beginning next week, and London's mayor says those concerts will go ahead as planned.

It's day 14 of the Paris Olympics. Team USA began the day one gold medal ahead of China Quincy Wilson at age 16, making history in the men's 4x4 hundred relay. But overnight, another Olympic star dropped out of his final event this morning. Noah Lyles is Olympic run is over, the two time medal winner announcing overnight he won't compete in today's four by 100 relay final, saying I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. It is not the Olympics I dreamed of, but it has left me with so much joy in my heart. Lyles took bronze in the 200 meter yesterday, then collapsed on the track, leaving in a wheelchair, later revealing he has Covid. U.S. Track and Field says after Lyles tested positive, it swiftly enacted all necessary protocols to prioritize his health, the well-being of our team, and the safety of fellow competitors.

It's not a contact sport. So even during the warm ups in the cold room, uh, he was just there by himself.

At least 40 athletes in the Olympic Village have tested positive for Covid and other respiratory illnesses, but officials saying athletes can compete as long as they feel up for it.

I don't think I was put at risk at all. I mean, I take care of my body. Um, so when it comes to getting sick, that's rare for me.

Meanwhile, American runner Sydney McLaughlin Levrone took gold, shattering her own world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles.

The event is just getting faster and faster.

Celebrating the win with a tiara her sister gave her.

This was one of those things I was missing. You know Rio, I didn't medal in Tokyo. Nobody was there. So I think this was my first real Olympics.

Another world record broken yesterday in speed climbing. But despite having the fastest climb ever, Sam Watson didn't win gold. Instead, he took bronze because he lost an earlier match, a diving disaster for American Alison Gibson. She scored a zero after hitting the board with her feet during a flip, and it was nearly a disaster for the US men's basketball team. Down 17 points against Serbia until Steph Curry launched a comeback, scoring 36. Team USA plays France tomorrow for the gold. And later today, a new Olympic sport debuts breakdancing.

Can't wait to see that. Coming up next. What's inside your microwave? The new warning about just how dirty they really are.

Also ahead, the chess player allegedly caught on camera trying to eliminate her rival with poison.

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That is an athlete in the annual CrossFit Games in Texas. Talking about Lazar Jukic of Serbia, the 28 year old drowned during the swim event yesterday. He had already completed a three and a half mile run. His body was pulled from the water in Fort Worth after an hour long search. Today's events will begin with the tribute.

A major recall of kitchen stoves, all because of pets starting fires. Samsung is recalling the knobs on 1 million electric stoves. Videos have shown pets starting fires after jumping onto the stoves and hitting the knobs. People have also sparked fires by bumping into the knobs, and some unwelcome visitors may be lurking in your microwave. A new study found microwaves in homes and offices are teeming with bacteria, and many of the microbes can survive the radiation that heats up your food. Some strains can cause foodborne illnesses or even be deadly. Experts say microwaves should be cleaned on a regular basis. I'd hate to see.

What's in the ones here at ABC. We turn now to a scandal in the world of chess. One player accused of poisoning her rival, The Queen's Gambit, may have been a Netflix hit.

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But this morning, a real life drama in the chess world. A renowned player faces criminal charges for allegedly taking the battle off the board. Amina Abakarov is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia. Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captured her spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began. The unlucky victim, falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, suffering from shortness of breath. Mercury poisoning can cause tremors, headaches, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties. Aubakirova now faces jail time along with a lifetime ban from competition. The sports minister in charge of the Chess Championship saying I am perplexed by what happened. The action she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself. Thankfully, the player allegedly poisoned did not experience life threatening complications.

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Time to check the pulse. And we begin with a new way to fight traffic jams.

Boston is using artificial intelligence to help traffic there flow more smoothly. The AI technology analyzes data from intersections to come up with timing recommendations for red lights. Two of the four intersections where it's been used have reduced stop and go traffic by get this more than 50%.

It's all a partnership with Google. Seattle also is trying this next a big job for a big printer.

It's creating something really unique in Texas. Take a look. This is the Wolf Ranch neighborhood in Georgetown. These homes were created by a 45 foot wide, £9,500, three D printer. It's believed to be the world's largest 3D printed community. The company behind the project says building houses this way is faster, it's cheaper, and it minimizes waste. Next, new concern about colossal cruise ships.

As cruising becomes more popular, researchers say ocean liners have doubled in size in the last decade, creating so-called cruise zillas. Climate activists are calling for a crackdown on emissions next. A seagull on the lam a man in.

Massachusetts was unloading his groceries when a seagull grabbed his wallet from the shopping cart and flew off it, sat on a roof and then just.

Picked through his wallet. The owner is offering a $100 to anyone who finds his credit cards. And finally, Iowa loves Caitlin Clark so much they carved her out of butter.

Let's show it to you at the Iowa State Fair. There's a butter sculpture of Clark and her Iowa jersey, where, of course, she played before she went pro. She's now with Indiana Fever. Looks pretty good.

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Checking more top stories now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is willing to meet with leaders of Hamas next week to discuss a cease fire. It follows a joint statement from the US and other allies urging new talks. No immediate response from Hamas.

The first debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is one month away. Both sides have agreed to face off here on ABC September 10th. Trump is also challenging Harris to two additional debates.

And some good news for homebuyers. Mortgage rates have dropped to a 15 month low, now at 6.4%, prompting a spike in refinancing.

Breaking overnight flooding in parts of Ohio, several people had to be rescued from stranded cars near Akron. The heavy rain was separate from remnants of Hurricane Debby, which triggered flooding in the Carolinas.

Today's weather heavy rain in the northeast. Heat alerts in the south. Dry and relatively cool in the Midwest, damaging wind and hail in parts of the West.

And finally, a bear in the classroom.

Danny News spoke to a very surprised teacher.

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Can it eat through my lunchbox?

Like, how do you ask one? Hey, can you get out of my classroom, please?

There was a bear charging at me.

Earlier this week. Teacher Elaine Salmon here? Yes. Salmon was just returning from making some copies for the new school year when she found this unexpected guest immediately shut the door and called her husband. Why not the authorities?

Well, because he's my he's my man, you know.

Also, it helps that her husband, Ian, is a retired police officer who says bears are a pretty regular thing here in the mountains near Bakersfield, California, for example. Here is one who recently opened their car door. So Ian arrived within ten minutes and then uncovered the big problem here.

You want to get out?

I know, but how are we going to do it without being in the way?

The heavy metal door would have to be held open on the inside. The bear most likely got in the classroom by using his paw to push it open, but that means to let him out. Someone would have to go in there and say, this way, sir.

Is he over there? No.

They got down to business. Elaine distracted the bear by tapping on the opposite window while Ian snuck in behind the door.

Here, bear. Here, bear. Come here. Bear.

Thankfully, the bear eventually obeyed and just sauntered by Ian out into the night. And then Ian growled to scare him away while Elaine hid behind a fence. Everyone was fine. They were only minor damages, and maybe a new dynamic duo just emerged in the town's ever growing human bear relations department.

We're a team. Mama Bear and Papa Bear.

The biggest damage guys came from the bear getting into the classrooms, earthquake kits to eat the snacks in there. And crazily enough, as you may know, there was an earthquake in Bakersfield the next day, but thankfully they did not need the kits.

I'd say they are very lucky.

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Have a great weekend. Right now on America this morning, Debbie doubles down a second landfall, wreaking havoc in the northeast. Tornadoes touching down. Heavy rains flooding homes where the deadly storm heads next.

The debate is on after backing out former President Trump now agreeing to face off with Vice President Harris. But this morning, what Harris says she won't do.

Plus, new video from the attempted Trump assassination. The view police had just moments before the shooter opened fire.

Breaking overnight from the Paris Olympics, the announcement from super sprinter Noah Lyles after collapsing on the track and why he was competing despite having Covid.

The alleged terror plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert. The job one of the suspects recently took.

Chess piece poisoning how a world class player allegedly tried to sabotage her opponent.

The debate over dirty microwaves heats up what we're learning about radiation resistant bacteria.

And heads up why police say this sneaky seagull is a wanted criminal.

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Good Friday to you. All of you I'm Rhiannon ally. We begin with severe weather and travel delays affecting millions of Americans. Right now, what's.

Left of Hurricane Debbie is wreaking havoc, spawning tornadoes and triggering flood alerts along an 800 mile stretch of the eastern seaboard, some areas seeing two feet of rain. This morning, Debbie isn't done yet, with more heavy rain and the threat of tornadoes. One tornado touching down near Wilmington, Delaware. Last night there.

Was many reports made of damage to houses such as trees down, pole and wires down.

Storms also damaging several homes near Washington, DC. What's left of Debbie will accelerate through Pennsylvania and upstate New York today, then into New England, dumping more than six inches of rain. Debbie made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina, where rain totals could surpass two feet. The governor warning there not in the clear yet.

Rains are gone and but the flooding, the river flooding will take place.

Debbie has already spawned at least a dozen tornadoes. A man was killed in North Carolina after a twister destroyed this home east of Raleigh. The tornado also damaged a middle school. Norman Toler lives nearby.

Look out the back door, and I dropped down to my knees and went to pray and said, Lord, you know I worked all my life for what I got here. Please don't take it. And it went right in the backyard. I knew God works miracles because he worked one tonight.

More than a foot of rain fell in North Carolina, and flood watches remain in effect from the Carolinas to New Hampshire. We'll check your full forecast in just a few minutes.

Now to the race for the white House and an agreement on when the candidates will debate. It comes as former President Trump accuses Vice President Harris of avoiding questions from reporters. ABC's Perry Russom has the latest Perry. Good morning.

Ryan. Good morning to you. The first debate between Trump and Harris is set, marking what is likely to be another pivotal moment in the race. This morning, it's game on for at least one presidential debate. Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to face off September 10th on ABC.

I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.

I'm looking forward to it and.

I hope he shows up. Harris will not join Trump for a Fox News debate six days earlier. Her campaign says all future debates are contingent on Trump showing up on September 10th. Trump previously backed out of the ABC debate after President Biden dropped out of the race. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Michigan yesterday speaking to the United Auto Workers union.

We're not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to separate us, trying to pull us apart. That's not where the strength lies.

After holding no public campaign events this week, Trump speaking with reporters at his Mar a Lago resort criticizing Harris intelligence and claiming she's avoiding reporters.

She doesn't know how to do a news conference. She's not smart enough to do a news conference.

Trump taking questions for one hour on a range of issues, insisting Republicans have the momentum in this race and suggesting he's attracted crowds larger than Martin Luther King Jr.

Nobody's spoken to crowds bigger than me. If you look at Martin Luther King, when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not, we had more.

When speaking about Harris's time as a prosecutor and her relationship with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Trump describing surviving a near-death experience in a helicopter.

Well, I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought, maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.

According to the New York Times, Trump apparently confused Willie Brown with former California Governor Jerry Brown. and both men say they were never on a helicopter with Trump. That made an emergency landing. Today, Trump heads to a rally in Montana. Harris will be in Arizona, continuing her tour of battleground states. And as for the criticism that Harris is not answering questions from reporters, she says she hopes to sit down for an interview by the end of the month. Rhiannon. All right.

Perry, thank you for that. New video has been released from the day former President Trump was shot in Pennsylvania. The police body camera video raises a lot more questions about the security on that day. This is the moment police in Butler, Pennsylvania, confront the gunman who shot former President Trump. An officer is hoisted up onto the roof, sees the shooter and falls back to the ground.

This close, bro. Dude, he turned around on me. He's straight up.

Heavily armed. Police raced toward the building, some scaling this plastic shed to reach the roof. The officer who confronted the shooter, describing what he saw.

He's got a book bag. He's got mad hair laying down. He's got. Yeah, he's got he's laying down. Proned out book bag next to him.

Those officers scrambling to locate the shooter.

This building, he was on top of this building, the left one.

Finding him after several tense minutes. By then, he's dead. When chaos subsides, some police are heard questioning how the shooter got access to a rooftop only 400ft from Trump.

I told them the post.

Guys over here, I wasn't even concerned about it because I thought someone was on the roof. I thought that's how they kind of, how can you lose a guy walking back here? They were on the roof. They were inside.

Why were we not in the building? Why are we not on the roof?

So many questions. Documents show the shooter visited a gun range more than 40 times in the months before the rally, including a final visit just the day before the assassination attempt.

New images from Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia show dozens of Russian troops surrendering, some even waving white flags. It came after Ukraine destroyed a border checkpoint, part of its largest advance into Russia since the war began. Another video is said to show a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian helicopter, reports say. Furious battles are underway in the Kursk border region.

A third death is being blamed on the listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats. The CDC says the most recent victim lived in Virginia was at least 65 years old. It was the first death since late last month, when Boarshead expanded a recall to include more than £7 million of meat. Dozens of people have been hospitalized in 13 states.

Now to North Carolina in the case of Joshua Hunsaker. He was first arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife with eyedrops and trying to cash in on her life insurance. Now, prosecutors claim he tried to do the same thing to his young daughter. Here's ABC's Andrea Fujii.

This morning, the North Carolina man charged with murder for allegedly poisoning his wife with eye drops is due back in court. 39 year old Joshua Hunsucker, a former paramedic, faces new charges accused of also trying to poison his ten year old daughter. She survived. Prosecutors claim his plot was inspired by South Carolina nurse Lana Clayton.

I did impulsively put the vaccine incentive in a string, and I did it with the intent to make him sick and uncomfortable.

Back in 2018, Clayton was charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just a month after Clayton was charged, Stacey Hunsaker died. Investigators say they grew suspicious when Joshua Hunsaker immediately cremated his wife's body and filed for her $250,000 life insurance policy when they tested her blood. They say poison was found, but since his arrest, Hunsaker has been free on bond, and he's accused of intimidating his late wife's parents in an effort to blame them for her death. Prosecutors claim he also staged his own kidnapping and routinely recorded his in-laws, followed them, made vulgar gestures and sent a package to their home demanding they drop charges against him. Today, prosecutors are asking to revoke Hunsaker's bond as he awaits trial. He's also been indicted for witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. He maintains his innocence. Andrew. Rhiannon.

Andrea, thank you for that. It is time now to check your Friday weather.

Good morning Debbie. Still bringing trouble to the northeast in this case, with a tornado threat tied to some gusty squalls of rain in the east side of the circulation, and drenching rain.

Will move in very intense rainfall across the region here into the northeast. It will come in quick. It will end quickly as well, but several hours of rain will drive. Rainfall amounts up to 4 to 8in into the interior northeast, 2 to 4in in places like Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1 to 2in in southeast New England. For AccuWeather Up Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

Coming up, the terror plot against a Taylor Swift concert. New details about the suspects.

Also ahead, the overnight announcement about the Olympic star with Covid, who collapsed on the track.

And later, how artificial intelligence is being used to eliminate traffic jams.

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Golf legend Chi-Chi Rodriguez has died. He was known for his antics around the green, dancing or using his putter as a sword. He learned to play golf by hitting tin cans with a stick in Puerto Rico, eventually winning eight tournaments on the PGA tour. He was 88 years old. What a.

Career. We are learning more about the foiled terror plot that forced Taylor Swift to cancel her concerts in Vienna. Authorities released this photo right here of one of the two suspects arrested, a 19 year old holding machetes and wearing an ISIS flag. They say he confessed to planning the attack with knives and explosives, with the hope of killing as many people as possible. His alleged accomplice had just taken a job at the stadium and a third teenager is being questioned. Swift has five shows in London beginning next week, and London's mayor says those concerts will go ahead as planned.

It's day 14 of the Paris Olympics. Team USA began the day one gold medal ahead of China. Quincy Wilson at age 16, making history in the men's 4x4 hundred relay. But overnight, another Olympic star dropped out of his final event this morning. Noah Lyles is Olympic run is over. The two time medal winner announcing overnight he won't compete in today's four by 100 relay final, saying I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. It is not the Olympics I dreamed of, but it has left me with so much joy in my heart. Lyles took bronze in the 200 meter yesterday, then collapsed on the track, leaving in a wheelchair, later revealing he has Covid. U.S. Track and Field says after Lyles tested positive, it swiftly enacted all necessary protocols to prioritize his health, the well-being of our team, and the safety of fellow competitors.

It's not a contact sport. So even during the warm ups and the cool room, uh, he was just there by himself.

At least 40 athletes in the Olympic Village have tested positive for Covid and other respiratory illnesses, but officials saying athletes can compete as long as they feel up for it.

I don't think I was put at risk at all. I mean, I take care of my body. Um, so when it comes to getting sick, that's rare for me.

Meanwhile, American runner Sydney McLaughlin Levrone took gold, shattering her own world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles.

The event is just getting faster and faster.

Celebrating the win with a tiara her sister gave her.

This was one one of those things I was missing. You know Rio, I didn't medal in Tokyo. Nobody was there. So I think this was my first real Olympics.

Another world record broken yesterday in speed climbing. But despite having the fastest climb ever, Sam Watson didn't win gold. Instead, he took bronze because he lost an earlier match, a diving disaster for American Alison Gibson. She scored a zero after hitting the board with her feet during a flip, and it was nearly a disaster for the US men's basketball team. Down 17 points against Serbia until Steph Curry launched a comeback, scoring 36. Team USA plays France tomorrow for the gold. And later today, a new Olympic sport debuts breakdancing.

Can't wait to see that. Coming up next. What's inside your microwave? The new warning about just how dirty they really are.

Also ahead, the chess player allegedly caught on camera trying to eliminate her rival with poison.

Tonight with the deadly storm on the moon. Tracking tornado threats. Plus, Donald Trump confirms the ABC news debate with Vice President Kamala Harris is on. More Americans turn to World News Tonight with David Muir the most watched newscast on television.

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Old Melissa Witt.

Something terrible had happened to her.

You had several suspects.

All these kinds of leads.

A known serial killer in your area.

Could he be involved?

We're actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks.

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This beautiful young girl. Police will find out what happened.

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Started to doing small turns, and he was trying to get his head out of the water. And it was at that time that we started screaming to the lifeguard like, he needs help. And then within seconds, he was under and he never came back up.

That is an athlete in the annual CrossFit Games in Texas. Talking about Lazar Jukic of Serbia, the 28 year old drowned during the swim event yesterday. He had already completed a three and a half mile run. His body was pulled from the water in Fort Worth after an hour long search. Today's events will begin with a tribute.

A major recall of kitchen stoves, all because of pets starting fires. Samsung is recalling the knobs on 1 million electric stoves. Videos have shown pets starting fires after jumping onto the stoves and hitting the knobs. People have also sparked fires by bumping into the knobs, and some unwelcome visitors may be lurking in your microwave. A new study found microwaves in homes and offices are teeming with bacteria, and many of the microbes can survive the radiation that heats up your food. Some strains can cause foodborne illnesses or even be deadly. Experts say microwaves should be cleaned on a regular basis.

I'd hate to see what's in the ones here at ABC. We turn now to a scandal in the world of chess. One player accused of poisoning her rival, The Queen's Gambit, may have been a Netflix hit.

No player in the world is gifted as you are.

There is one player that scares me. Who? The Russian.

But this morning, a real life drama in the chess world. A renowned player faces criminal charges for allegedly taking the battle off the board. Amina Abakarov is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia. Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captured her spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began. The unlucky victim, falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, suffering from shortness of breath. Mercury poisoning can cause tremors, headaches, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties. Aubakirova now faces jail time along with a lifetime ban from competition. The sports minister in charge of the Chess Championship saying I am perplexed by what happened. The action she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself. Thankfully, the player allegedly poisoned did not experience life threatening complications.

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Time to check the pulse. And we begin with a new way to fight traffic jams.

Boston is using artificial intelligence to help traffic there flow more smoothly. The AI technology analyzes data from intersections to come up with timing recommendations for red lights. Two of the four intersections where it's been used have reduced stop and go traffic by get this more than 50%. It's all a.

Partnership with Google. Seattle also is trying this next a big job for a big printer.

It's creating something really unique in Texas. Take a look. This is the Wolf Ranch neighborhood in Georgetown. These homes were created by a 45 foot wide, £9,500, three D printer. It's believed to be the world's largest 3D printed community. The company behind the project says building houses this way is faster, it's cheaper and it minimizes waste. Next, new concern about colossal cruise ships.

As cruising becomes more popular, researchers say ocean liners have doubled in size in the last decade, creating so-called cruise zillas. Climate activists are calling for a crackdown on emissions. And next. A seagull on the lam a man in.

Massachusetts was unloading his groceries when a seagull grabbed his wallet from the shopping cart and flew off it, sat on a roof and then just.

Picked through his wallet.

The owner is offering $100 to anyone who finds his credit cards. And finally, Iowa loves Caitlin Clark so much they carved her out of butter.

Let's show it to you at the Iowa State Fair. There's a butter sculpture of Clark in her Iowa jersey, where, of course, she played before she went pro. She's now with the Indiana Fever. Looks pretty good.

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Betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome.

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Checking more top stories now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is willing to meet with leaders of Hamas next week to discuss a cease fire. It follows a joint statement from the US and other allies urging new talks. No immediate response from Hamas.

The first debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is one month away. Both sides have agreed to face off here on ABC September 10th. Trump is also challenging Harris to two additional debates and.

Some good news for homebuyers. Mortgage rates have dropped to a 15 month low, now at 6.4%, prompting a spike in refinancing.

Breaking overnight flooding in parts of Ohio, several people had to be rescued from stranded cars near Akron. The heavy rain was separate from remnants of Hurricane Debby, which triggered flooding in the Carolinas.

Today's weather heavy rain in the northeast. Heat alerts in the south. Dry and relatively cool in the Midwest. Damaging wind and hail in parts of the West.

And finally, a bear in the classroom.

Danny News spoke to a very surprised teacher.

Oh no. As we see in anchorman, it can obviously be hard to communicate with a bear.

Can it eat through my lunchbox?

Like, how do you ask one? Hey, can you get out of my classroom, please?

There was a bear charging at me.

Earlier this week. Teacher Elaine Salmon here? Yes. Salmon was just returning from making some copies for the new school year when she found this unexpected guest immediately shut the door and called her husband. Why not the authorities?

Well, because he's my he's my man, you know.

Also, it helps that her husband, Ian, is a retired police officer who says bears are a pretty regular thing here in the mountains near Bakersfield, California, for example. Here is one who recently opened their car door. So Ian arrived within ten minutes and then uncovered the big problem here.

You want to get out?

I know, but how are we going to do it without being in the way.

The heavy metal door would have to be held open on the inside. The bear most likely got in the classroom by using his paw to push it open, but that means to let him out. Someone would have to go in there and say, this way, sir.

Is he over there? Yeah.

They got down to business. Elaine distracted the bear by tapping on the opposite window while Ian snuck in behind the door.

Here, bear. Here, bear. Come here. Bear.

Thankfully, the bear eventually obeyed and just sauntered by Ian out into the night. And then Ian growled to scare him away while Elaine hid behind the fence. Everyone was fine. They were only minor damages, and maybe a new dynamic duo just emerged in the town's ever growing human bear relations department.

We're a team. Mama Bear and Papa Bear.

The biggest damage guys came from the bear getting into the classrooms, earthquake kits to eat the snacks in there. And crazily enough, as you may know, there was an earthquake in Bakersfield the next day, but thankfully they did not need the kits.

I'd say they are very lucky.

That's quite the teacher's pet too. That's what's making news in America this week.

Have a great weekend. Right now on America this morning, Debbie doubles down a second landfall, wreaking havoc in the northeast. Tornadoes touching down. Heavy rains flooding homes where the deadly storm heads next.

The debate is on after backing out former President Trump now agreeing to face off with Vice President Harris. But this morning, what Harris says she won't do.

Plus, new video from the attempted Trump assassination. The view police had just moments before the shooter opened fire.

Breaking overnight from the Paris Olympics, the announcement from super sprinter Noah Lyles after collapsing on the track and why he was competing despite having Covid.

The alleged terror plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert. The job one of the suspects recently took.

Chesapeake poisoning how a world class player allegedly tried to sabotage her opponent.

The debate over dirty microwaves heats up what we're learning about radiation resistant bacteria.

And heads up why police say this sneaky seagull is a wanted criminal.

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This is America this morning.

Good Friday morning, everyone. I'm Andrew.

Dymburt. Good Friday to you. All of you I'm Rhiannon ally. We begin with severe weather and travel delays affecting millions of Americans. Right now, what's.

Left of Hurricane Debbie is wreaking havoc, spawning tornadoes and triggering flood alerts along an 800 mile stretch of the eastern seaboard, some areas seeing two feet of rain. This morning, Debbie isn't done yet, with more heavy rain and the threat of tornadoes. One tornado touching down near Wilmington, Delaware. Last night there.

Was many reports made of damage to houses such as trees down pole and wires down.

Storms, also damaging several homes near Washington, DC. What's left of Debbie will accelerate through Pennsylvania and upstate New York today, then into New England, dumping more than six inches of rain. Debbie made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina, where rain totals could surpass two feet. The governor warning there not in the clear yet.

The rains are gone and but the flooding, the river flooding will take place.

Debbie has already spawned at least a dozen tornadoes. A man was killed in North Carolina after a twister destroyed this home east of Raleigh. The tornado also damaged a middle school. Norman Toler lives nearby.

Look out the back door, and I dropped down to my knees and went to praying. I said, Lord, you know I worked all my life for what I got here. Please don't take it. And it went right in the backyard. I knew God works miracles because he worked one tonight.

More than a foot of rain fell in North Carolina, and flood watches remain in effect from the Carolinas to New Hampshire. We'll check your full forecast in just a few minutes.

Now to the race for the white House and an agreement on when the candidates will debate. It comes as former President Trump accuses Vice President Harris of avoiding questions from reporters. ABC's Perry Russom has the latest Perry. Good morning.

Ryan, and good morning to you. The first debate between Trump and Harris is set, marking what is likely to be another pivotal moment in the race. This morning, it's game on for at least one presidential debate. Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to face off September 10th on ABC.

I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope he shows up.

Harris will not join Trump for a Fox News debate six days earlier. Her campaign says all future debates are contingent on Trump showing up on September 10th. Trump previously backed out of the ABC debate after President Biden dropped out of the race. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Michigan yesterday speaking to the United Auto Workers union.

We're not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to separate us, trying to pull us apart. That's not where the strength lies.

After holding no public campaign events this week, Trump speaking with reporters at his Mar a Lago resort criticizing Harris intelligence and claiming she's avoiding reporters.

She doesn't know how to do a news conference. She's not smart enough to do a news conference.

Trump taking questions for one hour on a range of issues, insisting Republicans have the momentum in this race and suggesting he's attracted crowds larger than Martin Luther King Jr.

Nobody spoke in the crowds bigger than me. If you look at Martin Luther King when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not, we had more.

When speaking about Harris's time as a prosecutor and her relationship with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Trump describing surviving a near death experience in a helicopter.

Well, I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.

According to the New York Times, Trump apparently confused Willie Brown with former California Governor Jerry Brown. and both men say they were never on a helicopter with Trump. That made an emergency landing. Today, Trump heads to a rally in Montana. Harris will be in Arizona, continuing her tour of battleground states. And as for the criticism that Harris is not answering questions from reporters, she says she hopes to sit down for an interview by the end of the month. Rhiannon. All right.

Perry, thank you for that. New video has been released from the day former President Trump was shot in Pennsylvania. The police body camera video raises a lot more questions about the security on that day. This is the moment police in Butler, Pennsylvania, confront the gunman who shot former President Trump. An officer is hoisted up onto the roof, sees the shooter and falls back to the ground.

This close, bro, do you turn around on me?

He's straight up. Heavily armed police raced toward the building, some scaling this plastic shed to reach the roof. The officer who confronted the shooter, describing what he saw.

He's got a book bag. He's got mad hair laying down. He's got. Yeah, he's got. He's laying down. Proned out. Book bag next to him.

Those officers scrambling to locate the shooter.

This building, he was on top of this building, the left one.

Finding him after several tense minutes. By then, he's dead. When chaos subsides, some police are heard questioning how the shooter got access to a rooftop only 400ft from Trump.

I told them the post.

Guys over here, I wasn't even concerned about it.

Because I thought someone was on the roof. I thought that's how they kind of, how can.

You lose a guy walking back here? They were on the roof. They were inside.

Why were we not in the building? Why are we not on the roof?

So many questions. Documents show the shooter visited a gun range more than 40 times in the months before the rally, including a final visit just the day before the assassination attempt.

New images from Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia show dozens of Russian troops surrendering, some even waving white flags. It came after Ukraine destroyed a border checkpoint, part of its largest advance into Russia since the war began. Another video is said to show a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian helicopter, reports say. Furious battles are underway in the Kursk border region.

A third death is being blamed on the listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats. The CDC says the most recent victim lived in Virginia and was at least 65 years old. It was the first death since late last month, when Boers had expanded a recall to include more than £7 million of meat. Dozens of people have been hospitalized in 13 states.

Now to North Carolina in the case of Joshua Hunsaker. He was first arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife with eyedrops and trying to cash in on her life insurance. Now, prosecutors claim he tried to do the same thing to his young daughter. Here's ABC's Andrea Fujii.

This morning, the North Carolina man charged with murder for allegedly poisoning his wife with eye drops is due back in court. 39 year old Joshua Hunsucker, a former paramedic, faces new charges accused of also trying to poison his ten year old daughter. She survived. Prosecutors claim his plot was inspired by South Carolina nurse Lana Clayton.

I did.

And possibly put the values in the string, and I did it with the intent to make him sick and uncomfortable.

Back in 2018, Clayton was charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just a month after Clayton was charged, Stacey Hunsaker died. Investigators say they grew suspicious when Joshua Hunsaker immediately cremated his wife's body and filed for her $250,000 life insurance policy when they tested her blood. They say poison was found, but since his arrest, Hunsaker has been free on bond, and he's accused of intimidating his late wife's parents in an effort to blame them for her death. Prosecutors claim he also staged his own kidnapping and routinely recorded his in-laws, followed them, made vulgar gestures and sent a package to their home demanding they drop charges against him. Today, prosecutors are asking to revoke Hunsaker's bond as he awaits trial. He's also been indicted for witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. He maintains his innocence. Andrew. Rhiannon.

Andrea, thank you for that. It is time now to check your Friday weather.

Good morning Debbie. Still bringing trouble to the northeast in this case, with a tornado threat tied to some gusty squalls of rain in the east side of the circulation, and drenching rain will move in very intense rainfall across the region here into the northeast. It will come in quick. It will end quickly as well, but several hours of rain will drive. Rainfall amounts up to 4 to 8in into the interior northeast, 2 to 4in in places like Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1 to 2in in southeast New England. For AccuWeather Up Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

Coming up, the terror plot against a Taylor Swift concert. New details about the suspects.

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Career. We are learning more about the foiled terror plot that forced Taylor Swift to cancel her concerts in Vienna. Authorities released this photo right here of one of the two suspects arrested, a 19 year old holding machetes and wearing an ISIS flag. They say he confessed to planning the attack with knives and explosives, with the hope of killing as many people as possible. His alleged accomplice had just taken a job at the stadium and a third teenager is being questioned. Swift has five shows in London beginning next week, and London's mayor says those concerts will go ahead as planned.

It's day 14 of the Paris Olympics. Team USA began the day one gold medal ahead of China. Quincy Wilson at age 16, making history in the men's 4x4 hundred relay. But overnight, another Olympic star dropped out of his final event this morning. Noah Lyles is Olympic run is over. The two time medal winner announcing overnight he won't compete in today's four by 100 relay final, saying I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. It is not the Olympics I dreamed of, but it has left me with so much joy in my heart. Lyles took bronze in the 200 meter yesterday, then collapsed on the track, leaving in a wheelchair, later revealing he has Covid. U.S. Track and Field says after Lyles tested positive, it swiftly enacted all necessary protocols to prioritize his health, the well-being of our team, and the safety of fellow competitors.

It's not a contact sport. So even during the warm ups in the cold room, uh, he was just there by himself.

At least 40 athletes in the Olympic Village have tested positive for Covid and other respiratory illnesses, but officials saying athletes can compete as long as they feel up for it.

I don't think I was put at risk at all. I mean, I take care of my body. Um, so when it comes to getting sick, that's rare for me.

Meanwhile, American runner Sydney McLaughlin Levrone took gold, shattering her own world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles.

The event is just getting faster and faster.

Celebrating the win with a tiara her sister gave her.

This was one of those things I was missing. You know Rio, I didn't medal in Tokyo. Nobody was there. So I think this was my first real Olympics.

Another world record broken yesterday in speed climbing. But despite having the fastest climb ever, Sam Watson didn't win gold. Instead, he took bronze because he lost an earlier match, a diving disaster for American Alison Gibson. She scored a zero after hitting the board with her feet during a flip, and it was nearly a disaster for the US men's basketball team. Down 17 points against Serbia until Steph Curry launched a comeback, scoring 36. Team USA plays France tomorrow for the gold. And later today, a new Olympic sport debuts breakdancing.

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A major recall of kitchen stoves, all because of pets starting fires. Samsung is recalling the knobs on 1 million electric stoves. Videos have shown pets starting fires after jumping onto the stoves and hitting the knobs. People have also sparked fires by bumping into the knobs, and some unwelcome visitors may be lurking in your microwave. A new study found microwaves in homes and offices are teeming with bacteria, and many of the microbes can survive the radiation that heats up your food. Some strains can cause foodborne illnesses or even be deadly. Experts say microwaves should be cleaned on a regular basis.

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But this morning, a real life drama in the chess world. A renowned player faces criminal charges for allegedly taking the battle off the board. Amina Aubakirova is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia. Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captured her spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began. The unlucky victim, falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, suffering from shortness of breath. Mercury poisoning can cause tremors, headaches, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties. Aubakirova now faces jail time along with a lifetime ban from competition. The sports minister in charge of the Chess Championship saying I am perplexed by what happened. The action she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself. Thankfully, the player allegedly poisoned did not experience life threatening complications.

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The first debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is one month away. Both sides have agreed to face off here on ABC September 10th. Trump is also challenging Harris to two additional debates and.

Some good news for homebuyers. Mortgage rates have dropped to a 15 month low, now at 6.4%, prompting a spike in refinancing.

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Today's weather heavy rain in the northeast. Heat alerts in the south. Dry and relatively cool in the Midwest. Damaging wind and hail in parts of the West.

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Teacher Elaine Salmon here? Yes. Salmon was just returning from making some copies for the new school year when she found this unexpected guest immediately shut the door and called her husband. Why not the authorities?

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The heavy metal door would have to be held open on the inside. The bear most likely got in the classroom by using his paw to push it open, but that means to let him out. Someone would have to go in there and say, this way, sir.

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Thankfully, the bear eventually obeyed and just sauntered by Ian out into the night. And then Ian growled to scare him away while Elaine hid behind a fence. Everyone was fine. They were only minor damages, and may it be a new dynamic duo just emerged in the town's ever growing human bear relations department.

We're a team Mama Bear and Papa Bear.

The biggest damage guys came from the bear getting into the classrooms, earthquake kits to eat the snacks in there. And crazily enough, as you may know, there was an earthquake in Bakersfield the next day, but thankfully they did not need the kits.

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It's Friday, August 9th, and they want to do the invading for once we start here. Ukraine launches a surprise incursion into Russian territory. This is the biggest thing.

Basically the most dramatic move that I've seen Ukraine make.

These scenes are reverberating throughout the region. But what does it mean for the wider war? If you thought swift boating was a political tactic of the past, welcome to 2024. What bothers me about Tim.

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With cases spreading, these Olympics have become a contest of who can stay healthy. From ABC news. This is start here I'm Brad Mielke. In recent months, it's been dawning on anyone watching the war in Ukraine that the Russians are making unmistakable gains along the front. The manpower of Ukraine is diminished. The aid from the US, some said, came too late. And yet this week, something strange has happened. We started hearing about a new incursion, not into Ukraine, but into Russia. That's right. These were Ukrainian troops marching across the border. And now it appears this was even more significant than initially understood. ABC's foreign correspondent James Longman is with us. James, we've seen Ukraine try to hit Russia's homeland before, but it's usually come in the form of like some shelling here or some drone attacks there. I mean, what is happening there right now?

This is extraordinary, Brad. I mean, I've reported a number of times you and I have spoken when we've heard about Ukrainian pro-Ukrainian militia crossing the border, trying to occupy villages. Spoken about Ukrainian missiles hitting targets inside Russia. This is completely different. The Ukrainians are taking responsibility for this. They say that this is a full scale military operation inside Russia and is extraordinary. We're hearing that there are Ukrainian tanks on the ground, Ukrainian special forces inside Russia, some more than 20 miles across the border. So this is an incredibly significant incursion. And we've seen videos the Ukrainians have put out of of them taking Russian soldiers prisoner. We've seen one extraordinary video of of an attack drone, a Ukrainian attack drone taking out a Russian helicopter mid-flight. So this is this is the biggest thing, basically the most dramatic move that I've seen Ukraine make in more than two years of war. And we don't know when this is going to end, because it's been now three days or more of this attack. And we're not sure what Ukraine's plans are here, but it's certainly made an impact.

What I was wondering why, James? Because Ukraine, it's not like Ukraine is looking to take Russian territory out of this. Like, is this to make Russia back off or what is the what's the strategy here?

Well, I think fundamentally the first thing, which is always Ukraine's aim is to try to humiliate Russia, to have these images of, uh, of their soldiers being taken prisoner on their own territory is an effort to humiliate Russia, not just in the eyes of the world, but in the eyes of Russians as well. This is something that Russians are not used to seeing. It's pro-ukraine. pro-Kremlin blogs have been alive with this all over the internet. This is not something that Russians normally ever see. So it's humiliating for Russia in the first instance. But I think more than that strategic goal here is basically that Ukraine knows it's going to have to negotiate a way out of this war. At some point they see the US election looming. They see possibly Donald Trump becoming president.

I think Zelensky is maybe the greatest salesman of any politician that's ever lived.

He has made no secret of the fact that he wants to pull funding from Ukraine, that he thinks there should be a deal as soon as possible.

I will have that settled prior to taking the white House as president elect. I will have that set.

So the Ukrainians are realists.

They know that there's going to have to be a deal of some kind. When I was last there, I had for the first time, senior members of the military saying to me that there's going to have to be a deal. The question is what kind of deal? And Ukraine wants to go to any negotiation from a position of strength. So this is them putting their flag in the ground. If you like to say, if there's going to be talks, they're going to be on our terms. We want to negotiate from a position of strength. You're dealing with a serious party here in Ukraine and we can make life difficult for the Russians.

You talked about how Ukraine sees this as almost a chance to humiliate Russia. How is this affecting Russian forces, I guess, is it having an impact?

Well, that's really difficult to know. I mean, it doesn't seem to have impacted the war in Ukraine itself. I think it's fair to say that the battle lines have basically been frozen for some months now. Whether or not Russia is going to have to redeploy troops back into the homeland to try to defend this area of Kursk, or we're not sure one of the big impacts here might be on infrastructure, energy infrastructure, because one of the villages and one of the towns that has been attacked by the Ukrainians is in critical for gas infrastructure in, in Russia. So there could be an impact there. But I don't think there's going to be a long term occupation of this area of Russia. This is this is something that the Ukrainians have done to grab the world's attention. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn't spoken about it directly, but he's hinted at it in the way that he often does. He said that our Ukrainian armed forces know how to surprise. So that's a not very veiled reference to what the Ukrainians have been up to.

It's something that you could imagine being seen as as heroic or also desperate. And perhaps both of those things are kind of happening right now in Ukraine. All right. James Longman reporting. Thank you so much.

Thanks a lot, Brad.

Next up on Start Here. 24 years of National Guard service is usually a good thing on the campaign trail. So why is J.D. Vance attacking his fellow VP candidate? We're back in a bit.

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In the days since Vice President Kamala Harris took over as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the news for her has just kept getting better. An NPR poll this week showed Harris three points ahead among registered voters. Yesterday, another national poll from Ipsos showed her up by five. It looks almost dead even in swing states. But for Democrats, this is a breath of fresh air. And there's a time honored tradition among candidates. When you feel like you're winning, you keep your mouth shut. When you feel like you're losing, you got to move the needle somehow.

I haven't recalibrated strategy at all. It's the same policies we.

Yesterday at Mar a Lago, former President Donald Trump gave his first open news conference in months.

I think that abortion has become much less of an issue. It's a very I think it's actually going to be a very small issue.

He's been criticizing Vice President Harris for not answering questions from reporters, but he's also largely limited himself to friendly interviews and stump speeches. Well, here he promised, finally, to uphold his commitment to a debate on ABC News in September. And while he made some jabs toward Harris.

Kamala, who, by the way, is worse than Biden and she's actually not as smart.

It still seems like his campaign is unsure of which attacks they think will actually change the landscape. However, when it comes to the race for vice president, we are seeing what is in some ways a familiar tactic.

Well, if he wants to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer. Bring it on.

20 years ago, 2004 Democrats selected a nominee named John Kerry, who's a senator from Massachusetts, a foreign policy expert, and a decorated war hero. Well, then advertisements started coming out questioning his war record.

John Kerry has not been honest about what happened in Vietnam.

He is lying about his record.

His ads featured Vietnam veterans who, like Kerry, had served in Swift Boats. But they claimed Kerry had exaggerated his tales of heroism that led to combat medals. They were contradicted in a report from the Navy inspector General, though, and men who had served alongside Kerry said these attacks were unfair hatchet jobs. They were effective, though. Kerry lost the election and we got a new political term swift boating.

To his fellow veterans. He is Sergeant Major Walz.

Well, this week, as Democrats have coalesced around Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the VP pick who served as a congressman, a high school football coach, a teacher and a National Guardsman. Donald Trump and JD Vance have latched on to that last biographical detail. Let's bring in ABC's Anne Flaherty, who covers the Pentagon for us. And Senator Vance has been tossing around this phrase stolen valor. The way we usually refer to people who, like, wear, you know, veterans uniforms who aren't veterans. What is going on here?

So, you know, they really have three allegations against Tim Walz and Tim Walz just to back up here. He spent 24 years in the Army National Guard. Uh, he was able to retire whenever he wanted. Once you've served that many years, you are able to step aside, and there was really no question about that. But the primary accusation by Vance is that walls abandoned his unit right as they were about to deploy to Iraq.

You abandoned your unit right before they went to Iraq, and he has not spent a day in a combat zone. What bothers me about Tim Waltz is the Stolen Valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something that you're not.

And this was back in 2005. And what we found out what had happened was that walls was planning to run for house office. He was planning to go into politics. He had been in the Army National Guard for 23, 24 years, and he was torn because he wanted to stay with his unit. But he knew that in order to run for office, he had to file for a deferment, and then he would potentially have to come back if they did deploy. So we spoke with people who were colleagues with him at the time. They said that he felt that he had a window of time to decide. Does he stay in the Army National Guard and stay with his unit, or does he go into politics? And he said, I'm going to make the decision to stay and to try to serve in Congress.

When I coached football. These stands held about 3000 people. That's a lot. It's also the number of American soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq.

Now, Walz was an antiwar Democrat. He was very open and vocal about opposing the Bush administration's policies in the war.

This president and this Congress shifted the focus from the true war on terror and put it to Iraq.

At the time that he was making this decision. His unit there had been heavy speculation that it would probably deploy to Iraq, but it wasn't a guarantee. He filed for retirement in May of 2005, and then two months later, uh, they got an alert order that said, yes, you were going to Iraq. So, you know, JD Vance seized on this. Of course, JD Vance, being a military veteran who had gone to Iraq, I.

Think it's shameful to prepare your unit to go to Iraq, to make a promise that you're going to follow through and then to drop out right before you actually have to go.

Well, when you look at Walz's record, it wasn't that cut and dry. It was clear that he had a decision to make that he could have gone to Iraq with his unit, but that there were other issues for him and that he was already in this House race, and he wanted to commit to that.

I see, but the idea of like, stolen valor, I usually think of somebody who, like, says, yeah, I served in Nam when actually they weren't like they didn't do anything of the sort. Right. That's not it's different from somebody being like, well, I only served 23 years in the National Guard instead of 24, right? Like, does JD Vance truly think that Walz is lying about his record?

Well, so there are a couple of other issues. One is that Walz tells an audience in a clip that's been was tweeted out by the Harris campaign on Tuesday that he carried guns, quote in war.

And we can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried in war is the only place where those weapons are out.

That's an interesting phrase to use because he never carried a gun in active combat. He would have carried a gun during his service. When the U.S. was at war following the nine over 11 attacks, he was deployed to Italy, for example, in 2003, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. But there was no evidence that Walz was ever actually engaged in active combat.

Well, I wonder, Tim Walz, when were you ever in war? When was this? What was this weapon that you carried into war? And, you.

Know, it's interesting because he's acknowledged as much in a 2018 interview with Minnesota Public Radio. He said, I know that there are certainly folks that did more than I did.

And I know that. And I willingly say I got far more out of the military than they got out of me.

Then there's another issue that has actually come up, which is about his rank and wiles. Right before he retired, he had achieved a rank of command sergeant major.

I'm Tim Walz, and I'm running for Congress in Minnesota's first congressional district. I'm a retired command sergeant major. I spent 24 years in the Army National Guard.

Command sergeant major is. It's the highest enlisted rank for his unit. It comes with a lot of responsibility, but you have to hang on to this job for three years and meet certain requirements in order to retire as a command sergeant major. We know that he achieved the rank in September, and he retired the following May. So we know that he didn't achieve those requirements to keep that rank. So in fact, when you look at Walz's website, for example, as governor or the campaign website, it did cite that he was a command sergeant major. Um, interestingly enough, yesterday they changed the verbiage on that campaign site, um, to say that he did not retire at that level. But he is a former command sergeant major, which is technically more accurate. Now, whether or not that amounts to Stolen Valor, which is a very explosive allegation, it even has legal implications. It's against federal law to lie about your military service, to try to defraud the American public. You know, I think there are a lot of people who would argue that that accusation of stolen valor is over the top.

Yeah. What has been the reaction from Democrats?

You know, it was interesting because while of course, he puts out a statement and he doesn't address a lot of these allegations, tit for tat, I mean, a lot of it can already be found in guard records and so forth. But he just tries to say at the end of the day, you know, the governor fired and trained others to use weapons of war innumerable times. Governor Walz would never insult or undermine an American's service to this country. In fact, he thinks Senator Vance for putting his life on the line for our country. It's the American way.

They have no.

Vision for the.

Future. All they can do is attack and lie.

We heard from House Democrats yesterday in a call. People defending walls.

They have they have no options. But to try to do one of the worst things you can do in America, and that is to attack a veteran for their service.

ABC news interviewed people who had served with walls, and there were people who said he was a very good soldier. We talked with one person who said, you know, look, I don't like his politics. I'm not going to vote for him. But he's actually a pretty good guy. So, you know, a lot of people weighing in on this and saying, you know, why are you attacking how somebody served? The fact that he served for 24 years should speak for itself. Of course, Republicans saying it's not about that. It's about how he's framed it to the public and whether or not voters can trust him.

Well, and there are people who have been, like, trying to defend walls by being like, who are you, JD Vance? Like you were a public affairs guy in the Marines, but that can't carry real risks in combat zones, from what I've been told.

Well, he was a writer for, uh, an internal writer. He was what they call a combat correspondent. And you embed with units, and then you write articles for internal publications to kind of boost morale. And, you know, I think one thing Vance would say, though, is that he never said otherwise.

I served in a combat zone. I never said that I saw a firefight myself. But I've always told the truth about my Marine Corps service.

Is this going to get traction with voters? I don't know, I know that it's probably just the beginning of, of the next couple of months.

Especially in a moment when the Republican nominee has actually been convicted of a crime. So using this very loaded language about federal crimes that might be going too far. We'll see sort of what effect it has. All right. And Flaherty, thank you so much. Thanks, Brad. Okay. One more quick break. When we come back, can it be a post-pandemic Olympics when global authorities say there's still a pandemic? One last thing is next.

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Noah not looking like Noah at all and needed some medical assistance. Uh, leaving the arena.

After the race, Lyles confirmed that just a couple days prior, he had been diagnosed with Covid 19. And this is not the only time in the games we've seen this. In fact, what had been described as the first post-Covid Olympics the coronavirus has clearly been spreading among athletes at one of the most important moments of their lives regarding Covid.

It is confined to the water polo team. There have been five athletes in total who have tested positive.

That was the head of Team Australia, whose women's water polo team experienced an outbreak right as the games began, But that number did not stay at five for very long. At last count, 16 Australian athletes in various sports have tested positive for Covid. A dozen more were hit by other respiratory infections. And this is not just Australia. American swimmers. A German decathlete. A British breaststroker all positive. An official from the World Health Organization appeared at a United Nations presser this week to say dozens of athletes have now been infected around the village in.

Recent months, regardless of the season.

Many countries have experienced surges of Covid 19, including at the Olympics, and this has.

Raised uncomfortable questions of athletes and especially these organizing committees. Unlike past years, people who are still contagious for Covid are not barred from competing. They could, and they are infecting their teammates or perhaps even their opponents. This disease is unquestionably still with us. In fact, the Olympics happened to fall right as Europe has experienced a rise in cases.

Overall, test positivity is above 10%, but this fluctuates by region. In Europe, percent positivity is over 20%.

So in the case of Noah Lyles, you could see him wearing a surgical mask indoors. After his diagnosis, Dutch athletes were told to be even more proactive, avoiding unnecessary interactions with those not on their teams. But the vast majority of teams here say they have not taken any particular mitigation efforts. The Australian official talked about washing hands, which we know is not the primary way Covid spreads.

We treat Covid no differently to any other respiratory illness, but we want to ensure that we have our protocols working as well. Now, the.

Immediate consequences of contracting Covid are less severe than they were in 2020. For most people, Covid hospitalizations in 2021 dwarfed anything that we're seeing now. But Covid can still cause serious symptoms, especially in people with pre-existing conditions. Think of Noah Lyles, who grew up with asthma. Long Covid is a concern. In fact, athletes in other sports have dealt with long comebacks and early retirements because of it. It's easy to say, listen, I want the full Olympic experience that I was deprived of three years ago. But you got to think to yourself, are watch parties and cafeteria dinners in the Olympic Village worth potentially giving up your career? Public health experts say we have the tools. Vaccines, masks and regular testing regimens have all been shown to slow the spread. But ultimately, in Paris, protective measures have largely been left up to the athletes themselves and in these games, losing just a few hundredths of a second can define a legacy. I'm so upset. The Olympics are ending like closing ceremonies on Sunday and there are still sports I haven't even watched yet.

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Dymburt. Good Friday to you. All of you. I'm Rhiannon ally. We begin with severe weather and travel delays affecting millions of Americans. Right now, what's.

Left of Hurricane Debbie is wreaking havoc, spawning tornadoes and triggering flood alerts along an 800 mile stretch of the eastern seaboard, some areas seeing two feet of rain. This morning, Debbie isn't done yet, with more heavy rain and the threat of tornadoes. One tornado touching down near Wilmington, Delaware. Last night there.

Was many reports made of damage to.

Houses such.

As trees down, pole and wires down.

Storms also damaging several homes near Washington, DC. What's left of Debbie will accelerate through Pennsylvania and upstate New York today, then into New England, dumping more than six inches of rain. Debbie made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina, where rain totals could surpass two feet. The governor warning there not in the clear yet.

The rains are gone and but the flooding, the river flooding will take place.

Debbie has already spawned at least a dozen tornadoes. A man was killed in North Carolina after a twister destroyed this home east of Raleigh. The tornado also damaged a middle school. Norman Toler lives nearby.

Look out the back door and I dropped down to my knees and went to praying. I said, Lord, you know I worked all my life for what I got here. Please don't take it. And it went right in the backyard. I knew God works miracles because he worked one tonight.

More than a foot of rain fell in North Carolina. And flood watches remain in effect from the Carolinas to New Hampshire. We'll check your full forecast in just a few minutes.

Now to the race for the white House and an agreement on when the candidates will debate. It comes as former President Trump accuses Vice President Harris of avoiding questions from reporters. ABC's Perry Russom has the latest Perry. Good morning.

Ryan. Good morning to you. The first debate between Trump and Harris is set, marking what is likely to be another pivotal moment in the race. This morning, it's game on for at least one presidential debate. Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to face off September 10th on ABC.

I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope he shows up.

Harris will not join Trump for a Fox News debate six days earlier. Her campaign says all future debates are contingent on Trump showing up on September 10th. Trump previously backed out of the ABC debate after President Biden dropped out of the race. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in Michigan yesterday speaking to the United Auto Workers union.

We're not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to separate us, trying to pull us apart. That's not where the strength lies.

After holding no public campaign events this week, Trump speaking with reporters at his Mar a Lago resort criticizing Harris intelligence and claiming she's avoiding reporters.

She doesn't know how to do a news conference. She's not smart enough to do a news conference.

Trump taking questions for one hour on a range of issues, insisting Republicans have the momentum in this race and suggesting he's attracted crowds larger than Martin Luther King Jr.

Nobody spoke in the crowds bigger than me. If you look at Martin Luther King when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not, we had more.

When speaking about Harris's time as a prosecutor and her relationship with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Trump describing surviving a near-death experience in a helicopter.

Well, I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought, maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.

According to the New York Times, Trump apparently confused Willie Brown with former California Governor Jerry Brown. And both men say they were never on a helicopter with Trump. That made an emergency landing. Today, Trump heads to a rally in Montana. Harris will be in Arizona, continuing her tour of battleground states. And as for the criticism that Harris is not answering questions from reporters, she says she hopes to sit down for an interview by the end of the month. Rhiannon. All right.

Perry, thank you for that. New video has been released from the day former President Trump was shot in Pennsylvania. The police body camera video raises a lot more questions about the security on that day. This is the moment police in Butler, Pennsylvania, confront the gunman who shot former President Trump. An officer is hoisted up onto the roof, sees the shooter and falls back to the ground.

This close, bro, do you turn around on me? He's straight up.

Heavily armed police raced toward the building, some scaling this plastic shed to reach the roof. The officer who confronted the shooter, describing what he saw.

He's got a book bag. He's got mad hair laying down. He's got? Yeah, he's got. He's laying down. Proned out. Book bag next to him.

Those officers scrambling to locate the shooter.

This building, he was on top of this building, the left one.

Finding him after several tense minutes. By then, he's dead. When chaos subsides, some police are heard questioning how the shooter got access to a rooftop only 400ft from Trump.

I told them the post.

Guys over here, I wasn't even concerned about it because I thought someone was on the roof. I thought that's how they kind of, how can you lose a guy walking back here? They were on the roof. They were inside.

Why were we not in the building? Why are we not on the roof?

So many questions. Documents show the shooter visited a gun range more than 40 times in the months before the rally, including a final visit just the day before the assassination attempt.

New images from Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia show dozens of Russian troops surrendering, some even waving white flags. It came after Ukraine destroyed a border checkpoint, part of its largest advance into Russia since the war began. Another video is said to show a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian helicopter, reports say. Furious battles are underway in the Kursk border region.

A third death is being blamed on the listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats. The CDC says the most recent victim lived in Virginia and was at least 65 years old. It was the first death since late last month, when Boers had expanded a recall to include more than £7 million of meat. Dozens of people have been hospitalized in 13 states.

Now to North Carolina in the case of Joshua Hunsaker. He was first arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife with eyedrops and trying to cash in on her life insurance. Now, prosecutors claim he tried to do the same thing to his young daughter. Here's ABC's Andrea Fujii.

This morning, the North Carolina man charged.

With murder for.

Allegedly poisoning his wife with eye drops is due back in court. 39 year old Joshua Hunsucker, a former paramedic, faces new charges accused of also trying to poison his ten year old daughter. She survived. Prosecutors claim his plot was inspired by South Carolina nurse Lana Clayton.

I did impulsively put the values in as a string, and I did it with the intent to make him sick and uncomfortable.

Back in 2018, Clayton was charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just a month after Clayton was charged, Stacey Hunsaker died. Investigators say they grew suspicious when Joshua Hunsaker immediately cremated his wife's body and filed for her $250,000 life insurance policy when they tested her blood, they say poison was found, but since his arrest, Hunsaker has been free on bond, and he's accused of intimidating his late wife's parents in an effort to blame them for her death. Prosecutors claim he also staged his own kidnapping and routinely recorded his in-laws, followed them, made vulgar gestures and sent a package to their home demanding they drop charges against him. Today, prosecutors are asking to revoke Hunsaker's bond as he awaits trial. He's also been indicted for witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. He maintains his innocence. Andrew. Rhiannon.

Andrea, thank you for that. It is time now to check your Friday weather.

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Career. We are learning more about the foiled terror plot that forced Taylor Swift to cancel her concerts in Vienna. Authorities released this photo right here of one of the two suspects arrested, a 19 year old holding machetes and wearing an ISIS flag. They say he confessed to planning the attack with knives and explosives, with the hope of killing as many people as possible. His alleged accomplice had just taken a job at the stadium and a third teenager is being questioned. Swift has five shows in London beginning next week, and London's mayor says those concerts will go ahead as planned.

It's day 14 of the Paris Olympics. Team USA began the day one gold medal ahead of China Quincy Wilson at age 16, making history in the men's 4x4 hundred relay. But overnight, another Olympic star dropped out of his final event this morning. Noah Lyles is Olympic run is over. The two time medal winner announcing overnight he won't compete in today's four by 100 relay final, saying I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. It is not the Olympics I dreamed of, but it has left me with so much joy in my heart. Lyles took bronze in the 200 meter yesterday, then collapsed on the track, leaving in a wheelchair, later revealing he has Covid. U.S. Track and Field says after Lyles tested positive, it swiftly enacted all necessary protocols to prioritize his health, the well-being of our team, and the safety of fellow competitors.

It's not a contact sport. So even during the warm ups and the cool room, uh, he was just there by himself.

At least 40 athletes in the Olympic Village have tested positive for Covid and other respiratory illnesses, but officials saying athletes can compete as long as they feel up for it.

I don't think I was put at risk at all. I mean, I take care of my body. Um, so when it comes to getting sick, that's rare for me.

Meanwhile, American runner Sydney McLaughlin took gold, shattering her own world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles. The event is.

Just getting faster.

And faster.

Celebrating the win with a tiara her sister gave her.

This was one of.

Those things I was missing. You know Rio, I didn't medal in Tokyo. Nobody was there. So I think this was my first real Olympics.

Another world record broken yesterday in speed climbing. But despite having the fastest climb ever, Sam Watson didn't win gold. Instead, he took bronze because he lost an earlier match, a diving disaster for American Alison Gibson. She scored a zero after hitting the board with her feet during a flip, and it was nearly a disaster for the US men's basketball team. Down 17 points against Serbia until Steph Curry launched a comeback, scoring 36. Team USA plays France tomorrow for the gold. And later today, a new Olympic sport debuts breakdancing.

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A major recall of kitchen stoves, all because of pets starting fires. Samsung is recalling the knobs on 1 million electric stoves. Videos have shown pets starting fires after jumping onto the stoves and hitting the knobs. People have also sparked fires by bumping into the knobs, and some unwelcome visitors may be lurking in your microwave. A new study found microwaves in homes and offices are teeming with bacteria, and many of the microbes can survive the radiation that heats up your food. Some strains can cause foodborne illnesses or even be deadly. Experts say microwaves should be cleaned on a regular basis.

I'd hate to see what's in the ones here at ABC. We turn now to a scandal in the world of chess. One player accused of poisoning her rival, The Queen's Gambit, may have been a Netflix hit.

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There is one player that scares me. Who?

The Russians. But this morning, a real life drama in the chess world. A renowned player faces criminal charges for allegedly taking the battle off the board. Amina Aubakirova is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia. Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captured her spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began. The unlucky victim, falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, suffering from shortness of breath. Mercury poisoning can cause tremors, headaches, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties. Aubakirova now faces jail time along with a lifetime ban from competition. The sports minister in charge of the Chess Championship saying I am perplexed by what happened. The action she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself. Thankfully, the player allegedly poisoned did not experience life threatening complications.

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Checking more top stories now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is willing to meet with leaders of Hamas next week to discuss a cease fire. It follows a joint statement from the US and other allies urging new talks. No immediate response from Hamas.

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Some good news for homebuyers. Mortgage rates have dropped to a 15 month low, now at 6.4%, prompting a spike in refinancing.

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Earlier this week. Teacher Elaine Salmon here? Yes. Salmon was just returning from making some copies for the new school year when she found this unexpected guest immediately shut the door and called her husband. Why not the authorities?

Well, because he is my. He's my man, you know.

Also, it helps that her husband, Ian, is a retired police officer who says bears are a pretty regular thing here in the mountains near Bakersfield, California, for example. Here is one who recently opened their car door. So Ian arrived within ten minutes and then uncovered the big problem here.

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The heavy metal door would have to be held open on the inside. The bear most likely got in the classroom by using his paw to push it open, but that means to let him out. Someone would have to go in there and say, this way, sir.

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It's Friday, August 9th and they want to do the invading for once we start here. Ukraine launches a surprise incursion into Russian territory. This is the.

Biggest thing, basically the most dramatic move that I've seen Ukraine make. It seems a.

Reverberating throughout the region. But what does it mean for the wider war? If you thought swift boating was a political tactic of the past? Welcome to 2024.

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With cases spreading, these Olympics have become a contest of who can stay healthy. From ABC news. This is start here I'm Brad Mielke. In recent months, it's been dawning on anyone watching the war in Ukraine that the Russians are making unmistakable gains along the front. The manpower of Ukraine is diminished. The aid from the US, some said, came too late. And yet this week, something strange has happened. We started hearing about a new incursion, not into Ukraine, but into Russia. That's right. These were Ukrainian troops marching across the border. And now it appears this was even more significant than initially understood. ABC's foreign correspondent James Longman is with us. James, we've seen Ukraine try to hit Russia's homeland before, but it's usually come in the form of like some shelling here or some drone attacks there. I mean, what is happening there right now?

This is extraordinary, Brad. I mean, I've reported a number of times you and I have spoken when we've heard about Ukrainian pro-Ukrainian militia crossing the border, trying to occupy villages. Spoken about Ukrainian missiles hitting targets inside Russia. This is completely different. The Ukrainians are taking responsibility for this. They say that this is a full scale military operation inside Russia and is extraordinary. We're hearing that there are Ukrainian tanks on the ground, Ukrainian special forces inside Russia, some more than 20 miles across the border. So this is an incredibly significant incursion. And we've seen videos that the Ukrainians have put out of of them taking Russian soldiers prisoner. We've seen one extraordinary video of an attack drone, a Ukrainian attack drone taking out a Russian helicopter mid-flight. So this is this is the biggest thing, basically the most dramatic move that I've seen Ukraine make in more than two years of war. And we don't know when this is going to end, because it's been now three days or more of this attack. And we're not sure what Ukraine's plans are here, but it's certainly made an impact.

What?

I was wondering why, James? Because Ukraine, it's not like Ukraine is looking to take Russian territory out of this. Like, is this to make Russia back off or what is the what's the strategy here?

Well, I think fundamentally the first thing, which is always Ukraine's aim is to try to humiliate Russia, to have these images of, uh, of their soldiers being taken prisoner on their own territory is an effort to humiliate Russia, not just in the eyes of the world, but in the eyes of Russians as well. This is something that Russians are not used to seeing. It's pro-ukraine. pro-Kremlin blogs have been alive with this all over the internet. This is not something that Russians normally ever see. So it's humiliating for Russia in the first instance. But I think more than that strategic goal here is basically that Ukraine knows it's going to have to negotiate a way out of this war. At some point they see the US election looming. They see possibly Donald Trump becoming president.

I think Zelensky is maybe the greatest salesman of any politician that's ever lived.

He has made no secret of the fact that he wants to pull funding from Ukraine, that he thinks there should be a deal as soon as possible.

I will have that settled prior to taking the white House as president elect. I will have that set.

So the Ukrainians are realists.

They know that there's going to have to be a deal of some kind. When I was last there, I had for the first time, senior members of the military saying to me that there's going to have to be a deal. The question is what kind of deal? And Ukraine wants to go to any negotiation from a position of strength. So this is them putting their flag in the ground. If you like to say, if there's going to be talks, they're going to be on our terms. We want to negotiate from a position of strength. You're dealing with a serious party here in Ukraine and we can make life difficult for the Russians.

You talked about how Ukraine sees this as almost a chance to humiliate Russia. How is this affecting Russian forces, I guess? Is it having an impact?

Well, that's really difficult to know. I mean, it doesn't seem to have impacted the war in Ukraine itself. I think it's fair to say that the battle lines have basically been frozen for some months now. Whether or not Russia is going to have to redeploy troops back into the homeland to try to defend this area of Kursk, or we're not sure one of the big impacts here might be on infrastructure, energy infrastructure, because one of the villages and one of the towns that has been attacked by the Ukrainians is in critical for gas infrastructure in in Russia. So there could be an impact there. But I don't think there's going to be a long term occupation of this area of Russia. This is this is something that the Ukrainians have done to grab the world's attention. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn't spoken about it directly, but he's hinted at it in the way that he often does. He said that our Ukrainian armed forces know how to surprise. So that's a not very veiled reference to what the Ukrainians have been up to.

It's something that you could imagine being seen as as heroic or also desperate. And perhaps both of those things are kind of happening right now in Ukraine. All right. James Longman reporting. Thank you so much.

Thanks a lot, Brad.

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In the days since Vice President Kamala Harris took over as the presumptive Democratic nominee? The news for her has just kept getting better. An NPR poll this week showed Harris three points ahead among registered voters. Yesterday, another national poll from Ipsos showed her up by five. It looks almost dead even in swing states, but for Democrats, this is a breath of fresh air. And there's a time honored tradition among candidates. When you feel like you're winning, you keep your mouth shut. When you feel like you're losing, you got to move the needle somehow.

I haven't recalibrated strategy at all. It's the same policies we.

Yesterday at Mar a Lago, former President Donald Trump gave his first open news conference in months.

I think that abortion has become much less of an issue. It's a very small I think it's actually going to be a very small issue.

He's been criticizing Vice President Harris for not answering questions from reporters, but he's also largely limited himself to friendly interviews and stump speeches. Well, here he promised, finally, to uphold his commitment to a debate on ABC News in September. And while he made some jabs toward Harris.

Kamala, who, by the way, is worse than Biden and she's actually not as smart.

It still seems like his campaign is unsure of which attacks they think will actually change the landscape. However, when it comes to the race for vice president, we are seeing what is in some ways a familiar tactic.

Well, if he wants to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer. Bring it on.

20 years ago, 2004 Democrats selected a nominee named John Kerry, who's a senator from Massachusetts, a foreign policy expert, and a decorated war hero. Well, then advertisements started coming out questioning his war record.

John Kerry has not been honest about what happened in Vietnam.

He is lying about his record.

His ads featured Vietnam veterans who, like Kerry, had served in Swift Boats, but they claimed Kerry had exaggerated his tales of heroism that led to combat medals. They were contradicted in a report from the Navy Inspector General, though, and men who had served alongside Kerry said these attacks were unfair hatchet jobs. They were effective, though. Kerry lost the election and we got a new political term swift boating.

To his fellow veterans. He is Sergeant Major Walz.

Well, this week, as Democrats have coalesced around Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the VP pick who served as a congressman, a high school football coach, a teacher and a National Guardsman. Donald Trump and JD Vance have latched on to that last biographical detail. Let's bring in ABC's Anne Flaherty, who covers the Pentagon for us. And Senator Vance has been tossing around this phrase stolen valor. The way we usually refer to people who, like, wear, you know, veterans uniforms who aren't veterans. What is going on here?

So, you know, they really have three allegations against Tim Walz and Tim Walz just to back up here. He spent 24 years in the Army National Guard. Uh, he was able to retire whenever he wanted. Once you've served that many years, you are able to step aside, and there was really no question about that. But the primary accusation by Vance is that walls abandoned his unit right as they were about to deploy to Iraq.

You abandoned your unit right before they went to Iraq, and he has not spent a day in a combat zone. What bothers me about Tim Waltz is the stolen Valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something that you're not.

And this was back in 2005. And what we found out what had happened was that Wahls was planning to run for house office. He was planning to go into politics. He had been in the Army National Guard for 23, 24 years, and he was torn because he wanted to stay with his unit. But he knew that in order to run for office, he had to file for a deferment, and then he would potentially have to come back if they did deploy. So we spoke with people who were colleagues with him at the time. They said that he felt that he had a window of time to decide. Does he stay in the Army National Guard and stay with his unit, or does he go into politics? And he said, I'm going to make the decision to stay and to try to serve in Congress.

When I coached football. These stands held about 3000 people. That's a lot. It's also the number of American soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq.

Now, Walz was an antiwar Democrat. He was very open and vocal about opposing the Bush administration's policies in the war.

This president and this Congress shifted the focus from the true war on terror and put it to Iraq at.

The time that he was making this decision. His unit there had been heavy speculation that it would probably deploy to Iraq, but it wasn't a guarantee. He filed for retirement in May of 2005, and then two months later, uh, they got an alert order that said, yes, you were going to Iraq. So, you know, JD Vance seized on this. Of course, JD Vance, being a military veteran who had gone to Iraq, I think.

It's shameful to prepare your unit to go to Iraq, to make a promise that you're going to follow through and then to drop out right before you actually have to go.

Well, when you look at Walz's record, it wasn't that cut and dry. It was clear that he had a decision to make that he could have gone to Iraq with his unit, but that there were other issues for him and that he was already in this House race, and he wanted to commit to that.

I see, but the idea of like, stolen valor. I usually think of somebody who, like, says, yeah, I served in Nam when actually they weren't like they didn't do anything of the sort. Right. That's not it's different from somebody being like, well, I only served 23 years in the National Guard instead of 24, right? Like, does JD Vance truly think that Walz is lying about his record?

Well, so there are a couple of other issues. One is that Walz tells an audience in a clip that's been was tweeted out by the Harris campaign on Tuesday that he carried guns, quote, in war.

And we can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried in war is the only place where those weapons are at.

That's an interesting phrase to use because he never carried a gun in active combat. He would have carried a gun during his service. When the U.S. was at war following the nine over 11 attacks, he was deployed to Italy, for example, in 2003, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. But there was no evidence that Walz was ever actually engaged in active combat. Well, I.

Wonder, Tim Walz, when were you ever in war? When was this? What was this weapon that you carried into war? And, you.

Know, it's interesting because he's acknowledged as much in a 2018 interview with Minnesota Public Radio. He said, I know that there are certainly folks that did more than I did.

And I know that. And I willingly say, I got far more out of the military than they got out of me.

Then there's another issue that has actually come up, which is about his rank and wiles. Right before he retired, he had achieved a rank of command sergeant major.

I'm Tim Walz, and I'm running for Congress in Minnesota's first congressional district. I'm a retired command sergeant major. I spent 24 years in the Army National Guard.

Command sergeant major is. It's the highest enlisted rank for his unit. It comes with a lot of responsibility. But you have to hang on to this job for three years and meet certain requirements in order to retire as a command sergeant major. We know that he achieved the rank in September, and he retired the following May. So we know that he didn't achieve those requirements to keep that rank. So in fact, when you look at Walls's Walz's website, for example, as governor or the campaign website, it did cite that he was a command sergeant major. Um, interestingly enough, yesterday they changed the verbiage on that campaign site, um, to say that he did not retire at that level. But he is a former command sergeant major, which is technically more accurate. Now, whether or not that amounts to Stolen Valor, which is a very explosive allegation, it even has legal implications. It's against federal law to lie about your military service, to try to defraud the American public. You know, I think there are a lot of people who would argue that that accusation of stolen valor is over the top.

Yeah. What has been the reaction from Democrats?

You know, it was interesting because while of course, he puts out a statement and he doesn't address a lot of these allegations, tit for tat, I mean, a lot of it can already be found in guard records and so forth. But he just tries to say at the end of the day, you know, the governor fired and trained others to use weapons of war innumerable times. Governor Walz would never insult or undermine an American's service to this country. In fact, he thinks Senator Vance for putting his life on the line for our country. It's the American way.

They have no vision for the future. All they can do is attack and lie.

We heard from House Democrats yesterday in a call. People defending walls.

They have they have no options. But to try to do one of the worst things you can do in America, and that is to attack a veteran for their service.

ABC news interviewed people who had served with walls, and there were people who said he was a very good soldier. We talked with one person who said, you know, look, I don't like his politics. I'm not going to vote for him. But he's actually a pretty good guy. So, you know, a lot of people weighing in on this and saying, you know, why are you attacking how somebody served? The fact that he served for 24 years should speak for itself. Of course, Republicans saying it's not about that. It's about how he's framed it to the public and whether or not voters can trust him.

Well, and there are people who have been trying to defend walls by being like, who are you, JD Vance? Like you were a public affairs guy in the Marines, but that can't carry real risks in combat zones, from what I've been told.

Well, he was a writer for, uh, an internal writer. He was what they call a combat correspondent. You embed with units, and then you write articles for internal publications to kind of boost morale. And, you know, I think one thing Vance would say, though, is that he never said otherwise.

I served in a combat zone. I never said that I saw a firefight myself. But I've always told the truth about my Marine Corps service.

Is this going to get traction with voters? I don't know. I know that it's probably just the beginning of, of the next couple of months.

Especially in a moment when the Republican nominee has actually been convicted of a crime. So using this very loaded language about federal crimes that might be going too far, we'll see sort of what effect it has. All right. And Flaherty, thank you so much. Thanks, Brad. Okay. One more quick break. When we come back, can it be a post-pandemic Olympics when global authorities say there's still a pandemic? One last thing is next.

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And one last thing. Yesterday at the Olympics, we watched one of the most anticipated races of these games. Noah Lyles, the insanely charismatic sprinter from Florida, was trying to become the first American since Carl Lewis to win both the 100 and 200 meter dash. He'd already won the 100, but as he started the two, he didn't quite seem himself. He finished third, he got a bronze, and then suddenly he looked really wobbly, and Noah.

Not looking like Noah at all and needed some medical assistance. Uh, leaving the arena.

After the race, Lyles confirmed that just a couple days prior, he had been diagnosed with Covid 19. And this is not the only time in the games we've seen this. In fact, what had been described as the first post-Covid Olympics the coronavirus has clearly been spreading among athletes at one of the most important moments of their lives.

Regarding Covid, it is confined to the water polo team. There have been five athletes in total who have tested positive.

That was the head of Team Australia, whose women's water polo team experienced an outbreak right as the games began, but that number did not stay at five for very long. At last count, 16 Australian athletes in various sports have tested positive for Covid. A dozen more were hit by other respiratory infections. And this is not just Australia. American swimmers. A German decathlete. A British breaststroker. All positive. An official from the World Health Organization appeared at a United Nations presser this week to say dozens of athletes have now been affected around the village in.

Recent months, regardless of the season, many countries have experienced surges of Covid 19, including at the Olympics.

And this has raised uncomfortable questions of athletes and especially these organizing committees. Unlike past years, people who are still contagious for Covid are not barred from competing. They could, and they are infecting their teammates or perhaps even their opponents. This disease is unquestionably still with us. In fact, the Olympics happened to fall right as Europe has experienced a rise in cases.

Overall, test positivity is above 10%, but this fluctuates by region. In Europe, percent positivity is over 20%.

So in the case of Noah Lyles, you could see him wearing a surgical mask indoors. After his diagnosis, Dutch athletes were told to be even more proactive, avoiding unnecessary interactions with those not on their teams. But the vast majority of teams here say they have not taken any particular mitigation efforts. The Australian official talked about washing hands, which we know is not the primary way Covid spreads.

We treat Covid no differently to any other respiratory illness, but we want to ensure that we have our protocols working as well. Now, the immediate.

Consequences of contracting Covid are less severe than they were in 2020. For most people, Covid hospitalizations in 2021 dwarfed anything that we're seeing now. But Covid can still cause serious symptoms, especially in people with pre-existing conditions. Think of Noah Lyles, who grew up with asthma. Long Covid is a concern. In fact, athletes in other sports have dealt with long comebacks and early retirements because of it. It's easy to say, listen, I want the full Olympic experience that I was deprived of three years ago. But you got to think to yourself, are watch parties and cafeteria dinners in the Olympic Village worth potentially giving up your career? Public health experts say we have the tools. Vaccines, masks and regular testing regimens have all been shown to slow the spread. But ultimately, in Paris, protective measures have largely been left up to the athletes themselves. And in these games, losing just a few hundredths of a second can define a legacy. I'm so upset. The Olympics are ending like closing ceremonies on Sunday and there are still sports I haven't even watched yet.

Like I gotta get some climbing in. I got to watch some sailing, some taekwondo. And by the way, breaking like the new sport that I've been dying to watch for years now, I got to see these kids dance their hearts out this weekend. Start here is produced by Kelly Terez, Jen Newman, Brenda Salinas Baker, Vika Aronson, Cameron Chertavian, Anthony Ali, Mara Milwaukee and Amir Williams. Ariel Chester is our social media producer. Josh Cohen is director of podcast programming. I'm our managing editor. Laura Mayer is our executive producer. Thanks to Lakia Brown, Jon Newman, Tara Gimbel, and Liz Alessi. Special thanks this week to Chris Berry, Connor Burton, Jenna Harrison, Bruno Roeber, and Stephanie Morris. I'm Brad Mielke. I'm off Monday, but I'll see you next week.

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Donald Trump.

Again agreeing to face off with Vice President.

Kamala Harris in a prime time debate on ABC next month. The debate, one that Trump agreed to when President Biden was still in the race, despite waffling on his commitment the last few weeks when Harris ascended to the top of the ticket.

I just look forward to these debates. I think it's very important that we have them during.

A more than one hour long press conference, Trump repeating false and misleading statements, insulting the vice president's intelligence, criticizing her press availability.

She's not doing any news conference and.

Challenging her to accept two other proposed debates. I think they'll.

Be very.

Revealing. Harris remains focused on the ABC news debate.

I'm looking forward to it, and I hope he shows up.

Not willing to commit to any other debates until after that first one. The Harris campaign. Still riding high on the jolt of enthusiasm, a new poll from Marquette University Law School showing Harris leading Trump by six points in a head to head matchup among likely voters 53 to 47%, with a margin of error of 4.7%. But this race will be decided in the battlegrounds in swing state Wisconsin. The Marquette poll shows Harrison Trump in a dead heat. Harrison, while still blitzing through battleground states, stopping by a union hall near Detroit.

We believe in the collective. We're not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to separate us, trying to pull us apart. That's not where the strength lies. And there is that.

A campaign official tells me that Vice President Harris will not agree to that Fox News debate on September 4th, saying that any future debates hinges on Trump actually showing up to the September 10th debate on ABC News and Trump tonight, finally getting back on the campaign trail, holding a rally tonight in Montana, a reliably red state. Alex.

Senior white House correspondent Selina Wang. Thank you. Now, the the Harris campaign is touting what it calls its historic ground game advantage in Arizona and Nevada ahead of visits to the states this weekend. ABC News Zohreen Shah joins me now live from Arizona for more on this. Zohreen. We know that the campaign had to kind of pivot last minute with these storms battling the East, they shifted to go out west. But I'm curious, what is the message they're taking to to these battleground states out there?

Yeah. Alex, the race in Arizona and tomorrow, Nevada, it's going to be incredibly close. I mean, here in Arizona, this used to be a red state and certainly not the case anymore. I was here four years ago in 2020 on Election Day. I mean, this was one of the first states to actually be called for Joe Biden. So it's going to be a it's expected to be a dead heat this time around as well. Now, Harris's team, they say they're going to tout her record on abortion rights. And of course, Arizona is also a border state. They say they're going to talk about her wanting to secure the border in this area. And of course, it's not just about the message, it's about the messenger. They say they have over 220 staff right here in this state and in Nevada and over 25 campaign offices.

Well, and Doreen, you talked about those issues, immigration and obviously abortion, something that Democrats are really doubling down on, especially in that region. But I'm curious, what are you hearing from voters there about this race?

Almost exactly what I just said, actually. We had our campaign reporter, Gabby, who was out here yesterday interviewing people. They talked about abortion. They talked about securing the border. They also talked about the economy. Take a listen to what they said.

Honestly, I think that she needs to focus on reproductive rights and what's happened to women under the, the, the Supreme Court and all the decisions from the last administration before Biden? I think if she just stays on point with that, that your gender and my gender, that's like fed up with this nonsense because I don't think there's any room in your body for the government. I think she could win, I really do.

If I think the top two for us here. Well, there's three.

Technically is the, um, the the housing.

I've heard a lot of people.

Complain about, like the rent prices and trying to get a house, and it's not affordable. The border is another one that people bring up a lot, and abortion is a third one.

So of course it's not just about the issues, it's also about the personalities. Gabby actually asked them about the people in the race, and they talked about President Biden. And if he were still to be in this race right now, and they said that he would have just gotten attacked so much, he would have just seemed incompetent in this moment. And they talked about the VP nominee walls, and they said that he seems very warm, almost like a grandpa figure, a huge contrast, they think, to Harris, who comes across as a prosecutor. They say, Alex.

Likeability, a very big thing. There is a rain shot in Arizona. Thank you very much. The extreme weather threat for millions as the remnants of Debby Hammer the East Coast Debby has spawned at least a dozen tornadoes across at least three states, and so far, seven deaths are being blamed on the storm. Debby made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina. Rain totals there could surpass two feet, and so far, 11 states from South Carolina to New Hampshire are on flood. Tornado and high wind alerts. Right now let's bring in Tom Rousey with our affiliate here in Washington, D.C. Tom, you're there in Maryland. It looks like you're driving around. But tell me about the the damage that you're seeing on the ground there.

Well, let me show you the latest.

We've been tracking these storms all morning long, and.

They started hitting in earnest last night.

These are the streets here.

In Washington, D.C. just within about the last 20 minutes, the rain finally stopped here. But it has been a wild morning, and it was a wild evening as well.

Here's video last night.

In Potomac, Maryland, which.

Is a suburb.

Just outside.

Of Washington, D.C. here.

You can see.

Some of the damage that happened there, and there was damage in other parts of the area as.

Well. Now this morning it has just been tornado.

Warning after.

Tornado warning. Nobody has actually.

Visibly seen a tornado, according to our meteorologist at our channel WJLa here in Washington, D.C. but they were getting a lot of warnings all morning long throughout the D.C. area in the early morning. The worst of it was well west of Washington, D.C., and areas of Virginia like the Shenandoah Valley. Then as the morning went on, the bad storms and the tornado warnings moved closer to DC.

So so far this morning.

Even though there have been so many tornado warnings, there doesn't seem to be a lot of damage because there hasn't actually been tornadoes sighted. But still, it's been a wild morning as the remnants of Debby have been passing through the Washington, DC area last night and into this morning. And there was a lot of concern this morning because usually if there's a tornado warning around here, it doesn't happen in the early hours of the morning when people were asleep. So there was a lot of concern about that. But it looks like we've kind of made it through here. And if you come back out here live, you'll see again, the streets wet at this point, but the rain has stopped, at least for the moment here in Washington, D.C.. Back to you, Alex.

All right. Tom Rowley from WJLa, thank you for that update. Stay safe for sir. Uh, now, what remains of Debbie is making its way up the East coast right now. At least six tornadoes, as we recapped, were reported in three states in just the last 24 hours. Several states are reporting damage. ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee is tracking the forecast. Hi, Ginger.

Well, I tracked those.

Remnants of.

Debbie right.

On up here.

To the Mid-Atlantic and northeast. In the last.

24 hours.

We've had at least six reported.

Tornadoes and more flash.

Flooding, anywhere.

From really 6 to 9in of rain.

So this is what we're.

Looking at right now.

We have the flood watches all the way up into New Hampshire. They're still back into South Carolina because even overnight, some areas north and west of Charleston had more than nine inches and had high water rescues. Tornado watch extends all the way into new Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. So watch for those tornadoes because this system has shown us what it can do. And it produces tornadoes. Also flash flooding. There is a significant risk of flash flooding right through central Pennsylvania today, western New York, upstate and Vermont. So when you get 2 to 5in of rain really fast, you're also going to it's also going to come along with winds with gusts up to 50mph, you know, see there in New York City at 40mph this afternoon. Then by Friday night, we've got 54 mile per hour winds right along the low pressure system in Vermont. And we're still going to see those storms training up, not just in New York, new Jersey, Connecticut, but eventually Rhode Island and Massachusetts by early Saturday morning until we finally get rid of Debbie.

So Debbie's remnants for the next 24 hours and then not something I want to talk about, but it's that time of year. We've got a shot at seeing our next storm, a 50% chance of that being named in the next seven days, and that name would be Ernesto.

All right, Ginger, thank you for that. Switching gears here, newly released body camera video of last month's assassination attempt on former President Trump shows police trying to stop that alleged gunman just moments before the shots rang out. And when the chaos subsided, officers were left with many of the same questions we've all been asking. ABC senior investigative correspondent Erin Katersky has details.

This close. Bro. Did he turn around on me? Where's he at?

He's straight up. This is the Butler police officer who first confronted the gunman moments before he opened fire on former President Trump. The officers hoisted to the roof, seized the shooter and falls to the ground.

He was right where you picked me up, bro. He was on that left side.

He calls out directions and cautions officers racing to the rooftop.

And he's laying down proned out bookbag next to him.

As more police rush in, guns drawn. The same officer is hoisted up again.

You got me at points. Get me up again. Hey, get me one more. Ready? Yep. Let's go. One. Two. Three.

Nope. Yep. Once on the roof, it's evident the shooter, Thomas Crooks, is dead.

One in custody, going south.

Rooftop. Butler County released the footage from police body cameras in response to public records requests from news organizations, including ABC news.

Is that how he got off?

I have no idea. I have no idea.

A Secret Service agent is seen staring at this gray shed and expandable ladder as officers vent their frustration.

Toward the Secret Service.

Poor guy. Over here. I told him I told him that at the meeting on Tuesday.

How a gunman made it to a rooftop 400ft from the former president, leaving the officers bewildered.

I'd say this was a no. Not sure which gas company.

You can see from the footage, Alex, it was clear from the first moments after the shots were fired. This was a security failure. And in the months since, the extent of that failure has stunned the public and members of Congress. and it has already forced the director of the Secret Service to resign. Alex.

Yeah. Aaron. Still a lot more questions from that video. Thank you very much for that update. The CrossFit games will continue in Fort Worth, Texas, as officials investigate the death of an athlete during the competition. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner says the man drowned during the swimming pool. The swimming portion of the competition. ABC's Maria Villarreal has more.

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With authorities.

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During their annual CrossFit games competition.

In Fort Worth.

Texas. How do you feel right now?

Gutted.

Really sad. Authorities identifying the victim.

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Before he drowned.

We started screaming to the lifeguard like he needs help.

And then within seconds.

He was under and he never came back up.

Authorities utilizing all resources.

In their search before confirming the worst.

We had our dive teams come out. We had our arson investigators come out with their drones, and we were ultimately able to bring that body out of the water.

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All right.

Lazarussuchus is actually to.

The bar first.

Jessica's friend says he devoted his life to fighting and competing.

At the moment it's.

Such short.

Notice and it's.

Such a.

Great character, such a fit person that.

Has pulled away from us.

In such a devastating way, and it's kind of hard to grasp.

CrossFit representatives tell.

Us they had a.

Safety plan and people in place, and they are working with investigators now. Yesterday they canceled all of their events and the games, but today they did release a statement very early this morning. They are encouraging their athletes to grieve as a community, but also to compete hard because the games are back on. They are dedicating the entire weekend to laser. Alex.

Wow. Maria, thank you for that update. And coming up after the break, a Russian chess player under investigation and caught on camera, allegedly trying to poison an opponent. Stay with us.

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Welcome back to ABC News Live. First, a Russian chess player is facing criminal charges, accused of poisoning her opponents. This security video posted to social media by the Russian Chess Federation, appears to show the player spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the chess boards, and that board was later used during a tournament. ABC's James Longman has more.

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But a real life drama in the chess world. A renowned player faces criminal charges for taking the battle off the board. Amina Abakarov is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia. Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captures her spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began. The unlucky victim, falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, suffering from shortness of breath. Mercury poisoning can cause tremors, headaches, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties. A bakirova now faces jail time along with a lifetime ban from competition. The sports minister in charge of the Chess championship saying I'm perplexed by what happened. The actions she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself. Some local reports suggest Abakarov had a personal feud with her opponent, but whatever the possible motivations, she now faces the possibility of never playing competitive chess again.

Alex James Longman. Thank you very much for that, sir. A flurry of diplomacy as the United States, Qatar and Egypt say it's time for a ceasefire in Gaza and for the remaining hostages to be freed. President Biden, together with the leaders of Qatar and Egypt, have signed a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations next week in either Doha or Cairo. This comes after last week's assassination of top leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. That prompted those organizations and the government of Iran to swear to retaliate against Israel. Let's bring in ABC news foreign correspondent Tom Berg for more on this, Tom. Talk to us about this joint statement from President Biden and the leaders of Qatar and Egypt. I'm reading a quote here. They say there is no further time to waste nor excuse from any party for further delay. How significant is this?

Alex, it's unusual for President Biden to sign that statement with those two leaders. It shows that the US is still putting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza front and center, that it's a top priority for the administration. But I don't think US officials are pretending that we're about to get a deal. I mean, a US official talking to us is saying there are still significant issues, 4 or 5 issues, in the words of that official that still need to be addressed. We know one issue in particular is whether or not, in the case of a cease fire, whether there would be checks by the Israeli military if Palestinians were able to move from the south back to their homes in the north. And also what would happen to the Philadelphia corridor? That's the strip of land separating Egypt from Gaza. The IDF currently controls that. For Israel, that is important to stop arms being smuggled back into Gaza. Egypt, though it wouldn't be happy with a status quo or the Palestinians that effectively the Israeli military would remain in complete control of that strip of land.

So, you know, we're seeing a lot of fighting in Gaza today. More than 20 people killed alone today by the Israeli military, according to the Hamas run Gaza Health ministry.

Well, and, Tom, one of the other things, I mean, we're hearing this verbiage of negotiations being in the final stages, but as you laid out some details still to be cobbled together, but also Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran have all vowed to take revenge on Israel following the recent assassination attempts or the recent assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. So does that complicate these negotiations?

It complicates them. I mean, look, a US official telling us, Alex, that if there was a significant strike on Israel, it would jeopardize those ceasefire negotiations. So US officials are not making a direct link. They're not saying that the talks are inextricably linked to the de-escalation diplomacy surrounding a possible Iranian or Hezbollah attack on Israel. We're seeing a lot of activity again today up on Israel's northern border with southern Lebanon. Uh, Hezbollah and the Israeli military trading attacks, as per usual, kind of in recent days, a lot of tension, but nothing major and all eyes really, for now on whether or not Hezbollah or Iran might attack in the coming hours or days. Alex.

All right. Tom Sophiebot tracking this for us from Tel Aviv. Tom. Thank you. And coming up, are you feeling the magic? Because we are. Our sneak peek at the ultimate Disney fan experience. And our conversation with CEO Bob Iger at D23.

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Welcome to the happiest.

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Suddenly.

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Event CEO Bob Iger taking us inside the magic at Disneyland.

Every time I've been to this event, I leave with a sense of incredible pride, but actually a real sense of joy, seeing what impact we've had on people all over the world and to see it up close. And it's an extraordinary feeling.

Any surprises this year? You can let us in on ahead of time.

I'm not going to break any news here because I don't want to spoil the surprise. There are many.

This summer, Disney has surprised and delighted audiences with films from Deadpool and Wolverine to Inside Out two.

I'm anxiety. I am just such a huge fan of yours.

Breaking box office.

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Was there.

I have to react to what you just said, because the first film that I saw as a five year old was Cinderella. My grandparents took me to a Disney film when I was five, and I actually still remember that. So.

And mine was.

Pinocchio and I got scared when his nose grew.

Yes.

The Pinocchio was a scary movie, but it's just interesting that here we are as adults, remembering that first film. And it was a Disney film, and your daughter will have the same, I think, the same memory. You know, every single transaction that this company experiences emanates from great creativity and great storytelling. It all starts right there. And when I returned to the company in 2022, it was very, very clear to me that we had to put creativity back to basically the center of this company.

So what does the future hold?

How do you think about.

The.

Incorporation of things like.

AI.

And.

Animatronics and all of.

That? I think first of all, it's really important that in a world where technology provides people with these visual experiences that are stunning in many ways and look real, I think we have to remember that the experience of coming to one of our parks is an immersive experience in a physical environment. The reality here is reality is real, you know, and I think that's important. So I don't want to lose that. But we also know that the new generations of people in our world grow up with these incredible and stunning visual images. And so you have to deliver on that expectation, too.

They're everywhere.

By the way. Everywhere.

How are you all.

The way that we're getting our content is changing. What what the consumer is expecting out of all of it is starting to change. How do you navigate that as the CEO?

Well, I started at ABC 50 years ago, so I've been in the entertainment business in some form or another for five decades. And over that period of time, almost everything has changed. One thing has not changed, and that is the importance of and the power of storytelling and the need for people and the want of people to be entertained. And I think that's probably never been as true as it is today. It's something the world needs.

Which is exactly what Disney expects to do with the release of Moana two this Thanksgiving. The trailer for the much anticipated sequel, setting a company record with 178 million views in its first 24 hours. You have Moana two coming out. That is another big excitement in our home.

I watched the cut of the film and it's very exciting. We learned in the first film just what an unbelievable adventure of Moana is, and I can only say that she is going to prove that yet again to us. And she has a great relationship with her younger sister, who is kind of a breakout star of the film to come in many ways.

Speaking of sequels, my daughter would love to see Inside Out three. Any chance of that?

Well, since I said I wasn't going to in any way spoil any surprises that I'm not, I would love to see Inside Out three as well. You would just leave it at that.

And one more big tease. Iger told us to expect a lot of surprises here about the parks experience, including the incorporation of more robotics, some of their very, very high tech technology into a new character.

Alex Rebecca. For what it's worth, I too would like to see Inside Out three. Thank you very much for that. Coming up after the break, new details on the alleged terror plot targeting Taylor Swift's concerts. What London officials are saying about her upcoming shows and also ahead, Noah Lyles takes another medal running with Covid. What he's saying about his future. Plus, a surprise visitor at a California elementary school, how a teacher managed to get this wandering bear back into the wild.

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Welcome back to ABC News Live. First, thanks for streaming with us. You're looking at the Eiffel Tower in Paris this Friday. And we've got a lot of news to get to. Here's what's on the rundown right now. Millions of Americans are bracing for torrential rain and flash flooding as Debby's remnants move up the East coast. The storm has spurred at least six reported tornadoes over 24 hours and uprooted trees in Maryland, more than a foot. More than half a foot of rain fell in a short time in Delaware, and first responders had to rescue people from water that was too high to drive through. Meanwhile, in Alaska's capital, floodwaters damaged more than 100 homes when a glacier retreated. Experts say climate change is partly to blame there. A third death is being blamed on the listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats. The CDC says the most recent victim lived in Virginia. It was the first death since late last month, when Boar's Head expanded a recall to include more than £7 million of meat. Dozens of people have reportedly been hospitalized in 13 states.

And golf legend Chi-Chi Rodriguez has died. The Golf Hall of Famer was known for his antics around the green, dancing and using his putter as a sword. He said he learned to play golf by hitting tin cans with a stick in Puerto Rico, eventually winning eight tournaments on the PGA tour tour. Chi-Chi Rodriguez was 88 years old, and a bear in California found salmon in an unlikely place. Yeah, this isn't what you thought a school teacher named Elaine Salmon was returning, returning from making copies for the upcoming school year. When she found this unexpected guest. She shut the door and immediately called her police officer husband. He came running and helped lure the bear back outside. Thankfully, no one was hurt, including the bear. Switching gears here, a third teenager has been arrested in connection to the foiled terror attack on Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna. Austria's interior minister says the 18 year old Iraqi citizen was taken into custody Thursday evening after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect, a 19 year old Austrian citizen who had pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Investigators say the 19 year old confessed to planning a suicide attack using knives and explosives. Foreign correspondent Maggie Rulli has more. Oh, hi.

A third arrest made in connection to the alleged terror plot against Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna. Police say an 18 year old Iraqi citizen was taken into custody after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Authorities releasing this photo of the 19 year old Austrian suspect seen here with his face blurred, wearing an ISIS flag and holding machetes, saying he confessed to planning a suicide attack in the area outside the stadium using knives or explosive devices he made after becoming radicalized online. A suspected accomplice, a 17 year old Austrian, was also arrested near the stadium where he had just taken a job.

This is the worst nightmare for a venue and a place that holds these type of events that you have that insider threat, that person was actually made it inside the venue as a trusted employee of the location.

A 15 year old Turkish citizen was also questioned. Organizers at the Vienna show standing by their decision to cancel the concerts, saying it's definitely the right one.

Wednesday is gonna play, play, play, play, play.

Hundreds of fans instead gathering on Cornelia Street in Vienna, singing Taylor's hits and exchanging friendship bracelets.

Even if they try to destroy our Taylor Swift spirit.

They really can't. And yeah, it's it's nice that people do this to show that you cannot just walk all over us.

Well, Taylor has not made any public statements. She told Elle magazine in 2019 that her biggest fear was that violence could take place at her concerts, saying after the Manchester Arena bombing and the Vegas concert shooting, I was completely terrified to go on tour because I didn't know how we were going to keep fans safe.

It's a.

Sorry.

Reality of the world.

We live in.

Where, you.

Know, if you're a touring.

Artist.

You you.

Pray.

That something.

Like this just.

Never comes on your radar. Um, but you know it. We're very fortunate right now that nothing terrible happened in Vienna.

Taylor's next stop, London, where officials vow the eras tour, will go on, telling Sky news they're confident in their security measures. We're going to.

Carry on working closely with.

The police, ensuring that the Taylor Swift.

Concerts can take place in London safely.

The city, already on alert after riots broke out when three girls were killed at a Taylor Swift themed dance class a week and a half ago in Southport, England.

They're going to be speaking.

To all the intelligence services from around the world. Intelligence and law enforcement services of the UK are going to be focused on. Is anyone trying to commit a terrorist act? I believe that that may be the safest place to go in the world.

Fans like American Colin Bolts from Wisconsin say they're determined to attend. I will put my trust.

In the authorities.

That if they feel that the show does need to be canceled, then I will trust that they made the right decision. But as of this point, I'm going I'm going to be wearing my swiftie garb. I'm going to be screaming, I'm trading friendship bracelets, all this stuff.

Summer, it's come and went, you know.

All right. Maggie Rulli joins us now for more, along with Elizabeth Neuman, ABC news contributor and former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Maggie, I want to start with you. We heard it there in your piece. This was the worst nightmare. A suspect making it inside the venue. As a trusted employee, I'm curious, as Austrian officials are looking into this investigation. What specifically are they drilling down on?

Yeah. Well, Alex, right now they're really focused on those three suspects. And Austrian officials told the AP recently that right now, they're currently scrutinizing every detail in these three suspects lives. They're searching through physical and electronic data. And what they're really looking at are the communication patterns of these three men. Who are they talking to? Are they part of a larger network? That's one of the big questions right now. Now we understand authorities have said that 19 year old he is the main suspect. He's believed to have been radicalized online. So there's definitely going to be a focus on his electronic data and devices, trying to figure out how that radicalization happened. And if there is a bigger network that's trying to radicalize even more people. Alex.

Well, Elizabeth, I mean, what kind of threat level is there for large scale events like this, both abroad and here at home?

I mean, look, we.

Have had concerns about content gatherings.

For.

Quite some time. If you go back to.

2015.

You had the horrific attack in Paris at the Bataclan theater. 130 people died. Then you had Manchester, the Ariana Grande concert that was less lost lives 22 but a lot of injuries, a thousand Las Vegas concert and then much more recently in Moscow, we had an attack inspired or directed by Isis-k Isis-k took credit. So this is a pattern. This is actually very popular technique for ISIS and unfortunately it seems to be resurging. Right. Like we thought, oh, maybe ISIS is done. Maybe they have, uh, no longer are going after such large scale attacks, but that no longer seems to be the case. We have active threat streams that they are intending to try to do this kind of attack, not only in Europe, not only in Moscow, but they are trying to do that in the United States. And authorities have been warning about that for the last several months.

Well, and Maggie Taylor's London concerts at Wembley Stadium are set to begin in less than a week. Do authorities there feel confident that they can keep everyone safe? And also, I mean, what are you hearing from Swifties in London ahead of these shows?

Alex, you mentioned that timeline. I mean, this investigation in Vienna is going on and we have less than a week until Taylor Swift's at the Take the Stage at Wembley Stadium in London, right behind me. We're expecting half a million fans to be here over the course of five nights. I mean, this is a huge security issue for London, one they were already worried about and now there's growing concern. You know, the UK police, UK law enforcement say yes, they are going to assess all of the intelligence available. But right now there is nothing to suggest that this alleged terror plot in Vienna will have any impact or effect on events here in London. We heard from the mayor of London. He has said right now the plan is to carry on, to have all of the concerts here at Wembley go on as scheduled. So that's the plan right now. You know, Alex Swifties that we've been talking to, they say they'll show up. They hope that doesn't get canceled. They listen to law enforcement, but they want to be here singing along to Taylor Alex.

Yeah. Well, and Elizabeth, we know that the intelligence that helped stop this attack originated from the U.S.. I mean, can you talk about the interagency cooperation and how critical that communication is?

Yes. I mean, it's absolutely critical. That is the system we built up after nine over 11 to be able to share with our partners and allies. Um, we share even with people that aren't our partners and allies. For example, in that Moscow attack, um, apparently we had shared intelligence with Russia, that there was a a plot underway and that they had, um, the potential for some, some sort of large scale attack. And unfortunately, that did play out. But here we have the example of the intelligence being shared and the authorities being able to act on it, which is a really great news story. The problem with these types of attacks, from what we know of these perpetrators, it appears that they radicalized online relatively quickly. Like this is one of those things that happens fast. So it's very hard for law enforcement. But that intelligence sharing, anybody that has any insights and clues of what's happening online has to be robust so that they can stop the next attack.

All right. Maggie Rowley, Elizabeth Newman, thank you both very much. Now to North Carolina, in the case of Joshua Hunsucker. He was first arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife with eyedrops. And now prosecutors claim he also tried to do the same thing with his young daughter. Here's ABC's Andrea Fujii with more.

The North Carolina man charged with murder for allegedly poisoning his wife with eye drops is due back in court. 39 year old Joshua Hunsucker, a former paramedic, faces new charges accused of also trying to poison his ten year old daughter. She survived. Prosecutors claim his plot was inspired by South Carolina nurse Lana Clayton.

I did impulsively put the values in the incentive industry, and I did it with the intent to make him sick and uncomfortable.

Back in 2018, Clayton was charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just a month after Clayton was charged, Stacey Hunsaker died. Investigators say they grew suspicious when Joshua Hunsaker immediately cremated his wife's body and filed for her $250,000 life insurance policy when they tested her blood, they say poison was found, but since his arrest, Hunsaker has been free on bond, and he's accused of intimidating his late wife's parents in an effort to blame them for her death. Prosecutors claim he also staged his own kidnapping and routinely recorded his in-laws, followed them, made vulgar gestures and sent a package to their home demanding they drop charges against him.

Andrea Fujii Thank you. Hunsaker maintains his innocence in both cases. Rapper Travis Scott arrested at a Paris hotel after an alleged altercation with a security guard. French prosecutors say the hotel security guard got involved in a fight between Scott and his own bodyguard. Scott was in the city for the Olympics and had just watched the U.S. rally over Serbia in the men's basketball semifinal Thursday night. The incident is currently under investigation. And coming up here on ABC News Live, Noah Lyles takes another medal running with Covid. What he's saying about his Olympic future. Plus the US women's national soccer team is set to go for gold against Brazil. We'll talk with a former player and two time World Cup champion after this. Stay with us.

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A dramatic night on the track. Sprint superstar Noah Lyles favored to win the men's 200m.

Coming up.

Short in third place for the bronze. After the race, medical staff racing to a clearly winded Lyles, taking him off the track in a wheelchair. Moments later, a surprise announcement from the 27 year old, who was seen wearing a mask just before the race announcing he'd tested positive for Covid after falling ill on Tuesday, two days before the race. Overnight, Lyles, who was expected to compete today in the men's four by 100 meter relay. Taking to Instagram to address his future at this year's Olympic Games, writing I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. Whether you were rooting for me or against me, you have to admit you watched, didn't you? See you next time. In a statement, USA Track and Field stood by Lyle's decision to compete, saying they had adhered to the guidelines set by U.S. Olympic Committee, the centers for Disease Control and the IOC to prioritize his health, the well-being of our team and the safety of fellow competitors. Lyle's teammate Kenny Bednarek, who took home the silver, appeared to agree with the decision to let him compete.

I don't think I was put at risk at all. I mean, I take care of my body. Um, so when it comes to getting sick, that's rare for me. So I mean, when I found out it wasn't that big of a deal, um, I mean, he went out there, did his best.

Let'so.

Tobago from Botswana, who won the gold and was seen embracing Lyles after the race, was asked if he had overtaken the American as the new face of track and field.

For me, I can't be the face of athletics because, uh, I'm not, uh, an arrogant or a loud person like Noah.

All day long. Team USA raking in medals, Tara Davis Woodhall and Jasmine Moore getting gold and bronze in the long jump. Davis Woodhall rushing to celebrate her gold with her husband Hunter, who's competing in the Paralympics later this month, and Sydney McLaughlin Levrone smoking the competition to win gold in the women's 400 meter hurdles. USA's Anna Cockrell not far behind, clinching the silver. And in men's basketball team USA surviving a huge scare from Serbia. Serbia leading the U.S. by double digits in the fourth quarter until the red, white and blue superstars took over, Steph Curry scoring 36 points, including this shot with just over two minutes to go. LeBron James making a key layup and Kevin Durant hitting two down the stretch. Good thing they were able to eke out that win. The men's basketball team was at one point down by as many as 17 points. They will now face the home country France, in the finals. And worth noting the last two years, the number one NBA draft pick was from France, so it's likely to be a good game.

Alex.

Yeah, Johnny I can't wait for that one. Janai Norman, thank you very much. From Paris. The US women's national soccer team is also set to play Brazil in the gold medal match tomorrow. Ford's Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman dominated group stage play with a barrage of goals before beating Japan and Germany in knockout round Nailbiters. Now they're hoping to lead the U.S. to its first gold medal since 2012. Former U.S. Women's national Team defender and two time World Cup champion and ESPN host Ali Krieger joins me now for more. Ali commentators have been workshopping nicknames for this trio of Swanson, Rodman and Smith, things like the Trident or the goalie Trinity. Uh, first a two parter here. Do you have a nickname here? And also, what's the key to their matchup against Brazil?

Well, for me, I think it's just the.

Magical front three, but I.

Think they named.

Themselves the triple espresso.

Uh, I think we heard.

Yesterday, uh.

From from the front three.

It's been brilliant.

I think they.

Have been so committed to the plan. They've been clinical in front of goal. They've been proving themselves game in and game out. They have such great momentum. They're carrying this team on their.

Back because each of them have scored three.

Goals.

And Sophia.

Smith's brilliant goal last, last.

Match to get them into the final. And then Trinity Rahman against Japan also scored.

They both you know, made it one. Nothing in these in these you know games that have been so meaningful for this team and they've proven themselves day in and day out why they deserve to be in this final. And so this is an incredible opportunity. And they're going for hopefully their fifth gold medal.

Well and Ali I mean you know what it's like to play on a major stage like this with tournaments. I mean how much pressure is on this team right now?

Yeah, there's a lot of pressure. but if you've known the U.S. women's national team for many years, we thrive under that pressure. And I think we live for that pressure. And this is why a lot of the players love to play at this level, love to play in these tournaments. And this is the pinnacle of our sport. This is this is when the women roll their sleeves up and they get after it, and they perform well at the at the world's highest stage. And this is something that you dream about as a young kid playing football. Um, this is this is the goal to get to the Olympic final, to be in a World Cup and such big tournaments that that really are so enjoyable to play at. And and this platform is incredible. There's so many fans and supporters who are so ready to see this match up and cheer the US women on.

Well, and I mean, we talked about the scoring. Obviously defense wins championships, you know that. But going into this game Brazil's no slouch here. What are you going to be looking for?

Well I'm going to be looking for Marta, one of the best players in the world. Um, and she's going to be coming back from a two game ban because of her red card in the group stage game. So I'm going to be looking to see if, you know, and if she starts and also where she will be playing because they they've done tremendous. Brazil have played really, really well the past two games to get to the final. And so and that was without her. But she is going to be playing in her last international match and that is an Olympic final. And she has yet to win a World Cup or an Olympics, so I know the team will rally behind her. They are so motivated to want to win. They're very unpredictable and so that's what makes them difficult to play against, because you never know how they will show up and in what formation, what personnel, what plan and structure that they have. So this is this is going to be an absolute great game.

And we have such a history with Brazil. So it's going to be a battle all in itself.

Yeah I can't wait to watch former women's national team player Ali Krieger, thank you so much.

Thank you for having me.

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Kick things off by.

Talking about those summer concerts. All right. Fresh off of the release of her debut.

Album, Y2K.

Ice Spice hit the stage in New York City in what rolling Stone called a coronation for a.

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American tour.

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Clickbait headlines.

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Absolutely hope, hope, hope they're able to make that happen in the future. But yes, Megan, I got to tell you that Missy anecdote, that story is crazy. It's amazing how artists like her are able to find inspiration in just like the little things. Thank you for that.

And of course, you know, seeing it now, we think, man, it almost didn't make the album. That song almost never happened. So happy it did.

Megan Wright, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

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Good morning and happy Friday. I'm Alex Presha in Washington and today on ABC News Live. First a triple threat of extreme weather, flooding, tornadoes and high wind alerts as Debby's remnants move up the east coast where the storm is right now, and what millions can expect into the weekend. The presidential candidates on the campaign trail in key battleground states. The new polls showing the state of the race this morning. And dramatic new body camera video from the assassination attempt of former President Trump. The police officer who first confronted the gunman and what it shows the moments before the shooter opened fire. But first, former President Trump has agreed to an offer from ABC news to debate Vice President Harris next month. During a more than hour long press conference, Trump repeated false and misleading statements, insulting the vice president's intelligence and challenging her to accept two other proposed debates that her campaign has yet to agree to.

I just look forward to these debates. I think it's very important that we have them. I think they'll be very revealing.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope he shows up.

This comes as Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, are campaigning in battleground states, and Trump prepares to speak to voters in Montana. ABC's Zohreen Shah joins me now from Arizona, along with ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders for more. Katherine, I want to start with you here. Trump appears to be shifting his stance on access to the abortion drug mifepristone. He's also downplaying the issue, saying it's very much tempted, tempered down. I want to play part of what he said last night.

Miss you. It's a very I think it's actually going to be a very small issue. What I've done is I've done what every Democrat and every every Republican wanted to have done, and we brought that issue back to the states. And now the states are voting on it. And frankly, uh, some of the votes are a lot different than people would have thought. But it's the vote of the people. It's taken care of it.

It's clear the Democrats have tried to hone in on the abortion issue. But Catherine, what do you make of of his statements last night?

Yeah, and especially.

Alex, because.

JD Vance has had a shifting.

Position on this.

As well. But as it relates to Trump, but absolutely raises more questions, questions that we put to the campaign. We haven't received a response yet on it, but essentially, President Trump has indicated before that he would not block access to that drug. So this, of course, raises more questions about that. Now, of course, you also heard the former president say during that press conference, as you mentioned, Alex, that abortion was tempered down, that.

It wasn't much of.

A campaign issue. I'm not sure that's necessarily true. And a message that will resonate with the voters who do care about this issue of of abortion and women's rights as it relates to also contraception. Former President Trump has had to walk back comments that he's made, or at least he's attempted to comments that he's made in the past in terms of blocking, potentially blocking contraceptives. So there's a lot there. He needs to offer some clarity on those comments, but it does seem, at least from those comments, that he that he was indicating in some form that maybe he would attempt to block access to the drug, that there would have to be a vote on that. So again, not much clarity from the campaign. I think it will be a central issue, Alex, going forward.

Well, in during the Harris campaign has touted what it calls a historic ground game advantage in Arizona and Nevada ahead of visits to both states this weekend. First, what do they mean by that? And and also, I mean, how do you expect them to to to make this case specifically about abortion as, uh, as these visits ramp up?

Alex, they are really ramping up their efforts in this state. So when they talk about that ground game, they have over 220 staffers in Arizona and Nevada over 25 campaign offices that they say they've opened up. But when it comes to specifically the issue of abortion, I mean, Harris really sees this as her issue. She's been talking about it and focused on it since Roe was overturned. Biden has never been seen as comfortable as talking about this issue, but Harris has, and her team says that she will be talking about this issue in the coming days. Very much so as well. Walz also has has a history on this issue. He signed a bill into law last year codifying Roe in Minnesota, their team saying the first state of its kind to do so.

Well, in Katherine, also on the campaign trail, former President Trump getting, uh, out to Montana today for a rally. What are you expecting to see? Uh, as as as he visits voters there?

Yeah, it's a good question. And this will be, frankly, the first time that Trump has been back on the campaign trail since Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have been doing the swing across swing states while Trump's in Montana. The two of them, Harrison Walz, will be in Arizona campaigning. So look, the question is, of course, Trump hasn't we haven't really heard from him that much on the campaign trail. Of course, he held that big rally yesterday. So this comes as or this big press conference yesterday. So the rally comes, frankly, as Republicans have struggled with their messaging and their attacks on the Democratic ticket. So we'll see what he has to say tonight.

Well, in Zarin, I want to talk about polling here. A new Ipsos poll found that Trump and Harris are basically in a dead heat in swing states. I mean, how critical is this blitz of battleground states out west for the Harris campaign? And also, what are you what are you hearing from from from voters ahead of tonight's rally?

Voters are focused on issues like the economy, abortion and immigration. I mean, we're here in Arizona. This is a border state. The VP's team says that she will be talking about issues like securing the border. I mean, look, she's been criticized by Republicans for being the border czar. Of course, Biden tasked her specifically with tackling issues in Central America, the root causes of immigration. She has secured investments from major companies to invest billions of dollars into Central America. And it's going to be it's going to take a while to see what those investments will yield. But what we can say is that apprehensions from Central America are down by 55%, of course, up from other parts of the world.

All right. Zohreen Shah and Katherine Faulders, thank you both. Pivoting now to the extreme weather threat for millions as remnants of Debby hammers the East Coast. Debby has spawned at least a dozen tornadoes across at least three states, and so far, seven deaths are being blamed on the storm. Debby made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina. Rain totals there could surpass two feet, and so far, 11 states from South Carolina to New Hampshire are on flood, tornado and high wind alerts right now. ABC News Meteorologist Melissa Griffin is tracking the forecast. But first, let's begin with Tom Rousey with our ABC affiliate WJLa here in Washington, D.C.. Tom, you're just outside or you're in Alexandria, Virginia right now. What are you seeing right now?

Well, Alex, it has been a wild morning here in the Washington, D.C. area. Right now I'm in Alexandria, Virginia, which is just a little bit south of Washington. Let me step out of the way and show you you can see the flooding in the streets here. And in fact, if you look to the right of your screen, you'll see a woman who is scooping water out of her business at the moment. They set up sandbags here, but some of them must have failed, and unfortunately she's having to bail water out of her business. This is a very historic, very busy area here in Alexandria, Virginia. And you can see it is flooded from this morning's heavy, heavy rains as the remnants of Debby moved through the Washington, D.C. area. Just to give you a sense of where we're at, where we are standing is about one block, maybe a block and a half, from the Potomac River, which goes through Washington, D.C. sometimes when the Potomac gets a lot of rain, it overflows its banks, especially here in Alexandria.

And that's exactly what happened here. So you can see the flooding. And as we speak, the flooding seems to be getting worse because we're headed towards a high tide that's going to take place in about an hour or two. So hopefully after that things will start to get better. For right now, here in downtown Alexandria, Virginia, the street is completely flooded, just about a block and a half from the Potomac River, and the floodwaters are moving that way away from the river, getting a little worse as we speak. Fortunately, this is an area that is used to dealing with flooding over the years, so they know what to do more than some areas. Still, though, you can see it is affecting things here. Reporting live just outside Washington DC in Alexandria, Virginia I'm Tom Rousey. Back to you, Alex.

Hey, Tom thanks for that. You feel thanks for that. You feel for that business owner. She's going to need a little bit more than a bucket, uh, to to to get out of that jam. But I want to bring in Melissa Griffin right now. Melissa, what's the latest track with this storm.

Well Alex.

You heard that DC had a wild morning and we still have tornado watches and flood watches in effect stretching across nine states still from the Carolinas all the way, of course, to the northeast now, where the remnants of Debby are hitting pretty hard now. Tornado watch has expired for D.C., so that is good. They are still under a flood watch, but that tornado watch extends from Maryland all the way up to Pennsylvania, just west of New York City. It does include Philadelphia and Baltimore. That is through this afternoon, through about 2:00. We'll continue to watch for rounds of heavy rain and for that threat for tornadoes. But look at the area for the significant risk for flash flooding. This is through tonight. Anywhere from Harrisburg, PA, just north and west of D.C., Scranton, Albany, all the way up to Burlington. Included in that significant risk for flash flooding. Some spots could see locally 4 to 6 plus inches of rain just from Debby through tonight. So let's time it out for you, because the wind advisories continue.

Gusts to 50mph possible in the New York City area, flash flood alerts and of course, the threat for isolated tornadoes continues right through this afternoon. We'll stop it here at 5:00. You're heading home from work, New York down to Philly. You're still getting some of those storms, but very heavy rain for parts of northern New England. And then we keep going through tonight into early tomorrow finally starts to wind down a much nicer weekend in store after Debbie leaves. Alex.

All right, Melissa Griffin thank you. Overseas. Now a flurry of diplomacy as the United States, Qatar and Egypt say it's time for a cease fire in Gaza and for the remaining hostages to be freed. President Biden, together with the leaders of Qatar and Egypt, have signed a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations next week in either Doha or Cairo. This comes after last week's assassinations of top leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. That prompted those organizations and the government of Iran to swear to retaliate against Israel. Let's bring in ABC news foreign correspondent Tom Sophie Berge for more on this. Tom. Talk to us about this joint statement from the president and the leaders of Qatar and Egypt. I'm going to quote a piece here. They say there is no further time to waste, nor excuses from either or from any party for further delay. How significant is is a statement like this?

I think it's unusual for President Biden to sign a statement with those two leaders that said, it's the same type of message that we've been hearing from us officials, from Blinken, from Biden, from for many weeks. Look, US officials are not misleading us in the sense that they're saying there's still a lot of work to be done. One US official saying that there are 4 or 5 issues that need to be ironed out. We know one of those issues is whether or not, in the case of a ceasefire, whether Palestinians moving from the southern part of the Gaza Strip would be allowed to freely move to the north without having to go through Israeli checkpoints. The other main issue, or one of the main issues, is also what would happen to the Philadelphia corridor. It's that strip of land between Gaza and Egypt the IDF currently controls it. They say it is critical to stop arms being smuggled back into Gaza. So yes, it's important. It shows that the US wants to put the issue of the ceasefire negotiations front and center, despite what's happening elsewhere in the region and the heightened tensions.

But at the same time, there's no imminent sign of a breakthrough in those negotiations.

Well, in Tom, we've heard leaders offering to put together a, quote, final bridging proposal to resolve some of these remaining issues. But I'm curious, with these assassinations, I mean, does that further complicate these negotiations?

It doesn't help. And we've seen again, from a US official today warning that if Iran and or Hezbollah retaliate in a very, very strong way attacking Israel. It would not help the negotiation process in any sense. It would do the opposite. And, you know, that said, you know, the negotiations continue. And although US officials are not kind of saying, well, you know, all of our work to de-escalate the situation with Iran, Hezbollah and Israel, they're not sort of drawing a very direct line between that and the ceasefire negotiations. In a way, everything does come back to Gaza because, you know, Hezbollah since day one or day two, if you like, October the 8th, when they started their attacks on Israel post the terror attack on October the 7th, they say they claim at least that they are doing those attacks basically in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Alex.

Tom. Sophie Berge in Tel Aviv, thank you very much, sir. A Russian chess player is facing criminal charges, accused of poisoning her opponents. This security video posted to social media by the Russian Chess Federation, appears to show the player spraying a substance allegedly containing mercury on one of the chess boards. That board was later used in a tournament. ABC's James Longman has more.

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Alex James Longman thank you. And coming up when in Rome how one woman made the most of getting bumped from flight from a flight home from Italy, collecting thousands in travel vouchers from one big airline. Could you do it too.

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Susan Barry's flight.

Home from Italy was oversold, and she says the American Airlines gate agents were offering $1,200 travel vouchers to fly out the next day.

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We had a.

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And even arranged a car service from the airport. So again and again Susan returned to the airport, fully intending not to get on her flight.

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Experts say flights are oversold a lot. And if you have the flexibility, you can make thousands of dollars plus extras, especially if you negotiate.

Airlines have a secret menu as well. This can be things like lounge.

Passes or even a business class seat.

And Susan did eventually make it back home to Philadelphia as her fourth flight sadly had enough room for her on board.

I was just getting started, so I was mentally prepared to stay for two weeks.

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One extra tip.

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Good tips Trevor. Thank you very much. And officials are warning beachgoers against the threat of flying beach umbrellas. It comes after a strong. It comes after strong winds caused several umbrellas to fly into the air at a Florida beach, putting people in harm's way. ABC's Morgan Norwood has some tips on how to avoid this dangerous situation.

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This is next level. So this is a wearable neck fan. This one is from Jesu Life. That's the name of this brand. You can get it on Amazon. And what we love about this one is you can just put it on. It has five different settings. One of our producers out here said, yeah, when you put it on the fifth one, you feel like you're going to launch. It is powerful, you guys, and we need that. We're in a heat dome. Right. And the other thing about this, Morgan, I want to just mention briefly, is that Google Trends has seen these quintuple in sales just this year, you know, as the temperatures are rising, so is the interest in these neck fans because they've become sort of a fashion accessory. We're seeing them at Fashion Week right now. Colors the colors. They come in a lot of different colors we have. The dark green is so chic right there. Affordable. Go ahead and try it on.

It's like a does it go this way. It goes the other way all the way around. It's like a necklace. I mean you could do it the other way too if you want. And it will keep you looking cool. Yeah. Just like I don't want.

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The Golf Hall of Famer was known for his antics around the green, dancing and using his putter as a sword. He said he learned to play golf by hitting tin cans with a stick in Puerto Rico, eventually winning eight tournaments on the PGA tour. Tour. Chi Chi Rodriguez was 88 years old, and a bear in California found salmon in an unlikely place. Yeah, this isn't what you thought a school teacher named Elaine Salmon was returning, returning from making copies for the upcoming school year when she found this unexpected guest. She shut the door and immediately called her police officer husband. He came running and helped lure the bear back outside. Thankfully, no one was hurt, including the bear. Switching gears here, a third teenager has been arrested in connection to the foiled terror attack on Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna. Austria's interior minister says the 18 year old Iraqi citizen was taken into custody Thursday evening after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect, a 19 year old Austrian citizen who had pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Investigators say the 19 year old confessed to planning a suicide attack using knives and explosives. Foreign correspondent Maggie Rulli has more. Oh, hi.

A third arrest made in connection to the alleged terror plot against Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna. Police say an 18 year old Iraqi citizen was taken into custody after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Authorities releasing this photo of the 19 year old Austrian suspect seen here with his face blurred, wearing an ISIS flag and holding machetes, saying he confessed to planning a suicide attack in the area outside the stadium using knives or explosive devices he made after becoming radicalized online. A suspected accomplice, a 17 year old Austrian, was also arrested near the stadium where he had just taken a job.

This is the worst nightmare for a venue and a place that holds these type of events that you have that insider threat, that person was actually made it inside the venue as a trusted employee of the location.

A 15 year old Turkish citizen was also questioned. Organizers at the Vienna show standing by their decision to cancel the concerts. saying it's definitely the right one for the players.

Gonna play, play, play, play, play.

Hundreds of fans instead gathering on Cornelia Street in Vienna, singing Taylor's hits and exchanging friendship bracelets.

Even if they try to destroy our Taylor Swift spirit, they really can't. And yeah, it's it's nice that people do this to show that you cannot just walk all over us.

While Taylor has not made any public statements, she told Elle magazine in 2019 that her biggest fear was that violence could take place at her concerts, saying after the Manchester Arena bombing and the Vegas concert shooting, I was completely terrified to go on tour because I didn't know how we were going to keep fans safe.

It's a sorry reality of the world we live in where, you know, if you're a touring artist, you you pray that something like this just never comes on your radar. Um, but you know it. We're very fortunate right now that nothing terrible happened in Vienna.

Taylor's next stop, London, where officials vow that eras tour will go on telling Sky news they're confident in their security measures.

We're going to carry on.

Working closely with the police, ensuring that the Taylor.

Swift concerts can take place in London safely.

The city, already on alert after riots broke out when three girls were killed at a Taylor Swift themed dance class a week and a half ago in Southport, England.

They're going to be speaking to all the intelligence services from around the world. Intelligence and law enforcement services of the U.K. are going to be focused on is anyone trying to commit a terrorist act? I believe that that may be the safest place to go in the world.

Fans like American Colin Bolts from Wisconsin say they're determined to attend. I will put my trust.

In the authorities.

That if they.

Feel that the.

Show does need to be canceled.

Then I will.

Trust that they made the right decision.

But as of this point.

I'm going.

I'm going to be wearing my.

Swiftie.

Garb.

I'm going.

To be.

Screaming.

I'm be trading friendship bracelets.

All this stuff.

It's a cool number. It's cool. It's. We're gonna go.

All right. Maggie Rowley joins us now for more, along with Elizabeth Newman, ABC news contributor and former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Maggie, I want to start with you. We heard it there in your piece. This was the worst nightmare. A suspect making it inside the venue. As a trusted employee, I'm curious, as Austrian officials are looking into this investigation. What specifically are they drilling down on?

Yeah. Well, Alex, right now they're really focused on those three suspects. And Austrian officials told the AP recently that right now, they're currently scrutinizing every detail in these three suspects lives. They're searching through physical and electronic data. And what they're really looking at are the communication patterns of these three men. Who are they talking to? Are they part of a larger network? That's one of the big questions right now. Now we understand authorities have said that 19 year old he is the main suspect. He's believed to have been radicalized online. So there's definitely going to be a focus on his electronic data and devices, trying to figure out how that radicalization happened. And if there is a bigger network that's trying to radicalize even more people. Alex.

Well, Elizabeth, I mean, what kind of threat level is there for large scale events like this, both abroad and here at home?

I mean, look, we have had concerns about content gatherings for quite some time. If you go back to 2015, you had the horrific attack in Paris at the Bataclan theater. 130 people died. Then you had Manchester, the Ariana Grande concert that was less lost lives 22 but a lot of injuries, a thousand, um, Las Vegas concert and then much more recently in Moscow, we had an attack inspired or directed by ISIS. K ISIS K took credit. Um, so this is a pattern. This is actually very popular technique for ISIS. Um, and unfortunately it seems to be resurging. Right. Like we thought, oh, maybe ISIS is done. Maybe they have, uh, no longer are going after such large scale attacks, but that no longer seems to be the case. We have active threat streams that they are intending to try to do this kind of attack, not only in Europe, not only in Moscow, but they are trying to do that in the United States. And authorities have been warning about that for the last several months.

Well, and Maggie Taylor's London concerts at Wembley Stadium are set to begin in less than a week. Do authorities there feel confident that they can keep everyone safe? And also, I mean, what are you hearing from Swifties in London ahead of these shows?

Alex, you mentioned that timeline.

I mean, this investigation in Vienna is going on and we have less than a week until Taylor Swift's at the Take the Stage at Wembley Stadium in London, right behind me. We're expecting half a million fans to be here over the course of five nights. I mean, this is a huge security issue for London, one they were already worried about. And now there's growing concern. You know, the UK police, UK law enforcement say yes, they are going to assess all of the intelligence available. But right now there is nothing to suggest that this alleged terror plot in Vienna will have any impact or effect on events here in London. And we heard from the mayor of London. He has said right now the plan is to carry on to have all of the concerts here. Is Wembley go on as scheduled. So that's the plan right now. You know, Alex Swifties that we've been talking to, they say they'll show up. They hope that doesn't get canceled. They listen to law enforcement but they want to be here singing along to Taylor Alex.

Yeah. Well, and Elizabeth, we know that the intelligence that helped stop this attack originated from the U.S.. I mean, can you talk about the inter-agency cooperation and how critical that communication is?

Yes. I mean, it's absolutely critical. That is the system we built up after nine over 11 to be able to share with our partners and allies. Um, we share even with people that aren't our partners and allies. For example, in that Moscow attack, um, apparently we had shared intelligence with Russia, that there was a a plot underway and that they had, um, the potential for some, some sort of large scale attack. And unfortunately, that did, um, play out. But here we have the example of the intelligence being shared and the authorities being able to act on it, which is a really great news story. The problem with these types of attacks, from what we know of these perpetrators, it appears that they radicalized online relatively quickly. Like this is one of those things that happens fast. So it's very hard for law enforcement, Thus that intelligence sharing, anybody that has any insights and clues of what's happening online has to be robust so that they can stop the next attack.

All right. Maggie Rowley, Elizabeth Newman, thank you both very much. Now to North Carolina, in the case of Joshua Hunsucker. He was first arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife with eyedrops. And now prosecutors claim he also tried to do the same thing with his young daughter. Here's ABC's Andrea Fujii with more.

The North Carolina man charged with murder for allegedly poisoning his wife with eye drops is due back in court. 39 year old Joshua Hunsucker, a former paramedic, faces new charges accused of also trying to poison his ten year old daughter. She survived. Prosecutors claim his plot was inspired by South Carolina nurse Lana Clayton.

I did impulsively put the values in the incentive industry, and I did it with the intent to make him sick and uncomfortable.

Back in 2018, Clayton was charged with poisoning her husband with eyedrops. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Just a month after Clayton was charged, Stacey Hunsaker died. Investigators say they grew suspicious when Joshua Hunsaker immediately cremated his wife's body and filed for her $250,000 life insurance policy when they tested her blood, they say poison was found. But since his arrest, Hunsaker has been free on bond, and he's accused of intimidating his late wife's parents in an effort to blame them for her death. Prosecutors claim he also staged his own kidnapping and routinely recorded his in-laws, followed them, made vulgar gestures and sent a package to their home demanding they drop charges against him.

Andrea Fujii Thank you. Hunsaker maintains his innocence in both cases. Rapper Travis Scott arrested at a Paris hotel after an alleged altercation with a security guard. French prosecutors say the hotel security guard got involved in a fight between Scott and his own bodyguard. Scott was in the city for the Olympics and had just watched the U.S. rally over Serbia in the men's basketball semifinal Thursday night. The incident is currently under investigation. And coming up here on ABC News Live, Noah Lyles takes another medal running with Covid. What he's saying about his Olympic future. Plus, the US women's national soccer team is set to go for gold against Brazil or talk with a former player and two time World Cup champion after this. Stay with us.

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A dramatic night on the track. Sprint superstar Noah Lyles favored to win the men's 200m, coming up short in third place for the bronze. After the race, medical staff racing to a clearly winded Lyles, taking him off the track in a wheelchair. Moments later, a surprise announcement from the 27 year old, who was seen wearing a mask just before the race announcing he'd tested positive for Covid after falling ill on Tuesday, two days before the race. Overnight, Lyles, who was expected to compete today in the men's four by 100 meter relay. Taking to Instagram to address his future at this year's Olympic Games, writing I believe this will be the end of my 2024 Olympics. Whether you were rooting for me or against me, you have to admit you watched, didn't you? See you next time. In a statement, USA Track and Field stood by Lyle's decision to compete, saying they had adhered to the guidelines set by U.S. Olympic Committee, the centers for Disease Control and the IOC to prioritize his health, the well-being of our team and the safety of fellow competitors.

Lyle's teammate Kenny Bednarek, who took home the silver, appeared to agree with the decision to let him compete.

I don't think I was put at risk at all. I mean, I take care of my body. Um, so when it comes to getting sick, that's rare for me. So, I mean, when I found out it wasn't that big of a deal, um, I mean, he went out there, did his best.

Let'so Tobago from Botswana, who won the gold and was seen embracing Lyles after the race, was asked if he had overtaken the American as the new face of track and field.

For me, I can't be the face of athletics because, uh, I'm not, uh, an arrogant or a loud person like Noah.

All day long. Team USA raking in medals, Tara Davis Woodhall and Jasmine Moore getting gold and bronze in the long jump. Davis Woodhall rushing to celebrate her gold with her husband Hunter, who's competing in the Paralympics later this month, and Sydney McLaughlin Levon smoking the competition to win gold in the women's 400 meter hurdles. USA's Anna Cockrell not far behind, clinching the silver. And in men's basketball, team USA surviving a huge scare from Serbia. Serbia leading the U.S. by double digits in the fourth quarter until the red, white and blue superstars took over. Steph Curry scoring 36 points, including this shot with just over two minutes to go. LeBron James making a key layup and Kevin Durant hitting two down the stretch. Good thing they were able to eke out that win. The men's basketball team was at one point down by as many as 17 points. They will now face the home country France, in the finals. And worth noting the last two years, the number one NBA draft pick was from France, so it's likely to be a good game.

Alex.

Yeah, Johnny I can't wait for that one. Janai Norman, thank you very much. From Paris. The US women's national soccer team is also set to play Brazil in the gold medal match tomorrow. Ford's Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman dominated group stage play with a barrage of goals before beating Japan and Germany in knockout round Nailbiters. Now they're hoping to lead the U.S. to its first gold medal since 2012. Former U.S. Women's national team defender and two time World Cup champion and ESPN host Ali Krieger joins me now for more. Ali commentators have been workshopping nicknames for this trio of Swanson, Rodman and Smith, things like the Trident or the goalie Trinity. Uh, first a two parter here. Do you have a nickname here? And also, what's the key to their match up against Brazil?

Well, for me, I think it's just the magical front three, but I think they named themselves the Triple espresso. Uh, I think we heard yesterday from from the front three. It's been brilliant. I think they have been so committed to the plan. They've been clinical in front of goal. They've been proving themselves game in and game out. They have such great momentum. They're carrying this team on their back because each of them have scored three goals. And Sophia Smith's brilliant, uh, goal last, last match to get them into the final. And then Trinity Rahman against Japan also scored. They both you know made it one. Nothing in these in these you know games that have been so meaningful for this team and they've proven themselves day in and day out why they deserve to be in this final. And so this is an incredible opportunity. Um, and they're going for hopefully, uh, their fifth gold medal.

Well, and Ali, I mean, you know what it's like to play on a major stage like this with tournaments. I mean, how much pressure is on this team right now?

Yeah, there's a lot of pressure. But if you've known the U.S. women's national team for many years, we thrive under that pressure. And I think we live for that pressure. And this is why a lot of the players love to play at this level, love to play in these tournaments. And this is the pinnacle of our sport. This is this is when the women roll their sleeves up and they get after it, and they perform well at the at the world's highest stage. And this is something that you dream about as a young kid playing football. Um, this is this is the goal to get to the Olympic final, to be in a World Cup and such big tournaments that that really are so enjoyable to play at. And and this platform is incredible. There's so many fans and supporters who are so ready to see this match up and cheer the US women on.

Well, and I mean, we talked about the scoring. Obviously defense wins championships, you know that. But going into this game Brazil's no slouch here. What are you going to be looking for.

Well I'm going to be looking for Marta, one of the best players in the world. Um, and she's going to be coming back from a two game ban because of her red card, uh, in the group stage game. So I'm going to be looking to see if, you know, and if she starts and also where she will be playing because they they've done tremendous. Brazil have played really, really well the past two games to get to the final. And so and that was without her. But she is going to be playing in her last international match and that is an Olympic final. And she has yet to win a World Cup or an Olympics, so I know the team will rally behind her. They are so motivated to want to win. They're very unpredictable and so that's what makes them difficult to play against because you never know how they will show up and in what formation, what personnel, what plan and structure that they have. So this is this is going to be an absolute great game.

And we have such a history with Brazil. So it's going to be a battle all in itself.

Yeah. I can't wait to watch former women's national team player Ali Krieger, thank you so much.

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Good morning Alex a lot going on this summer. So let's kick things off by talking about those summer concerts, right? Fresh off of the release of her debut album, Y2K, Ice Spice hit the stage in New York City in what rolling Stone called a coronation for a budding icon, the Bronx native, uh, performed at terminal five and brought out special guests A Boogie, Sheff, G, Cash Cobain and a surprise appearance from Party Next Door. Now, Alex fans are also speculating that maybe there could be a collab coming, so we're gonna have to wait and see on that now in LA this week, Chris Brown had a two night run at the Crypto.com Arena for his 1111 tour, and I was in the audience for his first show on Tuesday. He had two openers, Meta and Money Long, and then Chris went on to perform Get This, over 40 songs and some crazy stunts, if you can see right there he was flying through the air and everything, and at one point he even brought out some classic moments that you will recognize if you've been a fan of his and gone to his shows in the past now, definitely another must see.

Now, I also had the pleasure of sitting down with the icon herself, Missy Elliott for Nightline. Yes, she's currently on her out of this world tour with Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland. And I got to say, the show is definitely out of this world. Check out a clip of our sitdown on the making of one of her biggest hits. When I think about debt, I think about me and Tim being in the studio. My album was done. Tim. I kept saying, I feel like something is missing. I feel like this album is not complete. And he kept saying, you're crazy, this album is hot. And I said, Tim, no, something is missing. I feel like I'm missing a record. And so he's angry, he's mad, and he's just pushing the keyboard all hard, like boom, boom. And all of a sudden he pushed the key and I hear dum dum dum dum dum dum, and I'm like, that's it right there. And I said, okay, let me just go in the booth and lay something down.

And I went in there, laid something down just off of that sound and a kick.

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Love. Missy Elliott. So many stories. She was amazing to talk to, so make sure you check that out. Now, in other news, congratulations are in order for LL cool J and usher, who are among the honorees for the fourth annual Black Music Coalition Gala. LL cool J will be presented with the Clarence Avant Trailblazer Award, and usher will receive the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award on the Bmac gala will take place on September 19th in Beverly Hills. Now, sad news for fans of the Fugees, man, like Lauryn Hill and the Fugees have confirmed that their North American tour dates, set for late summer, are canceled after low ticket sales, but their UK and Europe tour will still continue as planned. In a statement on Instagram, Lauryn says, quote, clickbait headlines have seemingly created a narrative that has affected ticket sales for the North American portion of the tour. Lauren also reassured fans in the US that they'll be back in the future. We hope so because we definitely want to see them.

Absolutely hope, hope, hope they're able to make that happen in the future. But yes, uh, Megan, I got to tell you that Missy anecdote, that story is crazy. It's amazing how artists like her are able to find inspiration in just like, the little things. Thank you for that.

And of course, you know, seeing it now, we think, man, it almost didn't make the album. That song almost never happened. So happy it did.

Megan Wright, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

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Happy Friday. I'm Alex Presha in Washington and today on ABC News Live. First, the presidential candidates on the campaign trail in key battleground states. The new poll showing the state of the race this morning, a triple threat of extreme weather, flooding, tornadoes and high wind alerts as Debby's remnants move up the east coast, where the storm is right now, and what millions can expect into the weekend. And dramatic new body camera video from the assassination attempt on former President Trump, the police officer who first confronted the gunman, and what it shows moments before that shooter opened fire. But first, former President Trump has agreed to an offer from ABC news to debate Vice President Harris next month. During that more than hour long press conference, Trump repeated false and misleading statements, insulting the vice president's intelligence and challenging her to accept two other proposed debates that her campaign has yet to agree to.

I just look forward to these debates. I think it's very important that we have them. I think they'll be very revealing.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope he shows up.

This comes as Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, are campaigning in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona, and Trump prepares to speak to voters in Montana. ABC's Zohreen Shah joins me now from Arizona, along with ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders. For more Zohreen, I want to start with you on this. Trump has talked a lot about border security, framing some of his attacks on Harris around her handling of migrants. It's also a key topic in Arizona and Nevada. So how is the Harris campaign approaching that issue?

It is a huge topic here, Alex. And of course, this is a border state. And the Harris campaign says that they will tout her pushing for securing the border nearby. We expect to hear from her later on today when she speaks right behind me about that very issue. But take a listen to what voters are saying.

See, every time they bring up any either side brings up the border, they talk about like how bad it is, but not what they're going to do to actually fix it. The closest I've gotten to an actual answer for it is that they're just going to, like, close it all off or put up a big wall, but that's not going to work because you still have people coming over here. I think that like the the process either needs to be, um, more streamlined across across the board. There needs to be proper funding to get people in, get people out instead of overcrowding. Of course.

That's a.

That's a topic.

That, that Trump.

Likes to, to hammer. Um, but I think that's.

A very fear based. And I don't like the rhetoric behind it.

It is.

An issue.

Don't get me wrong. But their solution to it.

Seems very ugly and dehumanizing.

You can hear the concern in their voice when it comes to that issue. Now for Harris's part. Her team would say she has convinced major companies to invest billions of dollars into Central America and the workers down there. Of course, it will take years to learn just how how much of an impact that will have had. But what I can say is that apprehensions at the southern border are down by 55% in recent months. Of course up when it comes to other parts of the world.

Well, in Catherine, the former president says he's not changing his strategy on immigration. But one of the things some of his Republican supporters have pointed out is that, you know, he didn't follow through on this promise to, to to build a wall. And so I'm curious, I mean, how is that how is that resonating with with voters in his party?

Well, it's a good question. And, Alex, I think that voters in his party, of course, his running mate, members of Congress, are following his strategy a bit on this. Um, you know, they've labeled labeled Kamala Harris, the border czar. They say that Biden gave her that title. Of course he didn't. He obviously tasked her with some of the the the border messaging and visiting the border. So I'm not ultimately sure how the strategy will work. As Zarin mentioned, apprehensions on the southern border are down 55%. That's another message that you're not hearing from Donald Trump. You're hearing about how she's made the border horrible and all sorts of things that he's saying without providing any facts associated with it. So, frankly, I'm curious to see how that messaging continues from the former president and his allies and if it ultimately does have any effect. And, of course, how Harris responds to it. She's flipped the script here a little bit, obviously saying that that Trump during his administration has made things worse at the southern border.

So it's it's a bit of a tit for tat, but we'll see ultimately how this plays out over the next couple of months.

Well, in Dorian, Catherine kind of laid out how the Harris campaign is is responding a little bit, but specifically to that labeling of of border czar. I mean, is that something that that they're, they're embracing? Is it something they're trying to distance themselves from?

That's certainly not a phrase that they're using. Right. They say that she is a former prosecutor, that she has been tough on criminals and that she will continue to be tough on criminals, referring to people crossing the border illegally. They also talk about how Trump should not actually be talking about this issue. You know, referring to Catherine saying that they have sort of flipped the script a little bit. They say that he tanked that border bill earlier this year that both sides of Congress had agreed upon, and they say that Trump only cares about himself, not the border.

Well, and, Catherine, finally, I want to I want to switch gears slightly. The special counsel has requested a scheduling delay in the January 6th case against former President Trump due to the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity. What could that mean for his campaign?

You know, Alex, it's a good question. And I think the answer is really much of nothing. There's only a few months left here until the election. That case is essentially delayed already and has been for several months. So they're asking this to be pushed back a few weeks. I don't think it's going to have much of an effect on the campaign, at least in the immediate term. We'll see what the judge says. We haven't heard from the judge to see if she'll grant that request for a delay. That's probably coming at some point today.

Andrew. Zohreen Shah and Katherine Faulders, thank you both. Now to the extreme weather threat for millions as the remnants of Debby hammers the East Coast. Debby has spawned at least a dozen tornadoes across at least three states, and so far, seven deaths are being blamed on the storm. Debby made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina. Rain totals there could surpass two feet. So far, 11 states from South Carolina to New Hampshire are on flood, tornado or high wind alerts right now. Tom Rousey with our affiliate WJLa is in Washington, D.C. he's actually in Alexandria, Virginia right now. Tom.

Hi, Alex. We're here in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. let me step out of the way and show you the situation. If you look to your right, you see that bucket coming out of that door? Well, there's a woman who is bailing water out of her business as we speak here because the street, well, it's flooded. This is about a block and a half from the Potomac River, which goes through Washington, D.C.. And sometimes when there are heavy rains, the Potomac overflows its banks. And that is exactly what has happened here in Alexandria. This is a very historic part of the city of Alexandria, and also a lot of businesses here as well. So they're certainly affected by this. If there's any good news, it's that this area has dealt with a lot of floods from the Potomac over the years. So fortunately, it's something they're somewhat used to dealing with. A lot of folks put sandbags up, but as you could tell from the woman bailing water out of her business, this is affecting things here.

As heavy, heavy rain moved through this morning from the remnants of Debby, there were a lot of tornado warnings, but no tornadoes that we're aware of actually spotted in this area. Reporting in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, I'm Tom Rousey.

Tom, thank you very much. Now let's bring in ABC news meteorologist Melissa Griffin for more. Melissa, what's the latest track of this storm?

Well, Alex, Debby is still not over with us. The remnants bringing heavy rain now to the northeast. But look at these flood watches stretching still down into the Carolinas. And of course, that tornado watch in effect for the Mid-Atlantic parts of Pennsylvania, new Jersey, Hudson Valley, New York. You can see D.C. here, parts of that area. You saw the flooding with Tom, 2 to 4 inch per hour rainfall rates this morning, on top of the tornado warnings starting to clear out now. Residual flooding there. But the tornado threat stretches right into the northeast through much of this afternoon to 2:00 is when that will expire. And of course, the risk for significant flooding that's not over either. Look at the interior northeast. We're talking about western Maryland through central PA into upstate New York, even into Burlington. Vermont could see significant flooding from this. And here's your timing. There's all that heavy rain this afternoon. It's going to stretch from Syracuse to Williamsport, PA, D.C., Baltimore still getting in on that, but it will be clearing out.

And then it makes its way to Philadelphia, New York City, all the way up into upstate New York. This is about 5:00 this afternoon. We'll be dealing with flash flood threats, wind gusts, of course, 50 to 70mph. Not out of the question. Isolated tornadoes before it all finally starts to push out. It will be weakening overnight, and it's out of here by Saturday morning. We can finally say goodbye to Debbie by Saturday.

Alex looking forward to that. Melissa Griffin, thank you very much. To overseas, the flurry of diplomacy as the US, Qatar and Egypt all doubling down now on a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, President Biden, together with the leaders of Qatar and Egypt, have signed a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations next week in either Doha or Cairo. And this comes after last week's assassinations of the top leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. That prompted those organizations and the government of Iran to swear to retaliate against Israel. I want to bring in ABC news foreign correspondent Tom Berg for more on that. Tom, listen, we have a date August 15th, to finalize a Gaza cease fire and hostage release deal. At least that's what the US and these other two nations are pressing for. But how significant is this joint statement, especially given that, you know, you don't usually see President Biden making joint statements with Qatar or Egypt?

I think it matters, Alex. I mean, it shows that the US is still pressuring Israel, still pressuring Hamas. It still has Egypt and Qatar as its two other key mediators in this process. Look, you know, make no mistake about it, for weeks, months, we've been reporting about, you know, a potential framework on the table. So you can if you were a cynic, cynic, you'd sit back and say, well, nothing much has changed. The white House, the US officials are still pressing the idea that, you know, there are 4 or 5 issues that they believe can still be ironed out. One of the key issues is who controls the Philadelphia corridor? That's the territory between Gaza and Egypt. Israel says it needs to remain in some kind of control that Israel has a say in, because to stop arms being smuggled through that area in the future. Another issue is whether or not if there were a cease fire, whether or not Palestinians would be checked by the Israeli military if they were moving from the south back up towards their homes in the north.

So, yes, it's a positive sign. It shows that the hostage negotiations are still important, but there's no sign of a breakthrough at the moment.

Well, Tom, I want to get back to the joint statement. U.S. officials had said that it was not designed to influence Iran, but clearly, after Iran joined Hezbollah and Hamas and vowing retaliatory attacks. Um, you know, that's that's something to consider. What do you make of that?

I think it's almost inevitable that, look, if there is a major attack on Israel in the coming hours, days, weeks, either by Iran or by Hezbollah or its proxy in Lebanon. Look, I mean, I think it won't do the process that the cease fire negotiations any good, will it derail them all together? We just can't say right now. It depends on the scale of the attack. It depends on how Israel responds. Um, look, you know, the other thing to bear in mind is that Hezbollah has always said that it is attacking Israel across the Lebanese-israeli border because of what is going on in Gaza, and the war in Gaza is incredibly active right now. We're getting reports today that 29 people have been killed today. Those figures coming from the Hamas run Gaza Health ministry.

Tom Soufi Berg live for us in Tel Aviv. Tom, thank you very much. Now to Russia's war with Ukraine. At least 11 people have been killed and 44 injured in a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. This comes as Russia declares a federal emergency in its Kursk region, in response to a Ukrainian attack inside Russian territory. Russian military and border guards say they've blocked Ukrainian forces from pushing deeper into the region. But Ukrainian attacks continue and now a Ukrainian military official says forces carried out a drone strike on a military airfield in Russia's western Lipetsk region. Joining us now for more is ABC news contributor and former deputy assistant secretary of the Department of, uh, for Department of Secretary of Defense. Excuse me, Mick, uh, for the Middle East. Mick Mulroy. Sorry about that, bud, but a lot to get to here. A Russian airstrike on this Donetsk region. Ukraine is, uh, of Ukraine. It's killed at least 11 people, injured 44 others.

How intense has the fighting been in that region? Put this in perspective for us.

Well, Alex, it started with, of course, the incursion that the.

Ukrainians.

Did into.

The Kursk.

Region, which most people thought was limited in scope and and basically a raid. But it's going on for days now. It looks like it's quite a bit of troops, and they've taken around 45km² of terrain, including potentially getting close to taking this key region of Sudzha, which is a main hub for the gas going into Europe. So this looks to be much more substantial than originally thought. I think it's really taken Russia by surprise, and it showed them that they are vulnerable to Ukraine. The fight isn't just going to be in Ukraine. It isn't just going to be Russia launching cruise missiles at populated areas like grocery stores. It's going to they're going to take it to the people, uh, to Russia, and they're going to potentially turn the tides. I don't think this is going to be long lasting, but it is more substantial than we originally thought.

Well, and making Russia the government has declared a federal emergency in response to Ukrainian attacks inside Russian territory. What's the significance of these cross-border attacks? And also, I know there's there's concern as to whether or not it could raise tensions between Russia and the U.S. if it's found that U.S. munitions were used in in an attack like this.

That's right. The U.S. has been very clear about the limitations on the weapons and munitions that they have been providing, but I think the intent here by the Ukrainians is not only to show the Russian people that they're vulnerable, it's to tie up Russian troops now inside their own country. What, they can't be used to launch the offensive inside Ukraine. And it's essentially to show that this is not just a war that will happen in Ukraine. A lot of people are concerned, from the Ukrainian perspective that they might have contributed to many forces. They need them to be in Ukraine. But I think it shows a bold move and quite frankly, they're never going to succeed if they stay only on the defensive. So this is something I think they took a calculated risk with. Again, I don't think it's going to be too extensive, but it is by far more than people thought it was originally. Usually they use uh, um, other militant military forces to do these type of things, Not an actual brigade, potentially multiple brigades of mechanized infantry.

McMurray. Thank you friend. And coming up, dramatic new body camera video from the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The police officer first confronted that gunman. And what it shows the moments before that shooter opened fire. Stay with us.

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Welcome back to ABC News Live. Newly released body camera video from last month's assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump shows police trying to stop the alleged gunman just moments before those shots rang out. And when the chaos subsided, officers were left with many of the same questions we've all been asking. ABC senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky has details.

This close bro. Did he turn around on me? Where's he at?

He's straight up. This is the Butler police officer who first confronted the gunman moments before he opened fire on former President Trump. The officers hoisted to the roof, seized the shooter and falls to the ground.

He was right where you picked me up, bro. He was on that left side.

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Rooftop. Butler County released the footage from police body cameras in response to public records requests from news organizations, including ABC news.

Is that how he got off?

I don't have no idea. I have no idea.

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Donate blood. And there is this misconception that a lot of people have about certain conditions that may give them a ban. And generally speaking, it's not true. One example tattoos I hear from people all the time who say, I have a tattoo, I can't donate blood. In most cases, you can donate right away, or at least after three months, and then everyone will get certain questions about their medical, sexual and travel history. And if you can't donate immediately, you're deferred for just a few months and you can get in there. And I will tell everyone right now, this is the easiest, most reliable way to save a life. Every two seconds someone needs blood. You can make a difference. Well, there is a major blood shortage in the United States. We need donors. I work in a hospital. I give blood to patients all the time. Even little babies. I know firsthand that a blood shortage means lives are at risk. And since July 1st, the Red cross national blood supply has fallen by 25%.

About 100 blood drives were canceled in July because of heat waves, and this led to a shortage of about 17,000 blood donations. And every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood or platelets. There's someone. There's someone else. Blood products can't be manufactured or made in a lab. They have to be donated. So let's do it. Every single blood donation saves lives for people with cancer, certain blood disorders after accidents, trauma with certain medical conditions such as sickle cell anemia. People may actually need transfusions throughout their entire life. We need to get out, donate, and fix the shortage now because as we enter tropical storm and hurricane season, there may be flooding, power outages, damages, and this could all lead to more cancelations. Oh, and then there's winter and winter storms, which led to shortages last year. The blood we need in hospitals and emergency rooms and ICUs is outpacing the amount of blood that's coming in. So, volunteers, it's our time to shine. Go online and find a place to donate blood near you.

Today I went to Redcrossblood.org found this spot in San Francisco. They took care of me. There are so many options all over the country. Oh, and who else has type O negative blood? We're universal donors. That means anyone can receive our blood. We ride at dawn donating blood. Quick, easy. It's not that bad. And afterwards, get these groovy snacks.

Well, and, doc, I love that breakdown. But, you know, drilling down here, I mean, what's your advice for would be donors who are needle phobic? Or maybe they've had bad experience with blood draws in the past.

And Alex, that's a relatable question a lot of people out there know the urgency, know that this is a life saving move and say, hey, you know what? I don't like needles. I'm needle phobic, I pass out, I can't sign the stand, the sight of blood. One important thing is to understand what your trigger is. Is it the actual needle? Is it the surrounding? Is it certain words? And be open about it? Because I will tell you, people who work at blood donation centers are used to this and they can help you, whether it's with distraction, relaxation techniques, more understanding, shielding you away from certain sights. They can even give you something like numbing cream so you don't even feel the poke. There is a solution for everyone, so I openly encourage people to talk about any anxiety you may have. This blood centers will set you up, and you'll be able to get in there and make your donation.

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Good morning and happy Friday. I'm Alex Presha in Washington. And today on ABC News Live. First, a triple threat of extreme weather, flooding, tornadoes and high wind alerts as Debby's remnants move up the east coast where the storm is right now, in what millions can expect into the weekend. The presidential candidates on the campaign trail in key battleground states. The new polls showing the state of the race this morning. And dramatic new body camera video from the assassination attempt of former President Trump. The police officer who first confronted the gunman and what it shows the moments before the shooter opened fire. But first, former President Trump has agreed to an offer from ABC news to debate Vice President Harris next month. During a more than hour long press conference, Trump repeated false and misleading statements, insulting the vice president's intelligence and challenging her to accept two other proposed debates that her campaign has yet to agree to.

I just look forward to these debates. I think it's very important that we have them. I think they'll be very revealing.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope he shows up.

This comes as Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, are campaigning in battleground states, and Trump prepares to speak to voters in Montana. ABC's Zohreen Shah joins me now from Arizona, along with ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders for more. Katherine, I want to start with you here. Trump appears to be shifting his stance on access to the abortion drug mifepristone. He's also downplaying the issue, saying it's very much tempted, tempered down. I want to play part of what he said last night.

Issue. It's a very I think it's actually going to be a very small issue. What I've done is I've done what every Democrat and every every Republican wanted to have done, and we brought that issue back to the states. And now the states are voting on it. And frankly, uh, some of the votes are a lot different than people would have thought. But it's the vote of the people is taking care of it.

It's clear the Democrats have tried to, uh, hone in on the abortion issue. But Catherine, what do you make of of his statements last night?

Yeah, and especially Alex, because JD Vance has had a shifting position on this as well. But as it relates to Trump, but absolutely raises more questions, questions that we've put to the campaign, we haven't received a response yet on it. But essentially, President Trump has indicated before that he would not block access to that drug. So this, of course, raises more questions about that. Now, of course, you also heard the former president say during that press conference, as you mentioned, Alex, that abortion was tempered down, that it wasn't much of a campaign issue. I'm not sure that's necessarily true. And a message that will resonate with the voters who do care about this issue of of abortion and women's rights as it relates to also contraception. Former President Trump has had to walk back comments that he's made, or at least he's attempted to comments that he's made in the past in terms of blocking, potentially blocking contraceptives. So there's a lot there. He needs to offer some clarity on those comments, but it does seem, at least from those comments, that he that he was indicating in some form that maybe he would attempt to block access to the drug, that there would have to be a vote on that.

So again, not much clarity from the campaign. I think it will be a central issue, Alex, going forward.

Well in during the Harris campaign has touted what it calls a historic ground game advantage in Arizona and Nevada ahead of visits to both states this weekend. First, what do they mean by that? And and also, I mean, how do you expect them to to to make this case specifically about abortion as as these visits ramp up?

Alex, they are really ramping up their efforts in this state. So when they talk about that ground game, they have over 220 staffers in Arizona and Nevada over 25 campaign offices that they say they've opened up. But when it comes to specifically the issue of abortion, I mean, Harris really sees this as her issue. She's been talking about it and focused on it since Roe was overturned. Biden has never been seen as comfortable as talking about this issue, but Harris has, and her team says that she will be talking about this issue in the coming days. Very much so as well. Walz also has has a history on this issue. He signed a bill into law last year codifying Roe in Minnesota. Their team saying the first state of its kind to do so.

Well, and Catherine also on the campaign trail, former President Trump getting out to Montana today for a rally. What are you expecting to see as as as he visits voters there?

Yeah, it's a good question. And this will be, frankly, the first time that Trump has been back on the campaign trail since Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have been doing the swing across swing states while Trump's in Montana. The two of them, Harrison Walz, will be in Arizona campaigning. So look, the question is, of course, Trump hasn't we haven't really heard from him that much on the campaign trail. Of course, he held that big rally yesterday. So this comes as or this big press conference yesterday. So the rally comes, frankly, as Republicans have struggled with their messaging and their attacks on the Democratic ticket. So we'll see what he has to say tonight.

Well, in Zarin, I want to talk about polling here. A new Ipsos poll found that Trump and Harris are basically in a dead heat in swing states. I mean, how critical is this blitz of battleground states out west for the Harris campaign? And also, what are you what are you hearing from from from voters ahead of tonight's rally?

Voters are focused on issues like the economy, abortion and immigration. I mean, we're here in Arizona. This is a border state. The VP's team says that she will be talking about issues like securing the border. I mean, look, she's been criticized by Republicans for being the border czar. Of course, Biden tasked her specifically with tackling issues in Central America, the root causes of immigration. She has secured investments from major companies to invest billions of dollars into Central America. And it's going to be it's going to take a while to see what those investments will yield. But what we can say is that apprehensions from Central America are down by 55%, of course, up from other parts of the world.

All right. Zohreen Shah and Katherine Faulders, thank you both. Pivoting now to the extreme weather threat for millions as remnants of Debby hammers the East Coast. Debby has spawned at least a dozen tornadoes across at least three states, and so far, seven deaths are being blamed on the storm. Debby made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina. Rain totals there could surpass two feet, and so far 11 states from South Carolina to New Hampshire are on flood. Tornado and high wind alerts right now ABC News Meteorologist Melissa Griffin is tracking the forecast. But first, let's begin with Tom Rousey with our ABC affiliate WJLa here in Washington, D.C.. Tom, you're just outside or you're in Alexandria, Virginia right now. What are you seeing right now?

Well, Alex, it has been a wild morning here in the Washington, D.C. area. Right now, I'm in Alexandria, Virginia, which is just a little bit south of Washington. Let me step out of the way and show you you can see the flooding in the streets here. And in fact, if you look to the right of your screen, you'll see a woman who is scooping water out of her business at the moment. They set up sandbags here, but some of them must have failed, and unfortunately she's having to bail water out of her business. This is a very historic, very busy area here in Alexandria, Virginia. And you can see it is flooded from this morning's heavy, heavy rains as the remnants of Debby moved through the Washington, D.C. area. Just to give you a sense of where we're at, where we are standing is about one block, maybe a block and a half from the Potomac River, which goes through Washington, D.C. sometimes when the Potomac gets a lot of rain, it overflows its banks, especially here in Alexandria.

And that's exactly what happened here. So you can see the flooding. And as we speak, the flooding seems to be getting worse because we're headed towards a high tide that's going to take place in about an hour or two. So hopefully after that things will start to get better. But for right now, here in downtown Alexandria, Virginia, the street is completely flooded, just about a block and a half from the Potomac River, and the flood waters are moving that way away from the river, getting a little worse as we speak. Fortunately, this is an area that is used to dealing with flooding over the years, so they know what to do more than some areas. Still, though, you can see it is affecting things here. Reporting live just outside Washington, D.C. in Alexandria, Virginia I'm Tom Rousey. Back to you, Alex.

Hey, Tom, thanks for that. You feel thanks for that. You feel for that business owner. She's going to need a little bit more than a bucket, uh, to to to get out of that jam. But I want to bring in Melissa Griffin right now. Melissa, what's the latest track with this storm.

Well Alex.

You heard that DC had a wild morning and we still have tornado watches and flood watches in effect, stretching across nine states, still from the Carolinas all the way, of course, to the northeast now, where the remnants of Debby are hitting pretty hard. Now tornado watch has expired for DC, so that is good. They are still under a flood watch, but that tornado watch extends from Maryland all the way up to Pennsylvania, just west of New York City. It does include Philadelphia and Baltimore. That is through this afternoon through about 2:00. We'll continue to watch for rounds of heavy rain and for that threat for tornadoes. But look at the area for the significant risk for flash flooding. This is through tonight. Anywhere from Harrisburg, PA, just north and west of D.C., Scranton, Albany, all the way up to Burlington, including that significant risk for flash flooding. Some spots could see locally 4 to 6 plus inches of rain just from Debby through tonight. So let's time it out for you, because the wind advisories continue.

Gusts to 50mph possible in the New York City area, flash flood alerts and of course, the threat for isolated tornadoes continues right through this afternoon. We'll stop it here at 5:00. You're heading home from work, New York down to Philly. You're still getting some of those storms, but very heavy rain for parts of northern New England. And then we keep going through tonight into early tomorrow finally starts to wind down a much nicer weekend in store after Debbie leaves. Alex.

All right Melissa Griffin thank you. Overseas now a flurry of diplomacy as the United States, Qatar and Egypt say it's time for a cease fire in Gaza and for the remaining hostages to be freed. President Biden, together with the leaders of Qatar and Egypt, have signed a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations next week in either Doha or Cairo. This comes after last week's assassinations of top leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. That prompted those organizations and the government of Iran to swear to retaliate against Israel. Let's bring in ABC news foreign correspondent Tom Sophie Berge for more on this. Tom. Talk to us about this joint statement from the president and the leaders of Qatar and Egypt. I'm going to quote a piece here. They say there is no further time to waste, nor excuses from either or from any party for further delay. How significant is is a statement like this?

I think it's unusual for President Biden to sign a statement with those two leaders that said, it's the same type of message that we've been hearing from us officials, from Blinken, from Biden, from for many weeks. Look, US officials are not misleading us in the sense that they're saying there's still a lot of work to be done. One US official saying that there are 4 or 5 issues that need to be ironed out. We know one of those issues is whether or not in the case of a cease fire, ceasefire, whether Palestinians moving from the southern part of the Gaza Strip would be allowed to freely move to the north without having to go through Israeli checkpoints. The other main issue, or one of the main issues, is also what would happen to the Philadelphia corridor. It's that strip of land between Gaza and Egypt. The IDF currently controls it. They say it is critical to stop arms being smuggled back into Gaza. So yes, it's important. It shows that the US wants to put the issue of the ceasefire negotiations front and center, despite what's happening elsewhere in the region and the heightened tensions.

But at the same time, there's no imminent sign of a breakthrough in those negotiations.

Well, and, Tom, we've heard leaders offering to put together a, quote, final bridging proposal to resolve some of these remaining issues. But I'm curious, with these assassinations, I mean, does that further complicate these negotiations?

It doesn't help. And we've seen again from a US official today warning that if Iran and or Hezbollah retaliate in a very, very strong way, attacking Israel, it would not help the negotiation process in any sense. It would do the opposite. And, you know, that said, you know, the negotiations continue. And although US officials are not kind of saying, well, you know, all of our work to de-escalate the situation with Iran, Hezbollah and Israel, they're not sort of drawing a very direct line between that and the cease fire negotiations. In a way, everything does come back to Gaza because, you know, Hezbollah since day one or day two, if you like, October the 8th, when they started their attacks on Israel post the terror attack on October the 7th, they say they claim at least that they are doing those attacks basically in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Alex.

Tom. Sophie Berg in Tel Aviv, thank you very much, sir. A Russian chess player is facing criminal charges, accused of poisoning her opponents. This security video posted to social media by the Russian Chess Federation appears to show the player spraying a substance allegedly containing mercury on one of the chess boards. That board was later used in a tournament. ABC's James Longman has more.

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But the real life drama in the chess world. a renowned player faces criminal charges for taking the battle off the board. Amina Abakarov is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia. Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captures her spraying a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began. The unlucky victim, falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, suffering from shortness of breath. Mercury poisoning can cause tremors, headaches, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties. A bakirova now faces jail time along with a lifetime ban from competition. The sports minister in charge of the chess championship saying I'm perplexed by what happened. The actions she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself. Some local reports suggest Aubakirova had a personal feud with her opponent, but whatever the possible motivations, she now faces the possibility of never playing competitive chess again.

Alex James Longman thank you. And coming up When in Rome, how one woman made the most of getting bumped from flight from a flight home from Italy, collecting thousands in travel vouchers from one big airline. Could you do it too?

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I'm trying to get up to $10,000.

And then travel.

The world.

And while you may not be as ambitious or outgoing as Susan, I was.

Convinced you were.

Gone.

I'm here. You can't get rid of me.

Experts say flights are oversold a lot, and if you have the flexibility, you can make thousands of dollars plus extras, especially if you negotiate.

Airlines have a secret menu as well.

This can be.

Things like lounge passes or even a business class seat.

And Susan did eventually make it back home to Philadelphia as her fourth flight sadly had enough room for her on board. I was.

Just getting started, so.

I was mentally prepared to stay for two.

Weeks.

And Alex, one extra tip if you're going to accept the deal to get bumped from your flight, when you talk to the gate agent, specify that you want to receive the final offer, not the first offer. So if they do raise the amount of money to get more people off the plane, you will receive the higher amount instead. Alex.

Good tips Trevor. Thank you very much. And officials are warning beachgoers against the threat of flying beach umbrellas. It comes after a strong. It comes after strong winds caused several umbrellas to fly into the air at a Florida beach, putting people in harm's way. ABC's Morgan Norwood has some tips on how to avoid this dangerous situation.

Watch as strong winds hurl a number of umbrellas high into the air at Blue Mountain Beach on Florida's Emerald Coast. Thankfully, no one was injured.

I heard a bunch of.

Screaming, and I kind of assumed it was a shark or something along those lines. And the next thing I know, I see a a mini tornado coming down the beach.

These coastline trip essentials can quickly turn into life threatening projectiles.

In response.

To an.

Umbrella going through an 85 year old female's leg. He is awake and alert in 2023.

Watch as this waterspout in Clearwater Beach rapidly approaches shore umbrellas going airborne, injuring two people, This umbrella in a frightening scene, just barely missing a toddler. And in 2022, 63 year old Tammy Perrault was killed on a South Carolina beach after being struck by an umbrella.

The only thing that's going to prevent the umbrella from.

Actually dislodging from the beach is the resistance that's provided by the.

Weight.

Incidents like these spurring officials to establish new safety guidelines for beach umbrella manufacturers, ensuring a standard sized umbrella can withstand winds up to 30mph. Shoppers should also look for these new compliance labels, indicating whether the umbrella and mandatory anchor device meet that standard and proper installation is key. With this, you want to make sure the umbrella is positioned about two feet deep in the sand, and be sure to fill the base with sand, or properly secure that anchoring device with the appropriate weight.

Alex Morgan Norwood Thank you. And coming up after the break, Morgan's coming back along with GMA lifestyle contributor Lori Bergamotto. It's time for the right stuff. They've got all the tips. Stay. Stick with us right now.

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And welcome back in to ABC News Live. It is time now for The Right Stuff with our good friend Jimmy lifestyle contributor Lori Bergamotto. Okay, so if you don't know, every Friday Lori brings us some of her favorite products and this week she is helping us beat this heat with some of the best cooling products that you're going to need this summer. Of course, you can shop all of these products by scanning the QR code on the bottom hand bottom left corner of your screen to Lori. Okay, what are we shopping for today? You say you have some of the best cooling fans. I'm used to like the old school fan. Like you hold it. I mean, I see the kids walking around with those, but this is next level.

This is next level. So this is a wearable neck fan. This one is from Jesu Life. That's the name of this brand. You can get it on Amazon. And what we love about this one is you can just put it on. It has five different settings. One of our producers out here said, yeah, when you put it on the fifth one, you feel like you're gonna launch. It is powerful, you guys, and we need that. We're in a heat dome. Right. And the other thing about this, Morgan, I want to just mention briefly, is that Google Trends has seen these quintuple in sales just this year. You know, as the temperatures are rising, so is the interest in these neck fans because they've become sort of a fashion accessory. We're seeing them at Fashion Week right now. Colors, the colors, they come in a lot of different colors we have. The dark green is so chic, right. They're affordable. Go ahead and try it on.

It's like a does it go this way. It goes the other way around. It's like a necklace. I mean you could do it the other way too if you want. And it will keep you looking cool. Yeah. Just I don't.

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Right. But it is it is incredible. And we're seeing them everywhere. So if you don't have one, now is the time to get them. And if you do have one, get them in multiple colors. Absolutely.

Okay. We were talking about the cool pillows, but this is a blanket.

Yes. So you and I I think are similar in our sleeping style where we like the cool side of the pillow. Always a fan.

Going, need it.

All. Exactly. So if that is how you also like to sleep and really, who doesn't? You need a cooling blanket. Now I know it sounds a little bit like an oxymoron. You're like, wait, isn't a blanket supposed to make you warm? It is like NASA level science that we're talking about, Morgan. So I'm not going to explain the nylon fibers to everybody. But what I will say is, if you even go ahead and touch it, it's cool to the touch. It feels cool and it's soft. It's soft and it's very comforting. So it's it's not going to heat you up. It is going to cool you down. But it is not going to make you cold so much. In the same way that when you flip the pillow over, you're not cold. You're just.

The best.

Feeling it is. You're just feeling sort of soothed and it's very comfortable. That's what this is going to do for you. And what I love about this is it's machine washable, which a lot of those blankets are not. So don't sleep on that okay. All right. There is an assortment of cooling products here from yes from Under Armor. They are known for their innovation technology and no different with their clothing with their clothing for cooling. So what's great about this is it has something called ISO technology, ISO chill technology. So what they do here is it disperses your body heat so that you're not overheating in areas where you might normally. Exactly. So especially if it's super hot outside, you want to be able to wear something that's going to cool you down. And this will do it. They have everything from uncrushable hats to crushable sneakers to shorts to tops. Anything you can need this will keep you cool no matter what.

Oh, thank you so much Laura. You have literally saved our summer. We appreciate you. And of course you can shop all of these products and so much more of the right stuff. Scan the QR code on the bottom left of your screen, and for your weekly roundup of the best lifestyle content from Laura and our GMA family, be sure to catch GMA life. That is weekends at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. eastern right here on ABC News Live and streaming on Hulu. Alex.

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Good afternoon, I'm Alex Pritchett. Let's get right to our top story. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are set to hold dueling campaign rallies just hours from now. Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, are in the battleground state of Arizona while former President Trump is in Montana. It comes after Trump agreed to an offer from ABC news to debate Harris next month. ABC's Zohreen Shah joins me now from Glendale, Arizona, along with ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders. For more on this Zohreen, I want to begin with you. The Harris campaign has said it's, uh, it's unprecedented enthusiasm in the past. It's had unprecedented enthusiasm over the past couple of weeks. What are you hearing from supporters out there?

You know what, Alex? I just actually saw supporters walking in towards the arena, and it's still nine hours before Harris is expected to speak here in Arizona, and it's going to be a high of 106 degrees where I'm standing right now. But we caught up with one lady right here, Jessica Green. She's a precinct committee chair in Yarnell, Arizona. Again, nine hours before Harris is expected to speak. Jessica, tell us why you were here so early. It is a high of 106 degrees today. Here. What? Why is it so important for you to be here today?

I'm here so early today because about a million people signed up for this event, and the arena only holds about 20,000.

So I wanted to make.

Sure that I.

Had a spot.

And that I could be.

Here for this.

Because it is.

Important.

Because of.

Vice President Harris.

Represents the future and progress and patriotism and.

Family.

And I'm here for that and I want to support her.

What issues are you most focused on?

Uh, one of the top issues for me is abortion rights. Um, just being able to have the freedom to make a choice. Uh, that's what America is about, is freedom to keep government out of those decisions. Um, climate and energy. Uh, family leave. All of that's important to me. I think she represents the party of family and freedom.

And.

I really want.

To be here for.

That.

And what Jessica tells me is that she is in a very deep red county. She's hoping that her efforts in that county will possibly flip it this election cycle.

Well, Katherine, so I want to dive in on something that made headlines this week. Vice President Harris defending, uh, Governor Walz on these allegations from J.D. Vance of stolen Valor. Harris said that she praises anyone who stepped up to serve our country, including J.D. Vance. What can you tell us about these questions over Waltz's military service and how effective those attacks have been for the Trump campaign?

Well, there certainly are questions, and it remains to be seen, Alex, how effective these attacks will ultimately be and whether they will resonate. The fact of the matter is that Waltz did serve in the military for 24 years. Now. He did make a comment that embellished what he did. It's not a pattern. He did this once. There's allegations that he abandoned his troops. Alex, he he made a decision actually to retire far before learning that his unit could possibly be deployed. So at least that's the fact associated with that. And again, I mentioned he was in the military for 24 years, so to say that he abandoned them, I don't think many people who served with walls are using that line of attack are saying that. Of course, he also went on to serve his country for multiple years following that when he ran for office and was in Congress. So it doesn't seem like this will ultimately pick up the way Republicans hope, though we haven't been able to ask walls questions on these, I'm curious to see what he would say in response to the allegations.

Well, in Doreen, we heard it from the voter you just talked to a little bit, but, you know, issues that are really resonating with with Dems. Uh, abortion, but also immigration, especially being there in a border state. But I'm curious. I mean, can you give us a little bit of a preview of what we can expect to hear tonight?

I mean, we know the VP's camp has been saying against Trump's attacks against her when it comes to the border, right. They say that she is a former prosecutor, that she will continue to be tough on criminals, that she, um, she's, you know, obviously referring to people crossing the border illegally. She says that Trump shouldn't be hitting her on that issue because she says that he tanked the deal in Congress that would help secure the border. She says that Trump does not care about the border. He only cares about himself.

Well, and, Catherine, we've heard about, uh, these debates, uh, the former president agreeing to the ABC debate, but also looking to pressure Vice President Harris to join him. And another two. What do you what do you make of that? What is the strategy there, uh, going forward for the next month?

Who knows that? That is a good question, but it does seem like what we know for now is that the former president will attend our debate. We heard Harris say that she was open to more conversations in other debates, but she said she'd be at the one on September 10th, which of course is ours. So it remains to be seen if there's going to be more than one debate. But this is something that's similar to what what Trump does out of his playbook. And I'm sure he'll say make more comments about it. But for now at least, we know we have a debate moving forward that both candidates have agreed to attend on September 10th. Alex.

September 10th. It's on the calendar right here on ABC. Zohreen Shah and Katherine Faulders. Thank you both. And now to the extreme weather threat for millions as the remnants of Debby hammer the East Coast. Debby has spawned at least a dozen tornadoes across at least three states, and so far, eight deaths are being blamed on the storm. Debby made a second landfall as a tropical depression yesterday in South Carolina. Rain totals there could surpass two feet, and so far, 11 states from South Carolina to New Hampshire are on flood, tornado and high wind alerts right now. Tom Rousey of our ABC affiliate here in DC is in Alexandria, Virginia. Hey, Tom.

Hi, Alex. We're here in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. let me step out of the way and show you the situation. If you look to your right, you see that bucket coming out of that door? Well, there's a woman who is bailing water out of her business as we speak here because the street, well, it's flooded. This is about a block and a half from the Potomac River, which goes through Washington, D.C.. And sometimes when there are heavy rains, the Potomac overflows its banks. And that is exactly what has happened here in Alexandria. This is a very historic part of the city of Alexandria and also a lot of businesses here as well. So they're certainly affected by this. If there's any good news, it's that this area has dealt with a lot of floods from the Potomac over the years. So fortunately it's something they're somewhat used to dealing with. A lot of folks put sandbags up, but as you could tell from the woman bailing water out of her business, this is affecting things here.

As heavy, heavy rain moved through this morning from the remnants of Debby, There were a lot of tornado warnings, but no tornadoes that we're aware of actually spotted in this area. Reporting in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, I'm Tom Rousey.

All right, Tom, thank you for that. I want to bring in ABC news meteorologist Melissa Griffin. Now for more. Melissa, what's the latest track with this storm?

Well, Alex, you can take a look at the remnants of Debby here on the radar. The rain shield stretches so far from the Carolinas all the way up to the Canadian border, and the track is going to bring it right across the northeast over the next 24 hours. Let's get right to it. Tornado watch remains in effect for places like Dover, Delaware. Salisbury, Maryland, up through Philadelphia, just west of New York City, much of northern new Jersey, all the way into central Pennsylvania. That's your 2:00 tonight. But look at the heavy rain. You can see it there on the radar in this area, highlighted in red. We're already seeing the potential for life threatening flooding. Up to four inches of rain has already fallen in parts of northern PA and central New York, in the Binghamton area, down through State College and up through Vermont. This is where we could see this chance for significant flooding right through tonight, as Debby's remnants continue to move east. Now, here's your track.

You can see the heaviest rain stretching from Baltimore DC up through Syracuse, but it all moves east as we head into the next couple of hours through the afternoon. We'll stop it at 5:00. Very heavy rain again. This is where the significant flash flood threat is in upstate New York, into parts of interior New England through tonight, but all the way down to New York and Philadelphia could see the chance for isolated tornadoes. Those wind gusts to 50mph before this all slides out of here off the east coast. Through the overnight hours, it will be getting better. And by Saturday morning, most of the northeast, in fact, much of the East coast will see sunny skies to start off your weekend, Alex.

All right, fingers crossed. Melissa Griffin thank you. To overseas the flurry of diplomacy as the US Qatar in Egypt all doubling down now on a call for a ceasefire in Gaza. President Biden, together with the leaders of Qatar and Egypt, have signed a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations next week in either Doha or Cairo. And this comes after last week's assassinations of the top leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. That prompted those organizations and the government of Iran to swear to retaliate against Israel. I want to bring in ABC news foreign correspondent Tom Burridge for more on that. Tom, listen, we have a date August 15th, to finalize a Gaza cease fire and hostage release deal. At least that's what the US and these other two nations are pressing for. But how significant is this joint statement, especially given that, you know, you don't usually see President Biden making joint statements with Qatar or Egypt?

I think it matters, Alex. I mean, it shows that the US is still pressuring Israel, still pressuring Hamas. It still has Egypt and Qatar as its two other key mediators in this process. Look, you know, make no mistake about it, for weeks, months, we've been reporting about, you know, a potential framework on the table. So you can if you were a cynic, cynic, you'd sit back and say, well, nothing much has changed. The white House, the US officials are still pressing the idea that, you know, there are 4 or 5 issues that they believe can still be ironed out. One of the key issues is who controls the Philadelphia corridor? That's the territory between Gaza and Egypt. Israel says it needs to remain in some kind of control that Israel has a say in, because to stop arms being smuggled through that area in the future. Another issue is whether or not if there were a cease fire, whether or not Palestinians would be checked by the Israeli military if they were moving from the south back up towards their homes in the north.

So, yes, it's a positive sign. It shows that the hostage negotiations are still important, but there's no sign of a breakthrough at the moment.

Well, Tom, I want to get back to this joint statement. U.S. officials had said that it was not designed to influence Iran, but clearly, after Iran joined Hezbollah and Hamas and vowing retaliatory attacks. Um, you know, that's that's something to consider. What do you make of that?

I think it's almost inevitable that, look, if there is a major attack on Israel in the coming hours, days, weeks, either by Iran or by Hezbollah or its proxy in Lebanon. Look, I mean, I think it won't do the process that the ceasefire negotiations any good. Will it derail them altogether? We just can't say right now. It depends on the scale of the attack. It depends on how Israel responds. Um, look, you know, the other thing to bear in mind is that Hezbollah has always said that it is attacking Israel across the Lebanese-israeli border because of what is going on in Gaza. And the war in Gaza is incredibly active right now. We're getting reports today that 29 people have been killed today. Those figures coming from the Hamas run Gaza health ministry.

Tom Soufi Bourg live for us in Tel Aviv. Tom, thank you very much. Now to Russia's war with Ukraine. At least 11 people have been killed and 44 injured in a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. This comes as Russia declares a federal emergency in its Kursk region, in response to a Ukrainian attack inside Russian territory. Russian military and border guards say they've blocked Ukrainian forces from pushing deeper into the region. But Ukrainian attacks continue. And now a Ukrainian military official says forces carried out a drone strike on a military airfield in Russia's western Lipetsk region. Joining us now is ABC news contributor and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, Mick Mulroy. Mick, a Russian air strike on this Donetsk region. Ukraine has, uh, in of Ukraine. It's killed at least 11 people, injured 44 others. How intense has the fighting been in that region? Put this in perspective for us.

Well, Alex, it started with, of course, the incursion that the Ukrainians did into the Kursk region, which most people thought was limited in scope and and basically a raid. But it's going on for days now. It looks like it's quite a bit of troops, and they've taken around 45km² of terrain, including potentially getting close to taking this key region of Susa, which is a main hub for the gas going into Europe. So this looks to be much more substantial than originally thought. I think it's really taken Russia by surprise, and it showed them that they are vulnerable to Ukraine. The fight isn't just going to be in Ukraine. It isn't just going to be Russia launching cruise missiles at populated areas like grocery stores. It's going to they're going to take it to the people, uh, to Russia, and they're going to potentially turn the tides. I don't think this is going to be long lasting, but it is more substantial than we originally thought.

Well, and making Russia, the government has declared a federal emergency in response to Ukrainian attacks inside Russian territory. And what's the significance of these cross-border attacks? And also, I know there's there's concern as to whether or not it could raise tensions between Russia and the U.S. if it's found that U.S. munitions were used in in an attack like this.

That's right. The U.S. has been very clear about the limitations on the weapons and munitions that they've been providing. But I think the intent here by the Ukrainians is not only to show the Russian people that they're vulnerable is to tie up Russian troops now inside their own country. What? They can't be used to launch the offensive inside Ukraine. And it's essentially to show that this is not just a war that will happen in Ukraine. A lot of people are concerned, from the Ukrainian perspective, that they might have contributed to many forces. They need them to be in Ukraine. But I think it shows a bold move and quite frankly, they're never going to succeed if they stay only on the defensive. So this is something I think they took a calculated risk with. Again, I don't think it's going to be too extensive, but it is by far more than people thought it was originally. Usually they use, uh, other militant militant forces to do these type of things. Not an actual brigade, potentially multiple brigades of mechanized infantry.

McMurray. Thank you friend. And coming up, dramatic new body camera video from the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The police officer first confronted that gunman. And what it shows the moments before that shooter opened fire. Stay with us.

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